Characters / Starters

The main trio

In general

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: They are Demoted to Extra in Typomaniac, and Cyndaquil and Bulbasaur do not appear in Rare Candy. All three of them are nowhere to be seen in the episode Detective Pikachu.
• Demoted to Extra: They have minor roles in Typomaniac. In Rare Candy, Tepig is the only one who appears.
• Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Bulbasaur is nice, Tepig is mean, and Cyndaquil is in-between.
• With Friends Like These...: When counting non-canon media, they all have done this at least once.

Cyndaquil

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• The Gadfly
• Only Sane Man: Out of the main three, he is usually the one to be the least affected whenever something crazy happens in Monotone Town. It's briefly Subverted in Out In The Reign, after Tepig "dies".
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: It's Downplayed since Cyndaquil ain't all that "tough", but he is the Manly Man to Bulbasaur's Sensitive Guy.
• Speech Impediment: He seems to have a mispronounciation habit where he pronounces normal "s" syllables like "sh" (e.g. "so" or "place"). It is unknown if this is intentional or not, though it is Justified since he's still a kid.
• They Killed Kenny Again: In the original pilot, Cyndaquil is thrown out of the bus, prompting Oshawott and Bulbasaur to say the line almost word for word.
• Troll: Downplayed, as it's only briefly told in Ditto Disaster, where he says he "can't help his trolling instincts". This is Played Straight in Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming, where Cyndaquil blatantly asks "You guys ready to do some trolling?" and later on gets his own best friend, Bulbasaur, removed from the game for no reason other than "he's acting like a noob."
• With Friends Like These...: In Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming, he gets his best friend Bulbasaur removed from the game out of nowhere.

Bulbasaur

Cabbage crybaby.

A paranoia-filled Grass/Poison-type Pokémon whose mentality is as fragile as a stick.

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• Break the Cutie: Just take a look at his design. His personality. Seems innocent enough to you, as if nothing can ever corrupt him? Try watching (or rewatching) the Lavender Town episode. It's hard not to feel bad for Bulbasaur after what he went through in that episode.
• Broken Bird: Is implied to be this as he is always shown anxious and full of worry, and the most normal we've seen of him was Ditto Disaster, which was confirmed to be non-canon. Something must've happened in his life to make him like that. And the Lavender Town episode definitely must've fucked up his mentality more, if he wasn't already traumatized enough...
• The Drag-Along: He is always being pulled into bullcrap that he doesn't want to be involved in.
• Lovable Coward: He may be constantly scaredy all the time, but because of his personality, he rarely shows hostility, arguably making him the nicest Pokémon in the main trio.
• Nervous Wreck: He has a consistently anxious and cautious behavior throughout the series, which is reasonable considering the things he's been put through.
• No-Respect Guy: In Lavender Town: The Untold Story, he worriedly attempts to warn his friends not to sneak out by telling them that tons of kids go missing, but Tepig does not listen, resulting in the whole entire events of the episode.
• Perpetual Frowner: Despite his render added to the Fandom wiki and This Very Wiki, Bulbasaur is rarely seen smiling in the show (and non-canon media related to it), possibly due to his constant anxious demeanor. Here's a few examples below:
  • This line from the Lavender Town episode:
  Cyndaquil: A party! Awesome!
  Tepig: Cool!
  Bulbasaur: Um... Okay.
  • This screenshot◊ from the Wild Oranberries episode. Cyndaquil and Tepig look impressed, but Bulbasaur is astonished at that drone, staring at it with utter surprise in his eyes.
  • Here's a non-canon example in this video. Compared to the other three Pokémon shown, Bulbasaur is the only one that's not happy, being rather nervous to sing the song...
• Prone to Tears: If his personality was anything to go by... The only episodes he doesn't cry in are Ditto Disaster and Typomaniac, though he still remains terrified throughout the events of the former, and the latter of which is where he has a minor role.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: He possibly comes off as one due to his fragile personality that makes you wanna root for the little guy.
• Sanity Slippage: In Ditto Disaster, he briefly has one during the scene where he and the other Pokémon have to tell the two Cyndaquils apart, before the Seed Pokémon is interrupted by Tepig.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Is the Sensitive Guy to Cyndaquil's Manly Man, though it's Downplayed as Cyndaquil isn't considered all that "tough".
• Stepford Smiler: He fakes a smile three times throughout Lavender Town: The Untold Story.
  • The first time is when the Nidos tell him and Cyndaquil some displeasing information. The poor frog tries (and fails) to stay calm about the situation, but you can tell by the look in his eyes that he is not doing fine. He even does a Downplayed Loud Gulp.
  • The second time is when he first meets Nidorina.
  • The third, and most heartbreaking time is when Cyndaquil's parents and Bulbasaur are about to die on the rocket launcher. After Mrs. Typhlosion says "At least let the kid go", Bulbasaur begins helplessly whimpering, and fakes a smile with visible tears in his eyes.
• When He Smiles: Considering he rarely smiles in the show, it is nice to see him smiling onscreen. Except when he's faking.
• With Friends Like These...: Gets into a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown with Tepig in the 2011 pilot. However, that episode is non-canon.
  Tepig: Some "friends" you guys are...
  Bulbasaur: Shut the fuck up, Tepig.

Tepig

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• Berserk Button: In the 2011 pilot, he got pissed when Bulbasaur reminded him that [Tepig] got laughed at, which resulted in them getting into a fight.
• Butt-Monkey: He seemed to go through the wringer in the original 2011 pilot. The dude gets humiliated by his friends for still believing that Santa Claus is real, then he gets into a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown with Bulbasaur, then he gets frozen in a block of ice.
• Death of a Child: Out In The Reign has him being crushed to death as a result of a tree falling on the cabin he was sleeping in. Thankfully, he is revived.
• Disney Death: He gets brutally crushed by a tree while trying to sleep in the cabin he built, but he is revived by Jirachi.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: The original 2011 pilot suggests he was going to be a Butt-Monkey. That role has been passed on to Bulbasaur.
• Fearless Fool: He normally remains fearless until he and/or his friends are put in danger. That's when he starts panicking.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: He seemed to get angry easily in the 2011 pilot.
• It's All My Fault: Whenever a situation gets extremely dire, he begins to cry and blame himself for it.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite repeatedly insulting his friends in A Christmas Thing, he still cares for them and their safety, as evident in many episodes. He also cries(?) with Bulbasaur when Turtwig has his first Disney Death in Wild Oranberries.
• Kick the Dog: Or, in this case, "kick the frog". He does this to Bulbasaur (not literally) in the Lavender Town episode:
  Bulbasaur: Everybody's staring...
  Tepig: SHUT UP! We're going on the ride, we're gonna have a great time, it's gonna calm you down, we're up next, come on! (drags)
  Bulbasaur: Aaahhh...!
• Prone to Tears:
  • In Ditto Disaster, he tears up and blames himself for "Cyndaquil"^note which was later revealed to be a Ditto, while the real Cyndaquil was safe getting severely injured.
  • In the Lavender Town episode, after Bulbasaur runs off and ends up where Hypno was, Tepig very briefly cries with almost the exact same result before cutting to the next scene.
  • He also cries after a while during the Arceus scene in Chapter 6 of Out In The Reign.
  • In Wild Oranberries, he and Bulbasaur very briefly cry during Turtwig's first Disney Death.
• With Friends Like These...: He insults his friends left-to-right in the original 2011 pilot, and particularly seemed to have beef with Oshawott.

The Typomaniac/Rare Candy trio

Chespin

He's the happiest Pokémon you'll ever see!

A happy-go-lucky Grass-type Pokémon, who is the best of friends with Fennekin and Mudkip.

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• All-Loving Hero: He is extremely outgoing, optimistic, and friendly, and stays this way even after he got accidentally burned by Fennekin. Unfortunately, that becomes Subverted around Rare Candy, where all hell breaks loose...
• Break the Cutie: He gets his spirit absolutely crushed in the Rare Candy episode.
• Cheerful Child: He is excitable and was really eager to befriend Fennekin in Typomaniac.
• Despair Event Horizon: He crosses this after Dr. Sylveon "killed" Mudkip in Rare Candy.
• Heal the Cutie: He gets his mentality and his happy spirit heavily crushed in Rare Candy. Though, his subsequent appearances in Wild Oranberries and Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming imply he should be doing fine now, and he is probably one step away from fully recovering. As he said in Rare Candy...
  Chespin: I've got a lot of stuff going on in my life, but i don't try to let it get to me.
  • In Wild Oranberries, Tepig is Easily Forgiven by Chespin after the drone was broken. Later on, Chespin looks extremely happy while playing with the now-fixed drone that was repaired by Turtwig. However, in The Stinger of that episode, Chespin says that he's "definitely been through worse", which implies the trauma he gained in Rare Candy is still weighing him down a little. Immediately afterwards though, he says "I'm getting better." which is a good indication he could be recovering.
  • In Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming, he appears to be very eager to play a video game with his friends. Chespin happily exclaims that "there's no furniture in his house" and that he's never heard of Among Us before. This episode even has a reference to Mudkip's Disney Death, which does make Chespin very upset but doesn't exactly jab at his mental health, since he no longer has to deal with the thought of Mudkip actually dying as Mudkip was revealed to be a cyborg in Wild Oranberries. He later on cries in the corner of his room once he is removed from the game, which is Played for Laughs, and we're not sure if he is genuinely stressed or if he's just malding about getting removed from the game. Either way, it's nice to know Chespin might be recovering after everything he went through in Rare Candy.
• Morality Pet: To Mudkip, who outright states he's gonna kill himself if Chespin wasn't by his side.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: ...Though he doesn't use the power for the most part. At one point in Typomaniac, he flips Gurdurr over, which is enough to make Gurdurr cry.
• The Pollyanna: In Typomaniac, after getting accidentally burned by Fennekin, Chespin still remains as happy as ever and easily forgives Fennekin for it. This unfortunately becomes Subverted in Rare Candy, where his mental health is basically rammed into the ground, but then it becomes Double Subverted judging by how he appears to be recovering in his subsequent appearances (Wild Oranberries and Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming).
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: He not only looks endearing, but is also one of the most friendliest and optimistic characters in the show. Well, up until the events of Rare Candy, that is. Thankfully, he seems to be recovering as of Wild Oranberries and Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming.

Fennekin/Braixen

She's a real fireball.

^{Click here to see her after she got her fire removed.}

^{Click here to see her after she evolved.}

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• Arch-Enemies: With Mudkip.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She does seem nice and quiet at first, but do not harm anyone close to her. Otherwise, she might accidentally land you in a hospital. Also, she wasn't hesitant to call Mudkip a "little Water-type fuck!" later on in the episode.
• Class Princess: She temporarily becomes one in Typomaniac after she got her fire removed. She just... embraces the popularity. It later becomes Subverted when her popularity uncomfortably catches up with her.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Not physical, but in Ditto Disaster, she is briefly mentioned by Chespin during the scene where Bulbasaur is trying to ask the other Pokémon to try and thaw out the frozen Tepig. This caused a continuity error, as Chespin and Fennekin wouldn't actually meet until Typomaniac, and thus Word of God labeled Ditto Disaster as non-canon in a collaboration video with Just Jargon.
• Everygirl: Word of God has confirmed on Twitter that Fennekin is the closest thing he has to an average self-insert, with her (possibly) having a crush on Chespin and all that, similarly to how people ship their self-inserts with characters from works. Other than that, Fennekin's situation is very relatable to some.
• My God, What Have I Done?: She deeply regrets accidentally setting Chespin on fire, and therefore gets her fire removed by Mudkip.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: The attack she used in Typomaniac is strong enough to land Chikorita and Chespin in the hospital. Even after getting her fire removed, she still proves to be this later on when she briefly started attacking Squirtle.
• Playing with Fire: Very obviously, she is a Fire-type Pokémon and appears to have these kind of attacks, which is one of the main subjects of Typomaniac.
  • In Typomaniac, after finding out her new friend Chespin is a Grass-type, Fennekin horrifically scorches her room once she got back to her house, out of fear that she might repeat the same mistake from her past. And she did, trying to protect her new friend from Chikorita.
• Rage Breaking Point: In the Typomaniac episode, she sets the Pokemon outside the school on fire when they start giving a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Chespin. Unfortunately, this also sets Chespin on fire.
• Two Girls to a Team: Along with Totodile, Fennekin seems to be one of the only female starter Pokémon in the series.

Mudkip

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• Arch-Enemies: With Fennekin.
• Boom, Headshot!: How he "dies" in Rare Candy. That was, until he was revealed to be alive at the end of Wild Oranberries.
• Child Prodigy: He's significantly more advanced than any other Pokémon in the show.
• Death of a Child: In Rare Candy, he gets shot in the head by Dr. Sylveon. However, Mudkip is eventually revealed to be alive at the end of Wild Oranberries.
• Disney Death: In Rare Candy, he is shot in the head by Sylveon. But in Wild Oranberries, Mudkip is not only revealed to be alive, but he's also a cyborg!
• Ridiculously Human Robots: The Stinger of Wild Oranberries reveals that he managed to survive getting his brains blown out by Dr. Sylveon in Rare Candy. Not only that, but Mudkip was revealed to be a cyborg. Take all of his actions in consideration once you find this out.
• Villainous Breakdown: Has one near the end of Typomaniac, expressing his pessimism and sadness.

Other Pokémon

Typhlosion

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• Bumbling Dad: Justified, as he didn't go to school, as revealed in Ditto Disaster.
  Typhlosion: Son, remember, you'll end up like me if you don't go to school! You'll be retarded!

Chikorita

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• Ambiguous Gender: This Pokémon's gender or pronouns have never been explicitly referred to in the show.
• The Stoner: Well?

Jirachi

"Hi, fellas!"

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• Jerkass
• Laser-Guided Karma: After not taking accountability for his actions and sending kids to hell, he gets what's coming to him at the end of Out In The Reign. Jirachi loses his ability to grant wishes, fly, and walk, leaving him incapacitated.

Dr. Sylveon

"If it's for the greater good, it's okay to lie sometimes."

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• Karma Houdini: He seems to get away with everything he did in Rare Candy.
• Manipulative Bastard
• Suddenly Shouting:
  • In Rare Candy.
  Chespin: He doesn't deserve to die! I don't want him to either!
  Professor Sylveon: SHUT UP!
  • He later does it again in Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming, though it's Played for Laughs this time.
  Tepig: When the impostor is sus!
  Dr. Sylveon: Shut up!
  Cyndaquil: (to Sylveon) Cry about it, boomer.
  (Dr. Sylveon becomes very angry.)
• Tranquil Fury: Happens in Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming. After Cyndaquil gets Bulbasaur removed from the game, Sylveon silently watches Bulbasaur's avatar getting ejected, with a slight angered look on his face.

Scorbunny

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• Hair-Raising Hare: Downplayed. Scorbunny isn't entirely malicious, but he wasn't hesitant to immediately put Turtwig in a boxing ring upon finding out the turtle's power.

Totodile

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• Early-Bird Cameo: She does not have a speaking role until Wild Oranberries, but she is briefly seen as one of the Pokémon on the bus at the beginning of Rare Candy.
• Two Girls to a Team: Along with Fennekin, Totodile seems to be one of the only female starter Pokémon in the series.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: She’s the more intelligent and cautious blue oni to Scorbunny’s spontaneous and risky red oni.

Turtwig

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• Badass Adorable: He's a feral Wild Child... who has the ability to defeat a Fearow that was attacking Bulbasaur. He later withstands getting Killed Off for Real, resulting in a Disney Death. The reason for this? Turtwig's a robot!
• Blank Slate: He's a Cute Mute at the beginning, and looked almost clueless at first.
• Disney Death: He gets Swallowed Whole by an Arbok, but he manages to set himself free and continue fighting.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: See Badass Adorable above.
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: He develops this speech later on, which is just one more hint to him actually being a robot.
• Wild Child