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An outsider Pokémon (Japanese: こうかんしたポケモン exchanged Pokémon) is a class of Pokémon in the Pokémon games that is not originally from the same save file as the player's.

Once on the player's game, Elyssa's Farfetch'd is classed as an outsider Pokémon

A Pokémon is recognized as an outsider if its recorded data about its Original Trainer does not match that of the player for the current game. The exact properties checked vary between different parts of the game.

Mechanics

When used in a battle, outsider Pokémon may disobey the player if the player does not have the appropriate Gym Badges or island challenge Stamps. A disobedient Pokémon may use a different move, do nothing, hurt itself, or even take a nap (putting itself to sleep).

Outsider Pokémon also grow faster than native Pokémon. Outsider Pokémon gain 1.5 times the normal experience points for participating in battles. From Generation IV onward, if the outsider Pokémon is from a game in a different language, it will gain 1.7 times (approximated as 6963/4096 from Generation V onward) the normal experience instead.

Outsider Pokémon normally can only have a nickname set or changed by their Original Trainer. In Pokémon Sword and Shield and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet only, any Pokémon that does not have a nickname and was not met in a fateful encounter can be given a nickname in a game of the same language as its language of origin, even by players other than its Original Trainer; however, once it is given a nickname this way, it has become a nicknamed Pokémon, so players other than its Original Trainer cannot change its nickname.

From Generation III onward, outsider Pokémon have their met location listed as "apparently met".

Specific requirements

This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: Generation VIII, any differences between SWSH, BDSP, and Legends: Arceus, and Generation IX details.

The exact properties checked to determine if a Pokémon is an outsider Pokémon vary between generations and game features.

Name Rater

A Pokémon is considered an outsider Pokémon for the purposes of Name Rater if any of the following properties of the Pokémon do not match the player's.

Property	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Trainer ID	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Secret ID			✓		✓	✓	✓
OT name	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
OT gender					✓	✓	✓
Game of origin					✓	✓	✓

Experience and obedience

A Pokémon is considered an outsider Pokémon for the purposes of experience boosts and obedience if any of the following properties of the Pokémon do not match the player's.

Property	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Trainer ID	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Secret ID			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
OT name			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
OT gender
Game of origin

Met location

This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.

A Pokémon is considered an outsider Pokémon for the purposes of being described as "apparently met" if any of the following properties of the Pokémon do not match the player's.

Methods of obtaining outsider Pokémon

Outsider Pokémon can be obtained in a number of ways. Pokémon originally obtained in another player's save file obtained in a trade are outsider Pokémon. Additionally, in-game trade Pokémon are also treated as Outsider Pokémon.

Normally, the player is treated as the Original Trainer of gift Pokémon they receive from NPCs; however, in some particular cases, such as Webster's Spearow in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver and N's Pokémon in Black 2 and White 2, the NPC is retained as the Pokémon's Original Trainer.

Pokémon obtained from event distributions usually have predefined Original Trainers, and so, they are considered outsider Pokémon. Only on rare occasions, such as Pokémon Sun and Moon's Snorlium Z Munchlax and Egg distributions, do the distributed Pokémon's Original Trainers match the player's.

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Échangé
German		Außenseiter
Italian		Esterno
Spanish		Forastero

This game mechanic article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.

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-An '''outsider Pokémon''' is a class of [[Pokémon]] in the [[Pokémon games]] that is not originally from the same game cartridge as the player.
+[[File:Outsider Pokémon FRLG.png|thumb|Once on the {{player}}'s game, Elyssa's {{p|Farfetch'd}} is classed as an outsider Pokémon]]
+An '''outsider Pokémon''' (Japanese: '''こうかんしたポケモン''' ''exchanged Pokémon'') is a class of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the [[Pokémon games]] that is not originally from the same save file as the player's.
-==Description==
+A Pokémon is recognized as an outsider if its recorded data about its [[Original Trainer]] does not match that of the {{player}} for the current game. The exact properties checked vary between different parts of the game.
-[[File:Chding.png|thumb|right|250px|Once on {{ga|Red}}'s game, Elyssa's {{p|Farfetch'd}} is classed as an outsider Pokémon.]]
-A Pokémon is recognized as an outsider if its [[Original Trainer]] identification does not match up with the current saved game. This means that if a Pokémon is traded out of a game that is later restarted, and the Pokémon is traded back in, it will be treated as an outsider.
-While appearing no different to any Pokémon caught by the {{player}} (apart from the OT name and [[Trainer ID number|Trainer ID]]), an outsider Pokémon may behave in a different manner to those found in-game. If the [[Pokémon Trainer]] in possession of the outsider Pokémon has less than sufficient [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s, the outsider may choose to disobey commands in battle. This can range from using a different [[move]] from the one instructed, "loafing around", or even {{status|sleep|taking a nap}}.
+==Mechanics==
+When used in a {{pkmn|battle}}, outsider Pokémon may [[Obedience|disobey]] the player if the player does not have the appropriate [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s or [[island challenge]] {{DL|Trainer Card (game)|Stamps}}. A disobedient Pokémon may use a different [[move]], do nothing, hurt itself, or even take a nap (putting itself to {{status|sleep}}).
-The in-game reasoning provided for this is that Pokémon respect Trainers who have defeated [[Gym Leader]]s: thus, by earning more Badges, a player will gradually cause an increased number of Pokémon to listen to him or her. Mechanic-wise, however, this rule stands to prevent someone from trading in a high-leveled Pokémon trained on another game, and easily beating their game.
+Outsider Pokémon also grow faster than native Pokémon. Outsider Pokémon gain 1.5 times the normal [[experience]] points for participating in {{pkmn|battle}}s. From Generation IV onward, if the outsider Pokémon is from a game in a different language, it will gain 1.7 times (approximated as 6963/4096 from Generation V onward) the normal experience instead.
-While there is a chance that the Pokémon will not listen to its new Trainer, it will grow faster once traded. Outsider Pokémon gain 1.5 times the normal [[experience]] points awarded for participating in {{pkmn|battle}}s; outsider Pokémon from other countries will gain 1.7x the normal experience. This is denoted in-game with "<sc>Pokémon</sc> gained a boosted X Exp. Points!"
+Outsider Pokémon normally can only have a [[nickname]] set or changed by their Original Trainer. In [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]] and [[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]] only, any Pokémon that does not have a nickname and was not met in a [[fateful encounter]] can be given a nickname in a game of the same language as its [[language of origin]], even by players other than its Original Trainer; however, once it is given a nickname this way, it has become a nicknamed Pokémon, so players other than its Original Trainer cannot change its nickname.
-Even if two different saved games have the same Trainer name, and (although rare) a matching ID number, Pokémon from the games may be outsiders to each other because of a third value: a hidden, [[secret ID]]. In the event that all three values match, the Pokémon may be traded without being classed as outsiders. This has a 1 in 4,294,967,296 (2<sup>32</sup>) chance of occurring.
+From Generation III onward, outsider Pokémon have their met location listed as "apparently met".
+==Specific requirements==
+{{incomplete|section|needs=Generation VIII, any differences between SWSH, BDSP, and Legends: Arceus, and Generation IX details. }}
+The exact properties checked to determine if a Pokémon is an outsider Pokémon vary between generations and game features.
+===Name Rater===
+A Pokémon is considered an outsider Pokémon for the purposes of [[Name Rater]] if any of the following properties of the Pokémon do not match the player's.
+{|class=wikitable
+!Property
+!I
+!II
+!III
+!IV
+!V
+!VI
+!VII
+|-
+![[Trainer ID number|Trainer ID]]
+| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+![[Trainer ID number|Secret ID]]
+| || || ✓ || || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+![[Original Trainer|OT]] name
+| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+![[Original Trainer|OT]] [[gender]]
+| || || || || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+!Game of origin
+| || || || || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|}
+===Experience and obedience===
+A Pokémon is considered an outsider Pokémon for the purposes of [[experience]] boosts and [[obedience]] if any of the following properties of the Pokémon do not match the player's.
+{|class=wikitable
+!Property
+!I
+!II
+!III
+!IV
+!V
+!VI
+!VII
+|-
+![[Trainer ID number|Trainer ID]]
+| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+![[Trainer ID number|Secret ID]]
+| || || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+![[Original Trainer|OT]] name
+| || || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+![[Original Trainer|OT]] [[gender]]
+| || || || || || ||
+|-
+!Game of origin
+| || || || || || ||
+|}
+===Met location===
+{{incomplete|section}}
+A Pokémon is considered an outsider Pokémon for the purposes of being described as "apparently met" if any of the following properties of the Pokémon do not match the player's.
 ==Methods of obtaining outsider Pokémon==
-Outsider Pokémon can be obtained in a number of ways. If the {{player}} has multiple game packs and {{cat|game systems}}, a Pokémon may be exchanged in a [[trade]]. Trading is possible in-game, as well, and each [[version|main series]] game has a number of [[non-player character]]s who will [[list of in-game trades|trade]] one of their Pokémon (which may or may not be otherwise obtainable) for one of the player's.
+Outsider Pokémon can be obtained in a number of ways. Pokémon originally obtained in another player's save file obtained in a [[trade]] are outsider Pokémon. Additionally, [[in-game trade]] Pokémon are also treated as Outsider Pokémon.
+Normally, the player is treated as the Original Trainer of [[gift Pokémon]] they receive from NPCs; however, in some particular cases, such as {{jo|Webster}}'s {{p|Spearow}} in {{5v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} and [[N's Pokémon]] in {{2v2|Black|White|2}}, the NPC is retained as the Pokémon's Original Trainer.
-Sometimes, non-player characters will give out Pokémon with no exchange: usually, though, these Pokémon will have the same ID and OT name as the player. In some instances, however, such as [[Randy]]'s {{p|Spearow}} in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}} and their remakes, {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, the Pokémon given to the player will be recognized as an outsider, and thus have the experience boost and potential disobedience.
+Pokémon obtained from [[Event Pokémon|event distributions]] usually have predefined Original Trainers, and so, they are considered outsider Pokémon. Only on rare occasions, such as {{g|Sun and Moon}}'s {{DL|List of Japanese region Nintendo Network event Pokémon distributions (Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon)|Snorlium Z Munchlax}} and {{pkmn|Egg}} distributions, do the distributed Pokémon's Original Trainers match the player's.
-{{training}}
+==In other languages==
+{{langtable|color=ddf|bordercolor=ccf
+|fr=Échangé
+|de=Außenseiter
+|it=Esterno
+|es=Forastero
+}}
+{{-}}
+{{Project Games notice|game mechanic}}
 [[Category:Game mechanics]]
 [[Category:Terminology]]
+[[it:Pokémon esterno]]