Bettie

Bettie is a trainer hailing from an unknown region and is the current champion of the Pokemon Masters League (PML). She is currently working as an active member of the Pasio Search Team. She is a protagonist in Pokemon Masters: Rainbow Rocket.

## Appearance

Bettie is a pale skinned, thin young girl with black eyes and black hair tied up into a bun. She typically wears a sporty outfit consisting of a white, off the shoulders shirt with a Pokeball design, a black form fitting undershirt, blue high cut shorts, black leggings, blue and yellow Velcro sneakers, a red backpack with yellow straps and her signature blue, black and white baseball cap with a Pokeball symbol in the center. She keeps her Poryphone attached to her backpack. Her sync stone is embedded into said phone.

## Personality

Bettie is a wide eyed, plucky young trainer who is confident in her battling abilities, however rarely ever speaks. She is extremely optimistic, bubbly and has a childlike wonder when dealing with the things around her. This is sometimes to her own detriment, as she has a tendency to be impulsive and will not think things through before doing them. Some examples of this is when she doesn't bring a coat to the Glacier area and forgets to put on sunscreen when going to the beach.

She is a quick thinker and learner, having excelled in picking up Pasio battles and riding through the ranks with her teammates to make it through to the PML finals. She shows to be quite the people person, having managed to recruit several teammates to rotate in and out during the competition. She would go on to make a plethora of friends and rivals along the way.

One aspect of Bettie that isn't touched on as much is her timid side. When unable to turn the mood around with a cheery look or some encouragement, she will often retreat into her mind. When extremely stressed, she will communicate less through her body language until she is unresponsive. She appears to have some self worth issues, feeling as though she doesn't have much value to offer when it comes to the villain search expeditions. Her usual silence is partially influenced because of these issues. After witnessing Kris' impalement during one of their worst expeditions, Bettie now appears more timid and easily frightened by default. She has a tendency to dissociate.

## History

Bettie arrived to Pasio several months ago, soon before the first PML took place. It's unknown how she arrived, however she quickly grew adjusted and made herself a temporary home on the island. She formed a team with Kantonian trainers Misty and Brock and would go on to build that team with more members in order to compete in the upcoming tournament. On her way, she would meet Paulo, who poses as her rival during the PML. Bettie and Paulo would encounter Team Break numerous times, the former managing to assist in beating them during their invasion during the PML finals.

Some time after the events of the first PML, Bettie joined the Pasio search team in order to track down and stop villain activity.

## Pokémon

### Pikachu

Pikachu is Bettie's closest and trusted partner Pokemon. The two met before Bettie arrived on Pasio, Pikachu being her first Pokemon. The two have been with each other for a good while and are practically inseparable.

### Torchic

Torchic is one of Bettie's newer Pokemon that she received from a trainer on the island. Torchic is timid and shy, but Bettie works with it well to try and overcome this when it's time for a battle.

### Squirtle

Squirtle is a Pokemon Bettie received from Professor Bellis soon after arriving to Pasio. She raised it from an egg and took good care of it until it hatched. The two seem to have a good relationship with one another.

### Marill

Not much is known about Bettie and Marill's relationship. It can only be assumed the two met before Bettie came to Pasio. The two seem to be on good terms. Marill enjoys playing at the beach with other Pokemon.

### Hoppip

Not much is known about Bettie and Hoppip's relationship. It can only be assumed the two met before Bettie came to Pasio. The two seem to be on good terms. Hoppip enjoys gliding along light breezes.

### Spheal

Not much is known about Bettie and Spheal's relationship. It can only be assumed the two met before Bettie came to Pasio. The two seem to be on good terms. Spheal enjoys rolling around and sunbathing. It seems to be a little derpy.

## Relationships

### Lear

Bettie and Lear go back to soon after she arrived on Pasio. The two met in the Pokemon center and quickly clashed when Bettie admitted she didn't know who the Prince was, even though he acted as though she should. He made a comment about her "shoddy hat" and went on his way, accompanied by his retainers, Rachel and Sawyer. The two would cross paths again later after Lear defeats a gym leader during one of the PML prerequisite battles. Bettie and Lear have a proper battle in which Lear is the victor. After a round of gloating and flat out bullying Bettie, her teammates call out Lear for his actions and he leaves. The trainers reunite later on in the tournament where the teams battle again, this time for Bettie's team to come out on top. This enrages Lear who is once again called out for his actions and poor sportsmanship. Bettie's team leaves him be. Overtime through some help from Bettie's teammate Cheren, Lear begins to see the errors of his ways and exhibits a nicer, humbler attitude towards defeat when he is defeated by Bettie and co in the PML semi-finals. He admits to her that he picked on her due to his resentment towards Red and his inability to have fun during Pokemon battles. The two slowly start to patch things up after this and become good rivals. Bettie shows great care, concern and respect for Lear as a friend and rival and admires how far he has come since when they first met.

### Cheren

Bettie and Cheren appear to have a good standing relationship. The two met during the first PML where Cheren decided to join Bettie's team after losing to her. He admires her strength and is protective of her as he would be with one of his students. Bettie generally enjoys his company and values his input as a gym leader and teacher. She views him as an older brother type.

### Owl

Bettie and Owl met the day they arrived on Pasio with their father, Colress. Bettie's Pikachu runs into the two on the road and leads Owl to Bettie who is asleep under a tree. After the Pokemon wakes her up, Owl awkwardly introduces themself to Bettie who returns the gesture. Eager to make a new friend, Bettie offers to give them a tour, which they accept, and the two spend some time together sightseeing afterwards. They go on to work together in the Pasio search team. Bettie seems to be one of the few people who completely sees Owl separately from Colress, not holding any biased opinions of them due to their father's criminal history. She hopes to get closer to Owl, as she enjoys hanging out with them and is impressed by their technological skills. She was more than happy to get to battle them, even if it resulted in her loss in the end.

### Colress

Bettie and Colress seem to have a decent working relationship. The two met the day Colress and Owl arrived at Pasio. Due to her limited knowledge of Neo Plasma's influence in Unova, she holds little to no grudges against the scientist although is curious of his true intent. She sometimes feels inferior to him due to his intellect and worries that Colress may not like her, due to the way he puts words to his emotions. Bettie feels particularly useless during their encounter with Ghetsis in the glacier area. The two alongside Shauntal return to Colress' home where he gives the two blankets and hot chocolate to warm up with. Any worries of being disliked, alongside any doubts in Colress' character are put to rest after this display of hospitality towards her. Despite not understanding some of his decisions and not approving of his morally ambiguous methods of gaining information, she chooses to believe the best in him and still is thankful for what he as done for her personally.

### Kris

Bettie and Kris seem to have a stable working relationship. Bettie looks up to Kris because of their alleged strength as the former Johto champion. She volunteers to join her and Lyra on an expedition but feels awkward as she knows the two have been through a lot as of late and it isn't her place to speak up, even if she wants to. She is mortified when Kris is impaled by Ghetsis' Kyurem and shows a deep level of concern for their life, sobbing uncontrollably in the waiting room after they are brought back for surgery. Bettie is incredibly relieved at hearing of their recovery and is in the process of recovering from the event. She is currently unaware that Kris died for 4 minutes during surgery.

### Lyra

Bettie and Lyra appear to have a stable working relationship. Similarly to Kris, Bettie was horrified at the news of what happened to Lyra during her first mission and was devastated at hearing that she lost her hand. Due to Lyra's more innocent, sweet nature, Bettie views her more as a potentially good friend of equal footing than an older role model such as Kris. Bettie hopes to support Lyra in her recovery.

## Trivia

* Bettie admires the trainer Red and tends to take after him in some ways. Her typical silence is a main example.
* Bettie generally doesn't enjoy talking outside of simple responses and dreads situations where she has to be the main source of verbal communication.
* While she is already notably quiet, Bettie has a habit of becoming even quieter when upset or stressed.
* As seen during the Beach Episode, Bettie loves to go swimming.
* Most of Bettie's outfits consist of the same aesthetic as her main outfit. It's rare that she will deviate from the basic color scheme and style.
* Despite having a team of Pokemon that were mostly unevolved, Bettie managed to win the first PML tournament and become champion. Despite this incredible feat, she is not all that well known across the island and chooses not to flaunt the little fame she does possess.
* When she has the time, Bettie will occasionally help Lear shoot promotional footage for Pasio. This implies she has some basic skills in handling a camera and/or filming equipment.