Buck
Buck (Japanese: バク Baku) is a Pokémon Trainer from Sinnoh. He specializes in Pokémon with high Defense and Special Defense.
| Buck バク Baku | |
 Art from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl by Ken Sugimori[1] | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Hometown | Survival Area |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Relatives | Flint (older brother), unnamed grandfather |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer |
| Generation | IV, VIII |
| Games | Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl |
| Game animation debut | The Magma Stone |
| English voice actor | Bryce Papenbrook |
| Japanese voice actor | Hiro Shimono |
| Animated debut | Bucking the Treasure Trend! |
| English voice actor | Bryan Tyler |
| Japanese voice actor | Akeno Watanabe |
In the core series games
Buck is first seen in the Fight Area, where he overhears Barry talking to the player in Diamond and Pearl and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and watches the player battle with Barry against Volkner and Flint in Platinum.
Buck is one of the five Trainers who can join with the player during an event in the Sinnoh-based games. He is a strong Trainer from the Survival Area which is close to Stark Mountain, where he loves to train. He appears at Stark Mountain and is part of the event required to catch Heatran.
He can tag team with the player at Sinnoh and Johto's Battle Tower, and in Platinum, he can be battled at the Battleground.
His grandfather runs and cooks at the Battleground, while his older brother is Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon Platinum
Stark Mountain
Battleground
Battle Tower
As the player's Multi Battle Partner, Buck uses mostly Pokémon that excel in the Defense stat. Some excel in Sp. Defense instead, or both.
Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Stark Mountain
Battle Tower
Master Class Double Battles (Rank 7)
In each team, Buck uses the first and second Pokémon on the list, and Bertha uses the third and fourth.
Gallery
Artwork
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| Sticker Template background from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Sprites and models
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| Sprite from Platinum |
Overworld sprite from Generation IV |
Back sprite from Generation IV |
VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Battle Tower VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Overworld model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Back model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Quotes
- Main article: Buck/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Buck is an amateur treasure hunter who was searching for rarities with the help of Baltoy's senses. He appeared in Bucking the Treasure Trend!, where he met up with Ash and his friends on the same ferry bound for Lily of the Valley Island. Unlike the other passengers who were headed for the Sinnoh League, Buck was actually getting off at the nearby Dandelion Island so he could look for treasures after uncovering a map during one of his other expeditions.
With the help of Ash's group, Buck was able to find the island's treasure, ancient pottery, at an ancient ruin site. He also managed to capture a powerful Claydol. Buck revealed that he wanted to become an archaeology professor. He said farewell to the group and planned to head to Stark Mountain to uncover more treasures.
Pokémon
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On hand
This listing is of Buck's known Pokémon in Pokémon the Series.
Buck's main Pokémon and his partner in treasure hunting is a Baltoy, which has the ability to sense when treasure is near and would indicate this to Buck by spinning. Baltoy is also a very powerful battler, as it was able to defeat the Claydol that was guarding the treasure hidden near Lily of the Valley Island.
Baltoy's known moves are Shadow Ball, Gyro Ball, and Solar Beam.
Claydol was originally the last guardian of the ruins located on Dandelion Island. It was extremely powerful, and was able to stand up to the attacks of Dawn's Piplup and Ash's Torterra. However, it was unable to defeat Buck's Baltoy in battle and was captured by Buck.
Claydol's known moves are Rapid Spin, Light Screen, Ice Beam, and Psybeam.
Status unknown
Mantine was seen in a flashback as Buck was explaining his Baltoy's power. In the flashback, Buck was shown swimming underwater holding onto Mantine. It is unknown if this Mantine belongs to Buck.
None of Mantine's moves are known.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
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| Japanese | 渡辺明乃 Akeno Watanabe | |
| English | Bryan Tyler | |
| Czech | Filip Švarc | |
| Finnish | Petrus Kähkönen | |
| Italian | Massimo di Benedetto | |
| Polish | Grzegorz Drojewski | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Alex Minei | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Bruno Coronel |
| Spain | Álvaro de Juan | |
Pokémon Generations
Buck appeared in The Magma Stone, where he was shown at Stark Mountain. He used his Claydol to battle the rampaging Legendary Heatran alongside Looker and his Croagunk. He then returned the Magma Stone to its original resting place on a stone altar, thus resealing Heatran. Afterwards, he revealed to Looker that he was traveling around Sinnoh to become the greatest Pokémon Trainer ever.
Pokémon
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
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| Japanese | 下野紘 Hiro Shimono | |
| English | Bryce Papenbrook | |
| Dutch | Roben Mitchell | |
| European French | Alexis Tomassian | |
| European Spanish | Héctor García | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Buck first makes an appearance in the Battleground battling with Marley. The battle goes without a conclusion as Buck notices Looker spying on them and chases after him while the officer escapes. Later, after Platinum defeats Darach at the Battle Castle, Buck makes his appearace, where he introduces himself to Platinum and Looker and takes off with Looker's photo of the Team Galactic Grunts convening on Stark Mountain.
He states that he has always admired Heatran, and will not stand for them tarnishing its home. However, in the process of climbing the mountain, the Grunts had begun to follow him. Buck battles the Grunts, but finds them hard to defeat due to the fact that every time he knocks them down, they just rise up again as if nothing had happened. Eventually, he opts for running and manages to lose the Grunts while finding the room with the Magma Stone.
Buck takes the Magma Stone from its resting place and successfully awakens Heatran, only for Charon to take it for his own. Buck tries to escape Charon's wrath, but Heatran is too powerful for him to escape. Eventually, Looker comes to his rescue, but finds Charon too powerful to defeat as well. Despite their best efforts, Charon defeats them, but they manage to escape and are badly wounded. With Platinum's Pokémon's help, Buck is put into the hospital, where his friends distress over his current condition, leading them to decide to take revenge on Charon.
After Charon is defeated, a now-healed Buck arrives to greet his friends at Sunyshore City. With Heatran free from Charon's control, Buck and his friends decide to take it back to its home on Stark Mountain.
Pokémon
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Buck or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Related cards 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 | # |
| Buck's Training | Su | Legends Awakened | 
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130/146 | Cry from the Mysterious |
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| Heatran Half Deck | |||||||
| Unnumbered Promotional cards | |||||||
Trivia
- Buck is the only Stat Trainer to specialize in more than one stat.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | バク Baku | From 麦 baku (wheat) and possibly 爆 baku (explosion) |
| English, Latin American Spanish | Buck | From buckwheat and similar to his Japanese name |
| German | Avenaro | From the genus Avena (oats) |
| European Spanish | Bulgur | From bulgur (cracked wheat foodstuff) |
| French | Cornil | From corn |
| Italian | Chicco | From chicco (grain) |
| Korean | 맥 Maek | From 맥 (麦) maek (wheat) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 麥可 Màikě / Maahkhó | From 麥 / 麦 mài / maahk (wheat) and a partial transcription of his Japanese name |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 麦可 Màikě | |
| Vietnamese | Baku | Transcription of his Japanese name |
References
Related articles
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