History Characters / InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld

* NotSoDifferentRemark: He tries to get Chloe to side with him by claiming they're in the same boat regarding their anger and jealousy towards Ash. Chloe doesn't buy it for a second because 1) she already realized how harmful that sort of entitled mindset is for everyone and pulled herself out of it, and 2), [[spoiler:he drove his son Kris insane by constantly projecting his envy towards Ash onto him, and then abandoned him when he didn't turn out the way he wanted]].

* NamesTheSame: Shares the surname of Issac "Zack" Foster but by no means are they related.

* ShoutOut: To LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon.

* MythologyGag: He is described as having a resemblance to a Kabuto, and his primary Pokemon is a Flareon. Considering his son is basically a human version of ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'', it's pretty clear who the villain of his story is.

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | '''Pokémon World''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailKetchumFamily The Ketchum Family]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonTrainers Pokémon Trainers]]) -] ]]]]

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[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | '''Pokémon World''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailKetchumFamily The Ketchum Family]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonTrainers Pokémon Trainers]]) -] ]]

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Upon reuniting with her sister -- who is now Romsca -- she learns that Ariana can not leave the Train until her time is up, so now she has a bomb that's ready to detonate and strand thousands of other passengers and is going to disintegrate into nothing.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Oleanna is implied to have her backstory from WebAnimation/PokemonTwilightWings while being very much her anime/game persona.

* FourIsDeath: She became friends with three other passengres and ''all of them'' ended up dead and reincarnated in some way.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's not around anymore, which greatly troubles Oleana. Turns out she ''is'' around, as ''Romsca''.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Getting on the train, along with her death and resurrection as Romsca affected her fellow passenger allies -- Mark Kessler (who would become Ogami), Horace (who would become Tomas) and Grace Monroe -- and then would spur Oleana to join forces with Chairman Rose to stop the Train itself. One hopes that whatever got her on the Train was worth the pain and misery that followed.

* CompanionCube: Apparently cradled a plush Helix Fossil that gives him advice. In the Calla House it's now an Omanyte plushie. It's so important to him that other children are amazed that Parker is carrying it (as Twitchy gave it to him before Chloe arrived to see him)/

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Is about a year or two younger than Ash and he befriends Parker, age 5. Their bond is so strong that Twitchy even lends him his Helix (Omanyte) plushie.

* {{Foil}}: To Lusamine and Lillie since [[spoiler:he is aware of his daughter on the Train and is doing everything he can to get her back, while the two ladies didn't nor ''ever'' cared to notice that Gladion had gone missing (and Lillie being the reason Gladion was even ''on'' the train in the first place).]]

* EmbarrassingNickname: Not too proud of their de facto monikers.

The children living in Pallet Town who are unaware of their parents' hatred of Ash.

* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: How Leaf was able to win a Pokémon League: She brings a Leftovers-equipped Wobbuffet to the final match, only for her opponent to do the exact same thing. The only reason she won is that the referee called it in her favour when her opponent had to leave to go to the bathroom.

[[folder: Santa Claus]]
A jolly old man that Ash met years ago who is a bit more than just a old man in a red suit.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Santa's powers are at their peak during the holiday season. Team Rocket can overpower him if they run into him in September.
* HumanoidAbomination: Santa is very clearly ''not'' human, can teleport into people's homes, alter the memories of those around them, can speak to spirits, and can show those glimpses of the nature of the universe in a manner compared to the Gen 4 Arceus event. He's friendly though.

* ShoutOut: His Stargate is called [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 "Silent Taillow"]] which is foreshadowing that [[spoiler:he's trying to get his daughter, Tifany, back to Galar.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Getting on the train, along with her death and resurrection as Romsca affected her fellow passenger allies -- Mark Kessler (who would become Ogami), Horace (who would become Tomas) and Grace Monroe -- and then would spur Oleana to join forces with chairman Rose to stop the Train itself. One hopes that whatever got her on the Train was worth it.
* SwallowedWhole: Her death was from the Demon of the Depths.

[[folder:Ariana]]

* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:She became friends with three other passengres and ''all of them'' ended up dead and reincarnated in some way.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: She's not around anymore, which greatly troubles Oleana. [[spoiler:Turns out she ''is'' around, as ''Romsca''.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: Her death and resurrection as Romsca affected her fellow passenger allies -- Mark Kessler (who would become Ogami), Horace (who would become Tomas) and Grace Monroe.]]
* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler:Her death was from the Demon of the Depths.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Stating what happened to her on her Train trip reveals a '''lot'''.

* MundaneUtility: Suggests using interdimensional technology to collect resources, with his field test effectively picking berries from another world. However, it's clear he's after something else.

* PosthumousCharacter: She's not around anymore, which greatly troubles Oleana.

* CompanionCube: Apparently cradled a plush Helix Fossil that gives him advice. In the Calla House it's now an Omanyte plushie. It's so important to him that other children are amazed that Parker is carrying it (as Twitchy gave it to him before Chloe arrived to see him)

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | '''Pokémon World''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]]), [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailKetchumFamily The Ketchum Family]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonTrainers Pokémon Trainers]]) -] ]]

* NotSoDifferent: They are basically what Class 5-E would've grown up to be if they hadn't gone through their CharacterDevelopment back in ''Blossoming Trail'': Bitter, spiteful and willing to go to extreme lengths to hurt someone just to validate their envy. Patricia even states that the adults were acting just as bad as they did back then when she and her classmates see the footage of them trying to blame Ash for everything and admitting to being in on the plan to start a forest fire to frame him.

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | '''Pokémon World''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]]), [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailKetchumFamily The Ketchum Family]]) -] ]]

!Pokémon Trainers
[[folder:Serena Delis]]
A friend of Ash from the Kalos Region who wishes to be a top Pokémon performer. Ash requested her help in regards to getting to understand Chloe and his brother...while also remembering that she had a crush on him.

* AndIMustScream: Is fully conscious under [=UnChloe's=] spell, angry and helpless to even ''frown''.
* CastingAShadow: She has a Pangoro, meaning she must have another Dark-type in her party. It's later revealed that she caught a Nickit.
* CoolBigSis: Acts like one for Parker, until he brainwashed her via the Unown.
* {{Fainting}}: Faints when Parker tells her the tale of Ash possessed by an evil king.
* FloralThemeNaming: Her last name, Delis, is a play on ''fleur-de-lis''.
* {{Irony}}: She bitterly notes that she has a Pokémon based on a witch (Delphox) yet can't do anything against [[spoiler:[=UnChloe=]]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She's shocked at Trip and Ash getting together but she decides to support it because she knows Ash needs help right now, but also wants to get together with Trip too.
* LittleNo: Utters this when she sees Trip and Ash kissing.
* NiceGirl: Nothing but friendly and supportive to Parker as she attempts to help him through his sister's absence. But there's only so much she can do about his anger issues, and after he crosses the line she wants nothing to do with him.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: When she notices Goh staring at nothing and muttering, she assumes that he's being haunted by a ghost. He is, it just isn't a 'ghost' in the sense she thinks.
* TookALevelInBadass: She now has a Delphox and a Pangoro, and she remarks how tough it was to get Pangoro under control to make him still love performing.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
** '''Hates''' anything horror, which Parker is oblivious to. She ends up fainting when he starts telling her how Ash got possessed by an evil king.
** She also does not like MindControl since she suffered from it against that evil Malamar. Parker putting her through it by way of [=UnChloe=] is shown as a MoralEventHorizon on his part.

[[folder:Leon Hyacin]]
The World Champion in the Galar Region, in which every single trainer taking part in the World Coronation Series strives to defeat and take their place as Champion. He is also Hop's big brother and mentally notes that he hasn't heard from him for a while...

* TheAce: He's the World Champion and in a league bigger than Ash himself. He's never lost a battle also. Unfortunately, this causes a ''lot'' of problems for Hop, making him feel like he had achieved nothing and that he has to catch up to him, even going to the point of nearly boxing his Wooloo in favor of a stronger partner and subsequently entering a trauma train where [[spoiler: he's mentally reduced to a six-year-old mindset that is just ''moments away'' from cracking like an egg.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To both Ash and Hop and how they react to this is in opposite ways. For Ash, it motivates him to fight and train even harder. And for Hop, it makes him feel inferior and unsure about his achievements that causes him to be whisked onto the Infinity Train.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: To an extent, he's very hesitant to initially believe in the Infinity Train despite acknowledging the fact he knows an entire family of psychics in Galar, though this is also because [[NoSocialSkills Goh]] talked about the train in a manner that was a ''little'' hard to believe at first and the aforementioned psychics at least lent him the ability to give Goh and company some room to explain.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is a really nice guy but he is quick to anger if it involves his little brother. Bede should consider himself lucky that Leon was talking to him via Trip's phone.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very quick to pick up on the fact that Hop has gone missing, notes the similarities between him and Chloe, [[AdultFear and when he gets a very cryptic email from Hop]], he immediately panics and calls Ash demanding to know where his brother is, as [[OOCisSeriousBusiness he knows that Hop is not acting like himself.]]
* TheCameo: Appears in the Intermission with Sonia and Raihan as part of a [=#CallingChloe=] campaign, where he mused that he hasn't heard from Hop in a while...
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Bede is brought to his attention for being the one that inadvertently led Hop onto the Infinity Train, Leon threatens the smug Trainer with disqualification for his attitude, and also a punishment of his own design: battling him publically and ''squashing'' him. Bede is just as scared of being disqualified as it is Leon, who likes to put on a show when he battles, making a show out of ''destroying'' him.
* DeathGlare: When angry, he can give off these like he wants to set someone on fire.
* DramaticDrop: Drops his phone onto the floor when he reads Hop's email.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: During a conversation with Sonia and Raihan in the Intermission, he notes that he hadn't heard from Hop in some time. Sure enough, Prelude for the second arc reveals Hop is a passenger on the Infinity Train and he entered it prior to Chloe's disappearance.
* HiddenDepths: Seems to know about ''Franchise/SilentHill'' as he notes that the location is someplace found in the realms of fantasy and should ''not'' be an area that his brother is currently trapped in. Ash himself is willing to ask Leon about the series for Chloe's sake but she refuses. On a lesser note, he's not a ''Silent Hill'' "purist" as he likes ''4'' and ''Homecoming'' instead of the more praised and beloved ''2'' and ''3''.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Him stating that Ash could be the #1 contender to beat him is what causes Hop to bury his frustrations and worries and get the Train to take him away. After Bede brings up his point, he realizes that Hop would ''never'' have entered the Train if he showed more concern about his little brother than the Alola League Champion.
* InSeriesNickname: "Lee" by his little brother.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon learning that Hop got onto the Infinity Train because of his constant gushing of Ash, he starts beating himself up for not realizing his little brother's problems sooner.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Leon is a friendly guy and while he likes battling, he's respectful to his opponents. Upon learning that it was Bede who indirectly sent his little brother onto the Infinity Train, he's in TranquilFury mode and notes that he will ''love'' the catharsis of beating Bede to a pulp in front of a large audience.
* PlayingWithFire: His strongest Pokémon is his Charizard.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: On Ash's end, he's who Ash is training to fight and the current target for Ash's overall dream of being the best by participating in the World Coronation Series. On Hop's end, Leon casually mentioning Ash and Hop's sense of inferiority to his older brother is what gets him on the Train [[spoiler:and stuck in the Fog Car, mentally broken into the mindset of a child and transforming from "Delight" into "Delirium".]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His phone call to Hop[[note]] Who had suffered a crushing defeat from Bede and got a BreakingSpeech from him [[/note]] is what drives him to the point where he nearly boxes his Wooloo in favor of a stronger partner and the Train coming for him as a result, as Leon spends a majority of the call gushing about Ash and how he could potentially defeat him. When Leon learns about this, he heavily regrets this.

[[folder:Bede]]
A trainer in the Galar region participating in the World Coronation Series. He fought Hop at some point and tore down his thinking, leading to an opening for which the Train used to lure the boy in. Comes into the story for real after the Cyan Desert arc.

He becomes the focus character in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainCourtOfCyclamen'', a sidestory taking place between Acts 2 and 3 of ''Blossoming Trail''.
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* BreakingSpeech: After defeating Hop, he tore his opponent down on how the boy's skills would sully Leon's name which ends up causing ''horrible'' consequences for when Hop enters the Train.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Dismisses his battle with Hop and could care less what happened to the boy. This bites him in the ass when Trip asks him to repeat it...all while ''Leon'' was listening in on the whole conversation and telling him that, since Bede was the last person Hop battled, then this would have ''serious'' consequences on his career as a trainer if Hop wound up dead.
* BullyingADragon: By proxy, he pretty much makes Leon feel worse about himself when he reveals he's the reason hop got on the Train, and brags about it.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Almost suffers from two different ones...Leon intends to publicaly defeat and humiliate him before costing him his license, while Parker planned to stitch him in a pink dress and have a thousand copies of Hop laugh at him. He ''really'' dodged a bullet there...
* CurbStompBattle: Gave one to Hop which served as the breaking point for the boy to enter the Train. Also does this with Goh when they fight, and then promptly gets one from Ash and Infernape.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He's an orphan and the closest thing he had to family was his Hatenna.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Mentioned in Arc 2's Prelude before the author revealed via comment that he's going to appear in some capacity.
* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the puppies he kicked when he broke Hop, he realized he crossed the line when Goh has a breakdown over Chloe's disappearance and the fact that she's also heading off to the same place where Hop is at.
* FreudianExcuse: The reason he's such an asshole is because he was born an orphan, and thus lacked a positive role model and needed to rely on himself.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: He tries to explain that he doesn't understand Hop's problems because he is an orphan. [[BigBrotherInstinct Leon]] does not buy it for a second.
* {{Jerkass}}: He more or less beats Paul in the jerk department, given how he puts Hop and Goh down for being weak trainers and even boasting about forgetting his battle with the former and not considering how Leon would feel over this.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Even Ash can't necessarily disagree that Hop was probably already in a bad place when he battled Bede and if it wasn't from Bede being ''a little bit mean'' (Bede's own words) after winning he was probably going to snap at some point to some other loss.
** It's not wrong of him to point out that it's not the fault of the winner if the loser takes the loss badly, and points out that Ash and Leon probably have caused their own fair share of people to break from losing to them. Though as Bede applies it it is more in reference to perceived TallPoppySyndrome than him fully admitting he was being a bit of a dick.
* KickTheDog: Beating Hop wasn't enough for him; he had to break the boy too and amplify his already low self-esteem issues and thus get the Train coming for him. Whoops.
* LightIsNotGood: White hair, wears a magenta coat, uses cute Psychic/Fairy type Pokémon...oh and he's a jerk.
* MindOverMatter: Has at least four Psychic-types: Hatenna, Gothorita, Galarian Ponyta, and Abra.
* TheNicknamer: Dubs Hop and Goh ''Hoppy'' and ''No-Goh''.
* NoLastNameGiven: He doesn't have a last name compared to practically everyone else in the story. Albeit this is justifed as he's an orphan so he probably doesn't even ''know'' his last name.
* OhCrap: Has this reaction many times during his confrontation in Saffron.
** He looks terrified when Ash beats him easily with Infernape.
** Then he looks like he pissed himself when he learns that Leon overheard Bede insulting Hop and is ready to beat him to a pulp for an entire ''audience'' to see.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Galarian Ponyta is Fairy-type.
* OriginalCharacter: Has an Abra which he mentions to have recently caught that he doesn't have in the games.
* PetTheDog: He's even worse with people than Paul is, but he does care for his Pokémon immensely, particularly Hatenna.
* RealMenWearPink: Wears a pink/purple coat and his Pokémon include the pastel pink/cyan Hatenna and a pretty pony.
* SmallNameBigEgo: A rookie trainer from the same year as Hop and Goh, very arrogant. Given he ''did'' manage to get into the Great rankings in that time he may have some justification for his assurance in his own abilities, though that doesn't change the fact he's an arrogant jerk.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Fought Hop, broke him down, walked away without a care. Now Hop is gone on an otherworldly Train and stuck in Silent Hill, [[spoiler: mentally regressed as a child and soon to be part of a ritual that has ''Chloe'' involved which could potentially end with many kids killed off and making Hop go on full SanitySlippage, turning from Delight to Delirium and his number is at a thousand, and thus he'll be stuck on that Train for ''months''.]] If Bede learned about how bad this got, maybe he'd think ''twice'' before making another insult...
* TheSocialDarwinist: He looks down on Trainers that he sees as weak, which unfortunately include Hop and Goh.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After his quick cameo near the end of Act 2 of ''Blossoming Trail'', Bede just... Disappears, with any other mention or appearance afterwards being as an illusion. ''Court of Cyclamen'' focuses on what he was doing in the meantime.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Curly white hair, really malicious personality.

[[folder:Reggie Drangea]]
A former Pokémon Trainer who retired after a loss to Pyramid King Brandon. He is Paul's older brother, but he hasn't heard from his little brother in quite some time.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Emails Ash about what had happened to his brother. However, despite doing his best, it seems as if Paul doesn't appreciate Reggie trying to be there for him [[spoiler:until Paul ends up in Silent Hill, accidentally let a child drown and got broken by Walter...]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Is horrified to learn what happened to his brother and begs for Paul to be all right...unaware that Paul is no longer the stoic and proud trainer from before, afraid of confronting his brother if he confesses that he murdered a child, and he'll be stuck on that Train for ''a year'' at minimum. It doesn't get better when he learns the truth about the child murder.]]
* BrokenAce: Was a brilliant trainer back in the day, but one loss to Brandon made him give up the dream and become a breeder. Paul is...less than enthusiastic about this decision.
* BystanderSyndrome: He tried to get his brother to stop being an asshole, but then decided to leave him be. He heavily regrets this when he learns what happened to his brother.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the ParentalSubstitute. When their parents died, he had to be the one to provide for the two of them. But in the present, Paul is annoyed with Reggie trying to act like their parents and advising him when Reggie himself just gave up on battling after one single loss. Moreover, Reggie was never able to stop Paul from being such a stubborn, apathetic person [[spoiler:which runs into trouble when Paul accidentally drowns someone...]]
* MomentOfWeakness: Snapping at his brother over his loss to Brandon ended up causing Paul to retaliate and walk off onto the Infinity Train.
* NiceGuy: ''Much'' nicer compared to his little brother anyhow.
* NoodleIncident: It is implied, though not stated, that he encountered enough weird stuff to make him believe talk of the Infinity Train pretty quickly without ArbitrarySkepticism, though what he experienced as a trainer isn't clear.
* PartingWordsRegret: Regrets the fight he had with his brother before Paul vanished. What's worse, this may be the last time they ever talk or see each other ''for a year'' at the least [[spoiler:due to Paul's '''5-digit number''' and the fears of the boy returning to the only person would ever take him home after his accidental murder of a child]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Got into an argument with his little brother that culminated with Paul entering the Infinity Train, [[spoiler:accidentally murdering a child, and into the hands of Walter and Henry.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His anger got the best of him after Paul made a snide remark about Reggie retiring from battling after just one loss, and the two had a massive argument that ended in Paul storming away and boarding the Train, [[spoiler:entering Silent Hill, murdering an Apex child by letting them drown, became tortured and broken beyond repair, essentially unable to contact anyone due to said torture and because his Xtransceiver destroyed and most likely stuck on the Train for ''years'' because of his number.]]

[[folder:Bea]]
A Galarian Karate Master and World Coronation Series opponent for Ash.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Compared to her anime depiction, while she is still more arrogant than her game self she doesn't show the same dismissal towards Ash and Korrina she did in the anime, though this is because she didn't crush Ash and Korrina never came up.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Downplayed compared to the anime, but she doesn't have much time for niceties when she's fighting.
* AscendedExtra: We see her Pangoro in person instead of just in a photo due to the battle being three on three.
* BadassNormal: It's somewhat implied she earned her Pangoro's respect ''with her bare hands''. She has very honed senses able to detect the slightest imperfection in Riolu's Double Team. However the ''normal'' part is also in play, as she cannot detect Aura.
* GracefulLoser: While she doesn't exactly ''lose'', she congratulates Ash on his tie and compliments his skills.
* TheStoic: All business and fighting focus...
** NotSoStoic: ...until ice-cream gets mentioned. Also squees when she learns Ash met Cynthia before.
* SweetTooth: Absolutely adores ice cream and sweets in general.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Bea is the technician to Ash's Performer. Bea's been trained to a fine edge with maximized movement efficiency and minimize wasteful movement. Ash doesn't have the same finesse but his use of more out of the box tactics (like Z-Moves and Aura) can match her perfection.

!Former Passengers
[[folder:Trip Espinosa]]
A former rival of Ash who was pulled onto the Train shortly after the events of ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Best Wishes]]''. After hearing of Chloe's disappearance, he contacts the searchers under the screen name 'Tri_pod' and comes to Vermillion City in order to offer his insight.

* AdaptationalDumbass: His lack of a filter in his mouth and inability to read the room or know when to stop causes him to take some ''questionable'' actions.
* AdaptationalJerkass: His blunt mouth makes him come across as far harsher than in canon, not helped by the sheer brutality his honesty hits with.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Has very little signs of romance at all (to give you an example, he only has three shippings -- with Ash, Cilan, and Iris -- on Bulbapedia). He reveals that he is in love with Ash. The author herself theorizes that he's either into girls -- even though the only ship he has with a girl is with Iris -- or asexual.
* AudienceSurrogate: Acts utterly confused at all the adventures Ash has gone through, like a fan who left the anime in the past than recently came back and has to keep up with the times. He also is flabbergasted at how Ash has a ''Dragonite''.
* BrutalHonesty:
** Does not mince words about how Professor Cerise, his aides, Ash and Goh are all to blame for Chloe's disappearance. This extends to Chloe's classmates later on. Unfortunately, his comment to Ash not being anything to Chloe except "this amazing Pokémon Champion that everyone adores more than she" hits Ash ''hard'' and causes him to develop a lot of guilt on his end. His honesty on Goh is more "brutal" than honest, which isn't helping Goh's mental state in the slightest.
** He also doesn't mince words with Parker considering how badly he's wrecked things thanks to his abuse of the Unown.
** In ''Voyage of Wisteria'', he admits that he wanted to be someone who can come in, save the day, tell people out by stating horrible truths that they didn't want to hear but damn well needed to...and he heavily regrets doing that considering the above.
* CallingTheOldManOut: He rightfully calls out Delia for her refusal to forgive Chloe, and utter hypocrisy over holding a grudge on the girl for what she did to her son, yet not himself even when what he did to Ash was far worse.
* CameraFiend: He always carries a digital camera on him. Unfortunately, the Train doesn't want evidence of its existence so every picture Trip took of it is blurred beyond repair.
* CassandraTruth: Professor Cerise dismisses his story as a waste of time even before he gets a chance to tell it, angrily accusing him of making it all up.
* ClusterFBomb: Delivers one after he wakes up from Parker's geas.
* ColorMotif: Green. Green hair, green eyes, his starter Pokémon is green, and he wears a green hoodie. When going out for ice cream, Ash wants matcha ice cream since it reminds him so much of Trip. It is also a contrast to Chloe's own ColorMotif (Red).
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Realizes that he's starting to become this in 26, having done nothing to really act like a boyfriend or even properly apologize for accidentally causing Ash's GuiltComplex. Especially when he looks at Serena who has much more claim to being Ash's 'special someone' while all he has is a magic picture on a train. In Arc 3, he decides to take Ash out on a date and make cookies for him.
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[SarcasmMode A totally platonic example]], as he's too focused on Ash's battle with Bea to notice Serena and Goh walking off for some private training.
* ExperienceEntitlement: He never vocalizes it, but part of the reason he seems so trigger happy in calling out everybody over what happened with Chloe is that, as a former Passenger, he allegedly has a better understanding on what's going on than everyone else. [[{{Deconstruction}} However]], not only do his actions make him come across as an asshole, but he ultimately makes the situation ''worse'' for everyone.
* EpicFail: His first attempt to make a heart-shaped cookie somehow turned into some misshapen lump. And this is with a ''cookie cutter'' mind you.
* EyeScream: His right eye looks more faded than the other, as though it lost some of its colors. This happened due to him encountering The Apex since Simon struck him down with a sledgehammer.
* FatalFlaw: His honesty; while he does make numerous points on how everyone failed to support Chloe, what he says to Ash accidentally causes the Pallet Town trainer to start getting guilty for everything and really think about how horrible he was. And his bluntness towards Goh does ''not'' help the trainer's state of mind (something that Ash is quick to point out).
* HairContrastDuo:
** With the black-haired Ash and Goh. Trip is stoic and cynical to a fault compared to the {{keet}} Ash and Goh. However, for Ash, Trip is seen to be gentle and kinder to him because of his crush while with Goh, he looks down on him with disdain.
** With Chloe, as she's a ShrinkingViolet turning into a FieryRedhead who actively seeks out adventures on the Infinity Train while Trip is a green-haired boy who is only reminded of the trauma and assault he got while on it.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Had his own life-changing experience on the Train, mentioning that he was on it for close to a year before escaping which involved fighting the Apex and being injured by them. He also partnered up with Nico's friend, Cara.
* IconicItem: His teal digital camera. Ash immediately recognizes Trip the minute he sees it.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: One author's note suggests, outside of her shipping Trip with Bianca, that he feels this way about Ash, due to how deeply he's come to value him as a person.
* InTheHood: He wears a green hoodie in contrast to the orange one he wore in the anime.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Trip really feels like he doesn't ''deserve'' to be Ash's boyfriend due to how the situation on how he confessed his love for Ash, and how his blutness caused a ''lot'' of trauma on Goh's part means that he's not sure if he can "prove" he's a good boyfriend. Serena tells him that Trip has done a lot of good and there were just a lot of things out of his control.
* JerkassRealization: When he presses himself for exactly ''what'' he's done for Ash, either as an apology for hurting him or just as a boyfriend, he finds himself coming up short and resolves to do better.
* LoveConfession: Confesses his love for Ash and kisses him in short order at the beginning of the Crayon Car.
* MeaningfulName: His last name is translated into "prickly" in Spanish which describes his personality nicely. It's also based on the Spanish term "Espino" which translates into "hawthorn". Hawthorn trees are symbols of love, and he's in love with Ash and his feelings are reciprocated.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite initially coming off as a level-headed outsider, he causes just as much harm as he helps. ''Especially'' with Goh...it seems like every decision he makes regarding him is the worst one.
** Getting Ash to keep the train a secret from Goh seriously wounds Goh's trust and makes him more hostile to the two of them than needed, especially when his harshness makes Goh even more defensive and bitter.
** His idea of leaving Goh alone to chew over his mistakes is, to put it plainly, his worst idea. Goh's worst impulses get amplified in isolation...as well as his vulnerability to a certain vengeful RealityWarper. Trip later realizes that a lot of pain could've been averted if Goh had been allowed to just ''talk'' to Ash.
* NoodleIncident: One of the trials he had to go through was teaching fractions to baby dragons in a Math Car.
* NoSympathy: Not as bad as Goh's, but telling Ash that the Pallet Town trainer was absolutely insensitive for not doing more to help Chloe ''really'' struck a nerve. Now Ash is stuck with a huge guilt complex and blames '''everything''' about Chloe disappearing on him because he never took the chance to really know her. While he regrets doing this to Ash later, he eventually starts doing the same to Goh and then Parker, the former while he's in a very fragile state of mind, the latter after the Unown fiasco.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Becomes boyfriends with Ash.
* RomanticAsexual: A PG-rated version. The author theorizes Trip as asexual and he wishes to be in a relationship with Ash.
* ScarsAreForever: Has a red wavelength tattoo on his right wrist thanks to Simon and some permanent ink.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: While he's a character in his own right, his crush on Ash is his most notable trait after his lack of a filter once they get together. Trip himself is fully aware of this and feels like he's really inadequate as a boyfriend.
* SecretlySelfish: As he reveals to Serena in ''Voyage of Wisteria'', his infamous BrutalHonesty was used less to make people see the error of their ways, though that ''was'' the intention, and more to make himself across as the only reasonable person in the place.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Like Ash, the actions of Parker and [=UnChloe=] in mind-controlling and manipulating him are enough as to leave Vermillion once it's all over.
* TarotMotifs: The last car he entered, The Magic Wand Car, had him paraded on a horse and four bird people following him. This invokes the Five of Wands, with one of the readings means "success", symbolizing that Trip was successfully able to figure out his problems and head home.
* TookALevelInKindness: He's gain a bit of a rougher edge in regards to how no one really cared for Chloe's problems, but barring his disappointment in how Ash never really interact with Chloe, he puts the Pallet Town trainer in high regard to the point of confessing his love for him.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In ''Voyage of Wisteria'', he feels horrible in believing that Goh's sanity being shattered was his fault for not letting Ash talk to him and for being to brutal in his honesty. Serena points out that he would have had no idea that Goh was suffering through a lot and that Trip did good by coming to Vermillion to tell them about the train or else Chloe would've been on their indefinitely without thinking anyone loved her.

[[folder:Tokio Chisou]]
A boy from Cianwood City Goh befriended during a camping trip in Azalea Town who is searching for Celebi. The two boys promised to meet up again to find it, but him ghosting Goh convinced him that friends were not worth it...and unwittingly being the root of all Goh and Chloe's friendship problems.

For more information about him as part of White Gestalt, see [[Characters/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLilyGladionsTeam here.]]

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Him "abandoning" Goh really affected him. And that's not even counting what he had to go through on the Infinity Train...or the incident with some rabbits...or the White Gestalt...
* AnimatedTattoo: Outside of the glowing number he got from the Train, he reveals that he got one as part of his trial in the Calligraphy Car, a piece of a map with a zinnia compass that somehow senses what's going with Goh. He theorizes that it was because he thought about wanting to get off the Train to see Goh again while the tattoo was being formed.
* AscendedExtra: Was a one-episode character who was the reason why Goh decided to reject friendship. This story reveals that he was stuck on the Infinity Train just when he decided to go see Goh in Vermillion City. And then we learn that he was [[spoiler:part of Gladdion's team]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: Like Goh, he's also searching for a Mystical Pokémon and they both share lots of knowledge about the subject. And like Goh, he also got on the Train due to a bad fall-out with a friend.
* BreakTheCutie: His experience on the Train was ''worse'' than Trip's. Trip got a wavelength tattoo on the wrist given to him by Simon while he tried to protect the denizens of the Calligraph Car. Tokio was imprisoned in the now xenophobic car and got a huge compass tattoo on his shoulder. Trip got a sledgehammer to the face and was able to escape to the Charcoal Car and met Cara. Meanwhile, Tokio had no Pokémon on him, got hit in the face with a guitar by the Apex, and end up floating down a river in a casket and met with rabbit-masked strangers. [[spoiler:And that is ''not'' getting into what happened to him in ''Knight of the Orange Lily''....]]
* TheCameo: He and Goh have a phone-call just as Chloe is about to enter Silent Hill.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Doesn't want to look at Goh when he reveals his zinnia compass tattoo since he already went through that with his parents, classmates, and therapist.
* DubNameChange: Inverted. He doesn't keep his dub name, Horace. Justified meta-wise, since the chapter he appeared in, was uploaded before the dub revealed his name. The author's notes even state that it's to make him a contrast to Trip.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Is mentioned in the author's notes for the first part of the Crayon Car before making his debut in the following chapter.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: He never got to get back at Kisaragi for [[spoiler: brainwashing him into becoming the White Rabbit]], so he ''emotionally manipulates Goh'' to get said catharsis. Gladion doesn't cut him any slack when telling him how messed up that was.
* FlowerMotif: Zinnias. According to the author's notes, his last name is derived from the Japanese word for the flower (Hyakuchisou) and he has a zinnia flower tattoo on his shoulder. Zinnias symbolize thinking of absent friends, reflecting how he felt horrible for leaving Goh behind due to his fever and his desire to see him again.
* GreenThumb: He has a Chikorita for a starter.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:He was taken into the Infinity Train when he was eight years old and had his own adventure that involved being tattooed in the Calligraphy Car and fighting off against the Apex. ''Voyage of Wisteria'' reveals that he was also there for Gladion's train journey as part of the "White Gestalt" group.]]
* KickTheDog: Him emotionally manipulating Goh to deliver a message [[spoiler: Kisaragi]], knowing not only how dangerous he is, but how fragile Goh's mental state is at this point.
* MeaningfulName: His last name, as the author notes note, is based off "Hyakuchisou" which is the Japanese word for "Zinnia". He's been branded with a zinnia compass tattoo on his shoulder due to an encounter in the Calligraphy Car.
* MyGreatestFailure: Heavily blames himself for abandoning Goh. It got so bad that the Infinity Train picked him up.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this reaction once he realizes what his [[spoiler: message for Kisaragi]] could've done to Goh, his supposed friend, if he didn't have the Red Lotus Quarto with him.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He was unable to tell Goh about him getting sick on the day they were supposed to meet up and by the time he got better, Goh was gone. Goh even questions why Tokio didn't just ''go'' to Vermillion City instead of thinking that a letter in Celebi's shrine was sufficient because there was little to no chance of Goh even ''coming back'' to the Ilex forest.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Not being there for Goh on the day they were to search for Celebi, due to getting a fever, ended up making Goh decide that friendship was not worth it, make him obsessed with finding Mew and thus make his friendship with Chloe dissolve into nothing.
* TookALevelInCynic: When his memories of what he did as part of White Gestalt returns, his phone call to Goh is cold, particularly when he asks Goh if he can at ''least'' keep a promise to a friend.
* WalkingSpoiler: There's more to him than just Goh's friend who is in search of Celebi.

[[folder:Mallow Omao]]
One of Ash's fellow students and friends while he was in Alola. After learning about Chloe, she sent an email to Ash, telling him not to blame himself, to be patient for Chloe, and to support her when she gets back... while also revealing a shocking truth about herself.

* ActionSurvivor: She somehow survived going through the Infinity Train when she was younger, and unlike Chloe, she had no items to help her.
* BreakTheCutie: Does ''not'' take [[spoiler:learning of Tuba's death well.]]
-->'''Mallow:''' '''TUBA!!!!!!'''
* CassandraTruth: She tried telling everyone about the possible dangers Gladion could've been in while on the Train, but no one believed her or mistook as her worried ''because she crushed on him''. Needless to say, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech she is not happy about this]]. Although Lana [[NotHelpingYoutCase points out]] that Mallow was never clear about the situation despite the craziness ''they'' went through with the Ultra Beasts. Mallow then brings up that it's not possible to summon the Train unless one is mentally traumatized, but concedes that Lana has a point.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: She tried to warn everyone about Gladion's situation, but thought that they would just see her as crazy if she was too blunt. It never seemed to occur to her that after the Ultra Beasts debacle, her classmates would be a little bit more willing to hear her out regarding the Train.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon like her Tsareena.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She wound up on the Infinity Train accompanied by Bounsweet while she was a child after her last conversation with her mother, and was taken care of by Tuba. She visited The Canals of Fondue Car and helped Varon open a malasada shop (Mallow's Magical Malasadas) and also had her own run-in The Hidden Temple Car according to Olmec. ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' expands more on this.
* IWarnedYou: Did her best to warn everyone about Gladion's situation but no one believed her, assuming it was because she was in love with him or blamed her for not being more blunt about it. Mallow ''loses it.'' [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed However]], it's eventually pointed that out that even if she warned everyone, she did it in such a vague way that her classmates would have no choice ''but'' to try reach their own conclusions.
* MissingMom: Two of them.
** Her mother had died of a terminal illness when she was a child.
** She also had a mother/daughter relationship with Tuba while she was on the train, [[spoiler:and Tuba ends up dead...]]
* NoSympathy: She doesn't care that she drives Lillie to tears with her scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech; after all, Lillie didn't care that her brother Gladion was taken by the train with the possible risk of dying, so why should ''she'' care about hurting someone's feelings with her words?
* PartingWordsRegret: She heavily regretted telling her mom she hated her as it was the last thing she ever said to her, as well as the last ''time'' they would see each other before Mallow ran off and entered the Train, where she would stay for months.
* RageBreakingPoint: Lana's insensitive joke + Lillie pointing how Mallow tried explaining the train in a roundabout way = Very pissed off girl who chews out everyone for not taking Gladion vanishing seriously. Of course, Mallow herself isn't completely blameless, since she made a pretty mediocre attempt at letting everyone know.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She delivers two of them in one go after learning how much everyone around her mistook her concerns for Gladion.
** After Lillie accuses her of explaining the Train in a vague, roundabout way, she ''rips'' into her, calling Lillie out for the extremely callous way she treated Gladion's disappearance and spitefully convincing herself that she wouldn't care if her older brother suffered or died somewhere just because he constantly left her behind. What drives Lillie to tears is hearing how her action of presenting Gladion a bouquet of orange lilies[[note]]which mean "hatred" in the language of flowers[[/note]] later led to him being taken by the Train, thus making ''her'' responsible for everything that happened to him there.
---> '''Mallow:''' You ''refused'' to listen to me, Lillie! You immediately went, 'Well now my brother knows how it feels to be in a bad place so I don't have to feel a single ounce of pity on him'! At least Gladion showed ''concern'' for you and did all he could to try and protect you even if he made very bad communication errors! But [[PunctuatedForEmphasis you. DID. NOT. CARE.]] THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN '''''GONE FOREVER'''''! [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom AND ALL BECAUSE OF A STUPID BOUQUET]]!
** Then quickly after that, she would call out the rest of her friends for making insensitive jokes about her possible disappearance just because she had a crush on Gladion.
---> '''Mallow:''' And as for the rest of you! I thought I could trust you with my secret, but nooo, you just think that it's all crushes and bad jokes about marriage and getting drunk! ''This isn't funny!'' I was on that train for three months and at that time my father and brother were worried sick about me ''and'' had to deal with my mother's funeral service! I was ''5'' and alone with only Bounsweet as my guide, and I had no idea what to do or how I could get home and I nearly ''died''! And I was so scared that the same was going to happen to ''Gladion'' and you would all just... just... WHAT WOULD YOUR FAMILIES THINK IF IT WAS '''YOU''' ON THAT TRAIN?! Because I certainly would not be making jokes if you got caught in that place for months without help or an instruction manual!
* SweetBaker: As a child, she helped inspire Varon by telling him to open a malasada shop. Malasadas reminded her of her deceased mother, who made them for her.

[[folder:Gladion Montblanc]]
One of Ash's rivals while he was in Alola, the older brother of Lillie. He was also a passenger on the Train, having passed through The Canals of Fondue Car and hailed as a hero.

For more information on him during his Train journey, go [[Characters/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLilyGladionMontblanc here.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Usually wears black and has two Dark-type Pokémon on him at the time (Umbreon, and his father's Zoroark) yet he's considered a hero.
* FamedInStory: There's a statue of him in The Canals of Fondue Car where denizens place orange lilies as a tribute.
* FlowerMotif: Orange lilies. He himself is named after the gladiolus lily. Ironically, orange lilies represent ''hatred'', as that represented Lillie's resentment of him for abandoning her all these years in ''Knight of the Orange Lily''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Is the protagonist to the prequel of ''Blossoming Trail'', ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' who joined along Larkspur from stopping an Apex threat. All that is known about it so far was that it was a very dangerous mission and the Apex underestimated this "guy with the weird hand poses". ''Voyage of Wisteria'' confirms that he saved the Tape Car from destruction [[spoiler:and that for some odd reason, he had to erase even ''more'' stuff that happened with a group called "White Gestalt"]].
* OhCrap: After Ash exposes his secret while in a very lousy mood, Gladion has to stare at three women (his mom, sister and Mallow) who ''will'' give him the third degree about all his secrets.
* RedBaron: "White Wolf Trainer" although the prequel also gives him "Knight of the Orange Lily".
* TerribleArtist: In ''Voyage of Wisteria'', his power-point presentation about the White Gestalt has a crude drawing of the Spiral Car with sharpie and he uses comic sans font for bullet points.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When he gets his memories back of what happened on his train trip in ''Voyage of Wisteria'', he decides to prepare note cards of questions he's going to be asked. According to Tokio, he's up to ''fifty''.
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: When he sees a picture of Chloe and Lexi dancing in ''Voyage of Wisteria'', he briefly thinks he's seeing Specter [[NoodleIncident again]]. When asked what happened, Gladion replies with this.
[[/folder]]

!The Hales
[[folder:Spencer Hale]]
A Pokémon Professor who studies the Unown...but of all times he decides to bring that dreaded box to the Cerise Lab...

* MisterExposition: Explains his new findings of the Unown in relationship to his daughter to Professor Cerise.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His decision to deliver the Unown box to the Cerise Institute is the reason why Arc 2 even started.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: What gave you the bright idea to bring the Unown Box to the Cerise Lab again?
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears before Parker's court case although he's probably out doing more research.
* WhatWereYouThinking: Ash asks what the professor was thinking on bringing the Unown Box to the Cerise Lab of all times. Molly defends her dad in that he had no way of knowing in advance that they would react to [[spoiler:Parker's angst.]] Then he gets both barrels from [[MamaBear Delia]]...

[[folder:Molly Hale]]
Spencer Hale's daughter, who's had a personal experience with the Unown.

* DishingOutDirt: She has a Phanpy, which is a Ground-type.
* MythologyGag:
** She now resembles the dream form she appeared as when she battled Misty. Given the events when she appeared Ash (correctly) thought it a bad omen.
** The Pokémon she has on hand is a Phanpy, one of the mons she used to fight against Brock.
* TouchedByVorlons: Her experience with the Unown left her with some ability to sense Psychic energies, particularly those tied to strong emotions. [[spoiler:Not that it stops Parker from blowing up...]]

!Galar

[[folder:Chairman Rose]]
The head of the Galar mega-corp Macro Cosmos.

* MundaneUtility: Suggests using interdimensional technology to collect resources, with his field test effectively picking berries from another world. However, it's clear he's after something else.

[[folder:Oleanna]]
The vice president of the Galar mega-corp Macro Cosmos and Chairman Rose' secretary.
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* CompositeCharacter: Oleanna is implied to have her backstory from WebAnimation/PokemonTwilightWings while being very much her anime/game persona.
* ConsummateProfessional: Prides herself on being this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gloria Daffodil]]
A girl from Galar who studies in the same academy Chloe will go to, and is the first Galar native the group meet.
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* AccentAdaptation: Neither her game nor ''Seeker of Crocus'' self had an accent, but not only is it present here, but it's quite thick.
[[/folder]]

!Other

[[folder:"Twitchy" (Unmarked spoilers for Blossoming Trail)]]
Kris Foster, Parker's fellow resident at the Calla House.
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* BlowYouAway[=/=]NonElemental: Has a Pidgeot he nicknames "Bird Jesus", which is a Nomal/Flying type.
* BrokenAce: Was just as good as Ash as a Trainer, even getting a ''Zapdos''...but he was suddenly broken into pieces by the voices in his head and was sent into a mental rehab facility, where his stay might be permanent.
* CommonalityConnection: Bonds with Parker when he notices that he is being influenced by a NotSoImaginaryFriend, like he was before, along with them associated with Unown.
* CompanionCube: Apparently cradled a plush Helix Fossil that gives him advice. In the Calla House it's now an Omanyte plushie. It's so important to him that other children are amazed that Parker is carrying it (as Twitchy gave it to him before Chloe arrived to see him)
* CompositeCharacter: Parker sees him as a combination of Ash (skilled Trainer from Pallet Town, and apparently his mother dressed him up like Ash) and Goh (boy who had high ambitions but was shattered with a mental attack based off of Unown).
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the character interpretation from Red of ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' as it shows the damage that can be caused from having all those spirits talking in his head, to the point he may ''never'' have a normal life.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: His attempt to clearing out the blackout in Celadon City that ended with him capturing a Zapdos.
* HiddenDepths: He's a really good artist as Parker remembers seeing a beautiful banner of "Bird Jesus" once. We also learn that he volunteered to investigate a blackout in Celadon City.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Is about a year or two younger than Ash and he befriends Parker, age 5. Their bond is so strong that Twitchy even lends him his Helix (Omanyte) plushie.
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: The Mob in his head is said to manifest as perpetually bickering Unowns.
* MeaningfulName: His real name, Kris, is based on the WebComic/PaperTrail version of the Videogame/{{Deltarune}} protagonist, who was manipulated by a force outside their control. "Foster" is the last name of a Series/CriminalMinds Unsub who suffered from [[Recap/CriminalMindsS6E19WithFriendsLikeThese multiple hallucinations pushing him around.]]
* NamesTheSame: Shares the surname of Issac "Zack" Foster but by no means are they related.
* NervousWreck: Showed signs of this on his initial Indigo League quest and then he lost any sense of sanity after his father berated him and refused to take him home.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Before his meltdown, he managed to resolve Celadon City's blackout and catch a ''Zapdos''.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him 'Twitchy' at the rehab center, and Parker has to ask him for his 'old name'.
* ShadowArchetype: Seems to be one for Ash - a young trainer from Pallet Town who went on a Pokemon journey with his starter to high hopes. And if the rumors of Zapdos capture are true, he shares Ash's luck in stumbling onto legendaries and wild adventures. Thing is, Ash has the support and mental fortitude to handle these events, and Kris very much ''doesn't''.
* ShoutOut: To LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Chloe and Parker tell Kris near the end of ''Voyage of Wisteria'' Act 1 that his father is now in jail and will never ever harm him again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Carl Foster]]
Kris' father.
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* AbusiveParents: It revealed that he's the one who caused Kris's breakdown by [[spoiler:abandoning him and ordering him to return his Flareon]]. And it's all because he sees him as a failure for not getting 8 Gym badges without bothering to acknowledge that [[spoiler: his son caught a ''Zapdos'']], which in itself is a great achievement. He didn't even bother to visit him at the Calla House.
* BerserkButton: Gets enraged when Delia suggests that [[YoureJustJealous his only reason for wanting to hurt Ash is envy.]]
* FatBastard: Heavyset, and a nasty piece of work.
* HateSink: Everything about him is designed to make him despicable barring his one PetTheDog moment.
* IHaveNoSon: While he doesn't outright say it, his actions towards Kris speak louder than words, considering he flat out abandons him after berating him for not entering the Indigo League and never even visited him at at the Calla Facility.
* IrrationalHatred: Seems to blame Ash for what happened to his son...even though Ash wasn't even ''in the region'' when Kris had his meltdown.
* {{Jerkass}}: A very unpleasant person who would abandon his son when he expresses disappointment and never even see his son at the Rehab House he's a permanent resident to.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't ''care'' if a bunch of kids wound up dead in a forest fire if it means ruining Ash's life. And if someone ''had'' died or gotten hurt? Too bad! It would've been Ash's fault for [[FailureToSaveMurder not saving them.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Gets sent to prison after his confession is brought out for everyone, including the other parents who were horrified of learning at the lengths he would go to get revenge on Ash, to see.
* MythologyGag: He is described as having a resemblance to a Kabuto, and his primary Pokemon is a Flareon. Considering his son is basically a human version of ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'', it's pretty clear who the villain of his story is.
* NeverMyFault: He blames Ash for Kris's mental breakdown because he doesn't want to admit that [[spoiler: he's the one who [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom instigated it]] because of his disappointment in his only son's inability to earn 8 Gym badges]].
* NotSoDifferentRemark: He tries to get Chloe to side with him by claiming they're in the same boat regarding their anger and jealousy towards Ash. Chloe doesn't buy it for a second because 1) she already realized how harmful that sort of entitled mindset is for everyone and pulled herself out of it, and 2), [[spoiler:he drove his son Kris insane by constantly projecting his envy towards Ash onto him, and then abandoned him when he didn't turn out the way he wanted]].
* PetTheDog: His ''only'' kind act is to comment on Chloe getting an "adorable Eevee" and showing off his Flareon.
* ShadowArchetype:
** He's what Professor Cerise would be if he didn't care a single lick about Chloe's achievements and left her to rot. He outright claims that he sees Aldrich's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech moments from ''Blossoming Trail'' as "inspiration", [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame much to the Professor's discomfort]].
** He's also one to Chloe herself. Both felt IrrationalHatred towards Ash to the point of [[NeverMyFault using him as a scapegoat for everything wrong in their lives]], and were resentful, self-pitying jerks who didn't care about who they hurt as long as they got personal catharsis from it. They were also responsible for [[spoiler:turning people closest to them (Kris, Goh) into psychological wrecks with their cruel words and behavior]]. However, Carl lacks all of Chloe's redeeming qualities, such as the ability to realize her mistakes and actually change herself for the better.
* ShoutOut: Is described as resembling a Kabuto, and has a Flareon. Considering who his son is...
* UngratefulBastard: He doesn't even comment on the fact that Kris ''caught a Zapdos'', a Legendary Pokémon, instead berating the boy for not getting into the Indigo League.
* WouldHurtAChild: Has no compunctions towards psychologically attacking Ash, or even ''endangering several children'' with a forest fire. And even tries to punch Chloe in front of her father.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mew]]
A Legendary Pokémon with the ability to transform into any Pokémon it wishes whose sudden arrival several years ago in Pallet Town plays a big part in the story. More specifically, Goh's obsession with catching him drives a lot of conflict.
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* BadassAdorable: It's an adorable pink kitten with a long tail. And it's capable of transforming into every Pokémon in the world, knows every move and is a Legendary Pokémon.
* CatsAreMean: In Chloe's RevengeViaStorytelling tale based on Mew, it's depicted as a sadistic JackassGenie. In reality, not so much.
* TheGhost: Never appears in person in the main story, but are mentioned a few times and they play a big role regardless. [[spoiler:They make a full appearance in Arc 3, critically injured by Ms. Turner.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: It's not ''their'' fault that Goh was so obsessed with it, yet its presence is what caused Goh to decide to focus on it than pretty much everyone else in his life.
* {{Irony}}:
** Goh is searching far and wide for it; Episode 20 of ''Journeys'' reveals that ''Goh rode on it when it was shapeshifted as Lugia''.
** Goh has been obsessed with finding it since he was 6; he has no idea that Ash has actually met a Mew three times already (''First Movie'', ''Lucario and the Mystery Mew'' and ''Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon''). He doesn't take it well when he finds out, though it might be more due to the person telling him about it.
** [[spoiler:Goh was trying to get ''away'' from Mew after his epiphany. But with Ms. Roycewood having Mew right in front of his face, he has no choice but to confront the childhood dream that made him lose ''everything''.]]
** Goh's search for Mew is the reason for Chloe and Goh's falling friendship and Chloe getting on the Infinity Train. [[spoiler:Goh ''having'' Mew after he felt like he didn't deserve it is what got him to ''enter'' the Train.]]
* MindOverMatter: It's a Psychic-type.
* OlympusMons: The ''original'' Legendary Pokémon, even.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only mentioned in passing and are practically absent in the main story, but Goh's obsession with capturing them sets off the chain reaction that would eventually destroy his and Chloe's friendship. [[spoiler:It also plays a significant role in Blossoming Trail's Arc 3 for the Pokémon side and ultimately becomes the main reason Goh gets sent into the Infinity Train.]]
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[[folder:The Adults of Pallet Town]]
The adults that live in Pallet Town. All of them hate Ash, believing that he is the reason their children have taken different paths in life rather than become Trainers.
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* AllForNothing: After constantly [[TheScapegoat blaming Ash]] for [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowing their children]], claiming that he "forced" their kids to pursue other paths in life, the adults of Pallet Town get a much needed wake-up call, learning that their ringleader Carl had been [[NeverMyFault blaming Ash for his own]] [[AbusiveParents failures as a parent]]. Their children were fully content with what they'd chosen for themselves, and there was absolutely ''no reason'' for them to seek {{Revenge}} on Ash... much less go along with a scheme that would have put innocent children at risk of ''being killed in a forest fire''. What's more, their kids [[InternalReveal learn what they did]] and that their parents ''never actually'' supported their dreams, creating a lot of rifts in a lot of families. All because the adults were pettily jealous of Ash's successes.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During the course of the story, it is revealed that the parents of Ash's hometown, Pallet Town, all resent him because he is such [[TheAce a legendary Pokémon trainer]] that they feel that their children can't compete with him, with their children eventually giving up being Pokémon trainers and choosing to pursue other careers. Eventually, in "Voyage of Wisteria," they join Carl's scheme to ruin Ash's reputation. To their credit, they had no idea [[WouldHurtAChild Carl would go so far as to attempt to murder children]], but that doesn't change the fact that they were all on board with his scheme to frame Ash. And then it turns out none of their children are resentful of Ash at all and are happy with their new chosen paths in life, with their parents lying that they are supporting them. Once Carl's crimes are exposed and their children learn what they tried to do, their families, who were not part of the plan call them out for being so petty and deceitful. They point out that their children are happy, implying that they are just using Ash as an excuse because they're disappointed their children did not Pokémon trainers like they wanted them to.
* EveryoneHasStandards: They had no issue going along with Carl's scheme to ruin Ash's reputation, but when it's revealed that said scheme involved potentially ''killing a dozen children'' in a forest fire, and that Carl abandoned his own son Kris for not being able to enter the Indigo League, they are all horrified and turn against him.
* KarmaHoudini: PlayedWith. Sure, they weren't arrested for going along with Carl's plan, but their relationships with their children and spouses are most likely going to be severely strained now that they know what they were up to and how they really felt about their chosen careers.
* KnightTemplarParent: Subverted. They claim that they're justified in what they're doing to Ash for him supposedly ruining their kids' dreams. In reality though, they are just upset that their children have taken different paths in life rather then becoming Pokémon Trainers like their parents wanted them to.
* NotSoDifferent: They are basically what Class 5-E would've grown up to be if they hadn't gone through their CharacterDevelopment back in ''Blossoming Trail'': Bitter, spiteful and willing to go to extreme lengths to hurt someone just to validate their envy. Patricia even states that the adults were acting just as bad as they did back then when she and her classmates see the footage of them trying to blame Ash for everything and admitting to being in on the plan to start a forest fire to frame him.
* OpenMindedParent: Subverted: They claimed to be supportive of their kids and the careers they have chosen for themselves, but what they really wanted was for them to become world-famous Pokémon Trainers.
* PsychologicalProjection: Like Hilary in BT, they all believe that their kids hate Ash for overshadowing them, even though it's vividly clear that it's only the parents who feel this way while their children have no issues with Ash whatsoever.
* SkewedPriorities: When Annie tries to pin the blame on Ash causing the fire (via planting evidence with his gloves), Chloe points out that the woman cares more about getting Ash in trouble than the forest fire ending with ''a dozen children'' dead and that it would give her daughter's funerary flower business some exposure.
* StageMom: All of them are guilty of this, as they wanted their children to take the 'glorious' path of becoming Pokemon Trainers and hate Ash for supposedly 'ruining their dreams'.
* WouldHurtAChild: All of them were in on Carl’s plan to ruin Ash's life, which happened to include ''endangering several children with a forest fire'' in an attempt to frame him.
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[[folder:The Children of Pallet Town]]
The children living in Pallet Town who are unaware of their parents' hatred of Ash.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When all of them confront their parents for not being as supportive as they claimed, Salem pretty much sums up what they really thought of their paths with this.
-->'''Salem:''' You really think we're that pathetic?
* CallingTheOldManOut: All of them do this when they learn what their parents were up to, angrily telling them that they don't approve of what they did and asking if they saw them as pathetic for not becoming as good as Ash.
* CantCatchUp: PlayedWith. Their parents believe this is why they chose to take different paths in life, thinking that they will never catch up to Ash. In reality though, they were perfectly happy with their chosen paths in life.
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: How Leaf was able to win a Pokémon League: She brings a Leftovers-equipped Wobbuffet to the final match, only for her opponent to do the exact same thing. The only reason she won is that the referee called it in her favour when her opponent had to leave to go to the bathroom.
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[[folder:Team Rocket Trio]]
A pair of Team Rocket grunts and their Meowth who Ash has a history with.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Jessie and James actually gave Ash a disguise kit for his last birthday.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: They seem well aware of their status as a 'rite of passage' for Ash's companions, as well as their habits of blasting off.
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[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | '''Pokémon World''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]]) -] ]]

!The Ketchum Family
[[folder:In General]]
A family consisting of a mother and son from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ash and Delia are among the nicest characters in the series. Don't, however, make them angry.
* BigEater: Both Ash and Delia love food with the latter being an excellent cook.
* DisappearedDad: Ash's father is only vaguely mentioned and doesn't appear, with a ParentalTitleCharacterization by both Delia and Ash raising some level of distance between him and them. When Renji mentions that she's married (to himself in a mantra) she considers 'correcting him' raising a question of divorce, separation, or widow status. Wisteria would eventually reveal that he left the family over a decade prior.
* FamousAncestor: Per Orange Lily, both Delia and Ash are descendants of Sir Aaron and Queen Rin.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: The sister of the unaccounted for Mr. Ketchum, Hilary, whom fights with Delia constantly. Her own sons Trey and Troy are not this and get along with Ash and Delia perfectly well.
* OddNameOut: They don't have a floral-themed last name unlike the vast majority of other named characters, mostly because they came into the story with a canon one.
* SixthRanger: They've only come into contact with the Cerise and Fujihachi families in the last few months. This means that they are both uninvolved in years of drama, and unwittingly stepping into powder kegs they don't even know are there.

[[folder:Ash Ketchum]]
A Pokémon trainer from Pallet Town who wants to be the very best like no one ever was, alongside being the Alola League Champion. He's one of Professor Cerise's research fellows. He wants to be able to help Chloe figure out her problems...but because he never got to the root of them, he unknowingly made the problems worse.

* AccompliceByInaction: While Goh is more to blame for Chloe's problems, Ash also did nothing to help either. The best he did was just ask Chloe to come to join him, but he never really got to know ''why'' she doesn't like Pokémon nor does he ever try to get to know what ''she'' likes (outside of Goh's [[SarcasmMode brilliant observation]] that Chloe just "wasn't into Pokémon anymore") nor did he ever advise Goh to actually talk to Chloe more often. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed: The sheer number of crap he gets for this causes him to develop a]] GuiltComplex, until [[spoiler: the Unown incident]] convinces him to [[StoppingTheBlameGame stop blaming himself for everything and actually make those ''responsible'' accept their responsibility]]. Not that this doesn't hit its own problems...
* TheAce: He's a skilled Pokémon Trainer and the ''Champion of the Alola League'', making him this in Chloe's eyes. This plus the ability to make friends both easily and readily is how Goh similarly views Ash in the second part of the story.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The BlameGame he's forced to play gives him a GuiltComplex, and it's made clear that though he's survived many of his escapades physically, that's not the same as surviving them ''mentally''.
* AdaptationalBadass: Unlike the canon series, this version of Ash can make more active use of his Aura powers, which comes in handy during [[spoiler: the Unown incident.]] It's implied he doesn't have the comical loss of strength of the Sun and Moon series and avoids his loss and slump from his first Bea battle.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: He and Trip were nothing more than rivals in the Black and White anime. In here, [[spoiler: they become a couple.]]
* AllLovingHero: He's kind and caring to people and Pokémon. However, Chloe sees him in a negative light; a "black hole" that sucks up everything. And being a kind person is not necessarily a one size fits all trait. It's reconstructed later - his sincerity and good intentions make him the first person [[spoiler:Chloe reaches out to and forgives, and he even requests that she just cooks for him to prove that she's sorry in comparison to her just wanting to rescue three broken trainers from Silent Hill.]].
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Shortly after Bede beats Goh, Ash has Infernape utterly ''demolish'' him.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** Unintentionally serves as this for Chloe: He's a Pokémon Champion while she hates Pokémon, her father gives him his full support for his dreams while keeping her confined to his lab and is Goh's best friend while Goh had long since abandoned Chloe in favor of chasing Mew.
** Also has some shades of this with Hop, as Leon fully believes that Ash could potentially beat him.
** There's also Bede, as he only needs to use ''one'' of his Pokémon to wipe out ''his entire team''.
** Is seen by the parents of Pallet Town as this to their children and they ''hate'' it. Their own children aren't quite in agreement.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Ash is known to have plenty of moments of romantic tension with girls (with Serena being the biggest offender), [[spoiler:but he decides that he wants to "get together" with Trip and Chapter 14 implies that he returns Serena's feelings for him too.]]
* AHeroToHisHometown: Umm... well, on the one hand, people initially loved Ash for being one of the few Pallet Trainers to actually make it out into the real world, but by the current point his exploits have gotten so numerous and so ridiculous that they've grown sick of it.
* AndIMustScream: Because of his Aura powers, he is somewhat aware of everything happening around him during [[spoiler:his time as Parker's Mad Hatter under [=UnChloe=]'s geas.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During his fight with his mother in Chapter 26, after Delia insinuates that Chloe is responsible for everything [[spoiler: Parker]] did, Ash snaps back if it's ''her'' fault he's constantly getting himself hurt.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: In chapter 26, he is so furious with Parker that after the Unown are defeated, he slaps the boy's face hard enough to knock him into the ground for his torture of Vermillion City. It's rather telling when others like Trip, Selena, Molly, and their Pokemon are also angry enough that they don't restrain him from doing so.
* BadDreams: Has had quite a few involving [[spoiler: [=UnChloe=]]] ever since [[spoiler: Parker's rampage]] was dealt with.
* BalefulPolymorph: Gets transformed into Ashachu once again during ''Voyage of Wisteria''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: An AllLovingHero he may be, but he tears into Chloe's classmates for their bullying and doesn't buy into their apologies one minute. And he has no real issue with doing whatever he can to [[spoiler:bring Parker down]] and washing his hands of him afterwards.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Both he and May are BigEater types to a point Ash wonders how Brock survived dealing with the two of them.
* BrokenAce: He's the Alola League Champion, the very best, like no one ever was... who now blames himself for not helping Chloe, and is now at a complete and utter loss to fix things, both with her and Goh. As the story goes on he gets more closure with Chloe but finds things with Goh in a greater quandrary.
* BystanderSyndrome: [[spoiler:[=UnChloe=]]] accuses him of this, not just with Chloe but with [[Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily Gladion and Lillie's argument]], where he didn't do anything despite being nearby. Renji points out that the argument was so out-of-the-blue from Ash's perspective that there really wasn't anything he ''could'' do, since he had no idea what was happening, and alongside his own attempts to reach Chloe prior how much this trope is really earned and how much is it just attempts to belittle him by others is unclear.
* CallingTheOldManOut: He has a fight with his mom, the only fight he's ever been shown to have with her over her treatment of Chloe, and also the only time he's been explicitly angry since Act 2's fiasco.
* CharacterCheck: After he gets some rest after his fight with his mother, he comes to realize he wasn't in his best state of mind and apologizes.
* CluelessChickMagnet: And Guy Magnet, and Pokémon Magnet. He doesn't get why. Trip and Serena have offered to explain it to him at some point.
* CurbStompBattle: On the giving end; he battles against Chloe's Yamper with Gengar and trounces her in the first chapter and later repeats this trope on Bede with Infernape.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
** Of the AllLovingHero as shown above. He usually charms and befriends everyone he meets, but Chloe hates him so much because one of the people he befriended was her ChildhoodFriend, making Goh essentially forget about her so that he can focus on traveling alongside Ash. Moreover, the only way Chloe can get Goh or her father's attention was when she battled him (and lost) thus aggravating her hatred over Pokémon even more. And last, even though he's tried getting to Chloe, he never actually got to understand her point of view, with the closest he's ever got to understanding her was asking Goh why she hated Pokémon and given an answer that was ''not'' helpful in the slightest. His particular brand of friendliness, while effective with most people, doesn't work if they are not willing to open up or you run into their backstory in the process (a la former rivals Paul and Trip) and this never happened with Chloe. It also has limits, with Team Rocket and ''especially'' [[spoiler:Parker]] stretching or outright being exempt from it.
** His HumbleHero status: while he doesn't brag about his accomplishments or coming off as arrogant and approachable, it also means that Ash is unable to explain all the ''other'' adventures he went through with Chloe. Because of this, Ash shows off no means of communicating with Chloe and all the adventures he went, probably gaining a connection with her. Ash also points out that he never brags about his accomplishments because it would make others feel jealous, such as Goh getting upset by him having met a Mew and so many other mythical Pokémon (not to mention having captured in one back in Alola).
** His goal of being [[ToBeAMaster Pokémon Master]]. It's mentioned multiple times in the narration that Ash was quick to help out his previous female companions yet did ''nothing'' to help Chloe out or even get to know her. While his drive to reach his dream and be the best trainer he can be is very effective at getting to know those who share his interests, even those with very different attitudes such as Paul, or even those outside of the field with similarly open dreams, a more self-contained person like Chloe can struggle to relate to him.
** Being a very trusting person who takes people at their word normally just causes Ash problems with Team Rocket and their disguises. In this fic, him trusting people at their word meant that he had no reason to question Goh's interpretation of what was going on with Chloe, especially as Goh was not being intentionally malicious or intending to deceive Ash. An Ash who didn't inherently trust those around him to either not lie or give him the full truth where it mattered would not have the angstier parts of his character bio in the story right now.
* DeconReconSwitch:
** Many of the above tropes turn right around and rebuild themselves in Part 2. While his AllLovingHero status did lead to a good part of Chloe's initial angst, it also meant that plenty in story acknowledges that none of his attempts were malicious and by Part 2 the narrative clarifies this not just to the reader and to Ash himself. Chloe is also able to accept his good intentions and her own issues by this point and Ash is the first person on her list of those she hated she forgives and apologizes to. His Pokémon Master goals that had once been seen as restrictive to Chloe even become something she can appreciate and connect with once she can approach Pokémon on her own terms and not others.
** This kind nature also means that, if nothing else, Chloe will have someone in her corner regardless of what happens with Parker. While Ash still intends to leave when the current incident is over, it is clear that this will not close the door off for Chloe where someone without the trait might otherwise.
* EasilyForgiven: Ash has a ''really bad'' habit of shoving things under the bridge with people who have wronged him, regardless of whether they deserve it or not, and specially when taking the pain they give him into account. It literally takes [[spoiler: being mind raped into becoming a mad hatter by Parker and an evil version of Chloe]] for him to finally quit being so forgiving.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even a ditz like him realizes that Goh has dug himself way too deep about his obsession over Mew making Chloe uncomfortable.
** Ash ''does not'' like Team Rocket but even he hopes they stay far away from the [[spoiler:Parker and Unown]] powered mess for their own safety.
** Despite having ''every'' right to want the worst to happen to him, Ash does not want [[spoiler:Parker, the mad with power five-year-old who mind raped him and his friends]] arrested or in jail. His specific situations make all of those problematic. He just wants to be ''far'' away from him after it is all over and never see him again. He also specifically doesn't feel guilty per his GuiltComplex over his betrayal because it was not something he should have ever had to suspect from him.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Ash is the kind of person who becomes friends with everyone and always sees the good in people, but he comes to loath Parker just as much as anybody else after the Unown incident.
* FatalFlaw: Hesitance. Ash hesitated to really get to know Chloe, only accepting her "No" to whatever he asked her to join him. And his only info on her came from Goh "My ChildhoodFriend who I have ignored for years in order to search for Mew just stopped liking Pokémon one day, that's all" Fujihachi. By the time he realizes what type of person she is, as Parker notes that he's only asking ''now'' for advice about her, it's too late to change anything except how to react to her when she finally returns home.
** Trust. He's such a trusting person he took Goh's words about Chloe at face value, and never questioned it.
** Believe it or not, {{Forgiveness}}. Ash is more than happy and willing to forgive everybody provided they don't do anything that convinces him they're just not worth it (looking at you, ''[[spoiler: Parker]]''), however, this mindset not only warps his perception of things, but causes him to put the people he wants to forgive on a small pedestal, while causing him to look disapprovingly at those who wouldn't do the same, no matter the reasons.
* GuiltComplex: After Trip coldly questions how Ash did nothing to reach out to Chloe when he had all the time to do so, he starts blaming himself for everything that went wrong, believing that he didn't do enough for either Chloe or Goh. It's a problem that many around him, including Trip, are trying to help remedy. [[spoiler:It flares back up when he fails to save his friends from Parker's fury, but no-one seems to begrudge him that considering how screwed up the situation is. He ultimately declares that he's ''not'' going to beat himself up over what Parker is doing.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: After Chapter 9, Ash starts beating himself up over his inaction to help Chloe contributing to her disappearing onto the Train. This eventually gets resolved during the Act 2 fiasco.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Ash asked Goh what was wrong with Chloe -- the only answer that he could give being "She's just not into Pokémon anymore" -- and didn't pursue any more information about Chloe. If he knew that Goh was the ''last'' person to make observations about his ChildhoodFriend because he himself doesn't care about her as he claims to Ash probably would've taken more initiative to ask others about Chloe instead of just leaving her be.
** He also didn't think Parker was anything more than Chloe's brother who was worried for her safety and hoped she'd come home safe and sound. [[spoiler: Cue the Unown...]]
* HumbleHero: When people realize he's the Alola League Champion, he never boasts about his achievements. When he brings up his past in a conversation with Kricketina Kylie, he spends most of it making fun of how he thought he was the best for just catching a Caterpie and how Goh's own performance was a lot better than his (though that was intentionally self-deprecating humor aimed to encourage Goh to have fun). In Chapter 21, he explains to Goh that he doesn't reveal anything about his accomplishments because he doesn't want people to use him as an easy ticket to their goals to finding Legendary Pokémon and would rather be seen as someone for who he truly is: a kind, caring Trainer.
* HurtingHero: Aside from him blaming himself for Chloe's troubles, he tells Trip that he was horrified during the Unown incident and her mother brainwashed by Entei. And as Goh spirals into a breakdown, he feels guiltier and guiltier for unwittingly causing these problems.
* InnocentlyInsensitive:
** Became Goh's new BFF without meaning to cause the schism between Goh and Chloe's already fractured friendship to grow even more. Although compared to how her father and Goh have bigger crimes, he comes off as accidentally bumping into someone without apologizing and Goh makes a point that Ash has constantly asked Chloe to join them and she kept refusing.
** He also wanted to cook curry with Goh, not realizing how such a thing was so important to Chloe in the past.
** The trading event turned out to be this for Goh, though in Ash's defense he wasn't the one to suggest it and Goh encouraged them to go simply to get Ash away from Trip.
* ItsAllMyFault: After Chloe runs away, Ash never forgives himself for not taking the time to actually get to know her like he did with his other friends. After learning that Goh knows about the Infinity Train, he breaks down into tears and states that this is all on him. And ''again'' during the Intermission when he realized how foolish he was gloating about the adventures he had in Galar and not bringing up Sonia's Darkest Day story -- because all he gushed about was fighting, Pokémon and curry -- which would've been something Chloe would've loved (thankfully Trip stops him).
** Eventually, this gets both [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] and [[DefiedTrope Defied]]: Ash only gets into this mindset because the BlameGame is the official sport of Vermillion City, and he didn't know enough about the situation to do something about it. And eventually, [[spoiler: the Unown incident]] has him realize there were ''way too many'' factors for it to be solely his fault, and that he '''will not''' take [[spoiler: Parker's rampage]] as something he's responsible with.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Is ''very'' uncomfortable with the idea of keeping Goh in the dark about the Infinity Train, even when Trip points out that if Goh learns about it, it means there's a higher chance of Goh trying to enter it. It doesn't help that Goh snaps when he learns how much Trip kept this secret anyway.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: What his relationship with Dawn is, as he thought and was later confirmed. Much to the chagrin of the Pokemon that shipped it...
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Ash only went to Vermillion City to work as a research fellow. Goh's mental issues? Chloe's insecurities? The Cerise family situation? He wasn't aware of ''any'' of those things, and even if he had found out, he wouldn't have had enough information to do anything about it."
* TheMadHatter:[[spoiler:Parker decides to turn him into one for his and [=UnChloe=]'s party. Not that he'll enjoy it very much...]]
* MagneticHero: Ash is so charismatic as a person (mostly due to liking Pokémon and his generally upbeat and friendly attitude) and is so famous as the Alolan Champion, people tend to flock to him and praise him...While unintentionally neglecting the needs and feelings of others that feel differently such as Chloe, and causing insecurities in others he hasn't ever met, such as Hop.
** However, it should be noted that Ash himself ''doesn't'' make those people do those things; they ''chose'' to do so of their own free will while being unaware of how hurtful it is. Ash himself genuinely cares for ''everyone '', not just people that share his interests, and is distraught at how much Chloe had suffered to the point of going into a depressing downward spiral.[[note]]And that's not even knowing about what happened with Leon and Hop[[/note]]
* MommasBoy: His father's not in the picture, so his closest, and only, parental relationship is with his mother, and the two get along pretty well.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Compared to Goh, Ash at least tried to open up to Chloe, inviting her to go on a Journey with him and Goh, and when she refused, he respected her personal space and didn't press the matter any further than he had to. His reward for this is [[spoiler: being blamed by everybody for what happened, him developing a GuiltComplex because of it, and being used as a puppet by a psychopathic boy who can't tell right from wrong besides what gets his sister back.]]
* ObliviousToHints: Just like Goh, Ash couldn't understand Chloe's hidden hints about what she wanted from him, and so resorted to a third option with what little info he had.
* ObliviousToLove: Suffers from this badly. Everyone is thrilled when he finally gets the hint about how other people feel about him in Chapter 20.
* OlderThanHeLooks: According to Goh, he's around 13 or 14 years old in the story but looks like he's a ten-year-old. [[spoiler:[=UnChloe=]]] makes some snark about him being a 'shrimp' and the snark about Ash looking younger than he is comes from a few other as well.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten:
** His "approach" to befriend Chloe (Read: just asking if she wants to hang out with him and Goh, without trying additional avenues when she was uninterested and only asking Goh what was wrong with her, not knowing that Goh's ''not'' the best person to point out her problems) is called out by Trip, Parker and himself and he never stops blaming himself for not helping Chloe out sooner. Arc 2 is about him getting out of this mindset...but that hits a snag when it turns out Parker never really forgave him for it.
** This can occasionally go better for him: Yamper remembered the fact he ''did'' console her after her curb stomp loss to him which came in very handy [[spoiler:when Yamper could speak and needed to shut [=UnChloe=]'s argument against Ash up]].
* OnlyFriend: Is Goh's best and only friend in the present, since Goh's obsession with capturing Mew caused the friendship with Chloe to disintegrate into nothing and Goh stated that he didn't want to make new friends in the past. Unfortunately, Arc 2 is showing Goh at his lowest and rejecting Ash as a friend when the former learns that Ash is [[spoiler:together with Trip.]]
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Ash's heart is pure enough that Galarian Ponyta are rather fond of him.
* RantInducingSlight: During an otherwise civil dinner at his house, his mother merely ''suggesting'' she might not be able to forgive Chloe causes him to ''explode'', calling her out and ''[[KickTheDog comparing her to Parker]]''.
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Parker's rampage]] marks the point where Ash becomes ''done'' with being everybody's personal scapegoat, and let's [[spoiler: Parker]] know that he's gonna have to accept the consequences of his actions, because he ''will not'' allow him to blame him, nor everybody else, for it.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In Chapter 11, he [[spoiler:decides he wants to "get together" with Trip after the Unova Trainer confesses his love for Ash and kisses him]].
* TheScapegoat: As revealed in ''Voyage of Wisteria'', the adults of Pallet Town use him as this, trying to pin the blame on him for their children supposedly not achieving their dream careers. However, this was true even back in ''Blossoming Trail'', since if people weren't using Goh as this, they were using Ash instead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Hits his limit after being [[spoiler:put under a 'Mad Hatter' geas by Parker and [=UnChloe=] along with Pikachu, Serena, and Trip among other mind controls that he is ''aware of even when under them''. He all but declares that when all this is done, he's ''leaving'' just to get away from Parker.]] This has been put at least partially on hold for as long as Professor Cerise and Goh need him around.
* SleepDeprivation: A combination of this and [[PsychologicalProjection projecting the real Chloe]] into his position in his nightmares led him to lash out at his mother during a particularly bad argument.
--> "...I shouldn't have compared mom to [[spoiler:Parker]], if I was a little more awake or thought a little more, I wouldn't have. But...night after night of hearing how I'll never be forgiven for what I did to hurt Chloe, no matter how sorry I was or what I did to make it up to her, or what got done to me...I thought I was hearing the same thing happening to the real Chloe after...[[TraumaCongaLine everything she'd gone through]], and I just snapped..."
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Bea is the technician to Ash's Performer. Bea's been trained to a fine edge with maximized movement efficiency and minimize wasteful movement. Ash doesn't have the same finess but his use of more out of the box tactics (like Z-Moves and Aura) can match her perfection.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: He could really use a therapist after the events of Acts 1 and 2.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Chapter 20 has him use ''all of the Pokémon in Professor Oak's lab'' to strike at the Unown.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:Parker's rampage]] caused him so much pain and agony that once its resolved, not only does he ''slap them hard in the face'', but makes it clear they've become the one person he truly ''loathes''.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: This is how he wants to approach the situation with Chloe; while some bad things were done in her name, Ash sees her as the scared, insecure girl who was treated horribly by Vermillion City, and who just wants a friend. Delia ''not'' agreeing with this notion sets him off.
** He ''doesn't'' extend the same generosity to [[spoiler: Parker]], however, given how everything they did caused Ash to be done with them.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His existence actually hurts more than it heals in the story. [[DeconstructedTrope And he knows it.]]
** His mere presence in Vermillion City helped coax Chloe's simmering issues to a boil with how effortlessly and easily he integrated himself with her father and estranged friend. His half-hearted attempts to even try to befriend her makes her feel like he doesn't care about her as a person in the slightest.
** Hearing Leon casually speculate about how Ash could potentially be the one to beat him while already hurting from his loss to Bede helped push Hop's angst level high enough to ping the Train's radar. Upon learning of this, Ash is close to vomiting from stress.
* WesternZodiac: Ash's birthday was implied to be May 22nd in the light novels written by former head writer Takeshi Shudo which makes Ash a Gemini. Gemini are known for their ability to connect with others and be a favorable companion. Which both explains why he can connect so easily with a vast majority of people and why he is so dumbfounded by how badly his attempts to connect with Chloe went and were handled. (It also notes his personality having changeable qualities that line up with his somewhat changing personality between series).
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Trip tears into Ash for not doing anything for Chloe when she truly needed it. It's deconstructed as this causes Ash to start carrying a GuiltComplex when things start spiraling out of control.
** Parker is slightly more justified in his anger in why Ash didn't go and talk to Chloe sooner, bringing up all the things he could've done -- asked how she was doing, take her out for a walk or ice cream -- and questioning if Ash even ''asked'' his dad about what was going on.
** He ''finally'' gets his turn on this after the Unown are dealt with, letting Parker know that he has not only messed up ''big time'', but he has nobody to blame but himself.
* WouldHurtAChild: Slaps Parker, ''a 5-year-old boy'', across the face after the Unown are defeated, and it's noted he slapped hard enough to send Parker to the ground. Given how much Parker unleashed the Unknown as part of a revenge scheme in Chloe's name and sadistically tormented him and his friends, regardless of their actual innocence, this is entirely justified.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Both the giver and receiver.
** As a receiver, Trip finally [[BrutalHonesty puts a filter on his damn mouth]] and lets Ash know that, yes, he may have made some mistakes, but that he can't take the blame from everybody as completely true, and that he's just one of many factors that caused shit to hit the fan.
** As a giver, he tells [[spoiler: Goh, while visiting him at the suicide ward]] that he may have made some mistakes, but that not only is he ''not'' the only one to blame for everything, but that he ''did not'' deserve what he went through.

[[folder:Delia Ketchum]]
Ash's mother who usually stays in Pallet Town though sometimes comes to visit Ash whenever he's on an adventure. Is a very good cook.

* AlmightyMom: She's pretty much the ''only'' person in the entire damn Pokémon World who not only ''doesn't'' fall for Chloe's self-pitying nonsense, but actually gets Talia to ''call her out on her bullshit''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She arrived at Vermillion City to give out pastries to Ash's Pokémon and cook food for everyone...but she will not tolerate anyone making her son cry as Trip learned the hard way. When she learns what happened with the Unown, she's chewing out Professor Hale for his role in this mess and later gives a brutal dressing down on Parker's actions.
* BerserkButton: A few
** Upsetting her son. They are the only family they have most of the time so neither likes the other being hurt.
** After all Parker and Chloe have done she gets very testy when anyone tries to justify them, especially Parker.
** TallPoppySyndrome: She doesn't like it in general and when it is applied to Ash even more so.
** Her ObnoxiousInLaws Hilary. The two cannot stand each other.
* DeathGlare: Gives one to Trip after his ArmorPiercingQuestion on Ash sends him into a HeroicBSOD.
* DoubleStandard:
** As wise and understanding as she might be, Trip notes that she still has a few of these, with her giving Trip much more leeway than Chloe regarding making up for their mistakes with Ash, even though Chloe ''can't'' do much to make amends despite clearly wanting to, while he ''hasn't'' despite having every opportunity to do so. This is eventually elaborated on and clarfied to be a well meaning bit of hypocricsy as seen below.
** This also goes both ways as while characters like ''Chloe'' are allowed to refuse to forgive someone (including those with full apologies and fragile mental states) and even makes it part of the stories themes about needing to forgive people, her disinclination to forgive Chloe or want her anywhere near her family is treated like a negative. Eventually Chloe does.
* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:Left Goh alone to change clothes under the assumption that Raboot and Sobble could keep the train from picking him up, but then walked away from at least keeping an ear on him to confront Chloe on hearing that Mew had appeared. But then Chloe says that Wooloo couldn't stop ''Hop'' from entering...]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Just like Talia, she's known to make really delicious food.
* FreudianExcuse: It's eventually revealed that among the reasons Delia just can't bring herself to forgive Chloe is because her attitude reminds her not only of her much more haughty sister-in law Hillary, but of all the people in Pallet Town who blame ''her'' son for their own children being OvershadowedByAwesome. The fact that Chloe's actions hurt Ash as badly as they do, and still cause him nightmares, doesn't help.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She's shown to be quite friendly to all of Ash's Pokémon, even Gengar, to the point of making pastries for them.
* GoodParents: A loving and supporting mother who is fine with [[spoiler:her son being in love with a boy]], a stark contrast to Chloe and Goh's parents. Though she's not without her problems...]
* GoodVictimsBadVictims: Delia has a low opinion on Chloe, Hop, and Paul, the former two for ''ending up the train from being jealous of her son'' and the later for being a general jerk. Despite what comes up in the arguments this doesn't extend to Gladion, Mallow, Trip, and Alain, and ''really'' doesn't like Ash acting like the former three are his fault.
* HeelRealization: When pressed by Trip for answers about why she's so unforgiving towards Chloe, she admits internally that she's blaming Chloe because otherwise she herself will be the one hurting Ash.
** [[spoiler: She realizes that her hatred of Chloe resulted in Goh being unattended and thus vulnerable to being picked up by the train.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Avoiding being like this is the reason she cuts Trip some slack as Ash's love interest: every other suitor Ash ever had was female, and heck, some were even ''Pokémon'', and Delia didn't bat an eye. If she began to do so to Trip, who's a boy and unlike every other suitor, this would come off as ''very'' wrong no matter the angle.
* HypocrisyNod: Delia Ketchum admitted to Talia Cerise that she is afraid Ash and Chloe will forgive her for her role in Goh's departure, despite refusing to give Chloe any kind of forgiveness. She acknowledged the hypocrisy in her being forgiven. At the same time, she refuses to do the same. Delia even refuses to use the parent's card to justify her hypocrisy by pointing out she did that before, and she afraid that her son Ash will start second-guessing everything she says and does.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:The fact that ''she's'' apologizing to Chloe for inadvertedly leaving Goh alone ''for the Infinity Train to pick him up'' when she really didn't accept Chloe's ''own'' apology for messing things up isn't lost on Chloe herself.]]
* MamaBear: Do not hurt her baby boy or you will ''regret it''.
** When Trip makes her son close to crying over how he essentially didn't care about Chloe at all, she slams her hands onto the table and glares at him making her look like a Mightyena using Intimidate.
** Gives Professor Hale a [[ClusterFBomb profanity-laden]] dressing down when she learns about the Unown box and all the trouble that came from it.
** Not even ''children'' are safe and she is really ready to rip Parker apart for what he did with the Unown. She also hates Chloe for what her actions did to Vermillion City and how she turned her son Ash into a scapegoat for mistakes that were [[NeverMyFault entirely her own fault]].
** In a nightmare Professor Cerise has, she also [[WouldHurtAChild attacks and begins strangling Chloe to death]] in grief-stricken rage for the latter's role in her son Ash's PTSD after Chloe comes back home to Vermillion City.
** In the only BadFuture [[spoiler: Zeno]] shows [[spoiler: Parker]], she completely flips her shit after receiving an email from Goh (hinted but not confirmed to be the idea of outing Ash to his mother to try and get him in trouble), going to Cerise about it, and ultimately gets Goh fired as his research assistant, leading to his Pokemon abandoning him in disgust, and Ash no longer his friend.
** [[spoiler: Backfired badly in the finale of ''Blossoming Trail'' - her attempt at pre-emptively confronting Chloe before she could lash out at Goh was both pointless and ''very badly-timed'', something she regrets immediately.]]
* MomentOfWeakness: [[spoiler: Her decision to talk to Chloe -- when she sees Chloe briefly going back to being angry when Goh's "Shiny Espurr" transforms back into Mew and ''no one'' was ever told this -- can be seen as this, as now Goh is on the train because of her not watching him and the assumption that Raboot and Sobble will drag him back (which isn't the case).]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Has this at the end after she leaves Goh alone and Chloe tells her that Raboot and Sobble won’t be able to stop him from boarding the Train. She’s left apologizing and crying to Chloe, but it’s too late for Goh.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Is clearly haunted by the fact her decision to confront Chloe has caused Goh to board the Infinity Train, as she’s left worrying that she and Ash have forgiven her for it.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: PlayedForDrama:[[spoiler: Despite telling the Cerise parents that people are just calling them out to make themselves feel better, she ends up calmly remarking this to Chloe, asking if she was going to reject Goh’s apology now that Mew has been found. This backfires on her HARD as it left Goh open for the Train to take him.]]
* NoSympathy: While she sympathizes with Talia and Professor Cerise for what they went through (she's a parent herself, and she knows well that [[ParentsAsPeople parents make mistakes]]) she doesn't extend the same courtesy to Parker and Chloe. This is because she hates both Parker and Chloe for psychologically traumatizing Ash and blaming him for the misery they both went through, when much of their problems were actually either [[NeverMyFault their own fault]] or created by circumstances beyond Ash's control. She bluntly tells Talia that she's willing to make the Cerise siblings sleep outside her house in tents until they're sufficiently humbled and chastised for what they did. This brings her in conflict with Ash, who might agree about Parker but seriously disagrees about Chloe...
** And ultimately [[spoiler:the fact that she left Goh ''alone in his bedroom'' to rub it in Chloe's face meant that '''no one''', not even Raboot and Sobble, could stop him from entering the Infinity Train]]
* NotSoSimilar: During the argument, Ash ends up comparing her to ''Parker'', which as noted in the next chapter, is only ''superficially'' right: both of them are too caught up in their own personal reasons to forgive someone, but that's it: Parker idolized Chloe to unhealthy degrees, Delia doesn't put her in a pedestal. Parker toned out anything that could make Chloe seem less like the perfect sister he ''thinks'' she is, while Delia sees all her faults straight ahead. And of course, Parker [[spoiler: not only got consumed by rage, but used the Unown to hurt people beyond the ones who actually hurt Chloe]] while Delia has no intentions to hurt anybody, just not forgive. Ash later admits that was a bad call on his part brought about by sleep deprivation and confusing his own experiences with Chloe's.
* OpenMindedParent: Sees nothing wrong with [[spoiler:Ash having a boyfriend]] and states that she'll support the relationship. [[spoiler: She doesn't necessarily think Trip is the best fit for her son, but she keeps it to herself because she doesn't exactly disapprove of him either, though she does have a fair few people in mind she'd prefer her son to be with instead of Trip]].
* ParentalHypocrisy: Deconstructed. Delia manages to defend her...complicated standards regarding her views on Trip and Chloe's relationship with Ash by invoking this. However, when circumstances in and out of her control cause her 'understandable' hypocrisies to become more pronounced, she realizes that overplaying that particular card could make her son distrust everything she tries to tell him, regardless of how valid her reasons.
* ParentsAsPeople: One of the reasons why she sympathizes with Talia and Professor Cerise is because she's a parent herself, and parents make mistakes. It's also why she believes they don't deserve the copious amounts of CallingTheOldManOut they're receiving - yes, they screwed up with Parker and Chloe, but it's rather cruel to rake them over the coals for their mistakes forever if they genuinely want to make up for it. And she's not immune from her own blind spots, though compared to the other families in story she and Ash make up ''a lot'' quicker.
** This plays off in the finale of ''Blossoming Trail''; [[spoiler:upon seeing Chloe almost going back to her old habits, she goes to make a remark...while also leaving Goh, ''alone'' for the Infinity Train to pick him up.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She calls Parker and Chloe a pair of ungrateful brats who threw tantrums over not getting what they wanted despite [[PoorCommunicationKills not specifying exactly what they wanted]], burned everyone who "wronged" them out of spite, and then had the nerve to demand that everyone earn their forgiveness afterward. Talia reluctantly agrees with the assessment and relays Delia's thoughts to Chloe via email.
** [[spoiler: She gives Chloe one when they finally meet in person in the final chapter, saying if she had it her way, Ash would never approach her again, and warns that she will be watching her. It’s presumed that she was trying to give Chloe another one when she sees her reaction to Goh finding Mew.Only to quickly drop it after being informed that Raboot and Sobble can’t stop Goh from entering the Train.]]
* SelectiveEnforcement: Ash doesn't shy away from telling his mother that for all that she's quite to condemn Chloe, she'll do mental gymnastics to convince herself he's not to blame for ''anything'' that happens around him in any way.
* ShipTease: [[AmbiguousSituation Martial status notwithstanding]], she has some fun flirting with Renji.
* SupremeChef: She's really good at cooking and Ash is nearly salivating when she said she's preparing ''teppanyaki''. It's later confirmed that she owns the only restaurant in Pallet Town.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: While she never outright says this, it's clear in the narration that Delia doesn't quite have it in her to forgive Chloe for all the problems that can be traced back to her. Revelations in the next chapter only further complicate the matter, as it's clear the one she can't forgive isn't Chloe, but what she ''reminds'' her of. [[spoiler: This backfires on her in the end.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:By leaving Goh alone to change clothes so she could confront Chloe and remark whether or not Goh's apology meant nothing, she made it all the easier for the train to snatch Goh up.]] Was this all worth it in the end, Mrs. Ketchum?
* WouldHurtAChild: After the Unown incident, Professor Cerise has a nightmare of her attacking and strangling Chloe to death in a rage towards his daughter's actions against her son Ash and his friends.

[[folder:Pikachu]]
An electric-type and Ash's first Pokémon and best friend.

* FauxHorrific: Pikachu eating mustard is treated in this matter.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: Downplayed, but he doesn't have a particularly high opinion of Chloe's treatment of Ash, feeling that ''she'' could have done what everyone keeps accusing Ash of failing to do. Very nearly exposes it at the wrong time.
* InsultToRocks: Considers comparing Parker to Charizard during the Indigo league (where he was a uncontrollable berserker jerkass) to be an insult to Charizard.
* PokemonSpeak: Like most Pokémon Pikachu can only make a limited range of vocalizations, though Ash is able to parcel out what Pikachu means most of the time. [[spoiler:[=UnChloe=] can make him speak human language, apparently just for the hell of it.]]
* ShockAndAwe: An electric type.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ketchup. He likes licking a bottle of this stuff like an ice cream cone. This becomes an OutOfCharacterAlert for Parker's tea party when he's eating ''mustard'' instead.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sticks by Ash no matter what.

[[folder:Mr. Mime / Mimey]]
A humanoid Psychic-Fairy type. While officially owned by Ash he usually accompanies his mother in day-to-day life, but currently stays at the Cerise Institute with Ash.

* AscendedExtra: A background character in the anime, a big part of Ash's plans in this story.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He looks silly at first glance, but he's actually a good battler.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: His secondary type is Fairy.
* InSeriesNickname: His mother and Ash call him "Mimey".
* MindOverMatter: Part Psychic-type.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When Molly finds him in the Vermillion Forest, he had already defeated multiple wild Pokémon on his own and is standing AtopAMountainOfCorpses.
* SupremeChef: Usually acts as the cook in the Cerise Lab.

[[folder:Riolu]]
An energetic Fighting-type Pokemon Ash hatched from an egg.

* BigBrotherWorship: Towards Korrina's Lucario and Ash's Infernape, the later that Ash lampshades.
* BloodKnight: Relishes the chance to battle opponents, even ones he doesn't quite know the full details about like [=UnChloe=], Tapu Koko, and the Erl-King.
* GlassCannon: Riolu's pretty strong for his size and gets even stronger with access to Ash's aura, but he doesn't take hits that well. During his battle with Grapploct it only takes one solid hit for Grapploct to knock it out, versus the multiple blows for Grapploct to go down.

[[folder:Ash's Pokemon]]
All of Ash's Pokemon currently in his possession that do not have their own folders above.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being a tubby humanoid pig Pignite is pretty agile, ''especially'' after using a few Flame Charge attacks.
* TheBet: All his Pokémon make bets as to who Ash will end up with. Oshawott is mad that he lost the bet as his was "everyone ''but Trip''."
* ChekhovMIA: Charizard being off on an errand (to find Ash a 'birthday present in Kalos') is mentioned as the reason he's not present.
* CurbStompCushion: Buizel is the only mon who doesn't take one of Raihan's Pokemon down, but his Swift Swim and Ice Punch combo weakens Raihan's Goodra enough for Pikachu to finish the dragon off.
* CuddleBug: Dragonite loves giving out warm hugs...but they seem flabbergasted when ''Chloe'' hugs them in ''Voyage of Wisteria''.
* InterspeciesRomance: Bayleef has a crush on Ash, though he never knew about it until she told him after [=UnChloe=] removed PokeSpeak.]
* LimitBreak: A number of them can use Ash's Z-Moves, but the non-Alola teammembers aren't as trained in them and he doesn't have a crystal that works for every one of them (for example Riolu).
* MundaneUtility: Gengar frequently gets used in story not to battle but to use his IntangibleMan powers and telekinesis to spy or restrain people.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Their wins in the Raihan's Rival Returns cup, including defeating Raihan.
* PlayingWithFire: Pignite and Infernape are both Fire types.
* ShipperOnDeck: All of them have been betting on who Ash will end up with in the future.

!Galar

[[folder:Chairman Rose]]
The head of the Galar mega-corp Macro Cosmos.

* MundaneUtility: Suggests using interdimensional technology to collect resources, with his field test effectively picking berries from another world. However, it's clear he's after something else.

[[folder:Oleanna]]
The vice president of the Galar mega-corp Macro Cosmos and Chairman Rose' secretary.

* CompositeCharacter: Oleanna is implied to have her backstory from WebAnimation/PokemonTwilightWings while being very much her anime/game persona.
* ConsummateProfessional: Prides herself on being this.

[[folder:Gloria Daffodil]]
A girl from Galar who studies in the same academy Chloe will go to, and is the first Galar native the group meet.
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* AccentAdaptation: Neither her game nor ''Seeker of Crocus'' self had an accent, but not only is it present here, but it's quite thick.
[[/folder]]

!Other

[[folder:"Twitchy" (Unmarked spoilers for Blossoming Trail)]]
Kris Foster, Parker's fellow resident at the Calla House.
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* BlowYouAway[=/=]NonElemental: Has a Pidgeot he nicknames "Bird Jesus", which is a Nomal/Flying type.
* BrokenAce: Was just as good as Ash as a Trainer, even getting a ''Zapdos''...but he was suddenly broken into pieces by the voices in his head and was sent into a mental rehab facility, where his stay might be permanent.
* CommonalityConnection: Bonds with Parker when he notices that he is being influenced by a NotSoImaginaryFriend, like he was before, along with them associated with Unown.
* CompanionCube: Apparently cradled a plush Helix Fossil that gives him advice. In the Calla House it's now an Omanyte plushie. It's so important to him that other children are amazed that Parker is carrying it (as Twitchy gave it to him before Chloe arrived to see him)
* CompositeCharacter: Parker sees him as a combination of Ash (skilled Trainer from Pallet Town, and apparently his mother dressed him up like Ash) and Goh (boy who had high ambitions but was shattered with a mental attack based off of Unown).
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the character interpretation from Red of ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' as it shows the damage that can be caused from having all those spirits talking in his head, to the point he may ''never'' have a normal life.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: His attempt to clearing out the blackout in Celadon City that ended with him capturing a Zapdos.
* HiddenDepths: He's a really good artist as Parker remembers seeing a beautiful banner of "Bird Jesus" once. We also learn that he volunteered to investigate a blackout in Celadon City.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Is about a year or two younger than Ash and he befriends Parker, age 5. Their bond is so strong that Twitchy even lends him his Helix (Omanyte) plushie.
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: The Mob in his head is said to manifest as perpetually bickering Unowns.
* MeaningfulName: His real name, Kris, is based on the WebComic/PaperTrail version of the Videogame/{{Deltarune}} protagonist, who was manipulated by a force outside their control. "Foster" is the last name of a Series/CriminalMinds Unsub who suffered from [[Recap/CriminalMindsS6E19WithFriendsLikeThese multiple hallucinations pushing him around.]]
* NamesTheSame: Shares the surname of Issac "Zack" Foster but by no means are they related.
* NervousWreck: Showed signs of this on his initial Indigo League quest and then he lost any sense of sanity after his father berated him and refused to take him home.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Before his meltdown, he managed to resolve Celadon City's blackout and catch a ''Zapdos''.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him 'Twitchy' at the rehab center, and Parker has to ask him for his 'old name'.
* ShadowArchetype: Seems to be one for Ash - a young trainer from Pallet Town who went on a Pokemon journey with his starter to high hopes. And if the rumors of Zapdos capture are true, he shares Ash's luck in stumbling onto legendaries and wild adventures. Thing is, Ash has the support and mental fortitude to handle these events, and Kris very much ''doesn't''.
* ShoutOut: To LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Chloe and Parker tell Kris near the end of ''Voyage of Wisteria'' Act 1 that his father is now in jail and will never ever harm him again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Carl Foster]]
Kris' father.
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* AbusiveParents: It revealed that he's the one who caused Kris's breakdown by [[spoiler:abandoning him and ordering him to return his Flareon]]. And it's all because he sees him as a failure for not getting 8 Gym badges without bothering to acknowledge that [[spoiler: his son caught a ''Zapdos'']], which in itself is a great achievement. He didn't even bother to visit him at the Calla House.
* BerserkButton: Gets enraged when Delia suggests that [[YoureJustJealous his only reason for wanting to hurt Ash is envy.]]
* FatBastard: Heavyset, and a nasty piece of work.
* HateSink: Everything about him is designed to make him despicable barring his one PetTheDog moment.
* IHaveNoSon: While he doesn't outright say it, his actions towards Kris speak louder than words, considering he flat out abandons him after berating him for not entering the Indigo League and never even visited him at at the Calla Facility.
* IrrationalHatred: Seems to blame Ash for what happened to his son...even though Ash wasn't even ''in the region'' when Kris had his meltdown.
* {{Jerkass}}: A very unpleasant person who would abandon his son when he expresses disappointment and never even see his son at the Rehab House he's a permanent resident to.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't ''care'' if a bunch of kids wound up dead in a forest fire if it means ruining Ash's life. And if someone ''had'' died or gotten hurt? Too bad! It would've been Ash's fault for [[FailureToSaveMurder not saving them.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Gets sent to prison after his confession is brought out for everyone, including the other parents who were horrified of learning at the lengths he would go to get revenge on Ash, to see.
* MythologyGag: He is described as having a resemblance to a Kabuto, and his primary Pokemon is a Flareon. Considering his son is basically a human version of ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'', it's pretty clear who the villain of his story is.
* NeverMyFault: He blames Ash for Kris's mental breakdown because he doesn't want to admit that [[spoiler: he's the one who [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom instigated it]] because of his disappointment in his only son's inability to earn 8 Gym badges]].
* NotSoDifferentRemark: He tries to get Chloe to side with him by claiming they're in the same boat regarding their anger and jealousy towards Ash. Chloe doesn't buy it for a second because 1) she already realized how harmful that sort of entitled mindset is for everyone and pulled herself out of it, and 2), [[spoiler:he drove his son Kris insane by constantly projecting his envy towards Ash onto him, and then abandoned him when he didn't turn out the way he wanted]].
* PetTheDog: His ''only'' kind act is to comment on Chloe getting an "adorable Eevee" and showing off his Flareon.
* ShadowArchetype:
** He's what Professor Cerise would be if he didn't care a single lick about Chloe's achievements and left her to rot. He outright claims that he sees Aldrich's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech moments from ''Blossoming Trail'' as "inspiration", [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame much to the Professor's discomfort]].
** He's also one to Chloe herself. Both felt IrrationalHatred towards Ash to the point of [[NeverMyFault using him as a scapegoat for everything wrong in their lives]], and were resentful, self-pitying jerks who didn't care about who they hurt as long as they got personal catharsis from it. They were also responsible for [[spoiler:turning people closest to them (Kris, Goh) into psychological wrecks with their cruel words and behavior]]. However, Carl lacks all of Chloe's redeeming qualities, such as the ability to realize her mistakes and actually change herself for the better.
* ShoutOut: Is described as resembling a Kabuto, and has a Flareon. Considering who his son is...
* UngratefulBastard: He doesn't even comment on the fact that Kris ''caught a Zapdos'', a Legendary Pokémon, instead berating the boy for not getting into the Indigo League.
* WouldHurtAChild: Has no compunctions towards psychologically attacking Ash, or even ''endangering several children'' with a forest fire. And even tries to punch Chloe in front of her father.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mew]]
A Legendary Pokémon with the ability to transform into any Pokémon it wishes whose sudden arrival several years ago in Pallet Town plays a big part in the story. More specifically, Goh's obsession with catching him drives a lot of conflict.
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* BadassAdorable: It's an adorable pink kitten with a long tail. And it's capable of transforming into every Pokémon in the world, knows every move and is a Legendary Pokémon.
* CatsAreMean: In Chloe's RevengeViaStorytelling tale based on Mew, it's depicted as a sadistic JackassGenie. In reality, not so much.
* TheGhost: Never appears in person in the main story, but are mentioned a few times and they play a big role regardless. [[spoiler:They make a full appearance in Arc 3, critically injured by Ms. Turner.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: It's not ''their'' fault that Goh was so obsessed with it, yet its presence is what caused Goh to decide to focus on it than pretty much everyone else in his life.
* {{Irony}}:
** Goh is searching far and wide for it; Episode 20 of ''Journeys'' reveals that ''Goh rode on it when it was shapeshifted as Lugia''.
** Goh has been obsessed with finding it since he was 6; he has no idea that Ash has actually met a Mew three times already (''First Movie'', ''Lucario and the Mystery Mew'' and ''Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon''). He doesn't take it well when he finds out, though it might be more due to the person telling him about it.
** [[spoiler:Goh was trying to get ''away'' from Mew after his epiphany. But with Ms. Roycewood having Mew right in front of his face, he has no choice but to confront the childhood dream that made him lose ''everything''.]]
** Goh's search for Mew is the reason for Chloe and Goh's falling friendship and Chloe getting on the Infinity Train. [[spoiler:Goh ''having'' Mew after he felt like he didn't deserve it is what got him to ''enter'' the Train.]]
* MindOverMatter: It's a Psychic-type.
* OlympusMons: The ''original'' Legendary Pokémon, even.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only mentioned in passing and are practically absent in the main story, but Goh's obsession with capturing them sets off the chain reaction that would eventually destroy his and Chloe's friendship. [[spoiler:It also plays a significant role in Blossoming Trail's Arc 3 for the Pokémon side and ultimately becomes the main reason Goh gets sent into the Infinity Train.]]
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[[folder:The Adults of Pallet Town]]
The adults that live in Pallet Town. All of them hate Ash, believing that he is the reason their children have taken different paths in life rather than become Trainers.
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* AllForNothing: After constantly [[TheScapegoat blaming Ash]] for [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowing their children]], claiming that he "forced" their kids to pursue other paths in life, the adults of Pallet Town get a much needed wake-up call, learning that their ringleader Carl had been [[NeverMyFault blaming Ash for his own]] [[AbusiveParents failures as a parent]]. Their children were fully content with what they'd chosen for themselves, and there was absolutely ''no reason'' for them to seek {{Revenge}} on Ash... much less go along with a scheme that would have put innocent children at risk of ''being killed in a forest fire''. What's more, their kids [[InternalReveal learn what they did]] and that their parents ''never actually'' supported their dreams, creating a lot of rifts in a lot of families. All because the adults were pettily jealous of Ash's successes.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During the course of the story, it is revealed that the parents of Ash's hometown, Pallet Town, all resent him because he is such [[TheAce a legendary Pokémon trainer]] that they feel that their children can't compete with him, with their children eventually giving up being Pokémon trainers and choosing to pursue other careers. Eventually, in "Voyage of Wisteria," they join Carl's scheme to ruin Ash's reputation. To their credit, they had no idea [[WouldHurtAChild Carl would go so far as to attempt to murder children]], but that doesn't change the fact that they were all on board with his scheme to frame Ash. And then it turns out none of their children are resentful of Ash at all and are happy with their new chosen paths in life, with their parents lying that they are supporting them. Once Carl's crimes are exposed and their children learn what they tried to do, their families, who were not part of the plan call them out for being so petty and deceitful. They point out that their children are happy, implying that they are just using Ash as an excuse because they're disappointed their children did not Pokémon trainers like they wanted them to.
* EveryoneHasStandards: They had no issue going along with Carl's scheme to ruin Ash's reputation, but when it's revealed that said scheme involved potentially ''killing a dozen children'' in a forest fire, and that Carl abandoned his own son Kris for not being able to enter the Indigo League, they are all horrified and turn against him.
* KarmaHoudini: PlayedWith. Sure, they weren't arrested for going along with Carl's plan, but their relationships with their children and spouses are most likely going to be severely strained now that they know what they were up to and how they really felt about their chosen careers.
* KnightTemplarParent: Subverted. They claim that they're justified in what they're doing to Ash for him supposedly ruining their kids' dreams. In reality though, they are just upset that their children have taken different paths in life rather then becoming Pokémon Trainers like their parents wanted them to.
* NotSoDifferent: They are basically what Class 5-E would've grown up to be if they hadn't gone through their CharacterDevelopment back in ''Blossoming Trail'': Bitter, spiteful and willing to go to extreme lengths to hurt someone just to validate their envy. Patricia even states that the adults were acting just as bad as they did back then when she and her classmates see the footage of them trying to blame Ash for everything and admitting to being in on the plan to start a forest fire to frame him.
* OpenMindedParent: Subverted: They claimed to be supportive of their kids and the careers they have chosen for themselves, but what they really wanted was for them to become world-famous Pokémon Trainers.
* PsychologicalProjection: Like Hilary in BT, they all believe that their kids hate Ash for overshadowing them, even though it's vividly clear that it's only the parents who feel this way while their children have no issues with Ash whatsoever.
* SkewedPriorities: When Annie tries to pin the blame on Ash causing the fire (via planting evidence with his gloves), Chloe points out that the woman cares more about getting Ash in trouble than the forest fire ending with ''a dozen children'' dead and that it would give her daughter's funerary flower business some exposure.
* StageMom: All of them are guilty of this, as they wanted their children to take the 'glorious' path of becoming Pokemon Trainers and hate Ash for supposedly 'ruining their dreams'.
* WouldHurtAChild: All of them were in on Carl’s plan to ruin Ash's life, which happened to include ''endangering several children with a forest fire'' in an attempt to frame him.
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[[folder:The Children of Pallet Town]]
The children living in Pallet Town who are unaware of their parents' hatred of Ash.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When all of them confront their parents for not being as supportive as they claimed, Salem pretty much sums up what they really thought of their paths with this.
-->'''Salem:''' You really think we're that pathetic?
* CallingTheOldManOut: All of them do this when they learn what their parents were up to, angrily telling them that they don't approve of what they did and asking if they saw them as pathetic for not becoming as good as Ash.
* CantCatchUp: PlayedWith. Their parents believe this is why they chose to take different paths in life, thinking that they will never catch up to Ash. In reality though, they were perfectly happy with their chosen paths in life.
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: How Leaf was able to win a Pokémon League: She brings a Leftovers-equipped Wobbuffet to the final match, only for her opponent to do the exact same thing. The only reason she won is that the referee called it in her favour when her opponent had to leave to go to the bathroom.
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[[folder:Team Rocket Trio]]
A pair of Team Rocket grunts and their Meowth who Ash has a history with.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Jessie and James actually gave Ash a disguise kit for his last birthday.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: They seem well aware of their status as a 'rite of passage' for Ash's companions, as well as their habits of blasting off.
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** This also goes both ways as while characters like ''Chloe'' are allowed to refuse to forgive someone (including those with full apologies and fragile mental states) and even makes it part of the stories themes about needing to forgive people, her disinclination to forgive Chloe or want her anywhere near her family is treated like a negative.

* FreudianExcuse: It's eventually revealed that the reason Delia just can't bring herself to forgive Chloe is because her attitude reminds her not only of her much more haughty sister-in law Hillary, but of all the people in Pallet Town who blame ''her'' son for their own children being OvershadowedByAwesome.

* GoodParents: A loving and supporting mother who is fine with [[spoiler:her son being in love with a boy]], a stark contrast to Chloe and Goh's parents. Though she's not without her problems...[[spoiler:like how her decision to leave Goh alone to growl about Chloe's problems ''made it easier for Goh to enter the Infinity Train''...]]

** The better parent between her, the Cerise and the Fujihachis [[spoiler:let her emotions over Chloe realizing that Goh's "Shiny Espurr" was really ''Mew'' get in the way of making sure Goh is safe and got him sent onto a long, ''long'' therapy session on the Infinity Train.]]

** [[spoiler: She gives Chloe one when they finally meet in person in the final chapter, saying if she had it her way, Ash would never approach her again, and warns that she will be watching her. It’s presumed that she was trying to give Chloe another one when she sees her reaction to Goh finding Mew..Only to quickly drop it after being informed that Raboot and Sobble can’t stop Goh from entering the Train.]]

* AlwaysABiggerFish: Shortly after Bede beats Goh, Ash has his Pokémon utterly ''demolish'' him.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: In chapter 26, he is so furious with Parker after the Unown are defeated, he slaps the boy's face hard enough to knock him into the ground for his torture of Vermillion City. It's rather telling when others like Trip, Selena, Molly, and their Pokemon are also angry enough that they don't restrain him from doing so.

--> "...I shouldn’t have compared mom to [[spoiler:Parker]], if I was a little more awake or thought a little more, I wouldn’t have. But...night after night of hearing how I’ll never be forgiven for what I did to hurt Chloe, no matter how sorry I was or what I did to make it up to her, or what got done to me...I thought I was hearing the same thing happening to the real Chloe after...[[TraumaCongaLine everything she’d gone through]], and I just snapped...”

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill: [[spoiler:Chapter 20 has him use ''all of the Pokémon in Professor Oak's lab'' to strike at the Unown.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: Parker's rampage]] caused him so much pain and agony that once its resolved, not only does he ''punch them'', but makes it clear they've become the one person he truly ''loathes''.

** He ''finally'' gets his turn on this after the Unown are dealt with, letting [[spoiler: Parker]] know that he has not only messed up ''big time'', but he has nobody to blame but himself.
* WouldHurtAChild: Slaps Parker, ''a 5-year-old boy'', across the face after the Unown are defeated, and it's noted he slapped hard enough to send Parker to the ground. Given how much Parker unleashed the Unknown as part of a revenge scheme in Chloe's name and sadistically tormented him and his friends, this is entirely justified.

* TheScapegoat: As revealed in ''Voyage of Wisteria'', the adults of Pallet Town use him as this, trying to pin the blame on him for their children supposedly not achieving their dream careers.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: He could really use a therapist after the events of Act 1 and 2.