>>51340184My god, the number of retards who don't know jack shit about lore in this thread is hilarious.
>Is literally the first protagonist in the franchise. Hoenn events start right after Red becomes Champion and establishes a trade connection between Kanto and Hoenn, which means all the other protags are merely following Red's footsteps.>Got bullied as a kid so he interested himself in Pokemon instead>Is the only protag who even gets a medium that suggests him completing the PokeDex. >Mewtwo is missing in GSC which suggests he completed it and caught Mewtwo too.>Makes the canonically most dangerous mountain in the Pokemon his personal training grounds>Actually appears in future Pokemon games that are outside his own games unlike the other retarded protags who are forgotten and left in the dust>Is the only protag who participates in the PWT Champions tier>Is the only character who is called a Legendary Trainer and Living Legend in B2W2 and Masters>Outright stated to be the strongest trainer in history>Beating him awards you the Legend Ribbon which states "for setting a legendary record" which just shows how big a deal fighting and winning against Red is>Beating a trainer once does not mean you are better than them. Red beats the shit out of Ethan in Masters. He only loses to the MC in a team battle but later wipes them in a solo battle as Blue admits in his Lodge Story>The only protag who actually grows up, becomes legal and actually has his game events canonized and referenced in multiple games>Rocket is the biggest mafia organization in the Pokemon World. Giovanni literally takes over the multiverse when Red isn't there to stop him. Giovanni even controls the other Team Leaders and was the only one who had two regions in the palm of his hand.>Red becomes the literal Battle Legend and Battle Tree Boss, outranking even the likes of Cynthia>In Masters multiple other protagonists admire him and dream about becoming more like himBow to the king.
