Koga: Difference between revisions

He was promoted to a {{pkmn|Master}} {{type|Poison}} {{pkmn|Trainer}} and became a member of the [[Indigo League|Indigo]] [[Elite Four]] some time after the events of [[Generation I]] and its remakes, but before the events of [[Generation II]] and its remakes, thus leaving his daughter [[Janine]] in charge of the [[Fuchsia Gym]].

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|pokemon=Muk

|type1=Poison

|held=Burnt Berry

|move3=Fire Blast|move3type=Fire

|move4=Sludge Bomb|move4type=Poison}}

|move4=Mirror Coat|move4type=Psychic}}

|ndex=168

|pokemon=Ariados

|held=Focus Band

|move1=Spider Web|move1type=Bug

|ndex=049

|pokemon=Venomoth

|type1=Bug|type2=Poison

|held=BrightPowder

|move2=Psybeam|move2type=Psychic

|move4=Baton Pass|move4type=Normal}}

|{{Pokémon/2|ndex=171|pokemon=Lanturn

|ndex=234

|pokemon=Stantler

|type1=Normal

|held=MysteryBerry

|move1=Toxic|move1type=Poison

|move2=Confuse Ray|move2type=Ghost

|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}

* Own Pokémon being hurt by a {{cat|Moves that partially trap|partially-trapping move}}

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

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

| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Generation III}}

[[File:Koga anime.png|thumb|left|215px|Koga in the anime]]

[[File:Koga Best Wishes.png|thumb|215px|Koga in the {{series|Best Wishes}} flashback]]

He reappeared in a flashback in ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''.

The Voltorb's known moves are {{m|Self-Destruct}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}}, which they usually use when a trap is set off.}}

===Voice actors===

[[File:Koga PO.png|thumb|right|200px|Koga in Pokémon Origins]]

Koga appeared briefly in the [[Pokémon Origins]] episode ''[[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]]''. He was seen losing a Gym battle against {{OBP|Red|Origins}} and handing him a {{badge|Soul}} as a proof of his victory.

 

In the manga, [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} get trapped in [[Fuchsia Gym|Koga's Gym]] while searching for the [[Hidden Village]] with [[Ash's Pikachu]], a {{p|Charmander}}, a {{p|Squirtle}}, a {{p|Kangaskhan}} and {{OBP|Tommy|EP034}}. Their battle is only shown briefly in a montage sequence and it is unknown whether Team Rocket was victorious or not. It is also never shown if {{Ash}} himself battles Koga.

Koga debuts in the {{chap|Red, Green & Blue}} in ''[[PS007|Raging Rhydon]]'' searching the {{evostone|Moon Stone}} in [[Mt. Moon]], here Koga fights with {{adv|Red}} and [[Misty]] and forces his Rhyhorn to evolve with a mysterious injection, revealing what happened to Misty's Gyarados when it was kidnapped, however the mission fails. Koga later tries to bump off Red in [[Lavender Town]]'s [[Pokémon Tower]], where he uses a Gastly to reanimate the corpses of dead Pokémon buried there. He also attacks Red with his Arbok. However, {{adv|Blue}} has his {{p|Charmeleon}} slice Arbok in half. Under his boss's orders, he captures {{p|Articuno}} and brings it to [[Saffron City]]. He is once again defeated by Blue at [[Silph Co.]], albeit that he almost killed both of them by not allowing them to reach their Poké Balls by using his Muk, then almost freezing them to death with his Articuno. After he is defeated and knocked out Red gets Koga's Soul Badge and Blue uses his special Golbat to find out where [[Team Rocket]] is holding his grandfather.

|desc=Koga's {{p|Golbat}} is much smaller than the average Golbat. Its {{m|Supersonic}} can be used to create a magic mirror for {{wp|scry}}ing to see things from a distance, even if walls or land are in the way. After Blue defeated Koga at [[Silph Co.]], he stole Golbat to locate {{adv|Professor Oak}} but later returned it to its rightful owner on [[Cerise Island]].}}

|desc=This {{p|Articuno}} was originally seen at the [[Seafoam Islands]]. Even though Red stopped one attempt, Team Rocket was finally able to catch this legendary bird because of its energy loss, and had it sent over for Koga afterwards. During the battle between Red, Blue, Green and [[Lt. Surge]], Koga and [[Sabrina]], it was merged with {{p|Zapdos}} and {{p|Moltres}} to create [[Thu-Fi-Zer]] after Sabrina took matters into her own hands. Once defeated and freed, it returned to the wild, where it was later caught by {{adv|Green}} alongside its fellow [[legendary birds]].

 

Articuno's known moves are {{m|Blizzard}} and {{m|Ice Beam}}, and its Ability is {{a|Pressure}}.}}

* Out of the original Generation I Gym Leaders, Koga has the fewest Trainer cards in the Gym Leader sets of the TCG. Incidentally, his [[Koga's Ninja Trick (Gym Challenge 115)|only Trainer card]] besides the basic Koga card had to be edited because it featured a {{wp|manji}}, which could have caused controversy between cultures; the infamous Nazi {{wp|swastika}} is a reversed manji.

* Koga's updated [[Ken Sugimori|Sugimori]] artwork for {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} has him in a pose identical to that of his daughter Janine's in her VS artwork, only reversed.

* Koga is the first Elite Four member who was introduced in an earlier generation and then attained the title in a later generation. The second is [[Caitlin]].

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