History Characters / PokemonRusty

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Red brutally murders a member of Team Rocket, after that member praised Rusty for killing a child.

* BodyHorror: Everyone but Rusty and Peanut Butter find it difficult to look at. This isn't a InformedDeformity either - there's a large cut where his bulb should be.

* LiteralMinded: He takes the phrase "Gotta catch 'em all" all too literally, as in, he captures every Pokémon he sees. Case in point, he captures a number of Zubats and puts all his captured Bidoofs in one Poké Ball because he ran out of Poké Balls.

* FreudianExcuse: Rusty comes from Beige Town, which is so insignificant that it isn't even on the map, while living with work obsessed parents who don't have much respect for Pokémon trainers that they regard as pet owners, and a father who regards Pokémon as monsters. It's also established he has no friends. Rusty's lack of understanding the world around him, much less the thoughts and feelings of everyone around him, make more sense upon realizing how small and controlled his life was.

* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: [[spoiler:As the boss of Team Rocket,]] he wears a suit and tie.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: After [[spoiler:taking over Team Rocket]], he put on a suit and tie.

* SelectiveObliviousness: He fails to recognize, even when surrounded by the ghosts of Pokémon of his he's gotten killed, that he's a terrible trainer with no skill or right to be allowed anywhere near another form of life. To him, they all missed him.

* ShoutOut: She is named after Faye Valentine (from ''Cowboy Bebop'').

* {{Irony}}: By remaining at the deli like his parents wanted him to, he would end up getting what he wanted (albeit namely by the circumstances created by his negative self in the first place.)

** He's an exceptionally talented chef. While he will accept compliments on his cooking, he became annoyed when the [[spoiler: prisoners tried to encourage him into opening a restaurant or deli.]] He expresses hatred of cold cuts and earlier when he accepted the compliment on his cooking, he noted that he would've stayed home if he wanted to "serve bad meat to worse men." As such, this implies that his disdain for remaining at the deli comes from a belief of a lack of fulfillment there (likely cheap ingredients and rude customers.) [[FridgeBrilliance This actually explains the ending when you realize what he does.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: He's very self-centered and doesn't seem to care about anything besides being the world's greatest Pokémon trainer.

[[folder:Blaine]]
Gym Leader of Cinnabar Island.
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* CoolOldGuy: He's more polite to Rusty than most would be, despite Rusty calling him an old idiot at one point, and even calls a water taxi for him at the end.
* IgnoredExpert: Granted, the advice he was giving Rusty was common knowledge, Pokémon types and how even children figured out how it's basic rock-paper-scissors. Given this is Rusty, who clearly doesn't listen and even thinks "bone-type" is a thing, everything he says is just treated with disrespect and idiocy.
* NiceGuy: Takes pity on Rusty breaking down in tears over losing to him by giving him a shell and claiming it's a "Participation Badge".
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he left Rusty alone, he would've given up trying to be Pokémon master and return home. Had he offered to help Rusty with more advice on how Pokémon actually work, Rusty might've actually improved. By giving him a "badge", he made Rusty's delusions continue and lead to the eventual Bido-calypse.

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* TakeThat!: Serves as this to both real-life competitive Pokemon players who only care about breeding and training the strongest, toppest-tier Pokemon and people who are legitimately attracted to Pokemon.

* SpeechImpediment: Consistently says the word "battle" as "blartle".

* UngratefulBastard: As he is surrounded by the ghosts of his dead Pokémon who want revenge for his stupidity killing them, his grandfather Crispin comes to his aid. While Crispin tries to convinced the ghosts to forgive him, he catches his grandfather in a Pokéball and happily declares he'll never use it.