Inter-media counterparts are similar characters that appear in different parts of the Pokémon canon.

As a franchise with so many different forms of canon, Pokémon is famous for having multiple iterations of the same or similar characters, most of which have basis in the games' main and rival characters. The characters in each form of the Pokémon canon which are closely related in their design will most often be recognizable in any of their forms, and may have similar relations to other characters with or without counterparts.

For example, both Red and Ash are from Pallet Town, live with their mother, recieve a starter Pokémon from Professor Oak, and begin their journey one step behind their rivals, Blue and Gary. However, Red and Ash do not coexist, nor do Blue and Gary, as they are restricted to their specific canons.

Various other characters have differences between their game and alternate versions, such as Brock and Misty in the anime, and Wally in the Pokémon Special manga. However, they are not truly different enough to be considered as separate individuals.

List of inter-media counterparts

Red's counterparts

• Ash Ketchum from Pokémon anime, Electric Tale of Pikachu manga and Ash & Pikachu manga
• Red from Pokémon Special manga
• Isamu "Red" Akai from Pocket Monsters manga
• Satoshi from Pokémon Zensho manga
• Red from Pokémon 4Koma manga
• Shū from Pokémon Getto Da Ze! manga

Blue's counterparts

• Gary Oak from Pokémon anime, Electric Tale of Pikachu manga and Ash & Pikachu manga
• Green from Pokémon Special manga
• Kai "Green" Midorikawa from Pocket Monsters manga
• Shigeru from Pokémon Zensho manga
• Rival from Pokémon 4Koma manga

Leaf's counterparts

• Blue from Pokémon Special manga

Gold's counterparts

• Jimmy from Pokémon anime
• Gold from Pokémon Special manga
• Kinnosuke from Pocket Monsters manga
• Gold from Golden Boys manga

Silver's counterparts

• Silver from Pokémon anime, who made a brief cameo in the opening of The Legend of Thunder
• Silver from Pokémon Special manga
• Ginjirō from Pocket Monsters manga
• Black from Golden Boys manga

Kris's counterparts

• Marina from Pokémon anime
• Crystal from Pokémon Special manga
• Chris from Golden Boys manga

Brendan's counterparts

• Brendan from Pokémon anime, who made a brief cameo in the sixth and ninth movie
• Ruby from Pokémon Special manga
• Rald from Pocket Monsters Emerald: Challenge!! Battle Frontier manga

May's counterparts

• May from Pokémon anime
• Sapphire from Pokémon Special manga
• Haruka from Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪ manga

Lucas's counterparts

• Diamond from Pokémon Special manga
• Hareta from Pocket Monsters DP manga

Dawn's counterparts

• Dawn from Pokémon anime
• Berlitz from Pokémon Special manga
• Mitsumi from Pocket Monsters DP manga

Pearl's counterparts

• Pearl from Pokémon Special manga
• Jun from Pocket Monsters DP manga