Hatcher Gold

Gold, or ゴールド, is the main Pokemon trainer and Pokedex Holder from Johto manga canon. His rivals and teammates are Crystal and Silver. He is a well-meaning and carefree, but often immature and mischievous, kid from New Bark Town. He grew up all his life surrounded by Pokemon in his house, and has since grown up with a very strong affinity to raising them. Because of this, Professor Oak considers him the Breeder of the Pokedex Holders, due to his ability to draw out unparalleled potential in a newly hatched Pokemon.

Previous Canon Info
Gold first left on his original journey intending to come back very shortly, after leaving with Joey to meet Professor Oak and, more importantly, DJ Mary. When he met Silver at Professor Elm's lab shortly after, he vowed to chase after the boy, and ended up getting sucked into a battle alongside Silver and Crystal against the Mask of Ice (Pryce), who they eventually defeated and trapped inside Celebi's time traveling plane. He later traveled to the Hoenn Battle Frontier with Crystal to assist the Hoenn PokeDex Holder in beating Guile Hideout, who was later revealed to be Archie. Gold didn't reveal his presence at the Frontier until he was unmasked as being a fake Guile Hideout, during a plan to confuse Guile's Pokemon. During the incident, Gold tried to inspire Emerald to find the ability to claim one of Jirachi's wishes in himself, and worked with the other PokeDex Holders to hold off and eventually defeat the giant energy Kyogre that Archie had summoned. In the HGSS chapter of the manga, Gold fought head-on against Arceus, but the results of that battle are clouded in fog. ((Due to that issue of the manga having not been fully released at this point.))

Pokemon
Gold has many Pokemon at home of various species. These include rare and common species, but Gold has taken his closest Pokemon with him since his journey began 7 years ago.

Explotaro
"Explotaro was Gold's starter Pokemon from Elm, and is the powerhouse of his team. It focuses on Fire-type moves like Flame Wheel, Fire Punch, Flamethrower and the legendary Blast Burn."

Ataro
"Ataro was Gold's first Pokemon and is the most like him in personality. He's very mischievous and playful, just like Gold. He specializes in moving very fast and boosting his teammates through confusing the opponent or increasing his stats then Baton Passing to a stronger fighter."

Politaro
"Just like Ataro, Gold has had Politaro since a very young age, being one of the two Pokemon he started out on his journey originally with. Politaro wanted to become a Poliwrath eventually, but ended up evolving into a Politoed because of a trade. He has an extraordinary amount of skill in controlling water, able to manipulate powerful whirlpools, and has strengths in many Fighting-based attacks such as Brick Break or Focus Punch."

Utaro
"Gold found and captured Utaro during a race against Whitney. It has brutally strong Attack and Defense stats, and can go toe-to-toe against the toughest foes."

Suntaro
"Suntaro was captured near Violet City, when Gold needed his amazing jumping abilities to launch Explotaro, then a Cyndaquil, high into the air to take out a raging Skarmory. He isn't strong at fighting or defending, so his main use on the team is as support."

Totaro
"Hatched from an egg from Jasmine's two Togetic, Totaro is a handful for Gold, mostly since he took after Gold's rasher tendencies when he hatched. He loves causing Gold trouble, and has a penchant for gambling. Blue took Totaro in for training, and Totaro has been much more reasonably behaved after. He's still maintained much of his sudden violent tendencies, though."

Pichu
"Pichu was hatched during Gold's battle against The Mask of Ice, and shares Gold's courageous spirit and quick thinking, while having access to very powerful Electric-type attacks, as well as a strong affinity with the Legendary Beast Raikou. It's partly because of the connection between the two Pokemon that Gold sometimes searches for Raikou, in order to allow them to be reunited."

Mantaro and the Remoraid
"This is Gold's primary method of transportation besides his skateboard. The Remoraid attach to the underside of Gold's Mantine, and propel it by firing their Water Gun, and sometimes other moves, backwards. Because it relies on 8 combined Special Attack stats instead of a Speed stat, it can be an extremely fast means of getting around in the air."

External Sites
Twitter account: @Special_Gold

Formspring account: SpecialGold