>>499825931.The dealers/trainers of Capsule Monsters in later generations partially inspired the ranger trainer class, apart from Red/Chase and Elaine and Hilbert and Hilda, with the whips becoming lassos.
2.Snow day Red is just the third version outfit for "The Pocket Monsters Trainer -ポケットモンスター 青" with a scarf like the ones found in Emerald or Platinum.
3.Nowhere it's implied or stated explicitly an official age for the GSC protagonists, for all we know they could be from 12 to 14 based on their looks and contemporary fashion trends at the time nor for any other protagonists besides (roughly) 15 for Lucas/Dawn in PLA and 11 again for the Sun and Moon characters as a call back to the RGBY manuals for the 20th Anniversary.