“Voices, this is the last time you’ll hear anything from me. I've learned the value of silence. You’ve needed hundreds of thousands of commands to control me, but I only need one to control you: Up.”
Red is the protagonist of the first generation of TwitchPlaysPokémon and the player controlled character. Born in Pallet Town in the Kanto region, his goal was to become a Pokémon Master by catching all 150 of the known Pokémon and by conquering the Elite 4. During the timespan of the TPP stream he managed to accomplish one of these by becoming the Pokémon League Champion after defeating the Elite 4 as well as the former Champion Blue. He eventually stepped down as Champion and let Lance take over.
Personality[]
Red's personality is somewhat inspired from fan depictions of the player character of the Generation I games. As such, he appears as a calm, stoic teenager of few words, with wisdom beyond of his age. Because he constantly hears the Voices in his head, it his assumed other characters see Red as being mentally unstable.
Aside from him being a Host of the Voices, Red seems to be a pretty nice person overall, and always willing to help, despise his anti-social behavior and his seclusion at Mt.Silver at the end of the first TPP game. He is quite protective of his team and is the only one really close to them, especially Bird Jesus and Lord Helix, who act as mentors and protectors throughout Red's journey across Kanto.
After travelling with the voices, Red learns to cherish the silence even more, rarely speaking, even in battle. He is depicted as training intensely to prove to everyone and himself he can be an excellent trainer by his own means, without the Voices or even Lord Helix guiding him.
Lore[]
In Gen 1 (Pokémon Red)[]
Due to the erratic nature of the input system for TPP, Red often looked to be bumbling around, running into walls or walking in circles around an objective. Some depicted this as a result of Red being possibly insane, while others viewed it as the community controlling Red with voices in his head (to mirror the input system for the game). While these depictions were often in a joking nature, towards the end of the gen they became more serious, showing Red to be trying to free himself from the voices. The idea of a character being controlled by voices has stuck within the series as commonly accepted lore, while freeing oneself from the voices is achieved by different means; in the case of Red, it was when he defeated Blue to become League Champion.
In Gen 2 (Pokémon Crystal)[]
In Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Red can be found atop Mt. Silver after beating all sixteen gyms and the Elite Four, serving as the true final boss. Because of the growth of the "No Gods, No Kings, Only 'Mon" basis for the Gen 2 lore, many players formulated that Red was on Mt. Silver with Lord Helix, ruling the world from the mountain. Some suspected that Red and Lord Helix were careless for how they treated the world, causing the Johto Wars and leading to the deaths of the Admiral and Prince Omelette that sparked LazorGator's quest for vengeance. Others believed that Red waited on top of Mt. Silver because Lord Helix wished to be defeated so that he may ascend and bring balance to the world. While most stories and art did not depict Red as a malicious character (perhaps due to the community's attachment to him from Gen 1), he was often depicted as ready to fight AJ. Many stories also depicted Red as being "free from the voices" after his defeat of Blue.
In Gen 5 (Pokemon BlazeBlack 2)[]
Red made a surprise return with the previous hosts in the Pokemon World Tournament, acting as the final "boss" against then-host Clara Yang. He carried his previous team from Red and Crystal. In the final battle, he lost to Clara.
Lore-wise, it is not clear if the Red that appeared in this Gen is the real one, having somehow time-traveled to the distant future along with AJ, or if it was just a robot conceived to look like Red and having Pokemon similar to his.
Return to Gen 1 (Pokemon Red Anniversary)[]
Although Red doesn't appear, one interpretation of the lore states that the protagonist, Abe, is the younger brother of Red, while another interpretation states that Abe is an alternate version of Red existing in another reality.
After Abe's victory over his rival Blue and ascension to League Champion, he returned to Pallet Town. The following night, he seemed to dream about traveling to Mt. Silver, where "Dream Red", representing the original protagonist, awaited. He used his trademark team, all leveled up to level 100, and lost to Abe. After his defeat, he said "start9", the infamous protest input.
Major Victories[]
Red was The First, every step of which Red took in the right direction was a never before seen feat of unrivaled excitement, every ledge he did not fall down was a miracle. Everything that Red did lead unto a major victory. Every single time there was a destruction of his foes at the hands of Bird Jesus and Abby there was cause for celebration. Red defeated 8 Gym Leaders, countless Team Rocket employees, all of the Elite Four and The Pokémon Champion. However the most spectacular victory of all was that over his greatest enemy, The Ledge. Red was an unstoppable object, he even overcame The Dome and forgave Blue.
Pokémon[]
| Champion Team |
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| Lord Helix the Omastar
Level: 52 Known Moves: Hydro Pump Withdraw Surf Horn Attack Bird Jesus the Pidgeot Level: 69 Known Moves: Mirror Move Sand-Attack Quick Attack Sky Attack ATV the Venomoth Level: 39 Known Moves: Disable PoisonPowder Leech Life Stun Spore Archangel of Justice the Zapdos Level: 81 Known Moves: Thundershock Drill Peck Take Down Thunder Air Jordan the Lapras Level: 31 Known Moves: Confuse Ray Mist Surf Strength King Fonz the Nidoking Level: 54 Known Moves: Surf Poison Sting Strength Fury Attack |
| PC |
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| [[Nidoran (Red 2}|Nidoran ♂]]
Level: 22 Known Moves: Focus Energy Poison Sting Horn Attack Tackle Dash Bat the Zubat Level: 18 Known Moves: Leech Life Supersonic Bite Burger King the Venonat Level: 22 Known Moves: Tackle Disable The Keeper the Drowzee Level: 30 Known Moves: Pound Headbutt Disable Confusion |
| Daycare |
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| Rick Gastly the Gastly
Level: 50 Known Moves: Dream Eater Confuse Ray Night Shade Hypnosis |
| Traded |
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| Spearow
Level: 15 Known Moves: Peck Growl Leer Fury Attack |
| Released |
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| Jay Leno the Rattata
Level: 13 Known Moves: Tackle Tail Whip Bubble Beam Quick Attack Abby the Chameleon Level: 34 Known Moves: Cut Bide Growl Leer False Prophet the Flareon Level: 25 Known Moves: Tackle Sand-Attack C3KO the Hitmonlee Level: 30 Known Moves: Double Kick Meditate X-Wing the Zubat Level: 16 Known Moves: Leech Life Supersonic A the Venonat Level: 22 Known Moves: Tackle Disable B-!) the Venonat Level: 22 Known Moves: Tackle Disable AIA the Exeggcute Level: 25 Known Moves: Barrage Hypnosis Reflect AAA the Paras Level: 22 Known Moves: Scratch Level: 22 Known Moves: Tackle Disable Level: 22 Known Moves: Focus Energy Poison Sting Horn Attack Tackle Cabbage the Gloom Level: 26 Known Moves: Cut PoisonPowder Stun Spore Sleep Powder Dux the Farfetch'd Level: 31 Known Moves: Cut Sand-Attack Leer Fury Attack Level: 17 Known Moves: Tackle Defense Curl Rock Throw H the Nidoran ♂ Level: 24 Known Moves: Focus Energy Poison Sting Horn Attack Tackle AAEWWW the Nidoran ♂ Level: 24 Known Moves: Focus Energy Poison Sting Horn Attack Tackle Digrat the Raticate Level: 29 Known Moves: Dig Body Slam Quick Attack Swift Macho Man the Rhyhorn Level: 26 Known Moves: Horn Attack Level: 16 Known Moves: Supersonic Bite A the Nidoran ♂ Level: 24 Known Moves: Focus Energy Poison Sting Horn Attack Tackle |
| Protagonists |
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| Red * Abe * AJ * Baba * A * Alice * Napoleon * Aoooo * Jimmy * CLY * D * Arty Haze * ABnp3a * Xxx * Slash * Camila * T * FGQ UVL * Red II * dPk * N (Gauntlet) |