Mom

The character "Mom" appears in every pokemon RPG game to date, excluding, of course, games like Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon Snap and similar. This entails all of the gameboy, gameboy advance, and the new DS games (Pokemon Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, and White.) She assists you in the beginning on these games in small ways. In the Pokemon games Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, and White, Mom gives you running shoes before you leave the first town. In FireRed and LeafGreen, she sends the running shoes to you through one of Professor Oak's aides.

In all the games save for Gold, Silver, and their respective remakes, as well as Crystal, talking to Mom heals injured pokemon as would a pokemon center. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver, Mom will save a percentage of your income from defeating trainers and save it. Occassionally, she will spend some of the saved up money on decorations, berries, or other items she finds. At the beginning of Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Mom draws your attention to the television downstairs, informing you that they're showing the gym of the players father, Norman. Unfortunately, by the time your character has made their way to the TV, you've missed seeing your father.

At the end of Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, after you've defeated the Elite Four and are standing in the Hall of Fame, there will be a television report of one of two pokemon roaming the world, either Latios (Ruby) or Latias (Sapphire). In Pokemon Emerald, the news report will not distinguish between which of the two it is. When you next talk to Mom, she will asked you if the report was about a red creature or a blue creature, and whichever you pick, Latios being the blue creature and Latias being the red, will determine which of the two will be roaming in your world.

The mother in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum is the only version of Mom to have an actually name in the game, that being Johanna. She takes on a much more active lifestyle then the Mom's from past games, often competing in contests. When the player meets up with Johanna, their Mother, at the Super Contest Hall in Hearthome City, she gives the player either a tuxedo or a dress depending on the players gender. She also supplies the player with a journal at the beginning of their journey.

Pokemon Black and White's Mom was once a pokemon trainer herself, where she met her husband, and in turn the player's father, while he was on his own adventure. She and her husband settled down and had a child, which later becomes the player's character. At the beginning of the game, after the player selects their starting pokemon, she gives you an Xtransceiver (or Live Caster from the direct Japanese translation) which can be used like the PokeGear phone from Pokemon Gold and Silver, Crystal, and Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver to contact, or more specically be contacted, by Professor Juniper, Mom, and others. When a call is made with the Xtransceiver, it acts like a video call, bringing up an image of your character and whomever your character may be calling or receiving a call from.