History Characters / PokemonSwordAndShield

* BeautyIsBad: While she herself is obviously a very attractive woman, most of her team is also composed of Pokémon heavily associated with beauty, elegance, and the like with the lone exception being her Garbodor. She is also fully supportive of the Chairman's goals to harness the unstable power of Eternatus, regardless of the potential casualties it may cause.

** {{Invoked|Trope}} with her Pokémon team, as it is comprised of Pokémon that are elegant and[=/=]or feminine... and then [[SignatureMon her ace]] is [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Garbo]][[PoisonousPerson dor]]. While there are HiddenDepths as to why, it's rather symbolic of "the rot beneath the surface" given[[{{Jerkass}} Oleana's true nature]].

** [[spoiler:He's also one of the two Gym Leaders who switches type specialties, as Bede switches from Psychic-types to Fairy-types, just like how Jasmine switched from Rock-types to Steel-types. It's implied that this is because his Hatterene had gained a secondary Fairy-type upon evolving (since the Hattena line is more associated with Fairy-types than Psychic-types), just like how Jasmine had switched from Rock-types to Steel-types when her Onix's primary Rock-type had changed into the Steel-type upon evolving.]]

* ShesGotLegs: While her default outfit has a decently long skirt that hides her thighs, when put in shorter alternate legwear it becomes clear she's just as curvy in the leg department as any other female MC.

* ShesGotLegs: Her extremely short shorts and [[FashionableAsymmetry fashionably asymmetric]] socks heavily draw attention to her decently thick thighs.

* ShesGotLegs: Wears a miniskirt with cuts in upper thighs, combined with stockings and high heels that showcase her nice long legs.

** In ''Masters'', the girl ''domesticated effing Zacian to eat curry.''

** To Bede -- both are highly confident in their own abilities and their connections, but while Hop is friendly with the player character regardless, Bede is just a smug {{Jerkass}}.
** To Marnie -- [[spoiler:both have older brothers involved in the Pokémon League, but while Leon is the Champion and widely beloved, Piers is a lesser-known gym leader and the only one unable to use Dynamax in his battles. Additionally, Leon rarely interacts with his brother in the story, while Piers does his best to help his sister on the Gym Challenge.]]
* FriendlyRival: Although he considers the protagonist his "true rival", he's never mean and is constantly helpful and cheerful around them.

* JerkassBall: Hop is usually a nice guy, but he has his moments. [[spoiler:After you defeat him in the semi-finals, he acts rude to the interviewers who are interviewing you (Though Hop did that to help Victor/Gloria who is implied to be getting overwhelmed with the onslaught of questions). He also acts impatient and angry when his brother Leon is apparently late for their dinner]].

* MeaningfulName: Hops are the flowers of the ''Humulus lupulus'' plant, tying into the FloralThemeNaming major characters have. [[spoiler: His decision to become a Pokémon Professor at the end of the game is {{foreshadowed}} by the fact there also exists species of trees known as hoptrees (Professors are all specifically named after trees).]]

** Every rival since Silver has just been a FriendlyRival, and although Gladion was kind of close, he ended up just being more aloof than anything. Bede, however, is the first rival since Silver to be a {{Jerkass}} to the player. While he [[TookALevelInKindness does mellow out]] [[CharacterDevelopment as the story progresses]], until then, he's one of the most arrogant rivals yet, which only Blue and Silver can boast.

** To Hop -- both are highly confident in their own abilities and their connections, but while Bede is just a smug {{Jerkass}}, Hop is at least friendly with the player character. Even their character designs support this, most noticeably their complimentary eye colors.
** To Marnie -- their attitudes towards the player are highly different from one another: Bede is a smug jerk, while Marnie is more level-headed and humble. They both specialize in one type (Bede with Psychic-types [[spoiler: before switching to Fairy-types]], Marnie with Dark-types). Even their hair colors are opposites (Bede has white hair, Marnie has black hair). [[spoiler: As of post-game, both are successors to Gym Leaders.]] Interestingly, their [[SignatureMon Signature Mons]] are also foils of each other (Bede has Hatterene, Marnie has Grimmsnarl).

* {{Jerkass}}: Looks down on everyone around him, constantly calls you pathetic, acts like a SoreLoser when beaten, mocks Hop for losing to him in a battle, and [[spoiler: demolishes a sacred memorial for some Wishing Stars that might not even be there.]] Yeah, this guy's a total jerk. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he [[TookALevelInKindness mellows out]] by the end of the game.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: As cruel as his treatment towards Hop was, he ''was'' right when saying that Hop shouldn't expect himself to be all that powerful just because two people associated with him are. This is even lampshaded by Hop himself, who got dealt a CurbStompBattle off-screen, proving that he really didn't have anything to show for it. After this, [[spoiler: Hop stops referring to himself as the next Champion and even starts briefly experimenting with new team set-ups (barring his starter) after his battle with Bede.]]

** After beating Hop in a battle, he told Hop that he was weak and would only drag Leon's name down. [[HeroicBSOD This got to Hop]].
** [[spoiler: He attacks and destroys the mural in Stow-on-Side in his mad pursuit of Wishing Stars despite it being a historical site. Any discovery Sonia made based on what was on the other side had nothing to do with Bede or Rose's intentions.]]
* LightIsNotGood: In contrast to [[DarkIsNotEvil Marnie]], Bede is an InsufferableGenius who specializes in Psychic types, [[spoiler:and then [[TheFairFolk Fairy types]] later in the story]].
* LoserLeavesTown: [[spoiler: He crashes the League and gambles his entire career on one last match with you. Subverted in that even though he loses, the crowd absolutely ''loves'' him and begs him to continue on as a trainer.]]

--> '''Bede:''' What?! This isn't bed head! [[AnimeHair That nonsense on your head]] is worse, anyway!
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Dishing out an off-screen CurbStompBattle on Hop [[spoiler:is what prompts Hop to lose his cocky attitude and reconsider both his talent as a trainer and ultimately his goals in life.]]
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The Mean one of the three rivals. He's an arrogant kid who constantly talks down on his opponents and is the most antagonistic of the three.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Should Bede and Avery appear together in the Galarian Star Tournament, the latter will not hesitate to call out the former on [[spoiler:how he abandoned specializing in the Psychic-type to become the Fairy-type Gym Leader.]] Bede doesn't take too kindly to it.

* PetTheDog: When on the Island of Armor, he can often show a more friendlier demeanour like politely reminding the player to take good care of their appearance and health the best that they can.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Has curly white hair and is an absolute ''{{Jerkass}}''.

* YouAreInCommandNow: Downplayed in the post-game, where [[spoiler: Bede has taken over her Opal's position as the Ballonlea Gym Leader. However, Opal herself still maintains a constant presence in the stadium to continue mentoring her protége.]]

** To Bede -- their attitudes towards the player are highly different from one another: Bede is a smug jerk, while Marnie is more level-headed and humble. They both specialize in one type (Bede with Psychic-types [[spoiler: before switching to Fairy-types]], Marnie with Dark-types). Bede puts no effort into covering his team's weaknesses, Marnie intentionally breaks her preferred type to cover hers. Even their hair colors are opposites (Bede has white hair, Marnie has black hair). [[spoiler: As of post-game, both are successors to Gym Leaders.]] Interestingly, their [[SignatureMon Signature Mons]] are also foils of each other (Bede has Hatterene, Marnie has Grimmsnarl).
** To Hop -- [[spoiler:both have older brothers involved in the Pokémon League, but while Leon is the Champion and widely beloved, Piers is a lesser-known gym leader and the only one unable to use Dynamax in his battles. Additionally, Leon rarely interacts with his brother in the story, while Piers does his best to help his sister on the Gym Challenge.]]
** To the protagonist themselves -- both are trainers who came from a small town and both are aiming to take the gym challenge. However, while the player joins along the ride of the gym challenge with their best friend, Hop, Marnie joins the gym challenge [[spoiler:to be Champion and hoped to be able to do something to save her hometown]]. While Marnie is [[spoiler:related to someone from the Pokémon League through her relationship with her brother Piers, the player is only related to Leon by proxy of being Hop's friend]].

%%* GyaruGirl: Has a little bit of this in her design. Her hair is orange and decorated with grey heart accessories.

* PaperThinDisguise: Her Palentine attire in ''Masters'' is meant to be an outfit -- made by Serena -- to let her blend with the public and eat sweets without being seen. Apparently, it works well enough. Funnily enough, she's trying to control her temptations by having Vanilluxe around.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The official artbook shows that he has four other siblings -- a younger sister and three younger brothers.

* PinkMeansFeminine: She's a kooky old lady who carries a ParasolOfPrettiness and insists on adding pink to everything. Right before she sics her Gigantamaxed Alcremie on you, she tells you that she's going to add more pink to your life. This is used as a trick question during her Gym battle though -- purple's her favorite color, but pink is what she likes to see in other people.

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Of the Villain in Name Only variety. He never shows up as a villainous figure despite being the "leader" of Team Yell, and he never consented to the grunts (who were actually ''his gym trainers'') barricading Spikemuth so nobody except Marnie would complete the badges. Having already believed that nobody wants to fight him because of Spikemuth being a backwater town without Dynamax energy, this only ''added'' to his fear that he and his town will just fade into obscurity. The reasons behind him forming Team Yell is also a mix of both good and bad reasoning, as he does truly love his sister and partly formed the team so that they could cheer her on and boost her confidence. On the other hand, Marnie never asked for him to do this, and it turns out that a reason he wanted her confidence boosted was so that she could abandon her Champion aspirations and replace him as Gym Leader because he's that convinced he's doing a miserable job at it. Ultimately, Marnie does so, but only after the Champion Cup is finished and on her own terms rather than his.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he walks onto the pitch during gym orientation, he waves to his fans - and then pauses to whip out his phone and get a selfie.

** PlayedForLaughs -- if you defeat him in a match, he often says he at least still looks good when losing, before deciding to snap another selfie.
** Played more straight when he's on the Isle of Armor when you meet him on the beach, where he tells the player to imagine them battling on the beach with him winning.

* SelfieFiend: He's constantly taking selfies at every opportunity, such as when he walks onto the pitch during gym orientation, right before the player starts their battle with him, and -- perhaps most amusing of all -- right as he's about to throw his Gigantamaxed Poké Ball and unleash his giant Pokémon.

* CovertPervert: Implied--inspect the bookshelf in his room and you'll find he has books higher up on the shelf (presumably so Hop can't reach them) that [[PornStash "only adults read"]].

* AntiVillain: Type III (of the {{Well|Intentioned Extremist}}-Intentioned) variety. In a similar manner to Lusamine from ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', Rose is also trying to make sure the world is a better place by using a Legendary Pokémon's power in a heroic, yet selfish manner. However, while Lusamine wanted to protect the world from everlasting darkness, Rose intends to protect the world ''with'' everlasting darkness, as he believes that using Eternatus' power will help resolve Galar's energy crisis until he realizes how powerful Eternatus is to the point where it's beyond his control.

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: UpToEleven. Rose is unable to wait ''a single day'' to begin his plan to capture Eternatus even though the problem is about ''a thousand years away.'' As a result, he foolishly goes ahead with a plan that fails and causes a lot of damage in the process.

* BanteringBaddieBuddies: A comedic variant--they're a pair of nefarious brothers who frequently trade quips between them while enacting their plans.

* SkunkStripe: Has a darker grey streak in her light grey hair.

* SkunkStripe: His hair is a spectrum of black and white. Fittingly, he even has a Skuntank. [[spoiler:His rare League Card shows that he had this even when he first started his journey as a Trainer.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The source of Oleana's UndyingLoyalty to Chairman Rose. When she was still a scientist, Oleana's Gigantamax research was considered impossible and those working alongside her eventually gave up and abandoned the project. She refused to giveup and continued research with her Trubbish. When it looks hopeless and the project will be terminated, Rose shows up, intrigued by her unshakable work ethic and research others lost interest in. Afterwards she becomes vice president of the corporation and her work in Gigantamax is a cornerstone of the company's portfolio.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The source of Oleana's UndyingLoyalty to Rose. When she was still a scientist, Oleana's Gigantamax research was considered impossible and those working alongside her eventually gave up and abandoned the project. She refused to giveup and continued research with her Trubbish. When it looks hopeless and the project will be terminated, Rose shows up, intrigued by her unshakable work ethic and research others lost interest in. Afterwards she becomes vice president of the corporation and her work in Gigantamax is a cornerstone of the company's portfolio.

** Pia specializes in Grass-types. ** Wei wields the part-Grass Trevenant.

* AnIcePerson: Izar specializes in Ice-types. Additionally, Wei wields the part-Ice Froslass.

* PlayingWithFire: Phoebus specializes in Fire-types. Additionally, Terry wields the part-Fire Turtonator.

** Wei specializes in Ghost-types. ** Phoebus wields the part-Ghost Chandelure.

* ExtraOreDinary: Theemin specializes in Steel-types. Additionally, Deneb and Pia both wield a Pokémon that's part-Steel type
* GreenThumb: Pia specializes in Grass-types. Additionally, Wei wields the part-Grass Trevenant.

* PaletteSwap: Each of them is a palette swap of a different trainer class.

* SoulPower: Wei specializes in Ghost-types. Additionally, Phoebus wields the part-Ghost Chandelure.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His Gym challenge is all about wild Pokémon encounters. In an even further twist, you have to defeat or capture the opposing Pokémon without letting the other trainer on your side [[KillSteal steal the finishing blow]]. You can keep any Pokémon you captured, too.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Piers' Gym is the only one to not be hosted in a stadium and is therefore not a place where Dynamaxing is possible. Ironically, this makes it an inversion in the meta-sense as his battle functions as a return to the standard gym battles of previous Pokémon games.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His gym is entirely focused on double battles, making him the first Gym Leader to have this as his Gym's gimmick since Tate and Liza in Generation 3. Unlike Tate and Liza however, his Gym is entirely built around the format, with both the trainers and Raihan himself using techniques in line with official competitive ''Pokémon'' formats. Not only that, but his Gym focus on weather setting and combinations is a first for the series.

* AntiVillain: Of the {{Well|Intentioned Extremist}}-Intentioned variety. In a similar manner to Lusamine from ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', Rose is also trying to make sure the world is a better place by using a Legendary Pokémon's power in a heroic, yet selfish manner. However, while Lusamine wanted to protect the world from everlasting darkness, Rose intends to protect the world ''with'' everlasting darkness, as he believes that using Eternatus' power will help resolve Galar's energy crisis until he realizes how powerful Eternatus is to the point where it's beyond his control.

* ObviouslyEvil: Seriously downplayed compared to previous antagonists like Ghetsis, Lysandre, and Lusamine. It helps that he's AffablyEvil and only really was an antagonist was due to holding on to the ConflictBall.

* AntiVillain: Of the {{Well|Intentioned Extremist}}-Intentioned variety, just like Chairman Rose. Oleana is merely trying to do what's best for Galar by helping him achieve his goals, no matter how underhanded she has to be. The most underhanded, yet well-meaning actions she's taken is deceiving Bede into destroying the Stow-on-Side mural so she could get Bede disqualified from the Gym Challenge and gather all the Wishing Stars he had collected up to that point and sending a Macro Cosmos employee to hide the key to Rose Tower, along with sending several other employees to defeat the player and Hop so they can't reach the top of Rose Tower and disturb Rose and Leon.

** {{Invoked|Trope}} with her Pokémon team, as it is comprised of Pokémon that are elegant and[=/=]or feminine... and then [[SignatureMon her ace]] is [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Garbo]][[PoisonousPerson dor]]. While there are HiddenDepths as to why, seeing as Oleana is no saint, it's rather symbolic of "the rot beneath the surface".

* WillfullyWeak: His League Card notes that he instinctively holds back on people weaker than himself, which is one of the reasons he was chosen to be the first Gym Leader challengers face.

* TheRival: Nessa sees him as this and in ''Masters'', even mentions she's still training to try and defeat him despite being higher-ranked than him. The fact he usually holds back against challengers probably means his ranking would be higher than hers if he approached them differently.

* TheRival: Nessa sees him as this and in Masters, even mentions she's still training to try and defeat him despite being higher-ranked than him. The fact he usually holds back against challengers probably means his ranking would be higher than hers if he approached them differently.

* FashionModel: When she's not in Gym Leader duty, Nessa works as a fashion model. She's the third overall to have experience in that field, after Elesa and Valerie. She has voice lines in Masters if they're on the same team that reference their similar careers.

* MsFanservice: She wears a revealing uniform during Gym battles, and works as a model outside of them. Pokemon Evolutions also has her in a swimsuit for a majority of the episode as part of a photoshoot.

* FashionModel: When she's not in Gym Leader duty, Nessa works as a fashion model. She's the third overall to have experience in that field, after Elesa and Valerie.

* MsFanservice: She wears a revealing uniform during Gym battles, and works as a model outside of them.

* ShesGotLegs: Her usual outfit has her in a short dress that leaves her legs bare, and her uniform during her League Challenge has her in shorts. Her Gym Leader outfit goes the extra mile and puts her in skintight leggings with a few rips in them that shows off her legs more. She also wears this in her Rare League Card, which has has winding up to throw a Poke Ball in a pose that also emphasizes them.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black-haired, is generally level-headed and does not emote very much, even when she’s on the losing side. However, she’s actually nicer than how she appears to be.

* TheFashionista: In ''Masters'', she states how she she never wants to look embarassing when battling trainers and talks about going shopping to find good outfits. She also invites the player along to find some nice clothing for them.

* PerkyGoth: Downplayed. Her fashion style has elements of this, as she wears a pink dress with ribbons in her hair, accented by a studded black (fake) leather jacket and matching boots, a spiked necklace, and black nail polish. In terms of personality, while she's generally good-natured and her dialogue doesn't hide when she's happy, she's usually very [[TheStoic stoic]] like a stereotypical {{Goth}} would be.

* RantInducingSlight: [[spoiler:The one time she ever loses her temper is after Team Yell tries to block access to Spikemuth just to try and help Marnie. She's less than impressed, tearing into Team Yell over it.]]

** Later she acquires Grimmsnarl, which fits her Dark-type specialty, and is not only her strongest Pokémon but the one that she Gigantamaxes during her League battles with the player character. Grimmsnarl also contrasts well with Bede's Hatterene, as the two are [[{{Foil}} counterparts]] in a way.

* SoreLoser: If you defeat her in a Wyndon Stadium rematch, she comments how she finds losing to you is getting frustrating for her.

* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:In the post-game, Piers steps down as the Gym Leader of Spikemouth and gives the position to his sister, Marnie. He does so to focus more on his music career and because he thinks Marnie would be a better Gym Leader. This doesn't stop him from backing up the player and Hop when the Dynamax Pokémon start rampaging or taking part in the player's rematch tournaments.]]

* UselessUsefulSpell: In all battles, Piers' Obstagoon has no recoil moves to take advantage of Reckless.

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