GSC My name's ???.

[The Amazing Justin]

I gave him a legit name, though I could see where you got confused.

[U_Flame]

Yay! Now we know our mistake is common! Nice to know we're all equally stupid. :)

[nikkissippi121]

I never did, but I can't remember what I did name him. I was so confused that he said his name was ???, but I just figured it meant he didn't know his own name.

[Isseubnida]

I think I did that at one point, at a young age.

[SoraTheTruth]

I did it when i was like 4 back when i first bought Gold version then i turned about 7 and just used random names like Joseph, Jay, Kevin, Brandon ect.

I recently found out like 3 years ago that his name is "Silver" and the main characters name is "Gold" or "Jimmy"

[ZachLMedia]

Oh my gosh, when I first played the game (and was like 6 years old) I named the rival "???" xD However, those games in which I did that with have had their batteries dry up and after I learned from the mistake of "??? Would like to battle!", I just named him "Rival".

[vovillia]

I did the same exact thing, each time in fact, because your rival did say that his name is ???, I wasn't going to lie to the police officer XD

[Alakazam17]

I didn't exactly do this myself, but I witnessed my brother doing it. His reasonings were the same as the majority of you above, though at the time I made fun of him for doing it. And when I finally got my Silver game, I named him Gary for nostalgic reasons. Today I call him Paul. =3

[PokemonTrainerC.White]

I named him "Idot."
"Some idiot guy made fun of my Po9kemmon."