Will

Will (Japanese: イツキ Itsuki) is a  and member of the Indigo Elite Four.

Will is noted for his peculiar appearance&mdash;formal clothes and a mask that covers his eyes.

In the games
Will is a member of the Elite Four in the Generation II and Generation IV games. He is the first of the five Trainers one must battle after defeating the eight Gym Leaders of Johto.

Pokémon
This listing is for Will's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.




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First battle



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Rematch




Round 1




Round 2





 * Before battle
 * "Welcome to Pokémon League, . Allow me to introduce myself. I am Will. I have trained all around the world, making my psychic Pokémon powerful. And, at last, I've been accepted into the Elite Four. I can only keep getting better! Losing is not an option!"


 * Being defeated
 * "I… I can't… believe it…"


 * After being defeated
 * "Even though I was defeated, I won't change my course. I will continue battling until I stand above all Trainers! Now,, move on and experience the true ferocity of the Elite Four."


 * Before battle
 * "Welcome to the Pokémon League! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Will. I have trained all around the world, making my Psychic-type Pokémon powerful. And, at last, I've been accepted into the Elite Four. I can only keep getting better! Losing is not an option!"


 * After sending out last Pokémon
 * "We Psychics don't give up even when we're down to the last Pokémon. That's what makes us so formidable!"


 * Last Pokémon at critical health
 * "Until we reach zero, our power is limitless. I'm not giving up yet!"


 * Being defeated
 * "I… I can't…believe it…"


 * After being defeated
 * "Even though I was defeated, I won't change my course. I will continue battling until I stand above all Trainers! Now move on and experience the true ferocity of the Elite Four."

Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

 * Normal
 * "Do you wish to challenge the Elite Four? It won't be easy to defeat us! Let the match begin!"
 * "You got me! Keep going to see the true power of the Elite Four!"


 * Hard
 * "I have become stronger! There's no way I'll lose now!"
 * "You got me. But don't think losing will change my ways. To reach the top, you must continue on to face the true might of the Elite Four!"


 * Super Hard
 * "I have become stronger! There's no way I'll lose now!"
 * "You got me. But don't think losing will change my ways. To reach the top, you must continue on to face the true might of the Elite Four!"


 * Intense
 * "I have become stronger! There's no way I'll lose now!"
 * "You got me. But don't think losing will change my ways. To reach the top, you must continue on to face the true might of the Elite Four!"

Pokémon Stadium 2

 * Before battle
 * "I have observed your battle techniques. I'm ready for you!"
 * "Have you studied up on Psychic-type Pokémon?"
 * "So, you have finally reached me. All right. Prepare for battle!"


 * Sending out first Pokémon
 * "Start!"


 * Sending out a new Pokémon
 * "Switch to !"
 * "<Pokémon>, go!"
 * "<Pokémon>, fight!"
 * "Attack, <Pokémon>!"


 * Recalling a Pokémon
 * "Come back, <Pokémon>!"
 * "<Pokémon>, that will do!"
 * "That was good!"
 * "You earned a reward!"


 * Own Pokémon faints
 * "I blew it all!"
 * "Hmm... Not bad."


 * Player's Pokémon faints
 * "Did that surprise you?"


 * Own Pokémon lands a critical hit
 * "We're taking aim at its weak spot. How do you like that?"


 * Player's Pokémon lands a critical hit
 * "I felt that. That connected with a weak spot."


 * Own Pokémon being hurt by a
 * "Hmm... This can't be helped."


 * Commanding his Pokémon to use
 * "Here's an attack on the psyche!"


 * Successfully inflicting a status condition on the player's Pokémon
 * "You really are unlucky."


 * If the player is defeated
 * "That decided it."


 * After being defeated
 * "Of all the opponents I've faced, you're the best without a doubt."
 * "I'm impressed. I have no regrets about this. Go on ahead."
 * "I've expended all my power. I have no regrets about losing this way."


 * After winning
 * "That was close. I wonder what it is that you lack."
 * "Sorry about that, but I'm shooting for the top myself."
 * "I never thought you could come this far."


 * If the battle ended in a draw
 * "This battle will go down in history. I'm sure of it..."


 * If the player runs from the battle
 * "You're quitting? After all you've done to get here?"

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Will debuts in the. He, along with Karen,, , Sham, and Carl, was one of the children raised by the Masked Man to be his servants. Unlike Silver and Green, Will was not kidnapped and went to the Masked Man willingly out of boredom.

Will and Karen first appear at the Ilex Forest, where they have been tasked with guarding the area. When Green arrives to stop the Masked Man's plan to capture, she is attacked by Will and Karen. With the they borrowed from the Masked Man, Will and Karen exploit Green's fear of birds to torture her. When Green learns that Will and Karen also defeated and captured Silver, she overcomes her fear of birds and sends out, , and to fight. Green and her allies, and, each use one of the legendary birds to battle against Will and Karen. With the assistance of many Pokémon sent from all across Johto and Kanto, Lugia and Ho-Oh are freed from the Masked Man's control and fly away. Defeated, Will makes his escape, only to be punished later by the Masked Man for doing so.

After the Masked Man's defeat, Will and Karen are approached by Bruno and Koga, who offer to form an alliance since all four of them are ex-members of various criminal organizations.

In the, it is revealed that Will, Karen, Bruno, and Koga were all made members of the Johto Elite Four by the Pokémon Association. The Johto Elite Four go to the Pokéathlon as an act of promotion for the Pokémon League. There, they meet, whom they challenge to the Power Course. Although they easily defeat Gold in the first two events, Gold gains enough points in the third event to win overall.

Pokémon
This listing is of Will's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Will appears in A Challenge to the Elite Four of Pokémon Pocket Monsters. He is a member of the Johto Elite Four.

Will, along with Bruno and Koga fell from the Elite Four Tower, seemingly defeated by Karen. Red asked them what happened, but Koga asked him to ask Karen herself. It is later revealed that after being exhausted from training, Karen decided to tell them a joke, and they fell down the building after hearing her dumb joke.

In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Will or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

 * Will's hair falls over the left side of his face, leading to his left eye being whited out in some depictions. This has spurred debate as to whether he has one functioning eye or two. This is rectified in, where his overworld sprite clearly shows two eyes, both obscured by white.
 * Will has several similarities with Lorelei: both of them are the first challenger of Kanto Elite Four; both of them have used and  in their respective parties; they have similar hairstyles; and both of them have had their hair depicted as either purple or red.
 * All of Will's Pokémon (excluding Jynx, for obvious reasons) changed from male in to female in.
 * Similarly to Saturn, Bugsy, and Janine (Generation II) his Pokémon are the opposite gender of himself despite having a 50-50 gender ratio.
 * There is data in for the gender of almost every Trainer class in the game (Eusine is excluded). This is used to select which dialog pool to sample from when randomly choosing the opponent's dialog. Interestingly, Will is one of two male characters to be identified as female in this array. The other is Bugsy.
 * Will is the only member of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four (in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver) that uses only Pokémon of the type that he specializes in the first match. All others have at least one Pokémon not of their specialty in their first match, and, with the exception of Lance, replace the Pokémon not of their specialty with Pokémon of their specialty in rematches.
 * He shares this trait with Lucian of the Sinnoh Elite Four in . Coincidentally, both use Psychic-type Pokémon.
 * All of Will's Pokémon are dual-types the first time he is battled.
 * Will appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a to battle.

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 * Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

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