History Characters / PokemonRanger

* WeaponOfChoice: Camerupt for Tiffany, Scizor for Garrett, Slaking for Clyde, Tyranitar for Billy.

%%* WeaponOfChoice: Mewtwo.

%%* WeaponOfChoice: Regigigas.

%%* WeaponOfChoice: Crobat. A ''huge'' Crobat.

* WeaponOfChoice: Ditto. It transforms into Entei, Suicune, and Raikou during the battle.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: His hair color stands out quite a bit.

* KillAllHumans: After being arrested by the Ranger Union at the end of the game, repeated questioning broke him and turned him into a humanity-hating misanthrope who wants Arceus to wipe out all other humans (aside from himself).

* HairContrastDuo: Lunick's ShonenHair is dark blue the spreads into wings on either side of his head, he has thick bangs that fall over his bandanna. Solana's ShonenHair is light blue, the bangs clear her bandanna to fan out at the side, and she has an upward ponytail that fans out at the tip.

* CompositeCharacter: Solana appears in the anime wearing her own game outfit in ''Advanced Generation'', but reappears in the ''Diamond & Pearl'' series [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Solana_2.png wearing Kate's]]

* {{Foil}}: Lunick and Solana have a lot of contrast in their details.
** Solana and Lunick have SolarAndLunar ThemeNaming.
** Solana's hair is light-blue, while Lunick's hair is dark-blue.
** Solana is associated with the positive Plusle, while Lunick is attached to the negative Minun.
** Solana's character art depicts her smiling open-mouthed and making broader, more energetic gestures, while Lunick keeps his mouth closed and holds his arms in close to his body, suggesting they're a SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl pair.
** Solana's capture stylus typically has the antenna extended, but Lunick keeps his retracted.

%%* TheHero: Of the first game.

* ShockAndAwe: Lunick gets a Minun, while Solana gets a Plusle.

* SignatureMon: Solana is partnered with Plusle, Lunick with Minun.

* ThemeNaming: Lunick comes from "lunar", and Solana comes from "Solar". Curiously, in the Spanish translation their motif is reversed, with Lunick named Helio while Solana becomes Selena.

* {{Foil}}: Lunick and Solana have a lot of contrast in their design.

** Solana's character art depicts her making broader, more energetic gestures, while Lunick keeps his arms in close to his body, suggesting they're a SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl pair.

* NiceHat: In the first game. He ditches it in the next two for some reason.

%%* NiceHat: A cowboy hat.

%%* NiceHat: Or headband, possibly.

* NiceHat: Quite possibly ''the'' nicest hat of any Pokémon character. It has two Wingull-like wings hanging down from the back of it.

%%* NiceHat: Comes with the magician territory.

* BadassAdorable: They seem to be younger than the Rangers of the first and third game, considering that they come fresh from the academy once they go to work, though the manga lists their ages as being the same as Lunick and Solana's (16). [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven when they use the Vatonage Styler and manage to defeat Darkrai!]]

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Solana's are the shortest yet; they're practically ''briefs''.

* SaveTheVillain: Twice, in fact. As you can imagine, this creates a good deal of FoeYay.

* SkunkStripe: He has a light-purple streak in his dark-purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Both of them have blue hair; Lunick's is dark while Solana's is light.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has green hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has green hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has blue hair, matching his eyes wardrobe.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair, matching her eyes and wardrobe.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Which clashes with his purple suit.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has blue hair. Must be genetic, as Nema inherited it.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has blue hair much like her mother.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has reddish-purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair, the same color as her Ditto.

* FingerlessGloves: She wears gloves with fingers cut off in the first phalange.

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-> The player is offered a choice of gender, with males playing as Lunick and females playing as Solana. Whichever the player chooses is a new Ranger being employed in the land of Fiore. The one you don't choose instead serves as a friend and partner.

* TheHero: Of the first game.

-> The head researcher of the Ranger Union, he is known for being impatient. He invented the Stylers that the Rangers use. He has appeared in all three games so far, a title held by only a few others.

-> A somewhat slow guy, he was originally a Ranger in Fiore with a Slowpoke as his partner Pokémon. Eventually, he became the PR head of the Ranger Union. In Guardian Signs, he is deployed to Oblivia on The Union to assist the player.

-> A fellow ranger in Ringtown. She's abrasive and smug to those around her, but she has a kinder side she doesn't like to show.

* CustomUniform: Very different from the Ranger norm.

* FingerlessGloves: Part of her fashion sense.
* {{Jerkass}}: At first. However, it turns out she's a...
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After CharacterDevelopment.

-> A Ranger working under Elita. He's a pretty quiet guy, earning him the nickname "Silent Chris".

* TheStoic: Noticing a theme here?

-> The leader of the Ringtown Rangers. His partner Pokémon is a Fearow.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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-> The leader of the Fall City Rangers. His partner Pokémon is a Dodrio.

* TheRival: With Spenser.

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-> The leader of the Summerland Rangers. His partner Pokémon is a Pelipper.

* MyNewGiftIsLame: The giver of those lame gifts.
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-> The leader of the Wintown Rangers. Her partner Pokémon is a Skarmory.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
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-> The leader of the Go-Rock Squad [[spoiler:and one of Professor Hastings' former colleagues]]. By stealing and improving upon Professor Hastings' Super Styler design, he intends to control legendary Pokémon and unleash them on Fiore, so that he may then present himself and the Go-Rock Squad as heroes by stopping them. He bears a strong grudge against the Ranger Union and wants to drive them out of the region and replace them.

* BigBad: The head of the Go-Rock Squad.

* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler:And he ran while you were saving him, too!]]

-> From youngest to eldest, Tiffany, Clyde, Garrett, and Billy. The sons and daughter of Gordor, they act as his main enforcers. Apparently, being related to the boss is the only way one can get a promotion in the Go-Rock Squad... After the collapse of the Go-Rock Squad, they decide to go straight and become a famous band.

* DaddysLittleVillain: Tiffany.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Billy, Garrett, and Clyde.

-> Like the game before it, ''Shadows of Almia'' also offers the player a choice of male or female. Unlike the last game, the gender not chosen does not become a separate character, and simply doesn't appear. Kellyn is the male, while Kate is the female.

* GirlishPigtails: Kate.
* TheHero: Of ''Shadows of Almia''.

-> A fellow Ranger-in-training who serves as a rival of sorts early in the game, before becoming a Top Ranger alongside you.

* FieryRedhead: It's kind of auburn...

-> A young woman attending the Ranger School in hopes of becoming an Operator. She, along with Keith, serve as your friends.

* MissionControl: She's a Ranger Operator.
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-> One of the Rangers assigned to Vientown along with the player. He's lighthearted and provides a degree of levity.

* CollectiveGroan: What happens after he tells a joke.z
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-> Another Ranger assigned to Vientown. She accompanies the player on a few missions.

* [[TheGenericGuy The Generic Girl]]: There isn't too much going on with her.

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-> A mechanic working in the Vientown Ranger Base. She's fond of taking machines apart.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Ollie as of the downloadable Shaymin mission.]]

-> The local Ranger leader you work under for the first half of the game. Even after graduating out from under his command, he remains a close ally and friend.

-> A strange, oil-soaked man found at the site of a forest fire. He never gives his name, and is instead referred to by a nickname referencing his oily first impression.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Elaine.]]

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname[=/=]IWasNamedMyName, depending on whether or not the Rangers guessed correctly.

-> A Top Ranger under the Ranger Union. Though he has seniority over you, he quickly takes a liking to you and Keith.

* NiceHat: A cowboy hat.
* ShockAndAwe: His signature Luxray.

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-> Another Top Ranger. Wendy is known for flying around on her Staraptor more than other Rangers tend to do. In the special mission focused on Dialga, you and Wendy wind up stuck in the past.

* AcePilot: The best pilot in the Ranger Union.
* BlowYouAway: Her Staraptor.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: During one of the extra missions.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: WindIsGreen?
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-> The top authority of the Ranger Union, she runs everything. She is also the childhood friend of Professor Hastings.

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-> A young genius who attends the Ranger School with you. After graduating, he goes to work for Altru Inc., but soon finds himself caught up with Team Dim Sun at the oil field.

* [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish The Password is Always Melody]]: [[spoiler:Uses his sister's name as the password to the elevator in Altru Tower.]]

-> The first of the Sinis Trio, Dim Sun's top three enforcers. Ice is cool and mocking, and even more intelligent than he puts on.

* TerribleTrio: Their leader.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: To go with his wardrobe.

-> The second of the Sinis Trio, and head of the Crimson Unit. Like her name suggests, she mainly focuses on a fiery theme.

* PunnyName: Lava.
* TerribleTrio: The Sinis Trio.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]

-> A large, foreign man who serves as the third of the Sinis Trio. His odd speech patterns and unusual sense of humor may catch you off guard, but he's quite competent.

* StoutStrength: He's a fairly bulky man.
* TerribleTrio: The Sinis Trio.

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-> An eccentric teacher at the Ranger School. He has no patience for students running in the hallways, and works on odd research projects in the school's basement. In reality, he's a chief enforcer of Team Dim Sun, second only to Blake, and took the teaching job to try and scout impressionable students to Team Dim Sun.

** DragonAscendant: In a Wi-Fi downloadable mission, he is the leader of what remains of Team Dim Sun, now known as Team Debonairs.

* [[ExitPursuedByABear Exit, Pursued by a Whale]]: During the main game, he is last seen being chased by the Wailord whose child he captured.
** Although he survives and goes on to found Team Debonairs in a downloadable mission.

-> The current president of Altru Inc. His goal is to find a better energy source than oil, his company's primary resource. Astute players will notice the seemingly infinite amount of oil Team Dim Sun has access to and make a connection. Indeed, Blake is the one funding and leading Team Dim Sun. His birth name was Wyatt Hall.

* BigBad: Of ''Shadows of Almia''.
* CoolShades: To go with his darkness theme.

-> The previous president of Altru Inc., and Blake's father. All that's left of his legacy is a painting in the Altru building and a shack where he spent his days digging for oil.

* PosthumousCharacter: Presumably.

-> Blake's odd, hunched-over assistant. He's pretty weird.

* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: His standard animation.

* SaveTheVillain: Like Blake, he gets sucked into Darkrai's Dark Void.

-> The two choices of player character. Like in the original, the one not chosen becomes an important NPC who spends the first half of the game in captivity but soon joins you as a frequent ally.

* CustomUniform: Apparently.
* [[DragonRider Latios/Latias Rider]]: Which may have inspired the Soaring mechanic seen in ''Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire''.

* TheHero: Of ''Guardian Signs''.
* HelloInsertNameHere: Whichever one you play as.

-> One of the Pichu native to Dolce Island. This one holds a toy ukulele that Booker built, and plays it by sending electric charges through it. After you help it out and rescue its friends, it sticks with you as your partner Pokémon.

* BadassAdorable: Unlike other assists, Pichu will keep assisting even if it's struck by attacks from [[spoiler:Mewtwo]] and [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven ARCEUS]]]].
* [[DoomedHometown Doomed Home Island]]: [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, Dolce Island (Pichu's native island) is completely destroyed by the Sky Fortress's energy cannon.]]
* KidAppealCharacter: Pichu has always been this.

-> An elderly woodcarver who built everything from ukuleles to bridges to the Ranger Union's flagship. He rescues you from Dolce Island early on and helps you out with any repairs needed for bridges or boats.

* CoolOldGuy: [[spoiler:Much like his brother.]]

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-> Booker's apprentice. He's a bit of an airhead and Booker is not afraid to tell him such, but he's responsible and dilligent.

* NiceHat: Or headband, possibly.

-> The only Ranger assigned to the usually-peaceful Oblivia region. He has a wife, Leanne, and a daughter, Nema.

* TheBigGuy: To your TheHero.

* HappilyMarried: To Leanne.
* NiceGuy: It's hard not to like Rand.
* PapaWolf: And don't threaten his wife, either.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:For Edward,]] no less.
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-> Rand's wife, and a well-regarded archaeologist. She spends much of the game decrypting odd artifacts or books you bring her, and helps uncover the truth within the legends of Oblivia.

* HappilyMarried: To Rand.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Must be genetic, as Nema inherited it.
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-> Rand and Leanne's daughter. She's a technological genius ahead of her time despite her age. Somewhat impulsive and stubborn, but nevertheless a very helpful ally. She helps upgrade your Styler.

* BareYourMidriff: Wears relatively small clothing.

* TechnoWizard: Like Isaac before her.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Like Leanne.

-> A prominent figure and one of the leaders within the Pokémon Pinchers. He shoots you down at the beginning of the game and remains a constant thorn in your side for much of what follows. [[spoiler:He's not all that bad a guy, and after leaving the group he thinks things over and helps you out a few times in the post-game.]]

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After his second defeat, he just leaves.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Leaves after his second defeat to wander around and become a better person, which he does.]]

* MeaningfulName: Take a guess why.

%% * RedEyesTakeWarning: Duh.

* TerribleTrio: [[spoiler:Subordinate to Purple Eyes.]]

-> Another boss of the Pinchers, Blue Eyes crosses your path several times. In an unusual aversion of VillainExitStageLeft, you capture and retain her after your first encounter and, while she's released later, things never go well for her following that.

* BareYourMidriff: More midriff than anyone else in the series.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Three times. Once as a prisoner-escort, the next while escaping the submarine, and the final in the [[TrueFinalBoss true final mission]].]]
** The [[spoiler:last one is after her HeelFaceTurn, however, so she's not really an enemy then.]]

* MeaningfulName: She has blue eyes, unsurprisingly.
* PrisonerExchange: [[spoiler:Her for your partner.]]

* TerribleTrio: [[spoiler:Subordinate to Purple Eyes]].

* VillainousFriendship: With Red Eyes.

-> A young woman with an affinity for bird Pokémon. Her main purpose is to summon any Pokémon you befriended in the sky to be used on land.

-> The Oracle of the Dark Temple. Many years ago, he devised the Golden Armor and the Sky Fortress to achieve immortality and great power, and attempted to conquer the world. He was defeated by a great hero, but the Golden Armor and Sky Fortress still exist to this day.

* BigBad: Of the Multiplayer mode.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

-> A shady third boss of the Pinchers, who isn't really revealed to even exist until later. He's both Red and Blue Eyes' superior, and the head of the Pokémon Pinchers. He is employed by the Societea, but after being disbanded seeks revenge.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Villainous example.

* FinalBoss: After usurping control from Edward.

* KnightOfCerebus: Very, very much so. One of the few Pokémon characters to outright attempt murder, among other villainous acts.
** On a meta level, most Pokémon villains target Pokémon for slavery or death, but Purple Eyes is the first villainous character to want ''humanity'' wiped out.

* MeaningfulName: Take a wild guess.
* MisanthropeSupreme: After imprisonment.

* SkunkStripe: It's a light-purple streak in dark-purple hair, though.
* TheStarscream: And he succeeds, too!
* TerribleTrio: In command of both Red and Blue Eyes.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Unlike Red and Blue Eyes, he has hair to match his uniform and eyes.

* DubNameChange: As mentioned on the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' page, the group's name in the original Japanese was ''Tea Party''.

-> A doctor living in Oblivia, he wanders the region making house calls and visiting his friends. 40 years ago, he and three of his friends were a band of thieves known as the Societea. Fearing death, he reunited with the other three and began pursuing immortality and world domination.

* WalkingSpoiler: Definitely.
* WeaponOfChoice: Mewtwo.

-> A lumberjack living on Renbow Island, he is immensely strong and protective of Raikou's shrine. He is also a friend of Dr. Edward. In the Societea, he was their brawn.

* TheQuietOne: Less talkative than his friends.
* WeaponOfChoice: Regigigas.

-> A magician living in Tilt Village, he puts on magic shows for the local kids. He also enjoys sipping tea with Dr. Edward and friends. He was part of the Societea, and was the crafty one.

* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Though it's just an act, he seems to genuinely enjoy making kids smile.
* EyesAlwaysShut: He never opens them.
* ImmortalityInducer: When wearing the left gauntlet of the Golden Armor.
* LargeHam: He's a magician, so this is natural.
* MindScrew: Fond of inducing these; his section of the Sky Fortress gets weird.
* NiceHat: Comes with the magician territory.
* StageMagician: His act, anyway.
* WeaponOfChoice: Crobat. A ''huge'' Crobat.

-> A fashionable old lady living in Oblivia, she seems to be a friend of Dr. Edward. She was and still is a disguise artist, and was part of the Societea.

* ChekhovsGunman: She's just some rich old lady as far as we know.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Much like the color of her Ditto.

* PrisonerExchange: He is the prisoner. [[He tells you not to make the trade, but you're [[[ButThouMust railroaded into making it]].]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Infernape.

* ImprobableHairstyle: His swirly hair. Justified as he uses hair spray on it. He Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.

* ImprobableHairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.

* BadassMoustache: One thing that hasn't changed over the three games.

* BadassMoustache: Look at it.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He uncovered the Shadow Crystal while searching for more oil.

* PrisonerExchange: He is the prisoner.

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* TeenGenius: Like you, he's fresh out of the Ranger School.

* ZettaiRyouiki: [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Ranger_Solana.png Solana]] has a Grade A.