Casey Snagem

**Casey Snagem** is a former Pokémon Trainer turned successful writer who becomes a mentor of sorts to Gary Oak.

His novel "To Be the Best, Like No One Ever Was?" is a bestseller.

## History

### The New Timeline (Past)

Casey had a successful run at being a trainer competing and placing high in many leagues, but decided to retire alongside his wife after her heart stopped being in it thanks to strife with her family. After his retirement he focused on his family and started writing on his view of what makes someone a Pokémon Master.

### Poison War Arc

Casey competed in a Bug Catching Contest in the hopes to capture a Caterpie in which is was successful.

Casey later stumbles upon Gary battling as many trainers as possible all the while claiming that he was a future Pokémon Master. Seeing that the younger man was growing arrogant, Casey asked to be the next to battle with a small wager attached. Casey would give Gary a Nugget if he were to win, but Gary would have to listen to some of his ramblings if Casey won. Gary agreed to Casey's terms and when the battle commenced it was between Casey's Chesnaught and Lilligant against Gary's Blastoise and Kadabra. Casey's Pokémon were easily able to defeat Gary's but to really drive home that Gary had more to learn, Casey and Chesnaught used the Bond Phenomenon to have the Grass-type become Casey Chesnaught before knocking out Blastoise.

Casey then had Gary follow him to his house where he then told the youth some of his life story and advised him about some of the considerations on what makes a Pokémon Master.

### Sabrina Arc

Following a crushing defeat by Paul, Gary seeks him out once more to ask to become his student. Thinking it would be fun to mentor the younger trainer, Casey asks his wife if he can do so. She replies that he can as long as she is able to train him as well.

### Mewtwo Arc

Casey accompanies Gary to New Island after the younger trainer gets a mysterious invitation. While there they discover that they have fallen into a trap set by Mewtwo. When hostilities begin, Casey has his Chesnaught battle Mewtwo taking advantage of Bond Phenomenon to get an increase in power. They were able to put up a fight but ended up being defeated by the Psychic-type, which knocked out both Pokémon and trainer. Later Mewtwo uses his special Poké Balls to capture all of the Pokémon present, including Casey's own. After all the Pokémon have been taken, Casey tries to talk Mewtwo down, hoping to get Mewtwo to relate his love for the deceased Amber for the love that others hold. This ends up proving unsuccessful. When Ash and Red appear leading all of the previously captured Pokémon, Casey participates in the mass battle against Mewtwo's newly cloned army.

When everything is concluded Casey is teleported home alongside Gary, but unlike the younger boy kept his memories of the occasion. He then gets Ash's phone number from Gary and calls the other Pallet Town native and asks Ash about why he time travelled. When Ash reveals what happened to The Old Timeline, Casey offers to give a hand in any major events just in case Ash is unable to be present for them. During the call he also warns Ash never to use a Z-Move against a Pokémon that has either Mega Evolved or evolved similar to his Chesnaught, though refuses to tell him why.

## Parallels with Ash Ketchum

* As of writing, Ash had 52 badges in the anime and so did Casey.
* Ash and Casey's first Pokémon are both unevolved Generation 1 middle stage starters that evolve from baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II and evolve by stone into a Generation I Pokémon.
* Ash and Casey have the same placing record in league tournaments as of writing: Top 16 in Kanto, Top 8 in Johto and Hoenn, Top 4 in Sinnoh, Top 8 in Unova and Runner-up in Kalos.
* Ash and Casey didn't bother training for their Kanto League challenges but still placed in the Top 16.
* Both of them won the Orange Island League.
* Both of them lost to a Blaziken in their Johto League challenge, a Pokémon which neither of them had seen.
* Both of them lost the Hoenn League to an unevolved, Normal-type Pokémon wearing human clothing.
* Both of them defeated their main rival in the top eight of the Sinnoh League and reached the final four before dropping back to top eight in Unova.
* Both of them fought a Darkrai that took out three Pokémon before being defeated by a fully-evolved Hoenn starter Pokémon, before the opposing trainer sent out a Latios that defeated two more of their Pokémon before tying with their starter Pokémon.
* Both of them lost the Unova League because of a spontaneous evolution.
* Both of them became the runner up in the Kalos League after losing to a Mega Evolved Pokémon
* Both of them possess a Grass-type Pokémon that produces nectar and a Bug-type Pokémon that likes to drink said nectar directly from the Pokémon.
* Both of them possess a three-stage evolution Fire-type that was loyal in their initial form, yet upon evolving became arrogant and disobedient, costing them their first league tournament.
* Both of them own a Fire-type starter with an unusually powerful Blaze ability (referred in-story as Hyper Blaze) that caused them to go berserk until they finally mastered it, and helped them win their League battle against their respective rival in the Sinnoh League.
* Both have a fully evolved Kalos starter capable of the Bond Phenomenon.
* Both have saved the world multiple times.

## Achievements

 Orange League
 Silver League Conference
 Ever Grande Conference
 Lily of the Valley Conference
 Vertress Conference
 Lumiose Conference

## Trivia

* Casey Snagem was originally conceived after Ash's controversial loss of the Kalos Pokémon League and expressed crossoverpairinglover's sentiments on the question of whether Ash is a "failure."
* Casey has the record for the longest reign as Orange Island League Champion.
* Image created by acpeters.

## Links

1. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon\_anime
2. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Generation\_I
3. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Generation\_II
4. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Casey-Snagem-Design-838452893