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Dragon April 6th, 2015 2:54 PM

What have you named your Rival?
 
Yeah, just from the original games, you can name your rival before your pokemon adventure. He can be named to any colorful, nice, or plain ol' vindictive name that you like!

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The question here is, what have you named your rival in the pokemon Leaf Green & Fire Red games? Why have you named your rival to that name and how has it enhanced your gameplay? If you don't remember or if you didn't play these games, what would you have named your rival if I asked you right now? o:

Dedenne1 April 6th, 2015 5:31 PM

First i did Gary cause he is Gary from the anime haha but then i got creative with names many from Japanese not so good doers. But in the latest ive named it Jeff after a friend of mine who can kinda be like Blue at times haha. He does look like a Jeff in my eyes though XD

Sheep April 7th, 2015 5:54 AM

Green! That's his name in the Japanese games so I wanted to stay consistent. Or Blue sometimes if I'm feeling up for it, both are totally all right. Used to use Gary as a kid but later on I started preferring naming them after their game counterparts.

ahh the joys of naming my rival "stupid" as a kid.. haha

Rayshin April 7th, 2015 11:50 PM

Originally I was going to name him Gary, but I misspelled it as Gray. I kinda liked it, so it stuck.

Torshavn April 8th, 2015 10:37 AM

I named him Poopy because at least that gives him an actual good reason to hate me.

All jokes aside, it just feels right. I love it when the rivals have weird or mean names. It adds up to all the random silly things you will inevitably stumble upon while playing. (remember the Team Rocket member who fell asleep in front of the Silph Co. building? Yeah...)

nxwing April 8th, 2015 9:22 PM

I named my rival Roy. I had no idea why I even chose Roy as a name but since I was lazy to start a new game and name him Blue, I just left it there.

Mowse April 9th, 2015 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rayshin (Post 8696362)
Originally I was going to name him Gary, but I misspelled it as Gray. I kinda liked it, so it stuck.

That goes perfect with the whole color-based names they used to do.

I named mine after people I was actively playing Pokemon with at the time, so after my friends who had the names EJ and Alec. Sometimes I would just name him Gary though...

cyanidebaby April 13th, 2015 3:49 PM

I call him Gary, but he gets a different salute everytime I see him.

"Oh FFS, Gary Old-Man is here" (Sirius Black Voice from HP3 scene) Are you going to kill me Gary?! Doubt iit

Or

"Looks like Gary Glitter's brought his (poke)gang with him again. NO, I really do not want to be in it"

"Gazza the twazzock, how are you today?"

"Time for Gary Busey to find out what Lethal Weapons really are" GO [strongest pokemon]

etc

Lycanthropy April 14th, 2015 11:40 AM

I named him Pferd (German for horse) as I was playing a German game. I wanted to name him a little insulting (because it's funny), but not something completely idiot.

MissDreavus April 22nd, 2015 1:09 PM

Being a silly immature 13 year old, when I got my hands on LeafGreen about 2 months ago, I decided to be a goof and name him STUPID because I really didn't like him much from what I'd read and thought it would be really funny. Most rivals I name end up with stupid and silly names like WAFFLES and RAGE (angry emote). :P

RedJ April 22nd, 2015 6:05 PM

Green, because I will take any opportunity the games give me to fix the name switch.

AquaMarine8 May 3rd, 2015 7:39 AM

I always just name him either "Green" or "Gary". I always thought "Gary" was the most fitting because he was such a jerk in the anime. xD

Sniper May 3rd, 2015 7:54 AM

I named it blue cause I followed the manga :c

LusoTrainer May 3rd, 2015 8:57 AM

Green.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dedenne1 (Post 8694198)
First i did Gary cause he is Gary from the anime haha

It's actually the other way around.

Zachella-chan May 6th, 2015 6:15 PM

I never liked the guy as a kid so I always gave him immature names. Nowadays however, while I can't think of a name from the top of my head, I'd definitely pick something more meaningful. :P

§acred†Beo! June 2nd, 2015 8:20 AM

First time playing leaf green in years. I named myself Blue (female character) and my rival is green!

Aether★ June 2nd, 2015 8:31 AM

G-gary, because regular Gary was too overused and it adds a dramatic effect. Oh MY GOD! IT's G-G-G-G-GARY!

ShinySquirtle June 4th, 2015 2:15 AM

I have always just named him, Gary. Boring I know but there you go.

ItWasABadDream June 4th, 2015 4:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragon (Post 8693969)
what have you named your rival in the pokemon Leaf Green & Fire Red games?

I'm pretty sure I can't post that here. I'll probably get banned. But rest assured, it was the most offensive thing I could fit into 7 characters.

DyingWillFlareon June 6th, 2015 11:06 AM

I've started a tradition of naming my characters Al(after me) and Felix(the male version of my sister's name, since there's no namable female rivals). Before that I was lazy and he was just Green. :P

My sister is much more creative; when we were ten, she named him Stupid(female). So we call him that all the time. 8D

POKEGAMERZ9185 June 6th, 2015 2:13 PM

I named him Cyan.

Evening June 6th, 2015 6:16 PM

named him burger cause sammich > burger

ColourCodedGB June 6th, 2015 6:59 PM

I always name him "Ronald" after the guy from the Pokemon Trading Card Game for GBC. I always thought Ronald had a way cooler theme song, was a bigger jerk, and was more amusing as a character since he acts all tough and superior over a dorky trading card game. If Ronald and Gary ever got into a "yo mama" fight, Ronald would win hands down since he's such a bigger creep. Gary falls to his knees in defeat while Ronald busts out the double doors of the school cafeteria with his awesome theme song playing. XD

bradleyklaw June 10th, 2015 5:53 PM

POOPHEAD, or POOHEAD if it doesnt fit. It never fails. I've never had a different rival name. Always stuck to my guns of the first one I made in Pokemon Blue when I was little

CJoE June 11th, 2015 2:50 AM

I cannot think of any name that suit with him so i ended up naming him Stalker. Later then, i gave him a much nicer name. 8)

JaDe.X105 June 11th, 2015 8:46 AM

I always name him Gary, because


LucarioFan3 June 11th, 2015 5:40 PM

I highly recommend you edit your post JaDe, because that will get you in trouble with the mods.

POKEGAMERZ9185 June 11th, 2015 8:00 PM

I recommend that the rival be named after a color.

KittiOcelotti June 17th, 2015 3:25 PM

Gary. I used to be a big fan of the anime so I named him that.

kyuubi93 July 3rd, 2015 3:29 PM

I used to always name my FRLG rivals after Gary Oak, but as I grew up I started giving him different names. Now I usually name my rival after one of my friends, so that way when I win a rival battle while I'm hanging out with my friend, I can clown on them and say "I just whooped you fam hashtag that"

Lunamewtwo July 3rd, 2015 3:31 PM

Named mine Dinkleberg!

Bounsweet July 3rd, 2015 8:29 PM

I named mine Oscar lmao. It's my cat's name and my cat always has a bad attitude, so...

Xertified July 3rd, 2015 8:58 PM

Mine is:


Gay

Olli July 4th, 2015 8:20 AM

Over the countless times I played through my Leaf Green version, I never grabbed the opportunity to name my rival something like asshole or the likes. I believe I named him Gary most of the time, as that was the name I'd always identified him with, so I didn't really see much reason to name him anything else I guess. The funny thing is that he was the only rival this ever applied to (aside from the R/B rival since they're basically the same), as in most of the other games, I'd usually find some kind of condescending name to call my rival, but for the Kanto rival, it was just mostly always Gary, which I guess is just from how the anime has influenced me.

Sun July 10th, 2015 12:57 AM

I named him Blue, because that's his canon name.

Apollo July 11th, 2015 6:31 PM

I named him Green when I played LeafGreen for the first time, I think. I also recalled naming him Annie and Rosie in future playthroughs. x)

S-MAN July 18th, 2015 7:55 PM

I named my rival after my cousin Chris hahaha :-P
He's the only person who really plays with me so that naturally makes him my rival.

KorpiklaaniVodka July 20th, 2015 1:20 PM

I named my rival Dumbass, Faggot, Jerk, etc.

Gandhi Savage July 20th, 2015 1:34 PM

It really depended on the playthrough really. I think I named him Gary during my first playthorugh of FireRed but would name him after my friends I used to play in real life with for a long time e.g. Jack, Thomas, Dylan. In more recent times I've called him Green, like he is in the original manga.


Lord Cloud July 21st, 2015 7:25 AM

Sergio just because

PKMNTrainer_Kato August 22nd, 2015 6:25 AM

I named my rival KING. I dunno why just kind of fits since my character is named KATO. Two 4 letter names.

KATO defeated KING!

Xencleamas August 22nd, 2015 10:13 AM

I've been naming my best friend to the rival. If I'm going to play as girl, then I'm going to name my rival with my name.

💀DUSKIZARD💀 August 26th, 2015 6:33 AM

At first I named him Ian, don't know why, it just spoke to me as an enemy name. Then in other games (when I was young) stuck to the name Poohead. Even these days I name him poohead. It reminds me of my old games.

Micael Alighieri August 26th, 2015 7:54 AM

I named him Stupid, and I kept calling the rivals that way until I got my Pokemon Pearl card. Then, I became lazy and just picked up the standart names.

Kikaito plush August 31st, 2015 7:17 AM

I named him after my best friend-"Martin"

Lucifer August 31st, 2015 6:07 PM

He is Spike in my Fire Red and I am Angel.
My trainer and Rival names are almost always fandom inspired and the Rival's personality in FR/LG fits perfectly as Spike from the Buffy/Angel series.

In Leaf Green I don't recall what his name is but I plan to reset that game when I am able to trade my shiny Machop off it.

SoupSipper September 11th, 2015 6:06 PM

I named him Nam, after the guy Goku battled in the World Martial Arts Tournament in Dragon Ball.

DyingWillFlareon September 12th, 2015 11:15 AM

I just tried to name him Felix and accidentally named him Felg. >w> Keeping it.

Bounsweet September 12th, 2015 12:32 PM

I always went with Oscar lmao. It just seems to suit him imo.

Raskolnikov September 14th, 2015 4:43 PM

I named him "Sencer" because Sencer is my brothers name. :D

Ammako September 15th, 2015 12:59 PM

I name them their actual name :p I don't like using random names, prefer having them be the actual character as decided by Game Freak.

Gen. I (and its remakes) are kinda funny, name them Green in japanese versions and Blue in the english ones, because I want to follow his Gen. II name.

My own player character though, I name after myself, because that character is me.

Sydian September 21st, 2015 5:03 PM

I know the first time I played FireRed, I named him Gary 2.0 since it was basically a done-up Blue. And he looks like Gary. I thought I was hilarious.

tokyodrift September 21st, 2015 8:00 PM

I usually named him one of my friends names. Though when I was lazy I'd choose Gary or one of the preset ones.

Desinishon September 21st, 2015 8:48 PM

I named him Light because ............
........
I like the name.

Tamashi_Seishiro October 3rd, 2015 4:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShinySquirtle (Post 8781332)
I have always just named him, Gary. Boring I know but there you go.

Me too since I watched the anime first.

JKingFrogier October 6th, 2015 6:31 PM

I named Him Neil from dragon ball z because he's pretty cool and its a pretty nice name
:D

Hikamaru November 5th, 2015 7:24 AM

When I did that short-lived play of a borrowed Leaf Green copy, I think the rival was named Alex on that save file that was there. Other than that, if I were to have played an actual playthrough I would have just named him Blue.

Pave Low November 5th, 2015 7:36 AM

I usually name them with the theme I am using for my Pokemon nicknames. For instance, if I did a Rome theme, I could name my rival Brutus. Apart from that I just name it one of my friends names so I can win constantly and make myself feel superior :3

Leòmhann teine November 5th, 2015 9:00 AM

I usually give them my brothers name or I given them the name of someone I really don't like at that time!

Brendino November 8th, 2015 12:18 AM

I generally go with the default name for my rival, but because I was used to his name from the second gen games, I went with Blue rather than Green. In fact, even though I've played through FireRed a few times now, I think I named my rival Blue every time, haha.

TheGlacinGlalies November 8th, 2015 12:27 AM

i named him stinky and then everytime he said smell ya later i told him ur smelling urself genius!

Nectar November 8th, 2015 10:55 AM

I named him 'a snail'. xD

It did actually make for a few entertaining lines in the game though, such as "Er, was it a snail? That's right! I remember, his name is a snail!" :P

Flute November 8th, 2015 7:07 PM

Moog. Every time.

I have no idea why or how it started.

JJ Styles November 19th, 2015 11:00 PM

Dinkelburg even if it didn't fit. Mainly since its a reference to Fairly Odd Parents.

Witchcraft November 20th, 2015 8:05 AM

I've named him various things. Usually Green. I think once I named him like.. Ralph or Raleigh or something like that. Don't remember why!
I also named hi Gary when I was little after the anime character.

Kayges November 20th, 2015 5:16 PM

I usually end up naming my rival Richard and I have no idea why. Somewhere in my head it just makes sense.
...
I don't even know anyone named Richard. ~_~

Oreanna November 21st, 2015 8:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by §acred†Beo! (Post 8778882)
First time playing leaf green in years. I named myself Blue (female character) and my rival is green!

Just did the same on my new play though of FireRed.:o


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