Greta Parker

Greta Parker is the main character in Pocket Monsters.

Early Life
Greta is the daughter of two parents who run a Day Care Service in Pallet Town. When Greta was younger, Professor Oak would receive help from Greta's parents when Professor Oak extended the limit of Pokémon in his laboratory. Greta would occasionally go to Professor Oak's, and take Pokémon from there to the Day Care.

When Greta began high school, she saw there for the first time, as stated in. Although they never met in person or talked to each other, Greta recognized him as soon as she saw him in Professor Oak's laboratory. As implied in, Greta dropped school out earlier, but the reason remained unknown.

The Beginning


Greta debuted in, when she was accepted to Professor Oak's Summer Camp as one of the 16 students. As she stated earlier, she applied for it to get a Pokémon Trainer License. Shortly after, she received her first Pokémon, a from Professor Oak. In the early times, Nidoran has been shy and nervous when they first met, and Greta had tough times bearing with it, but they eventually warmed up and got along well.

The first day she started the summer camp, she encountered her childhood rival Madison, who secretly threatened her by implying that she knew the secret of why Greta dropped out the high school so soon. She also remembered Redwald when she saw him, and shortly after, she started a conversation with him about the high school, and they became friends.

In, all the students were requested to solve a riddle, and find a proper item they are tasked to. Greta brought Redwald to the library of the laboratory, and they both tried to solve their riddles by using Pokémon books. When Greta solved that they were requested to find a Potion, they went to the playground, where the item was kept hidden. Before Greta grabbed the item, a Diglett attacked Greta, and thus, Greta and Nidoran had their first Pokémon Battle, which ended with victory. That was the first big step of Greta and Nidoran to improve their relationship.

Greta and the other students were tasked to catch a Pokémon in Pallet Jungle in. Before heading there, Madison accused Greta being weak and untalented to catch a strong Pokémon. As a response to that, Greta challenged Madison to a Pokémon Battle after catching their first Pokémon in the jungle. Later on, Greta encountered a wild Spearow, but instead of catching him, she only battled and walked away. When Redwald asked why, Greta revealed that she always dreamed of catching a Caterpie, and she was going to make her first catch what she dreamed of. Shortly after, Greta encountered a, and battled her by using her Nidoran. When Caterpie was weakened, Greta threw the Poké Ball, and caught the Pokémon. That was the first time Greta extended her team. When Greta met Madison as promised, Greta refused to have a battle, by stating that instead of trying to prove who is stronger, she would prefer to make bond with her Pokémon.

Before they left the jungle, Greta, Redwald and were chased by a wild Kangaskhan in. Greta used her Caterpie for the first time to protect herself and the others from the Pokémon. Greta improved the tactic of using String Shot to slow down the foe, and then using Tackle on repeat until they faint. They did not manage to faint Kangaskhan, but bought time enough to escape.

Greta participated in Professor Oak's Summer Camp Competition in. As she passed through elimination round and quarter final by using her Nidoran and Caterpie, respectively, she got the chance to participate in the semi finals. That success scared Greta, as it could be a clear hint for her to choose a path for her future, but she could end up making a wrong decision after all. Despite of that, she battled against Madison and qualified to the grand finale to face against Blake. During her final battle in, Greta learned to analyze and make more rational decisions in the battles. She first used her Nidoran against. However, as she realized that Nidoran was super effected against Cubone's ground type moves, she substituted Nidoran with Caterpie. Remembering her success against the wild Kangaskhan, Greta had Caterpie use the same tactic, slowing down her opponent and defeating them, which worked just as expected. During her battle against, Greta had troubles reaching to Spearow, as the Pokémon constantly remained in the air. However, Greta ordered her Nidoran to climb a tree, and make contact from the top of it. Eventually, she defeated Spearow and became the Champion of Professor Oak's Summer Camp Competition in the season of 1996.

Greta's initial plan had always been staying home with her parents, and working at the Day Care Service with her parents. The first day that she began working there, an old man left his beloved Growlithe with them, asked to take care of him for a month. Greta, as her first task, cared for Growlithe, but no matter how hard she tried, it was not enough for him. Greta realized that what she read from books, or what she had in her brain could not help her, unless she has experience in the nature. Thus, she made a decision and went on a Pokémon journey along with Redwald across Kanto to discover Pokémon in their nature.

Part Red & Green


Despite of all her eager, determination and dedication to understand Pokémon and the nature, Greta had troubles dealing with a journey in the beginning. As a person who had always cared about nattiness, she could not adopt the nature easily. She had farther issues when she tried to keep the clothes and dishes clean all the time. Eventually in, after a long day, she was too close to cry. But her Pokémon, Nidoran and Caterpie popped out of their Poké Balls, and gave strength and courage to their trainer, to hold on and keep going. Greta made a promise to her Pokémon that she would be a trainer who they deserve. As she stated, as long as she had her Pokémon by her side, she would always keep going for her goal.

While Greta was in Viridian Forest with Redwald, she randomly encountered Madison. As she stated, Madison was on her own Pokémon journey as well. After a short war of words, the two got in a Pokémon battle. However, a Beedrill Pack interrupted their battle and attacked everyone including the trainers, their Pokémon and Redwald. When the crew was no longer able to escape from the pack, a young man and his Pokémon appeared, and the man ordered his Pokémon to put Beedrill in sleep. Shortly after, the man introduced himself as, and his Pokémon as. But during the attack, was poisoned, and thus, he needed an antidote. As no one had an antidote, Greta, Eusine and Madison teamed up to look for natural herbs to cook an antidote. As a result, the three got seperated and looked for specific herbs for each. On her way to get a Feverfew, Greta accidentally stepped on a, which later called a Parasect and attacked her. While Greta had a Pokémon battle with the Parasect, Eusine appeared once again, and protected Greta by using his Haunter. Eventually, they got their herbs, and kept walking back to Redwald and Eevee.

In, Greta and Eusine were kidnapped and tied to a tree by the Parasect Pack, and held hostage for a whole night. In the meantime, despite Greta and Eusine attempted to escape several times, all the attempts ended up as unsuccessful tries. Around dawn, the Beedrill pack appeared with a bunch of poachers, whose leader was Gabor, and they attacked the Parasect pack. Eusine figured out that the goal of Beedrill pack was to extend their living area, while the poachers only want to collect spores on Parasect's mushrooms to sell in black market. During this incident, it was revealed that the Parasect pack did not want any revenge intended goal, they only needed a support. Thus, Greta and Eusine agreed on battling alongside the Parasect pack. Caterpie battled Gabor's Exeggutor when the Parasect were about to lose the battle, and let all the spores be stolen. But Caterpie used the same String Shot and Tackle tactic, and defeated the ace Pokémon of the leader, which gave the pack courage and hope to win it, and they kept struggling. That brave step caused Caterpie to evolve into a Metapod. Eventually, they managed to get rid of the Beedrill pack and the poachers, but they kidnapped a Parasect from the pack. But also, Greta began to be extra careful for Metapod's protection, as she did not want to let any harm be caused.

Eusine thought that the Parasect pack would not let them go, unless they save their friend from the Beedrill pack. Therefore, he thought of coming up with a useful plan all day long. Eventually, he came before the pack and told them to go straight and declare a war until they get their friend back. Although his controversial plan caused nearly a mess in the pack, Greta's speech on Eusine convinced the pack, and they agreed on with his plan.

The same night, Greta and Eusine had a private conversation about the plan. When Greta asked him if he really had a plan that he could rely on, Eusine stated that he had to come up with a plan, and even if it ends up with a loss, they should just escape from Parasect pack, because the pack would not let them go easily, no matter how hard they try. Later at night, the Parasect pack, along with Eusine and the others, declared a war to the Beedrill pack. Eusine told the Parasect to distract the Beedrill pack, and they would go and rescue their friend from the dark room he was being kept. The Parasect pack did what Eusine told them, and Eusine saved the Pokémon with the help of Redwald and Pokémon. After Eusine rescued the Parasect and made sure that Parasect pack would be safe afterwards, Redwald asked where Eusine would head to. As Eusine revealed that he was going to the north of Cerulean City, Redwald offered him to come along with him and Greta until there. Eusine agreed with it, and became their travel companion for a while. Greta did not know why back then, but she could not help but feel excited about having Eusine along with them.

Greta had a single battle against a former League Champion, Aubrey. In this friendly battle, Greta used Foudre against Aubrey's Exeggutor. Despite of Greta's orders of dodging the moves, Foudre did what she wanted, and ignored her trainer completely. Therefore, Exeggutor defeated Foudre by using Egg Bomb and Stregth, and Greta lost the battle shortly after. After that, Aubrey stated that Foudre does not trust and respect Greta as a trainer yet.

As it was stated in, Greta began to grow a big love for Eusine. It began to make her so blue that she occasionally had troubles with sleeping or focusing on her tasks. Eventually, she decided to write down a letter, in which she confessed everything about her feelings towards Eusine. That was the first time she confessed how desperate she was in love with him, and she was becoming depressed over her one side love. That mood made her an inactive member of the group on their journey.

When Greta was on Route 3 along with her friends, finally her Metapod came near to an end of her process of evolution. While she was getting excited about about-to-happen evolution, her rival Madison appeared with the reveal that her was also about to evolve. Despite of being rivals, Madison joined Greta and the others temporarily, until her Kakuna evolves. Later on, Madison revealed that her grandmother received the Remedy Book from Eshmun himself, and she was the legacy who owned the book. The book contained informations to help species of Metapod and Kakuna to evolve faster. Although Madison wanted to try it on her Kakuna, Greta rejected the offer for her Metapod, as she wanted a natural evolution. Nonetheless, the two explored in the forest side of the route to collect the required items, such as herbs and plants. But a wild Arbok attacked Madison. Greta attempted to protect her, ended up being attacked instead. That incident eased their rivalry, and made them work as a team. As Greta's Metapod was damaged by Arbok, Madison offered Greta to go back to the group and wait for her until she brings all the items in order to prepare the potion. Madison collected everything on her own and prepared the potion for Greta. Eventually, she made Greta's Metapod evolve faster than her Kakuna. That incident ignited as a friendship between the two rival.

Greta had a rematch with Madison in Cerulean City while she was about to leave Cerulean City with Redwald and Eusine. Greta, due to her promise of a rematch, accepted Madison's challenge and they held a Pokémon Battle in the backyard of a Pokécenter. During the battle, Greta used Butterfree, Paras and Bulbasaur. In the end, Greta defeated her and won the battle. Unlike usual, Madison thaked Greta in a mature way and claimed that she taught something that would help her in the future. Although Greta was surprised by her behaviour, she accepted it.

Personality
Greta has been an inactive girl in the social life. When she was attending to school, she never befriended others, instead she spent her time reading books and getting to know more about the world. Since she has a whole knowledge of books and she has personal interest in Pokémon, her goal has been to take over the Day Care Service which her parents would have been running. But she felt insecurate about helping Pokémon in the Day Care Service, thus, when she received her Pokémon Trainer License, she left home and went on a Pokémon journey with Redwald.

Greta was raised meticulous and tidy. Therefore, she had troubles adopting the natural and nomad life style in the beginning. But with the power she gained from her Pokémon, she found the courage to keep going. Unlike how she was at school, timid and tranquil, she changed after setting off. As it was stated in, Greta regularly washes and gives massage to her Pokémon.

Since she met Eusine in, she had a personal interest in him. But she never figured out what the interest came from. In, while Greta and Eusine explored in Pallet Jungle to find , Greta discovered that she had intense feelings towards Eusine. In fact, she had been admiring him and everything about him, from his appearence to his behaviour. Her intense interest in him would occasionally distract Greta from the things she was supposed to be focusing on. Her love for Eusine made Greta disturbed and uncomfortable at times that she needed to write down her feelings towards him in. In the letter, she confessed that her pure love for Eusine and how she was scared of causing Eusine to escape over her weird behaviour.

Greta had been in a rivalry with Madison Dickens for years. Although the reason for the rivalry has been a mystery, Madison once threatened Greta with revealing the reason why she left the school when she debuted in. As it was revealed in, Greta can be pushed easily to a fight by Madison, and she becomes someone unrecognizable. However, while they were exploring on, Madison was attacked by a wild Arbok and Greta helped her out without a second thought. Arbok, who wanted to take revenge from Greta, attacked Metapod as a response. That incident ignited a friendship between the two rivals.

Achievements

 * Professor Oak's Summer Camp Competition - Winner