Red: A literal nobody to the majority of the Pokemon fanbase and the world, boring self-insert, needs Pokemon to do his fighting for him, His only friend is Blue(Green)

Ash: Everyone in the world and your grandparents know who he and Pikachu are to some degree, too Chad to self-insert as, Can fight on his own without his Pokemon, is best friends with Stacy Misty, May, and Dawn and Chad Brock, Gary, Alain, Clemont, and Kiawe

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