#minornpc

Picture comes from the Diamond/Pearl Quiz Book, scanned by Pokescans. I could’ve sworn that I posted her here before, but looks like she is not in the archive. Perhaps this was one of the posts that got removed during Tumblr’s rules change?

The receptionist in the gate to Amity Square, as shown in the Diamond/Pearl Quiz Book (scanned by Pokescans of course - we miss you, Pacific!). Amity Square is one of those nice places in Sinnoh that I'm definitely looking forward to see in a potential remake. A somewhat "useless", yet comfy and relaxing location with an unique atmosphere that no other place in the Pokemon world has.

Now let's hope that the English dub doesn't screw this up and catches the Pokemon nicknames as Dux and Speary. Otherwise, this entire scene loses its sense. Also, I hope that the anime keeps adding such cute and easy-to-miss game references. They’re incredibly nice to spot.

Fishing Guru, as seen in the “Pocket Monsters” manga by Kosaku Anakubo. While not explicitly named so, this character is doubtlessly intended to represent that game NPC. He appears in Vermillion, where he runs a Pokemon fishing facility. There he borrows Red and co. a fishing rod (in this manga, he does it for money). He also wears a similar hat to his overworld sprite... It may be strange but back in Kanto days, PM was a pretty faithful game adaptation (despite all the comic relief and oddities like “mutated” Pokemon [to the point of unrecognizability] drawn solely based on sprites, which doesn’t really happen from Volume 2 on). It featured Red visiting game locations, meeting game characters, beating the League... Since Hoenn, however, game elements and characters became rarer and the manga just went pure comic relief, with little connection to anything. I guess that’s the point when Anakubo stopped paying attention to the games.

The Underground Man of Eterna City. Aside from giving the player the Explorer Kit and explaining the basic facts about the Sinnoh Underground, he is also Byron’s father and the grandfather of Roark. Scan from the Pokemon Special (Adventures) manga.

The woodcutters of Azalea Town’s Charcoal Kiln. You chase their Farfetch’d in the Ilex Forest in order to get the Cut HM! The anime expanded their personalities by giving them names - Sylvester (the junior) and Yosaku (the master). However, the 4Kids dub kind of spoiled the game reference by calling them father and son, something that was never true neither in the games, nor in the Japanese version of the anime. Despite that, they undoubtedly represent the unnamed NPCs from the game.

Remember that unnamed girl in New Bark Town, who compliments your PokeGear and doesn’t let you out of the town until you get your starter Pokemon? Yeah... I have her too. Thanks to the HGSS Quiz Book (scanned by Pokescans).

Scan from the “Pokemon Gold & Silver: Golden Boys” manga.