Caboose

Caboose is Leonard Braker's Klefki, and the eleventh Pokemon he caught on his journey.

Personality

Caboose, much like his namesake, is definitely among the more eccentric members of Leonard Braker's Pokemon team. At first glance, he is relatively lighthearted and cheerful-- and that demeanor is absolutely genuine, as is his airheadedness the rest of the time. Upon meeting Braker and his Pokemon for the first time in the Wild Area, he was immediately ecstatic about the possibility of meeting new friends, and happily greeted them as though they had already been caught. However, as his Naughty nature suggests, Caboose is also a prankster much like other members of his species. Like Panto, he enjoys playing relatively lighthearted pranks on people, especially people he's just met or is friendly towards. Unlike Panto, however, Caboose is not above doing things such as stealing objects-- particularly keys or anything resembling keys-- from other people. He did this when he first met Braker, causing Serkis to go after him. It's implied, but not shown on screen, that this led to his capture. Caboose is also extremely literal and airheaded involving certain things, which was best shown when he, Walter, Cuddles, and Braker overheard Kendall and Kamui discussing what had happened regarding the fake Golden Blaziken Dance in Motostoke. This immediately led Caboose to assume that Kendall was a god ("kamui", in Japanese, means "divine being"), much to Braker's frustration, and repeatedly tried to ask Kendall if he was a god. Said conversation implies that he also has at least a bit of knowledge regarding Japanese, as he was able to recognize the word "kamui" as meaning "divine being", and also implies that, like his namesake, Caboose is smarter than he initially appears. For the most part, Caboose much prefers to sit on the sidelines and commentate on other people's battles rather than actively participate in one himself, as he did during Ian and Evelyn's battle in Spikemuth and later during Hammerlocke. However, that doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy battling, as he very much does. His main battle strategy involves using status moves and his Prankster ability to give him as much of an advantage as possible, before dishing out attacks such as Flash Cannon, Play Rough, and Foul Play in order to catch the opponent off guard. In keeping with his namesake, Caboose is a bright blue color, in contrast with most other members of his species.

According to Goldenheart388, he watches Gamecube, and his favorite Gamecube game is Captain Bones.

Details

• Met: The Wild Area
• Ability: Prankster
• Favorite Move: Torment
• Nature: Naughty
• Characteristic: Somewhat of a clown
• Ball: Poke (caught offscreen)
• Hasslemon typing quirk: capitalizeS thE lasT letteR iN a worD, anD neglectS endinG punctuatioN

A prospective Caboose gijinka, as done by Goldenheart388.

Known Moves

Caboose has not been seen using any moves as of yet.

Trivia

• Caboose was named after Michael J. Caboose, arguably the most iconic character in Red vs. Blue, due to his eccentric and somewhat airheaded demeanor. The name is also reflected in his typing quirk, as the caboose is the last car on a train, and Caboose only capitalizes the last letter in a word.
• According to Goldenheart388, Caboose's Hasslemon handle is obtuseKeyring (OK). The abbreviation relates back to his species and demeanor, while also abbreviating to the common expression "OK", a reflection of Caboose's optimism.
• According to Goldenheart388, Caboose's character theme is "I Gotchoo" by Bowling for Soup, his Japanese character theme is "Pockettari Monsutarii"- the final ending theme of the original series of the Pokemon anime- and his headcanon voice is that of Michael J. Caboose himself.
• Caboose is the first character that Goldenheart388 has written for that was caught off-screen. He was going to be caught onscreen, but ended up getting caught offscreen shortly after Serkis began chasing him. The implication is that Serkis eventually found him and that Braker later caught him.
• The descriptions of the Pokemon mentioned in "Pockettari Monsutarii" reflect the appearance and behaviors of the ten other Pokemon who were on Braker's team at the time of Caboose's capture:
  • "Round ones"/"Mr. Reliable"= Walter
  • "Hairy ones"/"Yellow ones"= Cuddles
  • "Thin ones"/"Mr. Energetic"= Jules
  • "Sharp ones"/"Red ones"= Romea
  • "Swimming ones"/"Ones that are a gaudy mix"= Serkis
  • "Running ones"/"Green ones"= Panto
  • "Ones sleeping morning, day, and night"/"Pink ones"= Charon
  • "Flying ones"/"Mr. Careless"= Lithium
  • "Ones that are hard to explain"/"Mr. Worrywart"= Scramble
  • "Burning ones"/"Mr. Relaxed That It'll Work Out Somehow"= Snoop
• According to Goldenheart388, this was a coincidence that wasn't discovered until after she translated the song's lyrics.