Geddy

Geddy's self-demonstrating page is here.

Geddy is Kimberly Bond's Primarina, and the fifth Pokemon she acquired on her journey, as well as the last of the "original five" to be captured (the others being Paul (Kim's Butterfree), Sinatra, Dio, and Kaylan).

Artwork of Geddy, as done by Azikenn.

Appearance

In his Pokemon form, Geddy resembles a normal Primarina, save for a pair of round red glasses similar to the ones worn by his namesake.

In his human form (Dirk Weinreb), Geddy appears as a roughly twenty-something, androgynous-looking man with long light blue hair similar to the hair of his namesake, along with a white headband. He wears a white undershirt and a white suit over top of it, along with a pair of dark blue jeans with pink patterns on them and white shoes and socks. He wears a long, light blue scarf around his neck, and retains the round red glasses that he had in his Pokemon form.

Personality and characteristics

Geddy is just as kindhearted and modest as his namesake- if not even more so. He has a love for the band RUSH and all of its members, but not to the point of obsession, and he is always there to help another Pokemon in need. Most notably, he is adept at comforting other Pokemon through panic attacks, most notably the easily panicked Freddie. Thus far, Geddy has comforted Freddie through panic attacks twice, and generally serves as Freddie's main form of comfort that is not named Elton. As a Popplio and later a Brionne, Geddy is very much mature for his age, and is able to tell whenever his Trainer or another member of his team is under distress, which will usually be followed by him emerging from his [=PokeBall=] on his own. This was notably seen during Ian and Evelyn's Motostoke Gym Challenge, when, upon noticing Hoops having a panic attack he led them out of the stadium and gave them time to calm down, listening to what they had to say all the while. He's extremely humble and will often blush with slight embarrassment whenever somebody gives him what he deems is undeserved credit or praise.

Unlike Paul and Kaylan, who will use their moves when necessary and won't hesitate to knock opponents out, Geddy is a full-on pacifist with regard to physical moves. He's fine with battling, but just doesn't like to use physical moves in battle, preferring instead to sing "Rivendell" by Rush to soothe opponents to sleep. However, Geddy will use physical moves whenever he finds it necessary to do so; upon hearing that Kim was planning to use him for Motostoke, Geddy recognized that he'd probably have to learn non-status moves in order to do so, and proceeded to learn both Aqua Jet and Ice Beam from Oshawittle. The latter move, however, accidentally struck Kaylan, causing Geddy to be absolutely horrified. Later on, in the Motostoke Gym Battle when he evolved, Geddy used it again and froze Kabu's Arcanine solid, causing him to go through a bit of a crisis afterwards. Later on, however, during his battle in Spikemuth, he was able to use physical moves without issue, implying that since his evolution into a Primarina and his offscreen learning of Draining Kiss, he is now fine with fainting the opponent if he feels like he needs to. Despite his relatively soft and kind demeanor, Geddy still has the exact same power when singing that his namesake does. His version of Growl is a full-on metal scream, and he can hit the high note at the end of Cygnus X-1 without strain- though of course, he won't admit that. He did, however, demonstrate it the first time he used Sparkling Aria upon his evolution into a Primarina.

Geddy can also be a rather emotional Pokemon, especially with regard to the members of Rush or when he hears about a horrible tragedy-- the death of Neil Peart brought him to full on-tears and-- as Orwell put it-- "profspeak", which shocked every member of Kim's team, as Geddy normally doesn't like to curse or yell at people or Pokemon. He also was taken completely aback by the hospitalization of David Bond, Kim's father, and sincerely hoped that he made a full recovery, and he also burst into tears of sympathy when he saw the burns that Hoops had gotten from a wild Centiskorch in their youth. Besides Freddie, Geddy also has a relationship with Orwell-- though not as close as the one shared between him and Elton, or between him and Peechee. This was most profoundly shown after Orwell evolved into a Crawdaunt and subsequently had thoughts that he had turned evil due to him now being a Dark-type Pokemon (the Dark-type is known as the "evil type" in Japan, and many Dark-types, including most Crawdaunt, are associated with aggression, dirty tactics, or mischievousness). In response, Geddy was very quick to reassure Orwell that despite his evolution, he wasn't the least bit evil, and that the same was true of other Dark-type Pokemon or Pokemon that know Dark-type moves (pointing to Dio specifically as an example). Geddy is also the second Pokemon on Kim's team, after Elton, to fully accept Orwell's use of Newspeak- though unlike Elton, he can't always understand it.

As of Motostoke, Geddy often wears a pair of round red glasses similar to the ones worn by his namesake. They are not Choice Specs; just regular glasses.

Kim's personality file on him reads as follows:

"NEW POKEMON: GEDDY THE POPPLIO. EVEN THOUGH I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH HIM FOR A SHORT TIME I CAN ALREADY GET A SENSE OF HIS PERSONALITY. HE IS EVERY BIT AS SWEET, HUMBLE AND MODEST AS HIS NAMESAKE, AND IS PROBABLY EVEN MORE SYMPATHETIC THAN KAYLAN IS. RIGHT NOW AS I AM WRITING THIS HE IS CALMING DOWN AND TALKING TO THE SOBBLE AND SCORBUNNY. HE ALSO LOVES [RUSH] AND [DREAM THEATRE], WHO HE CALLS "METAL RUSH". I AM NOW SITTING HERE WONDERING WHAT HE WOULD THINK OF [NEIL PEART] DYING. RIP [NEIL PEART] 1957-2020. (...) GEDDY IS PROBABLY THE SWEETEST POPPLIO I HAVE EVER MET. HE IS CURRENTLY SINGING "RIVENDELL" TO FREDDIE. AKA THE SOFTEST SONG RUSH HAS EVER RECORDED. I AM ABOUT TO START CRYING."

Background

Not much is known about Geddy's backstory or his past prior to meeting Kim. The most we know so far is that he likely used to live on the Alola beach near Hau'oli City where Kim caught him, and that he would listen to Rush and Dream Theater music constantly, as evidenced by his first line in the RP.

Details

• Met: Alola, The Beach
• Birthday: July 29th (shared with his namesake)
• Ability: Liquid Voice
• Favorite Move: Sing
• Nature: Modest
• Characteristic: Alert to sounds
• Ball: Poke
• Likes: His Trainer, his friends, helping his Trainer, helping his fellow Pokemon, comforting his fellow Pokemon, comforting other people, singing, the music of Rush, the music of Dream Theatre, Freddie, Orwell, Joel, battling, the game show The Voice, any and all singing and music competition based TV shows
• Dislikes: Seeing his friends sad or hurt, seeing his Trainer sad or hurt, fighting, seeing people or Pokemon cry, seeing Freddie cry, seeing people or Pokemon in pain, injustice, the circumstances surrounding Neil Peart's death, cursing, yelling, not being able to help peoplemons, Jigsaw
• Evolves in: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12971269370a74820100&page=22846#571140 (same as Freddie), https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12971269370a74820100&page=23084#577087
• Hasslemon typing quirk: (As is befitting Geddy's modesty, his typing quirk is among the least extensive of all of Kim's Pokemon-- he merely encases his words in parenthesis and adds a less than sign at the end, to resemble a fish.)<

A prospective fullbody Geddy gijinka, as done by Goldenheart388.

Known Moves

• : Sing, Growl, Protect
• : Baby-Doll Eyes, Draining Kiss
• : Calm Mind, Stored Power
• : Aqua Jet, Sparkling Aria
• : Ice Beam

Trivia

• Geddy was named after Geddy Lee, lead singer and bassist of Rush, due to his modest and kindhearted personality; though word of god says the main reason was because Kimberly Bond (and by extension, Goldenheart388) believe that Geddy Lee's Pokemon equivalent would be a male Primarina (due to the gender ratio of Primarina being mostly male- in the 1970's when Rush first came out it was a bit hard to tell if Geddy Lee was a male or female, and people were often shocked to find out that he was in fact a dude).
• Geddy's human name is Dirk Weinreb-- "Dirk" being a common fan nickname for Geddy Lee; and "Weinreb" coming from Lee's full name, Geddy Lee Weinreb.
• Geddy's chat handle is DirkSeal21, and his Hasslemon chat handle, according to Goldenheart388, is modestPinniped (MP), which has the same initials as that of Rush's most famous album, Moving Pictures.
• According to Goldenheart388, Geddy's character theme is "The Pass" by Rush, his Broadway character theme is "You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen, and his headcanon voice as a Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina is that of Brina Palencia as Tony Tony Chopper from One Piece.
• Geddy's birthday, July 29th, is shared with that of his namesake Geddy Lee. This holds true for all mons on Kimberly Bond's team save for Orwell, Peechee, and Boseman.
• Geddy shares his birthday with Serkis.