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*Blue is the only rival whose {{pkmn2|starter}} can be weak to the player's [[Red's Pikachu (game)|starter]] (his Vaporeon in {{game|Yellow}}) | *Blue is the only rival whose {{pkmn2|starter}} can be weak to the player's [[Red's Pikachu (game)|starter]] (his Vaporeon in {{game|Yellow}}) | ||
*His team as Gym Leader from [[Generation II]] is based on his team as Champion from [[Generation I]] without his [[starter Pokémon]] (instead taking whichever Pokémon it takes the place of in his other teams). | *His team as Gym Leader from [[Generation II]] is based on his team as Champion from [[Generation I]] without his [[starter Pokémon]] (instead taking whichever Pokémon it takes the place of in his other teams). | ||
*Blue is the single character with the most sprites in-battle, having ten total, due to his sprite changing as the player progresses through the game. In [[Generation III]], he also has a sprite not used in-battle, but at the beginning of the game, | *Blue is the single character with the most sprites in-battle, having ten total, due to his sprite changing as the player progresses through the game. In [[Generation III]], he also has a sprite not used in-battle, but at the beginning of the game, and in Generation IV both his battle and VS sprites, giving him a total of 13. | ||
*Blue is one of only two NPCs who has been both a Gym Leader and a champion. The other is [[Wallace]] (though Wallace was a Gym Leader before becoming Champion, and Blue does the reverse). Both of them were the eighth Gym Leader and Champion of a region introduced in an odd-numbered generation. | *Blue is one of only two NPCs who has been both a Gym Leader and a champion. The other is [[Wallace]] (though Wallace was a Gym Leader before becoming Champion, and Blue does the reverse). Both of them were the eighth Gym Leader and Champion of a region introduced in an odd-numbered generation. | ||
*All Japanese games that feature Blue as the rival has at least one of his default names derived from key people in the Pokémon franchise. | *All Japanese games that feature Blue as the rival has at least one of his default names derived from key people in the Pokémon franchise. |
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