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84 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.
Characters
- Alain — Ash's Kalos final boss and the franchise's Mega Evolution specialist — a lone trainer who commanded a Mega Charizard X and handed Ash his first region
- Ash Ketchum — The boy from Pallet Town who refused to quit — a trainer who spent twenty-six years losing leagues and learning, until he became Monarch of the World
- Bonnie — Clemont's little sister — too young to be a trainer but old enough to carry Dedenne in her bag and propose marriage to every pretty stranger on Clemon
- Brock — Pewter City's eldest son and the group's cook, medic, and romantic lost cause — a Rock-type Gym Leader turned traveling Pokémon Doctor.
- Cilan — One of the triplet Gym Leaders of Striaton City and Ash's Unova companion — a self-described Pokémon Connoisseur whose food, wine, and battle metaphor
- Clemont — Lumiose City's Gym Leader and the group's resident inventor — a blonde bespectacled boy whose genius is real and whose inventions always explode.
- Cynthia — The Champion of Sinnoh and one of the strongest trainers in the anime — a scholar of mythology whose Garchomp has been Ash's benchmark since the Sinno
- Dawn — Ash's Sinnoh companion and one of the franchise's most celebrated Coordinators — a Twinleaf Town rookie whose catchphrase became "No need to worry!" e
- Delia Ketchum — Ash's mother and the emotional anchor of Pallet Town — a former traveling trainer who settled down to raise a son who wouldn't stop traveling.
- Diantha — The Champion of Kalos — a celebrated actress and Mega Evolution trainer whose Mega Gardevoir is among the most elegant threats in the Masters 8.
- Drew — May's Coordinator rival — a green-haired prodigy who gives her roses after every contest and refuses to admit it might mean something.
- Gary Oak — Professor Oak's grandson and Ash's first rival — the arrogant kid with the cheerleaders who started his journey the same day and made Ash's early year
- Giovanni — Leader of Team Rocket and Kanto's most powerful crime boss — the shadow at the top of the trio's reporting chart, usually petting a Persian while sign
- Goh — Ash's Journeys-era partner — a methodical, Pokédex-obsessed boy from Vermilion City whose dream is to catch Mew and who does his thinking in checklist
- Iris — Ash's Unova companion and eventually the Unova Champion by Journeys — a Village of Dragons girl who became one of the most powerful Dragon-type traine
- James — The lavender-haired scion of a wealthy family who ran away to join Team Rocket — gentle, fussy, and somehow the softest of the three.
- Jessie — The red-haired half of Team Rocket's field agents — a former trainee at Pokémon Tech, former nurse trainee, former beauty-school dropout, perennial ru
- Kiawe — An Akala Island Fire-type trainer and Ash's most serious Alola classmate — dances hula, rides a Charizard, and will not tolerate joking during battle.
- Lana — Melemele Island's Water-type trainer — a quiet fisherwoman with a deadpan sense of humor and the patience of someone who has waited hours for a bite.
- Lance — Champion of Kanto-Johto's Indigo Plateau and the Dragon Master of the original anime — the elite trainer Ash first encountered during the Red Gyarados
- Leon — The undefeated Champion of Galar and Monarch of the World Coronation Series — the final boss of Ash's twenty-six-year journey, and the trainer he beat
- Liko — The lead protagonist of Pokémon Horizons — a quiet Paldean student who inherits her grandmother's mysterious pendant and finds herself with a Sprigati
- Lillie — Ash's Alola classmate — an Aether Foundation heiress who was afraid to touch Pokémon until she and Ash hatched a Vulpix egg together.
- Mallow — Akala Island's Grass-type trainer and the Alola classmates' chef — her family's Aina's Kitchen restaurant is the group's unofficial clubhouse.
- Max — May's little brother — a seven-year-old Pokémon encyclopedia in glasses who tags along because he's not yet old enough to be a trainer himself.
- May — Ash's Hoenn companion and the franchise's first Pokémon Coordinator — a Petalburg girl who learned she loves Contests more than battles and raised a B
- Meowth — A scrappy Scratch Cat Pokémon who taught himself human speech for love and has been stuck scheming with Jessie and James ever since — the trio's brain
- Misty — The youngest of Cerulean City's Sensational Sisters and Ash's first traveling companion — Water-type specialist, Cerulean Gym Leader, chronic bike-los
- Paul — Ash's coldest rival — a Veilstone City trainer who believed in strength at any emotional cost and pushed Ash to become a better trainer by being the w
- Pikachu — Ash's partner from day one — the Electric Mouse Pokémon who refused to enter a Poké Ball, refused the Thunder Stone, and refused to ever be anything l
- Professor Cerise — A cheerful, cross-regional researcher based in Vermilion City who hires Ash and Goh as research fellows during the Journeys era.
- Professor Samuel Oak — Pallet Town's resident Pokémon researcher — the man who gave Ash his first Pokémon (after he slept in and missed all three starters) and who rates tra
- Professor Sycamore — Kalos's Pokémon Professor and the anime's leading Mega Evolution researcher — mentor to Alain and host to Ash during the XY arc.
- Reggie — Paul's older brother and a retired Battle Frontier challenger — a gentle Pokémon breeder whose quiet competence is the yardstick Paul spent his journe
- Roy — The co-protagonist of Pokémon Horizons — a fishing-village kid from the Kanto coast who carries an old Poké Ball his grandfather left behind and dream
- Serena — Ash's Kalos companion and the series' first confessed romantic subplot — a Vaniville Town girl who met Ash at summer camp as a child and spent her jou
- Sophocles — Ula'ula Island's Electric-type trainer and the classmates' engineer — a bookish boy whose Togedemaru is, genuinely, his best friend.
- Sprigatito — Liko's starter Pokémon in Horizons — a small cat-like Grass type with a serious attitude and a scent of fresh-cut herbs.
- Steven Stone — The Champion of Hoenn — a Steel-type trainer and amateur geologist who collects rare stones and Mega Stones in equal measure.
- Team Rocket Trio (Jessie, James & Meowth) — Three failed thieves, one Meowth that talks, and a mission to steal Pikachu that has outlasted empires — the franchise's most persistent, most lovable
Locations
- Aether Foundation — A Pokémon-conservation organization operating from Aether Paradise off Ula'ula — publicly a sanctuary, privately (during the SM arc) the front for Lus
- Akala Island — Alola's central island — home of Wela Volcano, the Moomoo Milk farms, and Aina's Kitchen.
- Alola — A tropical four-island chain — home of the Island Trials, the Guardian Deities, the Aether Foundation, and Ash's first regional-league victory.
- Ash's House — Delia Ketchum's home on the edge of Pallet Town — a small white house with a bright kitchen and a couch that has hosted every one of Ash's friends.
- Cerise Laboratory — Professor Cerise's cross-regional research lab in Vermilion City — the Journeys-era base where Ash and Goh work as Research Fellows.
- Cerulean City — Kanto's second gym town — a coastal city of bridges, beaches, and the Sensational Sisters' show-quality Water-type Gym.
- Galar — A region modeled on the UK — home of Dynamax, the Wild Area, Champion Leon, and the World Coronation Series' finale stadium at Wyndon.
- Hoenn — A tropical archipelago region — home to the sea and land gods Kyogre and Groudon, Pokémon Contests, and Ash's third regional league.
- Indigo Plateau — The mountaintop stadium complex where the Kanto-Johto Pokémon League and the Elite Four await — the setting of Ash's first league attempt and an endur
- Johto — Kanto's western neighbor — a region of ancient shrines, bell towers, and the long national histories of Ho-Oh and Lugia.
- Kalos — A region modeled on France — home of Mega Evolution, Champion Diantha, Pokémon Performers, and Team Flare's ecological apocalypse.
- Kanto — The first region — a temperate peninsula of small cities, cedar forests, and volcanic islands, the birthplace of Ash's journey and the original 151 Po
- Lumiose City — Kalos's sprawling capital — a city of boulevards radiating from the tall Prism Tower, home to Clemont's gym, Professor Sycamore's lab, and Team Flare'
- Melemele Island — Alola's westernmost island — home to the Pokémon School, Professor Kukui's lab, and Tapu Koko, the electric Guardian Deity.
- Oak's Laboratory — Professor Oak's research compound on the hill above Pallet Town — part cutting-edge lab, part enormous ranch for every Pokémon every Pallet trainer ha
- Paldea — The southern region that debuts in Pokémon Horizons — home of Liko's school and the first region since Kanto to feature a new protagonist as lead.
- Pallet Town — A quiet seaside village in Kanto — the starting point of nearly every great trainer in the continent's modern era and Ash Ketchum's forever-home.
- Petalburg City — Hoenn's family-oriented gym town — home of Norman, the Gym Leader, and his children May and Max.
- Pewter City — Kanto's first gym town, nestled against the mountains — a city of stone, quarries, and the Pewter Museum of Science, with Brock's gym at its northern
- Rising Volt Tacklers — The airship-borne found-family expedition at the heart of Pokémon Horizons — a crew of researchers, trainers, and pilots who travel the world investig
- Route 1 — The dirt road between Pallet Town and Viridian City — the first route every Kanto trainer walks, populated by Pidgey, Rattata, and first-day regrets.
- Sinnoh — A mountainous northern region — home of the creator god Arceus, the Spear Pillar, and Ash's closest regional-league loss before Alola.
- Striaton City — Unova's first gym town — home of the Striaton Gym, run jointly by the Connoisseur triplets Cilan, Chili, and Cress above their café-restaurant.
- Team Rocket HQ — The clandestine criminal organization — and its web of hidden bases — led by Giovanni across Kanto, Johto, and beyond, dedicated to the theft and expl
- Twinleaf Town — Dawn's hometown in rural Sinnoh — a quiet forest village known as 'Fresh and Free,' where Professor Rowan occasionally visits and where every trainer
- Ula'ula Island — Alola's largest and driest island — home of Malie City, the Blush Mountain desert, and the Aether Foundation's offshore Paradise.
- Unova — A region modeled on a continent-sized coastal metropolis — home of Champion Iris, the Village of Dragons, and a Pokédex that starts fresh with no orig
- Vaniville Town — Serena's hometown in southern Kalos — a quiet residential village of hedgerow gardens where new trainers start their journeys.
- Veilstone City — Sinnoh's urban north — a city of black meteor stones and the hidden headquarters of Team Galactic.
- Vermilion City — Kanto's port city — home of Lt. Surge's Electric-type gym, the S.S. Anne docks, and, later, the Cerise Laboratory.
- Village of Dragons — A mountain-hidden village in eastern Unova where Dragon-type Pokémon are raised in partnership with humans — Iris's childhood home.
- Viridian City — Kanto's second city and the site of the region's eighth gym — the checkpoint between the journey and the Indigo League, with a reputation for being ha
- Viridian Gym — Kanto's final gym, long commanded by Giovanni as a front for Team Rocket — the challenge between an aspiring trainer and the Indigo Plateau.
- Wyndon Stadium — Galar's colossal championship arena — the site of the World Coronation Series Masters 8 final, where Ash defeated Leon to become Monarch.
Items
- Arceus — The alpha Pokémon — the creator god of the Pokémon universe, said to have hatched from the single egg that shaped all reality.
- Eternatus — The Galar region's Dynamax-powering parasite-legendary — a many-limbed Poison/Dragon crisis whose awakening caused the Darkest Day.
- Ho-Oh — The legendary rainbow phoenix of Johto's Tin Tower — the mythical bird Ash saw on the first day of his journey, an omen no one else has ever confirmed
- Lugia — The silver guardian of the seas — the legendary Psychic/Flying leviathan that calms Kyogre and soars above the Orange Archipelago's three legendary bi
- Mew — The mythical progenitor Pokémon — a pink feline psychic said to hold the DNA of every species, and the singular obsession of Goh's entire career.
- Mewtwo — The cloned Psychic Pokémon — created by human scientists from a fragment of Mew, escaped from Team Rocket, and living proof that the anime has never b
- Rayquaza — The emerald sky-serpent of Hoenn's ozone layer — the Mega-capable weather-stopper whose rivalry with Groudon and Kyogre defines the balance of the reg
- Solgaleo — Alola's sun-lion legendary — the Psychic/Steel Pokémon whose Ultra Wormhole teleportation brought Ash to the realm of the Ultra Beasts and back.
- The 'I Choose You' Moment — The pivotal day-one event — Ash's selection of Pikachu as his starter (by default, because he overslept) and the Spearow-flock attack on Route 1 that
- The Masters 8 Final — The World Coronation Series' ultimate match — Ash Ketchum versus Leon, six-on-six, Wyndon Stadium — and the battle that made Ash Monarch of Masters 8
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