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1st Gen What did you name your character and rival in Pokemon Yellow?

Sephirothxx

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When I first went through yellow I named them Ash and Gary. Now I name them Red and Blue when I play Red version. And when I play Yellow I name them Yellow and Blue. Sometimes Yellow and Green.
 

MirandaxPikachu

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I always name the main character Miranda, just because it's my name, or if I was a guy, just Red or Blue. :P
And my rival was usually Gary, or Paul. (Paul is my friend :P)
 
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I named myself Josh cuz that's mah name =D and I called my rival ozzy, cuz Ozzy was the only boy who came to mind when I named my Rival (I just started lastnight =DDD)
 

Olli

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Rival = douchebag.

I usually named my character all sorts of things in the games, though I guess I usually stuck with either Oliver or Olli, as those are my real name and nickname. I always lacked originality with my rival though, and usually ended up naming him either Gary, as that was the only name I knew the rival by at the time. It wasn't till much later that I learned the main character and the rival's actual names, and by then I didn't own Yellow anymore :/
 

ZetaZaku

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Actually made me check my game. Can't really remember what I named them in my first run of Yellow, but in the last (and never finished), it's Ash and Gary. Nowadays I give them random names.
 

Polizard'12

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Same here, I named him Ash and Rival Gary, since I noticed (as a kid) they resembled their anime counterparts...
 

DusknoirZac

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I named myself SIWEL (no idea why) and my rival "A dummy". So when I battle him it says "A dummy wants to battle!"
 
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Almost always Gary or Blue and some other inappropriate names i wont list here lol. For myself it was Red or Ash. Typically i didn't care to venture outside of a generic name or the intended character game. Had the main characters not been made after real characters i may have choose original names.
 

Pinta77

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I named him gary, then I lost my file after I restored my iphone... I might name him something inappropriate the next time around just cause I'm mad.
 
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I named him 'I smell' or something similar so that Oak said "Hi this is your rival, I smell." I was very young at the time so don't judge me ;;
 

o Pikachu o

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I named myself Red and I named the rival Blue because I had Pokèmon Red and my brother had Pokèmon Blue lol.
 

Blue Emerald

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Like most here, Ash and Gary, but not because I couldn't think of anything better, but because I thought when they asked for my character's/rival's name, I thought Ash and Gary were simply the correct answers. =P Well, this was the first time I was ever exposed to naming my characters in a video game, I guess.
 

BrandoSheriff

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Because it was made to be like the anime, I named them Ash and Gary. Though I also did this in Red and Blue as well, seeing as I saw the anime first before I got the games, so I thought I really was playing as Ash in Red and Blue.
 
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