Hero Pokémon

The hero Pokémon or hero is the protagonist and starting player character in the games of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.

Terminology

Hero Pokémon

This is known as "hero Pokémon" in the manuals of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team. For instance:

• "You can see how to control the hero Pokémon by reading this section."
• "When you touch the hero Pokémon, it takes one step in the direction it's facing."

Hero

This has been shortened to "hero" in the manuals of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky. For instance:

• "Meowth and Munchlax are only candidates for the partner. They are not available as candidates for the hero."
• "The hero moves by taking the shortest route and stops on reaching that spot."
• "If the hero's Belly is empty, the hero loses 1 HP on every turn."

In the games

Originally, the player chooses their character by a quiz, but in the Adventure Squad games and Gates to Infinity, the character can be chosen manually; in later games, it can be chosen by either method. After choosing their character, the player also chooses a partner from the remaining Pokémon, so long as it is not the same type as the player. Up until Explorers of Sky, the partner can only be selected from first partner Pokémon or Pikachu.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team and Rescue Team DX

Bulbasaur		Charmander		Squirtle		Pikachu
Grass	Poison	Fire		Water		Electric
Meowth		Psyduck		Machop		Cubone
Normal		Water		Fighting		Ground
Eevee		Chikorita		Cyndaquil		Totodile
Normal		Grass		Fire		Water
Treecko		Torchic		Mudkip		Skitty
Grass		Fire		Water		Normal

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

Bulbasaur		Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Meowth	Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile
Grass	Poison	Fire	Water	Electric	Normal	Grass	Fire	Water
Treecko		Torchic	Mudkip	Skitty	Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup	Munchlax
Grass		Fire	Water	Normal	Grass	Fire	Water	Normal

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Bulbasaur		Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Vulpix	Eevee	Chikorita
Grass	Poison	Fire	Water	Electric	Fire	Normal	Grass
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Phanpy	Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip	Skitty
Fire		Water	Ground	Grass	Fire	Water	Normal
		Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup	Shinx	Riolu
		Grass	Fire	Water	Electric	Fighting

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad!

Charmander	Vulpix	Growlithe	Eevee	Cyndaquil
Fire	Fire	Fire	Normal	Fire
Teddiursa	Torchic	Chimchar	Buneary
Normal	Fire	Fire	Normal

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad!

Squirtle	Totodile	Wooper		Phanpy	Mudkip
Water	Water	Water	Ground	Ground	Water
Azurill	Wynaut	Piplup		Riolu
Normal	Psychic	Water		Fighting

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad!

Pikachu	Meowth	Psyduck	Pichu	Togepi
Electric	Normal	Water	Electric	Normal
Mareep	Elekid	Shinx	Pachirisu
Electric	Electric	Electric	Electric

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Pikachu	Snivy	Tepig	Oshawott	Axew
Electric	Grass	Fire	Water	Dragon

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

Bulbasaur		Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Chikorita
Grass	Poison	Fire	Water	Electric	Grass
Cyndaquil		Totodile	Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip
Fire		Water	Grass	Fire	Water
Turtwig		Chimchar	Piplup	Riolu	Snivy
Grass		Fire	Water	Fighting	Grass
Tepig		Oshawott	Chespin	Fennekin	Froakie
Fire		Water	Grass	Fire	Water

See also

• First partner Pokémon
• List of the player's first Pokémon
• Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)

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