1 Fact about Every Elite 4 and Champion in Pokémon 

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A bonus fact for Rika, in the Japanese version of the games, Rika speaks with a Kansai dialect and refers to herself in third-person. And the in-universe counterpart of the Kansai region of Japan is the Johto region, which MAY imply that Rika WAS from Johto. This is SOMEWHAT supported in Pokemon Masters EX when Rika meets Whitney in the recent event for her, though it's not explicitly said. There Rika could tell that Whitney was from Johto due to her sensing a "Johto vibe" from Whitney. Although the dialogue MAY differ in the Japanese version.

Since you missed out Kieran, ill point out a fact. When you fight him as Champion of the BB league, his theme is once again remixed to be more agressive to show his determination to beat you. However after the events of the Indigo Disk, his future rematches will revert back to final theme from the teal Mask, showing that he’s toned down his over-competitive attitude but he still retains all the new things leaned from the time between the teal mask and indigo disk

The disrespect of including Kukui but not Kieran is insane

We’ve come so far from gen 1’s rule of “trainers typically get their first Pokémon at age 10” to a nine year old being on the Elite Four

Kieran is going to have another breakdown because he wasn't included in this video.

Another fact about Agatha is that she was the only E4 member in the original Red and Blue that actually had a monotype team. And it wasn't even her stated type specialty, her entire team was poison type. Loreli had a Slowbro that wasn't ice type Bruno had his Onix that wasn't fighting type And Lance had a Dragonair that wasn't flying type

Fun fact: The reason why Caitlin doesn't battle the player directly and is forced to make her buttler have the battle instead is because her family was afraid of her psychic powers. She was too powerful. At the time, she didn't have much control over her psychic powers and they feared that she could accidentally hurt someone if she ended up getting angry over losing a pokemon battle. That's why they made her buttler have the pokemon battles in her name instead. But she learned to control her emotions and thus, she now has control over her psychic powers as well. Which is why she was able to have battles on her own and eventually became an elite four member in Unova. Also, if you pay attention to Kahili's design, you'll notice that her hairstyle is meant to make her look as if she had wings. Which is a pretty clever way to show the fact that she's a flying type specialist. And Leon is the trainer with the biggest amount of sponsors in Galar. He gets his sponsors from: Galar Taxi, Cozy Fried Kitchen, Timburr Builders, Gramophone Records, Grow Sures, Pelipper Couriers (this one is a reference to mystery dungeon), No. 1 Pharmacy, Dream Dairy, Bookmark, Yoshida's Coffee (the logo on this one is based on the pokemon designer Hironobu Yoshida by the way) and, as the strongest champion, Leon also gets sponsored by Game Freak.

Other fun facts about these characters: *Lorelei is from the Sevii Islands' Four Island, and the player can even enter her house, which is full of Pokémon plushies that she collects. She also first met her Lapras in the island's Icefall Cave when she was a child. She also speaks with a stereotypical and prominent German accent in the French localizations of the Gen 1 and 3 games. *Bruno is heavily implied to be the trainer with the Nidorino and Onix in the first scene in the anime, as the shadowy figure who uses them looks almost exactly like him. *Agatha's name including chrysanthemum may be a reference to her rivalry with Oak, as he's also named after a plant. Pokémon Masters EX even highlights how they met and they drifted apart. Agatha also appeared in the I Choose You! as Ash's teacher in the nightmare he had about a world without Pokémon. She also appears in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, being notably younger than every other appearance, and can transform into a Golbat. *Despite most people knowing about Lance's multiple under-leveled Dragonites while battling him, most don't acknowledge his Lvl. 40 Dragonite he uses while fighting alongside the player in the Team Rocket HQ. *Blue is technically now a Champion again having gained the title of Neo Champion in Masters EX. Other trainers who have the title include: Calem, Serena, Hop, Marnie, Bede, Red, Leaf, Nate, Rosa and Silver. *Though Will is male, there is data in Pokémon Crystal contains gender data for every Trainer class in the game (except Eusine) to select which dialogue pool to sample from when randomly choosing the opponent's dialogue. Interestingly, Will is one of two male characters to be identified as female in this array. The other is Bugsy. Also that manga panel is of him, Koga, and Bruno having fallen out of a building due to a terrible joke told by Karen. *Koga's main strategy as a Elite Four member is to to primarily use status moves, with his HGSS team even having his Forretress know Toxic Spikes. *There has been no given reason as to why Karen uses a Vileplume, other the presumed theory that Karen simply uses it as she likes it, following the mantra she gives. *All of Sidney's Pokémon in the first battle give out at least one Attack EV, with his Cacturne is the only Pokémon he uses that does not give out at least two Attack EVs. In addition, all of them have their base Attack as their highest stat, with the exclusion of Cacturne. *Along with not using a Gengar, Phoebe is also the only Hoenn Elite Four member to not use a Water-type in Emerald or ORAS. *She may never be seen outside of Ever Grande City, but one of the NPCs in the Mauville Food Court mentions seeing Glacia eating ramen there, saying she was slurping down her noodles at such an incredible pace that she was dripping with sweat. *Drake is an old shipmate and friend of Mr. Briney, and in the Adventures manga was revealed to have sailed with him and Mr. Stone in the past. He also believes that the Elite Four's challenge is superior to the Battle Frontier (he's right by the way). *Steven has several Pokmon in Masters EX that he doesn't use in the main series, including an Alolan Sandslash, Shiny Rayquaza, Deoxys, and Shiny Stoutland. Also in Emerald, while battling alongside him at the Mossdeep Space Center, if the player has a Pokémon with Guts out at the same time with Steven's Skarmory, it may attempt to target the player's Pokémon with Toxic to trigger the Ability. *Four out of five of Wallace's Pokémon in the Adventures manga are nicknamed, being Elizabeth the Luvdisc, Charles the Seaking, Richard the Sealeo, and Phillip the Whiscash. *It is implied via a show on the Variety channel in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 that Aaron used to be a Bug Catcher and a Sinnoh Gym Leader. He quit his Gym Leader role to be part of the Elite Four. *The only instance in a game where Bertha has a male Hippowdon is in her Sticker Template in BDSP. She is also the only Sinnoh Elite Four member in the anime to use a Pokémon from her Platinum team, being her Gliscor. *Buck is Flint's younger brother. Flint was also present for the first time Red definitely spoke in the series in a cutscene in Pokémon Masters EX, showing complete bewilderment at the situation. *In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Lucian's reading skills are shown to be great enough for him to easily finish a book in only a few mere moments. In addition, one of the old men on Route 228, who is found in all Sinnoh games sans Platinum, may be Lucian's grandfather, as he mentions he has a grandson who enjoys reading and who has a library of books on ESP. *Cynthia is not that hard, and she only seems that way because you, the player chose to make it difficult. This is because you used the most common DPP team: Infernape, Luxray, Staraptor, Floatzel, Lucario, and Garchomp. All of which fail to hit a majority of her Pokémon super effectively and have many weakness she can exploit. Even using a different starter will make her significantly easier. *According to an interview with Yusuke Ohmura in Nintendo Dream, Shauntal's theme is based on black cats. She is referred to as being seen as a catgirl and the ribbon around her neck is shaped like a cat's head (the brooch being the nose) *In that same interview, Marshal's theme is a street fighter and tiger, and his original design featured a large hood and cap. *Grimsley canonically has a gambling addiction. His appearance in Alola also confirms he has stepped down as an Elite Four member. *Caitlin dresses in the Japanese princess gal style. *Yusuke Ohmura has also mentioned that Alder's original design was "...far too 'evangelist-like.' He looked like Christ or something. But I couldn't get that image out of my head, so I consulted with Mr. Sugimori, who told me to dial back the evangelist schtick so he'd look like some kind of wanderer. *Iris considers Drayden to be her grandfather despite the two of them not being biologically related, affectionately referring to him as "Grandpa." He also brought her to Unova and gave her the clothes she wears in BW. Drayden then gave her Champion clothes in B2W2 to recognize her becoming the new Unova Champion. *Malva is the only Elite Four member from the first eight generations to not yet be recruitable in Pokémon Masters EX. She is also the only non-protagonist to have a starter Pokémon in the Adventures manga. *Siebold is mentioned to sometimes prepares meals for Grant and Valerie. *Kamado's armor in Legends: Arceus is extremely similar to Wikstrom's, which is stated to be from Galar. This could suggest Wikstrom or his family (one of knights) originally came from Galar. *Drasna considers Pokémon battles to be a form of play. Also in case you didn't know, her eye color is gray. *All of Diantha's party members has a different stat as their highest stat, being Hawlucha (Speed), Tyrantrum (Attack), Aurorus (HP), Gourgeist (Defense), Goodra (Special Defense), and Gardevoir (Special Attack). Diantha has a special costume in Masters EX that bears a heavy resemblance to Artoria Pendragon from the Fate/stay night visual novel. She also has a Keldeo and shiny Diance in that game. *Kukui battled Lance at one point, with Masters EX specifying it was during Lance's time as Champion. *Hala is the same height as a Charizard. *Olivia has several Stufful plushies in her house, including some that vibrate. Make of that what you will. *Acerola's anime in the anime is not only shiny, but confirmed to be deceased. It is a ghost of a Ghost-type. *Kahili is the daughter of the Hano Grand Resort's owner. Her Toucannon is also the only Pokmon to use Tailwind in the anime. *Molyane is the only Storage System developer to appear in the anime besides Bill. *Leon is also one of two characters to have a single digit uniform number, the other being Mustard. Mustard is another champion of Galar, having achieved the title 50 years prior to the game's events and held onto the title for 18 years. Peony also used to be Champion of Galar before resigning when Rose became the League chairman. *Rika has a cross-canon counterpart named Ricchina in the Scarlet & Violet arc of the Let's Play a Pokémon Card Game! manga. *Poppy tries to draw a picture of Geeta when you talk with Geeta in the League Club Room, which is a nod to Geeta's reference art, or settei. *The Pokémon: Paldean Winds anime shorts confirm that Larry has been part of the Paldea Pokémon League for 25 years. *The back vent on Hassel's coat is a possible reference to the capes worn by Dragon Tamers. *Geeta is shown in concept art to be fond of Poppy, giving her candy to keep in her key-shaped purse and spending time with her while Poppy draws. *Crispin will notice if the player does not put bread on top of their sandwich during his Elite Four trial, saying, "I'm a bit surprised you didn't put bread on top, though. Is that a Paldean thing...?" *Amarys mistakenly believes KoraidonS/MiraidonV is called “Agias”, due to its cry sounding as such. *While Lacey refers to her usage of Plusle and Minun in her first battle as her "Plus-Minus strategy", they each have their Hidden Abilities Lightning Rod and Volt Absorb rather than Plus and Minus, respectively, and her strategy relies on using Discharge to trigger them. *Drayton refers to meeting the player at the cafeteria as a "date", regardless of the player's gender.

7:37. Cool theory about Alder. It is speculated, thanks to Legends Arceus, that he was actually the original Hero from the myths of Hisui that got transported in Unova. If that was the case it would explain why: He tends to get along with Cynthia, since she reminds him of Cogita, the woman who loved the Hero. He doesn’t know how to use the PC because he was used to put his Pokémon’s in the Pastures, as well as carrying them around Why in Pokemon Masters Ex, the Japanese VA talks with an obsolete Japanese. And if you take a look at when it was used, you will see that it would be around the same time that Legends takes place Cool thing about Rika too: in Japanese she uses a specific slang to talk and such slang never got translated in the other games, except in Italian. If you want to know how said slang sound like in Italian, go take a look at basically any of The Pruld’s work, because it’s fun as hell, and it reflects perfectly her sassy nature

You forgot the BB League champ Kieran. He's gonna be livid about being forgotten.

Where’s my boy Kieran 😢

I was wondering where Peony and Mustard were and was gonna give a random fact for both but was lazy so. Mustard plays video games and was addicted to them after retiring from champion. Peony and Oliana have a funny dialogue in the DLC. Yeah, that's it.

Leaving out Kieran is kinda crazy

A bonus fact for Acerola, while she does have a Shiny Mimikyu in the anime, however her Mimikyu is actually "dead" so it's a ghost OF a Ghost type Pokemon. This is shown in the anime when it tries to attack the Greedy Rapooh (a nickname for a totem-sized Gengar that broke from a shrine) with Shadow Claw to save Acerola, only for it to phase right through it.

the bb league elite four has to be the hardest elite four ever.

You forgot Kirien in the Blueberry league

..Where's Kieran?

What about Kieran??

Wow, my knowledge of flowers actually comes in useful for once. Chrysanthemums are considered a “unalivement flower” and are frequently seen at funerals or given as bereavement gifts. It makes perfect sense that a Ghost-Type trainer would have these flowers mentioned in their name.

Malva does use a Mega Houndoom in the Anime, so they could have just added that to her team if they wanted to have Elite Four rematches.

You forgot the BB league champion

I love the detail of Dragon paw on Iris shoes, that attention to detail

Why isn't Kieran here if the BB e4 is?

I cant be the iy one who thought Poppy from Scarlet & Violet was a toddler

That is a neat detail with Lorelei. Funnily enough, Saguaro kind of does too. He uses a whole female team. Also, that really works with Leon seeing as how his throwing option is one the player can change to in Indigo Disc

For the fact on glacier she can be found in the restaurant at new mauvile in ORAS after defeating the league

You should give us a fact about Kieran i mean he is a former champion in the scarlet and violet dlc

Why is my man referring to will as "they" when he’s confirmed male?

Acerola's Mimikyu is also canonically dead. I mean as a ghost of a ghost type...it's weird

WHERE'S KIERAN?! HE'S THE BLUEBERRY CHAMPION (before we beat him, but that goes for all champions)

ive been watching you for yearssssss

It’s about time for a new video! We need more updates!

6:09 as the destroyer of worlds would say: “PINKU JANAI, MAGENTA DA”

Still mad gamefreak locked a core gameplay feature like rematching the Elite 4 behind a 35 dollar DLC.

Some other funky facts from Pokemon Masters for these guys: Lance outright stated that not all dragon pokemon have to be a dragon type lmao Steven has confirmed twice in ORAS's Delta Episode and in the event where he got his shiny Rayquaza that he met a trainer with Mega Charizard X (Alain) while battling Mega Rayquaza in the past Wallace despite being a gym leader in ORAS, he actually acted as the "champion" in Hoenn Champion Stadium with his own Champion theme. Flint was the only Elite 4 for Sinnoh in Master for more than 3 year before all 3 other dropped at the same time. Cynthia's Giratina debuted one month before PLA came out, so she was a blantant foreshadowing together with her Decisive battle theme for Volo Malva is the only Elite 4 who actually killed people lmao Acerola does have a Mimikyu in Pokemon Masters, if you wanna be slightly technical lol Rika is hinted to be from Johto, since she can immediately recognise Whitney's accent based on the Japanese dialogue due to RIka does use Kansai-ben in SV and Masters

small fun fact about chrysanthemum in agatha design - in many european countries, for example Italy and Poland those flowers symbolise death and are used during All Saint's Day as grave decoration, as a gift for all the loved ones that are not with as anymore, for me a perfect desig choice for ghost type elite 4 member

If you didnt cheese your way in the Indigo disk DLC with a full level 100 team, The Blue Berry Academy Elite Four are actually the strongest elite four of any main series games thus far. At least in my opinion.

7:22 marshal changed from mienshao to conkeldurr

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1:49 Of course it meant something! Chrisanteum are the flowers people usually put on graves and it represents grieve! That’s very fitting for someone with a ghost team.

Other facts: Drasna is the only Kalos Elite Four member to not have debut in the XY anime through any means (Malva was Mega Evolution Specials and the main series, Wikstrom was the Diancie Movie and Siebold appeared in the first Mega Evolution special where he used Mega Blastoise to defeat Alain's Mega Charizard X). Bertha is the only Sinnoh Elite Four member who never fought Cynthia on screen in the DP anime Caitlin is the only Unova Elite Four member to appear in the anime (and never met Ash. Would have been cool if she did.) Alder is the only Champion to have not lost onscreen in the anime Cynthia had the longest winning streak of 704 episodes in the anime (Top Down Training (her debut episode) to Whittle While you Work (loses the Masters Eight match to Ash)). Leon uses all three Galar starters in his match against Ash since Ash never obtained one in the anime.

Professor Oak had a trophy in Melee. Didn't know Diantha was in Smash though, that's really neat

This is the first video I have seen mention the Marshal Conkeldur thing, with the exception of the video that credited *me* for telling them about it.

nice fun facts!

I think you forgot Peony, Mustard, Nemona and Kieran (and that Drayton is a formal Champion on BB League) on this list, but cool video O/

I'm watching this while trying to sleep and the sponsored ad is calling me out 😂

Another cool fact about the paldean E4 is that they are the first team to appear together in the anime, alongside Geeta.

It still blows my mind poppy is an elite 4 member she's just a kid

Since Kieran wasn’t mentioned I guess here’s a fun fact about him that I could think of (blueberry spoilers btw) Kieran uses a master ball to capture and use terapagos against the player and that master ball is given to any blueberry champion as when you defeat Kieran you’re rewarded with a master ball

Wait what about kirean and Nemona, those 2 are champions, also if you added kukui then you should have also added hau as like kukui he’s the final person you battle for the title of champion in USUM

Drayton having Pokeballs is a neat detail. Based on how you view it, its either him being lazy and buying the cheapest pokeball, Or its drayton showing that he does put effort into stuff he really cares about (like him trying to return the BB league back to its former self)

Diantha actually isn't the only human Pokémon Trainer in Smash Bros. Misty and Professor Oak have trophies in Melee

Fun fact about the Alola Elite 4: In Sun And Moon, none of their specialty types share a weakness.

I love how over the years the snorlax sprites get closer to him standing up and it looks like he had multiple failed attempts 1:47

6:08 as a passing through Kamen Rider once said: Pinku janai, magenta da!

10:26 Where’s Hau? Like I get he waited to have a champion battle, instead of becoming champion in USUM. Did nothing interesting pop up for him? It’s probably that.

Kahili is a golfer who uses flying type. IT TOOK ME FAR TO LONG TO GET THAT JOKE.

Has anyone ever thought Kahili’s hair look similar to Tapu Fini’s? I always had this thought ever since Sun and Moon was introduced

0:20 smoothest transition ever

Not only does Marshal's Conkeldurr hold a Flame Orb without Guts, but none of its moves are boosted by Sheer Force.

Olivia is the only Elite Four member that specializes in Rock type Pokémon. Bruno: Am I a joke to... oh sh*t that's right. Also, haha you said "heavy balls"

genuinely thought lorelei's fact was gonna be the thing with her plushies in the sevii islands where she'll get a new plushie for every 25 times you beat the elite four. also, if you end up doing one fact about every other trainer in the games, mina is the only character introduced in gen 7 to be present in every gen 7 main series game, since she's the only one in sun and moon, ultra sun and ultra moon, and let's go pikachu and eevee.

Wait why’s the thumbnail different from the thumbnail example in the video

Now I feel even more bad lost to poppy alot while using tracey's anime team 😭

I love most of the elite 4 and champions. Aw but no Kieran tho 😿

I always wondered who the last elite 4 member was in pokemon red, blue, yellow and the remakes before Blue defeated Lance 🤔

Huh, based on the thumbnail at the start, I'm curious why you changed from Geeta to Drayton. Is it because he's the last one?

Not necessarily a fact, but there is a chance that all the members of the BB league are related to unovan gym leaders. It’s already confirmed that Lacey is Clays Daughter and Drayton is Draydens grandson, but there is a possibility that Crispen may be related to Chili due to both being fire type experts who cook. Amarys is a bit of a stretch but she might be related to Lenora

1:36 Wait, what about the overworld sprites? I thought those were standing.

Well regarding Gengar, not just Pheobe even Ryme(Paldea), Acerola(in the games) & Shauntal don't have Gengar as their teammate. Shauntal only uses it in the Challenge mode battle. Damm she caught a Ghost type that doesn't even exist in B2W2

All Paldean Elite 4 & Champion type Correspond with the Herba Mystica Titans type

11:02 Bro forgetting that Flint has a literal Infernape and Siebold having an actual Mega Blastoise im the Anime (XYZ)

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Bonus fact about Steven Stone. His French name Pierre means Rock in French, which is why Brock also shares the name. Steven's last name, Rochard, is also a pun for Boulder, which is "Rocher" in French. Another word for rocks, pebbles, etc in French is "Caillou". So needless to say I understand why Brock and Steven shared a name.

Here's a fact for the Elite 4s and a fact for the Champions. The Elite 4s ignored three Types being Normal, Grass, and Electric while every last Champion annoyingly have Type shares in their teams.

I just finished watching a GrabdLineReview video. The sponsor was the same thing... Am I only going to get Mantasleep sponsor videos!?

a possible video idea is to compare regular shinies to colosseum shinies

She doesn’t look nine with the context that our characters are 10-12 per game. She looks three.

I am disappointed that Caitlyn's fact isn't the fact that she is the only Elite Four member who was a part of the Battle Frontier. In Plat/HGSS, she's the true Frontier Brain for the Battle Castle, but has her butler fight for her.

yoo you were my childhood 🙏🏾

Poppy being 9 years old is the biggest twist of all.

He and mrbeast posted at same time

Malva has a houndoom in the anime that mega evolves

Types that haven’t been used for elite 4 battles are: Grass Electric Normal Types that only used once or haven’t used in a long time are: Water Bug Fighting Poison Ice Psychic Rock Ghost Dark Fairy Gen 10 elite 4 idea: 1. Grass 2. Rock 3. Poison 4. Electric (These are the elite four that haven’t used grass or electric before and rock and poison are used by elite four that haven’t been elite four during their debut games)

He gets the arguably WRST Eevelution in gen 1 if you LOSE to him, I guess he was like "I know this thing sucks, so... I'm going easy on you!"

They had to give Cynthias Togekiss hustle or else she would of been even more OP.

Agatha's name actually does mean something, the chrysanthemum is associated with death and funerals in many cultures. And she is a Ghost-type trainer.

Does anyone else think Kukui's goatee is looks like an upside down z-move symbol?

He got the thumbnail wrong

Small correction on Marshall's Conkeldurr. While it is true that he has Sheer Force, that's just in the rematch. Cause in the first fight you have with him, that Conkeldurr has Guts... & Since its Hard Mode, it keeps The Flame Orb It's so weird to have a trainer's pokemon, an E4's pokemon no less, get WEAKER in the rematch Edit: Poppy is NINE?!... But-... But she looks like she's 3, how is she a year YOUNGER than the player character if she looks like a toddler?!

Another fun fact about Rika: there is an annual Japanese poll of "fictional characters Japanese women would like to date" (might not be the most accurate description but basically that). As you may imagine, the top picks are usually a bunch of guys... And yet Rika placed FIRST in both the 2022 poll and the 2023 poll. If you had any doubt that Rika is for the Sapphics, there's your proof.

Acerola's Mimikyu is not a shiny but a spirit (it can even float)

Black and White 3 better have an Elite Four Tournament in the PWT or I'm going to lose it

Woah not even notice and 23 seconds ago 🤯

Fun fact there is no grass type elite four member

I understood Steven's fact because I watch the French Dub of the anime. 😄

Cynthia isn't the best champion or battle imo

Karen: Can i speak that manager!?

Bing chiling