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Pokémon Adventures Character Index
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Characters appearing in the long-running manga, Pokémon Adventures. This page contains characters appearing in the Red, Green & Blue, Yellow and FireRed & LeafGreen chapter.

Dex Holders

Red

Red

The Battler/Fighter

"Me? I am Red! A Pokédex Owner from Pallet Town! A 'Fighter'!"

The first protagonist of the series. He starts out as a bit of an overconfident local hotshot who starts out thinking he's the best. It only takes a quick defeat from Mew to break this mentality and he considers learning and going to Professor Oak where he starts his quest. His first Pokémon is a Poliwag named Poli, while his starter is a Bulbasaur named Saur.

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• Accidental Pervert: When he saw Sabrina naked.
• The Ace: By Yellow he becomes a master of Pokémon Battling, to the point that the Elite Four had to make sure he was out of the way before they could start their plans.
• Always Someone Better: Gold all but hero worships him because of his skills and Sapphire considers her ultimate goal to be as badass as he is.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: He was able to determine Bulbasaur was capable of using Solar Beam because it's a plant. This impressed (and amused) Oak enough to give him a Pokédex.
• Anime Hair: In contrast to pretty much every other version of Red, he has spiky improbable hair. It even flares up under the visor of his cap.
• Badass Biker: In the grand tradition of Pokémon protagonists...
• Badass in Distress: Yellow is kicked off by him going missing.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Vee, Mewtwo and Deoxys all befriended him and are loyal to him because of his beliefs towards caring for Pokémon.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Not quite noticeable because he’s normally such a mellow guy, but not a guy you want to anger. Just ask Giovanni and Team Rocket.
• Big Brother Mentor: To Gold. It's strongly hinted that he became this when both of them went to Mt. Silver.
• Big Good: Many of the other Dex holders look up to him.
• Blood Knight: Minor version. What he likes most of all is a good fight, but he isn't sadistic or bloodthirsty.
• Break the Haughty: Downplayed since he was just overconfident, but it takes a single defeat by Mew in the first chapter of the series for this to happen.
• The Bus Came Back: He (along with Green) returns in the ORAS chapter, to help the Hoenn Dex Holders stop the meteor threatening to destroy the world.
• Character Development: Goes from being a Hot-Blooded braggart, to being a sensible and intuitive ace.
• Characterization Marches On: During the first arc, Red was rather girl-crazy and regularly flirted around, like Gold. Later arcs excise this part of his personality. Gold inherits it from him, and keeps it.
• Chick Magnet: A good number of women show affection and endearment to him, including Yellow, Misty, Green, and even Sabrina in later arcs. Of course, Red notices none of it (except for a couple of weird moments in the first chapter).
• Deadpan Snarker: Occasionally, especially in the early arcs.
• Demoted to Extra: In Yellow and the first Johto arc due to being frozen and contracting frostbite. He takes the spotlight again in the FRLG chapter.
• The Determinator: During the latter half of FireRed and LeafGreen, once he's gotten over his Heroic BSoD, he's such a determinator it freaks Deoxys out.
  Deoxys: What are you? You got hurt. You were driven to the edge. But you never give up. You keep moving forward. What are you?!
• Dressing as the Enemy: He disguised himself as a Team Rocket grunt to get some info.
• Flung Clothing:
  • Green pulled off the Team Rocket disguise. (Luckily, he was wearing his typical attire underneath) Red was also pretty much stripped over the finale of FireRed and LeafGreen. (But his shirt was needed to keep the steering mechanism of the Rocket airship upright, so, justifiable.)
  • There was also the time when he suddenly pulled off his clothes in Red and Blue and jumped into the water in order to convince Blue's Pokémon to relax, and when he went into the hot springs as well.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: A combination of Sanguine and Choleric.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Battler, his specialty is trainer battles. He is one of the most renown trainers in the world and is able to think up strategies on the fly.
• Harmless Freezing: Subverted. While he survives being frozen for 2 weeks, he contracts frostbite when he's freed and has to go to the hot springs in Mt. Silver to get it healed.
• The Hero: The main protagonist of the RGB and FRLG arcs, and a legendary figure in the Yellow, GSC, RS and Emerald chapters. He was instrumental in defeating Team Rocket multiple times, and the conflicts with the Elite 4 and Mask of Ice.
• He's Back!: After being absent for most of Yellow, he returns for the final battle against the Elite Four.
• Hot Springs Episode: He and Sabrina bathe together in the hot springs at Mt. Silver during Gold and Silver. Justified since the hot spring had healing properties that would cure them of the wounds inflicted by Lolerei's attempts to freeze them in Yellow.
• Human Popsicle: He's frozen by Lorelei at the beginning of Yellow.
• Indy Ploy: Red's specialty, coming up with unusual plans on the fly to win his fights.
• Invisible Parents: He is the only Dexholder with no known family. He actually lampshades this during FireRed and LeafGreen, pointing out that he doesn't have any family to fight for.
• Kid Hero: He's only 11 at the start of the series.
• The Leader: Type IV/II hybrid of the Kanto Dex holders, and the Dex holders as a whole when they come together.
• Living Legend: Due to besting the other Gym Leaders and winning the Indigo Plateau, as well as thwarting Team Rocket before he was even a teenager, he and the other Dex Holders become famous, though most is directed towards him.
• Love Triangle: He is unknowingly in one with Misty and Yellow. Both girls have feelings for him, while he is uncomfortable with the whole thing.
• Made of Iron: He survives being poisoned, attacked by Pokémon directly, and being frozen for 2 weeks.
• Magnetic Hero: This kid can make friends with almost everyone, and even those he does not make friends with consider him a respectable Worthy Opponent.
• Minor Living Alone: Having no known parents, he's been only living with Poli ever since he was a child.
• Mr. Fanservice: Once he hits his teens, especially with that Shirtless Scene in the FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Mythology Gag: When he returns from Mt. Silver, he has his Snorlax, Espeon and Venusaur with him, plus his friends' starters, just like in the games.
• Nice Guy:
  • He forgives Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and Koga despite all the cruel things they did in Red and Blue.
  • He accepted Deoxys pretty fast despite the fact it nearly killed all his Pokémon.
  • Lorelei who was the one who encased Red in ice, giving him severe frostbite that had long-term consequences. The next time they meet up a few years later, he doesn't even mention it and appears to have forgiven her.
• Never Bareheaded: Red's baseball hat almost never comes off. He even swam and bathed in the hot springs with it on. Plus it never came off during all the training and aerial fighting he did in FireRed and LeafGreen. To top it off, even when his jacket and shirt had already come off, his hat was still there till the last moment.
• Oblivious to Love: At first, he doesn't seem to realize that both Yellow and Misty have crushes on him. By the end of the Gold, Silver, Crystal arc, he seems to have caught on and feels uncomfortable about resolving it until Gold gave him a way out.
  • He could be not so oblivious, at least where Green is concerned.
• Older Than They Look: He's about 20 years old by the time he returns to the series in the ORAS arc, but he looks no different compared to his last non-cameo appearance in the Emerald arc, where he was 16 at the time.
• Personality Swap: His and Blue's Pokémon in Red and Blue due to accidentally swapping them and having their personalities rub off.
• Shirtless Scene: He gets one at the very end of FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Significant Birth Date: His birthday is August 8th, the same day as when the first volume of Pokémon Adventures was released.
• Sleeves Are for Wimps: Since he dumped his jacket in FireRed and LeafGreen. Also at the start of said arc, he was walking around without the jacket.
• Smarter Than You Look: Oak, Blue, Misty and Green, and several members of Team Rocket all look down on Red for his arrogant personality at the beginning of his career. But even then he consistently impresses them with just how both caring he is towards Pokémon, and how complexly layered and super effective his Indy Ploys can be. As he goes along he learns to be more humble about his talent, and more thoughtful in putting together his strategies. He also surprised Green by seeing through her tricks the second time she tried to deceive him.
• Spirited Competitor: Loves a good fight against strong opponents, and refuses to beat someone when they're down.
• Stock Shōnen Hero: He starts off with many elements of this trope, from his spiky haired design and outwards hotblooded-dumbness only to shock others with his overwhelming natural talent for Pokémon, and strong sense of justice. At the very end of the RGB arc, however, he's started to mellow and think more critically, and continues losing most of the vices of this trope throughout the rest of the manga.
• Take Up My Sword: After Red disappeared, Yellow used his Pikachu and Pokédex.
• Taking You with Me: In FireRed and LeafGreen, at the end of the Mewtwo vs. Deoxys battle, while Deoxys was grabbing Red, Red insisted that Mewtwo fire the final shot even though he knew that the attack might literally go through him.
• We Can Rule Together: Twice offered to Red from Giovanni in Red and Blue and The Elite Four in Yellow.
• Worf Had the Flu: Still in bad shape after being frozen by Lorelei, Red has to step down from the Viridian Gym leader's position, and, consequently, was out of action for most of Gold, Silver, and Crystal in order to recuperate.
• Worthy Opponent: The top members of Team Rocket (Giovanni, Sabrina, Surge) and The Elite Four (Especially Bruno) consider him this.
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: As shown in the 1st volume when Misty hits him and he doesn't hit back.

Red's Pokémon

Poli (Nyoro)

Red's first Pokémon that he obtained when it was only a Poliwag. Sometime before the series began, he evolved into a Poliwhirl to save a drowning Red. He evolved into a Poliwrath to rescue Red from drowning once more after his Trainer was sent into the water by Lt. Surge.

• Author Appeal: Series creator Satoshi Taijiri has said that his favorite Pokémon is a Poliwhirl.
• Kill It with Ice: Knows Ice Beam.

Saur (Fusshi)

Red's "starter" Pokémon that was given to him from Professor Oak after proving that he could bond and fight with it. He is a gentle and loyal creature but a powerful and versatile one as well.

• No-Sell: As a Grass-type, Water attacks don't really do anything to it. Gyara once used Hydro Pump on it... and Saur just treated it like a shower, merrily whistling away to himself.
• Petal Power: Once it evolves.
• Super Mode: The ORAS chapter revealed that Red has the ability to make him Mega Evolve.
• Wave-Motion Gun: Solar Beam.

Pika

A mischievous and initially stubborn Pikachu Red caught in Pewter City, Pika is one of Red's most used Pokémon.

• Cute Little Fangs: Shows this element in the Yellow arc.
• Expy: His initial disobedience and lack of evolving makes him one to Ash's Pikachu, though the two actually came out at around the same time.
• Official Couple: With Chuchu. They even have a baby Pichu that's just as badass as both of them.
• Papa Wolf: When a Poliwrath and Venusaur kidnap his son, he forgoes Red's strategy to get him back.
• Poisonous Person: Knows Toxic, which badly poisons the target.
• Shout-Out: To Surfing Pikachu, a TCG and special event Pikachu that could Surf. It explains the power by using the energy typically used to make a Substitute and molding it into a water repelling disc of energy you can stand on.
• Swiss-Army Superpower: Substitute creates an electromagnetic copy of Pika. Aside from the obvious use of dodging, the clone can be used as an invisible scout that can phase through barriers, and because it reverses magnetic polarity (somehow) it can also be used on a surfboard or any piece of wood to make it SURF.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Gradually stops shocking Red whenever he feels like it, and eventually becomes much more good-natured towards him, to the point of Undying Loyalty.
• Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Suffers this in the Yellow arc.
• Troll: Pika likes to act friendly in front of certain people before shocking them. The most notable example is resident Butt-Monkey Bill, who still gets shocks years later.

Snor/Lax (Gon)

A Snorlax that Red caught after the bike-riding race, Snor is a major powerhouse on Red's team.

• Acquired Poison Immunity: Has the Immunity ability.
• Big Eater: Much to Red's dismay when he first caught Snor, since he'd just won a cycling competition, and had to spend all the prize money on feeding his newly caught Pokémon. Apparently, all his winnings from being Champion go into feeding Snor, which is why Red isn't rich despite his position.
• Eyes Always Shut: Given his species' hat, this is somewhat of a given.
• Heavy Sleeper: Indeed, it's how Red first found him, what with Snor having decided to take a nap on the cycling path Red was on.
• Official Couple: With Emerald's Snorlax after Heart Gold and Soul Silver.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. In the Chaung Yi translation, it shares its name with Emerald's Snorlax.
• Stout Strength: He's a badass through and through, and also pretty darn rotund.

Vee (Vui)

Once a genetically-tampered Eevee that could evolve and de-evolve into any of the first three Eeveelutions, Vee is now permanently an Espeon, showing its love and trust towards his trainer.

• Demoted to Extra: In the Red, Green, & Blue arc, after two chapters were centered around it, it disappeared for a while, made a brief appearance at Seafoam Islands, and was pretty much forgotten about for the rest of the arc when Red got Aerodactyl.
• Elemental Powers: Due to his former ability to evolve between multiple forms and back, he had a variety of these.
  • Making a Splash: Water-type as a Vaporeon.
  • Non-Elemental: Normal-type as an Eevee.
  • Playing with Fire: Fire-type as a Flareon.
  • Psychic Powers: Psychic-type as an Espeon, and now its permanent form.
  • Shock and Awe: Electric-type as a Jolteon.
• Invisibility: Knew Acid Armor as a Vaporeon.
• Sixth Ranger: Vee subs in on Red's team during the Yellow Arc when Red gets separated from Pikachu, and does so once again in the third chapter. He's generally a secondary member due to Red already having a dedicated six-man team.
• Unstable Genetic Code: Allowing it to freely change between forms.

Gyara

Originally Misty's Gyarados who was experimented on by Team Rocket, this Pokémon has since been given to Red and serves as a means of transport through water as well as boasting powerful attacks.

• Blow You Away: Flying is his secondary type. Ironically, he knows no Flying moves.
• Face of a Thug: Red's Pokémon are initially incredibly scared of Gyara, and for good reason, as it looks horrifying and when they first saw it it was brainwashed and trying to kill them. In truth... Well, see Gentle Giant. They warm up to it eventually. Justified, as it has the Intimidate ability.
• Gentle Giant: Gyarados' Pokédex entries emphasize its destructive rampages when they get angry. Gyara spends most of his time chasing birds and derping around at everything.
• Trauma Button: After seeing Team Rocket again due to undergoing previous experiments from them.

Aero (Pte)

A Pokémon that Red revived from an Old Amber that he got from Giovanni. After being revived, Aero serves as Red's mode of aerial transport.

• Dinosaurs Are Dragons: Knows Dragon Claw.
• Flight: Aero is Red's primary long-distance form of travel.
• Fossil Revival: Was revived from DNA preserved in Old Amber.
• Hard Head: Has Rock Head as his ability.
• Prehistoric Monster: Being a prehistoric predator revived in modern times.
• Wave-Motion Gun: Using Hyper Beam.

Blue

Blue Oak (Green Okido)

The Trainer

"Trainers must train and sharpen their own senses, and be as one with the Pokémon in a battle."

He is Professor Oak's grandson and is Red's rival and best friend.

His first Pokémon is a Scyther, while his starter is a Charmander. The current Viridian City Gym Leader. Does not nickname his Pokémon.

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• Adaptational Heroism: While not a villain in the games, Blue only exists as an opponent for Red to defeat and doesn't show concern with anything else, most blatantly when Team Rocket has taken over Siph Co. Blue only shows up to battle Red and then leaves. The manga instead sees him help Red against Team Rocket and become an ally for the remainder of the series.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Blue isn't as arrogant as his video game and anime counterparts; in fact, he didn't complain after losing to Red in the Indigo Plateau.
• Adaptational Personality Change: In the games, he's Red's childhood-friend-turned-rival, and a Jerkass braggart. Here he's a stoic Stock Shōnen Rival who's well aware of his current limits, and the two had never met before the story began.
• Anime Hair: The biggest and spikiest of the Dex Holders.
• Badass Cape: Sports one in the Yellow and XY arcs.
• Best Friend: With Red after Blue's Character Development.
• The Bus Came Back: He returns in the XY chapter.
• Characterization Marches On: In the first few chapters he acted very much like his counterpart from the games and his anime counterpart Gary from the first season. This changed by the time he appeared in Pokémon Tower and he became a more serious character and even ends up becoming best friends with Red over the years while still remaining rivals (Somewhat lampshaded by Red: "You're not your old obnoxious self again...you're worse!)
• Chick Magnet: Blue seems to be rather popular, judging from an instance where Red was mistaken for Blue.
• The Comically Serious: On occasion, especially when training Yellow.
• Dub Name Change: His and Green's names were switched in the English translation.
• Dragon Rider: Charizard's not a Dragon-type, but it evokes the imagery.
• Early-Bird Cameo: His Pokémon know 2nd generation attacks, taught to them by Chuck.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: A combination of Melancholic and Phlegmatic.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Trainer, his specialty is Level Grinding, or wild battles. Shown in how he whipped Red's team into shape after accidentally trading with him, and again in how quickly he trained a second team to take after his Gym even when he's not around.
• Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: He does this to Red after Red loses to Deoxys.
• Hard Work Hardly Works: Inverted, training Pokémon is his specialty, and he's on par with Red.
• Heroic Build: Suggested by Word of God as having one due to his training with Chuck, despite looking no different from Red and the other male Dex holders physically. However, this fact has yet to be seen on page.
• Invisible Parents: At least, he has his grandfather and sister.
• Jerkass: He started the series as one.
• The Lancer: Red's foil and roughly equal in power. He's a stoic type who thinks primarily about efficiency and power in battle. Though as Red's traits rub off on him, he becomes more compassionate and willing to take unplanned risks.
• Only Sane Man: Among two crowds. Between Red, Green and Yellow, he's the most normal one. Among the Fire Starter Dex Holders, he's also the only normal one, between Gold, Sapphire, Pearl, and Black.
• Parents in Distress: In both the Red and Blue and Fire Red and Leaf Green arcs, Professor Oak is taken into some kind of captivity.
• Personality Swap: When his and Red's Pokémon get swapped out on accident in a chapter of Red and Blue, they temporarily start acting like the trainer they've been swapped to.
• The Rival: To Red in the first saga. He is actually the straightest one among all the rivals.
• Shipper on Deck: If he doesn't ship Bill with his sister, he is at least fine with it.
• The Stoic: He's generally the most down to earth and serious of the team.
• Surpassed the Teacher: Becomes the case when he wins against Chuck in the exhibition tournament.
• Training from Hell: Likely inherited from undergoing such with his master Chuck. This is also his specialty as a trainer. It was on display at least twice, when he created a strict training regiment for Red's Pokémon during their swap, and when he caught a bunch of wild Pokémon and seemingly instantly trained them to be his team for Gym Leader challengers. They're even trained to the point that they can run the gym and accept challenges even when he's away on other business.
• Tsurime Eyes: He's certainly got 'em.
• Vague Age: He is last known to be 16 by the events of the Emerald arc; his age as of his return to the series in the XY arc is unclear. He's known to be in the same age range as Red and Green, though it's not known how much time has passed in between the Emerald and XY arcs.
• Would Hit a Girl: Towards the beginning of the FRLG arc, to Kimberly. Also his battles with Agatha.

Blue's Pokémon

Charizard

The Pokémon that Blue obtained from his grandfather as a Charmander.

• Flight: Serves as Blue's flight transportation.
• Super Mode: As of X and Y, he can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard Y.

Porygon2

A Pokémon that Blue won at the Game Corner as a Porygon. Initially disobedient, but became loyal after Red and Blue accidentally switched Pokémon.

• Virtual Ghost: Capable of travelling through cyberspace.

Scizor

Blue's first Pokémon, initially debuting as a Scyther in the Red, Blue, and Green chapter

• Adaptational Badass: Interestingly, Blue's Scizor is shown to be capable of flight, despite its in-game Pokédex entries stating that the species is incapable of such an act and their wings being used to regulate their body temperature.

Machamp

A Pokémon that Blue has owned since it was a Machoke. He evolved into a Machamp after Red and Blue accidentally switched Pokémon.

• Socialization Bonus: To illustrate the ingame mechanic of only evolving when traded, Machoke only evolved into Machamp after spending two days with Red.
• Wrestler in All of Us: Especially since Blue trained with Chuck.

Golduck

A Pokémon that was revealed when Red and Blue accidentally switched Pokémon. Serves as Blue's water transportation.

• Extra-ore-dinary: Knows Iron Tail.
• Psychic Powers: Knows Confusion.
• Wave-Motion Gun: Using Hyper Beam, which can be done underwater even.

Rhyperior

A Pokémon that Blue caught during the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc as a Rhydon. During HeartGold and SoulSilver, Blue temporarily traded it to Silver to replace his missing Ursaring; and it evolved to Rhyperior in the process.

• Arm Cannon: As a Rhyperior.
• Rhino Rampage: It gets a particular one when it holds the Earth Plate (which happened when Silver had it).

Pidgeot, Ninetales, Arcanine, Alakazam, and Exeggutor

Blue's backup team. Pidgeot was part of his main team in Red/Green/Blue and Yellow, but was later replaced by Rhydon. Ninetales was caught when Red and Blue accidentally switched Pokémon, and Blue used it during the League finals. The rest were caught alongside Rhydon when Blue became the Viridian Gym Leader. FireRed and LeafGreen shows that Blue entrusts the Gym to them when he's away.

• Continuity Nod: Their reappearance in FRLG acknowledges that he still trains them, even though they're not on his main team.
• Mythology Gag: Arcanine, Alakazam, and Exeggutor, along with the Rhydon caught at the same time, were included as nods to the team he uses in the original Red and Blue and Gold and Silver games. (The other two he uses in the games besides starters are Pidgeot, who he already had, and Gyarados, who in Adventures is owned by Red instead.)

Green

Green (Blue)

The Evolver

"I can fool more than silly boys!"

^{Click here to see Green's pre-FireRed and LeafGreen outfit}

She's initially a sneaky thief that just seems to care for money. She is aware of her attractiveness, and uses this to her advantage in her cons. That said, she is actually quite competent and can defend herself via Pokémon and or by tricks. Her first Pokémon is a Jigglypuff, while her starter is a Squirtle named Blasty.

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• Anti-Hero: A Nominal Hero at first, but develops into a Disney Anti-Hero overtime.
• The Bus Came Back: She returns in the ORAS chapter alongside Red, to help the Hoenn Dex holders stop a meteorite threatening to destroy the world.
• The Cameo: She appears in the final chapter of the B2W2 arc, in the International Police Headquarters. Her head is covered by a speech bubble, but she can be recognized by her black dress.
• Canon Foreigner: Sort of. She was planned to be in the original Red and Blue games, but was cut and the manga character was instead based on concept art. Her inclusion in the FireRed and LeafGreen and Let's Go! games have since addressed this.
• Character Development: Eventually grows almost completely out of jerkassery, though she is still fond of light teasing.
• Classy Cat-Burglar: During Red and Blue, likely due to her criminal background with the Masked Man. She's mostly grown out of it by the time of FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Composite Character: Her first appearance in the GSC arc is marked by disguising as a guy that could teleport the player back to their hometown in-game.
• Cool Big Sis: To Silver and Yellow.
• Costume Evolution: In the earlier chapters of the manga, she originally wore a simple black dress with white gloves, matching Ken Sugimori's original design of the unnamed female trainer present in early promotional art of Red, Green and Blue. Beginning with the FireRed and LeafGreen arc, however, she would switch to wearing her game counterpart's outfit from FireRed and LeafGreen after she had received it as a gift from Silver early on.
• Crazy-Prepared: Green' battles are made of this trope. Sabrina can come after you with hallucinations of your past? No problem. Lorelei's capable of freezing people? Alreadly thought of.
• Dark and Troubled Past: She and Silver were kidnapped by the Masked Man at a young age and forced to work for him.
• Dub Name Change: Her and Blue's names were switched in the English translation.
• Dressing as the Enemy: She disguises herself as Sabrina in Red and Blue.
• Evolution Powerup: Her specialty, having knowledge of when and how to use evolution. She was specifically trained for this by the Masked Man.
• Face Your Fears: When she confronts Will and Karen in Ilex Forest, they intimidate her with Lugia and Ho-Oh, the latter being the cause of her fear of birds in the first place. However, Green reveals that she's already overcome her fears, when she reveals her new Pokémon, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres. The reason for her absence for most of the arc is actually because of this trope.
• Fille Fatale: She uses her sex appeal to get what she wants. She flirted with Red and stole his stuff when they first met. She also told Yellow to disguise herself as a boy until she understood how to use her real gender as a weapon. However, upon growing up, she didn't become a Femme Fatale.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic with a dash of Melancholic.
• Gadgeteer Genius: A downplayed trait, but she did design and build the Bubble Mic and Silph Scope entirely by herself, which she later patented and sold.
• Gambit Roulette: Against Lorelei. Sabrina wasn't happy.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Evolver, her specialty is inducing evolution, shown through having a stone evolution heavy team.
• Genki Girl: Very peppy and mischievous at the best of times. Try not to be fooled.
• Guile Heroine: Once she's unquestionably become one of the good guys, she still fights dirty.
• Head-Turning Beauty: Her attractiveness is constantly called attention to. Red is initially seduced and tricked by how cute she is when they first meet. She's able to distract Sabrina during their battle by making her jealous of her body. When she shows up in the GSC arc, Gold immediately drops what he's doing, pats her, and asks, "Who's this sexy lady?" much to everyone's embarrassment (and Silver's dismay).
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Was prone to and very fond of manipulating people to the point that she could easily be mistaken as one of the villains, but definitely had moral standards. She remains mischievous, but mostly grows out of her thieving once she makes friends with the main cast and has no more reason to steal.
• Killer Rabbit: Invoked with her team, which she refrained from evolving until the FRLG saga, allegedly to lull her opponents into a sense of security.
• Little Black Dress: Wears one from her introduction through to the beginning of FRLG.
• Little Miss Con Artist: She's introduced hocking counterfeit items to Red and stealing his gym badges. She later pulls a few cons on Team Rocket,
• Magic Skirt: No matter what situation she’s in you’ll somehow never see up her skirt.
• Master of Disguise: Her Ditto can double as a mask or even a fake arm.
• Mission Control: Plays this role for Yellow and Silver during Yellow and GSC arcs respectively.
• Noblewoman's Laugh: Whenever Green says something that will make Blue comment what a pesky girl she is.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: She overcame her fear of birds by catching Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres so she could fight the Masked Man.
• Older Than They Look: She's about 20 years old by the time she returns to the series in the ORAS arc, but she looks no different compared to her last non-cameo appearance in the Emerald arc, where she was 17 at the time.
• Parents in Distress: In the FRLG arc.
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: She is aware of her body and uses it to distract and fool Sabrina.
• Ship Tease: With Red, Blue, and Silver.
• Signature Headgear: Gets a white and red bucket hat as part of her new ensemble from Silver in FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Snake Oil Salesman: It's one way she managed to get by in life.
• Stealth Mentor: To Yellow; she is the one who got to go on her quest to start with. Downplayed though, as she started out teaching Yellow basic battle skills.
• Targeted to Hurt the Hero: This was why she was attacked by Organism No. 1 and had her parents kidnapped by it, to provoke Red so that Organism No. 2 would subsequently respond to his rage.
• Troll: Enjoys messing around with others' feelings and deceiving them. The infamous "Poké Balls chest" trick comes to mind.
• Victoria's Secret Compartment: Poké Balls as breasts, loaded with Jigglypuff and Clefairy. Poor Sabrina.
• Weak, but Skilled: While Green isn't really weak, her Pokémon's levels are considerably lower than Red's and Blue's. However, all her major victories were due to clever tricks and strategies, so she doesn't have to spend all her free time training and battling.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Called out by Sabrina, her ally at the time, for her deception of her during the battle with Lorelei. Green attempts a justification ("You can't fool your enemies if you don't fool your friends!"), but Sabrina doesn't buy it.
• White Gloves: She made a pair for herself and a black version for Silver to keep their hands warm while they were under the Masked Man's "care". She no longer wears them as of FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Starts off the story with a crippling fear of bird Pokémon due to the fact that she was drafted into the Masked Man's service after being kidnapped by Ho-oh. She got better.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: In one of her early chapters, she uses her saliva to make it look like tears. Red doesn't fall for it.

Green's Pokémon

Jiggly (Puriri)

A Wigglytuff that Green has owned since she was a small child.

• Lunacy: Positive example, as she evolves via a Moon Stone.

Blasty (Kame-chan)

A Blastoise that Green stole from Professor Oak when it was just a Squirtle.

• Jetpack: Serves as Green's flight transportation by using his cannons to propel water.
• Super Mode: As of the ORAS chapter, he has access to Mega Evolution.
• Weaponized Animal: And flight-capable to boot with said cannons.

Ditty (Meta-chan)

A Ditto that Green uses to disguise herself.

• Ditto Fighter: Obviously, though in this series it has a variety of uses.
• Voluntary Shapeshifter: It changes into Pokémon as well as tools like keys.

Clefy (Pikkun)

A Clefable that Green has owned since it was a Clefairy.

• Lunacy: Evolves via a Moon Stone.

Nido/Nidory (Nido-chan)

A Nidoqueen that Green has owned since she was a Nidoran.

• Lunacy: She evolves with a Moon Stone.

Bull

A Granbull that Green has owned since it was a Snubbull. Was once traded to Silver for his Horsea and then back.

• Punny Name / Lost in Translation: In the original Japanese version, Green's Granbull is nicknamed "ブルー (Bull)". The pun here is that Green's name in Japan is "Blue" and written in katakana exactly the same as "Bull". The only reason that we know that it even has a nickname is from Netkun and the fact that Green calls her Granbull "Bull" even after evolving. This was either not caught by translators or discarded due to Green's name change, and all official English translations refer to Bull by its species name.

Yellow

Yellow

The Healer

"Humans and Pokémon can live together! I know it!"

The first main character in the manga not to be based on a game protagonist, Yellow was saved by Red when she was a kid, and learned about the beauty of Pokémon from him. She later nursed him back to health after his battle with Giovanni and, after he accepted her request to be a Gym Leader, promised that she would wait for him. She later appears in her own individual arc on a quest to find Red, who has mysteriously gone missing (though you don't know it's her, or even that she IS a her until the end), and ends up defeating Lance. Her first Pokémon was a Rattata nicknamed Ratty she caught with Red's help. Her "starter" then was Red's Pikachu, Pika, and her "starter" now is her own Pikachu, Chuchu.

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• Achilles' Heel: Using her powers too much will make her tired and cause her to go to sleep immediately.
• All Love Is Unrequited: Similar to Misty, Red remains oblivious to her crush.
• Badass Adorable: Kind hearted and demure, but push her to the edge and she'll show you why she's a Dex Holder.
• Badass Pacifist: She doesn't like hurting Pokémon, preferring instead to run away or force a stalemate, both things she's VERY capable of manipulating. If you actually drive her to seriously need to fight, you have a very big problem.
• Betty and Veronica: Betty to Misty's Veronica and Red's Archie, bonus points for having blonde hair. Best seen in chapter 180, when she becomes nervous when Red starts talking to Misty on Erika's Pokégear.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Yellow is probably the most pacifistic and sweet-tempered of the Dex Holders. She dislikes battling so much that she'd rather render her enemies immobile instead of even hurting them, or just plain run away. However she knows when to get serious; threaten the Viridian Forest or try to Kill All Humans, and the gloves are off.
• Bifauxnen: She conceals her gender by wearing a huge straw hat that hides her ponytail. It's only revealed later in her arc that she is, in fact, female.
• Canon Foreigner: She doesn't have a game counterpart and was created for this series.
• Chekhov's Gun: The hat was given to Yellow by Green has the Rainbow and Silver Wings hidden in the feather decoration that are worn on it.
• Chekhov's Gunman: She actually appears for the first time near the end of Red and Blue (when Red catches her Rattata for her, mentioned above), five chapters before her own arc begins.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Downplayed. Outside of a brief reference in Heart Gold & Soul Silver, she hasn't appeared in the actual narrative since the conclusion of the Emerald. She's still shown via promotional material such as the group photo depicting all of the Dex Holders up to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, but her whereabouts in the actual story are an unknown.
• Compressed Hair: Her hair is pretty long yet fits in her hat without a problem.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Word of God states that Yellow was specifically designed to be different from Red in every aspect, as seen by her poor battling and capturing skill early on in the arc, not to mention her modest team compared to Red's.
• The Dreaded: To Lance. The only reason Petrel managed to get the drop on him is because he exploited Lance's fear of her.
• Everyone Can See It: Everyone knows of her crush on Red, except, of course, Red. By the end of GSC though, he MIGHT be aware.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine with a dash of Supine.
• Foreshadowing: The first hint that she's the girl Red saved is that her first Pokémon was apparently her Rattata. It becomes even more obvious later on when, while surfing towards Cinnabar, she flashbacks to the exact lesson he taught her (IE taking care of Pokémon).
• Friend to All Living Things: Loves both people and Pokémon, and tries her best not to hurt either of them.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Healer, her specialty is HP recovery, though it's done through a psychic link rather than items. Her Pokédex also has a means of measuring Pikachu's emotional state, showing the beginnings of happiness.
• Guile Hero: You have to be good at thinking on your feet if you pit a Raticate against a Dragonite and last ten seconds, let alone actually win.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She's blonde, pacifistic, one of the nicest characters in the series, and her powers and title are based around healing.
• Hammerspace: That pouch can hold her sketchbook and fishing rod without them being seen. At times it looks like she just pulls them out of her back.
• Healing Hands: Gifted with the powers of the Viridian Forest, Yellow has a special ability that allows her to completely heal wounded Pokémon. And all she has to do is touch them or be near them. Though the latter is showcased more often with Lance, who has the same powers as her but is more competent with them. Though it can be debated on whether it counts as canon, the cover on the official calendar shows her healing another human being (specifically Sun).
• Heavy Sleeper: Overusing her powers will force her to fall into a deep sleep, no matter how inopportune the situation. Worst situation of all was when she was inside the out-of-control Team Rocket airship.
• Home Field Advantage: Yellow's already competent as a trainer on a regular day. Fight her in the Viridian Forest, and you're going to have a VERY bad day.
• I Will Wait for You: Her promise to Red, essentially. It isn't specifically romantic (Him becoming a gym leader), but she DOES love him...
• Japanese Politeness: Being the Betty of the dexholders, she's formal around everyone except for Pokémon.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: Her gender reveal is treated as a huge deal in Yellow, but later chapters don't bother trying to hide it.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Yellow should be easy to beat in a battle, right? Her Pokémon are weaklings, she hates fighting...HOLY SHOOT HER POKÉMON'S LEVELS JUST JUMPED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE EIGHTIES.
• Limited Wardrobe: From Yellow to Emerald she's the only one of the original 4 to not get a costume change.
• Love Triangle: Is in one with Red and Misty. She and Misty have feelings for Red, while Red is either oblivious or uncomfortable with it.
• Martial Pacifist: Violence is always the last option, but not one she'll hesitate to take if she deems that she has no other choice. During all her encounters with Lance, it's clear that she's aiming to kill, always showing genuine shock when he turns out not dead.
• Older Than They Look: Crystal, Gold and Silver, on different occasions, were shocked to learn that Yellow is a year older than them, as she's almost a foot shorter.
• Parental Abandonment: Just where are they? (but at least the fisher uncle is there...)
• Psychic Child: Can read the minds of Pokémon and has limited telekinesis. She is the youngest of the first-generation protagonists.
• Psychic Powers: Her Viridian-based powers include telekinesis, mind-reading, Healing Hands, and becoming Super-Empowering.
• Put on a Bus: She hasn't made an appearance in the series since the conclusion of the Emerald saga. She still puts in appearances in official artwork, though.
• Red String of Fate: With Red. Not actually a red string, just a white String Shot from her Caterpie, but combined with Red's joking proposal, she freaks out adorably all the same.
  • Happens again in FireRed and LeafGreen, when she wraps her fishing line around Red's pinkie in order to tell him about Deoxys.
• Rescue Romance: How she fell in love with/started looking up to Red. It's never hinted that Red's ever realized that she's the same little girl he rescued from that rampaging Dratini all those years ago.
• She Is All Grown Up: In FireRed and LeafGreen as compared to Red and Blue and Yellow. Though she could still pass for a boy, and she's still shorter than Silver (and probably everyone else, minus Emerald).
• Ship Tease: Sprinkled liberally with Red and even a bit with Silver in FireRed LeafGreen.
• Significant Birth Date: Her birthday is March 3, the same day as when the first round of Pokémon Adventures was serialized.
  • It's also the same day as World Wildlife Day, whether or not that was intentional.
• Skilled, but Naive: In the beginning, as while a fairly competent battler she refused to hurt her opponents. Following training with Green and faced with the reality of how bad the situation is, Yellow toughens up HARD.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: As part of the powers granted to her by the Viridian Forest, she can communicate with Pokémon telepathically.
• Super-Empowering: Can use the power of the Viridian forest to make her team's levels shoot up massively.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: A colored picture suggests that her eyes glow in her namesake whenever she uses her powers.
• Sweet Polly Oliver: Pretended to be a boy when she was first introduced in her own arc, under Green's instruction.
• Take Up My Sword: When Red disappeared, Yellow used his Pikachu and Pokédex. Though she gave back Pika later, since Red is using an upgraded Pokédex, Yellow is still using his original one, the oldest one in existence.
• Telepathy: It’s how she can talk to Pokémon.
• Took a Level in Badass: Her first major arc chronicled her coming to terms with being a battler despite her gentle personality. When she first appeared she had no battle experience and didn't own any Pokémon. Training under Blue and facing the crisis instigated by the Kanto Elite Four made her into a powerful trainer and a force to be reckoned with.
• Weak, but Skilled: Definitely counts as this for most of the Yellow arc, due to constantly trying to not hurt Pokémon or her opponents' trickery; given the usual power level for Dex Holders, she might still be this (when not using her Super-Empowering, of course).
• White Magician Girl: Yellow fits this archetype fully. She has healing powers, is kind, gentle and caring (initially, to a fault), generous and self-sacrificing, has blonde hair and is even a more innocent Love Interest than Misty.

Yellow's Pokémon

Ratty (Rat-chan)

Yellow's first Pokémon, which Red helped her catch after he saved her. His sharp teeth have proved useful in many situation.

Dody/Dodosk (Dodosuke)

A gift from her uncle, Dody primarily serves as Yellow's mode of land transport.

Gravvy/Golosk (Golosuke)

A gift from Brock. Evolved into a Golem during the battle against Lance.

• Socialization Bonus: Subverted, as it manages to evolve without trading thanks to Yellow being Super-Empowering.

Omny/Omask (Omsuke)

A gift from Misty. He evolved into a Omastar during the battle against Lance.

Kitty/Freesk (Pīsuke)

Once a Caterpie that followed Yellow after saving its life. Kitty evolved into a Metapod then into a Butterfree during the battle against Lance.

• Flight: Ironically, the Butterfree species cannot learn Fly. However, the flightless Doduo/Dodrio can learn it. Kitty acts as Yellow's transportation by attaching to her back, rather than having Yellow ride on top. It gives the trainer the appearance of having butterfly wings herself.

Chuchu

A Pikachu that Yellow captured sometime after the battle with Lance.

• Distaff Counterpart: To Pika.
• Not Quite Flight: She uses Balloonacy to Fly.
• Official Couple: With Pika.
• Retcon: From GSC arc up to Emerald Arc, her tail was in the same shape as male Pikachu, since gender differences weren't introduced yet. Now in the recent official calendar,◊ it is shown as heart shaped.
• Shout-Out: To Flying Pikachu, a Pikachu that could fly.
• The Smurfette Principle: Only female member on Yellow's team.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Eyelashes and a flower on her head.

Allies

Researchers

Professor Oak

Grandfather of Blue and Daisy, his full name is Samuel Oak. He is a researcher who invented the Pokédex and sent out Red on his journey. He has a long history with Agatha, Pryce, and the Johto Daycare couple.

• Adaptational Badass: In the games, all Oak really does is piddle around at home and give you your starter Pokémon, and send you across the globe doing his own Pokémon-logging work for him. Here, he's proven to still be a capable Pokémon Battler, despite his old age.
• Cool Old Guy: It's Professor Oak.
• Childhood Friends: With Pryce, Agatha, Kurt and Johto's Day-Care couple.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Initially quite hostile to Red, having mistaken him for a burglar. He warms up to him after a day catching all the Pokémon set lose from his lab, and seeing Red apply science to Bulbasaur's abilities.
• Distressed Dude: He's been captured twice (as replacement for Blaine in his first), and has to be rescued by his grandson Blue.
• Flaw Exploitation: Uses a team of flying types against Green, knowing her fear of birds.
• I Was Quite a Looker: Revealed in chapter 76, he used to be frikken ripped.
• The Mentor: To Red, Green, and Blue.
• Non-Elemental: Most of his Pokémon are normal types.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Early on, when Kanto's divided by numerous problems, he's one of the few Kanto's got. And then there's letting Red keep Saur.
• Retired Badass: He was a Champion in his youth.
• Secret Test of Character: Asking Emerald his name is one of these. Emerald actually fails by not answering entirely correctly.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Agatha.

Daisy Oak

Blue's older, and much friendlier, sister.

• Cool Big Sis: For Blue.
• Inconsistent Dub: She's initially called May in the Viz translation. The confusion likely stemmed from the fact that this was her name in The Electric Tale of Pikachu.
• Ship Tease: With Bill.

Bill

The technical genius who invented the storage system.

• Accent Adaptation: He has a Kansai accent and is given a Southern accent in the English version. Hardly anybody can understand him at all. It dies down as the series goes on.
• Ascended Extra: He has a much bigger role in the manga then he does in any of the games that he appears in.
• Butt-Monkey: Among other things, Pika seems to enjoy shocking him for no good reason.
• The Cameo: He is seen having a video call with Cassuis briefly in the XY arc.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He invented the Pokémon Storage System.
• Ship Tease: With Daisy. This exchange from FRLG doesn't help:
  Blue: You're...not with my sister today?
  Bill: (nervously) Oh, uh...Daisy's at home.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: How else could he get a girlfriend?

Gym Leaders

Brock

The Gym Leader of Pewter City, he trains with Rock Pokémon and is also a security guard for the Pewter City Museum.

• Adapted Out: During the GSC arc, he lacks his Rhyhorn and Omastar.
• Attack Backfire: During his fight with Jasmine, he tried to have his Onix use Bind on her "Onix", only for his Onix to cry out in pain as its body cracked and her "Onix's" rock body crumbled to reveal it was actually a Steelix with a rock coating. At this point in-story, the Steelix evolution was only just recently discovered and even Brock didn't know Onix had an evolution.
• Canon Foreigner: Has five additional Geodude.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
• Eyes Always Shut: Like his game and anime counterpart, Brock is drawn with his eyes in this position, and never opens them to show his pupils.
• Signature Mon: Onix.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Only in the RGB arc. He starts wearing shirts after the beginning of Yellow.
• Worthy Opponent: He chooses a worthy opponent through a series of battles before his actual gym battle.

Misty

The headstrong Gym Leader of Cerulean City, specializing in Water-types. She is perhaps Red's first real ally and gave him her Gyarados, which he still keeps in his party to this day.

• Aborted Declaration of Love: Misty was about to confess to Red the day before he was going to take his Gym Leader test, but decided against it because she saw him talking to Yellow. She did seem to put some thought into it before deciding it wasn't the right time.
• Adapted Out: In the GSC arc, she doesn't have her Quagsire, Lapras or Golduck.
• Adaptational Wealth: Neither the games, nor the anime, indicated she was wealthy—the latter in particular had her enter a beauty contest in a banned episode because the main group was broke—but here she has a Big Fancy House and an entire staff tending to her.
• All Love Is Unrequited: Her crush on Red.
• Big Fancy House: Has one.
• Can't Catch Up: Acknowledges this at near the end of the GSC arc; she knows that she isn't meant to fight the final battle against the Mask of Ice, but takes comfort in knowing that the Pokémon that she gave to Red (her Gyarados) and Yellow (her Omanyte, which evolved into Omastar) will be able to help out.
• Canon Foreigner: In GSC, she has a Chinchou and Lanturn.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Against Red when he stayed at her mansion; notable in that she was the first person to do so.
• First Girl Wins: Averted, as she is the first girl Red meets on his journey and she never got the chance to confess her feelings to him. She couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw him and Yellow together the first time, and the second time Gold kind of kidnapped rescued him. Granted, the first time, she really should've taken her chances, as Red didn't know Yellow was a girl yet.
• I Just Want to Be Special: More that she wants to be useful rather than special, but she understands and is frustrated by the fact that she can never be more than support to Red and the others.
• Interrupted Declaration of Love: By Gold at the end of GSC arc.
• Love Triangle: Is in one with Red and Yellow. Both her and Yellow have feelings for Red, while Red is either oblivious or uncomfortable with it.
• Jumped at the Call: Was very eager to fight alongside Suicune as its partner, as it fulfilled her desire to finally be more useful and involved in stopping the crises that Team Rocket was causing. Unfortunately for her, The Call realized it phoned the wrong number, hung up, and redialed for Crystal.
• Making a Splash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
• Our Mermaids Are Different: Subverted. When Red nearly drowns battling a Dragonite, he's rescued by what he believes is a mermaid and her big-old Gyarados. It turns out it was just Misty (though it does homage her game nickname "The Tomboyish Mermaid" and her mermaid outfit from the anime.)
• Pimped-Out Dress: She wears one when she brings Red to her Big Fancy House.
• Ship Tease: Gets quite a bit with Red, echoing the ship tease between her and Ash in the anime.
• Sidekick Glass Ceiling: She's a capable Trainer and Gym Leader, enough so that Suicune designated her as a worthy partner after battling against the Gym Leaders of Kanto to find someone worthy. Unfortunately, her status as an ally of the main cast rather than as a full-fledged hero keeps her from effectively battling and ending the crises herself, something she acknowledges that only the Dex Holders can do. But she'll be damned if she doesn't put up a good fight doing so.
• Signature Mon: Starmie.
• Stripperific: She generally wears a tiny tube top and short shorts, and not much else.
• Tearful Smile: A couple of times, most notably when she finally gets to talk to Red again at the end of the GSC arc.
• Tsundere: Different from Misty in the anime in that she's a very mild Type B, with her tsun tendencies being played up almost exclusively in the RGB arc.

Erika

An elegant lady, Erika is the Gym Leader of Celadon City who specializes in Grass-types. She also teaches at her city's university and serves as supervisor for the rest of her region's Leaders.

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• Adaptational Heroism: In Pokémon Red and Blue, Erika's gym is secluded from Celadon City, where Team Rocket runs rampant, and she ignores them. In the first arc of Adventures, Erika instead is cast as the leader of the good gym leaders, and she spearheads the efforts against Team Rocket.
• Adapted Out: She lacks her Jumpluff during the GSC arc.
• Canon Foreigner: She has a Skiploom during the GSC arc.
• Green Thumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
• Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Wears a kimono and battles with elegant style. It helps that she's also The Leader.
• Lady of War: When the need to fight arises.
• The Leader: Of the Kanto Gym Leaders overall.
• Lovable Alpha Bitch: Often makes condescending remarks towards other trainers and her opponents and has a rather snooty attitude overall, but is genuinely kind towards those she considers her companions, like Brock, Misty, and several of the Dex Holders, once they earn her trust.
• Ojou: She’s the daughter of the richest family in Celadon City.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Eventually turns out to be one.
• Renaissance Woman: Besides being a Gym Leader, she gives lectures at Celadon University, teaches tea ceremony, archery, and flower arranging.
• Secret Test of Character: Arguably, what she did to Red when they first met and he was hell-bent on rescuing that Eevee.
• Shipper on Deck: Red x Misty, apparently.
• Signature Mon: A Tangela named Angela in RGB and Yellow and a Bellossom in GSC.
• Silk Hiding Steel: She may look sweet but she’s a strong enough trainer to be the leader of all the Kanto Gym Leaders.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: Has the cultural trappings (kimono etc) and such.

Blaine

An old scientist who used to work for Team Rocket, this fire specialist defected off screen as he got sick of working for them.

• Adapted Out: Doesn't have his Ninetales, Magmar or Macargo.
• Adaptational Villainy: In his backstory, he worked for Team Rocket and did terrible experiments on Pokémon. This was not present at all in the games.
• Body Horror: His DNA mixed with Mewtwo's while he was creating it, leading to him developing cancerous growths that would eventually take over his body. He got better.
• The Bus Came Back: Returns alongside Mewtwo in the XY arc.
• Canon Foreigner: Has a Growlithe.
• Composite Character: He's Mewtwo's creator here. In the games his creator was a different person, heavily hinted to be Mr. Fuji. This is noted in FRLG arc, when a photo is shown with him and Mr. Fuji in a jungle.
• Cool Old Guy: He may be old but he’s an exceptionally strong trainer.
• Cool Shades: Wears these along with a fake mustache when he switches from his anime look to his game look.
• Heel–Face Turn: Hearing of Red's heroic exploits was a big motivation for him to skip out on Team Rocket and join the good guys.
• Kick the Dog: This was pretty much Blaine's old job at Team Rocket, as he was to experiment on Pokémon into making them stronger, which led them to either go insane or simply be in extreme pain.
• Mad Scientist: Used to work as one for Team Rocket.
• My God, What Have I Done?: The disaster with Mewtwo was a wake-up call for him.
• Playing with Fire: Fire-types are his speciality.
• Signature Mon: Mewtwo.

Janine

Koga's daughter, who takes over the Fuchsia Gym after his disappearance. Like her father, she specializes in poison-types. She also works as a part-time freelancer ninja.

• Adapted Out: She only has one Weezing and doesn't have her Venemoth.
• Badass Normal: She's capable of rather impressive physical feats, going with the whole ninja theme. (Although she does seem overly fond of the whole hanging upside-down on the ceiling thing.)
• Birds of a Feather: With Falkner. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
• Canon Foreigner: Has a Fortress which is a Bug/Steel-type and a Grimer.
• Disappeared Dad: She wants to see him again, as his disappearance left her not knowing what to do with her future.
• Ninja: Like her father, she uses her Pokémon for ninja-esque techniques and outfits her Pokéballs into shuriken.
• Poisonous Person: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
• Signature Mon: Ariados.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: We never get to see her reunite with her Koga.

Other

Jr. Trainer Evan/Phil (Junji)

A trainer whose Haunter was lured away by Agatha at the Power Plant. After some help from Blue, he managed to get it back. He then became one of Blaine's assistants on Cinnabar Island.

• Those Two Guys: Becomes this with Super Nerd Miles when they reappear in the GSC and FRLG arcs.

Super Nerd Miles/William (Akihito)

Was Erika's Rival and the one hired by Agatha to disguise as Red and recapture his Pikachu. Later becomes good friends with Evan.

• Brainwashed and Crazy: After getting caught by Agatha.
• He Knows Too Much: He was the first person to learn of Red’s situation during the Yellow arc so Agatha tried to kill him after she was done with him to keep that information secret.
• Heel–Face Turn: After being saved from Agatha he has a change of heart and becomes a good guy.
• Nerd Glasses: He is a Super Nerd after all.
• Latex Perfection: As Red, he even had exact same clothes and managed to duplicate his exact scent.
• Psycho for Hire: He went after Red's Pikachu for Agatha, who would pay him so he could fund future experiments. He didn't know he would be slaughtered with the rest of the human race but still.
• Those Two Guys: Becomes this with Jr. Trainer Evan when they reappear in the GSC and FRLG arcs.
• Unknown Rival: To Erika, who seems apathetic to his presence in the face of his grudge against her.
• Unwitting Pawn: To Agatha after outliving his usefulness.

Mewtwo

Mewtwo

A Psychic-type Pokémon that was cloned from the legendary Pokémon Mew. Using some cells from his own arm, Blaine managed to complete the Pokémon while it was being created and created a bond between the two that allowed them to sense whenever the other is nearby.

• Achilles' Heel: Its bond with Blaine require the two of them to be together, where Mewtwo was unable to continue its fight against Lance due to Blaine's condition. Later in the XY arc, Lysandre makes note of this and attacks Blaine directly to disable its Mega Evolution.
• Artificial Human: Has some human material mixed into its genes and mostly behaves like one.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: He only communicates with and takes commands from Red, Blaine, and Yellow because they're the only people he trusts.
• BFS: Big Friggin' Spoon.
• Barefisted Monk: Gains Fighting as a secondary type when it Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo X.
• The Bus Came Back: It returns in the X & Y chapter protecting the Pokémon Village.
• Cats Are Mean: At first.
• Dark and Troubled Past: It was created in a lab by Team Rocket.
• Dual Wielding: In the X & Y chapter it wields two smaller spoons which it then combines into one.
• Gameplay and Story Segregation: In the games it is only possible to Mega Evolve once per battle and Mewtwo cannot switch between its two forms. However in the final battle it switches from Mega Mewtwo Y to Mega Mewtwo X when Blaine swaps his Mega Stone. Even in-universe this violates the one Mega Evolution per Key Stone rule but it is hand-waved as being the result of Blaine and Mewtwo’s unique bond.
• Healing Factor: Knows Recover.
• Improbable Weapon User: A spoon. While Psychics and Psychic-type Pokémon using spoons isn't that uncommon, it is unknown for them to make one out of psychic energy and then proceeding to use it as a sword.
• Implacable Man: Spent years after the ending of the FRLG chapter chasing after Sird because its best friends were turned to stone. Thankfully, Mewtwo found out about their revival by the X & Y arc
• Mythology Gag: At one point, Mewtwo wears the same restraining armor that appeared in Pokémon: The First Movie.
• Psychic Powers: It is Psychic-type.
• Purple Is Powerful: It has a purple tail and is a Legendary Pokémon.
• The Stoic: Most of the time, it's cold and calculating. The exception being if you've pissed him off.
• Super Mode: It can Mega Evolve into both Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y.
• Telepathy: It begins using this to communicate in FireRed and LeafGreen, but only to certain people.
• Unstoppable Rage: Team Flare seizing the Pokémon in the village makes it go berserk, with it even attacking X and Blue.
• The Worf Effect: Even with Mega Evolution, it has a very poor showing against Zygarde.

Antagonists

Team Rocket

Giovanni

Giovanni

The Leader of Team Rocket and the ex-Viridian City Gym Leader. An evil man who uses both Pokémon and people to accomplish his goals. Though he specializes in Ground-types, he also has powerful Pokémon that are other types as well. He's Silver's father.

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• Adapted Out: He doesn't have his Persian, Onix, Kangaskhan or Honchkrow.
• Affably Evil: He's no Anti-Villain, but he still has some admirable qualities (such as a genuine love for his son) and seems genuinely pleasant when he chooses to be.
• Anti-Hero: In the Yellow, HeartGold/SoulSilver and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire arcs, of the Nominal Hero variety.
• Arch-Enemy: To Red. The two engage in battle several times throughout the series.
• Badass Normal: Despite being from the Viridian Forest, he has no supernatural powers as opposed to Yellow and Lance. Doesn't stop him from being one of the most powerful trainers in the series though.
• Big Creepy-Crawlies: His signature Pokémon, interestingly enough, is Beedrill. This is due to him being a trainer of the Viridian Forest, like Yellow and Lance.
• Big Bad: Of Red and Blue and FireRed and LeafGreen. Or so we thought in the latter case, until it's revealed that Sird was actually a Dragon with an Agenda and working for Team Galactic all along.
• Big Damn Heroes: He saves Yellow from Lance in a manner that is eerily similar to how Red did so two years previous. He does so again alongside Lance and Pryce in the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter, helping Gold, Silver and Crystal fight against the Creation Trio.
• Canon Foreigner: Has a Beedrill, Cloyster, Crobat and Aggron.
• The Chessmaster: All his plans seem to go off flawlessly since he plans several moves ahead of everyone else.
• Clock King: He shows a bit of this in his first battle with Red, predicting his moves down to the second. It would work against normal trainers, but Red is no ordinary trainer.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: He gives one to Red in the first arc and to Lance (though it's latter revealed that it was all part of the latter's plan to get Giovanni's badge).
• Diabolical Mastermind: The main Big Bad of the first and fifth arcs.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
• Enemy Mine:
  • He attempts to help Yellow defeat Lance, who is trying to kill all humankind.
  • He, alongside Lance and Pryce, help protect the world from the raging Creation Trio in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
  • He appears in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire to help the heroes destroy the meteoroid since obviously the end of the world gets in the way of his criminal organization and ambitions of world domination. He also suspects - rightly - that he had a hand in the meteoroid even being a threat to start with.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Giovanni may be an unscrupulous crime boss, but he does genuinely love his son, Silver.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Thinks Red's mercy towards the Magmars proved he wouldn't be a threat to Team Rocket, despite his own generals having their asses kicked several times due to the boy. Ends up losing to him, both in the original and in the Fire Red & Leaf Green arc. To put it in even farther, Red says that it wasn't Surge's lightning-proof gloves that gave Red the win, but the pain of the Pokémon Giovanni tried to control that made his loss.
• Evil Versus Oblivion: Most of the time he assists the Dex Holders is because of this trope, you can't Take Over the World if it's already destroyed.
• Freudian Excuse Denial: Gold and Silver assumed Giovanni started Team Rocket after Silver was kidnapped, where Giovanni explains that this was never the case in HGSS arc.
• Karmic Nod: When he's at a near-death condition from his disease in HGSS, he calmly accepts this, seeing it as a retribution to his own crimes.
• Kick the Dog: This is a common occurrence with him, as he will not hesitate to use or hurt people and Pokémon alike in order to achieve his goals or if he's in bad mood.
  • In the HG/SS arc, Giovanni is able to get his medicine and helps save the world... and then reveals that he was Evil All Along and leaves Silver behind to rebuild Team Rocket, challenging him to come after him. Oddly enough, it's crossed with a Pet the Dog moment as his challenge also encourages Silver to get stronger, and he is visibly proud of his son's resolve to do so.
• Knight Templar Parent: He pretty much had most of the Sevii Islands destroyed in his quest to capture Deoxys just so that he could find his son.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In the Yellow Arc, while under Enemy Mine, Giovanni arriving in Cerise Island is this, allowing Lance to steal Giovanni's badge for the amplifier.
• Noble Demon: Has traits of this, such as believing in a fair fight against Red and acknowledging him as a Worthy Opponent.
• Olympus Mons: He captures Deoxys in FireRed & LeafGreen.
• Pet the Dog:
  • For all of his warped ambitions as the leader of Team Rocket, he cares about the wellbeing of his son Silver, and the end of the FRLG arc sees Giovanni saving his life.
  • He has a great affection for his Beedrill as he caught it in his birthplace.
• Returning Big Bad: After making scattered appearances throughout the story after his first defeat, Giovanni returns as the Big Bad of the FireRed and LeafGreen arc.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: During the flashback in the HGSS chapter showing when he, Lance and Pryce teamed up, it's revealed that he nearly killed Pryce for kidnapping Silver until Lance intervened.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Flees in his battle against Lance once he sees that he now has control of Lugia.
• Signature Mon: Beedrill.
• Soap Opera Disease: He has some sort of degenerative disease, though it's never explained. He completely recovers from it by the conclusion of the HGSS chapter, thanks to Celebi providing him with a cure for said disease.
• Super Mode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
• Underestimating Badassery: He takes Red for a pushover because the latter abstained from finishing off a pair of Magmars. This mentality contributes to his downfall at the hands of the same boy.
• We Can Rule Together: After he is completely cured of his illness, he invites Silver to join Team Rocket, but his son turns him down. Accepting his son's decision, Giovanni looks forward to facing him in battle some day after he grows stronger under Lance and Pryce's training.
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: His biggest mistake in the first arc? Thinking that Red wasn't a threat because he didn't want to finish off two savage Magmars. Boy was he wrong.
• Worthy Opponent: Most notably to Red, whom he regards in turn as his Worthy Opponent.

Triad

General tropes:

• Adaptational Villainy: In the games none of them are evil, they just sit in their Gyms. Here they're Admins of Team Rocket.
• Enemy Mine: All 3 of them returns during the "Yellow" chapter to help the heroes fight against the Elite Four.
• Heel–Face Turn: By the time of GSC arc. Lt. Surge and Sabrina go back to minding their gyms and help out against the Masked Man's forces, while Koga becomes an Elite Four member (who aren't evil this time around).
• MacGuffin Delivery Service: It turns out they were having trouble acquiring badges from "good" Gym Leaders, so they waited for Red and Blue to do the work for them and bring them all eventually to Saffron City.
• Undying Loyalty: The only Team Rocket leader they will ever follow is Giovanni.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Were able to keep their positions as Gym Leader (and later for Koga, Elite Four of Johto) since nobody besides the main characters really knew they worked for Team Rocket.
• Would Hurt a Child: They had no qualms with trying to harm or kill the protagonists, who were 11.

Lt. Surge

A Gym Leader who used the S.S. Anne to transport stolen Pokémon. Specializes in Electric-types. After his Heel–Face Turn he uses S.S. Anne for legal ventures.

• Adapted Out: Doesn't have his Pikachu.
• A Father to His Men: He cares about his subordinates in Team Rocket and is notably distraught when he sees Ken, Al and Harry under the Masked Man’s control. He reminds them of what the initials in Rocket stands for to snap them out of it.
• BFG: That fires Voltorbs and Electrodes.
• The Coats Are Off: He throws off his coat before fighting the Masked Man with Misty and Blaine.
• Eagleland: Type 1, even when he's a villain he's portrayed as a foe worthy of respect and he ultimately becomes an important hero in the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc.
• Electric Torture: Is seen inflicting this to Red A LOT in the RGB arc.
• Old Soldier: He is a Veteran after all and he really did show his worth as a real soldier who has gone through wars!
• Pet the Dog: He's shown to really care about the Team Rocket Elite Trio to the point of helping free them from the Masked Man's brainwashing. This action alone causes Raikou to see him as a worthy partner.
• Shock and Awe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
• Signature Mon: Electabuzz.

Koga

Another Gym Leader who joined Team Rocket, he specializes in Poison-types. Once missing along with the rest of the Johto Elite Four, he is now officially recognized as such.

• Adapted Out: Doesn't have his second Koffing, his Venonat, Venomoth, Ariados, Fortress or Crobat.
• But for Me, It Was Tuesday: In regards to his involvement in the torture of Misty's/Red's Gyarados. He couldn't remember if he had indeed experimented on Gyarados among the many other Pokémon that were experimented.
• Card-Carrying Villain: At the Lavender Tower, he refers himself and Team Rocket as a team of evildoers to Red and Blue.
• Canon Foreigner: Rhyhorn-Rhydon, Golbat, Ekans and Tentacruel.
• Disappeared Dad: To his daughter Janine, though they've probably reunited now that he's back in the public eye.
• Healing Factor: His Arbok can regenerate its tail, which allowed it to survive its skirmish with Blue at Pokémon Tower.
• Ninja: He uses his Pokémon for ninja-esque techniques and modifies his Poké Balls into shuriken. The Pokémon thing is justified as real life ninjas actually did use animals.
• Obviously Evil: His design certainly comes off as this, where he was even in a Team Rocket uniform in his first appearance.
• Poisonous Person: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
• Signature Mon: Arbok in the Yellow chapter, Muk in the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter.
• Torture Technician: Particularly in his battle with Blue in the RGB arc.

Sabrina

The Leader of the Saffron City Gym who specializes in Psychic Pokémon and is a powerful Psychic in her own right.

• A-Cup Angst: She's pretty sensitive about her small tracts of land.
• Adapted Out: Lacks Abra and Espeon.
• Body Guard Crush: It's implied that she really has a thing for Giovanni. When trying to kill Red and Blue in Silph Co., she says it's a pity to finish them off as they'd probably be as handsome as her boss if they ever got the chance to get older (many would agree). Also, after her trip from the Mt. Silver hot springs, she wonders why she was so nice to Red, and muses that it's probably because he reminds her of Giovanni (one translation said as good-looking) with a faraway, happy smile on her face. Hm...
• The Cameo: She appears in Black 2 & White 2 as an actress at Pokéstar Studios.
• Canon Foreigner: Has a Drowzee.
• Dark Action Girl: Predominantly dark coloring (especially her hair), and works for the villains. Averted after her Heel–Face Turn, though her pallet remains dark.
• No One Gets Left Behind: Even if that person is a former enemy (in Sabrina's case, Green).
  • Doubles as a Pet the Dog moment.
• Obviously Evil: Like Koga, her design certainly gives off this vibe, something that the anime also agrees with. Probably why Game Freak redesigned her in [HGSS] games, a design that she has in the Black 2 and White 2 Chapter to reflect how solidified her Heel–Face Turn has become.
• Psychic Powers: She pecializes in Psychic-type Pokémon. Aside from her type, she actually has powers of her own, which include being able to see even if physically blinded as well as tracking and guiding things using spoons.
• Signature Mon: Kadabra in Red, Green & Blue, Alakazam in Yellow and Mr. Mime in Gold, Silver & Crystal.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Calls Green out for not bothering to tell her about her Lorelei-defeating strategy: she was never actually chained to Sabrina to start with.

Ken, Al, and Harry

Known as the Team Rocket Elite Trio, these three worked directly under the evil Gym Leaders.

• Brainwashed and Crazy: They are given the Mask of Ice's mind-controlling masks in Gold, Silver & Crystal.
• Butt-Monkey: Despite all three of them actually being competent trainers who use their Pokémon's abilities well, they always got defeated (oftentimes in a comedic fashion).
• Canon Foreigner: They don't have any game counterpart.
• Elite Mook: The work directly under the Gym Leader Admins as their right-hand men.
• Expy: Seemingly to Jessie, James, and Meowth in the anime, being a Terrible Trio.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: When battling Eusine, Harry gets electrocuted by the electric web that his cohorts set up.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: They've spent most of their appearances getting their ass handed, but come HGSS arc and they finally succeed in something: securing the cure for Giovanni's illness.

Beast Trio

Sird (Saque)

A female admin who makes her first appearance in FireRed and LeafGreen as the leader of the beast trio and second to Giovanni. Seems loyal to Giovanni throughout the arc, and helps him find Silver... and then things get weird.

• Card-Carrying Villain: She's flattered when Lorelei calls her dispicable.
• Dracula: The creature she was based off of.
• The Dragon: She's the admin closest to Giovanni in the FireRed and LeafGreen arc, and has never been defeated in battle.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: To Giovanni and to Cyrus.
• Evil Cripple: Needs a special leg brace after getting frozen by Lorelei's ice voodoo
• For the Evulz: Seems to be her reason for giving the cursed armor and sword to Archie after he defeats Maxie.
• Greater-Scope Villain: By turning the dexholders to stone and giving the sword and armor to Archie, she's responsible for all the conflict in the Emerald arc.
• Karma Houdini: She escapes scot-free, after doing one of the most successful cheap shots in history.
• The Mole: Revealed to be a Team Galactic commander working undercover in Team Rocket for Cyrus.
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: She can turn kids to stone with no explanation (although this is later to be the result of Darkrai, not her)? And escape Lorelei's ice voodoo with very little effort while severely injured? She also somehow managed to access Archie and Maxie after they got stuck in an energy bubble that Ruby needed Celebi to get out of? Has access to cursed armor? And can implant her will in another person. Even in a series with psychics and ice voodoo, this stuff seems a little out there.
• Put on a Bus: Her last known activity was Riley confronting her in battle during the battle at Spear Pillar; the confrontation ends with Sird escaping him along with the other Galactic Commanders. What becomes of her after Team Galactic's defeat and disbandment is unclear.
• Signature Mon: Persian.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To Deoxys individual 1.

Carr (Chakra)

(Jagara in Coronis' translations)

The beast Trio's mechanical and computer expert. He faces Red in battle in FRLG. The designer of the trainer tower's machines and "R". First appearing in FRLG and later appears in HGSS.

• Bodyguard Betrayal: To Giovanni.
• Canon Foreigner: Unlike Sird, he isn't based on any character in the franchise.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: The Four Generals pulled one of these on him first thing in HGSS.
• The Evil Genius: Though a pathetic battler.
• Extra-ore-dinary: All of his Pokémon are of the Steel-type.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: He manages to escape after almost killing everyone inside the Rocket airship, where he later gets beat down by the Four Generals and is imprisoned in their base.
• Signature Mon: Forretress.
• Smug Snake: He's actually incredibly easy to defeat once you find out how he works, and he's the least competent of the three Beasts.
• The Starscream: After he learns that Giovanni has been using him this entire time just to locate his son, Carr takes over the Team Rocket airship and declares himself the new leader.
• Suicide Attack: His favorite strategy is to have his Forretress use Explosion.
• Wolf Man: The creature he was based off of.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To all his Forretress, not really caring if they blow themselves up as long as they destroy the airship.

Orm (Ouka)

(Orca in Coronis's tanslations)

The beast Trio's "muscle". The one who kidnapped Professor Oak and fights Blue in battle.

• The Brute: He’s the muscle of the Beast Trio.
• Canon Foreigner: Like Carr, he isn't based on any character in the franchise.
• Disney Villain Death: Although it's not explicitly mentioned whether or not he did die.
• Gentle Giant: His choice of Pokémon kinda give this vibe...
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: The man fights with nothing but Shuckle and the Hoppip line, neither of which are terribly renowned for their strength. And yet, he easily holds his own in battle with Blue and Silver (not at the same time), arguably two of the strongest Dex Holders.
• Just Following Orders: For the most part, anyway.
• Kick the Dog: He attacked Six Island on Giovanni's order and kidnapped Blue's grandfather. That said, he's still less evil than either Carr or Sird.
• Never Found the Body: He is last seen hanging onto a Team Rocket airship which Carr crashed to the ground, which ends with him unable to hang on and falling off. Whether he survives the encounter is not clear.
• Pet the Dog: He's the most loyal of the Trio to Giovanni, the only one without ulterior motives, and seems overjoyed by the thought of Giovanni reuniting with his son.
• Signature Mon: Shuckle.
• Zerg Rush: With his large army of Shuckle.

Kanto Elite Four

In General

• Adaptational Villainy: Adventures depicts them as an antagonistic faction working to fulfill Lance's goals of decimating the entirety of humanity. Though Bruno was actually unwilling, unlike the others.
• Kill All Humans: Led by Lance, their goal is to decimate the human race due to his misguided outlook that they only exist to hurt Pokémon.

Lorelei

Lorelei

The first of the Elite Four Yellow faces, and the one who imprisoned Red in ice. She joins forces with the Kanto Dex Holders years later when Team Rocket threatens her home, the Sevii Islands.

• Canon Foreigner: Has a Seel, Shellder and Slowking.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Literally happens in the few years between the Yellow arc and the FRLG arc.
• Freudian Excuse: Her own Pokémon were hurt by humans' polluting the waters, which enabled Agatha to convince her to turn on humanity as a whole for their sake.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her room in her home at Four Island is filled with Pokémon plushies.
• Harmless Freezing: She has the power to create Voodoo Dolls of people with her Jynx's Ice Beam. When she draws on a limb on the doll with her lipstick, an cuff of ice will appear on the actual person. Said cuff will expand until completely encase the victim. Nonlethal, but it will cause severe frostbite. She got Red, Sabrina, and Sird, who somehow managed to escape despite being severely injured with this.
• Heel–Face Turn: Shows up as a major ally in FRLG.
• An Ice Person: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
• The Perfectionist: She directly intercepts Yellow and Pika early in the arc as she believes the Elite Four must not only defeat the trainer but let none of their Pokémon escape.
• Prehensile Hair: Her Jynx can do this, which it did to bind Red's legs and prevent him from escaping.
• Unwitting Pawn: For Green.

Bruno

Bruno

The Elite Four member who challenged Red. An otherwise honorable trainer, he is the only Elite Four who actually needs to be brainwashed in order to go along with their tactics. He is now officially a member of the League recognized Elite Four.

• Adapted Out: Doesn't have his second Onix or Hitmontop.
• Barefisted Monk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon. He himself is also one.
• Blood Knight: Like Red, he only wants to have honorable battles against strong opponents.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: He was not a willing member of the Elite Four, he merely wanted to be the best fighter. Agatha used her Ghost-type Pokémon to control him and wiped his memory of it so he didn’t even know he was being controlled.
• The Brute: He's both the Elite Four's Fighting-type specialist and a highly trained fighter himself.
• Canon Foreigner: Tyrogue.
• Eyes Always Shut: Has these. In HeartGold & SoulSilver he's depicted slightly opening them during critical or serious moments.
• Formerly Fit: Downplayed while he is still muscular, other members of the Elite Four note that he is getting chubbier at the end of the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter due to eating too many snacks.
• Heel–Face Turn: Well, does it really count if he was kind of brainwashed most of the time?
• Signature Mon: Machamp in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
• Worthy Opponent: Bruno, in the end, wanted a strong trainer to fight, and Red was the only one who could deliver.

Agatha

Agatha

The oldest member of the Elite Four, she was once a friend of Prof. Oak until their differences in Pokémon research caused a break-up. She specializes in ghost-types, though she has poison-types on her main team as well.

• Adapted Out: Lacks her second Gastly and Haunter.
• Canon Foreigner: Gastly.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After her final defeat at the hands of Blue and Koga she vanishes from the story and is never seen or mentioned again.
• Evil Old Folks: She’s the oldest and most outright evil member of the Kanto Elite Four.
• The Heavy: While Lance is in charge, she does all the thinking. She has the army and even recruited Lorelei and Bruno.
• Karma Houdini: She escapes toward the end of the Yellow arc and has never been caught.
• Never Mess with Granny: Especially when this granny is an exceptionally skilled trainer who has no issue killing her enemies.
• Revenge by Proxy: She has a deep hatred for Oak, so she views defeating (or worse) Blue as this.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: She's the only member of the Kanto Elite Four to never reappear after the Yellow saga.
• Would Hurt a Child: Towards Blue in particular. She has outright tried to kill him just because she had a personal vendetta against his grandfather.

Lance

Lance

Lance in HGSS arc

The Leader and most powerful of the Elite Four, Lance specializes in dragon Pokémon. Like Yellow, he is one of the special few born in Viridian Forest, meaning he also can heal and read the minds of Pokémon. He can also instantly control any dragon-like Pokémon he comes across.

• Adapted Out: Doesn't have his Charizard.
• Big Bad: Of the Yellow arc.
• Big Damn Heroes: In the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter he appears alongside Giovanni and Pryce to help Gold, Silver and Crystal battle the Creation Trio.
• The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: While illegal movesets would be harder to portray in the manga, all the extra frickin' powers Lance has seem to make up show this quite well. Especially amusing since in the actual games he does cheat.
• Crazy-Prepared: Before the battle with Blaine and Yellow he let all of his Pokémon out of their Poké Balls and had most of them hide, rendering Blaine’s strategy of destroying the balls meaningless.
• Dragon Rider: He has ridden both his Dragonair and his Dragonite in battle.
• Evil Counterpart: To Yellow. To hammer it in, the only reason Petrel managed to get the drop on Lance is because he disguised himself as the person who intimidates Lance the most: Yellow.
• Freudian Excuse: His reasons for wanting to destroy the human race are because of the damage they have done to the enviroment of Pokémon... whose thoughts he can hear.
• Friend to All Living Things: A Deconstruction - he shows what can happen with this kind of person gone wrong. Being able to feel the pain of the animals you love would make you very inclined against people.
• Heel–Face Turn: He has long put behind him his goal to Kill All Humans after his defeat in the Yellow arc; he would eventually aid in the defeat of the Masked Man in GSC and in the battle against the Creation Trio in HGSS.
• Homing Lasers: His Dragonair and Dragonite can bend their Hyper Beam, allowing them to hit their target effectively.
• The Mentor: Was one to Silver in the GSC arc, and seems to be going back to training him by the end of the HGSS arc.
• Omnicidal Maniac: Only plans genocide for humans, though, and even then he's willing to spare those who survive due to help from their Pokémon as it would prove them as "elite" trainers worthy of existing.
• Orcus on His Throne: Until the final stages of his arc, although he does make a brief visit to Vermilion City beforehand.
• Psychic Powers: Born like Yellow in Viridian forest, he has similar powers:
  • Healing Hands: He can heal his Pokémon with his powers.
  • Telepathy: He can hear the thoughts of Pokémon. This ends up being his Start of Darkness as he hears the pain and suffering of Pokémon hurt by humans.
• Roboteching: With HYPER BEAMS!!!
• Shadow Archetype: As mentioned, his origins and Psychic Powers are the same as Yellow's and even the same views on people hurting Pokémon. The difference is that Yellow was saved by Red, who taught her that that wasn't always the case, while Lance only saw people hurting Pokémon. This is why she disturbs him the most.
• Signature Mon: Dragonite.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: One of the powers granted to him by the Viridian Forest.
• Villain Has a Point: Even Yellow realizes that humans can cause a lot of pain for Pokémon. The problem (for Lance) is that she also realizes that it isn't always the case.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Wants to Kill All Humans because he thinks that all Humans Are Bastards.