Characters / Total Pokemon Survivor Island

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Ampharos

Labeled as the Assertive Compassionate. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• Big Sister Instinct: Becomes this towards Piplup following Beautifly's elimination.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Despite her nice girl attitude, she gave Tyrantrum a "The Reason You Suck" Speech before sending him flying with Zap Cannon in "Caught in the Crossfire".
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Venusaur.
• Nice Girl: Her defining trait.
• Official Couple: With Venusaur.
• Shock and Awe: Justified since she's an Electric-type.
• Stepford Smiler: As explained in Episode 23, she forced herself to do this as she struggles to keep Venusaur's alliance together.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved into Flaaffy at the end of "The mine" after accepting Ivysaur's offer to be a couple, and then into Ampharos during Episode 20's challenge after acquiring the Final Smash when battling Tyrantrum.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Was this for most of "Survivor's Guilt". So much so that Gliscor had to snap her out of it.

Arbok

Rankings TPSI: 25th

• The Cynic: Her defining trait.
• Spiders Are Scary: Her fear.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 6's challenge upon eating a Rare Candy after conquering her fear of spider-like Pokémon.

Arcanine

Rankings TPSI: 19th

• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Gliscor.
• Playing with Fire: Justified since he's a Fire type.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 15's challenge when battling Gastrodon alongside Gliscor and Lopunny.

Beautifly

Labeled as the Stubborn Sweetheart. Rankings TPSI: 11th.

• Big Creepy-Crawlies: She knows Bug Bite. Justified since she's a Bug-type.
• Big Sister Instinct: Is this towards Piplup, until her elimination in "Scavenger Shenanigans", when Ampharos replaces her.
• Fatal Flaw: Her belief that everyone she deems an ally can't do anything wrong. Upon Harmony joining Kricketune's alliance as double agent, Beautifly instantly sees her as an ally. It is said belief, however, that causes Beautifly to ignore Piplup's suspicions of Harmony after Monferno's elimination, defend Harmony over Mawile and Machamp and ultimately causes her to push Venusaur's alliance and Piplup away, thus ultimately ensuring her elimination at the hands of Harmony and Gastrodon.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Piplup.
• Naïve Everygirl: She was too gullible to realize how shady Harmony can be, which led to her elimination in "Scavenger Shenanigans".
• Official Couple: With Kricketune.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The stubborn, yet social red oni to Piplup's shy, yet observant blue oni.

Charmeleon

Rankings TPSI: 26th

• Badass Boast: He constantly boasts about how awesome he is.
• I Work Alone: He prefers working alone over working in an alliance.
• Playing with Fire: Justified since he's a Fire-type.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 2's challenge upon stopping Lickitung from eating the golden egg.

Corphish

Labeled as the Bacon Berserker. Rankings TPSI: 10th.

• Ax-Crazy: How everyone else sees him.
• Cloudcuckoolander: He constantly says random things regarding bacon and Yveltal.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He is surprisingly good in challenges despite being unevolved.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: He doesn't have any social connections with anyone despite his good challenge performance, which led to him being targeted by Harmony and Gastrodon in "The Couple Conundrum".

Drapion

Rankings TPSI: 28th.

• The Rival: Formerly to Monferno.

Fletchinder

Labeled as the Wild Card. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• The Bus Came Back: She returned in "Humanized Hell", due to her being selected by a slot machine in Episode 2 of the Survivor Side Series.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Staravia.
• Unwitting Pawn: She is tricked into joining Gastrodon's alliance, courtesy of Harmony, who only plans to use her that way to get herself and Gastrodon further in the game. Subverted in "Survivor's Guilt" onwards, where she starts to question whether trusting Harmony and Gastrodon was worth it.

Gardevoir/Harmony

Labeled as the Strategist In The Shadows. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• The Bus Came Back: She and Harmony returned in "The returners" along with Machamp.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved into Kirlia in "Nightmare Challenge" just before leaving the island upon being eliminated, and then into Gardevoir during Episode 23's challenge upon Harmony eating a Joy Seed she stole from a Kecleon Shop.

Tropes associated with Gardevoir

Tropes associated with Harmony

• Character Catchphrase: "Make yourself comfortable!"
• Dark and Troubled Past: As revealed in "Scavenger Shenanigans", she was once named Harmony and died from an experiment with a Delta Typhlosion to "bridge the gap between Delta Pokémon", which explains her vengeful nature.
• Demonic Possession: As explained in the confessional in "Voltorb Flip", Gardevoir released Harmony's spirit from a ouija board and let her possess her body unless Gardevoir surrenders it.
• Double Agent: Harmony acts like this, starting at "Where it all began", in order to get intel for her and Gastrodon and out of concern that she and Gastrodon are going to be eliminated themselves.
• False Friend: How Beautifly viewed her, at least until the former's elimination in "Scavenger Shenanigans".
• Manipulative Bitch: Harmony's gameplay thrives on manipulating others to do her bidding.
• Psychic Link: Harmony establishes one with Gastrodon in "Scavenger Shenanigans" in order to keep herself on the down low.
• Psychic Powers: She knows Psychic and Telekinesis. Justified since she's a Psychic-type.
• The Strategist: Harmony's defining trait.

Gastrodon

Labeled as the Alpha Female. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• Alpha Bitch: Her defining trait.
• Big Bad
• Deadpan Snarker: Not as much as Mawile, but still...
• Dishing Out Dirt: She knows Stomping Tantrum. Justified since she's a Ground-type.
• Making a Splash: Justified since she's a Water-type.
• The Rival: To Skuntank.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The cocky red oni towards Skuntank's blue.
• Running Gag: Interrupting Medicham when she is about to explain the challenge from "Humanized Hell" onwards.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 7's challenge after defeating Growlithe when battling him and Gliscor alongside Lickitung.

Gliscor

Labeled as the Ambitious Athlete. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• Breakout Character: Is deemed as the most popular contestant on the show.
• Character Catchphrase: "This is MY challenge!"
• Dark Is Not Evil: Despite his intimidating appearance, he's one of the nicer contestants.
• Deadpan Snarker: Not to Mawile or Gastrodon's extent, but doesn't hesitate to make snarky comments sometimes.
• Dishing Out Dirt: He knows Earthquake. Justified since he's a Ground-type.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Arcanine.
• I Work Alone: Despite never saying this, starting in "Scavenger Shenanigans", when going to the guys cabin to check if his Medicham Idol of Doom is still there, Gliscor states that, despite having Venusaur's alliance, he has to fend for himself.
• The Determinator: Moreso than the other contestants.
• The Lancer: To Venusaur's Leader in his alliance.
• Oblivious to Love: He was unaware of Lopunny's infatuation with him at first. Subverted when Lopunny got eliminated in "The Goddamn Merge is close", as he finally commits his feelings for her.
• Official Couple: With Lopunny.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The reckless, determined red oni to Venusaur's calm, collected blue oni.
• Smarter Than You Look: Despite his physical prowess, he is actually smarter than what others think, as stated by Medicham in "Nightmare Challenge".
  Medicham: Wow, you're smarter than I thought you were. Well, that was a waste...
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 6's challenge upon eating a Rare Candy after conquering his fear of not scoring a point in sports.
• Verbal Tic: He occasionally says "This is my challenge!" whenever he participates in a challenge he can dominate.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Arcanine.

Klefki

Rankings TPSI: 20th.

• Black Girl Dies First: She is the first contestant to be eliminated during the merge. Subverted since she isn't black.

Kricketune

Rankings TPSI: 17th.

• Beware the Nice Ones: Despite being a carefree surfer, he gave Meowth a Shut Up, Hannibal! speech when she asked him how he felt to be eliminated in "High Tide Time" during Episode 2 of the Survivor Side Series.
• Big Creepy-Crawlies: He knows Bug Bite. Justified since he's a Bug-type.
• Fun Personified: His defining trait.
• The Leader: Of Team Yveltal and his alliance.
• Official Couple: With Beautifly.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 8's challenge when trying to heal an injured Poochyena.

Lickitung

Rankings TPSI: 23rd

• Big Eater: His defining trait.
• The Cameo: He reappeared in "Cuisine Quarrel" as one of the three judges for the challenge.

Lopunny

Rankings TPSI: 21st

• Love Makes You Crazy: What she thought Venusaur's alliance thought of her because of her crush on Gliscor, which led to her elimination by Gastrodon's alliance, particularly Tyrantrum, in "The Goddamn Merge is close".
• Official Couple: With Gliscor.
• Tomboy: Her defining trait.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 7's challenge when using Bounce during her and Pichu's fight against Smeargle and Piplup.

Machamp

Labeled as the Passionate Fighter. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• The Bus Came Back: He returned along with Gardevoir/Harmony in "The returners".
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Got poisoned by Gastrodon's Sludge Bomb after she overheard him explaining his weakness to Mawile before the challenge in "The Fighting Stadium", which ultimately led to his first elimination, despite that his team (Team Yveltal) won said episode's challenge.
• Love Interest: To Mawile.

Magikarp

Rankings TPSI: 31st.

• Pokémon Speak: Unlike the other contestants, he can't speak human.

Mawile

Labeled as the Enigmatic Observer. Rankings TPSI: 13th.

• Deadpan Snarker: Moreso than the other contestants.
• Dark and Troubled Past: She was cheated on by another guy similar to Machamp. This explains her reasoning for joining the show, as well as refusing Machamp's feelings for her in "Humanized Hell".
• Hoist by Her Own Petard: In Episode 22, she found out that Harmony flipped her vote to frame her for Monferno's elimination and decided to expose her for it. However, due to lack of evidence to prove her innocence over Harmony after she sabotaged her during the challenge, she ends up getting eliminated herself.
• Love Interest: To Machamp.
• Only Sane Woman: She is one of the more serious contestants.
• Running Gag: Constantly interrupting Medicham whenever she explains the challenge. Subverted from Episode 20 onwards and after her elimination, when Gastrodon took over.

Meowth

Rankings TPSI: 27th.

• Alpha Bitch: Her defining trait.
• The Leader: She's in charge of the Survivor Side Series crew.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The hot-headed red oni to her sister Alolan Meowth's calm blue.
• The Rival: To Kricketune.

Monferno

Labeled as the Voice of Reason. Rankings TPSI: 14th.

• The Smart Guy: Of Kricketune's alliance.
• The Rival: Formerly, with Drapion.

Munchlax

Rankings TPSI: 33rd.

• Black Girl Dies First: She is the first contestant to be eliminated on Team Yveltal, as well as in general.
• Valley Girl: Her defining trait.
• Running Gag: Not responding immediately upon being called. Justified due to her phone addiction.

Phanpy

Labeled as the Unacknowledged. Rankings TPSI: 12th.

• Attention Whore: She constantly tries to get others to notice her, to no avail.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Pichu.

Pichu

Rankings TPSI: 18th

• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Phanpy.

Piplup

Labeled as The Underconfident. Rankings TPSI: TBA.

• Dark and Troubled Past: As revealed in "Survivor's Guilt", her single mother, Primarina, suffers from alcohol abuse, which prompted Piplup to join Total Pokémon Survivor Island to get away from her issues with her.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Beautifly.
• Official Couple: With Smeargle.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The shy blue oni to Beautifly's stubborn, social red oni.
• Shrinking Violet: Her defining trait.

Servine

Rankings TPSI: 28th.

• Green Thumb: Justified since she's a Grass-type.
• The Typist: She sees non-Grass-types as inferior, which led to her elimination in Episode 5.

Skuntank

Labeled as The Malevolent Mastermind. Rankings TPSI: TBA

• Big Bad: His defining trait.
• Dark Is Evil: He is a Dark-type who is one of the villains of the show.
• I Work Alone: In "The mine" onwards, Skuntank quit Gastrodon's alliance because he wanted to prove to her that he could be a better villain alone than Gastrodon could ever make him.
• The Rival: To Gastrodon.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm, isolated blue oni towards Gastrodon's hot-blooded red oni.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 4's challenge upon touching Medicham's Mega Stone.

Smeargle

Rankings TPSI: 22nd.

• Official Couple: With Piplup.

Spiritomb

Rankings TPSI: 16th.

• Dark and Troubled Past: Which involves his secret, aswell as his special ability to summon Legendaries.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Despite his Dark-typing, he is usually seen as nice.
• Hidden Depths: He had the ability to summon any Legendary Pokémon at any time.
• Palette Swap: He is Shiny.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He went against Skuntank's wishes to eliminate Venusaur's alliance one by one, which led to Spiritomb's elimination at the hands of the former's expulsion idol in "Caught in the Crossfire".

Staravia

Rankings TPSI: 30th.

• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Fletchinder.

Steelix

Rankings TPSI: 32nd.

• Black Guy Dies First: He was the first contestant to be eliminated on Team Xerneas. Subverted since he isn't black.

Tyrantrum

Rankings TPSI: 15th.

• Dark and Troubled Past: Which explains why he is so brutal towards others.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He got backstabbed by Gastrodon's alliance for using a Division Idol without telling them beforehand, which led to his elimination in "Caught in the Crossfire".
• Delinquent: His defining trait.
• The Brute: How he is viewed by others.
• Transformation Sequence: Evolved during Episode 11's challenge when burning the tree Team Xerneas was on.

Venusaur

Labeled as the Leader of the Pack. Rankings. TPSI: TBA

• Claustrophobia: His greatest fear.
• Green Thumb: Justified since he's a Grass-type.
• The Leader: Of Team Xerneas, aswell as of his alliance to Gliscor's Lancer.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm, collected blue oni to Gliscor's reckless, determined red oni.
• Official Couple: With Ampharos.

Teams

Team Xerneas

• The Big Guy: Spiritomb, due to his ability to summon Legendary Pokémon at will.
• The Heart: Ampharos, who is the nicest contestant on the team and on the show.
• The Lancer: Gliscor, who is Venusaur's right-hand Mon and MVP on the team.
• The Leader: Venusaur, who is also in charge of the Anti-Villain Alliance.

Team Yveltal

• The Leader: Kricketune, who is also leader of his alliance.
• The Lancer: Beautifly, until the team switch in Episode 11.
• The Smart Guy: Monferno, because of his surprisingly good intellect.