Underground Man

Underground Man 地下おじさん Underground Man
The Underground Man in the anime
Gender	Male
Hometown	Eterna City
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Roark (relative), Byron (relative)
Generation	IV, VIII
Games	Diamond, Pearl, Platinum Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Anime debut	A Grass Menagerie!
English voice actor	Eric Schussler
Japanese voice actor	Unshō Ishizuka

The Underground Man (Japanese: 地下おじさん Underground Man) lives in Eterna City in a house next door to the Pokémon Center.

In the core series games

When the player first meets him, he gives them the Explorer Kit. The other NPCs in his house describe various aspects of exploring the Underground^DPPt/Grand Underground^BDSP. A woman in Sunyshore City mentions that Byron and the Underground Man are related and they, with Roark, are a trio of dedicated diggers.

Tasks

He gives the player a series of tasks, each with various rewards for completion:

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

Task	Reward
Use the Explorer Kit and go to the Underground	Move Trap (Up), Bubble Trap, Leaf Trap
Dig something out of the wall	Prism Sphere 1, Red Sphere 1, Blue Sphere 1
Plant a Sphere in the ground	Digger Drill
Create a Secret Base	Plain Table, Wooden Chair, Small Bookshelf, Buneary Doll
Decorate a Secret Base	Doll of the player's first partner Pokémon (Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup)
Capture a flag from another player's Secret Base	Bronze flag, ability to remove three boulders, Base Upgrade (up to 12 Decorations), Pretty Gem
Capture three flags from another player's Secret Base	Silver flag, ability to remove two more boulders, Base Upgrade (up to 15 Decorations), Shiny Gem
Capture ten flags from another player's Secret Base	Gold flag, ability to remove five more boulders, Mystic Gem, and a radar that shows the locations of treasure, buried spheres and traps for the whole underground map.
Capture fifty flags from another player's Secret Base	Platinum flag, ability to remove all boulders, Glitter Gem, and a star on the Trainer Card.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Task	Reward
Use the Explorer Kit and go to the Underground	Red Sphere S, Blue Sphere S, Green Sphere S
Dig up treasures or spheres	Digger Drill
Create a Secret Base	5 Quick Balls, 5 Dusk Balls, 5 Dive Balls
Place a Statue in your Secret Base	Square Pedestal XS
Visit another player's Secret Base	Round Pedestal M, Sturdy Pedestal S
Find a light of a different color	Clear Pedestal L

Gallery

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Sprites and models

Overworld sprite from Generation IV

Quotes

Main article: Underground Man/Quotes

In the anime

The Underground Man appeared in The Grass Menagerie! while Team Rocket was exploring the Underground. He convinced Jessie, James, and Meowth to dig up spheres and shards for him from the Underground, and fed them as a way of thanks. However, while they ate, he fled with the treasures.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka English Eric Schussler Czech Michal Holán Finnish Pasi Ruohonen Polish Marek Robaczewski Brazilian Portuguese Fábio Vilalonga Spanish Latin America Enrique Cervantes Spain Antonio Esquivas

In the manga

The Underground Man in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

The Underground Man was first mentioned in A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium, spending time with Roark in the Underground. He makes his first appearance in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia I, where he and Byron were digging underground with the Explorer Kit to avoid Team Galactic from tracking the Sinnoh Gym Leaders. In the next chapter, he suffered the effects from the distortion of time and space caused by Dialga and Palkia battling. In Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia VI, the Underground Man along with Byron, Professor Rowan, and Sir Berlitz reappear at the Spear Pillar and attempt to stop Charon from escaping.

Pokémon

		Dugtrio (×3)
		The Underground Man uses these three Dugtrio to help him dig underground. While digging, they were suffering the effects from the distortion of time and space caused by Dialga and Palkia battling. None of their moves are known.
Debut	Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia I

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 地下大叔 Deihhá Daaihsūk Mandarin 地下大叔 Dìxià Dàshū Finnish Aarne Aarteenetsijä European French Homme du Souterrain German Untergrund-Mann Italian Esperto dei Sotterranei Korean 지하아저씨 Jiha Ajeossi Polish Przeszukiwacz Podziemi European Spanish Hombre Topo Vietnamese Chuyên gia đào hầm

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