Go the Chicken

Go the Chicken is a character that debuted in Adrien the Cat 5: Episode 2. He is a 10-year-old rookie Pokémon Trainer and a research assistant at the Sakuragi Institute, working along with Ash. His goal is to catch Mew, while his dream is to catch every Pokémon in every region.

Appearance
Go is a skinny young boy that has a slightly androgynous appearance. He has messy black hair with two red highlights, slightly tanned skin, and blue eyes. His outfit consists of a red and grey short-sleeved top with a Poké Ball design, black tracksuit pants, red socks, and a pair of grey and black shoes.

Personality
Go's personality contrasts much with Ash's, starting with their objectives: while Ash loves battles and seeks to be a Pokemon Master, Go loves to capture new Pokémon and, apparently, seeks to complete the Pokédex.

Go is a stylish, cool-headed boy with a confident demeanor and a hot competitive streak. Compared with Ash, who is a reckless, headstrong boy from a backwater town, Go is an intelligent city boy and regularly makes use of technology. Go is also highly knowledgeable about Pokémon especially as a child, being fairly adept at information-gathering and analyzing, both of which were useful in gathering clues. However, this also made him have somewhat of an ego, and at times act like a know-it-all, which, according to Koharu, causes him to have difficulty making friends. This trait appears when he becomes upset that his argument with Ash almost ruined their friendship.

While Go clearly loves Pokémon and gets excited about meeting them (much like Ash does), he seems uninterested in actually forming emotional bonds with the Pokemon he catches, unlike Ash. Additionally, despite Go's confident demeanor, he is apparently very easy to fluster and embarrass, as he blushes often. Despite his deep knowledge of Pokémon, Go is still new and inexperienced when it comes to being a Trainer. Unlike most Trainers who capture new Pokemon via weakening them through battle, Go instead simply tosses Poke Balls at every Pokemon he encounters without battling them at all. One time, he wanted to catch a member of the Dratini evolutionary line, but was unable to do so since he had earlier wasted all of his Poke Balls trying to catch a Dewgong. Because of his desire to catch every single Pokemon there is, he'll sometimes become discouraged either whenever someone catches a Pokemon that he wanted to catch or if the Pokemon turns out to already belong to someone else. For example, he tried to capture a Mightyena without realizing that it was Houji's, and had hoped to catch the Gengar that had been haunting the Sakuragi Institute, despite the fact that it had already formed a bond with Ash and had decided it wanted to be his Pokemon instead,

His battling style also showcases his inexperience during his participation in the Battle Frontier Flute Cup tournament, where his by-the-book approach of relying solely on type advantages and raising attack power leaves him defenseless against more experienced Trainers. This is another trait that sets him apart from Ash, who often uses unorthodox methods and his gut instincts to win battles.

Go also appears to be against the idea of actually training his Pokemon in order to improve their abilities, as shown when his Raboot, as Scorbunny wanted to learn Ember, but Go believed that its moveset of Quick Attack and Double Kick were already enough and that it didn't need to learn other moves, though this was mostly out of concern for it pushing itself too hard. This caused him and Scorbunny to get into a disagreement and putting a bit of a strain on their friendship.

Due to the fact that he spent most of his childhood focusing only on researching and capturing Mew and not wanting any other friends besides Koharu, Go seems to have a lack of social skills, leading to him not understanding the feelings of other people and Pokemon. He mistakes some playful banter from Houji for insults, believed that his friendship with Ash was over after a brief argument between them, and his concern over Raboot as a Scorbunny hurting itself while trying to learn a new move caused the Rabbit Pokemon to become upset with him and believe that he didn't want it to become stronger. Even though he means well, he is ignorant of how his words may affect others (such as his Raboot) and the underlying problems that may perpetuate the strain in his friendship with Raboot.

Skills
Go is very intelligent, though he often skips school and doesn't like doing his homework. He is a skilled researcher and uses his Rotom Phone to help him gain new information. Much like Brock, Tracey Sketchit, Max, Cilan, and Clemont before him, Go has great knowledge about Pokémon. He can also run reasonably well, though he struggles with climbing and other athletic skills.

Koharu
Go and Koharu have been friends since they were little. The pair even attended Professor Oak's Pokémon summer camp together during their childhood.

In the present day, Go usually hangs out with Koharu and her dad, Professor Sakuragi. Though their friendship has only deepened as time went on, they still butt heads from time to time, as Go often exasperates or annoys Koharu with his antics. Likewise, Go gets annoyed when Koharu shows her concern for him, but he understands that she is just looking out for him.

Professor Sakuragi
Through his friendship with Koharu, Go has known Professor Sakuragi since his childhood. He enjoys spending time at his lab. After helping him with his research, Go accepted Professor Sakuragi's offer to be his assistant along with Ash.

Ash
Go first met Ash when they jumped on Lugia at the same time. During their adventure with the Legendary Pokémon, the two boys found out that they had a lot in common. As a result, Go instantly accepted Ash as his friend. Their friendship grew even stronger when the two boys began to travel together as assistants for Professor Sakuragi's research institute. Even though Go does sometimes get annoyed with Ash's habits and can be very competitive with him, he has some strong admiration for him. Like May, Dawn, Serena, and Lillie, Go considers Ash to be a role model of his. He admires how much he cares for Pokémon, his determined attitude, and his strong bond with his Pikachu.

Raboot
Go first met Raboot, as a Scorbunny, when he and Ash went to the Galar region. It and its Nickit friends stole their food, prompting them to give chase. However, after a little while, Go bonded with it, even choosing to lie to the store owner the Nickit stole from by saying that the wild Rabbit Pokémon belonged to him. Raboot then decided to tail the two boys in the hopes of joining them, as it had taken a liking to Go.

When Raboot finally met up with him, Go was surprised but realized that it wanted to be his partner. At first, Go originally wanted to get Mew as his first Pokémon, even refusing the choice of a Kanto Starter when he had the opportunity at Professor Sakuragi's lab. However, Go changed his mind after seeing Raboot helping him and his friend with a Gigantamax Snorlax. He decided to make the Rabbit Pokémon his first Pokémon and partner, to which it willingly obliged. After that, Go and Raboot not only became true partners but also best friends. Go and Raboot would high five or fist bump each other whenever something good happens or as a sign of their friendship for each other. They both share personality traits, including the trait of not wishing to lose everyone around them. Although Go and Raboot sometimes butt heads, they don't stay mad at each other for long. After it evolved in its mid-stage, Go became surprised at Raboot's new cold demeanor, after it didn't fist bump him like they usually do when they were victorious against Team Rocket. This may due to him being unable to fully understand Raboot's character. However, Go still cares for Raboot as he sees it still remained loyal to him whenever they continue their quest on catching more Pokémon and still sees it as his best friend, although he doesn't seem to pick up the cues of how Raboot is beginning to disobey him by attacking without listening to his commands and still unintentionally neglects Raboot's fervent desire on becoming a stronger battler.

Biography
Go was born in a rich family. Both of his parents had worked as programmers in the company Gogo Systems. During his childhood, he had little to no friends except Koharu, so he had difficulties understanding others, let alone making new friends. In a flashback, Go did attempt to step out and made friends with someone, only to be harshly rejected.

When Go was six years old, he and Koharu encountered the Mythical Pokémon Mew during a field trip. At the time, they were separated from Professor Oak's group. While at a hilly riverside, they witnessed how a sudden psychic force saved a young Kangaskhan from almost falling to its doom. Since then, Go made it his goal to capture the mysterious Mew.

Pokémon Journeys: the Series
At Vermilion City, Go encountered the Legendary Pokémon Lugia and attempted to follow it. During the chase, Go managed to climb onto Lugia's body, where he met Ash. The two boys were able to become friends after getting to know each other during their ride. After returning to the Sakuragi Institute that evening, Go and Ash briefly met up with Koharu. Ash and Go then showed Professor Sakuragi the information on Lugia that they collected and became his assistants. Go and Ash's first assessment was to investigate the disruptive outbreak of Ivysaur all over Vermilion City. Before investigating, the two boys each received a special smartphone and had two Rotom placed in them. However, during the investigation, Go and Ash had a fallout when the latter saw an Ivysaur in trouble. Arriving at a Gym under construction, Go and Ash followed the Ivysaur, along with their pre-evolved form Bulbasaur. Trying to follow the Seed Pokémon, Go wasn't able to climb well enough to get to his destination effectively. However, Ash gave him his hand, and thanks to his help, the two boys got on top of the building. Once on top, they discovered that the Ivysaur had gone there to bask in the sun and evolve. However, when Team Rocket showed up to steal them, Go and Ash became shocked. Upon seeing Ash and Pikachu's determination (along with the Ivysaur helping them out), Go became very impressed. After Team Rocket was sent blasting off, Go and Ash witnessed the evolution event, becoming amazed by it. After that, Go and Ash bring their findings to Professor Sakuragi and make up for their argument from before.

Go and Ash's next assessment was to travel to the Galar region to research the Dynamax phenomenon. While they waited for the train to the Wild Area to arrive, Go and Ash decided to eat scones at a store in Wyndon, only to have their food stolen by a wild Scorbunny and its Nickit friends. After Ash battled and defeated Scorbunny, Go bonded with it, even choosing to lie to the store owner by saying the Scorbunny belonged to him when the Nickit stole more of his food. After hearing Scorbunny's backstory from the store owner, Go gave it words of encouragement before he and Ash left. Go and Ash eventually made it to their train, completely unaware that the Scorbunny had taken a liking to Go and had began to follow him. When Go and Ash arrived at the Wild Area, they encountered a sleeping Snorlax and met up with Scorbunny again. Go was surprised but realized that Scorbunny wanted to be his partner, so he sadly told it that he was planning to get Mew as his first Pokémon instead. When the Snorlax underwent Gigantamax, however, Go, Scorbunny, Ash, and Pikachu tried to move it aside, as it was blocking the railroad for an oncoming train. During the mission, Go saw Scorbunny's determination to help him and Ash. After successfully dealing with Snorlax, Go stopped Scorbunny when it turned to leave, as he had changed his mind and wanted it to be his partner. Go then threw a Poké Ball, missing at first, but Scorbunny was able to redirect the ball with a kick, effectively catching itself. Go and Scorbunny were happy to have each other as partners and best friends.

Go eventually began his goal to capture every single Pokémon, hoping to fill his Pokédex. He started catching a bunch of Bug-type Pokémon in the Kanto region, where he got help from Scorbunny, Ash, and Pikachu on successfully catching them. Go then took his Pokémon to the Sakuragi Institute, where Professor Sakuragi kept them in storage for him. Some time after, Go came with Ash to the Hoenn Battle Frontier, where he had them entered in the Battle Frontier's Flute Cup tournament. Despite having a type advantage, Go was defeated in the first battle by Houji without managing to land a single hit on his opponent. Frustrated by his loss, Go decided that catching Pokémon was better than battling and ran off to continue filling up his Pokédex. However, Go returned in time to watch the final match between Ash and Houji. Go was pleased that the battle ended in Ash's victory. As they returned home, Go apologized to Ash for his earlier outburst. He came to see battling in a new light from watching the final match and hoped to give it another try. When they eventually returned home, Go and Ash went to Vermilion's port. Although Go had trouble at first, he eventually caught a Tentacool. Afterwards, the boys met a disheartened and worn-out Piplup. The Piplup was apparently from the Sinnoh region, and had gotten lost. Since its Trainer was probably looking for it, the boys decided to take it back home. When they arrived in Sinnoh, they met Misaki, the Piplup's Trainer, who was happy to be reunited with her Pokémon. However, the boys realized that Piplup left Misaki voluntarily because she had a another Pokémon, a Croagunk, which had a rivalry with it. Go then entered in the Drift Ice Race with his newly caught Mantyke. However, Ash and Go became shocked when Team Rocket showed up, putting Misaki in grave danger. Ash and Go then battled Team Rocket, being able to send them blasting off, and watched as Misaki was rescued by her Pokémon. The two boys then watched as Misaki and her Pokémon finally made amends before they returned home.

Later, Go and Ash read some news about the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh making an appearance in Johto, so they traveled to the region in the hopes that they could meet it. However, when they arrived, they realized that the sightings of Ho-Oh had turned out to be fake. A kid named Kurio had made up the sightings, hoping to help his grandfather look for Ho-Oh again after he had previously quit searching for it. The boys then helped Kurio and his grandfather look for Ho-Oh in the Bell Tower, but they had trouble with a Misdreavus and a Stantler. However, Go stopped them from causing trouble by catching both of them. When the boys arrived at the Bell Tower, they tried to look for Ho-Oh, unsuccessfully calling it. Despite failing their mission to search for Ho-Oh, they helped Kurio's grandfather get his motivation back, as he decided to continue looking for Ho-Oh himself again. After their mission, Go and Ash left the Johto region. Chasing some rumors, Ash and Go then decided to head to an island full of Dragonite, hoping they could investigate the Pokémon that lived there. During the investigation, Ash and Go discovered how the Dragonite spent their days, doing things such as sleeping, eating, and living together along with their pre-evolved forms Dratini and Dragonair. While they undertook their research, Ash befriended a Dragonair that had trouble flying and learning to master the move Dragon Dance. Go watched Ash as he helped the Dragonair master Dragon Dance and grow its wings. While the boys were there, Team Rocket attempted to steal the rare Pokémon, but they were defeated and sent blasting off when the Dragonair evolved into a Dragonite. After Team Rocket was dealt with, Go witnessed Ash catching the newly-evolved Dragonite, thus making it a member of his team. The boys then left the island and returned home to the Kanto region. After returning home, Go and Ash greeted their Pokémon at Sakuragi Park, where they saw Ash's Dragonite approaching Go's Scyther and Stantler. While Go was afraid that the Pokémon would hurt each other at first, his fears were quickly put at ease when Dragonite decided to hug Go's Scyther and Stantler instead. Go then excitedly watched his Wurmple evolving, becoming disappointed when all three evolved into Cascoon. After being cheered up by his Cascoon, Go later encountered a troublemaking Gengar at the Sakuragi Institute. Go and Ash attempted to battle and catch the Pokémon during their pursuit, but they failed to do so. As the Gengar continued its mayhem, Koharu returned home from school, where her father told her to use her family's Yamper to fight the evil Pokémon and send it packing. After a long internal debate, Koharu commanded her Yamper to use Spark, blasting the Pokémon out of the building. At night, the boys became determined to battle Gengar the next time it showed up, not knowing that the Pokémon was actually on top of the Institute at that very moment.

Go and Ash head back to the Galar region to watch the finals of the Pokémon World Championships tournament. As they arrive to the tournament, they witnessed the battle between of the Kanto Elite Four Lance and the Pokémon Champion of Galar Leon. During the battle Leon defeated Lance and then became the "World Champion". When the match ended, the Wyndon Stadium was attacked by a wild Drednaw after Team Rocket accidentally provoked it and caused it to change into its Gigantamax form. Ash and Go head out of stadium to deal with the Gigantamax Drednaw. However, during their battle, something unexpected happened. The Dynamax energy from underground engulfed Pikachu and caused it to transform into its Gigantamax form. Pikachu then defeated Drednaw, via Leon's advice, with a powerful G-Max move, G-Max Volt Crash. After a victorious win, Pikachu reverted back to its normal size. Go and Ash thanks Leon for his help as Leon thanks them their heroic efforts as well. The other day Go and Ash where eating some scones until Go spotted a Skwovet, where he took the chance of catching it. Go notices Ash was a bit off as the latter told him he was thinking about yesterday battle and wants to battle Leon. Go explains to Ash that he can enter the Pokémon World Championships himself. Go explain about the rules and ranking system where to climb through the ranks in order to battle Leon. However the Boys were shocked to see Leon as he accept Ash offer, much to Go disbelieve. At Wydon Go watches Ash battle where Go helps explains how Dynamax works about their Max Moves. As Go watch the battle he was bummed that Ash lost. After leaving Galar, Go is happy that Ash decides to enter the Pokémon World Championships himself to gained another with Leon. Go and Ash travels to the Unova to investigate the "Ruins of the Giants" that have discovered in a Resort Desert. During their mission, Go and Ash stumbles on some traps,  Pokémon and other obstacles in their way. Go was able to catch some Unova Pokémon along the way. Go and Ash then participated in a raid battle against a giant Golurk, where Go was able to catch it after weaken through their battle. Go and returns to Sakuragi institute where they check on hiss Unova Pokémon sleeping peacefully. One day at the Sakuragi institute, Ash and Go decides to return to homes after the Institute having problem with maintenance system and will be shut down in a few days. As they go back to their homes, Ash notice that Go left something behind and went to return it to him. As Ash arrives to Go's home, he realize he wasn't there and decided to call. After getting Go, call he tells Ash that Cubone lost its bone by a group of Mankey. Ash meet up with where they help Cubone get its bone back. After finding and defeating the Mankey, they realize they lost Cubone's bone. After countless of searching, they were able to retrieve Cubune's Bone. Ash met Go's parents where they arrive and Ash was invited by Go and his family for a nice dinner. Go and Ash encounters the Gengar they met before. Ash and Go blaze with enthusiasm as they declare that they will definitely catch it this time. However Gengar quickly hides away in Ash's shadow, where he put Ash under a curse. Go witnesses Ash starting to had a lot bad luck, such as falling down the stairs, haven't his food ruined and got crushed by his and Go's Pokémon. Go worried about Ash's hard time and decides to check on Ash where they met Gengar's former trainer. Go and Ash then realizes that the trainer actually left Gengar at Sakuragi Institute for and have no intentions of coming back for it. Unknown to for them, Gengar was hearing the whole about his former trainer it and came out of Ash's to exact revenge on trainer for selfish actions. After the trainer run away, Gengar run off on its own in anger. Ash decides to find Gengar as he hates to leave it at it state with Go try to find Gengar himself so he can catch it. Go find Gengar where Ash save it from being by Team Rocket and watch Ash team up with Gengar. After dealing with Team Rocket, Go was happy about his friend and Gengar's triumph but saw Ash collapsed due to a fever and was concern about his ill friend. After Ash woke up from his fever, Go was happy that his friend was alright and witnessed Ash capture Gengar.

Ash and Go were training at he Sakuragi Institute with their Pokémon Pikachu and Scorbunny until Go's Darmanitan came and mocked Scorbunny for not knowing a fire type move. During their quest to find more Pokémon, they encountered Team Rocket and had a battle with them. Go and Scorbunny were quickly defeated but luckily, Ash and Pikachu sent Team Rocket flying off again. After dealing with Team Rocket, Go and Scorbunny had an argument were Go disapproved of Scorbunny learning a new move. Ash helps Go made up with Scorbunny by telling Go how to truly become one with his Pokémon in battle. During their second, battle with Team Rocket, Go and Scourbunny made up and Go decides to help Scorbunny learn a new move. Not only did Go help Scorbunny learn a new move: Ember but Go also witnessed Scorbunny evolving into Raboot. After Team Rocket has been defeated for the second time, Go was happy that Scorbunny evolved and learne a new move. However, Go became surprised when Raboot walked away while ignoring their special fist bump that they usually do. Go watch Ash's first battle in the Pokémon World Championship, where Go was happy that Ash win his first match. Go and Ash went to see a movie being created. There, they encounter a Ditto who's fallen into a slump after angering a director due to not being able to transform very well. After the Ditto ran away from the studio, Go and Ash decided to go searching for the missing Transform Pokémon. Luckily, they find the Ditto as it was with Team Rocket, who were helping train Ditto to be a better actor. They rescue it from Team Rocket, who fake their defeat to bring back Ditto, and brought it back to the Theater.

Go and Ash have been chosen to lead a Pokémon Orienteering event at the Sakuragi Institute. During the event Go lead a group of kids while he show on how catches Pokémon, Go experience just how fun it is to battle and catch Pokémon alongside the children participating in the event. Also, Go reaffirm his unfulfilled "dream" about catching every Pokémon in every region, including Mew. When Lugia appeared, Go and Ash were preparing to battle it until it turn out to be a trick by Team Rocket, which they use a decoy Lugia. However, they were surprised when the real Lugia appears and rescue the kidnapped Pokémon then it helped the boys defeat Team Rocket. After the event, The boys were happy that they give the kids a fun experience and inspire them to be trainers like them someday, something they'll look forward to.