Volkner

Volkner serves as the Gym Leader for the Sunyshore City Gym. Volkner specializes in Electric-type Pokémon, and holds the Beacon Badge for the trainers that defeat him. He is the final and most powerful gym leader in Sinnoh.

Appearance

Volkner is a young blue-eyed man, who has spiky blonde hair. He wears a black T-shirt over his collared blue jacket, which has yellow details and black sleeves. He also wears black pants, and grey shoes, which have volt markings on the soles. Volkner also has a chain around his left hip.

Personality

Volkner is not an easily amused trainer, a small challenge is beneath him making him seem anti-social and out-casting towards others. Though when he finally finds a worthy battle, his demeanour becomes determined and encouraged.

Biography

Games

Volkner first appeared in Generation IV's Diamond and Pearl games as the Sunyshore City Gym Leader, specializing in Electric Pokémon. His Gym consists of three rooms filled with gigantic gears, electrical equipment, and rotating walkways. The player would need to rotate the walkways, using buttons located in various areas, and construct a path leading to the next room, and later, to Volkner himself. In the game, just like in the anime he is bored but after battling he will be back to the way he was.

Upon defeating him, Volkner will reward the player with the Beacon Badge and TM57 (Charge Beam).

Manga

Main article: Volkner (Adventures)

Anime

Main article: Volkner (anime)

Young Volkner was a lot like Ash in personality. Also, like Ash, he probably got a Pikachu instead of the three usual starters for his first Pokémon and had a rival that later became his friend, Flint. These things are shown in flashbacks.

Volkner was first referred to by Tower Tycoon Palmer in Challenging a Towering Figure!, saying that, after seeing his battling skills, Ash would be able to give Volkner "a shock." Volkner first appeared in person in Flint Sparks the Fire!. It was revealed in the episode that he had met up with Flint when they were younger and had become rivals and eventually good friends.

After Volkner became a Gym Leader, he designed the walkways of Sunyshore City and other technological advancements for the city.

He also designed the Sunyshore Tower which supplies electricity to the city. However, he soon became bored with battling and resorted to giving free badges to Trainers. After witnessing Ash's battle with Flint, he became interested in battling again and decided to accept Ash's challenge for a Gym battle.

Volkner appeared again in The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!, where he and Ash began their Gym battle. However, it was quickly interrupted as Team Rocket stole the Sunyshore Tower, causing a citywide blackout. After Ash defeated Team Rocket with the help of his newly evolved Torterra, Volkner returned the tower back to its original place. However, as both the tower and Gym were badly damaged, Volkner told Ash that he had to repair them before they could have a rematch.

Ash agreed to the terms, saying that he'll spend that time for more training. Ash challenged him once again in The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! During the last battle between Infernape and Luxray, Infernape's Blaze activated once again, but now, Infernape was able to take control of its ability, and by using the powers it gained, it won the match. This earned Ash the Beacon Badge, thus allowing him to enter the Sinnoh League.

Sprites

Gen. IV	Platinum	Challenge Sprite	Gen. V

Pokémon

Games

Diamond and Pearl

Raichu		Ambipom		Octillery		Luxray		[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 46	♂	Lv. 47	♂	Lv. 47	♂	Lv. 49	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Static		Ability: Technician		Ability: Sniper		Ability: Rivalry		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?
Charge Beam		Shock Wave		Bullet Seed		Crunch		-	-
Brick Break		Nasty Plot		Aurora Beam		Thunder Fang		-	-
Light Screen		Agility		Charge Beam		Thunder Wave		-	-
Thunder Wave		Baton Pass		Octazooka		Charge Beam		-	-

Platinum

Raichu		Jolteon		Electivire		Luxray		[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 46	♂	Lv. 46	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 48	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Static		Ability: Volt Absorb		Ability: Motor Drive		Ability: Rivalry		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: None		Item: ?	Item: ?
Charge Beam		Quick Attack		ThunderPunch		Thunder Fang		-	-
Signal Beam		Iron Tail		Fire Punch		Ice Fang		-	-
Focus Blast		Thunder Wave		Giga Impact		Fire Fang		-	-
Quick Attack		Charge Beam		Quick Attack		Crunch		-	-

Houndoom		Flareon		Magmortar		Luxray		Jolteon		Electivire
Lv. 56	♂	Lv. 56	♂	Lv. 58	♂	Lv. 56	♂	Lv. 56	♂	Lv. 58	♂
Ability: Flash Fire		Ability: Flash Fire		Ability: Flame Body		Ability: Rivalry		Ability: Volt Absorb		Ability: Motor Drive
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry
Flamethrower		Overheat		Flamethrower		Thunder Fang		Charge Beam		ThunderPunch
Dark Pulse		Giga Impact		Solar Beam		Crunch		Quick Attack		Giga Impact
Sludge Bomb		Quick Attack		Thunderbolt		Ice Fang		Pin Missile		Fire Punch
Sunny Day		Will-O-Wisp		Hyper Beam		Fire Fang		Double Kick		Brick Break

Jolteon		Raichu		Luxray		Lanturn		Electivire		[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 61	♂	Lv. 61	♂	Lv. 62	♂	Lv. 63	♂	Lv. 65	♂	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Volt Absorb		Ability: Static		Ability: Rivalry		Ability: Volt Absorb		Ability: Motor Drive		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?
Charge Beam		Thunder Wave		Thunder Fang		Surf		Giga Impact		-
Double Kick		Light Screen		Fire Fang		Discharge		Brick Break		-
Pin Missile		Brick Break		Ice Fang		Ice Beam		Fire Punch		-
Quick Attack		Charge Beam		Crunch		Signal Beam		ThunderPunch		-

Black 2 and White 2

Electivire		Luxray		Raichu		Rotom		Jolteon		Electrode
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	-
Ability: Motor Drive		Ability: Rivalry		Ability: Static		Ability: Levitate		Ability: Volt Absorb		Ability: Static
Item: Salac Berry		Item: Liechi Berry		Item: Grass Gem		Item: King's Rock		Item: Air Balloon		Item: Electric Gem
Wild Charge		Wild Charge		Thunderbolt		Discharge		Thunderbolt		Thunder
Cross Chop		Crunch		Focus Blast		Air Slash		Shadow Ball		Signal Beam
Ice Punch		Superpower		Grass Knot		Pain Split		Charm		Taunt
Bulldoze		Thunder Wave		Charge		Substitute		Wish		Torment

Electivire		Luxray		Raichu		Rotom		Jolteon		Electrode
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	-
Ability: Motor Drive		Ability: Rivalry		Ability: Static		Ability: Levitate		Ability: Volt Absorb		Ability: Static
Item: Salac Berry		Item: Shuca Berry		Item: Grass Gem		Item: Colbur Berry		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Electric Gem
Wild Charge		Wild Charge		Thunderbolt		Discharge		Thunderbolt		Electro Ball
Brick Break		Crunch		Focus Blast		Hex		Shadow Ball		Signal Beam
Ice Punch		Superpower		Grass Knot		Pain Split		Charm		Taunt
Bulldoze		Thunder Wave		Charge		Will-o-wisp		Wish		Torment

Electivire		Eelektross		Galvantula		Zebstrika		[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Motor Drive		Ability: Levitate		Ability: Compoundeyes		Ability: Motor Drive		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: Shuca Berry		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Occa Berry		Item: Lum Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?
Fire Punch		Thunderbolt		Thunder		Discharge		-	-
Thunderpunch		Crunch		Bug Buzz		Wild Charge		-	-
Low Kick		Acid Spray		Sucker Punch		Flame Charge		-	-
Discharge		Thunder Wave		Discharge		Overheat		-	-

Trivia

• Strangely, in the tag battle with Flint and Volkner vs. the player and Barry, their Pokémon were the electric/fire counterparts
• At one point in Black and White, Shauntal references battling Volkner in the past.
• Volkner's name is a play on the word Volt since he is an Electric-type trainer.
• Volkner bears a very slight resemblance to Minato Namikaze from the series Naruto.
  • As well as Volkner using Electric-type Pokémon, while Minato Namikaze is known as "The Yellow Flash".
• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, he has an Octillery, which is an unusual Pokémon for him to have, since Octillery is a water-type and he uses Electric types.
  • Also in Diamond and Pearl, he has an Ambipom, which is a normal-type.

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