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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.
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).


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 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==
==In the core series games==
===Effect===
===Effect===
====Manual activation====
====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]]
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.
In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there are several characters who the {{player}} can collect information about in the Fame Checker.
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.
 
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:
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Clicking a character's sprite will direct to their Fame Checker transcript.
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===
===Description===
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{{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.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|E}}|Stores information on famous people for instant recall.}}
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==In the manga==
==In the manga==
[[File:Fame Checker Adventures.png|thumb|250px|The Fame Checker in Pokémon Adventures]]
[[File:Fame Checker Adventures.png|thumb|250px|A Fame Checker in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
===Pokémon Adventures===
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 [[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}}.
===={{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.
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==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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