History Characters / PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKanto

* CanonName: Leaf was the closest thing she had to a canon name for a good long while, owing to its status as her default name in internal data, plus the promotional name used for the female character in ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen.'' In fact, not long after an official statuette available in Japan cemented her name as "Leaf and ''Masters'' confirmed it further.

** As a rival and Champion, his starter Pokemon is his highest-leveled Pokémon. This will always be the one with [[ElementalRockpaperScissors a type advantage]] over the players, except in ''Yellow'' where it is a Generation 1 Eeveelution.

** In contrast to how meta the rest of his team is, Pidgeot is in his team almost every time, having the highest representation of any team member by only being absent in ''Let's Go''. It's also his ace in both ''HGSS'' and ''Masters.'' It may be an indication of his HiddenDepths - he can't leave behind the first Pokemon he caught.

* TheSmartGuy: He's as much a Pokémon researcher as a Gym Leader in later games. It's mentioned several times that Blue travels all over the world finding and studying new Pokémon for his grandfather, and he tends to go off on tangents about Pokémon evolution and technical skills when you speak with him. In game, his Kanto team is even built around top base stats available in Gen I, barring legendaries. Exeggutor, Arcanine, and Gyrados are three replacement starters for type-coverage that are all the highest base stat total of their type. Rhydon has the highest base Attack, and Alakazam has the highest base Special. Pidgeot falls outside of this but is implied to be a sentimental pick as the first Pokemon he caught.

* AdultFear: In ''Masters,'' she's been shown to be afraid of losing her Eevee to Pokemon thieves or talent scouts.
* AlmightyJanitor: Leaf appears for the first time in ''Master'''s as part of a Pokemon Masters League tournament with an unevolved Pokemon next to Gym Leaders, Elite Four members and the like.

[[folder: Green ''[-(Blue)-]'']]

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[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur To Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat To Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly To Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp To Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko To Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer To Deoxys]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini To Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino To Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin To Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne To Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet To Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru To Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
'''Pokémon Human Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivals Protagonists And Rivals]] ('''Kanto''' / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola Alola]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonProfessors Professors]] | [[Characters/PokemonGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] ([[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTrialCaptainsAndKahunas Trial Captains and Kahunas]] | [[Characters/PokemonEliteFour Elite Four]] | [[Characters/PokemonChampions Champions]]\\

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Leaf's origins are a bit older than the remakes suggest. She's based on a female trainer seen in early artwork for ''Red'' and ''Blue'', who was left unimplemented because of memory limitations.

* DecompositeCharacter: Leaf and Green are treated like separate characters despite looking similar and fulfilling the same role.

Ultimately the Kanto trio would finally be fully rounded out when ''Let's Go'' introduced Green alongside Red and Blue, using a design similar to her originally planned appearance, and under the name Green to match her counterparts. Despite being similar looking to Leaf and fulfilling the same role, they are not the same character and have different {{Canon Name}}s.

* DecompositeCharacter: ''Let's Go'' introduced Green. She's based on the same concept art as Leaf but has a different CanonName.

Green / Blue (ブルー ''buruu'')

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!!Leaf (リーフ ''riifu'' / Green / Blue (ブルー ''buruu'')
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[[folder:Leaf / Green ''[-(Blue)-]'']]

Leafs origins are a bit older than the remakes suggest. She's based on a female trainer seen in early artwork for ''Red'' and ''Blue'', who was left unimplemented because of memory limitations.

Ultimately the Kanto trio would finally be fully rounded out when ''Let's Go'' gave this character her first a proper appearance in the series alongside Red and Blue, using a design similar to her originally planned appearance, and under the name Green to match her counterparts.

* AdaptationNameChange: She goes by Green in ''Let's Go'' and ''Leaf'' in ''Pokemon Masters.'' Neither version references the other name, however.

* AlmightyJanitor: Green appears without explanation in ''Let's Go'' as one of the toughest Pokémon Trainers around. Similarly Leaf appears for the first time in Master's as part of a Pokemon Masters League tournament with an unevolved Pokemon next to Gym Leaders, Elite Four members and the like.

* BonusBoss: She challenges the player [[spoiler:after they capture Mewtwo, irritated that they caught it first. After being defeated, she reluctantly hands over the Mewtwonite X and Y stones before teasing the player by attempting to capture them by throwing Poké Balls at them.]] After this she can be rematched once a day in Cerulean City [[spoiler:though she'll still throw Poké Balls at the player to "capture" them.]]
* CanonName: Leaf was the closest thing she had to a canon name for a good long while, owing to its status as her default name in internal data, plus the promotional name used for the female character in ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen.'' In fact, not long after an official statuette available in Japan cemented her name as "Leaf," it was effectively un-cemented with ''Let's Go'' naming her "Green"...and then ''Masters'' zig-zagged it further by calling her ''FRLG'' self "Leaf" again.

* CompositeCharacter: Or DecompositeCharacter. It's a minor debate whether Leaf and Green should be considered the same character or not. Both are female Kanto trainers that act as counterparts to Red. Both prefer the Squirtle line to other Kanto starters. Both share a manga counterpart in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''' Green. [[HairstyleInertia They both have the same hair style.]] Unlike Kris and Lyra, who despite some similarities, were always meant to be [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute different characters,]] Leaf's design is explicitly based off of the [[{{Expy}} unused Gen I Green.]] Green's battle pose in ''Let's Go'' is based off of Leaf's in ''FRLG,'' similar to how Red and Blue use their ''FRLG'' poses. And for most of their lifespan both characters went unnamed. It wasn't until the same year that an official figurine with the Gen III design came out with the name Leaf, and ''Let's Go'' came out with the name Green just a few months later. In Pokemon Masters the Gen III design is used with the name Leaf, but her SignatureMon is an Eevee which seems to make her a composite with Elaine, only making matters more confusing. And add all that to the artifact of Green and Blue having their names swapped in the Japanese and international versions, there's really a range of what you want to call this character.

* DecompositeCharacter: Due to a perfect storm of having no CanonName for over two decades, not to mention an official figure canonizing one name months before her first official NPC appearance confirming the other seemingly for good, some in the fandom have taken to treating the protagonist, "Leaf", and the NPC, "Green," as two separate characters.

* LittleBlackDress: Her [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0b/Early_Leaf.png original design]], complete with white gloves and matching shoes; this design is referenced both in ''Adventures'' and eventually in ''Let's Go'', though the addition of a blue collar along with a slit in the side and being even shorter make it resemble an oversized shirt more than a dress.

* ModestyShorts: In ''Let's Go'' she wears blue shorts underneath her black dress.* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In official art only, she gets the pink Vs. Seeker while Red gets the blue one. Averted in the games, in which the player character's Vs. Seeker is blue regardless of gender.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: The first protagonist other than Red to reappear in the series, and the first female protagonist to appear at all.
* PutOnABus: Though it took Generation I being remade for her to get ''on'' the bus, with very few appearances since, her bus trip finally ended in ''Let's Go'', in which she appears as an NPC.

* {{Troll}}: Teases the player by throwing Poké Balls at them as if they're a Pokémon [[spoiler:after they've beaten her, asking if they (and the Mewtwo the player's just caught) will join her Pokémon team, before smiling and running off.]]
* WhiteGloves: Green's original Gen I design had white gloves, which were later referenced for her ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' counterpart. Unlike her LittleBlackDress, these don't appear in her ''Let's Go'' redesign, though she does wear a pair of white bracelets in an apparent nod to the gloves.
* {{Yandere}}: A very lighthearted version in ''Let's Go''. After beating her, her [[spoiler:tossing Poké Balls at the player in order to get ''them'' and their Mewtwo to join her team has a strange interpretation of the trope.]]

* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: His team was comprised of level 80's during his training on Mt. Silver, and when fought on first reaching the Battle Tree they're in their sixties (except Pikachu who is level 70). Even still, they are powered down to level 50 during the World Tournament, like any other trainer. This also applies to his introductory battle with the protagonist of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', though given that Red and Blue are in charge of running a facility staffed by Champions (among others), and that Blue was fairly casual in recognizing the player as a new Champion, it appears likely that both Red and Blue were holding back. Their confidence is more justified during if they are challenged in the Battle Tree, where each is able to Mega Evolve multiple Pokémon and use Z-Moves. If the Battle Tree itself lacked level normalization, it is quite possible the levels of their teams would once again reach the 80s.

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[[folder:Leaf]]
!!Leaf (リーフ ''riifu'')
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* ContinuityNod: Leaf herself. She was a reused promotional character made purely to provide a female option for the player, that few remember since the only evidence of her is early official artwork and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''.

* OneSteveLimit: Due to Blue's DubNameChange outside of Japan, this is part of why the name "Leaf" was so popular for the character before it was cemented as canon.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In official art only, she gets the pink Vs. Seeker while Red gets the blue one. Averted in the games, in which the player character's Vs. Seeker is blue regardless of gender.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: Conceptually the first protagonist other than Red to reappear in the series, though she hadn't actually been playable until the remakes.

** Seen with the Squirtle line in her [[https://www.twitter.com/kotobukiyas/status/1048377301530947584?s=21 Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurine]].
** Material relating to the Gen III remakes has her with the Bulbasaur line, mirroring Red and Blue's shifts to Charmander and Squirtle respectively.
** In ''Pokémon Masters'', her signature 'mon is an Eevee, playing both on her reintroduction to the series in ''Let's Go'' as Green, and her counterpart status to Red (who is typically associated with the other mascot of those games, Pikachu).

[[folder:Green ''[-(Blue)-]'']]
!!Green / Blue (ブルー ''buruu'')
[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/green_lets_go.png]]

Leafs origins are a bit older than the remakes suggest. She's based on a female trainer seen in early artwork for ''Red'' and ''Blue'', who was left unimplemented because of memory limitations. Ultimately the Kanto trio would finally be fully rounded out when ''Let's Go'' gave Green a proper appearance in the series, using a design rather similar to her originally planned appearance.

* AlmightyJanitor: She appears without explanation in ''Let's Go'' as one of the toughest Pokémon Trainers around. Even if you believe she's the same person as Leaf, she never canonically interacted with either Red or Blue until ''Let's Go''.
* BonusBoss: She challenges the player [[spoiler:after they capture Mewtwo, irritated that they caught it first. After being defeated, she reluctantly hands over the Mewtwonite X and Y stones before teasing the player by attempting to capture them by throwing Poké Balls at them.]] After this she can be rematched once a day in Cerulean City [[spoiler:though she'll still throw Poké Balls at the player to "capture" them.]]
* CastingAShadow: It's worth noting that four Pokémon on her team in ''Let's Go!'' came equipped with Dark-type moves. [[spoiler:She apparently knew what she was getting into, going spelunking for ''Mewtwo'']].
* CompositeCharacter: Or DecompositeCharacter. It's a minor debate whether Leaf and Green should be considered the same character or not. Both are female Kanto trainers that act as counterparts to Red. Both prefer the Squirtle line to other Kanto starters. Both share a manga counterpart in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''' Green. [[HairstyleInertia They both have the same hair style.]] Unlike Kris and Lyra, who despite some similarities, were always meant to be [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute different characters,]] Leaf's design is explicitly based off of the [[{{Expy}} unused Gen I Green.]] Green's battle pose in ''Let's Go'' is based off of Leaf's in ''FRLG,'' similar to how Red and Blue use their ''FRLG'' poses. And for most of their lifespan both characters went unnamed. It wasn't until the same year that an official figurine with the Gen III design came out with the name Leaf, and ''Let's Go'' came out with the name Green just a few months later. In Pokemon Masters the Gen III design is used with the name Leaf, but her SignatureMon is an Eevee which seems to make her a composite with Elaine, only making matters more confusing. And add all that to the artifact of Green and Blue having their names swapped in the Japanese and international versions, there's really a range of what you want to call this character.
* ContinuityNod:
** Green herself. She was a promotional character made purely to round out the trio, that few remember since the only evidence of her is early official artwork and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''.
** Her redesign in ''Let's Go'' takes some elements from her Generation III appearance, incorporating a blue collar and an identical satchel, while also incorporating the LittleBlackDress of her promotional design.
** Though not explicitly called attention to with ''Let's Go'' not giving trainers unique Key Stone accessories, her white bracelets mimic the design of the Mega Bangle in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' while also being a reference to the WhiteGloves of her promotional design.
** Green's team includes a Clefable. Clefairy was planned as the mascot of the series just like Green was originally planned to be a player character.
* DecompositeCharacter: Due to a perfect storm of having no CanonName for over two decades, not to mention an official figure canonizing one name months before her first official NPC appearance confirming the other seemingly for good, some in the fandom have taken to treating the protagonist, "Leaf", and the NPC, "Green," as two separate characters.
* LittleBlackDress: Her [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0b/Early_Leaf.png original design]], complete with white gloves and matching shoes; this design is referenced both in ''Adventures'' and eventually in ''Let's Go'', though the addition of a blue collar along with a slit in the side and being even shorter make it resemble an oversized shirt more than a dress.
* MeaningfulName: She takes the third spot in the Red/Green/Blue trio; internationally, she's Green, while in Japan, she's Blue. In both cases, she takes the name the original pair of games didn't.
* ModestyShorts: In ''Let's Go'' she wears blue shorts underneath her black dress.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: Conceptually the first protagonist other than Red to reappear in the series. She differs from Red being FamedInStory by merely being a [[BonusBoss powerful trainer]] the player encounters.
* PutOnABus: Though it took Generation I being remade for her to get ''on'' the bus, with very few appearances since, her bus trip finally ended in ''Let's Go'', in which she appears as an NPC.
* SignatureMon:
** Seen with the [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0b/Early_Leaf.png Squirtle]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6f/Sugimori_Starter_artwork.png line]] in early promo art for ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red and Green]]''. She also has Blastoise in ''Pokémon Adventures'' and ''Let's Go'' as a [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f3/RGB_guidebook.jpg nod to her original artwork.]] It makes sense, seeing as how her name's Blue in Japan, and Blastoise is the mascot of ''Pokémon Blue''.
** Green is also strongly associated with the Clefairy line, just as Red is associated with Pikachu. Clefable is a prominent member of her team in the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga and is the first Pokémon she sends out in ''Let's Go''. This serves as a reference to when Clefairy was intended to be the mascot of the franchise.
** In ''Pokémon Masters'', her signature 'mon is an Eevee, playing both on her reintroduction to the series in ''Let's Go'' and her counterpart status to Red (who is typically associated with the other mascot of those games, Pikachu).
* {{Troll}}: Teases the player by throwing Poké Balls at them as if they're a Pokémon [[spoiler:after they've beaten her, asking if they (and the Mewtwo the player's just caught) will join her Pokémon team, before smiling and running off.]]
* WhiteGloves: Green's original Gen I design had white gloves, which were later referenced for her ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' counterpart. Unlike her LittleBlackDress, these don't appear in her ''Let's Go'' redesign, though she does wear a pair of white bracelets in an apparent nod to the gloves.
* {{Yandere}}: A very lighthearted version in ''Let's Go''. After beating her, her [[spoiler:tossing Poké Balls at the player in order to get ''them'' and their Mewtwo to join her team has a strange interpretation of the trope.]]

!!Let's Go!

[[folder:"Chase" ''[-("Kakeru")-]'']]
!!Chase / Kakeru (カケル ''kakeru'')
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The male main character of ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.

* KidHero: He is young and presumably eleven.

[[folder:"Elaine" ''[-("Ayumi")-]'']]
!!Elaine / Ayumi (アユミ ''ayumi'')
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The female main character of ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.

* KidHero: She is young and presumably eleven.
* PuniPlush: In a contrast to the other protagonists of earlier games starting from Gen III onward, their proportions are more rounded and more child-like, making them appear to be under ten.
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[[folder:Trace ''[-(Shin)-]'']]
!!Trace / Shin (シン ''shin'')
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The rival for ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''. While he's similar to Blue in role, he's much less confrontational.
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* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Her skirt is barely a third of the way down her calves. ''Let's Go!'' gives her a LittleBlackDress, but gives her ModestyShorts underneath.

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* ModestyShorts: In ''Let's Go'' she wears blue shorts underneath her black dress.

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: Conceptually the first protagonist other than Red to reappear in the series, though she hadn't actually been playable until the remakes. She differs from Red being FamedInStory by merely being a [[BonusBoss powerful trainer]] the player encounters.

** Seen with the [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0b/Early_Leaf.png Squirtle]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6f/Sugimori_Starter_artwork.png line]] in early promo art for ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red and Green]]'', which carries over to Leaf's [[https://www.twitter.com/kotobukiyas/status/1048377301530947584?s=21 Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurine]]. She also has Blastoise in ''Pokémon Adventures'' and ''Let's Go'' as a [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f3/RGB_guidebook.jpg nod to her original artwork.]] It makes sense, seeing as how her name's Blue in Japan, and Blastoise is the mascot of ''Pokémon Blue''.

** Green is also strongly associated with the Clefairy line, just as Red is associated with Pikachu. Clefable is a prominent member of her team in the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga and is the first Pokémon she sends out in ''Let's Go''. This serves as a reference to when Clefairy was intended to be the mascot of the franchise.
** In ''Pokémon Masters'', her signature 'mon is an Eevee, playing both on her reintroduction to the series in ''Let's Go'' and her counterpart status to Red (who is typically associated with the other mascot of those games, Pikachu).
* {{Troll}}: Teases the player by throwing Poké Balls at them as if they're a Pokémon [[spoiler:after they've beaten her, asking if they (and the Mewtwo the player's just caught) will join her Pokémon team, before smiling and running off.]]
* WhiteGloves: Green's original Gen I design had white gloves, which were later referenced for her ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' counterpart. Unlike her LittleBlackDress, these don't appear in her ''Let's Go'' redesign, though she does wear a pair of white bracelets in an apparent nod to the gloves.
* {{Yandere}}: A very lighthearted version in ''Let's Go''. After beating her, her [[spoiler:tossing Poké Balls at the player in order to get ''them'' and their Mewtwo to join her team has a strange interpretation of the trope.]]

[[folder:Green ''[-(Blue)-]'' / Leaf]]
!!Green / Blue (ブルー ''buruu'') / Leaf (リーフ ''riifu'')
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When ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' was remade for the GBA, the games went through some drastic changes. One important change that the GBA games brought about was the ability to choose between a male or female protagonist. For some time, the closest thing she had to a CanonName was "Leaf". [[note]]Taken from datafiles, and canonized by a promotional statuette in Japanese and an appearance in ''Masters''; ''Let's Go!'''s take on her ''RGB'' counterpart named her Green to match up with Red and Blue.[[/note]] As the female option for the PlayerCharacter, her backstory is roughly the same as Red's: a child from Pallet Town who was given the task to catch them all for the Pokédex and ToBeAMaster.

However, her origins are a bit older than the remakes suggest. She's based on a female trainer seen in early artwork for ''Red'' and ''Blue'', who was left unimplemented because of memory limitations. Ultimately the Kanto trio would finally be fully rounded out when ''Let's Go'' gave Green a proper appearance in the series, using a design rather similar to her originally planned appearance. She would also appear in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' (in her ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' design) as a female option for the Pokémon Trainer character opposite of Red.

* AlmightyJanitor: She appears without explanation in ''Let's Go'' as one of the toughest Pokémon Trainers around. Even if you believe she's the same person as Leaf, she never canonically interacted with either Red or Blue until ''Let's Go''.

* BonusBoss: She challenges the player [[spoiler:after they capture Mewtwo, irritated that they caught it first. After being defeated, she reluctantly hands over the Mewtwonite X and Y stones before teasing the player by attempting to capture them by throwing Poké Balls at them.]] After this she can be rematched once a day in Cerulean City [[spoiler:though she'll still throw Poké Balls at the player to "capture" them.]]

* CastingAShadow: It's worth noting that four Pokémon on her team in ''Let's Go!'' came equipped with Dark-type moves. [[spoiler:She apparently knew what she was getting into, going spelunking for ''Mewtwo'']].
* ContinuityNod:
** Green herself. She was a promotional character made purely to round out the trio, that few remember since the only evidence of her is early official artwork and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''.
** Her redesign in ''Let's Go'' takes some elements from her Generation III appearance, incorporating a blue collar and an identical satchel, while also incorporating the LittleBlackDress of her promotional design.
** Though not explicitly called attention to with ''Let's Go'' not giving trainers unique Key Stone accessories, her white bracelets mimic the design of the Mega Bangle in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' while also being a reference to the WhiteGloves of her promotional design.
** Green's team includes a Clefable. Clefairy was planned as the mascot of the series just like Green was originally planned to be a player character.
* CompositeCharacter: Or DecompositeCharacter. It's a minor debate whether Leaf and Green should be considered the same character or not. Both are female Kanto trainers that act as counterparts to Red. Both prefer the Squirtle line to other Kanto starters. Both share a manga counterpart in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''' Green. [[HairstyleInertia They both have the same hair style.]] Unlike Kris and Lyra, who despite some similarities, were always meant to be [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute different characters,]] Leaf's design is explicitly based off of the [[{{Expy}} unused Gen I Green.]] Green's battle pose in ''Let's Go'' is based off of Leaf's in ''FRLG,'' similar to how Red and Blue use their ''FRLG'' poses. And for most of their lifespan both characters went unamed. It wasn't until the same year that an official figurine with the Gen III design came out with the name Leaf, and ''Let's Go'' came out with the name Green just a few months later. In Pokemon Masters the Gen III design is used with the name Leaf, but her SignatureMon is an Eevee which seems to make her a composite with Elaine, only making matters more confusing. And add all that to the artifact of Green and Blue having their names swapped in the Japanese and international versions, there's really a range of what you want to call this character.

* DecompositeCharacter: Due to a perfect storm of having no CanonName for over two decades, not to mention an official figure canonizing one name months before her first official NPC appearance confirming the other for good, some in the fandom have taken to treating the protagonist, "Leaf", and the NPC, "Green," as two separate characters.

* LittleBlackDress: Her [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0b/Early_Leaf.png original design]], complete with white gloves and matching shoes; this design is referenced both in ''Adventures'' and eventually in ''Let's Go'', though the addition of a blue collar along with a slit in the side and being even shorter make it resemble an oversized shirt more than a dress.
* MeaningfulName: She takes the third spot in the Red/Green/Blue trio; internationally, she's Green, while in Japan, she's Blue. In both cases, she takes the name the original pair of games didn't.

!!Let's Go!

[[folder:"Chase" ''[-("Kakeru")-]'']]
!!Chase / Kakeru (カケル ''kakeru'')
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pokemon_lets_go_male.png]]
The male main character of ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.

* KidHero: He is young and presumably eleven.
* PuniPlush: In a contrast to the other protagonists of earlier games starting from Gen III onward, their proportions are more rounded and more child-like, making them appear to be under ten.

[[folder:"Elaine" ''[-("Ayumi")-]'']]
!!Elaine / Ayumi (アユミ ''ayumi'')
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The female main character of ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.

* KidHero: She is young and presumably eleven.

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!!Trace / Shin (シン ''shin'')
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The rival for ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''. While he's similar to Blue in role, he's much less confrontational.

* CompositeCharacter: Or DecompositeCharacter. It's a minor BaseBreaker whether Leaf and Green should be considered the same character or not. Both are female Kanto trainers that act as counterparts to Red. Both prefer the Squirtle line to other Kanto starters. Both share a manga counterpart in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''' Green. [[HairstyleInertia They both have the same hair style.]] Unlike Kris and Lyra, who despite some similarities, were always meant to be [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute different characters,]] Leaf's design is explicitly based off of the [[{{Expy}} unused Gen I Green.]] Green's battle pose in ''Let's Go'' is based off of Leaf's in ''FRLG,'' similar to how Red and Blue use their ''FRLG'' poses. And for most of their lifespan both characters went unamed. It wasn't until the same year that an official figurine with the Gen III design came out with the name Leaf, and ''Let's Go'' came out with the name Green just a few months later. In Pokemon Masters the Gen III design is used with the name Leaf, but her SignatureMon is an Eevee which seems to make her a composite with Elaine, only making matters more confusing. And add all that to the artifact of Green and Blue having their names swapped in the Japanese and international versions, there's really a range of what you want to call this character.

* In contrast to how meta the rest of his team is, Pidgeot is in his team almost every time, having the highest representation of any team member by only being absent in ''Let's Go''. It's also his ace in both ''HGSS'' and ''Masters.'' It may be an indication of his HiddenDepths - he can't leave behind the first Pokémon he caught.

* SignatureMon: As a rival and Champion, his starter Pokemon is his highest-leveled Pokémon. This will always be the one with [[ElementalRockpaperScissors a type advantage]] over the players, except in ''Yellow'' where it is a Generation 1 Eeveelution.

%%** He will have whichever starter has the advantage over Red's. In early promo art for ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red and Green]]'', he was [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/ec/Charizard_red_stuff.jpg always]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c8/Kensugiart2.png seen]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b6/Sugimori1996.png with the Charmander line,]] in contrast to [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/55/Rival_artwork.png Red's original Bulbasaur.]] However as Red has become more associated with Charizard, Blue has become more likely to have Blastoise (as seen in the main anime, ''Origins'', and ''Generations''.) He returns to [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f3/RGB_guidebook.jpg his original Charizard]] when he appears in ''Let's Go.''

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!!Green / Blue (ブルー ''buruu'') / "Leaf" (リーフ ''riifu'')

When ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' was remade for the GBA, the games went through some drastic changes. One important change that the GBA games brought about was the ability to choose between a male or female protagonist. The closest thing she had to a CanonName was "Leaf" [[note]]Taken from datafiles, and briefly canonized by a promotional statuette in Japanese until ''Let's Go!'' overrode that by naming her Green[[/note]]. As the female option for the PlayerCharacter, her backstory is roughly the same as Red's: a child from Pallet Town who was given the task to catch them all for the Pokédex and ToBeAMaster.

* CanonName: Leaf was the closest thing she had to a canon name for a good long while, owing to its status as her default name in internal data, plus the promotional name used for the female character in ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen.'' In fact, not long after an official statuette available in Japan cemented her name as "Leaf," it was effectively un-cemented with ''Let's Go!'' naming her "Green"...and then ''Masters'' zig-zagged in further by calling her ''FRLG'' self "Leaf" again.

* ModestyShorts: In ''Let's Go!'' she wears blue shorts underneath her black dress.

* CanonName: Leaf was the closest thing she had to a canon name for a good long while, owing to its status as her default name in internal data, plus the promotional name used for the female character in ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen.'' In fact, not long after an official statuette available in Japan cemented her name as "Leaf," it was effectively un-cemented with ''Let's Go!'' naming her "Green."

* SignatureMon: His highest-leveled Pokémon (as well as ''the'' highest-leveled Pokémon not counting Battle Facilities) is his [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]] , which he always sends out first. In ''Yellow'' canon, it is his starter Pokémon. He is also strongly associated with the three fully evolved normal Kanto Starters, although adaptations prefer using Venusaur (Pokémon #1) and Charizard (His version namesake) moreso than Blastoise.
** In the games, [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]] is always the highest leveled Pokémon used by an NPC trainer in each game it appears in, and the highest leveled Pokémon you could face in a trainer battle in the entire franchise overall. The anime has only solidified the connection further, and he always sends it out first.

* SignatureMon: As a rival and Champion, his starter Pokemon is his highest-leveled Pokémon. This will always be the one with [[ElementalRockpaperScissors a type advantage]] over the players. except in ''Yellow'' where it is a Generation 1 eeveelution.
* In later games, he instead gets associated with the trio of Water-Fire-Grass Pokémon he uses without the starter on his team: Gyarados, Exeggutor, and Arcanine.

* SignatureMon: Depending on the medium, Pikachu (series mascot), the Charmander line (mascot of his Version Namesake), and the Bulbasaur line (Pokémon #001) have all been his ace Pokemon. The only starters he's not often featured is the Squirtle line, but even then he owns one in most of his in-game teams.

* SignatureMon: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While one Pokémon will always inevitably be more powerful than the others, which Pokémon it is changes in every game. Given a nod in ''Black 2 and White 2'', where he is one of the few trainers in the World Tournament who will lead with whatever Pokémon he feels like leading with, unlike almost everyone else, who always lead with their signature Pokémon. In terms of overall adaptations, however, he generally seems to own either Charizard or Blastoise, since Red is most often associated with Venusaur and Charizard and Blue always needs to have a type advantage over him.
** He will usually have a trio of Pokémon that are Grass, Fire, and Water types. In games where he and Red both show up as challengers, Red would have all the Kanto starters, so Blue would have Gyarados, Arcanine, and Exeggutor. In games where Blue is the rival, his starter would replace a Pokémon in that trio as his strongest Pokémon. Of those three aforementioned Pokémon, Exeggutor has the best attendance record in the games, and Arcanine in adaptations.
** In ''Yellow'', he gets Eevee to contrast Red's Pikachu. While this seemingly random choice is not used in other game adaptations, his anime counterpart is prominently featured with an Eevee despite not being his starter.
** In contrast to how meta the rest of his team is, Pidgeot is in his team virtually every time. It's also his ace in both ''HGSS'' and ''Masters.'' It may be an indication of his HiddenDepths - he can't leave behind the first Pokémon he caught.