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Characters of the Day. Back in Kanto, we had various characters in each episode that only appeared once, but never again. Why is this? Trainers like AJ from *The Path to the Pokemon League*, Joe and Giselle from *The School of Hard Knocks*, and more importantly the Eevee Brothers. How ome they only got one episode? The Kimono Sisters got at least two appearances in the show, not counting Pokemon Chronicles, but Mikey and his brothers have never been seen since their episode. They had the first three Eeveelutions, doesn't that count for something? I would have liked it if some of the characters of the day(s) could return in some way, like in Sinnoh or the next region. What about the guy with the Poliwrath from *Charizard Chills*? He was a great battler, yet I don't even recall him returning for anything.
James's "fiancee", Jessiebelle, and Growlie get a return this season, first time in 11.
Would it be great if characters like the guy with the Poliwrath (I forget his name) to return for the Sinnoh League, as an example, or someone like Mikey and his brothers coming back, along with the Kimono sisters? I mean, when Sakura returned, she had an Espeon. For Mikey, why not Umbreon? I know Gary's main Pokemon nowadays is Umbreon, but with Espeon/Umbreon introduced, all Eevee evolve sooner or later, regardless or not. I know May has a Glaceon,
and Zoey has a Leafeon, which means that each Eevolution has been owned by at least someone,
but does Umbreon have to be owned by just Gary, and one of Sakura's sisters?

Sorry if I went too far into the Eevee brothers. but are they called *Character of the day* for that reason? I mean, even when Jessie released her Dustox, that guy was also a COTD, seen only once, apart from flashbacks. Or the Referee dude from the full 6-on-6 battle. Hundreds upon hundreds of them. Yet all the significant ones don't get seen again.

Thoughts.
 
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The Character of the Day is normally not even the focus of the episode in which they appear in. The focus of these usually Filler Episodes is the Pokemon that they own or are associated with in some way. Your mileage will vary when it comes to their personality. I'm guessing that it has everything to do with who's writing the episode and whether or not they care enough to bless the character with a memorable personality.

The reason why we have so many Characters of the Day is because of the structure of the anime. Since the writers have to stretch any given season of the anime out until the next major games are released while keeping the plot simple enough for younger audiences to follow the actual story in Pokemon (getting Badges/Ribbons and going to League) goes by very slowly. To supplement these gaps they have a bunch of episodes to showcase various Pokemon that follow roughly the same structure.

Why the same structure? Many shows aimed for young audiences follow a standard routine. In Pokemon the routine is pretty simple: (1) The Group meet Character of the Day and / or the Pokemon of the Day (2) The Character of the Day has a problem (3) The group helps solve the problem (4) Team Rocket does stuff (5) They're beaten and the problem is resolved. There are sometimes variations in the structure to mix things up but usually the general structure is the same.

I don't really mind that we only see the majority of characters once. It's better to see someone I like once then to see a recurring character I don't like many times and grow disinterested in the show. The current structure allows for many Trainers with many different personalities and backgrounds to come into the show. It creates a certain air in the show that makes it charming ... just to me.

For Mikey, why not Umbreon?
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Mikey very clearly said that he did not want to evolve his Eevee and he wanted to be an Eevee Trainer. Sakura had no qualms about evolving her Eevee further in her debut episode in contrast. To add to that Sakura and her sisters are a not to the in-Game Kimono Sisters. There are five sisters in the Games and each have an Eeveelution from that time. Her sisters had all the Eeveelutions between them except for Espeon which is what Sakura's Eevee eventually became. That's why her Eevee evolved into Espeon.

but does Umbreon have to be owned by just Gary, and one of Sakura's sisters?
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Dawn's mother also owns an Umbreon. It's made small cameos at other times as well.
 
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