Character from pokemon-journeys by
Goh's ace and his heart -- the Scorbunny he rescued as a skittish stray, evolved through Raboot into a striker Pokémon that plays the field like a stadium is its field.
Cinderace is showy in exactly the ways Goh is not, which is why they work. It plays to the crowd, invents trick shots on the fly, and reads its trainer's mood better than its trainer reads his own. As Scorbunny it was a scared stray who had lost a trainer once already and guarded itself by running everywhere. Goh did not catch it; he earned it by letting it decide. By Journeys' end it is the lead of Goh's team, the Pokémon he trusts in Project Mew trials, and the first one he turns to when a legend appears on the horizon. Under pressure Cinderace grins, twitches its feet, and goes for the highlight-reel kick. It only ever got a Poké Ball after evolving, and the moment it accepted capture is the moment Goh realized what he actually wanted out of this.
A tall, athletic Fire-type rabbit standing on two legs with white fur, orange markings on ears, nose, and feet, and a flame-tipped tuft on its head. Narrow sharp eyes, a confident half-smile, the loose shoulders of a footballer stretching before kickoff. Moves with smooth kinetic energy -- shuffle-step, pivot, strike -- and a Pyro Ball flaring into its toe-claw on command.