Pokémon Ranger/Characters

Lunick/Solana
"The player is offered a choice of gender, with males playing as Lunick and females playing as Solana. Both are new Rangers being employed in the land of Fiore. Whichever one you don't choose to play as acts as your friend and partner."


 * Blue Eyes/Red Eyes: Lunick and Solana, respectively.
 * Curtains Match the Window: Lunick.
 * Everythings Better With Bunnies: Lunick's permanent partner is Minun, and Solana's is Plusle.
 * Hello, Insert Name Here: Whichever one you play as.
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Mime
 * Shock and Awe: Again, Plusle and Minun.
 * Theme Naming: Lunick comes from "lunar." Solana comes from "Solar."
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Look Familiar: Solana resembles Clair a bit from the Gold/Silver/Crystal series.
 * In a non-Pokemon way, she resembles Ember, as well as June.

Prof. Hastings
"The head researcher of the Ranger Union, he is known for being impatient. He invented the Stylers that the Rangers use."


 * Art Evolution: Loses his hat and unbuttons his lab coat after the first game.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Badass Labcoat
 * Badass Moustache
 * The Illegible: He could decipher an old, tattered diary that had been abandoned for years, but he can't decipher his own diary.
 * Meaningful Name: He's very impatient and prefers to jog rather than walk.
 * Mission Control
 * Nice Hat: In the first game. He ditches it in the next two for some reason.
 * Rouge Angles of Satin: When he doesn't get much sleep, he tends to write his own name as "Hatsting" or even "Hatagnits".

Murph
"A somewhat slow guy, he was originally a Ranger in Fiore. Eventually, he became the PR head of the Ranger Union. In Guardian Signs, he is deployed to Oblivia on The Union to assist the player."


 * Ascended Extra: Over the course of the series, he went from a minor character to a fairly important one and finally to a main character.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: He doesn't get angry very often, but when he does...
 * The Chick: Is promoted to a male example in Guardian Signs.
 * The Ditz: How he became a Ranger is a mystery, but he gets stuck with "missions" such as changing lightbulbs, building a sandcastle, and "How far can you walk in 100 steps?"
 * Dreadful Musician
 * Took a Level in Badass: Well, not exactly "badass", but by the second game he's stopped being a ranger, which he was terrible at, and instead is the head of the Ranger Union's public relations, a job he's much more skilled at.

Aria

 * Blondes Are Evil: Or at least Jerkasses.
 * Custom Uniform
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Expy: Of Mai Kujaku?
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: After Character Development.
 * Ted Baxter

Chris

 * Not So Stoic:
 * The Quiet One: He's known as "Silent Chris".
 * The Stoic

Spenser

 * Big Badass Bird of Prey: His Fearow.
 * Big Brother Mentor: He's the one who teaches you how to be a Ranger, and he takes an active role in fighting the Go-Rock Squad.
 * The Rival: A friendly rivalry with Joel.
 * The Smart Guy: He knows all there is to know about Deoxys, and it's implied he knows about computers and stuff.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Joel

 * The Lancer
 * The Rival: With Spenser.
 * Stoic Spectacles

Cameron

 * The Big Guy
 * Brilliant but Lazy: He really is quite lazy, but he holds the record at the Marine Capture Challenge.
 * My New Gift Is Lame: The giver of those lame gifts.

Elita

 * Token Girl: Of the four Ranger Leaders in Fiore.
 * The Chick
 * The Stoic
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Gordor
"This guy has plans that require Professor Hastings's Super Styler. With it, he intends to control Entei, Suicune, and Raikou so that he can stage himself as the hero of Fiore while the Rangers are ousted as ineffective. His drive stems from."


 * Big Bad
 * Evil Laugh: Does this constantly, even when he's pretending to be good.
 * Jerkass: From the moment you meet him, even before he's learned to be the Big Bad, he does nothing but insult you and everyone and everything else.
 * Obviously Evil: It's pretty obvious from the moment you see him he's the bad guy, and they don't really try to hide it either.
 * Jerkass: From the moment you meet him, even before he's learned to be the Big Bad, he does nothing but insult you and everyone and everything else.
 * Obviously Evil: It's pretty obvious from the moment you see him he's the bad guy, and they don't really try to hide it either.

Go-Rock Quads
"The sons and daughter of Gordor, they act as his main enforcers. Apparently, being related to the boss is the only way one can get a promotion in the Go-Rock Squad... After the collapse of the Go-Rock Squad, they decide to go straight and become a famous band."


 * Berserk Button: Clyde. In Shadows of Almia, Billy says that Clyde stormed out of the park in anger because he thought the lyrics to "Dream Energy," which was written by Blake Hall, sucked. Also, his line in the original motto is "the rhythm of rage pounds the ground!"
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Garret.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Billy and Clyde, due to dialogue in the first game.
 * Bishonen: Garrett and Billy. To a lesser extent, Clyde. I mean, LOOK AT THOSE HIPS.
 * Daddy's Little Villain: Tiffany.
 * Demoted to Extra: In Guardian Signs. They're major villains in the original and still a big part of the plot in Shadows of Almia, but here they are solely around for a Quest.
 * The Dragon: Billy, as the oldest, fits this role.
 * Friendly Enemy: They all act very Affably Evil towards the Rangers in most encounters, even if being competetive and insulting. As opposed to their father, who's a total Jerkass.
 * Heel Face Turn: Appear again in the next two games as a band.
 * Overlord, Jr.: Billy, Garrett, and Clyde.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad
 * Sibling Team
 * Techno Wizard: Garret, according to the manga, was the one who altered Hastings' Super Styler.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: All of them, though Tiffany is obviously a girl.

Kellyn/Kate

 * Badass Adorable: They seem to be younger than the rangers of the first and third game, considering that they come fresh from the academy once they go to work.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Kellyn.
 * Cutting Off the Branches: Guardian Signs references Kellyn by name, suggesting that he's the canon hero of Shadows of Almia.
 * Or they decided to Take a Third Option and got rid of the Schrödinger's Player Character. The Pokemon series likes to have a Five-Man Band wherever possible, after all...
 * Girlish Pigtails: Kate.
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Mime
 * Kid Hero
 * Schrödinger's Player Character

Keith

 * Expy: His personality and role is very similar to your opposite gender partner from the previous game.
 * Fiery Redhead: It's kind of auburn...
 * Idiot Hero
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Comes off as this at the beginning of the game in their time as Rangers. He then takes a Ten-Minute Retirement in Fiore, then comes back as a Top Ranger with the hero, and he becomes more supportive. He gets even more nicer when the hero saves him from captivity, and saves the hero when he/she gets sucked into a void of darkness in the finale. He accompanies you on the extra mission to Darkrai and gives some help.
 * Made of Iron: This guy should get some credit for being buttheaded by a Magmortar, crashing into that really far cliff, then flying back on a Staraptor at probably high speed, and diving to save the hero from dying.
 * Prisoner Exchange: He is the prisoner.
 * The Rival

Rhythmi

 * Hair of Gold
 * Mission Control: She's a Ranger Operator.
 * My Name Is Not Misery

Crawford

 * Cannot Tell a Joke: As much as he tries, he's not a good comedian. But he still manages to get his own column in Almia Times for his jokes.
 * Collective Groan: What happens after he tells a joke.
 * Funny Afro

Luana

 * The Generic Girl

Elaine

 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Wrench Wench
 * Wrench Wench

Barlow

 * Badass in Distress
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Dungeon Bypass: Locked doors in the way? Not anymore. TARGET CLEAR!
 * Token Black: Probably the only black Pokemon character until the fifth generation.
 * Unless you count American Rosie from Pokemon Battle Revolution.

Ollie

 * Heel Face Turn: Though he wasn't much of a bad guy in the first place.
 * Known Only By Their Nickname / I Was Named My Name, depending on whether or not the Rangers guessed correctly.
 * Punny Name: He was "christened" while covered in spilt oil.
 * Punny Name: He was "christened" while covered in spilt oil.

Sven

 * The Ace
 * Mr. Fanservice: At least in the game's universe.
 * Nice Hat
 * Shock and Awe: His signature Luxray.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps

Wendy

 * Ace Pilot
 * Blow You Away: Her Staraptor.
 * Fish Out of Temporal Water: During one of the extra missions.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Chairperson Erma

 * Big Good: She's the head of the Ranger Union.
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Mission Control

Isaac

 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Ditzy Genius: Smart as he may be, he's awfully slow to pick up on things such as Dim Sun's true nature.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Techno Wizard
 * Teen Genius
 * Teen Genius

Mr. Kincaid

 * Berserk Button: Running in the hallways.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.

Ice

 * Badass Longcoat
 * Bishonen
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Genre Savvy: See Techno Wizard below. Among other things.
 * Meaningful Name: Despite this, he's not much of An Ice Person. You first meet him in an icy place, and he sics a Froslass on you, but after that he uses other types. The name refers to his cool demeanor and personality.
 * Techno Wizard:
 * Terrible Trio: Their leader.
 * Totally Radical: Calls you a "Noob" on more than one occasion.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Lavana

 * Amazon Brigade: Leads the Dim Sun Crimson Unit, an all-female squad.
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Early-Bird Cameo: She is pictured squaring off against Keith in a newspaper article a while before you meet her.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: Infernape.
 * Playing with Fire
 * Punny Name
 * Terrible Trio
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Heath

 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Blonde Guys Are Evil
 * Fat Bastard
 * Funny Foreigner
 * Hostage for Macguffin: Keith or the Yellow Gem?
 * I Have Your Friend: Kidnaps to bribe the hero to give up the Yellow Gem.
 * Intentional Engrish for Funny
 * Stout Strength
 * Terrible Trio
 * You No Take Candle
 * You No Take Candle

Blake Hall/

 * Badass Moustache
 * Cool Shades
 * Punny Name: Black Hole/.
 * Sunglasses at Night
 * Punny Name: Black Hole/.
 * Sunglasses at Night
 * Punny Name: Black Hole/.
 * Sunglasses at Night
 * Sunglasses at Night

Brighton Hall

 * Dead Man Writing
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * Parental Abandonment:
 * Posthumous Character: Presumably.
 * Posthumous Character: Presumably.

Wheeler

 * Yes-Man
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Yes-Man
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Yes-Man
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Ben/Summer

 * Badass in Distress: The ranger you don't choose for a good portion of the main story.
 * Brown Eyes
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Custom Uniform: Apparently.
 * Latios/Latias Rider
 * Goggles Do Nothing: Subverted, they're used during flying routes and double as an air tank when underwater.
 * The Hero
 * Hello, Insert Name Here: Whichever one you play as.
 * Heroic Mime
 * The Lancer: Whichever one you don't choose. That is, after they've spent the first third of the game as a Badass in Distress.
 * She's Not My Girlfriend: Whoever you don't choose gets defensive when Nema accuses you two of dating.
 * Scarf of Asskicking

Ukelele Pichu

 * Badass Adorable: Unlike other assists, Pichu will keep assisting even if it's struck by attacks from and.
 * Kid Appeal Character
 * Musical Assassin
 * Shock and Awe
 * Team Pet

Booker

 * Cool Old Guy
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Long-Lost Relative:
 * Mr. Fixit: If it's made of wood, he can fix it.

Nick

 * For Want of a Nail: He constantly imagines every little thing to somehow lead to something horrible (and irrelevant.)
 * Nice Hat
 * You Have to Believe Me: Nick's imagination is truly a scary place.

Rand

 * The Big Guy
 * Happily Married: To Leanne.
 * Nice Guy
 * Papa Wolf: And don't threaten his wife, either.
 * Papa Wolf: And don't threaten his wife, either.

Leanne

 * Adventure Archaeologist
 * Happily Married: To Rand.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Nema

 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Child Prodigy
 * Giver of Lame Names: Most of them are her overly-long names for her own inventions, but she also tried to name Nick's bridge for him.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Shipper on Deck: She teases Summer and Ben about working together, saying it's "like a date."
 * Techno Wizard
 * Pointless Band-Aid
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Supurna

 * Nice Hat: Quite possibly the nicest hat of any Pokemon character. It has two Wingull-like wings hanging down from the back of it.
 * Younger Than They Look: She's about the same age as the player character.

Dr. Edward
"A doctor living in Oblivia, he wanders the region making house calls and visiting his friends."


 * Chekhov's Gunman: As you can probably guess by the large amount of spoilers and little amount of safe info, he becomes a lot more important later in the game.
 * Recurring Traveller
 * Recurring Traveller
 * Recurring Traveller
 * Recurring Traveller
 * Recurring Traveller
 * Recurring Traveller
 * Recurring Traveller

Arley
"A lumberjack living on Renbow Island, he is immensely strong and protective of Raikou's shrine. He is also a friend of Dr. Edward."


 * Badass Grandpa: Supposedly, he's even older than he looks, but is still enormously strong.
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has a pretty rough-looking gash across his face.
 * The Magnificent: Back when he was a wrestler, he was known as "Arley the Destroyer".
 * The Quiet One
 * The Magnificent: Back when he was a wrestler, he was known as "Arley the Destroyer".
 * The Quiet One

Hocus
"A magician living in Tilt Village, he puts on magic shows for the local kids. He also enjoys sipping tea with Dr. Edward and friends."


 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Excited Kids' Show Host
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Large Ham
 * Nice Hat: Comes with the magician territory.
 * Stage Magician
 * Large Ham
 * Nice Hat: Comes with the magician territory.
 * Stage Magician
 * Nice Hat: Comes with the magician territory.
 * Stage Magician

Kasa
"A fashionable old lady living in Obliva, she seems to be a friend of Dr. Edward."


 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Cool Old Lady
 * The Fashionista
 * Known Only By Their Nickname
 * Older Than They Look: She's aged quite well, but she's at least 60 years old, and probably older than that.
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * Known Only By Their Nickname
 * Older Than They Look: She's aged quite well, but she's at least 60 years old, and probably older than that.
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Red Eyes

 * Blonde Guys Are Evil
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: He's able to make a one-man Bullet Hell with his Z.Z. Flyer.
 * Mad Bomber
 * Meaningful Name: Take a guess why.
 * Playing with Fire: His Pokemon preference.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Duh.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps
 * Terrible Trio
 * Worthy Opponent
 * He even.
 * Terrible Trio
 * Worthy Opponent
 * He even.

Blue Eyes

 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Blondes Are Evil, though
 * Blue Eyes: Of course.
 * Enemy Mine:
 * The
 * Jiggle Physics: Disturbingly.
 * Meaningful Name
 * Save the Villain: Twice, in fact. As you can imagine, this creates a good deal of Foe Yay.
 * Stripperific
 * Terrible Trio
 * Stripperific
 * Terrible Trio

Purple Eyes

 * Adventurer Archaeologist: Villainous example.
 * Everything's Even Worse with Sharks: A Garchomp he uses for his first battle with you.
 * Knight of Cerebus: Very, very much so. One of the few Pokemon characters to outright attempt murder, among other villainous acts.
 * Meaningful Name
 * Purple Eyes: It's his name, for crying out loud!
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: As befitting his name, with himself. During the story, he's cocky, smug, and somewhat Hot-Blooded.
 * Skunk Stripe: It's a light-purple streak in dark-purple hair, though.
 * Terrible Trio
 * Would Hit a Girl: Ask.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Purple Eyes: It's his name, for crying out loud!
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: As befitting his name, with himself. During the story, he's cocky, smug, and somewhat Hot-Blooded.
 * Skunk Stripe: It's a light-purple streak in dark-purple hair, though.
 * Terrible Trio
 * Would Hit a Girl: Ask.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Terrible Trio
 * Would Hit a Girl: Ask.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Sabios

 * Big Bad: Of the Multiplayer mode.
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Evil Chancellor
 * Evil Overlord
 * Immortality: Via the Golden Armor. Though, as his absence during the present indicates, he lost it at some point and died.
 * Mind Manipulation: In addition to controlling Pokemon like all the other Steelheads, he can also control people.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair