Another fun fact about Elio and Selene; Elio stares blankly in SuMo because he’s always deeply lost in his thoughts. Selene stares blankly because there are ZERO thoughts in there

Both Wes and Michael use their right arm to send out their pokemon, and use their left arm to throw Snag Balls.

5:35 Most likely won’t be canon, but in Pokemon Masters EX, Hilbert did reunite with N in N’s event! (Hilbert is the canon Black and White protag in Masters, and Hilda COMPLETELY missed the whole Team Plasma takeover at the League since she was so focused on the Battle Subway)

The outifits and hairstyles are the same in both Scarlet and Violet, but the characters will treat you as he or she, depending on your choice when picking a character, the 4 on the left are boys and the 4 on the right are girls

Gender is specified in Scarlet and Violet, multiple times, in fact!

In Masters EX, Hilbert reunites with N and says that he's been looking for him because N's departure was so sudden that he didn't have the chance to say goodbye. Dawn's team is like that because all of her teams must have a Grass/Fire/Water trio, so they sacrificed Pachirisu to make that happen.

“Not only is your gender never specified” one of the first few lines after the introduction is literally “so you want to take my son/daughter to naranja/uva academy?” It very much is specified.

Other fun facts about these characters: * Red's title screen and profile front sprites from _Pokémon Red and Green_ correspond to his earlier _Capsule Monsters_ artwork instead of his final Generation I artwork. The title screen sprite was updated for _Pokémon Blue_ but the profile front sprite wasn't. In _Pokémon Yellow,_ he lacks a title screen sprite but his front sprite was updated to match his official artwork, and possibly in part to match Ash Ketchum, hsince the frontal section of his hat has the same division in the middle as Ash's hat from the original series. * Leaf's was actually designed for the cover of _Pokémon Red and Green's_ official strategy guide, not for the games themselves. He wanted to portray a trio of Trainers facing off against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover. The female character was adapted into Leaf and later Green, though it should be noted Sugimori took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the former. He also mentioned that the _FireRed and LeafGreen_ female protagonist did not have a name at the time of his writing, in November 2012. * On the "Area" map on the Pokédex in _HeartGold and SoulSilver,_ Ethan's headshot sprite shows his hat from _Gold and Silver._ Also Ethan actually did face off against Ash in the beginning of _Zoroark: Master of Illusions,_ where he uses a Donphan. * Kris actually coexists with Lyra in _Pokémon Masters EX,_ and has a Feraligatr, a Jolteon, and a Suicune (though it is clarified that the latter is not the one she encountered in Johto). * According to Pokégear calls, along with her Marill, Lyra owns a Tauros, a Bulbasaur, a Porygon, and a Tangela. Like Kris she owns several other Pokémon in _Masters EX,_ including a Jigglypuff, a Vaporeon, a Phanpy, and a Celebi. * Pre-release media for _Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire_ suggests that Brendan and May were going to receive new names for the remake, being Orlando and Anna in English and Omega and Alpha in Japanese. * While Lucas is shown to own an Infernape in _Pokémon Masters EX,_ you can't actually obtain a sync pair of the two. Instead, he instead uses a Dialga and a Flareon. However, this creates an inconsistency, as Dawn and Barry are shown with a Torterra and an Empoleon, and since Lucas' appearance in the game is based on his NPC appearance, he and Barry should technically have swapped first partners. * Continuing on from the video's fact, if they player chose Piplup, Dawn’s team consists of Pokémon Ash and Paul used throughout the Diamond and Pearl anime except for her Gorebyss. Specifically, Paul also owns a Honchkrow and Froslass while Ash owns a Sceptile, Infernape (which was originally Paul’s as a Chimchar) and owned Dawn's Ambipom when it was an Aipom. If the player chooses Chimchar Dawn's entire team will consist of Pokémon used by a major trainer in the Diamond and Pearl anime. Namely, Torterra is owned by both Ash and Paul, with Ash also owning a Mr. Mime, Brock has a Crobat, Blastoise and Arcanine are both owned by Gary Oak, and Conway has a Lickilicky. * According to game scenario author Toshinobu Matsumiya, Hilda and Hilbert were initially visualized to be at the age of 16, which would make them the oldest main series protagonists. In addition, they were planned to be battled at the Pokémon World Tournament. * Both Nate and Rosa have interesting trivia related to _Pokémon Masters EX._ First off, Nate is the only protagonist in the game to not own a first partner Pokémon. Secondly, Rosa is not only the first trainer the player recruits in the game with her Snivy (that evolves), Serperior, but she also has a Delibird, Sky Forme Shaymin, Dewott, and Meloetta. * Calem and Serena can reach the rank of Grand Duke/Duchess in the Battle Chateau by defeating most of the trainers there. Notably, while Serena is the only other character with this trainer class besides Diantha, having Calem reach the rank is the only time the Trainer class Grand Duke appears in-game. * Remember how the player character in _Sun and Moon_ often has a blank expression regardless of the situation? _Pokémon Masters EX_ poked fun at this by revealing that Elio and Selene actually do that because they're taking time to think about what's going on around them. Also, promotional videos and trailers for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon refer to them as Ray and Ailey, which would honestly kinda lean into the multiverse angle those games had. * In an event in _Pokémon Masters EX,_ both Chase and Elaine claim they helped the other one out in battles while in Kanto, referencing to the co-op feature from _Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!_ * During a scene where the player, along with Sonia and Hop, are at Bob's Your Uncle at Circhester City, if the player picks the gag response to Sonia's question about the tapestry there, Victor/Gloria will actually speak and say "Exactly! Bob, with his brilliant smile must be part of the legend!", making Sonia react in disbelief. This makes it the only time Victor and Gloria can directly speak in the main series games. * Rei and Akari appear in the present day in _Pokémon Masters EX,_ having arrived on Pasio by traveling through a space-time rift, where the former also mentions that present-day Pasio feels familiar to him, but he doesn't think this is the world he was originally from. It has also been pointed out by multiple characters in the game, about the similarities between them and Lucas and Dawn. * Speaking of appearances, Florian is shown with black hair in concept art, though his key artwork depicts him with brown hair. Despite this, the promotional poster for the Teal Mask depicts Florian with black hair. Juliana also wears the summer uniform of Naranja/Uva Academy in the regular artwork, the spring uniform of Blueberry Academy in the regular artwork of The Indigo Disk, and the autumn and summer uniforms of Blueberry Academy in the art for the BB League and the final art for The Indigo Disk, respectively. * Wes is around 17 years old, and about 5'04" to 5'07 in height. * Michael is about 4'07". In addition, he was originally planned to start with a level 26 Jolteon and level 30 Vaporeon, and is shown a level 40 Gardevoir and Parasect in the game's demo. * There are some actually interesting facts regarding Nate and Cyndy, being that all Nate's Pokémon hold a plate that boosts their coverage move, meanwhile Cyndy is the only protagonist to start with a final three-stage evolution, being her Pidgeot. *Forgotten in this video are Scottie and Bettie, the protagonists of _Pokémon Masters EX._ While they start with Pikachu, they can obtain a Regirock, Cobalion, Mesprit, Registeel, and Alcremie, as well as various Pokémon hatched from Eggs. However, alongside their Pikachu in the final battle against their rival Paulo, they use their Torchic, which they received from a Rising Star named Stella after helping her find her own Torchic, and Solgaleo, which the player befriended after battling it multiple times atop a mountain in Pasio.

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Honestly Xavier and Yvonne are way cooler names than Calem and Serena, I hope they use those names for the legends game that would be a sick obscure reference

6:20 The name Yvonne did end up getting used for her Pokémon Adventures counterpart, even shortened to Y for the most part. However, Calem's counterpart is just called X.

It could be that Professor Oak did ask Red, Blue, and Leaf about the Poké Dex but figured "Why not ask these kids too?" since more heads and perspectives on the project could be helpful.

Fun fact: Calem and Serena are actually called X and Y in the manga. And it’s revealed that Y’s real name is Yvonne, and Y is just a nickname. I don’t think we ever find out X’s real name, but I’m guessing it was probably Xavier

"Today's video is about... you!" Aww! Little ol' me?

Technically helios and Selene are titans there’s a weird distinction but it’s necessary

Why didn't Wes talk? Or be explored more as a character? It's an rpg for Christ's sake, he's literally the coolest Pokemon mc to ever exist, his fit is fire, he rides around in a mad max style hover motorcycle, starts off with an Umbreon and Espeon, formerly a villain team member, etc c'mon!

It would be cool if Kris returned in a future (Johto) game.

Florian and Julianas gender is stated multiple times through npc dialouge always using he/him if Florian is picked and she/her if Juliana is picked

1:58 Ah yes, the man that is the sole Toei bootlicker of the DB dub cast and wants TeamFourStar to rot in hell. As an example of his hatred towards TFS, during (I think) the Kai version of the Buu Saga, Funimation had the TFS gang included as the VAs for actors in a stage play/gag recap of the Cell Saga. Now Comcast on demand had released this episode before they officially aired on normal TV and most people by have theorized that it was in fact Sean Schemmel himself that ratted to Toei about this.

Hilbert/Hilda (most likely Hilbert) looking for N is kinda further referenced in Pokémon Masters EX. When N debuted in Masters EX and arrived in Pasio, there's a story continuity between Hilbert and N, discussing why N bid farewell after defeating Ghetsis and going down memory lane from the first time you met.

I didn't know those facts about Calem and Serena, Serena's name originally being Yvonne was actually adapted into Adventures interestingly enough. We never learn X (Calem's counterpart)'s full name, so I guess we could assume it's Xavier. I actually assumed his full name would be revealed at some point when I was reading the manga, because they revealed Yvonne really early on but didn't reveal X's. This is a really cool video, found it weird that Adventures wasn't brought up especially since Violet's in the thumbnail though

We also see Jimmy(gold) and marina (chris)from the anime during the finals

7:28 it has to be different versions of them as team rocket has their plan from og rgby even having the poke tower and Giovanni as the 8th gym leader that blue takes over after defeating him

2 bonus facts: + Elio and Selene wasn't named untill USUM (at least on bulbapedia) + Elio is considered the cutest boy player and Juliana is considered the least cute girl player.

6:13 fun fact: these are (kinda) their names in the manga, with serena being called Yvonne and Calem being "X" which one could assume is short for Xavier

6:18 xavier and yvonne are actually their names in the pokemon adventures x and y manga! their friends call them "x" and "y" for short. i wonder why they kept the original names for only the manga?

amazing video! really fun to see all about them!

The way how he pronounced Xavier was so funny

I think it's confirmed by the game designer that he forgot kris existed hence how lyra took her place 😂

I think it's really cool that the protags in BW created such a close bond with N through just from fighting opposing ideals

Another Aura video, man my day keeps getting better Keep up the good work ❤

yo man keep up the good work!! nice vid

Just to clear something up. I believe in Let’s Go the Digital Pokédex hadn’t been made yet since we know there are two timelines with and without Megas and we’ve only seen the Mega timeline Red and Blue when they’re older. Blue also talks about how he helped write location data down for the Pokédex on a map during his journey.

Just two small corrections 1) I'm greek, and while it's entire likely Elio and Selene are named after the Greek Gods Helios (Ήλιος) and Selene (Σελήνη), I think it's also worth noting that Ήλιος is the literal word we use for Sun, same goes for Σελήνη and the moon. 2) The Scarlet and Violet protagonists do have genders, despite the fact that you can make them look near identical. At some points in the game, characters reder to you in the third person, and they do use he/him or she/her depending on your original choice

Jimmy/Ethan is fighting Ash in a cameo in movie 13.

I thought he would’ve included the manga characters since he had one in the thumbnail lmao

6:18 Adventures Kalos protagonists does use these names

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I love this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel I love Pokemon all franchise

Pokemon never forgets. Kris will return...

6:26 it's actually their Manga name too i believe

5:58 Spanish Nate is RIZZO!

Fun fact: In the Pokemon movies (more specifically Hoenn movie) Brendan (Hoenn Pokemon trainer) challenges Lucas (Sinnoh Pokemon Trainer) at the battle tower, and Gold in the Sinnoh Pokemon movie he challenges Ash for a battle and comes back on Pokemon Journeys M8 watching Lance vs Diantha

Green was not supposed to appear in the Gen I games at all: Sugimori only designed her because he wanted to draw a trio of trainers facing each other. This character was later added to the manga as Squirtle's trainer, and when the remakes were created, Sugimri used her appearance to design Leaf.

Kris was also Lyra in the manga. Its that her mom yave her the hg/ss outfit

Actually, in Scarlet/Violet, gender is specified based on if you pick one of the boys or girls. I have seen dialogue in the game where I was referred to as Ms. (insert name here) by the director and I picked the girl as my avatar.

in the pokemon adventures manga calem is named x & serena is named yvonne

Fun fact: The Gen 9 protaganists are the only ones that have sideways eyes.

8:44 false, your mother will refer to you as her daughter or son depending on the "style" you choose actually

9:19 you can disguise yourself as team rocket in hgss and Rosa's counterpart in the manga was part of team plasma

The full names of Calem and Serena in the Pokémon adventures manga are Xavier and Yvonne I think

I firmly stand by the fact that in Legends Arceus, the intent is that you play as Dawn or Lucas from BDSP (which were supposed to release first) with Rei or Akari being your rival. There are several things that support this from the character select screens mirroring each other to the "modern" room found in PLA's code that closely matches the BDSP bedroom. Even the official website introduces the character art as something like "your character and Rei or Akari" with only Masters calling the time-displaced amnesiac boy "Rei." Seriously though, who else but the greatest Sinnoh Champion would Arceus have any reason to choose to save the past? Especially since clearing PLA lets you catch Arceus in BDSP.

8:45 The NPCs still refer to you as he or she.

Cool facts, though I feel like diving into the manga as well as Trainers EX could bring in even more examples. For example, Wes is not the only canonical former member of an evil team; Rosa was a former Team Plasma grunt in the manga.

Sean Schemmel the goat

1:50 look... but "Jimmy" interacted with ash in 13º movie, when ash and battled against gold/ethan/jimmy's dolphan or that count as gold/ethan?

the hisui protacts are parallel universe versions to the gen 4 protacts that got sucked into the past (well rei is at least) acording to masters.

0:30 he said was? What’s the new highest? And what are the exceptions??

6:20 to be fair, Serena's name was Yvonne in the adventures manga

If they remake HG/SS they should bump Red’s team to level 100. That would be intense.

Wes really is the coolest pokémon protagonist

Those facts are mindblow 🤯

This was helpful

Technically wes isn't the only pokemon protagonist to be part of a evil team in the manga rosa was an ex plasma grunt

YO HE UPLOADED!

8:45 Actually, Director Clavell will refer to you as ‘Master [X]’ or ‘Miss [X]’, so your character does have a confirmed gender. I believe that’s the only instance though. So close to an androgynous character.

I’m a bit confused about one thing about Rei and Akari. In the beginning of LA it’s pretty clear you’re playing as either Lucas or Dawn, with Arceus transporting you back in time to Hisui, and the outfits you wear as you start playing the game are completely identical to Rei and Akari. So wouldn’t that mean Rei and Akari do have a connection to Lucas and Dawn?

Notification squad, where ya at?

8:46 characters in game will use he or she depending on what you chose for you base chatacter model the 4 on the left being he/him and the right being she/her

S/V does have gender references, many character refer you as a male or female depending if you choose the male or female looking character choice.

dam, does that imply that lyra doesnt think her marill is happy with her? :(

In Pokémon Adventures Serena’s counterpart Y’s real name is Yvonne

nice. thanks.

How do you know so much about me? Are you stalking me?

typhlosion only have eruption

I wasn’t even aware the Scarlet & Violet protags had cannon names.

TIL that the protagonists of Battle Revolution have official art lol

red blue and leaf in lets go are the mega verse. It is different to the original games.

Also Rosa as an ex team plasma grunt in the manga in black and white 1

Would be great to have a fun facts about pokemon ranger or pokemon mystery dungeon(best spinoff)

When I played SV with my mom we did the games side by side and completed the gyms together and scrolled through dialogue together, reading out loud. All the dialogue referred to me with He and my mom with She and so forth. The statement might be more that the characters never called me a boy or my mom a girl and never included gender specific dialogue rather than the pronouns, though this feels like reaching.

But my name ain't Brendan 😂😂

what?? if they're not related, then why does finding arceus in legends arceus allow you to find arceus in brilliant diamond and shining pearl??!

A little correction for Julian and Juliana, I picked the "guy" character and npcs referred to me as young master and young man, idk if its the same if u pick the "girl" character, but it still seems the game somewhat treats u as either a girl or guy based on the first defult haircut u choose, but in general it does seem a bit more ambiguous and less explicit than before

bro another fact about red is it thats in the first version red blue and green he chose bulbasaur but in fire re and leaf green he chose charmader same with leaf who chose at the first version squirtle and the fire red and leaf green she chose bulbasaur

9:14 JOE BIDEN!???

In Pokémon scarlet you can pick a gender and character will refer to you as he or she. Sir or Madam

sean schemmel is also the gym leader clay

only reason i know Chris from HGSS is because of Poketips and his hate for Lyra

You took 9 years

0:05 *Deltarune-*

Pokemon protagonists have lost so much aura throughout the yrs

Fun fact: did you know that Brendan is slightly sexist?

Wes is also the oldest Pokemon Protagonist if I recall correctly. Unlike the other protagonists who are around 10-12, Wes is 17 years old at the start of his game as is Rui, his companion making them the oldest Protagonists in a Pokemon game.

I thought that one of the protagonists from BW/B2W2 was a former Team Plasma Grunt, or was it on manga or something?

Can ya do another shiny

While scarlet and violet aren’t gender specific like other protagonists (to be more inclusive) it is important to know that if you pick anyone from the top 4 you will be referred to with he/him, and anyone from the bottom 4 will be referred by she/her, which they can’t really do anything besides having a screen that says “what would you like to be referred by?”

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Scarlett and Violet definitely does make references to your gender through NPC's choice of pronouns to refer to you. You mention suspecting this will be the direction for the future of the series and I reckon you're right. SV had the best face and hair customization we've seen to date, so I honestly expect in the future we won't even pick a base trainer to customise but instead have a fully customisable protagonist. However one thing I despised about SV was the fact that they wear the same clothes. Not that that is a bad thing, it would be fantastic for all clothing to be shared, except Gamefreak chose to achieve this by having us only choice between 4 school uniforms for the entire game until DLC, and all of them looked terrible imo. I mean hell, if you're trying to allow expression of gender, why is there no skirt or dress uniform for the cis girls? Let alone for the boys who would choose to wear it too, which feels like it should've been the whole point of the change to gender in those games. If we continue neutrality with gender, I expect to have the full range of clothing choices offered in Gen's 6, 7 and 8 available to anyone.

I’ve always called Ethan Gold

Actually, For scarlet and violet Your pronouns of He/She are determined by the beginning selection so there technically is a canonical gender in game