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- "I'm Bugsy! I never lose when it comes to Bug-type Pokémon. My research is going to make me an authority on Bug-type Pokémon! Let me demonstrate what I've learned from my studies."
- — Bugsy, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Bugsy (Japanese: ツクシ, Hepburn: Tsukushi) is the Gym Leader of the Azalea Town Gym. Beating him earns the player the Hive Badge. He specializes in using Bug-type Pokémon. The player can challenge Bugsy only after Team Rocket is defeated in the Slowpoke Well.
Appearance
Bugsy is an androgynous-looking boy with purple hair and eyes. In the original Gen II games and anime he wore a green camper's outfit (green collared shirt with green shorts suspended by a belt, brown dress shoes and white ankle socks). In Gen IV this is modified to look more like a boy scout outfit (his shirt now has different shades of green, he wears a neckerchief, and he wears yellow-striped knee socks instead).
Personality
Biography
Games
He claims to have discovered Fury Cutter move. After the player character defeats him, he will give the player character the Hive Badge TM49 (Fury Cutter) in Gold, Silver and Crystal. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is TM89 (U-Turn).
Manga
Anime
Season 3: The Johto Journeys
Bugsy, in the anime
Bugsy is the Gym Leader of Azalea Town, who was first yelled at by Misty, due to her fear of bugs. After acknowledgeding Ash's challenge, he sent a Spinarak (who moved with a surprsing grace), a Metapod that could move and his ace, Scyther. Ash defeated him and won the Hive Badge.
Season 4: Johto League Champions
Bugsy with his Scyther
Bugsy, among other Johto Gym Leaders, appears in the opening scene of Pokémon: Johto League Champions.
Season 5: Master Quest
When Team Rocket stole Ash's badges, Ash remembered his fights with the Johto Gym Leaders, as his Pokémon were responsible for winning those badges.
Sprites
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Pokémon
Games
Gold, Silver and Crystal
 Metapod 
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 Kakuna 
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 Scyther 
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| Lv. 15 | ♀ | Lv. 14 | ♂ | Lv. 17 | ♂
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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| - | Harden | Quick Attack | |||||
| - | Poison Sting | Leer | |||||
| - | String Shot | Fury Cutter | |||||
HeartGold and SoulSilver
 Kakuna
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 Metapod
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 Scyther
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| Lv. 15 | ♀ | Lv. 16 | ♀ | Lv. 17 | ♀
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| Ability: Shed Skin | Ability: Shed Skin | Ability: Technician
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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| - | Tackle | Leer | |||||
| - | String Shot | Focus Energy | |||||
 Scizor 
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 Shedinja 
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 Vespiquen
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 Yanmega
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 Heracross 
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 Pinsir
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| Lv. 56 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 52 | ♀ | Lv. 52 | ♀ | Lv. 54 | ♀ | Lv. 54 | ♀ |
| Ability: Technician | Ability: Wonder Guard | Ability: Pressure | Ability: Tinted Lens | Ability: Guts | Ability: Mold Breaker | ||||||
| Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | ||||||
| - | Protect | Protect | Hypnosis | Counter | Rock Tomb | ||||||
| - | Toxic | Sludge Bomb | AncientPower | Stone Edge | Guillotine | ||||||
| - | Shadow Sneak | Heal Order | Air Slash | Close Combat | Stone Edge | ||||||
| - | Swagger | Defend Order | Bug Buzz | Megahorn | X-Scissor | ||||||
Black 2 and White 2
Stadium 2
 Scyther
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Metapod
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 Beedrill
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 Weepinbell 
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Pinsir
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| Lv. 50 | ♂ | Lv. 51 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♂ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♂ |
| Item: PRZCureBerry | Item: MiracleBerry | Item: Mint Berry | Item: Berry | Item: Bitter Berry | |||||
| - | Tackle | Cut | Razor Leaf | Strength | |||||
| - | String Shot | Twineedle | Sludge Bomb | Submission | |||||
| - | - | Sludge Bomb | Cut | Bind | |||||
| - | - | Poison Sting | Wrap | Seismic Toss | |||||
Anime
On hand
| Pokémon | Information | |
| Bugsy's Spinarak battled against Ash's Chikorita during Ash's gym battle for the Hive Badge. Though at a type avantage, Spinarak lost. | ||
| Spinarak | ||
| Pokémon | Information | |
| Bugsy's Metapod battled against Ash's Chikorita during Ash's gym battle for the Hive Badge. Unlike Ash's old Metapod, Bugsy's can move around. It quickly defeated Ash's Chikorita but was beaten by Ash's Pikachu. | ||
| Metapod | ||
| Pokémon | Information | |
| Bugsy's Scyther appeared in a gym battle against Ash's Pikachu. With its great speed and power, it overwhelmed Ash's Pikachu, but lost to his Cyndaquil when it used Flamethrower from above. Its known moves are Swords Dance and Fury Cutter. | ||
| Scyther | ||
Takes care of
| Pokémon | Information | |
| Caterpie is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings. | ||
| Caterpie | ||
| Pokémon | Information | |
| Kakuna is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. | ||
| Kakuna | ||
| Pokémon | Information | |
| Weedle is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings. | ||
| Weedle | ||
Voice Actors
- English: Tara Sands
- Japanese: Hiromi Ishikawa
- Italian: Monica Bonetto
- Polish: Grzegorz Pawlak
- Spanish: Amelia Jara
- Iberian Spanish: Maria Fernanda Morales
Episode appearances
The Johto Journeys
| Episode(s) | Title(s) |
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| JE028 | Gettin' the Bugs Out |
Master Quest
| Episode(s) | Title(s) |
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| JE139 | Why? Wynaut! |
Trivia
- Bugsy's name is a play on the word BUG, since he is a Bug-type Pokémon Trainer.
- Bugsy is the first Gym Leader that specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
- At first Bugsy appeared to be androgynous, until it was immediately revealed that he is a boy.
- In his HeartGold/SoulSilver artwork, he has pale skin, but in the anime and game sprites, he appears to have normal colored skin. This trait is shared with Pike Queen Lucy.
- In Gold/Silver all of Bugsy's Pokémon are male, but in HeartGold/SoulSilver, they are female.
Gallery
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