Generation II (Pokémon)

Video game fandom
Name	Pocket Monsters Gold and Silver Series Pocket Monsters Heart Gold and Soul Silver Series
Japanese name	ポケットモンスター 金 ポケットモンスター 銀 ポケットモンスター クリスタルバ Generation IV (Pokémon) Remakes: ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド ポケットモンスター ソウルシルバー
Abbreviation(s)	GSC, HGSS
Developer(s)	Game Freak; Nintendo
Release date	November 21, 1999 - November 21, 2002 (Japan)
Platform(s)	Gameboy, later multi-platform
Genre(s)	Role-Playing Game
Fanart of Ethan, the Male protagonist of Gold, Silver and Crystal, with his Pokémon. Drawn by usagi_ba.
Related articles on Fanlore.

Generation II Pokémon games include Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver, and later Pokémon Crystal. This generation was also remade during Generation IV as Heart Gold and Soul Silver in 2009.

Generation II's fandom can be split into Gameverse, PokéAni and Pokéspe. This article focuses on 'Gameverse'.

Generation II Fandom

For more information regarding Generation I's fandom, see characters' and pairings' individual pages.

Relationships

The most popular pairing (coupling in Japanese) this generation both in Japanese and English-speaking PKMN fandom is Ethan/Silver (HunterShipping). Other popular pairings, as seen on Archive of Our Own, are Kris/Silver (RedemptionShipping), Lyra/Silver (SoulSilverShipping), Eusine/Morty (SacredShipping), Falkner/Morty (HonorShipping), and familial Lance & Silver. Gold & Kris & Silver & Lyra is also popular and forms the popular Johto Trio. Famous Pokémon such as Marill, Pichu and Lugia were also introduced.

Remaining named characters include Falkner, Bugsy, Whitney, Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, Clair, Ariana, Proton, Petrel, Archer, Will, Koga, Bruno, Karen, Lance, Janine, Blue Oak, Red and Giovanni.

Giovanni & Silver as well as Clair & Lance are also common, as Giovanni is Silver's father and Clair is Lance's cousin respectively.

Example/Notable Fanac

Fan Communities/Fan Events

• newbarkheroes, a general shipping community for any combination of Ethan/Silver/Kris/Lyra fanfiction on LiveJournal. Can be accessed here, ^{Archived version}.
• Champion Lance Appreciation Week, a yearly fanweek running from Nov. 15th to the 21st since 2019. Fanart made by its host pechagummy can be seen here, ^{Archived version}. Twitter account is here, ^{Archived version}.
• BeautyMikanClub, ^{Archived version}, a community and hub for fanworks of Jasmine on DeviantArt.
• Twitch Plays Pokémon.

Fan Art

• ツイログ, ^{Archived version} by 21℃, a SacredShipping fanart collection on Pixiv.
• ヒビキvsレッド, ^{Archived version} by ぽんゆい, fanart of Ethan battling against Red on Mt. Silver.
• ハヤトピジョット, ^{Archived version} by 瞑丸, fanart of Falkner and his Pidgeot.

Fan Fic

• Alpha Beta by mochawhip, an English one-shot which looks on the destruction and reconstruction of Silver's upbringing in Team Rocket. Rated Gen. On Archive of Our Own, ^{Archived version}. Mochawhip has written several works of fanfiction for Gen II.
• No Bull About It by ShamanicShaymin for Reshiel, an English SacredShipping one-shot. Morty and Eusine harbor secret feelings for each other neither know they have. Luckily, thanks to a magic card trick and a stubborn Granbull, it all works out in the end. This fanfiction is a part of the collection Rare Male Slash Exchange 2018. It is rated Gen. On Archive of Our Own, ^{Archived version}.
• Hello, Gorgeous by JFSindel, a completed English longfic which explores an AU where Lance is more involved with Team Rocket. Eventual Lance/Proton (LanceShipping). It is rated Explicit with Archive Warnings for Graphic Depictions Of Violence and Rape/Non-Con. Roxanne&Steven Stone, Giovanni/Ariana (YakuzaShipping) and Archer/Original Character are sideships. On Archive of Our Own, ^{Archived version}.
• The Jasmine Series by LazKoal, a work-in-progress English longfic series which stars Jasmine. Jasmine Westsea, a timid Steel type Pokémon trainer from the city of Olivine, embarks on a journey that will change her life. Who will she meet and what ancient secrets will she uncover as she travels across the mysterious region of Johto? Its pairings are Jasmine/Clair (SteelLairShipping), Caitlin/Cynthia (WhiteOrchidShipping), SacredShipping, Lance/Steven Stone (NeoChampionShipping), Whitney/Janine (SmokeBallShipping), Caitlin/Jasmine (CelibateShipping), Erika/Jasmine (IkebanaShipping), and Cynthia/Elesa (LuciousShipping). On Archive of Our Own, ^{Archived version}

Other Pokémon Generations on Fanlore

1. Generation I (Pokémon)
2. Generation II (Pokémon)
3. Generation III (Pokémon)
4. Generation IV (Pokémon)
5. Generation V (Pokémon)
6. Generation VI (Pokémon)
7. Generation VII (Pokémon)
8. Generation VIII (Pokémon)
9. Generation IX (Pokémon)