Silver (Pokémon Special)

Silver is a Pokémon Trainer and Pokédex Holder from Pokémon Special. He is based off of the then unnamed Silver from Pokémon Gold and Silver, as was his Female counterpart Crystal and his rival Gold. Silver, his Gameverse counterpart, is a distinct enough character that he won't be discussed here.
Silver is popular with fans and the focus of many fanworks. The Pokémon he is most associated with are Sneasel, Gyarados and Feraligatr.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
==Relationships==
==== M/M ====
* Silver is most commonly paired up with Gold, forming PreciousMetalShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ゴシル (Goshiru), meaning Gold is the seme and Silver is the uke in the coupling.
**It had its own page on Bulbapedia, seen .
**The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as シルゴ (Shirugo).
**ライ主♂ (Rai-nushi ♂) and 主♂ライ (Shu ♂ rai), both meaning Rival x Protagonist, also work.
* Silver is also shipped with Crystal, forming SilverCrystallineShipping, aka SpecialJewelShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called シルクリ (Shirukuri) or 元祖ライ主♀ (Original Rival x Female Protagonist).
** In Japanese, シルクリ is shared between Gameverse and Pokéspe. In English, Kris/Silver is known as RedemptionShipping.
** In Japanese, ライ主♀, which refers to any Female!Protagonist x Rival pairing except PokéAni, includes this ship under its umbrella.
==== F/M ====
* Silver is also shipped with Yellow, forming ViridianShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called シルイエ (Shiruie).
* Silver is also shipped with Blue, forming ChoosenShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called シルブル (Shiruburu).
** It had its own page on Bulbapedia, seen 
==== Gen ====
* Giovanni & Silver is also common and called サカキ親子, meaning Sakaki Parent and Child, in Japanese.
* Blue & Silver is also common and called 青銀姉弟, meaning Blue and Silver Siblings, in Japanese.
*Silver is also part of the Viridian Group, that is, characters from Viridian City. This also includes Giovanni, Lance and Yellow. In Japanese, their combi name is トキワ組, meaning Tokiwa Group.
* Together, Gold, Silver, Crystal make up the PokéSpe Johto Trio, known as ジョウトリオ (Johto Trio) in Japanese.
** This is not to be confused with 城都トリオ (Johto Trio), which is this same group but for the Gameverse.
** ジョウト組 may also be used, though that just translates as Johto Group, so it includes any large group of Johto characters.
===Less Popular Relationships===
*with Red - Depressionshipping
*with Green Oak - SecondaryShipping
*with Ruby - FeralSoulShipping
*with Sapphire - LithiumShipping
*with Emerald - HairdryerShippingMore can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
== Popular Tropes & Fanon==
[freeform tags, headcanons]
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a general shipping community for any combination of Ethan/Silver/Kris/Lyra fanfiction on LiveJournal.
=== Wikis ===
* on Bulbapedia
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
== References==
Category:Pokémon Characters