RVB POKEMON AU except most of them dont have “battle teams” since most adults in the pokemon universe dont
Grif: lv.31 Tropius, fruity king. Has a really close bond with his pokemon, and was never really interested in being a trainer.
Simmons: Has a full well-rounded team, and multiple in boxes he constantly switches out to give attention to. Ex-Pokémon trainer, and beat the gyms of his region, but stopped there. Main team… probably lv.70 Lucario, lv.80 Hydreigon, lv.77 Volcarona, lv.90 Sylveon, lv.80 Arcanine, lv.71 Gallade.
Sarge: lv.50 Red Garyados. Picky trainer that started later in life, and a picky pokemon to match. I think he caught him as a garyados after some anime-esque bonding scenario, but beforehand Sarge wasn’t much interested in having a pokemon of his own?
Donut: Pokemon coordinator, with a few battle pokemon! All of red team has the closest bonds to their pokemon, but Donut definitely makes it the most apparent! Donut will usually coordinate with his lv.30 Ninetales or lv.15 Jumpluff, and battles with his lv.45 Scolipede or lv.47 Luxray.
Church: No pokemon, but a wild Shedinja seems to follow him around a lot! Tucker ends up catching the Shedinja before they leave the gulch for good.
Tucker: He wasnt interested in pokemon as a kid, but caught the Shedinja that used to follow church around. They bond over the weirdness thats epsilon.
Caboose: Ex-Trainer! He only has his base team, and has poured a LOT of love into training them! He definitely spoils them. A suprising ammount of his pokemon are… “stolen” from bad situations. lv.50 Shiny Galvantula, lv.65 Silvally, lv.75 Deoxys dont ask how…, lv.60 Cofagrigus, lv.55 Cacturne, and a lv.60 Arcanine that has playdates with Simmons’.
Kai: lv.30 plusle and minun! Not a trainer or coordinator, but loves her pokemon!
Misc and Freelancers in another post im sleepy… if someone wants to show me their pokemon headcanons please give em!
Simmons having the “strongest team” even amongst some freelancers (will write later) is really important to his characterization to me? He doesnt talk about the fact that he was an Extremely Successful pokemon trainer much at all, and his pokemon usually only battle eachother (or have private battles with caboose’s) so no ones really shown how strong his pokemon and his bonds with his pokemon are! Just kind of like how he’s always walked all over and stepped on. He definitely bonds with Donut since he has one of the “weakest” pokemon in the gulch, level wise.
Church (and temporarily Tucker) never having pokemon is also really important to me!! Something something trauma and subjugation, but I also like the connection of alpha!church dying, and leaving behind two best friends who only bond after his death- Tucker, and the Shedinja. Especially since Tucker and Church’s friendship gets glossed over so often.
Most people dont know Caboose has a Deoxys, even the reds and blues dont find out till a LONG time. Deoxys does love to battle, but hates people knowing it exists as it considers that dangerous, so for the longest time only Caboose and Simmons knew. The people “in the know” expand over the seasons through accidents or big dramatic happenstances. Usually the “bad guys” only find out right before they see the red n blue alien hyperbeam their brains into dust.