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A {{nihongo|'''Rival'''|ライバル|Raibaru}} is a [[Trainer Class]] in the game that battles the player often throughout the main storyline. A rival in the game can be a childhood friend of the player, a bully or a hater to the player. When the player is choosing a [[Starter Pokémon|starter Pokémon]], the rival will have a type that is the opposite of the player Pokémon, an example: The player chooses a grass-type Pokémon, then the player rival will pick up a fire-type Pokémon. In exception of [[Dawn (Game)|Dawn]] or [[Lucas (Game)|Lucas]], especially [[Bianca]], who all choose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage. [[Wally]] starts out with a [[Ralts]], rather than a conventional [[Hoenn]] starter. Also, the owner of a certain game can give a rival a name mostly at the start of the video game or later in the story line. The names of the rivals that cannot be named are: [[Wally]], [[Brendan]], [[May]], [[Cheren]] and [[Bianca]].
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{{Nihongo|Rival|ライバル|Raibaru}} is a [[Trainer Class]] in the game that battles the player often throughout the main storyline. A '''rival''' in the game can be a childhood friend of the player (in the case of Blue, Trace, Cheren, Bianca, Barry, Hugh, and Hop), a recently-met neighbor (in the case of Brendan/May, Wally, Calem/Serena, Shauna, Tierno, Trevor, Hau, Marnie, and Nemona), or an antagonist (in the case of Silver, Bede, and to a lesser extent, Blue). When the player is choosing a [[First partner Pokémon]], the rival will usually get the type that is strong against the player's Pokémon. For example, if the player chooses a Grass-type Pokémon, then the player's rival will pick up a Fire-type Pokémon. The exceptions are [[Lucas]], [[Dawn]], [[Bianca]], [[Shauna]], [[Hau]], [[Hop]], and [[Nemona]] who all choose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage. [[Wally]] starts out with a [[Ralts]], rather than a conventional [[Hoenn]] starter.
   
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Also, the player can sometimes give their rival a name. The names of the rivals that cannot be named are: [[Wally]], [[Brendan]], [[May]], [[Cheren]], [[Bianca]], [[Shauna (Kalos)|Shauna]], [[Calem]], [[Serena]], [[Tierno]], [[Trevor]], [[Hau]], [[Gladion]], [[Hop]], [[Bede]], [[Marnie (Galar)|Marnie]], [[Klara]], [[Avery (Galar)|Avery]], [[Nemona]], [[Kieran]], and [[Carmine]].
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== In the game ==
  
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Having a rival as the player's opponent has been introduced since [[Generation I]] with the known and popular rivalry between [[Blue (game)|Blue/Green]]<small><sup>{{tt|JP|Japanese version of Pokémon Red and Green}}</sup></small> and [[Red (game)|Red]]. A rival mostly appears in the main game series throughout the game and challenging the player in different Pokémon battles. Rivals mostly appears early in main game series, mostly been picking their starter Pokémon from a Professor in a different region. Their starter Pokémon is mostly the opposite type that the player has chosen, as example: The player choose Charmander, the rival will choose Squirtle, because water is stronger than Fire, but in exception of [[Bianca (Game)|Bianca]] which chooses a weaker type than the starter. Most of the players rivals doesn't came to pick up a starter Pokémon, or have seen that they took a starter Pokémon alongside with the player. [[Silver (game)|Silver]] as a example, stole the Pokémon from [[Professor Elm]]'s laboratory. Mostly a rival has a deeper story line about their behaviour, most of the player rivals depends more on strength than strategy.
  
   
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==In The Games==
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Having a rival as the player's opponent was introduced in [[Generation I]] with the popular rivalry between [[Blue|Blue/Green]]<sup>{{tt|*|Japanese version of Pokémon Red and Green}}</sup> and [[Red]]. A rival usually appears in the main game series throughout the game challenging the player to Pokémon battles. Rivals mostly appear early in the main story line. Their First partner Pokémon are usually the one that has a type advantage against the Pokémon that the player has chosen, for example: If the player chose Charmander, the rival will choose Squirtle, because Water is strong against Fire. Some exceptions are [[Bianca]], [[Hau]], [[Shauna (Kalos)|Shauna]] and [[Hop]] who choose the starter that is weak against the player's. Most of the player rivals depend more on strength than strategy.
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! colspan="2" | [[Kanto|{{color|FFF|Kanto}}]]
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! [[Johto|{{color|FFF|Johto}}]]
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! colspan="3" | [[Hoenn|{{color|FFF|Hoenn}}]]
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! [[Sinnoh|{{color|FFF|Sinnoh}}]]
 
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| [[File:Blue FireRed and LeafGreen.png|105px|link=Blue]]
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!style="background-color:LightSeaGreen; color:black; {{roundytl|5px}}"|[[Kanto|{{color|FFF|Kanto}}]]
  
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| [[File:Trace character.png|72px|link=Trace]]
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!style="background-color:Goldenrod; color:black;"|[[Johto|{{color|FFF|Johto}}]]
  
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| [[File:Silver HeartGold and SoulSilver.png|105px|link=Silver (Johto)]]
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!style="background-color:YellowGreen; color:black; {{roundytr|5px}}" colspan=3|[[Hoenn|{{color|FFF|Hoenn}}]]
  
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| [[File:Brendan Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.png|90px|link=Brendan]]
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| [[File:May Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.png|90px|link=May]]
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| [[File:Wally Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.png|100px|link=Wally]]
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| [[File:Barry Platinum.png|100px|link=Barry]]
 
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| [[Blue|Blue/Green]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Blue(FrLg)Sprite.png|link=Blue (game)]]
  
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| [[Trace (character)|Trace]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:SilverBattleHGSS.PNG|link=Silver (game)]]
  
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| [[Silver (Johto)|Silver]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Emerald sprite.png|link=Brendan]]
  
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| [[Brendan]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:E May.png|link=May (Game)]]
  
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| [[May]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:RSE Wally.png|link=Wally]]
  
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| [[Wally]]
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| [[Barry]]
 
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Blue (game)|{{color|000|Blue/Green}}]]
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! colspan="3" | [[Unova|{{color|FFF|Unova}}]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Silver (game)|{{color|000|Silver}}]]
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! colspan="2" | [[Kalos|{{color|FFF|Kalos}}]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Brendan|{{color|000|Brendan}}]]
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! colspan="2" | [[Alola|{{color|FFF|Alola}}]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[May (Game)|{{color|000|May}}]]
  
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Wally|{{color|000|Wally}}]]
  
 
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| [[File:Cheren Black and White.png|57px|link=Cheren]]
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!style="background-color:Orchid; color:black;"|[[Sinnoh|{{color|FFF|Sinnoh}}]]
  
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| [[File:Bianca Black and White.png|80px|link=Bianca]]
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!style="background-color:DimGray; color:black;" colspan=4|[[Unova|{{color|FFF|Unova}}]]
  
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| [[File:Hugh.png|68px|link=Hugh]]
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| [[File:Calem.png|85px|link=Calem]]
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| [[File:Serena Kalos.png|115px|link=Serena]]
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| [[File:Hau.png|85px|link=Hau]]
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| [[File:Gladion.png|85px|link=Gladion]]
 
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| [[Cheren]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:RivalPlatinum.gif|link=Barry (Game)]]
  
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| [[Bianca]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Spr BW Cheren.png|link=Cheren]]
  
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| [[Hugh]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Spr BW Bianca.png|link=Bianca]]
  
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| [[Calem]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:NBWsprite.png|link=N]]
  
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| [[Serena]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:HughB2W2sprite.png|link=Hugh]]
  
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| [[Hau]]
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| [[Gladion]]
 
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!style="background-color:white; {{roundybl|5px}}" | [[Barry (Game)|{{color|000|Barry}}]]
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! colspan="5" | [[Galar|{{color|FFF|Galar}}]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Cheren|{{color|000|Cheren}}]]
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! [[Paldea|{{color|FFF|Paldea}}]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Bianca (Game)|{{color|000|Bianca}}]]
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! [[Kitakami|{{color|FFF|Kitakami}}]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[N|{{color|000|N}}]]
  
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| [[File:Hop.png|70px|link=Hop]]
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!style="background-color:white; {{roundybr|5px}}" | [[Hugh|{{color|000|Hugh}}]]
  
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| [[File:Bede.png|85px|link=Bede]]
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| [[File:Marnie Galar.png|100px|center|link=Marnie (Galar)]]
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| [[File:Klara.png|110px|link=Klara]]
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| [[File:Avery Galar.png|110px|link=Avery (Galar)]]
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| [[File:Nemona.png|150px|link=Nemona]]
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| [[File:Kieran.png|70px|link=Kieran]]
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| [[Hop]]
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| [[Bede]]
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| [[Marnie (Galar)|Marnie]]
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| [[Klara]]
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| [[Avery (Galar)|Avery]]
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| [[Nemona]]
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| [[Kieran]]
 
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== Pseudo-rival ==
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===Semi-Rival===
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{{Nihongo|Semi-rival|半ライバル|hanraibaru}} is a rival who is more than a Pseudo-Rival but less than a Rival. They will battle the player, but much less frequently than a full Rival.
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{{nihongo|'''Pseudo-rival'''|擬似ライバル|Giji Raibaru}} is mostly one of the main protagonists from the main Pokémon video game series. They are more known as a helping hand in bringing you useful information, giving you useful items and helping you during tag battles. They are seen as rivals in being more in a competitive manner in completing the Pokédex instead depending strength through Pokémon battles.
  
   
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{| class="article-table"
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{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #808080; border: 2px solid #000000; {{roundy|5px}}"
  
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! [[Unova|{{color|FFF|Unova}}]]
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! colspan="3" | [[Kalos|{{color|FFF|Kalos}}]]
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! [[Kitakami|{{color|FFF|Kitakami}}]]
 
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| [[File:N Black and White.png|100px|link=N]]
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!style="background-color:Goldenrod; color:black; {{roundytl|5px}}" colspan=2|[[Johto|{{color|FFF|Johto}}]]
  
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| [[File:Shauna Kalos.png|75px|link=Shauna (Kalos)]]
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!style="background-color:Orchid; color:black;" colspan=2|[[Sinnoh|{{color|FFF|Sinnoh}}]]
  
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| [[File:Tierno Kalos.png|110px|link=Tierno]]
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!style="background-color:DimGray; color:black; {{roundytr|5px}}" colspan=2|[[Unova|{{color|FFF|Unova}}]]
  
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| [[File:Trevor Kalos.png|60px|link=Trevor]]
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| [[File:Carmine.png|85px|link=Carmine]]
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| [[N]]
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| [[Shauna (Kalos)|Shauna]]
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| [[Tierno]]
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| [[Trevor]]
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| [[Carmine]]
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===Pseudo-Rival===
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{{Nihongo|Pseudo-rival|擬似ライバル|Giji Raibaru}} is one of the main protagonists from the main Pokémon video game series. They are seen as a helping hand in bringing useful information, giving useful items and helping during tag battles. They are seen as rivals in being more in a competitive manner in completing the Pokédex instead of participating in Pokémon battles.
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{| class="article-table"
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! colspan="2" | [[Johto|{{color|FFF|Johto}}]]
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! colspan="2" | [[Sinnoh|{{color|FFF|Sinnoh}}]]
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| [[File:Ethan HeartGold and SoulSilver.png|100px|link=Ethan]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:EthanBattleSprite.PNG|link=Ethan (game)]]
  
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:LyraBattleSprite.PNG|link=Lyra (Game)]]
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| [[File:Lyra.png|85px|link=Lyra]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Lucasplatinum.png|link=Lucas (Game)]]
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| [[File:Lucas Platinum.png|90px|link=Lucas]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Pt Dawn.png|link=Dawn (Game)]]
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| [[File:Dawn Platinum.png|110px|link=Dawn]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:NateB2W2sprite.gif|link=Nate]]
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| [[File:Nate.png|85px|link=Nate]]
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|style="background-color:white;" | [[Image:Mei Front.gif|link=Rosa]]
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| [[File:Rosa.png|75px|link=Rosa]]
 
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| [[Ethan]]
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!style="background-color:white; {{roundybl|5px}}" | [[Ethan (game)|{{color|000|Ethan}}]]
  
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| [[Lyra]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Lyra (Game)|{{color|000|Lyra}}]]
  
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| [[Lucas]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Lucas (Game)|{{color|000|Lucas}}]]
  
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| [[Dawn]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Dawn (Game)|{{color|000|Dawn}}]]
  
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| [[Nate]]
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!style="background-color:white;" | [[Nate|{{color|000|Nate}}]]
  
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| [[Rosa]]
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!style="background-color:white; {{roundybr|5px}}" | [[Rosa|{{color|000|Rosa}}]]
  
 
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==Anime==
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In the anime series, many rivals for the main characters has been appeared. The rivals in the anime can be compared to that in the video games. The main characters also learns a lot from their rivals during their competitions. Known rivalries in the series:
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In the anime series, many rivals for the main characters has been appeared. The rivals in the anime can be compared to that in the video games. The main characters also learns a lot from their rivals during their competitions. Even some of the main characters Pokémon have their own rivalry with other Trainer's Pokémon as well. Known rivalries in the series:
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*It is well known that [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] has a lot of rivals during his travels, but his major rivals were: [[Gary Oak]], [[Paul]], [[Trip]], [[Alain]], [[Gladion (anime)|Gladion]] and [[Bea (anime)|Bea]] — with the first 3 once unfriendly to Ash. Gary was a rival during [[Kanto]] and [[Johto]], Paul during [[Sinnoh]], Trip during [[Unova]], [[Alain]] during [[Kalos]], [[Gladion (anime)|Gladion]] during [[Alola]], and [[Bea (anime)|Bea]] and [[Leon (anime)|Leon]] during [[Galar]]. He also battles [[Cross]] in the [[MS020: Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!|I Choose You]] movie, and [[Hodge]] in the episode [[PJ007: Serving Up the Flute Cup!|Serving Up The Flute Cup]].
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*Ash also had a lot of semi-rivals in the anime series. However, they are mostly more in collecting badges and holding friendly battles, which some of them achieved in competing with each other in the [[Pokémon League]]. Prominent minor rivals include [[Ritchie]] during Kanto, [[Harrison]] during Johto, [[Morrison]] and [[Tyson (Hoenn)|Tyson]] during [[Hoenn]], [[Barry (anime)|Barry]], [[Conway]], [[Nando]] and [[Tobias]] during Sinnoh, [[Bianca (anime)|Bianca]], [[Stephan]], [[Cameron]] and [[Virgil]] during Unova, [[Korrina (anime)|Korrina]], [[Sawyer]], [[Tierno (anime)|Tierno]], [[Trevor (anime)|Trevor]] during Kalos, and [[Kiawe (anime)|Kiawe]] and [[Hau (anime)|Hau]] during Alola.
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*[[Jessie]] and [[James]] both had an unfriendly rivalries with [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]]. Jessie has a major rivalry with Cassidy since childhood, the rivalry between James and Butch can be because of the times that they were assign to capture a red [[Snorlax]], as James was chosen as Jessie's last-chance partner due to a history of not getting along with the preceding ones while Butch (whose name is always mispronounced to his annoyance) got along with Cassidy easily. Butch and Cassidy are both popular and Mid-Class Agents, while Jessie and James are both losers and Low-Class Agents. However, their rivalry stopped as Cassidy and Butch left Team Rocket for better lives.
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*[[May (anime)|May]] has a friendly rivalry with her fellow [[Pokémon Coordinator|coordinator]]s [[Drew]] and [[Solidad]] and an unfriendly rivalry with [[Harley]].
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*[[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]] has a rivalry with her fellow coordinators [[Zoey]], [[Nando]], [[Kenny (Sinnoh)|Kenny]] and an unfriendly rivalry with [[Ursula]] and Jessilina.
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*[[Iris (anime)|Iris]] has an unfriendly rivalry with [[Georgia|Georgia, which comes from the fact that Iris wants to become a Dragon Master while Georgia focuses on defeating Dragon-type Pokémon.]]
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*[[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]] has an unfriendly rivalry with a fellow Connoisseur [[Burgundy]]. Cilan is an A-class, while Burgundy is only a C-class (which is the beginner and an assistant to A-class and S-class).
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*[[Serena (anime)|Serena]] has friendly rivalries with [[Shauna (anime)|Shauna]], [[Miette]], [[Nini]] and [[Aria (Kalos)]].
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*[[Sophocles (anime)|Sophocles]] has a rivalry with [[Horacio]]. Both of them have [[Vikavolt]] and they competed on making their Pokémon stronger.
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*[[Ash's Pikachu]] has a rivalry with its evolved form, [[Raichu]], because of its first fight against [[Lt. Surge's Raichu (anime)|Lt. Surge's Raichu]]. Unlike Team Rocket's Meowth, Pikachu is willing to work ''with'' a Raichu, as seen during the Summer Camp arc of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series.
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*Ash's Pikachu also has a rivalry with [[Paul's Electivire]] (even when it was an Elekid, and Electabuzz), both of them are [[Electric type]]s.
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*Ash's Pikachu had a rivalry with a [[Ash's Krookodile|Sunglasses Krokorok]] (even when it was a Sandile). Krokorok believed he was superior to Pikachu, due to type advantage. It had been following Ash and the others to battle Pikachu again. After it lost to Pikachu for the last time, it ended its rivalry with Pikachu and agreed to joined Ash.
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*Ash's Pikachu has a rivalry with [[Jessie's Mimikyu]]. Mimikyu harbors great hatred against Pikachu and its kind will stop at nothing to take him down.
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*[[Ash's Snivy]] has a rivalry with [[Iris' Emolga]], both of them are females, and Emolga is a mischievous Pokémon who likes to be naughty, while Snivy watches her to stop her mischief.
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*[[Ash's Greninja]] has a rivalry with [[Sawyer's Sceptile]] (even during their evolution lines). Both them are First partner Pokémon and Greninja's powers of [[Bond Phenomenon]] rivals the powers of Sceptile's [[Mega Evolution]].
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*Ash's Greninja has a rivalry with [[Alain's Charizard]]. Both them are First partner Pokémon and Greninja's power of Bond Phenomenon rivals the powers of Charizard's Mega Evolution, which causes their trainers to have their own rivalry because of Greninja.
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*[[Ash's Incineroar]] has a rivalry with [[Professor Kukui's Incineroar]], Ash's Incineroar want to become stronger than Professor Kukui's Incineroar and won't stop until he defeats him (Even when Ash's Incineroar was a Litten and Torracat ).
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*[[Serena's Pancham]] and [[Clemont's Chespin]] has a rivalry with each other.
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*[[Dawn's Piplup]] and [[Ash's Oshawott]] has a rivalry with each other. both of them are [[Water type]] [[First partner Pokémon]] and had a crush for [[Meloetta (anime)|Meloetta]] but they finally make amends with each other.
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*[[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] has a rivalry with its evolved form Persian (including [[Giovanni's Persian|Giovanni's]]), mostly because of the fact that the Persian is Giovanni's favorite (which Meowth dislikes because, according to his stories, he was the former favorite of Giovanni).
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*[[Tyson's Meowth]] has a rivalry with its evolved form [[Persian]], because its story of battling a Persian in a snowing forest and lost the battle.
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*Tyson's Meowth has an unfriendly rivalry with Team Rocket's Meowth, Tyson's Meowth called Team Rocket's Meowth a pathetic and embarrassment to other [[Meowth]]. Both of them shared the pain for their hatred toward their evolve form Persian.
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*[[Ash's Rowlet]], [[Ash's Lycanroc]] and [[Ash's Incineroar]] have a rivalry with their evolutions ([[Hau's Decidueye]], [[Gladion's Lycanroc (anime)|Gladion's Lycanroc]] and [[Professor Kukui's Incineroar]]) respectively. The latter two have more antagonistic rivalry than the former two.
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*[[Ash's Lucario]] has a rivalry with [[Bea's Grapploct]], because it lost to it once in a battle in the [[World Coronation Series]] and wanted to battle again it someday (Even when Ash's Lucario was a Riolu). Lucario got to defeat Grapploct during Ash and Bea's third battle.
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*[[Goh]] has a rivalry with Gary as they are both competing to get a spot on [[Project Mew]]. Gary treats Goh the same way he treated Ash in the original series as a way to push him to become a better Trainer. This treatment is what made Goh join Project Mew, and has an unfriendly rivalry with [[Quillon]].
   
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* Known is that [[Ash]] has a lot of rivals during his travellings, but his major rivals were: [[Gary Oak]], Morrison, [[Paul]], [[Barry (anime)|Barry]], [[Trip]] and [[Bianca]]. Ash have also a lot of minor rivals in the anime series which they are mostly more in collecting badges and holding friendly competitions which some of them achieved in battling with each other in the [[Pokémon League]].
  
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* [[Gladion]] and [[Hop]] are the only rivals who have a [[Legendary Pokémon]].
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* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] both have a rivalry with [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]]. Jessie has a major rivalry with Cassidy since childhood, the rivalry between James and Butch can be because of the times that they were assign to capture a red [[Snorlax]].
  
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** Kieran has caught a Legendary, but lets the player catch it after he loses control of it.
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* [[May]] has a rivalry with her fellow [[co-ordinator]]s [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Solidad]].
  
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* Ash has at least one species of Pokémon from the same evolutionary line as each of his major rivals.
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* [[Dawn]] has a rivalry with her fellow co-ordinators [[Zoey]], [[Kenny]], and [[Ursula]].
  
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* In every [[generation]], except for generation IX, at least one of the player's rivals can be battled at the [[Pokémon League]] and/or [[Victory Road]].
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* [[Iris]] has a rivalry with [[Georgia]], and [[Cilan]] has a rivalry with [[Burgundy]].
  
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** In Generation IX you do battle a rival at ''a'' Pokémon League, but it isn't the main region's league.
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* [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] has a rivalry with [[Giovanni]]'s [[Persian]] due that the Persian is Giovanni's favourite something that Meowth dislike because according to his stories he was the former favourite of Giovanni.
  
   
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==See also==
 
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Latest revision as of 00:27, 16 April 2024

Red and Blue

Rivals Red and Blue.

Rival (Japanese: ライバル, Hepburn: Raibaru) is a Trainer Class in the game that battles the player often throughout the main storyline. A rival in the game can be a childhood friend of the player (in the case of Blue, Trace, Cheren, Bianca, Barry, Hugh, and Hop), a recently-met neighbor (in the case of Brendan/May, Wally, Calem/Serena, Shauna, Tierno, Trevor, Hau, Marnie, and Nemona), or an antagonist (in the case of Silver, Bede, and to a lesser extent, Blue). When the player is choosing a First partner Pokémon, the rival will usually get the type that is strong against the player's Pokémon. For example, if the player chooses a Grass-type Pokémon, then the player's rival will pick up a Fire-type Pokémon. The exceptions are Lucas, Dawn, Bianca, Shauna, Hau, Hop, and Nemona who all choose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage. Wally starts out with a Ralts, rather than a conventional Hoenn starter.

Also, the player can sometimes give their rival a name. The names of the rivals that cannot be named are: Wally, Brendan, May, Cheren, Bianca, Shauna, Calem, Serena, Tierno, Trevor, Hau, Gladion, Hop, Bede, Marnie, Klara, Avery, Nemona, Kieran, and Carmine.

In The Games

Having a rival as the player's opponent was introduced in Generation I with the popular rivalry between Blue/Green* and Red. A rival usually appears in the main game series throughout the game challenging the player to Pokémon battles. Rivals mostly appear early in the main story line. Their First partner Pokémon are usually the one that has a type advantage against the Pokémon that the player has chosen, for example: If the player chose Charmander, the rival will choose Squirtle, because Water is strong against Fire. Some exceptions are Bianca, Hau, Shauna and Hop who choose the starter that is weak against the player's. Most of the player rivals depend more on strength than strategy.

Kanto Johto Hoenn Sinnoh
Blue FireRed and LeafGreen Trace character Silver HeartGold and SoulSilver Brendan Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire May Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Wally Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Barry Platinum
Blue/Green Trace Silver Brendan May Wally Barry
Unova Kalos Alola
Cheren Black and White Bianca Black and White Hugh Calem Serena Kalos Hau Gladion
Cheren Bianca Hugh Calem Serena Hau Gladion
Galar Paldea Kitakami
Hop Bede
Marnie Galar
 Klara Avery Galar Nemona Kieran
Hop Bede Marnie Klara Avery Nemona Kieran

Semi-Rival

Semi-rival (Japanese: 半ライバル, Hepburn: hanraibaru) is a rival who is more than a Pseudo-Rival but less than a Rival. They will battle the player, but much less frequently than a full Rival.

Unova Kalos Kitakami
N Black and White Shauna Kalos Tierno Kalos Trevor Kalos Carmine
N Shauna Tierno Trevor Carmine

Pseudo-Rival

Pseudo-rival (Japanese: 擬似ライバル, Hepburn: Giji Raibaru) is one of the main protagonists from the main Pokémon video game series. They are seen as a helping hand in bringing useful information, giving useful items and helping during tag battles. They are seen as rivals in being more in a competitive manner in completing the Pokédex instead of participating in Pokémon battles.

Johto Sinnoh Unova
Ethan HeartGold and SoulSilver Lyra Lucas Platinum Dawn Platinum Nate Rosa
Ethan Lyra Lucas Dawn Nate Rosa

Anime

In the anime series, many rivals for the main characters has been appeared. The rivals in the anime can be compared to that in the video games. The main characters also learns a lot from their rivals during their competitions. Even some of the main characters Pokémon have their own rivalry with other Trainer's Pokémon as well. Known rivalries in the series:

  • It is well known that Ash has a lot of rivals during his travels, but his major rivals were: Gary Oak, Paul, Trip, Alain, Gladion and Bea — with the first 3 once unfriendly to Ash. Gary was a rival during Kanto and Johto, Paul during Sinnoh, Trip during Unova, Alain during Kalos, Gladion during Alola, and Bea and Leon during Galar. He also battles Cross in the I Choose You movie, and Hodge in the episode Serving Up The Flute Cup.
  • Ash also had a lot of semi-rivals in the anime series. However, they are mostly more in collecting badges and holding friendly battles, which some of them achieved in competing with each other in the Pokémon League. Prominent minor rivals include Ritchie during Kanto, Harrison during Johto, Morrison and Tyson during Hoenn, Barry, Conway, Nando and Tobias during Sinnoh, Bianca, Stephan, Cameron and Virgil during Unova, Korrina, Sawyer, Tierno, Trevor during Kalos, and Kiawe and Hau during Alola.
  • Jessie and James both had an unfriendly rivalries with Butch and Cassidy. Jessie has a major rivalry with Cassidy since childhood, the rivalry between James and Butch can be because of the times that they were assign to capture a red Snorlax, as James was chosen as Jessie's last-chance partner due to a history of not getting along with the preceding ones while Butch (whose name is always mispronounced to his annoyance) got along with Cassidy easily. Butch and Cassidy are both popular and Mid-Class Agents, while Jessie and James are both losers and Low-Class Agents. However, their rivalry stopped as Cassidy and Butch left Team Rocket for better lives.
  • May has a friendly rivalry with her fellow coordinators Drew and Solidad and an unfriendly rivalry with Harley.
  • Dawn has a rivalry with her fellow coordinators Zoey, Nando, Kenny and an unfriendly rivalry with Ursula and Jessilina.
  • Iris has an unfriendly rivalry with Georgia, which comes from the fact that Iris wants to become a Dragon Master while Georgia focuses on defeating Dragon-type Pokémon.
  • Cilan has an unfriendly rivalry with a fellow Connoisseur Burgundy. Cilan is an A-class, while Burgundy is only a C-class (which is the beginner and an assistant to A-class and S-class).
  • Serena has friendly rivalries with Shauna, Miette, Nini and Aria (Kalos).
  • Sophocles has a rivalry with Horacio. Both of them have Vikavolt and they competed on making their Pokémon stronger.
  • Ash's Pikachu has a rivalry with its evolved form, Raichu, because of its first fight against Lt. Surge's Raichu. Unlike Team Rocket's Meowth, Pikachu is willing to work with a Raichu, as seen during the Summer Camp arc of the Diamond and Pearl series.
  • Ash's Pikachu also has a rivalry with Paul's Electivire (even when it was an Elekid, and Electabuzz), both of them are Electric types.
  • Ash's Pikachu had a rivalry with a Sunglasses Krokorok (even when it was a Sandile). Krokorok believed he was superior to Pikachu, due to type advantage. It had been following Ash and the others to battle Pikachu again. After it lost to Pikachu for the last time, it ended its rivalry with Pikachu and agreed to joined Ash.
  • Ash's Pikachu has a rivalry with Jessie's Mimikyu. Mimikyu harbors great hatred against Pikachu and its kind will stop at nothing to take him down.
  • Ash's Snivy has a rivalry with Iris' Emolga, both of them are females, and Emolga is a mischievous Pokémon who likes to be naughty, while Snivy watches her to stop her mischief.
  • Ash's Greninja has a rivalry with Sawyer's Sceptile (even during their evolution lines). Both them are First partner Pokémon and Greninja's powers of Bond Phenomenon rivals the powers of Sceptile's Mega Evolution.
  • Ash's Greninja has a rivalry with Alain's Charizard. Both them are First partner Pokémon and Greninja's power of Bond Phenomenon rivals the powers of Charizard's Mega Evolution, which causes their trainers to have their own rivalry because of Greninja.
  • Ash's Incineroar has a rivalry with Professor Kukui's Incineroar, Ash's Incineroar want to become stronger than Professor Kukui's Incineroar and won't stop until he defeats him (Even when Ash's Incineroar was a Litten and Torracat ).
  • Serena's Pancham and Clemont's Chespin has a rivalry with each other.
  • Dawn's Piplup and Ash's Oshawott has a rivalry with each other. both of them are Water type First partner Pokémon and had a crush for Meloetta but they finally make amends with each other.
  • Meowth has a rivalry with its evolved form Persian (including Giovanni's), mostly because of the fact that the Persian is Giovanni's favorite (which Meowth dislikes because, according to his stories, he was the former favorite of Giovanni).
  • Tyson's Meowth has a rivalry with its evolved form Persian, because its story of battling a Persian in a snowing forest and lost the battle.
  • Tyson's Meowth has an unfriendly rivalry with Team Rocket's Meowth, Tyson's Meowth called Team Rocket's Meowth a pathetic and embarrassment to other Meowth. Both of them shared the pain for their hatred toward their evolve form Persian.
  • Ash's Rowlet, Ash's Lycanroc and Ash's Incineroar have a rivalry with their evolutions (Hau's Decidueye, Gladion's Lycanroc and Professor Kukui's Incineroar) respectively. The latter two have more antagonistic rivalry than the former two.
  • Ash's Lucario has a rivalry with Bea's Grapploct, because it lost to it once in a battle in the World Coronation Series and wanted to battle again it someday (Even when Ash's Lucario was a Riolu). Lucario got to defeat Grapploct during Ash and Bea's third battle.
  • Goh has a rivalry with Gary as they are both competing to get a spot on Project Mew. Gary treats Goh the same way he treated Ash in the original series as a way to push him to become a better Trainer. This treatment is what made Goh join Project Mew, and has an unfriendly rivalry with Quillon.

Trivia

  • Gladion and Hop are the only rivals who have a Legendary Pokémon.
    • Kieran has caught a Legendary, but lets the player catch it after he loses control of it.
  • Ash has at least one species of Pokémon from the same evolutionary line as each of his major rivals.
  • In every generation, except for generation IX, at least one of the player's rivals can be battled at the Pokémon League and/or Victory Road.
    • In Generation IX you do battle a rival at a Pokémon League, but it isn't the main region's league.

See also

v · d · eRivals
Kanto
Blue (Adventures · Gary Oak (anime)) · TracePE
Johto
Silver (Adventures · anime)
Hoenn
Brendan (Ruby (Adventures) · anime)/May (Sapphire (Adventures) · anime) · Wally (Adventures)
Sinnoh
Lucas (Diamond (Adventures) · anime)/Dawn (Platinum (Adventures) · anime) · Barry (Pearl (Adventures) · anime)
Unova
Cheren (Adventures · anime)B2W2 · Bianca (Adventures · anime)B2W2 · HughB2W2 (Adventures)
Kalos
Calem (X (Adventures))/Serena (Y (Adventures) · anime) · Shauna (Adventures · anime) · Tierno (Adventures · anime) · Trevor (Adventures · anime)
Alola
Gladion (Adventures · anime) · Hau (Adventures · anime)
Galar
Hop (Adventures · anime) · Bede (Adventures) · Marnie (Adventures · anime) · Klara (Adventures)Sw · Avery (Adventures)Sh
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