Sage (Trainer class)

Sage redirects here. For other uses, see Sage (disambiguation).

Sage ぼうず Monk
TCG artwork by Masakazu Fukuda
Other names
Introduced in	Generation II
Appears in	Gold, Silver, and Crystal HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2
Gender	Male
Counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	LiGSC
Animated debut	The Show (Evolutions)
TCG debut	Undaunted
TCG card	Sage's Training
Manga debut	Bellsprout Rout (Adventures) The Gym Challenges Begin!! (Pocket Monsters series)

A Sage (Japanese: ぼうず Monk) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in Generation II. They appear to be Buddhist monks who are mostly only found in Johto's Sprout Tower and Ecruteak City.

They generally use Bellsprout and Hoothoot. The ones in the Ecruteak Gym use Gastly and Haunter.

In the Generation II core series 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.

The three Sages found exclusively in Crystal are collectively called the Wise Trio (Japanese: ３にんしゅう group of 3 men). They are Gaku (Japanese: モウカイ Mōkai), Masa (Japanese: タイソウ Taisō), and Koji (Japanese: エイセン Eisen).

Gallery

Sprites

In the core series

Sprite from Generation II (JP/KR)	Sprite from Generation II	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver (KR)
Overworld sprite from Generation II		Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

In other games

Portrait from Stadium 2

Trainer list

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Sage Chow	Initial battle	$96	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Edmond	Initial battle	$96	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage GakuC	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Jeffrey	Initial battle	$704	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Jin	Initial battle	$192	Lv.6	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage KojiC	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Li	Initial battle	$320	Lv.7	Lv.10	Lv.7	-------	-------	-------
Sage MasaC	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Neal	Initial battle	$192	Lv.6	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Nico	Initial battle	$96	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Ping	Initial battle	$512	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	-------
Sage Troy	Initial battle	$224	Lv.7	Lv.7	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
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	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Stadium 2

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Sage Chen	Initial battle	$	Lv.50	Lv.53	Lv.52	Lv.50	Lv.53	Lv.52
	Second battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.52	Lv.51	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.52
Sage Chen	Initial battle	$	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51
	Second battle	$	Lv.50	Lv.52	Lv.53	Lv.50	Lv.52	Lv.53
Sage Ty	Initial battle	$	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100
	Second battle	$	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100

Wise Trio

Exclusively in Pokémon Crystal, a group of three sages, Gaku, Masa, and Koji, guard at the highest floor of the Barrier Station to Bellchime Trail in Ecruteak City. They battle the player before allowing passage. Once the player has defeated them, they appear at the Bell Tower and tell stories of the two towers and the Legendary beasts.

For their quotes, see: Wise Trio/Quotes

In animation

Pokémon Evolutions

A Sage appeared in The Show, being amongst the audience watching the Kimono Girls perform.

Pokémon

Bellsprout

Debut	The Show

Bellsprout is the Sage's only known Pokémon. It was seen with him during the Kimono Girls' performance.

None of Bellsprout's moves are known.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Sages 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, appeared at the Sprout Tower in Bellsprout Rout. When they saw Gold entering the tower, they wanted to recruit him to be one of them, with the name "Nanyanen" (Awful in the Chuang Yi version). However, Gold refused, as he needed to find the Totodile thief he was chasing. The Sages had the Bellsprout attack him as payback, but they were all defeated by Exbo.

Pokémon

Bellsprout (×6)

Debut	Bellsprout Rout

The Sages each own a Bellsprout. They battled against Gold, but were defeated by Exbo.

Bellsprout's known moves are Swords Dance, Cut, and Reflect and their Ability is Chlorophyll.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A group of Sages appeared in The Gym Challenges Begin!!.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

A group of Sages appeared in Let's Go Catch The Dumpling Thief!!.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring a Sage in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Sage's Pokémon 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.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Hoothoot		Astral Radiance		TG12/TG30	Battle Region		073/067
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Sage's Training	Su	Undaunted		77/90	Reviving Legends		075/080
					Steelix Constructed Standard Deck		016/019
		Call of Legends		85/95

Trivia

• In the French version of Pokémon Crystal, the members of the Wise Trio are named Ken, Raoh, and Shuu, referencing the 1983 manga Fist of the North Star.

In other languages

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Chinese, Vietnamese and Brazilian Portuguese (if differs) names for individual Sages, as well as manga names in different languages (if they differ from game names)

Sprout Tower Sages

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