Were the other trainers from Pallet town ever revealed?


We know four trainers started in Pallet town. Three with one of the three
original starters and Ash with his Pikachu. Apart from Gary, were the other
two trainers ever revealed in the anime? And was it ever revealed who got
which specific starter Pokemon?




**First, the things we know:** Ash got late and had to pick the reserve
Pokemon _Pikachu_. The other 3 starter Pokemon already got picked, one of
which was picked by _Gary_. At the end of the series, you could see that Gary
picked _Squirtle_.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NEbBk.png)

So the question is, who picked the other 2 starters and where were they
mentioned?

_Your question really inspired me to find a answer. I found answers on
multiple sites._

[On
reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonconspiracies/comments/txano/if_ash_had_pickachu_and_gary_picked_squirtle_who/)

> In the series, Ash and co. encounter a Charmander that was abandoned by its
> owner. We might infer that the original owner was one of the other two
> Pallet Town trainers. In addition, the Bulbasaur Ash and co. encounter was
> raised in the Hidden Village, which the article linked states was a haven
> for, among other things, abandoned Pokemon. So it appears possible that the
> other Pallet Town trainers also abandoned his starter Pokemon.

[On
serebiiforums](http://www.serebiiforums.com/archive/index.php/t-96876.html)

> These two mystery trainers' sole purpose in the anime was to be a plot
> device so that Ash would miss out on all 3 standard starter Pokemon and get
> Pikachu.
>
> Gary got 1 of them (and it wasn't revealed until the very end of Johto) and
> for marketing purposes, Ash had to have Pikachu as his very first Pokemon...
>
> So they invented 2 other trainers to get the remaining Pokemon... and they
> were referenced a few times until after Ash got the Earth badge and returned
> to Pallet town. That was when Oak said that the "other two" gave up and
> flunked out. Thus writing them out of the show permanently... never to be
> referenced again.

So it seems that these 2 mysterious trainers were just there to lose their
starter Pokemon after a short time, so Ash could find them and train during
the series, the 4 most favorite Pokemon of every kid. (Squirtle came to him
from the firefighter)

_I think the 2 trainers weren't meant to have a big part in this series. They
were just needed to give Ash the rare Pokemon everyone wants to have._

_But this is just my personal opinion._




**First, the things we know:** Ash got late and had to pick the reserve
Pokemon _Pikachu_. The other 3 starter Pokemon already got picked, one of
which was picked by _Gary_. At the end of the series, you could see that Gary
picked _Squirtle_.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NEbBk.png)

So the question is, who picked the other 2 starters and where were they
mentioned?

_Your question really inspired me to find a answer. I found answers on
multiple sites._

[On
reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonconspiracies/comments/txano/if_ash_had_pickachu_and_gary_picked_squirtle_who/)

> In the series, Ash and co. encounter a Charmander that was abandoned by its
> owner. We might infer that the original owner was one of the other two
> Pallet Town trainers. In addition, the Bulbasaur Ash and co. encounter was
> raised in the Hidden Village, which the article linked states was a haven
> for, among other things, abandoned Pokemon. So it appears possible that the
> other Pallet Town trainers also abandoned his starter Pokemon.

[On
serebiiforums](http://www.serebiiforums.com/archive/index.php/t-96876.html)

> These two mystery trainers' sole purpose in the anime was to be a plot
> device so that Ash would miss out on all 3 standard starter Pokemon and get
> Pikachu.
>
> Gary got 1 of them (and it wasn't revealed until the very end of Johto) and
> for marketing purposes, Ash had to have Pikachu as his very first Pokemon...
>
> So they invented 2 other trainers to get the remaining Pokemon... and they
> were referenced a few times until after Ash got the Earth badge and returned
> to Pallet town. That was when Oak said that the "other two" gave up and
> flunked out. Thus writing them out of the show permanently... never to be
> referenced again.

So it seems that these 2 mysterious trainers were just there to lose their
starter Pokemon after a short time, so Ash could find them and train during
the series, the 4 most favorite Pokemon of every kid. (Squirtle came to him
from the firefighter)

_I think the 2 trainers weren't meant to have a big part in this series. They
were just needed to give Ash the rare Pokemon everyone wants to have._

_But this is just my personal opinion._

