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Old January 2nd, 2011 (11:27 AM).
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This is basically a thread created to discuss the friend/rival you name at the beginning of D/P/Pt.

What do you usually name him? Which of his teams is your favorite? Could there have been improvements made?

Just discuss anything about the rival here. Go.
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Old January 8th, 2011 (9:33 PM).
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i called him douche. because he is one and i think he is really weak. I think he should be a bit more challenging cause i beat him everytime. I wish i had his main pokemon because its always effective against mine
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Old January 9th, 2011 (8:38 AM).
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I think I called him Jeff in Gold and the multiple times I've played through HeartGold I named him Silver.

Of course I like his highest level team at the Pokemon League and I hate his Dragon Den team because he doesn't help at all against Clair and Lance unless you make him choose Feraligator.

I want the Rivals in all the games to have a team in the 80's after 3 or 4 rebattles once you beat the E4 twice.
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Old January 9th, 2011 (9:25 AM).
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Usually I name him Barry or Jimmy (After my little cousin, who the rival reminds me of in real life). Wehn I was younger though, I named him some rather innapropriate things, as we all do at some point or another.
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Old January 9th, 2011 (10:09 AM).
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I really liked Barry in Platinum, he was really funny and his battle sprite was awsome too.
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Old January 9th, 2011 (7:18 PM).
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I named him Barry, Jun, and recently, Jaden. I like the rival because of how he's constantly on a rush to do things.
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Old January 10th, 2011 (7:19 AM).
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His name is Terry, named after NASCAR great Terry Labonte my redneck uncle with whom we have a love/hate relationship with.

I really don't like him, he's annoying personality-wise and I'm tired of him running into me. Methinks he forgot to take some sort of medication... At least he eventually does get a strong team...
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Old January 10th, 2011 (8:05 AM).
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Paul, not because of Paul from the Anime, but my God Brother Paul, was my rival (and still is). Esspecially in Pokemon. I was a Grass Starter kinda Guy and He was a Fire Starter dude. So it actually made sense.

In his game though his rival was my brother because my brother always choose Water. And that in mind my brother always picks me as his rival.

So yeah who ever had the type advantege in our 3 Pokemon People trio was the rival, weird huh.
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Old January 10th, 2011 (8:44 AM).
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I usually call him "A". I'm not really someone who makes up names. :P
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Old January 10th, 2011 (9:55 AM).
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I generally name the rivals after my friends (save Soul Silver...I named him Silver).
In Diamond, my Rival's name is Richard, and in Platinum, it's Justin. -shrugs-

I'm not a huge fan of the rival; he's a bit too carefree and always rushing into things. @[email protected]
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Old January 10th, 2011 (12:55 PM).
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In pokemon platinum i called my rival barry since thats his anime name.
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Old January 11th, 2011 (5:20 AM).
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The D/P/Pt rival was by far the best, in my opinion. He's like your distant friend with ADD who you sometimes hang out with but are too embarassed to tell your other friends about or something like that.

I like how he always comes running and can't focus on anything for more than a second.

Gary was just obnoxious and condescending , the G/S/C rival was way too overdone (I hate my Pokémon, omg what is your secret ???1oneone) and I can't even remember the rival in R/S/E.

But this guy was actually fun. I usually named him a really manly name, like Butch or Jack.
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Old January 13th, 2011 (11:01 AM).
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i named him barry in one cant remember the other two and in plat i named him Rilence since we are always having battles online to see who is better so i figured it was a good name for my in game rival ^_^
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Old January 15th, 2011 (11:59 PM).
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I name him Jun, because I like that name better than Barry.
He's actually the most memorable rival, non-internet-wise to me.
Internet-wise? BLUE mother flippin' Oak.
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Old January 16th, 2011 (1:04 AM).
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Is it strange that I named him after my sister-in-law?
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Old January 16th, 2011 (8:13 AM).
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i called barry fart in diamond ;)

love the quote "my fart took off like a rocket as usual"

i also miss platinum (lost all my games par diamond) whom i named the rival MJ (for the dance XD)
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Old January 16th, 2011 (10:13 AM).
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The first game, I just went with one of the default names. The second game, I named in Spazz, for obvious reasons. XP
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Old January 16th, 2011 (11:03 AM).
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On my first playthrough, I named him Brad, as a homage to one of my friends in real life. In subsequent playthroughs, I've always named him Gayboy. Hopefully that doesn't get me any infractions, haha.
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Old January 16th, 2011 (11:36 AM).
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Not sure why, but I've always named my rival (in every Pokemon game, not just DPPt) after my dog. :/
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Old January 16th, 2011 (12:30 PM).
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I forgot what I named him on my first playthrough, but on all subsequent playthroughs I named him after someone I know in real life.
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Old January 16th, 2011 (3:30 PM).
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I named him Barry. The way his sprite moves and acts is unique in a way.

His battle sprite is awesome (in a way)

And in Soul Silver, I named my rival - Apple. Mainly because his hair is red.
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Old January 20th, 2011 (10:34 PM).
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Going with canon names, I named him Barry. Like my player character Lucas.
Call it avoiding a creepypasta scenario XD
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What do you usually name him?
I usually name my rival after his English name in the anime, which would be Barry. His wild act does suit the name may I add. XD;

Which of his teams is your favorite?
My favorite team from him would be the following:
Staraptor, Roserade, Rapidash, Snorlax, Heracross and Empoleon.
They are all really the same besides the difference in starters which depends on the one you pick.

Could there have been improvements made?
No, I'm fine with how they've made Barry. :)
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Old January 21st, 2011 (11:11 AM).
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What do you usually name him?
Syrup

Which of his teams is your favorite?
None lol

Could there have been improvements made?
Make him less annoying plz. :3
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Old January 21st, 2011 (12:29 PM).
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On my old save in Platinum, I named him Loki because I called myself Ragnara, so I tried to make the names go together... I did the same on my current save; since my name's Chinami I made his Hisashi, which is one of the default names in the Japanese version.

I like the little dance his sprite does, but other than that I find him actually rather annoying. XD
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