Y-You DID set his name to ???...right, anon?

>>32742117
No, I named him Doug. It's a good name for a fine young lady.

>>32742126
B-But his canon name is ???...or, lackthereof.

No, because I'm not a braindead retard.

>>32742136
Only a braindead retard would name him some retarded headcanon fanfic name.

He never reveals his name. His name is ???.

>>32742134
Doesn't matter, I named him Doug and I will always name him Doug.

>>32742144
But he does reveal his name when he drops his trainer card

I called him ??? when I was growin' up, like a stupid fucking baby.
Then I called Silver.
Nowadays I name him after edgy friends I have irl, or just after things I don't like. Like Corn.

>>32742163
>Silver
Too bad that's not his canon name

I named her Jane.

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I named him Red.

Correct answer:
Name him ???, refer to him exclusively as "that red-haired boy"

>>32742117
I named him cocksleeve

No, I just hit END and the game gave him his default name. Gold__

>>32742117
i named him "Crapbag" because i had an extremely mature sense of humor at the age of 9

His name is Fartface!

I named him Hitler

>>32742167
>muh canon
Fuck off autist, Kris isn't canon either :^)

>>32742117

named him ??? but then realized my mistake and reset the fucking game

when the scary police officer asked what his name was, I thought it would be better if I told the truth. and the truth was that I didn't know. I legitimately thought his name would be revealed eventually but then realized I made his name "???"

>>32742117
No, I called him John D..

>>32743662
>I legitimately thought his name would be revealed eventually
Don't worry anon, you aren't the only one who thought that.

>>32742158
>But he does reveal his name when he drops his trainer card
He doesn't have one in GSC.

>>32743753
>remakes aren't canon
????????

>>32742117
I gave him his default name, which in HGSS is Heart.

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>>32742117
Nintendo Power Guide called him Rival (with capital R), therefore, his canon name is literally Rival.

Get blown the fuck back, OP.

Most people refer to him as Silver. I will always know him as Silver because I am a fan of Pokémon Adventures.

>>32744112
Well, but the official instruction guide called him Gold.

I called him Mike and the main character Mark, since those were the two names used in the manual.

>>32744913
Why do people complicate this?

Unless they appear named as NPCs or with a specific name associated with artwork (like Satoshi was in a book made by Game Freak itself and before they renamed him Red), they have no official name.

Call them what you want but don't twist the argument.

>>32744968
Red and Satoshi were both used very interchangably back in gen 1.

>>32744975
But they weren't.

The only time Game Freak called him Satoshi was in the Official Pocket Monsters Fanbook released in May 1997, where they talked about their plans of Pocket Monsters 2, and where you see locations that never made it like Silent Hills and Old City.

He was renamed to Red later as revealed by his NPC appearance in Gold and Silver.

>>32742163
>EDGY KORN

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>>32742117
I would always call him ???, except this one time I named him Prof. Elm. As a kid, I thought I could get the professor arrested if I gave the officer his name.

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>>32744968
>it's not canon unless it's in line with my own very narrow definition of canon
There's only one person twisting the argument here famalam

>>32745234
If you knew what you're talking about, you wouldn't say that.

Every other source for the names is random, inconsistent, and thus unreliable.

Either you have standards or you don't.

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>>32745165
>I thought I could get the professor arrested if I gave the officer his name

>>32742117
I named her DICKS

>>32742117
I named him Lulu cause I thought he was a she as a kid, and named him after my best friend.

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>>32745165
Too smart for a children's game

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>>32745241
>It's not moving the goalposts, th-they're called standards!
Uh-huh

>>32745350
You sound bored, kid. Let the adults do the talking.

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>>32745444
>gets stuck on his own fallacy
>"sh-shut up kid"
really gets my noodle a-boilin'

>>32744112
ipadposting has to be literally worse than phone posting, ipads aren't even portable.

I named him BOB----

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You all unlocked hard-mode by giving the officer your own name, right?

Escaping the gulag was hard as fuck, especially if you can't beat the timer and your starter is murdered over a pack of cigarettes.

>>32743643
except that kris and silver are both canon names.

are you guys retarded?

>>32746016
They are your headcanon, yes.

>>32742117
Gary

I named him Putazo, something like big motherfucker in spanish

>>32746006
>Who was the thief?
>ItWasMeDio

>>32746016
>being this delusional