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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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==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). It is similar to the [[PokéNav]]'s Trainer Eyes and Match Call.
===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.
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.
 
==In the games==
===Effect===
[[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 the story or playability of the game, but is apparently intended to be useful to those who are interested.


===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}}
* [[Daisy Oak|Daisy]]
* [[Brock]]
* [[Misty]]
[[Image:Fame_checker_use.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker user interface]]
* [[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 is a simple design. It is a dark red color 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 is a Poké Ball being split into three different positions; Top, Ball and Bottom. 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.
 
===Description===
{{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.}}
|}
|}


===In the manga==
===Acquisition===
{{ItemAvailability/keyhead|Key items}}
|-
| {{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
| [[Cerulean City]] (from [[rival]] after defeating him)
|}
|}


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 the manga==
[[File:Fame Checker Adventures.png|thumb|250px|A Fame Checker in Pokémon Adventures]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
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 a pair of Fame Checkers and [[Tri-Pass]]es left for them 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.


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 catching {{adv|Deoxys}}. However, what Orm hadn't noticed was that Professor Oak had secretly turned on {{adv|Green}}'s Fame Checker 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==
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|it=PokéVIP
|vi=Máy kiểm tra giọng nói
|es_eu=Memorín
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Revision as of 18:03, 22 October 2019

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

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 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:

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.

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

A Fame Checker in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Fame Checkers first appeared in Return to Pallet Town. When Red and Blue returned to Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pallet Town, they discovered a pair of Fame Checkers and Tri-Passes left for them 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.

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 on Green's Fame Checker 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
Spain Flag.png European Spanish Memorín
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Máy kiểm tra giọng nói


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