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3	!Main Characters
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5	[[folder:Ash Ketchum]]
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7	!!Ash Ketchum
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9	The main character. A young boy with a very odd relationship with the world's Legendary Pokémon, who grows up to have a skewed worldview.
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13	!!Tropes:
14	* AchievementsInIgnorance: Because he's spent most of his childhood surrounded by beings that defy logic or reality, he has a very thin grasp on what is and isn't possible. As far as he's concerned, if there's even a thin chance that a Pokémon can do something, then they can do it with enough training.
15	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Very downplayed, as Ash in canon is very much a sweetheart, but in the beginning of the anime he was a hotheaded and shortsighted boy who put his wants before his Pokémon's wants. This version of Ash starts off as already respectful and understanding towards his Pokémon, and most of his impulsive actions are toned down or erased entirely.
16	* AllLovingHero: Just like in canon, Ash has a deep well of compassion and empathy for those around him. He's rather forgiving and even friendly with Mewtwo after the latter kills him (to be fair, DeathIsCheap when you're friends with gods), and despite Aten stating that he wants to kill his new trainer, Ash still keeps him around to try and help him adapt and grow in the strange new world he's found himself in.
17	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Ash is a big sweetheart who thinks that [[ComMons Pidgey]] are rare, treats dying temporarily like being grounded, and is more concerned with having fun and making friends than he is with actually achieving his goal of Pokémon Master. He is also possibly one of the strongest trainers in the world, even without the various Legendary Pokémon (who are akin to '''gods''' in the Pokémon world) on his side.
18	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ash has a strange perspective on the world, where he's met more Lugia than Pidgey, and Pokémon shouldn't let the lack of a tail stop them from using Iron Tail -- but it makes sense to him.
19	* CoolTeacher: His role in Alola, helping teach at the Pokémon school. Ge regularly pulls in Legendaries to help make his point and works with his students so that everyone can understand at the end of the day.
20	* TheDreaded: He quickly becomes feared by gym leaders and Pokémon hunters due to the way Legendary Pokémon practically flock to him. It doesn't help that his non-Legendary Pokémon are even ''more'' ridiculous than his Legendary ones.
21	* FantasticallyIndifferent: He's seen so much stuff that things that are normally once-a-lifetime don't shock him.
22	-->''(Ho-oh passes over the group)''\
23	'''Misty:''' Ash, did you see that? That was incredible!\
24	'''Ash:''' Yeah, he does that sometimes, I think that one was a bit lower than normal though.
25	* FriendToPsychos: Specifically to Aten, who is dead set on killing Ash and everyone around him at first. Ash, true to his AllLovingHero nature, is determined to socialize the tyrant-turned-fluffball, and manages to mellow him out enough for Aten to accept Ash as his trainer.
26	* KidWithTheLeash: To Aten. While in canon the ancient king possessed him and tried to rule the world, here Ash acts more as his babysitter when he's reincarnated into the body of a Hisuian Zorua. Ash is also the only person that Aten will listen to, and despite the Zorua's repeated claims, it's fairly obvious that he cares for his trainer.
27	* MoralityChain: Initially serves this function for Aten, keeping him safe and under relative control while helping him integrate back into society. Aten later mellows out enough for Ash to become his MoralityPet.
28	* NiceGuy: As in canon, Ash is an absolute sweetheart who never captures a Pokémon that doesn't want to willingly follow him. Even Aten, who hates everyone and everything, admits that he can't hate Ash because of how kind the trainer is.
29	* PalsWithJesus: Ash is on friendly terms with more than half of all Legendary Pokémon in the world. Considering that Legendaries function as in-universe gods, he's essentially the most powerful human in the world just by virtue of how many powerful Pokémon he knows. Especially when he gets a tiny shiny Arceus as a smartphone.
30	* ParentalSubstitute: Serves as one for Larvitar, at least until they manage to reunite him with his mother. Later functions as this for Tiny Shiny Rayquaza.
31	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Practically any Pokémon he's helped train runs on some kind of reality-bending logic that means, if it ''potentially'' could work, '''''It will''''', every single time. Even if things like reality and physics say it shouldn't.
32	* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Ash has been able to speak with Pokémon from a young age, specifically using the Mew dialect (which earns some confusion from other Pokémon when he speaks in it while in Absol form).
33	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Finds his equal and opposite in Brandon, who thinks nothing of talking back to Ho-Oh, reasons that because there have been multiple Rattata that there's a non-zero chance of there being two Ho-Oh's, and who battles Ash with a team full of Legendaries.
34	-->'''Max''': Oh no there's two of them.
35	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Attempts this on Mewtwo, asking why he didn't just sign up to be a trainer and why he thinks Pokémon are superior to humans. It ends up getting him killed, but he gets better and ends up changing Mewtwo's mind.
36	* UrbanLegend: Before the Indigo League, many trainers, especially gym leaders, had a hard time believing he was real.
37	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: After the first incident where it's a genuine mistake, Ash is able to transform into an Absol whenever he wants to participate in a battle or sniff out danger.
38	* WalkingDisasterArea: Like the author's other work, Fanfic/AshesOfThePast, Ash has a tendency to find trouble in the most unexpected places.
39	* WeirdnessMagnet: To the point that he literally ''repels'' normality.
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43	[[folder:Ash's Pokémon]]
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45	!!General
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47	The Pokémon that have the...''fortune'' of being trained by Ash. Most of them [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} aren't all there]].
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51	!!Tropes:
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53	* AchievementsInIgnorance: His team's bread and butter. Oftentimes they end up doing things that by all accounts should be impossible in their world, but because Ash doesn't restrict himself by the logic everyone else does his Pokémon don't restrict themselves with what is and isn't normal for their species.
54	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Many of them are as strange as their trainer is. The ones that don't start out this way very quickly end up GivingUpOnLogic.
55	* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Regularly defied. Pikachu is a notable example, having not only invented ''Thunder That Breaks the Earth'' to defeat Ground-type Pokémon, but teaching it to his team mates.
56	* OlympusMons: Well, when your trainer is basically catnip for Legendary Pokémon... Ash's team includes [[spoiler:Ho-Oh and a tiny Rayquaza]] as particularly powerful examples.
57	* StrongAndSkilled: Most of his Pokémon have some inherent strength behind them, but that doesn't stop Ash from helping them hone their skills to their absolute limit and then pushing past it.
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61	!!!Pikachu
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63	Ash's starter Pokémon, and his strongest. While he starts off dismayed with his trainer, he quickly grows to accept the wacky hijinks of his life and becomes something of a leader to all of Ash's other Pokémon.
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67	* AdaptationalBadass: While Pikachu in canon is a powerful fighter, he still has his fair share of losses. Here, Pikachu is the resident heavy hitter who's won every single fight he's ever been in, and spends most of his time teaching the other Pokémon on the team. [[spoiler:After the Michina time travel incident, where Pikachu's Thunderbolt was able to deflect a Judgement attack, Arceus xemself wants to know, "What is up with that Pikachu, I mean seriously."]]
68	* BadassNormal: As normal as any Pokémon on Ash's team can be anyway. He's the middle evolution in a pretty common Pokémon line on a team filled with legendaries, pseudo-legendaries, and Pokémon with fighting styles that are either overwhelmingly powerful, extremely versatile, or endlessly confusing. And of ''all'' of the Pokémon on Ash's team, he's acknowledged as the strongest, which is hard to contest considering he's the only one shown to be able to [[spoiler: solo sweep an Elite Four member's entire team.]]
69	* BeyondTheImpossible: He can electrocute ''Ground-types'', and later teaches that ability to Zapdos and Raikou with the move ''Thunder That Breaks the Earth''.
70	* BigBrotherMentor: Is generally a teacher to the other Pokémon on the team, but he's also protective of some of the younger members, like Tiny Shiny Rayquaza and Zorua.
71	* TheDreaded: Ash says that Pikachu is the strongest of his Pokémon, and none of the others can really argue with him on that front. Other Pokémon trainers similarly come to fear him after seeing him in action, and especially after [[spoiler:he sweeps the Elite Four Caitlin's entire ace team. ''By himself'']].
72	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Ash, initially, and later for some of the other Pokémon on the team.
73	* GivingUpOnLogic: Once he realizes that he can now electrocute ground-type Pokémon, he just accepts that he has a really weird trainer and moves on with his life.
74	* TheLeader: Is directly referred to as this by Raikou.
75	* TheMentor: He's so powerful that more often than not he ends up acting as this to the other Pokémon on Ash's team, only really taking part in a handful of battles per region due to how powerful he is.
76	* NoSell: As discovered later when a Trainer's Raichu flung a Thunderstone onto him, it turns out Pikachu ''physically can't'' evolve further.
77	* SeenItAll: After a certain point nothing can faze him.
78	* ShoutOut: By the time he [[spoiler:sweeps the entirety of Unova Elite Four Caitlin's team]], he's got numerous fighting styles based on the Avengers - starting with a Thunderstone attached to a handle that he uses like Thor, which is later used like Captain America's shield when the handle breaks. Against a Musharna, he uses the dream mist to create solid Double Teams like Doctor Strange, and uses Electro Web to sling around like Spider-man when up against a GravityMaster Sigilyph. Finally, he uses Thunder Armor to create repulsor blasts like Iron Man.
79	* TeamDad: Functions as this for most of Ash's Pokémon.
80	* [[WorldsStrongestMan World's Strongest Pokémon]]: He's unquestionably the strongest Pikachu in the world, and quite possibly the strongest non-Legendary Pokémon in the world as well. It's kind of telling that he can block an attack from ''[[spoiler:Arceus]]'' of all Pokémon.
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84	!!!Mew
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86	Yes, that Mew. They repeatedly find ways to take a place on Ash's team, often shifting into different Pokémon and teaching moves to their fellow teammates that should be impossible.
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90	* EccentricMentor: To pretty much any Pokémon they meet. Oh, she'll teach them plenty of new moves, despite their species or age, but he does so in the most chaotic and destructive way possible, and has been caught teaching ''abilities'', which are supposed to be innate (not that it stops them).
91	* GreatGazoo: He's one of the more powerful legendary Pokémon floating around, and could easily make life hell for anyone who crossed her, but they spend most of their time engaging in harmless pranks and helping trainers where he can.
92	* ItAmusedMe: Her motivation most of the time. He'll consistently find a way to sneak onto Ash's team and do the impossible, teaches other Pokémon things that break the laws of reality, and jailbreaks the Pokéball system because they're bored.
93	* MasterOfIllusion: Mew knows every move in existence -- including Transform. As a result, Mew makes a game out of taking on the identities of other Pokémon, being "caught" by Ash, and keeping up the illusion as long as possible. Ash is aware that it happens, but decides he's okay with it if Mew is okay with it.
94	* NoBiologicalSex: Mew freely accepts male, female, or neutral pronouns, and swaps between them more or less at random.
95	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mew rarely takes anything seriously, so when he drops her disguise to rescue Ralts it's clear that this isn't a laughing matter.
96	* PlayfulHacker: Jailbroke the Pokéball system to be able to be caught multiple times in different identities, as well as allowing Ash's set of the Legendary Beasts and the Latis to switch out who is in the Pokéball.
97	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Their Pokémon training completely ignores types, species and several other logical requirements, but Mew still manages, pretty much every time, to successfully teach anything to anything if he puts her mind to it.
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101	!!!Zapdos
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103	An old friend of Ash, who made a point of coming by for food. She was the second Pokémon that Ash caught, and remains a consistent part of his team.
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107	* BigEater: In more ways than one, but half of her scenes contain references to food.
108	* BigSisterInstinct: Zapdos was one of the first Legendaries that Ash befriends, and one of the first that he caught. She's also rather protective of him, and threatens an Aerodactyl that tries to kidnap him.
109	* ChildhoodFriends: With Ash. Ash's mother heard him talk about a bird and thought he was feeding one of the local Pidgey.
110	* CoolBigSis: To a good chunk of Ash's Pokémon, being both much older than them and having joined Ash's team shortly after he started his journey.
111	* OlympusMons: One of the first that Ash catches.
112	* TastesLikeFriendship: How Ash befriended her, and how she initially bonds with Pikachu.
113	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Dango. When Ash starts his journey, Zapdos volunteers to be caught rather than lose access to it. And any time dango appears, and Zapdos is nearby, it promptly disappears.
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117	!!!Charizard
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119	As in canon, he was found as a Charmander on a rock. He evolved twice in rapid succession to save Ash, and is the resident BigGuy until he decides to stay in Charcific Valley.
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123	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Here, he never has the chance to lose respect for Ash, and stays loyal to him without needing to learn a lesson on humility.
124	* TheBigGuy: He's the heavy hitter on the team, and while he's not as strong as Pikachu, he's versatile enough and tough enough to take on most challenges.
125	* RemovedAchillesHeel: He uses Drill Run as a way to learn Dive, meaning he can go underwater without his tail flame going out.
126	* SignatureMove: Drill Run, which allows him to take on enemies that are relying on him staying airborne. He uses it to defeat Charizardtwo, and later learns to modify it into Dive.
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130	!!!Zoroark
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132	Given to Ash as an egg, Zorua employs colorful illusions and tricks his friends as often as his opponents.
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134	* AsianFoxSpirit: He's a fox Pokémon who's able to shapeshift and talk to his trainer.
135	* BigBrotherWorship: For Entei. He enjoys playing with Entei and wants to learn everything from him.
136	* BrattyHalfPint: For a while, he's constantly changing into other Pokémon to try and get an extra chance to battle. He grows out of it eventually.
137	* DualAgeModes: He is first shown impersonating his own mother to give his egg away. Later on he learns to make an Illusion of himself as an adult.
138	* MasterOfIllusion: A staple for his species. He takes it a step further by shapeshifting into Dynamax Pokémon, Legendaries, shiny Pokémon, and a Mega of himself as an adult.
139	* ShapeshifterBaggage: He weighs whatever his illusion would weigh, even though his physical body remains the same.
140	* ShapeshiftingTrickster: He loves to trick his friends almost as much as he likes fooling his enemies.
141	* TheTrickster: As a shapeshifting fox, he enjoys fooling opponents and taking part in mind games. The one person he can't fool is Ash.
142	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like a lot of Ash's team, he's capable of taking on the form of other Pokémon. Unlike them, however, he actually takes on the shape of the Pokémon he's impersonating, instead of just misleading his opponents.
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146	!!!Legendary Beasts (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune)
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148	The three children of Ho-Oh, they all share a single ball and can be called upon whenever Ash needs them or whenever they want to stretch their legs.
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152	* BigFriendlyDog: They all fit this trope to some extent, but Raikou is the most obvious, as she enjoys giving kisses and getting belly rubs.
153	* GenderBender: Suicune is UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} due to Ho-Oh forgetting to check what her gender was before resurrecting her. She is still treated by the narrative and the characters as her stated gender.
154	* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: {{Downplayed}}. All three of them have both feline and canine elements, but the more doglike Entei is masculine while the more catlike Raikou and Suicune are feminine.
155	* {{Flight}}: Each has a different way of getting about it.
156	** Raikou can use Steel Wing without actually having wings, so she just makes herself the phantasmal wings and flies with those.
157	** Entei can control lava, so he shapes lava into helicopter blades and uses a mix of convection and ItRunsOnNonsensoleum to propel himself upwards.
158	** Suicune can walk on water, so she makes small water shoes for herself, lifts them into the air with {{telekinesis}}, and walks on those.
159	* OutOfFocus: Despite it being her ball originally, Raikou shows up the least often.
160	* SemanticSuperpower: Suicune utilizes this often.
161	** She can walk on water, so Ash helps her figure out how to make ''water shoes'' on her paws so that she can essentially fly.
162	** One of her powers is purifying unclean water, so if there's even a little water in the area, the whole thing counts as very, ''very'' dirty water.
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166	!!!Hugtini
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168	Also known as King Dragonite, he was the first of Ash's Dratini to fully evolve. He wears a King's Rock and enjoys hugs, and is the Dragonite who appears most frequently of Ash's flock.
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172	* CanonImmigrant: WordOfGod is that he's Ash's Dragonite from Journeys.
173	* CoolCrown: Wears a King's Rock to denote his title.
174	* CuddleBug: Par excellence. He was this even as a Dratini, and weaponizes his hugs very effectively too.
175	* TheMentor: To Chikorita (later Bayleef) in "large-scale use of special hugging techniques". He even ends up appointing her Solarmancer of the Ryuunited Kingdom.
176	* OverlyLongName: His official name, unless it's changed since Ash last asked, is King Dragonite The First Of Us To Evolve Into A Dragonite.
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180	!!!Shaymintwo
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182	Born after Mewtwo's misadventures with cloning, Shaymintwo decided to do the opposite of whatever his original is doing, and joins up with Ash's team.
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186	* {{Expy}}: Of Shadow the Hedgehog — an angsty clone who uses Power Gem to attack, and knows Roar of Time to recreate Chaos Control.
187	* LightningBruiser: Shaymin are normally supposed to be slow, so of course Shaymintwo would do the opposite of whatever the original would. He uses Flame Charge to get up to speed with most of his opponents.
188	* SignatureMove: Power Gem, as is fitting of a Shadow {{Expy}}.
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192	!!!Clefairy
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194	A french-speaking Fairy Pokémon that Ash catches.
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197	* BaitAndSwitch: During the end of the Kanto Arc and the entirety of the Orange Isles arc, pretty much everyone suspects her of being Mew in disguise. Nope! [[spoiler:While Mew did take the form of a Clefairy initially, he got an actual Clefairy to take the role so that she could pretend to be Lapras instead.]]
198	* ConfusionFu: Her Metronome is as much a surprise for her as it is for those around her.
199	* ForeignCussWord: Swears in French when she's punched by Regigigas.
200	* GratuitousFrench: Only speaks Kalosian (the in-universe equivalent for French). Even when translated by Vulpix, it still takes the form of Kalosian.
201	* RealityHasNoSubtitles: A confusing example. Her dialect of Pokéspeech is interpreted as Kalosian (aka French) by the narrative and by any of the translating Pokémon in the party. While Ash seems to understand her, it's unclear if he also speaks Kalosian, if he understands her dialect of Pokéspeech, or if he picks out the words he does know and extrapolates past that.
202	* SignatureMove: Unusually, she uses Gravity most often to get an edge up on her opponents, to the point of it being her main strategy in battle.
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206	!!!Silver
207
208	A baby Lugia who first met Ash when he fell through the boy's closet. He's one of Ash's oldest friends and an honorary companion.
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212	* BadassAdorable: He is absolutely precious, but he ''is'' still a Legendary Pokémon.
213	* ChildhoodFriends: With Ash, after he fell out of the boy's closet. The two started playing video games together, and have kept up a close friendship ever since.
214	* CutenessProximity: Induces this in Whitney when she first sees him battling.
215	* {{Keet}}: He is still a baby, and as a result is excited about nearly everything. He'll jump off a ferry to say hi to his mother, he sneaks off sometimes to play video games at Ash's house, and he joins Ash's team on an impulse.
216	* UnskilledButStrong: In his first gym battle, he's had very little time to practice with Ash and his team, and so a lot of his battling is done with sheer power, something that Luana points out to him.
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220	!!!Bayleef
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222	A youngster who joins the party early on in Johto, she apprentices under King Dragonite and becomes a master hugger in her own right.
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226	* CallingYourAttacks: She has special names for her hugging techniques.
227	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Or, rather, the Sun.
228	* ThePowerOfTheSun: She has Leaf Guard, which protects her from status moves in bright sunlight, along with her SignatureMove being Sunsteel Strike, and she's given the title of Solarmancer.
229	* SignatureMove: Sunsteel Strike, which is supposed to be the SignatureMove of Solgaleo.
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233	!!!Zacian
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235	Zacian was one of Ash's Pokémon in an alternate timeline, but when Dialga's Roar of Time broke the time lock she retained some of her memories of her counterpart, and joined Ash's team in this timeline as well.
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239	* CoolBigSis: To the other female Pokémon on her team. She's one of the oldest among them, and while Zapdos is more of a bruiser, Zacian is a skilled warrior.
240	* {{Expy}}: Of King Arthur in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}.
241	* {{Flight}}: One of her canonical abilities.
242	* IncompatibleOrientation: With the Absol who occasionally pops up to help Ash and friends. The Absol takes it gracefully.
243	* LadyOfWar: She's a capable warrior and a calming force on the team.
244	* MasterOfIllusion: She's able to cast various illusions like a lot of Ash's Pokémon.
245	* TheMentor: For her trainer, ironically enough. When he's in his Ashbsol form, she instructs him first in how to walk as a quadruped, then on how to fight as one, and later in sword-based moves.
246	* RippleProofMemory: Because Dialga's method of fixing the timeline is to use Roar Of Time, a dragon-type move, Zacian retains the memories of her alternate self, since fairy-type Pokémon are immune to dragon-type moves.
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250	!!!Lokoko
251
252	A ninetales abandoned by her former trainer, Lokoko serves as one of the group's main translators.
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256	* BrokenBird: Starts off this way, having been abandoned by her trainer and isolated for many years. With the help of Ash and his friends, she slowly starts to [[HealTheCutie heal]].
257	* HealTheCutie: She initially is very cynical and heartbroken over being abandoned by her old trainer, but through her time with Ash (and a commiserating session with Lucario) she finds her place and gains her happiness.
258	* IncompatibleOrientation: Weaponized. During Ash's gym battle with Juan, Juan's (male) Milotic hit her with Attract. It doesn't work, because she doesn't swing that way.
259	* MasterOfIllusion: Makes her introduction this way, and continues with her illusions through most of her battles.
260	* MundaneUtility: Mainly uses Hypnosis as a way to aid other humans in understanding Pokémon.
261	* OfficialCouple: With the wild Absol the team befriends. The two work together at Delia's cafe, they spar and trade flirty banter with each other, and they show up to help build the bridge together. [[spoiler:They become engaged, and get married near the end of Ash's Kalos trip.]]
262	* PokemonSpeak: Defied. Her main form of communication is through her telepathy, which is understood by both humans and her fellow Pokémon.
263	* TranslatorMicrobes: Serves this role when she's in the party, allowing humans to understand Pokémon.
264	* TeamMom: As one of the most consistent Pokémon on the team due to her translating abilities, and one of the oldest due to the longevity of her species, she tends to fill this role towards younger members.
265	* TookALevelInCheerfulness: She starts off rather cold and detached, but under the dutiful care of Ash and Professor Oak, she comes into her own as a cool and confident battler.
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269	!!!Phanpy
270
271	Given to Ash as an egg, she serves as the resident Finder of Things.
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275	* BadassAdorable: She's a tiny baby elephant Pokémon. Doesn't stop her from delivering a full-power Rollout immediately after hatching.
276	* CheerfulChild: She's sweet and innocent, and always wants to make those around her happy.
277	* GrailInTheGarbage: Her main gimmick. She often discovers rare stones, including Mega Stones that shouldn't even exist. She also weaponises Pickup by picking up all sorts of things from the ground that weren't there before, and throwing them -- up to and including ''tree trunks larger than herself''.
278	* RollingAttack: Her main method of attack. She does it minutes after being born.
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282	!!!Latias and Latios
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284	The guardians of Alto Mare, they enjoy playing video games, and split their time between Alto Mare and staying with Ash.
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288	* ChildhoodFriends: Both Latios and Latias first met Ash when Hoopa transported them to his room, and they spend some of their time visiting his house to keep up with the games.
289	* GenkiGirl: Latias is bubbly and full of life, while her brother Latios is more subdued and pragmatic. That's not to say he can't have fun, either, but usually his sister is the one pulling him into it.
290	* IKnowMortalKombat: Latias uses her knowledge of fighting games to help defend herself against Annie and Oakley.
291	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Latios is the more responsible sibling, keeping his sister reminded of their duties and always grounding her to the present, while Latias is more upbeat, encouraging her brother to enjoy himself and let off some steam once in a while.
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295	!!!Unown
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297	A lone Unown separated from the HiveMind who joins Ash after meeting him and Mew in Mew's mindscape.
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301	* MightyGlacier: By spelling out moves, it can (somehow) use those moves. It's a relatively slow process, and the moves aren't necessarily as powerful as normal versions, but three to five letters are enough to ensure a super-effective move against pretty much any opponent.
302	* WordsCanBreakMyBones: By slowly changing form from letter to letter, Unown can spell out nearly every attack.
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306	!!!Swellow
307
308	Originally a Taillow who made the stupid decision to steal some of Zapdos' [[TrademarkFavoriteFood dango]], her ability to ignore Electric attacks quickly earns the interest of Pikachu and Zapdos.
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312	* NoSell: Electric-type attacks, which would normally be super-effective against her, are simply absorbed. Even with Mega Ampharos' ability Mold Breaker, which removes the effects an ability has on a Pokémon regarding type immunity, the attack simply stings instead of being super-effective.
313	* RemovedAchillesHeel: How she's introduced in the story. While the rest of her flock is taken down by Zapdos with Thunder, she simply absorbs the energy and is unharmed.
314	* ScissorsCutsRock: Her ability to absorb Electric-type attacks means that she has an advantage against Electric-type Pokémon. She also takes down Roxanne's Graveler.
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318	!!!Tiny Shiny Rayquaza
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320	Originally Meta Groudon, after she was reincarnated into the body of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a tiny Shiny Rayquaza]] she calmed down and joined Ash's team.
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323	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: For a while she's the youngest Pokémon on Ash's team, and she induces a fierce protective instinct in those around her.
324	* BadassAdorable: She may be the cutest thing since baby pandas, but she's still a Legendary Pokémon capable of manipulating the weather to suit her whims.
325	* CutenessProximity: Induces this in her predecessor Big Rayquaza, Groudon and Kyogre... and, of course, Whitney.
326	* TheCutie: Sweet, cute, shy, and loved by basically everyone who meets her.
327	* EatingTheEnemy: Well, eating the problem, anyway. When a meteorite is causing problems for the nearby Pokémon population, she eats it. After all, a growing dragon needs a diet of meteorites.
328	* GirlsLoveChocolate: Wants to drink hot chocolate even when it's not bedtime, and uses feminine pronouns.
329	* {{Moe}}: Small? Check. Sweet? Check. Shy? Check. Induces a fierce protective instinct in everyone she meets? Check!
330	* MundaneUtility: Mostly uses her ability to turn off weather effects in battles to ensure fair conditions for camping.
331	* ShoulderSizedDragon: Is two feet long and spends most of her time curled up in Ash's backpack or around him in some way.
332	* ShrinkingViolet: Is extremely shy for a while after becoming Rayquaza. Even after she gains some confidence she still prefers to stay in Ash's bag where it's safe.
333	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She can also turn into a Tiny Shiny Primal Groudon or a Tiny Shiny Primal Kyogre with the Red or Blue Orbs.
334
335	----
336
337	!!!Aten
338
339	Once the proud king of Pokélantis, he was unwittingly reincarnated into the body of a Hisuian Zorua. HilarityEnsues.
340	----
341
342	* AdaptationalHeroism: {{Downplayed}}, but while he still has his violent tendencies, he's also shown to be fiercely protective of his trainer and fellow Pokémon. He also shows a willingness to learn and grow, even if he refuses to admit it.
343	* AncientEvil: Well, he ''was'' one.
344	* BloodKnight: Half of his character is his fervent, unending desire for violence.
345	* TheCaligula: Is implied to have been this in his past life, saying that he was asked by his advisors to stop having his sages make giant Pokémon, and not having any motivation beyond "being king".
346	* CuteAndPsycho: He's still the vicious king he always was, just in the body of a tiny fluffy fox.
347	* ForcedTransformation: Was once the mighty king of Pokélantis, only to be reincarnated by Ho-Oh into the body of a tiny Hisuian Zorua.
348	* {{Hypocrite}}: He agrees that Paul is well within his rights to discard weak Pokémon, ignoring that he's still learning how to use moves himself.
349	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Despite his thorough insistence otherwise, he's shown to clearly like some aspects of his new fluffy form, and enjoy things that other Pokémon also like.
350	* MyInstinctsAreShowing: It's mentioned that his ears and tail perk up when he's excited, only for him to notice and try to squash the impulse.
351	* OneSteveLimit: Ash already ''has'' a Zorua on his team, so he asks his newest member for his name. The new Zorua finally settles on Aten.
352	* ThePowerOfHate: Despite being reluctantly loyal to Ash and co., he still uses moves like Frustration and Bitter Malice best.
353	* ReformedButNotTamed: He eventually mellows out a little thanks to Ash's careful approach, but that only means he's loyal to his team. He has no qualms about exacting fierce retribution for perceived slights against anyone he doesn't like, and will jump to murder as the first solution if offered the opportunity.
354	* SignatureMove: Frustration, which functions not on his hatred towards his trainer, but hatred towards his opponents. (Or possibly just hatred in general. He has a lot of frustration bottled up.)
355	* TokenEvilTeammate: On Ash's team. He's bloodthirsty, harbors murderous intentions for half the people he meets, and has no qualms about attacking humans. While Ash's presence manages to calm him down a little, it's clear that without his trainer he would gladly resume his megalomania.
356	* {{Tsundere}}: He repeatedly claims that he hates everyone and everything with a passion, but he has moments of emotional vulnerability that show he really does enjoy Ash's company. He also doesn't hesitate to attack a Mismagius who tried to put his party under hypnosis, keeping her in a bite until she frees them all.
357
358	----
359
360	!!!Croagunk
361
362	Retroactively appeared as one of Ash's Pokémon after first using Parting Shot, and has since learned how to break the laws of reality by dodging.
363	----
364
365	* CombatPragmatist: Constantly uses his moves to avoid attacks and retroactively hits his opponent with Poison Jab, effectively whittling them down while not allowing them to hit him in return.
366	* DeadlyDodging: It's closer to "reality-breaking dodging".
367	* {{Expy}}: Of [[TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} Sidereals]]. His moves are also based on Sidereal charms - Parting Shot is Avoidance Kata, Court Change is Neighborhood Relocation Scheme, and he seems to have some move that lets him use Duck Fate.
368
369	----
370
371	!!!The Arc Phone
372	[[Videogame/PokemonLegendsArceus An ancient form of communication device]] updated to the modern age, as well as a Shiny Arceus.
373	----
374
375	* [[GodWasMyCoPilot God Was My Smartphone]]: Ash's new phone is ''literally'' a young deity.
376	* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: An element of all versions of the Arc Phone.
377	* ModernizedGod: It's a god in the form of a smartphone.
378	* NoGender: Just like its progenitor, It is beyond gender pronouns. Although "xem" is suggested at one point, apparently meaning all genders and none at the same time.
379	* NotQuiteTheAlmighty: No, that's [[TheMaker its progenitor]].
380	* OlympusMons: It's still a miniature Shiny '''''God'''''.
381	* PalsWithJesus: Ash got the phone partially because he saved God. At least once.
382	* SemanticSuperpower: If it's roughly plate-shaped and fits the theme, it can use ''anything'' as a substitute for the actual Arceus' plates.
383
384	----
385
386	!!!Zekrom
387	The legendary dragon of ideals, and Ash's first catch in Unova, to the dragon's ideal joy.
388
389	----
390	* LargeHam: Insists on doing this the Ideal way, much to the consternation of his brother Reshiram.
391	* OlympusMons: The legendary dragon of ideals, and he will make sure you kbow about it every time he shows up.
392	* SiblingRivalry: With Reshiram. The two ''will'' start arguing with each other about truths and ideals at any given moment.
393
394	----
395
396	!!!Dewott
397	One of the three Unovan starters, who escaped from Professor Juniper's lab in search of a worthy trainer.
398	----
399
400	* ConfusionFu: His battle strategy is to channel Metronome through his scalchop to create blade attacks from any attack.
401	* StanceSystem: Can switch between being a Unovan Samurott and a Hisuian Samurott at will.
402	* WillfullyWeak: Replaced his scalchop in the competition to become Scalchop King, because he didn't want to spend the year with Osharina.
403
404	----
405
406	!!!Tepig
407	A formerly abused Fire-type starter that Ash rescues.
408	----
409
410	* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: He learns Sketch, which allows him to not only sketch out moves, but physical barriers and aids.
411	* PlayingWithFire: As a Fire-type, it's in his blood.
412
413	----
414
415	!!!Servine
416	A Snivy caught by Ash.
417	----
418
419	* FemmeFatale: Attempts to be this, throwing around Attract liberally and with abandon. Results vary.
420	* TheFightingNarcissist: She's rather self-obsessed, with a penchant for any attacks she views as beautiful. It says a lot that when hit with her own Attract and falling in love with herself, absolutely nothing changes for her.
421	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: She derives her powers from anything to do with the Moon.
422
423	----
424
425	!!!Scrafty
426	Another of Ash's hatched Pokémon. Unlike the rest of her kind, she's not the type to hoard a territory all for herself and has decided to circumvent this by declaring the entire universe her territory.
427	----
428
429	* BornAsAnAdult: She hatched as the fully-evolved form of her species.
430	* SemanticSuperpower: By declaring the world her territory, Scraggy can use moves like Camouflage and Nature Power to access any type in existence regardless of where the fight is located.
431
432	----
433
434	!!!Boldore
435	A Roggenrola, later Boldore that chooses to join Ash's team offscreen. Has great knowledge of all rock-related sciences.
436	----
437
438	* GeniusBruiser: She knows her science, mainly anything that can be remotely traced to rocks, and applies said knowledge to great effect.
439
440	----
441
442	!!!Froakie
443	One of the Kalos starters who chooses to travel with Ash, to learn how to be a ninja.
444	----
445	* {{Ninja}}: What he hopes to become.
446	* NotHisSled: Froakie never gains the Battle Bond with Ash. [[spoiler:That power goes to Zoroark.]]
447	----
448	!!!
449	[[/folder]]
450	[[folder:Ash's Companions]]
451
452	!!!Misty
453
454	The gym leader of Cerulean Gym, Ash's first companion, and usually the OnlySaneMan.
455	----
456
457	* DeadpanSnarker: Just like in canon, although here it's more justified due to the utter ridiculousness that Ash's luck gets the party into.
458	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: After she returns to Cerulean Gym, she doesn't understand why a 3-badge challenger is upset about her beating him with (Red) Gyarados. She didn't even Mega-Evolve it!
459	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to her sisters' Foolish. Once she rejoins her gym, however, she starts to whip them into shape.
460	* GivingUpOnLogic: As with most of Ash's companions, she ends up adjusting to the Legendary Pokémon that constantly show up.
461	* GoodParents: Despite still being a child herself, Misty fills this role for Togepi. She's gentle with the young Pokémon, making sure to tell her when she did well or when she needs to stop what she's doing, and always prioritizing Togepi's happiness.
462	* InterspeciesAdoption: As in canon, she fills this role for Togepi, although she doesn't understand the young Pokémon at first; after a certain point she begins to understand Togepi and later gains the chance to talk with her properly.
463	* OnlySaneMan: Takes this role until she returns to her gym. At that point she's sort of acclimated to the nonsense.
464	* SeenItAll: After a certain point she just stops registering Legendary Pokémon as something unusual.
465	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She gets a portion of the shapeshifting potion for her birthday, and turns into a Vaporean.
466
467	----
468
469	!!!Brock
470
471	The gym leader of Pewter Gym.
472	----
473
474	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Takes this role with Ash, when he hasn't just [[GivingUpOnLogic given up entirely]].
475	* HomeSweetHome: Settles down in Kanto once Ash finishes with the Battle Frontier- partly to keep the Gym running, and partly so that he can stay with his new girlfriend, Lucy.
476	* StraightMan: While Misty tends to snark in regards to Ash's weird luck with Legendaries, Brock is generally either skeptical or beleaguered.
477	* TeamChef: As in canon, he's the one in charge of making dinner. It's good enough to entice several Pokémon to join the party just so that they can keep eating his cooking.
478
479	----
480
481	!!!May
482
483	The daughter of Norman Maple, and Ash's companion through Hoenn.
484	----
485
486	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Due to starting her journey immediately after meeting Ash, she has no frame of reference for what's normal and what isn't.
487	* FailedASpotCheck: Max is excited to learn that his sister has been traveling for the past two days with Ash Ketchum, a trainer famous for his unique luck with Legendary Pokémon, but May says that she hasn't seen him use any; just Pikachu, Cranidos, Croconaw, '''Zapdos''' and Zorua. Lampshaded by Max.
488	* GoodParents: Is doting and gentle with Manaphy, always willing to spend time with him or help him with something he doesn't understand.
489	* InterspeciesAdoption: As in canon, with Manaphy. Unlike canon, she gets to remain with Manaphy past the Temple Of The Sea, and remains his mother for the rest of the story.
490	* ShipTease: With Drew, as in canon. She goes to Johto in order to keep up with him.
491
492	----
493
494	!!!Max
495
496	The younger brother of May, and resident StraightMan in Hoenn.
497	----
498
499	* MouthyKid: When you deal with Ash on a daily basis, it's either becoming a DeadpanSnarker or GivingUpOnLogic.
500	* OnlySaneByComparison: While Max is quick to point out the ridiculous situations they get into and how many Legendary Pokémon the group meets, he's also the unofficial trainer of one, and has formed a special bond with a psychic Pokémon before hitting ten years old.
501	* StraightMan: While May is a slightly less ridiculous {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Brock has SeenItAll at this point, Max is the main person pointing out the ridiculousness of the situations the party regularly finds itself in.
502	* PsychicLink: With Ralts, so that the two can communicate despite being separated.
503
504	----
505
506	!!!Dawn
507
508	Ash's newest companion, a young up-and-coming coordinator who doesn't know what she's gotten into.
509
510	----
511
512	* CelebrityImpersonator: Looks identical to Princess Salvia. Notably, unlike canon, she ''doesn't'' actually pretend to be her.
513	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It'd be hard to keep up with Ash if she wasn't, and since she doesn't have Brock, Misty, or Max to balance her out, she's as off-the-wall as her companions.
514	* FeminineWomenCanCook: She makes poffins for her Pokémon, and when Chef Dragonite isn't cooking for them she takes on the role.
515	* InsaneTrollLogic: During the Junior Cup, She had Swinub [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Dig through the air]] when their opponent uses Smokescreen. Her reason?
516	-->'''Dawn:''' Swinub, that air's got smoke in it, and smoke is made of stuff that's kind of like volcanic ash, and volcanic ash turns into rock! Dig through the air!
517	* NaiveNewcomer: Whitney is a gym leader and Ash is technically a champion in his own right, while Dawn is just starting out on her journey.
518	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: When she takes the same potion that Ash and Whitney have sampled, she turns into a Plusle. While she's surprised by it, she rolls with it until it wears off.
519
520	----
521
522	!!!Whitney
523
524	The gym leader of Goldenrod gym.
525
526	----
527
528	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Is a much kinder character than in canon, in part due to Ash having many cute Pokémon. She even becomes his companion in Sinnoh.
529	* AllGirlsLikePonies: Since joining Ash, she uses a Galarian Rapidash as her regular mount and she often pairs off with Keldeo.
530	* BadassAdorable: As in canon, she emphasizes looking cute while refusing to sacrifice difficulty.
531	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: A more nuanced example than normal. While she is much more forgiving of flaws in cute Pokémon and shows a distaste for those who aren't cute, she also acknowledges that there are conventionally cute Pokémon with absolutely rotten personalities, and that Pokémon who aren't conventionally cute can still be adorable thanks to their attitudes and behavior. She also believes that you should always strive to look your best, because when you look good, you feel good, and she will do everything in her power to help her Pokémon and her friends look their absolute best.
532	* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: She's one to Dawn, helping to bring out the best in the young coordinator and grow along her journey.
533	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Not to the same extent that Ash or Brandon is, but she does absolutely nothing to rein in the nonsense and sees nothing unusual about Legendary Pokémon crashing through her roof.
534	* CoolBigSis: To Ash and Dawn. Despite her eccentricities, she's remarkably empathetic and compassionate, and will dispense wisdom whenever Dawn is feeling unsure. She also helps Marilyn learn that you can't put a rigid definition for what is and isn't "cute" down, because it's not so much a set of guidelines as it is a feeling.
535	* CutenessOverload: Goes into this several times, including but not limited to:
536	** Silver, a baby Lugia;
537	** A minimized Latios;
538	** Ash's miniature Shiny Rayquaza; and
539	** Keldeo, a pony.
540	* GenkiGirl: Has enough energy to keep up with Ash and some left over to spare.
541	* NiceGirl: While she prefers cute Pokémon and makes her opinions on it known, she's polite and courteous to her companions and those they meet along their journey, and can find the "cute" in nearly every Pokémon.
542	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whitney may have left her gym behind to travel with Ash, but she also acknowledges that running a gym is a big responsibility, and that it isn't fair to trainers when leaders don't meet the standards they should. She left a group of powerful trainers in charge of her gym with clear instructions on what the challenge was and how to properly raise up the Pokémon she left them,[[note]]A pair of humans and a Meowth, who seemed quite interested in keeping up with Ash's latest news[[/note]] and she wastes no time in reaming out gym leaders who abandoned their gyms or refused to provide a proper challenge for trainers.
543	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: At the earliest opportunity, tried the same potion as Ash did, earning herself the form of a Snom.
544
545	----
546
547	!!!Iris
548
549	An aspiring Dragon Master who joins Ash on his journey after he helps her grow closer to her Pokémon.
550	----
551
552	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Because Ash shows himself almost immediately to be a [[BunnyEarsLawyer competent, if somewhat airheaded]] trainer, Iris shows him more respect and is generally less abrasive than she was in canon.
553	* DragonTamer: What she aspires to be.
554	* GivingUpOnLogic: She decides this is probably the best course of action with Ash, as even though his methods are nonsensical, they clearly get results.
555	* OnlySaneMan: Between Ash being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ash]] and Cilan's own eccentricities, Iris is usually the one left questioning the weirdness the group encounters.
556	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like most of Ash's companions? She takes the potion that turns someone into a Pokémon. Surprisingly, she turns into a [[MasterOfIllusion Zoroark]], but she takes it as an opportunity to transform into multiple different dragon-types.
557
558	----
559
560	!!!Cilan
561
562	A Pokémon Connoisseur who joins Ash on his journey as a way to expand his palate and see the world from a different point of view.
563	----
564
565	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He willingly joins up with Ash Ketchum, a boy known for his wacky shenanigans and adventures with Legendary Pokémon, and feels the need to compare everything to food.
566	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Takes the potion that turns someone into a Pokémon and becomes a Kecleon.
567
568	----
569
570	!!!Natural Harmonia Gropius
571
572	The Prince of Team Plasma.
573	----
574
575	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Thanks to his time as a Keldeo with Ash, he has become this as a result.
576	* HidingInPlainSight: With the help of his Zorua, he can journey as a Keldeo while Zorua poses as him so his father doesn't realise that he's learning about the outside world.
577	* RulesLawyer: Often will state about a rule which is not being followed, [[RunningGag but always seems to reference the wrong rule as a result]].
578	* TheChosenOne: He still is the Hero of Truths to Ash's Hero of Ideals.
579	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Thanks to the potion that turns someone into a Pokémon, he meets Ash and co. as a Shiny Keldeo, and remains that way to hide from his father.
580
581	[[/folder]]
582
583	[[folder:Companion Pokémon]]
584
585	!!!Brock's Pokémon
586	----
587
588	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Bulbasaur is this for Brock, curbing the worse of his flirting and helping keep him in check after he decides to go serious with Lucy.
589	* TeamDad: Geodude is this to the rest of his team, offering training and support for the younger members.
590	* TranslatorMicrobes: Vulpix learns the same trick that Lokoko uses to allow humans to understand her, and applies it on a broad scale to allow all humans around her to understand what Pokémon are saying.
591	* UncattyResemblance: Just like Brock, Geodude has a thing for a classy dame.
592	* UndyingLoyalty: Onix has this for his trainer.
593
594	----
595
596	!!!Misty's Pokémon
597	----
598
599	* DefeatMeansFriendship: In order to stop Gyarados's rampage, Misty captures him. After a brief session with the Ryuunited Kingdom, he mellows out and becomes her loyal BigGuy.
600	* HappilyAdopted: Togepi is this for Misty. She adores her mother, and is loyal to her without question.
601	* LethalJokeCharacter: Psyduck is absolutely useless... right up until he falls asleep, at which point he can unleash a variety of powerful and downright devastating attacks taught by Mew. They stopped checking how many after Psyduck bisected a hill.
602
603	----
604
605	!!!May's Pokémon
606
607	* BeyondTheImpossible: Skitty manages to reverse her Normalize ability to the point where she can make any move into whatever type she wants, which, alongside Me First and Copycat, allows her to change around the type of pretty much anything around her.
608	* DelightfulDragon: The Dratini that decides to join her party is a sweetheart who just wants to shine in the contests.
609	* HappilyAdopted: Manaphy is this, referring to May as his mother.
610
611	----
612
613	!!!Max's Pokémon
614	----
615
616	* BigFriendlyDog: His Mightyena is a big old sweetheart.
617	* HeavySleeper: Jirachi used to time his naps to a comet that only came by every millennium or so. Even after syncing himself to the phases of the moon, though, he still sleeps for twenty-five days out of twenty-eight.
618	* PsychicLink: Ralts has one with Max, and communicates with him across vast distances.
619
620	----
621
622	!!!Dawn's Pokémon
623	----
624
625	* BoringButPractical: Buneary uses physics to get an edge on her opponents, and compared to the nonsense that her fellow Pokémon get up to, it's surprisingly effective.
626	* BunniesForCuteness: Buneary fits this to a T.
627	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Buneary uses her understanding of physics to get an edge up on her opponents, and manages to thrash an ''Infernape''.
628	* SemanticSuperpower: Nickit can steal anything with Spectral Thief- whether that be typing, moves, abilities, or even Dawn's voice.
629
630	----
631
632	!!!Whitney's Pokémon
633	----
634
635	* AnimalSuperheroes: Miltank poses as one for a contest, with Whitney as her sidekick.
636	* BadassAdorable: Their one unifying trait.
637	* {{Bambification}}: Deerling is a sweetheart, but he's still able to pack a mean punch.
638	* BestFriend: Miltank is this to Whitney.
639	* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Chatot is able to communicate his thoughts clearly to humans.
640	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Rapidash certainly believes in it, and is willing to apply it metaphorically to solve interpersonal issues, or literally to fire a friendship laser at his opponents.
641	* TheTease: In the match for the Plain Badge, Nidorina defeats Totodile by flirting with him, confusing him into knocking himself out.
642
643	[[/folder]]
644
645	!Supporting Characters
646
647	[[folder: The [=TRio=]]]
648
649	!!!Jessie, James, and Meowth
650
651	The main Team Rocket agents that the party has to deal with on a regular basis.
652	----
653
654	* AdaptationalBadass: At one point, Giovanni says they should be able to take on ''[[WorldsStrongestMan Lance]]'' in a few years. It's safe to say they're the best Pokémon trainers in Team Rocket, above even Giovanni himself.
655	* AlmightyJanitor:
656	** On paper, Jesse, James, and Meowth are on a dead-end job of monitoring Ash and reporting intel about him to Giovanni, along with their futile attempts to try and steal his Pokémon. In practice, they're Giovanni's most important agents because they're actively distracting Ash from going after him directly, along with giving their boss the intel to avoid Ash entirely. They're also his best agents, since they're some of the only Pokémon trainers in the world that are able to seriously challenge Ash.
657	** They later give a comprehensive lecture to all the agents in Team Rocket, where they explain their contingency plans in regards to Ash and how to best deal with him and his friends. By the end of the lesson, every assembled agent is properly terrified of them.
658	* AlwaysSecondBest: A variant. They'll always be weaker than Ash and his friends, but not by much, meaning that they're able to hold their own against some of the more powerful trainers in the world.
659	* DemotedToExtra: They take a backseat role in the Sinnoh Arc, taking up Whitney's gym in her absence. They even abide by the rules Whitney leaves them and seem to enjoy serving as Gym Leaders.
660	* PragmaticVillainy: They become Whitney's replacement Gym Leaders for the entire of Sinnoh, being hugely competent at it, then seemingly go back to their criminal ways when Whitney returned... for her to find they stole ''only'' the Pokémon that they'd effectively brought in themselves, and none of the Gym's own, effectively meaning they ''didn't steal anything''.
661	** Also during the same period, they act as Whitney's equivalent of a GodzillaThreshold, with her calling them in to deal with things too big for Ash to safely deal with. That her requests just happen to align with Team Rocket's goals isn't mentioned.
662	* SeenItAll: After a certain point they just stop questioning the legendary Pokémon they encounter. While they don't like dealing with the various insanities that Ash and co. throw at them, they've stopped being surprised by them and have actually managed to fight back on occasion.
663	* ThrowTheDogABone: They get some cool stuff here that they actually get to keep: an airship, several powerful Pokémon, and a cushy gig temporarily running Whitney's gym for her. Giovanni also respects them more, and they're apparently high enough in the Team Rocket pecking order to give a lecture to the other members.
664	* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: {{Averted}} '''hard'''. They're some of the few trainers in the world that can pose a serious challenge to Ash, and while they're always defeated by him in the end, it's a wildly different story in regards to other trainers. They even manage to curbstomp other evil teams when they're in the area.
665
666	----
667
668	!!! Their Pokémon
669
670	The various Pokémon that join the [=TRio=] on their adventures.
671	----
672
673
674	* BigDamnHeroes: Whitney calls up the trio to help deal with Zero and his team, and Porygon hijacks his flying ship and crashes it in the Reverse World.
675	* DeadpanSnarker: The Porygon that they steal has a habit of arguing with Meowth.
676	* OnlySaneMan: Porygon sees itself as this.
677	* VillainousRescue: When the climax of Anime/PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior occurs, Whitney calls up the [=TRio=] due to their expertise on airships. Porygon then proceeds to crash Zero's airship in the Reverse World.
678	* WrenchWench: Aipom is their chief mechanic, and enjoys tinkering with the various robotics the team has. Porygon is thrilled to have her.
679
680	[[/folder]]
681
682	[[folder:Other Pokémon]]
683
684	!!!Hoopa
685
686	A mischievous portal master who likes to cause trouble for everyone.
687	----
688
689
690	* CuckoolanderCommentator: Serves this role during the sled race in the Orange Isles.
691	* ItAmusedMe: Hoopa is bored. This is probably a bad thing for the world. Hoopa disagrees! Hoopa will save the day, or at least will have fun watching what happens when Pokémon get voluntarily, or involuntarily, or ''unknowingly'' transported across the world.
692	* MundaneUtility: Uses magic portals that can move through time and space as a vacation and delivery service.
693	* ThirdPersonPerson: Hoopa always refers to Hoopa by name, never with pronouns. The narrative refers to Hoopa occasionally with they/them pronouns, though.
694
695	----
696
697	!!!Mewtwo and Ambertwo
698
699	The self-proclaimed "strongest Pokémon in the world", Mewtwo enters the story as an antagonist for all of five minutes before forgoing his plans for world domination and living away from humans with his adoptive sister, Ambertwo, now reincarnated into the body of another Mewtwo.
700	----
701
702
703	* TheAtoner: Mewtwo attempts to be thus after realizing he was wrong in his previous goals. Ambertwo isn't [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre having it]].
704	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Mewtwo is more dour and serious once all is said and done, but Ambertwo is there to help pull him out of his funk and encourage him to open up to others.
705	* CommutingOnABus: Mewtwo and Ambertwo occasionally show up in the story once their plot is completed, either to appear in a race or to visit Ash and friends.
706	* {{Expy}}: Ambertwo is an expy of [[Videogame/SonicAdventure2 Maria Robotnik]], including ''formerly'' being sick and also acting as a MoralityPet for the entity she grew up with.
707	* HeelFaceTurn: While Mewtwo enters the story as an antagonistic presence, after meeting the other Legendaries and regaining Ambertwo, he mellows out and goes on a journey of self-discovery.
708	* KillAllHumans: Mewtwo's initial goal. Once he realizes that not all humans are like the ones who abused him, he calms down and reassesses his priorities.
709	* OlympusMons: Mewtwo (and by extension, Ambertwo) are the ''self-proclaimed'' Most Powerful Pokémon in the world. It's '''''extremely''''' rare to find anyone who argues.
710	* WouldHurtAChild: Mewtwo kills Ash. Luckily for everyone, it doesn't last.
711
712	----
713
714	!!!Big Rayquaza
715
716	Guardian of the skies, while he rarely appears in the story, he serves as a benevolent protector of earth and peacekeeper between Groudon and Kyogre.
717	----
718
719	* BigBrotherInstinct: Has this towards Tiny Shiny Rayquaza.
720	-->'''Big Rayquaza''': I have only known you existed for five minutes, but in that time I have undergone a wholesale realignment of my priorities.
721	* BigGood: As Arceus needs to be impartial and unattached to the world, Rayquaza ends up being the most senior Legendary that Ash and friends come across. He also prevents several disasters from coming to fruition.
722	* INeedAFreakingDrink: His response to Groudon and Kyogre teaming up with their Unown-made doubles to defeat the others.
723	* OnlySaneMan: Between him, Groudon, and Kyogre, he's the only one to remember his proper responsibilities.
724	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Of the Hoenn legendaries, anyway. He tries to keep Kyogre and Groudon from constantly fighting, and takes his duty of guarding the earth against meteorites very seriously. He's also polite with the heroes, protective over his younger counterpart, and willing to listen to reason when he's been proven wrong.
725
726	----
727
728	!!!'Dastardly' Darkrai and Victini
729
730	A Darkrai wearing a fake mustache, and his partner Victini. If there's a competition, they will find it and [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat cheat disgracefully]] to '''try''' their best to win '''''[[CheatersNeverProsper and never succeed...]]'''''
731	----
732
733
734	* BerserkButton: '''''Pidgeys.'''''
735	* CardCarryingVillain: The two of them always stop to cheat whenever a race occurs, and Darkrai in particular insists on wearing a fake evil mustache.
736	* CheatersNeverProsper: Even when they win, Darkrai will always lose.
737	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Within seconds of a race starting with them taking part, pit traps, false walls and all manner of traps appear out of nowhere. As well as the umpteen other Legendaries who also take part.
738	* {{Expy}}: Of Dick Dastardly and Muttley. Notable instances include:
739	** When they're cheating at a hot air balloon race, a carrier Pidgey arrives. [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines They chase after it almost immediately.]]
740	** During one failure, Darkrai goes into a typical Dick Dastardly rant, complete with Victini doing the exact opposite of what Darkrai wanted.
741	* EvilIsPetty: It depends on how you define "evil", but the two never go beyond cheating in the various races they participate in.
742	* PokeThePoodle: None of their dastardly deeds do dangerous damage beyond a few bumps and scrapes, and their goal is just to win a race. Even when [[spoiler:fighting under Tobias' guidance]] they follow the rules and stick to trash-talking.
743
744	----
745
746	!!!Marshadow
747
748	Assigned to lead Ash to Ho-Oh for their battle, Marshadow eventually just decides to tag along for the fun of it, due in part to not knowing where he was supposed to lead the Rainbow Hero and in part because Ash needs someone to watch over him.
749	----
750
751
752	* CuttingTheKnot: He tends to be the one to do this when the party's stumped, having broken both the false evolution machine and the machine making the volcano explode.
753	* TheMentor: To Dawn's Nickit. He teaches her how to use Spectral Thief and its many applications.
754	* ShadowWalker: He often spends his time in Ash's shadow, ready to pop out when needed.
755	* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: In half his scenes he's more invested in what he's eating than the proceedings.
756
757	----
758
759	!!!Zygarde
760
761	Zygarde decides to follow Ash on his adventure after Ash accidentally captures a cell during a bug-catching contest.
762	----
763
764
765	* HeroicDog: They are able to shapeshift into a dog form, which allows them to rescue others or stop villains.
766	* HiveMind: They technically are one, and frequently refer to their separate cells when they need to consolidate more power.
767	* LiteralMetaphor: When Houndour mentions that they don't mind being low in the pecking order so long as they know who the top dog is, Zygarde takes this to mean whichever dog would be at the top of a pyramid. Cue all canine Pokémon forming a Pokémon pyramid, with Zacian at the tippy top.
768	* NotSoAboveItAll: Zygarde is a legendary Pokémon who is responsible for preventing ecological disasters, but they also enjoy being in dog form and eating Brock's cooking.
769	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: A dragon-type Pokémon who spends most of their time either in a blob-like form in Ash's bag or a dog form to absorb sunlight.
770
771	----
772
773	!!!Absol
774
775	An Absol who predicts disasters that Ash comes across.
776	----
777
778
779	* CommutingOnABus: She shows up sporadically after the Jirachi incident, usually whenever Ash and his friends are about to encounter something potentially disastrous.
780	* MundaneUtility: Uses her disaster-sensing ability to get the orders at Delia's cafe correct.
781	* OfficialCouple: With Lokoko. The two spar together, they work together at Delia's cafe, trade flirty banter, and they show up at the bridge site together. [[spoiler:They become engaged, and get married near the end of Ash's Kalos trip.]]
782	* TheScream: Her reaction every time she comes across [[WalkingDisasterArea Ash]].
783	* SecondLove: Lokoko is this for her, after Zacian turns her down.
784
785	----
786
787	!!!Arceus
788
789	The creator deity, the Alpha and Omega, and the supreme God of the Pokémon world.
790	----
791
792	* BigGood: While Xe don't show up very often, Xe are the almighty creator of the world. Xer presence is enough to solve whatever minor conflict is taking place.
793	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Pikachu is able to deflect Xer Judgement, which has even Xem asking "seriously, what is ''up'' with that Pikachu".
794	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While Xe does send Ash and friends back in time to fix the mistakes of the past, Xe explains what they need to do, and when Ash asks to explain why they're there, Arceus stops and allows them to speak.
795	* WorfHadTheFlu: Yes, Pikachu is able to deflect Xer Judgement, but it should be noted that the Jewel Of Life, which had yet to be absorbed back into Xem, contained several plates which would resist or ignore the Electric typing (Splash, Meadow, Earth, Zap, Draco, and Pixie).
796
797	[[/folder]]
798
799	[[folder:Other Humans]]
800
801	!!!Delia Ketchum
802
803	Ash's mother.
804	----
805
806	* FailedASpotCheck: Somehow didn't notice that her son was feeding a ''Legendary Bird'' dango out of his window.
807	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Starts a restaurant and recruits her son's resting Pokémon to work there.
808	* GoodParents: While she doesn't get the chance to show it often, she's still a nurturing and warm presence in Ash's life, and serves as a friendly figure in the lives of his various Pokémon.
809	* OpenMindedParent: After a certain point, she just accepts that her son has improbable luck and just wants him to be happy.
810
811	!!!Giovanni
812
813	Team Rocket's leader, leader of Viridian Gym. Currently taking a break from his duties.
814	----
815
816	* INeedAFreakingDrink: His response upon learning the scope of the [=TRio's=] interactions with Ash Ketchum.
817	* RetiredMonster: For all intents and purposes, Giovanni has retreated from the crime scene, preferring to leave Team Rocket up to its own devices in order to prevent Ash from ever coming after him.
818	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: All but retires from Team Rocket to avoid interacting with Ash Ketchum.
819
820	!!!Lance
821
822	The champion of both Kanto and Johto, Lance appears sporadically in the story.
823	----
824
825	* DragonTamer: His main deal. It's enough to make him an honorary citizen of the Ryuunited Kingdom.
826	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he prefers to keep Ash and his friends out of disasters, he also recognizes that they're often the most capable people in the room to deal with various disasters. He also does his best to break up potential disasters, and foil the plots of various villainous teams.
827	* TheRival: Brock claims he was Ash's Johto rival. Considering Ash defeated Gary in the previous conference and Casey did everything she could to avoid dealing with Ash and his nonsense, he's probably correct.
828	* WorldsStrongestMan: He managed to beat Ash, who was able to defeat Steven and who regularly befriends gods.
829
830	!!!Princess Salvia
831
832	A princess who is the spitting image of Dawn, who wanted to become a Pokémon Coordinator.
833	----
834
835	* IdenticalStranger: Is introduced as this for Dawn.
836	* TemporalDuplication: Uses this to be a Minun, Dawn and herself during the same time period.
837	* TwinSwitch: Does this for Dawn, and wanted Dawn to do the opposite.
838	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: When she uses the potion, she takes the form of a Minun.
839	[[/folder]]

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