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

[Treecko]

Ash and Gary. When I was younger, I would always name my characters that and occasionally I would name my trainer my name.

 

[.:CoralSoda:.]

I think I named them Ash and Gary as well. I didn't know what else to call them :I.

 

[Altairis]

I called myself Ash and my rival ??? because I didn't know what else to do, lol.

 

[T!M]

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.

 

[NightmareCore]

Ash and Gary if i'm right. man those were the days <3

 

[Plasmette]

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.

 

[timebroken]

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 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#]

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.

 

[Altairis]

I named him Gary because thats who he looks like in the anime and I was too unoriginal.

 

[Aureol]

I usually named myself "Patrick" (RL name), and my rival "James" (my brother's name). I liked that idea.

 

[bluebandit216]

I named him Rival because I was so orginal.

 

[Squirrel]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[ShinyUmbreon189]

Well, I played Yellow again and I'm not gonna lie. I named him Obama.

 

[LightningAlex]

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]

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]

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.