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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*[[Gary Oak]] from the anime was designed after Blue. Furthermore, Gary's name comes from one of the optional names for Blue. Despite this, they are not the same character, not even in {{game|Yellow}}. | *[[Gary Oak]] from the anime was designed after Blue. Furthermore, Gary's name comes from one of the optional names for Blue. Despite this, they are not the same character, not even in {{game|Yellow}}. | ||
*Blue is the only [[Champion]] who is the {{player}}'s rival | *Blue is the only [[Champion]] who is the {{player}}'s rival, as well as the only Champion who does not induct the player character into the [[Hall of Fame]] (Prof. Oak does it instead). | ||
*He is the only League Champion thus far who changes his party after the player gets the National Dex. | *He is the only League Champion thus far who changes his party after the player gets the National Dex. | ||
*Blue is the only Champion to date who can battle with an {{t|Electric}} Pokémon. | *Blue is the only Champion to date who can battle with an {{t|Electric}} Pokémon. | ||
*Blue is the only rival whose [[Starter Pokémon|starter]] can be weak to the player's [[Red's Pikachu (game)|starter]] (his Vaporeon in {{game|Yellow}}) | *Blue is the only rival whose [[Starter Pokémon|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, therefore, he has 11 sprites. | *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, therefore, he has 11 sprites. | ||
*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 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 one of his default names derived from key people in the Pokémon franchise. | ||
===In other languages=== | ===In other languages=== | ||
*French: '''Blue''' | *French: '''Blue''' |
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