"Ash Ketchum!"
Ash looked up. "What?"
May glared at him, blue eyes narrowing. "You have a last name." She poked him. "That's weird."
"Yeah," chimed in Brock. He frowned. "Why is it that only a select few people in our world have last names?"
"Like me?" asked Tracey Sketchit.
"Er, yes. And Gary and Samuel Oak. And Misty Waterflower. Only that's the name her fans gave her, not her official one."
Drew walked in, looking affronted. "I don't have a last name, either. I mean, if the Pokemon creators actually gave me one, it would probably be something gay like Rose, but it's still insulting."
"Even my daddy doesn't have a last name!" shouted Max, trying to get everyone to notice him.
"Exactly!" said May. "I'm a freaking main character, for Arceus' sake, and I don't even have a last name!"
Ash huffed. "Well, I'm so-rry for stealing the spotlight from you guys, because I'm THE main character."
"But minor characters have last names, too," pointed out Misty. "All of the professors have last names. So does Steven Stone and his dad. And Tracey, who only shows up for one season and just acts lame all the time."
"Hey! That was mildly insulting!"
"It makes for a lot of problems, too, like when we're put into real-world situations and we have to give our names. What do we do? Either the fanfic authors offer us a last name, or we just say our first name and sound weird."
Max kneeled on the floor, tears streaming out from underneath his glasses. "Why, cruel world? Why?!"
Everyone simply shook their heads and walked away.
