Rex Hunter

Name:	Rex Hunter
Nickname/Alias:	--
Gender:	Male
Sexuality:	Unknown
Age:	17 (2013)
Height:	Unknown
Ethnicity:	Unknown
Birthday:	October 9th, 1996
Attribute:	N/A
Trainer ID:	N/A
Home:	Goldenrod City
Pokéform:	Spinda
Starter:	Rascal
Status:	Alive

Rex Hunter is a Pokémon Trainer from Goldenrod City. He is an upbeat young man, eager to help out anyone he can. However, he has a tendency to get himself and people around him into trouble. Rex began his regional journeys in his home region of Johto, becoming an intern of Prof. Elm's in the process. After his journey in the Sevii Islands, he met and became an unofficial member of the J-Team.

Profile

Rex and Rascal prior to meeting the J-Team.

Writer: Hobgoblin

First Appearance: Page 3583

Occupation: Trainer; Apprentice Pokémon Researcher

Role Models: His mother, Silent

Likes: His Pokémon, training, reading, playing games, puzzles

Dislikes: Pushy people, bossy girls, being interrupted while doing something, being the center of attention in crowds

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual (and possibly Eros)

Dating Status: Single

Key Items: Pokédex (dark blue and sea foam green), Pokégear (black) worn on his right wrist (Clock, GPS Map, Phone, and Radio functions), Running Shoes (activated by inserting a command into the Pokégear), Backpack, Berry Pouch, TM Case, Mega Stone Bracelet, a large notebook filled with his research notes

Background

Rex in modern day.

Rex was born to Faith and Andrew Hunter in Goldenrod City, Johto, October 9, 1996. His early childhood years were fairly normal, though his overactive imagination and penchant for fantasy caused him to grow up relatively friendless. As a result, he spent much of his time indoors, filling his time by either playing video games or mock-wrestling with his mother's Hitmontop.

Due to his father being at work for most of the day, Rex's interests stemmed from his mother's. Due to her influence, he developed both his love of reading and his desire to become a Pokémon Trainer. However, his father felt that he should not own a Pokémon, much to the boy's displeasure.

Eventually, Rex found himself heading to the Game Corner one day, managing to do moderately well enough. Cashing in his earnings, he was able to purchase an Eevee which he named Rascal. Forming an immediate bond, the little boy excited to finally have a friend of his own. Rather than playing with others, they would explore various parts of town and have their own “adventures”. However, his father grew upset by Faith's gradual encouragement of what he perceived as "a future of frivolity" and separated from his family, heading to Kanto.

As Rex became older, he became aware of the Pokémon battles that other people were partaking in. Deciding to use them as a way to finally get others to notice them, Rex challenged the first person he came across, a girl who had recently moved into the city. Unfortunately, she easily defeated him on three separate occasions. Devastated, Rex decided to give up on battling, returning to his childhood games. But, despite his love for Rascal, he still felt empty inside, the games no longer as amusing as they used to be.

Six months later, Rex became aware that the girl who defeated him was actually the new gym leader of the Goldenrod Gym, Whitney. Feeling a sudden twinge of resolve, Rex was determined to surpass her and all of the other trainers in Goldenrod. At the beginning of the next Johto League Season, Rex set out with Rascal, beginning what would later become an unusual adventure. Along the way, he encountered the J-Team and even met a few other trainers who would go on to become long-term friends of his, such as Kim and Owen.

At present, Rex has decided to forgo battling Gym Leaders after working up the nerve to triumph over Sinnoh's Gyms, instead focusing on studying Pokémon for the Pokédex project.

Rex's Pokémon

Caspian

Rascal

Ohm

Fang

Lian

Gin

Sahara

Maitake

Sirocco

Cassandra

Damian

Rosetta

Trivia

• Rex's canon backstory is that his father left his mother when he was young after their move, leaving her to deal with a great amount of debt. As a result, Rex was sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Unova, acquiring Rascal from Amanita and Fennel. Following that, he set out on a journey to train for his goal of battling against the various Fighting-type experts in the world.