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[[Image:Fame_Checker.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker (Art by [[Ken Sugimori]])]]
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The '''Fame Checker''' (Japanese: '''ボイスチェッカー''' ''Voice Checker'') is a [[Key Item]] that appears in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. It records miscellaneous information about famous people (such as [[Gym Leader]]s).  
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The '''Fame Checker''' (Japanese: '''ボイスチェッカー''' ''Voice Checker'') is a [[Key Item]] that appears in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. It records miscellaneous information about famous people (such as [[Gym Leader]]s). It is similar to the [[PokéNav]]'s Trainer Eyes and Match Call.


==Location and uses of the Fame Checker==
The Fame Checker has a simple design. It is dark red and has a screen roughly the size of the [[Pokédex]] screen. It has four black circular buttons on the left side, and on the right side it has a Poké Ball-shaped button or wheel split into three different portions.
===Generation III===
 
The Fame Checker is given to the {{player}} after the defeat of their [[rival]] at [[Cerulean City]]. Each time a predetermined piece of data is revealed to the player about a famous person listed within the Fame Checker (through mediums such as [[Pokémon Journal]]), it will be recorded. This information is arranged into categories, first by character, then in subcategories in an attempt to give a more or less whole perspective of the character in question (eg, "Favorite kind of Pokémon", "Friends and Family", etc.). The player can observe these pieces of information at their will at any time. In numerous cases, these information pieces have requirements that must be fulfilled first to acquire that particular quote (ex. post-{{DL|Elite Four|Kanto/Johto Elite Four|Elite Four}}). Once all six data pieces are obtained in a person's section, a message directly from that person will be obtained.  
==In the games==
===Effect===
====Manual activation====
[[File:Fame checker use.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker user interface]]
Each time a predetermined piece of data is revealed to the player about a famous person listed within the Fame Checker (through mediums such as {{DL|Magazines in the Pokémon world|Pokémon Journal}}), it will be recorded. This information is arranged into categories, first by character, then in subcategories in an attempt to give a more or less whole perspective of the character in question (e.g. "Favorite kind of Pokémon", "Friends and Family", etc.). The player can observe these pieces of information at their will at any time. In numerous cases, these information pieces have requirements that must be fulfilled first to acquire that particular quote (ex. post-{{DL|Elite Four|Kanto/Johto Elite Four|Elite Four}}). Once all six data pieces are obtained in a person's section, a message directly from that person will be obtained.
Though interactive, the Fame Checker does not affect to the story or playability of the game, but is apparently intended to be useful to those who are interested.
Though interactive, the Fame Checker does not affect to the story or playability of the game, but is apparently intended to be useful to those who are interested.


The Fame Checker is similar to the "Check" option of the Match Call section in the [[PokéNav]].
===Stored Characters===
The characters who have information stored in the Fame Checker in Generation III are as follows:
The characters who have information stored in the Fame Checker in Generation III are as follows:
* {{prof|Oak}}
* {{prof|Oak}}
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* [[Brock]]
* [[Brock]]
* [[Misty]]
* [[Misty]]
[[Image:Fame_checker_use.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker user interface]]
* [[Lt. Surge]]
* [[Lt. Surge]]
* [[Erika]]
* [[Erika]]
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* [[Mr. Fuji|Fuji]]
* [[Mr. Fuji|Fuji]]


===Design===
===Description===
The Fame Checker has a simple design. It is dark red and has a screen roughly the size of the Pokédex screen. It has four black circular buttons on the left side, and on the right side it has a Poké Ball-shaped button or wheel split into three different portions. The back is presumably the same color with batteries or a rechargeable port/slot.
{{movedesc|Key items}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|E}}|Stores information on famous people for instant recall.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A device that enables you to recall what you've heard and seen about famous people.}}
|}
|}
 
===Acquisition===
{{ItemAvailability/keyhead|Key items}}
|-
| {{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
| [[Cerulean City]] (from [[rival]] after defeating him)
|}
|}
 
==In the manga==
[[File:Fame Checker Adventures.png|thumb|250px|The Fame Checker in Pokémon Adventures]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
The Fame Checker appears in the {{chap|FireRed & LeafGreen}} of [[Pokémon Adventures]]. It serves a slightly different purpose of recording and storing voice messages. {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}} return to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|Oak's lab]] at the start of the arc and come across two Fame Checkers meant for them. A message recorded onto the Fame Checkers from {{adv|Professor Oak}} tells the two [[Pokédex holder]]s to deposit their Pokédexes in an item transfer machine and head to the [[Sevii Islands]] with the {{DL|Sevii Island passes|Tri-Pass}} issued to them. This was in fact the [[Team Rocket]] member [[Orm]] forcing Oak to take the Pokédexes from them for the evil organization's benefits. Oak had recorded the entire conversation between himself and his kidnapper on the Fame Checker meant for {{adv|Green}}. A while later, Green used the recording on her Fame Checker to reveal the truth to Red, who had been dispirited after his defeat to {{adv|Deoxys}}.
{{-}}


===In the manga===
==Trivia==
* In Koga's Fame Checker entries, his daughter [[Janine]] is incorrectly identified as "Charine".


In the [[Pokémon Adventures]] {{pkmn|manga}}, due to the unavailability of the [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions|FireRed and LeafGreen versions]] over seven years after the manga's launch, the Fame Checker is instead handed out upon {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}}'s return to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|Oak's lab]], where a prerecorded message from the Professor tells the two [[Pokédex Holder]]s to deposit their Pokédexes in an item transfer machine and head to the [[Sevii Islands]] with the [[Tri-Pass]] issued to them. This was in fact the [[Team Rocket]] member [[Orm]] forcing the old man to take the  Pokédexes from them for the evil organization's benefits, which {{adv|Green}} was able to reveal with the entire conversation between the kidnapper and his victim recorded on her own Fame Checker. They have not been seen since, likely because they served their purpose in the plot.
==In other languages==
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|fr_eu=Memorydex
|de=Ruhmesdatei
|it=PokéVIP
|vi=Máy kiểm tra giọng nói
|es_eu=Memorín
}}


==External links==
*[https://veekun.com/dex/items/key/Fame%20Checker On Eevee's Itemdex]
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[[fr:MemoryDex]]
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[[zh:声音记录器(道具)]]

Revision as of 03:03, 17 April 2017

Fame Checker
ボイスチェッカー
Voice Checker
Bag Fame Checker Sprite.png
Fame Checker
Artwork from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen by Ken Sugimori
Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items

The Fame Checker (Japanese: ボイスチェッカー Voice Checker) is a Key Item that appears in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. It records miscellaneous information about famous people (such as Gym Leaders). It is similar to the PokéNav's Trainer Eyes and Match Call.

The Fame Checker has a simple design. It is dark red and has a screen roughly the size of the Pokédex screen. It has four black circular buttons on the left side, and on the right side it has a Poké Ball-shaped button or wheel split into three different portions.

In the games

Effect

Manual activation

The Fame Checker user interface

Each time a predetermined piece of data is revealed to the player about a famous person listed within the Fame Checker (through mediums such as Pokémon Journal), it will be recorded. This information is arranged into categories, first by character, then in subcategories in an attempt to give a more or less whole perspective of the character in question (e.g. "Favorite kind of Pokémon", "Friends and Family", etc.). The player can observe these pieces of information at their will at any time. In numerous cases, these information pieces have requirements that must be fulfilled first to acquire that particular quote (ex. post-Elite Four). Once all six data pieces are obtained in a person's section, a message directly from that person will be obtained. Though interactive, the Fame Checker does not affect to the story or playability of the game, but is apparently intended to be useful to those who are interested.

The characters who have information stored in the Fame Checker in Generation III are as follows:

Description

Games Description
E Stores information on famous people for instant recall.
FRLG A device that enables you to recall what you've heard and seen about famous people.

Acquisition

Games Method
FRLG Cerulean City (from rival after defeating him)

In the manga

The Fame Checker in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Fame Checker appears in the FireRed & LeafGreen arc of Pokémon Adventures. It serves a slightly different purpose of recording and storing voice messages. Red and Blue return to Oak's lab at the start of the arc and come across two Fame Checkers meant for them. A message recorded onto the Fame Checkers from Professor Oak tells the two Pokédex holders to deposit their Pokédexes in an item transfer machine and head to the Sevii Islands with the Tri-Pass issued to them. This was in fact the Team Rocket member Orm forcing Oak to take the Pokédexes from them for the evil organization's benefits. Oak had recorded the entire conversation between himself and his kidnapper on the Fame Checker meant for Green. A while later, Green used the recording on her Fame Checker to reveal the truth to Red, who had been dispirited after his defeat to Deoxys.

Trivia

  • In Koga's Fame Checker entries, his daughter Janine is incorrectly identified as "Charine".

In other languages

Language Title
France Flag.png European French Memorydex
Germany Flag.png German Ruhmesdatei
Italy Flag.png Italian PokéVIP
Spain Flag.png European Spanish Memorín
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Máy kiểm tra giọng nói

External links


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