Hero Pokémon

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This article is about the the protagonist in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games. For the Legendary Pokémon of Galar often referred to as heroes, see legendary heroes.

The hero Pokémon or hero is the protagonist and starting player character of the games in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. It is accompanied by the partner Pokémon.

Terminology

Hero Pokémon

This is known as "hero Pokémon" in the manuals of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team. For instance:

• "You can see how to control the hero Pokémon by reading this section."
• "When you touch the hero Pokémon, it takes one step in the direction it's facing."

Hero

This has been shortened to "hero" in the manuals of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky. For instance:

• "Meowth and Munchlax are only candidates for the partner. They are not available as candidates for the hero."
• "The hero moves by taking the shortest route and stops on reaching that spot."
• "If the hero's Belly is empty, the hero loses 1 HP on every turn."

Other terms

The "leader" is the character currently being controlled by the player. Therefore, the hero Pokémon may or may not be the leader at a given point in time.

In the games

In the main storyline from the Rescue Team and Explorers titles, the hero is the only Pokémon that the player can control while the partner an other Pokémon (if any) follow the hero. In the post-game, the player is no longer required to play specifically as the hero, and can choose to play as any other Pokémon in the team, with the option to switch leaders while exploring the dungeon.

Personality and characteristics

The hero Pokémon rarely talks out loud; instead thinking to themselves in parenthecies. They lack a defined personality, because the player is intended to imagine themselves in their place.

Story role

Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, and Rescue Team DX

The hero first wakes up in the Tiny Woods to the voice of the partner. They tell the partner that they are a human, to which the partner points out that they look like a normal Pokémon. The hero is shocked by this, as they do not remember anything. Just then, Butterfree comes shouting for help because her son Caterpie fell into a fissure and can't get out. The hero and partner head into the dungeon to rescue Caterpie. Afterwards, the partner says to the hero that since they don't have anywhere to go, they should follow them. The partner takes the hero to a vacant house that happens to be on the outskirts of Pokémon Square. There, the partner asks the hero if they would be interested in forming a rescue team with them. The hero agrees, and the next day, they find the partner sleeping outside, having waited for the hero outside their house since dawn. The partner checks the mailbox and finds the Rescue Team Starter Kit inside, which contains the Toolbox and Rescue Team Badges. Then Pelipper comes and delivers a rescue request from Magnemite at Thunderwave Cave. They travel there and rescue the two Magnemite. Two days later, they meet Diglett, who is having fun digging tunnels outside. The next day, Diglett's father, Dugtrio, informs them that he has been kidnapped by a Pokémon named Skarmory and taken to the summit of Mt. Steel. When they go to confront Skarmory, it claims that it kidnapped Diglett because the recent earthquakes are caused by its kind. The hero and partner defeat Skarmory, but they have no idea how to rescue Diglett, who is trapped on a cliff on the other side. Just then, the two Magnemite they rescued earlier show up, and help lift Diglett out. The partner realizes that adding more members to the rescue team would be a good idea. The next day, they go to the Camp Corner, run by Wigglytuff, where he sells Camps for recruits to live at. There is a special deal for new rescue teams where they get three free Camps. However, at the request of Magnemite, Wigglytuff also throws in the Power Plant camp for free, giving them four free Camps. As they are heading back home, they see a Jumpluff asking Shiftry to rescue its Jumpluff friend. Shiftry initially refuses, but when Team A.C.T., a famous Gold Rank rescue team consisting of Alakazam, Charizard, and Tyranitar, shows up, he is pressured into accepting Jumpluff's request. A few days later, Team Meanies shows up at the rescue team base and steals their mail. Later, Caterpie from before shows up at the rescue team base and asks them to rescue his friend Metapod in Sinister Woods. Team Meanies then shows up, saying they'll be the first to rescue Metapod, and that Caterpie will join them as their reward since he has no Poké to give them. In Sinister Woods, Team Meanies tries to battle them to stop them from rescuing Metapod. They defeat Team Meanies however, and save Metapod. The next day, the Jumpluff from earlier has come seeking the rescue team's help because Shiftry never came back from the rescue mission. They head to the Silent Chasm to find Shiftry and Jumpluff. When they reach the end of the dungeon, they find Shiftry. However, Zapdos soon appears and kidnaps Shiftry, challenging them to come to Mt. Thunder to rescue him.

Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky

The hero wakes up on the beach outside of Treasure Town after the partner finds them lying unconscious there. Soon after, Koffing and Zubat of Team Skull attack the partner and steal their Relic Fragment, fleeing to Beach Cave. After the hero and partner get the Relic Fragment back, the partner suggests that the two of them join Wigglytuff's Guild together.

Available Pokémon

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, the player cannot directly choose their hero Pokémon. Instead, they have to complete a personality quiz, which then uses their gender and answers to determine which Pokémon they should be.

In the Adventure Squad games and Gates to Infinity, the hero Pokémon is chosen manually.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the player can choose the hero Pokémon directly or via a personality quiz.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team and Rescue Team DX

Bulbasaur		Charmander		Squirtle		Pikachu
Grass	Poison	Fire		Water		Electric
Meowth		Psyduck		Machop		Cubone
Normal		Water		Fighting		Ground
Eevee		Chikorita		Cyndaquil		Totodile
Normal		Grass		Fire		Water
Treecko		Torchic		Mudkip		Skitty
Grass		Fire		Water		Normal

Note that in the original Red and Blue Rescue Team, Chikorita, Skitty, and Eevee cannot be chosen if the player is a boy, but in Rescue Team DX, they can.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

Bulbasaur		Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Meowth	Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile
Grass	Poison	Fire	Water	Electric	Normal	Grass	Fire	Water
Treecko		Torchic	Mudkip	Skitty	Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup	Munchlax
Grass		Fire	Water	Normal	Grass	Fire	Water	Normal

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Bulbasaur		Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Vulpix	Eevee	Chikorita
Grass	Poison	Fire	Water	Electric	Fire	Normal	Grass
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Phanpy	Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip	Skitty
Fire		Water	Ground	Grass	Fire	Water	Normal
		Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup	Shinx	Riolu
		Grass	Fire	Water	Electric	Fighting

Note that Vulpix, Eevee, and Skitty are only available if the player is a girl, while Shinx, Phanpy, and Riolu are only available if the player is a boy.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad!

Charmander	Vulpix	Growlithe	Eevee	Cyndaquil
Fire	Fire	Fire	Normal	Fire
Teddiursa	Torchic	Chimchar	Buneary
Normal	Fire	Fire	Normal

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad!

Squirtle	Totodile	Wooper		Phanpy	Mudkip
Water	Water	Water	Ground	Ground	Water
Azurill	Wynaut	Piplup		Riolu
Normal	Psychic	Water		Fighting

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad!

Pikachu	Meowth	Psyduck	Pichu	Togepi
Electric	Normal	Water	Electric	Normal
Mareep	Elekid	Shinx	Pachirisu
Electric	Electric	Electric	Electric

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Pikachu	Snivy	Tepig	Oshawott	Axew
Electric	Grass	Fire	Water	Dragon

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

Bulbasaur		Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Chikorita
Grass	Poison	Fire	Water	Electric	Grass
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip
Fire		Water	Grass	Fire	Water
Turtwig		Chimchar	Piplup	Riolu	Snivy
Grass		Fire	Water	Fighting	Grass
Tepig		Oshawott	Chespin	Fennekin	Froakie
Fire		Water	Grass	Fire	Water

In the manga

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Ginji has the role of the hero Pokémon. He is a boy who was turned into a Torchic.

Trivia

• Gates to Infinity is the only game where the hero Pokémon does not have amnesia.
• Super Mystery Dungeon has the most choices for the hero Pokémon out of all the games, at 20.
• In Gates to Infinity, even if the hero Pokémon is a girl, Pikachu will not have the heart-shaped tail of female Pikachu. A female Pikachu model was not programmed into the game.

See also

• First partner Pokémon
• List of the player's first Pokémon
• Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)

External links

• Hero Characters on Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki

Characters in the Mystery Dungeon series

Red Hero • Partner • Caterpie • Metapod • Whiscash • Lombre Granbull • Xatu • Gardevoir • Shiftry • Pelipper • Celebi Team A.C.T. • Team Meanies • Full list Blue DX Time Hero • Partner • Wigglytuff • Chatot • Loudred • Sunflora • Bidoof • Torkoal • Lapras Grovyle • Celebi • Dusknoir • Darkrai • Primal Dialga • Palkia • Drowzee • Uxie • Armaldo Wigglytuff Guild • Team Skull • Team Charm • Team AWD • Amp Plains tribes • Full list Darkness Sky WiiWare See here Gates Hero • Partner • Azumarill • Dunsparce • Emolga • Hydreigon • Keldeo • Kyurem • Munna • Gurdurr • Timburr Meloetta • Umbreon and Espeon • Victini • Virizion • Quagsire • Scraggy Pawniard • Swanna • Bittercold • Full list Super Hero • Partner • Ampharos • Archen • Carracosta • Krokorok • Krookodile • Legendary beasts Beheeyem • Nuzleaf • Xerneas • Yveltal • Void Shadows • Dark Matter Armaldo • Bidoof • Celebi • Chatot • Dunsparce • Dusknoir • Emolga • Grovyle • Hydreigon Loudred • Munna • Quagsire • Shiftry • Sunflora • Victini • Virizion • Whiscash • Wigglytuff Expedition Society • Students • Team A.C.T. • Team Skull • Team Charm • Team AWD • Full list

This article is part of both Project CharacterDex and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on characters in the spin-off games.