History Characters / PokemonXAndY

* CripplingOverspecialization: In her gym battle, she's only prepared for ''two'' specific Pokémon: [[PlayingwithFire Fennekin and Litleo]]. There's a bevy of Pokémon that can easily beat her Surskit and Vivillon.

* BreakingOldTrends: Grant is the first Rock-type Gym Leader in the games to not be the first Gym Leader the player faces, instead being the second. This also means that the player can more easily get a Pokemon to counter his team, especially if they started with Fennekin.

* SignatureMon: Art from the games shows him with the Froakie line and Charmander line, and his clothes are thematically similar to Xerneas. Ash wearing his clothes in the anime also had Froakie. In both ''Generations'' and ''Adventures'' his equivalent keeps Charmander, but has Chespin instead of Froakie. ''Pokémon Masters'' goes with a dark-horse pick and gives him an Espurr, which Calem does use as a rival, being his lead Pokémon from Glittering Cave onward. Later, his Master Sync Pair Neo Champion Pokémon becomes Shiny Greninja, mirroring Serena's Greninja for her Master Sync Pair Neo Champion alt.

* SignatureMon: The Fennekin line in most artwork and adaptations, including the anime and ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'', with the exception of ''Adventures'' and her appearance in the "Gotcha!" music video where she's shown with the Froakie line. Squirtle is also her Kanto starter of choice, and her clothes are thematically similar to Yveltal. Meanwhile, ''Masters'' gives her Zygarde for her Sygna Suit variant and later Greninja for her Master Sync Pair Neo Champion variant.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The player will be superior to their rival counterpart when it comes to battling, and will always have a more completed Pokédex than Trevor.

A Psychic who resides on Kalos Route 18, Inver possesses the unique ability to start an Inverse Battle, where all type matchups are inverted. In ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', Inver turns his gift into a business, setting up an Inverse Battle Stop in Mauville City.

* DependingOnTheWriter: In ''XY'', his ability to do Inverse Battles is due to a "mysterious power" he has while in ''ORAS'', it's due to a machine called the Invert-o-Matic.

->'''Voiced by:''' Daisy Guevara (''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' - EN), Creator/AsamiShimoda (''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' - JP)

* NeverMessWithGranny: Her character model and dialogue both indicate she's on the older side, especially compared to her compatriots. That being said, she's still an Elite Four member who specializes in [[InfinityPlusOneElement dragon-types]] and [[{{Understatement}} dislikes]] being referred to as nothing short of the best Dragon-type user, so underestimate her at your own risk.

* SignatureMon: [[FragileSpeedster Noivern.]] In ''Masters'' however, she pairs with Dragalge.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Her character model and dialogue both indicate she's on the older side, especially compared to her compatriots. That being said, she's still an Elite Four member who specializes in [[InfinityPlusOneElement dragon-types]], so underestimate her at your own risk.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' - JP)

* DefrostingIceQueen: She presents herself as an uppity and proper lady with no tolerance for weak trainers at first or when she's working alongside her younger sisters, but after winning against her she completely drops it and is very cordial towards the protagonist.

* OlympusMons: Like Pyramid King Brandon, she uses the Legendary Birds ''and'' Golems on your next battle with her on the Super Triples.
* OperaGloves: They go past her elbows. While her younger sisters wear gloves too, neither of them go past the elbows.
* {{Tsundere}}: Not necessarily of the romantic type, but she mostly displays a jerkass demeanor to anyone around her until they eventually whittle her down to her soft, caring core.

* WarmUpBoss: There's a whole ton of Pokémon that can easily beat both of hers such as Fletchling and Pikachu and it doesn't help that 1. Both Surskit and Vivillon have low stats and 2. She's only prepared for '''two''' specific Pokémon: [[PlayingWithFire Fennekin and Litleo.]]

* SignatureMon: [[JackOfAllStats Female Meowstic.]]

* SignatureMon: [[FragileSpeedster Noivern.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Takaya Hashi (''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' - JP), Creator/KeithSilverstein (''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' - EN)

* BlueIsHeroic: His default outfit heavily features blue.

** In his Trainer Lodge episodes, he comments that seeing Scottie make so many new friends prompted him to be more outgoing and will attempt to make many more friends than Shauna herself.

* ThrowTheDogABone: In the ''Leaders of a New Era'' Neo Champion event, [[spoiler:he finally manages to defeat Serena in battle, though he admits that she was a great source of inspiration for his growth that he agrees with Diantha in making her a Neo Champion.]]

* BadassBookworm: In ''Pokémon Masters'', it's revealed that she's an accomplished writer in the world that Sinnoh's Elite Four Lucian is an avid reader of her works.

* PerpetualSmiler: She is always happy, even when it comes to battling.

* TheSociopath:[[spoiler: While he does feel empathy for others, mainly Pokémon, in X and Y, in the alternate timeline of Sun and Moon, and in his story in Pokémon Masters EX he is depicted as a bona fide sociopath: he is callous, manipulative, narcissistic and egotistic. He feels like the only life that matters is his own and he is ready to smite those who defy him, going as far as threatening to murder a man right in front of a child, in a similar fashion to Ghetsis.]]

* ButNotTooBlack: The character customization features give you precisely ''one'' dark skin color, which is on the lighter side anyway.

* TheBeautifulElite: [[SmallNameBigEgo They certainly THINK they're this]], giving them carte blanche in their eyes to kill others [[KillThePoor just because they're filthy, low-minded, incompetent, ugly]], [[{{Hypocrite}} inherently greedy and short-sighted]] commoners, never mind that most of them [[PoorPredictableRock couldn't fight their way]] [[ArtificialStupidity out of a paper bag]]. A good chunk of the Kalosian populace thinks "The Tacky Pseudo-Elite" would fit them better.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Similar to [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Bianca]] in your final battle with her, all three of his Pokémon have the move Return.

* SignatureMon: Gyarados. Or, rather Mega Gyarados. While Lysandre still uses it in Generation VII, he replaces it with Xerneas (''Ultra Sun'') or Yveltal (''Ultra Moon'') as his ace, and uses the latter in ''Masters''. He's also given Volcanion as his Sygna Suit Pokémon in ''Masters.''

* WarmUpBoss: There's a whole ton of Pokémon that can easily beat both of hers such as Fletchling and Pikachu and it doesn't help that 1. Both Surskit and Vivillon have low stats and 2. She's only prepared for '''two''' specific Pokémon: [[PlayingWithFire Fennekin and Litleo]]

She is the parent of the protagonist in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. She (and by proxy, you) just recently moved to Vaniville Town, not realizing that her child would start on a Pokémon adventure. She was also a world famous Rhyhorn racer but now retired, with her Rhyhorn pet resting in front of your lawn.

* PsychicPowers: ''Sun and Moon'' reveals that Dexio specializes in Psychic types, and even has a Mega Alakazam when you fight him in the postgame in ''Sun''. [[spoiler:In the Battle Tree, he mixes things up with ''Sun'''s version exclusives.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: She is the third gym leader, but appears a few towns before you meet Grant, the 2nd Gym Leader.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Fighting-type Pokémon are almost always at a disadvantage against Ghost types, but Korrina's have ''almost no'' defense against them (almost all of her Pokémon's moves are Fighting or Normal, with the exception being Machoke's Rock Tomb), which can lead to situations like [[http://youtu.be/TgLs2r8DlrE?t=5m24s these]].

* PoorPredictableRock: Her team gets mulched by Fairy types, and neither of her Pokemon have coverage moves.

* PoorPredictableRock: Between only having two Pokemon and using Dark types exclusively, Bryony falls into this. While her Bisharp checks Fairy types, it doesn't check Fighting types (which it's ''quadruply'' weak to). Liepard is even worse off - it's got no coverage for any of its weaknesses.

* PoorPredictableRock: Her team gets chewed up by Ground types, and neither of her Pokemon have coverage moves against Ground.

* PoorPredictableRock: Both of her Pokemon are weak to Fighting types, and neither of them have any coverage moves against Fighting.

* DependingOnTheWriter: In [=XY=], his ability to do Inverse Battles is due to a "mysterious power" he has while in [=ORAS=], it's due to a machine called the Invert-o-Matic.