Flynn Fray

Flynn Fray is a fictional character in the All My Pocket Monsters series. He is Derek Fray's younger brother and is famous for being a humanoid clone of Mewtwo. He is the youngest Pokémon Trainer in the world.

Biography
Ironically, Flynn Fray was supposedly adopted in Pallet Town, which is noted for being Ash Ketchum's birthplace. He is the youngest of Gladys Fray's three sons. Flynn showed a strong interest in Pokémon from a very young age, believed to have been due to his brother's blatant influence over him. Although Gladys actively discouraged Flynn from following in Derek's footsteps, he continuously showed a distinct skill for controlling Pokémon.

Flynn studied at a normal primary school until the age of twelve. During a visit from Derek he was given a Magikarp, believed to be the one of the last surviving individuals. Ignoring Derek's warnings, Flynn evolves the Magikarp into Gyarados in record time, creating the world's only Gyarados and astonishing everyone. Gladys reluctantly allows Flynn to apply for tuition at the Sinnoh Pokémon Academy, believing he won't be accepted. However, he is accepted into their senior grade after his skills at controlling Pokémon are showcased. Allen is the one to pay his extensive school fees, as his own family cannot afford them. In order to attend the Academy and continue studying without incensing his mother, Flynn moves in with Derek, Alice and Allen at fourteen years of age.

Considered a Pokémon prodigy, Flynn is actively encouraged to attempt the Training License registration exams while still at school, despite being four years from the legal age minimum. He eventually does so on his fifteen birthday and passes with flying colors, successfully obtaining his Training License. He chooses to continue his studies at the Academy.

Flynn is seventeen at the start of the series.

Season One
Flynn at the cusp of his graduation from the Sinnoh Pokémon Academy in the first season's opening episode, “Pilot”, and is one of two students selected to take part in the celebratory graduation battle. Like Derek, he is thrown off-kilter by Allen and Deirdre's unexpected arrival, but does not know the reason behind Allen's three-year long disappearance. Although he is shocked by Mareej Ayar's use of Zapdos in the battle he quickly outwits him and would have won the battle if the stadium hadn't been attacked. Flynn is devastated by the death of his classmates, including his best friend, Lockyer.

While Derek and Allen are fighting Val and Van, Flynn is taken into custody by Adele, who maintains that the Onix came from Flynn's side of the field. Later, he is consumed with survivor's guilt, which is further worsened by the brutal slaying of his mother, as she had asked him to return to her after the school attack and he had refused. He is present during the attack on their house, fighting off the offending Houndoom and receiving the Water Stone from Professor Oak.

He secretly investigates Deirdre during the next few episodes, suspicious of her link to breeding Houndooms and, against Derek's wishes, helps in the search for Ash Ketchum. After Allen's ownership of Zapdos and employment of Mareej is revealed, Flynn is the only one to retain trust in him. He trains briefly under Misty's guidance. Flynn's Gyarados, Nalong, is killed by Deirdre in Team Rocket's attack on Professor Oak in the ninth episode, “Turn This Mother Out”. This acts as a catalyst for Flynn's latent abilities as he becomes unfeasibly upset, which affects all the Pokémon in the surrounding area.

Flynn agrees to enter the Indigo League Competition in exchange for Derek's innocence. However, he is quickly kidnapped from the Competition by Team Rocket and forced to traverse through a number of difficult labyrinths, rescuing Esme in the process and sending her free with Articuno.

After Val reveals himself to be Flynn's long-lost older brother, Jared, the consequential battle also causes Professor Elm to reveal that Flynn is a laboratory-grown humanoid clone of Mewtwo, an accusation that horrifies Flynn. However, due to the recent development of his super-human abilities and discovery of Professor Elm's files on him, he is ultimately unable to deny this.

In the next episode he finds himself in Professor Elm's laboratory, where he is rescued by Deirdre, who reveals she had been protecting him all along and gives him her Dark Stone. While she keeps Van occupied, giving him time to escape, he discovers Derek and the two digest the news of Flynn's true identity. Flynn gives him the Water Stone and Deirdre's Dark Stone.

Flynn continues on his journey, stumbling across all the captive Pokémon that Professor Elm had been experimenting on, including Mewtwo. He defeats Val in battle in the second-last battle after establishing a psionic connection with Mewtwo and accepting his true power.

Flynn spends the season finale assisting Allen in defeating the Pokémon Leagues Council. He is last seen at Deirdre's memorial service.

Season Two
In between season one and two Flynn has moved to Viridian City to complete an internship with the world-renowned Professor Warturson. He is living in a house by himself and is inundated with calls from Derek, fretting over things of a domestic nature. It is shown that he has been dating Reno for two months. He is also shown spending recreational time with Esme and Saul, who have also relocated to Viridian City, and has made friends with Fleur. He is horrified to learn that Val has become the CEO of Minecorp and is immediately suspicious of Minecorp's intentions, asking Saul to look into it. He publicly declares his sexuality in Trainer's Weekly.

He attends Ash Ketchum's funeral, encouraging Alice and Derek to talk. At the funeral, he helps to disarm the Pacifiers and is offered the Cerulean Gym Leader position, which he turns down as he does not feel confident enough to maintain a Gym or worthy of delivering badges.

Flynn advises Allen to take over the Pokémon Leagues Council. He is distressed when his house is burned down in a homophobic attack, moving in with Saul. When Derek and Alice are both in Viridian City, he constantly tries to set them up on a date to no avail.

As the war between the Pacifiers and The Next Step reaches boiling point, Flynn asks Allen to put a half on all Training registration in order to prevent endangering innocent Trainers. Flynn is the first to learn of the Legendary Pokémon disappearing (including the ones owned by Trainers), as he is psionically linked to Mewtwo. He wakes to find Mew at his bedside, the only remaining Legendary Pokémon. While Derek and Saul are trapped in time, he seeks out Adele's help in locating Fleur, but they are led directly into the Pacifier's hands. With no other option and two friends in danger, Flynn is forced to use his Pokémon-controlling abilities, revealing himself as Mewtwo's clone. Flynn decides to compete in the Indigo League Competition and rapidly rises through the ranks.

Flynn assists in helping Derek, Allen, Adele and Saul in dismantling the companies associated with Galaxia Industries. As the training of Pokémon is put under severe scrutiny, Flynn uses his elevated position in the Pokémon community to campaign for equal rights, both for Pokémon and humans alike. He also assesses his desire to become a Pokémon Professor.

In the episode “Tomorrow” he breaks up with Reno, believing his life to be too dangerous for Reno to be a part of. However, in the next episode Reno convinces him that he will stay by Flynn's side no matter what, even though they both acknowledge Flynn's romantic interest in Allen. He also encourages Fleur to admit her feelings to Adele.

He suffers mental anguish when Pokéballs around the world are declared inoperable, as he can feel each trapped Pokémon's pain. He puts an end to Derek's violent rampage against Val and, in the same episode, is declared the number one Pokémon Trainer in the world after defeating Allen in the final round of the Indigo League Competition. However, celebrations are cut short by the Pacifists revealing Flynn's abilities to the world and declaring him their number one target in the episode “Wanted”. At the same time, The Next Step make their dedication to Flynn known.

Threatened with Derek's death, Flynn agrees to abide by the Pacifiers' requests and remains their prisoner. He is severely affected by Mew's murder. As an act of protest against the use of Pokémon and genetic experiments of Giovanni Industries, the Pacifiers decide to publicly hang Flynn. This is countered by The Next Step, who want to martyr Flynn for their beliefs. His hanging is interrupted by Derek and the Saffron City citizens that he has rallied. Flynn uses his abilities to override everyone's Pokéballs, successfully returning Pokémon to their Trainers and allowing his escape.

The resulting battle rages over the last two episodes of season two, during which there are many casualties. Flynn is sought out by both the Pacifiers and The Next Step, leading Derek to force him into running away. Flynn is made to promise to never return.

He is last seen escaping Saffron City with Saul.

Personality and Traits
Flynn is considered the peacemaker of the group due to his calm and compassionate nature. He is exceedingly modest and is known for being quite shy and fretful. He has shown unparalleled capacity for forgiveness, even towards his enemies, and is considered to be quite likeable by others in the Pokémon community.

Flynn retains unshakeable faith in his friends and family, and generally thinks the best of everyone. He is hesitant and unlikely to rush headfirst into a situation without analyzing all possible outcomes thoroughly first. He is notably quieter than other characters and has been shown to be inept with technological devices, breaking his computer more often than not.

In the first season, he is constantly seeking approval from everyone but seems to have grown past this in the second season, able to easily make major decisions without inquiring after anyone else's input. He is written as being very honorable and is very pedantic about keeping promises. He is considered one of the most resilient characters, as he is rarely deterred by anything. In season two he becomes very independent, partly due to him living away from his family in Viridian City.

Flynn is gay, an unspoken fact known to every other character except his brother, who only becomes aware of it in the season one episode “The King is Dead”.

Abilities
Flynn's most notable asset is his unmatchable speed and uncanny ability to predict his opponent's moves. He is a very strong swimmer, supposedly due to his preference for Water-type Pokémon. He is well-known for his defensive tactics, rarely liking to strike first in any kind of way. He has no skill at hand-to-hand combat and, when without Pokémon, is easily defeated.

Flynn also possesses brilliant navigation skills, reading and creating maps with ease, with something of a photographic memory. He seems to have a vast, if somewhat random, knowledge of general facts. He is an extremely skilled gardener and has expressed an interest in studying botany, finding it therapeutic.

In the season one finale it was revealed that Flynn's so-called natural talent is actually the result of an embryonic genetic experiment in which his cells were infused with those of Mewtwo, thereby explaining both his battling prowess and seemingly psionic connection with Pokémon. In season two it is revealed that Flynn is capable of releasing Pokémon from their Pokéball at will with his mind alone and by the second season finale he has mastered all non-verbal command over his Pokémon. To date, the magnitude of his influence over Pokémon remains unknown.

Family
Flynn is very close to his brother and idolizes him growing up. In the first season, he is heavily dependent upon Derek's approval regarding every aspect of his life, adopting him as a best friend and father-figure as well as his biological brother. Derek is his main confidant; this theme continues through both seasons. Much of the series focuses on the strength of their relationship.

Flynn is generally willing to do whatever Derek asks of him and vice-versa. Both have been known to make extreme personal sacrifices in order to keep each other safe and content. Derek is the only person Flynn would surrender his abilities to. He agrees to remain with the Pacifiers if it means keeping Derek safe. Their relationship is not at all affected by Flynn not actually being related to him, or even being strictly human.

He is shown to be close to his mother before her death, communicating with her often and seeking out her advice. He is even more devastated by her death than Derek and frequents her grave during season two. He wears her wedding band around his neck at all times.

He has never had a relationship of any kind with Val, as Val had disappeared before he was born. Therefore he is less concerned about being biologically related to him, verbally declaring Derek his only brother.

He does not actually discover that Professor Elm is his father until the second season. However, he does not seem perturbed by the news, as he had suspected it anyway.

Friendships
Flynn's best friend is Lockyer; he is heartbroken when Lockyer dies in the Onix attack at the school and carries this weight for several episodes. Popular at school, he is friends with all his classmates though they are rarely mentioned. He does not interact with any of his Sinnoh friends after season one.

He is quite close to Alice, treasuring her as part of their family and is the only one to defend her choice to keep her pregnancy a secret. On top of this, he is the only main character to keep in contact with her after Derek breaks up with her and frequently encourages their reunion.

He becomes very good friends with Saul in season two, moving in with him after he loses his own home. He is visibly relieved to discover that Saul was the one that was asked to stay with him whilst on the run in the season two finale.

Flynn gets along very well with Professor Warturson due to their mutual respect for Water-type Pokémon and similar personalities. Flynn promises to protect him when the Pacifists begin to threaten him.

Romantic Interests
Flynn has been in love with Allen since the age of fourteen, confessing to this in the season one episode “The King is Dead”. His love is unrequited, a fact he is well aware of. It remains untested regardless of Allen's many apparent betrayals – he is widely lauded as the only character that truly believes Allen is still on their side.

In the second season he is dating Reno, but admits to having feelings of some kind for Allen still. They break up when Flynn is forced to go into hiding, despite Reno stating that he will wait for however long it takes for Flynn to return.

Appearance
Flynn is described as being short and extremely thin. He has pale blond hair and blue eyes. He has no tattoos or specific physical characteristics of any kind and has been called plain-looking. In season two he allows Reno to pierce his ear but removes it almost immediately.

Flynn's battle uniform consists of a blue sleeveless top over matching pants, made entirely from Gyarados skin. He wears knee-high metal boots embellished with blunted spikes, with his right arm also heavily protected with the same equipment. He occasionally wears a dark blue scarf around his neck (in season two this is referred to as Allen's), but his uniform itself never alters. His Pokéball symbol is found on his belt buckle. His casual attire is generally limited to a shirt and jeans, though he is said to be fond of sneakers. He is almost always seen in the color blue, a visual reference to his affinity for water.

In the second season he is given a promise ring by his boyfriend, Reno, which he wears on a chain around his neck along with his mother's wedding ring. In season two his stomach is badly cut and he retains this scar for the rest of the series.

Pokémon
Flynn is the youngest registered Pokémon Trainer in the world and is in fact the only Trainer other than Allen Green to have been exempted from the legal age minimum. He posses unrivalled speed and skill in battle. Despite passing the registration exams and obtaining a Training license, he is under contract preventing him from participating in any League tournaments until he turns eighteen; however this is revoked in season one. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon; his general line-up consists almost entirely of Water- or Secondary Water-types. He has very strong relationships with all his Pokémon, most notable of which is the bond he shares with his Gyarados, Nalong.

Flynn is given Articuno by Allen. He also holds the only surviving Lapras and Dragonair and is ranked the number one Trainer in the world in the second season Indigo League Competition. Flynn owns more Pokémon than Trainers are allowed. It is argued that Flynn is technically a Pokémon himself.

His known Pokémon are: Cloyster, Snorlax, Kingdra, Dragonair, Starmie, Glaceon, Duskull, Dewgong, Medicham, Empoleon, Tentracruel, Frosslass, Garchomp, Pidgeot, Geodude, Lapras, Gyarados, Kabutops, Mudkip, Scizor and Vaporeon.