Drifblim

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## Info

### Appearances

Gabe Story, Broken Dreams, Pokemon: Nitro Version

### Role

Supporting Character (Gabe Story), Side Character (Broken Dreams)

### Era

Journal Era

Drifblim was one of the main characters of Gabe Story, filling the role as Gabe's best friend alongside Pete, before Syrana and Boomer superseded that role. As with all other Gabe Story characters Drifblim was created during the Journal Era.

Drifblim is set to reappear in the events of Broken Dreams, as another lost soul Hooded!Syrana & King Zombie must save.

## Creation Process

Drifblim enters Gabe Story as a Drifloon in Issue #0, evolving at the end of said issue. Drifloon was one of SkeletonHeart's favorite Pokemon, however this was before SkeletonHearts was properly introduced to the Pokemon series. So rather than the games, SkeletonHearts love for Drifloon came from a Pokemon Card they owned.

   In Gabe Story, Drifblim was meant to act as Gabe's 'partner' or 'starter' Pokemon, in a similar vain to Ash and Pikachu. As such his 'rival' King Zombie obtained his own partner Pokemon, being Haunter.

Unlike most licensed characters from Gabe Story, Drifblim was not written out or altered for Broken Dreams. Considering Pokemon's status as species rather than specific characters, Drifblim was able to skirt the line and remain as he has always been.

## Appearance

Drifblim's appearance hardly differs from that of any other Drifblim, however both in Gabe Story and Broken Dreams his design is somewhat simplified. Drifblim is purple, with a red base and four arms that end in yellow tips. (However Gabe Story & Broken Dreams depict him with only two arms.) As is his namesake, Drifblim looks very similar to a balloon, aling with a tuft of what appears to be a cloud on his head.

Drifblim has two small, circular red eyes and a yellow cross where his mouth would be, looking similar to tape which could cover a hole in a balloon. In most depictions of Drifloon and Drifblim they are shown to have a small mouth ontop of this cross, along them to open their mouth and emote. However Gabe Story & Broken Dream's Drifblim does not have this detail, leaving his expressions somewhat stunted.

## Lore

### Gabe Story

Drifblim appears as Drifloon in Gabe Story Issue #0, in the form of a Pokeball dropped into King Zombie's lap due to a randomly appearing portal, this was alongside the Pokeball of Haunter.

King Zombie was not sure which Pokemon he should pick as his partner, so he declaired that the two would fight, and the winner would have the honor of being his partner. However, unfortunately for Drifloon, Haunter won the fight in mere seconds by popping Drifloon with one of it's sharp claws.

King Zombie put a 'dunce' cap on Drifloon and banished him from his undead kingdom, sending Drifloon to wander around the zombie-ridden landscape. That was until he came across the Dreamworld Bunker, where Gabe and Co. have been hiding from the zombie apoclypse.

Gabe and his friends nurse Drifloon back to health, causing Drifloon to join their side against King Zombie. King Zombie brings his army to the bunker and a vailiant fight is fought, with the heros defeating the majority of King Zombies army with no caualties on their side. However, just as it looked like victory was near, King Zombie ambushes Gabe and nearly bites him. Thankfully Drifloon evolved into Drifblim, using it's powerful lungs to blow King Zombie and his army away.

Drifblim remains a mainstay in the Gabe Story series after this point, often being seen as one of the leading figures of the revolt against King Zombie, alongside Pete and Gabe. Drifblim's heated rivarly with Haunter also continues, with the two having many more 1 on 1 battles against eachother. However, as with most characters, his relevance faded away as Syrana and Boomer began to fill in the roles as Gabe's best friends.

### Broken Dreams

In Broken Dreams, Drifblim filled a very similar role for the Author as he did for Gabe. Drifblim was one of the Author's first creations and one of his best friends, alongside Pete, Boomer, PupPup, and Syrana. However as with most characters in Broken Dreams, Drifblim became Stuck when the Author dissipeared, doomed to stew in nostalgia and melancholy in the abandoned world.

During Syrana and King Zombie's quest to free all of the lost souls of Dreamworld, they manage to find Drifblim in the Sky World, on their way to turn over the Millennium Glass. As with all characters, they try to have Drifblim accept the current state of the world, but Drifblim gets defensive and morphs into it's 'Battle Form', a form all Stuck characters revert to when they are forced to accept the Journal's current state.

After a hard-fought fight, Drifblim is able to accept the Author's absence and move on. However before fading away and joining the Papertrail, Drifblim aids Syrana and King by flying them to the Millennium Glass.

### Pokemon: Nitro Version:

Drifblim does not play a major role in Pokemon: Nitro Version, simply acting as the partner Pokemon for Hooded!Syrana, and leading many of the battles the player has against her. However, Drifblim & Haunter (King Zombie's partner Pokemon) both have unique sprites, looking as if they were drawn by pencil. Their colors are also absent, replaced by white with thin blue lines, like those from a notebook.

Further into the game, the player is able to trade Syrana and King Zombie for 'drawn' Drifblims and Haunters, in exchange for normal variants of the same Pokemon.

## Appearances

* Gabe Story
* Broken Dreams
* Pokemon: Nitro Version