Elaine meets a Pineco at the Forest Shrine! Both it and Spinarak are level 8. These two Pokémon are polar opposites - Pineco is shy and unassuming while Spinarak is loud, in-your-face (it particularly likes dropping down from the ceiling to intimidate people with the face on its back), and selfish. Pineco has a bad habit, however, of silently bottling up all its frustration whenever it's talked over or ignored....and when it can't take it anymore, it explodes. Literally.

In the Mausoleum, Elaine meets a level 12 Shuppet. Shuppet's catchphrase is "It's not easy being grey", as it thinks most of the other Pokémon in the Mausoleum are more eye-catching and worthy of making friends than it is. It has even composed a melancholy little song about this. It will be quite touched that Elaine wants to Bond with it, but its gloomy (and song-prone) disposition won't change.