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Interesting thing that I was wondering about.
Do you guys ever notice how the Pokémon Company gives certain Starters to certain Trainers?
Pokemon Masters, Merchandise, Pokémon Manga, the Anime, etc all of them seem to have different interpretations of which Starter goes to which to whatever Trainer.
For example:
Red is usually associated with the Charmander line. Sometimes he's associated with the Bulbasaur line.
Sometimes he has all 3 Starters.
Kris got Chikorita in Adventures but got Totodile in Masters
Serena is normally associated with Fenniken. But her Manga counterpart Y got Froakie in Pokemon Adventures.
May gets Torchic usually but her ORAS figurine gave her Mudkip and Masters gave her Mudkip as well (tho to be fair Origins gave her BOTH Torchic and Mudkip)
Brendan has Treecko everywhere EXCEPT in Pokemon Adventures where his counterpart Ruby had Mudkip
Dawn usually gets Piplup everywhere EXCEPT Pokémon Masters. Where she has Turtwig for some odd reason???
Gloria's counterpart got Scorbunny in Pokemon Adventures but Merchandise of Gloria keeps pairing her with Sobble instead.
Also Masters Datamine Spoiler Alert!
She also has Inteleon as her Starter in Pokemon Masters
Perhaps this means that the Figurine designers, Anime Directiors, Masters Creators and the Manga writers all had different personal interpretations of what Starter they thought matched the characters?
So it brings me to my original question.
What Starter does YOUR mind personally associate the Protagonists/Rivals with?
For me personally my mind says:
Female Protags/Rivals:
Leaf with Squirtle (Or Bulbasaur)
Kris with Totodile
Lyra with Chikorita
May with Torchic
Dawn with Piplup
Hilda with Tepig
Bianca with Oshawott
Rosa with Snivy
Serena with Fenniken
Shauna with Chespin
Selena with Rowlet
Gloria with Sobble
Male Protags/Rivals:
Red with Charmander
Blue with Squirtle
Ethan with Cyndaquil
Silver with Totodile
Brendan with Treecko
Lucas with Turtwig
Barry with Chimchar
Hilbert with Oshawott
Nate with Emboar
Hugh with Oshawott
Cheren with Snivy
Calem with Froakie
Elios with Litten
Hau with Popplio
Victor with Scorbunny
Hop with Grookey
What are your thoughts on this?
Do you guys ever notice how the Pokémon Company gives certain Starters to certain Trainers?
Pokemon Masters, Merchandise, Pokémon Manga, the Anime, etc all of them seem to have different interpretations of which Starter goes to which to whatever Trainer.
For example:
Red is usually associated with the Charmander line. Sometimes he's associated with the Bulbasaur line.
Sometimes he has all 3 Starters.
Kris got Chikorita in Adventures but got Totodile in Masters
Serena is normally associated with Fenniken. But her Manga counterpart Y got Froakie in Pokemon Adventures.
May gets Torchic usually but her ORAS figurine gave her Mudkip and Masters gave her Mudkip as well (tho to be fair Origins gave her BOTH Torchic and Mudkip)
Brendan has Treecko everywhere EXCEPT in Pokemon Adventures where his counterpart Ruby had Mudkip
Dawn usually gets Piplup everywhere EXCEPT Pokémon Masters. Where she has Turtwig for some odd reason???
Gloria's counterpart got Scorbunny in Pokemon Adventures but Merchandise of Gloria keeps pairing her with Sobble instead.
Also Masters Datamine Spoiler Alert!
She also has Inteleon as her Starter in Pokemon Masters
Perhaps this means that the Figurine designers, Anime Directiors, Masters Creators and the Manga writers all had different personal interpretations of what Starter they thought matched the characters?
So it brings me to my original question.
What Starter does YOUR mind personally associate the Protagonists/Rivals with?
For me personally my mind says:
Female Protags/Rivals:
Leaf with Squirtle (Or Bulbasaur)
Kris with Totodile
Lyra with Chikorita
May with Torchic
Dawn with Piplup
Hilda with Tepig
Bianca with Oshawott
Rosa with Snivy
Serena with Fenniken
Shauna with Chespin
Selena with Rowlet
Gloria with Sobble
Male Protags/Rivals:
Red with Charmander
Blue with Squirtle
Ethan with Cyndaquil
Silver with Totodile
Brendan with Treecko
Lucas with Turtwig
Barry with Chimchar
Hilbert with Oshawott
Nate with Emboar
Hugh with Oshawott
Cheren with Snivy
Calem with Froakie
Elios with Litten
Hau with Popplio
Victor with Scorbunny
Hop with Grookey
What are your thoughts on this?