Characters
Ash Ketchum/Satoshi
Ash is an ambitious
10 year old with an aspiration to become a Pokemon master and has
not only the want to be the best, but also a love for his pokemon.
In the first episode, he winds up being late to meet Professor Oak
and receive his first pokemon, and finds that Bulbasaur, Charmander,
and Squirtle are all taken! Oak then gives him an usual pokemon called
Pikachu. Ash soon finds out all about Pikachu's "electric" personality,
and finds himself more being owned by the stubborn little pokemon
than owning him. After failed attempts to catch more pokemon, Ash
soon finds himself chased by a flock of Spearows, which badly injure
Pikachu. Ash finds Misty, and takes her bike to get Pikachu to a pokemon
hospital. The flock chases, and the bike is destroyed. Luckily, Ash
gets Pikachu to the hospital fine, and the two bond and become eternal
friends in the land of Pokemon.
Misty/Kasumi
Misty is
seemingly a brat, but on the inside she is really a good girl. She
is nice to everyone, except Ash. She always is bothering him about
her bike, and what he's going to do to replace it. She loves pokemon,
and travelling with Ash and Brock is really what she enjoys doing.
Her favorite type of pokemon are water, and naturally, she most often
uses a Starmie to fight. In the game she is the holder of the WaterBadge.
Brock/Takeshi
Brock is
the older, testosterone-inflated male of the travelling trio. Every
chance to see a woman is taken up, and every chance to flirt is already
done. Of course, the females are mostly bimbos, excluding Misty, and
don't take it to heart, if they even understand it. Brock's eyes never
seem to open, and it just makes you wonder how he sees these women,
of course by the way the ones look that he falls in love with, this
is evident. =) Brock prefers rock and fire pokemon (Get it, Brock,
rock? Kinda like Misty and water). In the game he has the, get this,
BoulderBadge. Brock decides to stay with Professor Ivy on Valencia
to help with her Pokémon research.
Pikachu
Pikachu
is definately the most popular and lovable pokemon. His cuteness has
captures the love of millions of watchers and players. He is sort
of a weak pokemon in the game to start out, but becomes a strong fighter.
In the cartoon, he kicks butt, and tags along outside of his pokeball
with Ash. Pikachu is the target of Team Rocket's evil plans most of
the time--they're constantly trying to capture poor Pikachu!
Tracey
Tracey
is a new character that joins Ash and Misty after Brock leaves them
to help Professor Ivy with her Pokémon research in Valencia. Tracey
loves Pokémon, and loves learning about them, as well as sketching
pictures of every new Pokémon he runs across!
Villains
Gary/Shigeru
Gary is the
self-centered opponent to Ash. He seems to think he's the best Pokemon
trainer in the world, and so does his little herd of cheerleaders
that seem to cheer him on everywhere. Although he is very self-centered,
he is a good trainer. But, he doesn't seem to really enjoy pokemon,
more just the winning and competition.
Jessie/Musash & James/Kojiro
Jesse and James are just two little kids stuck in a pre-teens body.
They always wind up loosing in the end, as is expected of ever
y bad guy in the TV Wonderland(tm). Their goal,
being in Team Rocket, is to steal precious and rare pokemon, especially
the powerful pikachu of Ash. Everytime they appear in the show they
say their famous poem... "Prepare for trouble, Make it double. To
protect the world from devestation, To unite all peoples within our
nation. To denounce the evils of truth and love, To extend our reach
to the stars above. Jesse, James. Team Rocket blast off at the speed
of light! Surrender now, or prepare to fight."
Meowth/Nyase
"Meowth
thats right" is the first line after Jesse and James little poem.
Meowth is sort of like Pikachu in that he does not stay in a pokeball.
However, meowth is a very rare pokemon who can actually speak english
(or japanese or whatever). At least Team Rocket caught one good pokemon.
Meowth is really the brains of the Team Rocket Triple, as he comes
up with most of the plans, and scratches Jesse and James into submission.
Other Characters
Nurse Joy
Nurse Joy
and all of her sisters with the same name and same look are found
in nearly every town in the land of Pokemon. She works at the Pokecenter
healing hurt pokemon. There are slight differences in each Nurse Joy
found in different towns! As Brock points out in one episode, they
each have a different color on their cross!
Proffessor Oak/Proffessor Okido
Professor
Oak is the person to call when you need pokemon info. In younger age
he was a trainer just like most others. But now in his old age, he
studies pokemon, and created the pokedex for trainers to learn info
on pokemon and write info about when you come across new pokemon.
He gave Ash Pikachu.
Officer Jenny/Officer Junsa
Officer
Jenny is your average ditzy female often found in watered-down Japanese
Anime like Pokemon. She is in most towns and just does her thing,
like try to stop Team Rocket and train her Growliths. Every Jenny
found in different towns wear a unique symbol, which Brock uses to
distinguish each of them!
Ash's Mom/Satoshi's Mom
Ash's mom
is just your mother figure, who wont stop asking Ash if he has clean
underwear and to be safe, etc, etc.