This page is for characters that appear in Pokémon Snap and New Pokémon Snap.
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Introduced in Pokémon Snap
Todd Snap (Toru)
Click here to see Todd in New Pokémon Snap
Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), James Carter Cathcart (Snap), Griffin Burns (New Snap)(English)
The first game's protagonist. Todd is a photographer who is asked to assist Professor Oak's study of Pokémon Island by photographing its wild inhabitants. By the time of New Pokémon Snap he's become a professional photographer whose work takes him all over the world, and has lent his aid to Prof. Mirror's research team.
For information pertaining to his appearance in the Anime, see his entry under "The Original Series Cast".
- Awesome Personnel Carrier: The Zero One multipurpose vehicle in Pokémon Snap. The vehicle can go on land via railway tracks, can travel down rivers, and fly using rocket boosters.
- Canon Immigrant: He first made his appearance in the anime before being a game character.
- Famed In-Story: The photographs he takes in Snap make him rather famous by the time of New Pokémon Snap.
- Kid Hero All Grown-Up: As of New Pokémon Snap, Todd's notably aged since the events of the original game.
- The Mentor: To the research team in New Pokémon Snap, along with Professor Mirror. His primary advice usually boils down to "Break out of your comfort zone and work hard, but enjoy it!"
- Only Sane Man: Compared to excitable Rita, impatient Phil, and ditzy Mirror in New Pokémon Snap. Todd is knowledgeable and keeps himself down to earth both in regards to photography and the Illumina sightings.
Professor Oak
The legendary Kanto professor, who's conducting research on Pokémon Island. For further information, see his entry under Pokémon Red and Blue. Introduced in New Pokémon Snap
"Player Character"
The protagonist of the second game. At the start of the game, the player can choose to play as a boy or girl, with each gender having four skin tone variants.
- Awesome Personnel Carrier: The Neo One, which is stated to have been derived from the Zero One, and can interface with your digital camera.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: The girls wear tights with alternating stripes, which don't match.
- Friend to All Living Things: Rita believes this is the reason why Illumina Pokémon were drawn specifically towards the player and why their research couldn't progress until the player joined. As if to prove her point, as she talks, several Pokémon from the research camp happily surround the protagonist. In the dialog pop-ups when outside a level, Phil occasionally notes how happy Pokémon look in the player's photos.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Unlike the original Snap, you can set the protagonist's name, which will be displayed when sharing photos with other players online.
- Non-Action Guy: Your duty is to photograph Pokémon for research, rather than catch and/or train them.
Professor Mirror (Professor Kagami)
Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japanese), Ben Lepley (English)
The professor who set up the "Laboratory of Ecology and Natural Sciences" (also known as L.E.N.S.) in the Lental region, hoping to study what he calls the "Illumina Phenomenon" only present there.
- Absent-Minded Professor: He's excitable and constantly lost in thought.
- Genius Ditz: He's rather terrible at socializing, has no idea what snow is like, and during the ending, can't for the life of him figure out that the protagonist met Xerneas because they love Pokémon. This has to be spelled out for him. He just says that it's one study he's never read.
- Goggles Do Nothing: He constantly has goggles hanging from his neck, but never covering his eyes.
- Idiot Hair: One of his locks prominently sticks up and he tends to be rather excitable.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gets a little upset about everyone else testing the NEO-ONE's beta shrink function without his approval.
Rita
Voiced by: Manami Numakura (Japanese), Anairis Quiñones (English)
Professor Mirror's assistant.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: It's telling when it's almost a catchphrase of Rita's to go "Hey, Professor, tell him/her about the [important point for next level]!" Rita may be excitable, but she's smart enough to know when Mirror's being a straight genius or forgetting something as a Genius Ditz and the basics of what is being missed.
- Cuteness Proximity: Tends to give you LenTalk requests for cute Pokémon in even cuter poses.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has them as her signature style.
- Number Two: Mirror frequently leaves her in charge of giving the player tutorials on new equipment.
- The Smurfette Principle: Unless the player character is a girl, she's the only human girl of the team.
- Uncatty Resemblance: Rita's overall looks vaguely resemble Goodra's: from the girlish pigtails to the colors. She does put a request to take a picture of a Goodra getting excited to see some Clefairy dancing, but she doesn't say anything regarding her resemblance to it.
Phil (Phill)
Voiced by: Makoto Koichi (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English)
A young kid who wants to be the assistant to the photographer assisting Prof. Mirror's study.
- Anime Hair: The tips make a note of his spiky shonen-style hair.
- Bratty Half-Pint: He seems to be a mild nuisance to the team, judging by his rude demeanor and tendency to interrupt people when they're talking.
- Friendly Rival: He's initially worried that the Player is trying to steal their mentor from him, but after Todd permits him to join the ecological survey, he calms down and becomes quite encouraging.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Claims to be Todd's best disciple, and often claims he'll take better pictures than you. He never follows up on this, however.
- Tagalong Kid: Though he claims he's Todd's best disciple, Todd reveals Phil simply showed up one day and declared himself that. Todd doesn't wholeheartedly agree that Phil is his disciple, but he can't help feeling touched by Phil's eagerness anyway.
Captain Vince
- Expy: It's been observed
that a portrait of Vince shows that he resembled Daruk from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. - Posthumous Character: His journals are a century old, though they inspired Professor Mirror's current study.
