Brendan (Pokémon)

Category:Pokémon Characters
Brendan is a Pokémon Trainer and a playable character from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. He is popular with fans, though not as much as his Female counterpart May. He also makes appearances in Pokémon Masters. While he does have a counterpart in Pokéspe named Ruby, this character is distinct enough for his own article.
Unlike Red and Gold, he never had a fanon personal name, since he was named Brendan in-game when Ruby and Sapphire released in 2002. This set a trend that all future releases in the main-line Pokemon series followed, and made it easier for fans to discuss him online. Fans may call him Ruby, but this was no issue.
The Pokemon he is most associated with is the Treecko line, including Grovyle and Sceptile.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
==Relationships==
==== F/M ====
* Brendan is most commonly paired up with May, forming HoennShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called ユウハル (Yuuharu).
**It had its own section on Bulbapedia, seen .
==== M/M ====
* Brendan is also shipped with Wally, forming LoverivalShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ユウミツ (Yuumitsu), meaning Brendan is the seme and Wally is the uke in the coupling.
**The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as ミツユウ (Mitsuyuu).
**It had its own section on Bulbapedia, seen .
* Brendan is also shipped with Steven Stone, forming TensaiShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ダイユウ (Daiyuu), meaning Steven is the seme and Brendan is the uke in the coupling.
**The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as ユウダイ (Yuudai).
* Brendan is also shipped with Archie, 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.
==== Gen ====
*Together, Brendan, May and Wally form the Hoenn Trio.
** In Japanese, their gen (combi in Japanese) relationship is called 豊縁トリオ, meaning Hoenn Trio.
**This is not to be confused with ホウエントリオ, which is this same group but for the Pokéspe.
**ホウエン組 may also be used, though that just translates as Hoenn Group, so it includes any large group of Hoenn characters.
===Less Popular Relationships===
*BiosphereShipping - Archie, Brendan, Maxie & May
*BirchChildShipping - Brendan & Sapphire
*BirchFamilyShipping - Brendan, Professor Birch, Professor Birch's wife & Sapphire
*BlameShipping - Brendan, Gary Oak & Misty
*BloodOrbShipping - Brendan & Ruby
*BoyhoodShipping - Brendan, Ethan, Hilbert, Lucas & Gameverse!Red
*BraveMoveShipping - Brendan & Mint
*BraveSwordShipping - Brendan & Honedge
*BrilliantShipping - Brendan & Juan
*BrontideShipping - Brendan & Volkner
*BubbleBrunetteshipping - Brendan & Brianna...And these are just the B's! More 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 club on Deviantart for Brendan/Wally.
*, a club on Deviantart for Brendan/Serena.
*, a club on Deviantart for Brendan/May.
*, a club on Deviantart for Brendan/May.
=== Fan Fic ===
* (2014), for Brendan/Serena (NewRedShipping). No-one had ever beaten him before. No-one had been capable of beating him at this sport- his younger sister, his friends in Johto and Hoenn... No-one was ever capable of beating him. His pride had clearly got the better of him. He stared at his hands- more specifically, the object in his hands, before looking at the girl he had done battle with... And lost to. Fluff. One-shot.
=== Wikis ===
* on Bulbapedia
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
==References==