History Characters / PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam

* TheAtoner: After Latias is rescued Latios asks the protagonists to join their rescue team to make up for his crimes.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Latios has no problems declaring a fight against the protagonists, but ends up melting when he's reunited with his sister.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Latios was willing to resort to thievery to power himself up in order to save his sister, and didn't bother asking for help before being beaten into submission.
* MartyrWithoutACause: Alakasam chews out Latios over that he doesn't care if he gets stranded with Latias, saying that she wouldn't want him to give up his freedom and well being while changing nothing about her fate.

'''Latios and Latias''' - A brother and sister pair of legendary dragons that frequently travel across the world.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Has no problems declaring a fight against the protagonists, but ends up melting away when he's reunited with his sister.
* JustifiedCriminal: Kecleon doesn't bear a grudge after hearing Latios stealed TMs to save Latias.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Latios was willing to resort to thievery to power himself up in order to save his sister, and didn't bother asking for help before being beaten to submission.

** GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler: If the player chooses to recruit her after the storyline, she's level 5, which shows that she has forgotten fighting. Kirlia normally evolves into Gardevoir at level 30, and deleveling is impossible in these games.
*** Not impossible. The player loses a level every time a Doom Seed is eaten.]]

* CursedWithAwesome
* CuttingOffTheBranches: In the manga adaptation, the main character is named Gingi, who became a Torchic.
* [[spoiler: DisappearsIntoLight]]

* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero: Related to the LaserGuidedAmnesia above: Because the hero requested to have his/her memory erased, upon being accused of being the human from the Ninetales legend, he/she had no way to prove otherwise - and ''[[HeroicBSOD no reason to believe otherwise]]''. If you'd kept your memories, then the whole misunderstanding could have been avoided.]]

* ObviouslyEvil

* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan: Gengar is revealed to be the cursed human.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist: They actually ''help'' you after Gengar turns the town against you by delaying the mob as long as they can, not to mention how they refuse to prosecute the Pokémon who also help you escape (Caterpie, Shiftry etc).]]

* [[spoiler: NiceJobBreakingItHero: He knows and relates the legend of Ninetales' curse, which directly contributes to the hero being {{Misblamed}} and [[SternChase run out of town]]. To his credit, he had no clue this would occur, and clearly feels guilty about it.]]

** GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler: If the player chooses to recruit her after the storyline, she's level 5, which shows that she has forgotten fighting. Kirlia normally evolves into Gardevoir at level 30, and deleveling is impossible in these games.]]

* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero: Related to the LaserGuidedAmnesia above: Because the hero requested to have his/her memory erased, upon being accused of being the human from the Ninetales legend, he/she had no way to prove otherwise. If you'd kept your memories, then the whole misunderstanding could have been avoided.]]

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted if he/she is of a reptilian species.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted if he/shes a reptilian species.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted; Charizard and Tyranitar are very well respected by everyone else.

'''Ninetales''' - A legendary Pokémon residing in Mt. Freeze. It's soon believed that she cursed the player character to turn into a Pokémon [[spoiler: after they ran away when Gardevoir protected them. It's revealed to be false, as the player is not the human in the story.]]

** GameplayAndStoryIntergration: [[spoiler: If the player chooses to recruit her after the storyline, she's level 5, which shows that she has forgotten fighting. Kirlia normally evolves into Gardevoir at level 30, and deleveling is impossible in these games.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: After her pysical form is restored she looses all memories of her past.]]
** GameplayAndStoryIntergration: [[spoiler: If the player chooses to reruit her after the storyline, she's level 5 which is impossible in normal gameplay to show she's even forgoten fighting.]]

* CloudcuckooLander

'''Whishcash''' - An elderly Pokémon who knows all the ancient legends and lore.

* TakingTheBullet: For her old trainer, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Gengar]].

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The player [[spoiler: actually ''requested'' that their memories be erased during the trip to the Pokémon world.]] Ouch.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted if he/shes a reptilian species .

* ObviouslyEvil

!!!The Protagonists
'''TheHero''' -- A human who wakes up in a forest to find they've been [[InvoluntaryTransformation mysteriously transformed]] into [[CursedWithAwesome a Pokemon]], with no memory of how or why... or [[LaserGuidedAmnesia much of anything]] beyond [[HelloInsertNameHere their own name]]. And as time goes on, they gradually start to see a vision of [[spoiler: Gardevoir]] (both in dreams and in reality), who seems to know much about the player's past...

* BackFromTheDead - After stopping TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, both the player and the partner find themselves in some sort of Underworld, making them technically dead - until [[spoiler: Gengar comes and fishes their souls back from the Underworld.]]
** [[spoiler:I thought they were in the vacuum of space?]]

* HeroicMime - The player is [[InnerMonologue privy to their hero's thoughts]], but anything they ''say'' is left to the imagination (and [[ParrotExposition others' reactions]]).
* InvoluntaryTransformation - The player actually came to the world of Pokemon of ''his/her own accord'', but may or may not have been expecting actually ''turning into'' a Pokemon.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia - The player [[spoiler: actually ''requested'' his memories be erased during the trip to the Pokemon world.]] Ouch.

* RequiredPartyMember / WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou

* TrappedInAnotherWorld - This being so since the two worlds are ''not'' on different time periods, but rather in different ''places''.


'''The Partner''' -- A Pokemon who dreams of founding a Rescue Team, but doesn't have anyone to form the team with... until the player comes into the Pokemon world. After rescuing a Caterpie from a forest, the rescue team is formed by the player and the partner. The partner also provides the player a team base/home at the very beginning.
* BackFromTheDead - See explanation above.
* CompressedVice - Briefly shows cowardice twice, claiming [[PlayingSick a bad stomachache]] in order to beg out of an impending boss fight. This doesn't work, and is never referred to thereafter.
* FlatCharacter - Doesn't get as much CharacterDevelopment as the ''Explorers'' partner received.
* HoYay - It's possible for the hero and partner to be the same gender, and if they are you get this with the hero. No matter ''what'' gender you two are, there is certainly some HeterosexualLifePartners vibes going on there.

* RequiredPartyMember / WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: At least during the main story arc.
* SatelliteCharacter - See above. Aside from their brief bit of pre-boss faked illness, everything about the partner revolves solely around the hero.
!!!Other Rescue Teams

* CardCarryingVillain - Gengar openly and proudly states his "hidden motives" for starting a rescue team. Really, the team name is a dead giveaway.
* HeelFaceTurn - [[spoiler: Gengar. He saves the protagonist and the partner from the Underworld as well as helping crafting the Teleport Crystal for the duo to go to the Sky Tower.]] Also, [[spoiler: turns out he was the "cursed" human from the Ninetales legend and he goes into remorse to break that curse on Gardevoir.]]

* FunWithAcronyms - Their team name.
* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist: They actually ''help'' you after Gengar turns the town against you by delaying the mob as long as they can, not to mention how they refuse to prosecute the Pokemon who also help you escape (Caterpie, Shiftry etc).]]
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted; they are very well respected by everyone else.

!!!Pokemon Square Villagers

'''Gulpin''' - A Gulpin who runs the Gulpin Link Shop, where he teaches customers how to [[{{Combos}} link moves together]]. He can also help Pokemon remember any moves they've forgotten.

'''Persian''' - Teller of the "Persian Bank", who jealously watches over money Pokemon store so they don't lose it if a dungeon expedition goes horribly wrong.

'''Wigglytuff''' - A Wigglytuff who runs the Friend Area Shop, where Pokemon can buy friend areas to recruit more kinds of Pokemon. Only available after clearing Skarmory in Mt. Steel.

'''Makuhita''' - The head of the Makuhita Dojo, where Pokemon can train in special type-themed dungeons, and even in some dungeons where they can battle the other rescue teams.

'''Caterpie''' and '''Metapod''' - Two friends who [[strike: owe their lives to]] are in friendly terms with the protagonists. They had to be rescued in Tiny Woods and Sinister Woods, respectively.

'''Whishcash''' - An elderly Pokemon who knows all the ancient legends and lore.
* [[spoiler: NiceJobBreakingItHero - He knows and relates the legend of Ninetales' curse, which directly contributes to the hero being {{Misblamed}} and [[SternChase run out of town]]. To his credit, he had no clue this would occur, and clearly feels guilty about it.]]

'''Gardevoir'''

'''Ninetales'''

* {{Narm}} - Their name.

'''The Kecleon Brothers''' - Two brother Kecleon who run the local Item Shop. The older green Kecleon sells food and berries, and the younger purple Kecleon sells orbs and Technical Machines.

** They ''do'', however, [[spoiler: get actual written-out lines during the BittersweetEnding]]. And if [[spoiler: put in a team where they aren't the leader, use [[VisibleSilence ellipsis]] when addressed.]]