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Villain Overview

You're looking for Team Plasma, right? They ran into the amusement park. Come with me. They're not here. Let's ride the Ferris Wheel and see if we can spot them. I love Ferris Wheels. The circular motion... the mechanics... they're like collections of elegant formulas.
~ N
It's over! Never again will Pokémon be made to suffer or be held captive by humans. It's all thanks to my friend, Zekrom/Reshiram! You may have the title of Champion... But you can't stop me with just a title. Your soft heart has left you weak. Years ago, you lost your Pokémon, your partner, to sickness. In order to forget the pain in your heart, you wandered Unova... Who knows how long it's been since you've had to fight with your full strength? I actually kind of like that about you, though. As a Trainer who far outmatches the Champion, I shall issue an order across Unova: Trainers of the world, free your Pokémon!
~ N to Alder.
<Player>! You said you have a dream... That dream... Make it come true! Make your wonderful dream a reality, and it will become your truth! <Player>! If anyone can, it's you! Well, then... Farewell!
~ N's final farewell.

Natural Harmonia Gropius, better known as N, is the secondary antagonist of Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, and a supporting protagonist in their direct sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2.

He is a mysterious trainer with the ability to understand Pokémon. The king of Team Plasma, N plans to reawaken the Legendary Pokemon, Zekrom/Reshiram, so he may become Champion and fulfill his goal of liberating all Pokémon in Unova.

In Japanese, he was voiced by Yuichi Nakamura in the anime, Hiroshi Kamiya in Pokémon Animation Special, Akira Ishida in Pokémon Generations, Hikaru Midorikawa (who has also voiced Thor in Record of Ragnarok) in Pokémon Masters, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (who has also voiced Loki in Record of Ragnarok) in Pokémon Evolutions, and Chiyuki Miura in Pokémon Evolutions as a child. In English, he was voiced by Nicholas DiMichele in the anime, Tom Wayland in Pokémon Animation Special, Grant George in Pokémon Generations, Daman Mills in Pokémon Masters, Chris Hackney (who also voiced Ghiaccio) in Pokémon Evolutions, and Brittany Lauda in Pokémon Evolutions as a child.

Appearance[]

N is a young man with long light green hair. He's about 1.80 m tall (5'11"), with an average weight. His clothing consists of a black cap with a white highlight, a white long sleeve shirt with a black undershirt, tan pants, and green shoes. N also has a gold and black cube-shaped puzzle connected by a loop to his clothing.

Biography[]

Past[]

Young N

N as child.

According to his backstory, His adoptive father, Ghetsis forced N to care of abused Pokémon, which made him believe that humans were lowly creatures who harmed Pokémon. Once N was old enough, Ghetsis crowned N as the king of Team Plasma. Ghetsis then assisted N in spreading the word about Team Plasma and their plans.

Pokémon Black and Pokémon White[]

Hilbert/Hilda meets N at Accumula Town, after watching Ghetsis announce Team Plasma's plans. He challenges the player to a Pokémon battle using a Purrloin. After being defeated, N wanders off, but expresses interest in the Pokémon's bond with Hilbert/Hilda.

Hilbert/Hilda encounters N multiple times, mostly when Team Plasma is around, and he will challenge the player to a battle. When the player spots N at Nimbasa City, N invites Hilbert/Hilda to ride the ferries wheel with him. N then reveals to him/her that he's both the leader and king of Team Plasma, and that he simply invited the player on the Ferris wheel to give Team Plasma members time to escape. He battles Hilbert/Hilda, then after losing, flees.

He is next spotted at Dragonspiral Tower, where he is summoning Reshiram/Zekrom with the Light/Dark Stone. He flies away from the tower with the legendary Pokémon. Hilbert/Hilda finds the opposite stone needed to summon Zekrom/Reshiram at a museum.

After Hilbert/Hilda defeats the Elite Four, they go into the Champion Room, where they find Alder defeated by N. N says to Alder that he can keep his "pitiful title" as Champion, and raises a colossal castle from the ground. He climbs up a staircase to the castle, and Hilbert/Hilda follows.

After getting through the castle, they enter a throne room where N sits at the very end. He walks up to Hilbert/Hilda, and summons Reshiram/Zekrom. Believing the player cannot win without Zekrom/Reshiram, he prepares to attack, when suddenly, the stone Hilbert/Hilda found turns into Zekrom/Reshiram. They then fight N alongside the legendary Pokémon, and utterly defeat him. After reminiscing over their victory, he comes to the conclusion that people and Pokémon can come together, and that they fight to learn about each other. Just as he is about to give up the attack on Unova, Ghetsis walks into the room, and reveals his manipulation of N. Ghetsis calls N weak and pathetic before disowning him. He then challenges Hilbert/Hilda to a battle, but loses, and is arrested. N thanks the player and encourages them to pursue their dreams, and flies away on Reshiram/Zekrom through the hole that it created when it came into the room. N, as well as the player, disappear from Unova, with no one knowing where they have gone.

Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2[]

N returns in the video games Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, the sequels to the original Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. He's still the leader of the old Team Plasma, and is one of the supporting protagonists in the game, helping the player defeat Ghetsis and save Kyurem.

Pokémon Masters[]

N appears as a scoutable sync pair in Pokémon Masters, first revealed on December 20th, 2020 for The Ideal Formula event. A five-star sync pair, he uses a Zekrom that primarily uses the Electric typing. N later received further sync pairs in future episodes. In particular, N's second sync pair was added as part of the celebration for the second anniversary of Pokémon Masters, with his second sync pair being a five-star, Fire-type sync pair of Reshiram. Meanwhile, his third sync pair was added as part of Pokémon Masters' 2022 summer event, being a five-star, Dark-type sync pair of Zoroark. Later, to celebrate the game's Unova-themed chapter of its second story arc, N received a five-star sync pair through the usage of Black Kyurem, which represents the Ice-type. N also has a four-star sync pair available by reaching Level 100 within the Trainer Lodge with his default variant, teaming him up with a Sigilyph that represents the Psychic type.

In The Ideal Formula event, N first arrives to Pasio on Zekrom's behalf, with both Cheren and Hilda noticing his arrival. Hilbert, and Cheren, excited to reunite with their long-lost ally, decide to go find him alongside the player and Hilda, with Bianca and Iris eventually finding him in a city studying trainers and their sync pairs. Heading to an arena used for battles, Iris and N talk about the latter's actions in Pokémon Black/Pokémon White before the former challenges the latter to a fight, finding out of Hilbert's presence in Pasio afterwards. As he notes this, the other group of heroes notice a disturbance between a young child and members of Team Break, forcing them into their hideout as captives under the threat of the harm to the boy's sibling, who is being held hostage by the goons.

As N visits a nearby beach the next day, a distressed Bianca and Iris ask N to find the missing player, Hilbert, Hilda, and Cheren, with the children from before giving further reason for N to find them. Eventually reaching their secret base, the other band of heroes storm it, as the leader of the group of Team Break members, who follows N's gospel despite not having been in Team Plasma, suddenly approaches N in awe of meeting with "his majesty" once more.

Despite this and his willingness to free the heroes, he tries to convince N to join Team Break under the cause of aiding the Pokémon of Pasio, which fails as N reminds him of the beauty of Pasio and the connections it allows. The member of Team Break decides to defeat N to prove his worth with his men, something they ultimately fail to do. Following this, N manages to make the member of Team Break realize that his Pokémon wants them to remain peaceful allies, and heads back to the shore as the member departs in a huff. Back at the beach, Hilbert and N affirm their friendship at last, with N also confirming he shall remain on Pasio for a while, not leaving suddenly as he did so long ago to Hilbert.

N next appears within the Unova-themed chapter of the game's second story arc, first being seen as Team Rocket attempts to steal away his legendary Pokémon. However, despite Giovanni and his admins being present, their attempts at doing so are foiled through the arrival of the Shadow Triad, who ultimately kidnap both master and beast to bring them to Ghetsis. Upon meeting Ghetsis, N furiously demands to know of Ghetsis' intent with him and his Pokémon, to which Ghetsis reveals his plan of using the perfect dragon to conquer the world. Without access to his legendary Pokémon, N is left as a prisoner of his former servants, being left to only hope for his allies' strength. In turn, N is next seen being held within a storage room alongside Hugh (who attempted to stop Team Plasma himself out of his sense of justice), being left to their own devices together. This turns out poorly for their captors, however, as N successfully fakes a scuffle with Hugh in order to incapacitate the guards. Venturing out of their prison, N ultimately locates a map and manages to unlock the door to where Hugh's Bouffalant and a Genesect were held. Defeating a set of grunts who tried to stop the heroes, N and Hugh free the modified mythical from its prison, before going off to face Ghetsis himself. Facing against his father, Ghetsis begins their encounter through both chastising their defiant ways and praising their determination, before informing Hugh of N's former ties to Team Plasma, This attempt to turn allies against each other, however, is ultimately foiled through Hugh's understanding, causing Ghetsis to fight against the protagonists with his Kyurem. During their fight, Ghetsis taunts N through the mistakes they made in the past, although N rebukes these mind games through his stalwart heart and drive for the future. As this is going on, the protagonists searching for N finally manage to meet up with them, deciding here and now to fight against Ghetsis. However, with the arrival of the Shadow Triad, Ghetsis attempts to use a brought-over Zekrom in order to fuse it with Kyurem, only to be intercepted through a second Kyurem fusing with it themselves. With this powerful ally, N successfully manages to defeat Ghetsis and his stealthy subordinates alongside the heroes, causing Ghetsis to make a retreat after trying to make N feel guilty over his betrayal. However, N remains steadfast in his heroism and desire to defeat Team Plasma once and for all, eventually making a sync pair with Black Kyurem in order to gain the power needed to defeat Team Plasma. With this new power, N first uses it to spar with his friends.

Anime[]

N is a supportive character in the anime version instead of a villain himself. He does not like battling and due to him exploring the world more often, he has his own opinions instead of one's forced upon by Ghetsis.

Pokémon Adventures[]

In contrast to his good intentions in the game, N is considerably meaner and less sympathetic in Pokémon Adventures. However, he does getter better much later on.

N makes his first appearance standing near an Xtransceiver commercial shooting after Black manages to save it from being attacked by a wild Galvantula. He sheds tears over the fact that Pokémon are being used for purposes such as acting.

He later appears in Accumula Town where he confronts and battles Black. He expresses his disgust with the Pokédex to Black and claims that Trainers lock up his "friends" in Poké Balls just so that it can fill the Pokédex, making them nothing more than a source of information to fill the Pokédex with information. Eventually, Black's Tep manages to defeat his Tympole, and N decides to take his leave after learning that there are Pokémon that enjoy the company of Trainers. After leaving, Black reveals that N isn't really a bad person after his Musha ate his dream and revealed it to him.

Later, at Nimbasa City, N knocks White into one of the Ferris wheel cars and climbs into it. After a brief talk, N forces White's Gigi to fight his Servine. After Gigi wins and realizes she likes battling, N concludes that White had been neglecting Gigi's battle skills. When White tries to escape, she is shocked to see Gigi side with N instead of her and falls hard to ground below. As the two watch from the Rondez-View Ferris wheel, N sends his Servine to White's aid.

Later, N and Gigi arrive at the Dragonspiral Tower. As he stares at the building, N muses over the location where Truth and Ideals meet while Gigi watches him. Later, he successfully awakens Zekrom, but initially has trouble connecting with it and convincing it to join his side. After recruiting Zekrom, he is challenged to a battle by Alder to a two-on-two battle.

Soon after, Black, White, and Iris come to scene after hearing the commotion, where they witness N defeating Alder with Gigi and Zorua. Reacting to N's Zekrom, the Light Stone in Black's possession turns into Reshiram, but quickly reverts, signifying that Black doesn't have full control over it. Having defeated the Pokémon League Champion, N believes that more people will listen Team Plasma's ideal. Before he can leave, N is attacked by a Samurott owned by Cedric Juniper who demands to know where the captured Gym Leaders are.

Together, Black, White, and Cedric defeat Gigi and Zorua. There, it is revealed that N had liberated the set of starter Pokémon that Cedric was going to give to new Trainers a year before, leaving Snivy with N, Tepig in an unknown location, and Oshawott to stay with Cedric. N accuses Professor Juniper as the cause of the suffering of Pokémon with her distributing of starters, but is stopped by Black's Pokémon. Before they can do anything, N manages to use his abilities to get them to back off, confusing Black into needing Musha to clear his head so that he can figure out a plan. Unfortunately, N reveals that Musha doesn't like the taste of Black's dreams anymore, so he leaves Black, causing him to faint from the shock of losing his partner. N leaves on Zekrom, where he reveals that Zekrom wants to battle Black again, this time with Reshiram fully awakened.

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Trivia[]

  • N is currently one of few antagonists that manage to capture a Legendary Pokémon and use it during a Pokémon battle, including Greevil using Shadow Lugia against the main hero in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. The last are Team Rainbow Rocket's Maxie, Archie, Cyrus, Lysandre, Ghetsis, and Giovanni.
  • N, along with Lusamine and Piers, are the only antagonists that actually befriended the video game's main protagonist.
  • N is also the only Pokémon trainer to use different Pokémon instead of using stronger or the evolved form of the Pokémon he previously used, with the exception for his Klink, it fully evolves into a Klinklang.
  • N in the anime series appeared to have some sort of supporting character role in the series, rather than being its main villain since he is seen joining Ash's group and also he never owns any Pokémon but instead befriends some wild Pokémon he helps rescue from Team Plasma who are seen as his former minions. It is even notable that he doesn't own any Pokémon in the series & the ones he "owned" are actually befriended.
  • Unlike how a Pokémon Ranger uses a Capture Styler to make a temporary bond with a wild Pokémon to get its help, N has the ability to connect his heart with theirs in order to do that.
  • N's Trainer ID number is 00002.

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Giovanni | Lt. Surge | Sabrina | Koga | Will | Karen | Carl | Sham | Carr | Sird | Orm | Mask of Ice | Carl | Proton | Petrel | Ariana | Archer

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Archie | Matt | Shelly | Amber

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Maxie | Tabitha | Courtney | Blaise

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Cyrus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Charon | Sird

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N | Colress | Ghetsis | Zinzolin | Rood | Gorm | Shadow Triad

Team Flare
Lysandre | Malva | Aliana | Bryony | Celosia | Mable | Xerosic

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Guzma | Plumeria | Gladion

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Lusamine | Faba

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Piers

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Chairman Rose | Oleana

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