D'Autry

D'Autry is Laurie Hitoki's Sandslash, and the first Pokémon they acquired on their journey.

Appearance

In his Pokemon form, D'Autry resembles a regular Sandslash, albeit one with a yellow straw cowboy hat and slightly rounder eyes- likely to give him a "cuter" and more friendly appearance.

In his human form (prospective name Kris Rogers), D'Autry is presented as a late-teens/early-twenties man with short brown hair and blue eyes. He wears a yellow shirt with a brown jacket over top of it and a yellow necklace with a gold circle on it, as well as long yellow jeans, long black socks, and brown and gold boots. Additionally, he keeps his cowboy hat from his Pokemon form, and is very often seen with a guitar (which, due to his new human form, he is now able to play).

Details

• Met: Eterna City (given by Laurie's father)
• Birthday: November 28th
• Ability: Sand Veil
• Favorite Move: Rapid Spin
• Nature: Naive
• Characteristic: Good perseverance
• Likes: His Trainer; Cole; rock, metal, and country music; his friends; going to and listening to the Grand Ole Operetta/GOOprix/GO2; the band Flogging Molly; watching documentaries; music history; writing letters to the GO2; battling; the game shows Name That Tune, Only Connect, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks; repeatedly watching Ken Burns' country music documentary; the Grady Smith and Professor of Rock YouTube channels; CCR
• Dislikes: The fact that Cole is gone; seeing his Trainer sad; seeing his friends sad; anyone stifling his enthusiasm for getting Flogging Molly onto the GO2; anyone who mindlessly bashes country music, Flogging Molly, Daughtry, and/or the GO2; any negative responses from the GO2
• Nickname origin: From the band Daughtry (and their lead singer Chris Daughtry by proxy); along with the "singing cowboy" Gene Autry
• Favorite bands: Flogging Molly, Daughtry, and CCR
• Ball: Poke
• Hasslemon typing quirk: =8o All messages start with a shamr(o)ck, representing his l(o)ve (o)f Celtic rock music. All O's are surr(o)unded by parenthesis t(o) have them resemble a rec(o)rd, as well as the massive circle (o)f w(o)(o)d present at the G(O)2. All instances (o)f the letters G and (O) t(o)gether are capitalized, and all messages end with a guitar that s(o)metimes will say s(o)mething depending (o)n D'Autry's em(o)ti(o)ns (o)r th(o)ughts, with "THANKS" usually being the default message. ===(O)

A prospective fullbody D'Autry gijinka, as done by Goldenheart388.

Known Moves

• : Crush Claw, Defense Curl, Rapid Spin, Swift, Fury Swipes, Slash
• : Agility
• : Poison Sting
• : Rollout
• : Fury Cutter
• : Sand Attack, Bulldoze, Sand Tomb, Dig
• : Gyro Ball
• : Night Slash

Trivia

• D'Autry's nickname is derived from two different musicians. The first is Chris Daughtry, lead singer of his eponymous band (i.e. Daughtry; hence the pronunciation), and the second is the singing cowboy Gene Autry (hence the spelling). As such, D'Autry's birthday is neither of his two namesakes', but is instead November 28th, which is, fittingly, the day that the Grand Ole Opry first made its radio debut.
• According to Goldenheart388, D'Autry's Hasslemon handle is celticCatalyst (CC). This is a reference to the entire reasoning behind D'Autry wanting to get Flogging Molly- a Celtic punk band- on the GO2, namely that it will end up serving as a catalyst for more rock and metal artists getting onto the GO2.
• According to Goldenheart388, D'Autry's regular artist-matched character theme is "Long Live Rock and Roll" by Daughtry, his non artist-matched character theme is the Flogging Molly cover of "The Times They Are a-Changing" by Bob Dylan, and his Japanese character theme is "StaRt" by Mrs. GREEN APPLE. The first song relates to D'Autry's love of rock and metal music; the last two songs relate to D'Autry's desire for change within the GO2.
• D'Autry is the second character that Goldenheart388 has written for to have a Hasslemon handle abbreviation of CC, after Letina (classicalComprehension (CC)).
• Multiple other Hasslemon handles were considered for D'Autry before celticCatalyst (CC) won out. Among them were testingTradition (TT), oprixmisticOverhaul (OO), and celticCountry (CC). The latter option won, though it was changed to celticCatalyst (CC).
• Out of all the starter mons owned by one of Goldenheart388's characters, D'Autry has the most diverse moveset and knows the most amount of moves out of all of them.