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A shy girl in the same grade as the player. She doesn't come to class very often, and is quite attached to her Eevee backpack. She is involved in ''★ Starfall Street ★'''s Operation Starfall to forcefully disband Team Star, though there is more to her than meets the eye...
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* ColorMotif: Grey, based on her hoodie, shorts and leggings, reflecting her gloomy personality. It also reflects that her intentions on creating a group rebels to fight against the bullies were on the ''grey'' side. She also illegally procures rewards for the player's fight against Team Star by hacking into the Pokémon League, making her a grey hat hacker.
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* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Botan, can be translated in Russian as a "nerd" who struggles in sports and has bad social skills -- which perfectly fits her.
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* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Botan, can be translated in Russian as a "nerd" who struggles in sports and has bad social skills -- which perfectly fits her. Botan is also the name of a programming library, which fits with Penny's computer skills.
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* GameplayProtagonistStoryProtagonist: Florian and Juliana serve as the {{Player Character}}s, yet it is their friends who are the focus of their respective storylines.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: In ''Pokémon Masters'', she says that she doesn't exactly know how her Pawmot even evolved to its final stage, though the requisites for that were fulfilled since it always liked to run with her (which it does by itself the moment she looks away from it).
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: In ''Pokémon Masters'', she says that she doesn't exactly know how her Pawmot Pawmi even evolved to its final stage, though the requisites for that were fulfilled since it always liked to run with her (which it does by itself the moment she looks away from it).
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* LimitedWardrobe: Every other student at the academy will wear outfits that represent either version of the game. In her case, though, she only has one outfit across both versions that isn't affected by the version's predominant color.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: In ''Pokémon Masters,'' she gets along pretty well with Hilda, who, upon being introduced to her by Cheren, interrupted said introduction to fight Nemona ASAP.
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* CulturalRebel: She's from Galar, which is pretty much a region of extroverted jock types (the Galar Pokemon League is basically a sports league for Pokemon battles). One might wonder if that was one of the reasons why she enrolled as a transfer student at Naranjo/Uva Academy.
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* CulturalRebel: She's from Galar, which is pretty much a region of extroverted jock types (the Galar Pokemon League is basically a sports league for Pokemon battles). One might wonder if that was one of the reasons why she enrolled as a transfer student at Naranjo/Uva Naranja/Uva Academy.
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* RunningGag: Several times in the game she will ask to battle, only to accept nothing other than a "yes" answer. Usually it devolves into her saying something along the lines of "You! Me! Battle! Yes!?"
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* RunningGag: Several times in the game she will ask to battle, a yes or no question, only to accept nothing other than a "yes" answer. Usually it devolves into her saying something along the lines of "You! Me! Battle! Yes!?"
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* YearningForANemesis: She spends the entire "Victory Road" storyline trying to build up the protagonist as a proper rival for herself, as she's long wanted a friend who could be close to her in age but also her equal as a trainer (and as the youngest Champion on record in the region, she had no such peers). When the player character is finally, ''finally'' able to climb that mountain and face her at her team's full strength, she's bursting with excitement after LOSING their match.
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* YearningForANemesis: She spends the entire "Victory Road" storyline trying to build up the protagonist as a proper rival for herself, as she's long wanted a friend who could be close to her in age but also her equal as a trainer (and as the youngest Champion on record in the region, she had no such peers). When the player character is finally, ''finally'' able to climb that mountain and face her at her team's full strength, she's bursting with excitement after LOSING ''losing'' their match.
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* YearningForANemesis: She spends the entire "Victory Road" storyline trying to build up the protagonist as a proper rival for herself, as she's long wanted a friend who could be close to her in age but also her equal as a trainer (and as the youngest Champion on record in the region, she had no such peers). When the player character is finally, ''finally'' able to climb that mountain and face her at her team's full strength, she cries genuine TearsOfJoy.
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* YearningForANemesis: She spends the entire "Victory Road" storyline trying to build up the protagonist as a proper rival for herself, as she's long wanted a friend who could be close to her in age but also her equal as a trainer (and as the youngest Champion on record in the region, she had no such peers). When the player character is finally, ''finally'' able to climb that mountain and face her at her team's full strength, she cries genuine TearsOfJoy.she's bursting with excitement after LOSING their match.
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* ForeignExchangeStudent: They only recently moved to Paldea from another region, implied to be Galar due to their family having a Skwovet (First introduced in ''Sword and Shield''), and their mother's use of the British slang "cuppa".
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* HandicappedBadass: Potentially. She's noted to have issues with correctly throwing pokeballs and wears some sort of an arm brace that's ment to negate that. In [[spoiler:The Way Home]] storyline she's shown to get tired easily and has a rather weak stamina. Despite all that she's a champion-ranked trainer, making her one of the strongest trainers in Paldea, and is also the president of the student council in the Naranja/Uva Academy.
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* HandsOffParenting: Her parents prefer to raise her older sister because she will take over their family's business, and so they left Nemona alone to do anything she wanted without supervision. Even Nemona herself says a variation of the trope's name. Talking to one of her family's maids will also reveal that her parents spend a lot of time away and are rarely home.
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*HandsOffParenting: Her parents prefer to raise her older sister because she will take over their family's business, and so they left Nemona alone to do anything she wanted without supervision. Even Nemona herself says a variation of the trope's name. Talking to one of her family's maids will also reveal that her parents spend a lot of time away and are rarely home.
*HandsOffParenting: Her parents prefer to raise her older sister because she will take over their family's business, and so they left Nemona alone to do anything she wanted without supervision. Even Nemona herself says a variation of the trope's name. Talking to one of her family's maids will also reveal that her parents spend a lot of time away and are rarely home.
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* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He loves to cook and is a talented chef, has long, flowing locks of hair and loves cute things, which is shown by his phone case (pastel colors, flowers and a floette) and his reaction to titan orethworm or the player character (who he calls "Little Buddy"). He's also in touch with his emotions and is not afraid to cry and has a very caring and protective streak, mostly show towards his [[spoiler:mabosstiff]]. If the player chooses Juliana, all three of his closest friends are girls.
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* HidingBehindYourBangs: The asocial type. Arven's bangs hide his right eye and he has a reclusive personality and initially shows no interest in the player
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* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: If Juliana is chosen as the protagonist, then she, Penny, and Nemona fit this trope:
** The active, battle loving Nemona serves as the brawn.
** The reclusive hacker Penny serves as the brains.
** The open and energetic, and [[CharacterCustomization fashionable]] Juliana serves as the beauty.
* BreakingOldTrends: Unlike previous rivals and friends in the series, [[spoiler:rather than growing with the protagonist, Arven, Penny, and Nemona are all significantly stronger trainers than the player at the start of the game and the player has to catch up to them. Arven only seems like an exception at first because his primary companion, Mabosstiff is on the verge of death until the player helps cure it with the Herba Mystica and he had to train and catch new Pokémon because of his Mabosstiff's state. Nemona even starts training a new team from scratch for the sake of competing with the player. Justified due to all of them having started their careers as trainers a few years before the player.]]
* ChildProdigy: Arven, Nemona, and Penny are all teenagers who are (respectively) a SupremeChef, a LonelyAtTheTop master battler, and a hacker whose skills are enough that she gets hired as a programmer on the spot by Ms. Geeta. The player themselves, at the end of the story, is also a Champion-ranked battler like Nemona, has defeated five titan Pokémon, and taken down Team Star and their boss by themselves.
* FinalBoss: Nemona, Arven, and Penny are all the final opponents you face at the end of each of their story routes. They all must be defeated before you can [[spoiler:access The Way Home, where the TrueFinalBoss awaits]].
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The four of them form this during the game's last leg. Arven is the Cynic, being less than thrilled with revisiting a dangerous area and butts heads with the others over old grudges ([[FormerlyFriendlyFamily the box legendary]]) or clashing personalities ([[VitriolicBestBuds his new friends]]), Nemona is the Optimist as she sees the trek as an exciting new adventure and sees the good in near every situation ([[WideEyedIdealist real or imagined]]), Penny is the Apathetic who's only tagging along due to her newfound loyalty for the player character and is rather standoffish towards the others, while the protagonist is the Realist who leads and holds the group together throughout their trials, [[spoiler:while providing clousure for both the AI professor and Arven]].
* FriendlessBackground: Prior to meeting and befriending the protagonist, Arven, Nemona, and Penny appear to be found mostly by themselves with seemingly no one else to call a friend. It isn't until meeting the protagonist that their lives, as well as the lives of Paldea, begin to improve and they find themselves happier than they were before:
** Arven had his Mabosstiff as his OnlyFriend growing up while suffering ParentalAbandonment [[spoiler:as a result of Professor Sada/Turo being fully dedicated to their research combined with their untimely death]], which made him turn out a bit standoffish upon the protagonist and Nemona meeting him the first time.
** Nemona is a LonelyAtTheTop, Champion-ranked TeenGenius from a [[LonelyRichKid wealthy family who grew up under a hands-off parenting style]], which combined with her aggressive desire for battling, has intimidated and alienated her from her peers; respected as the StudentCouncilPresident, but nothing more.
** Penny is a reclusive and talented hacker who is officially described as [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] [[spoiler:who is also a victim of bullying before befriending other victims and outcasts and having them form Team Star together years before the main events begin. But even then, she never showed her face to the Team Star Bosses, and regarding the incident that placed Team Star in deep trouble with the Academy, she wound up distancing herself from them to work on taking it down before graver consequences rained upon them]].
* GenderEqualEnsemble: If Florian is chosen as the protagonist then the group will consist of two boys (Florian and Arven) and two girls (Nemona and Penny). {{Averted|Trope}} if Juliana is chosen as the protagonist, in which case the group will instead consist of three girls and one boy, making Arven TheOneGuy.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Arven fights alongside you for the Titan battles, [[spoiler:and he, Nemona, and Penny join you for the mission into Area Zero.]]
* HeroesLoveDogs: During your trek through [[spoiler:Area Zero]], all of your companions use dog-like Pokémon when [[spoiler:battling with you in Doubles: Nemona uses a Lycanroc (based on a wolf), Arven uses his Mabosstiff (based on the mastiff breed of dogs) and Penny uses an Umbreon (which has dog-like qualities, on top of traits of other mammals like cats or foxes). The player can also use one of the mentioned Pokémon or another line like the Fidough line or Greavard line. There's also the player's befriended Koraidon/Miraidon despite being reptilian-based, whose behavioral traits, such as affectionate licking and pulling off puppy-dog eyes, can be compared to dogs.]]
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the player's three friends, each fills one of these:
** Nemona fills the '''Nice'''. From the time she meets the player, Nemona is a pleasant, SpoiledSweet girl who's nothing but encouraging to the hero. She's a bit of a BloodKnight who loves battling, but she's also empathetic and gentle, regularly caring about the player and their partner Pokémon.
** Arven is the '''In-Between'''. In his first appearance, he comes off as frosty and is downright mean to Koraidon/Miraidon (though not without a FreudianExcuse), but he comes to care about both that Mon and the player, and his main motivation is to [[spoiler:heal his best friend, Mabosstiff]].
** Penny is the '''Mean'''. At first, she comes off as a ShrinkingViolet, but it's revealed that [[spoiler:she started Team Star]]. After this reveal, she shows herself to be snarky and standoffish, although a lot of this comes less from genuine malice and more from social awkwardness, and her character falls more into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold archetype.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: While the protagonist's personality can be decided up to the player (though based on official art, Florian appears [[OnlySaneMan reserved]] while Juliana appears [[GenkiGirl energetic]]), we have their friends and their following idiosyncrasies, to which they all are brought together, not only by the general narrative, but [[spoiler:are united as part of "The Way Home" final storyline, to prevent catastrophe upon Paldea's ecosystem by the Paradox Pokémon contained within Area Zero]]:
** [[SupremeChef Arven]], who tends to be abrasive and [[ButtMonkey treated with less respect than he deserves]] while dealing with ParentalAbandonment issues.
** [[TeenGenius Nemona]], who is [[BloodKnight single-minded when it comes to battling]] and can be a bit SarcasmBlind when compared to the snarkier teammates.
** [[TheCracker Penny]], who is not as shy as she is first introduced while her [[NoSocialSkills lack of tact]] tend to [[BrutalHonesty let her speak her mind, coming across as rude by others as a result]].
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Arven and Penny trade numerous snarky jabs as the party travels down [[spoiler:Area Zero.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At first. Arven is annoyed by Nemona's single-mindedness and Penny's rudeness, Penny thinks Nemona has a death wish and doesn't think much of Arven either, and the three (though mostly Arven and Penny) trade jabs while the group ventures [[spoiler:down Area Zero]]. During the course of the descent, as they talk about how they got to meet the player, their family lives, and fight off [[spoiler:enraged Pokémon from either the past or future]], the three manage to overcome their first bad impressions and develop what seems to be budding friendships.
* TrueCompanions: By the end of [[spoiler:"The Way Home"]], all of them, plus Koraidon/Miraidon, have become this with each other. Doubles as a case of FireForgedFriends, as both separately in the three prior story arcs and together in this one, they were brought together by fighting a conflict.
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The protagonists of ''Scarlet and Violet''. They are a young adolescent who recently moved to Paldea.
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* AffectionateNickname:
** Arven calls them "Little Buddy" (or similar variations, like "Clever Buddy").
** Hassel briefly calls them "Baby dragon" when he gives them a pep talk before fighting Geeta.
** Ryme calls them "Baby."
* BadassAdorable: They look like an average kid, but they can conquer the league (when most trainers hit a wall around badge four of eight), defeat powerful giant Pokémon and take on the five squads of Team Star and their boss with ease.
* BadassBiker: They become the strongest trainer in Paldea while riding the cover legendary around like a living motorcycle.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Their winter uniform looks like a classy suit.
* BigEater: Nemona will comment on the player's choice to see what they want to first, and if they choose "places to eat", she remarks how she doesn't expect them to be the trope by name.
* BraidsOfAction: The player character can pick a side braid as one of their outfits, and they're an active Pokémon trainer taking on three different paths in the story. Julianna's default hair style also includes a braid.
* ColorMotif: Depending on the version you choose, the protagonist is wearing either an orange and white outfit with blue highlights or a purple and grey outfit with yellow highlights.
* DisappearedDad: While their mother is present in their lives unlike the other main characters of this game, like pretty much every game protagonist their father is nowhere to be found and unlike the past few generations (''Sun and Moon'' indicates he is working overseas, ''Sword and Shield'' states the male player character's backpack came from him) he never gets any mention of existing.
* DragonTamer: Apart from the many Dragon-types they can catch throughout the region, they also bond with the part Dragon-type Koraidon/Miraidon and use them as transportation.
* FamedInStory: The protagonist became the talk of the students with them becoming known for their potential with Nemona hoping they will become a good rival for her, Arven wanting their help against the Titan Pokémon, and Cassiopeia wanting them to join Operation Starfall.
* FloralThemeNaming: Their canon names are Juliana (a perennial flower) for the girl and Florian (meaning blooming/flowering) for the boy.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: They only recently moved to Paldea from another region, implied to be Galar due to their family having a Skwovet (First introduced in ''Sword and Shield''), and their mother's use of the British slang "cuppa".
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Invoked by Raifort when recounting the legend of the Treasures of Ruin, as the ominous stakes found throughout the Paldea region can be pulled by OnlyThePureOfHeart, thus freeing the sealed Treasures from their shrines. The protagonist appears to be the only one out of Paldea's populace capable of doing so. This quality also indicates their ability to form strong bonds with people and Pokémon, [[spoiler:which may also contribute to their befriended Koraidon/Miraidon being able to regain its former strength to fight and triumph against its aggressive antagonistic counterpart in Zero Lab]].
* MagneticHero: They serve as TheHeart among the four of them, being the mutual friend shared between Arven, Nemona, and Penny, and the reason that they learn to get along with each other despite their vastly different personalities and quirks is because of their strong respective friendship with the protagonist, [[spoiler:which becomes very clear while descending through Area Zero via casual dialogue and cutscenes]].
* NewTransferStudent: They are recently enrolled into Naranja/Uva academy at the start of the game.
* NonUniformUniform: While the player's main outfit is [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack limited to the four seasonal variations of the Academy's uniform]], they can still choose from a variety of accessories which make them stand out from most of the other students at school.
* RedOniBlueOni: In their artwork, Juliana (the female protagonist) appears open and energetic, whereas Florian (the male protagonist) appears unsure and reserved.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Implied. There's a woman in the game who says that she can see their past lives. If you have save data from any previous Nintendo Switch ''Pokémon'' games, you will unlock new phone cases. This suggests that the player character is either a reincarnation of the player characters from the past games, or the {{Reincarnation}} is LeaningOnTheFourthWall to refer to the Players behind the Player Characters who play the Pokémon games.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: While players can choose from a wide selection of accessories, the only options for the main outfit are four seasonal variations of the school uniform.
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: PlayedWith, while the player character you don't choose doesn't appear, some [=NPCs=] that look like a customized version of the PlayerCharacter ''do'' appear as Tera Raid NPC allies.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Who know just feeding a sandwich to a strange Pokémon washed up on the beach would lead to the player character [[spoiler:shutting down a dangerous time machine?]]
* SupportingProtagonist: While Florian/Juliana are the player characters and undisputedly the protagonists of Scarlet and Violet, the story focuses more on their friends Nemona, Penny, Arven, and Koraidon/Miriadon, especially the latter two during the "The Way Home" storyline.
* ThemeNaming: "Juliana" means "youthful" or "juvenile", while "Florian" means "flowering" or "blooming". Both names refer to the two trainers embarking on the adventure teased in the trailers and growing up/"blossoming" as a result.
* UnwittingPawn: Cassiopeia requests the player to dismantle Team Star for them, especially when it's later revealed that [[spoiler:Cassiopeia is Penny, the ''true'' leader of Team Star whom the player character fought the Team Star Grunts]].
* VagueAge: They appear to be older children or younger teenagers depending on the outfit, facial and hairstyle combinations you choose for them, but their specific age is never addressed in-game, especially since Naranja/Uva Academy is not limited to specific ages or grades (you can find adult and even elderly students as NPC Trainers). One scene does have a teacher refer to them as adolescents, but as they are also addressing the class as a whole, they may not have intended an explicitly teenage meaning.
* VirtualPaperDoll: As with previous generations, the second trailer shows that you can customize your character's appearance, though compared to the more expansive options of previous post-Gen VI games clothing-wise it's mainly limited to variations on the uniform and accessories thereof. That said, there are more options to customize your character's face beyond eye color, as you can now choose the shape of your eyes and mouth, meaning that your protagonist could potentially look ''nothing'' like their default design, unlike previous protagonists who always had the same base facial features/structure.
* YouthfulFreckles: The player can choose from three types of freckles to give their character, emphasizing their energetic and peppy nature.
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[[folder:Nemona ''[-(Nemo)-]'']]
!!Nemona / Nemo (ネモ ''nemo'')
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A friend of the protagonist, who is an experienced trainer. She invites the protagonist to take the Victory Road path to nurture them into a prodigious rival by challenging the league.
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* TheAce: She's a Champion-level Trainer who not only comes from a wealthy family but is also the Student Council President who gets top grades in school. [[spoiler:Nemona is also Paldea's true top trainer. Geeta cheerfully warns you about this after you become a Champion yourself.]]
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Unlike her rattled companions, she swoons over the Great Tusk/Iron Treads in Area Zero. She also runs off to explore Area Zero while the others are still talking, despite how dangerous it's said to be, and comes back gushing about how cool it is.
* BarelyChangedDubName: Her Japanese name is Nemo.
* BigFancyHouse: The house across the PlayerCharacter's own at the start of the game belongs to her family. It's more than twice the size of the player character's already quite spacious home.
* BloodKnight: One of the most noticeable examples in the series among human characters. While she especially enjoys battling against the player, she has a very strong passion for Pokémon battling in general and can get carried away with it. Arven is able to easily convince her to help him and the protagonist [[spoiler:explore Area Zero]] by telling her about all the strong Pokémon there are to fight.
* BornLucky: Downplayed. Despite coming from a wealthy family and being an active Champion-ranked Trainer and StudentCouncilPresident, Nemona asserts that her achievements were a result of hard work and training and not just from natural talent. There's also the fact that she has the rare 3-Segment Dudunsparce in her party.
* BrainsAndBrawn: She serves as the active battle-loving Brawn to Penny's reclusive hacking Brains.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Let's have us a fruitful battle!" which she says usually as she is preparing to battle the player.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A humorous, rivalry-oriented variant -- Nemona (probably jokingly) tells the player that they shouldn't go picking fights with randos since "they have all the battles they could ever want with her", and later gets quite upset when Geeta takes an interest in them, even accusing her of "trying to steal them from [her]".
* CoolBigSis: She acts as this to the player character, being quite sweet and encouraging of whatever they wish to do while being slightly older than them. She also has an older sister herself, but what their actual relationship is defined to be, aside from mentioning that she would be taking over their family's Rotom Phone company, remains unknown.
* CordonBleughChef: Implied. While there's no clear indication of Nemona's cooking skills in general, speaking with her post-game in her dorm room has her admit her belief that the measurement of a tablespoon means different amounts to different people while making food for her Pokémon, which may or may not turn out disastrous.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When she and the rest of the group encounter [[spoiler:the second Miriadon/Koriadon in Area Zero]], she interprets the interaction between it and Miriadon/Koriadon as a wholesome family reunion cut short. Everyone else naturally notices the hostile interaction taking place and Penny is quick to point that out to her.
* DubNameChange: In Spanish and French, her name is Mencía / Menzi, which comes from her namesake plant's species name instead of the genus name.
* FatalFlaw: Her singlemindedness. Nemona is extremely fixated on her love of battling, and [[DownplayedTrope while she usually has it under control]], there are moments where she forgets to consider other people's mental and physical state, and thus needs to be gently reminded that other people need time to heal, and aren't as fixated as her. [[spoiler:Her singlemindedness ends up being much more detrimental when she fixates so hard on the idea of a "family reunion" between the player's box Legendary and its twin that she fails to realize how ''terrified'' it was of its counterpart when it happens, [[WhatTheHellHero something that Penny calls her out on]]. Post-game, Nemona talks about how this flaw also made her feel alienated as [[LonelyAtTheTop her peers grew intimidated by her for being a Champion rank trainer]].]]
* FloralThemeNaming: She's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemophila_menziesii Nemophila menziesii]], a plant native to northwestern America also called "baby blue eyes", in all languages.
* FriendlyRivalry: She is a SpoiledSweet girl who views their rivalry as this. She wants the protagonist to push themselves by participating in gym battles and hopes they gain their Champion-level rank once they pass the Pokémon League exam. The player of course responds in kind.
* GenkiGirl: Rarely is there a moment where she isn't in high spirits or going off about her love for Pokémon battles. She gives Hau a run for his money.
* GeniusDitz: While downplayed during ''Victory Road'' due to it being an environment she's an expert in, this comes to the forefront during ''The Way Home'' storyline, which showcases how Nemona is rather adorably less-than-competent at things outside of Pokémon battling or her administrative duties. She has a decidedly limited grasp of social cues, comes to strange and rather obviously incorrect conclusions about various things, and is foolhardy enough that she's lucky she has trained up such a powerful team to protect her from danger.
* GratuitousSpanish: She tends to pepper a lot of Spanish phrases into her dialogue.
* HandsOffParenting: Her parents prefer to raise her older sister because she will take over their family's business, and so they left Nemona alone to do anything she wanted without supervision. Even Nemona herself says a variation of the trope's name. Talking to one of her family's maids will also reveal that her parents spend a lot of time away and are rarely home.
* HeroWorshipper: Greatly admires Geeta and early on in the game, Nemona gushes about her and tells the players about how much she wants to be like her.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her singleminded focus on battling, Nemona has a good memory, remembering events unrelated to her position and to battling from quite a long time ago with good precision. [[spoiler:In the final storyline "The Way Home", she remembers Penny from the incident with Team Star due to her Eevee bag and she also recalls that Arven knew Koraidon's/Miraidon's name and has its Poké Ball before giving it to the player character. Both of those events are from the very beginning of the game and before an ambiguous-length time skip.]]
* HugeSchoolgirl: She's noticeably taller than a lot of her peers at the Academy, including the player.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Nemona is never intentionally rude (unlike the more [[ByronicHero Byronic]] Arven and Penny), but sometimes she doesn't think before she talks. When the player's Raidon meets the second one and almost gets into a fight, Nemona completely misses Raidon's obvious terror and makes a remark that it seems sad the "family reunion" ended early. [[WhatTheHellHero Penny snaps at her for this]].
* InsultBackfire: Any attempts to criticize her via sarcasm or snide remarks have a good chance of resulting in her thinking it is somehow a compliment, as Arven and Penny find out to their frustration.
* TheKlutz: Stated to be a good trainer, but the official site mentions she's not good at tossing Poké Balls, which she hints at when telling the player she's "crummy" at actually ''catching'' Pokémon. She's notably the only trainer seen wearing an arm brace, presumably so she can throw her balls better.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Post-game, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Nemona's love for battling actually caused a problem and alienated her from people who could become a friend in the academy as they are too intimidated by her prowess and Champion rank to actually befriend her. When she saw the PlayerCharacter having the potential to beat her, she was excited at the prospect of having an equal and wanted to see them grow stronger as a trainer, and thus spends much of the game hoping for the PlayerCharacter to be her rival to a near zealous degree.]]
* LonelyRichKid: Implied. While exploring [[spoiler:Area Zero]], the discussion turns to the topic of family. Nemona mentions her parents were very hands-off and pretty much let her do as she pleased. While she insists her childhood was normal otherwise, the sheer fervor she throws at Pokémon battling, along with the speed at which she attaches herself to the player, implies more of an effect on her than she realizes.
* NiceGirl: From the get-go, Nemona is nothing but sweet and encouraging to the player.
* NonUniformUniform: Downplayed. While she wears the standard Academy school uniform, she wears an arm brace on her right arm that the player themselves can't wear.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Before the first Academy Ace Tournament, she tells the player that they can't lose to anyone else besides her.
* PrivilegedRival: Downplayed; She's from a wealthy family but she doesn't go out of her way to talk about it. She has a BigFancyHouse, but the first time her family's wealth is directly mentioned is during [[spoiler:The Way Home]].
* PungeonMaster: Likes to make fruit-based puns.
* SarcasmBlind: Arven and Penny's sarcasm and snide remarks towards her go without notice.
* SecretlyWealthy: Her father's the head of a Rotom Phone company, though she states that chances are it's her sister that will be taking over the company.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Is so focused on the positive things she never stops to think about the negative, like not realizing [[spoiler:there was a very good reason the cover Legendary was scared to go into Area Zero]].
* SignatureMon: She's associated with the Pawmi line, which appears in most of her battles and in one case was her last Pokémon. Her strongest Pokémon is still her starter though, as she almost always Terastallizes it.
* SpoiledSweet: While it is confirmed late in the game [[spoiler:during the Area Zero expedition]] that Nemona comes from a wealthy family, she doesn't mention much about it due to her older sister being expected to take over the family business, as well as how she does not match the typical personality of an upper-class and refined rich girl. Even her parents were hands-off with her upbringing, allowing her to do as she pleased. Although, Arven points out how she refers to her parents as "Mother" and "Father", highlighting a bit of a formal upbringing that tends to be characteristic of upscale families.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Repeatedly and rather unconvincingly argues that it's just a coincidence that she keeps showing up at gym locations before the player character does, but it's pretty clear she is very invested in their progress as a trainer and hopes for them to become the perfect outlet for her battle fervor.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Is the Academy's student body president, which helps to explain how she pulled some strings to get the player their Tera Orb early.
* TeenGenius: When it comes to Pokémon battling she is this, being the youngest trainer in Paldea's history to attain Champion rank (presumably a year before the events of the game's story). The isolation this caused her leads to her wanting the player character, likewise referred to as an adolescent, to also become a Champion so she can have a friend who treats her as an equal and can challenge her as a trainer. Notably she does not particularly like being called gifted at battling, a "whiz," etc. (at least when such terms are used as an excuse to not battle her) as she works hard and asserts it doesn't all come naturally to her.
* TomboyishPonytail: She wears her hair in a ponytail, and she's an outgoing, active girl who practically lives for Pokémon battles.
* TheUnreveal: We never get to see what her previous Pokémon Champion team is like beyond mentions of it at the start of the story[[labelnote:note]]While she is briefly seen using a Paldean Tauros at the prologue cutscene introducing the players to the world of Pokémon, that's the only time she is seen with it.[[/labelnote]]. The team she has throughout the game is a team she built up against the PlayerCharacter. However, [[spoiler:it could be possible that the Dudunsparce and Orthworm she has in the final battle with the player may be from her previous teams, seeing that she didn't have either Pokémon in prior battles.]] There are also the Pokémon that can be found in her house, but if they're actually her's, it's more likely that they're for companionship rather than battling.
* WillfullyWeak:
** Nemona is stated to be a Champion rank trainer by Principal Clavell at the start of the game, but upon meeting the Player, she chooses to start out training one of the starter mons weak against the Player's own to be mindful and be on equal levels with them. While she initially has to be reminded to not use one of her regular team members in her first match with the protagonist, in future matches she goes to great lengths to face them with a team that matches the level she thinks they are currently at as a trainer, even delaying a match at one point so she can pick out the members of her team more carefully.
** Geeta later reveals that she believes that Nemona was holding back her true strength even when they battled during her Champion Assessment.
* YearningForANemesis: She spends the entire "Victory Road" storyline trying to build up the protagonist as a proper rival for herself, as she's long wanted a friend who could be close to her in age but also her equal as a trainer (and as the youngest Champion on record in the region, she had no such peers). When the player character is finally, ''finally'' able to climb that mountain and face her at her team's full strength, she cries genuine TearsOfJoy.
* YouthfulFreckles: She has some freckles on top of her nose if seen closely and appears to be around the same age as the child player character.
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[[folder:Arven ''[-(Pepper)-]'']]
!!Arven / Pepper (ペパー ''pepaa'')
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An upperclassman at the academy and a good friend of the player. While he's not much of a battler (at least [[HeroicSelfDeprecation according to himself]]), he is an accomplished cook. He invites the player to follow him in the Path of Legends to search for Herba Mystica.
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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: He's Professor Sada/Turo's son, but where his other parent is is never explicitly addressed beyond a note from the professor stating the other parent left soon after Arven was born.
* BeefGate: Don't be too quick to challenge Arven immediately after beating Path of Legends. If you do so after hearing about his "[[InformedFlaw lacking battle skills]]" and expect him to be a cakewalk after the Titans, you're in for a nasty shock. Not only does he test you with a varied, deadly, and ''very'' high-level team, his ace counters all three of the Paldean starters with its move selection. If you can't beat Arven at the top of his game, then [[spoiler:you're definitely not ready for [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Area Zero]]]].
* BookDumb: Aside from Director Clavell outright telling Arven that he needs to get his grades up significantly if he wants any hope of graduating, Arven has... a couple moments. Notably, when the protagonists descend into Area Zero, he misremembers "research station" as "radish ration". And the entire Path of Legends storyline exists because he read about a {{Panacea}} in a two-century-old book that's widely considered to be fiction. He's lucky he lives in a universe on the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealism side of the scale]].
* ButtMonkey: Out of the main group, he gets the least respect, with even the protagonist able to occasionally indulge in this. For example, they can claim not to remember him when meeting him the second time, Nemona and Penny tend to take cracks at him, and [[spoiler:when Clavell is congratulating the four of them after the main story, he goes out of his way to comment that Arven is greatly lacking in the credits needed to graduate]].
* ChefOfIron: He's an enthusiastic cook who also shows no hesitation in helping the player confront the massive Titan Pokémon, and is a much better battler than he lets on. The Pokémon he uses over the course of the "Path of Legends" storyline also have a cooking theme between them.
* CosmicPlaything: Arven was not born lucky, and is arguably the one who was dealt the worst cards in life out of the main cast. One of Arven's parents walks out on their family [[MissingMom soon after his birth]], never to be seen again. His other parent [[WhenYouComingHomeDad barely spent any time with him, too busy with their research]], and [[spoiler:later turns out to have been DeadAllAlong, so Arven is left parentless by the end of the game]]. He even has to watch [[spoiler:the [[BenevolentAI replacement AI]] bearing his parent's likeness]] ''also'' leave, never to be seen again. To top it off, his Mabosstiff and only BestFriend was severely injured in an incident in Area Zero, and it's implied it's been in a highly diminished state for a long time before it's healed with the Herba Mystica. Despite that, [[DudeWheresMyRespect Arven often gets treated with little respect]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking even gets the worst grades at school]]. Dude just can't get a break.
* CutenessProximity: Arven seems to have a soft spot for cute things; His Rotom Phone case features flowers and a Floette, and during the battle with [[spoiler:Titan Orthworm]] he says that its face was adorable and that he didn't expect it to be "such a little cutie". There's also a chance that he views the player as adorable, given how he refers to them as "little buddy", while he calls the similarly short Penny the much more derogative "pipsqueak".
* {{Determinator}}: He'll stop at nothing to ensure that his Mabosstiff fully recovers after his experience in [[spoiler:Area Zero]], which motivates him to seek out the Herba Mystica.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He is the other protagonist of the "Path of Legends" storyline, which focuses on him seeking mythical ingredients guarded by [[KingMook Titan Pokémon]]. He can also be considered as such for "The Way Home", as [[spoiler:it revolves around entering Area Zero to find his parent, while Nemona and Penny are just there as backup.]]
* DefrostingIceKing: A significant case with the player character. On the very first encounter, Arven is fairly unpleasant and haughty, but past his second encounter with the player he becomes a lot friendlier and [[TrueCompanions is always nice from then on to the player]]. ZigzaggedTrope with Nemona and Penny, although it's mutual as Penny also occasionally says inconsiderate things, and Nemona does lack tact.
* DisappearedDad: Professor Turo is his biological father in the ''Violet'' version and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad has been gone throughout his childhood]], so Arven pretty much had to raise himself. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Arven, he finds out that [[DeadAllAlong his father has been gone for an entirely different reason]]]]. Even in ''Scarlet'', his dad is stated to have simply "walked out" [[spoiler:in one of the notebooks in Area Zero]].
* EdibleThemeNaming: Pepper, his Japanese name, can either be pepper, a common cooking spice, or short for peppermint, either way tying nicely to his cooking skills. His English name is a reference to Mentha arvensis or a type of mint.
* FindTheCure: His motivation during the Path of Legends is to try to cure [[spoiler:his Mabosstiff, who had been grievously injured in the Paldean Crater to the point that nothing seems to be capable of curing it. Thankfully, the Herba Mysticas, which he had been hoping would be the cure, are able to do the trick]].
* HatesTheirParent: Arven deeply resents Sada/Turo for being obsessed with their job and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad never being there for him]].
* HeroesLoveDogs: His best friend and partner is [[spoiler:his Mabosstiff, and said pup getting injured is his motivation to find the Herba Mystica to cure him.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Arven, suffering from abandonment issues from his parent's absence and feeling helpless after Mabosstiff was crippled, frequently puts himself down. This is most evident in his Pokémon battling, as he constantly states he's got no battling skills, but by the end of his story path, [[spoiler:he has helped the player take down five Titan Pokémon and has a well-balanced team that's stronger than those of Elite Four members with his ace, Mabosstiff, having a counter for each possible starter and being at an ''even higher level'' than the ace of the Top Champion prior to the postgame.]]
* HiddenDepths: While he comes off like an abrasive {{Jerkass}}, it gradually becomes clear Arvern suffers from deep abandonment issues caused by his parent obsessively focusing on their research, and struggles to connect with other people because of it. His attachment to [[spoiler:his Mabosstiff]] is revealed to be in large because [[spoiler:it was the only close relation he had growing up]].
* InformedFlaw: Both officially and of his own opinion, he's supposedly not a very good battler. In practice, he does a really good job tackling the Titans with you, even though he's using Pokémon he caught on the spot. [[spoiler:By the end of his storyline, his catches have turned into a complete, very efficient team; he's treated as just as capable as the others during their trek through Area Zero; and in the Academy Ace Tournament, his team outlevels the entire teaching staff minus ''Elite Four member'' Hassel, who he's on par with... but he still calls himself mediocre at battling.]]
* JerkassToOne: He's normally nice and polite to the player, but he coldly and snidely refers to Koraidon/Miraidon as "the brute". [[spoiler:The reason for this is because he partially blames it for taking away his mom/dad's attention further away from him due to the circumstances in which it came from. Thankfully, The Path of Legends and The Way Home storyline have him gradually warm up to it again.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed on the jerk part. Arven initially comes off as rather abrasive and rude, especially to the game's box legendary, but he becomes more sympathetic when he reveals his motivation for seeking the Herba Mystica: [[spoiler:he needs them to try to heal his critically wounded Mabosstiff]]. Plus, with all of his bad traits, he's still a noble person, as when one of the Titan Pokémon, Bombidier, is tossing huge boulders down a cliff, Arven wants to stop it to prevent innocent bystanders from getting hurt.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Part of his design. While not particularly effeminate, Arven has a long, full head of soft hair which he wears loose, contrasting Penny's BoyishShortHair and Nemona's TomboyishPonytail. He does also have a rather pretty face. His long eyelashes notably add to the aesthetic.
* MeaningfulName: In the Japanese version, his name is Pepper. Pepper is one of the most common spices in the world, making it a fitting name for a chef.
* MissingMom: Professor Sada is his biological mother in the ''Scarlet'' version and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad has been missing throughout his childhood]], meaning Arven basically had to raise himself. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Arven, he finds out that [[DeadAllAlong his mother has been gone for an entirely different reason]]]]. Even in ''Violet'', his mom is stated to have simply "walked out" [[spoiler:in a notebook in Area Zero]].
* {{Motif}}: His final team at the end of the Path of Legends storyline (which he also uses in the Academy Ace tournament) are, save for his ace Mabosstiff, themed after food: Cloyster is an oyster, Scovillain is pepper, Garganacl is salt, Toedscruel is mushrooms, and Greedent is a Pokémon that hunts and stores berries.
* NonActionGuy: According to the official site, he's not very good at battling, and the player will need to help him out during the journey. [[spoiler:This turns out to be entirely his HeroicSelfDeprecation speaking, however: not only does he help you take on all 5 titans, he proves entirely competent as an opponent after the fact, as well, serving as a climax boss for his story arc. His SignatureMon is even specially tailored to counter all three fully evolved starters (Fire Fang or Play Rough for Meowscarada, Crunch for Skeledirge, and Psychic Fangs or Play Rough for Quaquaval).]]
* TheOneGuy: If Juliana is chosen as the protagonist, then Arven will be the only male member of the main group.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's far from an incompetent Trainer, but when his best friends include a Champion-ranked battle maniac, a genius hacker, and the player character (who will also become an accomplished Champion-ranked trainer), he sometimes feels like the only things he has to bring to the table are his lineage (which if anything puts more pressure on him) and his cooking hobby. Plus, he may have the worst grades of the group. Post-game, he starts developing a bit of a second banana complex and wants to find himself.
* ParentalAbandonment: Depending on the version, he either has a DisappearedDad or a MissingMom. In ''Scarlet'', he is the son of Professor Sada, and his father left shortly after he was born. In ''Violet'', he is the son of Professor Turo, and his mother is the one who left. It's unclear if his absent parent in each version is the same one acting as the main parent in the other. Either way, his professor parent is also absent due to being constantly away on research, to the point where Arven hasn't heard from them in years beyond occassional emails. [[spoiler:Then it turns out the professor has died fairly recently. Even their robot copy, whom Arven briefly treats like his parent, has to abandon him for the sake of Paldea.]]
* ParentalNeglect: Due to Professor Sada/Turo's obsession with their research, his parent came to heavily neglect him.
* PeekABangs: Arven's bangs hide his right eye.
* RecurringElement: Since he starts off as [[{{Jerkass}} something of a dick to the player]], he might initially remind some of the less pleasant rivals in the franchise's past, such as Silver and Bede (until he shows [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his nicer side]], at least).
* SignatureMon: His ace is his Mabosstiff. [[spoiler:It's been his closest companion since childhood, as his parents were never around, and his goal in the Path of Legends is feeding it Herba Mystica to gradually heal the injuries it sustained in Area Zero.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Arven shares the colors of his pale brown hair with Professor Sada/Turo. He also inherited Sada's eye and skin color and Turo's eyebrows and facial structure.
* SupremeChef: He's mentioned to be very good at cooking, his official artwork depicts him holding a Tamato Berry, and the official site claims he's developing healthy recipes specifically for Pokémon. This is justified because of ParentalAbandonment, as Arven often found himself forced to cook his own meals while Sada/Turo were constantly absent due to research. At the very end of the game, [[spoiler:after finding himself in a rut and unsure of what his future holds, he finally decides to go all in on his hobby and work to become a real chef.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: From the start to the end of the game, [[spoiler:an incident with the friendly Raidon caused his professor parent to hole themselves up in Area Zero for several years, leaving Arven with Mabosstiff to raise himself (their other parent having abandoned the family when Arven was a newborn), then he and Mabosstiff go to Area Zero which ends with the latter getting borderline mortally wounded, causing Arven to look for any sort of treatment until he stumbles upon the Herba Mystica, which thankfully becomes a success. Then Sada/Turo tells him to go to Area Zero, only for everyone to discover that they're ''dead'' and they've been speaking to a robotic copy this whole time since the Treasure Hunt started. To top it all off, the AI professor has to leave Arven for good since that's the only way to turn off the time machine causing the main conflict, meaning he had to learn his mother/father died and then essentially watch it happen again.]]
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[[folder:Penny ''[-(Botan)-]'' ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]
!!Penny / Botan (ボタン ''botan'')
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A shy girl in the same grade as the player. She doesn't come to class very often, and is quite attached to her Eevee backpack. She is involved in ''★ Starfall Street ★'''s Operation Starfall to forcefully disband Team Star, though there is more to her than meets the eye...
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* AffectionateNickname:
** According to her, her father calls her "Pen-Pen".
** She also calls her Pokémon (who are all Eeveelutions) "Veevee".
** She gives the various leaders of Team Star nicknames, calling Giacomo "Momo", Mela "Mellie" and Ortega "Ortie".
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Complains about her father smothering her and calling her "Pen-pen". Arven (a blatant victim of ParentalAbandonment) expresses pity for her loving father for having a daughter that describes him so badly, to Penny's annoyance.
* BoyishShortHair: She's a snarky computer expert and has the shortest hair of the rivals.
* BrainsAndBrawn: As a smart STEM-enrolled student, she's the Brains to Nemona's active battle-loving Brawn.
* BritishStuffiness: Originally from Galar, and the reserved, snarky, at times openly impatient and critical StraightMan in the face of Nemona's naïve upbeatness and Arven's awkwardness. She's also bothered by the box Legendary's attempts to be friendly with her (although one can't blame a person her size for being wary of a huge powerful dragon face-licking them like a big affectionate dog).
* BrokenPedestal: While she's initially happy to meet the professor, she quickly loses that admiration after learning about their ParentalNeglect and how they let Paradox Pokémon like Great Tusk/Iron Treads roam around Paldea.
* BrutalHonesty: After the events of the Starfall Street plot reveal her real personality, it's shown that Penny's a lot more blunt than she leads on.
* CharacterTics: She tends to gently tap her forehead with her fist when she's thinking.
* ColorMotif: Grey, based on her hoodie, shorts and leggings, reflecting her gloomy personality. It also reflects that her intentions on creating a group rebels to fight against the bullies were on the ''grey'' side. She also illegally procures rewards for the player's fight against Team Star by hacking into the Pokémon League, making her a grey hat hacker.
* TheCracker: She's skilled enough to hack into the Pokémon League.
* CutenessProximity: When exploring Area Zero with the others, depending on the version she either comes across a Scream Tail (''Scarlet'') or Iron Bundle (''Violet''), believing it's either a Jigglypuff or Delibird respectively, and talks about how cute it is, wanting to get closer to it. She also packs a full team of Eeveelutions, and ''all of them'' know [[PuppyDogEyes Baby-Doll Eyes]], suggesting a fondness for cute things in general.
* TheCynic: She is quick to point out the many wrong things that happen around her, especially when she tags along with the rest of the student companions in Area Zero where it's almost endless snarking to their quirky antics.
* DeadpanSnarker: In the late game, she quite often gives witty remarks and comments to other characters, particularly Arven.
-->'''Arven:''' Wait a second—where's the student council girl?!\\
'''Penny:''' Wha—? She's gone! You don't think she...?\\
'''Nemona:''' E-everyone! You have to see this! Area Zero is AMAZING! Come on already!\\
'''Penny:''' I guess your Ability would be '''[[TheDitz Own Tempo]]''', huh...
* DistinctiveAppearances: Her short blue hair has red bangs, she has a large Eevee backpack, and she doesn't wear a standard school uniform, making her stand out from the rest of the cast. Not wearing the school uniform also gives a big hint on her actual role as Cassiopeia, as who else would rebel against school uniform, if not the rebel group leader herself?
* DotingParent: She makes a comment about having one. It puts her at a bit of friction with Arven, who's jealous that her father cares way more than his parent has.
* DualityMotif: She has red and blue hair and her leggings have alternating red plus signs and blue minus signs. This hints that there are two sides to her: her shy, reclusive exterior, and a snippy, sarcastic interior.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Regarding Atticus, her train of thought is interrupted when he removes his mask and Penny is astounded at how ''good'' he looks.
-->Wait, no, focus!
* EmbarrassingNickname: She mentions that her father likes to call her "Pen-pen", which she finds embarrassing. [[HypocriticalHumor Funnily enough]], she refers to some of her Pokémon (all of which are Eeveelutions) as "Veevee".
* FrustratedOverheadScribble: Sports one of these in one scene as Geeta leads her out to do some "volunteer" work.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: The one thing she always has with her is her fluffy Gigantamax Eevee backpack.
* HatesTheirParent: During the trek through Area Zero, she mentions that she doesn't get along with her father, finding him annoying, embarrassing, and overprotective.
* HypocriticalHumor: She complains about her dad calling her "Pen-Pen," but she refers to her Pokémon as "Veevees."
* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Botan, can be translated in Russian as a "nerd" who struggles in sports and has bad social skills -- which perfectly fits her.
* NarmCharm: She considers Team Star's catchphrase ("Hasta la vistar! [[SayItWithHearts ☆]]") to be this.[[invoked]]
-->"It's so cringey it's perfect, you know?"
* NonconformistDyedHair: Her hair is dyed blue and red, and she's often truant from school. And it doesn't get more "nonconformist" in a school setting than Cassiopeia, leader of the delinquents in Team Star.
* NoSocialSkills: Her shyness in addition to her more blunt side means she struggles to talk to people properly.
* OnlySaneWoman: From the four children, she's the sanest one of the bunch. The player character is a fearless kid who doesn't mind much the big question mark of a Pokémon they have with them, Nemona is a ''very'' excitable GenkiGirl and too much of a BloodKnight, and Arven is too passionate and brash. Penny herself points out her sanity when she travels to Area Zero with the group.
* {{Otaku}}: She mentions a desire to binge watch all the anime she missed at the end of the game. Her room is also full of figurines and manga.
* PillarsOfMoralCharacter: Believes heavily in repaying debts of honor, stating that owing the protagonist is the main reason she agrees to go to Area Zero. Arven notes she's surprisingly old-fashioned about this.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She has a transparent skirt and wears both shorts and grey leggings under it.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every single one of her Eeveelutions knows the move "Baby-Doll Eyes". A large part of her strategy involves using up to two uses with each of her Eeveelutions as her opening moves to debuff your physical attack stat before going on the offensive.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: This is essentially what happens after Penny confesses to having hacked the League Points system to steal and distribute LP. Instead of facing serious punishment like she expects, she's praised for her outstanding talents and asked to do some volunteer engineering to waive her debts. It's implied in the post-game that there's nothing voluntary about this, however, as when Geeta shows up asking her to patch the system vulnerabilities and Penny tries to refuse, Geeta just smiles and [[SnarkingThanks thanks her in advance for her "willing and eager cooperation"]], pressuring her into the job.
* RecurringElement: Penny fills the role of the mysterious rival with a connection to the Villain Team, similar to N, Gladion, and Bede. Though she's also the first to be the ''true'' leader of said Villain Team (N was nominally the leader of Team Plasma, but he was really just a PuppetKing for its actual leader, Ghetsis).
* SarcasticDevotee: Penny snarks and complains a fair bit during the trip through Area Zero in "The Way Home", but she still sticks around, helps you fight, and cheers you on regardless.
* SecurityBlanket: The official website states that she's very fond of her Eevee backpack and takes it everywhere with her. She also has a whole team's worth of Eeveelutions under her command should the need to battle arise.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: She's roughly the same height as the player, making them the shortest characters in the group, but she's also a skilled hacker capable of easily bypassing the League's security systems in order to get LP to reward the player for taking down Star bases.
* ShrinkingViolet: Her shyness is both a cause and a consequence of the bullying she received in the past, namely as far as is indicated she was not attacked or made fun of, but rather she was actively ignored to the point that she didn't want to even show up to class anymore. Her truancy allows her to manage Team Star from behind the scenes. This also turns out against her as she was unable to tell anyone about her being Cassiopeia or to get Team Star to stop what they were doing before they ended up risking getting expelled for truancy.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Well, ''most'' of her hair is blue anyway, and she's a rather shy person.
* SignatureMon: Eevee and its evolutions in general. Fluffy backpack aside, her entire team is composed of them, with the Fairy-type Sylveon as her ace which she Terastallizes.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She's very skilled with tech and wears glasses.
* StoicSpectacles: She wears glasses with large frames and is very shy.
* TrashOfTheTitans: While her computer workspace is clean, her room is cluttered with boxes that contain anime and figures that she ordered online. In addition, her kitchen is littered with boxes of instant food. Add that to her full team of Eeveelutions allowed to lie around, and there's not much free space in there. Her bed is also noted to have a lot of shed fur from her Veevees on it.
* WalkingSpoiler: To put it in a simple way, she isn't what you think.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the final dungeon, when the player's box legendary has a bad encounter with its counterpart in the Zero Lab, Nemona very [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitively]] wonders if it was sad for the family reunion being cut short. Penny harshly points out that Koraidon/Miraidon was ''terrified'' of its counterpart, and that things likely would have escalated into a brawl if it hadn't gotten distracted by the Zero Lab opening up.
-->"Are you joking?! There was nothing heartwarming about it! We were THIS close to getting caught up in a nasty brawl!"
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The Protagonists and their friends from ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet''.
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* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: If Juliana is chosen as the protagonist, then she, Penny, and Nemona fit this trope:
** The active, battle loving Nemona serves as the brawn.
** The reclusive hacker Penny serves as the brains.
** The open and energetic, and [[CharacterCustomization fashionable]] Juliana serves as the beauty.
* BreakingOldTrends: Unlike previous rivals and friends in the series, [[spoiler:rather than growing with the protagonist, Arven, Penny, and Nemona are all significantly stronger trainers than the player at the start of the game and the player has to catch up to them. Arven only seems like an exception at first because his primary companion, Mabosstiff is on the verge of death until the player helps cure it with the Herba Mystica and he had to train and catch new Pokémon because of his Mabosstiff's state. Nemona even starts training a new team from scratch for the sake of competing with the player. Justified due to all of them having started their careers as trainers a few years before the player.]]
* ChildProdigy: Arven, Nemona, and Penny are all teenagers who are (respectively) a SupremeChef, a LonelyAtTheTop master battler, and a hacker whose skills are enough that she gets hired as a programmer on the spot by Ms. Geeta. The player themselves, at the end of the story, is also a Champion-ranked battler like Nemona, has defeated five titan Pokémon, and taken down Team Star and their boss by themselves.
* FinalBoss: Nemona, Arven, and Penny are all the final opponents you face at the end of each of their story routes. They all must be defeated before you can [[spoiler:access The Way Home, where the TrueFinalBoss awaits]].
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The four of them form this during the game's last leg. Arven is the Cynic, being less than thrilled with revisiting a dangerous area and butts heads with the others over old grudges ([[FormerlyFriendlyFamily the box legendary]]) or clashing personalities ([[VitriolicBestBuds his new friends]]), Nemona is the Optimist as she sees the trek as an exciting new adventure and sees the good in near every situation ([[WideEyedIdealist real or imagined]]), Penny is the Apathetic who's only tagging along due to her newfound loyalty for the player character and is rather standoffish towards the others, while the protagonist is the Realist who leads and holds the group together throughout their trials, [[spoiler:while providing clousure for both the AI professor and Arven]].
* FriendlessBackground: Prior to meeting and befriending the protagonist, Arven, Nemona, and Penny appear to be found mostly by themselves with seemingly no one else to call a friend. It isn't until meeting the protagonist that their lives, as well as the lives of Paldea, begin to improve and they find themselves happier than they were before:
** Arven had his Mabosstiff as his OnlyFriend growing up while suffering ParentalAbandonment [[spoiler:as a result of Professor Sada/Turo being fully dedicated to their research combined with their untimely death]], which made him turn out a bit standoffish upon the protagonist and Nemona meeting him the first time.
** Nemona is a LonelyAtTheTop, Champion-ranked TeenGenius from a [[LonelyRichKid wealthy family who grew up under a hands-off parenting style]], which combined with her aggressive desire for battling, has intimidated and alienated her from her peers; respected as the StudentCouncilPresident, but nothing more.
** Penny is a reclusive and talented hacker who is officially described as [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] [[spoiler:who is also a victim of bullying before befriending other victims and outcasts and having them form Team Star together years before the main events begin. But even then, she never showed her face to the Team Star Bosses, and regarding the incident that placed Team Star in deep trouble with the Academy, she wound up distancing herself from them to work on taking it down before graver consequences rained upon them]].
* GenderEqualEnsemble: If Florian is chosen as the protagonist then the group will consist of two boys (Florian and Arven) and two girls (Nemona and Penny). {{Averted|Trope}} if Juliana is chosen as the protagonist, in which case the group will instead consist of three girls and one boy, making Arven TheOneGuy.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Arven fights alongside you for the Titan battles, [[spoiler:and he, Nemona, and Penny join you for the mission into Area Zero.]]
* HeroesLoveDogs: During your trek through [[spoiler:Area Zero]], all of your companions use dog-like Pokémon when [[spoiler:battling with you in Doubles: Nemona uses a Lycanroc (based on a wolf), Arven uses his Mabosstiff (based on the mastiff breed of dogs) and Penny uses an Umbreon (which has dog-like qualities, on top of traits of other mammals like cats or foxes). The player can also use one of the mentioned Pokémon or another line like the Fidough line or Greavard line. There's also the player's befriended Koraidon/Miraidon despite being reptilian-based, whose behavioral traits, such as affectionate licking and pulling off puppy-dog eyes, can be compared to dogs.]]
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the player's three friends, each fills one of these:
** Nemona fills the '''Nice'''. From the time she meets the player, Nemona is a pleasant, SpoiledSweet girl who's nothing but encouraging to the hero. She's a bit of a BloodKnight who loves battling, but she's also empathetic and gentle, regularly caring about the player and their partner Pokémon.
** Arven is the '''In-Between'''. In his first appearance, he comes off as frosty and is downright mean to Koraidon/Miraidon (though not without a FreudianExcuse), but he comes to care about both that Mon and the player, and his main motivation is to [[spoiler:heal his best friend, Mabosstiff]].
** Penny is the '''Mean'''. At first, she comes off as a ShrinkingViolet, but it's revealed that [[spoiler:she started Team Star]]. After this reveal, she shows herself to be snarky and standoffish, although a lot of this comes less from genuine malice and more from social awkwardness, and her character falls more into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold archetype.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: While the protagonist's personality can be decided up to the player (though based on official art, Florian appears [[OnlySaneMan reserved]] while Juliana appears [[GenkiGirl energetic]]), we have their friends and their following idiosyncrasies, to which they all are brought together, not only by the general narrative, but [[spoiler:are united as part of "The Way Home" final storyline, to prevent catastrophe upon Paldea's ecosystem by the Paradox Pokémon contained within Area Zero]]:
** [[SupremeChef Arven]], who tends to be abrasive and [[ButtMonkey treated with less respect than he deserves]] while dealing with ParentalAbandonment issues.
** [[TeenGenius Nemona]], who is [[BloodKnight single-minded when it comes to battling]] and can be a bit SarcasmBlind when compared to the snarkier teammates.
** [[TheCracker Penny]], who is not as shy as she is first introduced while her [[NoSocialSkills lack of tact]] tend to [[BrutalHonesty let her speak her mind, coming across as rude by others as a result]].
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Arven and Penny trade numerous snarky jabs as the party travels down [[spoiler:Area Zero.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At first. Arven is annoyed by Nemona's single-mindedness and Penny's rudeness, Penny thinks Nemona has a death wish and doesn't think much of Arven either, and the three (though mostly Arven and Penny) trade jabs while the group ventures [[spoiler:down Area Zero]]. During the course of the descent, as they talk about how they got to meet the player, their family lives, and fight off [[spoiler:enraged Pokémon from either the past or future]], the three manage to overcome their first bad impressions and develop what seems to be budding friendships.
* TrueCompanions: By the end of [[spoiler:"The Way Home"]], all of them, plus Koraidon/Miraidon, have become this with each other. Doubles as a case of FireForgedFriends, as both separately in the three prior story arcs and together in this one, they were brought together by fighting a conflict.
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[[folder:Florian and Juliana]]
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[[caption-width-right:325:Juliana in ''Scarlet'' and Florian in ''Violet'']]
The protagonists of ''Scarlet and Violet''. They are a young adolescent who recently moved to Paldea.
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* AffectionateNickname:
** Arven calls them "Little Buddy" (or similar variations, like "Clever Buddy").
** Hassel briefly calls them "Baby dragon" when he gives them a pep talk before fighting Geeta.
** Ryme calls them "Baby."
* BadassAdorable: They look like an average kid, but they can conquer the league (when most trainers hit a wall around badge four of eight), defeat powerful giant Pokémon and take on the five squads of Team Star and their boss with ease.
* BadassBiker: They become the strongest trainer in Paldea while riding the cover legendary around like a living motorcycle.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Their winter uniform looks like a classy suit.
* BigEater: Nemona will comment on the player's choice to see what they want to first, and if they choose "places to eat", she remarks how she doesn't expect them to be the trope by name.
* BraidsOfAction: The player character can pick a side braid as one of their outfits, and they're an active Pokémon trainer taking on three different paths in the story. Julianna's default hair style also includes a braid.
* ColorMotif: Depending on the version you choose, the protagonist is wearing either an orange and white outfit with blue highlights or a purple and grey outfit with yellow highlights.
* DisappearedDad: While their mother is present in their lives unlike the other main characters of this game, like pretty much every game protagonist their father is nowhere to be found and unlike the past few generations (''Sun and Moon'' indicates he is working overseas, ''Sword and Shield'' states the male player character's backpack came from him) he never gets any mention of existing.
* DragonTamer: Apart from the many Dragon-types they can catch throughout the region, they also bond with the part Dragon-type Koraidon/Miraidon and use them as transportation.
* FamedInStory: The protagonist became the talk of the students with them becoming known for their potential with Nemona hoping they will become a good rival for her, Arven wanting their help against the Titan Pokémon, and Cassiopeia wanting them to join Operation Starfall.
* FloralThemeNaming: Their canon names are Juliana (a perennial flower) for the girl and Florian (meaning blooming/flowering) for the boy.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: They only recently moved to Paldea from another region, implied to be Galar due to their family having a Skwovet (First introduced in ''Sword and Shield''), and their mother's use of the British slang "cuppa".
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Invoked by Raifort when recounting the legend of the Treasures of Ruin, as the ominous stakes found throughout the Paldea region can be pulled by OnlyThePureOfHeart, thus freeing the sealed Treasures from their shrines. The protagonist appears to be the only one out of Paldea's populace capable of doing so. This quality also indicates their ability to form strong bonds with people and Pokémon, [[spoiler:which may also contribute to their befriended Koraidon/Miraidon being able to regain its former strength to fight and triumph against its aggressive antagonistic counterpart in Zero Lab]].
* MagneticHero: They serve as TheHeart among the four of them, being the mutual friend shared between Arven, Nemona, and Penny, and the reason that they learn to get along with each other despite their vastly different personalities and quirks is because of their strong respective friendship with the protagonist, [[spoiler:which becomes very clear while descending through Area Zero via casual dialogue and cutscenes]].
* NewTransferStudent: They are recently enrolled into Naranja/Uva academy at the start of the game.
* NonUniformUniform: While the player's main outfit is [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack limited to the four seasonal variations of the Academy's uniform]], they can still choose from a variety of accessories which make them stand out from most of the other students at school.
* RedOniBlueOni: In their artwork, Juliana (the female protagonist) appears open and energetic, whereas Florian (the male protagonist) appears unsure and reserved.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Implied. There's a woman in the game who says that she can see their past lives. If you have save data from any previous Nintendo Switch ''Pokémon'' games, you will unlock new phone cases. This suggests that the player character is either a reincarnation of the player characters from the past games, or the {{Reincarnation}} is LeaningOnTheFourthWall to refer to the Players behind the Player Characters who play the Pokémon games.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: While players can choose from a wide selection of accessories, the only options for the main outfit are four seasonal variations of the school uniform.
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: PlayedWith, while the player character you don't choose doesn't appear, some [=NPCs=] that look like a customized version of the PlayerCharacter ''do'' appear as Tera Raid NPC allies.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Who know just feeding a sandwich to a strange Pokémon washed up on the beach would lead to the player character [[spoiler:shutting down a dangerous time machine?]]
* SupportingProtagonist: While Florian/Juliana are the player characters and undisputedly the protagonists of Scarlet and Violet, the story focuses more on their friends Nemona, Penny, Arven, and Koraidon/Miriadon, especially the latter two during the "The Way Home" storyline.
* ThemeNaming: "Juliana" means "youthful" or "juvenile", while "Florian" means "flowering" or "blooming". Both names refer to the two trainers embarking on the adventure teased in the trailers and growing up/"blossoming" as a result.
* UnwittingPawn: Cassiopeia requests the player to dismantle Team Star for them, especially when it's later revealed that [[spoiler:Cassiopeia is Penny, the ''true'' leader of Team Star whom the player character fought the Team Star Grunts]].
* VagueAge: They appear to be older children or younger teenagers depending on the outfit, facial and hairstyle combinations you choose for them, but their specific age is never addressed in-game, especially since Naranja/Uva Academy is not limited to specific ages or grades (you can find adult and even elderly students as NPC Trainers). One scene does have a teacher refer to them as adolescents, but as they are also addressing the class as a whole, they may not have intended an explicitly teenage meaning.
* VirtualPaperDoll: As with previous generations, the second trailer shows that you can customize your character's appearance, though compared to the more expansive options of previous post-Gen VI games clothing-wise it's mainly limited to variations on the uniform and accessories thereof. That said, there are more options to customize your character's face beyond eye color, as you can now choose the shape of your eyes and mouth, meaning that your protagonist could potentially look ''nothing'' like their default design, unlike previous protagonists who always had the same base facial features/structure.
* YouthfulFreckles: The player can choose from three types of freckles to give their character, emphasizing their energetic and peppy nature.
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!!Nemona / Nemo (ネモ ''nemo'')
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A friend of the protagonist, who is an experienced trainer. She invites the protagonist to take the Victory Road path to nurture them into a prodigious rival by challenging the league.
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* TheAce: She's a Champion-level Trainer who not only comes from a wealthy family but is also the Student Council President who gets top grades in school. [[spoiler:Nemona is also Paldea's true top trainer. Geeta cheerfully warns you about this after you become a Champion yourself.]]
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Unlike her rattled companions, she swoons over the Great Tusk/Iron Treads in Area Zero. She also runs off to explore Area Zero while the others are still talking, despite how dangerous it's said to be, and comes back gushing about how cool it is.
* BarelyChangedDubName: Her Japanese name is Nemo.
* BigFancyHouse: The house across the PlayerCharacter's own at the start of the game belongs to her family. It's more than twice the size of the player character's already quite spacious home.
* BloodKnight: One of the most noticeable examples in the series among human characters. While she especially enjoys battling against the player, she has a very strong passion for Pokémon battling in general and can get carried away with it. Arven is able to easily convince her to help him and the protagonist [[spoiler:explore Area Zero]] by telling her about all the strong Pokémon there are to fight.
* BornLucky: Downplayed. Despite coming from a wealthy family and being an active Champion-ranked Trainer and StudentCouncilPresident, Nemona asserts that her achievements were a result of hard work and training and not just from natural talent. There's also the fact that she has the rare 3-Segment Dudunsparce in her party.
* BrainsAndBrawn: She serves as the active battle-loving Brawn to Penny's reclusive hacking Brains.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Let's have us a fruitful battle!" which she says usually as she is preparing to battle the player.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A humorous, rivalry-oriented variant -- Nemona (probably jokingly) tells the player that they shouldn't go picking fights with randos since "they have all the battles they could ever want with her", and later gets quite upset when Geeta takes an interest in them, even accusing her of "trying to steal them from [her]".
* CoolBigSis: She acts as this to the player character, being quite sweet and encouraging of whatever they wish to do while being slightly older than them. She also has an older sister herself, but what their actual relationship is defined to be, aside from mentioning that she would be taking over their family's Rotom Phone company, remains unknown.
* CordonBleughChef: Implied. While there's no clear indication of Nemona's cooking skills in general, speaking with her post-game in her dorm room has her admit her belief that the measurement of a tablespoon means different amounts to different people while making food for her Pokémon, which may or may not turn out disastrous.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When she and the rest of the group encounter [[spoiler:the second Miriadon/Koriadon in Area Zero]], she interprets the interaction between it and Miriadon/Koriadon as a wholesome family reunion cut short. Everyone else naturally notices the hostile interaction taking place and Penny is quick to point that out to her.
* DubNameChange: In Spanish and French, her name is Mencía / Menzi, which comes from her namesake plant's species name instead of the genus name.
* FatalFlaw: Her singlemindedness. Nemona is extremely fixated on her love of battling, and [[DownplayedTrope while she usually has it under control]], there are moments where she forgets to consider other people's mental and physical state, and thus needs to be gently reminded that other people need time to heal, and aren't as fixated as her. [[spoiler:Her singlemindedness ends up being much more detrimental when she fixates so hard on the idea of a "family reunion" between the player's box Legendary and its twin that she fails to realize how ''terrified'' it was of its counterpart when it happens, [[WhatTheHellHero something that Penny calls her out on]]. Post-game, Nemona talks about how this flaw also made her feel alienated as [[LonelyAtTheTop her peers grew intimidated by her for being a Champion rank trainer]].]]
* FloralThemeNaming: She's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemophila_menziesii Nemophila menziesii]], a plant native to northwestern America also called "baby blue eyes", in all languages.
* FriendlyRivalry: She is a SpoiledSweet girl who views their rivalry as this. She wants the protagonist to push themselves by participating in gym battles and hopes they gain their Champion-level rank once they pass the Pokémon League exam. The player of course responds in kind.
* GenkiGirl: Rarely is there a moment where she isn't in high spirits or going off about her love for Pokémon battles. She gives Hau a run for his money.
* GeniusDitz: While downplayed during ''Victory Road'' due to it being an environment she's an expert in, this comes to the forefront during ''The Way Home'' storyline, which showcases how Nemona is rather adorably less-than-competent at things outside of Pokémon battling or her administrative duties. She has a decidedly limited grasp of social cues, comes to strange and rather obviously incorrect conclusions about various things, and is foolhardy enough that she's lucky she has trained up such a powerful team to protect her from danger.
* GratuitousSpanish: She tends to pepper a lot of Spanish phrases into her dialogue.
* HandsOffParenting: Her parents prefer to raise her older sister because she will take over their family's business, and so they left Nemona alone to do anything she wanted without supervision. Even Nemona herself says a variation of the trope's name. Talking to one of her family's maids will also reveal that her parents spend a lot of time away and are rarely home.
* HeroWorshipper: Greatly admires Geeta and early on in the game, Nemona gushes about her and tells the players about how much she wants to be like her.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her singleminded focus on battling, Nemona has a good memory, remembering events unrelated to her position and to battling from quite a long time ago with good precision. [[spoiler:In the final storyline "The Way Home", she remembers Penny from the incident with Team Star due to her Eevee bag and she also recalls that Arven knew Koraidon's/Miraidon's name and has its Poké Ball before giving it to the player character. Both of those events are from the very beginning of the game and before an ambiguous-length time skip.]]
* HugeSchoolgirl: She's noticeably taller than a lot of her peers at the Academy, including the player.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Nemona is never intentionally rude (unlike the more [[ByronicHero Byronic]] Arven and Penny), but sometimes she doesn't think before she talks. When the player's Raidon meets the second one and almost gets into a fight, Nemona completely misses Raidon's obvious terror and makes a remark that it seems sad the "family reunion" ended early. [[WhatTheHellHero Penny snaps at her for this]].
* InsultBackfire: Any attempts to criticize her via sarcasm or snide remarks have a good chance of resulting in her thinking it is somehow a compliment, as Arven and Penny find out to their frustration.
* TheKlutz: Stated to be a good trainer, but the official site mentions she's not good at tossing Poké Balls, which she hints at when telling the player she's "crummy" at actually ''catching'' Pokémon. She's notably the only trainer seen wearing an arm brace, presumably so she can throw her balls better.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Post-game, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Nemona's love for battling actually caused a problem and alienated her from people who could become a friend in the academy as they are too intimidated by her prowess and Champion rank to actually befriend her. When she saw the PlayerCharacter having the potential to beat her, she was excited at the prospect of having an equal and wanted to see them grow stronger as a trainer, and thus spends much of the game hoping for the PlayerCharacter to be her rival to a near zealous degree.]]
* LonelyRichKid: Implied. While exploring [[spoiler:Area Zero]], the discussion turns to the topic of family. Nemona mentions her parents were very hands-off and pretty much let her do as she pleased. While she insists her childhood was normal otherwise, the sheer fervor she throws at Pokémon battling, along with the speed at which she attaches herself to the player, implies more of an effect on her than she realizes.
* NiceGirl: From the get-go, Nemona is nothing but sweet and encouraging to the player.
* NonUniformUniform: Downplayed. While she wears the standard Academy school uniform, she wears an arm brace on her right arm that the player themselves can't wear.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Before the first Academy Ace Tournament, she tells the player that they can't lose to anyone else besides her.
* PrivilegedRival: Downplayed; She's from a wealthy family but she doesn't go out of her way to talk about it. She has a BigFancyHouse, but the first time her family's wealth is directly mentioned is during [[spoiler:The Way Home]].
* PungeonMaster: Likes to make fruit-based puns.
* SarcasmBlind: Arven and Penny's sarcasm and snide remarks towards her go without notice.
* SecretlyWealthy: Her father's the head of a Rotom Phone company, though she states that chances are it's her sister that will be taking over the company.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Is so focused on the positive things she never stops to think about the negative, like not realizing [[spoiler:there was a very good reason the cover Legendary was scared to go into Area Zero]].
* SignatureMon: She's associated with the Pawmi line, which appears in most of her battles and in one case was her last Pokémon. Her strongest Pokémon is still her starter though, as she almost always Terastallizes it.
* SpoiledSweet: While it is confirmed late in the game [[spoiler:during the Area Zero expedition]] that Nemona comes from a wealthy family, she doesn't mention much about it due to her older sister being expected to take over the family business, as well as how she does not match the typical personality of an upper-class and refined rich girl. Even her parents were hands-off with her upbringing, allowing her to do as she pleased. Although, Arven points out how she refers to her parents as "Mother" and "Father", highlighting a bit of a formal upbringing that tends to be characteristic of upscale families.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Repeatedly and rather unconvincingly argues that it's just a coincidence that she keeps showing up at gym locations before the player character does, but it's pretty clear she is very invested in their progress as a trainer and hopes for them to become the perfect outlet for her battle fervor.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Is the Academy's student body president, which helps to explain how she pulled some strings to get the player their Tera Orb early.
* TeenGenius: When it comes to Pokémon battling she is this, being the youngest trainer in Paldea's history to attain Champion rank (presumably a year before the events of the game's story). The isolation this caused her leads to her wanting the player character, likewise referred to as an adolescent, to also become a Champion so she can have a friend who treats her as an equal and can challenge her as a trainer. Notably she does not particularly like being called gifted at battling, a "whiz," etc. (at least when such terms are used as an excuse to not battle her) as she works hard and asserts it doesn't all come naturally to her.
* TomboyishPonytail: She wears her hair in a ponytail, and she's an outgoing, active girl who practically lives for Pokémon battles.
* TheUnreveal: We never get to see what her previous Pokémon Champion team is like beyond mentions of it at the start of the story[[labelnote:note]]While she is briefly seen using a Paldean Tauros at the prologue cutscene introducing the players to the world of Pokémon, that's the only time she is seen with it.[[/labelnote]]. The team she has throughout the game is a team she built up against the PlayerCharacter. However, [[spoiler:it could be possible that the Dudunsparce and Orthworm she has in the final battle with the player may be from her previous teams, seeing that she didn't have either Pokémon in prior battles.]] There are also the Pokémon that can be found in her house, but if they're actually her's, it's more likely that they're for companionship rather than battling.
* WillfullyWeak:
** Nemona is stated to be a Champion rank trainer by Principal Clavell at the start of the game, but upon meeting the Player, she chooses to start out training one of the starter mons weak against the Player's own to be mindful and be on equal levels with them. While she initially has to be reminded to not use one of her regular team members in her first match with the protagonist, in future matches she goes to great lengths to face them with a team that matches the level she thinks they are currently at as a trainer, even delaying a match at one point so she can pick out the members of her team more carefully.
** Geeta later reveals that she believes that Nemona was holding back her true strength even when they battled during her Champion Assessment.
* YearningForANemesis: She spends the entire "Victory Road" storyline trying to build up the protagonist as a proper rival for herself, as she's long wanted a friend who could be close to her in age but also her equal as a trainer (and as the youngest Champion on record in the region, she had no such peers). When the player character is finally, ''finally'' able to climb that mountain and face her at her team's full strength, she cries genuine TearsOfJoy.
* YouthfulFreckles: She has some freckles on top of her nose if seen closely and appears to be around the same age as the child player character.
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[[folder:Arven ''[-(Pepper)-]'']]
!!Arven / Pepper (ペパー ''pepaa'')
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An upperclassman at the academy and a good friend of the player. While he's not much of a battler (at least [[HeroicSelfDeprecation according to himself]]), he is an accomplished cook. He invites the player to follow him in the Path of Legends to search for Herba Mystica.
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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: He's Professor Sada/Turo's son, but where his other parent is is never explicitly addressed beyond a note from the professor stating the other parent left soon after Arven was born.
* BeefGate: Don't be too quick to challenge Arven immediately after beating Path of Legends. If you do so after hearing about his "[[InformedFlaw lacking battle skills]]" and expect him to be a cakewalk after the Titans, you're in for a nasty shock. Not only does he test you with a varied, deadly, and ''very'' high-level team, his ace counters all three of the Paldean starters with its move selection. If you can't beat Arven at the top of his game, then [[spoiler:you're definitely not ready for [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Area Zero]]]].
* BookDumb: Aside from Director Clavell outright telling Arven that he needs to get his grades up significantly if he wants any hope of graduating, Arven has... a couple moments. Notably, when the protagonists descend into Area Zero, he misremembers "research station" as "radish ration". And the entire Path of Legends storyline exists because he read about a {{Panacea}} in a two-century-old book that's widely considered to be fiction. He's lucky he lives in a universe on the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealism side of the scale]].
* ButtMonkey: Out of the main group, he gets the least respect, with even the protagonist able to occasionally indulge in this. For example, they can claim not to remember him when meeting him the second time, Nemona and Penny tend to take cracks at him, and [[spoiler:when Clavell is congratulating the four of them after the main story, he goes out of his way to comment that Arven is greatly lacking in the credits needed to graduate]].
* ChefOfIron: He's an enthusiastic cook who also shows no hesitation in helping the player confront the massive Titan Pokémon, and is a much better battler than he lets on. The Pokémon he uses over the course of the "Path of Legends" storyline also have a cooking theme between them.
* CosmicPlaything: Arven was not born lucky, and is arguably the one who was dealt the worst cards in life out of the main cast. One of Arven's parents walks out on their family [[MissingMom soon after his birth]], never to be seen again. His other parent [[WhenYouComingHomeDad barely spent any time with him, too busy with their research]], and [[spoiler:later turns out to have been DeadAllAlong, so Arven is left parentless by the end of the game]]. He even has to watch [[spoiler:the [[BenevolentAI replacement AI]] bearing his parent's likeness]] ''also'' leave, never to be seen again. To top it off, his Mabosstiff and only BestFriend was severely injured in an incident in Area Zero, and it's implied it's been in a highly diminished state for a long time before it's healed with the Herba Mystica. Despite that, [[DudeWheresMyRespect Arven often gets treated with little respect]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking even gets the worst grades at school]]. Dude just can't get a break.
* CutenessProximity: Arven seems to have a soft spot for cute things; His Rotom Phone case features flowers and a Floette, and during the battle with [[spoiler:Titan Orthworm]] he says that its face was adorable and that he didn't expect it to be "such a little cutie". There's also a chance that he views the player as adorable, given how he refers to them as "little buddy", while he calls the similarly short Penny the much more derogative "pipsqueak".
* {{Determinator}}: He'll stop at nothing to ensure that his Mabosstiff fully recovers after his experience in [[spoiler:Area Zero]], which motivates him to seek out the Herba Mystica.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He is the other protagonist of the "Path of Legends" storyline, which focuses on him seeking mythical ingredients guarded by [[KingMook Titan Pokémon]]. He can also be considered as such for "The Way Home", as [[spoiler:it revolves around entering Area Zero to find his parent, while Nemona and Penny are just there as backup.]]
* DefrostingIceKing: A significant case with the player character. On the very first encounter, Arven is fairly unpleasant and haughty, but past his second encounter with the player he becomes a lot friendlier and [[TrueCompanions is always nice from then on to the player]]. ZigzaggedTrope with Nemona and Penny, although it's mutual as Penny also occasionally says inconsiderate things, and Nemona does lack tact.
* DisappearedDad: Professor Turo is his biological father in the ''Violet'' version and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad has been gone throughout his childhood]], so Arven pretty much had to raise himself. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Arven, he finds out that [[DeadAllAlong his father has been gone for an entirely different reason]]]]. Even in ''Scarlet'', his dad is stated to have simply "walked out" [[spoiler:in one of the notebooks in Area Zero]].
* EdibleThemeNaming: Pepper, his Japanese name, can either be pepper, a common cooking spice, or short for peppermint, either way tying nicely to his cooking skills. His English name is a reference to Mentha arvensis or a type of mint.
* FindTheCure: His motivation during the Path of Legends is to try to cure [[spoiler:his Mabosstiff, who had been grievously injured in the Paldean Crater to the point that nothing seems to be capable of curing it. Thankfully, the Herba Mysticas, which he had been hoping would be the cure, are able to do the trick]].
* HatesTheirParent: Arven deeply resents Sada/Turo for being obsessed with their job and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad never being there for him]].
* HeroesLoveDogs: His best friend and partner is [[spoiler:his Mabosstiff, and said pup getting injured is his motivation to find the Herba Mystica to cure him.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Arven, suffering from abandonment issues from his parent's absence and feeling helpless after Mabosstiff was crippled, frequently puts himself down. This is most evident in his Pokémon battling, as he constantly states he's got no battling skills, but by the end of his story path, [[spoiler:he has helped the player take down five Titan Pokémon and has a well-balanced team that's stronger than those of Elite Four members with his ace, Mabosstiff, having a counter for each possible starter and being at an ''even higher level'' than the ace of the Top Champion prior to the postgame.]]
* HiddenDepths: While he comes off like an abrasive {{Jerkass}}, it gradually becomes clear Arvern suffers from deep abandonment issues caused by his parent obsessively focusing on their research, and struggles to connect with other people because of it. His attachment to [[spoiler:his Mabosstiff]] is revealed to be in large because [[spoiler:it was the only close relation he had growing up]].
* InformedFlaw: Both officially and of his own opinion, he's supposedly not a very good battler. In practice, he does a really good job tackling the Titans with you, even though he's using Pokémon he caught on the spot. [[spoiler:By the end of his storyline, his catches have turned into a complete, very efficient team; he's treated as just as capable as the others during their trek through Area Zero; and in the Academy Ace Tournament, his team outlevels the entire teaching staff minus ''Elite Four member'' Hassel, who he's on par with... but he still calls himself mediocre at battling.]]
* JerkassToOne: He's normally nice and polite to the player, but he coldly and snidely refers to Koraidon/Miraidon as "the brute". [[spoiler:The reason for this is because he partially blames it for taking away his mom/dad's attention further away from him due to the circumstances in which it came from. Thankfully, The Path of Legends and The Way Home storyline have him gradually warm up to it again.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed on the jerk part. Arven initially comes off as rather abrasive and rude, especially to the game's box legendary, but he becomes more sympathetic when he reveals his motivation for seeking the Herba Mystica: [[spoiler:he needs them to try to heal his critically wounded Mabosstiff]]. Plus, with all of his bad traits, he's still a noble person, as when one of the Titan Pokémon, Bombidier, is tossing huge boulders down a cliff, Arven wants to stop it to prevent innocent bystanders from getting hurt.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Part of his design. While not particularly effeminate, Arven has a long, full head of soft hair which he wears loose, contrasting Penny's BoyishShortHair and Nemona's TomboyishPonytail. He does also have a rather pretty face. His long eyelashes notably add to the aesthetic.
* MeaningfulName: In the Japanese version, his name is Pepper. Pepper is one of the most common spices in the world, making it a fitting name for a chef.
* MissingMom: Professor Sada is his biological mother in the ''Scarlet'' version and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad has been missing throughout his childhood]], meaning Arven basically had to raise himself. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Arven, he finds out that [[DeadAllAlong his mother has been gone for an entirely different reason]]]]. Even in ''Violet'', his mom is stated to have simply "walked out" [[spoiler:in a notebook in Area Zero]].
* {{Motif}}: His final team at the end of the Path of Legends storyline (which he also uses in the Academy Ace tournament) are, save for his ace Mabosstiff, themed after food: Cloyster is an oyster, Scovillain is pepper, Garganacl is salt, Toedscruel is mushrooms, and Greedent is a Pokémon that hunts and stores berries.
* NonActionGuy: According to the official site, he's not very good at battling, and the player will need to help him out during the journey. [[spoiler:This turns out to be entirely his HeroicSelfDeprecation speaking, however: not only does he help you take on all 5 titans, he proves entirely competent as an opponent after the fact, as well, serving as a climax boss for his story arc. His SignatureMon is even specially tailored to counter all three fully evolved starters (Fire Fang or Play Rough for Meowscarada, Crunch for Skeledirge, and Psychic Fangs or Play Rough for Quaquaval).]]
* TheOneGuy: If Juliana is chosen as the protagonist, then Arven will be the only male member of the main group.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's far from an incompetent Trainer, but when his best friends include a Champion-ranked battle maniac, a genius hacker, and the player character (who will also become an accomplished Champion-ranked trainer), he sometimes feels like the only things he has to bring to the table are his lineage (which if anything puts more pressure on him) and his cooking hobby. Plus, he may have the worst grades of the group. Post-game, he starts developing a bit of a second banana complex and wants to find himself.
* ParentalAbandonment: Depending on the version, he either has a DisappearedDad or a MissingMom. In ''Scarlet'', he is the son of Professor Sada, and his father left shortly after he was born. In ''Violet'', he is the son of Professor Turo, and his mother is the one who left. It's unclear if his absent parent in each version is the same one acting as the main parent in the other. Either way, his professor parent is also absent due to being constantly away on research, to the point where Arven hasn't heard from them in years beyond occassional emails. [[spoiler:Then it turns out the professor has died fairly recently. Even their robot copy, whom Arven briefly treats like his parent, has to abandon him for the sake of Paldea.]]
* ParentalNeglect: Due to Professor Sada/Turo's obsession with their research, his parent came to heavily neglect him.
* PeekABangs: Arven's bangs hide his right eye.
* RecurringElement: Since he starts off as [[{{Jerkass}} something of a dick to the player]], he might initially remind some of the less pleasant rivals in the franchise's past, such as Silver and Bede (until he shows [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his nicer side]], at least).
* SignatureMon: His ace is his Mabosstiff. [[spoiler:It's been his closest companion since childhood, as his parents were never around, and his goal in the Path of Legends is feeding it Herba Mystica to gradually heal the injuries it sustained in Area Zero.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Arven shares the colors of his pale brown hair with Professor Sada/Turo. He also inherited Sada's eye and skin color and Turo's eyebrows and facial structure.
* SupremeChef: He's mentioned to be very good at cooking, his official artwork depicts him holding a Tamato Berry, and the official site claims he's developing healthy recipes specifically for Pokémon. This is justified because of ParentalAbandonment, as Arven often found himself forced to cook his own meals while Sada/Turo were constantly absent due to research. At the very end of the game, [[spoiler:after finding himself in a rut and unsure of what his future holds, he finally decides to go all in on his hobby and work to become a real chef.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: From the start to the end of the game, [[spoiler:an incident with the friendly Raidon caused his professor parent to hole themselves up in Area Zero for several years, leaving Arven with Mabosstiff to raise himself (their other parent having abandoned the family when Arven was a newborn), then he and Mabosstiff go to Area Zero which ends with the latter getting borderline mortally wounded, causing Arven to look for any sort of treatment until he stumbles upon the Herba Mystica, which thankfully becomes a success. Then Sada/Turo tells him to go to Area Zero, only for everyone to discover that they're ''dead'' and they've been speaking to a robotic copy this whole time since the Treasure Hunt started. To top it all off, the AI professor has to leave Arven for good since that's the only way to turn off the time machine causing the main conflict, meaning he had to learn his mother/father died and then essentially watch it happen again.]]
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[[folder:Penny ''[-(Botan)-]'' ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]
!!Penny / Botan (ボタン ''botan'')
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A shy girl in the same grade as the player. She doesn't come to class very often, and is quite attached to her Eevee backpack. She is involved in ''★ Starfall Street ★'''s Operation Starfall to forcefully disband Team Star, though there is more to her than meets the eye...
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* AffectionateNickname:
** According to her, her father calls her "Pen-Pen".
** She also calls her Pokémon (who are all Eeveelutions) "Veevee".
** She gives the various leaders of Team Star nicknames, calling Giacomo "Momo", Mela "Mellie" and Ortega "Ortie".
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Complains about her father smothering her and calling her "Pen-pen". Arven (a blatant victim of ParentalAbandonment) expresses pity for her loving father for having a daughter that describes him so badly, to Penny's annoyance.
* BoyishShortHair: She's a snarky computer expert and has the shortest hair of the rivals.
* BrainsAndBrawn: As a smart STEM-enrolled student, she's the Brains to Nemona's active battle-loving Brawn.
* BritishStuffiness: Originally from Galar, and the reserved, snarky, at times openly impatient and critical StraightMan in the face of Nemona's naïve upbeatness and Arven's awkwardness. She's also bothered by the box Legendary's attempts to be friendly with her (although one can't blame a person her size for being wary of a huge powerful dragon face-licking them like a big affectionate dog).
* BrokenPedestal: While she's initially happy to meet the professor, she quickly loses that admiration after learning about their ParentalNeglect and how they let Paradox Pokémon like Great Tusk/Iron Treads roam around Paldea.
* BrutalHonesty: After the events of the Starfall Street plot reveal her real personality, it's shown that Penny's a lot more blunt than she leads on.
* CharacterTics: She tends to gently tap her forehead with her fist when she's thinking.
* ColorMotif: Grey, based on her hoodie, shorts and leggings, reflecting her gloomy personality. It also reflects that her intentions on creating a group rebels to fight against the bullies were on the ''grey'' side. She also illegally procures rewards for the player's fight against Team Star by hacking into the Pokémon League, making her a grey hat hacker.
* TheCracker: She's skilled enough to hack into the Pokémon League.
* CutenessProximity: When exploring Area Zero with the others, depending on the version she either comes across a Scream Tail (''Scarlet'') or Iron Bundle (''Violet''), believing it's either a Jigglypuff or Delibird respectively, and talks about how cute it is, wanting to get closer to it. She also packs a full team of Eeveelutions, and ''all of them'' know [[PuppyDogEyes Baby-Doll Eyes]], suggesting a fondness for cute things in general.
* TheCynic: She is quick to point out the many wrong things that happen around her, especially when she tags along with the rest of the student companions in Area Zero where it's almost endless snarking to their quirky antics.
* DeadpanSnarker: In the late game, she quite often gives witty remarks and comments to other characters, particularly Arven.
-->'''Arven:''' Wait a second—where's the student council girl?!\\
'''Penny:''' Wha—? She's gone! You don't think she...?\\
'''Nemona:''' E-everyone! You have to see this! Area Zero is AMAZING! Come on already!\\
'''Penny:''' I guess your Ability would be '''[[TheDitz Own Tempo]]''', huh...
* DistinctiveAppearances: Her short blue hair has red bangs, she has a large Eevee backpack, and she doesn't wear a standard school uniform, making her stand out from the rest of the cast. Not wearing the school uniform also gives a big hint on her actual role as Cassiopeia, as who else would rebel against school uniform, if not the rebel group leader herself?
* DotingParent: She makes a comment about having one. It puts her at a bit of friction with Arven, who's jealous that her father cares way more than his parent has.
* DualityMotif: She has red and blue hair and her leggings have alternating red plus signs and blue minus signs. This hints that there are two sides to her: her shy, reclusive exterior, and a snippy, sarcastic interior.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Regarding Atticus, her train of thought is interrupted when he removes his mask and Penny is astounded at how ''good'' he looks.
-->Wait, no, focus!
* EmbarrassingNickname: She mentions that her father likes to call her "Pen-pen", which she finds embarrassing. [[HypocriticalHumor Funnily enough]], she refers to some of her Pokémon (all of which are Eeveelutions) as "Veevee".
* FrustratedOverheadScribble: Sports one of these in one scene as Geeta leads her out to do some "volunteer" work.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: The one thing she always has with her is her fluffy Gigantamax Eevee backpack.
* HatesTheirParent: During the trek through Area Zero, she mentions that she doesn't get along with her father, finding him annoying, embarrassing, and overprotective.
* HypocriticalHumor: She complains about her dad calling her "Pen-Pen," but she refers to her Pokémon as "Veevees."
* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Botan, can be translated in Russian as a "nerd" who struggles in sports and has bad social skills -- which perfectly fits her.
* NarmCharm: She considers Team Star's catchphrase ("Hasta la vistar! [[SayItWithHearts ☆]]") to be this.[[invoked]]
-->"It's so cringey it's perfect, you know?"
* NonconformistDyedHair: Her hair is dyed blue and red, and she's often truant from school. And it doesn't get more "nonconformist" in a school setting than Cassiopeia, leader of the delinquents in Team Star.
* NoSocialSkills: Her shyness in addition to her more blunt side means she struggles to talk to people properly.
* OnlySaneWoman: From the four children, she's the sanest one of the bunch. The player character is a fearless kid who doesn't mind much the big question mark of a Pokémon they have with them, Nemona is a ''very'' excitable GenkiGirl and too much of a BloodKnight, and Arven is too passionate and brash. Penny herself points out her sanity when she travels to Area Zero with the group.
* {{Otaku}}: She mentions a desire to binge watch all the anime she missed at the end of the game. Her room is also full of figurines and manga.
* PillarsOfMoralCharacter: Believes heavily in repaying debts of honor, stating that owing the protagonist is the main reason she agrees to go to Area Zero. Arven notes she's surprisingly old-fashioned about this.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She has a transparent skirt and wears both shorts and grey leggings under it.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every single one of her Eeveelutions knows the move "Baby-Doll Eyes". A large part of her strategy involves using up to two uses with each of her Eeveelutions as her opening moves to debuff your physical attack stat before going on the offensive.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: This is essentially what happens after Penny confesses to having hacked the League Points system to steal and distribute LP. Instead of facing serious punishment like she expects, she's praised for her outstanding talents and asked to do some volunteer engineering to waive her debts. It's implied in the post-game that there's nothing voluntary about this, however, as when Geeta shows up asking her to patch the system vulnerabilities and Penny tries to refuse, Geeta just smiles and [[SnarkingThanks thanks her in advance for her "willing and eager cooperation"]], pressuring her into the job.
* RecurringElement: Penny fills the role of the mysterious rival with a connection to the Villain Team, similar to N, Gladion, and Bede. Though she's also the first to be the ''true'' leader of said Villain Team (N was nominally the leader of Team Plasma, but he was really just a PuppetKing for its actual leader, Ghetsis).
* SarcasticDevotee: Penny snarks and complains a fair bit during the trip through Area Zero in "The Way Home", but she still sticks around, helps you fight, and cheers you on regardless.
* SecurityBlanket: The official website states that she's very fond of her Eevee backpack and takes it everywhere with her. She also has a whole team's worth of Eeveelutions under her command should the need to battle arise.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: She's roughly the same height as the player, making them the shortest characters in the group, but she's also a skilled hacker capable of easily bypassing the League's security systems in order to get LP to reward the player for taking down Star bases.
* ShrinkingViolet: Her shyness is both a cause and a consequence of the bullying she received in the past, namely as far as is indicated she was not attacked or made fun of, but rather she was actively ignored to the point that she didn't want to even show up to class anymore. Her truancy allows her to manage Team Star from behind the scenes. This also turns out against her as she was unable to tell anyone about her being Cassiopeia or to get Team Star to stop what they were doing before they ended up risking getting expelled for truancy.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Well, ''most'' of her hair is blue anyway, and she's a rather shy person.
* SignatureMon: Eevee and its evolutions in general. Fluffy backpack aside, her entire team is composed of them, with the Fairy-type Sylveon as her ace which she Terastallizes.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She's very skilled with tech and wears glasses.
* StoicSpectacles: She wears glasses with large frames and is very shy.
* TrashOfTheTitans: While her computer workspace is clean, her room is cluttered with boxes that contain anime and figures that she ordered online. In addition, her kitchen is littered with boxes of instant food. Add that to her full team of Eeveelutions allowed to lie around, and there's not much free space in there. Her bed is also noted to have a lot of shed fur from her Veevees on it.
* WalkingSpoiler: To put it in a simple way, she isn't what you think.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the final dungeon, when the player's box legendary has a bad encounter with its counterpart in the Zero Lab, Nemona very [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitively]] wonders if it was sad for the family reunion being cut short. Penny harshly points out that Koraidon/Miraidon was ''terrified'' of its counterpart, and that things likely would have escalated into a brawl if it hadn't gotten distracted by the Zero Lab opening up.
-->"Are you joking?! There was nothing heartwarming about it! We were THIS close to getting caught up in a nasty brawl!"
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