Gym leaders - Game Characters connections

[Aurora trainer]

this MIGHT sound a little stupid, but have you ever noticed a connection between the anime characters and the gymleaders? i have some:

Norman - Dad of May ( this one is tricky because in the game, you choose by yourself, in the anime it is May and in the Manga it is Brendan(Ruby))

Giovanni - SEEMINGLY dad of silver (in the Manga this is revealed in the FR/LG chapters when Giovanni captures Deoxys, however it is ONLY in the Manga)

Whitney - POSSIBLY has some connection with Norman (i Really don't know if this is true, it's just something i just made up, you know this;

Whitney: Normal-type gymleader in Goldenrod

Norman: from goldenrod(Ruby's bio in the serebii.net manga bios says he is from goldenrod) Normal-type gymleader in Petalburg

see what i mean? perhaps there IS a Connection)

what i got so far. if anyone has got any others, please post here

 

[TRJessie579]

Since this deals with the games, anime AND manga I'm going to move it to GPD...if anyone there thinks it belongs elsewhere, obviously feel free to move it again... XD

 

[mewga]

About silver, don't forget that scientist in fr/lg that says geovanni's son has red hair.

 

[Evanji Axu]

When I haerd about Flannery's grandfather I though "ZOMG it's Blaine!" and still do.

 

[hustenapfel]

Maybe Whitney ist Norman´s younger sis?

 

[Neopolis]

So that would make her May's aunt... How old is Whitney anyway? A hell lot of younger then Norman, that's for sure.

 

[Crystal Clair]

No, Whitney would be May's older cousin. Whitney being Norman's sister would be stretching it.
Threads like these make me happy I joined the internet Pokemon community.

 

[Neopolis]

Yeah... I'd say Norman would be around 45, while Whitney is AT LEAST 20 years younger then that.

 

[hustenapfel]

I only know,that Norman is about 30.

 

[jellsprout]

These are all the relations I know:

-Blue is Oak's grandson
-Janine is Koga's daughter
-Silver is most likely Giovanni's son
-Bruno and Brawly are friends
-Agatha and Oak are childhood friends
-Lance and Claire are cousins
-Birch is your Saphire/Ruby's parent (your rival)
-Norman is Saphire/Ruby's parent (you)
-Liza and Tate are twins
-Juan is Wallace's teacher

I don't think Whitney and Norman are related, especially not borther/sister. Norman is way older. In R/S/E, Norman already has ten year old son/daughter and even longer has a relationship with his wife. In G/S/C, Whitney is still a teen. And since R/S/E in the same time zone as R/G/B/Y/Fr/Lg is, and that three years before G/S/C is, Whitney was three years younger when Norman moved to Hoenn.
They also don't look like eachother.
Besides, IIRC the game only mentiones Norman coming from Johto, not specificly Goldenrod.

 

[Moonlight.]

These are all the relations I know:

-Blue is Oak's grandson
-Jasmine is Koga's daughter
-Silver is most likely Giovanni's son
-Bruno and Brawly are friends
-Agatha and Oak are childhood friends
-Lance and Claire are cousins
-Birch is your Saphire/Ruby's parent (your rival)
-Norman is Saphire/Ruby's parent (you)
-Liza and Tate are twins
-Juan is Wallace's teacher

I don't think Whitney and Norman are related, especially not borther/sister. Norman is way older. In R/S/E, Norman already has ten year old son/daughter and even longer has a relationship with his wife. In G/S/C, Whitney is still a teen. And since R/S/E in the same time zone as R/G/B/Y/Fr/Lg is, and that three years before G/S/C is, Whitney was three years younger when Norman moved to Hoenn.
They also don't look like eachother.
Besides, IIRC the game only mentiones Norman coming from Johto, not specificly Goldenrod.

Jasmine is the Steel-type gym leader in Johto. Don't you mean Janine?

 

[Double-Edge]

it is possible Whitney and Norman are siblings, it just means Whitney was consived (sp?) later while Norman was a teen. Its not uncommon. I have 21 year old firneds with 3 year siblings, so it is possible

 

[Puffs]

aren't Lance and Clair related?

 

[Torchic23]

I don't read many pokemon mangas, but I seriously doubt Norman and Whitney are related................

 

[Tygore]

Wouldn't it be possible then that Whitney was Norman's apprentice? We know he moved from Jhoto, is it possible she took over the Goldenrod Normal-themed Gym after he moved to Hoenn?

Maybe Whitney is really (le gasp) BRENDAN'S OLDER SISTER! She'd actually be aged better to be his sister than Norman's anyway, maybe they decided she was old enough to live on her own and handle the Goldenrod gym?

 

[CyberCubed]

In the anime Norman and Whitney have nothing to do with each other. If they did they would have mentioned it ages ago.

And Norman is probably around 35 at the most.

 

[Orion-Sama]

lol! Whitney looks nothing like Norman, except for the height (Which COULD be inheritance, but no...). Plus, she couldn't be his daughter unless he's had fun with someone else at an earlier age. She COULD be his sister, but seeing how May/Brendan (There's another disturbing discrepancy due to the duality.) don't have pink or even red hair at all... I doubt it.

The biggest relationship is that Whitney tried to take over Norman's GYM at Goldenrod, a la Sabrina, but instead of winning, she failed. Norman gave her the position as he saw she was persistent, and then left off to Hoenn. And then, that's made-up.

Lance and Clair are related. It was said in GSC and FR/LG. GSC Rival is most likely Giovanni's child, but that's still kinda shrouded in mystery...

Koga is Janine's dad. Tate/Liza are twins. Juan is Wallace's Master. Phoebe is related to the old fellows in Mt. Pyre. And it tends to be assumed that Karen is related to Agatha in some way...

That'd be it, though.

 

[PDL]

maybe Whitney's related to Caroline?

they have somewhat simlair hairstyles...

 

[Cipher]

Bruno and Brawly were training partners. Mentioned in the games, and I believe the anime, or so I've heard.

And it's more than hinted that Silver is Giovanni's son in the games. The Rocket Scientist that makes the comment in FR/LG mentions Giovanni's son having red hair. Not only does Silver have red hair, it was the trait that nearly every character who ran across him in GSC mentioned. How ironic that he spent his time condemning and tearing apart the remnants of his father's organization.

 

[Moonlight.]

Whitney looks nothing like Norman

Brendan looks nothing like Norman. May looks nothing like Norman (though in the anime she has a mother that looks kinda like her).