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[[File: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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==Location and uses of the Fame Checker==
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).
===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 (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.


The Fame Checker is similar to the "Check" option of the Match Call section in the [[PokéNav]].
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.


===Stored Characters===
==In the core series games==
===Effect===
====Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen====
[[File:Fame checker use.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker user interface]]
[[File:Fame checker use.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker user interface]]
In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there are several characters who the {{player}} can collect information about in the Fame Checker.
Each character who appears in the Fame Checker has six different entries that can be unlocked. Each of these entries corresponds to a quote about the character that the player can encounter within the game. When the player encounters this dialogue in the game, it will be registered in their Fame Checker. Each entry has a title (e.g. "Favorite kind of Pokémon", "Friends and Family", etc.), a location (which does not necessarily correspond to the save location), and the character or text being quoted; additionally, the overworld sprite of the character or object that provided the quote appears as an icon that represents that entry. Prior to unlocking an entry, it appears as a question mark with no title or indication of where the player can unlock it.
These quotes can come from a variety of sources: the character themselves, major characters, unnamed NPCs, NPC Trainers, signs, {{DL|Magazines in the Pokémon world|Pokémon Journal}}, etc.
Once all six data pieces are obtained in a person's section, the player can read a message that that character has sent directly to the player.
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}}
* [[Daisy Oak|Daisy]]
* [[Brock]]
* [[Misty]]
* [[Lt. Surge]]
* [[Erika]]
* [[Koga]]
* [[Sabrina]]
* [[Blaine]]
* [[Giovanni]]
* [[Lorelei]]
* [[Bruno]]
* [[Agatha]]
* [[Lance]]
* [[Bill]]
* [[Mr. Fuji|Fuji]]


===Design===
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{black color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{black color}}"
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.
|-
| style="background: #{{kanto color}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | [[File:Spr FRLG Oak.png|link=Professor Oak#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{normal color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Daisy Oak.png|link=Daisy Oak#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{rock color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Brock.png|link=Brock#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{water color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Misty.png|link=Misty#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{electric color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Lt Surge.png|link=Lt. Surge#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{grass color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Erika.png|link=Erika#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{poison color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Koga.png|link=Koga#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{psychic color}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | [[File:Spr FRLG Sabrina.png|link=Sabrina#Fame Checker]]
|-
| style="background: #{{kanto color light}};" | {{color2|{{kanto color dark}}|Professor Oak|Prof. Oak}}
| style="background: #{{normal color light}};" | {{color2|{{normal color dark}}|Daisy Oak|Daisy}}
| style="background: #{{rock color light}};" | {{color2|{{rock color dark}}|Brock}}
| style="background: #{{water color light}};" | {{color2|{{water color dark}}|Misty}}
| style="background: #{{electric color light}};" | {{color2|{{electric color dark}}|Lt. Surge}}
| style="background: #{{grass color light}};" | {{color2|{{grass color dark}}|Erika}}
| style="background: #{{poison color light}}" | {{color2|{{poison color dark}}|Koga}}
| style="background: #{{psychic color light}};" | {{color2|{{psychic color dark}}|Sabrina}}
|-
| style="background: #{{fire color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Blaine.png|link=Blaine#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ground color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Giovanni.png|link=Giovanni#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ice color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Lorelei.png|link=Lorelei#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{fighting color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Bruno.png|link=Bruno#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Agatha.png|link=Agatha#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Lance.png|link=Lance#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{johto color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Bill.png|link=Bill#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Mr Fuji.png|link=Mr. Fuji#Fame Checker]]
|-
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" | {{color2|{{fire color dark}}|Blaine}}
| style="background: #{{ground color light}};" | {{color2|{{ground color dark}}|Giovanni}}
| style="background: #{{ice color light}};" | {{color2|{{ice color dark}}|Lorelei}}
| style="background: #{{fighting color light}};" | {{color2|{{fighting color dark}}|Bruno}}
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}};" | {{color2|{{ghost color dark}}|Agatha}}
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}};" | {{color2|{{dragon color dark}}|Lance}}
| style="background: #{{johto color light}};" | {{color2|{{johto color dark}}|Bill}}
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{color2|{{ghost color dark}}|Mr. Fuji}}
|}
 
Clicking a character's sprite will direct to their Fame Checker transcript.
 
====Pokémon Emerald====
In {{game|Emerald}}, the Fame Checker is found in the game data, but it is [[List of unobtainable items|not legitimately obtainable]] and has no effect when used.
 
===Description===
{{movedesc|Key items}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A device that enables you to recall what you've heard and seen about famous people.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|E}}|Stores information on famous people for instant recall.}}
|}
|}


===In the manga===
===Acquisition===
In the [[Pokémon Adventures]] {{pkmn|manga}}, due to the unavailability of the {{2v|FireRed|LeafGreen}} 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.  
{{ItemAvailability/keyhead|Key items}}
|-
| {{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
| [[Cerulean City]] (from {{ga|Blue}} after defeating him)
|}
|}
 
==In the manga==
[[File:Fame Checker Adventures.png|thumb|250px|A Fame Checker in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|FireRed & LeafGreen}}====
Fame Checkers first appeared in ''[[PS269|Return to Pallet Town]]''. When {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}} returned to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] in [[Pallet Town]], they discovered three Fame Checkers left for them and {{adv|Green}} by {{adv|Professor Oak}}. On the Fame Checkers, the two [[Pokédex holder]]s heard a voice message from the Professor himself, asking them to deposit their [[Pokédex]]es into the [[PC]] {{DL|PC|Item Storage System}}, much to their surprise and confusion.
 
In ''[[PS282|Going Green]]'', it was revealed that Professor Oak had been forced to make the aforementioned voice messages by [[Orm]] as a part of [[Team Rocket]]'s plan to have Professor Oak reverse-engineer Team Rocket their own version of the Pokédex in preparation of {{pkmn2|caught|catching}} {{adv|Deoxys}}. However, what Orm hadn't noticed was that Professor Oak had secretly turned Green's Fame Checker on while being attacked, recording the conversation between him and Orm into it.
{{-}}
 
==Trivia==
* In Koga's Fame Checker entries, his daughter [[Janine]] is incorrectly identified as "Charine".


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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{{langtable|color={{Key items color}}|bordercolor={{Key items color}}
|fr_eu=Memorydex
|de=Ruhmesdatei
|de=Ruhmesdatei
|it=PokéVIP
|pt_br=Verificador de Voz
|vi=Máy kiểm tra giọng nói
|es_eu=Memorín
|es_eu=Memorín
|fr_eu=Memorydex
}}
|it=PokéVIP}}
 
==See also==
* [[List of Key Items (Generation III)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 18 October 2023

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 (FRLGE)

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).

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 core series games

Effect

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

The Fame Checker user interface

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, there are several characters who the player can collect information about in the Fame Checker.

Each character who appears in the Fame Checker has six different entries that can be unlocked. Each of these entries corresponds to a quote about the character that the player can encounter within the game. When the player encounters this dialogue in the game, it will be registered in their Fame Checker. Each entry has a title (e.g. "Favorite kind of Pokémon", "Friends and Family", etc.), a location (which does not necessarily correspond to the save location), and the character or text being quoted; additionally, the overworld sprite of the character or object that provided the quote appears as an icon that represents that entry. Prior to unlocking an entry, it appears as a question mark with no title or indication of where the player can unlock it.

These quotes can come from a variety of sources: the character themselves, major characters, unnamed NPCs, NPC Trainers, signs, Pokémon Journal, etc.

Once all six data pieces are obtained in a person's section, the player can read a message that that character has sent directly to the player.

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

Spr FRLG Oak.png Spr FRLG Daisy Oak.png Spr FRLG Brock.png Spr FRLG Misty.png Spr FRLG Lt Surge.png Spr FRLG Erika.png Spr FRLG Koga.png Spr FRLG Sabrina.png
Prof. Oak Daisy Brock Misty Lt. Surge Erika Koga Sabrina
Spr FRLG Blaine.png Spr FRLG Giovanni.png Spr FRLG Lorelei.png Spr FRLG Bruno.png Spr FRLG Agatha.png Spr FRLG Lance.png Spr FRLG Bill.png Spr FRLG Mr Fuji.png
Blaine Giovanni Lorelei Bruno Agatha Lance Bill Mr. Fuji

Clicking a character's sprite will direct to their Fame Checker transcript.

Pokémon Emerald

In Pokémon Emerald, the Fame Checker is found in the game data, but it is not legitimately obtainable and has no effect when used.

Description

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

Acquisition

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

In the manga

A Fame Checker in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Fame Checkers first appeared in Return to Pallet Town. When Red and Blue returned to Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pallet Town, they discovered three Fame Checkers left for them and Green by Professor Oak. On the Fame Checkers, the two Pokédex holders heard a voice message from the Professor himself, asking them to deposit their Pokédexes into the PC Item Storage System, much to their surprise and confusion.

In Going Green, it was revealed that Professor Oak had been forced to make the aforementioned voice messages by Orm as a part of Team Rocket's plan to have Professor Oak reverse-engineer Team Rocket their own version of the Pokédex in preparation of catching Deoxys. However, what Orm hadn't noticed was that Professor Oak had secretly turned Green's Fame Checker on while being attacked, recording the conversation between him and Orm into it.

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
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Verificador de Voz
Spain Flag.png European Spanish Memorín
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Máy kiểm tra giọng nói

See also


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