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I like some random villainous team Grunts because of their funny or interesting dialogue. For example, one Plasma Grunt aboard the Plasma Frigate mentions he used to be in Teams Galactic. So we basically beat him as the Sinnoh protagonist, and then again as a Unova protagonist.
I've tended to grind for the initial Elite Four run at Kindle Road and for the rematches in Sevault Canyon.Engineer Bernie in Fr/Lg. He's a good way to get experience even into the endgame and is great for EV training special attack--especially nice since few wild mon in early parts of the game give special attack.
Also props to his normal attack counterpart, Fisherman Ronald, whose even worth more Exp (on fact I used him to grind for the Elite Four rematch).
Not just Cal, but Carrie and Dude as well for me. Carrie, of course, is the little girl from Goldenrod Department Store who can be battled by doing Mystery Gift with her in Pokémon Stadium 2. Dude, meanwhile, was the original capture tutor on Route 29 whose role was usurped by Ethan/Lyra in the remakes. I'd love to see a spinoff starring all three of them.Does anyone remember Cal, the trainer who uses all three Johto starters? He's another favourite of mine.
My first name, which I've always given to my Pokemon protagonists, is Callum. So you can imagine my surprise when I met a character in Silver version who not only looked identical to me, but had a shortened version of my name as well. At the time, I genuinely thought that this character's name was generated by taking the first three letters of the player's name.*
Not only did I have a doppelgänger, but he'd somehow managed to one-up me by catching all three starters as well! I saw him as a second rival of sorts, and even wrote him into a fanfiction. I don't remember it very well, but it was about my Typhlosion, Bill, meeting Cal's Typhlosion, whom I imagined Cal had nicknamed Spike. I think Spike got lost, and Bill helped to reunite him with Cal, or something. And Janine was in it.
It's funny how a seemingly unimportant character can leave such a big impression on an eight-year-old with a big imagination! As much as I love HeartGold and SoulSilver, I'll never forgive them for changing Cal's appearance to that of an Ace Trainer.
(*This wasn't the only odd naming coincidence to occur in this game, either. Because I named my Cyndaquil Bill at the beginning, I also believed for a while that the PC was named after the player's starter, until I ran into the man called Bill later on.)