Fans Can’t Get Enough Of Pokémon Shield’s Spooky New Gym Leader

All of the new gym leader character designs for Pokémon Sword and Shield are great. One recently revealed trainer in particular has been racking up the fan art. Say hello to Allister.

Here is the character’s official description:

Allister is a talented Trainer of Ghost-type Pokémon who has taken on the mantle of the Ghost-type Gym Leader at a young age. He’s extremely shy and fearful, and he always hides his face with a mask when around other people. He rarely makes public appearances and apparently spends most of his time around ruins or in cemeteries.

The character is a Shield-exclusive gym leader, so let’s see how Allister compares to previous Ghost-type gym Leaders.

here is my summary of Ghost Pokemon trainers over the years leading up to the new Gym Leader announced today. this has been my TED talk, don’t kill me Allister, thank you. pic.twitter.com/wUVGqSepF0

— Blupor (@Bluporo) July 9, 2019

Yikes! The letters on his shorts, 291, are a wordplay and can be read as ni (“two” in Japanese), ku (or “nine”) and i (which sounds like a long “e” in English but refers to “one” as in ichi. Said together, you get the word nikui (憎い), meaning, “hateful,” “horrible” or “spiteful.” But people don’t seem to hate Allister, and even folks who are not into Pokémon dig this spooky emo trainer.

Pokemon sword and shield have beautiful characters and now they goin exclusive! Idk which one i want anymore! But this boi is ma favorite boi#art #illustrator #PokemonSwordandShield #ALLISTER #game #FANART #DigitalArtist #anime #cartoon pic.twitter.com/YgS1kJemE2

— CandleNekra (@candlenekra) July 9, 2019

BOI BABY BOI ❤️

i just keep seeing a duskull instead of mimikyu IM SORRY QUQ ❤️#pokemon #PokemonSwordandShield #allister pic.twitter.com/LIRdi8uiG6

— ⭐ MochiPeligroso‌⭐ (@mochipeligroso) July 8, 2019

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Doodled the new gym leader, absolutely love him so much!! tbh I wanted to draw him cute but then uh, stuff happened… 😡#Pokemon #Allister pic.twitter.com/OXUGbefYzg

— Remirii // sakana standee preorders 🏳️‍⚧️ (@remiriin) July 9, 2019

I thought I’ve already finished with Pokemon, but here we are X,D

I needed to give my ghost son a little bit of love ♥#allister #ghostpokemon #SwordAndShield #mimikyu pic.twitter.com/VGJcbVLMUO

— Tzuki🌙 (@SireneTzukiDark) July 9, 2019

オニオンくんちゃんどえらいかわいい pic.twitter.com/VNJ2kqUIyH

— 赤樫 (@hagane_redoak) July 9, 2019

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i’ve never touched a pokemon game in my life but i would fight a thousand armies for this kid#PokemonSwordandShield #pokemonfanart #allister #digitalart #artistsontwitter pic.twitter.com/hYj0n7WYRH

— salti ✨ 4/5 slots open (@saltiraptor) July 9, 2019

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Allister my spooky pokemon son pic.twitter.com/bF7egXhOqd

— Tim 🔪Pigeonchild (Commissions for May open) (@Pigeon_child_) July 8, 2019

Allister is like peak character design in my book #pokemon pic.twitter.com/BEDtV0t2iV

— Suzie Bee 🐝 (@suzie_bee_) July 8, 2019

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as soon as i laid eyes on him i absolutely fell in love #pokemon #pokemonswordandshield #allister #mimikyu pic.twitter.com/M4TSy9dBHT

— Willow ♡ (@grimoirekitty) July 8, 2019

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Due to personal reasons, I will be loving Allister Pokemon with all my heart #PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/ud9IKmgag4

— Soap🍒 (@soaptaculart) July 8, 2019

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Allister was the first Pokemon Sword & Shield character I’ve wanted to draw so far. pic.twitter.com/7Zjq3cNqqo

— Yomi ☀️ (@yuki_yomi) July 9, 2019

I LOVE Allister <3 #PokemonSwordShield #pokemonallister #fanart #chibi #PokemonEspadaEscudo #ALLISTER pic.twitter.com/nMNtgjFmck

— Barbz -Commissions OPEN- (@BarbzOrtiz) July 9, 2019

Allister/Haunter doodle 👻, #allister #haunter #art #pokemon #pokemonallister #pokemonswordandshield #gaming #digitalart #illustration #drawing pic.twitter.com/RAjFeojadI

— ian lee (@HorizonArtt) July 9, 2019

ALLISTER #PokemonSwordandsheild #Pokemon #ポケモン #オニオンくん #ALLISTER pic.twitter.com/nBBGkXwkur

— MIMIYORI😵‍💫comms closed (@_mimiyori) July 9, 2019

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So I guess I’m getting Shield now#PokemonSwordShield #pokemon #Allister pic.twitter.com/yVeYq2geLV

— 💫NoodleBowl✨TEAM STARDUST (@NoodleBowl_Pop) July 8, 2019