Talk Group
Talk Groups are used to determine the dialogue an allied Pokémon will use within dungeons and Spinda's Café. The group used by each Pokémon ID can be seen in their General tabs, and the dialogue strings can be seen by double clicking on the main Pokémon drop-down and selecting the Personality Groups tab.
In the base game's context, many Pokémon species are assigned to multiple groups based on gender and form. This is particularly noticeable for Castform, which uses a total of 6 different groups across all of its Pokémon IDs. A searchable Pokémon list can be found on the Bulbapedia page on the subject.
Many of these groups received official names, but only in Japanese through an official guidebook for Explorers of Time and Darkness.
Keep in mind the notes only reflect how the groups are used in the base game.
| Group | Name (Unofficial Translation) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Docile tone | |
| 1 | Polite tone | |
| 2 | Timid tone | |
| 3 | Cautious tone | Male, Entei, Mewtwo and Deoxys only |
| 4 | Veteran tone | Male only |
| 5 | Proud tone | |
| 6 | Broken Speech tone | Gender unknown, Kabuto and Silcoon only |
| 7 | Wild tone | Male and Voltorb only |
| 8 | Brash tone | Male only |
| 9 | Innocent tone | Female and Phione only |
| 10 | Confident tone | Male only |
| 11 | Carefree tone | Male and Bronzor only |
| 12 | Gritty tone | Male, Electrode and Bronzong only |
| 13 | Gutsy tone | Female only |
| 14 | Big Sister tone | Female only |
| 15 | Calm tone | Female and Moltres only |
| 16 | Shrewd tone | Male and Shedinja only |
| 17 | - | Unused? |
| 18 | Partner (Lively Boy) | Used by type 1 male partners (Squirtle, Meowth, Totodile, Chimchar and Munchlax) |
| 19 | Partner (Kind Boy) | Used by type 2 male partners (all other male candidates) |
| 20 | Partner (Girl) | Used by type 3 female partners (Vulpix, Eevee, Chikorita, Torchic and Skitty) |
| 21 | Grovyle (when accompanying) | Used only by Grovyle as a guest. |
| 22 | Chatot (when accompanying) | Used only by Chatot as a guest. |
| 23 | Bidoof (when accompanying) | Used only by Bidoof as a guest. |
| 24 | Manaphy | |
| 25 | Celebi (when accompanying) | Used only by Shiny Celebi as a guest. |
| 26 | Cresselia (when accompanying) | The official name reflects how the group is used in the Japanese versions of Time and Darkness. Cresselia keeps using this group after recruitment in all versions of Sky. |
| 27 | - | Unused? |
| 28 | - | Unused? |
| 29 | Uxie | |
| 30 | Mesprit | |
| 31 | Azelf | |
| 32 | Dialga | |
| 33 | Palkia | |
| 34 | Regigigas | |
| 35 | Darkrai | |
| 36 | Kecleon | |
| 37 | Client | Used by clients during escort jobs. |
| 38 | - | Unused? |
| 39 | - | Unused? |
| 40 | - | Unused? |
| 41 | - | Unused |
| 42 | - | Used by Shaymin as a guest, during the first climb of Sky Peak only. |
| 43 | - | Used by Snover during Special Episode 1. |
| 44 | - | Used by Armaldo during Special Episode 2. |
| 45 | - | Used by Banette during Special Episode 2. |
| 46 | - | Used by Skorupi during Special Episode 2. |
| 47 | - | Used by Gardevoir during Special Episode 4. |
| 48 | - | Used by Medicham during Special Episode 4. |
| 49 | - | Used by Dusknoir during the Barren Valley boss fight in Special Episode 5. |
| 50 | - | Used by Shiny Celebi during Special Episode 5. |
| 51 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Dark Wasteland in Special Episode 5. |
| 52 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Temporal Tower in Special Episode 5. |
| 53 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Dusk Forest in Special Episode 5. |
| 54 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Spacial Cliffs in Special Episode 5. |
| 55 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Dark Ice Mountain in Special Episode 5. |
| 56 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Icicle Forest in Special Episode 5. |
| 57 | - | Used by Dusknoir within Vast Ice Mountain in Special Episode 5. |
| 58 | - | Used by Bidoof during Special Episode 1. Only used for leveling up. |
| 59 | - | Used by Igglybuff during Special Episode 2. Only used for leveling up. |
| 60 | - | Used by Lopunny during Special Episode 4. Only used for leveling up. |
| 61 | - | Used by Grovyle during Special Episode 5. Only used for leveling up. |
| 62 | - | Used by Sunflora during Special Episode 3. Only used for leveling up. |
| 63 | - | Used by Loudred during the fight against the three Haunter in Special Episode 3. |
| 64 | - | Used by Magnemite and Magnezone guests during outlaw jobs. |
| 65 | - | Used by both Shaymin forms after recruitment. |
| 255 | Hero | "..." dialogue used by the hero. Also assigned to certain unused/unrecruitable Pokémon, including Primal Dialga. Dialogue strings cannot be changed using SkyTemple. |