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8	[[WMG:[[center: [-''VideoGame/PokemonReborn'' '''[[Characters/PokemonReborn Main Character Index]]'''\
9	'''Player and Rivals''' \| [[Characters/PokemonRebornRebornLeague Reborn League]] \| [[Characters/PokemonRebornTeamMeteor Team Meteor]] \| [[Characters/PokemonRebornOthers Others]] \| [[Characters/PokemonRebornPostgameCharacters Postgame Characters]]]]-]]]
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13	!!PlayerCharacter
14	[[folder:The Protagonist]]
15	!! Vero Espenson/Alice Winthrop/Kuro Lengile/Lucia Anahera/Ari Allaway/Decibel (NoLastNameGiven)
16	The player character, who arrives in Reborn City on a train [[EstablishingSeriesMoment and narrowly avoids being killed in a terrorist attack]]. After receiving their first Pokemon from Ame, they set out to defeat the Reborn League while, by a series of coincidences, getting themselves involved in the conflict with Team Meteor.
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18	Unlike other Pokemon games, you have two appearances for each gender available at creation, as well the option to play a gender-neutral character. The males are Vero and Kuro, the females are Alice and Lucia, and the non-binaries are Ari and Decibel.
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20	%%* ActionGirl: If female.
21	* AintTooProudToBeg: It's perfectly possible to agree to Fern's demands that you KneelBeforeZod if it means [[spoiler:being freed from the Nuzleaf trap.]]
22	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Lucia, Ari, and Kuro, ''particularly'' Kuro.
23	* AmbiguousGender: The player can identify themselves as any gender of their choosing regardless of the avatar they’re playing as.
24	* AntiHero: Fittingly, considering [[DarkerAndEdgier the game]]. You can do some pretty shady things, such as joining a gang and stealing Pokémon, but are still a good guy overall.
25	* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Lin claims that the player was another one of her "dolls", like the Lin in Team Meteor - but it's made clear by the end of the postgame that the player is by no means under her control and can act without her input, so whether this was actually the case at some point, or Lin was just mistaken/delusional due to the power she gained messing with her head is left up in the air]].
26	* BadassBystander: They usually end up fighting Meteor whenever someone important spots them, asks them to help, and gets them permission to go to the appropriate ward.
27	%%* BadassInANiceSuit: Decibel looks to be wearing one.
28	%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: At one point in Episode 18.
29	%%* CoolShades: Kuro's got a nice set.
30	* CowboyCop: If they become an honorary member of the police force, they tend to act like this, as advancing the plot sometimes requires the breaking of rules to do good (like [[spoiler:rescuing Heather]]).
31	* CurbStompBattle: You will probably be on the receiving end of this at least once over the course of the game, [[spoiler:and you are the one giving these out in the Glass Workshop]].
32	%%* DefiantToTheEnd: It's also possible to go the other way. [[spoiler:And no, it doesn't lead to a game over, thanks to [[FriendlyEnemy Taka]].]]
33	* TheDreaded: Your win streak has become infamous among Team Meteor by Episode 18, and pretty much every Mook among them acknowledges they have no chance against you in a straight fight. See the following quotes for some highlights.
34	-->Really, what was she expecting? (after losing a fight with you)\
35	Not only are [[ItMakesSenseInContext you not a Glaceon]], you are the singular last thing I wanted to see when opening that door.\
36	Glass breaks and you appear yet again. Just like my nightmares. […] The nightmare thing was a joke, just by the way. Mostly.
37	* ElegantGothicLolita: Alice.
38	* EvenTheGuysWantHim / EvenTheGirlsWantHer: If someone hits on one of them, they do so regardless of gender.
39	* [[FriendToAllLivingThings Friend To All 'Mons]]: Gaining the event 'mons requires being this. For example, you can jump in and [[VideoGameCaringPotential save a Pachirisu (or Zigzagoon) from a group of boys about to throw it in the water]], [[LaserGuidedKarma at which point it joins you out of gratitude]].
40	* GuileHero: Several times, you have to make clever use of the environment around you to succeed in your current goal, making them this.
41	* HelloInsertNameHere: Though they do have [[CanonName Canon Names]].
42	%%* HeroicMime: You might only speak in prompt choices.
43	* ImmuneToFate: The fortune teller can't see their fate at all, and what they do see seems to be a WhatIf [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3856521&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=295#post492722575 you-never-came scenario]].
44	* MacGuffinDeliveryService: You don't have the best track record of keeping the four "Seal" jewelry pieces safe. [[spoiler:Played with after the first fight with Lin -- instead of stealing the keys from you, she has a PULSE-Abra teleport both you and her -- keys included -- to the Citae d'Astra's main door so that it will open for her. You fight her again shortly afterwards]].
45	* MessianicArchetype: Implied, given Anna sees light surrounding you when you first meet her, and your actions have an overwhelmingly positive impact on Reborn City.
46	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: For someone who never talks and whose personality is purely defined by the player, they still seem to have this reaction when [[spoiler:they inadvertently drive Corey to suicide]]. [[spoiler:Also, when Shelly says "It's not like reading diaries ever really got anyone in trouble" in Ametrine City (after you potentially ''doing just that'' caused Amaria to try to kill herself), your character looks the other direction for several seconds.]]
47	* MysteriousPast: Where they come from or why they were on the train is never explained, and their parents never appear in-game. Heck, it's not even clear that they ''do'' have parents. [[spoiler:According to Lin, the player is just another of her "dolls", like the adult Lin in Team Meteor. However, by the end of her postgame route, the player is acting without her prompting and behaving in ways she doesn't understand.]]
48	* OneManArmy: If they join one of the gangs, they quickly become TheDragon thanks to how they wipe the floor with the other gang's grunts. [[spoiler:They also assault the orphanage with only two other people and trounce most everyone there.]] And then there's the trail of defeated Meteor members left in their wake whenever they investigate Meteor's goings-on... [[spoiler:And of course, they endure the infamous [=6vs30=] at Glass Workstation.]]
49	* TheReliableOne: Judging by how often they get handed a Pokémon and told to take care of it or get enlisted to fight Meteor, most people accurately peg them as this.
50	* SpannerInTheWorks: Frequently for Team Meteor.
51	* SupportingProtagonist: Zig-zagged in an interesting manner. They're a decent part of the battle against Team Meteor, but they are by no means the only person fighting Team Meteor - the rest of their rivals, the Gym Leaders, and the Elite Four are also fighting Team Meteor.
52	* TookALevelInBadass: Necessary to survive [[CrapsackWorld the Reborn region]].
53	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Their actions have accidentally caused some pretty bad results: [[spoiler:completing the 'find all the police officers' task in time ends with Corey being unmasked. Reading Titania's diary led to Amaria finding out that Titania didn't love her, causing her suicide attempt. And destroying the PULSE Magnezone tore ZEL apart, leading to Zero's mental breakdown.]]
54	* VagueAge: They look like they're in their late teens, but it's really hard to tell.
55	** The fact that they aren't sent to the resident OrphanageOfFear upon arriving in Reborn City suggests that they're at least legal.
56	** In addition, their train ticket, seen when starting a new save file, says “Adult”.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	!!Rivals
60	[[folder:Victoria Marlow]]
61	!!Apprentice Victoria/Victoria Marlow
62	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vstrainer125.png]]
63	[[caption-width-right:200:''"As soon as I heard, I had to go see if I could help!"'']]
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65	The apprentice of Kiki, who starts the Reborn League at the same time as the player and becomes their rival.
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67	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Cal asks her if [[spoiler:Kiki would want her to kill Solaris.]] Victoria can't answer him, and finally gives in.
68	* BackToBackBadasses: Has several double battles with the PC.
69	* BareFistedMonk: Her theme.
70	* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:After Kiki's death, Team Meteor agents mentioning her name is enough to enrage Victoria]].
71	* BigSisterInstinct: Develops one for Shelly after the latter [[spoiler:witnesses Corey's suicide]].
72	* CannotSpitItOut: She's been in love with Cal for a while, but can't muster up the courage to tell him.
73	* CripplingOverspecialization: Prior to Episode 17, unlike your other rivals, the Grass and Poison type specialists Fern and Cain, she takes much longer to train any Pokemon that are not part Fighting type. After, just like the other two, she never sticks strictly to Fighting types. Her starter isn't even of her alleged specialty type at any point in its evolutionary line.
74	* DamselOutOfDistress: She gets kidnapped by Aster and Eclipse at one point. When you reach them, she does ''not'' stand by passively, instead teaming up with you for a double battle.
75	* {{Determinator}}: She can be beaten and broken, but she will ''not'' give up.
76	* HonorBeforeReason: Victoria is prone to well-intentioned but foolish actions, such as [[spoiler:challenging you to stop you from challenging Kiki, even though ''you need to defeat Kiki to get the Strength HM and save a bunch of children.'']]
77	* IncompatibleOrientation: With Cal- he's gay.
78	* LeeroyJenkins: Rushing to attack Team Meteor caused her to get captured.
79	* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Cal is working for Meteor, and his actions indirectly get her mother figure killed. She can't even look at him after finding out.]]
80	* MissionControl: After [[spoiler:Ame dies at Lin's hands, Victoria takes over as the advice-giver for you when you go to the gyms alongside Adrienn]].
81	* MustHaveCaffeine: The desk under the Grand Hall that's implied to be hers is ''littered'' with coffee mugs.
82	* NiceGirl: While she has her limits, she's still very kindhearted.
83	** She's partially TookALevelInJerkass after [[spoiler:Kiki is killed, however.]]
84	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: If she'd actually let Cal explain that he'd sabotaged the PULSE machine when it was installed, things could have gone a lot better between them.]]
85	* ParentalSubstitute: Kiki is this to her, [[spoiler: and her void-self implies that she wanted to be like her. Or at least, the person she thought Kiki was]].
86	* PutOnABus: As of Episode 15, [[spoiler:she’s barely present in the story after Kiki’s death, beyond TheCameo when you’re going down the waterfall to the Water Treatment Plant.]]
87	** TheBusCameBack: In Episode 16, [[spoiler:she returns to the main cast, with a huge role in helping you storm Devon Corp and the resulting incident with Team Meteor.]]
88	* SignatureMon: Gallade and, prior to Episode 17, Emboar. After, the latter's replaced by Incineroar.
89	* SilkHidingSteel
90	* SmallStepsHero: Deconstructed. Victoria's attempt to do good immediately, without considering the long-term consequences, end up being more of an hindrance than anything.
91	* SurvivorsGuilt: Victoria turns out to have been guilt-ridden [[spoiler:over Kiki’s death when she reappears. Her void-self even introduces herself to you as Kiki.]]
92	-->[[spoiler: “Why did I have to be the one to live?!”]]
93	[[/folder]]
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95	[[folder:Cain [=LaRue=]]]
96	!!Pretty Boy Cain/Cain [=LaRue=]
97	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vstrainer83.png]]
98	[[caption-width-right:200:''"Heyyyy, you're cute!"'']]
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100	One of the player's rivals. Cain is a somewhat effiminate young lad who tries to help out whenever he can.
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102	* AgentPeacock: He wears eyeliner, a fishnet shirt, paints his nails, and is just as badass as everyone else in Reborn.
103	* BigBrotherInstinct:
104	** After [[spoiler:Heather's father commits suicide]], Cain spends a fair amount of time reaching out and trying to be comforting to [[spoiler:her]], and is fairly protective of [[spoiler:her]] from then on.
105	** [[spoiler: While he’s actually the little brother, he also has this with his sister Aya.]]
106	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:In Episode 18, he and Shelly are mind-controlled by the PULSE Hypno and forced to fight the player 2 on 1.]]
107	* CainAndAbel: Subverted with him and his older sister Aya. [[spoiler:While at first it seems that Cain ran away due to how his family treated him after he came out as pansexual, it’s shown when you meet her that she feels very guilty about it.]]
108	* CampGay: While he's actually pan, he clearly fits many of the stereotypes.
109	* CripplingOverspecialization:
110	** Averted prior to Episode 17, at first by accident due to adopting a Popplio early in the game, eventually intentionally. Before taking on Psychic gym leader Radomus, Cain decides to supplement his usual Poison types with a couple of mons that cover their weaknesses.
111	** By Episode 17, he never sticks strictly to Poison types.
112	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He volunteers to hold off half a dozen orderlies at the orphanage. When you're done running around doing your bit, you head back to find that he's single-handedly pushed them into a corner. [[spoiler:Also, before he came out as pansexual and left his mother and sister, he was the Poison Reserve Gym Leader. And his old team, now with his sister Aya, is fairly high in the running for being ThatOneBoss even by Reborn Gym Leader standards.]]
113	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler:He admits in the void that even though he ran away from home, the only place he ever ran was "in circles."]]
114	* DudeLooksLikeALady: His trainer title is even “Pretty Boy”!
115	* MeaningfulName: Presumably as in CainAndAbel. [[spoiler:It becomes more meaningful when you realize that he has a little in common with the original Cain from the Bible, being the younger brother who ran away from home (though he didn't kill his sibling)]].
116	* MundaneSolution: When a Team Meteor Grunt bars his way at Pyrous Mountain, refusing to move or send out his Pokemon, Cain just has his Nidoking push him down a ledge (don’t worry, the grunt survived).
117	* OneManArmy: See CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass to learn exactly how.
118	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He feels this way at Radomus’s castle [[spoiler:after Radomus (unsuccessfully) brainwashed El/Elias and took the Amethyst Pendant. While nobody’s arguing that El didn't deserve it, he’s understandably unnerved, even lampshading it.]]
119	-->'''Cain''': I'm really kind of not comfortable with this… And I’m normally comfortable with a lot of things most people aren’t comfortable with...
120	* PoisonousPerson: [[spoiler: He was the former Poison Reserve Gym Leader.]]
121	* TheRunaway: Ran away [[spoiler:from home because his mother didn't approve of his sexuality.]]
122	* SadClown: [[spoiler:He was pretty hurt by his family's rejection, but covers it up with jokes and innuendo.]]
123	--> [[spoiler:"But hey, everyone's a little bit broken, right? And some pieces just don't fit together."]]
124	* ShoutOut: After he’s [[spoiler:rescued from El/Elias]], he mentions he’s “never gonna be the very best, like no one ever was” at this rate.
125	* SignatureMon: Nidoking and, prior to Episode 17, Samurott. The latter gets replaced by Primarina after it.
126	* ThatCameOutWrong: He has a habit of spouting out innuendos, intentionally or not.
127	* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Has a tendency to break into song occasionally.
128	* TheTease: Flirts with anyone, regardless of gender. But mainly flirts with you.
129	* UncertainDoom: As of the end of Episode 18, [[spoiler:he's stuck in the void along with Luna and Samson/Ciel]].
130	[[/folder]]
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132	[[folder:Fern Sevilla]]
133	!!Swag Jockey Fern/Fern Sevilla
134	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vstrainer91.png]]
135	[[caption-width-right:200:''"Later, loser!"'']]
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137	The player's other, other rival. Even in the world of Reborn, he stands out for being just so...''unpleasant.''
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139	* AlphaBitch: Male version. [[ViewerGenderConfusion And yes, he is a male]].
140	* AlwaysSecondBest: He's this to both you and his sister.
141	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: To [[spoiler:Florinia at Fiore Manor/Amaria's house, if you defeated Solaris at Pyrous Mountain.]]
142	-->[[spoiler:'''Fern:''' You really are dead inside. You really are just a stupid robot now.\
143	'''Florinia:''' Incorrect.\
144	'''Fern:''' Isn’t that what you wanted to be?!]]
145	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He does, deep down, care for Florinia.
146	* BlackShirt: [[spoiler:Guess who joins Team Meteor when he decides they're the winning side?]]
147	* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:He slowly comes to terms with his inferiority complex and anger over the postgame. It culminates when he saves you from a Mewtwo and gets TakenForGranite for it]].
148	%%* DeadpanSnarker: He's very good at making smart remarks.
149	%%* DudeLooksLikeALady: Having a feminine name doesn't help.
150	* DudeWheresMyRespect: A big part of his bitterness comes from the fact that ''nobody'' is willing to give him any respect or credit.
151	* EntitledBastard: Believes that [[spoiler:by siding with Team Meteor, when they rule the world,]] he will be in his “rightful place at the top.”
152	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When Julia sets the first Team Meteor base to blow, he asks what she did. Her response is “Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-“
153	--> '''Fern''': “[[OhCrap Oh shit]]! Let’s move!”
154	* FourEyesZeroSoul: In your first encounter with him and the subsequent raid of a Team Meteor base, he could be considered to be a mostly decent person, if a bit of a {{Jerkass}}. That illusion fades ''fast'' in your later encounters with him. [[spoiler:He grows a heart in the postgame, though]].
155	* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler:He was apparently treated as TheUnfavorite by his parents in favor of Florinia, and she wasn't close to him herself, and nobody in the Onyx Trainer's School, even his flunkies, seems to genuinely ''like'' him (and he's even less popular outside of it). However, when he brings this up on Victory Road, Florinia responds that he still joined a group of terrorists for himself]].
156	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: No one in Reborn, not even his sister, likes him that much, and he’s only tolerated because of his skill, mostly. [[spoiler:According to Taka, after he joins Team Meteor, even ''they'' can't stand having him around.]]
157	* GenderBlenderName: Fern doesn't ''seem'' like it's a boy's name, does it?
158	* GreenThumb: His specialty is Grass-types, and he's the Grass Reserve Leader [[spoiler:at least, until he joins Team Meteor. He probably got fired after that]].
159	* HateSink: Fern's only purpose in-game is to be an annoying thorn at your side. [[spoiler: He even tries to leave you trapped in a cage to starve if you don’t beg him to let you out.]] [[spoiler:Averted in the postgame, though. He's -- slowly -- becoming a better person there]].
160	* IFightForTheStrongestSide: [[spoiler:Fern cites this trope as his reason for joining Team Meteor]].
161	* IHaveNoSon: Actually "I Have No Sister", but after the ArmorPiercingQuestion above, he leaves the Manor, saying that he doesn't have a sister anymore. Even ''[[TheDragon Solaris]]'' seems a bit unnerved by this exchange, and he was previously talking about "remedying" his own son Taka for disloyalty/incompetence!
162	* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: It's implied by his void-self [[spoiler:in Episode 18 that his SmallNameBigEgo tendencies are because he views himself as inferior to his sister]].
163	** [[spoiler:It's fully confirmed in the postgame]].
164	* InsufferableGenius: He's a mix of this and SmallNameBigEgo. He's genuinely talented, but not as much as he thinks.
165	* ItsAllAboutMe: He very badly wants it to be. When it isn't, he insists that it has to be anyway.
166	* {{Jerkass}}: The guy makes ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]]'' look pleasant.
167	* KneelBeforeZod: Tries to force the player character to "get on all fours and beg like a dog" [[spoiler:if they want to be let out of the Nuzleaf cage. If they refuse, he ''leaves them there to starve to death''.]]
168	* NeverMyFault: Fern absolutely refuses to admit his own mistakes. Whenever he loses, it's because his opponent cheated or got lucky. [[spoiler:When he attacks his own sister at Titania's hideout, it's her fault for not joining Team Meteor along with him]].
169	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When he orders the Trainers at the Trainer’s School to prevent you from fighting Florinia and to stall you, all they really accomplish is to give your team a nice source of experience to ensure you can fight her evenly.
170	* ThePoorlyChosenOne: According to a fortune-teller who does a reading for you, [[spoiler: there was a previous timeline where Fern is the hero rather than you. Except he ultimately failed, and Anna made a wish that changed the timeline to the one we're currently in]].
171	* PoorCommunicationKills: Downplayed example early in the game; when Julia and Florinia tell him to meet them at the Abandoned Plant in the Peridot Ward, they don’t specify which one of the two they’re talking about.
172	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Under certain circumstances, he will give [[spoiler:his sister Florinia a speech about how she uses her lack of emotion as a shield to avoid confronting her issues, calling her a coward and an unfeeling robot]]. [[spoiler:[[JerkassHasAPoint And he isn't exactly wrong.]]]]
173	* TheResenter: Over the course of the game, Fern comes to utterly loathe the player. He says it's because the player is a scumbag who only got where they are through cheating and good luck; it's patently obvious that he just hates that the player got to be the hero and he didn't.
174	* TheRival: Your primary one, taking the 'jerkass' role.
175	* TookALevelInJerkass: He isn't too unpleasant when you first meet him, but after you run into him in the Onyx Trainer's School, that first impression fades ''fast''.
176	* SignatureMon: Roserade and, prior to Episode 17, Serperior. After, it's replaced by Decidueye.
177	* SmugSnake: He loses again and again to the player, and he remains more arrogant than [[Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue]] and [[Videogame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]] combined.
178	* SoreLoser: Is he ever. Yet he '''''always''''' brushes off your victories against him where any other rival would at least start resenting you.
179	* WorthyOpponent: Inverted: He thinks you’re not good enough to face him or his sister Florinia, and tries to prevent you from facing her and earning the Canopy Badge by blocking off the building. [[spoiler:It's implied by his void-self much later that this act is actually because of a InferioritySuperiorityComplex, and it/him says that "You're worthy (to face Florinia). And I never was."]]
180	[[/folder]]

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