Characters / Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: DLC Characters

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Characters encountered in the DLC of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

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DLC Characters

Introduced in The Teal Mask

Carmine (Zeiyu)

Carmine (ゼイユ zeiyu)

A native of Kitakami who attends Blueberry Academy alongside her younger brother. She plays a major role in The Treasure of Area Zero.

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• Affectionate Nickname: She refers to Kieran as "Kiki".
• Almighty Janitor: Played With. She claims that she's more skilled than any of the BB League's Elite Four (and Drayton says this isn't a lie) and that the only reason she's not higher up in the club's rankings is because she's too busy with extracurricular activities to do enough league battles to raise her rank more. However, her team's levels in rematches are slightly lower leveled than all of theirs, implying that she's lagged behind a bit due to this.
• Ambiguously Bi: Like Kieran, she gets a few lines towards the player that sound a bit shippy, regardless of the player character's gender.
• Angry Fist-Shake: She often shakes both of her fists when upset, bordering on a character tic.
• Artificial Brilliance: As an ally during the quest to take down the "Loyal" Three, her Morpeko packs a Focus Sash and always starts each battle with Thunder Wave, ensuring that the ensuing bosses will have to struggle with paralysis throughout each fight. Moreover, she never starts with Sinistcha, greatly increasing the chance that the player's Pokémon will be healed by Hospitality.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: As overbearing she may be to her brother, at the end of the day she worries about him more than any other, asking the player to stay by his side after his descent into madness and crying tears of relief after he manages to move past his insecurities and let go of his grudges.
• Badass in Distress: In the Mochi Mayhem epilogue, she's the first victim of Pecharunt's Demonic Possession, and is incapacitated for much of the story.
• Big Sister Bully: Prone to picking on her younger brother, to the point that her trying to hide the fact that she and the player character saw Ogerpon at the Festival of Masks immediately leads him to assume she was making fun of him behind his back, implying that she does that a lot. Her line when their grandpa tells her to be kind to Kieran also implies she Wants a Prize for Basic Decency. The events of the Indigo Disk has her learn to tone down this aspect of hers, and by Mochi Mayhem, she becomes much nicer to Kieran, and her teasing becomes noticeably more playful and lighthearted.
  Carmine: I WAS being kind! It's not like I hit him or anything!
• Big Sister Instinct: Though she can be quite rude to Kieran, she always looks out for him all things considered. Its harmful side is explored a bit, as while many of Carmine's actions are intended to benefit Kieran, the way she does them tends to (unknown to her) exacerbate his issues. For instance, the fact that she ends up doing most things for him at home and school rather than simply help him do them hurts his ego and often amounts to her deciding what he should do with little input from him. Not to mention how many of her helpful actions are accompanied by condescending remarks (accidental and otherwise). Her own lack of social skills contributes to this. It's detailed in The Indigo Disk that Kieran tended to hide behind her when interacting with people at school. Throughout The Indigo Disk, she constantly worries about Kieran's behavior and asks that the player help her keep an eye on him.
• Blood Knight: Before her first battle against the player, Kieran claims that Carmine is "makin' [a] big fuss over nothing" just so she can have an excuse to battle someone. Later confirmed, as she still wants to battle the player, even after just meeting them again, in The Indigo Disk.
• Color Motif: Carmine is linked with red (her name and hair highlights), a color associated with passionate characters in fiction.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts to slowly defrost once she winds up seeing Ogerpon and learning about its true backstory. By the end of the story, she has fully defrosted and become a true friend to the player, and discards all prejudice she had for outsiders.
• Discard and Draw: When you battle her at Blueberry Academy, she's shown to have switched out her Leavanny for a Toucannon and Scrafty.
• Family Eye Resemblance: She's implied to get her yellow eyes from Yukito.
• Fantastic Racism: It's stated that she doesn't like people from outside of her native Kitakami being in her homeland. It turns out her distrust is because she doesn't want her hometown to become a tourist trap. Spending time with you during your stay in Kitakami seems to help her get over this by the end.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Her casual outfit has a white stripe on the left leg, a blue stripe on the right leg and she wears a red glove on only her right hand.
• Fire-Forged Friends: While initially rude towards the player, she ends up forming a genuine friendship with them after working together to help out Ogerpon and defeat the "Loyal" Three. By the end of The Teal Mask, she's openly sad about having to part ways with the player for the time being.
• Floral Theme Naming: Her Japanese and international names take after the redcurrant plant, connecting her thematically both to her brother Kieran (named after the blackcurrant) and her school, Blueberry Academy (named after a similar berry fruit).
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: At first, she serves as the Foolish to Kieran's Responsible, being the more hot-blooded, egotistical, and unfriendly of the two siblings. However, she undergoes Character Development as the story goes on, eventually becoming a nicer person overall, while Kieran undergoes Sanity Slippage and becomes obsessed with being stronger than the player character and taking Ogerpon for himself; as such, she becomes the Responsible sibling while Kieran becomes the Foolish one. After the events of Indigo Disk, the original dynamics return but in a more relaxed light: Foolish Carmine being The Gadfly who likes getting a rise from others, and responsible Kieran being The Atoner making up for his mistakes during his stint as the champion.
• Freudian Excuse: Her dislike of outsiders comes from the fear that her beloved hometown and the traditions therein are being turned into a tourist attraction. By the end of The Teal Mask, however, she comes to acknowledge how prejudiced and close-minded this attitude made her towards good-hearted people who meant her village no harm and apologizes to the Paldean students for her previous attitude.
• Friendless Background: Implied to be the case, since she's seen as difficult to deal with by the villagers and she's never seen bringing up anyone else she likes to hang out with. It takes her a bit to see the player as a genuine friend that she treasures. The Indigo Disk reveals she does have a friend at school in the also socially awkward Amarys, but that other students regard Carmine as annoyingly self-centered (though they also admit it is hard to hate her).
• Friendly Rivalry: By the end of The Teal Mask, though she starts off as invested in besting the player, she mellows to them and comes to respect their strength, and their later battles become much more personable.
• Gender-Blender Name: "Carmine" is a name of Italian origin usually reserved for boys, though pronounced differently (the trailers for the DLC call her "KarMEEN", while a boy would be called "KARmeeney").
• Girls Love Chocolate: If you enter her room, she has a whole box of chocolates on her kitchen counter.
• Good Is Not Nice: Although she is initially rude to the player and her brother, the later events of the story prove that she has a strong sense of justice and has enough conviction to back up her morals with action. For instance, she volunteers to help with tracking down Ogerpon's masks, and she quickly turns against the Loyal Three once she finds out about their true nature. By the end of the story, the "not nice" part is dropped altogether.
• Graceful Loser: At the end of your final battle with her in The Teal Mask, she smiles and applauds you for winning, in contrast to every other time you defeated her where she's shaking her fist out of frustration.
• Guest-Star Party Member: She assists the player in retrieving the masks from the "Loyal" Three.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take a lot to set her off and cause her to lash out, which is part of the reason she's implied to not be too popular with the villagers. Even landing critical hits against her side boils her blood a whole lot.
• Hellish Pupils: Her pupils narrow into slits when she gets riled up.
• Hidden Depths:
  • She initially presents herself as something of a egotistical delinquent, but her prejudice against foreigners stems from her deep love for her homeland's culture and the belief that what she judged to be ignorant tourists are a threat to it. In her own words, no one knows more than her of the legends and beliefs passed down in Kitakami. She also reveals a strong sense of morality during the second half of the story, as she is clearly distraught after learning how Ogerpon was wronged in the past.
  • As far as we know she is the only character to realize that the Loyal Three and Pecharunt are connected in some way, noting something about them "feels" similar, though she concludes the truth will remain a mystery as the Pokémon can't tell them what happened.
• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: She has an… interesting hairstyle where her bangs would cover her eyes, except that has them braided so that there's two "slots" for her eyes to see out of, giving her a somewhat masked appearance.
• Hourglass Plot: Unlike Kieran, she starts off rude towards the player while he is much friendlier; but as the story continues, she warms up to the player and becomes nicer, while Kieran becomes more aloof and reveals the more selfish side of his personality.
• Innocently Insensitive: She legitimately seems to be oblivious to the negative effect her explosive temper has on everyone around her, particularly her brother. She eventually figures it out and apologizes to everyone for how she's been acting.
• Irony:
  • Despite Carmine's vocal dislike of "outsiders" and her love for Kitakami's traditional culture, her dialogue in the Japanese version lacks a Tohoku accent, while Kieran's does. She draws attention to this in a League Club conversation, claiming she speaks differently because she is "way cooler".
  • She dislikes outsiders for fear that they would turn her hometown into a cheap tourist spot, and one reason she apologizes for her xenophobia is her realization about the truth regarding the Lousy Three. Unbeknownst to her at the end of Teal Mask, the elderly caretaker of her hometown plans to rebuild the shrine of the Lousy Three for the sake of tourism. One can only wonder what Carmine would feel about that.
• Jerkass Has a Point: While her keeping Ogerpon's existence from her brother only causes more problems, her reasoning for not wanting to tell him during the festival is actually sound; namely, she knows that if she says something, her brother will want to rush after Ogerpon, who at this point everyone still believes to be a dangerous monster, and even if it's not a monster, Oni Mountain is an extremely dangerous place at night. Carmine not wanting to tell him right there was most likely the right call.
• Jerkass Realization: During Kieran's Motive Rant in The Indigo Disk, she tries to convince him that he's not as inferior to the protagonist as he thinks he is, but he shuts her down by reminding her that despite her initial hostility towards them, she basically became their best friend instantly and both of them left him behind in the process. Carmine's reaction makes it clear that she's finally feeling remorse for that.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Carmine is prone to lashing out at others, is quite the Big Sister Bully towards her younger brother, and has a massive ego, but at the same time, she does care about her brother, with her main reason about not revealing her and the player spotting Ogerpon to him at first being because she knows he'll go after it and the mountain it lives on is dangerous, even if Ogerpon isn't. She later mellows to the player character and is also rightfully angry when she learns the true nature of the "Loyal" Three and wants to make things right. Even before she does so openly, Kieran reveals that she was looking for an extra mask to give to them for the first day of the festival.
• The Leader: She's self-proclaimed to be the leader of the "Mask Retrieval Team" when working with the player, Kieran, and Ogerpon.
• Meaningful Name: Carmine is named for a shade of red, referencing both the red highlights in her hair and Pokémon Scarlet as a whole (although she ironically ends up fielding one of the returning Pokémon exclusive to Violet).
• The Medic: Her Sinistcha serves as this when she is partnered up with you in battles, as it has the Hospitality ability and knows Life Dew.
• The Nicknamer:
  • She tends to refer to her brother Kieran as "Kiki".
  • She'd rather call the Loyal Three the Lousy Three when she learns that it's them that are the true villains and not the ostracized Ogerpon.
• Oblivious to Love: Implied. The nerdy student she's paired up with for the project is clearly crushing on her (to the point of getting jealous of the player character for spending so much time with her), but she never even mentions him beyond remarking on how normal he is.
• Odd Friendship: The excitable Carmine and stoic Amarys are close friends.
• Only Sane Woman: Between Kieran's obsession with finding the Legendary Pokémon hidden within the depths of Area Zero and Briar's obsession with Area Zero in general, Carmine is the only one besides the protagonist to keep a level head during their Area Zero expedition.
• Poor Communication Kills: She means well when she tells the player not to mention meeting Ogerpon to Kieran. However, this ends up making his issues worse instead of sparing his feelings like she thought.
• Post-Final Boss: She's the chronological final opponent of The Teal Mask, but she puts up a far weaker fight than Kieran or Ogerpon before her and primarily serves as a punching bag for the freshly caught Legendary Pokémon.
• Proud Beauty: She's quite aware of her good looks, believing the player character will be distracted and enamored by the sight of her in a jinbei regardless of their gender, excitedly trying to get Penny to continue praising her beauty in a League Club Conversation after the latter comments that she's pretty "at least on the outside", and thinking that people are uncomfortable around her because she is so beautiful (as opposed to it being due to her often abrasive personality). She also remarks on Fezandipiti's beauty reminding her of her own.
  Carmine: I'm just too pretty for my own good.
• Raised by Grandparents: Implied, as she and her brother live with their grandparents and no mention is made of their actual parents.
• Recurring Boss: She's fought three times during The Teal Mask and once during The Indigo Disk.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni:
  • Zig-zagged with Kieran; during The Teal Mask, she's the more expressive, hot-blooded, rude red to Kieran's quieter, calmer and friendlier blue. By the end of The Teal Mask and come The Indigo Disk, the roles are reversed, with her being the friendlier, more withdrawn and personable blue to Kieran's strength-driven, unhinged, rude red.
  • She's also the more emotional and impatient red to Amarys's serious blue.
• Reunion Vow: As she leaves at the end of The Teal Mask, she insists that this won't be the last time we see her. Of course, we already know that, since she's on the poster for The Indigo Disk.
• Rule of Symbolism: She has red highlights in her hair, symbolizing both her temperamental nature and Pokémon Scarlet as a whole.
• Shadow Archetype: She's similar to Nemona in a lot of ways, mainly in regards to how they're both Hot-Blooded, are somewhat lacking in social skills, having a great friendship and rivalry with the player, and how they're both good at battling. This is lampshaded by Kieran upon first meeting and being challenged to a battle by her in Mochi Mayhem, remarking how Nemona is "pushy as Sis is...but, like... different." However, they have their differences:
  • While Nemona is an openly friendly girl, Carmine's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold with trouble expressing kindness freely.
  • While Nemona's struggles due to her lack of social skills were touched on repeatedly, the worst problems they caused were making her feel isolated and sometimes saying things that made her look foolish; meanwhile, Carmine's tendency to lash out at others ends up inadvertently hurting people around her, and it seems she has no idea how much harm it does; notably, she's confused as to why the villagers would be uncomfortable talking to her (deciding that her beauty must intimidate them), and she seems to have no idea why her brother acts moody towards her.
• Shipper on Deck: Several epilogue conversations involve Carmine grilling various people for details about their love lives. Unfortunately for her, Lacey doesn't have much interest in romance, and Arven doesn't quite understand her questions.
• Ship Tease:
  • Like Kieran, she grows quite attached to the player character over the course of The Teal Mask, but where his feelings turn to resentment, hers only get fonder. She outright tries to confess something to them while talking about how she feels only for a phone call to interrupt her, and in the end she is emphatic that she reunite with them soon.
  • In "The Indigo Disk" she becomes quite upset and flustered when Drayton refers to his invitation to the player character as a "date,” suggesting she does not like the idea of anyone else courting the player character. She pointedly advises them to sucker punch him depending on his behavior.
    Carmine: Just so you know, this isn't excitement over the date thing. It's anger.
• Signature Mon: Her ace is Sinistcha. She will even trade a special Poltchageist, its pre-evolution, for one of the player character's Pokémon.
• Sixth Ranger: She and Kieran both become this for the Player, Nemona, Arven, and Penny at the end of Mochi Mayhem.
• Sore Loser: She utterly abhors getting upstaged by the player every time she battles them. On the side, she blows her lid if the player manages to beat her record at the ogre mini-game. By the end, she grows out of this and becomes more of a Graceful Loser, having grown attached to the player during the entire ordeal to help Ogerpon out. She does dip a bit into this when defeating her in League Club rematches, in which she outright denies her loss and insists that she let the player win.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's considered pretty in-universe and is noticeably much taller than the player character and most other students, including Nemona.
• Super Drowning Skills: When meeting with the player at the Crystal Pool, she tells them to jump in to get some crystals while admitting that she can't swim.
• Thin-Skinned Bully: She likes to mock and/or insult others, but gets easily flustered when the player character turns the tables on her. This later culminates in her Character Development.
• Took a Level in Kindness: She starts off as rather rude and abrasive towards the player, but over the course of the story, she gradually softens up towards them, culminating in her apologizing to the Paldean students for her attitude early on.
• Town Girls:
  • Despite her Hot-Blooded attitude, she serves as the Femme to Nemona's Butch and Penny's Neither when they finally get to meet at the end of the Mochi Mayhem Epilogue.
  • During the Indigo Disc story, she's the Butch to Juliana's Femme and Amarys's neither.
  • Out of the girls at Blueberry Academy, she's the Butch to Lacey's Femme and Amarys's neither being the Hot-Blooded and seemingly aggressive one.
• The Unfought: Despite being the first person shown to be brainwashed by Pecharunt's mochi, she is not fought at all in the Mochi Mayhem Epilogue.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Much of her brother's change throughout both parts of the DLC story can be traced back to her poor treatment of him.
• Walking the Earth: Once you reunite with her in The Indigo Disk, she tells the player that she has traveled to other regions with Briar ever since they left Kitakami.
• Wants a Prize for Basic Decency: An example that crosses over with Comically Missing the Point — when her grandpa angrily tells her to be nice to Kieran, she responds with "I was being nice! It's not like I hit him or anything!"
• Worf Had the Flu: By the time of the final battle of The Indigo Disk, her party has been worn down through combat in the Area Zero Underdepths, leaving her with just her Sinistcha. This allows her to get rolled over by Terapagos so that only Kieran can save your skin.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: She has golden eyes and can be a massive bitch, but it ends up being downplayed. At the end of The Teal Mask's story, she undergoes enough Character Development that she apologizes to the Paldean students for her earlier behavior.

Kieran (Suguri) (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Kieran (スグリ suguri)

^{Click here to see his appearance as of The Indigo Disk}

A native of Kitakami who attends Blueberry Academy alongside his older sister. He plays a major role in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.

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• Accent Adaptation: Kieran speaks with a noticeable Tohoku regional accent in the Japanese version. His catchphrase, "wowzers", is a rough approximation of wayaja, for example.
• Admiring the Abomination: Though everyone in Kitakami fears and shuns Ogerpon, Kieran admires it because it's strong and doesn't depend on anyone, traits that he wishes to relate in full. Then again, the history about Ogerpon is all backwards, so it's not abominable in the least.
• All of the Other Reindeer: He believes himself to be the reindeer in this case when he finds out that his sister and the player kept him in the dark about their meeting with Ogerpon and trying to fix her mask, because his sister didn't want him to get upset that they met the ogre before he — who adores it a lot — did. He even complains to them that he's being ostracized just like the ogre, though it's all in his head.
• Always Someone Better: Near the end of The Indigo Disk, he has a Motive Rant where he reveals he wanted to be just like the player because of their strength and how easy it was for them to become friends with anyone. He even complained to his sister that she went from being rude to very friendly with them.
• Ambiguously Bi: The player character's gender has no apparent bearing on his Ship Tease with them. Amarys will even misinterpret your excursion partnership as a Freudian Slip before realizing what the player actually meant.
• Ambiguous Situation: In regards to any relation he has to Pecharunt before Mochi Mayhem, all we have are inferences or hints at best, most of which have alternative explanations. Namely, he begins to act "off" from his usual self after meeting with the player character where Pecharunt's dormant body rests, and upon punching the Loyal Three's monument a purple aura is briefly seen around his fist, an aura that is identical (if much smaller) to the effect used on people possessed by Pecharunt's mochi. Even the eerie sounds that play during some of his more intense scenes mirror the sounds made when Carmine first shows up possessed in Mochi Mayhem. However, while his aggressive behavior and growth as a trainer does have some connection to a dex entry that states those effected by Pecharunt's powers have their "desires and capabilities" drawn out, it does not resemble at all the behavior of the people possessed by Pecharunt during Mochi Mayhem itself, and the characters make no mention of any connection (albeit, none of them seem to have any knowledge of Pecharunt's powers or it existing at all, Kieran even noting he assumes there is nothing history-related going on since Ogerpon and the Loyal Three's conflict was already resolved). Lastly, Pecharunt's lore video reveals that it was entirely dormant until the events of Mochi Mayhem, and explains it can only influence people through the mochi and wrapping of its chains, neither of which happen to Kieran at all, supporting the idea that Pecharunt and Kieran had no connection at all.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: After his snapping at the end of The Teal Mask, Kieran becomes one in The Indigo Disk: he stormed through the BB League ranks to become the Champion, bullies his classmates, abuses his newfound position, and is dismissive and disrespectful of everyone he crosses paths with. It takes Drayton, the previous champ, to concoct the plan of you joining the BB League to finally knock Kiki off his high horse.
• Berserk Button:
  • In any of his matches against him before the end of The Indigo Disk, landing super-effective and critical hits will cause him to lash out at the player. Bringing Ogerpon for his Championship match, however, causes a much more choleric reaction from him.
    Kieran: You've got some nerve... Bringing out the ogre NOW of all times?!
  • Later, he gets a personal one from Drayton, who keeps calling him "ex-Champion" until he's had enough of making things even with Kieran (who had constantly rubbed in to Drayton's face how he beat him before).
• Beware the Nice Ones: Kieran initially comes off as a shy but sweet boy put-upon by his sister, but when he lashes out at Carmine and the player for keeping the truth about Ogerpon's folktale from him, he comes off as distressingly unhinged, and Carmine even notes afterwards that he actually scared her.
• Big Bad: For all effective intents and purposes, he's the main antagonist of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. His grudge against the protagonist, a result of The Teal Mask's ending, drives the entire story of The Indigo Disk and ends up triggering the final conflict when he tries to get his hands on Terapagos to finally one-up you.
• Big Bad Slippage: He starts off as a friend to the player in The Teal Mask, but gradually becomes more antagonistic as a result of his building resentment and desire to get stronger. By The Indigo Disk, he has become BB League Champion, with the plot focusing on taking him down freeing the club from his control. Even after his defeat, he triggers the climax of the DLC by trying to claim Terapagos in a last ditch effort for power.
• Birds of a Feather:
  • He likes to compare himself to Ogerpon as he thinks they both feel like they're alone in the world, though Kieran admires that Ogerpon has the strength to fend for herself and wishes to fully be as independent as her. However, his belief that she did not care about being shunned turns out to have been misplaced.
  • In Mochi Mayhem, Penny is quick to connect with him because they're both introverts who took a break from their schools for stressful reasons. Their introvert attitude is the subject of their League Club conversations.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: His troubled childhood and issues from his sister's bullying and lack of friends has built in him an outwardly shy meek demeanor that conceals a legitimately resentful and selfish streak. He becomes increasingly jealous of the protagonist due to their battle prowess and tries to take Ogerpon for himself despite having done basically nothing to bond with her, treating her as a prize to be won rather than a sentient being with legitimate feelings. When he loses, he becomes dangerously fixated on defeating the protagonist, and as the BB League Champion he becomes downright tyrannical towards the other members of the League Club, enforcing strict rules and throwing one member out when he can't follow them.
• Blamed for Being Railroaded: The player isn't ever given the option to tell him the truth about Ogerpon, with the game even forcing you to lie to his face. This ends up being the catalyst for him getting worse as the story goes on and he gets mad at you for lying. Similarly, he gets mad because of you going around with Carmine instead of him, meeting Ogerpon in the process; again, you have to do this to progress — though Poor Communication Kills also plays a role.
• Break the Cutie: Kieran seriously can't catch a break in The Teal Mask. He's often harassed by his sister, has his desire to become stronger constantly put out by you beating him left and right, and just when something finally goes his way when he proves once and for all that Ogerpon was the good guy of the legends all along, his dreams of having Ogerpon for a partner Pokémon get crushed when she picks you instead. This last hit against him sends him over the edge and he drags you into a battle against him with Ogerpon as the prize, and when that ends in his failure, he can only run off in tears and lock himself in his room afterwards. It's frankly no wonder that his last showing in the story has him going completely nuts as he keeps muttering about getting stronger and flashing a dark smile that implies that their next meeting with him won't be so friendly...
• Broken Pedestal: He starts off being wowed with the player's skill in battle and is quick to latch onto them as a friend, but being beaten by them so consistently, in addition to them lying to him about how Ogerpon is actually the victim of the folktale causes him to lash out at them in anger. The final straw comes when Ogerpon chooses the player as her trainer instead of him, which causes him to break down in tears, lock himself in his room, and not come out to say goodbye to the player when they leave. Interestingly enough, it's inverted in the sense that Kieran was the one who broke the pedestal due to his fragile psyche and misunderstanding rather than any intentionally malicious actions performed by the player. This is later subverted at the end of The Indigo Disk, where Kieran acknowledges his mistakes, apologizes for his actions, and asks the player if they can start over.
• Character Catchphrase: "Wowzers!"
• Character Development:
  • His Shrinking Violet traits become less of a problem to him as his story progresses, leading to him convincing all the villagers that Ogerpon is not dangerous as the wrong histories said. His rather small team becomes a fully evolved team of 6 when he challenges the player to claim Ogerpon. On the other hand, he takes a turn for the worse when he falls into his Sore Loser attitude and becomes obsessed with trying to beat the player the next time they meet. However, Kieran's character development eventually loops back around to positive, after he's able to put his obsession behind him and apologize to the player for all he put them through.
  • By Mochi Mayhem, Kieran is once again as friendly as the first time the player meets him but more confident and no longer a Sore Loser. Case in point, he gets soundly beaten by Nemona when they first meet, but while a little saddened, he accepts his defeat much more gracefully than before, and Nemona wastes no time cheering him up after that by telling him that he does not need to win to enjoy Pokémon battles at their fullest.
• Crazy-Prepared: During Briar's expedition to the depths of Area Zero, when Terapagos appears, he notices that it is approaching the player, and reveals that he had brought a Master Ball (presumably the one given to him when he became the BB league Champion) to decisively capture it for himself, before any attempt is made for Terapagos to bond with the player. Unfortunately for him, charging up Terapagos through Terastallizing it causes it to go on a rampage and shatters the Master Ball, indirectly setting itself free.
• Create Your Own Villain: The harassment of his rude, older sister, already causes Kieran problems from the get-go, and the player besting him in battle multiple times only serves to further put him down. His sister lies to him (with good justification) about the ogre's story due to concern for him, and the player is forced to contribute to said lie, upsetting Kieran. Then, having convinced the villagers that Ogerpon isn't evil, once Ogerpon chooses the player as their trainer over him (due to bonding with the player for more time), he battles the player for her and ends up losing again, sending him further lower and fueling his desire to best the player in battle once The Teal Mask's story ends. By the start of The Indigo Disk, Kieran becomes the DLC story's Arc Villain, with a fixation on being the very best and proving his strength to the player.
• Dark Reprise: Kieran's initial battle music is light and bouncy, incorporating heavy use of strings and marimba to illustrate both his timid demeanor and fierce passion for Pokémon battling. But in your final battle with him in The Teal Mask, the theme becomes much more urgent and menacing by replacing the marimba with electric guitar, showcasing his Start of Darkness and the beginning of his Sanity Slippage from trying to best the player. When he becomes BB League Champion, his battle music becomes foreboding and dominated by electric guitar and techno elements before ending on a frenzied descending piano scale, showing the heights he's reached, the awful things he's done in pursuit of strength, and his ego crashing down upon his defeat.
• Deuteragonist: He's the main human character of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, with his character arc being the main emotional centerpiece of the story.
• Developer's Foresight: Kieran has unique dialogue if you choose to use Ogerpon when fighting him in The Indigo Disk.
  Kieran: You've got some nerve... Bringing out the ogre NOW of all times?!
• Didn't Think This Through: While staying behind in Mossui Town to educate the townsfolk about the truth regarding Ogerpon to clear her name is a noble goal, Kieran apparently didn't consider that leaving Ogerpon to mingle with the player character out of his sight may cause her to instead bond with and trust the player character more than him. Ogerpon's choice to join you thus is partially his own fault.
• Discard and Draw: He benches his Furret in exchange for a Gligar and a Cramorant in his fourth battle, and then benches his Cramorant for a Shiftry and a Probopass in his fifth. When the player battles him at Blueberry Academy, his original team is gone, except for his Dipplin, which he evolved into Hydrapple. This constant changing of his team may demonstrate his fixation on becoming stronger, at the cost of pushing away his connections to those around him. However, a League Club Room conversation indicates he simply has a lot of Pokémon in addition to the team he uses to battle you, and he values them all. Case in point — as an ally during Mochi Mayhem, he benches his Politoed and brings back his old Poliwrath.
• Dramatically Missing the Point:
  • Kieran idolizes the ogre for being independent, and is both awed by and jealous of the player character's battling skills. Therefore, once Ogerpon chooses the player over him and he loses one last battle with them, Kieran concludes that he just wasn't strong enough to be Ogerpon's trainer. In reality, Ogerpon chose the player because they spent more time with her than he did.
  • When he catches Terapagos and uses it to battle the player, he's confused as to why this Pokémon isn't as strong as he initially believed. He's also still so hung up on beating the player character that he assumes catching a Legendary Pokémon will solve his problems. Thus, he still hasn't learned his lesson from Ogerpon, and goes a step further by outright capturing Terapagos instead of considering its feelings.
• Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: His eyes reflect his mental state, losing their shine should he deteriorate into bitterness and rage. This is especially evident during his final battle to determine who gets to be Ogerpon's trainer. Even the final scene with him shows his eyes are vacant, indicating that he's becoming obsessed with beating the player. At the end of The Indigo Disk, his Heel–Face Turn is displayed by the lights returning to his eyes. The change has stuck by the time of Mochi Mayhem, though the lights sometimes vanish again, no longer due to bitterness, but more so when focused in battles or under intense emotions, such as stress or fear.
• Easily Forgiven: Despite how Kieran acted to everyone, including the player, in The Indigo Disk, he's still forgiven by the player and Carmine. When he asks if he and the player can be friends again, the player gives him a smile and the post-credit photo shows them and Carmine together. Justified through dialogue with the members of the Elite Four, who were aware of Keiran's change in character since returning from Kitakami and were more worried than angry, figuring that something terrible had happened to bring about the change. That said, Drayton still calls Kieran ex-Champ post-epilogue for the sake of payback, much to Kieran's chagrin.
• Entitled to Have You:
  • A non-romantic example. He challenges the player for the right to catch Ogerpon after she expressed her desire to have them to be her trainer. Carmine even pleads for him to consider Ogerpon's feelings, but he dismisses her in favor of winning Ogerpon like a prize. Kieran acknowledges that he's being selfish and that he's in the wrong but he simply can't bring himself to give up on his dream without a fight. By the end of the DLC, his focus seems to have slipped from winning Ogerpon to the player character themselves, in a bit of a twisted parallel to Carmine's and Nemona's obsession with having the player as a rival to beat.
  • He also ends up doing this to Terapagos as well, as when Terapagos notices the player and tries to approach them, Kieran flips out and catches it in a Master Ball to keep it away from the player, angrily yelling that Terapagos is his.
• Evil Counterpart:
  • For Penny. Both are introverted and suffer bullying, resulting in them making mistakes and causing more harm than good in response. The difference is that Penny ultimately accepts her defeat and becomes better for it, while Kieran gets more and more frustrated over his losses and ultimately comes to resent the player.
  • He is similar to but also contrasts heavily with Nemona. Both are the younger sibling in the family, lacking friends growing up, highly skilled in battle, and easily fixated on someone they fancy. The two also engage you in a climatic battle between Champions in their respective story arcs, with said climatic battle being spectated by trainers you've battled prior and the two giving you monologue in the cutscenes preceding and following said battle. However, Nemona grew up under hands-off parents and becomes a cheerful but socially-tone-deaf girl, and she's wants you to be a rival to match her prowess and is utterly ecstatic when you finally best her at the top of her game, and her climatic theme is a Triumphant Reprise. Meanwhile, Kieran grew up with an oppressive sister and becomes a shy, sensitive, and judgmental young boy who can't handle losses well and becomes more and more determined to best you, eventually going into a meltdown after his defeat in the Championship battle, and his climatic theme is a Dark Reprise of his previous already-Dark Reprise.
  • For the opposite gender rival in Pokémon X and Y. Both get genuinely disheartened by how, no matter how hard they try, the protagonist is just better than them and gets the privilege of something they've been seeking. But while Calem or Serena learns to cope with the power gulf, Kieran sinks deeper and deeper into despair as he keeps losing and when he loses out on what he sees as his prize, Ogerpon's friendship, he snaps.
  • By The Indigo Disk, he becomes this to Wally, specifically his Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire incarnation. Both of them are introverts who become deeply affected and inspired by the protagonist to become stronger in their own ways, and both of them have signature Pokémon that represent their character growth. However, while Wally is physically frail but has a keen aptitude and focused mindset for strategy, Kieran is perfectly healthy physically, but not mentally due to his severe insecurities over being bullied and teased by his older sister. This is especially reflected in their choice of Pokémon, and how they handle their teams — Wally stays loyal to his team and his ace is Ralts, a Pokémon that senses the emotions of others and actively seeks out those who express positive emotions and eventually evolves into either Gardevoir or Gallade depending on the version ^note his Ralts evolves into Gardevoir in the original Ruby and Sapphire and its remake Emerald as Gallade didn't exist at the time until Gen IV, he ends up being retconned to evolving his Ralts into Gallade in the remakes of said games, both of which will do whatever it takes to defend their beloved trainer. Kieran constantly swaps his team around in his obsession to beat the protagonist and his ace is Applin, a Pokémon that hides within the shell of an apple to protect itself from those it sees as threats and can take many different forms depending on the type of apple it eats, representing Kieran's lack of stability; instead of evolving into its lesser final forms, however, it eventually becomes a Hydrapple, the line's strongest final form, which represents Kieran's desire to be undefeatable.
  • He also has a fair amount in common with Hop. Both are rivals who have a crisis from constantly being beaten and eventually shelve their Com Mon after said crisis, with both of their character arcs essentially boiling down to them realizing that they aren't the main character of the game. While Hop eventually accepts he isn't going to beat the player and is still friends with them, Kieran keeps doubting his strength and eventually goes crazy, only wisening up after things go horribly wrong and he has to help make them right.
  • Finally, he shares a close resemblance to Paulo from Pokémon Masters, with one key difference. Both of them feel rather hopeless to beat the player and keep going at it despite the odds. Though Paulo keeps a sense of sanity about it for the most part and stays afloat (rockily) because of other people trying look after him, Kieran doesn't get as much help from his status as a loner (not helped by his Big Sister Bully issues) and ends up being far more fixated on trouncing the player, and he falls into Sanity Slippage for it.
• Excellent Judge of Character: Unlike the other villagers, he thinks Ogerpon is Not Evil, Just Misunderstood. He's right on the money, though mistaken in some of his other beliefs about Ogerpon's character.
• Exhausted Eye Bags: Kieran gets some noticeable ones during The Indigo Disk along with his vacant eyes, Carmine specifically points out that he's been so focused on getting stronger that he's been cutting back on sleep. He no longer has them once he fully recovers from his obsession and starts getting proper sleep.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: At the end of The Teal Mask, he's shown pulling back his bangs as he fully falls into his obsession with beating the player. The final trailer for The Indigo Disk shows that he ended up pulling back all of his hair save for a single strand, resulting in his purple highlights now becoming the primary color of his hair. This is lampshaded by Drayton in The Indigo Disk, who literally states he preferred Kieran when his hair was down, as while he was timid and hid behind Carmine, he at least enjoyed being a Pokémon trainer.
• Fallen Hero: It's safe to say that the Sanity Slippage he experiences during The Teal Mask has sent him off the deep end, to the point he becomes the Arc Villain of The Indigo Disk and thus the DLC as a whole. Fortunately, he gets better at the end.
• Family Eye Resemblance: His yellow eyes seem to come from Yukito.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Similar to Carmine, his casual outfit has a white stripe on the left leg and a blue stripe on the right leg, and he wears a red glove on only his right hand.
• Floral Theme Naming: He's named after the blackcurrant plant, connecting him thematically both to his sister Carmine (named after the redcurrant) and his school, Blueberry Academy (named after a similar berry fruit).
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He starts out as the Responsible sibling to Carmine's Foolish, being shyer but friendlier and more respectful towards others. But as the story progresses, the player keeping secrets from him and constantly beating him in battles takes its toll on his sanity, to the point that by the end, he's purely acting on his own selfish whims; this, combined with Carmine's own Character Development, effectively reverses their roles by the end, making him the Foolish one and her the Responsible one. After the events of Indigo Disk, the roles are reversed again but in a more relaxed light, with Carmine being the foolish who likes to poke fun at people, and Kieran being the responsible for making amends for what he has done as a champion.
• Foreshadowing: In the Blueberry Academy promotional image for The Indigo Disk, Kieran's face is hidden from view. Not only does this foreshadow his Expository Hairstyle Change, this is also a hint that something will go wrong in The Teal Mask and cause a personality shift.
• Freudian Excuse: It's all but outright stated that Carmine being a Big Sister Bully to him contributed to a lot of his issues, with the two of you keeping the truth about Ogerpon from him being the straw that broke the Camerupt's back.
• Friendless Background: Due to his loner status, he doesn't have a single friend in the village. When the player is called a friend of his, he feels giddy inside for having a friend. Unfortunately for him, his desperation to become stronger than the player and them getting Ogerpon's adoration makes him undergo Sanity Slippage, implying that he has discarded his friendship with them and has gone back to being all alone again.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: By the end of The Teal Mask, he has underwent Sanity Slippage and developed an obsession with beating the player. When he returns to Blueberry Academy, he proceeds to beat the BB League and become the League Club's president and Champion. Still not sane, he starts to make sweeping changes by introducing strict rules to the club, causing unnecessary drama that can't be corrected because he's the boss of the joint.
• The Gift: It takes him only three days of meeting the player to fully raise his meager low-level team of average mons into powerhouses. That is the fastest anyone in the series has ever canonically raised their team that strong.
• Graceful Loser: After the events of The Indigo Disk, he becomes a lot more graceful upon losing to the player in postgame rematches or Nemona in Mochi Mayhem.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: Played with since he's not "evil" per se, but he's still unhinged enough. He falls into rivalry after being bested by the player multiple times during The Teal Mask and losing on his chance to bond with Ogerpon, becoming the Arc Villain of The Indigo Disk. However, he slowly recovers his kind personality while traveling through Area Zero during the second part of the story, and by the end he apologizes to the player and asks if they can be friends again. Said ending also has him acknowledging his faults during his reign as Blueberry Academy's champion and head of their League Club, vowing to make things right.
• He's Back!: When convinced to help the player fight Terapagos at the climax of The Indigo Disk, the shiny highlights finally return to his eyes, showing that he's at last pulled himself out of his funk.
• Hellish Pupils: Like his sister, his pupils narrow into slits when he gets riled up, as displayed at the start of his final battle in The Teal Mask.
• Hereditary Hairstyle: His bangs prior to his makeover in The Indigo Disk resemble those of his grandfather Yukito.
• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Like Carmine, his default hairstyle involves his bangs being braided in a manner that partially "masks" the upper half of his face while still leaving slots for his eyes so his vision isn't obscured. However, by the end of The Teal Mask DLC, he's discarded the hairstyle as a sign of his Start of Darkness and obsession with getting stronger than the player character.
• Hidden Depths: Like his sister, there's more to Kieran than meets the eye. Despite his shy, meek demeanor, he has quite an ego, evidenced by how poorly he takes his losses. He also has a bit of an obsession with power, evidenced by how he is willing to do anything to become more powerful than the player.
• Hope Spot:
  • After a falling out during The Teal Mask, Kieran and the protagonist apologize to each other and make up over stealing the mask and keeping him out of the loop respectively, but things deteriorate again when Ogerpon doesn't instantly warm up to him.
  • In The Indigo Disk, the trip to Area Zero shows several moments when his meek personality comes up to the surface before quickly trying to cover them up when the others notice it. At first, it seems like it doesn't stick by the time the group finds Terapagos when his emotions get the better of him once more, but ultimately the trope is subverted when Carmine's and the Player's encouragements manage to bring back his old self for good.
• Hourglass Plot: Unlike Carmine, he's shown to be very friendly and welcoming to the player, while she is ruder and acts like a bully towards them. However, as the story continues, he becomes colder and more distant from the player while Carmine warms up to them and becomes much nicer. This is continued into The Indigo Disk, when Kieran's obsession with becoming the strongest has made him rude and overbearing towards others, and Carmine has become the quiet and withdrawn one, due to her worrying about Kieran's change of personality.
• Hypocrite: He idolizes the ogre, and after discovering that Ogerpon was actually a victim and the "Loyal" Three were actually mask thieves, he proceeds to steal a mask — Ogerpon's only remaining one, which Carmine and the player were planning to repair and give back to Ogerpon after she dropped it.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Surprisingly inverted — despite his timid personality, Carmine reveals that Kieran is actually somewhat egotistical, as proven by his Sore Loser reactions to being beaten by the player. In The Indigo Disk, he admits that he's jealous of the player for both being able to make friends so easily and for having strong Pokémon, and that he's still upset about Ogerpon choosing the player over him. It plays a major role in him catching Terapagos with a Master Ball during the Indigo Disk climax when it looked like it had taken a liking to the player.
• Instant-Win Condition: Played with. In desperation to catch a Legendary to defeat the player with, he uses a Master Ball to catch Terapagos instantly when it takes a liking to the player upon sight. It works as expected, however, Terapagos does not appreciate this and destroys the Master Ball. After all, that the ball always works to initially catch a Pokémon doesn't mean it can contain it afterward.
• I've Come Too Far: Despite Carmine's concerns about his behavior, Kieran is so obsessed with getting one up over the player that he's willing to unleash the power of Terapagos and capture it against its will in a desperate attempt to finally win. In his mind, everything he's done will be for nothing if he can't do that.
  Kieran: I've got nothing... I worked so hard, and for what?! I STILL lost in the end! This... this is all I have left now!
• Jerkass Ball: By The Indigo Disk, he becomes hit with this, with his obsession for drawing out power and defeating the player causing him to become utterly callous and rude to everyone else. Though at the end of the story, he gets better.
• Kick the Dog: During the course of The Indigo Disk's story, he has no qualms on reminding Drayton of his defeat for the title of the BB League Champion and calling him weak for it.
• The Lancer: In Mochi Mayhem, Kieran is this to the player, resolving the Pecharunt's crisis with them and watching their back.
• Laser-Guided Karma:
  • After becoming the Champion of the BB League as well as the League Club's president in The Indigo Disk, he becomes a Mean Boss who imposes unnecessarily strict rules, and expels a fellow club member over family issues that gave him little time for training. Upon his defeat, nobody in the student group aside from the rest of the League Club watching the match tries to comfort him after his loss, instead opting to just go; and to rub more salt in that wounded ego, Drayton bites him back HARD, with Kieran having taunted him over besting him in the past for the title of Champion. Once Kieran returns to the academy, Drayton is still mad enough at Kieran that he keeps annoying him until he's had enough to make things even, much to Kieran's chagrin.
  • His reason for joining the player, Carmine and Briar to Area Zero is to capture the Legendary Pokémon so that he can both make amends for not bonding with Ogerpon (another Legendary Pokémon) and to show his strength to the player. Not long after capturing Terapagos (with a Master Ball, no less), it ends up backfiring twice — the player beats Terapagos with ease, and a full-power Terapagos, having Terastalized, breaks the Master Ball with its power when Kieran attempts to recall it, removing it from his possession. This incident, fortunately, changes his ways for the better.
• Loners Are Freaks: Due to his shyness and lack of confidence, he is seen as difficult to deal with by some in the village. In the end, though, he musters up the courage to make the villagers realize the truth about Ogerpon; unfortunately, the boost in confidence isn't enough to avert his Sanity Slippage.
• Loving a Shadow: He feels a connection to Ogerpon, but can't wrap his head around the fact that admiration for a legendary figure for her strength and independence doesn't translate to actually bonding with the real thing. Ultimately, Ogerpon chooses the protagonist —who she spent time bonding with— over him, and he doesn't take it well, demanding a battle for the right to be Ogerpon's trainer and running away in tears when he loses. Ogerpon also turns out to have been a caring creature who greatly craved companionship and continued to attend the village's mask festival in secret, rather than the pillar of independence who didn't care about being shunned that he imagined her to be.
• Madness Mantra: At the end of The Teal Mask, an unhinged Kieran mutters that he's going to become "a lot stronger. Stronger. Stronger! Stronger and stronger and stronger!"
• Mean Boss: Upon becoming the BB League Champion, things start to become far more strict due to his overbearing rules as the League Club's president, exemplified when he's first seen berating a fellow club member having family issues that make him unable to set time aside for training, before expelling them from the club entirely. The rest of the Elite Four dislike how rigid things have become since Kieran took over, with some of them wanting to spare the player from being another victim of the drama. Once Kieran is beaten and excuses himself entirely from being a club member, Lacey is happy to say that things have gone back to normal by scrapping all of the strict rules Kieran put in place.
• Meaningful Name: "Kieran" is named for a shade of purple, referencing both the purple highlights in his hair and Pokémon Violet as a whole (although he ironically ends up fielding the two returning Pokémon lines exclusive to Scarlet).
• Might Makes Right: Deconstructed. Kieran has this mindset simmering beneath the surface but breaks it out to desperately try and justify himself when he knows he's morally in the wrong, like when he steals the Teal Mask out of resentment for being left out (after he chose to not participate in Carmine's plan) or when he challenges the player for the right to be Ogerpon's trainer when Ogerpon already chose the player. When he ends up losing anyway, rather than reassess his behavior, he concludes that the problem was he simply wasn't strong enough to win these matches he forced. In the end, his forceful capture of Terapagos with a Master Ball in response to Terapagos taking a liking to the player just so that he can defeat them blows up in his face when he terastalizes Terapagos, causing it to go berserk and accidentally break the Master Ball.
• Mons as Characterization:
  • His constantly changing his team members over the course of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero is meant to represent his fixation on becoming stronger at the cost of his connections with others. His final team is a mishmash of Pokémon with either strength to spare (Adaptability Porygon-Z and Hydrapple), a history of real life competitive success (Drizzle Politoed, screen-setting Prankster Grimmsnarl, and Intimidate/Fake Out Incineroar), or both (a pseudo-legendary in Dragonite with Multiscale), suggesting he became so obsessed with strength he discarded bonding altogether and straight-up netdecked his team.
  • In The Indigo Disk, he gains a Grimmsnarl on his team, a fearsome, ogre-like, Pokémon not unlike what Ogerpon was initially believed to be, as well as Incineroar, the Heel Pokémon, representing his Face–Heel Turn. Fittingly, both are Dark-types.
  • His Signature Mon (and starter) is Dipplin in The Teal Mask, which has evolved into a Hydrapple by the time of The Indigo Disk. The former represents a shy boy in his shell, while its more monstrous evolution represents Kieran's own negative change to become stronger. Also, while the main syrpent in Hydrapple is its nominal leader, the other four heads only help it sparingly, which shows his damaged relationship with the Elite Four below him despite their care for him. Topping things off is the fact that Hydrapple Terastallizes into a Fighting-type, representing his obsession with battling. In fact, Hydrapple needs Dragon Cheer to evolve, but Kieran removed it for the Champion battle, reinforcing his unhealthy distancing when he wants nothing more than to be friends. When fighting the Terastalized Terapagos, Hydrapple regains Dragon Cheer temporarily, as the player needs his help more than his strength at that moment.
  • In Mochi Mayhem, he reintroduces his Poliwrath (a Pokémon he caught before he went off the deep end) to his team when you fight alongside him. It shows he is no longer concerned with power alone.
• Motive Rant: When trying to pull Terapagos out of its crystal in The Indigo Disk, he rants about how the player character gets everything they want, how they have strong Pokémon, won over Ogerpon, makes friends instantly, and how even his own sister warmed up to them in record time, which is why he's so desperate to finally win against them.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Has this at the end of The Indigo Disk when he puts everyone in danger by Terastalizing Terapagos, causing it to go berserk, simply staring in shock as both the player and Carmine battle it. It's only with the player encouraging them that he steps in to help.
• Never My Fault: He gets angry when Ogerpon bonds with the player more than himself. But part of that was self-inflicted; Kieran had previously refused to help with Carmine's plan to take back the masks from the "Loyal" Three, giving the player more time to bond with Ogerpon.
• Nice Guy: Before his turn to darkness and after his return to the light, Kieran is a good-natured boy who ultimately just wants friends.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: In The Indigo Disk, when Terapagos first appears, he does not waste any time with preamble. He just comes right out with a Master Ball.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Once you sign up for the BB League, Kieran tells you not to lose to anyone else because he wants to be the one to defeat you.
• Raised by Grandparents: Implied, as he and his sister live with their grandparents and no mention is made of their actual parents.
• Recurring Boss: He's fought five times during The Teal Mask and twice during The Indigo Disk.
• Red Herring: Due to his Sanity Slippage, one might assume that he was possessed or tempted by Pecharunt in some form or would end up being possessed by it. Instead, he's the only one of the player's friends who doesn't get brainwashed by Pecharunt in Mochi Mayhem.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni:
  • During The Teal Mask, he's the quieter, calmer and friendlier blue to Carmine's more expressive, hot-blooded, rude red.
  • By the end of The Teal Mask and come The Indigo Disk, the roles are reversed, with him being the strength-driven, unhinged, rude red to Carmine's friendlier, more withdrawn and personable blue.
• The Resenter: While he starts out as a shy yet genuinely good friend, he becomes increasingly frustrated from losing to the player over and over again. When Ogerpon chooses the player as her partner, he refuses to let them have her without a fight. Once they defeat him, he goes off the deep end, muttering himself to be stronger, and the events of The Teal Mask's story lead to him becoming the BB League Champion and training a new team in The Indigo Disk to beat them.
• Riddle for the Ages: Did the punch he threw at the Loyal Three's altar wake them up from their slumber, the energy-charged Pokémon battle, or was it the Teal Mask being in proximity? Or was it a combination of all three? Or something else? The game or Carmine doesn't make it clear how it happened.
• The Rival: Starts out as a friendly rival to the player in The Teal Mask, until his countless losses drive him deeper and deeper, to the point that by the end of the story he battles the player for Ogerpon's property. Come The Indigo Disk, and he's firmly become this, still bitterly driven by his obsession to best the player. He gets better by the end of the DLC.
• Rule of Symbolism: His hair is partly colored violet, which symbolizes his Shrinking Violet personality and Pokémon Violet as a whole.
• Sanity Slippage: He suffers this the more he loses to the player, culminating in a Slasher Smile and an Expository Hairstyle Change.
• Ship Tease: Like Carmine, he grows quite attached to the player character. Which makes Ogerpon choosing you over him hurt even more.
• Shrinking Violet: He's very shy, so much so that during his introduction in The Teal Mask DLC, he hides behind his sister. Bonus points for the highlights in his hair actually being a shade of violet.
• Signature Mon: While the position of his ace is inconsistent in The Teal Mask (with multiple Pokémon taking the role at different points and Yanma/Yanmega being the only one that's on all his teams), promotional material and The Indigo Disk solidified that his team ace is Dipplin/Hydrapple. A League Club Room conversation reveals that it was his first Pokémon, gotten back when it was an Applin.
• Sixth Ranger: He and Carmine both become this for The Player, Nemona, Arven and Penny at the end of Mochi Mayhem.
• Slasher Smile: Gives a frightful smile at the end of The Teal Mask while musing he'll get stronger than the player. He becomes proner to flashing them in The Indigo Disk.
• Sore Loser:
  • Something he has in common with his sister, surprisingly: though he takes his first couple of losses to you relatively well, he gradually starts taking them harder and harder as he wonders why he can't beat you. Losing trainership of Ogerpon to you causes him to hit the breaking point, with the DLC ending on him muttering that he'll get stronger than you and sporting a Slasher Smile.
  • He reacts this way again after the player beats him in the Blueberry League, dropping to his knees and becoming completely demoralized by the defeat. And when it looks like Terapagos has taken an interest in the player, he angrily yells that it belongs to him and catches it in a Master Ball, promptly using it in a battle against you right after. When he loses again, he is encouraged by Briar to Terastalize it, which he promptly does in order to defeat you, which ends up causing Terapagos to go berserk.
• Start of Darkness: Kieran begins the story as a meek and kind boy who's often belittled by his big sister, but quickly latches onto the player as the first sympathetic ear to his admiration of Ogerpon. When the player and Carmine run into Ogerpon at the Festival of Masks without him, she impulsively lies to him about meeting her to spare his feelings, and the player is forced to contribute to said lie. When their grandfather unveils the truth about Kitakami's legend to the player and Carmine, Kieran eavesdrops on it and begins to resent the player for betraying his trust. This, combined with back-to-back losses in Pokémon battles with the player, feeds his enmity and growing obsession with becoming stronger, and when Ogerpon ultimately chooses to be partners with the player instead of him and he is bested in combat once more, it proves to be the final straw.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: When Kieran decides to return to Blueberry Academy after Mochi Mayhem, he's behind on all school assignments because of his 10-Minute Retirement, though Lacey offers to help him.
• Sweet Tooth: During the Festival of Masks, he says that he loves candy apples, and brings up how Dipplin resembles one. His character sheet art◊ also notes that he loves sweets in general, and shows that his bag is full of them, and much like Carmine, he has a box of chocolates in his room.
• Sympathy for the Devil: He loves the ogre in the Loyal Three's folktale more than the Loyal Three themselves, believing it to be Not Evil, Just Misunderstood and wanting to be friends with her. He turns out to be closer to the mark than expected.
• Tareme Eyes: Kieran's eyes naturally droop downard, indicating his shy, timid personality. It also makes it startling when his eyes open wide in an unhinged Death Glare aimed at the player as he Took a Level in Jerkass.
• Tempting Fate: In Mochi Mayhem, he's briefly panicked that he'll be the next target to become brainwashed by Pecharunt after seeing his grandparents falling to its mischief, though this is subverted when he (comically) avoids becoming another target.
• Took a Level in Badass:
  • Starts off as a chump with a couple of low-rent Com Mons, but the final battle with him has him field a full team of six badasses who (if the DLC is done in the postgame) all carry useful items and are some of the highest leveled Pokémon fielded by any human in Scarlet and Violet at time of release. The ending makes it clear it's still not enough for him, and his desire for more power starts to unhinge him...
  • By the time of The Indigo Disk, he's dethroned Drayton as Blueberry's Champion and is the second-strongest Trainer at the school, only behind Cyrano. It's implied he did so with relative ease, too.
• Took a Level in Jerkass:
  • He starts off as sweet and friendly towards the player, but as the player consistently defeats him in battle, combined with them and his sister lying to him about Ogerpon, he grows increasingly cold and distant, culminating in him snapping and muttering how he'll get much stronger with a dark smile on his face.
  • When he's first seen again in the Indigo Disk DLC he's berating a member of his school club for being weak because they've been having troubles at home and haven't had time to train their Pokémon, going so far as to expel them from the club. Near the end of the DLC, he is outraged when he sees Terapagos smiling and trying to walk to the player, provoking him to catch it in a Master Ball while screaming that Terapagos is his.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Double subverted at the end of The Indigo Disk. The excitement of traveling through the beautiful and dangerous terrain of Area Zero starts to bring out his old kind personality, comparing their trek to an action movie and showing consideration for the personal effects found in the Zero Lab, mildly becoming exasperated when Ms. Briar starts snooping through them. However, he has a breakdown after finally encountering Terapagos and lapses back into his inferiority complex with the prospect of finally beating the player with it, then captures Terapagos without its knowledge or consent simply to have a chance to best the player in battle, but Terapagos ends up going berserk (destroying the Master Ball he used to catch it) and ends up endangering everyone, leaving him in horrified shock at what he had caused. The player encourages him by telling him they need his help, and he finally realizes how low he has fallen, resolving for good to change for the better. This continues on with the epilogue Mochi Mayhem, where he's back to his friendlier self.
• Tsundere: Of the classic Harsh variety, late in The Indigo Disk; during the trip to Area Zero, he starts to show some of the empathy and wonder he previously buried. When called out on it by Carmine, he gets defensive.
• Tyrant Takes the Helm: Upon wrestling the position of BB League champion and thus president from Drayton, Kieran turns the League into a battle-centric club where everyone is obligated to push themselves to be as strong as he wants them to, personal issues and preferences be damned.
• The Unchosen One:
  • Invoked. He tries so hard to get Ogerpon to like him the most because he absolutely adores her and feels like she shares a similar background like him, but to his chagrin, she ends up liking the player far more. He gets another dosage of this trope when his efforts to have Terapagos fail when one, it already takes a liking to the player character upon awakening and two, him Terastalizing it causes it to go berserk and it destroys the Master Ball he used to catch it.
  • In general, the main reason for his jealousy towards the player, Ogerpon aside, is how everything seems to fall into place for them — in short, how they're the main character of the game. His prickly sister quickly befriends them, they overcome every challenge they meet and become a hero almost overnight, end up quickly befriending almost everyone in the Blueberry League, and instantly bond with two Legendary Pokémon to boot. This is lampshaded in some of his dialogues where he becomes enraged when you land a critical hit on him in some of his fights, ranting that even luck has chosen the player, with an especially blatant line for when you land a crit on Terapagos when he uses it against you.
    Kieran: How can you get critical hits, even at a time like this... What are you, the hero of this story?!
• The Unfettered: Post Face–Heel Turn, he replaces many of the members of his team, which make for a decent team but don't synergize much, with much stronger Pokémon that synergize well with each other, all in an attempt to become the BB League Champion and show his power to the player. And after that, he resorts to catching Terapagos with a Master Ball, showing how far he could go just to claim a single victory against his biggest hurdle.
• Unknown Rival: Though his desire to beat the player is front and center, it's only during his Championship match when he shows how fixated on defeating the player he has become. No one, not even Drayton, realizes how everything that led to him being the BB Academy's Champion was only to one-up the player (though Drayton does hope you can bring an end to his new self).
• Video Game Cruelty Potential: Nothing says you can't bring Ogerpon to Kieran's Championship battle at Blueberry Academy and beat him with her.
  Kieran: You've got some nerve... Bringing out the ogre NOW of all times?!
• Villainous Breakdown: When he is defeated by the player for the title of BB League Champion, he falls to his knees, shocked about the turn of events.
  Kieran: No... why?! This wasn't supposed to happen! Urgh! No... no, no, no!
• Walking Spoiler: Needless to say, it is very difficult to discuss Kieran without going into the dramatic shifts he undergoes in his character arc.
• We Will Meet Again: While obsessing over his perceived lack of strength, he dramatically declares "Just you wait, [player's name]..."
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He's motivated by a huge superiority complex, with his rude older sister's treatment of his doing nothing to help. By the end of The Teal Mask, he goes off the deep end once he ruins his chance to bond with Ogerpon, and becomes fixated on beating the protagonist no matter the cost. Because of this, Kieran's fall into rivalry makes him the Big Bad of the DLC as a whole.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: Double subverted. This is something he shares with Carmine, though while not the case at first due to being the nicer one of the two siblings, it is played depressingly straight by the end, when it's shown he's undergone a Face–Heel Turn.

Briar

Briar (ブライア buraia)

A teacher at Blueberry Academy who visits Naranja/Uva Academy to scout for students to attend the exchange program.

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• Change the Uncomfortable Subject: In her first scene, she asks Jacq when the Pokémon League will grant her permission to enter Area Zero, only for Jacq to change the subject before giving her a proper answer.
• Constantly Curious: Described as being "inquisitive" on the website, and shows a keen interest in the Terastal Phenomenon.
• Famous Ancestor: She's a descendant of the writer of the Scarlet and Violet Books, Heath. Her ultimate goal is to prove to the world that her ancestor spoke the truth when he wrote of his discoveries in Area Zero.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • Ambition. She wants to find Terapagos to prove her ancestor's research is correct. She brings three teenagers into Area Zero, one of whom is very upset about losing his champion title and not in the right state of mind to be exploring a dangerous unknown area, and goads the latter into Terastalizing Terapagos when she realizes that it's not as strong as Heath's notes stated, driving the legendary Pokémon berserk and nearly getting them all killed. By the end, she realizes her mistakes and apologizes for her actions.
  • Her tendency to get utterly absorbed in something she's curious about. She ignores Kieran's Motive Rant because she's too busy reading about Terapagos, and she generally tunes out the obvious tension between him, the player, and Carmine because she's too excited about getting to see Terapagos for herself. If she was a bit better at reading the room, a lot of the endgame in The Indigo Disk would've happened differently.
• Floral Theme Naming: Like the other two members of Blueberry Academy present; in her case she's named for the briar plant.
• Hereditary Hairstyle: She has her ancestor's wavy hairstyle.
• Innocently Insensitive: After calling the player, Carmine, Kieran, and Drayton to talk about the upcoming Area Zero expedition, she takes a moment to congratulate the player for becoming the new BB League Champion... right within earshot of Kieran, who has had no time to properly cope with losing his title. To her credit, she does apologize for it after realizing her mistake.
• Milking the Giant Cow: She gesticulates dramatically when she sees Terapagos Terastalizing, all while dramatically and excitedly declaring how happy she is to finally see that Heath's writing was true.
• Moment Killer: Becomes this for the player and Carmine by the end when she calls the player the moment she's about to make a confession to them.
• My God, What Have I Done?: She's utterly horrified and remorseful when her obsession and desperation to prove Heath's research as truth ends up indirectly unleashing Terapagos's Stellar form through Kieran and nearly gets everyone killed. Carmine makes it a point to scold her to keep her obsessions in check afterwards.
• Red Herring: She spends both parts of the DLC being very intent on getting into Area Zero, where numerous powerful Paradox Pokémon are being kept secret and the main game's climactic battle took place, and she appears quite frequently considering her comparatively minor role (a chaperone in Teal Mask and one teacher at a full school in Indigo Disk). All this makes it seem like she has evil intentions and will be the Big Bad of the DLC. While her ambition does lead to problems and she's directly responsible for the situation with Terapagos, she truly does just want to learn, and she's incredibly apologetic about what her pushiness led to.
• Ship Tease: Her initial interaction with Jacq has her offhandedly saying that he's "quite charming" and "delightfully direct", though it might have just been sarcasm in response to his non-answer about her getting into Area Zero.
• Skewed Priorities: When Kieran is giving his Motive Rant during The Indigo Disk, Briar is too busy flipping through the Scarlet/Violet Book to figure out if the gem he's trying to remove is really Terapagos to notice how obviously distressed he is and ends up encouraging him to pull Terapagos out. She lampshades this later, admitting to the kids that she was wrong to let her obsession with Terapagos put them all in danger.
• Support Party Member: In the climax of The Indigo Disk Carmine mentions that Briar is not very good at Pokémon battling, so she's mostly handing the exposition while the player, Carmine, and Kieran handle the battling.
• Symbol Motif Clothing: She wears earrings resembling the Terastalization symbol and her jacket bears the symbols found in Area Zero as well as both the Koraidon and Miraidon logo variants shown on each game's box art.
• The Unreveal: The fact she offers to help you with stopping Terapagos when it runs rampant and Carmine saying she's not good at battling implies that Briar has her own Pokémon. Throughout the story, it's never revealed what Pokémon she potentially has.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her desperation and intense desire to prove Heath's writing as correct causes her to completely lose herself in the thrill of her research that she doesn't give a second thought to the safety of the children she's traveling down the depths of Area Zero with, especially with Kieran, who's mentally unstable after getting beaten by the player at the BB League. Even after Kieran lashes out loudly as he tries to take Terapagos's gem state out of the crystal it's stuck on, Briar makes no attempts to calm him down at all, and she indirectly unleashes Terapagos in its Stellar Form through having Kieran Terastallizing it (which happens right after Kieran gets beaten again) and nearly gets them all killed for it, after which she expresses immense guilt for.
• Walking the Earth: After leaving Kitakami early, she and Carmine traveled to other regions to further her research before coming back in The Indigo Disk.

Carmine and Kieran's Grandparents

Grandpa Yukito and Grandma Hideko

Carmine and Kieran's grandparents. Their grandfather is the one who shares the true story of Ogerpon.

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• Dissonant Serenity: Hideko acts oddly calm when offering her husband Pecharunt's mind-controlling mochi in Mochi Mayhem.
• Dual Boss: They battle you together after being brainwashed by Pecharunt in Mochi Mayhem.
• Family Eye Resemblance: Carmine and Kieran seem to get their yellow eyes from Yukito.
• Genre Blind: If his largely unfazed response to his wife acting strange and offering mochi out of nowhere in Mochi Mayhem is any indication, Yukito would not last long in a horror movie.
• Given Name Reveal: They're referred to as just "Grandma" and "Grandpa" in The Teal Mask, but in Mochi Mayhem, their names are revealed to be Yukito (Grandpa) and Hideko (Grandma) when you're forced to fight them while they're brainwashed.
• Good Parents: They're not Kieran and Carmine's actual parents, but they care for both of them and try to set a good example for Carmine. They also try to look after Carmine when she's possessed by Pecharunt in Mochi Madness.
• Happily Married: They seem quite happy together.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Yukito has no idea about Pecharunt's existence when he related the truth about Ogerpon, even if the story subtly shows part of Pecharunt's shape in it, meaning the hint was meant to be shown to the player (you yourself, not the in-game player), but it wasn't told to the player and Carmine.
• Mr. Exposition: Yukito explains Ogerpon's true backstory to the player and Carmine.
• Parental Substitute: Appear to be this to Carmine and Kieran, since their actual parents are never shown or mentioned.
• Poisonous Person: Yukito's team comprises of Arbok and Weezing, a pair of Poison-types.
• Satellite Character: Hideko's characterization mostly just amounts to being Carmine and Kieran's grandma and Yukito's wife.
• Secret-Keeper: Yukito only knows the truth regarding Ogerpon's backstory, but he's never tried to tell anyone else about it because he didn't want his family to be ostracized for going against the "fake" story of the Loyal Three that had already rooted deep into Kitakami. Thankfully, Kieran clears the air with the people once he stepped up to help Ogerpon out.
• Strong Family Resemblance: They both have similar hairstyles to their grandchildren, with Yukito having the most resemblance. Hideko only gets more of a resemblance with Kieran when he pulls his hair back as his Expository Hairstyle Change when he's pushed to insanity for losing too much to the player.

Perrin (Sazare)

Perrin (サザレ sazare)

A photographer visiting Kitakami's Timeless Woods in the hopes of finding a rare Pokémon.

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• Advertised Extra: Downplayed; she is prominent enough in one of the trailers for the DLC that it's easy to assume she'd be important to the main plot, but she turns out to be part of an optional sidequest. That said, she's also basically the protagonist of said sidequest and we learn a lot about her from it.
• Bittersweet Ending: She manages to take a lot of photos of the Bloodmoon Ursaluna, but discovers that they are all cut-off, out-of-focus or blurry. However, she still regards the photos as her favorites for what they represent, regains the inspiration to keep doing her job and thanks the player by gifting them a Choice Scarf and her Hisuian Growlithe's brother before leaving, promising that they'll meet again down the road, which occurs in The Indigo Disk.
• Call-Back:
  • Nearly everything about her sidequest is a reference to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, from her being Adaman's descendant,^note Perrin quotes Adaman with "Time wasted is lost.", stating it is a common saying in her family. to the Hisuian Pokémon she both travels with and searches for, to the boss battle music for Bloodmoon Ursaluna, etc. Even one of her battling Pokémon is a Leafeon, which was also Adaman's Signature Mon.
  • If the player evolves and brings the Hisuian Growlithe she gave you during the events of the Teal Mask to along to Blueberry Academy, her dialogue changes to acknowledge it.
• Camera Fiend: As a photographer, her character design heavily involves her with a camera, and she wants photos of a rare Pokémon in the Timeless Woods.
• Child Prodigy: She was known as a prodigious photographer when she was younger, gaining many awards and accolades, though she sadly admits that the "spark" for it has been dying down on her lately, causing her to fall into a slump, so she wants to photograph the Bloodmoon Ursaluna to bring back her inspiration.
• Cuteness Proximity: When finding her at the Timeless Woods, you can find her photographing a wild Poliwhirl that she finds very "expressively" cute and keeps taking photos of until her dog snaps her out of it, to her embarrassment.
• Hereditary Hairstyle: Downplayed, as the style itself is somewhat different, but her hair color is identical to Adaman's, and she also has a stray bang in the same spot he does.
• Irony: During the snapshot minigame, she can be photographed several times, revealing that she's embarrassed of being on the other end of the camera.
• Ms. Fanservice: For a Pokémon game character at least, Perrin ranks pretty up there. Her figure is very slender, with a curve-hugging outfit that consists of quite low-rise jeans (with cut-outs to show off a bit of thigh) and a small, open-shouldered top that cuts off right below her breasts, leaving much of her hips and torso fully bare. There's even focus on her butt at one point.
• Reunion Vow: At the end of her sidequest, she assures you that your paths will cross again someday. Sure enough, she returns in The Indigo Disk, now working for Blueberry Academy as their photographer, where she asks the player to investigate two new Paradox Pokémon she had recently caught glimpses of in her photos.
• Signature Mon: Her main partner is a Hisuian Growlithe, though he is more her pet and assistant than a battler. He is also the brother of a more battle-hungry Growlithe she gifts to the player character.
• Stalker without a Crush: In "The Indigo Disk" she states she'll be following the player character around to get candid pictures of them catching Pokémon, noting to not worry about it as they won't even notice her.

O'Nare and Billy (Naire and Billio)

O'Nare (ネア nea) and Billy (ビリオ birio)

A duo of incredibly rich "glitterati" tourists who first encounter the player in Kitakami, then proceed to travel across both it and Paldea. O'Nare is the CEO of Paldea Realty, a real estate firm headquarted in east Levincia.

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• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: O'Nare's gold-colored Prim and Proper Bun and Billy's gold-colored bowl cut both look pretty similar to Nuggets and Big Nuggets in appearance, which O'Nare gifts to the player. Most of O'Nare's tightly pulled-back silver hair also resembles a Pearl or Big Pearl, which is another item she gifts you.
• But Thou Must!: While O'Nare does allow the player the choice to turn down a battle with her, she will ignore that choice. While she appreciates being told "no", she believes her time is too valuable for that, they must battle right now.
• Condescending Compassion: While they happily give you money and expensive items, they also derisively refer to you as a commoner and give you "pearls of wisdom" about how money works.
• Exposed to the Elements: They take a trip to Glaseado Mountain while wearing their usual skin-baring outfits. Billy cheekily lampshades this, mentioning that their high-quality clothing (somehow) still keeps them warm.
• Fiction 500: O'Nare is the president of Paldea Realty (based in five skyscrapers you can walk around in east Levincia), and both she and Billy are incredibly wealthy for it — wealthy enough to casually gift the player multiple Nugget and Pearl variants, as well as a ton of cash.
• Gold Makes Everything Shiny: The duo declares themselves the "Glitterati" and they're decked out in gold clothes.
• Graceful Loser: O'Nare always takes being defeated by the player character in stride and rewards them handsomely for it.
• Large Ham: Both are prone to loud, grandiose statements about the places they visit.
• Ms. Fanservice: O'Nare is designed like a Barbie doll, and wears a skintight outfit that shows off her neckline. As she uses an altered version of the Model character model, it makes sense.
• Noblewoman's Laugh: O'Nare lets out the classic "Ohohoho" whenever you interact with her.
• Non-Elemental: O'Nare wields a Persian in all her battles, and the part-Normal Arboliva in her last one.
• Piñata Enemy: If you go through the trouble to track them down, they give you a ton of items that you can sell for plenty of cash. O'Nare also gives you a huge payout whenever you battle her.
• Prefers Going Barefoot: Billy is always barefoot, even on the snowy Glaseado Mountain, though this is probably because his character model is an altered version of the Black Belt character model.
• Punny Name: Their names together sound like "billionaire."
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Both of them have some rather odd ideas about how the lower-class function — for example, when you first meet them, O'Nare frets over whether or not it would be rude to shake your hand, and then wonders if she should ask for your autograph. O'Nare also fails to know what the difference is between a puddle and a lake while visiting the Casseroya Lake.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts: They're very lovey-dovey with each other, with Billy, in particular, showering O'Nare with praise and affection.
• Uncle Pennybags: For all their condescension and ditziness, they do seem genuinely friendly and O'Nare in particular seems to like imparting her own brand of "wisdom" to the player character. She also gifts them quite generously whenever they defeat her in battle.
• Yes-Man: Billy mostly serves as one to O'Nare, agreeing with her and hyping her up at every opportunity.

The Kitakami Ogre Clan

A group of 7 ogre-masked trainers spread around Kitakami who battle any challengers willing to take them on.

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• Artificial Brilliance: They're not like any other trainer you fight in the game. They fully take advantage of advanced moves like setting up rain at the start for a full team of Water-types to hit hard and complement their abilities, using Reflect/Light Screen with a lead that has Prankster for quick setup on team members who are normally frail to attack or special moves, etc. They also like to equip Hold Items for the right times, whereas almost no other important trainer you fight even bothers with using Hold Items.
• Boss in Mook Clothing: Like some trainers in Paldea who are unusually tough compared to other trainers in the same area, the Ogre Clan have black dialog box to warn you of their difficulty. But while such trainers in Paldea usually shouldn't pose a problem to your endgame team, the Ogre Clan are tough enough to give even your postgame team a run for their money, especially if you challenge them blind.
• Call-Back: All of them except their leader always say the same line after defeating them ("I gave the battle everything I had in me! I have no regrets!"), which alludes to Kanto's Nugget Bridge's trainers saying a very similar line.
• Face of a Thug: They use the Delinquent models, wear replicas of Ogerpon's intimdating-looking mask, and admit to having a hard time holding back in battle. However, they genuinely want to help train the kids in Kitakami, and they specifically set up around the time of the Mask Festival to enhance the experience.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: They're all masked delinquents from Kitakami. Though they are nice people, if a little too tough on newbies.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Taking note of their steep difficulty and the fact that each member tailors their team according to a specific type or strategic theme, the Ogre Clan can be seen as Kitakami's version of Paldea's gym leaders, although unlike gym leaders, the Ogre Clan don't give you any hint of their team until after you engage them. You even get to challenge the final, strongest member only after defeating the other seven, much like how you can only challenge the Elite 4 and Champion after defeating all gym leaders first.
• Theme Naming: The clan members are named after historical Japanese swordsmiths and/or famous katanas.
• Tough Love: It turns out the "clan" itself was created to encourage young trainers to enjoy battles, but its members really don't like going soft but rather go all out with advanced strategies on challengers, which is why no one but the player is able to beat a single member.
• Useless Useful Spell: Kunitsuna's Golem has Sand Veil to boost his evasion in a Sandstorm...but none of Kunitsuna's Pokémon have Sandstorm or an ability that activates it and the Megaton Pokémon has no coverage moves for Water or Grass-types. Whoops.

"The Visitor" (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

A mysterious man from a foreign land who arrived in Kitakami many years ago. Ogerpon's previous trainer.

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• Ambiguous Situation: What became of him after he protected the Teal Mask is currently unexplained. It's only stated that Ogerpon just found the Teal Mask when she returned to their cave, and did not find him when she went to look for him. Even the lore video revealing Pecharunt's side of the story did not solve the mystery. The Loyal Three left his body (unconscious or dead) in the cave, so why was he not there when Ogerpon returned? Was Grandpa Yukito partially censoring the story for his child audience with the lore video showing what actually happened, unaware of the particular details past the Loyal Three stealing the masks and Ogerpon taking revenge, or something else?
• Charles Atlas Superpower: In keeping with many other powerful trainers, he was not helpless on his own. He fought with his bare fists with such strength and ferocity to protect Ogerpon's masks that Fezandipiti and Okidogi were compelled to fight back seriously and in the end flee even though it meant leaving one of the masks behind. While his strength was ultimately inferior to theirs, and the fight may have cost him his life, that he could stand up at all to two lower rank legendaries at the same time without any weapons is impressive regardless.
• Face of a Thug: Implied, though it may have only been a racial difference. He and Ogerpon were shunned by the residents of Kitakami for their appearances being so different from the locals and barred entry to Mossui Village as a result.
• The Hermit: Despite being barred from entering Mossui Village, he and Ogerpon were happy to just live on Oni Mountain together.
• Mask of Power: He and Ogerpon were gifted four special masks adorned with Tera crystals by the Mask maker, which were for hiding their faces so they could join the locals.
• No Name Given: His name is never revealed and is very much lost to history even to the Mask maker.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: This man was never indicated to be anything more than a normal human, and yet he was strong and capable enough to actually take on two legendaries in a fight and actually compelled them to flee instead of taking the fourth mask. It may have been at the cost of his life, but it's an incredible feat nonetheless.
• Only Friend: Being a stranger in a foreign land who was shunned by nearly everyone, he only had Ogerpon for company and the Mask maker who took pity on them both.
• Posthumous Character: He's most likely been dead for many generations, with it being a question of whether it was the Loyal Three that killed him or something else entirely.
• Uncertain Doom: It's noted that Ogerpon returned to their cave to find him missing and the masks stolen. It's unclear what happened to him, although the implications are unpleasant. It's revealed that the Loyal Three either killed him or left him unconscious when he caught them stealing Ogerpon's masks, but this does not explain why Ogerpon couldn't find him in the aftermath of the incident.
• Walking Spoiler: His very existence is unknown to the locals save for Carmine and Kieran's grandfather, and the tragedy that seemingly took his life is pivotal to Ogerpon's story and the "Heroes of Kitakami" legend as a whole.

Introduced in The Indigo Disk

Cyrano (Ciano)

Cyrano (シアノ shiano)

The director of Blueberry Academy, who personally invites you to attend as an exchange student.

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• Amazon Brigade: All six of his Pokémon during his superboss battle are female.
• Broken Win/Loss Streak: If the player manages to win an optional battle against him, he'll mention that they're the first trainer in decades to defeat him.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Despite his rather odd nature and his forgetful personality, he's shown to be a very competent principal by the state of Blueberry Academy, and is even an extremely competent battler given that his team is even stronger than the former BB League Champion Kieran— in fact, with a team consisting of an equal split between Level 86 and 87 Pokémon, Cyrano is the strongest NPC trainer in the entire franchise by average team level, beating out even Cynthia and Red (and while both of them have a Level 88 ace on at least one of their teams, their team levels are lower overall).
• Character Tics: When he's speaking to someone, he has a habit of briefly taking his hat off and spinning it around before putting it back on.
• Cloudcuckoolander: He's extremely quirky, as he's overly-casual and tends to push things off on his students due to his forgetfulness. Lacey and Clavell both point this out.
• Comically Cross-Eyed: He has a distinctively cross-eyed look, which fits with his quirky Cloudcuckoolander personality.
• Fiction 500: He remarks that the Blueberry Academy and its famous Terarium cost an immense amount of money to build and maintain, leaving many to wonder how wealthy this man might be.
• Forgetful Jones: Prone to forgetting things, including his reason for why he chose the player character for the exchange program and what the energy in the Terarium Core even is. Lacey expresses exasperation with this.
• Meaningful Name: "Cyrano" contains the word "cyan", a shade of light blue-green. Fittingly, he's the director of Blueberry Academy, the eponymous "indigo disk" of the second DLC.
• Old Friend: He's old friends with Director Clavell, right down to having an Affectionate Nickname for him: "Velly".
• Putting the "Pal" in Principal: He runs Blueberry Academy and is shown personally welcoming the player character to the school when they arrive.
• Signature Mon: The strongest members of his battle post story are the Unova Starters, and he Terastallizes his Serperior into a Rock-type.
• Superboss: Cyrano is optional, but for good reason. His team is the highest-level in the game and very powerful, closing off with his ace Serperior, who uses the devastating Contrary + Leaf Storm combo that enables it to fire off an intensely powerful STAB while raising its Sp. Atk. by two stages every turn. One must be well prepared if they want to fight him.
• World's Best Warrior: He's the strongest NPC trainer in the entire franchise by average team level, dethroning BDSP Cynthia in this regard (who has a higher leveled ace, but with lower team levels overall). If the player manages to beat him, he'll mention that his last loss was a few decades ago, giving him one of the longest winning streaks in the franchise.

Crispin (Akamatsu)

Crispin (アカマツ akamatsu)

A first-year student from Virbank City and the youngest member of the Blueberry League's Elite Four. A skilled cook who specializes in Fire-type Pokémon. He likes to cook lunch for his friends after a battle.

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• Anti-Frustration Features: If you fail to make a super-spicy sandwich for his trial, the ingredients you gathered will carry over to the next attempt, so you don't have to negotiate with the same trainers over and over.
• Artificial Brilliance: Despite being the least experienced of the Blueberry Elite Four, he still shows some surprisingly good strategy in his team building:
  • He leads off with Rotom-Heat and Talonflame. Both are immune to Ground-type moves (Levitate for Rotom and the Flying-type Talonflame) that Fire-types are weak to and have means to punish contact-move users (Rocky Helmet on Rotom for chip damage and the Flame Body ability on Talonflame to make physical moves on him a risky choice since it could burn them and make them do less physical damage).
    • Rotom has STAB-Thunderbolt in case you think Water-types would be an easy answer to his team. It also has Will-O-Wisp to burn the opponent and Hex to take advantage of the status aliment.
    • Talonflame is fast, meaning he will most likely use Sunny Day before you can take him down, weakening Water-type moves while empowering his team's Fire-type moves. He also has Roost to not only recover his health from the powerful recoil moves he attacks with, but also reduces the Rock weakness from a times four to a times two. Also, he has Focus Sash, meaning he will get to pull off at least one move from him and with his fast speed, two moves.
  • Exeggutor has the Harvest Ability to reliably recycle its Sitrus Berry while under sun conditions. Even without the sun, it's still a 50% chance he gets it back anyway. It also reminds you that types that are super effective against Fire (Water, Ground, and Rock) are all weak to Grass. Lastly, it has Solar Beam which it can fire without delay under the sun.
  • Camerupt has the Solid Rock Ability to reduce the damage received from Water or Ground-type moves, though it still takes 3x damage. It's also holding the Expert Belt to boost its wide move coverage's damage.
  • Magmortar has the Passho berry to reduce incoming Water-type attacks on him once. He also has Thunderbolt like Rotom to deter Water-types further and is a backup for Sunny Day in case the sun goes away.
  • His team ace Blaziken has STAB-Fighting in case you thought exploiting his team's weakness to Rock-type moves would be easy.
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Crispin has yellow eyebrows and red hair with orange highlights — colors and shades of fire. Fitting for a Fire-type specialist.
• The Baby of the Bunch: He's the only first-year student of the Elite Four, the lowest in rank among them all, and he's the only one among the group who has a harder time applying simple rules to their status as Elite Four members (which says something considering he's from the same game as Poppy, who's smarter — if not more childish — than him).
• Book Dumb: His skills as a battler are recognized among other students. His academy smarts and rule enforcing as an Elite Four, though, leave a lot to be desired.
• Cannot Spit It Out: He's implied to have a crush on Lacey but has difficulty telling her about it. Though given what Lacey has implied about her dad...
• Captain Obvious: He occasionally says obvious statements, such as when you defeat him in the post-game rematch and he says he loses because he doesn't win.
• Chef of Iron: He's a skilled cook who's also among the best trainers in Blueberry Academy. He carries a frying pan everywhere he goes, which he uses to "cook" his Tera Orb when Terastallizing. When talking to him postgame, he mentions that he also uses the pan for self-defense.
• Child Prodigy: He's a first-year but already a skilled battler capable of giving a good fight to a region's Champion. Otherwise, he's not well-versed on school or BB League regulations.
• Companion Cube: He tells Arven that he hugs his frying pan while sleeping, and Arven is weirded out by this.
• Fiery Redhead: He has red hair resembling flames, and he specializes in Fire-type Pokémon and is described on the website as "enjoying red-hot battles".
• Fireball Eyeballs: Downplayed. Crispin has two red dots inside his pupils.
• Frying Pan of Doom: Discussed in a League Club conversation where he mentions keeping his frying pan around as an emergency weapon.
• Gracefully Demoted: When Kieran is dethroned as Champion, the possibility of Crispin being pushed out of the Elite Four altogether is raised, since if Kieran ended up rejoining, the lowest ranked Elite Four member would be the first to go. While it bothers him at first (mainly since he would lose access to the Savanna Plaza), he's just happy that everything's back to normal among his friends. Fortunately, he gets to keep his Elite rank after Kieran removes himself from the rankings and Lacey arranges to place a freeze on the board until the aftermath of Kieran's loss can be sorted out.
• Hidden Depths: At first he appears to be a battle-hungry trainer who wastes little time in agreeing with Drayton to induct you into BB League so that he can battle you, but when you challenge him, he reveals that he zealously throws himself into battling and cooking to take his mind off from stressing about the drama currently happening in BB League. He may be an enthusiastic battler, but even he doesn't like the current state of the club with Kieran shoving a power-hungry mentality onto everyone, and fussing over such a complex situation stresses him out.
• Hot-Blooded: He tends to be excitable and loves exciting battles.
• Innocently Insensitive: After Kieran is defeated as Champion, Crispin is quick to congratulate both him and the player character, clearly not noticing that Kieran is in a very distressed emotional state. Lacey even tells him that he needs to read the room.
• Meaningful Name: "Crispin" sounds a lot like "crispy" doesn't it? A good fit for someone who loves to cook. A Fire-Type specialist would also naturally burn things to a crisp.
• No Social Skills: He's rather terrible in social situations and reading the room, such as when he excitedly agrees to let the player take on the BB League. He also tries to understand Drayton's shady scheme step by step but utterly fails at getting it after thinking very hard about it (even though it's painfully obvious to understand).
• Non-Uniform Uniform: He wears a typical chef's uniform top over his academy uniform, reflecting his love of cooking.
• Playing with Fire: He's a Fire-type specialist, with the exception of his Exeggutor, which is Grass and Psychic, though it takes advantage of the sun with its Harvest ability and instant Solar Beam attacks. Additionally, should players choose Fuecoco as their starter, Crispin will be the only NPC Trainer to Terastallize their Pokémon into a Fire-type, that being his Blaziken.
• Ship Tease: It's hinted he has a crush on Lacey, but she doesn't realize it, not helped by how he also Cannot Spit It Out.
• Signature Mon: He's seen with Magmortar during his trial, even having a party comprised entirely of Magmortar shown while tasting the sandwich made by the player. However, in battle, he Terastallizes his Blaziken. He'll also trade a Magby with the player.
• Too Kinky to Torture: When he eats the super-spicy sandwich the player makes, he describes it as going past tasting "spicy," and straight into tasting like "pain." His reaction implies he enjoyed it regardless.
• Useless Useful Spell: Downplayed with his Camerupt's Solid Rock Ability, which lowers all super-effective damage by a quarter...meaning the Eruption Pokémon takes 3x damage from Water and Ground-type moves.

Amarys (Nerine)

Amarys (ネリネ nerine)

A Steel-type member of the Blueberry League's Elite Four from Castelia City, as well as the Student Council President of Blueberry Academy. She's taciturn and always keeps her cool, but deep down she truly cares about her friends.

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• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's incredibly calm and poised which contributes to her popularity with many students at Blueberry Academy.
• Amazon Brigade: Aside from the genderless Metagross, all of her Pokémon are female.
• Anime Hair: Her hair is styled to look like steel bolts.
• Artificial Brilliance: Her team has some appropriate counters to Steel's weaknesses that would fit into the competitive scene:
  • She leads off with Skarmory (ignores all Ground moves thanks to her flying-type) and Alolan Dugtrio (her high speed means she can outspeed almost anything that you might have thought of bringing). Both have means to survive with 1 HP (Sturdy for Skarmony and a Focus Sash for Dugtrio) so they will pull off at least one action on their end. Both of them will also punish you for using contact moves on them (Skarmony has Rocky Helmet if you attempt to use Rapid Spin on her to get rid of the Stealth Rocks she likes to set-up so have fun taking chip damage, while Dugtrio has Tangling Hair so you lose Speed, making it so you're unlikely to attack first next time). Also, Dugtrio is a Ground-type in case you thought using Fire-types would be an easy answer. Skarmory also has Whirlwind to force a switch into the Stealth Rocks she's set up.
  • Next would be Reuniclus. She likes setting up Trick Room to turn her slow blob into a speedy hard-hitting blob. If you think her Scizor would be affected by this change of speed, she has Bullet Punch anyway and it's empowered by Technician so it's going to hurt a lot. Also, Reuniclus would destroy any Fighting-types hoping to take advantage of Steel's weakness to Fighting. Lastly, if you plan on using Water types to tank Steel attacks, this Reuniclus also has Energy Ball for coverage.
  • Scizor holds an Occa Berry so that any Fire-type moves you use on her won't be as damaging.
  • Empoleon is here in case you think exploiting Steel's weakness to Fire and Ground would be easy, as she would use STAB Hydro Pump on them as well as removing Fire's effectiveness..
  • Lastly, her Metagross. It has Zen Headbutt for any fighting types like Reuniclus does, on top of still getting STAB from its Psychic-type moves.
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: With her steel bolt-shaped hair, metallic gray glasses and watch chain, and her rigid posture, it's no surprise that she is a Steel-type specialist.
• Bothering by the Book: She votes against letting the player take on the BB League since it goes against the Academy's rules, but ultimately agrees to it only because she and Lacey get outvoted and the Academy allowed the exception.
• Character Tics:
  • She keeps her arms so close to her sides and has such a rigid posture it gives her the profile of a flat board.
  • She also frequently checks her pocket watch, even mid-battle.
• Child Prodigy: Heavily implied as her information blurb during the League Challenge describes her as having been battling and training Pokémon since she could walk and talk.
• The Comically Serious: In her post-match photo, Amarys does the cutesy heart-hand pose with her usual completely-straight face. After rematching her later, she claims Carmine taught her the pose, and she uses it because it's supposed to "ensure victory."
• Cool Kid-and-Loser Friendship: The cool kid to Carmine's loser. Amarys is one of the most popular girls in Blueberry Academy while Carmine is barely tolerated by her classmates because of her abrasive personality. A student from their classroom sums it up well:

Classmate: Our class has Amarys, the student council prez...and Carmine, the student body pest!

• Entertainingly Wrong: Her conclusion to your box legendary saying "Agias" is to think that it's literally the name of it, which is not entirely unreasonable since this is the series that named the Pokémon Speak trope. She continues to call it "Agias" in every subsequent interaction, as nobody seems to want to correct her.
• Extra-ore-dinary: She specialises in Steel-types, with the sole exception being her Reuniclus, which is Psychic.
• Floral Theme Naming: Both her original and localized names take after flowers. Nerine and Amarys with the latter derived from amaryllis. Both flowers belong to the Amaryllidoideae family.
• Foil: To Poppy from the Paldea League: both she and Poppy are female Steel-Type specialists, members of their region's Elite Four, and the second member in their respective group. In the Blueberry League Club, they do bond over their shared love of the Steel-Type but they still contrast each other heavily:
  • She is a stoic teenager while Poppy is a Cheerful Child.
  • Amarys has dark skin and turquoise eyes while Poppy has fair skin and dark blue eyes.
  • She has an Odd Friendship with the hot-blooded Carmine, a girl of the same age as her, while Poppy has an Intergenerational Friendship with the calm Rika.
  • They have no overlapping member in any of their Pokémon teams; Amarys has an exception with her Reuniclus (which doesn't fit her Steel-type specialty, being a Psychic-type), while Poppy's team is completely Steel-Type. Additionally, Amarys specializes in double battles while Poppy fights in single battles.
• Forgets to Eat: Implied; In the BB League Clubroom, all the other members have some food assigned to them on the table: A pink teaset for Lacey, boxes of snacks for Drayton, and a thermic bag full of freshly cooked food for Crispin. Amarys is the only one who has a stack of books and a notebook opened, which suggests that she'd rather focus on studying than taking a break and eating. It also contributes to her stern and hardworking characterization.
• Hidden Depths:
  • Drayton notes Amarys is actually very sensitive emotionally, and asks the player to keep this in mind when interacting with her even if her feelings seldom show on her face.
  • An interaction with Carmine reveals she really enjoys painting in her downtime and uses Kitakami's apples to inspire her paintings.
• Non-Uniform Uniform: Downplayed compared to the rest of Blueberry Academy's Elite Four; while she mostly wears her uniform to code, she still stands out with her distinctive metallic boots.
• Not So Stoic: While she normally maintains a serious, blank expression, there are a few times where her stoicism falters. One being when Koraidon/Miraidon eats the supplements that grant permanent flight in one sitting and the other being you saying you were paired up with Kieran for the school trip in the Teal Mask story.
• Odd Friendship: She is good friends with Carmine, which is a bit of a surprise given their clashing personalities. Drayton in particular draws attention to it.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's the blue to Carmine's red, being much calmer and more serious than Carmine is.
• Schedule Fanatic: She's seen checking her pocket watch during battle and many other instances, and comments that she hopes to finish the battle within a certain timeframe.
• School Idol: Amarys gets a lot of respect and admiration from not just her classmates, but various students throughout Blueberry Academy, including the league club. Many NPCs seem to be gushing over her, calling her cool, and are in awe as they recall her role as the student council president. A lot of people put her on a pedestal. This is dialed up in the Japanese script as some of them will refer to her with the -Sama suffix.
• Sensitive Artist: Post epilogue reveals she uses the apples Carmine brings from Kitakami for her as still compositions for her paintings.
• Ship Tease: It's implied she has a thing for Kieran, as shown by her having an odd feeling when she thinks about him and her reaction if the player says they know him from Kitakami. She also seems to be fond of apples from Kitakami, seeing that when Carmine offered to bring other delicacies like mochi, Amarys insisted to bring only apples. When you remember Kieran's ace Pokémon, it's not hard to see a connection.
• Signature Mon: Metagross, which she Terastallizes.
• Spock Speak: She speaks very formally and consistently uses technical terms for everything, fitting with her taciturn demeanor.
• Student Council President: Not only is she a member of the Blueberry League's Elite Four, she is also the president of the student council, which might explain why she's constantly keeping track of time.
• The Stoic: Nothing, absolutely nothing seems to faze her. Not even Koraidon/Miraidon is enough to make her blink in shock. The closest she comes to changing emotions by a bit is being concerned when she sees Koraidon/Miraidon eating all of her prepared batch of supplement to gain permanent flight, as she suggested it should only eat a small portion whenever it wanted to fly.
  • Her interaction with Poppy has her breaking out her stoic attitude a bit more, bonding with her over their shared love of Steel-Type Pokémons, notably clapping with the Paldean Elite Four cheerful attitude.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: The website describes her as having an "ironclad exterior", but ultimately being a caring person deep down. This is seconded by Drayton. She also has several lines expressing concern for Carmine and Kieran, showing her sensitive side.
• Sweet Tooth: Part of the reason why she prefers Kitakami apples is because they're a lot sweeter compared to most apples.
• Town Girls: For the girls at Blueberry Academy, she serves as the neither to Carmine's butch and Lacey's femme not showing any signs of being masculine or femine and acting more stoic.
• Trademark Favorite Food: According to Carmine, she really enjoys Kitakami's apples. Even when offered other treats like Mochi, she turns them down, saying the apples are more surperior.
• Unknowingly in Love: In a conversation in the League Club Room after meeting Terapagos, she tells the player she sometimes gets an ache in her chest and a dampened appetite. She noticed that it only seems to happen when she thinks about Kieran, but dismisses the possibility of that having anything to do with it. She also gets flustered when you tell her that you and Kieran were paired up during your trip to Kitakami.

Lacey (Taro)

Lacey (タロ taro)

A second-year student from Nimbasa City attending Blueberry Academy, one of its Elite Four who specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon, and the daughter of Driftveil City's Gym Leader, Clay. She shows you around the academy when you first arrive.

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• The Ace: Naturally, as one of her academy's Elite Four, she's the third most powerful Trainer in the school.
• Admiring the Abomination: Though she mainly adores conventionally cute-looking Pokémon, she still finds the likes of Venonat and Granbull irresistably cute.
• Artificial Brilliance: Many of Lacey's strategies are competitive-tier:
  • She starts the battle with a Prankster Whimsicott and an Intimidate Granbull. This means upon starting the battle, she cuts down your Physical Attack stats (Fairy-types tend to be weaker on the physical side). Think you can punch through them with powerful special attacks? Whimsicott can priority set up Light Screen. Also, the Whimsicott has Focus Sash, which means you can't possibly OHKO her.
  • Think you can easily sweep Lacey's team using Poison or Steel attacks? Good luck. Nearly all of her team members have answers to it, which includes secondary typing that nullifies the weakness (e.g., Primarina being part-Water thus taking neutral damage from Steel), or coverage moves that can deal super effective damage on Poison or Steel (e.g., Granbull's Stomping Tantrum).
  • While it's not a Fairy-type Pokémon, she has a Galarian Slowbro packing Flamethrower and Psychic to go against any Steel or Poison types you bring to the battle. She will also remove any Toxic Spikes you might have set up on the field.
  • Aside from a reference to Clay being her father, her Excadrill also reminds us of the painful fact that all types that resist Fairy (Fire, Poison, Steel) are weak to Ground. Think you're safe behind your Poison-types or Steel-types? Hope you like taking powerful High Horsepower attacks. He also has Rock-tomb in case you try using Flying-types to avoid his High Horsepower attacks, as well as Mold Breaker in case you attempt to use Abilities like Levitate and Earth Eater to circumvent that.
  • Her Primarina carries Throat Spray, which means she is going fire off a powerful STAB Water-type Hyper Voice that hit both of your Pokémons (say bye bye to your Fire-types)... and then get a +1 Special Attack boost. Enjoy.
• Bothering by the Book: Surprisingly, despite her overall excitement to meet the player, she's against enrolling them into taking on the BB League because as an exchange student it would be against the rules of Blueberry Academy. Later on subverted, as she admits her objection was due more to the fact that she didn't want the player to be another victim of the drama stressing the League Club.
• Celibate Hero: Lacey appears to be a bit of a Dude Magnet (with a dash of Even the Girls Want Her if the player character is female and chooses the "You're the cutest, Lacey!" dialogue option), but seems mostly uninterested in romance. She responds to said "You're the cutest" line by purposely changing the topic back to her Pokémon, intentionally tells another boy who tries to ask her out who her dad is just to scare him away, and gets annoyed with Crispin when he struggles to ask her out (although in the last of these cases, it's unclear if this is due to her not being interested in him or simply because of his clear indecisiveness in the matter).
• Character Catchphrase: She has a tendency to exclaim "That's not right!" while crossing her arms in an X shape whenever she objects to something.
• Cuteness Proximity:
  • After battling her, she lets out a Squee over how cute her Pokémon and the player's are when battling. This is also the reason why she chose to specialize in Fairy-type Pokémon, which is a type known for having cute appearances. She also calls the player character and their Pokémon adorable.
  • Upon meeting Poppy in their League Club conversation, she immediately starts doting over her.
• Dude Magnet: Crispin's conversation with her, coupled with both her own conversation with Carmine and the fact that the player character can call her "the cutest" implies that Lacey has quite a lot of admirers, though she doesn't seem very interested in romance. If the player character is a girl, it can double as Even the Girls Want Her.
• Edible Theme Naming: Her Japanese name refers to the Taro root vegetable.
• Gender-Blender Name: In the Japanese version, her name is Taro, which is very similar to one that's nearly always used for boys (Tarou).
• Jerkass to One: Drayton complains that she's much blunter to him than she is to most other people due to his lazy attitude and lack of work ethic as an Elite Four member.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Played with; Clay is a big cowboy-like oil tycoon who specializes in Ground-types, while Lacey is a small, dainty girl who specializes in Fairy-types and has a fixation on "cute" things. However, her signature Pokémon is an Excadrill, just like her father's, and she all but outright states that she finds it just as cute as all her other Pokémon.
• Loved by All: Her profile during the League Challenge mentions that she's beloved by the student body and some of her own statements suggest that she has a sizable amount of admirers.
• Meaningful Name: "Lacey", which has the word "lace" in it, which is associated with lace ribbons, which are thematically related to Fairy-types. It's also a near anagram of "Clay", her father's name. Lace and clay are also both materials used in art as an additional bonus, though for largely disparate art forms, much like how Lacey and Clay specialize in a different type. In addition, their Japanese names—Taro and Yakon—both come from tuber vegetables.
• Nice Girl: She's unfailingly polite towards everyone around her.
• Non-Uniform Uniform: She wears a long pink cardigan over her academy uniform.
• The One Guy: Her Excadrill is the only male Pokémon on her Elite Four team, with the rest being female.
• Only Sane Woman: Compared to Drayton's laziness and scheming, Amarys' formal stoicism and fixation on time, and Crispin's hot-bloodedness, Lacey comes off as the most level-headed member of the BB Elite Four.
• Our Fairies Are Different: She's a Fairy-type specialist in her Elite Four battle, with the exceptions being her Galarian Slowbro, which is Poison and Psychic, and her Excadrill, which is Ground and Steel that she Terastalizes to turn it into a Fairy-type.
• The Reliable One: Lacey is the one making sure everything runs smoothly in the League Club, running its day-to-day organization, getting the work done (Drayton frequently frustrates her about that) and often worrying about it and its future. After Kieran is beaten by the player (taking his Champion title from him), she is the one happily informing them of the changes in the BB League and asking their opinion about their new slogan. In a way, she can be seen as a Hyper-Competent Sidekick or even The Creon to the BB League's Champion albeit a more willing one after Kieran's reign.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: She has pink hair and is a Nice Girl, helping the player character when they arrive at Blueberry Academy.
• Ship Tease: With the player character. After defeating Lacey, she lets out a Squee over how cute the Pokémon were. Then the player has the option to tell Lacey that she was the cutest, but she immediately changes the subject back to her Pokémon.
• Signature Mon: She uses Excadrill in all her battles and it's the one that she Terastalizes into the Fairy-type when challenging her in the BB League.
• Spoiled Sweet: She's implied to come from a wealthy family thanks to her being the daughter of Clay (a Gym Leader and head of a large and successful mining company), and she's an all out Nice Girl towards you when you first meet her and becomes one of your first new friends you make.
• Tea Is Classy: In the default BB League Clubroom, you can see a pink tea set on the table which presumably belongs to her. She is a rather proper young lady who is set on following rules and favors the cute-looking Fairy types. Her father is a Gym Leader and a businessman, so there's a chance that she comes from a more wealthy background, too.
• Team Mom: Comes off as this to the rest of the League, often trying to keep them on track.
• Town Girls: For the girls at Blueberry Academy, she serves as the femme to Carmine's butch and Amarys's neither with her Proper Lady like attitude and love for cute things.
• Tsundere: A Sweet example.
  • She's a kindhearted, cute girl who loves to gush about the cuteness of Pokémon and is generally friendly to most people, but a few others, such as Drayton, tend to take out her tsun side due to their actions.
  • It's also Played for Laughs after besting her in battle — if you opt to call her cute instead of doing it to her Pokémon, she'll quickly get defensive.
    Player: "You're the cutest, Lacey!"
    Lacey: (crosses her arms like an X) Bzzzt! Nope! Wrong! We're not talking about me. We're talking about my POKÉMON!
• Wake-Up Call Boss: Her initial fight is a sampler of what the DLC's battles will be like, which is to say, much harder than the base game. She starts with Plusle and Minun to showcase double battles but instead of the underwhelming Plus and Minus ability combo they're best known for, she uses a combination of their Hidden Abilities which activate when hit by electric moves and the move Discharge which hits all foes and allies. She then follows up with Excadrill which resists her remaining Pokémon's Discharge and can cover their weaknesses, showing that trainers in Blueberry Academy will focus on good balance over gimmicks.

Drayton (Kakitsubata)

Drayton (カキツバタ kakitsubata)

A Dragon-type member of the Blueberry League's Elite Four from Opelucid City and grandson of Opelucid City's Gym Leader, Drayden. Despite his lackadaisical demeanor, he's very skilled in battle and until recently was the strongest trainer in the school.

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• The Ace: Among the Elite Four, he holds the rank as the strongest among them.
• Ambiguously Bi: In order to discuss his plans with them, Drayton invites the player character to a "cafeteria date" in a way that even Carmine seems to notice in-universe comes off as flirty.
• Anime Hair: A particular part of his hair looks forms a long, swooping pompadour, probably intended to look like a dragon's tail, though Carmine derisively compares it to "toothpaste". It also resembles, both in shape and color, a petal of Japanese Iris, from which his Japanese name is derived.
• Artificial Brilliance: He isn't the strongest of the Blueberry Elite Four for no reason:
  • His Flygon packs STAB Breaking Swipe to not only deal heavy damage, but to make your physical Attack weaker and weaker each time it uses it, as well as a general-damage spread option in Earthquake. It also packs Fire Punch and Stone Edge to take down any Ice-types sent to take advantage of its quad weakness to the element, the latter also being super-effective against Flying-types that are sent in to dodge Earthquake. And these are all going to hit much harder thanks to it holding a Life Orb.
  • His Dragonite packs Ice Spinner to deal with any opposing Dragon-types, as well as Tailwind as a support option for his relatively slow team. If you're thinking of using Ice-type attacks, not only do you still have the Flygon to worry about, but Dragonite is also holding a Yache Berry, halving the damage it takes from Ice-type attacks. Its Flying-type also means it gets to dodge Flygon's Earthquakes.
  • Haxorus packs Flygon's Earthquake and Breaking Swipe combo as well. He also takes a page from Iris' book and has it hold a Focus Sash with Dragon Dance, ensuring it will get the boost off and potentially demolish your team with its strong Attack stat. Fairy and Ice-types aren't a safe switch-in either, thanks to Iron Head.
  • Sceptile uses its weaknesses to its advantage, ironically enough. It holds a Weakness Policy, boosting its Attack & Special Attack by two stages if hit by a super-effective move, and its consumption triggers Unburden to double its already high Speed. And considering how weakness-ridden Grass is as a type, it's an easy task for it. It can either use its Special Attack boosts to fire off a high-power Leaf Storm, or use its Attack to attack with X-Scissor or Acrobatics. The latter move is deadly, seeing how it doubles in power after its item is consumed, giving it a 2x power 110 BP move it can now fire off with no repercussions. It's also super-effective against any Bug-types sent out to counter it. And even then, it can just forgo attacking and use Dragon Cheer, which will heavily boost the critical hit rate of any Dragon-type Pokémon hit by it, which the rest of Drayton's team is comprised of.
  • Kingdra carries Rain Dance to support its Swift Swim ability, counteracting its average Speed. This boosts Hydro Pump to make it deal obscene amounts of damage, and makes the heavily damaging Hurricane 100% accurate. It also packs Ice Beam to deal with opposing Dragon-types, one of its two weaknesses.
  • Archaludon, his ace, synergizes tremendously well with Kingdra. Rain will make it so its heavily-damaging Electro Shot will fire in one turn instead of two, and boost its Special Attack at the same time. Rain also makes any Ground-types that can block the attack weaker towards Water moves, which Kingdra, who's very likely on the field, can take advantage of. It also packs Flash Cannon to counteract its Fairy weakness^note Due to Terastallizing, it's a pure Dragon-type defensively. There are also several measures taken to prevent you taking advantage of its poor Special Defense, such as being equipped with an Assault Vest and packing Snarl to lower the Special Attack of the opposing Pokémon. And if you want to give up and go for its physical Defense instead, it's got Stamina, making it so it gets physically tankier each time you hit it.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Though he's a fairly chill person, his demeanor changes towards Kieran, mainly after the boy had defeated Drayton for the Champion title of the Academy and constantly reminded him of it. Appropriately, his quip towards Kieran after his defeat by hands of the player points out how ticked off he was.
• Brilliant, but Lazy:
  • While he intentionally refused to present himself as such (because it would mean more work), he was the official Champion of Blueberry Academy until Kieran came along and beat him; however, he's also somewhat of a slacker who doesn't attend classes often. It's mentioned that he's had to repeat a year about three times.
  • This extends to his Elite Trial as well: defeating trainers using only Pokémon from the Terradome directly caught by the player. It is the most battle oriented of all four and it is also testing the player's training as well. Drayton can craft a good test when motivated.
• The Charmer: At least, he's clearly trying to be one. He's a charismatic guy who coolly utilizes this to convince you to help him with his goals. Those who know him tend to be skeptical and suspicious of his intentions rather than charmed.
• The Chessmaster: He personally got the player to participate in the BB League as they were the only chance Drayton saw to correct the drama that Kieran caused to the League Club by beating him. The rest of the members are slightly put-off by Drayton's scheme, but he is in the right in his intentions at least.
• Delinquent Hair: His hairstyle resembles a pompadour and he's a lazy, somewhat rebellious student.
• Delinquent: Comes off as one, from the leather jacket to the pompadour to his claim during one of the coaching conversations that he likes "sticking it to the man".
• Didn't Think This Through: Lacey calls him out on letting the player become BB League Champion since they're an exchange student that is only at the academy for a limited time and the changes they have to make to the Elite Four roster now. Thankfully, Kieran pulls out of the rankings once the story is complete, and they change the rules to let exchange students be part of their rankings.
• The Dog Bites Back: Him chewing out Kieran after he is defeated by the player, going as far as to call him "ex-champion", can't be called anything but this trope given how rude Kieran had been to Drayton ever since he beat him for the title of the academy's Champion.
  "Good match, you two. Too bad about the outcome though, huh... ex-Champion?"
• Dragon Tamer: He specializes in Dragon-types, with the sole exception being his Sceptile, which in previous generations was able to Mega Evolve to gain the Dragon typing and is in the Dragon egg group.
• Expressive Hair: Drayton's Anime Hair tends to droop when he's feeling down.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Carmine wastes no time on his introduction to tell the player that he's "the worst" and generally has nothing good to say about him on account of his laziness and laid-back attitude and tendency to scheme; the nicest thing she says is that he was the former strongest student at Blueberry Academy. Several other characters are shown to be critical of him for similar reasons.
• The Gadfly: He seems to like pushing people's buttons, especially Carmine, Lacey and Kieran.
• Held Back in School: It's mentioned that he's had to repeat a year about three times due to not attending classes often despite being a skilled Pokémon battler himself.
• Identical Grandson: Shares his grandfather Drayden's hair and eye color.
• In-Universe Nickname: Drayton likes to call himself "the Drayster". Carmine calls him a few variations of "bozo".
• Irony:
  • Despite specializing in Dragon-types, his battle takes place in the Polar Biome, something that Drayton brings up before the battle begins. Dragon-types are weak to Ice.
  • Given his reputation for being a slacker, his trial is by far the most involved, requiring the player to raise a team of Terarium caught Pokémon.
• Jerkass to One: To Kieran, although it's not apparent at first. He's fed up with how obsessed Kieran has become with drawing out strength, and even rubs more salt in the wound after the boy's defeat. In League Club conversations, he'll continue to mockingly call Kieran "ex-Champ", even though the latter is clearly regretful for his prior behavior. However, it can be partially justified given Kieran's own poor treatment towards Drayton, with Drayton admitting that he's just trying to indulge in some "well-earned payback".
• Kick Them While They Are Down: After the player defeats Kieran in The Indigo Disk, Drayton goes up to Kieran and taunts him by calling him "ex-Champion" while Kieran is having a meltdown over losing to the player yet again. Partly justified, however, by how callous Kieran had been acting towards him before, given his constant reminding of defeating Drayton. That said, Drayton tries to build them back up immediately after.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Drayton is completely unlike his grandfather Drayden, being lazy and unmotivated where Drayden is a hard worker and has a position of authority he takes seriously.
• Loophole Abuse: Prior to Kieran becoming the BB League Champion, he was the official Champion of the BB League, but he never presented himself as such since being the BB League Champion doubles as being the League Club's president in charge of all the club's activities and work; something he obviously wouldn't like doing. Thanks to this, he was able to divide the work between the members of the Elite Four.
• Manipulative Bastard: He means well, but has a love for scheming, roping the player into his plans to get Kieran to see the light.
• Nice Guy: Though his behavior may seem suspicious, he's the most outwardly friendly and welcoming towards the player out of the BB Elite Four (he even pays the player's fee for his Elite Trial). Turns out, he really just wants to put an end to all the tension with Kieran and wants everyone to get along and have fun again.
• Non-Uniform Uniform: The most blatant example out of the Elite Four members, which shows his lackadaisical attitude towards school; he wears the League Club top with the academy's pants, while also wearing both an unofficial leather jacket and the classic Dragon-type specialist's cape around his waist.
• Opt Out: Briar invites him to join her mission to Area Zero alongside Carmine, Kieran and the player character but he declines. He claims it's because he wants to sort out the mess the League Club has become, but Carmine realises he just doesn't want to bother going.
• Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: Everyone else thinks he has ulterior motives for the player to attempt the BB League. This was indeed the case, but it was nothing nefarious or selfish — he needed someone strong enough to defeat Kieran and get through to him since he himself wasn't able to.
• Signature Mon: Archaludon is his ace Pokémon, which he Terastallizes. He'll trade a Duraludon with the player, which can evolve into Archaludon with a Metal Alloy.
• Symbol Motif Clothing: The lower portion of his outfit (Actually the classic Dragon-type specialist cape tied around his waist) has the Dragon-type symbol dotting the hem.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: He's got yellow eyes and is shown to be quite manipulative when he wants to be.

Snacksworth

Snacksworth

A former explorer who enjoys making snacks for Pokémon. He visits Blueberry Academy to share his wares after the events in Area Zero are finished.

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• Eyes Always Shut: He never opens his eyes once.
• Meaningful Name: Not a surprise that someone with "snack" in his name would send you on a quest that involves food.
• Retired Badass: At first, it seems like his tales are just the ramblings of an older gentleman, given some of the crazy things he describes himself doing (swimming up waterfalls, going for cold plunges, etc), to say nothing of the Legendary Pokémon he claims to have met. However, the fact that his snacks actually do work in luring the Legendary Pokémon seems to support his stories.
• Tastes Like Friendship: In his past, Snacksworth explored Paldea and crossed paths with many Legendary Pokémon, which he happily shared his snacks with. By completing Blueberry Quests, he'll give the player the same snacks that will let them find and catch said Legendary Pokémon all over Paldea.

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