Michael (Japanese: マイケル Maikeru,) sometimes known as Michael Summers (Japanese: サマーズマイケル Samāzu Maikeru) and simply Mike (Japanese: マイク Maiku,) is a Pokémon Trainer from Pallet Town in the Kanto region, and the protagonist of the story, Pokémon: Dreams and Adventures. With a deep, pure love for Pokémon, a fondness for Pokémon battles and a yearning for a life of adventure, Michael starts his journey when he meets Professor Oak and is handed his own Pokémon. From there on, Michael sets out to travel across the Kanto region, collecting every kind of Pokémon he sees to fill his Pokédex for Professor Oak, as well as take on the eight Kanto Gym Leaders for their badges, in order to make it to Indigo Plateau and become the Champion of the Pokémon League. He also routinely faces off against his o