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

Treecko

the princess without voice
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Ash and Gary. When I was younger, I would always name my characters that and occasionally I would name my trainer my name.
 

T!M

Four Category MoTY (VG) Winner
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I named Red; Tim after myself as I like to involve myself in the story and I named Gary; Ben.

Ben being chosen because I use to play Hearts on my computer all the time before I had the internet. And Ben, the AI player always to the immediate right of me, kicked my arse... consistently.
 

Plasmette

Master of Mediocrity.
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Everyone names him (excuse my language) "Asshat", "Dickface", and things along the line of that. I just named him Green, because thats his original japanese name.
 
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I always name myself my initials, "JF". I had Pokemon Yellow in Kindergarten, so I named it after a kid I didn't like, "Alex". xD
 

8bitSilence

"I HAVE FURY!"
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I only played the game for the first time a few years ago, so I named them Red and Blue, because I'm not a fan of the anime and I have no originality.
 

Unknown#

'Cause why not?
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My character's name is always "James", because that is my name. However, my rival's name is always different but to say the least its always very...colorful.
 

Aureol

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I usually named myself "Patrick" (RL name), and my rival "James" (my brother's name). I liked that idea.
 
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I remember one time I named by character "I suck" just so Oak would say "Hello, I suck!" at the start... Ah, good times. c; But yeah in my main games I called my character Alex and my rival was Rasmus. There's a long story behind this that I've told several times before so I won't again, but yeah, those are the names I chose. c: Incidentally my rival has kept this name right up until now :3
 

Ravenfreak

Raven rocks! :D
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The very first time I played Yellow I named them Ash and Gary like in the anime. However, as I got older his name got more immature and inappropriate so you could probably guess all the things I named him... :V And I can't remember what I called him this time around. Probably something immature again. xD
 

Fangking Omega

Acanthite founder
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Yeah, I was of the age where it had to be Ash and Gary. It was Gen II that that I called the characters by the Version names, and then Gen IV when I used my own name and a suitable friend's.
 

Flute

Full-time loser
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I was a small child when I played them, and I always named the protagonist "Terry" and the antagonist "poop." I know it was immature, but I thought it was hilarious at the time.
 
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However, as I got older his name got more immature and inappropriate...
I'm gonna come out and say that this is quite a paradox :P

I've always named the rival Gary. Never changed it. I once named him "Gray" by mistake, and when I noticed it in Lavander, I just had to restart the game xD I know it's stupid, but it just bothered me too much.

As for the protagonist, the name was usually Alex all the time.
 

Guest123_x1

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Seeing how Yellow was modeled with a similar storyline to the anime, with the player always getting Pikachu as the starter, I always named my player ASH and the rival GARY.
 

blue

gucci
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I honestly don't remember, once I grasped that his name was Gary I started to call him by his real name but before that, I think it was random.
 
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