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1This page is for members of the major cast from Johto (and Silver). For the Kanto cast, see ''Characters/PokemonRedFanmade''.
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3[[foldercontrol]]
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5!!Protagonists
6[[folder: Gold]]
7The male lead. A teenage ([[VagueAge maybe 18?]]) boy from New Bark City who wants to challenge the Pokémon League and challenges the Johto Gym Leaders to enter it.
8----
9* AgeLift: In part due to the TimeSkip between ''Red'' and ''Gold'' being of eight years instead of three, Gold is older than in canon.
10* BestHerToBedHer: His determination and eventual success in defeating Whitney made her fall for him.
11* BigBrotherMentor: To Joey, even gifting him one of his hats.
12* BirdsOfAFeather: With Whitney; both of them are fiercely competitive and eventually get together after he manages to defeat her in a Gym battle.
13* BodyHorror: During his battle with Morty in Episode 17, Gold loses [[AnArmAndALeg all of his limbs]] and [[EyeScream both of his eyes]]. Thankfully, the loss of his limbs and eyes was AllJustADream.
14* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of the first twenty episodes, Gold grows from a hot head who uses limited amounts of Pokémon to win battles, to someone who slowly realizes the importance of strategy and facing failure.
15* CompositeCharacter: Between his versions from the games (the story follows the game's plot with some artistic liberties like Gold being in a relationship with Whitney), ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' (his name is Gold and he has Cyndaquill as his StarterMon) and, to a lesser extent, ''Fanfic/PokemonLostSilver'' (blame Morty's Gengar).
16* DecompositeCharacter: While this Gold is the protagonist of the original ''Gold & Silver'', [[spoiler:Joey is set to become the protagonist of the remakes, ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'']].
17* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He's the first one in a long time to defeat [[ThatOneBoss Whitney]].
18* {{Determinator}}: Not even going broke deterred him from trying to defeat Whitney. It just made him rethink battling.
19* DetrimentalDetermination: Gold keeps coming back to challenge Whitney no matter how many times she beats him. But for the first half-dozen attempts, he doesn't bother to learn from his defeats: he keeps using the same team and the same incredibly basic tactics, hoping that they'll work ''this'' time when they didn't work any of the previous times. It takes losing all his money for him to realize that this brute force approach isn't working, and that he needs an actual strategy if he wants to beat her.
20* ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: He tells Whitney all about the new ElementalPunch moves that he taught his Pokémon just before fighting her for the seventh time. He's confident that these moves will be enough to finally beat her. He's wrong.
21* ForegoneConclusion:
22** We know from the ''Red'' series how Gold's journey will end: with Gold challenging and defeating Red atop Mt. Silver and convincing him to return to Kanto. The series is how it goes up to that point.
23** Also, we know that eventually, Gold will gain 16 Badges. How it leads to that was unknown until Episode 23, where he declares his intent to do so after hearing May getting eight badges in Hoenn.
24* HeroicBSOD:
25** [[spoiler:Upon seeing Feraligatr rip off Quagsire's arms, Gold is completely stunned and collapses to his knees to see his Pokémon get maimed. It lasts for a good third of the following episode, until Quagsire and the rest of his team give him the reassurance he needs to bounce back]].
26** Earlier, Gold started having doubts after losing to Morty and his consecutive loses to Whitney. It takes some reassurance from Joey and some training with Kris to shake those doubts away.
27* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:After seeing Feraligatr rip off Quagsire's arms and him being unable to do anything to regrow them, Gold angrily blames himself for letting it happen instead of stopping Silver himself. Or even using Typhlosion or Ampharos instead of Quagsire.]]
28* LikesOlderWomen: Implied; he's no older than Silver, who was a kid during ''Red'', and he's dating Whitney, who is as old as Daisy Oak.
29* MonochromeApparition: He turns monochrome during the MindRape sequence.
30* MrFanservice: When Whitney [[InvokedTrope forces Gold to wear nothing but farmer overalls]] [[MsFanservice like she does]], it's shown Gold is rather good-looking, and in the [[BeachEpisode Episode 21]] he is shown to be wearing nothing but a speedo, [[WalkingSwimsuitScene especially when he challenges Chuck in this costume]].
31* NiceGuy: For all his hot headedness and brashness, Gold is a kind fellow who befriends everyone from Pokémon and people such as Joey. Later in the series, Gold begins developing a way to spiritually connect with his Pokémon through their hearts, and some of them even temporarily take up his golden eyes based on that connection.
32* OfficialCouple: With Whitney.
33* SignatureMon: His StarterMon, Cindaquill/Quilava/Typhlosion. Gold didn't even catch any mons until after defeating Falkner. [[{{Deconstruction}} It comes to bite him in the ass when he challenges Whitney.]]
34* SparedByTheAdaptation: For ''Fanfic/PokemonLostSilver''; TheReveal in ''Lost Silver'' is that Gold was DeadAllAlong. Here, the events of the creepypasta were [[AllJustADream nothing but a nightmare caused by Morty's Gengar]].
35* SlapSlapKiss: His relationship with Whitney. Even after getting together, they're still butting heads as much as they make out, and even then, they fight on who's taking the lead when they make out.
36[[/folder]]
37
38[[folder: Gold's Pokemon]]
39!!! Cyndaquil → Quilava → Typhlosion
40Gold's starter, and his only Pokémon for the first leg of his journey. He evolved into Quilava after defeating Falkner's team. He later evolved into Typhlosion while battling the Red Gyrados and its kind at the Lake of Rage.
41----
42* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Quilava, among the other Pokémon on Gold and Kris' team, were affected by Team Rocket's radio wave and started attacking each other and their trainers. Only Quilava managed to break free from it thanks to Gold linking his heart to his partner]].
43* BreathWeapon: Beyond breathing fire, it can also hock up smokescreen pellets that lower the enemy's accuracy.
44* EyesAlwaysShut: As a Cyndaquil, its eyes are nearly always closed. When it suddenly opens them during the fight with Falkner's Pokémon, it's a sign that it's starting to evolve into Quilava.
45* {{Foil}}: To Silver's Feraligtr. Typhlosion was raised with kindness and respect from Gold, being encouraged to do well and is treated like an equal. In contrast, Feraligtr was abused by Silver, who treated it with nothing but scorn whether it won or loss. Their evolutions are even different: [[spoiler:Typhlosion's evolution shows the bond between him and Gold, breaking through Team Rocket's radio waves and working together to stop the Gyrados herd. For Feraligtr, he is overwhelmed by the radio waves and begins mauling Ariana's Vileplume to death like a wild animal, all while Silver does nothing to stop him.]]
46* AHandfulForAnEye: It spits smoke pellets right in the enemy Pokémon's face when using Smokescreen, blurring their eyesight.
47* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: Smokescreen lowers the target's accuracy without hurting them.
48* PlayingWithFire: It's a Fire-type, after all. Many Pokémon have roasted into unconsciousness by Quilava's flames.
49* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: It is visibly alarmed when Whitney's Miltank shrugs off a direct hit from Cut.
50* RazorSharpHand: Its version of Cut involves karate chopping with enough force to slice through trees.
51* SignatureMon: Cyndaquil was Gold's only Pokémon in the first few episodes, and even after he caught Mareep and Wooper, he still made heavy use of his starter in most battles. It's not until he reaches Whitney that the rest of his team really starts getting time to shine.
52* ShockAndAwe: After evolving into Typhlosion, he learned Thunder Punch after seeing Lance's Dragonite do it.
53* SpinAttack: Knows Flame Wheel, which is depicted as a spin attack.
54* StarterMon: It is Gold's first Pokémon, given to him by Professor Elm.
55
56!!! Wooper → Quagsire
57The first wild Pokémon that Gold caught, and his second Pokémon overall. It began evolving into Quagsire during his final bout with Whitney.
58----
59* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:In its fight against Feraligatr at the Rocket Hideout, Quagsire gets both of its arms ripped off by the Big Jaw Pokémon. Thankfully, come Episode 31, Quagsire's arms are restored thanks to Ho-oh]].
60* ArmlessBiped: It has no arms as Wooper. It suddenly grows a pair during the final clash with Miltank, showing that it's about to evolve into Quagsire.
61* ChekhovsGun: Wooper's ability to create arms of ice because of his lack of any comes back when [[spoiler: Silver's Feraligatr tore off Quagsire's arms]].
62* DishingOutDirt: Quagsire is part Ground-type and while it currently does not know any ground attacks, it can NoSell electric attacks that normal take out Water-type Pokémon.
63* ElementalPunch: Gold teaches it [[AnIcePerson Ice Punch]] while training to beat Whitney.
64* MakingASplash: It's part Water-type and is often shown hosing enemies with Water Gun and similar moves.
65* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: It can use Tail Whip to lower an enemy's defense.
66* PutOnABus: Quagsire is left at Gold's house in New Bark Town after [[spoiler:losing its arms to Feraligatr]].
67* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Since it doesn't have any arms as a Wooper, it creates temporary arms made of solid ice whenever it uses Ice Punch. It no longer does this upon evolving into Quagsire, since it now has an actual pair of arms to throw punches with. [[spoiler:After losing its arms to Feraligatr, Quagsire creates ones out of ice to comfort Gold when its trainer is in self-loathing.]]
68
69!!! Mareep → Flaaffy → Ampharos
70Gold's third Pokémon, caught soon after Wooper. He evolved into Flaaffy while fighting Team Rocket in the Slowpoke Well. Later, he evolved into Ampharos following Gold's victory against Jasmine.
71----
72* ElementalPunch: Gold teaches him Thunder Punch while training to beat Whitney since the techniques Flaaffy already knew weren't doing the job.
73* FiveSecondForeshadowing: During his fight against Jasmine's Steelix, the bulb on his tail turns from blue to red, signifying his evolution.
74* TheParalyzer: He often uses Thunder Wave to paralyze opponents.
75* ShockAndAwe: He is an Electric-type, so of course, it spends most of its time zapping foes with electricity.
76* PowerFist: Aside from learning Thunder Punch, Flaffy learned Dynamic Punch before his battle against Jasmine.
77* PutOnABus: Flaaffy stays in Olivine City to man the lighthouse while Gold and the others go to Cianwood Town to get the medicine to heal Amphy. He returns two episodes later, just in time for Gold's Gym battle against Jasmine.
78* SpeedBlitz: He defeats Petrel's Drowzee by zipping around faster than the other Pokémon can react and striking it repeatedly, evolving from Mareep to Flaaffy in the process.
79
80!!! Nidoran♂ → Nidorino
81Gold's fourth Pokémon, which he caught specifically to use as a trump card against Whitney's team. He ends up trading it away for Kris's Noctowl.
82----
83* ElementalRockPaperScissors: It knows Double Kick, a Fighting-type move which is super-effective against Normal-type Pokémon. Since Whitney's Pokémon are all Normal types, Gold caught Nidoran♂ specifically to exploit that weakness.
84* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: It evolved at some point while Kris and Whitney were participating in a bug-catching contest.
85* PoisonousPerson: It's a Poison-type Pokémon, after all.
86* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gold only had him for a few episodes before giving him to Kris.
87
88!!! Drowzee
89Gold's fifth Pokémon, caught while training his team to beat Whitney. He trades it away for a female Machop.
90----
91* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gold trades it away in the same episode that he caught it. It's not clear if he even used Drowzee before giving it away.
92
93!!! Muscle (Machop → Machoke)
94A female Fighting-type Pokémon that Gold received in a trade. She was the lynchpin of his final strategy for taking down Whitney. Evolved into Machoke after Gold leveled her up after reclaiming her from the Daycare Center.
95----
96* BareFistedMonk: A pure Fighting-type Pokémon who goes to town on foes with powerful karate chops.
97* NoSell: When Whitney’s Miltank tries to use Attract on her, she just smirks and continues powering up with Focus Energy.
98* OhCrap: She is visibly alarmed when Miltank reveals that it can heal itself with Milk Drink.
99* PutOnABus: Gold drops her off at the Pokémon Daycare in episode 16.
100** TheBusCameBack: She later returns in Episode 25, where Gold trains her up to evolving into Machoke, only to trade her to Kris.
101* StatusBuff: She repeatedly uses Focus Energy to boost her critical hit rate before letting Miltank have it.
102
103!!! Nidoran♀ → Nidorina
104Gold's seventh Pokémon, caught for the same reason as Nidoran♂ and because the fact that it is female makes it immune to Miltank's Attract. Gold trades her away for a Ponyta in episode 16.
105----
106* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Like the male Nidoran, it evolved into Nidorina offscreen.
107* PoisonousPerson: It's a Poison-type Pokémon, and it unsuccessfully tries to poison Whitney's Miltank with Poison Sting.
108* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gold only had her for a few episodes before giving her away.
109
110!!! Noctowl
111This owl Pokémon originally belonged to Kris. When she evolved from Hoothoot, Gold convinced Kris to trade her to him in exchange for his Nidorino.
112----
113* ForcedSleep: It knows Hypnosis, which it has used to put many opponents to sleep.
114* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: Her Growl lowers the opponent's attack power.
115* OminousOwl: An owl Pokémon.
116* SingleStrokeBattle: Noctowl fights Chuck's Poliwrath in one of theses. She wins.
117
118!!! Heracross
119Gold's eighth Pokémon, caught right before he challenge Morty.
120----
121* BareFistedMonk: Heracross is part fighting type, and it knows a couple of physical moves such as Rock Smash and Strength.
122* JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Heracross is based on a Hercules beetle.
123
124!!! Eevee → Umbreon
125Gold's ninth Pokémon. It was a gift from Bill after meeting him at the Ecruteak City Pokémon Center. After Gold cared for Eevee across his journey, the latter evolved into Umbreon after defeating several wild Pokémon in the Ice Path in the evening.
126----
127* DarkIsNotEvil: Umbreon is a Dark-type Pokémon, but it was cared for by Gold.
128* {{Foreshadowing}}: There were many signs that Eevee would evolve into Umbreon, from Bill giving the former to Gold at dusk, and one shot of Eevee roaring in the night time with a full moon behind it.
129* ThePowerOfFriendship: Thanks to Gold caring for Eevee, the latter was able to evolve into Umbreon through maximum happiness.
130* StoneWall: Umbreon may have so-so offensive capabilities, but its resilience is through the roof. This allows it to tank multiple hits from Clair's Dragonair and stall for time while Gold revives his K.O.'d Gyarados.
131* TailSlap: Knows Iron Tail.
132
133!!! Scyther → Scizor
134A Mantis Pokémon that originally belonged to Kris. Gold received Scyther after trading Kris his Muscles (Machoke), and it evolved into Scizor after the trade due to it holding a Metal Coat.
135----
136* BigCreepyCrawlies: A Bug-Type Pokémon.
137* ExtraOreDinary: Gained Steel-Type after Scyther evolved into Scizor.
138
139!!!Gyarados (Shiny)
140A shiny version of a Gyarados that evolved due to Team Rocket's radio waves. Gold caught it at the Lake of Rage.
141----
142* AdaptationalExplanation: We see how Team Rocket's radio wave turned a shiny Magikarp to the red Gyrados we see in the games.
143* AnIcePerson: Gyarados learned Icy Wind after Gold defeated Pryce.
144* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Whether Gold knew it or not, he used Gyarados to defeat Archer in one last battle, giving it the chance to get even for the guy that forced it to evolve]].
145* EarlyBirdCameo: Long before Gold meets Red Gyarados, we see some glimpses of it from time to time.
146* ManBitesMan: Knows Bite.
147
148!!! [[Fanfic/PokemonLostSilver Hurry (Cyndaquill)]]
149* AllJustADream: He's nothing but a figment of Gold's imagination, and never existed to begin with.
150* GuestStarPartyMember: He only appears during Gold's nightmare.
151
152!!! [[Fanfic/PokemonLostSilver Away (Celebi)]]
153* AllJustADream: It's nothing but a figment of Gold's imagination, and never existed to begin with.
154* GuestStarPartyMember: It only appears during Gold's nightmare.
155* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: It is bisected vertically in half.
156
157[[/folder]]
158[[folder: Kris]]
159The female lead. A teenage ([[VagueAge maybe 18?]]) girl from New Bark City who wants to [[GottaCatchThemAll catch one of all Pokémon species]] to complete her Pokédex.
160----
161* AgeLift: See Gold's folder above.
162* ForegoneConclusion: We know she will end up with Silver.
163* GottaCatchThemAll: Kris's goal in her Pokémon Journey is catching all Pokémon to complete her Pokédex.
164* MythologyGag: The FarmGirl outfit Whitney gives her in Episode 20 gives Kris a slight resemblance to Lyra. Noteworthy is that Kris's counterpart in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Crystal, also donned Lyra's outfit in the ''Heart Gold and Soul Silver'' saga.
165* StraightMan: She's this to Gold, as she always gets exasperated by Gold's cockiness and recklessness.
166* SignatureMon: She [[StarterMon starts with Chikorita]], but since her goal is to catch all Pokémon to complete her Pokédex, we won't be seeing Chikorita too much. That said, she does seem to spend more time with her Togepi and her shiny, tailless Slowpoke.
167* ThisIsUnforgivable: Initially, Kris was the only one that saw Silver's good side. But after seeing him [[spoiler:order Feraligatr rip off Quagsire's arms]], all of those good moments are erased and she plans on confronting Silver at the Radio Tower.
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Kris' Pokémon]]
171!!! Chikorita → Bayleaf → Meganium
172Kris' starter, which she received from Professor Elm. It evolved into a Bayleaf during the fight against Team Rocket at the Slowpoke Well. It later evolved into Meganium while fighting Silver in the Goldenrod Underground.
173----
174* GreenThumb: A grass type Pokémon.
175* HealingFactor: Upon evolving into Meganium, it learns Synthesis, which is a healing move Grass-types use. Meganium uses this to resist the radio waves and go berserk like it did last time.
176* JerkassToOne: Meganium is kind as long as you treat Pokémon right. But if you don't, don't be surprised if it gives you a glare. Just ask Silver.
177* OutOfFocus: Compared to the other starters, Bayleaf has not been used by Kris that often, due to her decision to utilize different Pokémon in battles. By the Team Rocket Hideout Arc, Bayleaf starts getting more focus as Kris' main battler.
178* PetalPower: It knows Razor Leaf.
179* StarterMon: Kris' first Pokémon, given to her by Professor Elm.
180* WaveMotionGun: In the final Team Rocket Battle, Meganium used Solar Beam.
181
182!!! Ledyba → Ledian
183Kris' first captured Pokémon from the wild. It evolved into Ledian while training in the Ilex Forest.
184----
185* OutOfFocus: As a Ledyba, Kris did not use it as much once she received Togepi and Slowpoke. This extends even after evolving into Ledian as they get put on the back burner after a couple of uses.
186
187!!! Sentret → Furret
188Kris' second captured Pokémon from the wild. Evolved into Furret after a little bit a training following Kris reclaiming it from the Daycare Center.
189----
190* PutOnABus: Kris left Sentret at the Pokémon Daycare Center.
191** TheBusCameBack: Came back in Episode 25 after Kris picked it up, and it evolved into Furret.
192
193!!! Geodude
194Kris' third captured Pokémon from the wild.
195----
196* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Only seen early before Violet City and is not seen again.
197
198!!! Unknown
199Kris' fourth captured Pokémon from the Ruins of Alph.
200----
201* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Only seen at the Ruins of Alph and is not seen again.
202
203!!! Hoothoot → Noctowl
204An owl Pokémon Kris' captured with the help of Falkner. She evolved at the National Park, and Kris traded her to Gold for his Nidorino to help with his rematch against Whitney.
205----
206* CuteOwl: More so when she was a Hoothoot.
207* OminousOwl: An owl Pokémon.
208
209!!! Togepi → Togetic
210A baby Pokémon Kris received from an Egg Elm's Assistant entrusted to her. Togepi evolved into Togetic when she and Kris were fighting Euisine near Cianwood Town.
211----
212* FiveSecondForeshadowing: During her fight against Euisine, wings sprout from her back, hinting that she is about to evolve soon.
213* GrowingWings: Togepi manages to grow wings while fighting Eusine's Mantine, the first step in her evolution into Togetic.
214* PowerGivesYouWings: She suddenly grows wings while fighting Eusine's Mantine, indicating that she's starting to evolve into Togetic.
215* ThePowerOfFriendship: Thanks to Kris taking proper care of Togepi, the latter evolved into Togetic by the end of Episode 21.
216* RandomEffectSpell: She knows Metronome, which produces a different result each time she uses it.
217* SpotlightStealingSquad: Kris ended up using Togepi more often than Bayleef once she hatches. But since Togepi's only evolves with maximum happiness, this is a case of tropes not being that bad.
218
219!!! Slowpoke → Slowking
220One of the many victims of Team Rocket's Slowpoke Tail schemes, this shiny Slowpoke was caught by Kris after she and Gold stopped Team Rocket at the Slowpoke Well. It evolved into Slowking after fusing with Kris' Shellder during a battle against Euisine.
221----
222* FusionDance: Slowpoke evolves into Slowking via Kris's Shellder clamping down on its head. While that's not accurate to the game mechanics (Trading a Slowpoke holding a King's Rock), it is accurate to the Pok´dex lore for Slowking, as is Slowpoke's earlier lamentations about Slowbro (Shellder has to bite the tail, which doesn't exist).
223* GodzillaThreshold: Effectively the circumstances leading to its evolution. Kris spends most of the fight against Eusine the evolution happens in on the back foot, and at one point, Shellder's even seen trying to bite down on the nub that used to be Slowpoke's tail, in a desperate attempt to cause the power boost of a Slowbro evolution. When that doesn't take and Eusine finishes trouncing Kris, Shellder chooses desperate measures and bites Slowpoke's head.
224* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Prior to episode 22, Slowpoke spends a lot of time lamenting that its lost tail means it'll never be able to evolve into Slowbro. Serves as foreshadowing of what it ultimately does instead.
225* ScissorsCutsRock: It defeats Eusine's Electrode despite being at a type disadvantage by using its psychic powers to deflect Electrode's electrical attacks.
226* ShoutOut: Just like with Red's Charizard in the prequel, its evolution is a massive one to ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Where Charizard got the Super Saiyan 3 Goku reference, the Slowking evolution was more or less a shot-by-shot recration of Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, complete with Eusine taking the role of Cell and Kris's Pokédex taking the role of Android 16.
227* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Slowpoke's evolution into a Slowking is treated as something completely unprecedented, as if this is the first time a Shellder has ''ever'' bit down on a Slowpoke's head instead of its tail. %%Might not be the most accurate trope, but it's the closest I can think of.
228* SpotlightStealingSquad: Like Togetic, Slowpoke got more screen time over Bayleaf once the angst about it having no tail was brought up. After Slowpoke became a Slowking, that plot line is resolved and it backs away.
229
230!!! Scyther
231A bug Pokémon Kris caught at the National Pokémon Park's Bug Catching Contest. Kris traded it to Gold in exchange for his Muscle's
232----
233
234!! Sudowoodo
235Once a Pokémon that blocked a pathway between Violet City and Goldenrod City, Kris captured it after managing to surprise it with the Squirtbottle.
236----
237* DishingOutDirt: A Rock-Type Pokémon.
238
239!!! Shellder
240A bivalve mollusk Pokémon Kris caught at Olivine City. It managed to bite Kris' Slowpoke during a battle against Euisine, evolving the latter into Slowking. Shellder, in turn, becomes Slowking's crown.
241----
242* FusionDance: Shellder was responsible for making Slowpoke evolve into Slowking via clamping down on its head. While that's not accurate to the game mechanics (Trading a Slowpoke holding a King's Rock), it is accurate to the Pokédex lore for Slowking, as is Slowpoke's earlier lamentations about Slowbro (Shellder has to bite the tail, which doesn't exist).
243* WeHardlyKnewYe: Shellder was only a part of Kris' team for two episodes before fusing with Slowpoke.
244
245!!! Muscle (Machoke → Machamp)
246A female Fighting-type Pokémon that originally belonged to Gold. Kris received Muscles after trading Gold her Scyther, and she evolved into Machamp.
247----
248* MultiArmedAndDangerous: A a Machamp, Muscle's sports four arms.
249
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder: Silver]]
253TheRival. A Pokémon thief who has a vendetta against Team Rocket.
254----
255* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. He's still as antagonistic as in the original games, and is still a {{Jerkass}} and a thief. However, the web animation highlights that working for Team Rocket when he was a child has left a big trauma, even eight years later, [[FreudianExcuse which explains his behaviour]]. While he steals Totodile, a scene later shows he's not proud of his action. In the original game, there is no indication Silver has a past trauma related to being conscripted in Team Rocket or is regretful of his theft. He's also shown actively fighting against Team Rocket, [[AloofAlly even though he refuses to cooperate with Gold and Kris - or even to be seen by them]]. He also has feelings for Kris, but again, [[{{Tsundere}} he doesn't want to be seen by her]]. [[spoiler:Later inverted, as he ends up joining Team Rocket in Episode 24 - albeit reluctantly and out of desperation, because he thinks his mother is the only one who can help him, since he's a fugitive. In the next episode, he's seen helping Team Rocket's schemes, and allows his Feraligatr to maim and even kill other Pokémon.]]
256* AgeLift: See Gold's folder above.
257* AloofAlly: When it comes to Team Rocket, Silver shares the same goal as Gold and Kris: To stop their criminal actions. However, he prefers to stay on his own - though when they're in the same area, such as during the battle of Slowpoke Well, he helps them from the shadows.
258* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Silver treats his Pokémon very harshly. When Kris runs into him at Sprout Tower, he's kicking his own Zubat at another trainer's Hoothoot and has left his battered, unconscious Totodile to lie on the floor instead of returning it to its Poké Ball or tending to its injuries. This callousness shocks Kris and earns Silver a tongue-lashing.
259* BerserkButton: Team Rocket's criminal actions, especially the maiming of Pokémon, for Silver. He may be an aloof and callous jerk to his own Pokémon, but when a hiker tries to sell him some Slowpoke tails, Silver—who has seen firsthand the horrible way in which these tails are harvested—begins trembling with barely-repressed rage.
260* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:After his FaceHeelTurn and during Gold and Lance's invasion of the Rocket Hideout in Mahogany Town, he fills in the role a random Team Rocket grunt fighting alongside Ariana in the Johto games.]]
261* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Implied at the end of Episode 30 as Silver begs the freed Ho-oh and Lugia to kill him in exchange for resurrecting all the Pokémon he killed while working for Team Rocket. They don't though, as both Ho-oh and Lugia see that Silver was being honest and spare him]].
262* EveryoneHasStandards: Silver is an aloof {{Jerkass}} who [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals treats his Pokémon harshly, even kicking them]], but he hates Team Rocket with a passion for its criminal actions. The Slowpoke tails trafficking particularly revolts him.
263* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: After spending most of the season being anti heroic at best and anti villainous at worst, Silver decides to go back to Team Rocket after realizing that he has no one on his side besides his mother and he is already a wanted criminal. To seal the deal, he leaves behind his Pokédex at Professor Elm's Lab before heading to Goldenrod's Radio Tower. But...]]
264** HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After spending five episodes as a Rocket Executive, Silver finally sees the light after being surrounded by the cavalry Gold and Kris have compared to Team Rocket, and finally joins their side after realizing what he did wrong.]]
265* ForegoneConclusion:
266** We know from the ''Red'' series that Silver is going to [[TookALevelInKindness warm up]] at least to [[LoveRedeems Kris, who he will marry]].
267** [[spoiler:The end of Episode 30 had Silver beg Ho-oh and Lugia kill him in exchange for reviving all the Pokémon he killed while working for Team Rocket. We know that it doesn't happen, as they revive the Pokémon he killed without taking his life.]].
268* FreudianExcuse: Silver's rude and brutal personality stems from his past negative experiences as a child, when he was working for Team Rocket because of his parents, and from the emotional burden of being Giovanni's son.
269* GaveUpTooSoon: Subverted; he believes he can't have a chance on Kris because she appears to be intimate with Falkner, but right as Silver gave up, Kris let down Falkner. And even then, we know [[spoiler: Silver and Kris are going to be married with a child in the future]], so we know Silver will open up to Kris.
270* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Silver is a {{Jerkass}} that [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals treats his Pokémon horribly]] and refuses to associate himself with Gold and Kris despite them sharing his goal of stopping Team Rocket. However, when his MeleeATrois with Kris and Eusine gets interrupted by the temple collapsing, Silver shows no hesitation of [[HeroicSacrifice using his own body to soften Kris's fall]], showing that he does care about her, but is all {{Tsundere}} about it.
271* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:What becomes the crux of his HeelFaceTurn in Episode 29. Upon seeing his father for the first time in eight years and seeing the group Gold and Kris have to fight Team Rocket, Silver begins to remember why he left the criminal organization in the first place and how inspired he was to see the Kanto Gym Leaders join Red and the others at Silph Co. All it took was one look from Gold dead in the eyes to give him that final push he needed.]]
272* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After spending time abusing his Pokémon for losing, Silver gets his just desserts from Clair, who whips him every time he hurts his team]].
273* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:In his time as a Team Rocket Executive, Silver begins developing his father's habits, including snapping at his Pokémon for killing moves. And just like Giovanni, Silver quits Team Rocket in a similar fashion: tearing off the R emblem from his jacket and stomping it on the ground.]]
274* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After ordering Feraligatr to rip off Quagsire's arms, it's strongly implied that he regrets doing it in the first place, given how later on, he broods in the Goldenrod Underground alone.]]
275* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He's the son of Ariana and the younger brother of [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Mars]]. Neither of them are confirmed to be related to him in any way in canon (though with Ariana, [[AmbiguouslyRelated there are suspicions]]).
276* RivalTurnedEvil: As noted under FaceHeelTurn above and ThenLetMeBeEvil below, [[spoiler: Silver rejoins Team Rocket because of how everyone, including Gold, hating him]].
277* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Essentially the crux of his [[spoiler:choosing to rejoin Team Rocket. Between the police stalking him because of his theft of Totodile, and Chuck's ultimatum after he stole Sneasel in a moment of weakness absolutely demolishing his budding good side, Silver essentially decides that if he'll never escape Team Rocket's shadow, he might as well accept it. The next episode shows him unhappily, but fully, committing to his new position therein.]]
278* {{Tsundere}}: ''Extremely'' harsh type. He's mean to both [[{{Jerkass}} people]] and Pokémon, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he shows no hesitation]] [[HeroicSacrifice to cushion Kris' fall]], showing that deep down he cares about her. His Pokémon also show UndyingLoyalty towards him, fighting a huge load of Koffings while he was unconscious; with the implication beint that they know Silver cares about her deep down, but has huge trouble expressing it. And, to complete the package, he has [[FreudianExcuse an utterly heartbreaking reason]] to be so harsh.
279[[/folder]]
280
281[[folder:Silver's Pokémon]]
282!!! Totodile → Croconaw → Feraligatr
283Silver's starter, which he stole from Professor Elm's lab. Though cheerful at first and eager to please, it quickly takes after its Trainer's worst habits, becoming a vicious ball of rage. He evolved into Croconaw when Silver fought a Team Rocket Grunt at the Slowpoke Well entrance. Later, he evolved into Feraligatr due to the effects of the radio waves.
284----
285* AdaptationalExplanation: How Totodile evolves into its next two stages is shown.
286* CorruptTheCutie: It started out as a cheerful Totodile that just wanted its Trainer to show it some love and affection, but Silver wouldn’t give it the time of day. This led it to develop severe anger issues, and by the time it evolved into Croconaw it had become as surly and volatile as Silver himself. [[spoiler:It becomes tragic after it evolves into a Feraligatr, turning into a feral beast that kills innocent Pokémon if Silver allows it. However, signs of the original Totidle begin to show after Silver turns on Team Rocket, and when Feraligatr returns to Professor Elm, he loosens up.]]
287* DeathGlare: It knows Leer, and used it to scare off a hiker who was trying to sell Silver some Slowpoke tails.
288* {{Foil}}: To Gold's Typhlosion. Feraligtr was abused by Silver, who treated it with nothing but scorn whether it won or loss. In contrast, Typhlosion was raised with kindness and respect from Gold, being encouraged to do well and is treated like an equal. Their evolutions are even different: [[spoiler:Feraligtr was overwhelmed by the radio waves and begins mauling Ariana's Vileplume to death like a wild animal, all while Silver does nothing to stop him. For Typhlosion, his evolution shows the bond between him and Gold, breaking through Team Rocket's radio waves and working together to stop the Gyrados herd.]]
289* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Croconaw is the first of the protagonists' starter Pokémon to reach its final form. This is accurate to the games: Croconaw evolves into Feraligatr at level 30, much earlier than Bayleef evolves into Meganium or Quilava into Typhlosion.
290* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Silver's Totodile is a brutal fighter who makes liberal use of the move Rage. [[spoiler:When it evolves into Feraligatr, it bites down on Ariana's Vileplume and gruesomely tears it to pieces, and in episode 25 it kills many other Pokemon in a similar fashion.]]
291* MakingASplash: It's a Water-type Pokémon, after all, and it knows the move Surf as Feraligatr.
292* ManBitesMan: It knows Bite. [[spoiler:It used that move to kill Ariana's Vileplume. In Episode 25, Feraligatr used Bite to maul Trainer's Pokémon if they tried to go pass the Route 43 building, not only killing their friends, but forcing them to pay Team Rocket's fine. In Episode 27, Feraligatr used Bite to rip off Quagsire's arms in a fight at the Rocket Base.]]
293* StarterMon: Silver's first Pokémon, but unlike Gold and Kris, he stole Totodile from Professor Elm.
294* TookALevelInJerkass: The smiling and cheerful Totodile quickly becomes a raging beast due to Silver's mistreatment.
295* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:After Silver returns Feraligatr to Gold, the latter calms down and starts to revert back to his cheerful self]].
296
297!!! Zubat → Golbat
298Silver's second known Pokémon, having owned it ever since the former was a member of Team Rocket. Evolved into Golbat after beating Chuck.
299----
300* AdaptationalExplanation: How Zubat evolves into Golbat is shown here.
301* BatOutOfHell: A bat Pokémon.
302* TokenGoodTeammate: Compared to Silver's other Pokémon (as Feraligatr has taken his trainer's worst habits and Gastly and Magnemite are not seen that much), Zubat is more of the friendlier one of the group and is always smiling.
303
304!!! Gastly → Haunter
305Silver's third known Pokémon. It evolved into Haunter sometime before Silver came to the Burned Tower.
306----
307* OutOfFocus: Is not seen as much compared to Feraligatr.
308* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Evolved from Gastly to Haunter after the last time we saw it.
309
310!!! Magnemite
311Silver's fourth known Pokémon.
312----
313* ShockAndAwe: Silver's Electric Pokémon.
314* OutOfFocus: Is not seen as much compared to Feraligatr.
315
316!!Sneasel
317Silver's fifth known Pokémon. He stole it from a Pokemaniac on Cianwood City following his victory over Chuck.
318----
319* AdaptationalExplanation: We see how Silver stole Sneasel's Poke Ball.
320* AnIcePerson: Sneasel is part Ice-type, and showed its ability to use Icy Wind against Clair's Dragonair.
321[[/folder]]
322
323!!Allies
324[[folder: Professor Elm]]
325The Pokémon Professor of Johto.
326----
327* InformedFlaw: According to his wife, Elm is a workaholic that gets too deep into his work. We don't see that level in the times we see Elm.
328* OutOfFocus: Compared to Professor Oak, Elm doesn't have much in terms of plot connection with the main cast and only appears when he's needed.
329[[/folder]]
330
331[[folder: Joey]]
332A Youngster with a Rattata, later Raticate.
333----
334* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler: He can go toe to toe with several Rockets.]]
335* AscendedExtra: In the games, Joey is a one note weak trainer in the early game. Here, he appears every now and then to help Gold in his character arc, [[spoiler: and is part of TheCavalry in the Goldenrod Radio Tower fight]].
336* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:According to Pedro, Joey in this version grows up to be the protagonist of the ''Gold & Silver'' remakes]].
337* SignatureMon: Rattata is this for Joey. It later evolves into Raticate.
338[[/folder]]
339
340[[folder: Kurt]]
341A crafter of specialized Pokeballs out of Apricorn.
342----
343* AdaptationalBadass: He's able to help stop Team Rocket in Slowpoke Well, despite his back injury. Something he couldn't do in the original games.
344* CoolOldGuy: Kurt is a good person who helps Gold and Kris out by making Pokeball and, on some occasions, fight with them.
345[[/folder]]
346
347!!Gym Leaders
348[[folder: Falkner]]
349The Violet City Gym Leader. Specializes in Flying Types.
350----
351* AHandfulForAnEye: His Pokémon repeatedly use Mud Slap to try and blind Gold's Cyndaquil.
352* NobleBirdOfPrey: Falkner specializes in Flying type Pokémon.
353* RomanticFalseLead: For Kris; the two have a rather close relationship, but Kris lets him down gently before she and Gold leave Violet City. [[spoiler: And it already was a ForegoneConclusion that Kris will end up with Silver.]]
354* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His RomanticFalseLead status towards Kris led to Silver believing Kris cannot love him (Silver), which played a part in [[spoiler:Silver rejoining Team Rocket (it's made clear that he did this because he believes the only one who cares about him is his mother Ariana).]]
355* WarmUpBoss: He's the first Gym Leader that Gold faces. Gold manages to beat him without much effort.
356[[/folder]]
357
358[[folder: Bugsy]]
359The Azalea Town Gym Leader. Specializes in Bug Types.
360----
361* AgeLift: Because of the TimeSkip between ''Red'' and ''Gold'' being longer, Bugsy is a young adult rather than a kid.
362* AscendedExtra: He becomes one of Gold and Kris's closer friends alongside Whitney.
363* BigDamnHeroes: In episode 6, he arrives at Slowpoke Well just in time to save Gold and Kris from Team Rocket's reinforcements.
364* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: While fighting Gold, he takes the time to explain how Metapod and Kakuna have used String Shot to reduce Quilava's speed, leaving it too slow to evade Scyther's attacks. He also explains how Fury Cutter works after Gold noticed that the move was getting stronger with each use.
365* FriendToBugs: Specializes in Bug type Pokémon.
366* GatheringSteam: His Scyther's SignatureMove, Fury Cutter, starts out incredibly weak but doubles in power with every hit. After enough hits connect, it becomes strong enough to effectively one-shot Quilava despite the latter's resistance to Bug-type attacks.
367* ScissorsCutsRock: His Bug-type Pokémon are at a disadvantage against Gold's Quilava, but this doesn't matter to Bugsy's Scyther. The Pokémon is so fast and agile that Quilava can't even hit it, and Fury Cutter's [[GatheringSteam constantly doubling power]] means that it eventually hits hard enough to knock Quilava out even ''with'' the latter's innate resistance to Bug-type moves.
368[[/folder]]
369
370[[folder: Whitney]]
371The [[TheDreaded dreaded]] Goldenrod City Gym Leader. Specializes in Normal Types, [[SignatureMon but particularly Miltanks]].
372----
373* AdaptationalBadass: While it's not clear how tough she was in-universe in the game, here Whitney lives up to the [[ThatOneBoss reputation]] she has among the fanbase.
374* AdaptationalCurves: She's ''much'' more stacked than in canon.
375* AdaptationalJerkass: Zigzagged. In canon, the worst that she is is a SoreLoser. Here, she's also a sore winner who indulges into UnsportsmanlikeGloating and [[TastyTears drinks the tears of those losing against her]]. However, when off the clock she's really friendly. [[spoiler: It's revealed that her behaviour when on the clock stems from being defeated by Mewtwo while he was in Team Rocket's possession, and vowed to NeverBeHurtAgain.]]
376* BeefGate: If you try to use an all-male team or an AttackAttackAttack strategy against her, or forget to pack as many healing items as possible, expect to lose. A lot.
377* BestHerToBedHer: After being defeated by Gold, Whitney fell for him due to his determination.
378* BigEgoHiddenDepths: She's an extremely [[TheDreaded dreaded]] {{Heel}} leader, but it's shown that she's a responsible farmer and that she's a FanGirl of Red.
379* BirdsOfAFeather: With Gold; both of them are fiercely competitive and they're a couple.
380* BloodKnight: She's shown to be extremely competitive, and is always looking for a challenge - whether it is during a Pokémon battle or a bug-catching contest. When an Ace Trainer with seven badges challenge her, she's ecstatic at the prospect of using her full power.
381* BlowYouAway: Has a Pidgeot.
382* CompositeCharacter: She's the owner of Moomoo, a Miltank you have to nurse at one point, in this continuity. However, it's unknown whether or not Moomoo is the Miltank Whitney used against Gold.
383* CurbStompBattle: She's almost always on the giving end of this. She was once on the ''receiving'' end (against Giovanni and Mewtwo), and she took it horribly.
384* DoNotGoGentle: In episode 13 Gold defeats Whitney... But her Miltank single-handedly took down five of Gold's Pokémon, more than once. Gold had ran out of Potions and Revives by the time Muscle (his Machop) was knocked out again by Miltank [[GrievousBottleyHarm smashing Milk Drink's bottle on her head]], and Gold only won because his Wooper started evolving mid-fight.
385* TheDreaded: She's described as a demon by Bugsy when she's first mentioned. And he's not exaggerating. All the trainers of Goldenrod dread fighting her.
386* EarlyBirdCameo: She's first mentioned by Daisy Oak during the ''Red'' series as a farmer she met while she was traveling through Johto.
387* FanservicePack: She already was pretty well-endowed and broad hipped in canon, but not to the extent she is in this series.
388* FarmGirl: She owns a Miltank farm.
389* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Gold challenges Whitney for the seventh time, she blows him a kiss and it's treated as if she has successfully used [[LovePotion Attract]] on him, and she starts being flirty from then on. Sure enough, when Gold ''finally'' defeats her they get together.
390* HeroWorshipper: After her defeat she reveals she's a huge FanGirl of Red.
391* IAmNotLeftHanded: Whitney's Miltank only starts using [[DistractedByTheSexy Attract]] once Gold decides taking the fight seriously and she only starts using [[HealingFactor Milk Drink]] once Gold brings female Pokémon in his team, such as a Nidorina and Muscle the Machop.
392* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Just look at her!
393* LightningBruiser: Each of her Miltanks is strong, durable, and fast enough to take down an entire team of enemy Pokémon singlehandedly. This is driven home repeatedly during Gold's many, many attempts to beat Whitney.
394* LovePotion: Her SignatureMove is Attract; when a Pokémon uses it on a Pokémon of the opposite gender (i.e. Whitney's Miltank using it on a male Pokémon-Miltanks are always female), the target Pokémon may not want to fight the caster Pokémon. Whitney's flirting with Gold is treated as if ''she's'' using Attract on ''Gold'', but while it does make Gold fall in love with Whitney, it doesn't deter him from defeating her.
395* MemeticPsychopath: An in-universe example. While Whitney is extremely competitive, she's actually nice if you get to know her outside of a competition. However, because of said competitiveness and several super strong teams, many people (including fellow Gym Leaders!) describe her as a demon.
396* MsFanservice: Whitney has [[BuxomBeautyStandard an enormous bust]] and [[HartmanHips wide hips]]. In Episode 20, she's mostly shown wearing farm overalls with no top [[VaporWear or even bra]], and the end of the episode briefly shows her clad in a bikini.
397* NeverBeHurtAgain: An extremely painful defeat at the hands of Giovanni and Mewtwo drove Whitney to develop her current {{Heel}} persona.
398* OneDegreeOfSeparation: She's friends with Daisy Oak.
399* ScissorsCutsRock:
400** Her Miltanks have the Scrappy ability, allowing the one used for first timers to defeat Silver's Gastly.
401** Whitney's Clefable knows Psychic, a super-effective move against Fighting-types. And if it's a non-Fighting type that knows Fighting Type moves? Miltank will simply use [[LovePotion Attract]].
402* SignatureMon: She has a Miltank in all of her teams. The one she uses against trainer with seven badges is a Shiny.
403* SignatureMove: Attract; see LovePotion above.
404* SlapSlapKiss: Her relationship with Gold. Even after getting together, they're still butting heads as much as they make out, and even then, they fight on who's taking the lead when they make out.
405* ThatOneBoss: In-Universe, the narration presents Whitney and her Miltanks as a dreaded BeefGate - no matter how many badges her challenger has. When Gold and Kris arrive in Goldenrod, they see scores of trainers going to the Pokémon Center to have the overworked nurses heal their battered Pokémon, and when Silver tries his hand at the Gym he first sees trainers who had lost so badly even their ''Pokeballs'' were damaged, and he himself is curbstomped by the Miltank she kept specifically for trainers at their first Gym [[ScissorsCutsRock in spite of leading with a Gastly]]. Gold puts up a better fight than Silver, but he still loses to Whitney, who beats him ''six times in a single episode''. Even when fought for an eighth badge, she's a force to be reckoned with, as she uses a team of highly defensive Pokémon who know both healing moves and powerful attacks. A poor challenger finds this out the hard way when his team gets curbstomped twice in the same episode.
406* WakeUpCallBoss: Gold believed himself invincible before arriving to Goldenrod... Then having his entire team flattened by Miltank ''six times in a row'' taught him humility. We're also shown a cocky trainer that got at Goldenrod last and thought it would be a cakewalk, only to be crushed twice by Whitney's strongest team (complete with overpowered Miltank).
407[[/folder]]
408
409[[folder: Morty]]
410The Ecruteak City Gym Leader. Specializes in Ghost Types.
411----
412* AdaptationalJerkass: Morty in canon wouldn't make you run through a creepypasta. [[DownplayedTrope However, the reason he did this to Gold was]] [[StealthMentor to determine him to face his fears]].
413* AdaptationalUgliness: He looks a lot scruffier here than he does in the games, with deep bags under his eyes and a scraggly goatee.
414* BirdsOfAFeather: With Sabrina. Both of them are Gym Leaders who use MindRape against their opponents. Episode 18 implies they're an item.
415* LivingShadow: His Gengar can hide itself in his shadow.
416* MindRape: His Gengar does this to Gold, forcing him to go through ''Fanfic/PokemonLostSilver''.
417* NightmareFace: In episode 16, his face is shown to flicker between his normal face and a shadowy, inhuman visage as Gold approaches him. The next episode reveals that this visage is his Gengar, hiding in Morty's shadow.
418* NightmareWeaver: His Gengar can put people into nightmares over which it has total control. Gold learns this the hard way in episode 17. The reason Gengar does this is that Morty wants trainers that challenge him to [[FaceYourFears face their fears]].
419* ShipTease: He's seen sleeping with Sabrina after Gold's MindRape.
420* ShoutOut: The nightmare he gives Gold is the events of ''Fanfic/PokemonLostSilver''.
421* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Sabrina, both of them being Gym Leaders who use MindRape against their opponents. A later episode has them sleeping together, [[BirdsOfAFeather implying they're an item]].
422[[/folder]]
423
424[[folder: Jasmine]]
425The Olivine City Gym Leader. Specializes in Steel Types.
426----
427* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:After her battle with Gold, Jasmine leaves to Sinnoh for a supposed break and leaves the Olivine City without a Gym Leader (although she does leave a sign asking for a substitute until she returns).]]
428* CurbStompCushion: Jasmine's battle against Gold came to be this. While Steelix defeated Quilava thanks to its high defense, Gold still won thanks to latter having the type advantage over her Magnemites and Flaaffy and Quagsire having attacks to easily defeat Steelix.
429* CuttingOffTheBranches: She does this with Pedro's future series: there's a picture of Jasmine and May labeled "Best Friends", which heavily implies that May is Norman's daughter in this continuity since Norman is from Olivine City, Jasmine's hometown, regardless of the player's choice.
430* ExtraOreDinary: Jasmine specializes in Steel type Pokémon.
431* GracefulLoser: Smiles when Gold beats her and takes a photo of him celebrating his victory with Quagsire and his newly evolved Ampharos.
432* MythologyGag:
433** A picture in the Olivine Lighthouse shows that Jasmine is best friends with May. While May first appeared in the Hoenn games, the PlayerCharacter of those games, Norman's child, was born in Olivine City.
434** Jasmine and Whitney being on friendly terms. In ''Heart Gold and Soul Silver'' you can overhear Whitney having a talk with Erika about Jasmine's (and Clair's) sense of fashion, so Whitney and Jasmine must have known each other for Whitney to have that kind of chat with Erika.
435* NiceGirl: Is shown to be friends with Whitney despite her competitiveness. While this is shown after Gold and Kris learned Whitney is actually friendly when there's no competition involved, one has to keep in mind that Bugsy doesn't like Whitney and her competitiveness.
436* OneDegreeOfSeparation: There's a picture of her and May labeled "Best Friends".
437* ScissorsCutsRock: Like Bugsy's Syther, Jasmine's Steelix manages to beat Quilava due to its impressive defense despite the type disadvantage.
438* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Ultimately, Jasmine leaving Johto for Sinnoh is the one thing Archer failed to account for. Once she hears about Team Rocket's takeover of Johto, she immediately recruits three trainers to help our heroes stop the criminal organization.]]
439[[/folder]]
440
441[[folder:Chuck]]
442The Cianwood City Gym Leader. He specializes in Fighting Types.
443----
444* BareFistedMonk: Specializes in Fighting type Pokémon.
445* BreatherBoss: In-universe, Gold has a much easier time beating Chuck than he did with Whitney or Morty. He beats him on his first try, and their battle doesn't even last a whole episode.
446* TheGiant: Chuck is ''huge''. He's at least half again as tall as Gold and much broader besides.
447* MusclesAreMeaningful: He's a hulking wall of muscle and is strong enough to lift a giant boulder over his head, crack it, and throw it across the room.
448* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Chuck's call out against Silver for going against everything a Pokémon Trainer stands for makes the latter go back to Team Rocket once Silver realizes he will never have a normal life due to being constantly on the run]].
449* SingleStrokeBattle: His Poliwrath gets into one of these with Gold's Noctowl. Poliwrath is the one who collapses.
450* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Calls out Silver for stealing Sneasel and not being worthy of owning a Pokédex compared to Kris, who had her's smashed by Euisine. Unfortunately, this only makes Silver go back to Team Rocket.]]
451[[/folder]]
452
453[[folder:Pryce]]
454The Mahogany Town Gym Leader. He specializes in Ice Types.
455----
456* AdaptationalNiceGuy: This Pryce isn't a grump like his anime counterpart, nor was he the head of Team Rocket like his Pokémon Adventures counterpart.
457* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Pryce would appear as the seventh Gym Leader in Gold and Silver. Here, Pryce doesn't appear until Episode 31, five episodes after Clair makes her appearance.
458* AnIcePerson: Pryce primarily uses Ice Type Pokémon.
459* CurbStompCushion: Like with Jasmine, Pryce's battle against Gold became this as the latter only used Typhlosion and Ampharos to handle Pryce's Ice team. Pryce was able to knock out Ampharos with his Piloswine, but Typhlosion's Flame Wheel was too much for the latter to handle.
460* TheMentor: Pryce used to serve as one to Lance and Clair when they were younger, teaching the two how to overcome the Dragon-type's disadvantage against Ice-type Pokémon.
461* NoSell: His Piloswine resisted Gold's Ampharos' Thunderbolt due to being part Ground-type.
462* OldMaster: Pryce is the oldest of the Johto Gym Leaders, but can still give the next generation some trouble with his Pokémon.
463[[/folder]]
464
465[[folder:Clair]]
466The Blackthorn City Gym Leader and Lance's cousin. She specializes in Dragon Types.
467----
468* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Clair makes a cameo in Episode 26 to warn Lance that Team Rocket has affected the Pokémon at Blackthorn City. In the games, she appears after the player defeats Team Rocket at the Radio Tower.
469* ConvectionSchmonvection: Clair keeps her Dragon Pokémon in the lava pool at the Blackthorn Gym, and neither of her Dragonairs come out worse for wear. Hell, she keeps an Ultra Ball containing Kingdra in the lava and there are no burn marks at all.
470* {{Dominatrix}}: Clair's method of training [[spoiler:Silver]] is, well, this. She even puts him in a dog cage without warning.
471* DragonTamer: Like Lance, Claire specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
472* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: One the one hand, Clair is a hot headed, Dominatrix like person who used to mistreat her Pokémon as a kid and whips [[spoiler:Silver whenever he mistreated his Pokémon]]. But on the other hand, Clair does all this to show [[spoiler:Silver]] the error of his ways and even smiled when she saw [[spoiler:him save Golbat when the latter was knocked aside]].
473* HotBlooded: When Clair fights a Trainer, she goes all out in her attitude to the point where she grows enraged if she is losing. A very stark contrast to her cousin.
474* IHatePastMe: The reason she's so harsh in teaching [[spoiler: Silver]] to stop mistreating his Pokémon was that [[spoiler: he]] reminded her a lot of her as a youngster, who was just as bad as [[spoiler: him]].
475* TheMentor: Lance places her in charge of [[spoiler:Silver]] to help him atone for the crimes he committed. Episode 32 shows that Clair is trying to teach [[spoiler:Silver]] to stop mistreating his Pokémon whenever they lost.
476* RedOniBlueOni: She's the HotBlooded, Dominatrix-like Red to Lance's calm, serious Blue, which is somewhat ironic since Clair is blue-haired and Lance is a redhead.
477* SoreLoser: As a kid, Clair hated losing to Lance and took her frustrations out on her Pokémon. This hasn't cooled down in the present as her response to seeing [[spoiler:Silver's Sneasel]] defeating her Dragonair is to immediately send in Kingdra to defeat [[spoiler:his ]] team with one blow and drag [[spoiler:Silver back to the Dragon's Den to punish him]].
478* WhipOfDominance: Clair sports a whip and, in her youth, used it to punish Horsea when it lost. In the present, she uses it on [[spoiler:Silver]] whenever he mistreats his Pokémon.
479[[/folder]]
480
481!!Team Rocket
482[[folder: Archer]]
483One of Team Rocket's four Admins. Archer was a grad student who believed wholeheartedly in Giovanni's theories about Mew, attending his lectures even after everyone else had dismissed those theories as quackery.
484
485Eight years later, Archer is the leader of a resurgent Team Rocket.
486----
487* ArchEnemy: To Leaf, being the origin of all her troubles and psychological hang-ups, that she gets over after she finally defeats him one-on-one at the Sevii Islands.
488* CoDragons: Giovanni's highest-ranking subordinate alongside Ariana.
489* DragonAscendant: By the sequel series he has taken Giovanni's place as the leader of Team Rocket, though it's clear he wants his old boss back in charge.
490* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being a Team Rocket Executive, Archer shows that he does care for his Pokémon, even petting his Houndoom like a normal dog. Hell, the fact he has a Crobat shows that he treats his Pokémon right as the latter can only evolve into one through max happiness.
491* KnowWhenToFoldThem: [[spoiler:In Episode 30, Archer sees that, even with Legendary Pokémon on Team Rocket's side, they are fighting a losing battle they cannot overcome. So, Archer decides to disband Team Rocket for good and free the Legendary Pokémon they captured before teleporting away with Ariana]].
492* LaserGuidedKarma: Archer used Giovanni's theory about evolving Pokémon with sound waves. [[spoiler:He meets a fitting defeat against Gold's Red Gyarados, who was one of the many victims of said sound waves]].
493* PragmaticVillainy: Archer uses the radio waves to not only force Pokémon to evolve, but to ensure that Pokémon will grow sick. Specifically, the Gym Leader's Pokémon so there will not be a repeat of what happened years ago in Kanto.
494[[/folder]]
495
496[[folder: Ariana]]
497One of Team Rocket's four Admins.
498----
499* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: She's Giovanni's wife and the mother of both Silver and Mars, none of whom are related to her in canon.
500* AllForNothing: While future scenes of ''{{WebAnimation/Pokemon Red|Fanmade}}'' make it a ForegoneConclusion, Episode 30 makes it clear despite everything she did was for reuniting her family, they will still be fractured and torn. She doesn't even make an attempt to see Mars, instead leaving a letter for her with Dawn to deliver.
501* BattleCouple: Forms a devastating one with her husband Giovanni.
502* CoDragons: Giovanni's highest-ranking subordinate alongside Archer.
503* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She cares deeply about her family and is shown desperately trying to track down her missing husband and children in the sequel series, though she is still a leader of the reformed Team Rocket.
504* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ariana has killed incompetent underlings without batting an eye and has done plenty of other evil things in her time with Team Rocket, but in the sequel series, she reacts with utter horror when [[spoiler:Silver's Feraligatr rips her Vileplume apart, and sees her son do the same to Gold's Quagsire]].
505* FedToTheBeast: She executes incompetent underlings by feeding them to her Arbok.
506* UnholyMatrimony: With Giovanni. They're both husband and wife, and the ruthless leaders of a crime syndicate.
507[[/folder]]
508
509[[folder: Petrel]]
510One of Team Rocket's four Admins.
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512* {{Greed}}: One of Petrel's main motivations in rejoining Team Rocket is money, and is once seen happily counting the money they earned from one of their ventures.
513[[/folder]]
514
515[[folder: Proton]]
516One of Team Rocket's four Admins.
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518* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Proton is shown in Episode 16 to have regrets about having cut Slowpoke tails for money when he sees Kris' Slowpoke lament it'll never be able to evolve into a Slowbro, and later he's shown second-guessing Team Rocket's decision to remain active even though Giovanni's last action before he went into hiding was to disband it. In the game, he remains a gleeful Team Rocket member through and through.
519* HeelRealization: In episode 16, an incognito Proton overhears Kris's Slowpoke lamenting how the loss of its tail means it can never evolve into a Slowbro. The realization that his tail-harvesting operation caused such anguish chokes Proton up, and he seems to be considering leaving Team Rocket.
520[[/folder]]
521
522[[folder: Eusine]]
523A Pokémon Trainer from Celadon City. He allies himself with Team Rocket so he could capture the Legendary Beasts of Johto, specifically Suicune.
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525* AdaptationalVillainy: In his debut, Eusine appears to be an AdaptationalJerkass, being obsessed with capturing the Legendary Beasts, mocking Kris's Shiny Slowpoke for lacking a tail, and being overall more antagonistic to Kris than ''Silver'' of all people (Silver is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold towards Kris at least). However, his second appearance reveals he's working for Team Rocket.
526* DidntSeeThatComing: Is caught ''completely'' off guard when Kris's Slowpoke evolves into Slowking. Goes hand in hand with SingleSpecimenSpecies as noted in Slowpoke/Slowking's entry on the Gold character page.
527* EarlyBirdCameo: Made a blink and miss it cameo in ''Pokémon Red'' before Red and Leaf stormed the Team Rocket Hideout.
528* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Episode 28 reveals Eusine's main motivation for joining Team Rocket and capturing Suicune: he wants to use the latter's powers to purify the waters in Celadon City. While Eusine managed to capture Suicune, he is unable to take it back to Kanto due to Red's Psychic Pokémon pushing the latter back]].
529[[/folder]]
530
531!!Others
532[[folder:May (Spoilers)]]
533An old childhood friend of Jasmine's
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535* AdaptationOriginConnection: She's Jasmine's best friend in this continuity. It's never canonically stated that Norman's child knew Jasmine.
536* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In Episode 29, May comes in to help out the cast against Team Rocket. She even has Rayquaza destroy the transmitter so none of their Pokémon will be affected by the radio waves.]]
537* CuttingOffTheBranches: In the game, May could be either Norman or Professor Birch's daughter, depending on which one between her and Brendan you choose as the PlayerCharacter with the one you choose always being Norman's child. In this continuity, much like in the anime, May is Norman's daughter.
538* HeroOfAnotherStory: Jasmine reveals in Episode 23 that May won eight Badges in Hoenn. [[spoiler:Episode 30 reveals that May did indeed fight the Elite Four in Hoenn and became the new champion]].
539* OlympusMons: During her journey in Hoenn, she caught Rayquaza.
540[[/folder]]
541
542[[folder:Dawn, Lucas, and Barry (Spoilers)]]
543A trio of trainers from the Sinnoh Region. Jasmine recruited them to help defeat Team Rocket at the Radio Tower in Johto.
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545* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:The trio are recruited by Jasmine to help Gold and the others fight Team Rocket and save Johto.]]
546* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler:Based on which one has the starters, it is assumed that Dawn is the main character of the Gen 4 games (given that she has an Infernape), Barry is her rival (as he has an Empoleon), and Lucas is Professor Rowan's assistant (as he has a Torterra).]]
547* EarlyBirdCameo: Dawn is first seen watching the Red Gyarados broadcast.
548* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Like with May, the trio are on their own Pokémon adventure in the Sinnoh region. After Team Rocket is finished for good, they leave to continue their journeys.]]
549* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that ''no one'' expected these three to appear in ''Pokémon Gold'' is a big one. Hence why most of the tropes here are marked.

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