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|name=Fame Checker
|jname=ボイスチェッカー
|jtrans=Voice Checker
|art=Fame Checker
|size=250px
|caption=Artwork from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen by [[Ken Sugimori]]
|gen=III
|colorscheme=key items
}}
{{ItemInfobox/BagRowBottom|III|Key items|group={{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}{{gameabbrev3|E}}}}
|}

The '''Fame Checker''' (Japanese: '''ボイスチェッカー''' ''Voice Checker'') is a [[Key Item]] that appears in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. It records miscellaneous information about famous people (such as [[Gym Leader]]s).

The Fame Checker has a simple design. It is dark red and has a screen roughly the size of the [[Pokédex]] screen. It has four black circular buttons on the left side, and on the right side it has a Poké Ball-shaped button or wheel split into three different portions.

==In the core series games==
===Effect===
====Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen====
[[File:Fame checker use.png|thumb|250px|right|The Fame Checker user interface]]
In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there are several characters who the {{player}} can collect information about in the Fame Checker.

Each character who appears in the Fame Checker has six different entries that can be unlocked. Each of these entries corresponds to a quote about the character that the player can encounter within the game. When the player encounters this dialogue in the game, it will be registered in their Fame Checker. Each entry has a title (e.g. "Favorite kind of Pokémon", "Friends and Family", etc.), a location (which does not necessarily correspond to the save location), and the character or text being quoted; additionally, the overworld sprite of the character or object that provided the quote appears as an icon that represents that entry. Prior to unlocking an entry, it appears as a question mark with no title or indication of where the player can unlock it.

These quotes can come from a variety of sources: the character themselves, major characters, unnamed NPCs, NPC Trainers, signs, {{DL|Magazines in the Pokémon world|Pokémon Journal}}, etc.

Once all six data pieces are obtained in a person's section, the player can read a message that that character has sent directly to the player.

The characters who have information stored in the Fame Checker in Generation III are as follows:

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{black color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{black color}}"
|-
| style="background: #{{kanto color}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | [[File:Spr FRLG Oak.png|link=Professor Oak#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{normal color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Daisy Oak.png|link=Daisy Oak#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{rock color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Brock.png|link=Brock#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{water color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Misty.png|link=Misty#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{electric color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Lt Surge.png|link=Lt. Surge#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{grass color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Erika.png|link=Erika#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{poison color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Koga.png|link=Koga#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{psychic color}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | [[File:Spr FRLG Sabrina.png|link=Sabrina#Fame Checker]]
|-
| style="background: #{{kanto color light}};" | {{color2|{{kanto color dark}}|Professor Oak|Prof. Oak}}
| style="background: #{{normal color light}};" | {{color2|{{normal color dark}}|Daisy Oak|Daisy}}
| style="background: #{{rock color light}};" | {{color2|{{rock color dark}}|Brock}}
| style="background: #{{water color light}};" | {{color2|{{water color dark}}|Misty}}
| style="background: #{{electric color light}};" | {{color2|{{electric color dark}}|Lt. Surge}}
| style="background: #{{grass color light}};" | {{color2|{{grass color dark}}|Erika}}
| style="background: #{{poison color light}}" | {{color2|{{poison color dark}}|Koga}}
| style="background: #{{psychic color light}};" | {{color2|{{psychic color dark}}|Sabrina}}
|-
| style="background: #{{fire color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Blaine.png|link=Blaine#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ground color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Giovanni.png|link=Giovanni#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ice color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Lorelei.png|link=Lorelei#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{fighting color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Bruno.png|link=Bruno#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Agatha.png|link=Agatha#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Lance.png|link=Lance#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{johto color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Bill.png|link=Bill#Fame Checker]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color}};" | [[File:Spr FRLG Mr Fuji.png|link=Mr. Fuji#Fame Checker]]
|-
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" | {{color2|{{fire color dark}}|Blaine}}
| style="background: #{{ground color light}};" | {{color2|{{ground color dark}}|Giovanni}}
| style="background: #{{ice color light}};" | {{color2|{{ice color dark}}|Lorelei}}
| style="background: #{{fighting color light}};" | {{color2|{{fighting color dark}}|Bruno}}
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}};" | {{color2|{{ghost color dark}}|Agatha}}
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}};" | {{color2|{{dragon color dark}}|Lance}}
| style="background: #{{johto color light}};" | {{color2|{{johto color dark}}|Bill}}
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{color2|{{ghost color dark}}|Mr. Fuji}}
|}

Clicking a character's sprite will direct to their Fame Checker transcript.

====Pokémon Emerald====
In {{game|Emerald}}, the Fame Checker is found in the game data, but it is [[List of unobtainable items|not legitimately obtainable]] and has no effect when used.

===Description===
{{movedesc|Key items}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A device that enables you to recall what you've heard and seen about famous people.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|E}}|Stores information on famous people for instant recall.}}
|}
|}

===Acquisition===
{{ItemAvailability/keyhead|Key items}}
|-
| {{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
| [[Cerulean City]] (from {{ga|Blue}} after defeating him)
|}
|}

==In the manga==
[[File:Fame Checker Adventures.png|thumb|250px|A Fame Checker in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|FireRed & LeafGreen}}====
Fame Checkers first appeared in ''[[PS269|Return to Pallet Town]]''. When {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}} returned to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] in [[Pallet Town]], they discovered three Fame Checkers left for them and {{adv|Green}} by {{adv|Professor Oak}}. On the Fame Checkers, the two [[Pokédex holder]]s heard a voice message from the Professor himself, asking them to deposit their [[Pokédex]]es into the [[PC]] {{DL|PC|Item Storage System}}, much to their surprise and confusion.

In ''[[PS282|Going Green]]'', it was revealed that Professor Oak had been forced to make the aforementioned voice messages by [[Orm]] as a part of [[Team Rocket]]'s plan to have Professor Oak reverse-engineer Team Rocket their own version of the Pokédex in preparation of {{pkmn2|caught|catching}} {{adv|Deoxys}}. However, what Orm hadn't noticed was that Professor Oak had secretly turned Green's Fame Checker on while being attacked, recording the conversation between him and Orm into it.
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==Trivia==
* In Koga's Fame Checker entries, his daughter [[Janine]] is incorrectly identified as "Charine".

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{Key items color}}|bordercolor={{Key items color}}
|fr=Memorydex
|de=Ruhmesdatei
|it=PokéVIP
|pt_br=Verificador de Voz
|vi=Máy kiểm tra giọng nói
|es=Memorín
}}

==See also==
* [[List of Key Items in Generation III]]

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