Characters / Pokemon Academy Life Forever

Main Characters

Red/Player

Red Sugimori

• Always Someone Better:
  • To Ethan. While both of them have the same electives and a team of Pokémon that listen to them, Red is at least popular and can be a good student and battler depending on the player's results while Ethan is mostly ignored by his peers, struggles with his studies, and isn't a good battler—Janine notes that he seems to be holding back on purpose for an unknown reason.
  • To Cheren. Red is able to be well liked enough by the students that he can be mistaken for running for the student council, while Cheren, who actively tries to gather votes, is disliked for his ideas.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Has had high aspirations to become a high-ranked trainer from a young age, but his financial situation and lack of a social circle kept him lazing around aimlessly in Pallet Town, though he was noted to be decently intelligent by Professor Oak, to the point of memorizing the National Pokédex by number. It's not until he's accepted into Kobukan that he starts properly applying himself.
• Cannot Tell a Lie: Due to Red's ability, Frienergy, folks around him will instantly know he is lying if he tries to do so.
• Canon Name: The player can input whatever name they'd prefer for him, but his canonical name is Red Sugimori.
• Disappeared Dad: Red's father died while helping survivors from the Cinnabar Island eruption evacuate. Due to being very young at the time, Red has trouble remembering things about him.
• Elective Mute: He was this for a large majority of his childhood, citing that "Words are unnecessary!" when questioned by Blue. He recovers with Professor Oak's assistance, but momentarily reverts to this after the events of Week 4.
• Fitness Nut: Enjoys running specifically, and as a result, is impressively muscular.
• Hand Signals: He can learn how to do sign language by learning it from Tia and Whitney.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Like with the Pokémon games featuring him, you can name him whatever the heck you want, with the added bonus of inputting a last name for the guy too.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: Type A, thanks to his ability and his very nature, he can make friendship and wants to keep them after not having any in a long while that isn't his Pikachu.
• Nice Guy: Professor Oak notes that this is the primary reason why Red's Frienergy is so effective. His natural kindness and positivity are felt deeply by both Pokémon and people, making them understand and trust him more easily.
• Momma's Boy: Very appreciative of his mother, going as far to defend her cooking in Surge's Proficiency 10 scene.
• The Empath: Frienergy in a nutshell, with it allowing both people and Pokémon to understand the user's feelings better.
• Working-Class Hero: Comes from a financially poor background, a contrast to the majority of students coming from high-class backgrounds. This results in him being unable to pay for Kobukan Academy's tuition fees and forces him to find an alternative to avoid being kicked out or accrue a large debt.

Red's Pikachu

^{Late into Week 5 and Onwards} 

• Lazy Bum: Initially refused to accompany Red in his daily exercises back in Pallet Town, and was noted to be a tad overweight. He gradually outgrows this trope after accompanying Red to Kobukan Academy, culminating in unlocking his Liberization form.
• Undying Loyalty: Red's very first and closest partner. He sneaks onto Red's flight to Kobukan to stay with him and Red adamantly refuses to part with him afterwards, even against Lance's disapproval.
• Signature Move: He has the move called "Liberage" when his unlocks his Liberization form and it acts as a counter.
• Shock and Awe: He is a mono Electric-type.
• Starter Mon: He's effectively the first Pokémon Red has, showing up in the introduction sequence alongside his trainer.

Blue

Blue Oak

• And Now for Someone Completely Different: He is playable for the early events of Week 5.
• Big Ego, Hidden Depths: Despite his nature, he actually tries to prevent Red from going to the election which would end up revealing Red's ability.
• Blood Knight: Subverted. While he seems to love battling after a win, he in fact uses battles as outlets for his self-esteem issues.
• Blow You Away: Uses Flying-types.
• Canon Name: More like Canon Nickaname, but applies, while you can give him any nickname you want, it's canonically "Blueberry".
• Dragon Tamer: Also uses Dragon-types.
• Edible Theme Naming: More like Edible Theme Nicknaming with his canon nickname Blueberry.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Again, Blueberry, or whatever nickname you give him, courtesy of Red from their younger years. He considers it not a particularly clever or witty nickname and is annoyed whenever he's called by it.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: While not outright replacing his name, you can input any "childhood nickname" Red gave to him when they were younger.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he is aggressive toward everyone especially Red he wanted to prevent him from having his secret revealed.
• Not in This for Your Revolution: The only reason why he wants Red back at the academy is so he can have a rival to go against.
• The Rival: Is this to Red.
• Sore Loser: No matter how many wins Red gets against him, Blue will always complain about the unfairness of it.
• Talent vs. Training: How he sees his rivalry with Red. While Red is blessed with Frienergy and represent talent, Blue has to train harder to compensate.
• Unsportsmanlike Gloating: Every much does this whenever he wins.

Ethan

Ethan Gold

• And Now for Someone Completely Different: He is playable after the events of Saturday Week 4.
• Broken Ace: According to Professor Cherry's level 1 scene in the past, he was a charismatic leader to his classmates. Now he suffers from recurring nightmares and depression.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Most characters don't react well to Ethan's jokes or outright ignore him in most situations.
• The Gift: He also has Frienergy and seems more proficient with it than Red.
• Mirror Boss: The first time you fight against the guy in the Battle Club, expect him to have almost the exact same team as you, except with a Pichu in place of the player's Pikachu.
• Weak, but Skilled: Zigzagged. His team is weak but follow his orders, however he gives his Pokémon bad ones.

Leaf

Leaf Gracidea Green

• And Now for Someone Completely Different: She is playable for the early events of Week 5.
• Celeb Crush: Calling Leaf's crush on Rosa would be an understatement.
• Doomed Hometown: This is part of Leaf's background where her hometown is Cinnabar Island and the volcano there erupted.
• Dragon Tamer: Uses Dragon-types.
• Green Thumb: Fights with Grass-types.
• Shock and Awe: Also utilizes Electric-types.
• Snark-to-Snark Combat: Her most common method of communicating with Red and Blue, the former being friendly banter while the latter comes off far more combatively.
• Spoiled Sweet: Far from the richest person in the school, she still enjoyed a wealthy childhood on account of her successful researcher parents and isn't afraid to spoil herself with shopping sprees. While sassy, she doesn't look down on Red's unfortunate financial situation and tries to aid him in acquiring funds without coming off as condescending.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Deathly afraid of water due to her hometown's destruction in the Cinnabar Island eruption. She forces herself to suppress this to ride Tia over the ocean to retrieve Red from Pallet Town, but the phobia remains afterwards.

Yellow

• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Fits her to a T.
• Healing Hands: Possesses the unique ability to heal Pokémon through physical touch.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: She can't hear Pokémon's per se, but she can understand their intentions well enough that she might as well be.
• What Does She See in Him?: A platonic example with Blue, most people don't understand how she can stand to be around him.

Kobukan Students

Generation One

Erika

• Green Thumb: Battles using Grass-types.
• Money Is Not Power: Her wealth ends up useless in helping her be a good fighter in the tryouts as the rules end up getting changed and making her items unuseable.
• Poisonous Person: Uses Poison-types.
• Rich Bitch: While not actively malicious unlike the Ace Trainers, Erika was quick to turn on Red during the events at the end of Week 4, despite her previous pleasantries. She was also the most vocally against his return to the battle team.
• Token Rich Student: While the students, other than Red and Sonia, have some wealth on them, Erika has by far the most money in comparison.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: She fits this trope to a T.

Misty

• An Ice Person: Specializes in Ice-types.
• Fiery Redhead: Fits aggressive nature and redhair perfectly.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Misty struggles and resents herself for this.
• Making a Splash: Also battles with Water-type Pokémon.
• Tsundere

Sabrina

• A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Sabrina is unable to shut off her mind-reading abilities and has become heavily cynical from years of being forced to listen to people's darkest thoughts and secrets. She also inadvertently broadcasts her telepathic thoughts under enough stress, something that the Ace students use this to their advantage during the student council elections to reveal Red's Frienergy to the student body, and everyone else's secrets are revealed in the process.
• Kuudere: She starts showing off the trait later into her level 2 scene.
• Psychic Powers: She has psychic abilities and uses Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Soul Power: Battles using Ghost-types.

Generation Two

Jasmine

• Curtains Match the Window: Her hair and eyes are the same color.
• Delicate and Sickly: Afflicted with an currently unknown illness.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Goes to Rock-type class.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Specializes in Steel-types as well
• Girlish Pigtails: Has two bunches standing straight up.

Silver

• Dark Is Not Evil: Battles with Dark-types.
• Evil Redhead: Subverted. Despite being the son of former Team Rocket leader Giovanni and having red hair, he is trying to help and redeem his father's former employees.
• Poisonous Person: Uses Poison-type Pokémon.

Tia

Venetia "Tia" Vongole/Latias

^{True Form} 

• Cute Mute: Excitable, hyperactive, and well-meaning, Tia has this in spades.
• Delightful Dragon: Tia is this once she turns off her disguise and reveals she is a Latias.
• Dragon Tamer: Uses Dragon-types and she herself is a Dragon-type.
• Feathered Dragons: In her true form, she is coated in fur-like feathers.
• Hand Signals: How she primarily communicates with others.
• In-Series Nickname: Goes by "Tia" instead of "Venetia."
• Italians Talk with Hands: By virtue of being from Alto Mare, an expy of Venice, and having to speak through sign language.
• Invisibility: Has the power to do exactly.
• Lie to the Beholder: Tia has this ability to disguise herself and uses it to disguise the fact she is a Latias and not a human.
• Master of Illusion: Her human form is an illusion while she herself is floating just above and behind it.
• Mistaken for Romance: Her quick attachment to Red was mistaken as a romantic interest by Leaf, but she is clarified to have no romantic feelings for him in Week 5 and reacts with disgust at the idea of a human and Pokémon having such relations.
• Psychic Powers: Uses Psychic-type Pokémon and has psychic powers as she is part Psychic-type.

Whitney

• Curtains Match the Window: Pink hair and pink eyes.
• Girlish Pigtails: She has two short spiked pigtails.
• Hand Signals: She learned sign language to hook up with a girl before the events of the game, and now uses that skill to chat with Tia.
• In-Series Nickname: A few folks, like Flannery and Red, calls her "Whit" then and there.
• Non-Elemental: Uses Normal-types Pokémon.
• Our Fairies Are Different: Battles using Fairy-types.
• Pink Means Feminine: Just look at her hair and eyes. Even her casual outfit has pink on it.

Generation Three

Brendan

• Green Thumb: Uses Grass-types.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Battles with Ground-types.
• Fitness Nut
• Friend to Bugs: Also uses Bug-types.

Flannery

• Curtains Match the Window: Her hair and eyes are the same red color.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Uses Ground-types.
• Fiery Redhead: Fits her morning personality to a T.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: She only grapples with this in mornings due to an unknown condition, being sociable and friendly later into the day.
• Playing with Fire: Specializes in Fire-types.

May

May Birch

• Bare-Fisted Monk: Utilizes Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Friend to Bugs: Battles with Bug-types.
• Playing with Fire: Uses Fire-types in battle.

Wally

• Delicate and Sickly: Has an unnamed illiness.

Generation Four

Dawn

• An Ice Person: Battles with Ice-types.
• Apologetic Attacker: Apologizes to Red for not throwing the fight in Week 5, but refuses to relent to the pressure of the Battle Team to give up.
• Curbstomp Battle: Delivers this to both Blue and Red in Week 5, only to unexpectedly lose to the latter when Pikachu unlocks his Liberization form. She is far from angry about this.
• Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes and hair match.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Dawn doesn't have very much she's passionate about in her life outside of her ice sculpting. She was notably pressured into attempting the Sinnoh Pokemon League and attending Kobukan Academy instead of out of a genuine desire.
• Dragon Tamer: Uses Dragon-types.
• Our Fairies Are Different: She is a Fairy-type user.
• Shrinking Violet: Dawn is cripplingly shy.
• Stronger Than They Look: Has a shockingly strong team with a high-level Mega Altaria, and almost became the champion of Sinnoh.
• The Muse: Red becomes one for her ice sculpting in her first Bond scene.

Gardenia

• Green Thumb: Fights with Grass-types.
• Self-Made Man: Similar to Red, she's one of the very few students to not come from a well-off background. She earns her riches through various financial schemes, though she's noted to suffer socially as a result due to being seen as greedy and aggressive about her money-making methods.
• Soul Power: Uses Ghost-types.

Generation Five

Bianca

• Calling the Old Man Out: Before the second round of the first Quarter Qlashes, Bianca is interviewed by Lisia and takes the opportunity to publicly rub in her father's face that his attempts to make her Stay in the Kitchen ultimately led to her going to Kobukan and becoming more independent.
• Dumb Blonde: Subverted. She may look the part but she is anything but dumb.
• Girlish Pigtails: Has two short ones that stand straight out to the sides.
• Non-Elemental: Battles with Normal-types.
• Psychic Powers: Fights her battles using Psychic-type Pokémon.

Cheren

• Dark Is Not Evil: Fights with Dark-types.
• My God, What Have I Done?: While he doesn't regret being suspicious of Red, he was very regretful of how chaotic the conference in Week 4 became.
• Non-Elemental: He is Normal-type user.
• 0% Approval Rating: He initially struggled gathering voters in the first several weeks. After the disastrous events of Week 4, he becomes vilified by the entire school and his appointment to the disciplinary committee is met with harsh outcry.

Hilbert

Hilbert von Schwarzdrachen

• An Ice Person: Uses Ice-types.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Also battles with Steel-types.
• Dark and Troubled Past: His parents were murdered when he was a young.
• Soul Power: He is a Ghost-type user.

Hilda

• Dishing Out Dirt: Fights with Rock-types.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Also uses Steel-types.
• Hair Antennae: Right there on top of her ponytail.
• Poisonous Person: She is a Poison-type user.
• Tomboyish Ponytail: Her large ponytail through the back of the baseball cap give that vibe.

Nate

• Extra-ore-dinary: Utilizes Steel-types.
• False Friend: Uses Ethan to try to get info on others.
• Poisonous Person: He is a Poison-type user.
• Pungeon Master: He really likes his puns.
• Shock and Awe: Uses Electric-type in battle.
• The Nicknamer: Gives folks a nickname that only consist of their initial letter of their first name but does allow for someone to change it but can only be made of, at most, three letters

Rosa

• Accidental Celebrity: This is what happened to Rosa in her backstory.
• Compulsive Liar: Rosa ends up becoming one in her backstory.
• Friend to Bugs: User of Bug-types.
• Girlish Pigtails: Has two long twin tails.
• Only in It for the Money: She very much likes the job as an actress for the fame, attention, and money
• Psychic Powers: Battles using Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Shock and Awe: Fights with Electric-types.

Skyla

• Ace Pilot: Has been flying solo since she was sixteen.
• Blow You Away: Uses Flying-types.
• Closet Geek: Skyla is a fan of "Pokémon Rangers", this world's version of Power Rangers, and does a bad job of hiding it.
• Didn't Think This Through: In her level 2 scene she follows two roughnecks to their alley hideout, only for Red to point out how, even if she beat them in battle and the others in the hideout didn't back them up, there isn't any way they wouldn't go free due to Skyla not having anything to tie them up with, no proof they really are criminals, and the fact that vigilantism is illegal.
• Heroic Wannabe: Skyla's long held dream to be a superhero is a major motivation for many of her actions:
  • The sole reason she learned to fly a plane was to transport supplies to the isolated Lentimas Town on the opposite side of the Unova region from her home despite having no prior connection to it.
• Making a Splash: Also uses Water-types.
• Redheads Are Uncool: She is a redhead who is a fond of her sentai shows.

Generation Six

Ace Trainers

Female Ace Trainer and Male Ace Trainer

• Brother–Sister Incest: Of the step-sibling variant and villainous kind.
• Epic Fail: They attempt to sully Red's reputation and Student Council "campaign" by spreading images of him cleaning up Inspira City's roads. Instead, they only boost his popularity even further.
• No Name Given: These two aren't really referred to by name outside of: "Ace Trainer F" and "Ace Trainer M" respectively.
• Evil Duo: These two are very much evil, and never seen without one another.
• Upper-Class Twit: These two constantly antagonizes Red.

Calem

• Bare-Fisted Monk: Fights with Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Blow You Away: Uses Flying-types.
• Our Fairies Are Different: He is a Fairy-type user.

Serena

Serena Umaoka

• Dark Is Not Evil: She is a Dark-type user.
• Accent Slip-Up: When angered, her country Kantonian accent will crop up instead of her Kalosian one.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Utilizes Ground-types.
• Gratuitous French: Serena will speak like that then and there.
• Playing with Fire: Battles with Fire-types.
• Zettai Ryouiki: Her casual outfit has this trait.

Generation Eight

Bea

• Bare-Fisted Monk: Battles with Fighting-types.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Utilizes Rock-types in Pokémon battles.

Nessa

• Dishing Out Dirt: Uses Rock-types.
• Making a Splash: Battles with Water-type Pokémon.

Sonia

• Shock and Awe: Uses Electric-types.

Generation Nine

Grusha

• An Ice Person: Specializes in Ice-types.
• Blow You Away: Also uses Flying-types.
• Career-Ending Injury: Got injured by a snowboard into the chest.
• Curtains Match the Window: His icy blue eyes and hair match.
• Excellent Judge of Character: Has an good sense of this.
• Gratuitous Spanish
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He looks quite androgynous.
• Scars Are Forever: Has one going from his chest up his neck and near his lips.

Kobukan Staff

Dean Drayden

• Papa Wolf: Protective of his daughter, Iris.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Genuinely looks out for his students and wishes the best of them. He convinced Cheren not to drop out of Kobukan Academy after Week 4, but still knows when to put his foot down by expelling the Ace Students due to their deliberate sabotage.

Professor Oak

Professor Samuel Oak

• Intergenerational Friendship: He has a friendly relationship with Red despite the large age gap, to the point Red casually refers to him by his first name.
• Workaholic: His dedication to his work leaves him with very little time for personal matters. He himself doesn't seem to mind this much. His family not so much.

Professor Cherry

Professor Kris Cherry

• Improbable Age: Despite not being much older than the students she teaches, Cherry has a doctorate and is a qualified professor at Kobukan Academy.

Bruno

Alder

Lenora

• Non-Elemental: She is the Normal-type teacher.

Blaine

• Playing with Fire: The teacher for the Fire-type class.

Wallace

• Making a Splash: The teacher for the Water-type class.

Ramos

• Green Thumb: The teacher for the Grass-type class.

Lt. Surge

Lieutenant Arnold Surge

• Drill Sergeant Nasty: Although now a teacher, Surge's time in the military has led to him treating his students like this. However, Rosa notes that she can tell he's putting on an act and he has his softer moments in his level up scenes and certain story moments.
• Shock and Awe: The teacher for the Electric-type class.

Melony

• An Ice Person: The teacher for the Ice-type class.

Marshal

• Bare-Fisted Monk: He is the Fighting-type teacher.

Koga

• Poisonous Person: The teacher for the Poison-type class.

Bertha

• Dishing Out Dirt: The teacher for the Ground-type class.

Winona

• Blow You Away: She is the Flying-type teacher for that class.

Will

• Psychic Powers: Has psychic abilities and is the Psychic-type teacher.

Burgh

• Friend to Bugs: The teacher for the Bug-type class.

Olivia

• Dishing Out Dirt: The teacher for the Rock-type class.

Fantina

• Gratuitous French
• Soul Power: The Ghost-type teacher.

Karen

• Combat Pragmatist: The teacher for the Dark-type class.
• Dark Is Not Evil: As per canon, Karen believes in trusting one's partner Pokemon first and foremost, scolding students who would think of team composition or a species' power.

Clair

• Dragon Tamer: The Dragon-type teacher

Byron

• Extra-ore-dinary: The teacher for the Steel-type class.

Valerie

• Combat Stilettos: Wears high-heel pumps
• Elegant Gothic Lolita: Her dress really gives off that vibe.
• Exotic Eye Designs: She has large pupil-less irises.
• Of Corsets Sexy: Wears one on top of her dress.
• Our Fairies Are Different: The teacher for the Fairy-type class.
• Pink Means Feminine: Her dress is prodominately pink.
• Proper Tights with a Skirt: In addition to that, she is even wearing thigh-high stockings.
• The Fashionista: She is a fashion designer.

Professional Trainers

Lance

• Adaptational Jerkass : In the original games Lance is shown as a good role model for Silver and someone who brings justice. In PAL:F he is in opposition to Red who he deems privileged and lucky.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: Lance's main strategy in battle is to unleash as much power as possible to overwhelm the opponent.
• Determinator: Never gave up his quest to become Champion of Kanto, then Johto, despite failing to do so dozens of times each. He is now aiming for the title of World Champion with as much persistence.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Lance has a soft spot for Janine, of whom he considers himself akin to her uncle. His main objective as advisor of the Battle Team is to help her achieve her own dreams.
• No Hero to His Valet: Red and his dormmates thought of him as a swell man before getting to meet him personally and he is in actuality a rather callous individual.

Janine

Iris

Iris Blanc

• Child Prodigy: Left all of Unova baffled by defeating the Elite Four and reigning champion at the time with her all-dragon team at the ripe age of 12.
• Dragon Tamer: A dragon specialist, a prodigy one at that.

Others

Red's Mom

Mrs. Sugimori

• Good Parents: Despite their family troubles with poverty and the loss of Red's father, she's been nothing but a loving and supportive parent to Red.
• Struggling Single Mother: After her husband's death, she was left to raise Red alone with very little money to her name. This resulted in troubled times where they had to resort to skipping meals.
• Teen Pregnancy: She had Red at 16 years old.

Roxanne

• Girlish Pigtails: Has two long twin tails.
• Proper Tights with a Skirt
• Red Armband of Leadership: Roxanne wears this to show she is the head of the Student Council.
• Student Council President: Her role is this in this setting.

Brawly

• Fitness Nut

Falkner

• Pretty Boy
• Troll: Pairs up Red in Blue's new dorm on purpose, despite knowing of their mutual distaste of each other. He is even smirking as he assigns Red and Ethan their new dorm number.