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What'd you name your rival?

Red: Gary
Crystal: First run: ??? (I think he appears with that name so when the I was asked to say the name I said that)
Second run: Silver (I lost the cartridge and bought another one online in 2010 and I knew that the Adventures character is called Silver so I called him that)
Leaf Green: Gary
Pearl: Gary (I did not know the default name)
Platinum: Barry
Soul Silver: Paul (I called him this after Ash's Sinnoh rival)
Blue: Gary
Silver: Silver (the battery of this game ran out or it became loose after about 2 months of owning it and I can't remember what I called it originally but when I replaced the battery in March 2011 I called the rival Silver)
I also have Black, Emerald and Sapphire but you can't choose the names of the rivals in those games.
 
I name him Pestana or Salazar because those are really scary names, and just for fun, using a typical evil name =D
 
Well in my nuzlocke run I named my Rival "luke" after a kid who flawlessly used to destroy my teams. Now that I know the game he is pre shitty :)
 
My rival's name in the games were Bison, Seth and a few naughty names rofl. :p
 
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I have lots of immature names. One time, I named him POOP. All caps cuz I was too lazy.
 
i forgot that I named him ??? in gold and silver because they asked for his name and that was his name, lol. :p
 
I named my rival ??? in Crystal too. xD Such a clever little kid.

In Diamond/Platinum I named my rival Jasper. (Just a random name that I thought fit him.) In SoulSilver...I can't remember right now. I could grab my game and check but I feel lazy. I think it was Ray, or something similar. I think I just called him Blue in Leafgreen, and I can't remember the other games where you got to pick.
 
I tend to name him after a rival or foe of the character I base my name after. For example I am Edward in my Sapphire so if was FR/LG or G/S/C, I would have named him Jacob.

In my very first game, Yellow I am pretty sure I called him Trent after a guy who was a jerk to me from fifth grade through my freshman year of high school.
 
I named him Chris because that's my friend's name in real life, and also my brother's name who is my Pokémon rival. :D
 
I usually name them after my brothers if they allow me.

It also helped that some of the preset names for the rivals were my brothers names XD
 
I restarted my leafgreen, and I named my rival FAIL, so when I beat the elite four and the professer comes, he's gonna say "FAIL! i'm very disapointed in you." or whatever he says
 
Like a lot of people here, I named my rival "???" in most of the Johto games I played. I'm a good person.
LeafGreen: Gary
Diamond: Henry (Me and some friends all had Diamond/Pearl and had to brainstorm on a name, so we got this.)
These days I name them after my actual friends.
 
leafgreen-Mark
firered-oak (so awesome, non?)
emrald-Rachel
diamond-Barry (wasn't in the mood to naming)
 
I think I named my GII rival Mom and I made up my own story about how your rival was actually your mom in disguise. I thought of mom because it has the same number of characters as ???.
 
Can't really remember any previous rival names, but I know I named my rival in SS "Ginger." I hated him so much in GSC, but he's less of a jerk later on in HGSS, so now I feel bad for naming him Ginger...
 
just started a nuzlocke challenge on Yellow and in homage to this comic i called him...
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