Goone: The Bodyguard Keeping the Kodai Network's Secrets
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An antagonist doesn't always need a plan: all he has to do is obey. Goone ranks second in the villain hierarchy of the anime's thirteenth movie, the one centered on Zoroark. A corporate employee and his CEO's bodyguard, he has no ambition of his own and no cause to argue for: just one order, to make sure nothing gets in the way of his boss's research.
Contents
- A Kodai Network Employee Before He's a Villain
- Scizor and Ninjask, Two Bug-Types Built for Interception
- A Swift Defeat Against Zoroark
- The Manga and Behind the Scenes
- Goone at a Glance
- Frequently Asked Questions
A Kodai Network Employee Before He's a Villain
Before he's an opponent, Goone is an employee. He works for the Kodai Network Group, a multinational corporation, and that affiliation explains everything he does on screen: he never acts on his own behalf.
His position is twofold. He is both the right-hand man of Grings Kodai, the group's CEO, and his bodyguard: the trusted confidant and the wall, rolled into one person.
His mission comes down to a single order: make sure nothing disturbs his boss while Kodai carries out secret research in Crown City on what the movie calls the Time Ripple. Goone doesn't design the plan, he clears the obstacles from its path.
Scizor and Ninjask, Two Bug-Types Built for Interception
The character's profile singles out Scizor as his favorite Pokémon. The choice suits the job: a steel-clad Bug-type made to cut things short, not to go the distance.
The second name linked to him is Ninjask. Another Bug-type, whose main selling point is pure speed rather than durability.
Together, the pair sketches a profile that fits the job. No type coverage, no tournament team: two speed specialists, the very quality you'd expect from a bodyguard whose job is to be first on the scene of any problem.
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A Swift Defeat Against Zoroark
Goone only steps out of the background in the final act, when he takes on Dawn and Brock. It's his only battle in person, since his Scizor and Ninjask had already acted on his behalf earlier in the movie, and it comes when the plot is already reaching its turning point.
The fight is cut short: a Zoroark out to settle her own score ambushes him and beats him without breaking a sweat. The movie grants him neither a comeback nor a second chance.
The ending, for its part, is explicit. He and Kodai are arrested and sent to prison for their crimes: the story takes the trouble to say so, instead of letting its villains simply slip out of frame. Our feature on the movie Zoroark: Master of Illusions puts the sequence back into the context of its plot.
The Manga and Behind the Scenes
The manga adaptation of the thirteenth movie brings him back unchanged: he plays the same role of secondary antagonist there. No alternate version, no reinterpretation of a character who exists only in relation to his boss.
Behind the scenes, Goone shares his Japanese and English voice actors with Newton Graceland. His name, meanwhile, changes from country to country: Goone in German, English and Spanish, Gozzo in Italian. The French version went its own way with "Gory".
Goone at a Glance
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Role | Bodyguard and right-hand man of Grings Kodai |
| Employer | Kodai Network Group, the multinational run by Kodai |
| First appearance | Thirteenth movie, Zoroark: Master of Illusions |
| Area | Crown City, during the research on the Time Ripple |
| Pokémon | Scizor (his favorite) and Ninjask |
| Exit from the story | Beaten by a Zoroark, then arrested and jailed along with Kodai |
| Names in other languages | Gory (French), Goone (German, English, Spanish), Gozzo (Italian) |
Frequently Asked Questions
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Who is Goone in the Zoroark movie?
He's its secondary antagonist: an employee of the multinational Kodai Network Group, he is the right-hand man and bodyguard of its CEO, Grings Kodai. -
Which Pokémon does Goone use?
Scizor, noted as his favorite Pokémon, and Ninjask. Two Bug-types whose common trait is speed. -
How is Goone defeated?
At the end of the movie, while he's battling Dawn and Brock, he is ambushed by a Zoroark out for revenge and beaten with ease. -
What happens to Goone after the movie?
He is arrested along with Grings Kodai, and both are sent to prison for their crimes. -
Does Goone appear anywhere other than the movie?
Yes, in the manga adaptation of the thirteenth movie, where he plays the same role of secondary antagonist.
In short
Goone has neither a plan nor convictions: he is the tool a CEO uses to sweep aside whatever bothers him. The movie keeps him in that place to the very end, without offering him a twist or even a battle that lasts. His final appearance reads like a police report: arrested and imprisoned, alongside his boss.