Facts About EVERY Pokemon Protagonist!

Happy Friday!! Which protagonist is your favorite?

im not gonna lie, the fact they adressed the Sun and Moon protagonists' blank expressions is one of the funniest things to me

In Masters EX, a swimmer tells Ellio and Selene "If I keep on paddling, I might just make it to Alola for some battling". Selene sits there for a solid 10 seconds with that blank stare before finally saying "Hey, that rhymes!"

Another fun fact about Calem is that his face has never been shown in any animated media. he basically gets Mike wazowski'd

I remember a friend of mine back in High School trying to explain that Elio and Selene act the way they do because they're new to the region, don't fully understand the language and customs, and are just winging it the best they can. The fact that Masters Ex has them zone out before finally speaking up that they don't know how to respond plays into that so well. I wish I could contact them about it.

I do like the Elio and Selene "zoning out like a dumbass" reference made into Pokemon Masters EX. So funny

I don't think any protagonist will ever be as awesome to me as Brendan/May. Settling a gang war, riding on the back of a rampaging Groudon/ Kyogre, becoming pop stars, riding mega Rayquaza into space to blast through a meteor and then battle a space virus, these are the two coolest people ever.

I gotta love how the adventures manga adapts and shapes their characters to better fit the story. Though i will say the gen 3 remakes was clearly a very rough time for them as they suddenly had to make up an excuse to bring Archie and Maxie back from the dead

For me gotta love Hilbert/Black, the 1st canonically protagonist to have a legendary Pokémon mascot as part of their team and main story, and I love how Black in the Manga acts and is with Pokémon and interactions with N

Fun fact: In the most recent event in Pokemon Masters EX, Adaman and Irida actually meet Dawn and Lucas, and it's confirmed (as much as it can be in a mobile game) that they aren't Akari and Rei. They have a conversation about it due to the space-time distortion that brought the two there in the first place

Fun fact! The gen 6 protagonists are canonically 16/17 because Emma, who is 16, says you're older than her. But presumably you're still a child so most people just say 17

I love the Pokémon Adventures interpretations of the different protagonists. They’re some of my favorite characters in Pokémon overall.

6:15 there’s actually a reason why May never reunited with Ash in Pokémon Journeys. May’s Japanese voice actor has a disease that makes it hard for her to talk properly. The creators of the Pokémon anime thought it would be disrespectful if they just went and replaced her so they decided to leave May and Max on the side lines. Unfortunate yes, but it was their way of respecting May’s voice actor.

Another fun fact for both Elio and Selene in Pokemon Masters is that both are heavily implied to be siblings. They both moved from Kanto to Alola, and have a pet Meowth. They also like to appear together too, unlke other protagonist characters. Sinnoh kid trio in Pokemon Masters are kinda weird. Dawn having Torterra and Wormadam, Lucas having Infernape and Flareon correspond to the player character's chosen starter. So if Dawn the player in BDSP chose Infernape, Lucas the assistant will have Flareon even tho he would have Torterra. If Lucas the player chose Torterra as the starter, Dawn the assistant will have Wormadam in BDSP even tho should would have Empoleon there. As a side note, Barry's Empoleon, a water/steel type is weak against grass type moves due to he started with a Piplup, which is actually weak against grass type moves.

I like how Masters brought some canon implications to most of the player protags. Red - obviously Ethan - rivals with Silver Lyra - fought Red once Kris - encountered Suicune Brendan - his father is Norman Dawn - Lucas is Rowan's assistant Hilbert - met N and was the one defeated Ghetsis Rosa - friends with Hugh Serena - Calem states that she was very silent when they first met, a trait to all silent protags Elio - Island Challenge and knows Masked Royal's identity Gloria - beats Eternatus with Hop and the legendary dogs And I'll list other protags that aren't actually canon protag in Masters. May - Birch is her father Lucas - lab assistant Hilda - Battle Subway trainer and have never met N Nate - Battle Subway trainer Calem - Grand Duke Selene - did not know the identity of the Masked Royal Victor - Gloria is the main protag who saved the region

Gotta love how Elio and Selene are canonically space cadets. 😂

Hilbert in Pokemon Adventures, aka Black in Adventures, has to be my favourite interpretation of the character and my favourite Adventures protagonist, I love how he's obsessed with beating the Pokemon league and his sacrifices at the end of the Black and White part was so sad, but absolutely epic.

its funny that Red specifically is known as 'the one that doesnt talk' when basically every other player character is the same not just in pokemon but tons of other games

It’s so fascinating to me that the overwhelming majority of canon protagonists are the girls. Dawn, Serena, Gloria, Akari(?). While Ethan and Hilbert are heavily implied to be the protagonists (and in the manga they are, as is Brendan) it’s not outright obvious as it is for the ladies… and red.

I would like to point out a minor discrepancy, the names for Blue and Green are actually reversed. The girl is named Blue until the FRLG and Emerald. There is a very prominent translator note explaining this on the chapter Vs. Deoxys of Pokémon Special/Adventures