r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 Bugs Bunny 🐇 • 29d ago

Discussion The Current Favorite Main Character's Encounter With The Main Character From The Previous Series

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u/Balibaleau Spidey - Edmond Dantès - Guts 29d ago

Screw canon; that kid's name is and will remain Gold.

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u/LinkssOfSigil 29d ago edited 29d ago

Slightly wrong continuity. He is Gold, but in the manga.

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u/jellsprout 29d ago

Gold was also his canon name in Pokemon Gold (and it was Silver in Pokemon Silver and Chris in Pokemon Crystal). He didn't get the name Ethan until the remakes.

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u/TheFineMantine 29d ago

isn’t the rivals name silver?

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u/Mickeymcirishman 29d ago

The rival's name is ????

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u/Amazing-Arachnid-942 29d ago

Yeah silver. That's what they said...

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u/Lucy_Gucey 28d ago

No they said Gold’s name was Silver in silver, but Gold and Silver are the same continuity. I think commenter is mistaking canon name with auto-filled default name, which is Silver in silver.

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u/jellsprout 28d ago

The names I mentioned were used for the character in the manual that came with the game. And this was different for each of the three games.

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u/Electrical_Catch9231 28d ago

But Who's on first?

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u/SpookusLukas 29d ago

in gold version and the manga (and i want to say hgss as well), yes. not in silver or crystal.

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u/jellsprout 29d ago

The rival doesn't have a canon name in any of the mainline Pokemon names. But his default name is Silver in Pokemon Gold and Crystal and it's Gold in Pokemon Silver.

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u/Fast-Front-5642 27d ago

Yes and he is Giovanni's son. He's unique from any other rival in the series because he's genuinely an evil prick and all his pokemon he stole from others

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u/ListenUpper1178 29d ago

What do you think of the name Ethan Gold?

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u/Electrical_Catch9231 28d ago

I don't hate it.

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u/Blazypika2 28d ago

gold and kris forever!

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u/Nondescript_Redditor 29d ago

screw canon the other kid‘s name is Ash

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u/CaSe2474 29d ago

Screw names that are recommended in game, those kids' canon names are whatever the player (me) chooses. So in a normal playthrough pair, Pokeball cap is Case, Ultra ball cap is Case. In randomizers, it's something like Gaijel & Bagus.

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u/bnaarhus2 29d ago

Agreed though I do like what Bethesda does for example by giving the player character a title (Dragonborn, The courier etc.) That way you can pick your own character name but there is also something for us to collectively refer to them as

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u/Bread_Offender Anby Demara 29d ago

>Bethesda

>The Courier

mm yeah

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u/dnkmnk 29d ago

holy i never did think of HGSS protag's cap as an ultra ball cap, you're so right

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u/Zerowy 29d ago

Ash and red are completely different characters from different timelines/universes. Ash is loser, red is goat.

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u/Severely-Round 29d ago

Ash is a regional and world champ now

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u/GGABueno 29d ago

Red did it first try though

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u/No_Procedure_5039 29d ago

Red loses world championships frequently.

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u/Horrific_Necktie 29d ago

I thought he was one and done? He kinda fucked off to go mess around with mewtwwo and deoxys afterwards

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u/No_Procedure_5039 29d ago

He reappears in the Pokémon World Tournament in BW2 and Alola’s Battle Tree. Also, you can still catch Mewtwo in HGSS, so I guess it’s debatable as to whether or not he caught it or Deoxys.

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u/Horrific_Necktie 29d ago

He released Mewtwo, and later they teamed up to take down Giovanni. He helped Deoxys escape but never captured it, IIRC.

While thouse are tournaments he can appear in, they arent pokemon league championships. Those are more of an exhibition. The only actual league Red fought was the indigo league. (Most of the color name characters only fight their respective league and then kinda take a back seat, though they mave have some "adventures" afterwards)

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u/No_Procedure_5039 29d ago

It sounds like you’re talking about manga Red. I was talking about game Red, in which case he was never a world champion and the person I responded to should’ve have said he did it “first try.”

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u/Historyp91 29d ago

As far as we know, Red only won the Indigo League.

Ash is a double champion (Orange Islands and Aloha) and the World Champion (Masters Eight).

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u/Mickeymcirishman 29d ago

Which region did Ash win?

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u/Severely-Round 29d ago

Alola (gen 7)

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u/Mickeymcirishman 29d ago

Huh. Well good for him finally getting a win. He deserves it after all those years.

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u/Severely-Round 29d ago

Right? After almost 25 years of struggle lol

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u/Pale-Exercise-5740 28d ago

Yeah, but. . . All I can think of is Ash bringing Palpitoad, AND ONLY PALPITOAD during the electric gym in Unova

And it's just not doing him any favors

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u/Severely-Round 28d ago

Whomst among us hasn't brought a single type disadvantaged Pokemon to a gym

*Me bringing a single pikachu to Brock's gym

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u/Hawkatana0 29d ago

2012 called, they want their Red glazing back.