The hero is an IDIOT, or an IDIOT unless he/she is battling.
The rival is a generic smug bootleg Gary Oak.
"YOU'RE SO MAGICAL AND KIND AND SPECIAL, SUE-CHAN! HERE, LET ME GIVE YOU THESE FREE POKEMON! TAKE THIS RALTS, THIS RIOLU, AND THIS EEVEE!"
"WOW, IS THAT AN ABUSED DEFORMED CRIPPLED POKEMON THAT DESERVES A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE AS A HOUSEHOLD PET, NOT THE MISERABLE LIFE OF A WEAK POKEMON ON A POKEMON JOURNEY? BETTER TAKE HIM/HER WITH ME ON MY MAIN TEAM TO PROVE HOW 'UNDERSTANDING' AND 'DETERMINED' I AM!"