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[[folder: Kanto]]
!!'''Professor Oak'''
Grandfather of Blue and Daisy, his full name is Samuel Oak. He is a researcher who invented the Pokédex and sent out Red on his journey. He has a long history with Agatha, Pryce, and the Johto Daycare couple.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, all Oak really does is piddle around at home and give you your starter Pokémon, and send you across the globe doing his own Pokémon-logging work for him. Here, he's proven to still be a capable Pokémon Battler, despite his old age.
* CoolOldGuy: It's Professor Oak.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Pryce, Agatha, Kurt and Johto's Day-Care couple.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially quite hostile to Red, having mistaken him for a burglar. He warms up to him after a day catching all the Pokémon set lose from his lab, and seeing Red apply science to Bulbasaur's abilities.
* DistressedDude: He's been captured twice ([[KidnappedScientist as replacement for Blaine in his first]]), and has to be rescued by his grandson Blue.
* FlawExploitation: Uses a team of flying types against Green, knowing her fear of birds.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Revealed in chapter 76, he used to be frikken ripped.
** ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]].
* TheMentor: To Red, Green, and Blue.
* NonElemental: Most of his Pokémon are normal types.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Early on, when Kanto's divided by numerous problems, he's one of the few Kanto's got. And then there's letting Red keep Saur.
* RetiredBadass: He was a Champion in his youth.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Asking Emerald his name is one of these. Emerald actually fails by not answering entirely correctly.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Agatha.
!!'''Daisy Oak'''
Blue's older, and much friendlier, sister.
* CoolBigSis: For Blue.
* InconsistentDub: She's initially called May in the Viz translation. The confusion likely stemmed from the fact that this was her name in ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu''.
* ShipTease: With Bill.
!!'''Bill'''
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The technical genius who invented the storage system.
* AscendedExtra: He has a much bigger role in the manga then he does in any of the games that he appears in.
* ButtMonkey: Among other things, Pika seems to enjoy shocking him for no good reason.
* TheCameo: He is seen having a video call with Cassuis briefly in the ''XY'' arc.
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented the Pokémon Storage System.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: And is given a Southern accent in the English version. Hardly anybody can understand him at all. It dies down as the series goes on.
* ShipTease: With Daisy. This exchange from FRLG doesn't help:
--> '''Blue''': You're...not with my sister today?
--> '''Bill''': ''(nervously)'' Oh, uh...Daisy's at home.
* ThrowTheDogABone: How else could [[ButtMonkey he]] get a girlfriend?
!!'''Brock'''
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The Gym Leader of Pewter City, he trains with Rock Pokémon and is also a security guard for the Pewter City Museum.
* AttackBackfire: During his fight with Jasmine, he tried to have his Onix use Bind on her "Onix", only for his Onix to cry out in pain as its body ''cracked'' and her "Onix's" rock body crumbled to reveal it was actually a ''Steelix'' with a rock coating. At this point in-story, the Steelix evolution was only just recently discovered and even Brock didn't know Onix had an evolution.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* SignatureMon: Onix.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Only in the RGB arc. He starts wearing shirts after the beginning of Yellow.
* WorthyOpponent: He chooses a worthy opponent through a series of battles before his actual gym battle.
!!'''Misty'''
The headstrong Gym Leader of Cerulean City, specializing in Water-types. She is perhaps Red's first real ally and gave him her Gyarados, which he still keeps in his party to this day.
* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Misty was about to confess to Red the day before he was going to take his Gym Leader test, but decided against it because she saw him talking to Yellow. She did seem to put some thought into it before deciding it wasn't the right time.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her crush on Red.
* BareYourMidriff: Even moreso than her game and anime counterparts. This Misty wears a tubetop and jean shorts that prominently shows off her belly.
* BigFancyHouse: Has one.
* CantCatchUp: Acknowledges this at near the end of the GSC arc; she knows that she isn't meant to fight the final battle against the Mask of Ice, but takes comfort in knowing that the Pokémon that she gave to Red (her Gyarados) and Yellow (her Omanyte, which evolved into Omastar) will be able to help out.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Red when he stayed at her mansion; notable in that she was the first person to do so.
%%* FieryRedHead
* FirstGirlWins: Averted, as she is the first girl Red meets on his journey and she never got the chance to confess her feelings to him. She couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw him and Yellow together the first time, and the second time Gold kind of [[strike: kidnapped]] rescued him. Granted, the first time, she really should've taken her chances, as ''Red didn't know Yellow was a girl yet''.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted with Red.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: More that she wants to be ''useful'' rather than special, but she understands and is frustrated by the fact that she can never be more than support to Red and the others.
* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: By Gold at the end of GSC arc.
* LoveTriangle: Is in one with Red and Yellow. Both her and Yellow have feelings for Red, while Red is either oblivious or uncomfortable with it.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Was very eager to fight alongside Suicune as its partner, as it fulfilled her desire to finally be more useful and involved in stopping the crises that Team Rocket was causing. Unfortunately for her, The Call realized it phoned the wrong number, hung up, and redialed for Crystal.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* PimpedOutDress: She wears one when she brings Red to her BigFancyHouse.
%%* PluckyGirl
* ShipTease: Gets quite a bit with Red, echoing the ship tease between her and Ash in the anime.
* SidekickGlassCeiling: She's a capable Trainer and Gym Leader, enough so that Suicune designated her as a worthy partner after battling against the Gym Leaders of Kanto to find someone worthy. Unfortunately, her status as an ally of the main cast rather than as a full-fledged hero keeps her from effectively battling and ending the crises herself, [[LampshadeHanging something she acknowledges that only the Dex Holders can do]]. But she'll be damned if she doesn't [[PluckyGirl put up a good fight doing so]].
* SignatureMon: Starmie.
* {{Stripperific}}: She generally wears a tiny tube top and short shorts, and not much else.
* TearfulSmile: A couple of times, most notably when she finally gets to talk to Red again at the end of the GSC arc.
%%* {{Tomboy}}
* {{Tsundere}}: Different from Misty in the anime in that she's a very mild Type B, with her tsun tendencies being played up almost exclusively in the RGB arc.
!!'''Erika'''
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An elegant lady, Erika is the Gym Leader of Celadon City who specializes in Grass-types. She also teaches at her city's university and [[TheLeader serves as supervisor]] for the rest of her region's Leaders.
* ArcherArchetype: She is seen practicing archery in her spare time.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wears a kimono and battles with elegant style. It helps that she's also TheLeader.
* LadyOfWar: When the need to fight arises.
* TheLeader: Of the Kanto Gym Leaders overall.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Often makes condescending remarks towards other trainers and her opponents and has a rather snooty attitude overall, but is genuinely kind towards those she considers her companions, like Brock, Misty, and several of the Dex Holders, once they earn her trust.
* {{Ojou}}: She’s the daughter of the richest family in Celadon City.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eventually turns out to be one.
* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Woman]]: Besides being a Gym Leader, she gives lectures at Celadon University, teaches tea ceremony, archery, and flower arranging.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Arguably, what she did to Red when they first met and he was hell-bent on rescuing that Eevee.
* ShipperOnDeck: Red x Misty, apparently.
* SignatureMon: A Tangela named Angela in ''RGB'' and ''Yellow'' and a Bellossom in ''GSC''.
* SilkHidingSteel: She may look sweet but she’s a strong enough trainer to be the leader of all the Kanto Gym Leaders.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Has the cultural trappings (kimono etc) and such.
!!'''Blaine'''
An old scientist who used to work for Team Rocket, this fire specialist defected off screen as he got sick of working for them.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In his backstory, he worked for Team Rocket and did terrible experiments on Pokémon. This was not present at all in the games.
* BodyHorror: His DNA mixed with Mewtwo's while he was creating it, leading to him developing cancerous growths that would eventually take over his body. He got better.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Returns alongside Mewtwo in the ''XY'' arc.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He's Mewtwo's creator here. In the games his creator was a different person, heavily hinted to be Mr. Fuji. This is noted in [=FrLg=] arc, when a photo is shown with him and Mr. Fuji in a jungle.
* CoolOldGuy: He may be old but he’s an exceptionally strong trainer.
* CoolShades: Wears these along with a fake mustache when he switches from his anime look to his game look.
* HeelFaceTurn: Hearing of Red's heroic exploits was a big motivation for him to skip out on Team Rocket and join the good guys.
* KickTheDog: This was pretty much Blaine's old job at Team Rocket, as he was to experiment on Pokémon into making them stronger, which led them to either go insane or simply be in extreme pain.
* MadScientist: Used to work as one for Team Rocket.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The disaster with Mewtwo was a wake-up call for him.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-types are his speciality.
* SignatureMon: Mewtwo.
!!'''Janine'''
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Koga's daughter, who takes over the Fuchsia Gym after his disappearance. Like her father, she specializes in poison-types. She also works as a part-time freelancer ''ninja''.
* BadassNormal: She's capable of rather impressive physical feats, going with the whole ninja theme. (Although she does seem overly fond of the whole hanging upside-down on the ceiling thing.)
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Falkner. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
* DisappearedDad: She wants to see him again, as his disappearance left her not knowing what to do with her future.
* {{Ninja}}: Like her father, she uses her Pokémon for ninja-esque techniques and outfits her Pokéballs into shuriken.
* PoisonousPerson: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Ariados.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never get to see her reunite with her Koga.
!!'''Jr. Trainer Evan/Phil (Junji)'''
A trainer whose Haunter was lured away by Agatha at the Power Plant. After some help from Blue, he managed to get it back. He then became one of Blaine's assistants on Cinnabar Island.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Becomes this with Super Nerd Miles when they reappear in the ''GSC'' and ''FRLG'' arcs.
!!'''Super Nerd Miles/William (Akihito)'''
Was Erika's [[TheRival Rival]] and the one hired by Agatha to disguise as Red and recapture his Pikachu. Later becomes good friends with Evan.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After getting caught by Agatha.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He was the first person to learn of Red’s situation during the ''Yellow'' arc so Agatha tried to kill him after she was done with him to keep that information secret.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being saved from Agatha he has a change of heart and becomes a good guy.
* NerdGlasses: He is a Super Nerd after all.
* LatexPerfection: As Red, he even had exact same clothes and managed to duplicate his exact scent.
* PsychoForHire: He went after Red's Pikachu for Agatha, who would pay him so he could fund future experiments. He didn't know he would be slaughtered with the rest of the human race but still.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Becomes this with Jr. Trainer Evan when they reappear in the ''GSC'' and ''FRLG'' arcs.
* UnknownRival: To Erika, who seems apathetic to his presence in the face of his grudge against her.
* UnwittingPawn: To Agatha after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outliving his usefulness.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Johto]]
!!'''Professor Elm'''
The Pokémon professor of the Johto region, Elm was unfortunate enough to be robbed of Totodile by Silver and could only watch as Gold took Cyndaquil to track him down.
* ButtMonkey: To a lesser extent than Bill, though.
!!'''Falkner'''
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First appearing as a police officer, Falkner befriends Gold who helps him catch a Skarmory. He later uses it to pass the Gym Leader exam and becomes the Leader of the Violet City Gym. Looks up to his father (implied to be Walker, an old friend of Chuck's), who was a policeman.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, Falkner is considered to be one of the weakest Gym Leaders in the series. In the manga, Falkner is one of the stronger Gym Leaders from Johto and comes much closer than the others to catching Suicune. When the Team Rocket members invaded the Indigo Plateau, while most of the Gym Leaders fought them off using their Pokémon, Falkner is one of the few who confront the Rockets directly, as he can be seen tackling a Rocket to the ground.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Janine. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
* CompositeCharacter: Falkner was the same policeman who investigated Professor Elm's lab.
%%* FairCop
* PeekABangs: Only his right eye is ever visible.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Made from his Skarmory's cast off feathers which he then fits his Pokéballs to. He also uses them as more direct weapons.
* SignatureMon: Skarmory.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!'''Bugsy'''
The Gym Leader of Azalea Town, who first appears as an archaeologist, Bugsy meets Gold at the Ruins of Alph. Specializes in bug-types.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Purple hair and purple eyes.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: His first appearance has Gold mistaking him for a girl and flirting with him.
* SignatureMon: Heracross.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Gold first mistakes Bugsy for a girl and asks him out.
!!'''Whitney'''
A somewhat childish Gym Leader who specializes in Normal-types, Whitney is the only Gym Leader aside from Pryce who Suicune doesn't challenge. She sometimes helps her good friend DJ Mary on radio shows.
* AdaptationalWimp: She's notorious for being ThatOneBoss in the games, but is one of the weakest Gym Leaders here, to the point that Suicune doesn't even bother with her when he's looking for a leader to be his partner.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She shows a surprising amount of skill when battling the fake ice Suicune.
* CurbStompBattle: She is the receiving end of this as Misty defeats her rather easily in only a few pages, which is kind of sad as the other Gym Leader battles took at least a chapter. Well, Suicune didn't bother with her for a reason...not to mention [[spoiler: it chose Misty as its partner as well.]]
* {{Fangirl}}: She seems to have a fangirl crush for Bruno by the end of the ''[=HeartGold=]/[=SoulSilver=]'' chapter. At the end of this one when we see her with a poster of his on her room and sending him Rage Candy Bars.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' arc, she's matured and become a nicer, if still flawed, person.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Miltank.
!!'''Morty'''
A trainer with clairvoyant psychic abilities, Morty is the Leader of the Ecruteak City Gym. Specializes in Ghost-types.
* PsychicPowers: As long as he has an idea of what he's looking for, he can see it and its location. (Ho-oh is out of his league though.) People actually come to him and pay him to find the things they lost or can't find.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a scarf in the ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter.
* SignatureMon: Misdreavus.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
!!'''Chuck'''
The Gym Leader of Mahogany Town, who specializes in Fighting-types. Chuck was the one who taught Blue how to train Pokémon. He runs a dojo.
* BadassNormal: He mastered several different martial arts and trains himself along side of his Pokémon.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* HappilyMarried: He is seen living happily with his wife.
* LargeHam: Subdued when not fighting, but when he ''does'' fight...
* SignatureMon: Hitmontop.
* StoutStrength: He’s pretty fat for someone who’s supposed to a constantly training martial artist.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Perhaps to emphasize his dedication to martial arts training, he is never seen with a shirt on.
!!'''Jasmine'''
The Olivine City Gym Leader who was caught in Ecruteak City earthquake, she had to save herself because Gold and Silver were too busy fighting over who would save ''her''. She specializes in the Steel-type, though she has other types on her team. Her part-time job is looking after the Sparkle Lighthouse.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* ShrinkingViolet: She doesn't really like showing off her abilities as a fighter to the public. Notably, she hid her Steelix by covering its body in a rock covering to make people think it was just an odd-looking Onix not because she wanted an advantage in her match with Brock, but because she didn't want her Steelix to receive undue attention for being one of the first recorded cases of proof for an Onix being able to evolve.
* SignatureMon: Steelix.
!!'''Pryce'''
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The Leader of Mahogany Town's Gym, Pryce specializes in Ice-types. A frail old man in a wheelchair.
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: His status as the BigBad of the GSC arc makes him this, where in the games he's just another one-off Gym Leaders with hardly any dialogue.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The true identity of the Mask of Ice.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In the ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter he shows up alongside Giovanni and Lance to help Gold, Silver and Crystal fight the Creation Trio.]]
* CharacterTics: tapping the tip of his cane against the ground. [[spoiler:Turns out, it's to use a Pokégear hidden in his cane.]]
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler: As Pryce, he's in a wheelchair. As Mask of Ice, he uses an artificially made ice body to walk around in.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: [[spoiler: Less frequent after his reveal as the Mask of Ice.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:All he wanted was to go back in time and save the Pokémon he wasn't able to save.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[DisabledInTheAdaptation Being stuck in a wheelchair]] doesn’t change that he is the leader of all the Johto Gym Leaders.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. He also makes sculptures that move around.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He doesn't seem to face any punishment after he returns in the HGSS chapter.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: A variation. [[spoiler:He's gone insane after years and years of emotionally repressing himself after losing his beloved Lapras. So really, lack of expressing love made him crazy.]]
* TheMentor: [[spoiler:By the end of HGSS arc, it's implied that he and Lance will train Silver in preparing him to best Giovanni.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He’s absolutely tiny. [[spoiler: This lets him sit in as the head of the Masked Man on top of the body made of ice.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[spoiler: His Swinub can throw down with ''Dialga''.]]
* SchrodingersCast: [[spoiler: Held this status until the HGSS chapter.]]
* TragicIceCharacter: [[spoiler: He lost his two Lapras in an avalanche, only for their offspring to hatch right and then. This served as his StartOfDarkness.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He did everything he did to catch Celebi so he could save his two Lapras that were lost in an avalanche when he was young.]]
!!'''Clair'''
Lance's cousin, Clair shares his affinity for Dragon-types. Gym Leader of Blackthorn City Gym.
* BerserkButton: Lance is a touchy subject.
%%* DragonRider
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Dragonair.
* WhipItGood: For Pokéball launching and close-range combat.
!!'''Mirei'''
A hyper woman with a [[{{Manchild}} rather childish demeanor]], Crystal's mom can still be serious when the time calls for it.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her name was revealed by [=PokéSPedia=].
* CanonForeigner: She has no in-game equivalent, since opposite-gender rivals wouldn't be a thing until gen III.
* GenkiGirl: She’s very perky and excitable.
* GyaruGirl: Her design's very much this, contributing to her hyperactive girl shtick.
* MoodSwinger: Much like her daughter, she has an intense, serious side to her.
!!'''Eusine'''
A Trainer in pursuit of the legendary Pokémon Suicune. He formed a rivalry with Crystal during the events of the Crystal arc,
but by the end of the arc they become on much friendlier terms with each other. He also has a more minor role in the HGSS arc where he encounters Silver.
* BadassCape: Wears a short one that only reaches the bottom of his back.
* ButtMonkey: Especially in the HGSS arc.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Suicune.
* GuileHero: Has shades of this in the Crystal arc.
* InelegantBlubbering: Somewhat subverted, as he's only sobbing because of the presense of Koffing. The second time is genuine as he's moved by Silver's motive to thwart Team Rocket.
* LargeHam: Even more so than in the games.
* SharpDressedMan: In addition to having a BadassCape.
* {{Squee}}: Eusine has a moment of this when he encounters Suicune the first time [[spoiler: ...until he finds out the hard way it's actually a Ditto in disguise.]]
* WhiteGloves: They complete his stage magician look.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hoenn]]
!!'''Professor Birch'''
The Hoenn Pokémon professor, and father of Sapphire. Unlike the previously mentioned professors, he seems to do much more field work.
* SatelliteCharacter: There is very little to him besides being Sapphire’s father and Norman’s friend.
!!'''Wally'''
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A major supporting character who at one point temporarily holds a Pokédex. Ruby helps give him some Pokémon training when Norman (who doesn't show up until after Ruby's gone, much to his relief) rejects training him, but the two get separated soon thereafter. His "starter" is Ruby's Ralts, Rara, who was eventually returned to her true trainer. His first Pokémon is a Kecleon.
* BadassAdorable
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''[=ORAS=]'' his Altaria catches Ruby when he is thrown into the air by Rayquaza.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Has green hair, a green outfit, and green Pokémon! All six of them, not to mention [[spoiler:he was important in waking Rayquaza!]] It's never commented on in the manga itself, but the tradition is carried on in the webcomic ''Webcomic/PokemonX'', which [[{{Flanderization}} flanderizes it]] into an incredible obsession with Pokémon that have ANY green at all on them. This is subverted in ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' where he has both an Altaria and a Magnezone, two Pokémon with no green on them.
** This was to mark that Wally is the supposed third hero representing "Emerald" for the RS saga but the writers decided to just make a new character actually named Emerald midway. At least they still gave Wally some plot related action.
* DragonRider: Straightest example here. He has a Flygon.
* HandicappedBadass: The kid appears to have an awful respiratory illness, and it gives him some complications near the end of the arc [[spoiler:when he trained under Norman en route to Rayquaza.]] Does he let that stop him?
** [[spoiler:The ventilation mask he wears for said respiratory illness lets him breath in Rayquaza's ozone filled room.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Well, he was never really dying, but he was weak in body. But like it says above, he proves himself badass.
!!'''Gabby and Ty'''
!!!(Maryanne and Tyler in the Chuang Yi version).
A reporter and her cameraman, these two ally themselves with Ruby and Sapphire early on, determined to find out who is responsible for reeking havoc in Hoenn.
* AscendedExtra: From a couple of random battlers in the games to major supporting characters.
* DubNameChange: Were renamed to Mary Anne and Tyler in the Chuang Yi version.
* IntrepidReporter: Gabby, who is determined to figure out the dangers Team Magma and Aqua pose to Hoenn.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In ORAS, they were revisited by Absol and became determined to learn of the new danger threathening Hoenn. However, the pictures of the meteor they took were leaked to the media, letting everyone know that a meteor was going to collide in few days.
!!'''Roxanne'''
Gym Leader of Rustboro City, Roxanne graduated from the Trainer's School and is thus very knowledgeable. As part of her gym challenge, any challengers much pass a written exam before battling her.
* BadassBookworm: She is a Gym Leader but is always carrying a book around. She even keeps her Poké Ball inside one!
* BarrierMaiden: When Gym Leader are sent to stop Kyogre and Groudon from meeting each other, her Nosepass actually manages to block [[OlympusMons Groudon]] dead in its tracks and is only stopped by Courtney taking people hostage in order to make Roxanne throw away the battle.
* BookSafe: She actually keeps Poké Balls inside that book of hers.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Nosepass.
!!'''Brawly'''
Leader of Dewford Town's gym, Brawly specializes in Fighting-types. He usually trains his Pokémon by surfing with them. He is apparently a disciple of Bruno's.
* BareFistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* MyKungFuISStrongerThanYours: Particularly evident when he overcomes Blaise's [[MindRape mindrape-ing]] illusions with straightforward ''brutal'' force.
* SignatureMon: Makuhita, which later evolves into a Hariyama.
* SurferDude: In fact he is surfing in his very first appearance.
!!'''Wattson'''
A jolly old man who specializes in Electric-types, Wattson is pun-cracking Gym Leader of the Mauville Gym.
* CoolOldGuy: He’s very friendly and loves to laugh.
* DisneyDeath: He is lost at sea after being defeated by Amber. Thank god that Sapphire's Wailord saved him.
%%* GadgeteerGenius
* TheHyena: He loves jokes and tends to laugh loudly at them.
* PungeonMaster: Is a fan of making puns.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Electrike, which later evolves into a Manectric.
!!'''Flannery'''
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Fire-type using Gym Leader of Lavaridge Town, Flannery tried to protect the fires of Mt. Chimney from Team Aqua, but failed.
* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt leaves the pretty much half her stomach exposed.
* FieryRedhead: Especially fitting since she uses Fire-type Pokémon.
* HeroicLineage: Being a Gym Leader is a family thing for her, so she takes her job very seriously.
* HotSpringsEpisode: Her battle with Sapphire.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She doesn't mind being nude when fighting against Sapphire.
* ShipTease: With Tabitha.
* SignatureMon: Magcargo.
!!'''Norman'''
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Ruby's father and a Normal-type specialist, Norman was just became Gym Leader of Petalburg City when Ruby ran away from home, for which he swore to hunt him down. Afterwards, he trains Wally to be a Pokémon trainer.
* TheAce: Wattson recognize him as the strongest Gym Leader in Hoenn.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Given how kind he is in the games and anime, it can be a shocker to see Norman be such a stern disciplinarian.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He is revived when Celebi takes Ruby and Sapphire to a slightly different timeline at the end of the ''Ruby & Sapphire'' chapter.]]
* CallingTheYoungManOut:
** After his battle with Ruby in the Weather Institute, he chews him out for running away from home and tells Ruby that he better finish what he started.
** [[spoiler: In the [=ORAS=] arc, he once again chastises Ruby for acting rashly, telling him that such act would hurt those closest to him.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, forcibly controlling Rayquaza kills him.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: His death is relatively peaceful. However, his body being set ablaze by Archie in front of his son is not. He thankfully gets better thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* DragonRider: Wally's Flygon was originally his.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Subverted. Ruby assumes that his father is dismissive of his desire to compete in contests, which leads to Ruby running away the day their family moved to Hoenn. Turns out Norman was always going to let him go. While Norman admits he doesn't see the appeal in contests and wants Ruby to take part in regular battles, he acknowledges it's his decision on what he wants to do with his life.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He knows awakening Rayquaza will kill him, he still do it to protect his son.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yes, he's far from the nicest dad, but he genuinely loves his son and becomes supportive of Wally's wish to be a Trainer later on.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:He awakens and controls Rayquaza in order to deal with the Groudon and Kyogre crisis.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: He does care for Ruby and eventually accepts Ruby's decision to pursue Pokémon Contests as opposed to battling, but that doesn't mean he will go easy on Ruby and he is understandably ''very'' upset when Ruby runs away from home.
* TheScapegoat: Taking the blame of [[spoiler:accidentally freeing Rayquaza, which was indirectly caused by Ruby.]]
* TookAThirdOption: When the Gym Leaders are deciding on which stance adopt regarding Team Aqua and Magma, he just leave as he recognizes that both groups are equally shady.
* SignatureMon: Slaking.
* SuperStrength: He can crush a phone with his BARE HANDS. And judging by his wife's reaction he does this regularly. It comes in handy when he and Ruby are subject to a LiteralCliffHanger.
!!'''Winona'''
[[TheLeader Supervisor]] of the Hoenn Gym Leaders much like Erika is of Kanto's, Winona is the Fortree City Gym Leader. She specializes in Flying-types.
* ActionGirl: The most powerful female Gym Leader in Hoenn.
* AmicableExes: She was in a relationship with Wallace but they had a falling out before the story's events, though they have no problems working together.
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
* CoolBigSis: Sort of to Sapphire and Flannery.
* DontYouDarePityMe: As she reveals to Sapphire at the beginning of ''Emerald'', the reason of her breaking with Wallace was that he refused the Champion position in order to stay with her out of love, and she took the fact that he stays by her side despite being vastly stronger as a burden.
* {{Foil}}: She is one to Sapphire and her relationship with Wallace is one to Sapphire and Ruby's.
* HostageSituation: [[spoiler:During the climax of ''Ruby & Sapphire'', she is defeated and taken hostage by Archie and Maxie to force Wallace to surrender.]]
* TheLeader: Of the Hoenn Gym Leaders.
** SupportingLeader: She mostly take a support role during joint operations however, as much as she would love to take the field.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Wallace. While Wallace has always been clear regarding his remaining feelings for her, Sapphire's teasing at the start of ''Emerald'' imply that she still carries a torch for him.
* TheMentor: Acts as one to Sapphire.
* SignatureMon: Altaria.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Wallace.
!!'''Tate & Liza'''
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Twins who share the title of Gym Leader of Mossdeep City, Tate and Liza act as the guardians of Mt. Pyre. Afterwards, they help train Ruby and Sapphire for their battle with Groudon and Kyogre.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: To the point where Chuang Yi thought Tate [[ShesAManInJapan was a girl]].
* PsychicPowers: Specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Solrock for Tate and Lunatone for Liza.
!!'''Wallace'''
A contest master and water specialist, Wallace was originally the region champion, but gave it up so he could be [[strike: closer to Winona]] the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City. He take Ruby under his wing and later took the title of Champion again during the final battle in Hoenn.
* AdaptedOut: Not him but his Milotic. What is arguably his ace is nowhere to be found here likely in order to make place for Ruby and Feefee's relationship.
* AmicableExes: He and Winona were in a relationship but they had a falling out before the story's events, though they have no problems working together.
* BadassCape: The Champion's Cape.
* BadassBoast: When he take the Champion's Cape and face Archie and Maxie.
--> '''Wallace''': ''If you recognize this cloak, there's no need to spell my name. If you cannot recognize this cloak, you're not fit to know my name!''
* CampStraight: Like teacher, like student. Further emphasized in the ''ORAS'' saga, where he adopts his infamously {{Stripperiffic}} and flamboyant outfit from the remakes.
* EccentricMentor: Like the above trope. He and Ruby found themselves well.
* {{Foil}}: He is one to Ruby and his relationship with Winona is also one to to Ruby and Sapphire.
* GratuitousEnglish: All of his Pokémon have classic English names such as Elizabeth and Phillip.
* InstantFanClub: He had 4 girls that dressed like him and followed wherever he goes until Ruby essentially took their place.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Winona. While Wallace has always been clear regarding his remaining feelings for her, Sapphire's teasing and her reaction to said teasings at the start of ''Emerald'' imply that she still carry a torch for him.
* TheMentor: To Ruby.
** SternTeacher: He can bring out the BrutalHonesty when Ruby needs a serious talking-to.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: His acceptance of the role of Champion and confrontation with Archie and Maxie is as awesome as it can. [[NoNonsenseNemesis However, they force him to stand down by threatening Winona's life and giving him a brutal beatdown once he comply.]]
* TheNicknamer: One of the few characters outside of the 'Dex Holders to nickname his team. ''French'' names, even.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally a very friendly person, but you ''do not'' want him angry at you.
* SignatureMon: A Luvdisc named Elizabeth.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: His outfit in ''ORAS''. It's so bad that it's never fully shown -- it's always mostly covered by other characters or by being off-panel.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Winona.
* WhatTheHellHero: Does this to Ruby after he lashes out at his Feebas following his lost in a contest.
** Immediately afterward, Wallace himself gets this from Swimmer Jack, who thinks Wallace goes too far in calling out Ruby.
!!'''Juan'''
Wallace's mentor and the previous Sootopolis Gym Leader as well as a Water-type specialist. He takes the position again when Wallace decides to take up the Champion position once more. He trains Ruby and Sapphire, both physically and mentally, for the final battle.
* GratuitousFrench: Put various French words into his sentences from time to time.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* OldMaster: Not incredibly old but he was Wallace’s mentor and did retire from running the Sootopolis Gym.
* SignatureMon: Kingdra.
!!'''Steven Stone'''
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The current Hoenn League Champion and steel-type specialist, who normally spends his time searching for rare stones. He is tasked with awakening the three Regis to help stop the battle between Kyogre and Groudon.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He sacrifices his life to awaken and control the three Regis, but Celebi revives him later.]]
* BadassCape: The Champion's Cape, which he returns to the rightful owner, Wallace, later.
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Forcibly controlling the Regis to seal off Groudon and Kyogre's fight from the rest of Hoenn kills him.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Appears as the previous owner of the estate Platinum purchases in the beginning of the Platinum arc.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* IfIDoNotReturn: He gives Wallace his position as Champion before going off to awaken the Regis. [[spoiler:He already knowed he would die because of it.]]
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:He awakens the Regis at the climax of ''Ruby and Sapphire''.]]
* SignatureMon: Metagross.
* SuperMode: He can use Mega Evolution.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being the former Hoenn Champion, he had a hard time fighting Zinnia off. It was revealed that this was because he had his Metagross give his life force away months ago, and it hadn't fully recovered yet.
!!'''Sidney'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Dark-types.
* CombatPragmatist: He specializes in Dark-type Pokémon, although strangely the only Pokémon he is seen using is a [[NonElemental Zangoose]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: His use of Dark-types does not change that he fights to help save Hoenn.
* SignatureMon: Zangoose.
!!'''Phoebe'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Ghost-types.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has noticeably dark skin compared to everyone else from Hoenn.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of it considering she’s wearing little more than a bathing suit.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Dusclops.
!!'''Glacia'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Ice-types.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
%%* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy
* SignatureMon: Glalie.
!!'''Drake'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Dragon-types.
* BadassLongcoat: Although strangely he doesn’t wear a shirt underneath it.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Shelgon.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Since he doesn’t wear anything under his BadassLongcoat, which he keeps open.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hoenn Battle Frontier]]
!!'''Todd Snap'''
A photographer who follows Emerald on his Battle Frontier challenge.
* MythologyGag: At the end of ''Emerald'', Professor Oak sends him off to the island from VideoGame/PokemonSnap to complete the goal from it.
* NoIndoorVoice: He shouts an awful lot of his lines.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never actually given. [[spoiler: His name actually is revealed to be Todd in Pokéspedia.]]
* TheWatson: In regards to Emerald's mission and the rules of the Battle Frontier facilities.
!!'''Scott'''
The owner of the Battle Frontier, he can recognize a trainer's potential. Often acts in his own interest in order to make his Battle Frontier a success.
* TheChessmaster: Sort of. He knew all about Jirachi, Emerald and Guile, but kept silent about it to all of the Frontier Brains in order to "help them get stronger".
* NonActionGuy: He's not a Pokémon trainer.
* RedHerring: Scott acts awfully cagey, is never around when Guile Hideout attacks, and is certainly up to something. [[spoiler:He's not Guilt Hideout. He ''does'' know about Jirachi, he just didn't say anything because he didn't think the Frontier Brains would be much help either way.]]
!!'''Noland'''
One of the seven Frontier Brains, also known as Factory Head Noland. He is in charge of the Battle Factory, and also takes care of all the rental Pokémon used in the Battle Frontier facilities.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His specialty as the Frontier Brain of Knowledge.
* ExtraOreDinary: He uses a rental Mawile in his battle with Emerald and keeps it as his own.
* {{MacGuffin}}: The Jirachi report in his possession, which he eventually [[HostageForMacGuffin surrenders in return for Anabel's safety]].
* NonElemental: His trio of Smeargle
* PowerCopying: Catches a trio of Smeargle after noticing the Painter Pokémon could copy Jirachi's Wish knows via Sketch.
* PutOnABus: He gets hospitalized by Guild Hideout early in the arc, where he's unable to aid Emerald with the rest of the Frontier Brains until he challenges the Battle Tower.
%%* PermaStubble
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His Smeargle never show up again after they use Wish so Noland can use the bright flash of light to determine where Jirachi would appear via the Battle Frontier's security cameras.
!!'''Lucy'''
Also known as Pike Queen Lucy, she is in charge of the Battle Pike, and favors snake-like Pokémon.
* BareYourMidriff: And quite a lot of it too.
* LuckBasedMission: The gimmick of Battle Pike.
* NiceGirl: The only one of the Brains to actually consider allowing Emerald to battle them as a publicity stunt. [[JerkassHasAPoint While their reaction is understandable, given how he completely ruined the intended event,]] it was still a nice thing for her to do.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets very up close and personal with Todd several times.
* SignatureMon: Seviper , the Battle Pike is modelled after it.
* SmugSnake: Downplayed, as her demeanor is generally confident and aloof.
* StatusEffects: Her facility dishes these out regularly, especially [[UniversalPoison poison]].
* StatuesqueStunner: She's the tallest Frontier Brain and quite attractive..
!!'''Brandon'''
A rough, adventurous man in charge of the Battle Pyramid, he is also known as Pyramid King Brandon. Has a particular dislike for Emerald at first.
* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only his job but also the theme of the Battle Pyramid.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* DroughtLevelOfDoom: The gimmick of the Battle Pyramid.
* HotBlooded: Well, since his facility is a test of "bravery"...
* SignatureMon: Regirock, Regice and Registeel.
!!'''Greta'''
Arena Tycoon Greta is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Arena.
* GenkiGirl: She just can't seem to sit still, ever.
* SignatureMon: Umbreon.
* SuperStrength: It's the only way to explain how she can easily carry Emerald's Sceptile and Dusclops on her back at the same time.
!!'''Tucker'''
The flamboyant Dome Ace of the Battle Dome, he also harbors a grudge against Emerald after their confrontation on the first day.
* AmbiguouslyGay: We have no idea what his sexuality is but with how camp he is he could easily be either CampGay or CampStraight.
* ButtMonkey: Not even his fellow Frontier Brains take him seriously.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure, he gets humiliated by Emerald and seems pretty foolish...but then, he [[CurbstompBattle sweeps Sapphire's team with just Salamence]], and goes on to be the only Battle Frontier to never be defeated by Emerald.
* SignatureMon: Salamence.
* TournamentArc: In the acts featuring his facility, of course.
!!'''Spenser'''
A mysterious tattooed man also known as Palace Maven Spenser. His age belies his skill as one of the Frontier Brains.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: His backstory. [[spoiler:Many years ago, he was friends with the old couple who live on Mt. Pyre. One day while they were out of the room, he decided to touch the Blue Orb. Big mistake.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Averted: he appears to be this at first, but he just turns out to be a person [[spoiler:who has been in contact with Kyogre's orb.]]
* ThePowerOfTrust: What he explicitly stated as his facility's specialty.
* RedHerring: Once suspected by Ruby and Sapphire to be Guile Hideout's identity, until Latios proved otherwise.
!!'''Anabel'''
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The Salon Maiden of the Battle Tower and TheLeader of the seven Frontier Brains.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has a very androgynous, boyish-looking appearance.
* BoringButPractical: Has Raikou use Thunder Shock, typically the weakest of electrical moves. However, she also notes that while it is the weakest, it's a lot easier to control than other, more flashier electrical moves. Plus, it's being used by [[OlympusMons Raikou]], so it's actually far stronger than usual.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Guile Hideout mind controls her when he takes control of the Battle Tower.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Purple hair and eyes.
* GoodIsNotNice: Like in the games, she believes in innate talent and is not shy about telling people if they don't have it.
* HostageForMcGuffin: For Noland's Jirachi reports.
* LittleMissBadass: The leader and most powerful of the Frontier Brains.
* MindControlEyes: When under Guile Hideout's control.
* SignatureMon: Raikou.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sinnoh]]
!!'''Professor Rowan'''
The resident professor of Sinnoh.
* DistressedDude: He and Professor Berlitz get trapped by Team Galactic.
* GeniusSweetTooth: He is the premier Pokémon professor in Sinnoh and he loves to eat sweets.
* NonActionGuy: He’s a scholar, not a fighter.
!!'''Sir Berlitz'''
Rowan's assistant and Platinum's father, he is the richest man in Sinnoh.
* DistressedDude: He and Professor Rowan get trapped by Team Galactic.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: He technically still doesn't have a name, but is given a surname. In the games, he's just called 'Professor Rowan's Assistant'.
* OverprotectiveDad: So your 12 year old daughter insists on going out on a journey? Well, hire a pair of bodyguards to go with her!
** ProperlyParanoid: On said journey, his daughter gets caught up in Cyrus' plot to destroy and recreate the world.
!!'''Paka and Uji'''
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Platinum's hired bodyguards. They tail the protagonists after a mix-up causes their charge to go with Diamond and Pearl.
* CanonForeigner: They have no in-game equivalents.
* CoolShades: which they never remove [[spoiler: until they are taken away by Saturn's new weapon.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: PunnyName[=s=] aside (see below), they manage to defeat Saturn, who mind you, can go toe to toe with Gym Leaders in later chapters. Also, the pair have no problem teaming up with Diamond and Pearl to take on an army of Galactic Grunt.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: They get sent to the Distortion World by Saturn's weapon.]]
* MakingASplash: Buizel
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Although they didn't die.]]
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: When they are hit by Saturn’s weapon they tell Diamond and Pearl that it is their job to protect Platinum now.]]
* PunnyName: Their names are puns on the word "idiot".
* ScarfOfAsskicking: The exact same colors as Diamond and Pearl's mufflers.
* SignatureMon: Burmy for Paka and Buizel for Uji.
!!'''Roark'''
Gym Leader of the Oreburgh Gym and foreman of the local mines. He specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. He is Byron's son.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a red construction hardhat.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
%%* PrehistoricMonster: Rampardos.
%%* UseYourHead: Rampardos.
* SignatureMon: Cranidos, which later evolves into a Rampardos.
* WhiteGloves: Wears a pair of white worker gloves.
!!'''Gardenia'''
Gym Leader of the Eterna Gym. She specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of it since under her cloak she’s wearing pretty much the equivalent of a sports bra.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Roserade.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: To ghosts, apparently.
!!'''Maylene'''
Gym Leader of the Veilstone Gym. She specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigEater: Probably as a direct result of her impoverished lifestyle.
%%* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* CuteBruiser: She may look cute, but she’s capable of fighting on her own even without Pokémon.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: She despises Platinum at first, but becomes one of her closest friends and training partners after being defeated.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Fitting for a martial artist.
* ParentalNeglect: Her father spends all his time gambling so he doesn’t pay attention to her.
* PerpetualPoverty: She initially was jealous of Platinum's wealth and is often shown to be hungry. During the battle at Spear Pillar, she outright says that she is poor.
** Some FridgeHorror comes in place here, since in the games her dad is a gambling addict who rarely leaves the place.
* SignatureMon: Riolu.
!!'''Crasher Wake'''
Gym Leader of the Pastoria Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He later trains Pearl following the events in Lake Valor.
* CoolMask: And he refuses to be seen without it.
* LargeHam: He is a professional wrestler after all.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* MaskPower: He wears a mask and he’s a Gym Leader, one of the strongest trainers in Sinnoh.
* TheMentor: To Pearl later on in the DP arc.
* SignatureMon: Floatzel.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He never wears a shirt, which is fitting being a wrestler and all.
!!'''Fantina'''
Gym Leader of the Hearthome Gym. A Ghost-type specialist who also enjoys contests. Like Cynthia, she is very fond of the Sinnoh Trio and looks out for them whenever they're in the neighborhood.
%%* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign
* BatmanGambit: Her gym gimmick is to force her challengers into thinking logically to reach her then totally ''breaking'' that logic when it comes to actually challenging her.
%%* FunnyForeigner
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She used Trick Room in her Gym Battle, which allowed Lax, the last Pokémon Platinum had, to go first.
* TheHyena: She laughs hysterically at just about any joke of Dia and Pearl's.
* SignatureMon: Mismagius.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her Mismagius can create illusions to disorient her opponents.
!!'''Byron'''
Gym Leader of the Canalave Gym and the father of Roark. He hands out the Mine Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* HotBlooded: He’s very impulsive, attacking the Dex Holders immediately after assuming they are intruders.
* TheMedic: Is this during when the Gym Leaders are fighting the Galactic Commanders in Spear Pillar, healing their Pokémon underground.
* OverprotectiveDad: Not an extreme example, but he is very reluctant to put his son in harm's way.
* SignatureMon: Bronzong.
!!'''Candice'''
Gym Leader of the Snowpoint Gym. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. It is her duty to watch over Lake Acuity and Snowpoint Temple.
* ExposedToTheElements: She claims that nothing should get in the way of fashion, elements be damned. And she even dubs herself, Maylene, and Platinum as the 'Thin-Clothed Trio'.
* GenkiGirl: She’s very energetic to say the least.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* HotBlooded: Despite her main type.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
* MagicSkirt: It is so short, it could be a health hazard in Snowpoint.
* SignatureMon: Froslass. She would later give this Pokémon to Platinum.
!!'''Volkner'''
Gym Leader of the Sunyshore Gym. He specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. He has been depressed since he hasn't had a good fight in ages and is constantly looking for something to regain his excitement back.
* BashBrothers: To Elite 4 Member Flint in the Battle Frontier.
* BloodKnight: Volkner desires exciting fights with very strong fighters.
* BoisterousBruiser: Get Volkner excited in a duel, and he shifts from apathetic to outspoken on his battles as Giratina found out.
* BrilliantButLazy: He’s easily the strongest of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but he’s become bored fighting weak trainers and so he has no drive to battle.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}: Uses up enough electricity for his gym to result in the rest of Sunyshore to go into a total blackout, just because he was bored. [[spoiler:He also completely ignores Byron's call for help at the Spear Pillar and heads for home instead.]]
** [[spoiler: He redeems himself in the Platinum arc when he and Flint help defeat Giratina. Perhaps he's developed into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold now.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Electivire.
* WorthyOpponent: Views Platina as one, impressed by her knowledge on Pokémon battles and the experience she accumulated following her defeat to Jupiter.
!!'''Looker'''
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Member of the International Police and helps Platinum investigate the Distortion World so he can find information on Team Galactic.
* BadassLongcoat: A brown one that fits with his Interpol design.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his eccentric personality and his status as a ButtMonkey, he was shown to be a very capable Police Agent and trainer.
* ButtMonkey: His gadgets have a tendency to break and when they do, he gets hurt in the process.
* CallingYourAttacks: Or rather, calling your gadgets, with him shouting the name of the Interpol equipment whenever pulling one out.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He doesn't look like it, but [[spoiler:in the BW arc he manages to make it to the ''top 8 of the Unova League''.]]
* InterpolSpecialAgent: It’s his job. He has been seen on several missions in the manga. He investigated the Distortion World alongside Platinum in the ''Platinum'' arc, he infiltrated the Pokémon League to find if one of the participants was a member of Team Plasma in the ''Black & White'' arc and he worked alongside Blake to arrest the Seven Sages in the ''Black 2 & White 2'' arc.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Looker is obviously not his real name and we will likely never learn what it really is.
* TheLancer: Looker ends up being one to two Dex users: Platina in order to help her investigate the Distortion World to apprehend Team Galactic, and to his younger but direct superior in the force Blake to arrest the sages of Team Galactic.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Looker puts on a pair of gag glasses while participating in the Unova Pokémon League. Leo even blurts his name out in the Black and White 2 arc]].
* PutOnABus: Is hospitalized after his return from Stark Mountain, where he returns at the very end of the Pt arc to arrest Team Galactic.
* SignatureMon: Croagunk.
* UndyingLoyalty: Once he accepts Blake as his superior, he stays by his side and aids him, even when he's kicked out of the International Police. [[ThrowTheDogABone This impresses the Interpol.]]
!!'''Bebe'''
The Sinnoh Pokémon storage system developer. She is good friends with %%* GenkiGirl
's sister, Daisy.
* BareYourMidriff: Courtesy of wearing a small tank top.
* GadgeteerGenius: A given being the developer of Sinnoh’s Pokémon Storage System.
!!'''Aaron'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: His only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* IdiotHair: And an incredibly large one at that.
* SignatureMon: Drapion.
!!'''Bertha'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: Her only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Hippowdon.
!!'''Flint'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and is a friend of Volkner. Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Magmortar.
!!'''Lucian'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* BadassBookworm: He is shown to clear entire books in a matter of a few seconds.
* DemotedToExtra: His only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* PsychicPowers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Girafarig.
!!'''Cynthia'''
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The Champion of the Sinnoh region's Elite Four. She also seems to travel around Sinnoh a lot, helping both people and Pokémon. She meets the Sinnoh Trio and looks out for them.
* AdventureArchaeologist: She travels the world to learn about Pokémon myths.
* BadassLongcoat: Black with fur trimmings.
* HelpingWouldBeKillStealing: Averted, as she actually attempts to take down Cyrus herself. She fails though.
* PeekABangs: Her right eye is always covered.
* SignatureMon: Garchomp.
* TeamMom: To the Sinnoh trio.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In ''Platinum'' she returns having trained to master Draco Meteor and uses it to take down '''[[OlympusMons Giratina]]'''.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Not her, but her Garchomp. When fighting Cyrus in Celestic Town without her, it uses Hyper Beam, where his Pokémon positioned themselves in front of the ruins, making Garchomp destroy the entrance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sinnoh Battle Frontier]]
!!'''Palmer'''
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The Tower Tycoon of Sinnoh's Battle Tower. He is the father of Pearl.
* BadassLongcoat: Although not that long since it stops at his knees.
* GenerationXerox: Pearl is a lot like him.
* InsistentTerminology: Frequently insists that Pearl call him Daddy instead of just Dad.
* ParentalAbandonment: Debatable case. Pearl mentions he wasn't around much and Palmer himself is saddened by the fact that he learned secondhand that Pearl was involved in a life and death battle at Spear Pillar. On the other hand, he taught Pearl a great deal about battling and is highly respected by his son. Also, the only specific event we see in Pearl's backstory has Palmer finding him and Dia when they got lost.
* ParentsAsPeople: He loves Pearl but since he spends all his time battling and wasn’t aware of Pearl’s involvement in the battle against Team Galactic he thinks he’s a terrible father.
* SignatureMon: [[spoiler: Cresselia.]]
!!'''Darach'''
Butler of Cailtin and battles in her place in the Battle Castle as the Castle Valet.
* BattleButler: For Caitlin.
* MoodSwinger: When he battles, he switches from his usual reserved manner and takes on a more bloodthirsty personality. According to his own comments, he was unaware of this until people actually told him.
* SignatureMon: Gallade.
!!'''Caitlin'''
Frontier Brain of Sinnoh's Battle Castle. Due to her powerful PsychicPowers, she is not allowed to battle or else her abilities will go out of control. She later becomes one the Elite Four of the Unova region.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: When she loses control.]]
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: Fightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfight.....]]
%%* {{Ojou}}
* PsychicPowers: Manifesting in her [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow hair drastically lengthening]] and attacking people.
** By the time the story rolls into Unova, her control has increased. With her Gothitelle helping her, [[spoiler: she can transmit messages from people whose location she does not know, ie, the kidnapped Gym Leaders.]]
** She also specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Gothitelle.
!!'''Dahlia'''
Arcade Star of Sinnoh's Battle Arcade. She loves to dance and it extends to her Pokémon as well.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has much darker skin than everyone else but we have no idea of her ethnicity.
* BareYourMidriff: With a sweater oddly enough.
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousSpanish Que sera, sera]]."
%%* GenkiGirl
!!'''Thorton'''
Factory Head of Sinnoh's Battle Factory. Uses machines to help calculate the probabilities of his chances in battle.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He is always analyzing things down to percentages and uses that to formulate his strategies.
* CatchPhrase: After giving the percentages of something he will add “ah, don’t mind that number.”
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented a Pokémon analyzer that he uses to determine his strategies. He was also able to repair a Team Galactic spy robot.
* MoodSwinger: He switches from calm and rational to a crybaby when he loses to Platinum.
!!'''Argenta'''
Hall Matron of Sinnoh's Battle Hall.
* CoolOldLady: More like Cool Middle-Aged Lady.
* CoolShades: [[GogglesDoNothing That she always wears on the top of her head]].
* SignatureMon: Dragonite.
!!'''Riley'''
A friend of Byron's that was asked to help train Diamond in battling before he goes to Lake Verity. He has the ability to use Aura.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Complete with a FedoraOfAsskicking.
* BattleAura: His Lucario specializes in using Aura offensively in order to [[CombatClairvoyance predict his opponent's every move]] and strike them from afar using Aura Sphere.
%%* {{Bishounen}}
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears on a ship at the end of the Emerald arc.
* TheMentor: Served as Diamond's in Iron Island to make him stronger to defend Lake Verity.
* SignatureMon: Lucario.
* SoulPower: He can sense Aura. He mainly uses it to track people and objects.
!!'''Buck'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier. He is Flint's younger brother.
* FieryRedhead: A trait he shares with his older brother Flint.
* HotBlooded: He is very loud and straightforward. [[spoiler: This backfires on him when he releases Heatran, inadvertently letting Charon take control of it.]]
* SignatureMon: Claydol.
!!'''Marley'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
* ElegantGothicLolita: She wears a black and white frilly dress.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler: She befriends Shaymin and it decides to stay with her.]]
* SignatureMon: Arcanine.
* TheStoic: She generally doesn’t express emotions but she shows a softer side around [[spoiler: Shaymin.]]
!!'''Mira'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* SignatureMon: Alakazam.
!!'''Cheryl'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
%%* CoolBigSis
* SignatureMon: Blissey
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[[folder: Unova]]
!!'''Professor Juniper'''
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The regional professor of Unova.
* ButtMonkey: A rare female example in the B/W arc. Her starter Pokémon often beat each other up, leaving a destructive mess in their wake (one such site being her own lab) and two of her three Dexes are broken with the remaining functioning one in the hands of someone whose sanity she questions.
* CharacterDevelopment: After [[spoiler: called out by N, she reassesses how she does things and by the B2/W2 arc has become a more competent scientist who cares more about Pokémon.]]
* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler: Called out by N for treating Pokémon as things and not caring for them enough to give them to their Trainers personally. [[JerkassHasAPoint The results]] [[HeroicBSOD weren't pretty]].]]
!!'''Cheren'''
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Along with Bianca, he is a childhood friend of Black and chose Snivy as his starter Pokémon (Actually, Bianca chose it for him).
* AdaptationalVillainy: To the point that he [[spoiler:joins Team Plasma]], something he would never have done in the games (he was one of the people most vehemently against [[spoiler:Plasma]] in the game).
** [[spoiler: Somewhat subverted when it's revealed that he only joined Team Plasma because he'd been brainwashed into doing so.]]
* ApologizesALot: Apologizes for even the most pointless of reasons.
* BadBoss: When fighting Black at the Pokémon League, [[spoiler: he reveals that he doesn't have any attachment to his Pokémon. His Snivy hasn't even evolved. However, this is due to Team Plasma's brainwashing of him.]]
* BadassTeacher: Becomes a teacher at the Aspertia City Trainer’s School in the ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter, [[spoiler: and a Gym Leader by the end of the arc.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: What causes him to join Team Plasma and turn against his former friend, Black.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regard to Black being a LargeHam.
* DecoyProtagonist: His appearance alongside Black and Bianca in volume 43 indicate this, standing alongside the starter Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: Though he possesses a Pokédex and was a rival in the original game, the fact that he's not named after a version and that said Pokédex is damaged places him to supporting character. [[spoiler: His Pokédex eventually ended up completely destroyed.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: At the Pokémon League, he reveals that [[spoiler: he's joined Team Plasma. Later on, it's revealed that he's been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] into doing so, though.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Considering that his best friends are a league obsessed boy and [[TheDitz a ditz]], he's certainly this.
* ShipTease: With Bianca in the B2/W2 arc. [[ShipperOnDeck His students notice.]]
* SweatDrop: He does it quite often, seeing how one of his best friends is a LargeHam while the other is a ditz.
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the time he enters the Pokémon League, he's cold and indifferent towards everyone, believing that cheering and supporting contributes nothing in becoming stronger. [[spoiler: However, it was revealed that he was brainwashed all the way back in Driftveil City.]]
!!'''Bianca'''
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Along with Cheren, she is a childhood friend of Black and chose Oshawott as her starter Pokémon.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She gets easily distracted upon their arrival at Striaton City that she ignores Cheren's reprimanding.
* DecoyProtagonist: Like Cheren, her appearance alongside him and Black in volume 43 indicate this, standing alongside the starter Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: See Cheren. Ironically enough, the lack of screentime further adds to her character, as she feels even more useless as she hasn't accomplished much on her journey, and ends up bonding with White and developing alongside her on one of her adventures.
* TheDitz: Not the brightest of people, although she still looks smart next to [[IdiotHero Black.]]
* GenkiGirl: She's very energetic and excitable.
* JackOfAllTrades: Implied to be her strength, as she knows how to play all kinds of instruments and Professor Juniper describes her as someone that can do anything without flaw.
* ShipTease: With Cheren in the B2/W2 arc. [[ShipperOnDeck His students notice.]]
* TakeUpMySword: Gives her Pokédex to White, making her an official Dex Holder as she returns home to become a lab assistant.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: There really is very little in the way of family resemblance between the two.
* OverprotectiveDad: Her dad prevents her from going out when she is about to start a journey.
!!'''Fennel'''
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Professor Juniper's friend and former classmate. She works with her assistant, Amanita, and researches about dreams.
* NoIndoorVoice: She's very loud. Even more so than Black.
!!'''Cedric Juniper'''
Professor Juniper's father.
* BigOlEyebrows: And they look even bigger due to EyesAlwaysShut.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* SignatureMon: Samurott. [[spoiler: It is the third of the first set of starters that Gigi and Amanda are from.]]
!!'''Cilan, Chili, & Cress'''
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The triplet gym leaders of Striaton Gym.
* BishieSparkle
-->Cress: Our teamwork sparkles!
-->Cilan: We, too, are three bright shining stars.
* CharacterTics: Like in the anime, the brothers tend to place their arms in a certain location. Cilan places his behind his back, Chili puts his on his hips, Cress crosses them in front of his chest.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green for Cilan, red for Chili and blue for Cress.
* CatSmile: Cilan.
* ElementalPowers
** GreenThumb: Cilan specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
** MakingASplash: Cress specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
** PlayingWithFire: Chili specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* FieryRedhead: Chili.
* HotBlooded: Chili.
%%* SharpDressedMan
* SkintoneSclerae: Cilan
* SignatureMon: Pansage, which later evolves into a Simisage, for Cilan, Pansear, which later evolves into a Simisear, for Chili and Panpour, which later evolves into a Simipour, for Cress.
* {{Troll}}: Chili. He lied to Black about disqualifying him from challenging their Gym (because of Bianca's interference) only to take it back immediately while laughing uproariously.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: As part of their waiter outfits.
!!'''Lenora'''
Gym Leader and Museum owner of the Nacrene City Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Hawes.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She acknowledges that her Stoutland got taken out in one hit because she had spammed Take Down beforehand, which whittled down its HP.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Stoutland.
!!'''Burgh'''
Gym Leader of the Castelia City Gym.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Well he certainly is flamboyant enough.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* PerformanceArtist: He uses his art in his Gym challenge.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: A small red one.
* SignatureMon: Venipede.
!!'''Elesa'''
Gym Leader of the Nimbasa City Gym
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
%%* BareYourMidriff
%%* CombatStilettos
* CoolHorse: Zebstrika, which a flashback shows that she's had since she was a little girl.
* MaleGaze: Elesa is formally first introduced with her rear facing the readers while she is on her knees.
* MsFanservice: She is a model after all.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Zebstrika.
* TheStoic: Surprisingly averted. She's actually quite cheerful compared to her game counterpart.
!!'''Clay'''
Gym Leader of the Driftveil City Gym.
* AmericansAreCowboys: It’s only natural that the Region based off of an America location (even if it is New York City) would have a cowboy Gym Leader.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be a bit mean but he’s ultimately a good person and he warms up to Black despite their rocky introduction.
* SignatureMon: Excadrill.
!!'''Skyla'''
Gym Leader of the Mistralton City Gym. She's also the pilot of a cargo company.
* AcePilot: Capable of putting on air shows with her cargo plane, she delivered an epic finale to the Pokémon Musical along with the guests' prop cases.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
%%* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
%%* FashionableAsymmetry
%%* {{Shorttank}}
* SignatureMon: Swanna.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: For a pilot’s suit it certainly doesn’t cover a lot.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!'''Brycen'''
Gym Leader of the Icirrus City Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Is at first seemingly captured by the Shadow Triad with the rest of the Gym Leaders, but it turns out to be just an ice statue. He's still captured by Ghetsis later in the Pokémon League.]]
* CoolMask: A blue domino mask.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
* TheMentor: He personally trains Black for a time to get him up to snuff against Team Plasma.
* SignatureMon: Cryogonal.
* TheStoic: Although it becomes subverted whenever he is playing Brycen-Man.
%%* TheQuietOne
* WarriorMonk: In appearance only though.
!!'''Drayden'''
Gym Leader of the Opelucid City Gym.
* OldMaster: The oldest and strongest of the Unova Gym Leaders.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Druddigon.
!!'''Iris'''
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Iris is the protégé of Drayden, though she also learned spirituality from Alder. She respects both men very much.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her nationality is unknown and even her being from Blackthorn City doesn’t help in that regard.
* BrattyHalfPint: She enjoys teasing Black about his possible love life.
* BrutalHonesty: Straight-up tells [[PerformanceArtist Burgh]] that his newer paintings look terrible, and much later teases [[HotBlooded Black]] about his love life.
%%* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: A weird double example with two at the top and two at the bottom.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: She wants to take down N for what he did to Alder.]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler:She participates in the Unova League.]] [[spoiler:In the BW2 arc, it is revealed she has become the champion. In fact, she even defeated the Elite Four, Alder, and even N to earn the title!]]
* LittleMissSnarker: She can be very cutting when she wants to be, albeit in a playful way.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* ShipperOnDeck: Entertains the possibilities of both Black x White and Black x Bianca.
* SignatureMon: Fraxure, which later evolves into a Haxorus.
!!'''Marlon'''
A cheerful man who initially appears as a League participant. In the ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter he has been made the Gym Leader of the Humilau City Gym.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Jellicent.
* SuperSenses: He has a very good sense of smell, especially when it comes to water. He can tell where a water Pokémon came from [[spoiler: and that the Hood Man likely didn't have eight badges but was participating in the League anyway, due to the fact that he didn't smell like the water you had to pass by through the Badge Gates]].
!!'''Emmet and Ingo'''
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The Subway bosses of the Battle Subway.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When White is still a beginner at the Battle Subway, Emmet sees her educative as a Trainer that tends to get ovewhelmed and lose every battle.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Emmet.
* SiblingYinYang: Emmet wears white while Ingo wears black. Emmet is also obsessed with battling and requires Ingo to rein him in.
* SignatureMon: Durant for Emmet and Klinklang for Ingo.
* TagTeamTwins: Subverted in that they don’t actually fight together on the Battle Subway.
!!'''Shauntal'''
Ghost-type Elite Four member of Unova.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She cheerfully enrages Thundurus and Tornadus further in their fight as to get more inspiration for her next novel.
* GenkiGirl: She is very loud and energetically shows off her novels.
* PerkyGoth: How hyper she is doesn’t seem to match with all the purple and black she wears.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
!!'''Grimsley'''
Dark-type Elite Four member of Unova.
%%* {{Bishonen}}
* BatmanGambit: Pulls one off in his introduction to expose a disguised Plasma grunt.
* CombatPragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
%%* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheGambler: He’s been a casino dealer for over ten years and sees everything as a game.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: A yellow one that’s long enough to go all the way down his back.
%%* SharpDressedMan
* SignatureMon: Bisharp.
%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
%%* TsurimeEyes
!!'''Marshal'''
Fighting-type Elite Four member of Unova.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigOlEyebrows: That are somehow also part of his hair.
* CurbstompBattle: He effortlessly defeats Black’s entire team when Black attacks him after seeing Marshal [[spoiler: holding an unconscious White]].
!!'''Alder'''
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Champion of the Unova Pokémon League.
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* TheBusCameBack: He completley disappeared after losing to N, but [[spoiler: appears at the end of [=B2W2=] arc to help fight against Team Plasma with iris and Gorm.]]
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* CoolOldGuy: He’s incredibly personable and loves playing with his Pokémon.
%%* FieryRedhead
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Pokémon tend to gather around him.
* ILetYouWin: [[spoiler: It turns out he purposely lost his fight against N because he was convinced by Team Plasma's ideals.]]
%%* PermaStubble
* RatedMForManly: This guy is so awesome he has strength matches with his own Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Bouffalant.
!!'''Hugh'''
A student at the Aspertia City Trainers' school. He harbors an intense hatred of Team Plasma.
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* BerserkButton:
** Team Plasma, due to them stealing his sister's Purrloin.
** He also doesn't take remarks about his sister well, having his Vibrava attack the girls at the trainer school when they bring her up and accuse him of being a bad brother.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of his little sister.
* BloodKnight: He is extremely focused on battles and getting stronger, to the point where he is upset at anyone in the Trainers’ school not taking things seriously.
* CelibateHero: He has no interest in romance and gets mad at Blake for wasting his time flirting. [[spoiler: However, he starts having feelings for Whitley by the end of the arc.]]
* HotBlooded: He tends to shout a lot when he is serious about something, which annoys those around him.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: He’s not happy when he learns Leo was with his sister.
* PetTheDog: After [[spoiler: Whitley tearfully admits that Team Plasma was wrong and apologizes for being a part of it, Hugh stops yelling at her and trying to intimidate her, and just tries to get her to lead him to where his sister's Purrloin might be. Then, when the Plasma Frigate launches a freezing ray at the city, Hugh pushes Whitley out of its path, even when doing so causes him to fall and get knocked out.]]
** Later, he [[spoiler: formally apologizes to Whitley for being so angry with her in the first place since he now knows that her faction of Team Plasma isn't the same as the one he hates.]]
* SeriousBusiness: He takes going to the Trainer's School more seriously than anyone, believing that it'll make him stronger.
* SignatureMon: Trapinch, which later evolves into a Vibrava.
* ShipTease: [[spoiler: With Whitley, particularly in the final chapter which implies he may have feelings for her now.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was very kind before Team Plasma stole his sister’s Purrloin, making him angry and obsessed with strength.
!!'''Leo'''
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One of the participants of the league and enrolls in Aspertia trainer school.
* CannotTalkToWomen: His defining characteristic.
* CanonForeigner: He has no in-game equivalent, being a strange mix of a Youngster and a PokéManiac.
* ShipTease: With Hugh’s younger sister.
!!'''Roxie'''
Gym Leader of the Virbank City Gym.
* PoisonousPerson: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
* TheRockStar: She’s the lead singer and bassist of a famous band.
* SignatureMon: Whirlipede.
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[[folder: Kalos]]
!!'''Trevor'''
* InnocentlyInsensitive: At one point, he got very gung-ho testing out the mechanics of Mega Evolution, inadvertently upsetting X by bringing up an issue X wasn't comfortable with.
* OhCrap: Has two big ones. The first being when he first sees Xerneas and Yvelta right before they start duking it out, and the second being when he meets Lysandre literally seconds after he figures the man being a bad guy.
* SignatureMon: Flabebe, which later evolves into Floette.
* SupportingProtagonist: He is the one [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator narrating the XY chapter]].
!!'''Tierno'''
* ADayInTheLimelight: One of the side chapter in the arc focuses on him, assisting X against a Team Flare Admin.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's the most easygoing out of the Kalos kids, but ''don't'' make him angry.
* SignatureMon: Corphish. [[spoiler: It evolves into a Crawdaunt in the final battle with Team Flare.]]
* StreetPerformer: [[spoiler: In the epilogue he becomes a street dancer in Lumiose City’s backstreets.]]
!!'''Shauna'''
An aspiring Furfrou groomer, and childhood friends with a number of other characters.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In a stark contrast with her [[NiceGirl nice]] and [[TheHeart friendly]] game counterpart, she's the group's DeadpanSnarker here.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: A Honedge is forced into her hands while a Aegislash looms behind her, meaning that she ends up being possessed. She is then ordered to steal X's Mega Stone, and when she gets caught, she attacks her friends.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She has, in order, watched her friend fall into depression, have her hometown blown up, lose one of her Pokémon, and [[spoiler: been brainwashed while having her life force sucked out of her]]. No wonder she's rather bitter.
* LittleMissSnarker: A complete 180 degree turn from her game counterpart, but seeing all the misfortune she's gone through, it's understandable.
* ShipTease: She's often seen clinging to [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Tierno]].
* SignatureMon: A Skitty named Neko.
!!'''Professor Sycamore'''
The regional professor of Kalos.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Is this considering Lysandre, constantly praising him. Unlike the games, ''everyone else'' is suspicious and wary of Lysandre, making the professor seem even ''more'' oblivious in contrast.
* ItsAllMyFault: Once he learns that Lysandre is evil he blames himself for not believing it and putting X and the others in danger as a result.
!!'''Viola'''
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The Gym Leader of Santalune City, the gang initially isn't very fond of her as she works for the press along side of her sister, but they agree to her offer of help.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* CameraFiend: Although it makes sense she carries it with her at all times since she’s a news photographer.
* SignatureMon: Vivillon.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: When a possessed Shauna tries to use a Honedge to strike down Y, Viola jumps in the way of the attack.]]
!!'''Grant'''
The gym leader of Cyllage Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
!!'''Korrina'''
The gym leader of Shalour Gym and a successor of Mega Evolution. She is Gurkinn's granddaughter.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigDamnHeroes: She first appears to help X and the others when they are fighting Celosia, and later on with Diantha and Gurkinn when the whole crew is captured by Essentia.
* PutOnABus: Suffers a head injury against Celosia, where she's unable to make a recovery until the end of the arc due to getting her Key Stone stolen.
* SignatureMon: Lucario.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Celosia praises Korrina for amending her mistakes during their rematch, she tells her that there's nothing good about being praised by her.
!!'''Ramos'''
The gym leader of Coumarine Gym.
* BadassBookworm: He enjoys reading and references a Pokémon battling encyclopedia, specifically talking about [[ContinuityNod a tactic using Mr. Mime to create solid walls of air]].
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
!!'''Clemont'''
The gym leader of Lumiose Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Gets captured by Team Flare and forced to build a machine to drain Xerneas’s energy.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented the Aipom Arm for one thing. [[spoiler: Xerosic uses this and threatens his Heliolisk in order to make Clemont build the machine that will absorb Xerneas’s energy.]]
* {{Irony}}: When he first appears before the heroes, he proudly introduces himself as the great inventor of Kalos, only to find that they've never heard of him. He's later referred by that same title by the enemy, Xerosic of Team Flare.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Heliolisk.
!!'''Valerie'''
The gym leader of Laverre Gym
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, she doesn’t have any individual role.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Mr. Mime.
!!'''Olympia'''
The gym leader of Anistar Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, she doesn’t have any individual role.
* PsychicPowers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon. She also seems to have some herself since she mentions having a vision.
!!'''Wulfric'''
The gym leader of Snowbelle Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
!!'''Diantha'''
The Champion of the Kalos region and a famous actress. She trained with Blue under Gurkinn as a successor of Mega Evolution.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: When she was a child actress, she looked rather boyish.
* BigDamnHeroes: She first appears to protect Y, Shauna, Tierno and Trevor when Lysandre’s Pokémon have them surrounded in his Café.
* FamedInStory: She is a famous movie star.
* LadyOfWar: She's both a wealthy celebrity ''and'' a skilled, powerful battler.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Seems to have taken this stance with Malva, telling Y not to interfere in their battle.
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: After knocking Malva out of the air in their final battle Diantha [[TakeMyHand tries to catch her. Malva refuses to grab her hand and falls to her presumable death.]]]]
* SignatureMon: Gardevoir.
* SilkHidingSteel: Although in her case, the steel is just ''barely'' hidden.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
!!'''Siebold'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Water-types.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from briefly catering to the protagonists, his only role is to take part in the final battle against Team Flare off-panel.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Clawitzer.
!!'''Wikstrom'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Steel-types.
* DemotedToExtra: All he does is take part in the final battle with Team Flare off-panel.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Probopass.
!!'''Drasna'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Dragon-types.
* DemotedToExtra: All he does is take part in the final battle with Team Flare off-panel. We don’t even get to see a single one of her Pokémon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
!!'''Grace'''
Y’s mother. She is a famous Rhyhorn Racer and wants Y to follow in her footsteps.
* FamedInStory: She is a Rhyhorn Racer with a streak of 25 consecutive wins.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Similar to the anime, where she made Y practice Rhyhorn Racer since her childhood.
* ParentsAsPeople: She wants her daughter to follow in her footsteps because she thinks that’s what’s best for Y. However, Y doesn’t like that her mother is deciding her life so she becomes a Sky Trainer, the exact opposite of ground-based Rhyhorn Racing. This leads to the two having a strained relationship.
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler: She, along with the rest of the residents of Vaniville Town, are captured by Team Flare following its destruction. Team Flare [[BrainWashedAndCrazy brainwashes them]] and uses them to move Xerneas in its sealed form.]]
!!'''Cassius'''
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The manager of Kalos’s Pokémon Storage System. He took in Emma after finding her on the streets.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, he only stays in his place and hardly says much, but here he becomes a traveling companion to the heroes for a while and has an important connection to Emma.
* BigDamnHeroes: He appears to save Y, Tierno and Shauna from a Team Flare Grunt.
* CompositeCharacter: He fulfills Looker's role from the games as the man who took Emma in, an action that indirectly leads to her become Essentia.
* CopycatMockery: He mimics Bill's accent when talking to him, with the footnote even saying "(weird accent)".
* FaceOfAThug: He looks like a punk but he is actually very friendly and takes in orphans and gives them jobs.
* GeniusSlob: His house is an absolute mess but he isn’t the manager of the Pokémon Storage System for nothing.
* SignatureMon: Gourgeist.
!!'''Gurkinn'''
The guru of Mega Evolution whose job is finding those worthy of inheriting its secret. He is also Korrina’s grandfather.
* BigDamnHeroes: He has Garma appear save X from being killed by Celosia while he was trying to stop Team Flare from getting Xerneas.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: As the guru of Mega Evolution he decides who can become a successor and gain access to Mega Evolution. He has found 17 people worthy.
* DontCallMeSir: He doesn't like being called the mega Evolution guru.
* GameBreakingInjury: His leg gets injured when Essentia attacks the Tower of Mastery so he is unable to fight for the rest of the arc.
* SignatureMon: Heracross.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
!!'''Yvette'''
One of Y's classmates in the Sky Trainer Academy.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she's just another one-off Sky Trainer you battle, but here she's a bully to Y and is important in develping her relation with her mom.
* TheBully: Obviously to Y before the start of the arc, [[AlphaBitch being the most popular girl at the academy.]]
* BrainWashedAndCrazy: X figures out that Yvette and her clique attacking the helicopter must be all controlled by Celosia's Aegislash.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: Seems to be the case in the epilogue as she pesters Y to join her group of Vivillonists.
* GreenEyedMonster: Resented Y as she received special treatments by the teachers just for being Grace's daughter.
* HeelFaceTurn: Shows up in the finale with Viola, Alexa, Clemont, and Bonnie to free the Pokémon from Team Flare in Route 10.
* RelativeRidicule: Constantly refers Grace as someone who belongs on the muddy ground, which actually helps Y realize how she actually loves her mother.
* StraightForTheCommander: Y deduces that the group of Vivillon all belong to Yvette and taking her down will make their formation collapse.
!!'''Emma'''
A homeless girl who was taken in by Cassius. She is particularly close to an Espurr named Mimi.
* AbusiveParents: When she tells X about her past she says she ran away from home because her parents were mean.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In a sense. [[spoiler: Emma has no control over what she does as Essentia, but unlike in the games she ''knows'' she is made to do terrible things but allows it to happen anyway because the poor girl is so traumatized by her life that the Expansion Suit is the only thing that makes her feel completely safe.]]
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: As Essentia she is put to sleep and an AI takes control of her body.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Expansion Suit can do this to Pokémon with its Poké Ball Jack function, which she uses to temporarily steal Xerxer from Y.]]
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: As Essentia.]]
* HelpfulMook: [[spoiler: As Emma, i.e. not in ''her part time job'', she helps X take care of some Flare Grunts in Geosenge Town.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: The Expansion Suit can use holograms to make the wearer appear like anyone else. She uses this to steal Xerxer from Y by pretending to be the Pokémon Center’s nurse.]]
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: To Xerosic, who has fatherly affection for her and refuses to push her beyond the limits of her Essentia suit out of fear of hurting her. Lysandre, however, has no such concern.]]
* NotBrainwashed: [[spoiler: Emma is perfectly aware of the terrible things she does as Essentia. However she willingly goes along with it since the suit makes her feel safe.]]
* OddFriendship: With AZ.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler: As Essentia she catches Zygarde. After regaining control she tries to hide it in the Pokémon Storage System but Lysandre takes direct control of her suit and forces her to command it to battle the protagonists.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler: When Essentia disguises herself as Y, X realizes it isn’t her because she doesn’t apologize for going off on her own and breaking one of the five rules like Y would and then she refers to X as “dear.” As a result X has Rute crush her helmet.]]
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home because she had AbusiveParents and lived on the streets of Lumiose City until Cassius took her in.
!!'''AZ'''
The immortal king of Kalos from thousands of years ago and the creator of the Ultimate Weapon.
* HumansAreBastards: He tells X and the others this in response their selfishness for only focusing on themselves and ignoring the Team Flare plot and says they’re not worth saving. [[spoiler: However this turns out to be a SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
* OddFriendship: With Emma.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: In the final chapter he claims that the people of Kalos don’t deserve to live and plans to activate the Ultimate Weapon again. He then attacks X and the others. However, he actually wanted them to fight back and not give in to despair, taking a hit so that the key to the Ultimate Weapon is destroyed.]]
* SignatureMon: Golurk.
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[[folder: Alola]]
!! '''Professor Kukui'''
The resident professor of Alola. As Masked Royal he takes part in the Full-Force Festival.
* AdaptationalCurves: Thanks to the artist using Wrestling/DwayneJohnson as a reference, Kukui is ''much'' beefier than his other counterparts.
* HappilyMarried: To Professor Burnet.
* MaskedLuchador: As Masked Royal.
* NoShirtLongJacket: He doesn’t wear a shirt under his lab coat. In fact the first thing Moon thinks upon meeting him is how strange this is.
!! '''Hau'''
The grandson of Hala. He takes part in the Full-Force Festival.
* {{Befriending the Enemy}}: [[spoiler: Not necessarily to make him a better person, but [[IntergenerationalFriendship happens to become acquainted with Guzma]].]]
* DemotedToExtra: As a result of the story only using one Island Challenge amulet and Moon taking the role of the Deuteragonist in Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Moon, his role in the story is extremely reduced.
* {{Expy}}: His love for Malasada and his relation with Guzma makes him one to Diamond. [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/cc5234b82d73e7889e0fd2815013647c/tumblr_p9vzn4ee001tx9gv9o1_1280.png Yamamoto seems to have picked up on it for Pearl's birthday.]]
* LiteralMinded: When Moon asks him to look after Sun, Hau keeps staring at him for several pages and ''straight into the next chapter''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Malasada. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment When Olivia comes to bring him one he dives at her and tries to eat them all]].
!! '''Gladion'''
A mysterious trainer first seen participating in the Full Force Festival. He is searching for the Tapus and information on the mysterious wormhole that appeared in the sky.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Gladion was an enforcer for Team Skull but that was where his villainy ended. Here, he is out to capture the Tapus through ruthless methods and is not above using his Type: Null to attack humans. He also shows a nasty sexist streak toward Plumeria when first meeting her, implying that the male Team Skull grunts only obey her because she's physically attractive. Yet, given that he respects Moon and cares for Lillie, and his reason for capturing the Tapu's was to find more manpower to fight against the Ultra Beast, his characterization makes him more of an AntiHero than his game counterpart.
* ArtificialHuman: Not Gladion himself but rather his Pokémon. Both Type: Null and Porygon are artificial Pokémon. In their Full-Force Battle, Moon guesses that he has an affinity for them like she does for Poison-types.
* BerserkButton: Since he is burdened with so many things he gets angry when he fights people who aren’t fighting for something serious. This is first seen when he learns that Hau isn’t fighting to step out of his grandfather’s shadow but just for fun.
* BigBrotherInstinct: This version of him is considerably more protective and friendly to Lillie. He and Silvally saved her from an attacking Guzzlord, and he later comforted Lillie when they revealed that Aether President Lusamine was their mother.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Hau with Type: Null in the first round of the Full-Force Festival.
* TheCynic: Has shades of this.
--> '''Gladion''': “It’s fun and I like it”… Pokémon have problems that can’t be solved by thinking like that.
* DoNotCallMeSir: He doesn't like being addressed as "young master," specifically asking Wicke not to do so.
* HeManWomanHater: Although it only seems to extend to women in positions of power, due to the negative experience he had being raised by Lusamine. This is evidenced by the fact that he holds no malice toward Moon, finding her a WorthyOpponent. Additionally, he has a strong BigBrotherInstinct for Lillie.
* IneffectualLoner: Justified in him trying to handle the Ultra Beast problem all by himself. [[spoiler: He wants to take care of the issue before it's exposed to everyone in Alola so that Lusamine isn't framed as the villainess. However, Lillie convinces him that it wouldn't hurt to rely on others, and he starts taking it into heart as seen by with Moon in Aether Paradise.]]
* MadeOfIron: When he and Null are blasted by an Inferno Overdrive Z-Move, Gladion simply laughs it off and calls it a weak attack. Several chapters later he walked away without a scratch after jumping from the rooftop of a two-story mansion. But in Chapter 26 we learn that he sustained serious injuries to his bones, muscles, and internal organs from being exposed to the energy from Silvally's evolution, injuries that still haven't completely healed after six months. Yet this didn't stop him from wanting to go after Lusamine, but Wicke had to order him to stay behind. Although Gladion appears to be completely fine several chapters later, he grabbed on of Turtonator's spikes fired at Moon. Even though his right hand got injured, and he needed Moon to make medicine for him. He was still able to battle Ryuki without much difficulty.
* NotSoStoic: Visibility shocked when Moon showed her love of Poison-types to him.
* MoralityPet: Lillie to Gladion.
* SignatureMon: Type: Null.
!! '''Lillie'''
A girl who was taken in by Professor Burnet. She was first seen being entered into the Full-Force Festival against her will.
* DemotedToExtra: While less so than Hau in that she still plays an important role, it's not nearly as prominent as it was in the games.
* TheIdealist: In contrast to Gladion, she believes it won't hurt to ask help and rely on others.
* TheIdealistWasRight: This seems to be in play for her, where Gladion comes to agree with her belief in relying on others, and she's able to save Lusamine and convince Plumeria to stop her quest for revenge.
* NiceJobFixingItHero: Her leaving Aether Paradise after Gladion worsened Lusamine's already deteriorating mental state, leading her to convincing herself that all her family members have abandoned her.
* {{Pacifist}}: She has never had a Pokémon battle and can’t stand seeing Pokémon hurt each other. When she gets entered into the Full-Force Festival after Nebby jumped out of her bag at an inopportune time she seems pretty much traumatized.
* ShrinkingViolet: She is painfully shy, at least initially.
* TookALevelInBadass: She becomes more confident and bold as the story goes on, [[spoiler: even surprisng Plumeria with a Pokémon of her own.]]
* TraumaButton: Being told that she's beautiful or commenting on her clothes sends her into a panic attack.
!! '''Mallow'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Grass-types.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* SmackOnTheBack: She delivers one to Moon after seeing her knowledge of Berries.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the Akala trio.
!! '''Lana'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Water-types.
* CuteAndPsycho: Despite her cute appearance, she can be ''very'' intimidating and violent, sometimes even with [[PsychoticSmirk a smile on her face.]]
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* ShrinkingViolet: In a departure from her game personality, she is very shy. She is constantly blushing and holding her hands together nervously. [[spoiler: Subverted during the Trial and battles, in which she reveals her true, aggressive personality.]]
!! '''Kiawe'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Fire-types.
* CommonalityConnection: He and Sun bond over the fact that they both work hard to save up money (Sun fin his courier job and Kiawe in his part time job at the Thrifty Megamart). He accepts Sun taking on the Island Challenge because of this.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* SkewedPriorities: He considers going back to his part-time job in the middle of his match with Sun.
!! '''Hala'''
The Kahuna of Melemele Island. Specializes in Fighting-types.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* TheMentor: Was once one for Guzma.
!! '''Olivia'''
The Kahuna of Akala Island. Specializes in Rock-types.
* BerserkButton: Bringing up her failure in relationships. When Nanu does it in their fight she immediately attempts to use her Z-Move. She also doesn’t like being called old.
* ChristmasCake: [[BerserkButton Do NOT call her old!]]
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seems to be one for Sun and Moon.
!! '''Nanu'''
The Kahuna of Ula’Ula Island. Specializes in Dark-types.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: He arrives at Ula'ula Island to stop the Ultra Beasts, only to discover that they were taken care of by Gladion.
* CombatPragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can be pretty scathing when he wants to with plenty of dry wit.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Him snarking at Olivia during their battle, saying that she has no strategy in battles or relationships, sets up his personality quite nicely.
!! '''Mina'''
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: She's seen munching on a spam musubi even while fighting the Ultra Beasts.
!! '''Ryuki'''
* BloodKnight: He came to Alola for the sole purpose of fighting the Ultra Beasts.
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[[folder: Galar]]
!! '''Marvin'''
A young boy who has recently arrived to the Galar region. Although he hasn't battled with a Pokémon before, he is quite knowledgeable about how Pokémon battles work. His first Pokémon is a Sobble, which he nicknames "Tearie".
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* AscendedExtra: In the games he's just another schoolboy trainer class, but here he ends up becoming the companion of the 2 main protagonists and even receives a starter Pokémon.
* AudienceSurrogate: As TheWatson, the readers view the story primarily from his POV for the first couple of chapters.
* CombatPragmatist: Saves his Dracie by ordering his Tearie to use Tearful Look as a makeshift tearbomb, and then catching the Dracovish and fleeing while the Macro Cosmos goons are overwhelmed by the attack.
* [[{{Fangirl}} Fanboy]]: He's one to Piers, having memorized most of his songs and always listening to them in his mp3.
* FishOutOfWater: Professor Magnolia states the reason why he's so timid and lacks confidence is because he's moved to a new region.
* {{Keigo}}: He's formal when speaking to anyone, even kids like Sou and Schilly.
* MakingASplash: So far, his two Pokémon, Tearie and Dracie, are primarly Water-Types.
* TagAlongKid: Downplayed, since he can actually stand on his own feet.
* TheWatson: Since he's introduced as being new to Galar, this allows the protagonists to fill him in on stuff like Dynamaxing and the Wild Area when he undertstandaly asks.
!! '''Professor Magnolia'''
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The professor of the Galar Region, she has Sou and Schilly as her assistants in researching the Dynamax Phenomenon.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she doesn't appear that much compared to Sonia, but here, she's pretty much the chaperone to the 2 main protagonists, something unprecedented for professors in Pokémon Special.
* HotBlooded: Its clear that one thing she gets fired-up over is [[BadassDriver driving through rough terrain]] while driving the van.
* SoulPower: She keeps an Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist after finding them in her van after her first crash to Glintwood Tangle.
* UndyingLoyalty: Due to him being the one who funded her research and creation of the Dynamax Bands, she's usually the one defending Rose's behavior and/or actions whenever Soudo and Schilly discuss Chairman Rose's behavior.
!! '''Leon'''
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The Champion of the Galar Region, who endorses Soudo and Schilly for the Gym Challenge after seeing them deal with a Obstagoon that was causing a pen of Wooloo to break out.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler: When him and the rest are trapped in the Energy Plant by Rose, he decides to prioritize analyzing Eternatus over trying to get out in the event that the royal brothers are defeated.]]
* NoSenseOfDirection: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with his inital appearance, where his abscence from a program about the Gym Challenge is revealed to be due to him trying to corral a bunch of runaway Wooloo back into their pen, but its revealed by the end of the chapter that, despite getting on a train, he somehow ended up back at the train stop, completely missing the show.
* SadClown: Unlike in the games, there's [[StepfordSmiler a constant air of melancholy behind his performative showmanship]] due to the DarkAndTroubledPast he shares with Sonia.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After feeling the tremor in Hammerlocke, he demands to be let in the Energy Plant in case something happened to Chairman Rose. While Raihan is able to put his talents elsewhere, its clear that he's not happy about it.
* SignatureMon: His Charizard.
!! '''Sonia'''
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Professor Magnolia's granddaughter, who is doing her own research into Galar's ancient past.
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* GenkiGirl: She's unfailingly energetic and optimistic, despite a rather DarkAndTroubledPast.
!! '''Chairman Rose'''
The Chairman of the Galar Pokémon League and the President of Marco Cosmos
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Rather than being the sole mastermind behind the plan to unleash Eternatus, he [[spoiler: is actively manipulated by Sordward and Shielbert for their own selfish ends. In addition, he takes more responsiblity for the mass outbreak of Dynamaxed Pokémon, sending the elite Trainers from his subsidiaries to deal with them, and was prepared to step in to stop Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:It turns out Rose actually had great care for Bede, where his obliviousness towards Bede was all an act.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Like in the games, he's the head of both the Pokémon League in Galar and Macro Cosmos, and was previously the runner-up in a previous Champion Cup.
* JerkassToOne: Is respectful and considerate to everyone, even those that may disagree with him, but is oddly harsh when dealing with Bede. It's implied Oleana actually arranged the whole deal with Bede, and Rose just finds the whole thing a needless hassle.
** [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where he only pretended to be distant towards Bede.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Once his initial experiment to generate energy without Galar Particles causes an tremor in Hammerlocke, he has his workers prevent anyone into the factory, but has Oleana's Pokémon out in case to intercept anyone trying to sneak in (as Raihan quickly learns). [[spoiler: In addition, when he has the heroes trapped in the Energy Plant, he made sure they wouldn't escape by making the room impervious to Pokémon moves and tech-proof. He also had elite Trainers on standby to deal with the consequences of the Darkest Day, and fully intended to battle Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed to defeat it.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: His Copperajah.
* KickTheDog: Doesn't remember Bede, the Gym Challenger he personally endorsed, who wants to make him happy, and is currently putting in the work to find Wishing Stars for him.
--> Rose: "B...ede? What kind of kid was he?"
** [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where it turns out he knew Bede ever since he entrusted him the task of gathering Wishing Stars.]]
* NeverMyFault: Both Soudo and Schilly see his dismissal of Bede as a case of this, as they both believe since he's the one who gave him his secret mission and lent him his Pokémon in the first place, he bears some responsibility for Bede's actions.
* LeeroyJenkins: Has no problem just walking up to Soudo and Marvin to shoot the breeze, and later makes plans to eat with Soudo if he beats Nessa without actually talking to his secretary. In fact, Soudo considers him as someone who does what he pleases in general.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he sees that [[spoiler: Sordward and Shielbert aren't able to live up to their promise to defeat and contain Eternatus, he tries to defeat and contain it instead. He is completely dejected when he fails, realizing that despite all his efforts Galar is now in danger because of him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He comes off as a dense, irresponsible manchild most of the time, but later events show just how perceptive and calculating he is beneath this facade.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Considering that he couldn't remember who Bede even was, the fact that he was able to recall everything about him sans his name during his WhatTheHellHero to Bede is telling how badly he fucked up destroying the Stow-On-Side mural. [[spoiler: Ironically, his WhatTheHellHero speech ends up being this general, since Raihan, Piers, and Opal all find his dimissal of Bede odd and take it upon themselves to investigate.]]
* SlaveToPR: Asks Raihan to keep the cause of the tremor and why he was performing the experiment to himself so that he doesn't look uncool. On a minor note, he seems to believe Leon is bound by this trope, as his response to Raihan saying that he stopped Leon from coming was that he wouldn't have regardless since it would make him look bad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a huge one for Bede for destroying the Stow-On-Side mural for Wishing Stars.
---> Rose: "I told you we needed them to protect the next thousand years of Galar's future, didn't I? That future is meant to include Galar's modern people, Pokémon, cities, nature, and of course, its ruins. But instead, You've gone and damaged and destroyed what we're supposed to protect. You've got your priorities backwards." [...] "Someone who destroys ruins without hesitation...someone who has no love for Galar is not suited for taking part in the Gym Challenge."
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Sonia notes that his company supports Galar industries, and he's responsible for making the Dynamax Bands using Magnolia's research. [[spoiler: It's revealed by Piers that not only did he gave hope to kids like Bede, he also made childcare facilities in the stadiums and protected trainers from slander.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like in the games, he seeks to use the Wishing Stars in order to prevent Galar from collapsing from an energy crisis 1000 years from the present.
!! '''Oleana'''
Chairman Rose's Secretary
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage. [[spoiler: That said, she later gives Casey [[MustMakeAmends complete access to their company's supercomputer]] when they're searching for Sou.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: When Bede complains that he isn't able to see Chairman Rose despite being personally endorsed by him but Soudo was, she makes it clear that Rose can do whatever he wants and tells him to continue collecting Wishing Stars. [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where it turns out she was only going along with Rose's act of being distant towards Bede.]]
* ScheduleFanatic: Is completely adamant about keeping on schedule, and even scolds Rose for trying to fit in a lunch when they barely have any time as a result of an unnamed project. She's able to squeeze it in, anyway.
* TheStoic: Is constantly seen with blank and/or neutral expressions.
!! '''Hop'''
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One of the Rivals in Galar.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed version. Unlike his game version, he actively studied Leon's old textbooks to learn more about Pokémon, and actually noticed and is fully aware of Leon's [[spoiler: StepfordSmile tendercies]] instead of just blindly worshipping him, though he still admires him very much.
* BlowYouAway: His Corvisquire and Cramorant.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Schilly yells out that he, Marnie, and Bede must be Gym Challengers, he wastes no time loudly affirming to both Soudo and Schilly that they're mates and rivals while hugging the both of them, showing that despite his reduced role, he's still the FriendlyRival he was in the games.
* ExpyCoexistence: As noted in DemotedToExtra below, he exists alongside Schilly despite her taking over his role in the story of Sword and Shield. [[BirdsOfAFeather They get along quick.]]
* DemotedToExtra: In the games, he was effectively the Deutagonist of the story, while here, his role is taken over by Schilly, and isn't introduced into the story until Chapter 6 as one of the Gym Challengers alongside Marnie and Bede.
* {{Nepotism}}: Hop reveals to Marnie that Leon did in fact offer to endorse him, but he [[AvertedTrope not only turned him down, but also goes as far to hide his relation from Leon]] to avoid making Leon look bad if he has a bad battle.
--> Hop: "I'm fine being made fun of, but I don't want my big bro getting mocked because of me."
* NoIndoorVoice: Has no volume control and shares this with Schilly, to Marnie's determent.
* NonElemental: His Wooloo and Snorlax.
* ShockAndAwe: His Pincurchin.
* ShipTease: He finds Schieldmilla cute and tends to blush whenever she compliments him.
* TheSmartGuy: For his journey he read through all the books about Pokémon till a point Schieldmilla calls him a walking Pokédex.
!! '''Bede'''
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One of the Rivals in Galar.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: After Soudo defeats him in a battle, he calms down and answers Soudo's question about the Wishing Stars as an acknowledgement of his strength, which is far better than how he [[ILetYouWin deals]] [[SoreLoser with]] [[ThisCannotBe his losses]] in the original game.
* ButtMonkey: It's a never-ending stream of frustrations and humilations for him.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Attacks Soudo solely because he ate lunch with Chairman Rose and has lines such as "[[{{Yandere}} If you are gone, the Chairman will only look at me]]." When he finds out that it was ''Rose'' who invited Soudo, he reacts by [[SkywardScream screaming in anger]] and uttering a [[MadnessMantra Madness Mantra]]:
--> '''Bede''': [[NoPunctuationPeriod the chairman invited him the chairman invited him the chairman invited him]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As Soudo notes, while Bede might have [[HotBlooded poor emotional control]], he does what he does to [[UndyingLoyalty genuninely please Chairman Rose]], using his Ponyta's behavior toward him as evidence. [[spoiler: Opal]] later makes a similar determination, except using his Hatenna's behavior instead.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Takes Soudo sending out Beamyn to battle his Ponyta as a sign that he is trying to get into the Chairman's good graces, even though 1) Rose's the one who invited Soudo, not the other way around, and 2) Bede's the one who ambushed him to take him out.
** Happens again when he justifies destroying the Stow-On-Side mural by stating that since Chairman Rose told him to collect Wishing Stars and lent him his Copperajah to do so, therefore its okay since his Hatenna sensed them there. Unfortunately for him, [[LaserGuidedKarma Chairman Rose promptly sent him straight]].
** And finally, he blames Soudo for his situation with Opal at the Rose tower, stating that none of this would've happend had he not ate with Rose.
* {{Keigo}}: Just like his game counterpart, Bede tends to use polite Japanese with everyone (most of the time). He is particularly deferential when referring to Rose.
* SignatureMon: His Hatenna.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even after Rose suspended his Gym Challenge in front of everyone, he still cares for and worries about the chairman.
!! '''Marnie'''
One of the Rivals in Galar.
* TheAlibi: Provides one for Schilly when Magonlia's group watch a sudden attack by a Dynamaxed Dracovish in the news having met up with her and Allister in Glintwood Tangle trying to stop Team Yell and then going together to register at Ballonlea.
* CommonalityConnection: She and Hop end up bonding over the the desire not to let their family down during the Challenge Cup.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Her revealed Pokémon, her Morpeko and Scrafty, are dual-typed Dark Pokémon, but she is as sweet as she can be.
* HypocriticalHumor: She complains about people yelling a lot, such as Schilly, Hop and Bede...only to get so fed up with it on one occasion that she yells in her demands that others stop yelling.
* MoralityPet: She serves as this to her brother Piers, [[spoiler: snapping him out of a nearly murderous frenzy when he goes up against Sordward and Shielbert.]]
* NotSoStoic: She seems cool and composed and keeps to herself, but if she gets stressed out enough she can give Schilly a run for her money in how loud she can be.
* OddFriendship: Despite her dislike of shouting, she actually gets along with Schilly and Hop quite well.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A flashback revealed that she was able to beat Bea, who specializes in Pokémon that have a type advantage over her Dark-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Her Morpeko.
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!! '''Milo'''
The Gym Leader of Turffield, who specializes in Grass-Types.
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* GreenThumb: Uses Glossifleur and Eldegoss
* SignatureMon: Like in the games, his is Eldegoss.
* SmokeOut: His battle plan with Dynamaxed Eldegoss, using the fact that spores are released when its head is attacked along with its giant size to essentially obscure the battlefield. He even takes advantage of this once his Dynamax runs out, hiding his now tiny Eldegoss within the cloud of spores while Soudo's Pokémon is still giant-sized.
!! '''Nessa'''
The Gym Leader of Hulbury, who specializes in Water-Types.
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* FashionModel: Doubles as this along with being Hulbury's Gym Leader.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: Soudo admits he got the idea to use Sunny Day for her battle against Toxapex because he observed its behavior from video she made about her town.
* MakingASplash: Her signature type.
* SignatureMon: Her Dreadnaw, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]] like in the games.
* WorfHadTheFlu: She loses to Schilly despite having both the Type and numbers advantage because both her Pokémon were suffering from confusion from Soudo's battle. She wisely decides to close off shop until their back on their feet.
!! '''Kabu'''
The Gym Leader of Motostoke, who specializes in Fire-Types.
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* BrownNote: His cheer for congraulating Hop and Schilly is so loud that it disorients everyone nearly.
* DemotedToExtra: Unlike the previous 2 Gym Leaders, his fight with Soudo happens off-page, and while Schilly gets a page to show off a Dynamaxed Kilo, she defeats him within two pages.
* TheDeterminator: During his match with Schilly, the announcer notes that he also fought Marnie, Bede, and Tsurugi in the same day, and afterward fights Hop, making him this.
* PlayingWithFire: His signature Type.
* RedBaron: Is referred repeatly as the Gym Challengers' "First Real Obstacle"
* SignatureMon: His Centiskortch, which like in the games, is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In-universe, it was he who inspired Sonia to go on her current career path, when he tried to cheer her up from her loss at the Gym Challenge by telling her stories about the Legendary Pokemon of Hoenn, getting her to wonder about the legends of Galar.
* WakeUpCallBoss: While this becomes an InformedAttribute as a result of his DemotedToExtra Status, he's still noted to be an in-universe one, where his fight is where most challengers give up.
!! '''Raihan'''
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The Gym Leader of Hammerlocke, who specializes in Dragon-Types.
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* AscendedExtra: While this is generally a given for most Gym Leaders, Raihan gets the lion's share of it in the SWSH chapter, as he decides early on to investigate the truth of Rose's schemes, placing him further into the plot moreso than even the actual main characters.
* BloodKnight: Gets very excited over the possibilty of being able to battle against Legendary Pokémon.
* CameraFiend[=/=]SelfieFiend: Admits that he mainly fought Soudo to get some pictures of himself winning for next month's Pokémon Journal, and Soudo notes that he uses a variety of photos for his feature, including [[MrFanservice one where he just got up from bed shirtless]].
* CharacterTic: Raihan often either keeps his hands in his pockets or behind his head.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Raihan's baggy hoodie hides his buff figure, as shown by the aforementioned shirtless pic.
* DishingOutDirt: His Sandaconda.
* GeniusBruiser: He firmly establishes himself as this by talking about the history of the vault originally being a fortress before showing off the homework he did on Soudo, rattling off his gym victories, his specialty, and even his Pokémon's nicknames, before battling. The "Bruiser" part comes in when he's able to take advantage of an opening with Lanceyn's Leaf Blade to knock him down with his Sandaconda's Slam.
* NoodleIncident: He and Piers were apparently a pair of hellraisers as kids, with the both of them doing arguably worse stuff than Bede's destruction of the mural. One instance Raihan brings up specifally is that he had tried to melt through Macros Cosmos' walls with Pokemon moves when he was a kid.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He quickly takes charge when explosions rock his city, directing Leon to calm down the civilians and getting Bede to back down.
* SignatureMon: His Duradulon.
* SoreLoser: PlayedForLaughs. He bluntly admits that he's not going to use the photos he got from his match with Leon because it was from a match he lost.
* TimedMission: Invokes this toward Soudo, telling him to defeat him quickly if he wants to make it in time for the vault inspection.
* WeatherManipulation: His Sandaconda knows Sandstorm, which he uses as a opener against Soudo's Lanceyn.
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Soudo as this, admitting that out of all the Gym Challengers, he's the one he looking out for the most.
!! '''Opal'''
The Gym Leader of Ballonlea, who specializes in Fairy-Types.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: While she does give Bede an interview before offering the position of being her Gym Successor, the circumstances are more formal here than in the game, with her leaving a letter for him that he receives when he's turning in his gear, and then simply meeting up with him at a later time to give him a interview, rather than the imprompt and up-close interview she gives him in the middle of Hammerlocke.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: Beats Schilly when Gigantamax Alcremie confuses Schilly's Gigantamaxed Tera with G-Max Finale, which G-Max Finale can't do in the games.]]
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: [[spoiler: Its shown that one reason why Opal chose Bede as her successor is that she's trying to figure out what about Bede is the reason for Rose's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness oddly cold treatment]] of him.]]
** [[spoiler: The "evil" part is later subverted, as Rose was only pretending to be cold towards him.]]
* InsultOfEndearment: Takes Schilly calling her a "nasty witch" as the highest compliment.
* LaserGuidedKarma: PlayedForLaughs, but she gets some payback for her Troll tendencies when her freaking out Schilly as an introduction gets her knocked down and dazed from [[BrownNote Schilly's scream]].
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Her Gigantamax Alcreamie's G-Max Finale is rendered as this, unleashing a barrage of 100-000 calarie missiles that Soudo's Stickyn can barely dodge.
* PassingTheTorch: Like in the games, [[spoiler: she announces to the public that she's retiring after the current tournament, with Bede in her sights as her successor.]]
* PrettyInMink: Retains her large purple boa, which even doubles as a makeshift pillow when she lies down.
* ScissorsCutsRock: Her Togekiss is beaten by Henry's Steeler despite the massive type advantage (Togekiss is a Fairy/Flying type which are both super effective against Fighting-types like Gurdurr and only takes a fourth of damage from Fighting type attacks)
* StatusBuff: Awarded to Hop's Pincurchin for answering her quiz about her age with "16".
* StatusEffects: Punishes Soudo's Stickyn for answering with technically correct answer of "88".
* SternTeacher: Is this toward [[spoiler:Bede]], making it clear that she'll rigorously train them for their role as Gym Leader, and is shown calling them out during a training battle with a Gym Trainer for leaving themself open to attack because they chose the wrong moment to answer a question during said battle.
* SignatureMon: Her Alcreamie, who is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SecretTestOfCharacter: During her Gym Battle with Soudo, she admits she tests not only someone's skills as a Trainer, but also tests their "heart", making sure they're capable of handling all the bad things with fame alongside the good.
* UndergroundMonkey: Uses a Galarian Weezing, who is a dual-typed Poison/Fairy compared to the single-typed Poison Kantonian Weezing.
!! '''Allister'''
One of two Gym Leaders of Stow-On-Side, who specializes in Ghost-Types.
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* CreepyChild: Certainly gives off this vibe with his appearance.
* {{Irony}}: He feels apologetic that everyone had no choice but to battle him due to Bea's absence. Later, when Marnie challenges Stow-on-Side Stadium, she has to battle Bea, whom she's disadvantaged against, due to Allister being out with Schilly.
* {{Hellgate}}: The [=Pokédex=] notes that those who stand near Gigantamax Gengar's mouth can hear the voices of the dead loved ones. Soudo ends up being caught up hearing his late master during his battle.
* TheParalyzer: His Cursola. Allister explains that touching it renders the toucher stiff as a stone, forcing Soudo to switch from Stickyn to Fannyn when Stickyn's unable to move.
* PoisonousPerson: His Gengar, who apart from Poison being its secondary type, he spams Max Ooze for his 2nd and 3rd moves to fight Soudo's Dynamaxed Fannyn.
* ShrinkingViolet: Like in the games, he's very shy and introverted. While this helps his image as a Ghost Gym Leader, this causes obvious problems when he wants to ask something or communicate with somebody.
* SignatureMon: His Gengar, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-Type Pokémon. He also seems to have a interest in them, as not only he goes twice to Magnolia's car to see the [[UndergroundMonkey super rare Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist]] she possesses, but also runs off into Glintwood Tangle in order to find his own Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist when she reveals she found them in the car after the first time they traveled through it.
* TagalongKid: Ends up traveling with the group to Glintwood Tangle after stowing away in the car in a attempt to ask about Magnolia's Antique Sinistea and Polteageist.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Catches both the Drakloak Tera was fighting and the Dreepy said Drakloak was protecting.]]
* UndergroundMonkey: Uses a Galarian Yamask, who is Ground in addition to its Ghost-Type, and Cursola, which is the evolution to the Ghost-Type Galarian Corsola.
!! '''Bea'''
The other Gym Leader of Stow-On-Side, who specialized in Fighting-Types.
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* DemotedToExtra: A more severe case than Kabu, as she isn't fought by either Soudo or Schilly. She's only mentioned by Allister as a way to assure Schilly that there's someone filling in for him at the Stadium while he's in Glimwood Tangle. In fact, she doesn't appear until the 15th chapter and doesn't appear in person until ''the 25th chapter!''
!! '''Gordie'''
One of the two Gym Leaders of Circhester, who specializes in Rock-Types.
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* BloodKnight: Explicitly goes out in a snowstorm in order to fight Soudo in a outdoor battle because he wants to fight someone the Champion endorsed, and when Soudo points out taking Melony as a client doesn't mean he'll challenge her officially, asks that if he wouldn't fight someone whose gear he's worked on.
* ExposedToTheElements: Subverted, where he faces the consequence of dressing lightly in the middle of a snowstorm by catching a flu.
* ExtremityExtremist: His Stonjourner, who mainly fights using its legs to make stable, strong kicks.
* GeniusBruiser: Takes advantage of his environment during his fight with Marvin to nullify Tearie's type-advantage, and then when Marvin uses frozen balls of water to throw his Stonjourner off-balance, he quickly uses Rock Slide to stabilize Stonjourner and counter-attack. It would've worked if Schilly didn't run in thinking Gordie was someone ambushing Soudo and Marvin.
* SignatureMon: His Colossal, which is shown to be Gigantamax form with his fight against Marnie.
* SlaveToPR: Agrees to Soudo's request to fight Marvin because he doesn't want to take a chance that his fans take it the wrong way if he turns it down.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Literally. He's shown to be a strong trainer in his battle against Marvin, but waiting in a blizzard with shorts on left him too sick to take on the flock of wild Eiscue with his Rock-type.
!!'''Melony'''
The other Gym Leader of Circhester, who specialized in Ice-Types.
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* TheAtoner: As she admits, she wants to fix the things she's ruined with her impulsive tendencies, starting with [[spoiler:fixing Mr. Rime's cane, and what is implied, eventually [[ParentsAsPeople her relationship with Gordie]].]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Is shown using a Frosmoth against her battle with Soudo, which is part Bug-Type.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: [[spoiler: She caught Mr. Rime because she believed all of Galar should see their performance. Unfortuntely, all she ended up with was a Pokémon who hated her because she broke its cane in a ambush.]]
* FatalFlaw: Her tendency to act on the sole assumption that [[ItsAllAboutMe what makes her happy]] would make everyone else happy has caused her problems in her life.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Also Literally. She ended up breaking Mr. Rime's cane in the process of catching them, causing them to refuse to listen to her.]]
* SignatureMon: Her Lapras, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* TheUnfought: While she does interact with the protagonists, it's as a client for Soudo's skills rather than a opponent, and then lends her Mr. Rime to Soudo until the finals so that he can spend more time repairing their cane. Ultimately, despite the implication of the previous chapter, she does end up fighting Soudo and Hop as a Gym Leader off-page.
!! '''Piers'''
The Gym Leader of Spikemuth who specializes in Dark-Types.
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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: He is well known to have a darker and more dangerous side. Shown clearly when he was almost close to stabbing Sordward and Shielbert in the throat had Marnie not stepped in. He thanks Marnie for doing so, showing that he himself is aware of how out of control he can get.]]
* GuileHero: He deliberately gives Sonia's attackers the camera sans the memory card, giving the heroes time to determine what they were trying to hide and, once they realize the deception, forcing the attackers to come to Spikemuth to retrieve said card, giving him the home-court advantage.
* TheNicknamer: He has nicknames for his closest friends, such as "Rai-Rai" for Raihan, "Nia" and "Sonny" for Sonia and "Leo" for Leon.
* SignatureMon: His Obstagoon.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler: When Sonia became depressed from the bad press and dropped out of the Gym Challenge, Piers made scandalous actions around it so that the Gym committee would pay heed to the issue.]]
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[[folder: Pokémon]]
!!'''Mewtwo'''
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A Psychic-type Pokémon that was cloned from the legendary Pokémon Mew. Using some cells from his own arm, Blaine managed to complete the Pokémon while it was being created and created a bond between the two that allowed them to sense whenever the other is nearby.
* AchillesHeel: Its bond with Blaine require the two of them to be together, where Mewtwo was unable to continue its fight against Lance due to Blaine's condition. [[spoiler: Later in the XY arc, Lysandre makes note of this and attacks Blaine directly to disable its Mega Evolution.]]
* ArtificialHuman: Has some human material mixed into its genes and mostly behaves like one.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He only communicates with and takes commands from Red, Blaine, and Yellow because they're the only people he trusts.
* {{BFS}}: Big Friggin' Spoon.
* BarefistedMonk: [[spoiler: Gains Fighting as a secondary type when it Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo X.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: It returns in the ''X & Y'' chapter protecting the Pokémon Village.]]
* CatsAreMean: At first.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It was created in a lab by Team Rocket.
* DualWielding: In the ''X & Y'' chapter it wields two smaller spoons which it then [[DoubleWeapon combines into one.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: In the games it is only possible to Mega Evolve once per battle and Mewtwo cannot switch between its two forms. However in the final battle it switches from Mega Mewtwo Y to Mega Mewtwo X when Blaine swaps his Mega Stone. Even in-universe this violates the one Mega Evolution per Key Stone rule but it is [[HandWave hand-waved]] as being the result of Blaine and Mewtwo’s unique bond.]]
%%* GoneHorriblyRight
* HealingFactor: Knows Recover.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A spoon. While Psychics and Psychic-type Pokémon using spoons isn't that uncommon, it is unknown for them to make one out of psychic energy and then proceeding to use it as a sword.
* ImplacableMan: Spent years after the ending of the FRLG chapter chasing after Sird because [[spoiler: its best friends were turned to stone. Thankfully, Mewtwo found out about their revival by the ''X & Y'' arc]]
* MythologyGag: At one point, Mewtwo wears the same restraining armor that appeared in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''.
* PsychicPowers: It is Psychic-type.
* PurpleIsPowerful: It has a purple tail and is a Legendary Pokémon.
* TheStoic: Most of the time, it's cold and calculating. The exception being if you've pissed him off.
* SuperMode: [[spoiler: It can Mega Evolve into both Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: It begins using this to communicate in [=FireRed and LeafGreen=], but only to certain people.
* UnstoppableRage: Team Flare seizing the Pokémon in the village makes it go berserk, with it even attacking X and Blue.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Even with Mega Evolution, it has a very poor showing against Zygarde.]]
!! Raikou, Entei, and Suicune
A trio of legendary Pokémon that died during the fires that burned down the Brass Tower. They were revived into their current forms by Ho-Oh, who they revere as their master.
* BackFromTheDead: They were three Pokémon that died when the Burned Tower was destroyed but were revived by Ho-Oh in their current forms.
* BarrierWarrior: Suicune can create a Crystal Wall, a powerful, unbreakable barrier designed to keep people from pursuing it.
* FireIceLightning: A group of three connected Legendary Pokémon.
* MakingASplash: Suicune is Water-type.
* PlayingWithFire: Entei is Fire-type.
* ShockAndAwe: Raikou is Electric-type.
* WalkOnWater: Suicune.
!!'''Deoxys'''
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Two Pokémon mutated from a space virus. They were encountered by Team Rocket and were used to help Giovanni find his missing son. Main Legendary of the fifth chapter, [=FireRed & LeafGreen=].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Organism No. 1 is this for the ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' chapter, being the cause of the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world.]]
* CombatTentacles: Its arms can transform into two tentacles. It uses them to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stab Mewtwo in the chest]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Organism No. 1 gets one by Ruby and Sapphire using Mega Rayquaza where it [[OneHitKill gets defeated by one Dragon Ascent]].]]
* HealingFactor: Know Recover.
* HumanoidAbomination: A pair of alien viruses with an [[BlueandOrangeMorality alien morality]], that nonetheless take humanoid forms (and can even use opposable thumbs in Normal Forme).
* MesACrowd: They can create clones of itself.
* MultiformBalance: [[GlassCannon Attack Form]], [[StoneWall Defense Form]], [[FragileSpeedster Speed Form]] and [[JackOfAllStats Normal Form]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Justified. [[spoiler: It never really wanted to fight Red, essentially his "father" by blood donation, but the only language it understood was fighting. When the situation is explained and he learns proper ways of talking, he helps the Dex Holders save the airship and the town]].
* PowerCrystal: The core in its body. Serves as its weak point.
* PsychicPowers: They are Psychic-type.
* ThickerThanWater: As it turns out, Organism No. 2 was [[spoiler: cloned from Red's blood, which is why it kept trying to find him and why Red suddenly had [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling a strange feeling in his presence]]. He fought him because fighting was the only language it knew. When it finally learned how to communicate, it became much more friendly.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Organism No. 2 is defeated and caught by Giovanni, but only because it was exhausted from its battle with Red (where despite handily losing, Red was able to hit its core once). Furthermore, Giovanni used a Poké Ball specially tuned to be more successful in catching Deoxys.
!!'''Jirachi'''
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A Pokémon that Emerald sought after. Main Legendary of the sixth chapter, Emerald.
* DeathFromAbove: Knows Doom Desire.
* TheEmpath: It only grants a heart's true desires, meaning if you're lying or if you're unsure of yourself, it won't help at all.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is its primary type.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The ThirdEye on its stomach.
* MakeAWish: It can grant three wishes, one for each wish tag on its head. [[spoiler: Guile Hideout uses the first one to summon a giant Kyogre-like monster, Emerald uses the second one to restore the petrified Dex Holders and Scott uses the third one to attract at least 100,000 visitors to the Battle Frontier on the opening day.]]
* PsychicPowers: Psychic is its secondary type.
* RealityWarper: The wishes it grants seem to extend to this level of power such as [[spoiler: Creating a giant sea monster out of nothing and restoring people who have been turned to stone.]]
!!'''Dialga and Palkia'''
Two Pokémon sought after by Cyrus so he can achieve his goal to create a new world. After summoning them, he controlled them with the Red Chain and forced them to fight until Time and Space began to distort. They were eventually freed by the efforts of Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
* ElementalPowers:
* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is Dialga’s primary type.
* MakingASplash: Water is Palkia’s primary type.
* OlympusMons: They are incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon, being the masters of time and space respectively.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Both of them have Dragon as a secondary type.
* RealityWarper: They can warp the world around them and the two fighting each other can create a new world. [[spoiler: Although in actuality all it does is open a hole to the Distortion World,]]
* SpaceMaster: Palkia. Its Spacial Rend can negate attacks by sending them to different points in space. [[spoiler: Lance’s Dragonite is able to get around this because it can bend its Hyper Beams and correct their course.]]
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Temporarily stop fighting because they were moved by Dia's speech about space and time.
* TimeMaster: Dialga. Its Roar of Time can turn back time. [[spoiler: [[NoSell It doesn’t affect Pryce and his Swinub because they were trapped in the void of time]].]]
!!'''Giratina'''
A Pokémon roaming the Distortion World, an alternate dimension. Afterword Platinum begins investigating it.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Pokémon Platinum'', it directly interfered with Cyrus's plans as he would destroy both worlds they lived in, and the disaster it caused was only because of its presence. Here it teams up with [[spoiler: Charon and deliberately drags Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World in an attempt to usurp them.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: With Charon in the Platinum arc.
* CastingAShadow: Knows Shadow Force.
* CombatTentacles: Has these in its Origin Forme. [[spoiler: It uses them to drag Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World at the end of the ''Diamond & Pearl'' chapter.]]
* Dracolich: It is Ghost and Dragon-type.
* OlympusMons: It is an incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon, being the master of anti-matter.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragon is its secondary type.
%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent
%%* RealityWarper
* SoulPower: Ghost is its primary type.
!!'''Necrozma'''
A Pokémon originating from Ultra Space, it had its power drained by the people of Ultra Space and would do anything to restore its light.
* BigBadEnsemble: Comes to share this role with the Aether Foundation in SM arc.
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* Characters/PokemonAdventuresDexHolders.
* Characters/PokemonAdventuresEnemies.
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[[folder: Kanto]]
!!'''Professor Oak'''
Grandfather of Blue and Daisy, his full name is Samuel Oak. He is a researcher who invented the Pokédex and sent out Red on his journey. He has a long history with Agatha, Pryce, and the Johto Daycare couple.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, all Oak really does is piddle around at home and give you your starter Pokémon, and send you across the globe doing his own Pokémon-logging work for him. Here, he's proven to still be a capable Pokémon Battler, despite his old age.
* CoolOldGuy: It's Professor Oak.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Pryce, Agatha, Kurt and Johto's Day-Care couple.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially quite hostile to Red, having mistaken him for a burglar. He warms up to him after a day catching all the Pokémon set lose from his lab, and seeing Red apply science to Bulbasaur's abilities.
* DistressedDude: He's been captured twice ([[KidnappedScientist as replacement for Blaine in his first]]), and has to be rescued by his grandson Blue.
* FlawExploitation: Uses a team of flying types against Green, knowing her fear of birds.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Revealed in chapter 76, he used to be frikken ripped.
** ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]].
* TheMentor: To Red, Green, and Blue.
* NonElemental: Most of his Pokémon are normal types.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Early on, when Kanto's divided by numerous problems, he's one of the few Kanto's got. And then there's letting Red keep Saur.
* RetiredBadass: He was a Champion in his youth.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Asking Emerald his name is one of these. Emerald actually fails by not answering entirely correctly.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Agatha.
!!'''Daisy Oak'''
Blue's older, and much friendlier, sister.
* CoolBigSis: For Blue.
* InconsistentDub: She's initially called May in the Viz translation. The confusion likely stemmed from the fact that this was her name in ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu''.
* ShipTease: With Bill.
!!'''Bill'''
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The technical genius who invented the storage system.
* AscendedExtra: He has a much bigger role in the manga then he does in any of the games that he appears in.
* ButtMonkey: Among other things, Pika seems to enjoy shocking him for no good reason.
* TheCameo: He is seen having a video call with Cassuis briefly in the ''XY'' arc.
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented the Pokémon Storage System.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: And is given a Southern accent in the English version. Hardly anybody can understand him at all. It dies down as the series goes on.
* ShipTease: With Daisy. This exchange from FRLG doesn't help:
--> '''Blue''': You're...not with my sister today?
--> '''Bill''': ''(nervously)'' Oh, uh...Daisy's at home.
* ThrowTheDogABone: How else could [[ButtMonkey he]] get a girlfriend?
!!'''Brock'''
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The Gym Leader of Pewter City, he trains with Rock Pokémon and is also a security guard for the Pewter City Museum.
* AttackBackfire: During his fight with Jasmine, he tried to have his Onix use Bind on her "Onix", only for his Onix to cry out in pain as its body ''cracked'' and her "Onix's" rock body crumbled to reveal it was actually a ''Steelix'' with a rock coating. At this point in-story, the Steelix evolution was only just recently discovered and even Brock didn't know Onix had an evolution.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* SignatureMon: Onix.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Only in the RGB arc. He starts wearing shirts after the beginning of Yellow.
* WorthyOpponent: He chooses a worthy opponent through a series of battles before his actual gym battle.
!!'''Misty'''
The headstrong Gym Leader of Cerulean City, specializing in Water-types. She is perhaps Red's first real ally and gave him her Gyarados, which he still keeps in his party to this day.
* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Misty was about to confess to Red the day before he was going to take his Gym Leader test, but decided against it because she saw him talking to Yellow. She did seem to put some thought into it before deciding it wasn't the right time.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her crush on Red.
* BareYourMidriff: Even moreso than her game and anime counterparts. This Misty wears a tubetop and jean shorts that prominently shows off her belly.
* BigFancyHouse: Has one.
* CantCatchUp: Acknowledges this at near the end of the GSC arc; she knows that she isn't meant to fight the final battle against the Mask of Ice, but takes comfort in knowing that the Pokémon that she gave to Red (her Gyarados) and Yellow (her Omanyte, which evolved into Omastar) will be able to help out.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Red when he stayed at her mansion; notable in that she was the first person to do so.
%%* FieryRedHead
* FirstGirlWins: Averted, as she is the first girl Red meets on his journey and she never got the chance to confess her feelings to him. She couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw him and Yellow together the first time, and the second time Gold kind of [[strike: kidnapped]] rescued him. Granted, the first time, she really should've taken her chances, as ''Red didn't know Yellow was a girl yet''.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted with Red.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: More that she wants to be ''useful'' rather than special, but she understands and is frustrated by the fact that she can never be more than support to Red and the others.
* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: By Gold at the end of GSC arc.
* LoveTriangle: Is in one with Red and Yellow. Both her and Yellow have feelings for Red, while Red is either oblivious or uncomfortable with it.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Was very eager to fight alongside Suicune as its partner, as it fulfilled her desire to finally be more useful and involved in stopping the crises that Team Rocket was causing. Unfortunately for her, The Call realized it phoned the wrong number, hung up, and redialed for Crystal.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* PimpedOutDress: She wears one when she brings Red to her BigFancyHouse.
%%* PluckyGirl
* ShipTease: Gets quite a bit with Red, echoing the ship tease between her and Ash in the anime.
* SidekickGlassCeiling: She's a capable Trainer and Gym Leader, enough so that Suicune designated her as a worthy partner after battling against the Gym Leaders of Kanto to find someone worthy. Unfortunately, her status as an ally of the main cast rather than as a full-fledged hero keeps her from effectively battling and ending the crises herself, [[LampshadeHanging something she acknowledges that only the Dex Holders can do]]. But she'll be damned if she doesn't [[PluckyGirl put up a good fight doing so]].
* SignatureMon: Starmie.
* {{Stripperific}}: She generally wears a tiny tube top and short shorts, and not much else.
* TearfulSmile: A couple of times, most notably when she finally gets to talk to Red again at the end of the GSC arc.
%%* {{Tomboy}}
* {{Tsundere}}: Different from Misty in the anime in that she's a very mild Type B, with her tsun tendencies being played up almost exclusively in the RGB arc.
!!'''Erika'''
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An elegant lady, Erika is the Gym Leader of Celadon City who specializes in Grass-types. She also teaches at her city's university and [[TheLeader serves as supervisor]] for the rest of her region's Leaders.
* ArcherArchetype: She is seen practicing archery in her spare time.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wears a kimono and battles with elegant style. It helps that she's also TheLeader.
* LadyOfWar: When the need to fight arises.
* TheLeader: Of the Kanto Gym Leaders overall.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Often makes condescending remarks towards other trainers and her opponents and has a rather snooty attitude overall, but is genuinely kind towards those she considers her companions, like Brock, Misty, and several of the Dex Holders, once they earn her trust.
* {{Ojou}}: She’s the daughter of the richest family in Celadon City.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eventually turns out to be one.
* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Woman]]: Besides being a Gym Leader, she gives lectures at Celadon University, teaches tea ceremony, archery, and flower arranging.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Arguably, what she did to Red when they first met and he was hell-bent on rescuing that Eevee.
* ShipperOnDeck: Red x Misty, apparently.
* SignatureMon: A Tangela named Angela in ''RGB'' and ''Yellow'' and a Bellossom in ''GSC''.
* SilkHidingSteel: She may look sweet but she’s a strong enough trainer to be the leader of all the Kanto Gym Leaders.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Has the cultural trappings (kimono etc) and such.
!!'''Blaine'''
An old scientist who used to work for Team Rocket, this fire specialist defected off screen as he got sick of working for them.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In his backstory, he worked for Team Rocket and did terrible experiments on Pokémon. This was not present at all in the games.
* BodyHorror: His DNA mixed with Mewtwo's while he was creating it, leading to him developing cancerous growths that would eventually take over his body. He got better.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Returns alongside Mewtwo in the ''XY'' arc.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He's Mewtwo's creator here. In the games his creator was a different person, heavily hinted to be Mr. Fuji. This is noted in [=FrLg=] arc, when a photo is shown with him and Mr. Fuji in a jungle.
* CoolOldGuy: He may be old but he’s an exceptionally strong trainer.
* CoolShades: Wears these along with a fake mustache when he switches from his anime look to his game look.
* HeelFaceTurn: Hearing of Red's heroic exploits was a big motivation for him to skip out on Team Rocket and join the good guys.
* KickTheDog: This was pretty much Blaine's old job at Team Rocket, as he was to experiment on Pokémon into making them stronger, which led them to either go insane or simply be in extreme pain.
* MadScientist: Used to work as one for Team Rocket.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The disaster with Mewtwo was a wake-up call for him.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-types are his speciality.
* SignatureMon: Mewtwo.
!!'''Janine'''
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Koga's daughter, who takes over the Fuchsia Gym after his disappearance. Like her father, she specializes in poison-types. She also works as a part-time freelancer ''ninja''.
* BadassNormal: She's capable of rather impressive physical feats, going with the whole ninja theme. (Although she does seem overly fond of the whole hanging upside-down on the ceiling thing.)
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Falkner. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
* DisappearedDad: She wants to see him again, as his disappearance left her not knowing what to do with her future.
* {{Ninja}}: Like her father, she uses her Pokémon for ninja-esque techniques and outfits her Pokéballs into shuriken.
* PoisonousPerson: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Ariados.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never get to see her reunite with her Koga.
!!'''Jr. Trainer Evan/Phil (Junji)'''
A trainer whose Haunter was lured away by Agatha at the Power Plant. After some help from Blue, he managed to get it back. He then became one of Blaine's assistants on Cinnabar Island.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Becomes this with Super Nerd Miles when they reappear in the ''GSC'' and ''FRLG'' arcs.
!!'''Super Nerd Miles/William (Akihito)'''
Was Erika's [[TheRival Rival]] and the one hired by Agatha to disguise as Red and recapture his Pikachu. Later becomes good friends with Evan.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After getting caught by Agatha.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He was the first person to learn of Red’s situation during the ''Yellow'' arc so Agatha tried to kill him after she was done with him to keep that information secret.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being saved from Agatha he has a change of heart and becomes a good guy.
* NerdGlasses: He is a Super Nerd after all.
* LatexPerfection: As Red, he even had exact same clothes and managed to duplicate his exact scent.
* PsychoForHire: He went after Red's Pikachu for Agatha, who would pay him so he could fund future experiments. He didn't know he would be slaughtered with the rest of the human race but still.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Becomes this with Jr. Trainer Evan when they reappear in the ''GSC'' and ''FRLG'' arcs.
* UnknownRival: To Erika, who seems apathetic to his presence in the face of his grudge against her.
* UnwittingPawn: To Agatha after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outliving his usefulness.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Johto]]
!!'''Professor Elm'''
The Pokémon professor of the Johto region, Elm was unfortunate enough to be robbed of Totodile by Silver and could only watch as Gold took Cyndaquil to track him down.
* ButtMonkey: To a lesser extent than Bill, though.
!!'''Falkner'''
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First appearing as a police officer, Falkner befriends Gold who helps him catch a Skarmory. He later uses it to pass the Gym Leader exam and becomes the Leader of the Violet City Gym. Looks up to his father (implied to be Walker, an old friend of Chuck's), who was a policeman.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, Falkner is considered to be one of the weakest Gym Leaders in the series. In the manga, Falkner is one of the stronger Gym Leaders from Johto and comes much closer than the others to catching Suicune. When the Team Rocket members invaded the Indigo Plateau, while most of the Gym Leaders fought them off using their Pokémon, Falkner is one of the few who confront the Rockets directly, as he can be seen tackling a Rocket to the ground.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Janine. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
* CompositeCharacter: Falkner was the same policeman who investigated Professor Elm's lab.
%%* FairCop
* PeekABangs: Only his right eye is ever visible.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Made from his Skarmory's cast off feathers which he then fits his Pokéballs to. He also uses them as more direct weapons.
* SignatureMon: Skarmory.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!'''Bugsy'''
The Gym Leader of Azalea Town, who first appears as an archaeologist, Bugsy meets Gold at the Ruins of Alph. Specializes in bug-types.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Purple hair and purple eyes.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: His first appearance has Gold mistaking him for a girl and flirting with him.
* SignatureMon: Heracross.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Gold first mistakes Bugsy for a girl and asks him out.
!!'''Whitney'''
A somewhat childish Gym Leader who specializes in Normal-types, Whitney is the only Gym Leader aside from Pryce who Suicune doesn't challenge. She sometimes helps her good friend DJ Mary on radio shows.
* AdaptationalWimp: She's notorious for being ThatOneBoss in the games, but is one of the weakest Gym Leaders here, to the point that Suicune doesn't even bother with her when he's looking for a leader to be his partner.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She shows a surprising amount of skill when battling the fake ice Suicune.
* CurbStompBattle: She is the receiving end of this as Misty defeats her rather easily in only a few pages, which is kind of sad as the other Gym Leader battles took at least a chapter. Well, Suicune didn't bother with her for a reason...not to mention [[spoiler: it chose Misty as its partner as well.]]
* {{Fangirl}}: She seems to have a fangirl crush for Bruno by the end of the ''[=HeartGold=]/[=SoulSilver=]'' chapter. At the end of this one when we see her with a poster of his on her room and sending him Rage Candy Bars.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' arc, she's matured and become a nicer, if still flawed, person.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Miltank.
!!'''Morty'''
A trainer with clairvoyant psychic abilities, Morty is the Leader of the Ecruteak City Gym. Specializes in Ghost-types.
* PsychicPowers: As long as he has an idea of what he's looking for, he can see it and its location. (Ho-oh is out of his league though.) People actually come to him and pay him to find the things they lost or can't find.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a scarf in the ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter.
* SignatureMon: Misdreavus.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
!!'''Chuck'''
The Gym Leader of Mahogany Town, who specializes in Fighting-types. Chuck was the one who taught Blue how to train Pokémon. He runs a dojo.
* BadassNormal: He mastered several different martial arts and trains himself along side of his Pokémon.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* HappilyMarried: He is seen living happily with his wife.
* LargeHam: Subdued when not fighting, but when he ''does'' fight...
* SignatureMon: Hitmontop.
* StoutStrength: He’s pretty fat for someone who’s supposed to a constantly training martial artist.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Perhaps to emphasize his dedication to martial arts training, he is never seen with a shirt on.
!!'''Jasmine'''
The Olivine City Gym Leader who was caught in Ecruteak City earthquake, she had to save herself because Gold and Silver were too busy fighting over who would save ''her''. She specializes in the Steel-type, though she has other types on her team. Her part-time job is looking after the Sparkle Lighthouse.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* ShrinkingViolet: She doesn't really like showing off her abilities as a fighter to the public. Notably, she hid her Steelix by covering its body in a rock covering to make people think it was just an odd-looking Onix not because she wanted an advantage in her match with Brock, but because she didn't want her Steelix to receive undue attention for being one of the first recorded cases of proof for an Onix being able to evolve.
* SignatureMon: Steelix.
!!'''Pryce'''
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The Leader of Mahogany Town's Gym, Pryce specializes in Ice-types. A frail old man in a wheelchair.
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: His status as the BigBad of the GSC arc makes him this, where in the games he's just another one-off Gym Leaders with hardly any dialogue.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The true identity of the Mask of Ice.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In the ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter he shows up alongside Giovanni and Lance to help Gold, Silver and Crystal fight the Creation Trio.]]
* CharacterTics: tapping the tip of his cane against the ground. [[spoiler:Turns out, it's to use a Pokégear hidden in his cane.]]
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler: As Pryce, he's in a wheelchair. As Mask of Ice, he uses an artificially made ice body to walk around in.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: [[spoiler: Less frequent after his reveal as the Mask of Ice.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:All he wanted was to go back in time and save the Pokémon he wasn't able to save.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[DisabledInTheAdaptation Being stuck in a wheelchair]] doesn’t change that he is the leader of all the Johto Gym Leaders.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. He also makes sculptures that move around.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He doesn't seem to face any punishment after he returns in the HGSS chapter.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: A variation. [[spoiler:He's gone insane after years and years of emotionally repressing himself after losing his beloved Lapras. So really, lack of expressing love made him crazy.]]
* TheMentor: [[spoiler:By the end of HGSS arc, it's implied that he and Lance will train Silver in preparing him to best Giovanni.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He’s absolutely tiny. [[spoiler: This lets him sit in as the head of the Masked Man on top of the body made of ice.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[spoiler: His Swinub can throw down with ''Dialga''.]]
* SchrodingersCast: [[spoiler: Held this status until the HGSS chapter.]]
* TragicIceCharacter: [[spoiler: He lost his two Lapras in an avalanche, only for their offspring to hatch right and then. This served as his StartOfDarkness.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He did everything he did to catch Celebi so he could save his two Lapras that were lost in an avalanche when he was young.]]
!!'''Clair'''
Lance's cousin, Clair shares his affinity for Dragon-types. Gym Leader of Blackthorn City Gym.
* BerserkButton: Lance is a touchy subject.
%%* DragonRider
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Dragonair.
* WhipItGood: For Pokéball launching and close-range combat.
!!'''Mirei'''
A hyper woman with a [[{{Manchild}} rather childish demeanor]], Crystal's mom can still be serious when the time calls for it.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her name was revealed by [=PokéSPedia=].
* CanonForeigner: She has no in-game equivalent, since opposite-gender rivals wouldn't be a thing until gen III.
* GenkiGirl: She’s very perky and excitable.
* GyaruGirl: Her design's very much this, contributing to her hyperactive girl shtick.
* MoodSwinger: Much like her daughter, she has an intense, serious side to her.
!!'''Eusine'''
A Trainer in pursuit of the legendary Pokémon Suicune. He formed a rivalry with Crystal during the events of the Crystal arc,
but by the end of the arc they become on much friendlier terms with each other. He also has a more minor role in the HGSS arc where he encounters Silver.
* BadassCape: Wears a short one that only reaches the bottom of his back.
* ButtMonkey: Especially in the HGSS arc.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Suicune.
* GuileHero: Has shades of this in the Crystal arc.
* InelegantBlubbering: Somewhat subverted, as he's only sobbing because of the presense of Koffing. The second time is genuine as he's moved by Silver's motive to thwart Team Rocket.
* LargeHam: Even more so than in the games.
* SharpDressedMan: In addition to having a BadassCape.
* {{Squee}}: Eusine has a moment of this when he encounters Suicune the first time [[spoiler: ...until he finds out the hard way it's actually a Ditto in disguise.]]
* WhiteGloves: They complete his stage magician look.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hoenn]]
!!'''Professor Birch'''
The Hoenn Pokémon professor, and father of Sapphire. Unlike the previously mentioned professors, he seems to do much more field work.
* SatelliteCharacter: There is very little to him besides being Sapphire’s father and Norman’s friend.
!!'''Wally'''
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A major supporting character who at one point temporarily holds a Pokédex. Ruby helps give him some Pokémon training when Norman (who doesn't show up until after Ruby's gone, much to his relief) rejects training him, but the two get separated soon thereafter. His "starter" is Ruby's Ralts, Rara, who was eventually returned to her true trainer. His first Pokémon is a Kecleon.
* BadassAdorable
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''[=ORAS=]'' his Altaria catches Ruby when he is thrown into the air by Rayquaza.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Has green hair, a green outfit, and green Pokémon! All six of them, not to mention [[spoiler:he was important in waking Rayquaza!]] It's never commented on in the manga itself, but the tradition is carried on in the webcomic ''Webcomic/PokemonX'', which [[{{Flanderization}} flanderizes it]] into an incredible obsession with Pokémon that have ANY green at all on them. This is subverted in ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' where he has both an Altaria and a Magnezone, two Pokémon with no green on them.
** This was to mark that Wally is the supposed third hero representing "Emerald" for the RS saga but the writers decided to just make a new character actually named Emerald midway. At least they still gave Wally some plot related action.
* DragonRider: Straightest example here. He has a Flygon.
* HandicappedBadass: The kid appears to have an awful respiratory illness, and it gives him some complications near the end of the arc [[spoiler:when he trained under Norman en route to Rayquaza.]] Does he let that stop him?
** [[spoiler:The ventilation mask he wears for said respiratory illness lets him breath in Rayquaza's ozone filled room.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Well, he was never really dying, but he was weak in body. But like it says above, he proves himself badass.
!!'''Gabby and Ty'''
!!!(Maryanne and Tyler in the Chuang Yi version).
A reporter and her cameraman, these two ally themselves with Ruby and Sapphire early on, determined to find out who is responsible for reeking havoc in Hoenn.
* AscendedExtra: From a couple of random battlers in the games to major supporting characters.
* DubNameChange: Were renamed to Mary Anne and Tyler in the Chuang Yi version.
* IntrepidReporter: Gabby, who is determined to figure out the dangers Team Magma and Aqua pose to Hoenn.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In ORAS, they were revisited by Absol and became determined to learn of the new danger threathening Hoenn. However, the pictures of the meteor they took were leaked to the media, letting everyone know that a meteor was going to collide in few days.
!!'''Roxanne'''
Gym Leader of Rustboro City, Roxanne graduated from the Trainer's School and is thus very knowledgeable. As part of her gym challenge, any challengers much pass a written exam before battling her.
* BadassBookworm: She is a Gym Leader but is always carrying a book around. She even keeps her Poké Ball inside one!
* BarrierMaiden: When Gym Leader are sent to stop Kyogre and Groudon from meeting each other, her Nosepass actually manages to block [[OlympusMons Groudon]] dead in its tracks and is only stopped by Courtney taking people hostage in order to make Roxanne throw away the battle.
* BookSafe: She actually keeps Poké Balls inside that book of hers.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Nosepass.
!!'''Brawly'''
Leader of Dewford Town's gym, Brawly specializes in Fighting-types. He usually trains his Pokémon by surfing with them. He is apparently a disciple of Bruno's.
* BareFistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* MyKungFuISStrongerThanYours: Particularly evident when he overcomes Blaise's [[MindRape mindrape-ing]] illusions with straightforward ''brutal'' force.
* SignatureMon: Makuhita, which later evolves into a Hariyama.
* SurferDude: In fact he is surfing in his very first appearance.
!!'''Wattson'''
A jolly old man who specializes in Electric-types, Wattson is pun-cracking Gym Leader of the Mauville Gym.
* CoolOldGuy: He’s very friendly and loves to laugh.
* DisneyDeath: He is lost at sea after being defeated by Amber. Thank god that Sapphire's Wailord saved him.
%%* GadgeteerGenius
* TheHyena: He loves jokes and tends to laugh loudly at them.
* PungeonMaster: Is a fan of making puns.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Electrike, which later evolves into a Manectric.
!!'''Flannery'''
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Fire-type using Gym Leader of Lavaridge Town, Flannery tried to protect the fires of Mt. Chimney from Team Aqua, but failed.
* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt leaves the pretty much half her stomach exposed.
* FieryRedhead: Especially fitting since she uses Fire-type Pokémon.
* HeroicLineage: Being a Gym Leader is a family thing for her, so she takes her job very seriously.
* HotSpringsEpisode: Her battle with Sapphire.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She doesn't mind being nude when fighting against Sapphire.
* ShipTease: With Tabitha.
* SignatureMon: Magcargo.
!!'''Norman'''
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Ruby's father and a Normal-type specialist, Norman was just became Gym Leader of Petalburg City when Ruby ran away from home, for which he swore to hunt him down. Afterwards, he trains Wally to be a Pokémon trainer.
* TheAce: Wattson recognize him as the strongest Gym Leader in Hoenn.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Given how kind he is in the games and anime, it can be a shocker to see Norman be such a stern disciplinarian.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He is revived when Celebi takes Ruby and Sapphire to a slightly different timeline at the end of the ''Ruby & Sapphire'' chapter.]]
* CallingTheYoungManOut:
** After his battle with Ruby in the Weather Institute, he chews him out for running away from home and tells Ruby that he better finish what he started.
** [[spoiler: In the [=ORAS=] arc, he once again chastises Ruby for acting rashly, telling him that such act would hurt those closest to him.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, forcibly controlling Rayquaza kills him.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: His death is relatively peaceful. However, his body being set ablaze by Archie in front of his son is not. He thankfully gets better thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* DragonRider: Wally's Flygon was originally his.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Subverted. Ruby assumes that his father is dismissive of his desire to compete in contests, which leads to Ruby running away the day their family moved to Hoenn. Turns out Norman was always going to let him go. While Norman admits he doesn't see the appeal in contests and wants Ruby to take part in regular battles, he acknowledges it's his decision on what he wants to do with his life.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He knows awakening Rayquaza will kill him, he still do it to protect his son.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yes, he's far from the nicest dad, but he genuinely loves his son and becomes supportive of Wally's wish to be a Trainer later on.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:He awakens and controls Rayquaza in order to deal with the Groudon and Kyogre crisis.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: He does care for Ruby and eventually accepts Ruby's decision to pursue Pokémon Contests as opposed to battling, but that doesn't mean he will go easy on Ruby and he is understandably ''very'' upset when Ruby runs away from home.
* TheScapegoat: Taking the blame of [[spoiler:accidentally freeing Rayquaza, which was indirectly caused by Ruby.]]
* TookAThirdOption: When the Gym Leaders are deciding on which stance adopt regarding Team Aqua and Magma, he just leave as he recognizes that both groups are equally shady.
* SignatureMon: Slaking.
* SuperStrength: He can crush a phone with his BARE HANDS. And judging by his wife's reaction he does this regularly. It comes in handy when he and Ruby are subject to a LiteralCliffHanger.
!!'''Winona'''
[[TheLeader Supervisor]] of the Hoenn Gym Leaders much like Erika is of Kanto's, Winona is the Fortree City Gym Leader. She specializes in Flying-types.
* ActionGirl: The most powerful female Gym Leader in Hoenn.
* AmicableExes: She was in a relationship with Wallace but they had a falling out before the story's events, though they have no problems working together.
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
* CoolBigSis: Sort of to Sapphire and Flannery.
* DontYouDarePityMe: As she reveals to Sapphire at the beginning of ''Emerald'', the reason of her breaking with Wallace was that he refused the Champion position in order to stay with her out of love, and she took the fact that he stays by her side despite being vastly stronger as a burden.
* {{Foil}}: She is one to Sapphire and her relationship with Wallace is one to Sapphire and Ruby's.
* HostageSituation: [[spoiler:During the climax of ''Ruby & Sapphire'', she is defeated and taken hostage by Archie and Maxie to force Wallace to surrender.]]
* TheLeader: Of the Hoenn Gym Leaders.
** SupportingLeader: She mostly take a support role during joint operations however, as much as she would love to take the field.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Wallace. While Wallace has always been clear regarding his remaining feelings for her, Sapphire's teasing at the start of ''Emerald'' imply that she still carries a torch for him.
* TheMentor: Acts as one to Sapphire.
* SignatureMon: Altaria.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Wallace.
!!'''Tate & Liza'''
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Twins who share the title of Gym Leader of Mossdeep City, Tate and Liza act as the guardians of Mt. Pyre. Afterwards, they help train Ruby and Sapphire for their battle with Groudon and Kyogre.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: To the point where Chuang Yi thought Tate [[ShesAManInJapan was a girl]].
* PsychicPowers: Specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Solrock for Tate and Lunatone for Liza.
!!'''Wallace'''
A contest master and water specialist, Wallace was originally the region champion, but gave it up so he could be [[strike: closer to Winona]] the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City. He take Ruby under his wing and later took the title of Champion again during the final battle in Hoenn.
* AdaptedOut: Not him but his Milotic. What is arguably his ace is nowhere to be found here likely in order to make place for Ruby and Feefee's relationship.
* AmicableExes: He and Winona were in a relationship but they had a falling out before the story's events, though they have no problems working together.
* BadassCape: The Champion's Cape.
* BadassBoast: When he take the Champion's Cape and face Archie and Maxie.
--> '''Wallace''': ''If you recognize this cloak, there's no need to spell my name. If you cannot recognize this cloak, you're not fit to know my name!''
* CampStraight: Like teacher, like student. Further emphasized in the ''ORAS'' saga, where he adopts his infamously {{Stripperiffic}} and flamboyant outfit from the remakes.
* EccentricMentor: Like the above trope. He and Ruby found themselves well.
* {{Foil}}: He is one to Ruby and his relationship with Winona is also one to to Ruby and Sapphire.
* GratuitousEnglish: All of his Pokémon have classic English names such as Elizabeth and Phillip.
* InstantFanClub: He had 4 girls that dressed like him and followed wherever he goes until Ruby essentially took their place.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Winona. While Wallace has always been clear regarding his remaining feelings for her, Sapphire's teasing and her reaction to said teasings at the start of ''Emerald'' imply that she still carry a torch for him.
* TheMentor: To Ruby.
** SternTeacher: He can bring out the BrutalHonesty when Ruby needs a serious talking-to.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: His acceptance of the role of Champion and confrontation with Archie and Maxie is as awesome as it can. [[NoNonsenseNemesis However, they force him to stand down by threatening Winona's life and giving him a brutal beatdown once he comply.]]
* TheNicknamer: One of the few characters outside of the 'Dex Holders to nickname his team. ''French'' names, even.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally a very friendly person, but you ''do not'' want him angry at you.
* SignatureMon: A Luvdisc named Elizabeth.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: His outfit in ''ORAS''. It's so bad that it's never fully shown -- it's always mostly covered by other characters or by being off-panel.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Winona.
* WhatTheHellHero: Does this to Ruby after he lashes out at his Feebas following his lost in a contest.
** Immediately afterward, Wallace himself gets this from Swimmer Jack, who thinks Wallace goes too far in calling out Ruby.
!!'''Juan'''
Wallace's mentor and the previous Sootopolis Gym Leader as well as a Water-type specialist. He takes the position again when Wallace decides to take up the Champion position once more. He trains Ruby and Sapphire, both physically and mentally, for the final battle.
* GratuitousFrench: Put various French words into his sentences from time to time.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* OldMaster: Not incredibly old but he was Wallace’s mentor and did retire from running the Sootopolis Gym.
* SignatureMon: Kingdra.
!!'''Steven Stone'''
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The current Hoenn League Champion and steel-type specialist, who normally spends his time searching for rare stones. He is tasked with awakening the three Regis to help stop the battle between Kyogre and Groudon.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He sacrifices his life to awaken and control the three Regis, but Celebi revives him later.]]
* BadassCape: The Champion's Cape, which he returns to the rightful owner, Wallace, later.
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Forcibly controlling the Regis to seal off Groudon and Kyogre's fight from the rest of Hoenn kills him.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Appears as the previous owner of the estate Platinum purchases in the beginning of the Platinum arc.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* IfIDoNotReturn: He gives Wallace his position as Champion before going off to awaken the Regis. [[spoiler:He already knowed he would die because of it.]]
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:He awakens the Regis at the climax of ''Ruby and Sapphire''.]]
* SignatureMon: Metagross.
* SuperMode: He can use Mega Evolution.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being the former Hoenn Champion, he had a hard time fighting Zinnia off. It was revealed that this was because he had his Metagross give his life force away months ago, and it hadn't fully recovered yet.
!!'''Sidney'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Dark-types.
* CombatPragmatist: He specializes in Dark-type Pokémon, although strangely the only Pokémon he is seen using is a [[NonElemental Zangoose]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: His use of Dark-types does not change that he fights to help save Hoenn.
* SignatureMon: Zangoose.
!!'''Phoebe'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Ghost-types.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has noticeably dark skin compared to everyone else from Hoenn.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of it considering she’s wearing little more than a bathing suit.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Dusclops.
!!'''Glacia'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Ice-types.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
%%* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy
* SignatureMon: Glalie.
!!'''Drake'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Dragon-types.
* BadassLongcoat: Although strangely he doesn’t wear a shirt underneath it.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Shelgon.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Since he doesn’t wear anything under his BadassLongcoat, which he keeps open.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hoenn Battle Frontier]]
!!'''Todd Snap'''
A photographer who follows Emerald on his Battle Frontier challenge.
* MythologyGag: At the end of ''Emerald'', Professor Oak sends him off to the island from VideoGame/PokemonSnap to complete the goal from it.
* NoIndoorVoice: He shouts an awful lot of his lines.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never actually given. [[spoiler: His name actually is revealed to be Todd in Pokéspedia.]]
* TheWatson: In regards to Emerald's mission and the rules of the Battle Frontier facilities.
!!'''Scott'''
The owner of the Battle Frontier, he can recognize a trainer's potential. Often acts in his own interest in order to make his Battle Frontier a success.
* TheChessmaster: Sort of. He knew all about Jirachi, Emerald and Guile, but kept silent about it to all of the Frontier Brains in order to "help them get stronger".
* NonActionGuy: He's not a Pokémon trainer.
* RedHerring: Scott acts awfully cagey, is never around when Guile Hideout attacks, and is certainly up to something. [[spoiler:He's not Guilt Hideout. He ''does'' know about Jirachi, he just didn't say anything because he didn't think the Frontier Brains would be much help either way.]]
!!'''Noland'''
One of the seven Frontier Brains, also known as Factory Head Noland. He is in charge of the Battle Factory, and also takes care of all the rental Pokémon used in the Battle Frontier facilities.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His specialty as the Frontier Brain of Knowledge.
* ExtraOreDinary: He uses a rental Mawile in his battle with Emerald and keeps it as his own.
* {{MacGuffin}}: The Jirachi report in his possession, which he eventually [[HostageForMacGuffin surrenders in return for Anabel's safety]].
* NonElemental: His trio of Smeargle
* PowerCopying: Catches a trio of Smeargle after noticing the Painter Pokémon could copy Jirachi's Wish knows via Sketch.
* PutOnABus: He gets hospitalized by Guild Hideout early in the arc, where he's unable to aid Emerald with the rest of the Frontier Brains until he challenges the Battle Tower.
%%* PermaStubble
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His Smeargle never show up again after they use Wish so Noland can use the bright flash of light to determine where Jirachi would appear via the Battle Frontier's security cameras.
!!'''Lucy'''
Also known as Pike Queen Lucy, she is in charge of the Battle Pike, and favors snake-like Pokémon.
* BareYourMidriff: And quite a lot of it too.
* LuckBasedMission: The gimmick of Battle Pike.
* NiceGirl: The only one of the Brains to actually consider allowing Emerald to battle them as a publicity stunt. [[JerkassHasAPoint While their reaction is understandable, given how he completely ruined the intended event,]] it was still a nice thing for her to do.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets very up close and personal with Todd several times.
* SignatureMon: Seviper , the Battle Pike is modelled after it.
* SmugSnake: Downplayed, as her demeanor is generally confident and aloof.
* StatusEffects: Her facility dishes these out regularly, especially [[UniversalPoison poison]].
* StatuesqueStunner: She's the tallest Frontier Brain and quite attractive..
!!'''Brandon'''
A rough, adventurous man in charge of the Battle Pyramid, he is also known as Pyramid King Brandon. Has a particular dislike for Emerald at first.
* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only his job but also the theme of the Battle Pyramid.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* DroughtLevelOfDoom: The gimmick of the Battle Pyramid.
* HotBlooded: Well, since his facility is a test of "bravery"...
* SignatureMon: Regirock, Regice and Registeel.
!!'''Greta'''
Arena Tycoon Greta is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Arena.
* GenkiGirl: She just can't seem to sit still, ever.
* SignatureMon: Umbreon.
* SuperStrength: It's the only way to explain how she can easily carry Emerald's Sceptile and Dusclops on her back at the same time.
!!'''Tucker'''
The flamboyant Dome Ace of the Battle Dome, he also harbors a grudge against Emerald after their confrontation on the first day.
* AmbiguouslyGay: We have no idea what his sexuality is but with how camp he is he could easily be either CampGay or CampStraight.
* ButtMonkey: Not even his fellow Frontier Brains take him seriously.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure, he gets humiliated by Emerald and seems pretty foolish...but then, he [[CurbstompBattle sweeps Sapphire's team with just Salamence]], and goes on to be the only Battle Frontier to never be defeated by Emerald.
* SignatureMon: Salamence.
* TournamentArc: In the acts featuring his facility, of course.
!!'''Spenser'''
A mysterious tattooed man also known as Palace Maven Spenser. His age belies his skill as one of the Frontier Brains.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: His backstory. [[spoiler:Many years ago, he was friends with the old couple who live on Mt. Pyre. One day while they were out of the room, he decided to touch the Blue Orb. Big mistake.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Averted: he appears to be this at first, but he just turns out to be a person [[spoiler:who has been in contact with Kyogre's orb.]]
* ThePowerOfTrust: What he explicitly stated as his facility's specialty.
* RedHerring: Once suspected by Ruby and Sapphire to be Guile Hideout's identity, until Latios proved otherwise.
!!'''Anabel'''
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The Salon Maiden of the Battle Tower and TheLeader of the seven Frontier Brains.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has a very androgynous, boyish-looking appearance.
* BoringButPractical: Has Raikou use Thunder Shock, typically the weakest of electrical moves. However, she also notes that while it is the weakest, it's a lot easier to control than other, more flashier electrical moves. Plus, it's being used by [[OlympusMons Raikou]], so it's actually far stronger than usual.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Guile Hideout mind controls her when he takes control of the Battle Tower.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Purple hair and eyes.
* GoodIsNotNice: Like in the games, she believes in innate talent and is not shy about telling people if they don't have it.
* HostageForMcGuffin: For Noland's Jirachi reports.
* LittleMissBadass: The leader and most powerful of the Frontier Brains.
* MindControlEyes: When under Guile Hideout's control.
* SignatureMon: Raikou.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sinnoh]]
!!'''Professor Rowan'''
The resident professor of Sinnoh.
* DistressedDude: He and Professor Berlitz get trapped by Team Galactic.
* GeniusSweetTooth: He is the premier Pokémon professor in Sinnoh and he loves to eat sweets.
* NonActionGuy: He’s a scholar, not a fighter.
!!'''Sir Berlitz'''
Rowan's assistant and Platinum's father, he is the richest man in Sinnoh.
* DistressedDude: He and Professor Rowan get trapped by Team Galactic.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: He technically still doesn't have a name, but is given a surname. In the games, he's just called 'Professor Rowan's Assistant'.
* OverprotectiveDad: So your 12 year old daughter insists on going out on a journey? Well, hire a pair of bodyguards to go with her!
** ProperlyParanoid: On said journey, his daughter gets caught up in Cyrus' plot to destroy and recreate the world.
!!'''Paka and Uji'''
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Platinum's hired bodyguards. They tail the protagonists after a mix-up causes their charge to go with Diamond and Pearl.
* CanonForeigner: They have no in-game equivalents.
* CoolShades: which they never remove [[spoiler: until they are taken away by Saturn's new weapon.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: PunnyName[=s=] aside (see below), they manage to defeat Saturn, who mind you, can go toe to toe with Gym Leaders in later chapters. Also, the pair have no problem teaming up with Diamond and Pearl to take on an army of Galactic Grunt.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: They get sent to the Distortion World by Saturn's weapon.]]
* MakingASplash: Buizel
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Although they didn't die.]]
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: When they are hit by Saturn’s weapon they tell Diamond and Pearl that it is their job to protect Platinum now.]]
* PunnyName: Their names are puns on the word "idiot".
* ScarfOfAsskicking: The exact same colors as Diamond and Pearl's mufflers.
* SignatureMon: Burmy for Paka and Buizel for Uji.
!!'''Roark'''
Gym Leader of the Oreburgh Gym and foreman of the local mines. He specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. He is Byron's son.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a red construction hardhat.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
%%* PrehistoricMonster: Rampardos.
%%* UseYourHead: Rampardos.
* SignatureMon: Cranidos, which later evolves into a Rampardos.
* WhiteGloves: Wears a pair of white worker gloves.
!!'''Gardenia'''
Gym Leader of the Eterna Gym. She specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of it since under her cloak she’s wearing pretty much the equivalent of a sports bra.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Roserade.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: To ghosts, apparently.
!!'''Maylene'''
Gym Leader of the Veilstone Gym. She specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigEater: Probably as a direct result of her impoverished lifestyle.
%%* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* CuteBruiser: She may look cute, but she’s capable of fighting on her own even without Pokémon.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: She despises Platinum at first, but becomes one of her closest friends and training partners after being defeated.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Fitting for a martial artist.
* ParentalNeglect: Her father spends all his time gambling so he doesn’t pay attention to her.
* PerpetualPoverty: She initially was jealous of Platinum's wealth and is often shown to be hungry. During the battle at Spear Pillar, she outright says that she is poor.
** Some FridgeHorror comes in place here, since in the games her dad is a gambling addict who rarely leaves the place.
* SignatureMon: Riolu.
!!'''Crasher Wake'''
Gym Leader of the Pastoria Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He later trains Pearl following the events in Lake Valor.
* CoolMask: And he refuses to be seen without it.
* LargeHam: He is a professional wrestler after all.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* MaskPower: He wears a mask and he’s a Gym Leader, one of the strongest trainers in Sinnoh.
* TheMentor: To Pearl later on in the DP arc.
* SignatureMon: Floatzel.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He never wears a shirt, which is fitting being a wrestler and all.
!!'''Fantina'''
Gym Leader of the Hearthome Gym. A Ghost-type specialist who also enjoys contests. Like Cynthia, she is very fond of the Sinnoh Trio and looks out for them whenever they're in the neighborhood.
%%* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign
* BatmanGambit: Her gym gimmick is to force her challengers into thinking logically to reach her then totally ''breaking'' that logic when it comes to actually challenging her.
%%* FunnyForeigner
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She used Trick Room in her Gym Battle, which allowed Lax, the last Pokémon Platinum had, to go first.
* TheHyena: She laughs hysterically at just about any joke of Dia and Pearl's.
* SignatureMon: Mismagius.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her Mismagius can create illusions to disorient her opponents.
!!'''Byron'''
Gym Leader of the Canalave Gym and the father of Roark. He hands out the Mine Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* HotBlooded: He’s very impulsive, attacking the Dex Holders immediately after assuming they are intruders.
* TheMedic: Is this during when the Gym Leaders are fighting the Galactic Commanders in Spear Pillar, healing their Pokémon underground.
* OverprotectiveDad: Not an extreme example, but he is very reluctant to put his son in harm's way.
* SignatureMon: Bronzong.
!!'''Candice'''
Gym Leader of the Snowpoint Gym. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. It is her duty to watch over Lake Acuity and Snowpoint Temple.
* ExposedToTheElements: She claims that nothing should get in the way of fashion, elements be damned. And she even dubs herself, Maylene, and Platinum as the 'Thin-Clothed Trio'.
* GenkiGirl: She’s very energetic to say the least.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* HotBlooded: Despite her main type.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
* MagicSkirt: It is so short, it could be a health hazard in Snowpoint.
* SignatureMon: Froslass. She would later give this Pokémon to Platinum.
!!'''Volkner'''
Gym Leader of the Sunyshore Gym. He specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. He has been depressed since he hasn't had a good fight in ages and is constantly looking for something to regain his excitement back.
* BashBrothers: To Elite 4 Member Flint in the Battle Frontier.
* BloodKnight: Volkner desires exciting fights with very strong fighters.
* BoisterousBruiser: Get Volkner excited in a duel, and he shifts from apathetic to outspoken on his battles as Giratina found out.
* BrilliantButLazy: He’s easily the strongest of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but he’s become bored fighting weak trainers and so he has no drive to battle.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}: Uses up enough electricity for his gym to result in the rest of Sunyshore to go into a total blackout, just because he was bored. [[spoiler:He also completely ignores Byron's call for help at the Spear Pillar and heads for home instead.]]
** [[spoiler: He redeems himself in the Platinum arc when he and Flint help defeat Giratina. Perhaps he's developed into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold now.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Electivire.
* WorthyOpponent: Views Platina as one, impressed by her knowledge on Pokémon battles and the experience she accumulated following her defeat to Jupiter.
!!'''Looker'''
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Member of the International Police and helps Platinum investigate the Distortion World so he can find information on Team Galactic.
* BadassLongcoat: A brown one that fits with his Interpol design.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his eccentric personality and his status as a ButtMonkey, he was shown to be a very capable Police Agent and trainer.
* ButtMonkey: His gadgets have a tendency to break and when they do, he gets hurt in the process.
* CallingYourAttacks: Or rather, calling your gadgets, with him shouting the name of the Interpol equipment whenever pulling one out.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He doesn't look like it, but [[spoiler:in the BW arc he manages to make it to the ''top 8 of the Unova League''.]]
* InterpolSpecialAgent: It’s his job. He has been seen on several missions in the manga. He investigated the Distortion World alongside Platinum in the ''Platinum'' arc, he infiltrated the Pokémon League to find if one of the participants was a member of Team Plasma in the ''Black & White'' arc and he worked alongside Blake to arrest the Seven Sages in the ''Black 2 & White 2'' arc.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Looker is obviously not his real name and we will likely never learn what it really is.
* TheLancer: Looker ends up being one to two Dex users: Platina in order to help her investigate the Distortion World to apprehend Team Galactic, and to his younger but direct superior in the force Blake to arrest the sages of Team Galactic.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Looker puts on a pair of gag glasses while participating in the Unova Pokémon League. Leo even blurts his name out in the Black and White 2 arc]].
* PutOnABus: Is hospitalized after his return from Stark Mountain, where he returns at the very end of the Pt arc to arrest Team Galactic.
* SignatureMon: Croagunk.
* UndyingLoyalty: Once he accepts Blake as his superior, he stays by his side and aids him, even when he's kicked out of the International Police. [[ThrowTheDogABone This impresses the Interpol.]]
!!'''Bebe'''
The Sinnoh Pokémon storage system developer. She is good friends with %%* GenkiGirl
's sister, Daisy.
* BareYourMidriff: Courtesy of wearing a small tank top.
* GadgeteerGenius: A given being the developer of Sinnoh’s Pokémon Storage System.
!!'''Aaron'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: His only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* IdiotHair: And an incredibly large one at that.
* SignatureMon: Drapion.
!!'''Bertha'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: Her only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Hippowdon.
!!'''Flint'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and is a friend of Volkner. Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Magmortar.
!!'''Lucian'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* BadassBookworm: He is shown to clear entire books in a matter of a few seconds.
* DemotedToExtra: His only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* PsychicPowers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Girafarig.
!!'''Cynthia'''
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The Champion of the Sinnoh region's Elite Four. She also seems to travel around Sinnoh a lot, helping both people and Pokémon. She meets the Sinnoh Trio and looks out for them.
* AdventureArchaeologist: She travels the world to learn about Pokémon myths.
* BadassLongcoat: Black with fur trimmings.
* HelpingWouldBeKillStealing: Averted, as she actually attempts to take down Cyrus herself. She fails though.
* PeekABangs: Her right eye is always covered.
* SignatureMon: Garchomp.
* TeamMom: To the Sinnoh trio.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In ''Platinum'' she returns having trained to master Draco Meteor and uses it to take down '''[[OlympusMons Giratina]]'''.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Not her, but her Garchomp. When fighting Cyrus in Celestic Town without her, it uses Hyper Beam, where his Pokémon positioned themselves in front of the ruins, making Garchomp destroy the entrance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sinnoh Battle Frontier]]
!!'''Palmer'''
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The Tower Tycoon of Sinnoh's Battle Tower. He is the father of Pearl.
* BadassLongcoat: Although not that long since it stops at his knees.
* GenerationXerox: Pearl is a lot like him.
* InsistentTerminology: Frequently insists that Pearl call him Daddy instead of just Dad.
* ParentalAbandonment: Debatable case. Pearl mentions he wasn't around much and Palmer himself is saddened by the fact that he learned secondhand that Pearl was involved in a life and death battle at Spear Pillar. On the other hand, he taught Pearl a great deal about battling and is highly respected by his son. Also, the only specific event we see in Pearl's backstory has Palmer finding him and Dia when they got lost.
* ParentsAsPeople: He loves Pearl but since he spends all his time battling and wasn’t aware of Pearl’s involvement in the battle against Team Galactic he thinks he’s a terrible father.
* SignatureMon: [[spoiler: Cresselia.]]
!!'''Darach'''
Butler of Cailtin and battles in her place in the Battle Castle as the Castle Valet.
* BattleButler: For Caitlin.
* MoodSwinger: When he battles, he switches from his usual reserved manner and takes on a more bloodthirsty personality. According to his own comments, he was unaware of this until people actually told him.
* SignatureMon: Gallade.
!!'''Caitlin'''
Frontier Brain of Sinnoh's Battle Castle. Due to her powerful PsychicPowers, she is not allowed to battle or else her abilities will go out of control. She later becomes one the Elite Four of the Unova region.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: When she loses control.]]
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: Fightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfight.....]]
%%* {{Ojou}}
* PsychicPowers: Manifesting in her [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow hair drastically lengthening]] and attacking people.
** By the time the story rolls into Unova, her control has increased. With her Gothitelle helping her, [[spoiler: she can transmit messages from people whose location she does not know, ie, the kidnapped Gym Leaders.]]
** She also specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Gothitelle.
!!'''Dahlia'''
Arcade Star of Sinnoh's Battle Arcade. She loves to dance and it extends to her Pokémon as well.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has much darker skin than everyone else but we have no idea of her ethnicity.
* BareYourMidriff: With a sweater oddly enough.
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousSpanish Que sera, sera]]."
%%* GenkiGirl
!!'''Thorton'''
Factory Head of Sinnoh's Battle Factory. Uses machines to help calculate the probabilities of his chances in battle.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He is always analyzing things down to percentages and uses that to formulate his strategies.
* CatchPhrase: After giving the percentages of something he will add “ah, don’t mind that number.”
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented a Pokémon analyzer that he uses to determine his strategies. He was also able to repair a Team Galactic spy robot.
* MoodSwinger: He switches from calm and rational to a crybaby when he loses to Platinum.
!!'''Argenta'''
Hall Matron of Sinnoh's Battle Hall.
* CoolOldLady: More like Cool Middle-Aged Lady.
* CoolShades: [[GogglesDoNothing That she always wears on the top of her head]].
* SignatureMon: Dragonite.
!!'''Riley'''
A friend of Byron's that was asked to help train Diamond in battling before he goes to Lake Verity. He has the ability to use Aura.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Complete with a FedoraOfAsskicking.
* BattleAura: His Lucario specializes in using Aura offensively in order to [[CombatClairvoyance predict his opponent's every move]] and strike them from afar using Aura Sphere.
%%* {{Bishounen}}
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears on a ship at the end of the Emerald arc.
* TheMentor: Served as Diamond's in Iron Island to make him stronger to defend Lake Verity.
* SignatureMon: Lucario.
* SoulPower: He can sense Aura. He mainly uses it to track people and objects.
!!'''Buck'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier. He is Flint's younger brother.
* FieryRedhead: A trait he shares with his older brother Flint.
* HotBlooded: He is very loud and straightforward. [[spoiler: This backfires on him when he releases Heatran, inadvertently letting Charon take control of it.]]
* SignatureMon: Claydol.
!!'''Marley'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
* ElegantGothicLolita: She wears a black and white frilly dress.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler: She befriends Shaymin and it decides to stay with her.]]
* SignatureMon: Arcanine.
* TheStoic: She generally doesn’t express emotions but she shows a softer side around [[spoiler: Shaymin.]]
!!'''Mira'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* SignatureMon: Alakazam.
!!'''Cheryl'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
%%* CoolBigSis
* SignatureMon: Blissey
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Unova]]
!!'''Professor Juniper'''
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The regional professor of Unova.
* ButtMonkey: A rare female example in the B/W arc. Her starter Pokémon often beat each other up, leaving a destructive mess in their wake (one such site being her own lab) and two of her three Dexes are broken with the remaining functioning one in the hands of someone whose sanity she questions.
* CharacterDevelopment: After [[spoiler: called out by N, she reassesses how she does things and by the B2/W2 arc has become a more competent scientist who cares more about Pokémon.]]
* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler: Called out by N for treating Pokémon as things and not caring for them enough to give them to their Trainers personally. [[JerkassHasAPoint The results]] [[HeroicBSOD weren't pretty]].]]
!!'''Cheren'''
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Along with Bianca, he is a childhood friend of Black and chose Snivy as his starter Pokémon (Actually, Bianca chose it for him).
* AdaptationalVillainy: To the point that he [[spoiler:joins Team Plasma]], something he would never have done in the games (he was one of the people most vehemently against [[spoiler:Plasma]] in the game).
** [[spoiler: Somewhat subverted when it's revealed that he only joined Team Plasma because he'd been brainwashed into doing so.]]
* ApologizesALot: Apologizes for even the most pointless of reasons.
* BadBoss: When fighting Black at the Pokémon League, [[spoiler: he reveals that he doesn't have any attachment to his Pokémon. His Snivy hasn't even evolved. However, this is due to Team Plasma's brainwashing of him.]]
* BadassTeacher: Becomes a teacher at the Aspertia City Trainer’s School in the ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter, [[spoiler: and a Gym Leader by the end of the arc.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: What causes him to join Team Plasma and turn against his former friend, Black.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regard to Black being a LargeHam.
* DecoyProtagonist: His appearance alongside Black and Bianca in volume 43 indicate this, standing alongside the starter Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: Though he possesses a Pokédex and was a rival in the original game, the fact that he's not named after a version and that said Pokédex is damaged places him to supporting character. [[spoiler: His Pokédex eventually ended up completely destroyed.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: At the Pokémon League, he reveals that [[spoiler: he's joined Team Plasma. Later on, it's revealed that he's been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] into doing so, though.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Considering that his best friends are a league obsessed boy and [[TheDitz a ditz]], he's certainly this.
* ShipTease: With Bianca in the B2/W2 arc. [[ShipperOnDeck His students notice.]]
* SweatDrop: He does it quite often, seeing how one of his best friends is a LargeHam while the other is a ditz.
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the time he enters the Pokémon League, he's cold and indifferent towards everyone, believing that cheering and supporting contributes nothing in becoming stronger. [[spoiler: However, it was revealed that he was brainwashed all the way back in Driftveil City.]]
!!'''Bianca'''
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Along with Cheren, she is a childhood friend of Black and chose Oshawott as her starter Pokémon.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She gets easily distracted upon their arrival at Striaton City that she ignores Cheren's reprimanding.
* DecoyProtagonist: Like Cheren, her appearance alongside him and Black in volume 43 indicate this, standing alongside the starter Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: See Cheren. Ironically enough, the lack of screentime further adds to her character, as she feels even more useless as she hasn't accomplished much on her journey, and ends up bonding with White and developing alongside her on one of her adventures.
* TheDitz: Not the brightest of people, although she still looks smart next to [[IdiotHero Black.]]
* GenkiGirl: She's very energetic and excitable.
* JackOfAllTrades: Implied to be her strength, as she knows how to play all kinds of instruments and Professor Juniper describes her as someone that can do anything without flaw.
* ShipTease: With Cheren in the B2/W2 arc. [[ShipperOnDeck His students notice.]]
* TakeUpMySword: Gives her Pokédex to White, making her an official Dex Holder as she returns home to become a lab assistant.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: There really is very little in the way of family resemblance between the two.
* OverprotectiveDad: Her dad prevents her from going out when she is about to start a journey.
!!'''Fennel'''
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Professor Juniper's friend and former classmate. She works with her assistant, Amanita, and researches about dreams.
* NoIndoorVoice: She's very loud. Even more so than Black.
!!'''Cedric Juniper'''
Professor Juniper's father.
* BigOlEyebrows: And they look even bigger due to EyesAlwaysShut.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* SignatureMon: Samurott. [[spoiler: It is the third of the first set of starters that Gigi and Amanda are from.]]
!!'''Cilan, Chili, & Cress'''
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The triplet gym leaders of Striaton Gym.
* BishieSparkle
-->Cress: Our teamwork sparkles!
-->Cilan: We, too, are three bright shining stars.
* CharacterTics: Like in the anime, the brothers tend to place their arms in a certain location. Cilan places his behind his back, Chili puts his on his hips, Cress crosses them in front of his chest.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green for Cilan, red for Chili and blue for Cress.
* CatSmile: Cilan.
* ElementalPowers
** GreenThumb: Cilan specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
** MakingASplash: Cress specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
** PlayingWithFire: Chili specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* FieryRedhead: Chili.
* HotBlooded: Chili.
%%* SharpDressedMan
* SkintoneSclerae: Cilan
* SignatureMon: Pansage, which later evolves into a Simisage, for Cilan, Pansear, which later evolves into a Simisear, for Chili and Panpour, which later evolves into a Simipour, for Cress.
* {{Troll}}: Chili. He lied to Black about disqualifying him from challenging their Gym (because of Bianca's interference) only to take it back immediately while laughing uproariously.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: As part of their waiter outfits.
!!'''Lenora'''
Gym Leader and Museum owner of the Nacrene City Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Hawes.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She acknowledges that her Stoutland got taken out in one hit because she had spammed Take Down beforehand, which whittled down its HP.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Stoutland.
!!'''Burgh'''
Gym Leader of the Castelia City Gym.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Well he certainly is flamboyant enough.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* PerformanceArtist: He uses his art in his Gym challenge.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: A small red one.
* SignatureMon: Venipede.
!!'''Elesa'''
Gym Leader of the Nimbasa City Gym
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
%%* BareYourMidriff
%%* CombatStilettos
* CoolHorse: Zebstrika, which a flashback shows that she's had since she was a little girl.
* MaleGaze: Elesa is formally first introduced with her rear facing the readers while she is on her knees.
* MsFanservice: She is a model after all.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Zebstrika.
* TheStoic: Surprisingly averted. She's actually quite cheerful compared to her game counterpart.
!!'''Clay'''
Gym Leader of the Driftveil City Gym.
* AmericansAreCowboys: It’s only natural that the Region based off of an America location (even if it is New York City) would have a cowboy Gym Leader.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be a bit mean but he’s ultimately a good person and he warms up to Black despite their rocky introduction.
* SignatureMon: Excadrill.
!!'''Skyla'''
Gym Leader of the Mistralton City Gym. She's also the pilot of a cargo company.
* AcePilot: Capable of putting on air shows with her cargo plane, she delivered an epic finale to the Pokémon Musical along with the guests' prop cases.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
%%* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
%%* FashionableAsymmetry
%%* {{Shorttank}}
* SignatureMon: Swanna.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: For a pilot’s suit it certainly doesn’t cover a lot.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!'''Brycen'''
Gym Leader of the Icirrus City Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Is at first seemingly captured by the Shadow Triad with the rest of the Gym Leaders, but it turns out to be just an ice statue. He's still captured by Ghetsis later in the Pokémon League.]]
* CoolMask: A blue domino mask.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
* TheMentor: He personally trains Black for a time to get him up to snuff against Team Plasma.
* SignatureMon: Cryogonal.
* TheStoic: Although it becomes subverted whenever he is playing Brycen-Man.
%%* TheQuietOne
* WarriorMonk: In appearance only though.
!!'''Drayden'''
Gym Leader of the Opelucid City Gym.
* OldMaster: The oldest and strongest of the Unova Gym Leaders.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Druddigon.
!!'''Iris'''
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Iris is the protégé of Drayden, though she also learned spirituality from Alder. She respects both men very much.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her nationality is unknown and even her being from Blackthorn City doesn’t help in that regard.
* BrattyHalfPint: She enjoys teasing Black about his possible love life.
* BrutalHonesty: Straight-up tells [[PerformanceArtist Burgh]] that his newer paintings look terrible, and much later teases [[HotBlooded Black]] about his love life.
%%* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: A weird double example with two at the top and two at the bottom.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: She wants to take down N for what he did to Alder.]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler:She participates in the Unova League.]] [[spoiler:In the BW2 arc, it is revealed she has become the champion. In fact, she even defeated the Elite Four, Alder, and even N to earn the title!]]
* LittleMissSnarker: She can be very cutting when she wants to be, albeit in a playful way.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* ShipperOnDeck: Entertains the possibilities of both Black x White and Black x Bianca.
* SignatureMon: Fraxure, which later evolves into a Haxorus.
!!'''Marlon'''
A cheerful man who initially appears as a League participant. In the ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter he has been made the Gym Leader of the Humilau City Gym.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Jellicent.
* SuperSenses: He has a very good sense of smell, especially when it comes to water. He can tell where a water Pokémon came from [[spoiler: and that the Hood Man likely didn't have eight badges but was participating in the League anyway, due to the fact that he didn't smell like the water you had to pass by through the Badge Gates]].
!!'''Emmet and Ingo'''
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The Subway bosses of the Battle Subway.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When White is still a beginner at the Battle Subway, Emmet sees her educative as a Trainer that tends to get ovewhelmed and lose every battle.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Emmet.
* SiblingYinYang: Emmet wears white while Ingo wears black. Emmet is also obsessed with battling and requires Ingo to rein him in.
* SignatureMon: Durant for Emmet and Klinklang for Ingo.
* TagTeamTwins: Subverted in that they don’t actually fight together on the Battle Subway.
!!'''Shauntal'''
Ghost-type Elite Four member of Unova.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She cheerfully enrages Thundurus and Tornadus further in their fight as to get more inspiration for her next novel.
* GenkiGirl: She is very loud and energetically shows off her novels.
* PerkyGoth: How hyper she is doesn’t seem to match with all the purple and black she wears.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
!!'''Grimsley'''
Dark-type Elite Four member of Unova.
%%* {{Bishonen}}
* BatmanGambit: Pulls one off in his introduction to expose a disguised Plasma grunt.
* CombatPragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
%%* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheGambler: He’s been a casino dealer for over ten years and sees everything as a game.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: A yellow one that’s long enough to go all the way down his back.
%%* SharpDressedMan
* SignatureMon: Bisharp.
%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
%%* TsurimeEyes
!!'''Marshal'''
Fighting-type Elite Four member of Unova.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigOlEyebrows: That are somehow also part of his hair.
* CurbstompBattle: He effortlessly defeats Black’s entire team when Black attacks him after seeing Marshal [[spoiler: holding an unconscious White]].
!!'''Alder'''
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Champion of the Unova Pokémon League.
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* TheBusCameBack: He completley disappeared after losing to N, but [[spoiler: appears at the end of [=B2W2=] arc to help fight against Team Plasma with iris and Gorm.]]
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* CoolOldGuy: He’s incredibly personable and loves playing with his Pokémon.
%%* FieryRedhead
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Pokémon tend to gather around him.
* ILetYouWin: [[spoiler: It turns out he purposely lost his fight against N because he was convinced by Team Plasma's ideals.]]
%%* PermaStubble
* RatedMForManly: This guy is so awesome he has strength matches with his own Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Bouffalant.
!!'''Hugh'''
A student at the Aspertia City Trainers' school. He harbors an intense hatred of Team Plasma.
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* BerserkButton:
** Team Plasma, due to them stealing his sister's Purrloin.
** He also doesn't take remarks about his sister well, having his Vibrava attack the girls at the trainer school when they bring her up and accuse him of being a bad brother.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of his little sister.
* BloodKnight: He is extremely focused on battles and getting stronger, to the point where he is upset at anyone in the Trainers’ school not taking things seriously.
* CelibateHero: He has no interest in romance and gets mad at Blake for wasting his time flirting. [[spoiler: However, he starts having feelings for Whitley by the end of the arc.]]
* HotBlooded: He tends to shout a lot when he is serious about something, which annoys those around him.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: He’s not happy when he learns Leo was with his sister.
* PetTheDog: After [[spoiler: Whitley tearfully admits that Team Plasma was wrong and apologizes for being a part of it, Hugh stops yelling at her and trying to intimidate her, and just tries to get her to lead him to where his sister's Purrloin might be. Then, when the Plasma Frigate launches a freezing ray at the city, Hugh pushes Whitley out of its path, even when doing so causes him to fall and get knocked out.]]
** Later, he [[spoiler: formally apologizes to Whitley for being so angry with her in the first place since he now knows that her faction of Team Plasma isn't the same as the one he hates.]]
* SeriousBusiness: He takes going to the Trainer's School more seriously than anyone, believing that it'll make him stronger.
* SignatureMon: Trapinch, which later evolves into a Vibrava.
* ShipTease: [[spoiler: With Whitley, particularly in the final chapter which implies he may have feelings for her now.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was very kind before Team Plasma stole his sister’s Purrloin, making him angry and obsessed with strength.
!!'''Leo'''
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One of the participants of the league and enrolls in Aspertia trainer school.
* CannotTalkToWomen: His defining characteristic.
* CanonForeigner: He has no in-game equivalent, being a strange mix of a Youngster and a PokéManiac.
* ShipTease: With Hugh’s younger sister.
!!'''Roxie'''
Gym Leader of the Virbank City Gym.
* PoisonousPerson: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
* TheRockStar: She’s the lead singer and bassist of a famous band.
* SignatureMon: Whirlipede.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kalos]]
!!'''Trevor'''
* InnocentlyInsensitive: At one point, he got very gung-ho testing out the mechanics of Mega Evolution, inadvertently upsetting X by bringing up an issue X wasn't comfortable with.
* OhCrap: Has two big ones. The first being when he first sees Xerneas and Yvelta right before they start duking it out, and the second being when he meets Lysandre literally seconds after he figures the man being a bad guy.
* SignatureMon: Flabebe, which later evolves into Floette.
* SupportingProtagonist: He is the one [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator narrating the XY chapter]].
!!'''Tierno'''
* ADayInTheLimelight: One of the side chapter in the arc focuses on him, assisting X against a Team Flare Admin.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's the most easygoing out of the Kalos kids, but ''don't'' make him angry.
* SignatureMon: Corphish. [[spoiler: It evolves into a Crawdaunt in the final battle with Team Flare.]]
* StreetPerformer: [[spoiler: In the epilogue he becomes a street dancer in Lumiose City’s backstreets.]]
!!'''Shauna'''
An aspiring Furfrou groomer, and childhood friends with a number of other characters.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In a stark contrast with her [[NiceGirl nice]] and [[TheHeart friendly]] game counterpart, she's the group's DeadpanSnarker here.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: A Honedge is forced into her hands while a Aegislash looms behind her, meaning that she ends up being possessed. She is then ordered to steal X's Mega Stone, and when she gets caught, she attacks her friends.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She has, in order, watched her friend fall into depression, have her hometown blown up, lose one of her Pokémon, and [[spoiler: been brainwashed while having her life force sucked out of her]]. No wonder she's rather bitter.
* LittleMissSnarker: A complete 180 degree turn from her game counterpart, but seeing all the misfortune she's gone through, it's understandable.
* ShipTease: She's often seen clinging to [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Tierno]].
* SignatureMon: A Skitty named Neko.
!!'''Professor Sycamore'''
The regional professor of Kalos.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Is this considering Lysandre, constantly praising him. Unlike the games, ''everyone else'' is suspicious and wary of Lysandre, making the professor seem even ''more'' oblivious in contrast.
* ItsAllMyFault: Once he learns that Lysandre is evil he blames himself for not believing it and putting X and the others in danger as a result.
!!'''Viola'''
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The Gym Leader of Santalune City, the gang initially isn't very fond of her as she works for the press along side of her sister, but they agree to her offer of help.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* CameraFiend: Although it makes sense she carries it with her at all times since she’s a news photographer.
* SignatureMon: Vivillon.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: When a possessed Shauna tries to use a Honedge to strike down Y, Viola jumps in the way of the attack.]]
!!'''Grant'''
The gym leader of Cyllage Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
!!'''Korrina'''
The gym leader of Shalour Gym and a successor of Mega Evolution. She is Gurkinn's granddaughter.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigDamnHeroes: She first appears to help X and the others when they are fighting Celosia, and later on with Diantha and Gurkinn when the whole crew is captured by Essentia.
* PutOnABus: Suffers a head injury against Celosia, where she's unable to make a recovery until the end of the arc due to getting her Key Stone stolen.
* SignatureMon: Lucario.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Celosia praises Korrina for amending her mistakes during their rematch, she tells her that there's nothing good about being praised by her.
!!'''Ramos'''
The gym leader of Coumarine Gym.
* BadassBookworm: He enjoys reading and references a Pokémon battling encyclopedia, specifically talking about [[ContinuityNod a tactic using Mr. Mime to create solid walls of air]].
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
!!'''Clemont'''
The gym leader of Lumiose Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Gets captured by Team Flare and forced to build a machine to drain Xerneas’s energy.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented the Aipom Arm for one thing. [[spoiler: Xerosic uses this and threatens his Heliolisk in order to make Clemont build the machine that will absorb Xerneas’s energy.]]
* {{Irony}}: When he first appears before the heroes, he proudly introduces himself as the great inventor of Kalos, only to find that they've never heard of him. He's later referred by that same title by the enemy, Xerosic of Team Flare.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Heliolisk.
!!'''Valerie'''
The gym leader of Laverre Gym
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, she doesn’t have any individual role.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Mr. Mime.
!!'''Olympia'''
The gym leader of Anistar Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, she doesn’t have any individual role.
* PsychicPowers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon. She also seems to have some herself since she mentions having a vision.
!!'''Wulfric'''
The gym leader of Snowbelle Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
!!'''Diantha'''
The Champion of the Kalos region and a famous actress. She trained with Blue under Gurkinn as a successor of Mega Evolution.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: When she was a child actress, she looked rather boyish.
* BigDamnHeroes: She first appears to protect Y, Shauna, Tierno and Trevor when Lysandre’s Pokémon have them surrounded in his Café.
* FamedInStory: She is a famous movie star.
* LadyOfWar: She's both a wealthy celebrity ''and'' a skilled, powerful battler.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Seems to have taken this stance with Malva, telling Y not to interfere in their battle.
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: After knocking Malva out of the air in their final battle Diantha [[TakeMyHand tries to catch her. Malva refuses to grab her hand and falls to her presumable death.]]]]
* SignatureMon: Gardevoir.
* SilkHidingSteel: Although in her case, the steel is just ''barely'' hidden.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
!!'''Siebold'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Water-types.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from briefly catering to the protagonists, his only role is to take part in the final battle against Team Flare off-panel.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Clawitzer.
!!'''Wikstrom'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Steel-types.
* DemotedToExtra: All he does is take part in the final battle with Team Flare off-panel.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Probopass.
!!'''Drasna'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Dragon-types.
* DemotedToExtra: All he does is take part in the final battle with Team Flare off-panel. We don’t even get to see a single one of her Pokémon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
!!'''Grace'''
Y’s mother. She is a famous Rhyhorn Racer and wants Y to follow in her footsteps.
* FamedInStory: She is a Rhyhorn Racer with a streak of 25 consecutive wins.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Similar to the anime, where she made Y practice Rhyhorn Racer since her childhood.
* ParentsAsPeople: She wants her daughter to follow in her footsteps because she thinks that’s what’s best for Y. However, Y doesn’t like that her mother is deciding her life so she becomes a Sky Trainer, the exact opposite of ground-based Rhyhorn Racing. This leads to the two having a strained relationship.
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler: She, along with the rest of the residents of Vaniville Town, are captured by Team Flare following its destruction. Team Flare [[BrainWashedAndCrazy brainwashes them]] and uses them to move Xerneas in its sealed form.]]
!!'''Cassius'''
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The manager of Kalos’s Pokémon Storage System. He took in Emma after finding her on the streets.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, he only stays in his place and hardly says much, but here he becomes a traveling companion to the heroes for a while and has an important connection to Emma.
* BigDamnHeroes: He appears to save Y, Tierno and Shauna from a Team Flare Grunt.
* CompositeCharacter: He fulfills Looker's role from the games as the man who took Emma in, an action that indirectly leads to her become Essentia.
* CopycatMockery: He mimics Bill's accent when talking to him, with the footnote even saying "(weird accent)".
* FaceOfAThug: He looks like a punk but he is actually very friendly and takes in orphans and gives them jobs.
* GeniusSlob: His house is an absolute mess but he isn’t the manager of the Pokémon Storage System for nothing.
* SignatureMon: Gourgeist.
!!'''Gurkinn'''
The guru of Mega Evolution whose job is finding those worthy of inheriting its secret. He is also Korrina’s grandfather.
* BigDamnHeroes: He has Garma appear save X from being killed by Celosia while he was trying to stop Team Flare from getting Xerneas.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: As the guru of Mega Evolution he decides who can become a successor and gain access to Mega Evolution. He has found 17 people worthy.
* DontCallMeSir: He doesn't like being called the mega Evolution guru.
* GameBreakingInjury: His leg gets injured when Essentia attacks the Tower of Mastery so he is unable to fight for the rest of the arc.
* SignatureMon: Heracross.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
!!'''Yvette'''
One of Y's classmates in the Sky Trainer Academy.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she's just another one-off Sky Trainer you battle, but here she's a bully to Y and is important in develping her relation with her mom.
* TheBully: Obviously to Y before the start of the arc, [[AlphaBitch being the most popular girl at the academy.]]
* BrainWashedAndCrazy: X figures out that Yvette and her clique attacking the helicopter must be all controlled by Celosia's Aegislash.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: Seems to be the case in the epilogue as she pesters Y to join her group of Vivillonists.
* GreenEyedMonster: Resented Y as she received special treatments by the teachers just for being Grace's daughter.
* HeelFaceTurn: Shows up in the finale with Viola, Alexa, Clemont, and Bonnie to free the Pokémon from Team Flare in Route 10.
* RelativeRidicule: Constantly refers Grace as someone who belongs on the muddy ground, which actually helps Y realize how she actually loves her mother.
* StraightForTheCommander: Y deduces that the group of Vivillon all belong to Yvette and taking her down will make their formation collapse.
!!'''Emma'''
A homeless girl who was taken in by Cassius. She is particularly close to an Espurr named Mimi.
* AbusiveParents: When she tells X about her past she says she ran away from home because her parents were mean.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In a sense. [[spoiler: Emma has no control over what she does as Essentia, but unlike in the games she ''knows'' she is made to do terrible things but allows it to happen anyway because the poor girl is so traumatized by her life that the Expansion Suit is the only thing that makes her feel completely safe.]]
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: As Essentia she is put to sleep and an AI takes control of her body.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Expansion Suit can do this to Pokémon with its Poké Ball Jack function, which she uses to temporarily steal Xerxer from Y.]]
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: As Essentia.]]
* HelpfulMook: [[spoiler: As Emma, i.e. not in ''her part time job'', she helps X take care of some Flare Grunts in Geosenge Town.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: The Expansion Suit can use holograms to make the wearer appear like anyone else. She uses this to steal Xerxer from Y by pretending to be the Pokémon Center’s nurse.]]
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: To Xerosic, who has fatherly affection for her and refuses to push her beyond the limits of her Essentia suit out of fear of hurting her. Lysandre, however, has no such concern.]]
* NotBrainwashed: [[spoiler: Emma is perfectly aware of the terrible things she does as Essentia. However she willingly goes along with it since the suit makes her feel safe.]]
* OddFriendship: With AZ.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler: As Essentia she catches Zygarde. After regaining control she tries to hide it in the Pokémon Storage System but Lysandre takes direct control of her suit and forces her to command it to battle the protagonists.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler: When Essentia disguises herself as Y, X realizes it isn’t her because she doesn’t apologize for going off on her own and breaking one of the five rules like Y would and then she refers to X as “dear.” As a result X has Rute crush her helmet.]]
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home because she had AbusiveParents and lived on the streets of Lumiose City until Cassius took her in.
!!'''AZ'''
The immortal king of Kalos from thousands of years ago and the creator of the Ultimate Weapon.
* HumansAreBastards: He tells X and the others this in response their selfishness for only focusing on themselves and ignoring the Team Flare plot and says they’re not worth saving. [[spoiler: However this turns out to be a SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
* OddFriendship: With Emma.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: In the final chapter he claims that the people of Kalos don’t deserve to live and plans to activate the Ultimate Weapon again. He then attacks X and the others. However, he actually wanted them to fight back and not give in to despair, taking a hit so that the key to the Ultimate Weapon is destroyed.]]
* SignatureMon: Golurk.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alola]]
!! '''Professor Kukui'''
The resident professor of Alola. As Masked Royal he takes part in the Full-Force Festival.
* AdaptationalCurves: Thanks to the artist using Wrestling/DwayneJohnson as a reference, Kukui is ''much'' beefier than his other counterparts.
* HappilyMarried: To Professor Burnet.
* MaskedLuchador: As Masked Royal.
* NoShirtLongJacket: He doesn’t wear a shirt under his lab coat. In fact the first thing Moon thinks upon meeting him is how strange this is.
!! '''Hau'''
The grandson of Hala. He takes part in the Full-Force Festival.
* {{Befriending the Enemy}}: [[spoiler: Not necessarily to make him a better person, but [[IntergenerationalFriendship happens to become acquainted with Guzma]].]]
* DemotedToExtra: As a result of the story only using one Island Challenge amulet and Moon taking the role of the Deuteragonist in Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Moon, his role in the story is extremely reduced.
* {{Expy}}: His love for Malasada and his relation with Guzma makes him one to Diamond. [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/cc5234b82d73e7889e0fd2815013647c/tumblr_p9vzn4ee001tx9gv9o1_1280.png Yamamoto seems to have picked up on it for Pearl's birthday.]]
* LiteralMinded: When Moon asks him to look after Sun, Hau keeps staring at him for several pages and ''straight into the next chapter''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Malasada. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment When Olivia comes to bring him one he dives at her and tries to eat them all]].
!! '''Gladion'''
A mysterious trainer first seen participating in the Full Force Festival. He is searching for the Tapus and information on the mysterious wormhole that appeared in the sky.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Gladion was an enforcer for Team Skull but that was where his villainy ended. Here, he is out to capture the Tapus through ruthless methods and is not above using his Type: Null to attack humans. He also shows a nasty sexist streak toward Plumeria when first meeting her, implying that the male Team Skull grunts only obey her because she's physically attractive. Yet, given that he respects Moon and cares for Lillie, and his reason for capturing the Tapu's was to find more manpower to fight against the Ultra Beast, his characterization makes him more of an AntiHero than his game counterpart.
* ArtificialHuman: Not Gladion himself but rather his Pokémon. Both Type: Null and Porygon are artificial Pokémon. In their Full-Force Battle, Moon guesses that he has an affinity for them like she does for Poison-types.
* BerserkButton: Since he is burdened with so many things he gets angry when he fights people who aren’t fighting for something serious. This is first seen when he learns that Hau isn’t fighting to step out of his grandfather’s shadow but just for fun.
* BigBrotherInstinct: This version of him is considerably more protective and friendly to Lillie. He and Silvally saved her from an attacking Guzzlord, and he later comforted Lillie when they revealed that Aether President Lusamine was their mother.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Hau with Type: Null in the first round of the Full-Force Festival.
* TheCynic: Has shades of this.
--> '''Gladion''': “It’s fun and I like it”… Pokémon have problems that can’t be solved by thinking like that.
* DoNotCallMeSir: He doesn't like being addressed as "young master," specifically asking Wicke not to do so.
* HeManWomanHater: Although it only seems to extend to women in positions of power, due to the negative experience he had being raised by Lusamine. This is evidenced by the fact that he holds no malice toward Moon, finding her a WorthyOpponent. Additionally, he has a strong BigBrotherInstinct for Lillie.
* IneffectualLoner: Justified in him trying to handle the Ultra Beast problem all by himself. [[spoiler: He wants to take care of the issue before it's exposed to everyone in Alola so that Lusamine isn't framed as the villainess. However, Lillie convinces him that it wouldn't hurt to rely on others, and he starts taking it into heart as seen by with Moon in Aether Paradise.]]
* MadeOfIron: When he and Null are blasted by an Inferno Overdrive Z-Move, Gladion simply laughs it off and calls it a weak attack. Several chapters later he walked away without a scratch after jumping from the rooftop of a two-story mansion. But in Chapter 26 we learn that he sustained serious injuries to his bones, muscles, and internal organs from being exposed to the energy from Silvally's evolution, injuries that still haven't completely healed after six months. Yet this didn't stop him from wanting to go after Lusamine, but Wicke had to order him to stay behind. Although Gladion appears to be completely fine several chapters later, he grabbed on of Turtonator's spikes fired at Moon. Even though his right hand got injured, and he needed Moon to make medicine for him. He was still able to battle Ryuki without much difficulty.
* NotSoStoic: Visibility shocked when Moon showed her love of Poison-types to him.
* MoralityPet: Lillie to Gladion.
* SignatureMon: Type: Null.
!! '''Lillie'''
A girl who was taken in by Professor Burnet. She was first seen being entered into the Full-Force Festival against her will.
* DemotedToExtra: While less so than Hau in that she still plays an important role, it's not nearly as prominent as it was in the games.
* TheIdealist: In contrast to Gladion, she believes it won't hurt to ask help and rely on others.
* TheIdealistWasRight: This seems to be in play for her, where Gladion comes to agree with her belief in relying on others, and she's able to save Lusamine and convince Plumeria to stop her quest for revenge.
* NiceJobFixingItHero: Her leaving Aether Paradise after Gladion worsened Lusamine's already deteriorating mental state, leading her to convincing herself that all her family members have abandoned her.
* {{Pacifist}}: She has never had a Pokémon battle and can’t stand seeing Pokémon hurt each other. When she gets entered into the Full-Force Festival after Nebby jumped out of her bag at an inopportune time she seems pretty much traumatized.
* ShrinkingViolet: She is painfully shy, at least initially.
* TookALevelInBadass: She becomes more confident and bold as the story goes on, [[spoiler: even surprisng Plumeria with a Pokémon of her own.]]
* TraumaButton: Being told that she's beautiful or commenting on her clothes sends her into a panic attack.
!! '''Mallow'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Grass-types.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* SmackOnTheBack: She delivers one to Moon after seeing her knowledge of Berries.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the Akala trio.
!! '''Lana'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Water-types.
* CuteAndPsycho: Despite her cute appearance, she can be ''very'' intimidating and violent, sometimes even with [[PsychoticSmirk a smile on her face.]]
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* ShrinkingViolet: In a departure from her game personality, she is very shy. She is constantly blushing and holding her hands together nervously. [[spoiler: Subverted during the Trial and battles, in which she reveals her true, aggressive personality.]]
!! '''Kiawe'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Fire-types.
* CommonalityConnection: He and Sun bond over the fact that they both work hard to save up money (Sun fin his courier job and Kiawe in his part time job at the Thrifty Megamart). He accepts Sun taking on the Island Challenge because of this.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* SkewedPriorities: He considers going back to his part-time job in the middle of his match with Sun.
!! '''Hala'''
The Kahuna of Melemele Island. Specializes in Fighting-types.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* TheMentor: Was once one for Guzma.
!! '''Olivia'''
The Kahuna of Akala Island. Specializes in Rock-types.
* BerserkButton: Bringing up her failure in relationships. When Nanu does it in their fight she immediately attempts to use her Z-Move. She also doesn’t like being called old.
* ChristmasCake: [[BerserkButton Do NOT call her old!]]
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seems to be one for Sun and Moon.
!! '''Nanu'''
The Kahuna of Ula’Ula Island. Specializes in Dark-types.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: He arrives at Ula'ula Island to stop the Ultra Beasts, only to discover that they were taken care of by Gladion.
* CombatPragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can be pretty scathing when he wants to with plenty of dry wit.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Him snarking at Olivia during their battle, saying that she has no strategy in battles or relationships, sets up his personality quite nicely.
!! '''Mina'''
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: She's seen munching on a spam musubi even while fighting the Ultra Beasts.
!! '''Ryuki'''
* BloodKnight: He came to Alola for the sole purpose of fighting the Ultra Beasts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Galar]]
!! '''Marvin'''
A young boy who has recently arrived to the Galar region. Although he hasn't battled with a Pokémon before, he is quite knowledgeable about how Pokémon battles work. His first Pokémon is a Sobble, which he nicknames "Tearie".
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* AscendedExtra: In the games he's just another schoolboy trainer class, but here he ends up becoming the companion of the 2 main protagonists and even receives a starter Pokémon.
* AudienceSurrogate: As TheWatson, the readers view the story primarily from his POV for the first couple of chapters.
* CombatPragmatist: Saves his Dracie by ordering his Tearie to use Tearful Look as a makeshift tearbomb, and then catching the Dracovish and fleeing while the Macro Cosmos goons are overwhelmed by the attack.
* [[{{Fangirl}} Fanboy]]: He's one to Piers, having memorized most of his songs and always listening to them in his mp3.
* FishOutOfWater: Professor Magnolia states the reason why he's so timid and lacks confidence is because he's moved to a new region.
* {{Keigo}}: He's formal when speaking to anyone, even kids like Sou and Schilly.
* MakingASplash: So far, his two Pokémon, Tearie and Dracie, are primarly Water-Types.
* TagAlongKid: Downplayed, since he can actually stand on his own feet.
* TheWatson: Since he's introduced as being new to Galar, this allows the protagonists to fill him in on stuff like Dynamaxing and the Wild Area when he undertstandaly asks.
!! '''Professor Magnolia'''
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The professor of the Galar Region, she has Sou and Schilly as her assistants in researching the Dynamax Phenomenon.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she doesn't appear that much compared to Sonia, but here, she's pretty much the chaperone to the 2 main protagonists, something unprecedented for professors in Pokémon Special.
* HotBlooded: Its clear that one thing she gets fired-up over is [[BadassDriver driving through rough terrain]] while driving the van.
* SoulPower: She keeps an Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist after finding them in her van after her first crash to Glintwood Tangle.
* UndyingLoyalty: Due to him being the one who funded her research and creation of the Dynamax Bands, she's usually the one defending Rose's behavior and/or actions whenever Soudo and Schilly discuss Chairman Rose's behavior.
!! '''Leon'''
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The Champion of the Galar Region, who endorses Soudo and Schilly for the Gym Challenge after seeing them deal with a Obstagoon that was causing a pen of Wooloo to break out.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler: When him and the rest are trapped in the Energy Plant by Rose, he decides to prioritize analyzing Eternatus over trying to get out in the event that the royal brothers are defeated.]]
* NoSenseOfDirection: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with his inital appearance, where his abscence from a program about the Gym Challenge is revealed to be due to him trying to corral a bunch of runaway Wooloo back into their pen, but its revealed by the end of the chapter that, despite getting on a train, he somehow ended up back at the train stop, completely missing the show.
* SadClown: Unlike in the games, there's [[StepfordSmiler a constant air of melancholy behind his performative showmanship]] due to the DarkAndTroubledPast he shares with Sonia.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After feeling the tremor in Hammerlocke, he demands to be let in the Energy Plant in case something happened to Chairman Rose. While Raihan is able to put his talents elsewhere, its clear that he's not happy about it.
* SignatureMon: His Charizard.
!! '''Sonia'''
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Professor Magnolia's granddaughter, who is doing her own research into Galar's ancient past.
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* GenkiGirl: She's unfailingly energetic and optimistic, despite a rather DarkAndTroubledPast.
!! '''Chairman Rose'''
The Chairman of the Galar Pokémon League and the President of Marco Cosmos
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Rather than being the sole mastermind behind the plan to unleash Eternatus, he [[spoiler: is actively manipulated by Sordward and Shielbert for their own selfish ends. In addition, he takes more responsiblity for the mass outbreak of Dynamaxed Pokémon, sending the elite Trainers from his subsidiaries to deal with them, and was prepared to step in to stop Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:It turns out Rose actually had great care for Bede, where his obliviousness towards Bede was all an act.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Like in the games, he's the head of both the Pokémon League in Galar and Macro Cosmos, and was previously the runner-up in a previous Champion Cup.
* JerkassToOne: Is respectful and considerate to everyone, even those that may disagree with him, but is oddly harsh when dealing with Bede. It's implied Oleana actually arranged the whole deal with Bede, and Rose just finds the whole thing a needless hassle.
** [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where he only pretended to be distant towards Bede.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Once his initial experiment to generate energy without Galar Particles causes an tremor in Hammerlocke, he has his workers prevent anyone into the factory, but has Oleana's Pokémon out in case to intercept anyone trying to sneak in (as Raihan quickly learns). [[spoiler: In addition, when he has the heroes trapped in the Energy Plant, he made sure they wouldn't escape by making the room impervious to Pokémon moves and tech-proof. He also had elite Trainers on standby to deal with the consequences of the Darkest Day, and fully intended to battle Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed to defeat it.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: His Copperajah.
* KickTheDog: Doesn't remember Bede, the Gym Challenger he personally endorsed, who wants to make him happy, and is currently putting in the work to find Wishing Stars for him.
--> Rose: "B...ede? What kind of kid was he?"
** [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where it turns out he knew Bede ever since he entrusted him the task of gathering Wishing Stars.]]
* NeverMyFault: Both Soudo and Schilly see his dismissal of Bede as a case of this, as they both believe since he's the one who gave him his secret mission and lent him his Pokémon in the first place, he bears some responsibility for Bede's actions.
* LeeroyJenkins: Has no problem just walking up to Soudo and Marvin to shoot the breeze, and later makes plans to eat with Soudo if he beats Nessa without actually talking to his secretary. In fact, Soudo considers him as someone who does what he pleases in general.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he sees that [[spoiler: Sordward and Shielbert aren't able to live up to their promise to defeat and contain Eternatus, he tries to defeat and contain it instead. He is completely dejected when he fails, realizing that despite all his efforts Galar is now in danger because of him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He comes off as a dense, irresponsible manchild most of the time, but later events show just how perceptive and calculating he is beneath this facade.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Considering that he couldn't remember who Bede even was, the fact that he was able to recall everything about him sans his name during his WhatTheHellHero to Bede is telling how badly he fucked up destroying the Stow-On-Side mural. [[spoiler: Ironically, his WhatTheHellHero speech ends up being this general, since Raihan, Piers, and Opal all find his dimissal of Bede odd and take it upon themselves to investigate.]]
* SlaveToPR: Asks Raihan to keep the cause of the tremor and why he was performing the experiment to himself so that he doesn't look uncool. On a minor note, he seems to believe Leon is bound by this trope, as his response to Raihan saying that he stopped Leon from coming was that he wouldn't have regardless since it would make him look bad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a huge one for Bede for destroying the Stow-On-Side mural for Wishing Stars.
---> Rose: "I told you we needed them to protect the next thousand years of Galar's future, didn't I? That future is meant to include Galar's modern people, Pokémon, cities, nature, and of course, its ruins. But instead, You've gone and damaged and destroyed what we're supposed to protect. You've got your priorities backwards." [...] "Someone who destroys ruins without hesitation...someone who has no love for Galar is not suited for taking part in the Gym Challenge."
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Sonia notes that his company supports Galar industries, and he's responsible for making the Dynamax Bands using Magnolia's research. [[spoiler: It's revealed by Piers that not only did he gave hope to kids like Bede, he also made childcare facilities in the stadiums and protected trainers from slander.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like in the games, he seeks to use the Wishing Stars in order to prevent Galar from collapsing from an energy crisis 1000 years from the present.
!! '''Oleana'''
Chairman Rose's Secretary
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage. [[spoiler: That said, she later gives Casey [[MustMakeAmends complete access to their company's supercomputer]] when they're searching for Sou.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: When Bede complains that he isn't able to see Chairman Rose despite being personally endorsed by him but Soudo was, she makes it clear that Rose can do whatever he wants and tells him to continue collecting Wishing Stars. [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where it turns out she was only going along with Rose's act of being distant towards Bede.]]
* ScheduleFanatic: Is completely adamant about keeping on schedule, and even scolds Rose for trying to fit in a lunch when they barely have any time as a result of an unnamed project. She's able to squeeze it in, anyway.
* TheStoic: Is constantly seen with blank and/or neutral expressions.
!! '''Hop'''
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One of the Rivals in Galar.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed version. Unlike his game version, he actively studied Leon's old textbooks to learn more about Pokémon, and actually noticed and is fully aware of Leon's [[spoiler: StepfordSmile tendercies]] instead of just blindly worshipping him, though he still admires him very much.
* BlowYouAway: His Corvisquire and Cramorant.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Schilly yells out that he, Marnie, and Bede must be Gym Challengers, he wastes no time loudly affirming to both Soudo and Schilly that they're mates and rivals while hugging the both of them, showing that despite his reduced role, he's still the FriendlyRival he was in the games.
* ExpyCoexistence: As noted in DemotedToExtra below, he exists alongside Schilly despite her taking over his role in the story of Sword and Shield. [[BirdsOfAFeather They get along quick.]]
* DemotedToExtra: In the games, he was effectively the Deutagonist of the story, while here, his role is taken over by Schilly, and isn't introduced into the story until Chapter 6 as one of the Gym Challengers alongside Marnie and Bede.
* {{Nepotism}}: Hop reveals to Marnie that Leon did in fact offer to endorse him, but he [[AvertedTrope not only turned him down, but also goes as far to hide his relation from Leon]] to avoid making Leon look bad if he has a bad battle.
--> Hop: "I'm fine being made fun of, but I don't want my big bro getting mocked because of me."
* NoIndoorVoice: Has no volume control and shares this with Schilly, to Marnie's determent.
* NonElemental: His Wooloo and Snorlax.
* ShockAndAwe: His Pincurchin.
* ShipTease: He finds Schieldmilla cute and tends to blush whenever she compliments him.
* TheSmartGuy: For his journey he read through all the books about Pokémon till a point Schieldmilla calls him a walking Pokédex.
!! '''Bede'''
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One of the Rivals in Galar.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: After Soudo defeats him in a battle, he calms down and answers Soudo's question about the Wishing Stars as an acknowledgement of his strength, which is far better than how he [[ILetYouWin deals]] [[SoreLoser with]] [[ThisCannotBe his losses]] in the original game.
* ButtMonkey: It's a never-ending stream of frustrations and humilations for him.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Attacks Soudo solely because he ate lunch with Chairman Rose and has lines such as "[[{{Yandere}} If you are gone, the Chairman will only look at me]]." When he finds out that it was ''Rose'' who invited Soudo, he reacts by [[SkywardScream screaming in anger]] and uttering a [[MadnessMantra Madness Mantra]]:
--> '''Bede''': [[NoPunctuationPeriod the chairman invited him the chairman invited him the chairman invited him]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As Soudo notes, while Bede might have [[HotBlooded poor emotional control]], he does what he does to [[UndyingLoyalty genuninely please Chairman Rose]], using his Ponyta's behavior toward him as evidence. [[spoiler: Opal]] later makes a similar determination, except using his Hatenna's behavior instead.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Takes Soudo sending out Beamyn to battle his Ponyta as a sign that he is trying to get into the Chairman's good graces, even though 1) Rose's the one who invited Soudo, not the other way around, and 2) Bede's the one who ambushed him to take him out.
** Happens again when he justifies destroying the Stow-On-Side mural by stating that since Chairman Rose told him to collect Wishing Stars and lent him his Copperajah to do so, therefore its okay since his Hatenna sensed them there. Unfortunately for him, [[LaserGuidedKarma Chairman Rose promptly sent him straight]].
** And finally, he blames Soudo for his situation with Opal at the Rose tower, stating that none of this would've happend had he not ate with Rose.
* {{Keigo}}: Just like his game counterpart, Bede tends to use polite Japanese with everyone (most of the time). He is particularly deferential when referring to Rose.
* SignatureMon: His Hatenna.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even after Rose suspended his Gym Challenge in front of everyone, he still cares for and worries about the chairman.
!! '''Marnie'''
One of the Rivals in Galar.
* TheAlibi: Provides one for Schilly when Magonlia's group watch a sudden attack by a Dynamaxed Dracovish in the news having met up with her and Allister in Glintwood Tangle trying to stop Team Yell and then going together to register at Ballonlea.
* CommonalityConnection: She and Hop end up bonding over the the desire not to let their family down during the Challenge Cup.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Her revealed Pokémon, her Morpeko and Scrafty, are dual-typed Dark Pokémon, but she is as sweet as she can be.
* HypocriticalHumor: She complains about people yelling a lot, such as Schilly, Hop and Bede...only to get so fed up with it on one occasion that she yells in her demands that others stop yelling.
* MoralityPet: She serves as this to her brother Piers, [[spoiler: snapping him out of a nearly murderous frenzy when he goes up against Sordward and Shielbert.]]
* NotSoStoic: She seems cool and composed and keeps to herself, but if she gets stressed out enough she can give Schilly a run for her money in how loud she can be.
* OddFriendship: Despite her dislike of shouting, she actually gets along with Schilly and Hop quite well.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A flashback revealed that she was able to beat Bea, who specializes in Pokémon that have a type advantage over her Dark-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Her Morpeko.
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!! '''Milo'''
The Gym Leader of Turffield, who specializes in Grass-Types.
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* GreenThumb: Uses Glossifleur and Eldegoss
* SignatureMon: Like in the games, his is Eldegoss.
* SmokeOut: His battle plan with Dynamaxed Eldegoss, using the fact that spores are released when its head is attacked along with its giant size to essentially obscure the battlefield. He even takes advantage of this once his Dynamax runs out, hiding his now tiny Eldegoss within the cloud of spores while Soudo's Pokémon is still giant-sized.
!! '''Nessa'''
The Gym Leader of Hulbury, who specializes in Water-Types.
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* FashionModel: Doubles as this along with being Hulbury's Gym Leader.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: Soudo admits he got the idea to use Sunny Day for her battle against Toxapex because he observed its behavior from video she made about her town.
* MakingASplash: Her signature type.
* SignatureMon: Her Dreadnaw, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]] like in the games.
* WorfHadTheFlu: She loses to Schilly despite having both the Type and numbers advantage because both her Pokémon were suffering from confusion from Soudo's battle. She wisely decides to close off shop until their back on their feet.
!! '''Kabu'''
The Gym Leader of Motostoke, who specializes in Fire-Types.
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* BrownNote: His cheer for congraulating Hop and Schilly is so loud that it disorients everyone nearly.
* DemotedToExtra: Unlike the previous 2 Gym Leaders, his fight with Soudo happens off-page, and while Schilly gets a page to show off a Dynamaxed Kilo, she defeats him within two pages.
* TheDeterminator: During his match with Schilly, the announcer notes that he also fought Marnie, Bede, and Tsurugi in the same day, and afterward fights Hop, making him this.
* PlayingWithFire: His signature Type.
* RedBaron: Is referred repeatly as the Gym Challengers' "First Real Obstacle"
* SignatureMon: His Centiskortch, which like in the games, is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In-universe, it was he who inspired Sonia to go on her current career path, when he tried to cheer her up from her loss at the Gym Challenge by telling her stories about the Legendary Pokemon of Hoenn, getting her to wonder about the legends of Galar.
* WakeUpCallBoss: While this becomes an InformedAttribute as a result of his DemotedToExtra Status, he's still noted to be an in-universe one, where his fight is where most challengers give up.
!! '''Raihan'''
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The Gym Leader of Hammerlocke, who specializes in Dragon-Types.
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* AscendedExtra: While this is generally a given for most Gym Leaders, Raihan gets the lion's share of it in the SWSH chapter, as he decides early on to investigate the truth of Rose's schemes, placing him further into the plot moreso than even the actual main characters.
* BloodKnight: Gets very excited over the possibilty of being able to battle against Legendary Pokémon.
* CameraFiend[=/=]SelfieFiend: Admits that he mainly fought Soudo to get some pictures of himself winning for next month's Pokémon Journal, and Soudo notes that he uses a variety of photos for his feature, including [[MrFanservice one where he just got up from bed shirtless]].
* CharacterTic: Raihan often either keeps his hands in his pockets or behind his head.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Raihan's baggy hoodie hides his buff figure, as shown by the aforementioned shirtless pic.
* DishingOutDirt: His Sandaconda.
* GeniusBruiser: He firmly establishes himself as this by talking about the history of the vault originally being a fortress before showing off the homework he did on Soudo, rattling off his gym victories, his specialty, and even his Pokémon's nicknames, before battling. The "Bruiser" part comes in when he's able to take advantage of an opening with Lanceyn's Leaf Blade to knock him down with his Sandaconda's Slam.
* NoodleIncident: He and Piers were apparently a pair of hellraisers as kids, with the both of them doing arguably worse stuff than Bede's destruction of the mural. One instance Raihan brings up specifally is that he had tried to melt through Macros Cosmos' walls with Pokemon moves when he was a kid.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He quickly takes charge when explosions rock his city, directing Leon to calm down the civilians and getting Bede to back down.
* SignatureMon: His Duradulon.
* SoreLoser: PlayedForLaughs. He bluntly admits that he's not going to use the photos he got from his match with Leon because it was from a match he lost.
* TimedMission: Invokes this toward Soudo, telling him to defeat him quickly if he wants to make it in time for the vault inspection.
* WeatherManipulation: His Sandaconda knows Sandstorm, which he uses as a opener against Soudo's Lanceyn.
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Soudo as this, admitting that out of all the Gym Challengers, he's the one he looking out for the most.
!! '''Opal'''
The Gym Leader of Ballonlea, who specializes in Fairy-Types.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: While she does give Bede an interview before offering the position of being her Gym Successor, the circumstances are more formal here than in the game, with her leaving a letter for him that he receives when he's turning in his gear, and then simply meeting up with him at a later time to give him a interview, rather than the imprompt and up-close interview she gives him in the middle of Hammerlocke.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: Beats Schilly when Gigantamax Alcremie confuses Schilly's Gigantamaxed Tera with G-Max Finale, which G-Max Finale can't do in the games.]]
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: [[spoiler: Its shown that one reason why Opal chose Bede as her successor is that she's trying to figure out what about Bede is the reason for Rose's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness oddly cold treatment]] of him.]]
** [[spoiler: The "evil" part is later subverted, as Rose was only pretending to be cold towards him.]]
* InsultOfEndearment: Takes Schilly calling her a "nasty witch" as the highest compliment.
* LaserGuidedKarma: PlayedForLaughs, but she gets some payback for her Troll tendencies when her freaking out Schilly as an introduction gets her knocked down and dazed from [[BrownNote Schilly's scream]].
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Her Gigantamax Alcreamie's G-Max Finale is rendered as this, unleashing a barrage of 100-000 calarie missiles that Soudo's Stickyn can barely dodge.
* PassingTheTorch: Like in the games, [[spoiler: she announces to the public that she's retiring after the current tournament, with Bede in her sights as her successor.]]
* PrettyInMink: Retains her large purple boa, which even doubles as a makeshift pillow when she lies down.
* ScissorsCutsRock: Her Togekiss is beaten by Henry's Steeler despite the massive type advantage (Togekiss is a Fairy/Flying type which are both super effective against Fighting-types like Gurdurr and only takes a fourth of damage from Fighting type attacks)
* StatusBuff: Awarded to Hop's Pincurchin for answering her quiz about her age with "16".
* StatusEffects: Punishes Soudo's Stickyn for answering with technically correct answer of "88".
* SternTeacher: Is this toward [[spoiler:Bede]], making it clear that she'll rigorously train them for their role as Gym Leader, and is shown calling them out during a training battle with a Gym Trainer for leaving themself open to attack because they chose the wrong moment to answer a question during said battle.
* SignatureMon: Her Alcreamie, who is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SecretTestOfCharacter: During her Gym Battle with Soudo, she admits she tests not only someone's skills as a Trainer, but also tests their "heart", making sure they're capable of handling all the bad things with fame alongside the good.
* UndergroundMonkey: Uses a Galarian Weezing, who is a dual-typed Poison/Fairy compared to the single-typed Poison Kantonian Weezing.
!! '''Allister'''
One of two Gym Leaders of Stow-On-Side, who specializes in Ghost-Types.
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* CreepyChild: Certainly gives off this vibe with his appearance.
* {{Irony}}: He feels apologetic that everyone had no choice but to battle him due to Bea's absence. Later, when Marnie challenges Stow-on-Side Stadium, she has to battle Bea, whom she's disadvantaged against, due to Allister being out with Schilly.
* {{Hellgate}}: The [=Pokédex=] notes that those who stand near Gigantamax Gengar's mouth can hear the voices of the dead loved ones. Soudo ends up being caught up hearing his late master during his battle.
* TheParalyzer: His Cursola. Allister explains that touching it renders the toucher stiff as a stone, forcing Soudo to switch from Stickyn to Fannyn when Stickyn's unable to move.
* PoisonousPerson: His Gengar, who apart from Poison being its secondary type, he spams Max Ooze for his 2nd and 3rd moves to fight Soudo's Dynamaxed Fannyn.
* ShrinkingViolet: Like in the games, he's very shy and introverted. While this helps his image as a Ghost Gym Leader, this causes obvious problems when he wants to ask something or communicate with somebody.
* SignatureMon: His Gengar, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-Type Pokémon. He also seems to have a interest in them, as not only he goes twice to Magnolia's car to see the [[UndergroundMonkey super rare Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist]] she possesses, but also runs off into Glintwood Tangle in order to find his own Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist when she reveals she found them in the car after the first time they traveled through it.
* TagalongKid: Ends up traveling with the group to Glintwood Tangle after stowing away in the car in a attempt to ask about Magnolia's Antique Sinistea and Polteageist.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Catches both the Drakloak Tera was fighting and the Dreepy said Drakloak was protecting.]]
* UndergroundMonkey: Uses a Galarian Yamask, who is Ground in addition to its Ghost-Type, and Cursola, which is the evolution to the Ghost-Type Galarian Corsola.
!! '''Bea'''
The other Gym Leader of Stow-On-Side, who specialized in Fighting-Types.
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* DemotedToExtra: A more severe case than Kabu, as she isn't fought by either Soudo or Schilly. She's only mentioned by Allister as a way to assure Schilly that there's someone filling in for him at the Stadium while he's in Glimwood Tangle. In fact, she doesn't appear until the 15th chapter and doesn't appear in person until ''the 25th chapter!''
!! '''Gordie'''
One of the two Gym Leaders of Circhester, who specializes in Rock-Types.
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* BloodKnight: Explicitly goes out in a snowstorm in order to fight Soudo in a outdoor battle because he wants to fight someone the Champion endorsed, and when Soudo points out taking Melony as a client doesn't mean he'll challenge her officially, asks that if he wouldn't fight someone whose gear he's worked on.
* ExposedToTheElements: Subverted, where he faces the consequence of dressing lightly in the middle of a snowstorm by catching a flu.
* ExtremityExtremist: His Stonjourner, who mainly fights using its legs to make stable, strong kicks.
* GeniusBruiser: Takes advantage of his environment during his fight with Marvin to nullify Tearie's type-advantage, and then when Marvin uses frozen balls of water to throw his Stonjourner off-balance, he quickly uses Rock Slide to stabilize Stonjourner and counter-attack. It would've worked if Schilly didn't run in thinking Gordie was someone ambushing Soudo and Marvin.
* SignatureMon: His Colossal, which is shown to be Gigantamax form with his fight against Marnie.
* SlaveToPR: Agrees to Soudo's request to fight Marvin because he doesn't want to take a chance that his fans take it the wrong way if he turns it down.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Literally. He's shown to be a strong trainer in his battle against Marvin, but waiting in a blizzard with shorts on left him too sick to take on the flock of wild Eiscue with his Rock-type.
!!'''Melony'''
The other Gym Leader of Circhester, who specialized in Ice-Types.
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* TheAtoner: As she admits, she wants to fix the things she's ruined with her impulsive tendencies, starting with [[spoiler:fixing Mr. Rime's cane, and what is implied, eventually [[ParentsAsPeople her relationship with Gordie]].]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Is shown using a Frosmoth against her battle with Soudo, which is part Bug-Type.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: [[spoiler: She caught Mr. Rime because she believed all of Galar should see their performance. Unfortuntely, all she ended up with was a Pokémon who hated her because she broke its cane in a ambush.]]
* FatalFlaw: Her tendency to act on the sole assumption that [[ItsAllAboutMe what makes her happy]] would make everyone else happy has caused her problems in her life.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Also Literally. She ended up breaking Mr. Rime's cane in the process of catching them, causing them to refuse to listen to her.]]
* SignatureMon: Her Lapras, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* TheUnfought: While she does interact with the protagonists, it's as a client for Soudo's skills rather than a opponent, and then lends her Mr. Rime to Soudo until the finals so that he can spend more time repairing their cane. Ultimately, despite the implication of the previous chapter, she does end up fighting Soudo and Hop as a Gym Leader off-page.
!! '''Piers'''
The Gym Leader of Spikemuth who specializes in Dark-Types.
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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: He is well known to have a darker and more dangerous side. Shown clearly when he was almost close to stabbing Sordward and Shielbert in the throat had Marnie not stepped in. He thanks Marnie for doing so, showing that he himself is aware of how out of control he can get.]]
* GuileHero: He deliberately gives Sonia's attackers the camera sans the memory card, giving the heroes time to determine what they were trying to hide and, once they realize the deception, forcing the attackers to come to Spikemuth to retrieve said card, giving him the home-court advantage.
* TheNicknamer: He has nicknames for his closest friends, such as "Rai-Rai" for Raihan, "Nia" and "Sonny" for Sonia and "Leo" for Leon.
* SignatureMon: His Obstagoon.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler: When Sonia became depressed from the bad press and dropped out of the Gym Challenge, Piers made scandalous actions around it so that the Gym committee would pay heed to the issue.]]
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!!'''Mewtwo'''
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A Psychic-type Pokémon that was cloned from the legendary Pokémon Mew. Using some cells from his own arm, Blaine managed to complete the Pokémon while it was being created and created a bond between the two that allowed them to sense whenever the other is nearby.
* AchillesHeel: Its bond with Blaine require the two of them to be together, where Mewtwo was unable to continue its fight against Lance due to Blaine's condition. [[spoiler: Later in the XY arc, Lysandre makes note of this and attacks Blaine directly to disable its Mega Evolution.]]
* ArtificialHuman: Has some human material mixed into its genes and mostly behaves like one.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He only communicates with and takes commands from Red, Blaine, and Yellow because they're the only people he trusts.
* {{BFS}}: Big Friggin' Spoon.
* BarefistedMonk: [[spoiler: Gains Fighting as a secondary type when it Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo X.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: It returns in the ''X & Y'' chapter protecting the Pokémon Village.]]
* CatsAreMean: At first.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It was created in a lab by Team Rocket.
* DualWielding: In the ''X & Y'' chapter it wields two smaller spoons which it then [[DoubleWeapon combines into one.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: In the games it is only possible to Mega Evolve once per battle and Mewtwo cannot switch between its two forms. However in the final battle it switches from Mega Mewtwo Y to Mega Mewtwo X when Blaine swaps his Mega Stone. Even in-universe this violates the one Mega Evolution per Key Stone rule but it is [[HandWave hand-waved]] as being the result of Blaine and Mewtwo’s unique bond.]]
%%* GoneHorriblyRight
* HealingFactor: Knows Recover.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A spoon. While Psychics and Psychic-type Pokémon using spoons isn't that uncommon, it is unknown for them to make one out of psychic energy and then proceeding to use it as a sword.
* ImplacableMan: Spent years after the ending of the FRLG chapter chasing after Sird because [[spoiler: its best friends were turned to stone. Thankfully, Mewtwo found out about their revival by the ''X & Y'' arc]]
* MythologyGag: At one point, Mewtwo wears the same restraining armor that appeared in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''.
* PsychicPowers: It is Psychic-type.
* PurpleIsPowerful: It has a purple tail and is a Legendary Pokémon.
* TheStoic: Most of the time, it's cold and calculating. The exception being if you've pissed him off.
* SuperMode: [[spoiler: It can Mega Evolve into both Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: It begins using this to communicate in [=FireRed and LeafGreen=], but only to certain people.
* UnstoppableRage: Team Flare seizing the Pokémon in the village makes it go berserk, with it even attacking X and Blue.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Even with Mega Evolution, it has a very poor showing against Zygarde.]]
!! Raikou, Entei, and Suicune
A trio of legendary Pokémon that died during the fires that burned down the Brass Tower. They were revived into their current forms by Ho-Oh, who they revere as their master.
* BackFromTheDead: They were three Pokémon that died when the Burned Tower was destroyed but were revived by Ho-Oh in their current forms.
* BarrierWarrior: Suicune can create a Crystal Wall, a powerful, unbreakable barrier designed to keep people from pursuing it.
* FireIceLightning: A group of three connected Legendary Pokémon.
* MakingASplash: Suicune is Water-type.
* PlayingWithFire: Entei is Fire-type.
* ShockAndAwe: Raikou is Electric-type.
* WalkOnWater: Suicune.
!!'''Deoxys'''
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Two Pokémon mutated from a space virus. They were encountered by Team Rocket and were used to help Giovanni find his missing son. Main Legendary of the fifth chapter, [=FireRed & LeafGreen=].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Organism No. 1 is this for the ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' chapter, being the cause of the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world.]]
* CombatTentacles: Its arms can transform into two tentacles. It uses them to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stab Mewtwo in the chest]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Organism No. 1 gets one by Ruby and Sapphire using Mega Rayquaza where it [[OneHitKill gets defeated by one Dragon Ascent]].]]
* HealingFactor: Know Recover.
* HumanoidAbomination: A pair of alien viruses with an [[BlueandOrangeMorality alien morality]], that nonetheless take humanoid forms (and can even use opposable thumbs in Normal Forme).
* MesACrowd: They can create clones of itself.
* MultiformBalance: [[GlassCannon Attack Form]], [[StoneWall Defense Form]], [[FragileSpeedster Speed Form]] and [[JackOfAllStats Normal Form]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Justified. [[spoiler: It never really wanted to fight Red, essentially his "father" by blood donation, but the only language it understood was fighting. When the situation is explained and he learns proper ways of talking, he helps the Dex Holders save the airship and the town]].
* PowerCrystal: The core in its body. Serves as its weak point.
* PsychicPowers: They are Psychic-type.
* ThickerThanWater: As it turns out, Organism No. 2 was [[spoiler: cloned from Red's blood, which is why it kept trying to find him and why Red suddenly had [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling a strange feeling in his presence]]. He fought him because fighting was the only language it knew. When it finally learned how to communicate, it became much more friendly.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Organism No. 2 is defeated and caught by Giovanni, but only because it was exhausted from its battle with Red (where despite handily losing, Red was able to hit its core once). Furthermore, Giovanni used a Poké Ball specially tuned to be more successful in catching Deoxys.
!!'''Jirachi'''
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A Pokémon that Emerald sought after. Main Legendary of the sixth chapter, Emerald.
* DeathFromAbove: Knows Doom Desire.
* TheEmpath: It only grants a heart's true desires, meaning if you're lying or if you're unsure of yourself, it won't help at all.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is its primary type.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The ThirdEye on its stomach.
* MakeAWish: It can grant three wishes, one for each wish tag on its head. [[spoiler: Guile Hideout uses the first one to summon a giant Kyogre-like monster, Emerald uses the second one to restore the petrified Dex Holders and Scott uses the third one to attract at least 100,000 visitors to the Battle Frontier on the opening day.]]
* PsychicPowers: Psychic is its secondary type.
* RealityWarper: The wishes it grants seem to extend to this level of power such as [[spoiler: Creating a giant sea monster out of nothing and restoring people who have been turned to stone.]]
!!'''Dialga and Palkia'''
Two Pokémon sought after by Cyrus so he can achieve his goal to create a new world. After summoning them, he controlled them with the Red Chain and forced them to fight until Time and Space began to distort. They were eventually freed by the efforts of Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
* ElementalPowers:
* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is Dialga’s primary type.
* MakingASplash: Water is Palkia’s primary type.
* OlympusMons: They are incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon, being the masters of time and space respectively.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Both of them have Dragon as a secondary type.
* RealityWarper: They can warp the world around them and the two fighting each other can create a new world. [[spoiler: Although in actuality all it does is open a hole to the Distortion World,]]
* SpaceMaster: Palkia. Its Spacial Rend can negate attacks by sending them to different points in space. [[spoiler: Lance’s Dragonite is able to get around this because it can bend its Hyper Beams and correct their course.]]
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Temporarily stop fighting because they were moved by Dia's speech about space and time.
* TimeMaster: Dialga. Its Roar of Time can turn back time. [[spoiler: [[NoSell It doesn’t affect Pryce and his Swinub because they were trapped in the void of time]].]]
!!'''Giratina'''
A Pokémon roaming the Distortion World, an alternate dimension. Afterword Platinum begins investigating it.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Pokémon Platinum'', it directly interfered with Cyrus's plans as he would destroy both worlds they lived in, and the disaster it caused was only because of its presence. Here it teams up with [[spoiler: Charon and deliberately drags Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World in an attempt to usurp them.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: With Charon in the Platinum arc.
* CastingAShadow: Knows Shadow Force.
* CombatTentacles: Has these in its Origin Forme. [[spoiler: It uses them to drag Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World at the end of the ''Diamond & Pearl'' chapter.]]
* Dracolich: It is Ghost and Dragon-type.
* OlympusMons: It is an incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon, being the master of anti-matter.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragon is its secondary type.
%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent
%%* RealityWarper
* SoulPower: Ghost is its primary type.
!!'''Necrozma'''
A Pokémon originating from Ultra Space, it had its power drained by the people of Ultra Space and would do anything to restore its light.
* BigBadEnsemble: Comes to share this role with the Aether Foundation in SM arc.
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[[folder: Kanto]]
!!'''Professor Oak'''
Grandfather of Blue and Daisy, his full name is Samuel Oak. He is a researcher who invented the Pokédex and sent out Red on his journey. He has a long history with Agatha, Pryce, and the Johto Daycare couple.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, all Oak really does is piddle around at home and give you your starter Pokémon, and send you across the globe doing his own Pokémon-logging work for him. Here, he's proven to still be a capable Pokémon Battler, despite his old age.
* CoolOldGuy: It's Professor Oak.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Pryce, Agatha, Kurt and Johto's Day-Care couple.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially quite hostile to Red, having mistaken him for a burglar. He warms up to him after a day catching all the Pokémon set lose from his lab, and seeing Red apply science to Bulbasaur's abilities.
* DistressedDude: He's been captured twice ([[KidnappedScientist as replacement for Blaine in his first]]), and has to be rescued by his grandson Blue.
* FlawExploitation: Uses a team of flying types against Green, knowing her fear of birds.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Revealed in chapter 76, he used to be frikken ripped.
** ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]].
* TheMentor: To Red, Green, and Blue.
* NonElemental: Most of his Pokémon are normal types.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Early on, when Kanto's divided by numerous problems, he's one of the few Kanto's got. And then there's letting Red keep Saur.
* RetiredBadass: He was a Champion in his youth.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Asking Emerald his name is one of these. Emerald actually fails by not answering entirely correctly.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Agatha.
!!'''Daisy Oak'''
Blue's older, and much friendlier, sister.
* CoolBigSis: For Blue.
* InconsistentDub: She's initially called May in the Viz translation. The confusion likely stemmed from the fact that this was her name in ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu''.
* ShipTease: With Bill.
!!'''Bill'''
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The technical genius who invented the storage system.
* AscendedExtra: He has a much bigger role in the manga then he does in any of the games that he appears in.
* ButtMonkey: Among other things, Pika seems to enjoy shocking him for no good reason.
* TheCameo: He is seen having a video call with Cassuis briefly in the ''XY'' arc.
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented the Pokémon Storage System.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: And is given a Southern accent in the English version. Hardly anybody can understand him at all. It dies down as the series goes on.
* ShipTease: With Daisy. This exchange from FRLG doesn't help:
--> '''Blue''': You're...not with my sister today?
--> '''Bill''': ''(nervously)'' Oh, uh...Daisy's at home.
* ThrowTheDogABone: How else could [[ButtMonkey he]] get a girlfriend?
!!'''Brock'''
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The Gym Leader of Pewter City, he trains with Rock Pokémon and is also a security guard for the Pewter City Museum.
* AttackBackfire: During his fight with Jasmine, he tried to have his Onix use Bind on her "Onix", only for his Onix to cry out in pain as its body ''cracked'' and her "Onix's" rock body crumbled to reveal it was actually a ''Steelix'' with a rock coating. At this point in-story, the Steelix evolution was only just recently discovered and even Brock didn't know Onix had an evolution.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* SignatureMon: Onix.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Only in the RGB arc. He starts wearing shirts after the beginning of Yellow.
* WorthyOpponent: He chooses a worthy opponent through a series of battles before his actual gym battle.
!!'''Misty'''
The headstrong Gym Leader of Cerulean City, specializing in Water-types. She is perhaps Red's first real ally and gave him her Gyarados, which he still keeps in his party to this day.
* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Misty was about to confess to Red the day before he was going to take his Gym Leader test, but decided against it because she saw him talking to Yellow. She did seem to put some thought into it before deciding it wasn't the right time.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her crush on Red.
* BareYourMidriff: Even moreso than her game and anime counterparts. This Misty wears a tubetop and jean shorts that prominently shows off her belly.
* BigFancyHouse: Has one.
* CantCatchUp: Acknowledges this at near the end of the GSC arc; she knows that she isn't meant to fight the final battle against the Mask of Ice, but takes comfort in knowing that the Pokémon that she gave to Red (her Gyarados) and Yellow (her Omanyte, which evolved into Omastar) will be able to help out.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Red when he stayed at her mansion; notable in that she was the first person to do so.
%%* FieryRedHead
* FirstGirlWins: Averted, as she is the first girl Red meets on his journey and she never got the chance to confess her feelings to him. She couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw him and Yellow together the first time, and the second time Gold kind of [[strike: kidnapped]] rescued him. Granted, the first time, she really should've taken her chances, as ''Red didn't know Yellow was a girl yet''.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted with Red.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: More that she wants to be ''useful'' rather than special, but she understands and is frustrated by the fact that she can never be more than support to Red and the others.
* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: By Gold at the end of GSC arc.
* LoveTriangle: Is in one with Red and Yellow. Both her and Yellow have feelings for Red, while Red is either oblivious or uncomfortable with it.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Was very eager to fight alongside Suicune as its partner, as it fulfilled her desire to finally be more useful and involved in stopping the crises that Team Rocket was causing. Unfortunately for her, The Call realized it phoned the wrong number, hung up, and redialed for Crystal.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* PimpedOutDress: She wears one when she brings Red to her BigFancyHouse.
%%* PluckyGirl
* ShipTease: Gets quite a bit with Red, echoing the ship tease between her and Ash in the anime.
* SidekickGlassCeiling: She's a capable Trainer and Gym Leader, enough so that Suicune designated her as a worthy partner after battling against the Gym Leaders of Kanto to find someone worthy. Unfortunately, her status as an ally of the main cast rather than as a full-fledged hero keeps her from effectively battling and ending the crises herself, [[LampshadeHanging something she acknowledges that only the Dex Holders can do]]. But she'll be damned if she doesn't [[PluckyGirl put up a good fight doing so]].
* SignatureMon: Starmie.
* {{Stripperific}}: She generally wears a tiny tube top and short shorts, and not much else.
* TearfulSmile: A couple of times, most notably when she finally gets to talk to Red again at the end of the GSC arc.
%%* {{Tomboy}}
* {{Tsundere}}: Different from Misty in the anime in that she's a very mild Type B, with her tsun tendencies being played up almost exclusively in the RGB arc.
!!'''Erika'''
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An elegant lady, Erika is the Gym Leader of Celadon City who specializes in Grass-types. She also teaches at her city's university and [[TheLeader serves as supervisor]] for the rest of her region's Leaders.
* ArcherArchetype: She is seen practicing archery in her spare time.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wears a kimono and battles with elegant style. It helps that she's also TheLeader.
* LadyOfWar: When the need to fight arises.
* TheLeader: Of the Kanto Gym Leaders overall.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Often makes condescending remarks towards other trainers and her opponents and has a rather snooty attitude overall, but is genuinely kind towards those she considers her companions, like Brock, Misty, and several of the Dex Holders, once they earn her trust.
* {{Ojou}}: She’s the daughter of the richest family in Celadon City.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eventually turns out to be one.
* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Woman]]: Besides being a Gym Leader, she gives lectures at Celadon University, teaches tea ceremony, archery, and flower arranging.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Arguably, what she did to Red when they first met and he was hell-bent on rescuing that Eevee.
* ShipperOnDeck: Red x Misty, apparently.
* SignatureMon: A Tangela named Angela in ''RGB'' and ''Yellow'' and a Bellossom in ''GSC''.
* SilkHidingSteel: She may look sweet but she’s a strong enough trainer to be the leader of all the Kanto Gym Leaders.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Has the cultural trappings (kimono etc) and such.
!!'''Blaine'''
An old scientist who used to work for Team Rocket, this fire specialist defected off screen as he got sick of working for them.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In his backstory, he worked for Team Rocket and did terrible experiments on Pokémon. This was not present at all in the games.
* BodyHorror: His DNA mixed with Mewtwo's while he was creating it, leading to him developing cancerous growths that would eventually take over his body. He got better.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Returns alongside Mewtwo in the ''XY'' arc.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He's Mewtwo's creator here. In the games his creator was a different person, heavily hinted to be Mr. Fuji. This is noted in [=FrLg=] arc, when a photo is shown with him and Mr. Fuji in a jungle.
* CoolOldGuy: He may be old but he’s an exceptionally strong trainer.
* CoolShades: Wears these along with a fake mustache when he switches from his anime look to his game look.
* HeelFaceTurn: Hearing of Red's heroic exploits was a big motivation for him to skip out on Team Rocket and join the good guys.
* KickTheDog: This was pretty much Blaine's old job at Team Rocket, as he was to experiment on Pokémon into making them stronger, which led them to either go insane or simply be in extreme pain.
* MadScientist: Used to work as one for Team Rocket.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The disaster with Mewtwo was a wake-up call for him.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-types are his speciality.
* SignatureMon: Mewtwo.
!!'''Janine'''
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Koga's daughter, who takes over the Fuchsia Gym after his disappearance. Like her father, she specializes in poison-types. She also works as a part-time freelancer ''ninja''.
* BadassNormal: She's capable of rather impressive physical feats, going with the whole ninja theme. (Although she does seem overly fond of the whole hanging upside-down on the ceiling thing.)
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Falkner. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
* DisappearedDad: She wants to see him again, as his disappearance left her not knowing what to do with her future.
* {{Ninja}}: Like her father, she uses her Pokémon for ninja-esque techniques and outfits her Pokéballs into shuriken.
* PoisonousPerson: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Ariados.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never get to see her reunite with her Koga.
!!'''Jr. Trainer Evan/Phil (Junji)'''
A trainer whose Haunter was lured away by Agatha at the Power Plant. After some help from Blue, he managed to get it back. He then became one of Blaine's assistants on Cinnabar Island.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Becomes this with Super Nerd Miles when they reappear in the ''GSC'' and ''FRLG'' arcs.
!!'''Super Nerd Miles/William (Akihito)'''
Was Erika's [[TheRival Rival]] and the one hired by Agatha to disguise as Red and recapture his Pikachu. Later becomes good friends with Evan.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After getting caught by Agatha.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He was the first person to learn of Red’s situation during the ''Yellow'' arc so Agatha tried to kill him after she was done with him to keep that information secret.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being saved from Agatha he has a change of heart and becomes a good guy.
* NerdGlasses: He is a Super Nerd after all.
* LatexPerfection: As Red, he even had exact same clothes and managed to duplicate his exact scent.
* PsychoForHire: He went after Red's Pikachu for Agatha, who would pay him so he could fund future experiments. He didn't know he would be slaughtered with the rest of the human race but still.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Becomes this with Jr. Trainer Evan when they reappear in the ''GSC'' and ''FRLG'' arcs.
* UnknownRival: To Erika, who seems apathetic to his presence in the face of his grudge against her.
* UnwittingPawn: To Agatha after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outliving his usefulness.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Johto]]
!!'''Professor Elm'''
The Pokémon professor of the Johto region, Elm was unfortunate enough to be robbed of Totodile by Silver and could only watch as Gold took Cyndaquil to track him down.
* ButtMonkey: To a lesser extent than Bill, though.
!!'''Falkner'''
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First appearing as a police officer, Falkner befriends Gold who helps him catch a Skarmory. He later uses it to pass the Gym Leader exam and becomes the Leader of the Violet City Gym. Looks up to his father (implied to be Walker, an old friend of Chuck's), who was a policeman.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, Falkner is considered to be one of the weakest Gym Leaders in the series. In the manga, Falkner is one of the stronger Gym Leaders from Johto and comes much closer than the others to catching Suicune. When the Team Rocket members invaded the Indigo Plateau, while most of the Gym Leaders fought them off using their Pokémon, Falkner is one of the few who confront the Rockets directly, as he can be seen tackling a Rocket to the ground.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Janine. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
* CompositeCharacter: Falkner was the same policeman who investigated Professor Elm's lab.
%%* FairCop
* PeekABangs: Only his right eye is ever visible.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Made from his Skarmory's cast off feathers which he then fits his Pokéballs to. He also uses them as more direct weapons.
* SignatureMon: Skarmory.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!'''Bugsy'''
The Gym Leader of Azalea Town, who first appears as an archaeologist, Bugsy meets Gold at the Ruins of Alph. Specializes in bug-types.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Purple hair and purple eyes.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: His first appearance has Gold mistaking him for a girl and flirting with him.
* SignatureMon: Heracross.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Gold first mistakes Bugsy for a girl and asks him out.
!!'''Whitney'''
A somewhat childish Gym Leader who specializes in Normal-types, Whitney is the only Gym Leader aside from Pryce who Suicune doesn't challenge. She sometimes helps her good friend DJ Mary on radio shows.
* AdaptationalWimp: She's notorious for being ThatOneBoss in the games, but is one of the weakest Gym Leaders here, to the point that Suicune doesn't even bother with her when he's looking for a leader to be his partner.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She shows a surprising amount of skill when battling the fake ice Suicune.
* CurbStompBattle: She is the receiving end of this as Misty defeats her rather easily in only a few pages, which is kind of sad as the other Gym Leader battles took at least a chapter. Well, Suicune didn't bother with her for a reason...not to mention [[spoiler: it chose Misty as its partner as well.]]
* {{Fangirl}}: She seems to have a fangirl crush for Bruno by the end of the ''[=HeartGold=]/[=SoulSilver=]'' chapter. At the end of this one when we see her with a poster of his on her room and sending him Rage Candy Bars.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' arc, she's matured and become a nicer, if still flawed, person.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Miltank.
!!'''Morty'''
A trainer with clairvoyant psychic abilities, Morty is the Leader of the Ecruteak City Gym. Specializes in Ghost-types.
* PsychicPowers: As long as he has an idea of what he's looking for, he can see it and its location. (Ho-oh is out of his league though.) People actually come to him and pay him to find the things they lost or can't find.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a scarf in the ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter.
* SignatureMon: Misdreavus.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
!!'''Chuck'''
The Gym Leader of Mahogany Town, who specializes in Fighting-types. Chuck was the one who taught Blue how to train Pokémon. He runs a dojo.
* BadassNormal: He mastered several different martial arts and trains himself along side of his Pokémon.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* HappilyMarried: He is seen living happily with his wife.
* LargeHam: Subdued when not fighting, but when he ''does'' fight...
* SignatureMon: Hitmontop.
* StoutStrength: He’s pretty fat for someone who’s supposed to a constantly training martial artist.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Perhaps to emphasize his dedication to martial arts training, he is never seen with a shirt on.
!!'''Jasmine'''
The Olivine City Gym Leader who was caught in Ecruteak City earthquake, she had to save herself because Gold and Silver were too busy fighting over who would save ''her''. She specializes in the Steel-type, though she has other types on her team. Her part-time job is looking after the Sparkle Lighthouse.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* ShrinkingViolet: She doesn't really like showing off her abilities as a fighter to the public. Notably, she hid her Steelix by covering its body in a rock covering to make people think it was just an odd-looking Onix not because she wanted an advantage in her match with Brock, but because she didn't want her Steelix to receive undue attention for being one of the first recorded cases of proof for an Onix being able to evolve.
* SignatureMon: Steelix.
!!'''Pryce'''
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The Leader of Mahogany Town's Gym, Pryce specializes in Ice-types. A frail old man in a wheelchair.
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: His status as the BigBad of the GSC arc makes him this, where in the games he's just another one-off Gym Leaders with hardly any dialogue.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The true identity of the Mask of Ice.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In the ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter he shows up alongside Giovanni and Lance to help Gold, Silver and Crystal fight the Creation Trio.]]
* CharacterTics: tapping the tip of his cane against the ground. [[spoiler:Turns out, it's to use a Pokégear hidden in his cane.]]
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler: As Pryce, he's in a wheelchair. As Mask of Ice, he uses an artificially made ice body to walk around in.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: [[spoiler: Less frequent after his reveal as the Mask of Ice.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:All he wanted was to go back in time and save the Pokémon he wasn't able to save.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[DisabledInTheAdaptation Being stuck in a wheelchair]] doesn’t change that he is the leader of all the Johto Gym Leaders.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. He also makes sculptures that move around.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He doesn't seem to face any punishment after he returns in the HGSS chapter.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: A variation. [[spoiler:He's gone insane after years and years of emotionally repressing himself after losing his beloved Lapras. So really, lack of expressing love made him crazy.]]
* TheMentor: [[spoiler:By the end of HGSS arc, it's implied that he and Lance will train Silver in preparing him to best Giovanni.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He’s absolutely tiny. [[spoiler: This lets him sit in as the head of the Masked Man on top of the body made of ice.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[spoiler: His Swinub can throw down with ''Dialga''.]]
* SchrodingersCast: [[spoiler: Held this status until the HGSS chapter.]]
* TragicIceCharacter: [[spoiler: He lost his two Lapras in an avalanche, only for their offspring to hatch right and then. This served as his StartOfDarkness.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He did everything he did to catch Celebi so he could save his two Lapras that were lost in an avalanche when he was young.]]
!!'''Clair'''
Lance's cousin, Clair shares his affinity for Dragon-types. Gym Leader of Blackthorn City Gym.
* BerserkButton: Lance is a touchy subject.
%%* DragonRider
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Dragonair.
* WhipItGood: For Pokéball launching and close-range combat.
!!'''Mirei'''
A hyper woman with a [[{{Manchild}} rather childish demeanor]], Crystal's mom can still be serious when the time calls for it.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her name was revealed by [=PokéSPedia=].
* CanonForeigner: She has no in-game equivalent, since opposite-gender rivals wouldn't be a thing until gen III.
* GenkiGirl: She’s very perky and excitable.
* GyaruGirl: Her design's very much this, contributing to her hyperactive girl shtick.
* MoodSwinger: Much like her daughter, she has an intense, serious side to her.
!!'''Eusine'''
A Trainer in pursuit of the legendary Pokémon Suicune. He formed a rivalry with Crystal during the events of the Crystal arc,
but by the end of the arc they become on much friendlier terms with each other. He also has a more minor role in the HGSS arc where he encounters Silver.
* BadassCape: Wears a short one that only reaches the bottom of his back.
* ButtMonkey: Especially in the HGSS arc.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Suicune.
* GuileHero: Has shades of this in the Crystal arc.
* InelegantBlubbering: Somewhat subverted, as he's only sobbing because of the presense of Koffing. The second time is genuine as he's moved by Silver's motive to thwart Team Rocket.
* LargeHam: Even more so than in the games.
* SharpDressedMan: In addition to having a BadassCape.
* {{Squee}}: Eusine has a moment of this when he encounters Suicune the first time [[spoiler: ...until he finds out the hard way it's actually a Ditto in disguise.]]
* WhiteGloves: They complete his stage magician look.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hoenn]]
!!'''Professor Birch'''
The Hoenn Pokémon professor, and father of Sapphire. Unlike the previously mentioned professors, he seems to do much more field work.
* SatelliteCharacter: There is very little to him besides being Sapphire’s father and Norman’s friend.
!!'''Wally'''
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A major supporting character who at one point temporarily holds a Pokédex. Ruby helps give him some Pokémon training when Norman (who doesn't show up until after Ruby's gone, much to his relief) rejects training him, but the two get separated soon thereafter. His "starter" is Ruby's Ralts, Rara, who was eventually returned to her true trainer. His first Pokémon is a Kecleon.
* BadassAdorable
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''[=ORAS=]'' his Altaria catches Ruby when he is thrown into the air by Rayquaza.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Has green hair, a green outfit, and green Pokémon! All six of them, not to mention [[spoiler:he was important in waking Rayquaza!]] It's never commented on in the manga itself, but the tradition is carried on in the webcomic ''Webcomic/PokemonX'', which [[{{Flanderization}} flanderizes it]] into an incredible obsession with Pokémon that have ANY green at all on them. This is subverted in ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' where he has both an Altaria and a Magnezone, two Pokémon with no green on them.
** This was to mark that Wally is the supposed third hero representing "Emerald" for the RS saga but the writers decided to just make a new character actually named Emerald midway. At least they still gave Wally some plot related action.
* DragonRider: Straightest example here. He has a Flygon.
* HandicappedBadass: The kid appears to have an awful respiratory illness, and it gives him some complications near the end of the arc [[spoiler:when he trained under Norman en route to Rayquaza.]] Does he let that stop him?
** [[spoiler:The ventilation mask he wears for said respiratory illness lets him breath in Rayquaza's ozone filled room.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Well, he was never really dying, but he was weak in body. But like it says above, he proves himself badass.
!!'''Gabby and Ty'''
!!!(Maryanne and Tyler in the Chuang Yi version).
A reporter and her cameraman, these two ally themselves with Ruby and Sapphire early on, determined to find out who is responsible for reeking havoc in Hoenn.
* AscendedExtra: From a couple of random battlers in the games to major supporting characters.
* DubNameChange: Were renamed to Mary Anne and Tyler in the Chuang Yi version.
* IntrepidReporter: Gabby, who is determined to figure out the dangers Team Magma and Aqua pose to Hoenn.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In ORAS, they were revisited by Absol and became determined to learn of the new danger threathening Hoenn. However, the pictures of the meteor they took were leaked to the media, letting everyone know that a meteor was going to collide in few days.
!!'''Roxanne'''
Gym Leader of Rustboro City, Roxanne graduated from the Trainer's School and is thus very knowledgeable. As part of her gym challenge, any challengers much pass a written exam before battling her.
* BadassBookworm: She is a Gym Leader but is always carrying a book around. She even keeps her Poké Ball inside one!
* BarrierMaiden: When Gym Leader are sent to stop Kyogre and Groudon from meeting each other, her Nosepass actually manages to block [[OlympusMons Groudon]] dead in its tracks and is only stopped by Courtney taking people hostage in order to make Roxanne throw away the battle.
* BookSafe: She actually keeps Poké Balls inside that book of hers.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Nosepass.
!!'''Brawly'''
Leader of Dewford Town's gym, Brawly specializes in Fighting-types. He usually trains his Pokémon by surfing with them. He is apparently a disciple of Bruno's.
* BareFistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* MyKungFuISStrongerThanYours: Particularly evident when he overcomes Blaise's [[MindRape mindrape-ing]] illusions with straightforward ''brutal'' force.
* SignatureMon: Makuhita, which later evolves into a Hariyama.
* SurferDude: In fact he is surfing in his very first appearance.
!!'''Wattson'''
A jolly old man who specializes in Electric-types, Wattson is pun-cracking Gym Leader of the Mauville Gym.
* CoolOldGuy: He’s very friendly and loves to laugh.
* DisneyDeath: He is lost at sea after being defeated by Amber. Thank god that Sapphire's Wailord saved him.
%%* GadgeteerGenius
* TheHyena: He loves jokes and tends to laugh loudly at them.
* PungeonMaster: Is a fan of making puns.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Electrike, which later evolves into a Manectric.
!!'''Flannery'''
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Fire-type using Gym Leader of Lavaridge Town, Flannery tried to protect the fires of Mt. Chimney from Team Aqua, but failed.
* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt leaves the pretty much half her stomach exposed.
* FieryRedhead: Especially fitting since she uses Fire-type Pokémon.
* HeroicLineage: Being a Gym Leader is a family thing for her, so she takes her job very seriously.
* HotSpringsEpisode: Her battle with Sapphire.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She doesn't mind being nude when fighting against Sapphire.
* ShipTease: With Tabitha.
* SignatureMon: Magcargo.
!!'''Norman'''
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Ruby's father and a Normal-type specialist, Norman was just became Gym Leader of Petalburg City when Ruby ran away from home, for which he swore to hunt him down. Afterwards, he trains Wally to be a Pokémon trainer.
* TheAce: Wattson recognize him as the strongest Gym Leader in Hoenn.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Given how kind he is in the games and anime, it can be a shocker to see Norman be such a stern disciplinarian.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He is revived when Celebi takes Ruby and Sapphire to a slightly different timeline at the end of the ''Ruby & Sapphire'' chapter.]]
* CallingTheYoungManOut:
** After his battle with Ruby in the Weather Institute, he chews him out for running away from home and tells Ruby that he better finish what he started.
** [[spoiler: In the [=ORAS=] arc, he once again chastises Ruby for acting rashly, telling him that such act would hurt those closest to him.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, forcibly controlling Rayquaza kills him.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: His death is relatively peaceful. However, his body being set ablaze by Archie in front of his son is not. He thankfully gets better thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* DragonRider: Wally's Flygon was originally his.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Subverted. Ruby assumes that his father is dismissive of his desire to compete in contests, which leads to Ruby running away the day their family moved to Hoenn. Turns out Norman was always going to let him go. While Norman admits he doesn't see the appeal in contests and wants Ruby to take part in regular battles, he acknowledges it's his decision on what he wants to do with his life.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He knows awakening Rayquaza will kill him, he still do it to protect his son.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yes, he's far from the nicest dad, but he genuinely loves his son and becomes supportive of Wally's wish to be a Trainer later on.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:He awakens and controls Rayquaza in order to deal with the Groudon and Kyogre crisis.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: He does care for Ruby and eventually accepts Ruby's decision to pursue Pokémon Contests as opposed to battling, but that doesn't mean he will go easy on Ruby and he is understandably ''very'' upset when Ruby runs away from home.
* TheScapegoat: Taking the blame of [[spoiler:accidentally freeing Rayquaza, which was indirectly caused by Ruby.]]
* TookAThirdOption: When the Gym Leaders are deciding on which stance adopt regarding Team Aqua and Magma, he just leave as he recognizes that both groups are equally shady.
* SignatureMon: Slaking.
* SuperStrength: He can crush a phone with his BARE HANDS. And judging by his wife's reaction he does this regularly. It comes in handy when he and Ruby are subject to a LiteralCliffHanger.
!!'''Winona'''
[[TheLeader Supervisor]] of the Hoenn Gym Leaders much like Erika is of Kanto's, Winona is the Fortree City Gym Leader. She specializes in Flying-types.
* ActionGirl: The most powerful female Gym Leader in Hoenn.
* AmicableExes: She was in a relationship with Wallace but they had a falling out before the story's events, though they have no problems working together.
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
* CoolBigSis: Sort of to Sapphire and Flannery.
* DontYouDarePityMe: As she reveals to Sapphire at the beginning of ''Emerald'', the reason of her breaking with Wallace was that he refused the Champion position in order to stay with her out of love, and she took the fact that he stays by her side despite being vastly stronger as a burden.
* {{Foil}}: She is one to Sapphire and her relationship with Wallace is one to Sapphire and Ruby's.
* HostageSituation: [[spoiler:During the climax of ''Ruby & Sapphire'', she is defeated and taken hostage by Archie and Maxie to force Wallace to surrender.]]
* TheLeader: Of the Hoenn Gym Leaders.
** SupportingLeader: She mostly take a support role during joint operations however, as much as she would love to take the field.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Wallace. While Wallace has always been clear regarding his remaining feelings for her, Sapphire's teasing at the start of ''Emerald'' imply that she still carries a torch for him.
* TheMentor: Acts as one to Sapphire.
* SignatureMon: Altaria.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Wallace.
!!'''Tate & Liza'''
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Twins who share the title of Gym Leader of Mossdeep City, Tate and Liza act as the guardians of Mt. Pyre. Afterwards, they help train Ruby and Sapphire for their battle with Groudon and Kyogre.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: To the point where Chuang Yi thought Tate [[ShesAManInJapan was a girl]].
* PsychicPowers: Specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Solrock for Tate and Lunatone for Liza.
!!'''Wallace'''
A contest master and water specialist, Wallace was originally the region champion, but gave it up so he could be [[strike: closer to Winona]] the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City. He take Ruby under his wing and later took the title of Champion again during the final battle in Hoenn.
* AdaptedOut: Not him but his Milotic. What is arguably his ace is nowhere to be found here likely in order to make place for Ruby and Feefee's relationship.
* AmicableExes: He and Winona were in a relationship but they had a falling out before the story's events, though they have no problems working together.
* BadassCape: The Champion's Cape.
* BadassBoast: When he take the Champion's Cape and face Archie and Maxie.
--> '''Wallace''': ''If you recognize this cloak, there's no need to spell my name. If you cannot recognize this cloak, you're not fit to know my name!''
* CampStraight: Like teacher, like student. Further emphasized in the ''ORAS'' saga, where he adopts his infamously {{Stripperiffic}} and flamboyant outfit from the remakes.
* EccentricMentor: Like the above trope. He and Ruby found themselves well.
* {{Foil}}: He is one to Ruby and his relationship with Winona is also one to to Ruby and Sapphire.
* GratuitousEnglish: All of his Pokémon have classic English names such as Elizabeth and Phillip.
* InstantFanClub: He had 4 girls that dressed like him and followed wherever he goes until Ruby essentially took their place.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Winona. While Wallace has always been clear regarding his remaining feelings for her, Sapphire's teasing and her reaction to said teasings at the start of ''Emerald'' imply that she still carry a torch for him.
* TheMentor: To Ruby.
** SternTeacher: He can bring out the BrutalHonesty when Ruby needs a serious talking-to.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: His acceptance of the role of Champion and confrontation with Archie and Maxie is as awesome as it can. [[NoNonsenseNemesis However, they force him to stand down by threatening Winona's life and giving him a brutal beatdown once he comply.]]
* TheNicknamer: One of the few characters outside of the 'Dex Holders to nickname his team. ''French'' names, even.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally a very friendly person, but you ''do not'' want him angry at you.
* SignatureMon: A Luvdisc named Elizabeth.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: His outfit in ''ORAS''. It's so bad that it's never fully shown -- it's always mostly covered by other characters or by being off-panel.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Winona.
* WhatTheHellHero: Does this to Ruby after he lashes out at his Feebas following his lost in a contest.
** Immediately afterward, Wallace himself gets this from Swimmer Jack, who thinks Wallace goes too far in calling out Ruby.
!!'''Juan'''
Wallace's mentor and the previous Sootopolis Gym Leader as well as a Water-type specialist. He takes the position again when Wallace decides to take up the Champion position once more. He trains Ruby and Sapphire, both physically and mentally, for the final battle.
* GratuitousFrench: Put various French words into his sentences from time to time.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* OldMaster: Not incredibly old but he was Wallace’s mentor and did retire from running the Sootopolis Gym.
* SignatureMon: Kingdra.
!!'''Steven Stone'''
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The current Hoenn League Champion and steel-type specialist, who normally spends his time searching for rare stones. He is tasked with awakening the three Regis to help stop the battle between Kyogre and Groudon.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He sacrifices his life to awaken and control the three Regis, but Celebi revives him later.]]
* BadassCape: The Champion's Cape, which he returns to the rightful owner, Wallace, later.
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Forcibly controlling the Regis to seal off Groudon and Kyogre's fight from the rest of Hoenn kills him.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Appears as the previous owner of the estate Platinum purchases in the beginning of the Platinum arc.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* IfIDoNotReturn: He gives Wallace his position as Champion before going off to awaken the Regis. [[spoiler:He already knowed he would die because of it.]]
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:He awakens the Regis at the climax of ''Ruby and Sapphire''.]]
* SignatureMon: Metagross.
* SuperMode: He can use Mega Evolution.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being the former Hoenn Champion, he had a hard time fighting Zinnia off. It was revealed that this was because he had his Metagross give his life force away months ago, and it hadn't fully recovered yet.
!!'''Sidney'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Dark-types.
* CombatPragmatist: He specializes in Dark-type Pokémon, although strangely the only Pokémon he is seen using is a [[NonElemental Zangoose]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: His use of Dark-types does not change that he fights to help save Hoenn.
* SignatureMon: Zangoose.
!!'''Phoebe'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Ghost-types.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has noticeably dark skin compared to everyone else from Hoenn.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of it considering she’s wearing little more than a bathing suit.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Dusclops.
!!'''Glacia'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Ice-types.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
%%* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy
* SignatureMon: Glalie.
!!'''Drake'''
One of the Hoenn Elite Four. Specializes in Dragon-types.
* BadassLongcoat: Although strangely he doesn’t wear a shirt underneath it.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Shelgon.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Since he doesn’t wear anything under his BadassLongcoat, which he keeps open.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hoenn Battle Frontier]]
!!'''Todd Snap'''
A photographer who follows Emerald on his Battle Frontier challenge.
* MythologyGag: At the end of ''Emerald'', Professor Oak sends him off to the island from VideoGame/PokemonSnap to complete the goal from it.
* NoIndoorVoice: He shouts an awful lot of his lines.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never actually given. [[spoiler: His name actually is revealed to be Todd in Pokéspedia.]]
* TheWatson: In regards to Emerald's mission and the rules of the Battle Frontier facilities.
!!'''Scott'''
The owner of the Battle Frontier, he can recognize a trainer's potential. Often acts in his own interest in order to make his Battle Frontier a success.
* TheChessmaster: Sort of. He knew all about Jirachi, Emerald and Guile, but kept silent about it to all of the Frontier Brains in order to "help them get stronger".
* NonActionGuy: He's not a Pokémon trainer.
* RedHerring: Scott acts awfully cagey, is never around when Guile Hideout attacks, and is certainly up to something. [[spoiler:He's not Guilt Hideout. He ''does'' know about Jirachi, he just didn't say anything because he didn't think the Frontier Brains would be much help either way.]]
!!'''Noland'''
One of the seven Frontier Brains, also known as Factory Head Noland. He is in charge of the Battle Factory, and also takes care of all the rental Pokémon used in the Battle Frontier facilities.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His specialty as the Frontier Brain of Knowledge.
* ExtraOreDinary: He uses a rental Mawile in his battle with Emerald and keeps it as his own.
* {{MacGuffin}}: The Jirachi report in his possession, which he eventually [[HostageForMacGuffin surrenders in return for Anabel's safety]].
* NonElemental: His trio of Smeargle
* PowerCopying: Catches a trio of Smeargle after noticing the Painter Pokémon could copy Jirachi's Wish knows via Sketch.
* PutOnABus: He gets hospitalized by Guild Hideout early in the arc, where he's unable to aid Emerald with the rest of the Frontier Brains until he challenges the Battle Tower.
%%* PermaStubble
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His Smeargle never show up again after they use Wish so Noland can use the bright flash of light to determine where Jirachi would appear via the Battle Frontier's security cameras.
!!'''Lucy'''
Also known as Pike Queen Lucy, she is in charge of the Battle Pike, and favors snake-like Pokémon.
* BareYourMidriff: And quite a lot of it too.
* LuckBasedMission: The gimmick of Battle Pike.
* NiceGirl: The only one of the Brains to actually consider allowing Emerald to battle them as a publicity stunt. [[JerkassHasAPoint While their reaction is understandable, given how he completely ruined the intended event,]] it was still a nice thing for her to do.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets very up close and personal with Todd several times.
* SignatureMon: Seviper , the Battle Pike is modelled after it.
* SmugSnake: Downplayed, as her demeanor is generally confident and aloof.
* StatusEffects: Her facility dishes these out regularly, especially [[UniversalPoison poison]].
* StatuesqueStunner: She's the tallest Frontier Brain and quite attractive..
!!'''Brandon'''
A rough, adventurous man in charge of the Battle Pyramid, he is also known as Pyramid King Brandon. Has a particular dislike for Emerald at first.
* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only his job but also the theme of the Battle Pyramid.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* DroughtLevelOfDoom: The gimmick of the Battle Pyramid.
* HotBlooded: Well, since his facility is a test of "bravery"...
* SignatureMon: Regirock, Regice and Registeel.
!!'''Greta'''
Arena Tycoon Greta is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Arena.
* GenkiGirl: She just can't seem to sit still, ever.
* SignatureMon: Umbreon.
* SuperStrength: It's the only way to explain how she can easily carry Emerald's Sceptile and Dusclops on her back at the same time.
!!'''Tucker'''
The flamboyant Dome Ace of the Battle Dome, he also harbors a grudge against Emerald after their confrontation on the first day.
* AmbiguouslyGay: We have no idea what his sexuality is but with how camp he is he could easily be either CampGay or CampStraight.
* ButtMonkey: Not even his fellow Frontier Brains take him seriously.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure, he gets humiliated by Emerald and seems pretty foolish...but then, he [[CurbstompBattle sweeps Sapphire's team with just Salamence]], and goes on to be the only Battle Frontier to never be defeated by Emerald.
* SignatureMon: Salamence.
* TournamentArc: In the acts featuring his facility, of course.
!!'''Spenser'''
A mysterious tattooed man also known as Palace Maven Spenser. His age belies his skill as one of the Frontier Brains.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: His backstory. [[spoiler:Many years ago, he was friends with the old couple who live on Mt. Pyre. One day while they were out of the room, he decided to touch the Blue Orb. Big mistake.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Averted: he appears to be this at first, but he just turns out to be a person [[spoiler:who has been in contact with Kyogre's orb.]]
* ThePowerOfTrust: What he explicitly stated as his facility's specialty.
* RedHerring: Once suspected by Ruby and Sapphire to be Guile Hideout's identity, until Latios proved otherwise.
!!'''Anabel'''
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The Salon Maiden of the Battle Tower and TheLeader of the seven Frontier Brains.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has a very androgynous, boyish-looking appearance.
* BoringButPractical: Has Raikou use Thunder Shock, typically the weakest of electrical moves. However, she also notes that while it is the weakest, it's a lot easier to control than other, more flashier electrical moves. Plus, it's being used by [[OlympusMons Raikou]], so it's actually far stronger than usual.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Guile Hideout mind controls her when he takes control of the Battle Tower.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Purple hair and eyes.
* GoodIsNotNice: Like in the games, she believes in innate talent and is not shy about telling people if they don't have it.
* HostageForMcGuffin: For Noland's Jirachi reports.
* LittleMissBadass: The leader and most powerful of the Frontier Brains.
* MindControlEyes: When under Guile Hideout's control.
* SignatureMon: Raikou.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sinnoh]]
!!'''Professor Rowan'''
The resident professor of Sinnoh.
* DistressedDude: He and Professor Berlitz get trapped by Team Galactic.
* GeniusSweetTooth: He is the premier Pokémon professor in Sinnoh and he loves to eat sweets.
* NonActionGuy: He’s a scholar, not a fighter.
!!'''Sir Berlitz'''
Rowan's assistant and Platinum's father, he is the richest man in Sinnoh.
* DistressedDude: He and Professor Rowan get trapped by Team Galactic.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: He technically still doesn't have a name, but is given a surname. In the games, he's just called 'Professor Rowan's Assistant'.
* OverprotectiveDad: So your 12 year old daughter insists on going out on a journey? Well, hire a pair of bodyguards to go with her!
** ProperlyParanoid: On said journey, his daughter gets caught up in Cyrus' plot to destroy and recreate the world.
!!'''Paka and Uji'''
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Platinum's hired bodyguards. They tail the protagonists after a mix-up causes their charge to go with Diamond and Pearl.
* CanonForeigner: They have no in-game equivalents.
* CoolShades: which they never remove [[spoiler: until they are taken away by Saturn's new weapon.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: PunnyName[=s=] aside (see below), they manage to defeat Saturn, who mind you, can go toe to toe with Gym Leaders in later chapters. Also, the pair have no problem teaming up with Diamond and Pearl to take on an army of Galactic Grunt.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: They get sent to the Distortion World by Saturn's weapon.]]
* MakingASplash: Buizel
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Although they didn't die.]]
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: When they are hit by Saturn’s weapon they tell Diamond and Pearl that it is their job to protect Platinum now.]]
* PunnyName: Their names are puns on the word "idiot".
* ScarfOfAsskicking: The exact same colors as Diamond and Pearl's mufflers.
* SignatureMon: Burmy for Paka and Buizel for Uji.
!!'''Roark'''
Gym Leader of the Oreburgh Gym and foreman of the local mines. He specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. He is Byron's son.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a red construction hardhat.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
%%* PrehistoricMonster: Rampardos.
%%* UseYourHead: Rampardos.
* SignatureMon: Cranidos, which later evolves into a Rampardos.
* WhiteGloves: Wears a pair of white worker gloves.
!!'''Gardenia'''
Gym Leader of the Eterna Gym. She specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of it since under her cloak she’s wearing pretty much the equivalent of a sports bra.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Roserade.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: To ghosts, apparently.
!!'''Maylene'''
Gym Leader of the Veilstone Gym. She specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigEater: Probably as a direct result of her impoverished lifestyle.
%%* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* CuteBruiser: She may look cute, but she’s capable of fighting on her own even without Pokémon.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: She despises Platinum at first, but becomes one of her closest friends and training partners after being defeated.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Fitting for a martial artist.
* ParentalNeglect: Her father spends all his time gambling so he doesn’t pay attention to her.
* PerpetualPoverty: She initially was jealous of Platinum's wealth and is often shown to be hungry. During the battle at Spear Pillar, she outright says that she is poor.
** Some FridgeHorror comes in place here, since in the games her dad is a gambling addict who rarely leaves the place.
* SignatureMon: Riolu.
!!'''Crasher Wake'''
Gym Leader of the Pastoria Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He later trains Pearl following the events in Lake Valor.
* CoolMask: And he refuses to be seen without it.
* LargeHam: He is a professional wrestler after all.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* MaskPower: He wears a mask and he’s a Gym Leader, one of the strongest trainers in Sinnoh.
* TheMentor: To Pearl later on in the DP arc.
* SignatureMon: Floatzel.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He never wears a shirt, which is fitting being a wrestler and all.
!!'''Fantina'''
Gym Leader of the Hearthome Gym. A Ghost-type specialist who also enjoys contests. Like Cynthia, she is very fond of the Sinnoh Trio and looks out for them whenever they're in the neighborhood.
%%* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign
* BatmanGambit: Her gym gimmick is to force her challengers into thinking logically to reach her then totally ''breaking'' that logic when it comes to actually challenging her.
%%* FunnyForeigner
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She used Trick Room in her Gym Battle, which allowed Lax, the last Pokémon Platinum had, to go first.
* TheHyena: She laughs hysterically at just about any joke of Dia and Pearl's.
* SignatureMon: Mismagius.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her Mismagius can create illusions to disorient her opponents.
!!'''Byron'''
Gym Leader of the Canalave Gym and the father of Roark. He hands out the Mine Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* HotBlooded: He’s very impulsive, attacking the Dex Holders immediately after assuming they are intruders.
* TheMedic: Is this during when the Gym Leaders are fighting the Galactic Commanders in Spear Pillar, healing their Pokémon underground.
* OverprotectiveDad: Not an extreme example, but he is very reluctant to put his son in harm's way.
* SignatureMon: Bronzong.
!!'''Candice'''
Gym Leader of the Snowpoint Gym. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. It is her duty to watch over Lake Acuity and Snowpoint Temple.
* ExposedToTheElements: She claims that nothing should get in the way of fashion, elements be damned. And she even dubs herself, Maylene, and Platinum as the 'Thin-Clothed Trio'.
* GenkiGirl: She’s very energetic to say the least.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* HotBlooded: Despite her main type.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
* MagicSkirt: It is so short, it could be a health hazard in Snowpoint.
* SignatureMon: Froslass. She would later give this Pokémon to Platinum.
!!'''Volkner'''
Gym Leader of the Sunyshore Gym. He specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. He has been depressed since he hasn't had a good fight in ages and is constantly looking for something to regain his excitement back.
* BashBrothers: To Elite 4 Member Flint in the Battle Frontier.
* BloodKnight: Volkner desires exciting fights with very strong fighters.
* BoisterousBruiser: Get Volkner excited in a duel, and he shifts from apathetic to outspoken on his battles as Giratina found out.
* BrilliantButLazy: He’s easily the strongest of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but he’s become bored fighting weak trainers and so he has no drive to battle.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}: Uses up enough electricity for his gym to result in the rest of Sunyshore to go into a total blackout, just because he was bored. [[spoiler:He also completely ignores Byron's call for help at the Spear Pillar and heads for home instead.]]
** [[spoiler: He redeems himself in the Platinum arc when he and Flint help defeat Giratina. Perhaps he's developed into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold now.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Electivire.
* WorthyOpponent: Views Platina as one, impressed by her knowledge on Pokémon battles and the experience she accumulated following her defeat to Jupiter.
!!'''Looker'''
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Member of the International Police and helps Platinum investigate the Distortion World so he can find information on Team Galactic.
* BadassLongcoat: A brown one that fits with his Interpol design.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his eccentric personality and his status as a ButtMonkey, he was shown to be a very capable Police Agent and trainer.
* ButtMonkey: His gadgets have a tendency to break and when they do, he gets hurt in the process.
* CallingYourAttacks: Or rather, calling your gadgets, with him shouting the name of the Interpol equipment whenever pulling one out.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He doesn't look like it, but [[spoiler:in the BW arc he manages to make it to the ''top 8 of the Unova League''.]]
* InterpolSpecialAgent: It’s his job. He has been seen on several missions in the manga. He investigated the Distortion World alongside Platinum in the ''Platinum'' arc, he infiltrated the Pokémon League to find if one of the participants was a member of Team Plasma in the ''Black & White'' arc and he worked alongside Blake to arrest the Seven Sages in the ''Black 2 & White 2'' arc.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Looker is obviously not his real name and we will likely never learn what it really is.
* TheLancer: Looker ends up being one to two Dex users: Platina in order to help her investigate the Distortion World to apprehend Team Galactic, and to his younger but direct superior in the force Blake to arrest the sages of Team Galactic.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Looker puts on a pair of gag glasses while participating in the Unova Pokémon League. Leo even blurts his name out in the Black and White 2 arc]].
* PutOnABus: Is hospitalized after his return from Stark Mountain, where he returns at the very end of the Pt arc to arrest Team Galactic.
* SignatureMon: Croagunk.
* UndyingLoyalty: Once he accepts Blake as his superior, he stays by his side and aids him, even when he's kicked out of the International Police. [[ThrowTheDogABone This impresses the Interpol.]]
!!'''Bebe'''
The Sinnoh Pokémon storage system developer. She is good friends with %%* GenkiGirl
's sister, Daisy.
* BareYourMidriff: Courtesy of wearing a small tank top.
* GadgeteerGenius: A given being the developer of Sinnoh’s Pokémon Storage System.
!!'''Aaron'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: His only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* IdiotHair: And an incredibly large one at that.
* SignatureMon: Drapion.
!!'''Bertha'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: Her only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Hippowdon.
!!'''Flint'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and is a friend of Volkner. Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Magmortar.
!!'''Lucian'''
Member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* BadassBookworm: He is shown to clear entire books in a matter of a few seconds.
* DemotedToExtra: His only role in the plot is to help decipher Charon’s notebook.
* PsychicPowers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Girafarig.
!!'''Cynthia'''
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The Champion of the Sinnoh region's Elite Four. She also seems to travel around Sinnoh a lot, helping both people and Pokémon. She meets the Sinnoh Trio and looks out for them.
* AdventureArchaeologist: She travels the world to learn about Pokémon myths.
* BadassLongcoat: Black with fur trimmings.
* HelpingWouldBeKillStealing: Averted, as she actually attempts to take down Cyrus herself. She fails though.
* PeekABangs: Her right eye is always covered.
* SignatureMon: Garchomp.
* TeamMom: To the Sinnoh trio.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In ''Platinum'' she returns having trained to master Draco Meteor and uses it to take down '''[[OlympusMons Giratina]]'''.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Not her, but her Garchomp. When fighting Cyrus in Celestic Town without her, it uses Hyper Beam, where his Pokémon positioned themselves in front of the ruins, making Garchomp destroy the entrance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sinnoh Battle Frontier]]
!!'''Palmer'''
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The Tower Tycoon of Sinnoh's Battle Tower. He is the father of Pearl.
* BadassLongcoat: Although not that long since it stops at his knees.
* GenerationXerox: Pearl is a lot like him.
* InsistentTerminology: Frequently insists that Pearl call him Daddy instead of just Dad.
* ParentalAbandonment: Debatable case. Pearl mentions he wasn't around much and Palmer himself is saddened by the fact that he learned secondhand that Pearl was involved in a life and death battle at Spear Pillar. On the other hand, he taught Pearl a great deal about battling and is highly respected by his son. Also, the only specific event we see in Pearl's backstory has Palmer finding him and Dia when they got lost.
* ParentsAsPeople: He loves Pearl but since he spends all his time battling and wasn’t aware of Pearl’s involvement in the battle against Team Galactic he thinks he’s a terrible father.
* SignatureMon: [[spoiler: Cresselia.]]
!!'''Darach'''
Butler of Cailtin and battles in her place in the Battle Castle as the Castle Valet.
* BattleButler: For Caitlin.
* MoodSwinger: When he battles, he switches from his usual reserved manner and takes on a more bloodthirsty personality. According to his own comments, he was unaware of this until people actually told him.
* SignatureMon: Gallade.
!!'''Caitlin'''
Frontier Brain of Sinnoh's Battle Castle. Due to her powerful PsychicPowers, she is not allowed to battle or else her abilities will go out of control. She later becomes one the Elite Four of the Unova region.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: When she loses control.]]
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: Fightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfightfight.....]]
%%* {{Ojou}}
* PsychicPowers: Manifesting in her [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow hair drastically lengthening]] and attacking people.
** By the time the story rolls into Unova, her control has increased. With her Gothitelle helping her, [[spoiler: she can transmit messages from people whose location she does not know, ie, the kidnapped Gym Leaders.]]
** She also specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Gothitelle.
!!'''Dahlia'''
Arcade Star of Sinnoh's Battle Arcade. She loves to dance and it extends to her Pokémon as well.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has much darker skin than everyone else but we have no idea of her ethnicity.
* BareYourMidriff: With a sweater oddly enough.
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousSpanish Que sera, sera]]."
%%* GenkiGirl
!!'''Thorton'''
Factory Head of Sinnoh's Battle Factory. Uses machines to help calculate the probabilities of his chances in battle.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He is always analyzing things down to percentages and uses that to formulate his strategies.
* CatchPhrase: After giving the percentages of something he will add “ah, don’t mind that number.”
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented a Pokémon analyzer that he uses to determine his strategies. He was also able to repair a Team Galactic spy robot.
* MoodSwinger: He switches from calm and rational to a crybaby when he loses to Platinum.
!!'''Argenta'''
Hall Matron of Sinnoh's Battle Hall.
* CoolOldLady: More like Cool Middle-Aged Lady.
* CoolShades: [[GogglesDoNothing That she always wears on the top of her head]].
* SignatureMon: Dragonite.
!!'''Riley'''
A friend of Byron's that was asked to help train Diamond in battling before he goes to Lake Verity. He has the ability to use Aura.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Complete with a FedoraOfAsskicking.
* BattleAura: His Lucario specializes in using Aura offensively in order to [[CombatClairvoyance predict his opponent's every move]] and strike them from afar using Aura Sphere.
%%* {{Bishounen}}
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears on a ship at the end of the Emerald arc.
* TheMentor: Served as Diamond's in Iron Island to make him stronger to defend Lake Verity.
* SignatureMon: Lucario.
* SoulPower: He can sense Aura. He mainly uses it to track people and objects.
!!'''Buck'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier. He is Flint's younger brother.
* FieryRedhead: A trait he shares with his older brother Flint.
* HotBlooded: He is very loud and straightforward. [[spoiler: This backfires on him when he releases Heatran, inadvertently letting Charon take control of it.]]
* SignatureMon: Claydol.
!!'''Marley'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
* ElegantGothicLolita: She wears a black and white frilly dress.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler: She befriends Shaymin and it decides to stay with her.]]
* SignatureMon: Arcanine.
* TheStoic: She generally doesn’t express emotions but she shows a softer side around [[spoiler: Shaymin.]]
!!'''Mira'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* SignatureMon: Alakazam.
!!'''Cheryl'''
A trainer who battles at the Battle Frontier.
%%* CoolBigSis
* SignatureMon: Blissey
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Unova]]
!!'''Professor Juniper'''
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The regional professor of Unova.
* ButtMonkey: A rare female example in the B/W arc. Her starter Pokémon often beat each other up, leaving a destructive mess in their wake (one such site being her own lab) and two of her three Dexes are broken with the remaining functioning one in the hands of someone whose sanity she questions.
* CharacterDevelopment: After [[spoiler: called out by N, she reassesses how she does things and by the B2/W2 arc has become a more competent scientist who cares more about Pokémon.]]
* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler: Called out by N for treating Pokémon as things and not caring for them enough to give them to their Trainers personally. [[JerkassHasAPoint The results]] [[HeroicBSOD weren't pretty]].]]
!!'''Cheren'''
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Along with Bianca, he is a childhood friend of Black and chose Snivy as his starter Pokémon (Actually, Bianca chose it for him).
* AdaptationalVillainy: To the point that he [[spoiler:joins Team Plasma]], something he would never have done in the games (he was one of the people most vehemently against [[spoiler:Plasma]] in the game).
** [[spoiler: Somewhat subverted when it's revealed that he only joined Team Plasma because he'd been brainwashed into doing so.]]
* ApologizesALot: Apologizes for even the most pointless of reasons.
* BadBoss: When fighting Black at the Pokémon League, [[spoiler: he reveals that he doesn't have any attachment to his Pokémon. His Snivy hasn't even evolved. However, this is due to Team Plasma's brainwashing of him.]]
* BadassTeacher: Becomes a teacher at the Aspertia City Trainer’s School in the ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter, [[spoiler: and a Gym Leader by the end of the arc.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: What causes him to join Team Plasma and turn against his former friend, Black.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regard to Black being a LargeHam.
* DecoyProtagonist: His appearance alongside Black and Bianca in volume 43 indicate this, standing alongside the starter Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: Though he possesses a Pokédex and was a rival in the original game, the fact that he's not named after a version and that said Pokédex is damaged places him to supporting character. [[spoiler: His Pokédex eventually ended up completely destroyed.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: At the Pokémon League, he reveals that [[spoiler: he's joined Team Plasma. Later on, it's revealed that he's been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] into doing so, though.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Considering that his best friends are a league obsessed boy and [[TheDitz a ditz]], he's certainly this.
* ShipTease: With Bianca in the B2/W2 arc. [[ShipperOnDeck His students notice.]]
* SweatDrop: He does it quite often, seeing how one of his best friends is a LargeHam while the other is a ditz.
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the time he enters the Pokémon League, he's cold and indifferent towards everyone, believing that cheering and supporting contributes nothing in becoming stronger. [[spoiler: However, it was revealed that he was brainwashed all the way back in Driftveil City.]]
!!'''Bianca'''
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Along with Cheren, she is a childhood friend of Black and chose Oshawott as her starter Pokémon.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She gets easily distracted upon their arrival at Striaton City that she ignores Cheren's reprimanding.
* DecoyProtagonist: Like Cheren, her appearance alongside him and Black in volume 43 indicate this, standing alongside the starter Pokémon.
* DemotedToExtra: See Cheren. Ironically enough, the lack of screentime further adds to her character, as she feels even more useless as she hasn't accomplished much on her journey, and ends up bonding with White and developing alongside her on one of her adventures.
* TheDitz: Not the brightest of people, although she still looks smart next to [[IdiotHero Black.]]
* GenkiGirl: She's very energetic and excitable.
* JackOfAllTrades: Implied to be her strength, as she knows how to play all kinds of instruments and Professor Juniper describes her as someone that can do anything without flaw.
* ShipTease: With Cheren in the B2/W2 arc. [[ShipperOnDeck His students notice.]]
* TakeUpMySword: Gives her Pokédex to White, making her an official Dex Holder as she returns home to become a lab assistant.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: There really is very little in the way of family resemblance between the two.
* OverprotectiveDad: Her dad prevents her from going out when she is about to start a journey.
!!'''Fennel'''
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Professor Juniper's friend and former classmate. She works with her assistant, Amanita, and researches about dreams.
* NoIndoorVoice: She's very loud. Even more so than Black.
!!'''Cedric Juniper'''
Professor Juniper's father.
* BigOlEyebrows: And they look even bigger due to EyesAlwaysShut.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* SignatureMon: Samurott. [[spoiler: It is the third of the first set of starters that Gigi and Amanda are from.]]
!!'''Cilan, Chili, & Cress'''
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The triplet gym leaders of Striaton Gym.
* BishieSparkle
-->Cress: Our teamwork sparkles!
-->Cilan: We, too, are three bright shining stars.
* CharacterTics: Like in the anime, the brothers tend to place their arms in a certain location. Cilan places his behind his back, Chili puts his on his hips, Cress crosses them in front of his chest.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green for Cilan, red for Chili and blue for Cress.
* CatSmile: Cilan.
* ElementalPowers
** GreenThumb: Cilan specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
** MakingASplash: Cress specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
** PlayingWithFire: Chili specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* FieryRedhead: Chili.
* HotBlooded: Chili.
%%* SharpDressedMan
* SkintoneSclerae: Cilan
* SignatureMon: Pansage, which later evolves into a Simisage, for Cilan, Pansear, which later evolves into a Simisear, for Chili and Panpour, which later evolves into a Simipour, for Cress.
* {{Troll}}: Chili. He lied to Black about disqualifying him from challenging their Gym (because of Bianca's interference) only to take it back immediately while laughing uproariously.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: As part of their waiter outfits.
!!'''Lenora'''
Gym Leader and Museum owner of the Nacrene City Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Hawes.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She acknowledges that her Stoutland got taken out in one hit because she had spammed Take Down beforehand, which whittled down its HP.
* NonElemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Stoutland.
!!'''Burgh'''
Gym Leader of the Castelia City Gym.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Well he certainly is flamboyant enough.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* PerformanceArtist: He uses his art in his Gym challenge.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: A small red one.
* SignatureMon: Venipede.
!!'''Elesa'''
Gym Leader of the Nimbasa City Gym
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
%%* BareYourMidriff
%%* CombatStilettos
* CoolHorse: Zebstrika, which a flashback shows that she's had since she was a little girl.
* MaleGaze: Elesa is formally first introduced with her rear facing the readers while she is on her knees.
* MsFanservice: She is a model after all.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Zebstrika.
* TheStoic: Surprisingly averted. She's actually quite cheerful compared to her game counterpart.
!!'''Clay'''
Gym Leader of the Driftveil City Gym.
* AmericansAreCowboys: It’s only natural that the Region based off of an America location (even if it is New York City) would have a cowboy Gym Leader.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Ground-type Pokémon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be a bit mean but he’s ultimately a good person and he warms up to Black despite their rocky introduction.
* SignatureMon: Excadrill.
!!'''Skyla'''
Gym Leader of the Mistralton City Gym. She's also the pilot of a cargo company.
* AcePilot: Capable of putting on air shows with her cargo plane, she delivered an epic finale to the Pokémon Musical along with the guests' prop cases.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Team Plasma after being defeated by the Shadow Triad.]]
%%* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
%%* FashionableAsymmetry
%%* {{Shorttank}}
* SignatureMon: Swanna.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: For a pilot’s suit it certainly doesn’t cover a lot.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!'''Brycen'''
Gym Leader of the Icirrus City Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Is at first seemingly captured by the Shadow Triad with the rest of the Gym Leaders, but it turns out to be just an ice statue. He's still captured by Ghetsis later in the Pokémon League.]]
* CoolMask: A blue domino mask.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
* TheMentor: He personally trains Black for a time to get him up to snuff against Team Plasma.
* SignatureMon: Cryogonal.
* TheStoic: Although it becomes subverted whenever he is playing Brycen-Man.
%%* TheQuietOne
* WarriorMonk: In appearance only though.
!!'''Drayden'''
Gym Leader of the Opelucid City Gym.
* OldMaster: The oldest and strongest of the Unova Gym Leaders.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Druddigon.
!!'''Iris'''
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Iris is the protégé of Drayden, though she also learned spirituality from Alder. She respects both men very much.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her nationality is unknown and even her being from Blackthorn City doesn’t help in that regard.
* BrattyHalfPint: She enjoys teasing Black about his possible love life.
* BrutalHonesty: Straight-up tells [[PerformanceArtist Burgh]] that his newer paintings look terrible, and much later teases [[HotBlooded Black]] about his love life.
%%* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: A weird double example with two at the top and two at the bottom.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: She wants to take down N for what he did to Alder.]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler:She participates in the Unova League.]] [[spoiler:In the BW2 arc, it is revealed she has become the champion. In fact, she even defeated the Elite Four, Alder, and even N to earn the title!]]
* LittleMissSnarker: She can be very cutting when she wants to be, albeit in a playful way.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
* ShipperOnDeck: Entertains the possibilities of both Black x White and Black x Bianca.
* SignatureMon: Fraxure, which later evolves into a Haxorus.
!!'''Marlon'''
A cheerful man who initially appears as a League participant. In the ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter he has been made the Gym Leader of the Humilau City Gym.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Jellicent.
* SuperSenses: He has a very good sense of smell, especially when it comes to water. He can tell where a water Pokémon came from [[spoiler: and that the Hood Man likely didn't have eight badges but was participating in the League anyway, due to the fact that he didn't smell like the water you had to pass by through the Badge Gates]].
!!'''Emmet and Ingo'''
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The Subway bosses of the Battle Subway.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When White is still a beginner at the Battle Subway, Emmet sees her educative as a Trainer that tends to get ovewhelmed and lose every battle.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Emmet.
* SiblingYinYang: Emmet wears white while Ingo wears black. Emmet is also obsessed with battling and requires Ingo to rein him in.
* SignatureMon: Durant for Emmet and Klinklang for Ingo.
* TagTeamTwins: Subverted in that they don’t actually fight together on the Battle Subway.
!!'''Shauntal'''
Ghost-type Elite Four member of Unova.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She cheerfully enrages Thundurus and Tornadus further in their fight as to get more inspiration for her next novel.
* GenkiGirl: She is very loud and energetically shows off her novels.
* PerkyGoth: How hyper she is doesn’t seem to match with all the purple and black she wears.
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
!!'''Grimsley'''
Dark-type Elite Four member of Unova.
%%* {{Bishonen}}
* BatmanGambit: Pulls one off in his introduction to expose a disguised Plasma grunt.
* CombatPragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
%%* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheGambler: He’s been a casino dealer for over ten years and sees everything as a game.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: A yellow one that’s long enough to go all the way down his back.
%%* SharpDressedMan
* SignatureMon: Bisharp.
%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
%%* TsurimeEyes
!!'''Marshal'''
Fighting-type Elite Four member of Unova.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigOlEyebrows: That are somehow also part of his hair.
* CurbstompBattle: He effortlessly defeats Black’s entire team when Black attacks him after seeing Marshal [[spoiler: holding an unconscious White]].
!!'''Alder'''
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Champion of the Unova Pokémon League.
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* TheBusCameBack: He completley disappeared after losing to N, but [[spoiler: appears at the end of [=B2W2=] arc to help fight against Team Plasma with iris and Gorm.]]
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* CoolOldGuy: He’s incredibly personable and loves playing with his Pokémon.
%%* FieryRedhead
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Pokémon tend to gather around him.
* ILetYouWin: [[spoiler: It turns out he purposely lost his fight against N because he was convinced by Team Plasma's ideals.]]
%%* PermaStubble
* RatedMForManly: This guy is so awesome he has strength matches with his own Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Bouffalant.
!!'''Hugh'''
A student at the Aspertia City Trainers' school. He harbors an intense hatred of Team Plasma.
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* BerserkButton:
** Team Plasma, due to them stealing his sister's Purrloin.
** He also doesn't take remarks about his sister well, having his Vibrava attack the girls at the trainer school when they bring her up and accuse him of being a bad brother.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of his little sister.
* BloodKnight: He is extremely focused on battles and getting stronger, to the point where he is upset at anyone in the Trainers’ school not taking things seriously.
* CelibateHero: He has no interest in romance and gets mad at Blake for wasting his time flirting. [[spoiler: However, he starts having feelings for Whitley by the end of the arc.]]
* HotBlooded: He tends to shout a lot when he is serious about something, which annoys those around him.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: He’s not happy when he learns Leo was with his sister.
* PetTheDog: After [[spoiler: Whitley tearfully admits that Team Plasma was wrong and apologizes for being a part of it, Hugh stops yelling at her and trying to intimidate her, and just tries to get her to lead him to where his sister's Purrloin might be. Then, when the Plasma Frigate launches a freezing ray at the city, Hugh pushes Whitley out of its path, even when doing so causes him to fall and get knocked out.]]
** Later, he [[spoiler: formally apologizes to Whitley for being so angry with her in the first place since he now knows that her faction of Team Plasma isn't the same as the one he hates.]]
* SeriousBusiness: He takes going to the Trainer's School more seriously than anyone, believing that it'll make him stronger.
* SignatureMon: Trapinch, which later evolves into a Vibrava.
* ShipTease: [[spoiler: With Whitley, particularly in the final chapter which implies he may have feelings for her now.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was very kind before Team Plasma stole his sister’s Purrloin, making him angry and obsessed with strength.
!!'''Leo'''
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One of the participants of the league and enrolls in Aspertia trainer school.
* CannotTalkToWomen: His defining characteristic.
* CanonForeigner: He has no in-game equivalent, being a strange mix of a Youngster and a PokéManiac.
* ShipTease: With Hugh’s younger sister.
!!'''Roxie'''
Gym Leader of the Virbank City Gym.
* PoisonousPerson: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
* TheRockStar: She’s the lead singer and bassist of a famous band.
* SignatureMon: Whirlipede.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kalos]]
!!'''Trevor'''
* InnocentlyInsensitive: At one point, he got very gung-ho testing out the mechanics of Mega Evolution, inadvertently upsetting X by bringing up an issue X wasn't comfortable with.
* OhCrap: Has two big ones. The first being when he first sees Xerneas and Yvelta right before they start duking it out, and the second being when he meets Lysandre literally seconds after he figures the man being a bad guy.
* SignatureMon: Flabebe, which later evolves into Floette.
* SupportingProtagonist: He is the one [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator narrating the XY chapter]].
!!'''Tierno'''
* ADayInTheLimelight: One of the side chapter in the arc focuses on him, assisting X against a Team Flare Admin.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's the most easygoing out of the Kalos kids, but ''don't'' make him angry.
* SignatureMon: Corphish. [[spoiler: It evolves into a Crawdaunt in the final battle with Team Flare.]]
* StreetPerformer: [[spoiler: In the epilogue he becomes a street dancer in Lumiose City’s backstreets.]]
!!'''Shauna'''
An aspiring Furfrou groomer, and childhood friends with a number of other characters.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In a stark contrast with her [[NiceGirl nice]] and [[TheHeart friendly]] game counterpart, she's the group's DeadpanSnarker here.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: A Honedge is forced into her hands while a Aegislash looms behind her, meaning that she ends up being possessed. She is then ordered to steal X's Mega Stone, and when she gets caught, she attacks her friends.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She has, in order, watched her friend fall into depression, have her hometown blown up, lose one of her Pokémon, and [[spoiler: been brainwashed while having her life force sucked out of her]]. No wonder she's rather bitter.
* LittleMissSnarker: A complete 180 degree turn from her game counterpart, but seeing all the misfortune she's gone through, it's understandable.
* ShipTease: She's often seen clinging to [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Tierno]].
* SignatureMon: A Skitty named Neko.
!!'''Professor Sycamore'''
The regional professor of Kalos.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Is this considering Lysandre, constantly praising him. Unlike the games, ''everyone else'' is suspicious and wary of Lysandre, making the professor seem even ''more'' oblivious in contrast.
* ItsAllMyFault: Once he learns that Lysandre is evil he blames himself for not believing it and putting X and the others in danger as a result.
!!'''Viola'''
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The Gym Leader of Santalune City, the gang initially isn't very fond of her as she works for the press along side of her sister, but they agree to her offer of help.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
* CameraFiend: Although it makes sense she carries it with her at all times since she’s a news photographer.
* SignatureMon: Vivillon.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: When a possessed Shauna tries to use a Honedge to strike down Y, Viola jumps in the way of the attack.]]
!!'''Grant'''
The gym leader of Cyllage Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
!!'''Korrina'''
The gym leader of Shalour Gym and a successor of Mega Evolution. She is Gurkinn's granddaughter.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* BigDamnHeroes: She first appears to help X and the others when they are fighting Celosia, and later on with Diantha and Gurkinn when the whole crew is captured by Essentia.
* PutOnABus: Suffers a head injury against Celosia, where she's unable to make a recovery until the end of the arc due to getting her Key Stone stolen.
* SignatureMon: Lucario.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Celosia praises Korrina for amending her mistakes during their rematch, she tells her that there's nothing good about being praised by her.
!!'''Ramos'''
The gym leader of Coumarine Gym.
* BadassBookworm: He enjoys reading and references a Pokémon battling encyclopedia, specifically talking about [[ContinuityNod a tactic using Mr. Mime to create solid walls of air]].
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
!!'''Clemont'''
The gym leader of Lumiose Gym.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Gets captured by Team Flare and forced to build a machine to drain Xerneas’s energy.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He invented the Aipom Arm for one thing. [[spoiler: Xerosic uses this and threatens his Heliolisk in order to make Clemont build the machine that will absorb Xerneas’s energy.]]
* {{Irony}}: When he first appears before the heroes, he proudly introduces himself as the great inventor of Kalos, only to find that they've never heard of him. He's later referred by that same title by the enemy, Xerosic of Team Flare.
* ShockAndAwe: Specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Heliolisk.
!!'''Valerie'''
The gym leader of Laverre Gym
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, she doesn’t have any individual role.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Mr. Mime.
!!'''Olympia'''
The gym leader of Anistar Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, she doesn’t have any individual role.
* PsychicPowers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon. She also seems to have some herself since she mentions having a vision.
!!'''Wulfric'''
The gym leader of Snowbelle Gym.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from [[spoiler: helping to stop the Ultimate Weapon from firing]] and [[spoiler: defeating the members of Team Flare who are trying to activate it a second time off-panel]] alongside the rest of the Gym Leaders, he doesn’t have any individual role.
* AnIcePerson: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
!!'''Diantha'''
The Champion of the Kalos region and a famous actress. She trained with Blue under Gurkinn as a successor of Mega Evolution.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: When she was a child actress, she looked rather boyish.
* BigDamnHeroes: She first appears to protect Y, Shauna, Tierno and Trevor when Lysandre’s Pokémon have them surrounded in his Café.
* FamedInStory: She is a famous movie star.
* LadyOfWar: She's both a wealthy celebrity ''and'' a skilled, powerful battler.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Seems to have taken this stance with Malva, telling Y not to interfere in their battle.
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: After knocking Malva out of the air in their final battle Diantha [[TakeMyHand tries to catch her. Malva refuses to grab her hand and falls to her presumable death.]]]]
* SignatureMon: Gardevoir.
* SilkHidingSteel: Although in her case, the steel is just ''barely'' hidden.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
!!'''Siebold'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Water-types.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from briefly catering to the protagonists, his only role is to take part in the final battle against Team Flare off-panel.
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Clawitzer.
!!'''Wikstrom'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Steel-types.
* DemotedToExtra: All he does is take part in the final battle with Team Flare off-panel.
* ExtraOreDinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Probopass.
!!'''Drasna'''
A member of the Kalos Elite Four. Specializes in Dragon-types.
* DemotedToExtra: All he does is take part in the final battle with Team Flare off-panel. We don’t even get to see a single one of her Pokémon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
!!'''Grace'''
Y’s mother. She is a famous Rhyhorn Racer and wants Y to follow in her footsteps.
* FamedInStory: She is a Rhyhorn Racer with a streak of 25 consecutive wins.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Similar to the anime, where she made Y practice Rhyhorn Racer since her childhood.
* ParentsAsPeople: She wants her daughter to follow in her footsteps because she thinks that’s what’s best for Y. However, Y doesn’t like that her mother is deciding her life so she becomes a Sky Trainer, the exact opposite of ground-based Rhyhorn Racing. This leads to the two having a strained relationship.
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler: She, along with the rest of the residents of Vaniville Town, are captured by Team Flare following its destruction. Team Flare [[BrainWashedAndCrazy brainwashes them]] and uses them to move Xerneas in its sealed form.]]
!!'''Cassius'''
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The manager of Kalos’s Pokémon Storage System. He took in Emma after finding her on the streets.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, he only stays in his place and hardly says much, but here he becomes a traveling companion to the heroes for a while and has an important connection to Emma.
* BigDamnHeroes: He appears to save Y, Tierno and Shauna from a Team Flare Grunt.
* CompositeCharacter: He fulfills Looker's role from the games as the man who took Emma in, an action that indirectly leads to her become Essentia.
* CopycatMockery: He mimics Bill's accent when talking to him, with the footnote even saying "(weird accent)".
* FaceOfAThug: He looks like a punk but he is actually very friendly and takes in orphans and gives them jobs.
* GeniusSlob: His house is an absolute mess but he isn’t the manager of the Pokémon Storage System for nothing.
* SignatureMon: Gourgeist.
!!'''Gurkinn'''
The guru of Mega Evolution whose job is finding those worthy of inheriting its secret. He is also Korrina’s grandfather.
* BigDamnHeroes: He has Garma appear save X from being killed by Celosia while he was trying to stop Team Flare from getting Xerneas.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: As the guru of Mega Evolution he decides who can become a successor and gain access to Mega Evolution. He has found 17 people worthy.
* DontCallMeSir: He doesn't like being called the mega Evolution guru.
* GameBreakingInjury: His leg gets injured when Essentia attacks the Tower of Mastery so he is unable to fight for the rest of the arc.
* SignatureMon: Heracross.
* SuperMode: Has access to Mega Evolution.
!!'''Yvette'''
One of Y's classmates in the Sky Trainer Academy.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she's just another one-off Sky Trainer you battle, but here she's a bully to Y and is important in develping her relation with her mom.
* TheBully: Obviously to Y before the start of the arc, [[AlphaBitch being the most popular girl at the academy.]]
* BrainWashedAndCrazy: X figures out that Yvette and her clique attacking the helicopter must be all controlled by Celosia's Aegislash.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: Seems to be the case in the epilogue as she pesters Y to join her group of Vivillonists.
* GreenEyedMonster: Resented Y as she received special treatments by the teachers just for being Grace's daughter.
* HeelFaceTurn: Shows up in the finale with Viola, Alexa, Clemont, and Bonnie to free the Pokémon from Team Flare in Route 10.
* RelativeRidicule: Constantly refers Grace as someone who belongs on the muddy ground, which actually helps Y realize how she actually loves her mother.
* StraightForTheCommander: Y deduces that the group of Vivillon all belong to Yvette and taking her down will make their formation collapse.
!!'''Emma'''
A homeless girl who was taken in by Cassius. She is particularly close to an Espurr named Mimi.
* AbusiveParents: When she tells X about her past she says she ran away from home because her parents were mean.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In a sense. [[spoiler: Emma has no control over what she does as Essentia, but unlike in the games she ''knows'' she is made to do terrible things but allows it to happen anyway because the poor girl is so traumatized by her life that the Expansion Suit is the only thing that makes her feel completely safe.]]
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: As Essentia she is put to sleep and an AI takes control of her body.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Expansion Suit can do this to Pokémon with its Poké Ball Jack function, which she uses to temporarily steal Xerxer from Y.]]
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: As Essentia.]]
* HelpfulMook: [[spoiler: As Emma, i.e. not in ''her part time job'', she helps X take care of some Flare Grunts in Geosenge Town.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: The Expansion Suit can use holograms to make the wearer appear like anyone else. She uses this to steal Xerxer from Y by pretending to be the Pokémon Center’s nurse.]]
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: To Xerosic, who has fatherly affection for her and refuses to push her beyond the limits of her Essentia suit out of fear of hurting her. Lysandre, however, has no such concern.]]
* NotBrainwashed: [[spoiler: Emma is perfectly aware of the terrible things she does as Essentia. However she willingly goes along with it since the suit makes her feel safe.]]
* OddFriendship: With AZ.
* OlympusMons: [[spoiler: As Essentia she catches Zygarde. After regaining control she tries to hide it in the Pokémon Storage System but Lysandre takes direct control of her suit and forces her to command it to battle the protagonists.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler: When Essentia disguises herself as Y, X realizes it isn’t her because she doesn’t apologize for going off on her own and breaking one of the five rules like Y would and then she refers to X as “dear.” As a result X has Rute crush her helmet.]]
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home because she had AbusiveParents and lived on the streets of Lumiose City until Cassius took her in.
!!'''AZ'''
The immortal king of Kalos from thousands of years ago and the creator of the Ultimate Weapon.
* HumansAreBastards: He tells X and the others this in response their selfishness for only focusing on themselves and ignoring the Team Flare plot and says they’re not worth saving. [[spoiler: However this turns out to be a SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
* OddFriendship: With Emma.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: In the final chapter he claims that the people of Kalos don’t deserve to live and plans to activate the Ultimate Weapon again. He then attacks X and the others. However, he actually wanted them to fight back and not give in to despair, taking a hit so that the key to the Ultimate Weapon is destroyed.]]
* SignatureMon: Golurk.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alola]]
!! '''Professor Kukui'''
The resident professor of Alola. As Masked Royal he takes part in the Full-Force Festival.
* AdaptationalCurves: Thanks to the artist using Wrestling/DwayneJohnson as a reference, Kukui is ''much'' beefier than his other counterparts.
* HappilyMarried: To Professor Burnet.
* MaskedLuchador: As Masked Royal.
* NoShirtLongJacket: He doesn’t wear a shirt under his lab coat. In fact the first thing Moon thinks upon meeting him is how strange this is.
!! '''Hau'''
The grandson of Hala. He takes part in the Full-Force Festival.
* {{Befriending the Enemy}}: [[spoiler: Not necessarily to make him a better person, but [[IntergenerationalFriendship happens to become acquainted with Guzma]].]]
* DemotedToExtra: As a result of the story only using one Island Challenge amulet and Moon taking the role of the Deuteragonist in Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Moon, his role in the story is extremely reduced.
* {{Expy}}: His love for Malasada and his relation with Guzma makes him one to Diamond. [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/cc5234b82d73e7889e0fd2815013647c/tumblr_p9vzn4ee001tx9gv9o1_1280.png Yamamoto seems to have picked up on it for Pearl's birthday.]]
* LiteralMinded: When Moon asks him to look after Sun, Hau keeps staring at him for several pages and ''straight into the next chapter''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Malasada. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment When Olivia comes to bring him one he dives at her and tries to eat them all]].
!! '''Gladion'''
A mysterious trainer first seen participating in the Full Force Festival. He is searching for the Tapus and information on the mysterious wormhole that appeared in the sky.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Gladion was an enforcer for Team Skull but that was where his villainy ended. Here, he is out to capture the Tapus through ruthless methods and is not above using his Type: Null to attack humans. He also shows a nasty sexist streak toward Plumeria when first meeting her, implying that the male Team Skull grunts only obey her because she's physically attractive. Yet, given that he respects Moon and cares for Lillie, and his reason for capturing the Tapu's was to find more manpower to fight against the Ultra Beast, his characterization makes him more of an AntiHero than his game counterpart.
* ArtificialHuman: Not Gladion himself but rather his Pokémon. Both Type: Null and Porygon are artificial Pokémon. In their Full-Force Battle, Moon guesses that he has an affinity for them like she does for Poison-types.
* BerserkButton: Since he is burdened with so many things he gets angry when he fights people who aren’t fighting for something serious. This is first seen when he learns that Hau isn’t fighting to step out of his grandfather’s shadow but just for fun.
* BigBrotherInstinct: This version of him is considerably more protective and friendly to Lillie. He and Silvally saved her from an attacking Guzzlord, and he later comforted Lillie when they revealed that Aether President Lusamine was their mother.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Hau with Type: Null in the first round of the Full-Force Festival.
* TheCynic: Has shades of this.
--> '''Gladion''': “It’s fun and I like it”… Pokémon have problems that can’t be solved by thinking like that.
* DoNotCallMeSir: He doesn't like being addressed as "young master," specifically asking Wicke not to do so.
* HeManWomanHater: Although it only seems to extend to women in positions of power, due to the negative experience he had being raised by Lusamine. This is evidenced by the fact that he holds no malice toward Moon, finding her a WorthyOpponent. Additionally, he has a strong BigBrotherInstinct for Lillie.
* IneffectualLoner: Justified in him trying to handle the Ultra Beast problem all by himself. [[spoiler: He wants to take care of the issue before it's exposed to everyone in Alola so that Lusamine isn't framed as the villainess. However, Lillie convinces him that it wouldn't hurt to rely on others, and he starts taking it into heart as seen by with Moon in Aether Paradise.]]
* MadeOfIron: When he and Null are blasted by an Inferno Overdrive Z-Move, Gladion simply laughs it off and calls it a weak attack. Several chapters later he walked away without a scratch after jumping from the rooftop of a two-story mansion. But in Chapter 26 we learn that he sustained serious injuries to his bones, muscles, and internal organs from being exposed to the energy from Silvally's evolution, injuries that still haven't completely healed after six months. Yet this didn't stop him from wanting to go after Lusamine, but Wicke had to order him to stay behind. Although Gladion appears to be completely fine several chapters later, he grabbed on of Turtonator's spikes fired at Moon. Even though his right hand got injured, and he needed Moon to make medicine for him. He was still able to battle Ryuki without much difficulty.
* NotSoStoic: Visibility shocked when Moon showed her love of Poison-types to him.
* MoralityPet: Lillie to Gladion.
* SignatureMon: Type: Null.
!! '''Lillie'''
A girl who was taken in by Professor Burnet. She was first seen being entered into the Full-Force Festival against her will.
* DemotedToExtra: While less so than Hau in that she still plays an important role, it's not nearly as prominent as it was in the games.
* TheIdealist: In contrast to Gladion, she believes it won't hurt to ask help and rely on others.
* TheIdealistWasRight: This seems to be in play for her, where Gladion comes to agree with her belief in relying on others, and she's able to save Lusamine and convince Plumeria to stop her quest for revenge.
* NiceJobFixingItHero: Her leaving Aether Paradise after Gladion worsened Lusamine's already deteriorating mental state, leading her to convincing herself that all her family members have abandoned her.
* {{Pacifist}}: She has never had a Pokémon battle and can’t stand seeing Pokémon hurt each other. When she gets entered into the Full-Force Festival after Nebby jumped out of her bag at an inopportune time she seems pretty much traumatized.
* ShrinkingViolet: She is painfully shy, at least initially.
* TookALevelInBadass: She becomes more confident and bold as the story goes on, [[spoiler: even surprisng Plumeria with a Pokémon of her own.]]
* TraumaButton: Being told that she's beautiful or commenting on her clothes sends her into a panic attack.
!! '''Mallow'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Grass-types.
* GreenThumb: Specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
* SmackOnTheBack: She delivers one to Moon after seeing her knowledge of Berries.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the Akala trio.
!! '''Lana'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Water-types.
* CuteAndPsycho: Despite her cute appearance, she can be ''very'' intimidating and violent, sometimes even with [[PsychoticSmirk a smile on her face.]]
* MakingASplash: Specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* ShrinkingViolet: In a departure from her game personality, she is very shy. She is constantly blushing and holding her hands together nervously. [[spoiler: Subverted during the Trial and battles, in which she reveals her true, aggressive personality.]]
!! '''Kiawe'''
One of the Trial Captains of Akala Island. Specializes in Fire-types.
* CommonalityConnection: He and Sun bond over the fact that they both work hard to save up money (Sun fin his courier job and Kiawe in his part time job at the Thrifty Megamart). He accepts Sun taking on the Island Challenge because of this.
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
* SkewedPriorities: He considers going back to his part-time job in the middle of his match with Sun.
!! '''Hala'''
The Kahuna of Melemele Island. Specializes in Fighting-types.
* BarefistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
* TheMentor: Was once one for Guzma.
!! '''Olivia'''
The Kahuna of Akala Island. Specializes in Rock-types.
* BerserkButton: Bringing up her failure in relationships. When Nanu does it in their fight she immediately attempts to use her Z-Move. She also doesn’t like being called old.
* ChristmasCake: [[BerserkButton Do NOT call her old!]]
* DishingOutDirt: Specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seems to be one for Sun and Moon.
!! '''Nanu'''
The Kahuna of Ula’Ula Island. Specializes in Dark-types.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: He arrives at Ula'ula Island to stop the Ultra Beasts, only to discover that they were taken care of by Gladion.
* CombatPragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can be pretty scathing when he wants to with plenty of dry wit.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Him snarking at Olivia during their battle, saying that she has no strategy in battles or relationships, sets up his personality quite nicely.
!! '''Mina'''
* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: She's seen munching on a spam musubi even while fighting the Ultra Beasts.
!! '''Ryuki'''
* BloodKnight: He came to Alola for the sole purpose of fighting the Ultra Beasts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Galar]]
!! '''Marvin'''
A young boy who has recently arrived to the Galar region. Although he hasn't battled with a Pokémon before, he is quite knowledgeable about how Pokémon battles work. His first Pokémon is a Sobble, which he nicknames "Tearie".
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* AscendedExtra: In the games he's just another schoolboy trainer class, but here he ends up becoming the companion of the 2 main protagonists and even receives a starter Pokémon.
* AudienceSurrogate: As TheWatson, the readers view the story primarily from his POV for the first couple of chapters.
* CombatPragmatist: Saves his Dracie by ordering his Tearie to use Tearful Look as a makeshift tearbomb, and then catching the Dracovish and fleeing while the Macro Cosmos goons are overwhelmed by the attack.
* [[{{Fangirl}} Fanboy]]: He's one to Piers, having memorized most of his songs and always listening to them in his mp3.
* FishOutOfWater: Professor Magnolia states the reason why he's so timid and lacks confidence is because he's moved to a new region.
* {{Keigo}}: He's formal when speaking to anyone, even kids like Sou and Schilly.
* MakingASplash: So far, his two Pokémon, Tearie and Dracie, are primarly Water-Types.
* TagAlongKid: Downplayed, since he can actually stand on his own feet.
* TheWatson: Since he's introduced as being new to Galar, this allows the protagonists to fill him in on stuff like Dynamaxing and the Wild Area when he undertstandaly asks.
!! '''Professor Magnolia'''
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The professor of the Galar Region, she has Sou and Schilly as her assistants in researching the Dynamax Phenomenon.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she doesn't appear that much compared to Sonia, but here, she's pretty much the chaperone to the 2 main protagonists, something unprecedented for professors in Pokémon Special.
* HotBlooded: Its clear that one thing she gets fired-up over is [[BadassDriver driving through rough terrain]] while driving the van.
* SoulPower: She keeps an Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist after finding them in her van after her first crash to Glintwood Tangle.
* UndyingLoyalty: Due to him being the one who funded her research and creation of the Dynamax Bands, she's usually the one defending Rose's behavior and/or actions whenever Soudo and Schilly discuss Chairman Rose's behavior.
!! '''Leon'''
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The Champion of the Galar Region, who endorses Soudo and Schilly for the Gym Challenge after seeing them deal with a Obstagoon that was causing a pen of Wooloo to break out.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler: When him and the rest are trapped in the Energy Plant by Rose, he decides to prioritize analyzing Eternatus over trying to get out in the event that the royal brothers are defeated.]]
* NoSenseOfDirection: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with his inital appearance, where his abscence from a program about the Gym Challenge is revealed to be due to him trying to corral a bunch of runaway Wooloo back into their pen, but its revealed by the end of the chapter that, despite getting on a train, he somehow ended up back at the train stop, completely missing the show.
* SadClown: Unlike in the games, there's [[StepfordSmiler a constant air of melancholy behind his performative showmanship]] due to the DarkAndTroubledPast he shares with Sonia.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After feeling the tremor in Hammerlocke, he demands to be let in the Energy Plant in case something happened to Chairman Rose. While Raihan is able to put his talents elsewhere, its clear that he's not happy about it.
* SignatureMon: His Charizard.
!! '''Sonia'''
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Professor Magnolia's granddaughter, who is doing her own research into Galar's ancient past.
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* GenkiGirl: She's unfailingly energetic and optimistic, despite a rather DarkAndTroubledPast.
!! '''Chairman Rose'''
The Chairman of the Galar Pokémon League and the President of Marco Cosmos
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Rather than being the sole mastermind behind the plan to unleash Eternatus, he [[spoiler: is actively manipulated by Sordward and Shielbert for their own selfish ends. In addition, he takes more responsiblity for the mass outbreak of Dynamaxed Pokémon, sending the elite Trainers from his subsidiaries to deal with them, and was prepared to step in to stop Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:It turns out Rose actually had great care for Bede, where his obliviousness towards Bede was all an act.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Like in the games, he's the head of both the Pokémon League in Galar and Macro Cosmos, and was previously the runner-up in a previous Champion Cup.
* JerkassToOne: Is respectful and considerate to everyone, even those that may disagree with him, but is oddly harsh when dealing with Bede. It's implied Oleana actually arranged the whole deal with Bede, and Rose just finds the whole thing a needless hassle.
** [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where he only pretended to be distant towards Bede.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Once his initial experiment to generate energy without Galar Particles causes an tremor in Hammerlocke, he has his workers prevent anyone into the factory, but has Oleana's Pokémon out in case to intercept anyone trying to sneak in (as Raihan quickly learns). [[spoiler: In addition, when he has the heroes trapped in the Energy Plant, he made sure they wouldn't escape by making the room impervious to Pokémon moves and tech-proof. He also had elite Trainers on standby to deal with the consequences of the Darkest Day, and fully intended to battle Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed to defeat it.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: His Copperajah.
* KickTheDog: Doesn't remember Bede, the Gym Challenger he personally endorsed, who wants to make him happy, and is currently putting in the work to find Wishing Stars for him.
--> Rose: "B...ede? What kind of kid was he?"
** [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where it turns out he knew Bede ever since he entrusted him the task of gathering Wishing Stars.]]
* NeverMyFault: Both Soudo and Schilly see his dismissal of Bede as a case of this, as they both believe since he's the one who gave him his secret mission and lent him his Pokémon in the first place, he bears some responsibility for Bede's actions.
* LeeroyJenkins: Has no problem just walking up to Soudo and Marvin to shoot the breeze, and later makes plans to eat with Soudo if he beats Nessa without actually talking to his secretary. In fact, Soudo considers him as someone who does what he pleases in general.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he sees that [[spoiler: Sordward and Shielbert aren't able to live up to their promise to defeat and contain Eternatus, he tries to defeat and contain it instead. He is completely dejected when he fails, realizing that despite all his efforts Galar is now in danger because of him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He comes off as a dense, irresponsible manchild most of the time, but later events show just how perceptive and calculating he is beneath this facade.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Considering that he couldn't remember who Bede even was, the fact that he was able to recall everything about him sans his name during his WhatTheHellHero to Bede is telling how badly he fucked up destroying the Stow-On-Side mural. [[spoiler: Ironically, his WhatTheHellHero speech ends up being this general, since Raihan, Piers, and Opal all find his dimissal of Bede odd and take it upon themselves to investigate.]]
* SlaveToPR: Asks Raihan to keep the cause of the tremor and why he was performing the experiment to himself so that he doesn't look uncool. On a minor note, he seems to believe Leon is bound by this trope, as his response to Raihan saying that he stopped Leon from coming was that he wouldn't have regardless since it would make him look bad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a huge one for Bede for destroying the Stow-On-Side mural for Wishing Stars.
---> Rose: "I told you we needed them to protect the next thousand years of Galar's future, didn't I? That future is meant to include Galar's modern people, Pokémon, cities, nature, and of course, its ruins. But instead, You've gone and damaged and destroyed what we're supposed to protect. You've got your priorities backwards." [...] "Someone who destroys ruins without hesitation...someone who has no love for Galar is not suited for taking part in the Gym Challenge."
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Sonia notes that his company supports Galar industries, and he's responsible for making the Dynamax Bands using Magnolia's research. [[spoiler: It's revealed by Piers that not only did he gave hope to kids like Bede, he also made childcare facilities in the stadiums and protected trainers from slander.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like in the games, he seeks to use the Wishing Stars in order to prevent Galar from collapsing from an energy crisis 1000 years from the present.
!! '''Oleana'''
Chairman Rose's Secretary
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage. [[spoiler: That said, she later gives Casey [[MustMakeAmends complete access to their company's supercomputer]] when they're searching for Sou.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: When Bede complains that he isn't able to see Chairman Rose despite being personally endorsed by him but Soudo was, she makes it clear that Rose can do whatever he wants and tells him to continue collecting Wishing Stars. [[spoiler: This is later subverted, where it turns out she was only going along with Rose's act of being distant towards Bede.]]
* ScheduleFanatic: Is completely adamant about keeping on schedule, and even scolds Rose for trying to fit in a lunch when they barely have any time as a result of an unnamed project. She's able to squeeze it in, anyway.
* TheStoic: Is constantly seen with blank and/or neutral expressions.
!! '''Hop'''
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One of the Rivals in Galar.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed version. Unlike his game version, he actively studied Leon's old textbooks to learn more about Pokémon, and actually noticed and is fully aware of Leon's [[spoiler: StepfordSmile tendercies]] instead of just blindly worshipping him, though he still admires him very much.
* BlowYouAway: His Corvisquire and Cramorant.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Schilly yells out that he, Marnie, and Bede must be Gym Challengers, he wastes no time loudly affirming to both Soudo and Schilly that they're mates and rivals while hugging the both of them, showing that despite his reduced role, he's still the FriendlyRival he was in the games.
* ExpyCoexistence: As noted in DemotedToExtra below, he exists alongside Schilly despite her taking over his role in the story of Sword and Shield. [[BirdsOfAFeather They get along quick.]]
* DemotedToExtra: In the games, he was effectively the Deutagonist of the story, while here, his role is taken over by Schilly, and isn't introduced into the story until Chapter 6 as one of the Gym Challengers alongside Marnie and Bede.
* {{Nepotism}}: Hop reveals to Marnie that Leon did in fact offer to endorse him, but he [[AvertedTrope not only turned him down, but also goes as far to hide his relation from Leon]] to avoid making Leon look bad if he has a bad battle.
--> Hop: "I'm fine being made fun of, but I don't want my big bro getting mocked because of me."
* NoIndoorVoice: Has no volume control and shares this with Schilly, to Marnie's determent.
* NonElemental: His Wooloo and Snorlax.
* ShockAndAwe: His Pincurchin.
* ShipTease: He finds Schieldmilla cute and tends to blush whenever she compliments him.
* TheSmartGuy: For his journey he read through all the books about Pokémon till a point Schieldmilla calls him a walking Pokédex.
!! '''Bede'''
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One of the Rivals in Galar.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: After Soudo defeats him in a battle, he calms down and answers Soudo's question about the Wishing Stars as an acknowledgement of his strength, which is far better than how he [[ILetYouWin deals]] [[SoreLoser with]] [[ThisCannotBe his losses]] in the original game.
* ButtMonkey: It's a never-ending stream of frustrations and humilations for him.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Attacks Soudo solely because he ate lunch with Chairman Rose and has lines such as "[[{{Yandere}} If you are gone, the Chairman will only look at me]]." When he finds out that it was ''Rose'' who invited Soudo, he reacts by [[SkywardScream screaming in anger]] and uttering a [[MadnessMantra Madness Mantra]]:
--> '''Bede''': [[NoPunctuationPeriod the chairman invited him the chairman invited him the chairman invited him]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As Soudo notes, while Bede might have [[HotBlooded poor emotional control]], he does what he does to [[UndyingLoyalty genuninely please Chairman Rose]], using his Ponyta's behavior toward him as evidence. [[spoiler: Opal]] later makes a similar determination, except using his Hatenna's behavior instead.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Takes Soudo sending out Beamyn to battle his Ponyta as a sign that he is trying to get into the Chairman's good graces, even though 1) Rose's the one who invited Soudo, not the other way around, and 2) Bede's the one who ambushed him to take him out.
** Happens again when he justifies destroying the Stow-On-Side mural by stating that since Chairman Rose told him to collect Wishing Stars and lent him his Copperajah to do so, therefore its okay since his Hatenna sensed them there. Unfortunately for him, [[LaserGuidedKarma Chairman Rose promptly sent him straight]].
** And finally, he blames Soudo for his situation with Opal at the Rose tower, stating that none of this would've happend had he not ate with Rose.
* {{Keigo}}: Just like his game counterpart, Bede tends to use polite Japanese with everyone (most of the time). He is particularly deferential when referring to Rose.
* SignatureMon: His Hatenna.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even after Rose suspended his Gym Challenge in front of everyone, he still cares for and worries about the chairman.
!! '''Marnie'''
One of the Rivals in Galar.
* TheAlibi: Provides one for Schilly when Magonlia's group watch a sudden attack by a Dynamaxed Dracovish in the news having met up with her and Allister in Glintwood Tangle trying to stop Team Yell and then going together to register at Ballonlea.
* CommonalityConnection: She and Hop end up bonding over the the desire not to let their family down during the Challenge Cup.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Her revealed Pokémon, her Morpeko and Scrafty, are dual-typed Dark Pokémon, but she is as sweet as she can be.
* HypocriticalHumor: She complains about people yelling a lot, such as Schilly, Hop and Bede...only to get so fed up with it on one occasion that she yells in her demands that others stop yelling.
* MoralityPet: She serves as this to her brother Piers, [[spoiler: snapping him out of a nearly murderous frenzy when he goes up against Sordward and Shielbert.]]
* NotSoStoic: She seems cool and composed and keeps to herself, but if she gets stressed out enough she can give Schilly a run for her money in how loud she can be.
* OddFriendship: Despite her dislike of shouting, she actually gets along with Schilly and Hop quite well.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A flashback revealed that she was able to beat Bea, who specializes in Pokémon that have a type advantage over her Dark-type Pokémon.
* SignatureMon: Her Morpeko.
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!! '''Milo'''
The Gym Leader of Turffield, who specializes in Grass-Types.
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* GreenThumb: Uses Glossifleur and Eldegoss
* SignatureMon: Like in the games, his is Eldegoss.
* SmokeOut: His battle plan with Dynamaxed Eldegoss, using the fact that spores are released when its head is attacked along with its giant size to essentially obscure the battlefield. He even takes advantage of this once his Dynamax runs out, hiding his now tiny Eldegoss within the cloud of spores while Soudo's Pokémon is still giant-sized.
!! '''Nessa'''
The Gym Leader of Hulbury, who specializes in Water-Types.
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* FashionModel: Doubles as this along with being Hulbury's Gym Leader.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: Soudo admits he got the idea to use Sunny Day for her battle against Toxapex because he observed its behavior from video she made about her town.
* MakingASplash: Her signature type.
* SignatureMon: Her Dreadnaw, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]] like in the games.
* WorfHadTheFlu: She loses to Schilly despite having both the Type and numbers advantage because both her Pokémon were suffering from confusion from Soudo's battle. She wisely decides to close off shop until their back on their feet.
!! '''Kabu'''
The Gym Leader of Motostoke, who specializes in Fire-Types.
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* BrownNote: His cheer for congraulating Hop and Schilly is so loud that it disorients everyone nearly.
* DemotedToExtra: Unlike the previous 2 Gym Leaders, his fight with Soudo happens off-page, and while Schilly gets a page to show off a Dynamaxed Kilo, she defeats him within two pages.
* TheDeterminator: During his match with Schilly, the announcer notes that he also fought Marnie, Bede, and Tsurugi in the same day, and afterward fights Hop, making him this.
* PlayingWithFire: His signature Type.
* RedBaron: Is referred repeatly as the Gym Challengers' "First Real Obstacle"
* SignatureMon: His Centiskortch, which like in the games, is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In-universe, it was he who inspired Sonia to go on her current career path, when he tried to cheer her up from her loss at the Gym Challenge by telling her stories about the Legendary Pokemon of Hoenn, getting her to wonder about the legends of Galar.
* WakeUpCallBoss: While this becomes an InformedAttribute as a result of his DemotedToExtra Status, he's still noted to be an in-universe one, where his fight is where most challengers give up.
!! '''Raihan'''
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The Gym Leader of Hammerlocke, who specializes in Dragon-Types.
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* AscendedExtra: While this is generally a given for most Gym Leaders, Raihan gets the lion's share of it in the SWSH chapter, as he decides early on to investigate the truth of Rose's schemes, placing him further into the plot moreso than even the actual main characters.
* BloodKnight: Gets very excited over the possibilty of being able to battle against Legendary Pokémon.
* CameraFiend[=/=]SelfieFiend: Admits that he mainly fought Soudo to get some pictures of himself winning for next month's Pokémon Journal, and Soudo notes that he uses a variety of photos for his feature, including [[MrFanservice one where he just got up from bed shirtless]].
* CharacterTic: Raihan often either keeps his hands in his pockets or behind his head.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Raihan's baggy hoodie hides his buff figure, as shown by the aforementioned shirtless pic.
* DishingOutDirt: His Sandaconda.
* GeniusBruiser: He firmly establishes himself as this by talking about the history of the vault originally being a fortress before showing off the homework he did on Soudo, rattling off his gym victories, his specialty, and even his Pokémon's nicknames, before battling. The "Bruiser" part comes in when he's able to take advantage of an opening with Lanceyn's Leaf Blade to knock him down with his Sandaconda's Slam.
* NoodleIncident: He and Piers were apparently a pair of hellraisers as kids, with the both of them doing arguably worse stuff than Bede's destruction of the mural. One instance Raihan brings up specifally is that he had tried to melt through Macros Cosmos' walls with Pokemon moves when he was a kid.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He quickly takes charge when explosions rock his city, directing Leon to calm down the civilians and getting Bede to back down.
* SignatureMon: His Duradulon.
* SoreLoser: PlayedForLaughs. He bluntly admits that he's not going to use the photos he got from his match with Leon because it was from a match he lost.
* TimedMission: Invokes this toward Soudo, telling him to defeat him quickly if he wants to make it in time for the vault inspection.
* WeatherManipulation: His Sandaconda knows Sandstorm, which he uses as a opener against Soudo's Lanceyn.
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Soudo as this, admitting that out of all the Gym Challengers, he's the one he looking out for the most.
!! '''Opal'''
The Gym Leader of Ballonlea, who specializes in Fairy-Types.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: While she does give Bede an interview before offering the position of being her Gym Successor, the circumstances are more formal here than in the game, with her leaving a letter for him that he receives when he's turning in his gear, and then simply meeting up with him at a later time to give him a interview, rather than the imprompt and up-close interview she gives him in the middle of Hammerlocke.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: Beats Schilly when Gigantamax Alcremie confuses Schilly's Gigantamaxed Tera with G-Max Finale, which G-Max Finale can't do in the games.]]
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: [[spoiler: Its shown that one reason why Opal chose Bede as her successor is that she's trying to figure out what about Bede is the reason for Rose's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness oddly cold treatment]] of him.]]
** [[spoiler: The "evil" part is later subverted, as Rose was only pretending to be cold towards him.]]
* InsultOfEndearment: Takes Schilly calling her a "nasty witch" as the highest compliment.
* LaserGuidedKarma: PlayedForLaughs, but she gets some payback for her Troll tendencies when her freaking out Schilly as an introduction gets her knocked down and dazed from [[BrownNote Schilly's scream]].
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Her Gigantamax Alcreamie's G-Max Finale is rendered as this, unleashing a barrage of 100-000 calarie missiles that Soudo's Stickyn can barely dodge.
* PassingTheTorch: Like in the games, [[spoiler: she announces to the public that she's retiring after the current tournament, with Bede in her sights as her successor.]]
* PrettyInMink: Retains her large purple boa, which even doubles as a makeshift pillow when she lies down.
* ScissorsCutsRock: Her Togekiss is beaten by Henry's Steeler despite the massive type advantage (Togekiss is a Fairy/Flying type which are both super effective against Fighting-types like Gurdurr and only takes a fourth of damage from Fighting type attacks)
* StatusBuff: Awarded to Hop's Pincurchin for answering her quiz about her age with "16".
* StatusEffects: Punishes Soudo's Stickyn for answering with technically correct answer of "88".
* SternTeacher: Is this toward [[spoiler:Bede]], making it clear that she'll rigorously train them for their role as Gym Leader, and is shown calling them out during a training battle with a Gym Trainer for leaving themself open to attack because they chose the wrong moment to answer a question during said battle.
* SignatureMon: Her Alcreamie, who is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SecretTestOfCharacter: During her Gym Battle with Soudo, she admits she tests not only someone's skills as a Trainer, but also tests their "heart", making sure they're capable of handling all the bad things with fame alongside the good.
* UndergroundMonkey: Uses a Galarian Weezing, who is a dual-typed Poison/Fairy compared to the single-typed Poison Kantonian Weezing.
!! '''Allister'''
One of two Gym Leaders of Stow-On-Side, who specializes in Ghost-Types.
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* CreepyChild: Certainly gives off this vibe with his appearance.
* {{Irony}}: He feels apologetic that everyone had no choice but to battle him due to Bea's absence. Later, when Marnie challenges Stow-on-Side Stadium, she has to battle Bea, whom she's disadvantaged against, due to Allister being out with Schilly.
* {{Hellgate}}: The [=Pokédex=] notes that those who stand near Gigantamax Gengar's mouth can hear the voices of the dead loved ones. Soudo ends up being caught up hearing his late master during his battle.
* TheParalyzer: His Cursola. Allister explains that touching it renders the toucher stiff as a stone, forcing Soudo to switch from Stickyn to Fannyn when Stickyn's unable to move.
* PoisonousPerson: His Gengar, who apart from Poison being its secondary type, he spams Max Ooze for his 2nd and 3rd moves to fight Soudo's Dynamaxed Fannyn.
* ShrinkingViolet: Like in the games, he's very shy and introverted. While this helps his image as a Ghost Gym Leader, this causes obvious problems when he wants to ask something or communicate with somebody.
* SignatureMon: His Gengar, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* SoulPower: Specializes in Ghost-Type Pokémon. He also seems to have a interest in them, as not only he goes twice to Magnolia's car to see the [[UndergroundMonkey super rare Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist]] she possesses, but also runs off into Glintwood Tangle in order to find his own Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist when she reveals she found them in the car after the first time they traveled through it.
* TagalongKid: Ends up traveling with the group to Glintwood Tangle after stowing away in the car in a attempt to ask about Magnolia's Antique Sinistea and Polteageist.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Catches both the Drakloak Tera was fighting and the Dreepy said Drakloak was protecting.]]
* UndergroundMonkey: Uses a Galarian Yamask, who is Ground in addition to its Ghost-Type, and Cursola, which is the evolution to the Ghost-Type Galarian Corsola.
!! '''Bea'''
The other Gym Leader of Stow-On-Side, who specialized in Fighting-Types.
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* DemotedToExtra: A more severe case than Kabu, as she isn't fought by either Soudo or Schilly. She's only mentioned by Allister as a way to assure Schilly that there's someone filling in for him at the Stadium while he's in Glimwood Tangle. In fact, she doesn't appear until the 15th chapter and doesn't appear in person until ''the 25th chapter!''
!! '''Gordie'''
One of the two Gym Leaders of Circhester, who specializes in Rock-Types.
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* BloodKnight: Explicitly goes out in a snowstorm in order to fight Soudo in a outdoor battle because he wants to fight someone the Champion endorsed, and when Soudo points out taking Melony as a client doesn't mean he'll challenge her officially, asks that if he wouldn't fight someone whose gear he's worked on.
* ExposedToTheElements: Subverted, where he faces the consequence of dressing lightly in the middle of a snowstorm by catching a flu.
* ExtremityExtremist: His Stonjourner, who mainly fights using its legs to make stable, strong kicks.
* GeniusBruiser: Takes advantage of his environment during his fight with Marvin to nullify Tearie's type-advantage, and then when Marvin uses frozen balls of water to throw his Stonjourner off-balance, he quickly uses Rock Slide to stabilize Stonjourner and counter-attack. It would've worked if Schilly didn't run in thinking Gordie was someone ambushing Soudo and Marvin.
* SignatureMon: His Colossal, which is shown to be Gigantamax form with his fight against Marnie.
* SlaveToPR: Agrees to Soudo's request to fight Marvin because he doesn't want to take a chance that his fans take it the wrong way if he turns it down.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Literally. He's shown to be a strong trainer in his battle against Marvin, but waiting in a blizzard with shorts on left him too sick to take on the flock of wild Eiscue with his Rock-type.
!!'''Melony'''
The other Gym Leader of Circhester, who specialized in Ice-Types.
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* TheAtoner: As she admits, she wants to fix the things she's ruined with her impulsive tendencies, starting with [[spoiler:fixing Mr. Rime's cane, and what is implied, eventually [[ParentsAsPeople her relationship with Gordie]].]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Is shown using a Frosmoth against her battle with Soudo, which is part Bug-Type.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: [[spoiler: She caught Mr. Rime because she believed all of Galar should see their performance. Unfortuntely, all she ended up with was a Pokémon who hated her because she broke its cane in a ambush.]]
* FatalFlaw: Her tendency to act on the sole assumption that [[ItsAllAboutMe what makes her happy]] would make everyone else happy has caused her problems in her life.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Also Literally. She ended up breaking Mr. Rime's cane in the process of catching them, causing them to refuse to listen to her.]]
* SignatureMon: Her Lapras, which is capable of [[SuperMode Gigantamaxing]].
* TheUnfought: While she does interact with the protagonists, it's as a client for Soudo's skills rather than a opponent, and then lends her Mr. Rime to Soudo until the finals so that he can spend more time repairing their cane. Ultimately, despite the implication of the previous chapter, she does end up fighting Soudo and Hop as a Gym Leader off-page.
!! '''Piers'''
The Gym Leader of Spikemuth who specializes in Dark-Types.
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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: He is well known to have a darker and more dangerous side. Shown clearly when he was almost close to stabbing Sordward and Shielbert in the throat had Marnie not stepped in. He thanks Marnie for doing so, showing that he himself is aware of how out of control he can get.]]
* GuileHero: He deliberately gives Sonia's attackers the camera sans the memory card, giving the heroes time to determine what they were trying to hide and, once they realize the deception, forcing the attackers to come to Spikemuth to retrieve said card, giving him the home-court advantage.
* TheNicknamer: He has nicknames for his closest friends, such as "Rai-Rai" for Raihan, "Nia" and "Sonny" for Sonia and "Leo" for Leon.
* SignatureMon: His Obstagoon.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler: When Sonia became depressed from the bad press and dropped out of the Gym Challenge, Piers made scandalous actions around it so that the Gym committee would pay heed to the issue.]]
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!!'''Mewtwo'''
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A Psychic-type Pokémon that was cloned from the legendary Pokémon Mew. Using some cells from his own arm, Blaine managed to complete the Pokémon while it was being created and created a bond between the two that allowed them to sense whenever the other is nearby.
* AchillesHeel: Its bond with Blaine require the two of them to be together, where Mewtwo was unable to continue its fight against Lance due to Blaine's condition. [[spoiler: Later in the XY arc, Lysandre makes note of this and attacks Blaine directly to disable its Mega Evolution.]]
* ArtificialHuman: Has some human material mixed into its genes and mostly behaves like one.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He only communicates with and takes commands from Red, Blaine, and Yellow because they're the only people he trusts.
* {{BFS}}: Big Friggin' Spoon.
* BarefistedMonk: [[spoiler: Gains Fighting as a secondary type when it Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo X.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: It returns in the ''X & Y'' chapter protecting the Pokémon Village.]]
* CatsAreMean: At first.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It was created in a lab by Team Rocket.
* DualWielding: In the ''X & Y'' chapter it wields two smaller spoons which it then [[DoubleWeapon combines into one.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: In the games it is only possible to Mega Evolve once per battle and Mewtwo cannot switch between its two forms. However in the final battle it switches from Mega Mewtwo Y to Mega Mewtwo X when Blaine swaps his Mega Stone. Even in-universe this violates the one Mega Evolution per Key Stone rule but it is [[HandWave hand-waved]] as being the result of Blaine and Mewtwo’s unique bond.]]
%%* GoneHorriblyRight
* HealingFactor: Knows Recover.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A spoon. While Psychics and Psychic-type Pokémon using spoons isn't that uncommon, it is unknown for them to make one out of psychic energy and then proceeding to use it as a sword.
* ImplacableMan: Spent years after the ending of the FRLG chapter chasing after Sird because [[spoiler: its best friends were turned to stone. Thankfully, Mewtwo found out about their revival by the ''X & Y'' arc]]
* MythologyGag: At one point, Mewtwo wears the same restraining armor that appeared in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''.
* PsychicPowers: It is Psychic-type.
* PurpleIsPowerful: It has a purple tail and is a Legendary Pokémon.
* TheStoic: Most of the time, it's cold and calculating. The exception being if you've pissed him off.
* SuperMode: [[spoiler: It can Mega Evolve into both Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: It begins using this to communicate in [=FireRed and LeafGreen=], but only to certain people.
* UnstoppableRage: Team Flare seizing the Pokémon in the village makes it go berserk, with it even attacking X and Blue.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Even with Mega Evolution, it has a very poor showing against Zygarde.]]
!! Raikou, Entei, and Suicune
A trio of legendary Pokémon that died during the fires that burned down the Brass Tower. They were revived into their current forms by Ho-Oh, who they revere as their master.
* BackFromTheDead: They were three Pokémon that died when the Burned Tower was destroyed but were revived by Ho-Oh in their current forms.
* BarrierWarrior: Suicune can create a Crystal Wall, a powerful, unbreakable barrier designed to keep people from pursuing it.
* FireIceLightning: A group of three connected Legendary Pokémon.
* MakingASplash: Suicune is Water-type.
* PlayingWithFire: Entei is Fire-type.
* ShockAndAwe: Raikou is Electric-type.
* WalkOnWater: Suicune.
!!'''Deoxys'''
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Two Pokémon mutated from a space virus. They were encountered by Team Rocket and were used to help Giovanni find his missing son. Main Legendary of the fifth chapter, [=FireRed & LeafGreen=].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Organism No. 1 is this for the ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' chapter, being the cause of the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world.]]
* CombatTentacles: Its arms can transform into two tentacles. It uses them to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stab Mewtwo in the chest]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Organism No. 1 gets one by Ruby and Sapphire using Mega Rayquaza where it [[OneHitKill gets defeated by one Dragon Ascent]].]]
* HealingFactor: Know Recover.
* HumanoidAbomination: A pair of alien viruses with an [[BlueandOrangeMorality alien morality]], that nonetheless take humanoid forms (and can even use opposable thumbs in Normal Forme).
* MesACrowd: They can create clones of itself.
* MultiformBalance: [[GlassCannon Attack Form]], [[StoneWall Defense Form]], [[FragileSpeedster Speed Form]] and [[JackOfAllStats Normal Form]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Justified. [[spoiler: It never really wanted to fight Red, essentially his "father" by blood donation, but the only language it understood was fighting. When the situation is explained and he learns proper ways of talking, he helps the Dex Holders save the airship and the town]].
* PowerCrystal: The core in its body. Serves as its weak point.
* PsychicPowers: They are Psychic-type.
* ThickerThanWater: As it turns out, Organism No. 2 was [[spoiler: cloned from Red's blood, which is why it kept trying to find him and why Red suddenly had [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling a strange feeling in his presence]]. He fought him because fighting was the only language it knew. When it finally learned how to communicate, it became much more friendly.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Organism No. 2 is defeated and caught by Giovanni, but only because it was exhausted from its battle with Red (where despite handily losing, Red was able to hit its core once). Furthermore, Giovanni used a Poké Ball specially tuned to be more successful in catching Deoxys.
!!'''Jirachi'''
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A Pokémon that Emerald sought after. Main Legendary of the sixth chapter, Emerald.
* DeathFromAbove: Knows Doom Desire.
* TheEmpath: It only grants a heart's true desires, meaning if you're lying or if you're unsure of yourself, it won't help at all.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is its primary type.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The ThirdEye on its stomach.
* MakeAWish: It can grant three wishes, one for each wish tag on its head. [[spoiler: Guile Hideout uses the first one to summon a giant Kyogre-like monster, Emerald uses the second one to restore the petrified Dex Holders and Scott uses the third one to attract at least 100,000 visitors to the Battle Frontier on the opening day.]]
* PsychicPowers: Psychic is its secondary type.
* RealityWarper: The wishes it grants seem to extend to this level of power such as [[spoiler: Creating a giant sea monster out of nothing and restoring people who have been turned to stone.]]
!!'''Dialga and Palkia'''
Two Pokémon sought after by Cyrus so he can achieve his goal to create a new world. After summoning them, he controlled them with the Red Chain and forced them to fight until Time and Space began to distort. They were eventually freed by the efforts of Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
* ElementalPowers:
* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is Dialga’s primary type.
* MakingASplash: Water is Palkia’s primary type.
* OlympusMons: They are incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon, being the masters of time and space respectively.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Both of them have Dragon as a secondary type.
* RealityWarper: They can warp the world around them and the two fighting each other can create a new world. [[spoiler: Although in actuality all it does is open a hole to the Distortion World,]]
* SpaceMaster: Palkia. Its Spacial Rend can negate attacks by sending them to different points in space. [[spoiler: Lance’s Dragonite is able to get around this because it can bend its Hyper Beams and correct their course.]]
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Temporarily stop fighting because they were moved by Dia's speech about space and time.
* TimeMaster: Dialga. Its Roar of Time can turn back time. [[spoiler: [[NoSell It doesn’t affect Pryce and his Swinub because they were trapped in the void of time]].]]
!!'''Giratina'''
A Pokémon roaming the Distortion World, an alternate dimension. Afterword Platinum begins investigating it.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Pokémon Platinum'', it directly interfered with Cyrus's plans as he would destroy both worlds they lived in, and the disaster it caused was only because of its presence. Here it teams up with [[spoiler: Charon and deliberately drags Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World in an attempt to usurp them.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: With Charon in the Platinum arc.
* CastingAShadow: Knows Shadow Force.
* CombatTentacles: Has these in its Origin Forme. [[spoiler: It uses them to drag Dialga and Palkia into the Distortion World at the end of the ''Diamond & Pearl'' chapter.]]
* Dracolich: It is Ghost and Dragon-type.
* OlympusMons: It is an incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon, being the master of anti-matter.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragon is its secondary type.
%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent
%%* RealityWarper
* SoulPower: Ghost is its primary type.
!!'''Necrozma'''
A Pokémon originating from Ultra Space, it had its power drained by the people of Ultra Space and would do anything to restore its light.
* BigBadEnsemble: Comes to share this role with the Aether Foundation in SM arc.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In a stark contrast with her [[NiceGirl nice]] and [[TheHeart friendly]] game counterpart, she's the group's [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] GrumpyBear DeadpanSnarker here.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: He has a Rampardos.
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Dewicked Nice Hat
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* NiceHat: A ship’s captain style hat to be precise.
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* NiceHat: A red cap.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Complete with a NiceHat.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Complete with a NiceHat.FedoraOfAsskicking.
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* NiceHat: The fedora makes him look like a BadassInANiceSuit.
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* NiceHat: A cowboy hat of course!
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage. [[spoiler: That said, she later gives Casey complete access to their company's supercomputer when they're searching for Sou.]]
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage. [[spoiler: That said, she later gives Casey [[MustMakeAmends complete access to their company's supercomputer supercomputer]] when they're searching for Sou.]]
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage.
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* EntitledBitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to [[WellIntentionedExtremist "preserve Galar's future"]] ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop without]]'' warning anyone outside of the company of the ''massive'' risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to [[HoldTheLine stall them]], and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the ''moment'' that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman [[TautologicalTemplar only had good intentions]], but could be [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood easily misunderstood]] because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes [[ThisIsUnforgivable there's no chance for forgiveness]] if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose [[KarmaHoudini before things reached that point]]. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that [[NoEndorHolocaust giant Pokemon were]] ''[[NoEndorHolocaust already]]'' [[NoEndorHolocaust rampaging throughout the region]], even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were [[DavidVersusGoliath trying their best]] to contain the damage. [[spoiler: That said, she later gives Casey complete access to their company's supercomputer when they're searching for Sou.]]
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* TheNicknamer: He has nicknames for his closest friends, such as "Rai-Rai" for Raihan, "Nia" and "Sonny" for Sonia and "Leo" for Leon.
