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Future/Bad Rusty

"Logic is the rarest candy of all!"
―Rusty, Gym Fight
"You are the worst trainer ever!"
―Rusty's Venomoth, Ghost Tower

Rusty is the stupid, yet determined, 10 year-old protagonist of the webseries Pokémon Rusty by Dorkly. He is very naïve, but is determined to become the best Pokémon trainer there is, despite the fact that he is, in reality, the very worst. He looks up to his hero, Red.

Appearance

Rusty imitates the look of Red, the main differences being that Rusty's clothes are more muted than Red and he wears a pair of square-shaped glasses. He also has black sleeves rather than dark blue. As shared in the last episode, Rusty canonically wears a shirt under his jacket saying "Can't Bust the Rust." Apart from these things, he shares the same character sprite as Red. He has light brown hair under his hat.

Rusty Cant Bust the Rust

Rusty's casual outfit looks like Red's FireRed and LeafGreen apperance

Personality

"No, give up. Go home. You were born to work in a deli!"
Cubone on Rusty's goal, Ghost Tower

Throughout his journey, Rusty is shown to be an unintelligent and incompetent trainer, not knowing even the most basic aspects of Pokémon. Due to his blinding optimism, Rusty is practically incapable of recognizing his own mistakes, and thus is often oblivious to the suffering he unknowingly causes to others. No matter how much he fails, Rusty constantly bounces back with the same level of enthusiasm as before despite the consequences of his actions. Though not outright malicious, Rusty’s ignorance often unintentionally leads to the harm and deaths of countless Pokémon and people. Because of his idiocy, Rusty is usually unaware of the gravity of dire situations (such as the shootout in Viridian City), but can actually become quite cowardly when threatened.

Rusty idolizes his hero Red, making it his goal to follow in his footsteps and become a Pokémon Master. He despises the idea of working at his father’s deli (despite being a skilled cook) and does everything in his power to get away from his parents, going as far as to make them think he was dead. Despite his misguided devotion to Pokémon however, Rusty becomes very easily disillusioned by certain parts of being a Pokémon Trainer. He was openly bored when learning how to train from the EV trainer and was extremely unhappy upon discovering that the Elite Four deal with mundane tasks such as education zoning.

History

Before the Series

Not much is known about Rusty's past except that he has dreamed of becoming a trainer for a very long time and that he was meant to one day work at his parents' deli. At some point, he became a fan of Red and began following him on Twitter.

It is assumed that he attended school up until the day he decided to embark on his journey.

The Journey Begins

He randomly announces one day that his destiny is to be a Pokémon trainer, despite much opposition from his parents. He goes to Professor Tree and receives a Kakuna from him before sneaking out of Beige Town and heading out into the world. He goes through a series of misadventures where he declares a random Bug Catcher as his rival and tries to evolve "Pikachu" in numerous, unintentionally cruel, ways. He is caught off guard by Team Rocket who tries to steal "Pikachu", but he "evolves out of pure happiness" the moment the Team Rocket member touches him. Rusty is punched by "Pikachu" and left alone in a cave, after which he calls his dad to pick him up.

As they ride home, they crash into a Snorlax and Rusty takes it as a sign that he must continue his journey, leaving his father at a Pokécenter. He makes his way to the Celadon Mall where he uses his dad's stolen credit card to purchase a number of, mostly, impractical things, such as 50 Brunch Balls Professor Tree's bike, which happened to be used for smuggling drugs.

Shortly after leaving Celadon City, Rusty came across his greatest rival - a tree blocking his path. Initially, he nearly gives up and goes home, but an old man tells him about Hidden Moves, which Rusty just so happened to buy at the mall. However, struggling to use them, he ends up killing multiple Pokémon, like his Zubat and Bidoof, before lighting the tree with a match, unintentionally causing a rampant forest fire.

He meets Julian the EV Trainer and his Buff Clefairy before Team Rocket kidnaps the Pokémon. Rusty pursues them to the SS Anne with the intention to rescue "Pikachu". However, since he does not have a ticket, he is kicked off in the middle of the ocean, drowns, and washes up on Cinnabar Island Shore. On Cinnabar Island, he challenges Blaine, thinking its his destiny to defeat him. Rusty is dealt a crushing defeat and is discouraged, so Blaine gives him a seashell, claiming that it is a 'Participation Badge' and it lifts Rusty's spirits once more.

Team Rocket Membership

He finally makes it to Team Rocket HQ under the alias of a new recruit named Russel or Reginald (the Team Rocket member Ron cannot read Rusty's handwriting). He tries to rescue "Pikachu", but his efforts are stopped almost instantly. The criminals attempt to kill Rusty, but "Pikachu" stops them, wanting to kill Rusty himself. Realizing that Rusty raised the now insane "Pikachu", they welcome him to Team Rocket, also finding the drug filled bike.

He goes on a ride along with a Team Rocket driver, but they are caught by surprise by Red, who obliterates them, their car, apparently killing Pikachu as well. Rusty mourns the death of "Pikachu" before moving on, nicknaming a Bidoof Pikachu Two.

He ventures on, passing through notable landmarks in his region like Battle Bart's Battlehaus, where Rusty unintentionally kills even more of his Pokémon, including Pikachu Two. Confusing Pikachu's death for an evolution, he brings the Pokémon to the Daycare, where he again runs into Julian the EV Trainer, who is there to pick up his Pokémon and the egg they produced. Julian offers to help Rusty breed a powerful Pokémon, but as Rusty's only (functional) Pokémon was Bidoof, Julian vowed to create the perfect Bidoof.

Team Rocket interrupts the process however and steals Julian's recently hatched egg, a Celefairy he named Cleffaye Valentine. After Rusty leaves, a perfect Biddof does rise from the wreckage.

With the intention of catching ghost Pokémon, Rusty heads to Lavender Town to visit the Pokémon Tower, where he is haunted by all the Pokémon he killed in the past. His deceased grandfather comes to his aid before they can get their revenge (only for Rusty to capture him with a Pokéball).

He meets up with Professor Tree at an Herb Shop and watches a documentary with him before heading to the Viridian City Gym, which has a blockade of cops surrounding it. Rusty gets in through the back and goes to face Giovanni, but is shocked to discover that "Pikachu" is still alive, having killed Giovanni and took over Team Rocket. The police finally break through before "Pikachu" manages to kill Rusty and they are both arrested and taken to jail due to Rusty technically being responsible for "Pikachu" becoming the way he is.

Prison and the Elite Four

As of Jailbreak, Rusty is in jail after being arrested, prosecuted for all of the horrendous deeds committed by "Pikachu", since the policemen state that they cannot legally charge a Pokémon of these crimes. After Rusty was put in the cell, his cellmate tells him to sharpen his knife at one point, which he cheerfully accepts.

Later, Rusty was seen working in the cafeteria, serving the other prisoners. The inmates complemented him for his deli skills, but this caused for Rusty to have a fit, saying that he wants to be the very best trainer. An inmate used him in a battle until the perfect Bidoof broke into the prison, saying that Rusty is his father. Rusty decided to call him "Peanut Butter" and together they left to obtain badges and defeat the Elite Four.

After leaving the prison, Rusty and Peanut Butter traveled Kanto, gathering "every badge," even those other trainers held, often through very violent means, though Rusty was always told to look away. Rusty challenged the Elite Four to a battle and Agatha stepped up to fight first. Rusty chose Burbasaur to fight, but the Pokémon suffered an organ failure. Peanut Butter stepped in to battle and with a simple wave of his hand caused Bidoofs to rupture from Agatha's eyes and mouth, killing her. Rusty, apparently unfazed by the event, claimed victory and asked who was next. Horrified, the rest of the Elite Four surrendered, saying that they changed the rules and he was now the new champion.

Eon of Doof

Venturing to capture all the legendary Pokémon, Rusty and Peanut Butter found their way to the Safari Zone, albeit unattended. Attempting to capture Suicune, Rusty opted Peanut Butter to use an attack, but it kills the Legendary Pokémon. Rusty is disappointed to find out that it appeared to be another "bone-type". As Safari Marge passes by, she welcomes them to her tour and guides them, until Doug is spotted poaching Arceus. Marge stops the tour to scold Doug, and Peanut Butter seeing "mankind's greed", has a revelation. He tells Rusty that he wishes to learn Compassion, but Rusty told him to forget that. Peanut Butter said he also wished to learn "Thirst for Vengeance", which Rusty thought far cooler. Peanut Butter murdered Doug and declared war against humanity.

Six months later, the Eon of Doof had been ushered in. Rusty was forced work as a slave, hauling rocks. He complained that he preferred jail over being a slave.

Rusty sang, as he usually did, to the tune of the Pokémon theme song, causing "Pikachu" to whip him down. He was rescued by Battlebart and taken to the Anti-Bidoof Resistance Force's secret hideout. Battlebart, the EV trainer, Professor Tree and the Bug Catcher explained that Red had formed a Unified Resistance to oppose the perfect Bidoof, but most of them had been killed. The remaining members realized that it was all Rusty's fault. They planned to send him back in time to stop himself from ever leaving Beige Town.

The New Timeline

Rusty successfully convinced his past-self to work at his Dad's deli, but Present Rusty proceeded to deliver Professor Tree's chicken panini, resulting in reliving his journey all over again, exactly the same, dooming all of humanity again.

The Anti-Bidoof Resistance Force realizes that Rusty doomed them all, and questions the paradoxes with two Rusty's active, but in this new timeline Peanut Butter discovered the base and starts slaughtering everyone. Rusty unsuccessfully tries to capture Peanut Butter - twice. Rusty's past-self arrives, saying he brought a special delivery to the Anti-Bidoof Resistance "Farce" (it was ordered by Battlebart to celebrate defeating Peanut Butter, which didn't happen).

Rusty told his past-self to go away, but Peanut Butter smelled something delicious in his bag, the "Rusty Special", his own sandwich recipe. Peanut Butter consumes the sandwich and finally develops compassion and restored faith in humanity due to the sandwich's "simple and yet elegant ingredients." He thanked Past Rusty for helping him realize there is hope buried inside even the worst of humanity. Peanut Butter dubbed Past Rusty as Good Rusty, and offered to go on a journey in space with him (and Cleffaye Valentine). Peanut Butter and Past Rusty start departed, the perfect Bidoof restoring the Pokémon world as it was before he enslaved it.

Meanwhile, Future/Bad Rusty is punished by Peanut Butter, chaining him behind the cash register at Dad's Deli, forcing him to spend the rest of his days working there. "Pikachu" acts as his guard, whipping him when he slacks off.

Skills & Abilities

"You ding dang Dewgongs don't get it! I hate cold cuts! My dream is to be the world's best trainer!"
―Rusty to his Prisoners, Jailbreak
"You are a dumb. Monster."
The Female Team Rocket Turf Patrol's disgust to Rusty's treatment to his Pokemon, Team Rocket

As a Pokemon Trainer, Rusty usually (albeit unintentionally) treats his Pokemon poorly: He tied some of them in leashes like a dog, trying to find ways to evolve his Pokemon by throwing rocks, threw away his fainted Pokemon before he even learned that he can heal them in the Poke Center, using them as his personal uses etc. Given by his Pokemon's levels, it might have hinted that Rusty never levels them up with battles. Apart from aiming for becoming a Pokemon Master, Rusty also lacks any genuine self-care (such as the inability to feed himself with good food), as evidenced by his hints of living like a homeless person (Sleeping in the woods, eating leftovers from garbage bins).

Apart from this, the only good thing that Rusty do is being an excellent Deli Cook, as seen in Jailbreak. However, as he hates for being a chef, he does not seem to use this ability for his entire year of living outside.

One of the unusual feats of him is his invincibility: He survived from a car crash, dodged gun shots, survived being thrown head-first into a tree, Eevee's clawing, and Battle Bart's brutal beating.

Pokemon owned by Rusty

Main Article: Pokémon owned by Rusty

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Trivia

  • Due to it being unknown if Grandpa Crispin is Rusty's grandfather of his mother or father's side, or if 'Crispin' is even a first or last name, if his paternal grandfather's last name is 'Crispin,' Rusty's full name would be 'Rusty Crispin'
  • His favorite games are Ethical Dilemma & Pogs 3D.
  • Sometimes he used leashes on his Pokemon instead of storing them into his Poke Balls, given that he misses actual dogs in Legendaries.
  • Despite being 10 years old, Rusty possesses a voice of a young adult.
  • Rusty commits a number of ridiculous actions throughout the series.
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