Brock: Difference between revisions

Brock appears in {{game5|Red|Blue|Yellow|FireRed|LeafGreen}} as the [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Pewter Gym]], which is the first [[Gym]] that the {{player}} challenges on their journey. He is one of the few truly serious professional [[Pokémon Trainer]]s in the [[Pewter City]] area, and many people respect and admire him. He is quite proud of his rock-hard willpower, and uses {{type|Rock}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} to complement this. He rarely laughs or drops his serious demeanor, but when he does, he finds it hard to stop. In his free time, he likes to dig for [[Fossil]]s in [[Mt. Moon]]. In addition to the {{badge|Boulder}}, Brock gives out {{TM|34|Bide}} in Red, Blue, and Yellow, and {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}} in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Three years later, in {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, Brock remains the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym, which can be challenged at any point during the player's travels through [[Kanto]]. He is surprised to hear that the player is from the [[Johto]] [[region]], and happily accepts their challenge. While he doesn't give out a TM in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, he gives out {{TM|80|Rock Slide}} in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

==Artwork==

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Sugimoribrockoriginal.png]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Red Blue Brock.png|100px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:NiviCityGymDeck.jpg|130px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Sugimori Brock AG.jpg|190px]]

| Headshot from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}

| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}

===Sprites===

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr RG Brock.png]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr Y Brock.png]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr B2W2 Brock.png‎]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSBrock.png]]

| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}

| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}

| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2}}

| VS sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Rocker I OD.png]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Brock II OD.png]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Brock Stadium.png|58px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{rock color dark}}; background: #{{rock color light}}; width:190px"| [[File:S2 Leader Brock.png]][[File:S2 Gym Leader Brock alt.png]][[File:S2 Gym Leader Brock alt2.png]]

| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}

| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation II}}

===Artwork===

|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Brocktrainer.jpg|180px]]

|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Brock-TCG1.jpg|180px]]

| Brock and the Boulder Badge

| Brock feeds {{color2|000000|Brock's Steelix|his Onix}}

|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Brocks-Protection.jpg|180px]]

|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Blaine-Quiz3.jpg|180px]]

* Brock is one of two [[Gym Leader]]s not to give the {{player}} a [[TM]] of his specialty type, the other being [[Falkner]]. This is only true in Generation I, however, as in FireRed and LeafGreen, Brock's chosen TM changed from {{TM|34|Bide}} to {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}}.

* During his Gym battle in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, Brock uses a {{p|Rhyhorn}} with the [[Ability]] {{a|Sturdy}}, even though Rhyhorn cannot normally have that Ability.

* As seen in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock's [[Trainer ID number]] is 06845.

* Out of all of Brock's Pokémon in the [[core series]] games, only {{p|Rampardos|three}} {{p|Aerodactyl|of}} {{p|Tyranitar|them}} do not suffer from a double weakness to {{t|Grass}}.

==Names==

{| style="background: #{{rock color light}}; {{roundy|10px}}; border: 3px solid #{{rock color}}"

! Language

! Name

! Origin

|Japanese

|タケシ ''Takeshi''

|From 竹 ''take'' ({{wp|bamboo}}) and possibly 岳 ''take'' (mountain peak).

|English, Italian, Spanish

|Brock

|From ''rock''

|French

|Pierre

|Means ''stone''

|German

|Rocko

|From ''rock''

|Korean

|웅 ''Ung''

|웅 means 'man-like', brave. A common word used for boy's names in Korea.

|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})

|小剛 / 小刚 ''Xiǎo Gāng''

|May be named after 首藤'''剛'''志, [[Takeshi Shudō]]. Also, 剛 can mean "hard", "firm", or "strong".

|Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})

|小剛 ''Síu Gōng''

|Same as Mandarin name

|Indonesian

|Brok ([[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] only)