Day-Care Couple/Manga/PA/History

The Day-Care Couple from appear as recurring characters in the Pokémon Adventures manga. When they were young, they were good friends with, Agatha, Kurt, and Pryce. The Day-Care Lady was also a great singer, and she sang the song "Boy and his Lapras" to try and make Pryce happy again after the loss of his two.

They debuted in Gligar Glide, where met them after helping recapture some runaway baby Pokémon. The Day-Care Lady tricked Gold into helping out around the place by claiming to train him so that he could get stronger than. The training worked, allowing Gold to get stronger and his Exbo evolved into a after fighting numerous Pokémon being kept there. When an earthquake damaged Ecruteak City, the couple sent Gold to find Jasmine, who had been traveling to the Day Care to see the child of her two.

and Wilton were taken to the Day Care after an incident with  left them washed up on a shore. The Day-Care Lady forced the two of them to do chores as compensation for letting them rest at the Day Care. Later, the Day Care is attacked by the Masked Man's mind-controlled s, who attempt to steal the Rainbow and Silver Wings disguised as the feathers in Yellow's straw hat. After escaping, they met up with Gold again after his battle with the Masked Man. After Gold discovers his talent in hatching Pokémon Eggs, he leaves to face the Masked Man one last time.

After realizing the Masked Man's true identity is Pryce, the Day-Care Couple reveal that they were friends with Pryce in their youth. Due to a traumatic accident that cost the lives of his two beloved Lapras, the couple and their other friends wrote a song to try and lift his spirits. The song failed to work and Pryce eventually ended up a bitter old man trying to turn back time with 's power. After Gold managed to defeat Pryce, Celebi used its powers to make Pryce hear the song his friends made for him. This time, the song managed to help Pryce realize the errors of his ways. At the end of this chapter, the Day-Care Couple were seen raising more Pokémon Eggs as Wilton is forced to continue to help around.

In Epilogue, they make a cameo appearance in one of the ships heading to the.

It is revealed that the Day-Care Couple have moved to Sinnoh. They are seen at the end of this chapter at Solaceon Town, where they help and  raise a  Egg and discuss with  about its relation to. When Platinum notes how mysterious Eggs are, the Day-Care Man tells her about a case when was known affecting his Pokémon's personality before hatching.

Gold is asked by them to help hatch an Egg laid by 's and 's Snorlax before they move to Sinnoh.