Sage (Trainer class)
- Sage redirects here. For the members of Team Plasma, see Seven Sages.
| Sage ぼうず Monk | |
 Front sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
| Introduced in | Generation II |
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| Appears in | Gold, Silver, and Crystal HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2 |
| Gender | Male |
| Notable members | LiGSC |
| TCG debut | Undaunted |
| TCG card | Sage's Training |
A Sage (Japanese: ぼうず Monk) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the main series Generation II games. They appear to be Buddhist monks who are mostly only found in Johto's Sprout Tower, Ecruteak Gym and Bell Tower (called Tin Tower in Generation II).
They generally use Bellsprout and Hoothoot. The ones in Ecruteak Gym use Gastly and Haunter.
Three additional Sages found exclusively in Crystal are collectively called the Wise Trio (Japanese: ３にんしゅう group of 3 men).
In the main series Generation II games, their sprites were edited outside of Japan and Korea, presumably due to Nintendo's policy at the time of removing all religious references in games that they published. This happened again with HeartGold and SoulSilver but only in the Korean version, where the prayer beads were removed, the robes slightly recolored and a red robe on their left shoulder added. Also, their title is changed from Monk (Korean: 중) to Ascetic (Korean: 수행자). This latter edit was not done for other localizations.
Li, the oldest of all Sages who is found at the top of Sprout Tower, is referred to as an Elder. This has become a Trainer class of its own in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Appearance
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| Image from Gold and Silver (JP/KO) |
Image from Gold, Silver, and Crystal (international) |
Image from Stadium 2 |
Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver (JP/INT) |
Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver (KO) |
Trainer list
Pokémon Gold/Silver
| Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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| Sage Chow | Initial battle | $96 |  Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Edmond | Initial battle | $96 | Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Jeffrey | Initial battle | $704 |  Lv.22 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Jin | Initial battle | $192 | Lv.6 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Li | Initial battle | $320 | Lv.7 |
 Lv.10 |
Lv.7 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Neal | Initial battle | $192 | Lv.6 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Nico | Initial battle | $96 | Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Ping | Initial battle | $512 |  Lv.16 |
Lv.16 |
Lv.16 |
Lv.16 |
------- | ------- |
| Sage Troy | Initial battle | $224 | Lv.7 |
Lv.7 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Pokémon Crystal only
| Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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| Sage Gaku | Initial battle | $1024 |  Lv.32 |
 Lv.32 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Koji | Initial battle | $1024 | Lv.32 |
 Lv.32 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Masa | Initial battle | $1024 | Lv.32 |
 Lv.32 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver
| Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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| Sage Chow | Initial battle | $144 | Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Edmond | Initial battle | $144 | Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Jin | Initial battle | $288 | Lv.6 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Neal | Initial battle | $288 | Lv.6 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Nico | Initial battle | $144 | Lv.3 |
Lv.3 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Sage Troy | Initial battle | $336 | Lv.7 |
Lv.7 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures
The Sages appear at the Sprout Tower and they are named Chow (Japanese: モクネン Mokunen), Nico (Japanese: チンネン Chinnen), Edmond (Japanese: エイソウ Eisō), Jin (Japanese: ソウネン Sōnen), Neal (Japanese: カクネン Kakunen) and Troy (Japanese: カイネン Kainen), respectively known as Peaceful, Mindful, Faithful, Careful, Painful and Thoughtful in the Chuang Yi version. When they see Gold coming to the Sprout Tower, they want recruit him to be one of them, with the name "Nanyanen" (Awful in the Chuang Yi version). However, Gold refuses as he needs to find the Totodile thief and the Sages have the Bellsprout attack him. The Bellsprout are able to weaken Aibo but get burnt by Exbo.
Pokémon
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| The Sages each own a Bellsprout. Due to Gold's refusal of joining them, the Bellsprout battle him. They were able to weaken Aibo but get burnt by Exbo in the process.
Bellsprout's known moves are Swords Dance, Cut and Reflect. | ||
| Debut | Bellsprout Rout | |
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In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring a Sage in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Sage 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. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Sage's Training | Su | Undaunted | 
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85/95 | Reviving Legends |
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075/080 |
| Steelix Constructed Standard Deck | 016/019 | ||||||
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Other names
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