Blue Oak
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Japanese: グリーン (Green) English, French, Brazilian Portuguese: Blue Oak German: Blau Korean: 그린 (Green) Chinese (Mandarin): 青綠 / 青绿 (Qīnglǜ) Chinese (Cantonese): 青綠 (Chēngluhk) (more on Bulbapedia) |
| Occupation: | Pokémon Trainer Pokémon Gym Leader |
| Relationships: | Professor Oak (grandfather) Daisy Oak (older sister) Samson Oak (cousin-twice-removed) |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Other: | Gary Oak (anime counterpart) Green Oak (Pokémon Special) (manga counterpart) Trace (Pokémon) (spiritual successor)  |
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Green Oak is a Pokémon Trainer from Pokémon Red and Blue. He's the rival to the player character, which may be Red or Leaf depending on gender and what game is being played, setting a standard for the rest of the series to follow. He is a fan favorite and the focus of many fanworks. He also makes appearances in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Masters, Pokémon Origins and Pokéspe.
In Japanese, he is known as 'Green Oak'. This is more common in fan circles surrounding doujinshi and shipping, where his name may be Green to stay true to the original Japanese releases of Red and Blue. In official English translations, he is known as Blue Oak, a name also popular with fans.
Green Oak may be confused for Blue, a Female character who he switched names with when Red and Blue was released outside of Japan. In Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu and Let's Go! Eevee and Pokéspe, she is known as Green and this is considered a variant of Leaf. Shipnames for pairings featuring him often are also misused when fans confuse which character and -verse the name is referring to. The Pokémon he is most associated with are Umbreon and Blastoise.
Canon Overview
Blue is antagonistic and rude towards the player. He will always choose the starter Pokémon which is super-effective against yours. In Pokémon Yellow, he literally waltzes into his grandpa's lab with his fancy, 1/2 speed special walking animation and just flat out steal the player's starter Eevee, making it so you start with Pikachu instead. While he does become champion for some time, he is inevitably defeated by the player.
Blue reappears in Pokémon Gold and Silver, now replacing Giovanni as a gym leader for the player to defeat. His name is canonized here, being known as Green in Japanese and Blue in English. Set three years after the events of the first games, Blue appears to be more mature and collected in these games than in past titles, no longer such a dick. Again, he is inevitably defeated by the player.
Blue makes several cameos afterwards. The first was during Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 in the Pokémon World Tournament, competing alongside his fellow Johto Gym Leaders, meaning he kept his position in the league throughout all these years. During Pokémon X and Y, he is alluded to as possibly being in the region. Fans speculate he may have been studying Pokémon there during this time. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, he appears as the Master of the Battle Tree along with Red, with them now being older as well as friends. Finally, as of 2023, he appeared in Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu and Let's Go! Eevee, (which softly rebooted the Gen I games,) having matured as a person and guiding Trace as well as the player, (Chase or Elaine,) in their Pokemon Journey.
Relationships
- Blue is most commonly paired up with Red, forming NamelessShipping[1], which is M/M, aka Boys' Love. In Japanese, this is most often called グリレ, meaning Blue attacks and Red receives in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as レグリ. It had its own section on Bulbapedia, seen here, Archived version.
- This is by far his most popular pairing and it may be considered a juggernaut ship for Generation I's fandom overall.
- Blue is also shipped with Leaf, forming ConflictingShipping, which is F/M, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called 初代ライ主♀ and/or グリリフ, meaning Blue attacks and Leaf receives in the coupling. It had its own section on Bulbapedia, seen here, Archived version.
- In Japanese, ライ主♀, which refers to any Female!Protagonist x Rival pairing except PokéAni, includes this ship under its umbrella.
- Blue is also shipped with Lance, forming KantoChampionShipping, which is M/M, aka Boys' Love. In Japanese, this is most often called ワタグリ, meaning Lance attacks and Blue receives in the coupling.
- Blue is also shipped with Lyra, forming TokiwaShipping, which is F/M, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called グリ主♀, meaning Blue attacks and Lyra receives in the coupling.
- Together, him, Red, and Blue/Green form the Kanto Trio.
Less Popular Relationships
(He is called "Green" for convenience in these)
- AarghStopGlitchingShipping - Green & Missingno
- AbsoluteRivalryShipping - Barry, Green, Brendan, Cheren, Silver, Wally, Bianca (BW) & May
- AcesHighShipping - Green & Pidgeot
- AdverseShipping - Green & Wally
- AllusiveShipping - Green, Red & Steven Stone
- AlmostneverShipping - Bill & Green
- AlternatePalletShipping - Ash & Green
- AmericaEffYeah!Shipping - Green, Red, Hilda & Braviary
- AmericaShipping - Green, Red & Hilda
- AmIGreatOrWhatShipping - Green & himself
- AobozuShipping - Green & Morty
- ApaturaShipping - Green & Bugsy
- ArchRivalShipping - Green, Gary Oak, Pokéspe!Green, Pokéspe!Blue & Leaf
- AssumptionShipping - Green & Thorton
- AwesomeRivalShipping - Barry, Green & Silver
- AwesomeThemeMusicShipping - Green, Red, Iris, Arceus, Cobalion & Thundurus
...And these are just the A's! More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
Popular Tropes & Fanon
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Fan Fic
- Uniquely Consequential by Cryptographic_Delurk, an English one-shot, taking place post-game, where Blue's gym keeps on being messed with (graffitied, TPed) and he doesn't know why. Blue & Agatha. Rated Gen. Can be read on Archive of Our Own.
- Anonymous Love by ImperfectWonderland, a complete English longfic where Leaf is in charge of an anonymous advice column at her school. One day, Blue sends in a request for dating advice on asking her out. Throw in some crazy best friends, a couple secrets, and a dash of teenage hormones.. Let's see how this plays out shall we? Rated T. Eventual Blue Oak x Leaf (ConflictingShipping). May/Drew (ContestShipping) is a sideship. Can be read on FanFiction.Net.
Fan Art
- good eeveening by perirowinque - Blue and his Eevee
- PKMN: FemRivals by GermanyTwoGermany - genderswaped Blue and Silver
- ポケモン27th‼️ by 清順(トンボ), fanart of Red, Green, (aka Blue Oak,) and Blue along with the Kanto starters, Mew, Pikachu and a giant Gameboy for the series' 27th anniversary.