Archie (Pokémon)

Archie is the leader of Team Aqua from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Team Aqua is the second/third of many evil teams in the Pokémon series who aim to generally be evil, debuting the same time as Team Magma and after Team Rocket. In Team Aqua's case, it's an ecological terrorist organization who wants to awaken Kyogre and flood the world.
Archie also makes appearances in Pokémon Masters, PokéAni, Pokéspe and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, always as a villainous character. He is a fan favorite, though not too many fanworks exist which primarily focus on him. The Pokémon he is most associated with are Sharpedo, Mightyena and Kyogre. 
Archie is not to be confused with Archer, another villainous Pokemon character with a similar name.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
== Relationships==
==== M/M ====
* Archie is most commonly paired up with Maxie, forming HardenShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called アオマツ (Aomatsu), meaning Archie is the seme and Maxie is the uke in the coupling.
**The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as マツアオ (Matsuao).
* Archie is also shipped with Matt, forming SailorShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ウシアオ (Ushiao), meaning Matt is the seme and Archie is the uke in the coupling.
**The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as アオウシ (Aoushi).
* Archie is also shipped with Brendan, forming FloodShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called アオユウ (Aoyuu), meaning Archie is the seme and Brendan is the uke in the coupling.
==== F/M ====
*Archie is also shipped with Shelly, forming ShiverMeTimbersShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called アオイズ (Aoizu).
*Archie is also shipped with May, forming BlueOrbShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called アオハル (Aoharu).
**悪主♀, meaning Pokémon Villian x Female Protagonist, also works.
===Less Popular Relationships===
*BadHealingShipping - Archie, Cyrus, Ghetsis, Giovanni, Maxie & Nurse Shery
*BasinShipping - Archie & Steven Stone
*BestiaMarinaShipping - Archie & Lawrence III
*BetaSquaredanceShipping - Archie, Matt, Maxie & Courtney
*BiosphereShipping - Archie, Brendan, Maxie & May
*BirnessiteShipping - Archie & Jasmine
*BlackbeardShipping - Archie & Drayden
*BlueAndRedShipping - Archie, Matt, Maxie, Tabitha, Courtney & Shelly
*BuccaneerShipping - Archie & Walker
*BurntLedgerShipping - Archie, Ash, Cyrus, Giovanni & Maxie...And these are just the B's! More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
== Popular Tropes & Fanon==
In fanart, it's common for the designs of Ruby & Sapphire's Archie and Maxie to be considered separate characters from their redesigns featured in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
Archie can also be considered a Tumblr Sexyman on Sexypedia.
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
=== Archie and Maxie Used to be on the Same Team? ===
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a Team Magma Grunt says that Archie and Maxie used to be on the same team. Fans have theorized this could've been the case as far back as 2002, when RSE first released, but this meant the idea was canon. HardenShipping fans liked the conformation, and it's a frequently used trope in fanworks. The team in question is almost always Team Rocket, since the Pokémon timeline implies only that team would've existed, out of the ones we know about, before the events of RSE.
However, given how this was from a Team Magma Grunt, it could be Team Magma propaganda... It's unconfirmed.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events ===
* , a club on Deviantart for Archie/Maxie.
=== Fan Art ===
* (2016) Archie redesign.
* (2022) Archie with his Crobat.
* (2022) Archie and a fan-made team for him.
* (2023) Archie fanart for the Winds of Hoenn zine.
=== Wikis ===
* on Bulbapedia
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
==References==
Category:Pokémon Characters