Pokédex holder: Difference between revisions

When Professor Oak told how the Pokédex can be used in battle, Gold asked for one. The Professor said that Pokédexes are meant for research purposes, and the ones he trusted the device were responsible young people who were willing to help others with their strengths, unlike Gold that only cares about his goal and would reduce it to a tool in battle. After much insistence, the Professor asked how Gold sees his Pokémon, to what the boy replied that they are his "partners". For the good answer, the Pokédex was given to him. During the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver|ninth chapter}}, Gold received an upgraded Pokédex.

===Silver - the Exchanger===

While Professor Oak was looking for a reliable Trainer to collect Pokémon data for him, he got information from {{adv|Bill}} that there was a catcher who would do it for something in return. When the Professor went to [[Earl Dervish]]'s [[Pokémon academy]] for the meeting, a bunch of {{p|Slugma}} attacked a little girl. To protect her, a girl named Crystal used her Pokémon and [[Poké Ball#Level Ball|special Poké Balls]] to catch them all. Amazed by her catching skills, he gave her a Pokédex and, in return, repaired the old academy. During the ninth chapter, Crystal received an upgraded Pokédex.

==Hoenn Pokédex holders==

[[File:PS325.png|200px|thumb|right|Sapphire, Emerald and Ruby]]

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Ruby accidentally kept the Pokédex that [[Professor Birch]] had for his fieldwork to help him defeat the two {{p|Mightyena}} that were attacking him. When Ruby was going to retrieve the Professor's bag, his [[Running Shoes]] activated and he fell from a cliff, being saved and taken to a cave by Sapphire. Ruby left her with a letter, telling her to return her father's goods, but forgot the Pokédex in his pocket. In [[Oldale Town]], when he was attacked by a {{p|Dustox}}, the Pokédex resonated and once again helped Ruby to defeat the Pokémon. He decided to keep it so that he could escape in time from the new Pokémon he would meet.

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Sapphire Birch is Professor Birch's daughter. While she was doing fieldwork, Sapphire saw Ruby falling down from a cliff and got him by swinging on hanging vines. She took him to her [[secret base]], where they started a scuffle over their different views on Pokémon. In the middle of their battle, a {{p|Seviper}} appeared and attacked them. In order to defeat it, she used a Pokédex to get data about the Pokémon. She explained to Ruby that she was keeping it to help her father in his researches. When her quest on challenging all [[Gym]]s in [[Hoenn]] started, Sapphire took the Pokédex with her.

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Emerald was recommended by the [[Trick Master]] to live in Earl Dervish's Pokémon academy, to overcome the bullying he suffered, which made him reluctant to interact with other children and with Pokémon. When Emerald arrived at the academy, he was impressed by Crystal's dedication for others, working hard to fulfill the Pokédex for Professor Oak to get repairs in the building and new clothes for the homeless children in return. He then decided to ask for a Pokédex so that he could also help others. In the [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]], Emerald called the Professor with a message saying that he wanted a Pokédex so that he could live together with Pokémon. Yet, Professor Oak registered Emerald as the owner of the Pokédex but didn't give it to him, saying that he lied about wanting to be with Pokémon, since Earl declared that he avoids any contact with them. Only when Emerald found his own path in relating with Pokémon, the Professor accepted to give him the Pokédex. He then had to head to Hoenn, where his Pokédex was with Professor Birch.

==Sinnoh Pokédex holders==

'''{{adv|Diamond}}''' and '''{{adv|Pearl}}''' are childhood friends from [[Twinleaf Town]] that aim to become masters of comedy. They took part in a contest held by [[Jubilife TV]] that would reward the best stand-up comedians, but failed in their performance. However, they received a special prize for their peculiar humor, tickets for a travel. Before opening the envelope with the tickets, they bumped against Professor Rowan and his assistant (Lady Berlitz's father) in the middle of a crowd and ended up having their envelope exchanged with the one containing instructions for the Lady's bodyguards on their travel to Mt. Coronet. Arriving at the meeting point, they assumed she was a tour guide for their trip, while she thought they were her bodyguards, giving each a Pokémon, a Pokétch and a Pokédex. The trio traveled around [[Sinnoh]] until the misunderstanding was clarified, when she decided to reveal her first name, '''{{adv|Platinum}}'''.

==Unova Pokédex holders==

===Wally===

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Wally found Professor Birch's bag adrift in the sea during the flood caused by {{p|Kyogre}}'s rampage. Inside the bag was a Pokédex and a [[Emerald's Sceptile|Treecko]]. Wally temporarily used the Pokédex and the Pokémon when he was helping [[Norman]] to awaken {{p|Rayquaza}} in the [[Sky Pillar]]. After the cataclysmic battle between Kyogre and {{p|Groudon}} ceased, Wally sent the Pokédex back to Professor Birch, who gave it to its registered owner, Emerald.

===Bianca===

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* Before the Pokédex was upgraded in the ''FireRed & LeafGreen'' chapter, [[Carr]] duplicated Red's into a "black Pokédex". It was seen being held by {{adv|Giovanni}} and by [[the Three Beasts]].

* [[Paka and Uji]] would have been Pokédex holders if the mixup with Professor Rowan and Professor Berlitz with Diamond and Pearl did not happen.

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