Pokémon Ranger/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Lunick.

* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]: Lunick's permanent partner is Minun, and Solana's is Plusle.

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Heroic Mime]]

* [[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.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

 

* [[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.

* [[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. {{spoiler|And they don't like Blake Hall one bit in the second, perhaps because they realize that he's up to essentially the same stuff that Gordor was doing before him. Their responses to Altru Inc.'s efforts to dictate the structure of their upcoming concert are... less than cordial.}}

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]

* [[Sibling Team]]

* [[Techno Wizard]]: Garret, according to the manga, was the one who altered Hastings' Super Styler.

 

== Shadows Of Almia ==

* [[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''.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Kate.

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Heroic Mime]]

* [[Kid Hero]]

 

=== Keith ===

 

* [[Badass in Distress]]

* [[Dungeon Bypass]]: Locked doors in the way? [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Not anymore]]. TARGET CLEAR!

* [[Token Black]]: Probably the only black Pokemon character until the fifth generation.

** {{spoiler|[[Dragon Ascendant]]: In a Wi-Fi downloadable mission, he is the leader of what remains of Team Dim Sun, now known as Team Debonairs.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Teacher]]}}

** {{spoiler|Although he survives and goes on to found Team Debonairs in a downloadable mission.}}

* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]: His swirly hair. Other characters often poke fun at it, much to his annoyance.

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]

* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: She is pictured squaring off against Keith in a newspaper article a while before you meet her.

* [[Playing With Fire]]

* [[Punny Name]]

* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Friend]]: Kidnaps {{spoiler|Keith}} to bribe the hero to give up the Yellow Gem.

* [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]]

* [[Stout Strength]]

* [[Terrible Trio]]

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}

* [[Cool Shades]]

* {{spoiler|[[President Evil]]}}

* [[Punny Name]]: Black Hole/{{spoiler|White Hole}}.

* [[Dead Man Writing]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dug Too Deep]]}}

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Inverted. Blake abandoned him and even ran him out of his own company to take over.}}

* [[Posthumous Character]]: Presumably.

=== Wheeler ===

 

* {{spoiler|[[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Every time, in your favor. His choice of Pokemon may have something to do with it.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Harmless Villain]]}}

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Subverted, they're used during flying routes and double as an air tank when underwater.

* [[The Hero]]

* [[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]].

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]

* [[Mr. Fixit]]: If it's made of wood, he can fix it.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]: He gains this while wearing the helmet/shoulder armor of the Golden Armor.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Magnificent]]: His phantom thief persona is Ed "The Thinker".}}

* {{spoiler|[[Phantom Thief]]}}

* [[Recurring Traveller]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Brute]]}}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Turns out he's one of Edward's underlings.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]: For the time that he wears the torso of the Golden Armor.}}

* [[The Magnificent]]: Back when he was a wrestler, he was known as "Arley the Destroyer".

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Part of the Societea.}}

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Evil Genius]]}}

* [[Excited Kids Show Host]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Take a guess why.

* [[Playing With Fire]]: His Pokemon preference.

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: [[Captain Obvious|Duh.]]

* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Villainous example.

* {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]: When he wears the full Golden Armor. He loses it after the final battle.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Kill All Humans]]: After being arrested by the Ranger Union at the end of the game, repeated questioning broke him and turned him into a humanity-hating misanthrope who wants Arceus to wipe out all other life (Aside from himself).}}

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Very, very much so. One of the few Pokemon characters to outright attempt murder, among other villainous acts.

* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]: When the Sky Fortress begins falling. He passes out shortly after.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]

* {{spoiler|[[Power Glows]]: Once outfitted with the [[Power Armor|Golden Armor]].}}

* [[Purple Eyes]]: It's his ''name'', for crying out loud!

* [[Skunk Stripe]]: It's a light-purple streak in dark-purple hair, though.

* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]: And he succeeds, too!}}