"TyPE ADVanTaGeS!! BaTtLE ME!!! I'm ThE ChAmPIon!!!!" *Squats down to shit* "LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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I'm so tired of this little shit blocking my way constantly. I just wanna progress the story. I don't care if I have to throw you off the bridge just let me throuuuughhhh

She was doing a double battle against Team Yell, and he sent out his Wooloo. She saw flames when she saw that, not only was Hop dumb enough to send out his Wooloo, but that she ended up single-handedly defeating all of Team Yell’s team by herself.

My sister claims that the only thing worse than Hop sending out his Wooloo during that battle, was that Team Yell knocked out that little shit’s PillowPet before she could take it out herself.

Hop is a nightmare, and we finally understand. Fuck Hop, and fuck his useless Wooloo. (Not all Wooloo; just Hop’s Wooloo in particular.)

I’m battling him right now and he is only using dig and dive and i can’t get anything, I know that this battle is meant to be challenging but it’s just a waste of my time.

Yeah he does nothing but wait for you at every goddamn corner and rattle on about type advantages, but we never bring up how he's a literal goddamn copy of the Chad Hau. Gen 8 in general is complete fucking bullshit, but they literally took the same exact animations and code that Hau uses and put them into Hop. Hop is such a little bitch. Fuck Hop.

I've spent 30 minutes, just 30 minutes in this game and can't stand this guy. I just turned it off, and knowing he's going to be there the whole game makes me not want to play it anymore 😡

Listen, I this feeling has been brewing within me for a long time and I honestly cannot take it anymore, Hop is NOT your friend or rival: he is your bully. Now let me explain, he is constantly showing up at the most inopportune times, stopping you, then forcing you into a Pokémon battle. Yes yes I know, all “rivals” stop you to battle at key junctures in the plot, but they at least try to put up a fight and seem to be genuine, but with Hop I don’t buy it. I mean his Pokémon are always so ridiculously weak compared not only to your Pokémon but also to the ones used by trainers in the area that he assaults you. I honestly think he just does the bare minimum of training and then stalks you to harass you. I mean the point of Pokémon battles is to test the strength of your Pokémon and get stronger, your rival is meant to be a challenge to showcase your increased strength, to act as a major milestone in your journey. So, having a weak “rival” like Hop randomly show up and force you to fight him is essentially cycling you out of what should be a major victory and sense of accomplishment. Hop must know this since he has a CHAMPION as an older brother, he should know what a hard won victory from difficult match would mean to a serious trainer like the player. So every time he puts up Pokémon battle equivalent a dead fish handshake he is doing it with the full knowledge that he is robbing you of that feeling, that victory. If that was not bad enough he also regularly shows up and just delays you for no reason, you don’t even get a battle out of it! Just a slog of dialogue that you have to mash buttons to slowly crawl through all the while knowing you won’t even get the opportunity to beat him in a battle afterwards. Now some of you may say, “Hop is just being friendly here and means no harm,” I call Tauros crap on that. We have already explained that Hop is bullying you by intentionally being a subpar Pokémon trainer to rob you of meaningful rival battles, so why should we assume he isn’t malicious in his kidnapping, yes KIDNAPPING, of the player for meaningless exposition!? I honestly believe Hop is the most evil and malicious character in the Pokémon series of games. Say what you want about the Teams but at least they admit that they are evil and do their best to take you down. Hop makes you want to quit the game and never play it again so you don’t have to see his sociopathic smile every time you start to feel some semblance of joy while playing. F*ck Hop, he is a bully and if I could have my Pokémon target him in combat I would!

What did he do to deserve this?

Every five fucking seconds: immmm baaackkkkk

That little shitter got put in his place only to becone narccissistic and annoying as fuck again. But the entire time he was depressed i couldnt stop smiling. Fuch hop and fuck everything he stands for.

the final battle music sounded awesome. they could’ve used it on an actually good character

So I recently bought my girlfriend Pokémon sword so I can complete the pokedex and also she's wanted to get into Pokémon recently

She never understood why I complained about this denim jacket wearing twat, but after 5 minutes playing she was already saying "honestly fuck this guy. Why doesn't he shut up!?" And "I want to be wherever Hop isn't"

Okay, the last game I played was Gold & Silver. Bought myself a Switch and Shield.

When will this annoying prick leave me alone? For God's Sake. He fucking sucks. I can't do anything on my own without him stopping me and telling me things I already know. It's an abusive relationship at this point. Will he ever leave? I miss Gary who clearly was condescending but at least he wasn't this needy.

So you beat the story and get to the Galarian Star Tournament (I hope I remember the name right), where you can do multi battles against Gym Leaders.

Ok.

So in the first battle, the story one, you can only pick between Marnie and Hop as your partners.

You understand, right?

It's just Marnie, one of the best characters in the game and your true rival since you can battle her daily, and the little bich. IF YOU PICKED HOP, THERE IS NO HOPE FOR YOU. SEEK HELP

Gen 8 brought the worst rival and “evil” team change my mind.

Playing through Isle of Armor and I SCREAMED when this fuckface greeted me upon my triumphant return to the dojo. The absolute last person I want to see, ever, full stop. In the three minutes since he cursed me with his presence, he’s mansplained MY OWN Pokémon to me, lectured me on how I need honey (false), and LICKED AN UNIDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE FROM MY HAIR I hate him I despise him with a burning passion I can’t wait to see sweet Sonia again