Trace (game)

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Trace (Japanese: シン Shin) is the rival character of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! and a childhood friend of the . He is analogous to 's role in the Generation I games and their remakes, .
==In the core series games==
Trace is a good-natured, if not cowardly young boy from Pallet Town. Like the , his begins one day when Professor Oak calls the two to his lab to give them a Pokémon each. Trace's first Pokémon is a normal / that eventually evolves into /. Trace travels the Kanto region, defeating Gym Leaders while assisting the player with advice and items.
In Lavender Town, Trace learns about the evil deeds of Team Rocket, and meets of a that died protecting it. After Cubone calms his mother's spirit near the top of Pokémon Tower, Trace takes him back to Lavender Town, where he adopts him into his party, and swears to help him avenge its mother, giving him the resolve to become a braver person and a stronger Trainer. Trace, Cubone, and the rest of Trace's party help the player fight Team Rocket at Silph Co., fighting Archer in a Multi Battle and later holding off the while the player confronts Giovanni. Eventually, Trace becomes the at Indigo Plateau, though he soon loses his title to the player. Later, he tells the player about in Cerulean Cave and keeps rematching them at the Pokémon League in an attempt to reclaim his title.
===Pokémon===
====First battle====
Winning this battle is not mandatory. The player will not black out and the story will progress either way.
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====Second battle (optional)====
This battle is available until the player meets Trace in Pewter City.
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====Third battle====
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====Fourth battle====
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====Fifth battle====
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====Multi Battle partner====
Trace teams with the player in a Multi Battle against Archer and a .
 In Let's Go, Pikachu!:
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====Sixth battle====
 In Let's Go, Pikachu!:
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====Champion battle====
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====Rematch====
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept art from
===Models===
 	 	 	 	 	
Overworld model from	Overworld model from	First VS model from	First VS model from	Pokémon League VS model from	Pokémon League VS model from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon Evolutions===
Trace appeared in The Discovery, where he entered Cerulean Cave in order to find and , with aiming to beat him to it. When Trace's was attacked by a swarm of and while flying over a ravine, he stopped to heal his Pokémon and allowed Green to go ahead. Later, he met up with Green and at Professor Oak's Laboratory before heading off with them.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Trace's known in the Pokémon Evolutions:
====Gallery====
=====Staff art=====
Fan art for by Kairi Unabarahttps://twitter.com/kyli_u/status/1474024506075545601
====Voice actors====
==In other languages==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	シン Shin 	From 進 shin (advance)
English, German, Spanish,French, Italian	Trace 	From trace
Korean 	진우 Jinu 	From 진 (進) jin (advance)
Chinese () 	小進 / 小进 Xiǎo Jìn 	From 進 / 进 jìn / jeun (advance)
Chinese () 	小進 Síu Jeun 	From 進 / 进 jìn / jeun (advance)
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Rival characters
Category:Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! characters
Category:Multi Battle partners
Category:Trainers with Key Stones
Category:Pokémon Evolutions characters
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