Mom (Johto)
Mother[1][2] or Mom[3][4][5] (Japanese: おかあさん mother) is the mother of Ethan, KrisC, or Lyra.HGSS
| Mom おかあさん Mother | |
 Art from Gold and Silver | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Hometown | New Bark Town |
| Region | Johto |
| Generation | II, IV |
| Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver |
In the core series games
In the Generation II games and in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player's mother informs them that the Pokégear has returned from the repair shop. In Generation II, she then helps set the day of the week and, in non-Japanese and non-Korean releases, set daylight saving time accordingly (except if it's between 11:00 PM and 12:59 AM in-game, in which the game prevents this due to the day of the week changing; she will claim that she lost the instruction booklet for the Pokégear, although not during the initial setup process).
She will save the player's money at their request so that a quarter of the money won from each battle is automatically sent to her, and money can be deposited and withdrawn from her (in HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player has $999,999 on hand then no additional money earned from battles will be sent to her, contrary to what the end-of-battle dialogue claims). She occasionally buys decorationsGSC, damage-reducing BerriesHGSS, or other items (listed below) with the player's money, then apologizes for spending the money she is saving. Her cooking specialty is the Cinnabar Volcano Burger.
Items purchased
Generation II
After the player wins a Trainer battle, the player's mother may purchase items for them. Purchased items are sent to the player's PC.
When the player's savings reach certain amounts, the player's mother may purchase one of the items below. Each item can only be obtained once.
| Trigger | Cost | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $900 | $600 | 
|
Super Potion |
| $4000 | $270 | 
|
Repel |
| $7000 | $600 |
|
Super Potion |
| $10000 | $1800 | 
|
Charmander Doll |
| $15000 | $3000 | 
|
Moon Stone |
| $19000 | $600 |
|
Super Potion |
| $30000 | $4800 | 
|
Clefairy Doll |
| $40000 | $900 | 
|
Hyper Potion |
| $50000 | $8000 | 
|
Pikachu Doll |
| $100000 | $22800 | 
|
Big Snorlax |
If the player's mother cannot purchase one of the above items, then she may randomly purchase an item below if the player's savings are an exact multiple of $2300. The target multiple rises each time the player's savings pass or equal the previous target (starting with $2300) and never lowers. This means that if the player's savings increase from $4500 to $4700 after a battle, they will thereafter be unable to trigger one of these items at $4600 even if they make a withdrawal from their savings.
| Cost | Item | |
|---|---|---|
| $600 |
|
Super Potion |
| $90 | 
|
Antidote |
| $180 | 
|
Poké Ball |
| $450 | 
|
Escape Rope |
| $500 | 
|
Great Ball |
Generation IV
Purchased items are delivered to the player via a delivery man in any Poké Mart. Up to 5 items can be awaiting pickup by the player at the same time. After that, the player's mom will stop making new purchases until the awaiting items are picked up.
Once only
Once the player's savings reaches a certain threshold, she will buy one of these items. Once each item is purchased, it will not be purchased again. If the player has 5 other items pending pickup, these items are not missed: once the player picks up the pending items, the next one will be purchased after the next time the player saves more money.
| Trigger | Cost | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $900 | $600 |
|
Super Potion |
| $4000 | $270 |
|
Repel |
| $7000 | $600 |
|
Super Potion |
| $10000 | $100 | 
|
Silk Scarf |
| $15000 | $3000 |
|
Moon Stone |
| $19000 | $900 |
|
Hyper Potion |
| $30000 | $200 | 
|
Choice Scarf |
| $40000 | $200 | 
|
Muscle Band |
| $50000 | $200 | 
|
Focus Sash |
Unlimited times
Each time the player's savings reach or exceed a multiple of $3000, if Mom does not buy one of the once-only items, she buys 5 of a random berry for $100 total (this counts as one item for the delivery man). If the player has 5 other items pending pickup, the berries are missed. Mom will only buy these if the threshold was reached by winning the money in a battle.
Gallery
Sprites
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| Overworld sprite from Generation II |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
In Pokémon Masters EX, Ethan mentions his mother at some point: "When you're working hard, you've gotta rest hard, too! That's what my mom always says."
Quotes
- Main article: Mom (Johto)/Quotes
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
She appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga as the mother of Gold, debuting in Murkrow Row. She was seen nagging him about his messy hairstyle, calling it "explosive".
Pokémon
These Pokémon are raised by Gold's mother. Due to the large amount of Pokémon she raises, their home is known as "the Poké-house". These Pokémon were either given by Trainers, caught by Gold's mother, or had settled there as wild Pokémon.
On hand
 Lickitung |
 Sandshrew |
 Oddish |
 Krabby |
 Chansey ♀ |
 Weedle |
 Exeggcute |
 Kakuna |
 Drowzee |
Given away
 Aibo ♂ |
 Polibo ♂ |
Trivia
- In the internal data for Pokémon Gold and Silver, there is leftover data for naming the mother.
- Other leftover data also indicates the player would have had the option of allowing the mother to save half or all of the player's money after a battle.
- In Generation II, she refers to herself as "MOM"[6] in all-caps but some other non-player characters refer to her as "mom" in lowercase.[7][8][9][10]
References
- ↑ "MOTHER" is found in the Generation II game data, in the unused feature to change her name
- ↑ "Mother" is her name on the Pokégear in Generation IV
- ↑ "MOM" is her name on the Pokégear in Generation II
- ↑ When sending money to her: "Sent some to MOM!"GSC; "Sent some to Mom!"HGSS
- ↑ She is known as "Mom" at the start of her dialogue in Generation IV
- ↑ "Come see your MOM sometime!"
- ↑ "Wow, your POKéGEAR is impressive! Did your mom get it for you?"; "Hi, <player>! Leaving again? You should tell your mom if you are leaving. Call your mom on your POKéGEAR to let her know how you're doing." - a non-player character in New Bark Town, in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- ↑ "Before you leave, make sure that you talk to your mom." - Professor Elm in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- ↑ "You're traveling all alone? Isn't your mom worried?" - Pokéfan Colin on S.S. Aqua in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- ↑ "Yesterday, I went out to New Bark Town. There was a lady who looked a lot like you,<player>. What? That lady was your mom? Aww, I should've introduced myself! I bet your mom's really proud of all that you've accomplished. Heh, put it this way. I'd be proud if I were your mom, believe me!" - Juggler Irwin in Pokémon Crystal
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