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Ranting & Raving!
Funny thing is in-game a few trainers do pretty much say some of the older trainer classes are "evolved" from a younger trainer class, like I think a Bug Maniac says they were all Bug Catchers. There's also Rising Stars who are training to become Ace Trainers who later become Veterans (and then even later Experts). An odd one is the Fairy Tale Girl has two paths they take: Furisode Girl or Hex Maniac. Other basic examples:“10 year old” is not actually an age, it’s the common term for the first stage form of humans, also known as Jr Trainers. All beginning normal trainers* start as 10 Year Olds, then evolve based on their team into specialized forms such as Hikers, Ace Trainers, or Bird Keepers**, and later into Veterans, Mediums, Ruin Maniacs, or similar.
*You can see a parallel to this in the closely related species such as Tubers, Bug Catchers, or Ninja Boys
**Evolution into Gym Leaders and later into Professors or Elite Four Members is a rare and still not understood phenomenon
Poke Kid > Poke Maniac > Poke Fan
Channeler > Medium
Lady > Madame/Socialite
Rich Boy > Gentleman
Also a few Gym Leaders are actually just a special member of a Trainer Class (their Gym usually having said Trainer Class in them though not always): Misty is a Swimmer, Erika an Aroma Lady, Sabrina a Psychic, Blaine a Scientist, Falkner a Bird Catcher, Bugsy a Bug Catcher, Clair a Dragon Tamer, Norman a Jogger, Tate & Liza are Twins, Roark a Worker, Maylene a Battle Girl, Striaton Triplets are Waiters, Burgh a Painter/Artist, Ramos a Gardener, Valerie a Furisode Girl, etc.. Infact you can probably base a Trainer Class off most Gym Leader and Elite Four member.
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