Thorton

Thorton ネジキ Neziki
Art from Platinum
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh /Johto
Trainer class	Factory Head (Frontier Brain)
Generation	IV
Games	Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
Commemorative print	Factory Print

Factory Head Thorton (Japanese: ファクトリーヘッドネジキ Factory Head Neziki) is the Frontier Brain in charge of running the Battle Frontier's Battle Factory.

In the games

He is the Frontier Brain of the Battle Factory in the Sinnoh and Johto regions. It is suggested he is very intelligent, as he mentions inventing a machine that analyzes the player's Pokémon. If he is defeated he will hand over the Factory Print.

Pokémon

Like the player, he uses rental Pokémon. Therefore, all of his Pokémon are random for both the Gold and Silver Prints, so he can use any Pokémon except for those that are not admissible in the Battle Frontier; these include Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus.

Quotes

Initial battle

Before battle

"Bzweeeeep! Sorry, don't mind me. What I'm using is an invention of mine. It's my data-analyzing machine It's telling me what you've rented for this match. I see! You've rented <Pokémon> , <Pokémon>, and <Pokémon>. I have to say, that's a good setup. Like, say, [random number] percent? Oh, don't let that number concern you! All righty, let's get going!"

When defeated

"Whoa! You sure showed me!"

After being defeated

"Hmm... I got handed the loss here. It's not making me happy at all, losing. Even though I'm not happy, I did glean some useful data, I suppose. That makes me glad I battled you. So, did you get to like those Pokémon you rented? As a Factory Head, it would sure make me happy if you did. Next time, come back with different rental Pokémon."

Rematch

Before battle

"Bzweeeeep! Let's see what I can see about you through my data-analyzing machine. So, what have you rented for this match...? I see! you've rented <Pokémon> , <Pokémon>, and <Pokémon>. I have to say, that's a good setup. It's a combination of friendship with cooperation all around. I'd say it's like [random number] percent? Oh, don't let that number concern you! All righty, let's get going! No losing for me this time!"

When defeated

"Whoa! You sure showed me!"

After being defeated

"Hmm... I got handed another loss. It's not making me happy at all, this. In fact, I'm stewing here. I thought I learned a lot about Pokémon since I lost to you. But that's all right. Some things you learn from winning. But some things you learn by losing. I hope you'll keep renting our Pokémon and give me a chance to redeem myself!"

Sprites


Thorton's sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver	Thorton's VS sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Thorton in Pokémon Adventures

Thorton first appears along with his fellow Frontier Brains, Palmer, Dahlia, and Argenta in a meeting; afterward they go back to their facilities. Thorton later appears at his facility, the Battle Factory, where he watches Platinum battle through it. Eventually, Platinum manages to get enough wins to allow her to challenge him and they begin battling.

Due to the rules of the Battle Factory, the two use rental Pokémon to Battle each other instead of their own Pokémon. Despite Thorton having much confidence in his battling skills and knowledge, Platinum proves superior to him in both categories, allowing her to defeat him. Angered at his defeat, Thorton throws a temper tantrum until Argenta comes to snap him out of it by slapping him in the face.

Later, he is given a Team Galactic camera robot that Riley obtained on Iron Island and is tasked with fixing it. Eventually, he succeeds, but is left exhausted in the process.

Pokémon

Rented

		Tyranitar
		Thorton's Tyranitar was used to battle Platinum at the Battle Factory. It proved powerful and its ability to create a sandstorm which made Platinum's Pokémon constantly take damage. Eventually, it was defeated by Platinum's Kadabra who used a Super-effective Focus Punch. Tyranitar's moves are unknown and its Ability is Sand Stream.
Debut	VS. Seedot

		Ledian
		Thorton's Ledian was used to battle Platinum at the Battle Factory. It managed to defeat Platinum's Loudred and helped Thorton's Ursaring by sending its stat upgrades to it. Eventually, it was defeated by the Poison Point of Platinum's Qwilfish. Ledian's known moves are Supersonic, Focus Punch, Agility, and Baton Pass.
Debut	VS. Seedot

		Ursaring
		Thorton's Ursaring was used to battle Platinum at the Battle Factory. With the speed it gained from Ledian's Baton Pass, it was able to easily defeat Platinum's Qwilfish. Later, it fought her Kadabra and was defeated when its energy was absorbed from a Drain Punch. Ursaring's only known move is Earthquake.
Debut	VS. Ledian

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Thorton or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Thorton's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Electivire		Supreme Victors		4/147	Beat of the Frontier		038/100
Skarmory		Supreme Victors		83/147	Beat of the Frontier		066/100
Electivire LV.X		Supreme Victors		144/147	Beat of the Frontier		039/100

Trivia

In English, his title is the only Frontier Brain title held by another person, Noland.
- However, both Palmer and Anabel share the same title in the Japanese version: Tower Tycoon.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ファクトリーヘッドネジキ Factory Head Neziki	From Lyonia neziki, a species of staggerbush.
English	Factory Head Thorton	Possibly refers to "thorn".
French	Chef D'Usine Cardus	From "Carduus", Latin for Thistle
German	Fabrikleiter Distmar	From "Distel", German for Thistle
Italian	Boss Azienda Spino	From spina, spike.
Spanish	Jefe Fábrica Espinal	From espina, spike.
Korean	팩토리헤드 수철 Factory Head Sucheol	Possibly 수철 (蘇鐵) sucheol, sago cycad.
Chinese (Mandarin)	工廠頭目捩木 Factory Head Lièmù	From 捩木 Nejiki.

Sinnoh and Johto Battle Frontier

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