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v6.0 Wintery

"Gary wasn't put off in the slightest. Garys never are." -Adrian Plass

Grandson of Pallet's POKéMON expert, Professor Oak. Presumed to be ten years old. His Japanese name is Shigeru.

Gary is Ash's rival, and therefore a 'bad guy'. He's not evil or anything, nor a criminal like Team Rocket, but his personality isn't the kindest one you could hope to encounter.

Yet he can be polite, and he's extremely dedicated. He likes to be on top of things, and keeps up to date with happenings in the POKéMON world. He studies hard too, seriously trying to be the best.

In the POKéMON game, Gary and Ash were friends since they were very young, but recently Gary has become mean. Gary isn't actually all that bad in the game. Sure, he lies in wait for you to challenge you, he boasts about his POKéMON, he tells you you're being slow, etc. But he also gives you tips sometimes. He always says "Smell ya later" before disappearing. Sinister yet strangely cute music always appears when Gary shows up. ^_^.

Gary seems pretty obnoxious and overly confident. He often says how great and cool his POKéMON are, yet never shows them. He's arrogant and rude, as well as mean to Ash. When Misty and Brock met him, they said he was sort of detestable. ^_^. Gary has his own fanclub/cheerleaders, pretty girls. ^_^;;

These cheerleaders follow him everywhere and cheer him constantly. That's really the last thing he needs, more of an ego boost... ^_^;; He seems to care about them somewhat. I mean, when he loses in POKéMON League, he puts up a brave face so that they won't be sad.

However, he does like POKéMON. He really is a good trainer. His starter POKéMON is something of a mystery. The current belief is that he took an Eevee AND a Bulbasaur. In the show, Gary's known POKéMON are:

Arcanine
Nidoking
Nidoqueen
Krabby
Doduo
Dodrio
Umbreon

He always seems to be one step ahead of Ash. (Ash gets a Krabby, Gary gets one many times larger, Ash gets 4 badges, Gary has 5, etc.) Ash would really like to beat him.

Although Gary is always putting Ash down and not treating him as if he deserves any respect as a trainer, for some reason, he seems to be threatened by him. Maybe he recognises Ash's potential even through the other boy's constant bungling.

He's 11 years old in the game, the same age as Ash. In the game, they're also the same height, but in the show... Gary seems a lot older and more mature than Ash. He even looks older. But for the time being, he is presumed 10 years old, because he's just beginning his POKéMON journey.

"You're the fourth to leave home. But as a trainer, you're dead last!"