Hex Maniac

The Hex Maniac is a trainer class in the Pokémon games. They are spooky girls who train Ghost-type Pokémon. Though first introduced in Generation III, the more iconic design was introduced in Generation VI. On the internet, from 2013 onwards, the more well-known Gen. VI design became the subject of countless fanart and memes.
==What Makes Her an Ensemble Dark Horse?==
* "Hex Maniac" technically isn't even a character, but rather a type of character, all of whom are one-shot trainers meant to be more or less background characters. They have barely any characterization apart from being spooky and liking ghosts.
* They became something of a popular meme among fan artists over the 2010s and early 2020s, with various artists coming up with their own versions of the character. Some made her cute, some made her sexy, some made her awkward, some made her funny, et cetera. There is quite a lot of variance in how the chatacter is depicted in fan art.
* Generally speaking, a unified theme in fan art is that she's treated as a goth character, with various meme depictions of goths also being applied to the Hex Maniac.
* Many fans pointed out the visual similarities between her and Kuroki Tomoko, the main character of the manga series Watamote. This led to crossover fan art being made.
==External Links==
*Hex Maniac on Bulbapedia
==Navigation==
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