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Pokémon Tales is a franchise of series created by Dioga beta. It follows the character Ian throughout his journey as a Pokémon trainer, and then onto trainers inspired by him.

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Summary[]

Ian travels from another region and starts his travels in the Kanto region to compete in the Pokémon League. Over time, he will go to the other regions of the show, and some only in the games. As he travels, he will make new friends and catch new Pokémon, as he is pitted against the evil organizations of the region.

The franchise progresses through time, most series taking place over the course of a year. As the series progresses, new themes emerge such as emotional growth, personality improvement and more adult themes.

Ian makes several travel companions throughout his journey, with various personalities and strengths. Ian interacts and engages with them differently depending on when he meets them in his journey, acting as inspiration, a mentor, and/or a rival to them. As he gets older, he becomes the inspiration for the younger trainers to battle, becoming the trainer to defeat.

Series[]

The franchise is designed into several phases. The first Phase follows Ian as a rookie trainer as he makes his way to the world stage. He becomes famous for defeating evil organizations and his overall philosophy for having fun and seeking strong opponents. He blazes forward as a trainer with little slow down. The second phase shows Ian taking the time to slow himself down, re-evaluating what it means to be a trainer and how he can become the greatest trainer. His rivals and enemies become more focused on challenging his way of viewing the world. Team Rocket works in the shadows to rebuild. Phase 3 focuses more away from Ian and more towards the next generation of trainers that he inspires, showing the trainer class as a whole being stronger than when he started. He leads a resistance to defeat Team Rocket once and for all.

The fourth phase takes place "after Ian's journey." Ian takes a backseat to battling, instead working on restructuring the Battle Community as a whole. These episodes focus around the original story, showing events that happened behind the scenes of Ian's journey or focusing on the newest trainers. There are several spin-off series to focus on other main characters not associated with Ian, focusing on more darker themes and being an exploration of ideals within this established world. The protagonists in spin-offs befriend Ian later on and become featured in the main story.

Phases[]

Phase 1 is the beginning of the Pokémon Tales franchise. It highlights Ian's beginnings as a trainer, and focuses on his journeys in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and the Battle Frontier. It features 1 spin-off series, focusing on Ben Tennyson in the Kalos region.

Pokémon Tales: Ian[]

PT: Ian features Ian arriving in the Kanto region and competing in his first Pokémon League. He garnishes attention from others due to his advanced skills in battle, harsh demeanor and impulsivity towards his goals. He gains travel companions Elise and Conway, as well as gains Gary Oak as his main rival. This series also introduces prominent characters throughout the PT franchise. This journey takes approximately 1 year to complete.

The criminal organization in this region is Team Rocket. Similar to the games, Team Rocket's focus is stealing powerful Pokémon and turning a profit. Ian engages in battle with them on several occasions, but makes no effort to defeat their organization as a whole.

Main Characters[]

Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Elise[]

PT: Elise takes place immediately after the Indigo League of the previous series as Ian travels the Johto region. He leaves all his previously owned Pokémon with Professor Oak, striving to catch a completely new team of Pokémon to battle with. Elise and Conway remain his travel companions. Unlike before, Elise begins developing her own style as a trainer, becoming more active in training and earning Ian's respect as a whole. Gary returns as the primary rival, with several smaller rivals emerging. The events of this series take 1 year.

Team Rocket returns as the criminal organization. The members that appear are aligned with HHSS games, as well as the return of Giovanni and Cobalt. In this series, the organization is more active in pursuing Legendary Pokémon, and mount a full scale attack on the region.

Crossover specials introduce Lawrence as a major antagonist, who kidnaps Pokémon to add into his personal collection.

Main Characters[]

Rivals

Villains

Pokémon Tales: Brendan[]

After the Johto League, Ian travels to the Hoenn region with Misty. There, he takes a 2 month sabbatical and learns to swim. After accomplishing this achievement, he deems himself ready to continue his journey and takes on the Hoenn League. Misty joins him as a travel companion, and he recruits 2 new ones. He is asked to retrieve Brendan, eldest son of gym leader Norman, and bring him home. Norman's youngest son Max joins to help find him, and then both brothers travel with Ian. This journey takes about a year, counting the sabbatical at the beginning.

Brendan's addition gives a new aspect to the series, as he focuses on competing in Pokémon Contests. This forces a change in Ian to alter his travels to accommodate his companion's desires, as well as shown to be more interested in friendship and training others. Ian has several rivals that are more minor in this region but become prominent rivals in other regions.

The criminal organizations are Team Magma and Team Aqua. Both are bent on reviving Groudon and Kyogre (respectively) to change the Earth's topography as they see fit. Ian becomes active in stopping them and harnesses the power of Legendary Pokémon for the first time. In crossovers, Lawrence's organization returns.

Main Characters[]

Ian's Rivals[]

Brendan's Rivals[]

Villains[]

  • Team Magma
  • Team Aqua
    • Archie
    • Shelly
  • Lawrence's Organization

Pokémon Tales: Ben 10[]

PT: Ben 10 is the first spin-off series of the Pokémon Tales franchise, focusing away from Ian. This series features Ben Tennyson as he starts his journey in the Kalos region. He travels with his cousin Gwen to take on the Kalos League. His main rival is Kevin Levin. This series takes 1 year and a few months to complete. Timing wise, it starts about halfway through Season 3 of PT: Elise, and ends halfway through Season 4 of PT: Brendan.

This series is designed to be different from the main series thus far. The main criminal organization, the Forever Knights, seek to establish a monarchy in the region where women have limited rights, thus leading to discrimination against them. They seek out Zygarde's power to bring order to the region. Ben serves to be different from Ian as he catches dozens of Pokémon straight away and rotates through them regularly.

Main Characters[]

Ben's Rivals[]

Gwen's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Battle Frontier[]

After the Hoenn League, Ian returns to Kanto and is invited to compete in the Battle Frontier. Here, Ian faces his toughest challenges yet, battling against several Elite Four level trainers. Brendan continues his contests in Kanto as a fan of his, Wendy, becomes a new travel companion. This series takes 1 year to complete.

This series doesn't have a criminal organization active during the story. However, Cobalt works to revive the remnants of Team Rocket behind the scenes, targeting Ian on a couple of occasions. Lawrence is more active in his pursuit for rarer Pokémon.

Main Characters[]

Ian's Rivals[]

Brendan's Rivals[]


Villains[]

Phase 2 is the 2nd portion of Ian's journey to become champion, where he travels to Sinnoh, Orre and Unova. His heightened pace and drive have slowed down with his experience and injuries, forcing him upon a slower pace. This gives him more of a focus on training his Pokémon, engaging with peers and exploring new possibilities. This phase expands the PT universe out vastly, including several spin-offs that tie directly into the main story and has a heavy focus on crossover specials. As 4 years in-universe have occurred, the themes grow to feature inner struggles, self doubt and questioning one's own ideals.

Pokémon Tales: Dawn[]

Ian decides to travel to Sinnoh after an encounter with Gary. Crystal joins him in the region, and Conway returns. Conway brings along Dawn Berlitz, a noble daughter who Ian clashes with while pushing her to pursue her dreams as a contest coordinator. Ian's main rival in this series is Paul, who serves as a reflection of Ian in terms of strength, demeanor and passion. The only difference between the two is how they treat Pokémon, which creates animosity between the two. They strive to prove that their method is better than the other's, which cause both of them to self reflect on what it means to be a trainer. This series takes 1 year to complete.

Sinnoh features one criminal organization in the main series, and several more tied in through crossovers. Ian's main foe is Team Galactic, which hope to rewrite the universe to their liking with Dialga and Palkia. Bounty hunters run amok in the region, working for the Kodai Network and Pokémon smuggling. Finally, the Dream World is introduced as the method for crossover specials, controlled by the Mirage Master.

Main Characters[]

Ian's Rivals[]

Dawn's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Wyatt[]

This spin-off series occurs at the same time and congruently with PT: Dawn. This story introduces Wyatt and Rosa as new characters, and they regularly crossover with Ian's group. The series share the same supporting cast of rivals, with Wyatt's team facing different villains. Wyatt travels to enter the Pokémon League, although is laid back and has no strong motivation compared to Ian. Rosa in the meanwhile, is focused on breeding and hatching as many eggs as possible, which border along criminal actions.

Their main villain is the Kodai Network, which runs a group of bounty hunters that collect and steal Pokémon to be sold on the black market. After their own Pokémon are stolen, the duo team up with friends and Ian to take them down.

Main Characters[]

Wyatt's Rivals[]

Villains[]


Pokémon Tales: Crystal[]

PT: Crystal is a mini spin-off series, featuring Crystal's journey to challenge the gyms. This mini series focuses on gym battles and one episode where she battles a rival. The episodes occur starting around the end of Season 4 of PT: Dawn, and end halfway through PT: Dawn's 5th season.

Main Characters[]

Main Rivals[]


Pokémon Tales: Orre[]

Following a brief excursion, Ian and Crystal travel to the Orre region and join up with Brendan and Max, with Max having received his first Pokémon. The group becomes instantly involved in the criminal organizations of the region, Team Snagem and Cipher, who steals Pokémon from trainers including them. Their sole focus is traveling the region to save all the Pokémon and defeat these organizations. This series takes about 1 month to complete, the shortest of any series.

Main Characters[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Silver[]

This spin off time starts a bit prior to Pokémon Tales: Orre, runs congruently with it, and continues past the end of it into Pokémon Tales: N. Silver begins traveling again, working on what to do next with his life. While the gyms are closed for a special tournament, he joins up with Dawn as she travels to compete in contests. Dawn's rivals return and Silver establishes some rivals of his own, especially in a new travel companion Ben who fights for Dawn's affection as well.

The villainous group is Team Neo Rocket, led by Archer and other former members of Team Rocket left behind by Cobalt. They work on perfecting their plans of old and target the region's Legendary Pokémon. Silver works to keep his history with Team Rocket a secret, which forces him into tough positions with his travel companions.

Main Characters[]

Silver's Rivals[]

Dawn's Rivals[]

Villains[]

  • Team Neo Rocket
    • Archer
    • Ariana
    • Proton
    • Atila
    • Hun
    • Annie
    • Oakly
    • Professor Namba
    • Giovanni

Pokémon Tales: N[]

PT: N takes place immediately after PT: Orre. Ian arrives in the region with Rui and gets mistaken as a rookie trainer by new trainers Cheren and Hilda. He obtains a Starter Pokémon with them as he enjoys the guise of a rookie. They are joined by aspiring Dragon Master Iris and Striaton Gym Leader Cilan. They meet several new rivals but old rivals make their return, giving Ian a large pool of trainers to battle. This series takes about 9 months, starting in summer and ending before the start of Spring.

The main driver of this series is N, who is also the King of Team Plasma. N believes the truth that all humans are evil and that Pokémon will be happier if freed from them. His views push the emotional limits of the heroes, especially Rui who acts selfish and in manners that seem like she doesn't care for her Pokémon. Ian honestly agrees with N's views but believes in the ideal world of people and Pokémon together. This puts them at constant odds with each other as both sides try to influence the others.

Main Characters[]

Ian's Rivals[]

Rui's Rivals[]

Iris' Rivals[]

Cilan's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Violet[]

PT: Violet is a spin off series featuring the prominent character from the Netflix series (inspired by the light novel) Violet Evergarden. In this series, Violet had lost both her arms in an accident where she has retrograde amnesia about the incident, and gains prosthetics. Because of this, Pokémon are scared of her and she desires to become close to them. She travels to compete in the Pokémon League with an Eevee that has a prosthetic leg as well. Her travel companions become Hazel, who wants to make a perfume to help Pokémon like Violet, Sorrel who helps makes and maintains prosthetics, and Ritchie who has a prosthetic foot and a tie to Violet's past. This series takes over 1 year in series, and begins during the 3rd season of PT: N and culminates at the end of the 1st season of Pokémon Tales: Champion, which is a Phase 3 series.

The main villains are Team Great Rocket. After the fall of Team Rocket and Team Neo Rocket operating in Johto, Team Great Rocket takes over operations in the Kanto region. This group is focused on obtaining power and money, as they threaten some Legendary Pokémon and the Pokémon League as a whole.

Main Characters[]

Violet's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Plasma[]

PT: Plasma picks up immediately at the end of PT: N, culminating the previous series by entering the Unova League. Following this, Ian and his companions continue traveling the remainder of the region, competing in new tournaments and determining what will be next for them. Iris wants to continue her journey to be a Dragon Master while Rui is thinking about nursing school. This series takes about 10 months, from the start of spring to the end of fall.

After separating from his companions, Ian is recruited by the International Police Agency to fight the revived Team Plasma, under new leadership following the defeat of N. Ian agrees, and battles them as they seek to gain control of the Legendary Pokémon of the region. At the same time, Cobalt's faction of Team Rocket returns, expanding their influence and more active in their current objectives.

Main Characters[]

Ian's Rivals[]

Rui's Rivals[]

Iris' Rivals[]

Cilan's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Phase 3 is the final phase of the main franchise, occurring after Ian has achieved his dream of champion. While he is a major focus, the Pokémon world around him has greatly expanded due to his influence and stories of the next generation of trainers are heavily focused on. This phase focuses on Ian building the world towards his ideal world, focuses on journeys in Kalos & Alola and features the climactic battle against Cobalt and Team Rainbow Rocket.

At this point of the franchise, the continuity becomes blended together. That is because it features other characters having stories and adventures at the same time as Ian, leading to the world being connected together and influenced by each other.

Pokémon Tales: Champion[]

PT: Champion is dubbed a spin-off series, as it was added later into the development of the storyline and features multiple regions instead of focusing on a specific region's journey. Here, Ian is learning what it means to be a champion, with all the responsibilities and expectations that are put upon him. While he has no travel companions overall, he interacts with friends and allies from the past, and has regular crossovers with Dakota and Max Edds (formally known as Steve).

This series takes roughly 6 months, starting in the winter/Christmas time and ending near the beginning of summer. It occurs during the same time of Pokémon Tales: Violet during season 1, the entirety of Pokémon Tales: Max, and Pokémon Tales: Hau starting in season 3.

This series features a deuteragonist named Fein, which is Ian's doppelgänger. Fein serves as Ian's foil and opposite. While Ian is serious and understands who he is, Fein is fun, a rookie and desperate to figure out what part he has to play in the world. He associates himself strongly with Dakota and Max Edds along with shady criminal organizations. He believes he needs to get stronger in order to defeat Ian.

The main villain is not an organization, but an individual. Edelgard, former princess of the Aura Kingdom, is disgusted by the way that the Pokémon League has a monopolized power over how the world works and seeks to destroy the current system in place for a more ideal one. Ian struggles to contend between combating her and considering what she's saying is truth.

Main Characters[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Lucy[]

PT: Lucy is a special series created for Pokémon Fest. It features Lucy Stevens, an aspiring journalist with a web series cohosting with Spaciosapien Anne Droid to cover the special Pokémon for Pokémon Fest events. While not having major impacts on the franchise, the events are canon and either help lead up to or provide spoilers of Pokémon to come. While this series doesn't have a designated start time, in the timeline it ends a few months following the final series of Phase 3, and serves as the official ending of Phase 3.

Main Characters[]

Pokémon Tales: Max[]

PT: Max is the first main series to not feature Ian, with Max replacing him as the main protagonist. He travels to Kalos for his first official journey and is joined by rookie trainers Shauna and Tierno, while forming a rivalry with rookie trainer Serena. The four have their journeys overlap often. Max and Serena compete in the Pokémon League while Shauna decides to participate in Pokémon Showcases, which were recently revived in the Kalos region. This series takes about 1 year and 3 months, starting at the start of the 2nd season of Pokémon Tales: Plasma and ending around the same time as Pokémon Tales: Champion.

The main villainous group is Team Flare, led by Lysandre who works on harnessing the Ultimate Weapon. To power the device, he instigates the discovery and research into Mega Evolution. While Max's group has run ins with Team Flare, an alternate set of protagonists in researchers Gary Oak, Conway and Alain lead the research into Mega Evolution and have more regular encounters with Team Flare. Elise also returns as a combatant against Team Flare.

Main Characters[]

Max's Rivals[]

Shanua's Rivals[]

Gary's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Hau[]

PT: Hau features the Alola region and a new cast of protagonists. It features Hau as he decides to take on the Island Challenges, as well as his friends Lillie, Kiawe, Lana, Sophocles and Mallow. The students alternate between school work, battling Ultra Beasts and traveling to other islands and the development of the Alola League. This series takes about 6 months, starting at the beginning of Pokémon Tales: Champion season 3 and ending at the same time as Pokémon Tales: Mega.

This series features many criminal organizations with different goals. The first is Team Skull, which are misfits that do what they want and mess with people as they go. The second is the Aether Foundation during their exploration into opening Ultra Wormholes. These groups are later revealed to have been manipulated by Cobalt and Team Rainbow Rocket, who eventually take over and begin setting up their master plan.

Main Characters[]

Hau's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Mega[]

PT: Mega occurs following the end of PT: Champion and PT: Max. After the Mega Evolution Tournament, the participating trainers go to seek out Mega Stones and harness Mega Evolution for themselves. Ian works to fend off criminal organizations and battle old rivals who are now a match for him. Max and his friends travel the Decolore Islands on their way back to Hoenn. In the first 2 seasons, Team Flare and Team Rainbow Rocket are primary villains. The series takes about 3 months, consisting of the summer season.

Season 3 features the Delta Episode in Hoenn, where everyone is working to stop a meteorite from crashing into the region. Team Aqua is revealed to still be active while Team Magma had officially dissolved. Team Rainbow Rocket works to harness Infinity Energy for themselves to be able to create Ultra Wormholes for themselves.

Main Characters[]

Ian's Rivals[]

Max's Rivals[]

Shauna's Rivals[]

Villains[]

Pokémon Tales: Companion[]

PT: Companion is a spin off series that was meant to be a wrap up for character arcs. Each prominent PT companion from main series and spin off series get their own episode highlighting their growth and the next steps in their journeys. This series takes about 2 weeks, occurring right after Pokémon Tales: Mega. For some characters, it leads into their story into the next main series.

Main Characters[]

Pokémon Tales: Rainbow Rocket[]

PT: Rainbow Rocket is the climatic series of the main PT franchise. It follows after the events of PT: Companion and occurs immediately preceding PT: Hau. Cobalt completes his plan to create Ultra Wormholes for himself to venture and obtain Necrozma, also known as the Blinding One. Ian gathers his allies and joins with the Alolan protagonists as they have a final showdown with Team Rainbow Rocket. This series takes place in 3 days time, with the ending scene occurring 3 months afterwards.

Heroes[]

Villains[]

Phase 4[]

Phase 4 consists of what happens after the end of the main PT franchise. The series was designed to feature one-off episodes without the need of a linear plot, while also allowing for the ability to continue to build the PT world. The World Coronation Series is a major feature and is the driving battle scene for the next generation of trainers.

Pokémon Tales: Extra[]

PT: Extra was created for simple one-off episodes and to feature how PT characters were faring in the WCS. With this series, fan requests were taken on specific themes, characters or events they wanted highlighted and episodes were made around them. The series itself occurs 1 year after the end of PT: Rainbow Rocket and encompasses the 1st year of the WCS. The series follows a loose timeline for a conceptualized Paul focused series where he competes in the WCS. Due to the episode make up, there are no main characters or villains.

Pokémon Tales: Blueberry[]

PT: Blueberry focuses on the next generation of trainers, who attend Blueberry Academy in the Unova region. 30 students are focused on learning, developing their skills as trainers and become prominent trainers in the battle scene. The series takes place 2 years after PT: Extra, and takes place over the course of 1 school year.

The series originally started as one-off episodes, with an overarching plot building. While there are the featuring of new organizations and antagonists, the series itself doesn't have a narrative of battling villainous organizations and instead sets up for future series.

Students[]

  1. Kieran
  2. Carmine
  3. Drayton
  4. Lacey
  5. Amarys
  6. Crispin
  7. Michael
  8. Lucas
  9. Cyndy
  10. Hilbert
  11. Elaine
  12. Wally
  13. Bianca
  14. Trace
  15. Emma
  16. Tristan
  17. Peonia
  18. Perrin
  19. Neesha
  20. Lizabeth
  21. Khoury
  22. Mako
  23. Sawyer
  24. Horace
  25. Liko
  26. Roy
  27. Dot
  28. Amethio
  29. Coral
  30. Aliquis

Trivia[]

  • Since its creation, Pokémon Tales has become the flagship series for the PFF site, with several franchises crossing over with it, inspired by it, and copied without permission.
  • Early episodes, Pokémon choices and plot lines are inspired by the anime, to build up and construct the PT universe. As time goes on, the episode plots become more complex and deviate away from the anime though it still has a major influence.
    • The Pokémon Adventures manga is also a major inspiration for deviations and plot points.
  • This franchise is considered the 2nd draft of Pokémon Tales. The first draft was composed back in 2011, before the release of Black 2 & White 2 and during the Black & White anime series. In the 1st draft, the main series ended partway through what is now Pokémon Tales: Plasma.
  • The episodes that have the title "Vs. ..." were created with the main plot line, with only a few notable exceptions. Episodes with varying titles were created after the main plot, mostly specials, crossovers and spin-off episodes.
  • Pokémon Tales: Silver is the only spin off series that was always supposed to appear. Every other spin off series was created after the franchise started and new ideas formed. This is why PT: Silver follows the same naming pattern as the main series episodes.
  • This series has the passage of time, where time passes as each series progresses.
    • This means each series builds off the ones before and utilize themes built previously into it.
    • This is based on ever expanding franchises such as Harry Potter and One Piece, which has rich histories and obvious connections from earlier themes later into the franchise.
  • The main series follow a typical Pokémon anime/game plot; it is focused on traveling to the gyms and defeating villainous groups.
  • The spin-off series focus on more mature, out of meta Pokemon themes.
  • The categorizing of "phases" is inspired by the MCU which broke the movies into phases in which series tie together.
  • While Pokémon is the main franchise, there are several franchises that have character representations within this franchise.
    • Ben 10 has its own spin-off series dedicated to it, with many prominent characters from it.
    • Violet Evergarden has its own spin-off series dedicated to it, with a few prominent characters from it.
    • Speed Racer, with the character Racer X.
    • Fire Emblem Three Houses; a video game where Edelgard appears from. A few more characters from that game aligned with her appear.
    • The Legend of Korra; Jinora is a rival character that appears, and other characters from that franchise appear in Mending the Spirit.
    • Miraculous; Lila is a character that becomes a prominent antagonist.
    • Spider-Man; Starting with crossovers with The Legend of Spinarak-Man, Spider-Man based characters, and Marvel characters loosely, began appearing even outside specialty crossover episodes.
  • Elise, Cobalt and Natasha are the only main characters created specifically for this franchise without a Pokémon based inspiration. Every other character is either an alternate version of an existing character in Pokémon canon (games, anime, manga, etc.) or is based on an existing character design and renamed.
  • As time has gone on, the franchise has had many crossover series. In universe, it is acknowledged that each series on the wiki is its own dimension, which have vibrational frequencies where they exist. When the frequencies "overlap" is when the characters interact for crossovers.
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