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Protagonists and rivals

     Red 
The main protagonist of the series.
  • 10-Minute Retirement: He briefly halts his journey after the death of Blue's Raticate.
  • Achievement In Ignorance: He stumbled upon the Mew capture glitch without realizing and without any knowledge about Mew.
  • Adaptational Explanation: Simply put, we see much of the journey regarding the team that Gold is destined to face atop Mt. Silver. in detail
  • Age Lift: He's portrayed as an old teenager, rather than as a 10 year old.
  • Aloof Big Brother: To Leaf at times. He isn't afraid of being overtly kind to her though.
  • Battle Couple: With Misty.
  • Berserk Button: Don't harm Pokémon. Ever. Ask Team Rocket if you don't believe it. Also harming Leaf, his adopted sister, is a good way to make him angry.
  • Best Her to Bed Her: G-rated version. After defeating Misty, Red starts having feelings for her. These feelings are mutual, and they become a couple at the end of the Cerulean Arc.
  • Big Brother Instinct: He develops a strong bond with Leaf who is like a little sister to him. He does his best to help her through her Pokémon journey and is protective of her. His first confrontation with Giovanni was motivated by the sight of Leaf being beaten by a group of Rocket grunts.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: Briefly happens to him at the hands of Mewtwo in Silph Co. Brief as in "Exactly long enough to let the Silph Co Rival Battle happen."
  • Character Development: He starts out Hot-Blooded, though after his Nidoking accidentally kills Blue's Raticate, he becomes more composed.
  • Composite Character: Of himself: both the Hot-Blooded version from early canon, and the more stoic one from later canon.
  • Defeat Means Friendship: He befriended all Gym Leaders he defeated. Even the less honest ones, Blaine and Giovanni, on who he invoked a Heel–Face Turn.
  • Did You Just Capture Cthulu?: In episode 26, he captures Mew.
  • Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight: Brutally inverted. Red loves nothing more than being a Pokémon Trainer, but he found the fame so oppressing that he couldn't even enjoy time with his family or Misty. It became so much that despite hurting Misty with his disappearance, he secluded himself at the top of Mt. Silver begging anyone to take his crown.
  • Knight Templar Big Brother: When Red sees Leaf on the ground after she’s beaten up by the Rocket Grunts, Red is so angry that he brings out all of his Pokémon and goes directly to Giovanni’s office.
  • Like Brother and Sister: With Leaf.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: He feels tremendous guilt over accidentally killing Blue’s Raticate. He almost gives up his Pokémon journey until he gets his Heroic Second Wind.
  • Official Couple: With Misty, starting from the end of the Cerulean Arc, and they are a couple to this day ("this day" being at least after the events of Sun and Moon.)
  • Shrinking Violet: Downplayed, as he doesn't like the attention he keeps getting for his accomplishments against Team Rocket.
  • Signature Mon: His Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard and his Pikachu, who both appear with Red on the compilation-erm, movie's thumbnail, and both of them fought in almost every battle.

     Red's Pokémon 

Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard

Red's Starter Mon and partner. It evolved into Charmeleon after training on Route 4, and it evolved into Charizard during Red and Leaf's attack on the Team Rocket Hideout at the Celadon Game Center.
  • Berserk Button: If you try to harm Red, his Starter Mon will lay waste on you. Team Rocket pressing this button caused the Mon to evolve from Charmeleon to Charizard.
  • Book Ends: The first Pokémon seen in the series is between Charmander and Blue's Squirtle. The last major battle in the series is between the same two Pokémon, now fully evolved into Charizard and Blastoise, respectively.
  • Counter-Attack: Learned Bide.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Well, Red certainly didn't need anything else to beat Erika and her entire gym.
  • Good Old Fisticuffs: Learned Mega Punch.
  • Growing Wings: When Charmeleon evolved into Charizard, he had fire shooting out of his back in the shape of wings before they materialized into real ones.
  • Mythology Gag: It's Seismic Toss animation is identical to the anime, with the full moon in place of the Earth image.
  • Our Dragons Are Different: As Charizard it looks like a typical Western dragon (besides the flaming tail of course), but is not classified as a Dragon type Pokémon.
  • Playing with Fire: A fire type Pokémon that knows several moves such as Flamethrower and Fire Blast.
  • Put on a Bus: Is the only member of Red's team to completely avert it. Red benches every other mon he captures at least briefly during the adventure, even mons hes rarely seen without post-capture such as Lapras, Snorlax and even Pikachu. The Starter Mon is there from the beginning all the way to the end.
  • Signature Mon: He's never seen apart from Red.
  • Shout-Out: Charmeleon's evolution to Charizard is on to '"Dragonball Z'', specifically Goku's transformation to Super Saiyan 3.
  • Starter Mon: He's the first Pokémon seen in the series. He also is this for Red.
  • True Companions: He's Red's partner throughout his entire journey.

Nidoran-M → Nidorino → Nidoking

Red's first capture. He evolved into Nidorino during Red's journey though Mt. Moon, and into Nidoking after being exposed to a Moon Stone.
  • Accidental Murder: On S. S. Anne, he does this to Blue's Raticate.
  • Counter-Attack: Used Counter against one of Bruno's Onix's.
  • Disc-One Nuke: He's the strongest of Red's earlier Pokémon. After Blue's Raticate's death and the Vermilion Gym, he was Put on a Bus. He did come back in the Silph Co. arc.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: When he evolved into Nidoking, he became part Ground-Type. This allowed him to No-Sell Lt. Surge's electric attacks at the Vermillion City Gym. Later, he learned the one hit KO move Fissure.
  • Mirror Boss: Giovanni's own Nidoking is this for him.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: The fact Nidoking accepted to be boxed hints that he feels guilty for killing Blue's Raticate.
  • No-Sell: Probably had the most moments of this out of all of Red's team.
    • Could have taken out Lt Surge's team all by himself, if it wasn't for Red's trauma at Blue's Raticate's death. None of Surge's pokemon had the physical power to even move him and was immune to any Electric attacks Surge's pokemon could throw at him due to his ground typing.
    • The same immunity to Electric attacks allowed Red to catch Zapdos by holding it down for Red to throw an Ultra Ball at it.
    • Straight up ate Agatha's Arbok's Acid attack.
    • Actually on the receiving end of this treatment against Lance's Dragonite. The lone hit that actually connects is vital to Red's victory, though.
  • Poisonous Person: A Poison-type Pokémon and his poison has been critical in winning a few major battles.
  • Taking You with Me: On the receiving end of one during the final showdown, where he hits Blue's Rhydon directly with a Fissure, and Rhydon pulls Nidoking into a Horn Drill as the Fissure is doing its damage. Note that both attacks are One-Hit Kill moves.

Pikachu

A Pokémon Red captured in Viridian Forest and Red's second partner.
  • Blinded by the Light: Red taught Pikachu Flash early on, which blinds his opponents and lowers their accuracy.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Pikachu becomes this in the final battle against Blue. Pidgeot bounces Pikachu out of the battle with Whirlwind fairly early on and Pikachu was waiting in the wings following that. While Blue's Blastoise does manage to bring Charizard down, Pikachu is still healthy enough to come out and land the finishing blow to get the win.
  • Fragile Speedster: It's not very common to see Pikachu take many big hits, as he has an uncanny knack for evading and flash stepping around his opponents and their attacks. That being said, of the times where Pikachu DOES take a big hit, it's not very common to see him walk away from it.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • In Pewter Gym, he does the Surprised Pikachu meme from the anime upon realizing Brock's Pokémon can No-Sell his attacks.
    • He also is unable to evolve. But unlike Ash's Pikachu, which refused to evolve due to a sense of pride, Red's Pikachu had bad luck getting a Thunder Stone.
  • Running Gag: Whenever Red tries to evolve Pikachu, either someone steals the Thunder Stone that Red was about to give Pikachu or the Thunder Stones are all sold out, to the point he had to trade a Pokémon with Leaf to get a Raichu. And the trade happened after Red got Mewtwo and even Mew.
  • Shock and Awe: An electric-type Pokémon who knows a couple of moves such as Thundershock, Thunderbolt, and Thunder.
  • Shout-Out: A handful of Pikachu's attacks throughout the series are these to Naruto. Most notably, Thunderbolt is one to both Rasengan and Chidori during the Lt. Surge training arc, while Thunder itself is one to Kirin against Lorelei's Lapras.

Jigglypuff

A Pokémon Red captured in Route 3.

Magikarp → Gyarados

A Pokémon Red paid $500 for from the Magikarp Salesman. He evolved into Gyarados after Red got it back from Day Care and gave him a Rare Candy to level up.
  • The Load: Red found out quickly that Magikarp was useless in battle due to only knowing Splash, and was unable to teach it any TM's to give it a leg up.
  • Put on the Bus: Was quickly boxed when Red found out how useless it was in battle. Red later left it at the day care.

Geodude → Graveler→ Golem

A Pokémon Red captured in Mt. Moon after tripping over it. He evolved into Gravler while Red trained on Route 11. Later, he was traded with Blue's Kadabra and back to Red to evolve them into Golem and Alakazam respectively.

Paras

A Pokémon Red captured in Mt. Moon.
  • The Bus Came Back: Paras briefly returned in Episode 41, where Red stored it and Dratini at the Pokémon Daycare.
  • The Load: Not as bad as Magikarp, but Paras wasn't the best in terms of fighting, losing more battles than winning.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Was first used to capture Clefairy, was part of the team going against Misty and got quickly replaced by Oddish right after Red caught it. It wasn't even shown how Red caught it.

Clefairy → Clefable

A Pokémon Red captured in Mt. Moon. She evolved into Clefable after being exposed to a Moon Stone.
  • Making a Splash: Learned Bubblebeam from Misty.
  • Put on the Bus: Was replaced with Doduo, since Red needed a flyer.
    • The Bus Came Back: Briefly appeared when Red was training for the Pokémon League in a battle with Leaf.
  • The Smurfette Principle: If its appearance during the Route 11 scene is taken at face value, then Clefable and Vileplume are the only confirmed female Pokémon that was on Red’s team.

Oddish → Gloom → Vileplume

A Pokémon Red captured in Route 24. She evolved into Gloom prior to Red reaching the St. Anne, and later, evolved into Vileplume after being exposed to a Leaf Stone.
  • Green Thumb: Red's main grass-type Pokémon.
  • Life Drain: Vileplume knows Absorb and later Mega Drain, attacks that take HP from its opponent and restores her health.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Between Red travelling from Cerulean City and Vermillion City, Oddish evolved into Gloom. It wouldn't be until Red's fourth rival battle against Blue do we see that.
  • Put on the Bus: Was boxed in Red's PC sometime after the Silph Co. battle.
  • The Smurfette Principle: If its appearance during the Route 11 scene is taken at face value, then Clefable and Vileplume are the only confirmed female Pokémon that was on Red’s team.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: Sometime after Red became the Champion, Vileplume learned how to use Solarbeam.

Diglett

A Pokémon Red captured in Diglett Cave.

Drowsee → Hypno

A Pokémon Red captured in Route 11, his first psychic Pokémon. Evolved into Hypno after training on Route 8.
  • Combination Attack: Hypno uses a Hypnosis-Dream Eater combo to it's advantage.
  • Death Glare: Gave one of these to Eusine when he tried to enter Kanto with a brainwashed Suicune.
  • Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: It was the Pokémon that Red used to catch Mew. Downplayed though, as Mew was at a low level, but it is still an achievement as it was difficult to catch due to being a legendary.
  • Forced Sleep: Knows Hypnosis.
  • Hold the Line: In Pokémon Gold, Hypno, along with Gengar, Mew, and Mewtwo are seen creating a barrier to keep Team Rocket's radio waves from spreading to Kanto.
  • I Can't Believe A Trainer Like You Would Notice Me: Hypno is shocked when Red picks him over Mew for the Pokémon League.
  • I Can Still Fight!: While battling Bruno’s Machamp, Red tries to recall Hypno because of how much damage it’s taken, namely having its skull crack from a karate chop. However, Hypno insists on battling still, seeming to be afraid that it will be replaced by Mew.
  • Kick Dude: Learns Mega Kick.
  • Mind over Matter: Red's first Psychic-Type Pokémon.
  • Put on the Bus: Was replaced by Mew as Red's psychic Pokémon after the Silph Co. battle, until he started training for the Pokémon League.
  • Scars Are Forever: When Hypno is seen in Episode 26 of the sequel, there's a very noticeable scar on its forehead. Word of God confirms in the comments that it is from Bruno and Machamp.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Took out half of Elite Four members Bruno and Agatha's teams, despite not having an impressive record before.
  • You Shall Not Pass!: Upon seeing Eusine trying to enter Kanto with a brainwashed Suicune, Hypno leads the others that are holding the barrier in pushing them back, even briefly breaking the collar's control onto Suicune.

Doduo → Dodrio

A Pokémon Red captured in Route 16. Evolved into Dodrio after training on Route 12.

Eevee → Espeon

A Pokémon Red received from a person in Celadon Mansion. Evolved into Espeon after Red trained it on Mt. Silver.
  • Foreshadowing: Throughout Red's journey, he never thought about giving Eevee an Evolution Stone to evolve it, despite Leaf's suggestion, and kept training and loving it as it was. This could Pedro's way of letting viewers know that he planned on having Eevee evolve into Espeon at the end of the series.
  • Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about Eevee on this page given the fact it evolved into Espeon in the epilogue.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: It was only used a few times in battle. Averted, as visions of the future seen by Sabrina reveal it will become the Espeon that Red has in Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Snorlax

A Pokémon Red captured in Route 12, after Leaf caught the one in Route 16, while Red was battling it.
  • The Big Guy: Is the biggest and heaviest Pokémon on Red's team.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: It appears in the Flash Forward moments of the series sleeping in front of Red’s house before we see how Red caught it.
  • Heavy Sleeper: Had to woken up with the Poke flute for Red to battle. Also it Rest move allows it to restore it to full health.
  • Poisonous Person: Was taught Toxic while Red stayed at Fuchsia City.
  • Stone Wall: Was basically this in its battle with Koga's Weezing. It simply took whatever the Weezing could throw at it, Rest when its health was low and gets rid of any poisoning, and lowered the Weezing's PP until only Self-Destruct was left.

Scyther

A Pokémon Red captured in the Safari Zone.

Lapras

A Pokémon Red received during of the Silph Co. battle to fight Giovanni.
  • An Ice Person: Part Ice-type that can attack with Ice Beam.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: While its not as overwhelmingly prominent as what Charizard does to Erika, Red completely decimates Blaine with just Lapras. In fact, although Blaine is the standout, Lapras's fights tend to end in one of two ways: Lapras curbstomping its opponent, or Lapras getting curbstomped by its opponent.
  • Making a Splash: It's part Water-type and Red’s main transport over water.
  • Mirror Boss: Had one in Lorelei's own Lapras.

Haunter → Gengar

A Pokémon that originally belonged to Leaf before Red traded for it with his Dodrio. It evolved into Gengar after the trade.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Subverted. Despite being a Ghost-Type Pokémon, Gengar failed to defeat Sabrina's Psychic-Type team.
  • Forced Sleep: Knows Hypnosis.
  • Hold the Line: In Pokémon Gold, Gengar, along with Hypno, Mew, and Mewtwo are seen creating a barrier to keep Team Rocket's radio waves from spreading to Kanto.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Even though Red did not use Gengar that much, it was instrumental in helping him capture Articuno at Seafoam Islands.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Only used a few times by Red before being benched for the rest of his journey. It returns in Pokémon Gold, however

Hitmonlee

A Pokémon Red received after defeating Koichi of the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City.

Pinsir

A Pokémon that originally belonged to Leaf before Red traded for it with an Electabuzz.

Squirtle → Wartortle → Blastoise

A Pokémon that originally belonged to Misty before Red traded for it with a Gyarados.

Psyduck

A Pokémon that Red has and battled with. Red caught it at the Safari Zone
  • Out of Focus: Red hasn't used Psyduck that much, only using it to fight as part of his training for the Indigo Plateau.

Bulbasaur → Ivysaur→ Venusaur

A Pokémon that originally belonged to Leaf before Red traded for it with a Ditto. It was born from breeding between Leaf's Venusaur and the aforementioned Ditto.

Omanyte

A Pokémon Red received after reviving it from the Helix Fossil at the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island.

Articuno

The ice bird of the Legendary Birds that Red captured at the Seafoam Islands.

Zapdos

The electric bird of the Legendary Birds that Red captured at the Power Plant.
  • Beak Attack: Knows Drill Peck.
  • Jerkass: As much as a wild Pokémon can be, anyway, as during the battle with it, Zapdos explicitly blasts Leaf into a wall (hard enough to cause a blood spatter on impact, no less), and is shown having every intention of following up with a Drill Peck, marking the only time a wild Pokémon is seen attacking a human without provocation*. In addition, when Nidoking is holding it down before Red beans it for the capture, Zapdos is shown giving off a defiant Death Glare as it tries to shock its way free of Nidoking's grasp.
  • Put on a Bus: Red boxed him with the rest of his Legendary Birds before fighting the Elite Four.
  • Shock and Awe: The Electric-Type of the Legendary Birds. And, for a brief time, it replaced Pikachu as Red's main Electric Pokémon before the Elite Four.

Moltres

The fire bird of the Legendary Birds. Was on Mt. Ember on the Sevii Islands where it battled Leaf and Daisy Oak, but since they were unable to catch it, it fled to Victory Road where Red battled and caught it.
  • Demoted to Extra: Unlike the other two legendary birds, Red never used Moltres in battle.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Was seen by Daisy heading to Mt. Ember on the Sevii Islands in Episode 35, the same episode Red caught Articuno.
  • Mythology Gag: Moltres was seen migrating to Mt. Ember on the Sevii Islands, which was its home in Fire Red and Leaf Green. Later, it returns to Victory Road, which was its home in '"Red and Blue''.
  • Off Screen Moment Of Awesome: Red's capture of it was never shown and only brief snippets of its battle are shown.
  • Playing with Fire: The Fire-Type of the Legendary Birds.

Mew (spoilers!)

A mysterious Pokémon that stole Red's cap. Turns out he's a legendary Pokémon Giovanni was chasing his entire life.
  • Cherry Tapping: How Mew finishes off Giovanni's Rhydon, and by extension Giovanni for the final time. To be fair, Charizard had done 99.9% of the work (on the mon in question at least) up to that point.
  • Ditto Fighter: Knows Transform as seen in Episode 34.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Was actually seen at the end of Episode 20 spying on Red before it's official debut.
  • Hold the Line: In Pokémon Gold, Mew, along with Hypno, Gengar, and Mewtwo are seen creating a barrier to keep Team Rocket's radio waves from spreading to Kanto.
  • Magikarp Power: It is caught at a low level and due to not knowing how powerful it could become, Red just puts it in the PC at first. It eventually gets leveled up to a point where it can fight and beat Mewtwo.
  • Mind over Matter: A legendary Psychic-Type Pokémon.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • The encounter that led to its capture was basically the Mew Glitch.
    • Its Early-Bird Cameo above was basically the Mew Under The Truck legend.
  • Olympus Mons: Pretty much the only Pokémon who can defeat Mewtwo.
  • The Prankster: It made its (official) debut by stealing Red's cap.
  • Put on a Bus: Red boxed him with the rest of his Legendary Birds before fighting the Elite Four. It comes back for Pokémon Gold.

Mewtwo

A genetic experiment created by Team Rocket that revolted against them.
  • Ascended Extra: In the game, it's existence is only revealed in the post-game. Here, it's the main focus of the Silph Co. arc.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: It usually is on the giving end of this, not even putting any effort in it's fights. Though Giovanni's Nidoking is tough enough to make Mewtwo fight back. It took the combined efforts of Red, Blue, Daisy, Bill and the honest Gym Leaders to actually beat Mewtwo during the Silph Co. arc, since Red didn't know that Mew could have a chance to defeat Mewtwo. When Red encounters Mewtwo again in the epilogue, he uses Mew to beat him.
  • Everyone Has Standards: It didn't like it when Giovanni made it destroy Professor Oak's lab in an attempt to kill him out of spite.
  • Hold the Line: In Pokémon Gold, Mewtwo, along with Hypno, Gengar, and Mew are seen creating a barrier to keep Team Rocket's radio waves from spreading to Kanto.
  • Kick the Dog: During Giovanni's first attempt at catching Mewtwo, the Pokémon used it's psychic powers to make him remember his past failures and humiliations with a smirk on its face.
  • Ultimate Life Form: Aside from Mew, it's the strongest Pokémon to ever exist.

     Blue Oak 
Red's childhood rival.
  • 10-Minute Retirement: He briefly halts his journey after the death of his Raticate.
  • Adaptational Angst Upgrade: It's shown that Blue wants to live up to his grandfather's and sister's accomplishments.
  • Adaptational Nice Guy: He's less antagonistic towards Red than in the game. His rivalry with Red takes the form of playful teasings, and he doesn't hold his Raticate's death against Red, since it was an accident. He also doesn't display his competitive attitude from the get-go; early on, he's shown to deeply care about his Pokémon (especially his Rattata). He only got his canon personality out of anger for being unable to live up to his grandfather and sister's accomplishments and resentment towards Red for getting all the glory for Team Rocket's defeat.
  • A Day in the Limelight: The first part of the Silph Co. arc has him as the lead.
  • Age Lift: The same as Red.
  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: What leads him to take a level in jerkass for the endgame. He's very much as integral to the Silph Co Team Rocket Fight as Red himself is, but gets absolutely zero recognition for his role in it. Red running him over with legendaries when they meet before the League certainly doesn't help. Happily, Oak gives him a So Proud of You following the final battle, and Red makes sure the people acknowledge Blue rightfully afterward, reversing him back into the Nice Guy he was for most of the story.
  • Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Overlapping somewhat with Worthy Opponent and The Only One Allowed to Defeat You, before the final showdown begins he (despite having slipped into his game-canon jerkass persona at this point) encourages Red, whose team was heavily battered from the Elite Four themselves, to fully heal up his team before their battle begins. Red takes the opportunity, and Blue is shown smiling in a manner akin to "YES!" as he does so, before their fight begins on even grounds.
  • Signature Mon: His Squirtle/Blastoise.
  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: During Red's climb through the Elite Four, Blue is shown smiling as the screen displaying the challenger status to him changes to reflect Red's victories. Sadly as this is post-descent into canon personality, its clear he wants Red to clear the Elite Four so that he can defeat Red and prove himself to be superior.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: After the Silph Co battle, Blue began to resent Red for taking all the credit for defeating Team Rocket, and began developing a toxic attitude where only the strongest Pokémon belonged on his team (hence boxing his Eevee for his Rhyhorn). What's worse, his attitude soured to the point where he became unsatisfied with battling weak Pokémon. Even when he had no satisfaction as the Pokémon Champion, he found being a Gym Leader a step downward when Daisy suggested it. Thankfully, this would be gone after Red defeated him one last time, and he received the credit he deserved.
  • Victory Is Boring: Once he defeats Lance and becomes Champion, Blue finds out that he has nothing to do all day because Lorelei takes out almost all challengers (during his entire tenure, only two challengers got past Lorelei, one losing to Bruno and the other being Red). It quickly drives him mad almost as much as the Elite Four's weird hobbies.
  • What the Hell, Hero?:
    • Gives one to Red after their final battle before the League, when Red runs him over with legendaries. It convinces Red to bench Articuno, Zapdos and Mew ahead of time.
    • In a more humorous one, Blue is irritated that Leaf kept losing to challengers when she was in charge of the Viridian Gym and ends up throttling her.

    Blue's Pokémon 

Squirtle → Wartortle → Blastoise

Blue's starter Pokémon.
  • Adaptational Explanation: With a small touch of Foreshadowing: After Lance returns from Johto in episode 31 of Gold, Blastoise's level (100, of course), is noted as too high to be a gym battle mon, thus explaining why Blue will be using Gyarados in its place when Gold rolls up on him.
  • An Ice Person: In Blastoise final fight against Charizard, it used Ice Punch to briefly freeze the latter.
  • Making a Splash: A water type Pokémon.
  • Running Gag: Its a subtle one, but pay close attention; almost all of Squirtle's (and its evolutions') losses come at the hands of electric attacks. The majority of these are at the hands of Red's Pikachu, but others, including Giovanni's Rhydon and Zapdos get in on it, too. There's even one point where Red sends out Pikachu and Blue just immediately dismisses Wartortle, knowing what's about to happen!
  • Shoulder Cannon: As a Blastoise, it has twin shoulder cannons to shoot water attacks.
  • Starter Mon: Blue's first Pokémon.
  • Use Your Head: Was seen using Skull Bash a couple of times.
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Gave his trainer a non verbal look of this trope when it found out it's opponent was Pikachu.

Pidgey → Pidgeotto → Pidgeot

Blue's first caught Pokémon.
  • Blow You Away: Pidgeot knows a couple of wind based moves such as Gust and Whirlwind.
  • Expository Hairstyle Change: When Pidgeotto was on the losing end of a battle, its hair grew longer and had a blonde streak, signifying its evolution.
  • Noble Bird of Prey: A bird type Pokémon.
  • Power Copying: During its Champion Battle, Pidgeot use Mirror Move to copy its opponent's recently used attack.

Abra → Kadabra → Alakazam

Blue's third Pokémon. It evolved into Kadabra before Blue entered the S.S. Anne and it evolved into Alakazam after he traded with Red's Graveler to trigger a trade evolution.
  • Adaptational Explanation: How Kadabra evolves. In Lavender Town, Red and Blue are shown trading Graveler and Kadabra to each other and back again to trigger their respective "Evolve by trades" into Golem and Alakazam.
  • Call-Back: During the Cerulean Rival Battle, Abra (who only knows Teleport), gets demolished and is literally delivered to Blue via Charmeleon holding Abra by the tail in a "Here... this is yours..." manner. Later, in the final rival battle before the League, Alakazam and Charizard recreate that same scene except in reverse, with Alakazam annihilating and delivering Charizard to Red by the tail.
  • Healing Factor: In Blue's final fight against Red, Alakazam used Recover to heal itself from injuries.
  • Mind over Matter: Blue's Psychic Pokémon.
  • Took a Level in Badass: As an Abra, it could only use Teleport and lost more times than Blue could count. But once it evolved into Kadabra, it became a more versatile Pokémon.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: Alakazam knows Psybeam, and is often seen as its most powerful attack.

Rattata → Raticate

Blue's fourth Pokémon. Evolved into Raticate while Blue was travelling to Vermilion City.
  • Adaptational Explanation:
    • How Rattata evolves. It's shown in Episode 15 that he evolved after winning a couple of battles on the way to Vermilion City.
    • How Raticate exits Blue's team after the rival battle on the S.S. Anne. It's actually a depressing situation.
  • The Bus Came Back : His spirit returns to Red after the latter drives Team Rocket out of the Pokémon Tower, forgiving Red for accidentally killing him.
  • Composite Character: It's subtly implied that Raticate was the White Hand in this version, trying to get Red's attention so it can give him its forgiveness.
  • Killed Off for Real: Dies in an accident through a combination of Red's Nidoking throwing it off the S.S. Anne, Blue being unable to recall it, and Raticate suffering from poisoning.
  • Man Bites Man: Raticate knows Bite, which as been a move it used to finish off opponents.
  • Vengeful Ghost: Subverted. When it appears before Red in Lavender Tower, he begs for its forgiveness over its tragic death. However, Raticate has forgiven him and knows that Red was with Blue to pay his respects to the dead Pokémon.

Growlithe → Arcanine

Blue's fifth Pokémon. It evolved into an Arcanine after Blue gave it a Fire Stone before challenging the Elite Four.
  • Adaptational Late Appearance: In the games, Growlithe first appears during the rival battle at the Pokémon Tower. However, Growlithe did not appear in the series until Blue's travels through the Cycling Road. Flashbacks show that Blue had Growlithe when he fought Lt. Surge, so it is possible that, had the battle at the Pokémon Tower not end prematurely, Blue would have sent out Growlithe to fight Red.
  • Dig Attack: During a montage of Blue's Gym battle victories, Growlithe is shown to use Dig.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Played with. Arcanine isn't evil and neither is Blue (but in the matter of the champion battle, they are antagonists towards Red). Arcanine used Roar to send Charizard back to his Poké Ball, only to bring out Lapras and leading to a defeat.
  • Playing with Fire: Arcanine is a fire type Pokémon.

Exeggcute → Exeggutor

Blue's sixth Pokémon, caught at the Safari Zone. It evolved into an Exeggutor after Blue gave it a Leaf Stone before challenging the Elite Four.
  • Adaptational Late Appearance: In the games, Exeggcute first appears during the rival battle at the Pokémon Tower. Here, Blue did not have Exeggcute at the Pokémon Tower, and caught it at the Safari Zone.
  • Green Thumb: A grass type Pokémon.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: As an Exeggutor, it knows Solar Beam.

Rhyhorn → Rhydon

Blue's seventh Pokémon, caught at the Safari Zone.
  • Rhino Rampage: A rhino themed Pokémon.
  • Taking You with Me: During the Champion battle, Rhydon uses its Horn Drill against Red's Nidoking after the latter lands a Fissure. This results in a double knock out.
  • This Is a Drill: Knows the one-hit KO Horn Drill attack.

Eevee

A Pokémon Blue received from a man at the Celadon Mansion.
  • Mythology Gag: Blue getting an Eevee refers to the times his game counterpart got one in Pokémon Yellow and the time his anime counterpart Gary had one.
  • Put on a Bus: Blue boxed Eevee after the Silph Co. battle as part of his change in attitude that only strong Pokémon can be on his team.
    • The Bus Came Back: Just in time for the ending, but during the epilogue, Eevee is seen as a member of Viridian Gym Leader Blue's arsenal.

Gyarados

A Pokémon Blue acquired after becoming the Viridian Gym Leader.

     Leaf 
A mysterious girl that came trying to steal Bulbasaur. She eventually joined Red on his journey.
  • Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In this version, Leaf is an orphan from the Sevii Islands who spent her childhood as a Team Rocket grunt instead of a regular kid from Pallet Town.
  • Age Lift: In the games, Leaf is around 10. Here, she's estimated to be 16-17, as her bust shows.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: To Red, as she often steals Red's catches and items.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Alongside Daisy, Bill and the honest Gym Leaders in the Silph Co. arc.
  • Can't Catch Up: Leaf isn't a terrible trainer and she has won some battles on her own. But, because she started later in the series while Red and Blue were in the middle of their journeys, she is unable to match them in battle.
  • Composite Character: Of many of her counterparts across the Pokémon franchise: she's a trainer that got a Pokémon from Professor Oak like her Fire Red/Leaf Green version (and eventually wears the outfit), has the personality and a similar backstory to her Pokémon Adventures counterpart (down to initially stealing her starter from Professor Oak), and as a kid wears the outfit of her Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! counterpart.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: After all she's been through, Leaf managed to save the Pokémon from the Sevii Islands Team Rocket base and find a loving family.
  • Happily Adopted: She became Red's sister sometime between her introduction and Red challenging the Elite Four.
  • Like Brother and Sister: With Red; she becomes his primary travelling companion after the Vermilion City arc, but there's nothing romantic between them (and Red was already a couple with Misty). Her behavior is mostly that of a younger sibling. And when they have to part ways during Red's Elite Four challenge, Leaf outright states that she considers Red her brother.
  • Meaningful Rename: Heavily implied. While its not an absolute certainty due to the Show, Don't Tell nature of the series as a whole, its hinted that she starts the series under the name of Green, but changes her name to Leaf sometime before or during the Saffron Arc. Explanation
  • Signature Mon: Her Bulbasaur. It's interesting that she originally tried to steal it, but after she's stopped, she got it the normal way from Professor Oak.
  • Significant Wardrobe Shift: Her outfit changes with her heroic level: she debuts with an outfit based on the unused character design for the first generation games and is distinctly an unheroic character, and notably tries out her canon hat but puts it down before infiltrating the Team Rocket HQ; by the time she infiltrates Saffron City she's more heroic and starts wearing the hat; and when she arrives to the rescue at Silph Co she's decked out in her canon outfit.
  • Still Wearing the Old Colors: Her initial outfit is implied to have been made out of her old Team Rocket uniform
  • Took a Level in Badass: Heavily implied in episode 26 of the sequel. When Lance storms off to Johto to fight Team Rocket, he installs Blue as Champion during his absence. Blue, in turn, installs Leaf as Viridian Gym Leader, something which has heavy implications for her power as a trainer between Red and Gold. Subverted as Leaf lost to the challengers, which Blue was not pleased with when he saw three trainers walk away with an Earth Badge.

    Leaf's Pokémon 

Bulbasaur → Ivysaur → Venusaur

Leaf's starter Pokémon. While she originally stole it after escaping Team Rocket, Professor Oak allowed her to keep it after hearing her story.
  • Green Thumb: A grass type Pokémon.
  • Out of Focus: Bulbasaur is not seen as much as Charmander and Squirtle as the two spent more time with their trainers than the former, who only went back to the story after Leaf stole it. Hell, we don't even see much of it in it's Ivysaur stage as that stage appears in one episode before the Venusaur stage.
  • Starter Mon: Leaf's first Pokémon.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: By the time it became a Venusaur, it learned Solarbeam. It was first seen using it against Mewtwo to alert Red and Blue that Leaf has joined the battle.

Eevee → Vaporeon

Leaf's first Pokémon, which she received from a person in Celadon Mansion. Leaf evolved it into Vaporeon after giving it a Water Stone.
  • Apathetic Pet: Has a very brief phase of this when it grows too strong while Leaf only has one badge. Red guides Leaf to get two more, which is enough to bring Vaporeon back into line.
  • Making a Splash: The water type evolution to the Eevee line.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: In Leaf's fight against Red for the wild Ditto, Vaporeon was seen using Hyper Beam.

Vulpix → Ninetales

Leaf's first caught Pokémon from the wild. Leaf evolved it into Ninetales after giving it a Fire Stone.

Snorlax

Leaf's second capture and fourth overall Pokémon, captured on Route 16 right out from under Red's nose.
  • Apathetic Pet: Has a phase of this when it grows too strong while Leaf only has one badge, just like Vaporeon despite being a capture while Vaporeon was technically a trade. This makes perfect sense when one realizes, Red did all the actual work and thus proved his strength, NOT Leaf. It falls back into line at the same time and for the same reason Vaporeon does.

Haunter

Leaf's fifth overall Pokémon. She traded it for Red's Dodrio after the events of Silph Corp.

Dodrio

Leaf's sixth overall Pokémon. She received from Red after trading it for her Haunter.
  • Decoy Getaway: Why Leaf gets Dodrio in the first place. Red, fresh off the battle at Silph Co, wants to see how Professor Oak is doing after his lab got blown up by Mewtwo, but the paparazzi are camping the front door of his house. Leaf dresses up as Red and flies out the window on Dodrio, taking the paparazzis' attention and allowing an incognito Red to visit the Oaks in peace.

Hitmonchan

Leaf's seventh overall Pokémon. She received it from the Karate Master after beating him.

Allies

     Red's mother 
Exactly What It Says on the Tin. The protagonist's mother.
  • Ascended Extra: She's a minor character in the games; here, she helps Red recover after Blue's Raticate's death, and tries to stop Leaf when the latter steals Bulbasaur.
  • Good Parents: She seems to be quite loving and supportive of her son leaving home to go on his Pokémon adventure. She also comforts him when he returns home after the death of Blue’s Raticate.
  • Mythology Gag: Red's Mother is seen owning a Poliwag, which was the Pokémon Red first owned in the Pokémon Adventures Manga series.

     Professor Oak 
A renowned Pokémon researcher and the first Kanto League champion, he gave Red, Blue and Leaf their started Pokémon.
  • Adaptation Origin Connection: He knew S.S. Anne's captain (named John in the series), Agatha and Giovanni as a kid.
  • Disney Death: After taking over Silph Co., Giovanni orders Mewtwo to destroy Professor Oak's laboratory. Thankfully, Oak survives thanks to Agatha.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: He's horrified when he realizes the part he played in turning Giovanni to evil.
  • So Proud of You: Towards Blue at the end of the latter's championship duel with Red.

     Daisy Oak 
Blue's older sister and an aspiring geographer.
  • Adaptational Badass: In the games, she just gives you a Town Map. Here, she invented it.
  • Ascended Extra: In the games, she was a one-off character who only appears to give Red a map of Kanto. Here, she has a much greater role. Among other things, she helps with attacking the Team Rocket hideout on Sevii Islands.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Alongside Leaf, Bill and the honest Gym Leaders in the Silph Co. arc.
  • Buxom Is Better: The animation is not shy about emphasizing how busty Daisy is.
  • Cool Big Sis: Is literally one to Blue, and also serves as one to Red. She’s been the one to keep the two from fighting each other and is supportive of both of them. She’s also willing to fight with them when up against Giovanni at Silph Co.
  • Hidden Depths: She's very good at geography, and made many maps of Kanto and possibly other regions as well, as it's confirmed she went to Johto once.
  • One Degree of Separation: She reveals she met Whitney at some point in the past. While her retelling of the meeting makes the nature of their relationship ambiguous (since Daisy stated, among other things, that Whitney's Miltank trounced her Pokémon), when the two interact in the Gold series, their interactions are that of good friends.

     Bill 
The creator of the Pokémon PC system.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Alongside Leaf, Daisy and the honest Gym Leaders in the Silph Co. arc.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: He brings back Red's Nidoking after the latter was Put on a Bus.
  • The Smart Guy: Bill created the Pokémon PC system, which allows Trainers to store their Pokémon in storage if they need a switch up in the line up. He also created a teleporting system. In the sequel series, Bill created the Time Capsule System and showed Gold how to use it.

Gym Leaders

     In General 
  • The Cavalry: The honest ones of them (in other words, all except Blaine and Giovanni) come to the rescue alongside Leaf, Daisy and Bill after Team Rocket got hold of Mewtwo.
  • Willfully Weak: It's shown that Gym Leaders have different teams of Pokémon to use against Trainers who have a certain amount of Gym Badges. The best is shown with Brock as he uses a Geodude and Onix against Red and Blue (who had no Badges at that point) but uses a Kabutops during the Silph Co. fight.

     Brock 
The Gym Leader of Pewter City. Specializes in Rock-Types.
  • Adaptational Curves: He's much more muscular than any of his canon portrayals. Justified through Age Lift.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: He specializes in Rock types.
  • The Mentor: Not as much as Lt. Surge, but he does teach Red a thing or two during Red's stay in Pewter City.
  • Platonic Life-Partners: He and Misty are shown to be close friends, but there's nothing romantic between them.
  • Scissors Cuts Rock: On the receiving end against Red. Despite Red having no Pokémon with type advantages over Brock's team, the former is able to win by using status lowering moves and a healthy supply of Potions to keep his team afloat.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Brock never wears a shirt in his appearances. The sequel series subverts this as Brock is shown wearing a shirt in his guest appearances.

     Misty 
The Gym Leader of Cerulean City and Red's girlfriend. Specializes in Water-Types.
  • Adaptational Badass: She has many more Pokémon than in any canon, and they're much more powerful. Notably being a Golduck.
  • Ascended Extra: Much like her anime counterpart, Misty has a much more major role than in the games, where she only appeared for the Gym battle.
  • Battle Couple: With Red.
  • Best Her to Bed Her: A G-rated variant with Red, who she starts having feelings for after losing to him.
  • Crazy-Prepared: She taught her Pokémon Ice Type and Ground Type moves for the eventuality she'd face a trainer with Grass Types and Electric Types, and Electric Type moves for trainers with Water Types.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Most of her victories are this. The only known one that wasn't was against Mewtwo. Possibly justified since her Starmie is considered to be That One Boss.
    • She and Red utterly trash the Team Rocket grunts that surrounded the latter.
    • She won her friendly rematch against Red, mostly since she wasn't holding back in it.
    • She utterly trashed Leaf. It's notable that she beat Leaf's Venusaurus with a Squirtle. Although that Squirtle had Ice Beam.
  • The First Cut Is the Deepest: After Red ran away, Misty dumped every rebound guy she's been dating, and after Gold convinced Red to return to Kanto, Misty rekindled her relationship with Red.
  • Hartman Hips: In the sequel, her hips are slightly wider than her entire torso.
  • Improbable Power Discrepancy: Her Squirtle (a pre-evolved Pokémon) is able to take out a Venusaur (a fully evolved Pokémon). Again, it has Ice Beam.
  • Making a Splash: As she states herself, her strategy is an all-out offense with Water types.
  • Ms. Fanservice: She's a Walking Swimsuit Scene that spents her Gym battles swimming, and once she's out of the gym and not going to beach wears nothing but bike shorts and a sports bra.
  • Mook Horror Show: Ends up being this to both Red and Blue, appearing as a giant mermaid looking at them as though they were delectable hors d'oeuvres.
  • Official Couple: Becomes one with Red at the end of the Cerulean Arc and are together to this day ("this day" being at least after the events of Sun and Moon).
  • Oh, Crap!: Has a mild one near the very end of her gym battle with Red, when Pikachu and Starmie take the fight to the water and she jumps out of the water quickly. Considering Pikachu's entire MO, it's completely justified.
  • Platonic Life-Partners: She and Brock are shown to be close friends, but there's nothing romantic between the two.
  • Promoted to Love Interest: There's no direct, in-game Ship Tease between Red and Misty, all of the hints of their feelings for each other being in side materials and adaptations (most infamously the anime).
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Alongside a G-rated Best Her to Bed Her, this is why she has feelings for Red, who is much nicer than the smug Blue.
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She commonly shows her tomboyshness and her title even is "The Tomboyish Mermaid", but she loves cuddly things, like Red's Clefairy and plushies.
  • Wake-Up Call Boss:
    • For both Blue and Red, giving them a really hard time. Her Starmie in particular is so powerful that once they realize how powerful it is they see it as a giant, and her as a gigantic mermaid. Even Red's Pikachu is given a tough fight, in spite of his type advantage AND of the fact that he's fighting Starmie after the latter is both already poisoned and tired after defeating three of Red's Pokémons. Utimately, Pikachu and Red have to resort to tricking Starmie into following Pikachu into the water, so that the latter can release a powerful thunder attack and electrocute all the water to knock Starmie out.
    • She later has a non-gym rematch with Red, where she uses Golduck. Pikachu, who previously defeated Starmie, has no chance.
    • For Leaf: She was riding high after winning two badges in two days against Brock and Surge, then she challenged Misty... who took out her Venusaur with a single Ice Beam from a Squirtle. The rest of the match was just as one-sided and reminded Leaf she's still a relative beginner compared to Red.
  • Walking Swimsuit Scene: She's wearing a bikini when near water (like in Gym battles or in the Beach Episode).
  • Willfully Weak: Seeing how she uses a stronger team against Leaf when challenged by her than she used against Red and Blue when they challenged her, Leaf having three badges while Red and Blue having only one back then, and how she curbstomps Red in a non-Gym battle, it shows Misty is choosing the strength of her team depending on the number of badges the challenger has.

     Lt. Surge 
The Gym Leader of Vermilion City and Red's mentor. Specializes in Electric-Types.
  • Adaptational Expansion/Adaptational Explanation: We learn how he got the title of Lieutenant through flashbacks during his Gym battle that show that he and his Raichu have previously fought in a war between Kanto and Hoenn.
  • Adaptational Heroism: He's on the side of the good guys in the battle for Silph Co. against Team Rocket. In the manga, Surge was on Team Rocket's side.
  • Ascended Extra: As he mentors Red during his stay in Vermilion City, he gains a much more major role.
  • The Mentor: He helps Red through his Heroic BSoD caused by the death of Blue's Raticate. His Raichu is also one to Red's Pikachu during Red's time training under Lt. Surge, essentially playing the role of Kakashi to Pikachu's Sasuke and Thunderbolt's Chidori.
  • Shock and Awe: Specializes in Electric Type Pokémon.
  • Signature Mon: Lt. Surge's Raichu is the most recurring Pokémon that appears.
  • War Is Hell: His war flashbacks are not pretty. Among other things, he had to tell a fallen soldier's wife about her husband's death. It's possible this is why he understood why Blue's Raticate's death caused such a toll on Red.

     Erika 
The Gym Leader of Celadeon City and Leaf's mentor. Specializes in Grass-Types.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: She appears to be a sleepyhead and is on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle against Red. Doesn't stop her from being a Gym Leader or an insightful mentor when she helps Leaf.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: On the receiving end against Red. She faced his Charizard, a fully evolved fire/flying type against her mono-grass type Team. The end result has her three Pokémon getting incinerated in one flaming attack.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: She first appears incognito to help Red and Leaf deal with Team Rocket.
  • Granola Girl: She is portrayed as a not very well grounded nature-loving woman. Red actually has to remind her that they're supposed to fight a Pokémon battle when she starts to talk about her love of nature and flowers.
  • Green Thumb: Specializes in Grass Type Pokémon.
  • The Mentor: She becomes one to Leaf, both giving her advices on how to be a good trainer and helping her overcome the trauma of her past as a conscripted Team Rocket grunt.

     Koga 
The Gym Leader of Fuchsia City. Specializes in Poison-Types. In the epilogue, he becomes a member of the Elite Four.
  • Adaptational Explanation: Him being a member of the Elite Four in Gold and Silver is shown in more detail here: he wanted to be a member for a long time, but was rejected every time until Red became Champion.
  • Adaptational Heroism: Doesn't show any traces of sadism he has in canon. In the battle for Silph Co., he's on Red's side rather than Team Rocket's, unlike in the manga.
  • Cool Old Guy: While not that old, he is the only Gym leader that Blue befriended after their battle.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: After many rejections, Koga finally became a member of the Elite Four in the epilogue.
  • Foil: To Giovanni in a sense; much like Koga, Giovanni wanted to be a member of the Elite Four at one point, but was rejected. While Giovanni became a criminal mastermind, Koga remained a honest man throughout multiple rejections.
  • Poisonous Person: Specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
  • Ninja: Has the training of one, even teaching Red and Blue the art of Ninjutsu during their time in Fuchsia City.

     Janine 
Koga's daughter. After Koga joins the Elite Four, she takes over the Fuschia Gym for him.

     Sabrina 
The Gym Leader of Saffron City. Specializes in Psychic-Types.
  • Adaptational Angst Upgrade: She was used as a fairground freak and abused in a Circus of Fear during her childhood, which turned her into a sadist.
  • Adaptational Jerkass: Played with; she has her sadistic personality from the anime. However, she's sided with the good guys in the battle for Silph Co.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Gives one to Red in their first fight, only using three of her Pokémon to trash his team. She is notably the only Gym Leader that gave Red a defeat the first go.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: During Red's rematch with Sabrina, he sees her troubled past and manages to successfully reach out to her and get her to see that she should not suffer alone. Afterwards, Sabrina loosens up and throws away her whip, signifying that she will not be the sadist she used to be.
  • Everyone Has Standards: She's a sadist, but even she helped fight against Team Rocket in Silph Co.
  • Freudian Excuse: Her sadism is explained by how she locked away her emotions after being bullied and abused in a Circus of Fear as a kid.
  • Gameplay and Story Integration: A really unique example; until Sabrina shows up, absolutely no one, not even Red, displays the games' "Enemy Trainer is about to use X, change Pokémon?" function, and when Sabrina herself uses it while destroying Red, its quickly established to be a low-level psychic ability that anyone who can tap their own mind can use. When Red starts unwittingly seeing similar precognitions after his loss to her, he's initially confused and horrified, but once Sabrina confirms what it is, he embraces it.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Sabrina might have helped the Gym Leaders and our heroes in the Silph Co. fight, but she is also a sadist who mind rapes Trainers who are not prepared.
  • Mercy Kill: Nonlethal variant; as shown by Red's first shot at her, should her primary tactic prove successful, she will do the whole "You will black out in 3,2,1" thing to end the fallen challenger's suffering.
  • Mind over Matter: Specializes in Psychic Type Pokémon.
  • Mind Rape: She uses this as her primary tactic.
  • Ship Tease: She is seen sleeping with Morty at one point in the sequel.
  • Sour Outside, Sad Inside: She may be a sadist, but once you manage to look beyond that, you'll see a little girl that everyone sees as a clown.
  • When She Smiles: After Red makes her realize she's not alone and helps her see the light, Sabrina smiles for the first time in years.

     Blaine 
The Gym Leader of Cinnabar Island. Specializes in Fire-Types.
  • Adaptational Villainy: Instead of an honest gym leader (like in the games) or a repentant Team Rocket defector (like in the manga), he's a willing associate of Team Rocket in this version. While he isn't shown to be truly mean or sadistic, and he only handles scientific works for Giovanni, he's aware of Team Rocket's criminal activities and still agreed to work for them in exchange for money. Therefore, he can't be considered an Anti-Villain.
  • Adaptational Wimp: His team gets easily beaten by Red's Lapras.
  • Everyone Has Standards: He's horrified when Giovanni orders Mewtwo to kill Oak out of spite, and afterward defects as soon as he has the opportunity
  • Hazy-Feel Turn: He tries to quit Giovanni's employ, though it's out of self-preservation first and foremost, but ends up captured and arrested. He then agrees to cooperate with the authorities to lessen his sentence and ultimately takes back his old job of Gym Leader - albeit while under house arrest.
  • Playing with Fire: Specializes in Fire-type Pokémon.
  • Token Evil Teammate: If we're not counting Giovanni, then he's definitely this in this considering he's the only gym leader to have willingly worked with criminals.

     Giovanni 
The Gym Leader of Viridian City. Specializes in Ground-Types. See his folder below for more details.

Elite Four

     Lorelei 
The first member of the Elite Four trainers face against. Specializes in Ice-Types.
  • Adaptational Badass: In the games, she's the weakest of the Elite Four. In the fan animation, no one could get past her except for Blue and Red.
  • An Ice Person: Specializes in the Ice-typing.
  • Token Minority: Lorelei's Slowbro is the only one in her line up that does not have an Ice type.

     Bruno 
The second member of the Elite Four trainers face against. Specializes in Fighting-Types.
  • Adaptation Expansion: Flashbacks hint that Bruno used to be the Pewter City Gym Leader before being promoted to a member of the Elite Four as he wore the Boulder Badge around his neck.
  • Dumb Muscles: Implied as Bruno got confused over Giovanni's theories, hinting that he just did not understand the logic. But when it comes to combat, that is where he excels.
  • Hidden Depths: Bruno apparently has good knowledge of the Padela region and knowledge about Terastallizing Pokémon.
  • Muscles Are Meaningful: Bruno is a wall of muscles. Fittingly, he specializes in Fighting-Types.
  • Oh, Crap!: Bruno has this reaction when he sees Hypno overpower Machamp with a Confusion powered kick.

     Agatha 
The third member of the Elite Four trainers face against. Specializes in Ghost-Types.
  • Adaptation Expansion: Flashbacks hint that Agatha used to be the Saffron City Gym Leader before being promoted to a member of the Elite Four as she wore the Marsh Badge around her neck.
  • Adaptational Explanation: The epilogue explains what happened to Agatha after Red beat Blue for the championship. She decided to retire after handing Lance her resignation.
  • Breather Boss: In-universe, Red's battle against Agatha was not terrible compared to Bruno or Lorelei, especially as he only used three Pokémon and none of them fainted. And it's more so because after Agatha comes Lance.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: A Ghost-type specialist, but Agatha is not a nasty person.
  • Graceful Loser: Once Red beats her, she gives the young man a pat on the shoulder in good will before allowing him to go upstairs.

     Lance 
The fourth and final member of the Elite Four trainers face against. Specializes in Dragon-Types.
  • Adaptational Expansion: Lance's role in the Team Rocket battle is expanded in the sequel series. In the original games, Lance stays in Johto until the radio wave scheme is foiled. Here, Lance stays well past it and joins Gold and the others in the Radio Tower fight.
  • Badass Boast: When fighting the Rocket Executives at the Radio Tower, he gives one after his team manages to overwhelm the Legendaries they captured.
    "I'm Lance. Champion before and after Champion Blue and Champion Red. The only Champion of 2 Regions. Your attack ends with me!"
  • Berserk Button: Harming his family's Pokémon. When Clair informs Lance that Team Rocket attacked her Gym's Pokémon and made them sick, Lance puts Blue in charge (in turn, Blue gives Leaf the Viridian Gym) and storms to Johto to stop Team Rocket. This is how he meets Gold.
  • Dragon Tamer: Specializes in Dragon-Type Pokémon. Even though only three of them are actually Dragon-type Pokémon.
  • The Juggernaut: His Dragonite. It finishes off Red's Snorlax with a Hyper Beam before fully materializing from its Poké Ball, and then engages Nidoking in what can best be described as a Hopeless Boss Fight... for Nidoking. A single shot of Poison Sting finds its mark, and it's only through the assistance of poison damage over time that Charizard is able to finish the job.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the calm, serious Blue to his cousin Clair's Hot-Blooded, Dominatrix-like Red, which is somewhat ironic since Lance is a redhead while Clair is blue-haired.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: All of Lance's Pokémon know Hyper Beam.

Team Rocket

     General 
  • Adaptational Explanation: Thanks to the world building Pedro has established, we see more of Team Rocket's schemes here than in the games where all of it takes place off screen.

     Giovanni 
The founder and leader of Team Rocket. Giovanni is a disgraced scientist who turned to crime to finance research into his fringe theories regarding the existence of the Pokémon Mew.
  • Adaptational Nice Guy: Played with: after his defeat at Viridian Gym he disbands Team Rocket and vows to dedicate his life to study Pokemon, in contrast to his canon self... But in accordance to what he had done in the original games, down to the phrases used.
  • All for Nothing: He dedicated his entire life to try and prove Mew exists and possibly capture him, but everything he tried failed miserably and caused the disappearance of his youngest daughter... And one day Red showed up at his Gym with a Mew.
  • Appropriated Appellation: "The Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer" is implied to have started out as a mocking nickname after Bruno became an Elite Four in his place. By the time Red shows up to his Gym, he's adopted it as his Gym Leader title.
  • Asskicking Leads to Leadership: The Rocket Boss, and by far the strongest trainer in the entire Team Rocket, on par with the Elite Four.
  • Badass Finger Snap: During Pokémon battles he will snap his finger to order a devastating move, be it his Dugtrio's Earthquake, his Nidoking's Fissure, or his Rhydon's Horn Drill.
  • Big Bad: He's the primary villain of the series, much like in canon.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: Most of his Pokémon, and the entirety of his main team, are Ground types.
  • The Don: His style as leader of Team Rocket makes him appear as a Mafia don.
  • The Dreaded: Those who know him and aren't from Team Rocket know to fear his wrath.
  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: He used to be a honest Gym Leader and researcher, but was passed over for Elite Four membership and ridiculed for his theories - two of which were later proven correct.
  • Eye Scream: Early in the season, Giovanni's Nidoking lost his left eye after Mewtwo redirected pieces of a broken boulder back at him. He would remain like this until the Viridian Gym Battle, where Mew used Recover to restore it.
  • Foil: To Koga and Blue:
    • Both he and Koga are fathers and have been rejected from the Elite Four, but where Giovanni ends up having a poor relationship with his son and became a villain over the rejections, Koga has a good relationship with his daughter and remained honest, and eventually joined the Elite Four when Agatha retired.
    • Both he and Blue have been repeatedly humiliated and their personalities worsened because of it, but where Blue got Professor Oak to help him deal with his problems Giovanni was laughed at by the professor and later rejected after Giovanni stole a sample of Mew's DNA and asked his help one last time, fully becoming a villain.
  • I Am Not Left-Handed: At Silph Co. Red and Blue thought they could take on him due how it had gone at the Rocket Hideout. This time, however, he has his main team available, and they're no match for him even together.
  • I Gave My Word: When Giovanni returns in the sequel series, he doesn't do it to rejoin Team Rocket or take back command like Archer and Ariana hoped he would. Instead, he stays around to see Silver do his Heel–Face Turn, and takes his leave. As such, he upholds the promise he made to Red eight years ago.
  • Lightning Bruiser: His Nidoking is very fast and powerful enough to tangle with Legendaries, notably tanking a Psychic from Mewtwo and standing back up for more even as his left eye was bleeding, one-shotting Articuno, and taking a lot of punishment from Mew (right after taking out Articuno and Red's Snorlax) before finally going down in the Gym Battle.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Invoked against him by both Blue and Red at Silph Co. Prior to Blue's arrival, he's shown as being willing to pay a fair sum of money for the Master Ball. One battle against Blue and Red that he wins later, and suddenly the offer has changed from money, to "sparing these kids' lives." Needless to say, the Silph Co. President relents at that point.
  • Pet the Dog:
    • During Giovanni’s first attempt at capturing Mewtwo, he punches the clone Pokémon after causing a severe injury to his Nidoking.
    • Giovanni seems to genuinely be in awe of Mew when he sees it in person. He makes no efforts to capture it or command his Nidoking to attack it. Instead, he proudly points to it when Oak shows up at the Viridian Gym and is able to pet it.
  • The Resenter: Much of his villainy derives from not receiving the respect he feels he deserves, and starting to get some after becoming a villain and having the money for it didn't make him nicer.
  • Villain Has a Point: As a scientist he's a proponent of some wild theories... And entirely correct about two of them, namely the existence of Mew and that a Pokémon's evolution can be artificially induced through radio waves.
  • Villainous Breakdown: After Red defeats him at Silph Co. and he loses Mewtwo, Giovanni has one hell of a meltdown over the former ruining all of his plans.
  • Worf Had the Flu: Twice, both times courtesy of Mewtwo:
    • When Red shows up at the Rocket Hideout, Giovanni's main team is still injured after his attempt at capturing Mewtwo, so he has to resort to a secondary team.
    • The climatic fight with Red at Silph Co. happens about a minute after Mewtwo has knocked out all active Pok&aceute;mon in the building, so Giovanni had to resort to another secondary team.

Others

     Mr. Fuji 
A caretaker at the Lavender Town Pokémon House. Used to be a Team Rocket researcher.
  • Adaptational Badass: Unlike the games, Mr. Fuji helps Red fight Team Rocket at the Pokémon Tower.
  • Composite Character: A combination of his game counterpart and his Pokémon Origin counterpart (as the second part featured Fuji being the one who created Mewtwo).
  • Everyone Has Standards: Mr. Fuji might have been willing to help Giovanni create Mewtwo, but he was appalled by the criminal activities Team Rocket caused and quit.

     Mars 
The eldest daughter of Giovanni.

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