# Scottish Pokémon Trainer Scottish Pokémon Trainer is a February 2019 Twitter joke that reimagined Gloria, the new female player character from Pokémon Sword and Shield, as a foul-mouthed woman with a thick Scottish accent. Sparked by the game's UK-inspired Galar region, the gag turned into a week of viral tweets, fan art, and voiced dub videos that briefly dominated Pokémon Twitter. ## Origin Nintendo revealed Pokémon Sword and Shield in a Pokémon Direct on February 27, 2019, introducing the UK-inspired Galar region[4]. Within hours, Twitter users joked that if the setting was Britain, the trainer had to be Scottish. Two tweets that afternoon set the template. User @puritikuma parodied an older @_lMWE tweet by rewriting it as Gloria yelling at another trainer in heavy Scots, pulling in more than 14,000 retweets and 39,000 likes[1]. A few hours later, @CaptainHanyuu ran the same swap on a @Lookin4Serenity tweet, hitting over 19,000 retweets and 54,000 likes[5]. Both posts riffed on the already-established Merida's Scottish Slang tweet format from 2018, which had users translating everyday complaints into Brave-style dialect[1]. Nintendo and Game Freak developed the game itself; the meme was fan-made and did not originate with the publisher. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @puritikuma and @CaptainHanyuu (earliest viral tweets) - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview Scottish Pokémon Trainer refers to a wave of Twitter posts that dressed up Gloria, the female protagonist of Pokémon Sword and Shield, in phonetic Scots dialect and blistering Glaswegian attitude. The joke leans on the fact that the game's Galar region is openly modeled on the United Kingdom, so fans imagined the player character sounding like she stepped out of Trainspotting rather than a children's RPG[1]. The format is mostly text-based: a screenshot or drawing of Gloria paired with a caption written in exaggerated Scottish spelling, often profane, often about her Pokémon or a rival trainer. Fan artists then built on it with comics and character redesigns[2], and voice actors, most notably Elsie Lovelock, gave the tweets a spoken performance that pushed the bit onto YouTube and TikTok compilations[3]. ## How to Use The typical Scottish Pokémon Trainer post pairs an image of Gloria (screenshot, official art, or fan drawing) with a caption written phonetically in a broad Scottish accent, often about battling, catching, or insulting other characters. Common conventions include swapping standard spelling for 'ken,' 'wee,' 'dinnae,' and heavy use of 'ye,' and framing Gloria as short-tempered opposite calmer trainers like Serena from Pokémon X&Y[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Scottish Pokémon Trainer? It is a February 2019 Twitter joke that recast Gloria, the female player character in Pokémon Sword and Shield, as a woman with a heavy Scottish accent and dialect[1]. ### Where did Scottish Pokémon Trainer come from? It started on Twitter the same day Nintendo revealed Pokémon Sword and Shield's UK-inspired Galar region, with @puritikuma and @CaptainHanyuu posting the earliest viral tweets[1][5]. ### What does Scottish Pokémon Trainer mean? The bit means Gloria, since Galar is modeled on Britain, must be Scottish, so posts write her lines phonetically in Scots and give her a short-tempered personality[6]. ### How do you use Scottish Pokémon Trainer? Typically you post a picture of Gloria with a caption written in exaggerated Scottish spelling about a battle, rival, or Pokémon, following the pattern set by the early puritikuma and CaptainHanyuu tweets[1]. ### Is Scottish Pokémon Trainer still popular? The peak was the week after the February 2019 reveal, boosted by Elsie Lovelock's voiced dubs[3]. It faded after the November 2019 game launch but is still referenced in Galar fan art[6]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/puritikuma/status/1100773926668505091]() 2. [https://twitter.com/_lMWE/status/1029041690114498560]() 3. [https://x.com/i/status/1100789922112462848]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPVBm0sA7Q]() 5. [https://twitter.com/CaptainHanyuu/status/1100797317098192897]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scottish-pokemon-trainer]() 7. [https://x.com/i/status/1102919130733334530]() 8. [https://x.com/i/status/1101894562849517568]() 9. [https://twitter.com/Lookin4Serenity/status/1029155179592077312]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/scottish-pokemon-trainer Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library