>>50056472I like this
>>50057667Also like this, but I'd rather he looked like complete shit because:
>He's running out of money or something, not because he has a terminal condition. Like, he keeps losing to other trainers and having to fork over money to them.>At one point, you find him on a sleeping bag in an alleyway, or sleeping in a garage or something and he yells at you not to tell anyone.>In the late game, a chance lottery win basically turns him into pic related. This turn of fortunes gives him the confidence to beat the Elite Four and become champion before you in the style of Blue.>Your victory over him to become champion sends him plummeting back down into a more normal financial situation, but he's learned what's important in life - something something Pokemon, something something friendship, or whatever moral lesson you want to work in.