Pryce: Difference between revisions

region=[[Johto]] |

relatives=[[Sheila]] (wife), children, grandchildren |

trainer=yes |

trainerclass=[[Gym Leader]]{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>[[Pokémon Trainer]]{{sup/5|B2W2}} |

===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====

* Before battle

:''"Pokémon have many experiences in their lives, just like we do. I, too, have seen and suffered much in my life. Since I am your elder, let me show you what I mean. I have been training Pokémon since before you were born. I do not lose easily. I, Pryce - the Winter Trainer - shall demonstrate my power!"''

:''"Willow is my middle name. Willow is flexible and not easily broken. I'm not giving up yet."''

:''"Hmm. Seems as if my luck has run out."''

:''"When the ice and snow melt, spring arrives. You and your Pokémon will be together for many years to come. Cherish your time together!"'

* Before battle

:''"Finally. No need for words. A Pokémon battle is the way for us to communicate."''

:''"Mmm... Impressive!"''

:''"The strong rain falling on the surface seems to be agitating the raging lake. This must have some purpose that we meet again. Why don't we exchange our phone numbers?"''

::'''Yes''': ''"I make it a habit to train myself on Monday mornings to give this lazy body a spine. You could be a good training partner. I'll be waiting for your call!"''

:''"So? Will you exchange numbers with me?"''

* Pryce calling the player:

:''"Yes, this is Pryce. How are you doing? Just like one of my children... No. You’re more like one of my grandchildren... There’s such an age difference between myself and the Trainers who defeat me nowadays... But you know, the strange thing is that when I lose, I don’t feel disappointed. I just feel happy. Just happy that such talented Trainers have come to see me. ...I just wanted to talk to someone about that, so I called you. That’s all."''

===={{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}====

* Before battle (first round)

:''"I, Pryce--the Winter Trainer--shall demonstrate my power!"''

:''"You've had some hard times, but my experience means I will not fall easily."''

:''"Yes, yes... It was an impressive match. You should be able to overcome anything."''

==Artwork==

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|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ice color dark}}; background: #{{ice color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Gold Silver Pryce.png|120px]]

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

|}

===Sprites===

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

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

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

| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation II}}

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

| 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 #{{ice color dark}}; background: #{{ice color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Pryce II OD.png]]

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

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

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

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

==In the anime==

Pryce appeared in three episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]]. He had a cameo appearance in ''[[EP236|Rage of Innocence]]'', and he was featured as the Gym Leader of Mahogany Town in ''[[EP237|As Cold as Pryce]]'' and ''[[EP238|Nice Pryce, Baby!]]''.

===Pokémon===

====On hand====

|img=Pryce Dewgong.png

|epnum=EP236

|vajp=Yūji Ueda

|vaen=Michael Haigney

{{TrainerPoké

|trainer=Pryce

|type1=Water

|type2=Ice

|epnum=EP238

|epname=Nice Pryce, Baby!

===Voice actors===

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===

{{spoilers}}

In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Pryce is a frail man confined to a wheelchair. He rarely leaves his Gym, and uses his Pokémon to create fantastic ice sculptures. With the use of his Pokémon, he also makes it appear like the sculptures can move and attack. When the Legendary Pokémon {{p|Suicune}} begins challenging the Gym Leaders, [[Whitney]], [[DJ Mary]], the [[Pokémon Association]] Director, and [[Radio Director|Hirō]] go to the Mahogany Gym after deducing that it will be Suicune's next target. There, they encounter Pryce, who welcomes his visitors with warm hospitality. One of his ice sculptures begins moving, which turns out to be Suicune after having been frozen in ice. Pryce helps battle Suicune, but upon its defeat, the Pokémon is revealed to be nothing but an ice sculpture that had appeared to move with the use of Pryce's Pokémon. Pryce reveals that he set up the battle as training in case he was attacked by the real Suicune.

In the climax of the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}, it is revealed that Pryce is actually the true identity of the Masked Man. After having his disguise destroyed by {{adv|Gold}}, Pryce uses the Rainbow and Silver Wings to create a [[GS Ball|Poké Ball]] that can capture the Pokémon that can travel through time, {{p|Celebi}}. With it, he escapes into the Crack in Time, only to be pursued by a relentless Gold. After exiting, Pryce is attacked by the other Pokédex holders, but he easily manages to fend them off. When Celebi emerges from its shrine at the Ilex Forest, Pryce captures it and forces it to send him back in time to a certain point in his life. Once they free themselves from his ice prisons, Gold, {{adv|Silver}}, and {{adv|Crystal}} follow Pryce back in time to stop his evil plan. There, it is revealed that in his youth, Pryce had lost his two {{p|Lapras}} in an avalanche, leaving their child an orphan. Pryce reveals that all along, his plan was to go back in time to reunite his Lapras, La Glace, with its long-lost parents.

Pryce fights against Gold one last time, where it ends with Gold's [[Pibu]] destroying Celebi's Poké Ball, freeing it from Pryce's control. Although defeated, La Glace flies to the past, where it is reunited with its parents. Celebi helps heal Pryce's heart by playing [[Boy and his Lapras|a song from his past]], bringing the man to tears in the process. Having a change of heart, Pryce expresses his envy at Gold's youth as he willingly lets himself fall into the voids of time, where he was presumed missing.

In the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, Pryce returns along with [[Lance]] and {{adv|Giovanni}} to stop the three Legendary Pokémon created by {{p|Arceus}}. There, Pryce reveals that while he was trapped in the voids of time, he witnessed the beginning of the world, the births of legendary and mirage Pokémon, and a future that was destroyed by {{p|Dialga|the}} {{p|Palkia|three}} {{p|Giratina|Pokémon}} created by Arceus. Knowing what lies ahead, Pryce called out to someone for help, and was heard by Lance. Celebi, having sensed this beforehand, released Pryce out of the Ilex Forest Shrine, where they encountered Giovanni, who was waiting for Celebi's arrival to cure his disease. When Giovanni saw Pryce, he immediately attacked Pryce and would have killed him if it weren't for the intervention of Lance, who told them of the events going on at the [[Sinjoh Ruins]]. Although reluctant, the three Trainers formed an alliance to stop the destruction before it could begin.

None of Delibird's moves are known.}}

=====Deceased=====

|desc=La Prus (Japanese: '''ラ ・ プルス''' ''La Prus'') and La Pris (Japanese: '''ラ ・ プリス''' ''La Pris'') are the father and mother of La Glace, respectively. They died after being caught in an avalanche during Pryce's youth. Pryce then decided to capture Celebi in order to travel in time and reunite with them. Although Pryce never reunited with them, they were able to reunite with their child after La Glace traveled to the past.}}

{{TrainerPoké

|trainer=Pryce

|pkmn=Celebi

|epname=The Last Battle XIV

|desc=This {{p|Celebi}} was the same one that Pryce originally sought after to reunite La Glace with its lost parents. After the events of the third chapter, Pryce waded around in the Crack in Time; only surviving due to Celebi's influence. After sensing the destruction {{p|Arceus}} would bring upon the Johto and Sinnoh regions, Celebi freed Pryce from his prison to help combat the threat.}}

===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===

* In [[Generation II]], a {{tc|Boarder}} in Pryce's Gym states that the secret to Pryce's power is his daily meditation under a waterfall. In [[Generation IV]], this is changed to his sitting on top of "very cold ice".

** This may be because in [[Generation IV]], [[Chuck]] trains through meditation under a waterfall.

==Names==

[[de:Norbert]]

[[fr:Frédo]]

[[it:Alfredo]]