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It's the Kicker of Pokemon! "It's just Kicker!" At this point, it's probably better to give the related things bit its own section. "Title" for Team Plasma is taken from the rulebook. Battle Styles don't count because there isn't an organization or location they are associated with (they are not Pokemon of the Towers of Two Fists). Jury's out on Ancient and Future. New paragraph for card text, images, and changed the example to avoid "evolves into"
(→Sea and Samiya's Pokémon: I'm splitting these in two, because I don't see great reason to have them merged, unless we're also merging things like Tree of Beginning and Rota or Real World and Distortion World. It also makes it much clearer that "Sea's" was exclusively used by Manaphy, which is probably of significance.) |
(It's the Kicker of Pokemon! "It's just Kicker!" At this point, it's probably better to give the related things bit its own section. "Title" for Team Plasma is taken from the rulebook. Battle Styles don't count because there isn't an organization or location they are associated with (they are not Pokemon of the Towers of Two Fists). Jury's out on Ancient and Future. New paragraph for card text, images, and changed the example to avoid "evolves into") |
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{{split|articles for each Owner's Pokémon that have cards referencing the Owner and/or a mechanical theme}} | {{split|articles for each Owner's Pokémon that have cards referencing the Owner and/or a mechanical theme}} | ||
[[File:BrockSandslashGymHeroes23.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandslash|23}}, one of Brock's Pokémon and an example of an Owner's Pokémon]] | |||
'''Owner's Pokémon''' are a variant of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] that have the name of a {{pkmn|Trainer}}, organization, or location as part of the card's name. The ones using the name of a Trainer are sometimes known as '''Trainers' Pokémon'''. These Pokémon were introduced in the {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} expansion. | '''Owner's Pokémon''' are a variant of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] that have the name of a {{pkmn|Trainer}}, organization, or location as part of the card's name. The ones using the name of a Trainer are sometimes known as '''Trainers' Pokémon'''. These Pokémon were introduced in the {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} expansion. | ||
As the name of the owner is part of the name of the card, a deck may include up to 4 each of the regular and specific Owner's versions of the same species. Owner's Pokémon | As the name of the owner is part of the name of the card, a deck may include up to 4 each of the regular and specific Owner's versions of the same species. Owner's Pokémon can only evolve from an Owner's Pokémon with the same owner. For example, {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandslash|23}} has an "evolves from Pokémon" field that specifies that it evolves from cards named Brock's Sandshrew. Thus, it can evolve from the card {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandshrew|71}} but not a card that is named {{TCG|Sandshrew}}. Non-Owner's Pokémon cannot evolve from an Owner's Pokémon either. To continue the example, a normal {{TCG|Sandslash}} card specifies it evolves from cards named Sandshrew, so it cannot evolve from a card named Brock's Sandshrew. Owner's Pokémon are often designed to synergize with specific {{TCG|Trainer card}}s, particularly {{TCG|Stadium card}}s, which were also introduced in Gym Heroes. | ||
[[File:JasmineSteelixVS32.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{TCG ID|VS|Jasmine's Steelix|32}}, one of Jasmine's Pokémon and an example of an Owner's Pokémon from {{TCG|Pokémon VS}}. Notice that it lacks an "Evolves from Pokémon" field. It is a Basic Pokémon, so it does not evolve from any {{TCG|Onix}} card.]] | |||
The Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} expansion introduced a different style of Owner's Pokémon that do not evolve and are always Basic Pokémon regardless of the evolution stage that cards depicting that Pokémon usually use. This style appears on cards outside of Pokémon VS for promotional releases, primarily relating to [[Pokémon movie]]s. Despite many Owner's Pokémon featuring {{pkmn|anime}} and movie characters, it wasn't until the {{TCG|ADV-P Promotional cards}} that [[Ash Ketchum]] was featured as one of these owners. "VS-style" Owner's Pokémon have not been featured in any main expansions since their debut, and are rarely released outside Japan. | |||
Aesthetically, Owner's Pokémon tend to feature an an image of the owner on the right side of the card. In the Original Series, this is accompanied by a special symbol, usually a [[Gym Badge]]. In the EX Series, cards owned by [[villainous team]]s have special flourishes around the artwork window and type icon. | |||
When card text refers to these cards, they use phrases like: "Pokémon that has an owner in its name" for any Owner's Pokémon. This is rare, as cards much more frequently check for Pokémon with a specific owner. Those cards use phrases like, "Pokémon with Brock in its name", " cards with Erika in their names", "Pokémon that has {{TCG|Dark Pokémon|Dark}} or Rocket's in its name" and so on. | |||
==Related Concepts== | |||
[[File:CharizardVividVoltage25.jpg|thumb|200px|right|It is not an Owner's Pokémon, but {{TCG ID|Vivid Voltage|Charizard|25}} represents [[Leon]] and his [[Leon's Charizard|Charizard]].]] | |||
The concept of Pokémon that are owned by trainers or associated with organizations and locations has been revisited several times since the heyday of Owner's Pokémon. | |||
{{TCG|Delta Species}} cards from the {{TCG|EX Series}} that depict Pokémon in [[Holon]] affected by exposure to the electromagnetic waves emitted by the Holon Research Tower. Instead of changing the name of the card, the symbol δ is placed next to the name of the card. | |||
{{TCG|Pokémon SP}} cards from the {{TCG|Platinum}} Series return to highlighting Pokémon that a trainer owns and uses. They keep the idea of having an icon of the character on the card and changing the name of the Pokémon to match. However, they add a symbol to the name as a suffix to the species name instead of using words, and this suffix is not regarded as being an Owner within the game rules. | |||
{{TCG|Team Plasma}} cards from the {{TCG|Black & White}} Series depict the Pokémon of [[Team Plasma]], along with the people who work for them, the tools at their disposal, and the locations they are associated with. However, instead of changing the name of the card or putting a symbol on the card, these cards display the Team Plasma title, along with blue borders and a watermark of the Team Plasma shield. | |||
The {{TCG|Trainer Gallery}} cards from {{TCG|Cosmic Eclipse}} and the {{TCG|Sword & Shield}} Series show a Pokémon and a Trainer together, usually but not always depicting a partnership between them. The name of the card also does not change. | |||
Many cards outside of these groups communicate the idea of a Pokémon with a Trainer without using a mechanic or being in a category by featuring a character in their art and/or having an effect that references a {{TCG|Supporter card}} containing that character's name. The name of the card does not change for these kinds of cards as well. | |||
==List of Owner's Pokémon== | ==List of Owner's Pokémon== | ||
