Trainer Tips
Red’s meteoric rise to fame might have seemed much more amazing if 95% of his opponents had any common sense.
By Justin Hall [JHall Comics]

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Posted by Shawn Handyside on November 24, 2011 · 2:14 AM 
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  1. X_Intolerable_X on November 24th, 2011 2:18 am

    Swearing would have made the first gen Pokemon so much better.

  2. SirNumel on November 24th, 2011 2:19 am

    It's true. Most Pokes go ga-ga for the occasional Rare Candy.

  3. LiquidMountain on November 24th, 2011 2:23 am

    Feelings?
    <img src='http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3568/sniperi.jpg&#039; border='0'/>
    You know who's got a lot of feelings?

  4. ChemicalKirby on November 24th, 2011 2:23 am

    How dare you wreck my childhood with logic!

  5. SushiGummy on November 24th, 2011 2:30 am

    Psh. So Pokemon are only good when they're evolved?

    Tell that to Joey's Rattata.

  6. The AntiVillain on November 24th, 2011 2:33 am

    his secret. its MOUNTANS!!!
    specifically Mt.Silver… oh those slopes

  7. Just DA on November 24th, 2011 2:33 am
  8. GameboyPATH on November 24th, 2011 2:35 am

    I stumbled upon you in your natural habitat.
    I got my Pokemon to beat the shit out of you.
    I captured you, in a near-death condition, regardless of your family and friends.
    I used you to fight Pokemon you didn't even know, and some perhaps you did.
    I commanded you to fight, expecting quick and accurate results.
    I even watched you die.
    Multiple times.

    But it's a good thing you love me!

  9. GameboyPATH on November 24th, 2011 2:36 am

    Holy shit, I just realized. This is Stockholm Syndrome: The Game.

  10. MasterLuigi452 on November 24th, 2011 2:46 am

    Common sense eh Red?
    Does that mean he learned something at Pokemon School?

  11. Mentlegen on November 24th, 2011 2:47 am

    Or the F.E.A.R's we have around.

  12. sonicsmash2 on November 24th, 2011 2:53 am

    Relevant in some way but ill just slap it in here cause i got nothing.
    <img src=http://www.funnymotivationalposters.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Retarded-Charizard.jpg>
    kthxbye

  13. MoG on November 24th, 2011 3:04 am

    Pokemon has taught us the truth about love and kindness.<img src="http://files.sharenator.com/pokmon_tough_love1_MOAR_Pokemans-s400x400-263888-580.jpg"&gt;

  14. TheTopHatKid on November 24th, 2011 3:20 am

    Folks that bludgeon their pokemon with gym badges.

  15. SolidScientist on November 24th, 2011 3:22 am

    Blokes what bludgeon their moms to death with a Gym Badge Case.

    Professionals have Type Advantages.

  16. SonicsmyName on November 24th, 2011 3:32 am

    He's such a nosy Charizard.

  17. Nick Soapdish on November 24th, 2011 3:40 am

    Wait, this coming from the guy who never evolved his Pikachu?

  18. Sir_Nox on November 24th, 2011 4:06 am

    In Yellow Version you literally cannot evolve your Pikachu. If you wanted a Raichu you'd have to trade a Pikachu from Red or Blue to do so.

    I always assumed since Yellow was the last game before G/S came out, that the designers were following that rule. Also considering Red's team is comprised of the three starters, a Snorlax, and a Lapras, I'm almost certain Red's team is supposed to be similar to what most children probably had in Yellow, since that was the only version where you could obtain all three starters.

  19. JboneDRS on November 24th, 2011 4:10 am

    I don't know… I think I'm going to stick with my 3 Geodudes.

  20. Sir_Nox on November 24th, 2011 4:14 am

    A winning team isn't made from love, it's forged by fire.

    <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/nb6eld.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic">

  21. VT_Juju_Man on November 24th, 2011 4:30 am

    Trainers have standards. Be polite, be efficient and plan to battle everyone you meet….or make eye contact with…

  22. Twilightdusk on November 24th, 2011 4:40 am

    Use a bunch of different types of pokemon?

    Don't you mean…use a bunch of psychic pokemon?

  23. SHODAK on November 24th, 2011 5:15 am

    Source, plox?

  24. brawlfan1 on November 24th, 2011 7:31 am

    As well, access to these Pokemon was incredibly likely, you would always have to fight a Snorlax, pass the guy with theLapras, and would likely notice the 3 people with the starters. The probable reason Red switched from Espeon to Lapras is that a) Hail without an Ice type, b) Eevee as a bit more off the beaten path than Lapras, who was nearly shoved in your face.

  25. sisseltheundeadcat on November 24th, 2011 7:33 am

    Use a whole bunch? Don't you mean get a pokemon with the ability levitate, only use dig and never use any other pokemon? I'm pretty sure that that's what he meant……

  26. sisseltheundeadcat on November 24th, 2011 7:35 am

    Noob charmander was better? hell no, I would trade three shiny suicunes for that shit. just look at him, he's so fucking awesome…

  27. CriticalQuit on November 24th, 2011 7:37 am

    Where the hell did you get that?

  28. CriticalQuit on November 24th, 2011 7:39 am

    You know, Red has a point. It's one thing to keep your pokemon in basic form to hold out for a move it learns earlier or solely in that form…

    But some of those people are just doing it on PURPOSE!

    Especially in G/S and HG/SS. There's like 2 dozen first stage pokemon across all of Johto, between all the trainers. Which sucks, because it made leveling a fuckin' chore since all the trainers gave shit experience with their basic mons.

  29. sisseltheundeadcat on November 24th, 2011 7:43 am

    I don't remember but it's fucking brilliant isn't it?

  30. sisseltheundeadcat on November 24th, 2011 7:45 am

    Okay I'm sick of wondering so I'm just going to ask regardless of the fact that I'll almost certainly get -1'd for it.

    can somebody tell me a good website to post pictures on so I can put custom pictures in my comments? what the hell do you guys use?

  31. sonicsmash2 on November 24th, 2011 7:54 am

    Why in the world do i suddenly want to play Monster hunter….
    Is it because that Pikachu is so Fucking huge?

  32. Vabolo on November 24th, 2011 8:24 am

    Of all things in that picture, you think that Pikachu is fucking huge?

  33. Vabolo on November 24th, 2011 8:30 am

    Well, as the Beatles would say, "All you need is proper EV training!"

  34. Niteclaw1028 on November 24th, 2011 10:46 am

    What Red isn't realizing is that Lance does the exact opposite with his lvl 47 and 50 Dragonites

  35. Alpar on November 24th, 2011 10:53 am

    I use Photobucket, but I hardly upload crap there anyway.

  36. Fluffy_Quack3r on November 24th, 2011 10:57 am

    Its funny because its true…

  37. CriticalQuit on November 24th, 2011 11:01 am

    Kind of retarded. What if you're up against something else that uses levitate or is flying? Or if something's faster than you? Or survives the first hit?

    Your strategy only works if all your opponents only know Earthquake.

  38. misterz100 on November 24th, 2011 11:22 am

    Dam for the life of me I can't remember the name of the person interviewing him.

  39. inb4SlenderMan on November 24th, 2011 11:23 am

    is that why he hangs out at Mountains? so he'll never see those high leveled first evolutions?

  40. misterz100 on November 24th, 2011 11:24 am

    Indeed.

  41. Deep Thought on November 24th, 2011 11:25 am

    Don't be such a baby. Ribs grow back
    <img src="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/11/june/medic.jpg&quot; height="200" width="400">
    (No ze don't)

  42. Seto_Kaiba on November 24th, 2011 11:37 am

    Uh duh.

    Everything else is relatively to scale.
    Charizard is about 3 times bigger than it would be normally.
    Pikachu is almost 7 times bigger.

  43. Jerach on November 24th, 2011 11:56 am

    I've heard people say Pokemon is Darwin meets cockfighting but never once have I heard this. You sir deserve many +1s.

  44. PortalMan118 on November 24th, 2011 12:15 pm

    The sad thing is that guy DID have two Pidgey's.

  45. Mentlegen on November 24th, 2011 12:16 pm

    And due to Pokemon's evolution method, that's also a more reliable depiction.

  46. Omnomynous on November 24th, 2011 12:19 pm

    Yep, Red got his ideas right. You want to know why you don't love your pokemon?

    <img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/169/8/c/gardevoir__the_embrace_pokemon_by_rakkushi-d2srzlv.jpg"&gt;

  47. Omnomynous on November 24th, 2011 12:57 pm

    That can't be right. Last time I checked, Larvitars, Sneasels, and lv. 50 Phanpys ruled that place.

  48. Xenomorph42Q on November 24th, 2011 1:09 pm

    To paraphrase the most esteemed drummer of Dethklok:

    "Those are the most metal pokemon I've ever seen in my entire life."

  49. Omnomynous on November 24th, 2011 1:18 pm

    Mary?

  50. Jimmy on November 24th, 2011 1:25 pm

    This, I found funny.

  51. Fearow on November 24th, 2011 1:59 pm

    dat snorlax.

  52. Icesickle97 on November 24th, 2011 2:06 pm

    *Tails grow back. Fixed.

  53. Icesickle97 on November 24th, 2011 2:12 pm

    No, we're not talking about the child's card game.

  54. Mindlessinvalid on November 24th, 2011 2:30 pm

    I guess that the reason Alakazam has hyper-advanced intellect and yet is only able to remember four moves at a time is because the world of pokemon is also the world of clinical retardation?

    Common sense and rational thought are superpowers there.

  55. Mindlessinvalid on November 24th, 2011 2:32 pm

    The Beatles are on the other side of the proper training debate, "All you need is Love!"

  56. Mindlessinvalid on November 24th, 2011 2:37 pm

    Brilliance is giving grass knot, ghost ball, thunderbolt and psychic to an Alakazam that has the highest IVs possible for that species and specc it into Spd. and Spec. Atk with a focus sash.

    There are very very things that aren't blissey that will survive a single hit from him. With focus sash, there are very few things that can even take him down. Surviving the first hit is about all you'll do.

    Oh? You're using a Tyranitar? Grass Knot! *dead*

  57. Trainer_Black on November 24th, 2011 4:06 pm

    Jimmy! Jimmy I saw you're eyes! Don't you walk away from me!

  58. Icesickle97 on November 24th, 2011 4:10 pm

    Aww, somebody didn't like my 'joke.' There's a pokemon card game too, which, now that I think about it, also got its own video game. A video game based off a card game based off a TV show based off a book. People will go to any length for profit.

    (Also, that 'joke' I made before is because psychic types used to be kind of overpowered because they included ghost types, which had no weakness. EXPLAINING THE JOKE ( -_-))

  59. Jimmy on November 24th, 2011 4:14 pm

    I can't really draw (lack of self-confidence + time) so I use other people's pictures.

  60. Red on November 24th, 2011 4:40 pm

    I'm sorry, but I never gave a radio interview. That me is obviously a spy!
    *sends out (insert fire pokemon here), which roasts "Red" from the comic*
    See, just watch; he'll turn into Gary any second now

  61. Mindlessinvalid on November 24th, 2011 5:02 pm

    We all realize this, no-one thought it was funny though.

    It would have been funny if it had been properly delivered.

    I really hate to re-use this rebuttal, but it's called for:

    Good comedy is like midwifery. Your post was a joke in the same way that Edward Scissor-hands is qualified to perform a C-Section.

  62. JesterJoe on November 24th, 2011 5:11 pm

    What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of my OP starter that I used to beat everything so it's 20 levels higher than the elite four by the time I get there.

  63. Passerby Boy on November 24th, 2011 6:07 pm

    Red don't you remember? You had a party at your mountain and then got drunk and made a clone of yourself to do all the interviews and first evolution trainer battles for you. So you just killed your clone. IT COST 300,000,000,000,000 POKEDOLLARS TO MAKE THAT CLONE!

  64. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:15 pm

    and standing on mountains

  65. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:17 pm

    or bottle caps!

  66. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:19 pm

    What if that were shopped to be nurse joy?

  67. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:20 pm

    That's just because the text box covers up the creepy part

  68. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:20 pm

    What's this school of which you speak?

  69. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:21 pm

    If I need any Help after a Hard Day's Night of training, I think I may just give Paul McCartney a call

  70. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:22 pm
  71. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:25 pm

    Oh yeah,
    and it costs 400 000 pokedollars to interview that clone… for 12 seconds

    I'll make that money back in no time!

  72. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:25 pm

    Wait! Jimmy! Where are you going Jimmy?
    HEY GET BACK HERE AND BATTLE ME NOW!

  73. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:26 pm

    over your smugleaf?

  74. Red on November 24th, 2011 6:26 pm

    Nah, mostly Golbats.. but they're a real pain in the neck too!

  75. Passerby Boy on November 24th, 2011 6:46 pm

    He can't battle, I just made all his pokemon "faint"

    hehe, yah…… "faint"….. lets go with that…

  76. Passerby Boy on November 24th, 2011 6:47 pm

    don't worry dude, a quick polish will get the blood of Gardevoir's chest spike easily

    oh ya…… you also might want to go to a hospital….. just a thought

  77. Immortal_Mook on November 24th, 2011 6:48 pm

    What?!
    You can't win with first level Pokemon you're attached to?
    Seems like I need to teach this guy the power of friendship!
    To Mt.Silver!

    *And Immortal_Mook was never heard from again.*

  78. wolfpax181 on November 24th, 2011 7:05 pm

    It's been a hard day's night, I've been training a pokedog
    It's been a hard day's night, snorlax is sleeping like a log
    But when I get home to you, I find the badges so true
    The make me feel alright

  79. Seanhl on November 24th, 2011 7:28 pm

    because of your comment, I just thought of what would happen if Alma played pokemon *shudder*

  80. C__F on November 25th, 2011 9:12 am

    Be polite.
    Be efficient.
    Have a moveset to kill everyone you meet.

  81. JesterJoe on November 25th, 2011 7:56 pm

    What? No, Oshawott all the way.

    Although, you could say he was a bit smug afterwards.

  82. AgileZero on November 26th, 2011 6:26 am

    ….and your ego is 10 times bigger than it would normally be.

    And by "normally", I mean "abnormally".

  83. VyseRogueKing on November 27th, 2011 9:02 pm

    What really surprises me is that there are crazy dudes with level 20+ magikarps some a whole team full of them. And then there are others who managed to get pidgeots at level twenty-something before they evolve Then there's lance with his impossible dragonite but I forgive him because it's A MUTHA-%&*#ing DRAGONITE!!

  84. coltsman88 on November 30th, 2011 10:32 am

    See, look? It's Blue! Wait… nope, that's just blood.

  85. Zeeb on November 30th, 2011 12:44 pm

    Forgot the “Bad Grammer” tag.

  86. chaos1224 on November 30th, 2011 11:51 pm

    yet he has the same pikachu since the 90s

  87. Omnomynous on December 1st, 2011 6:22 pm

    ….I can't believe it took me this long to see what you did there.

  88. Ultamia on December 2nd, 2011 3:53 pm

    Chaaariiizaaaard.. Phoooone Hoooome…

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