diff --git a/src/phases/message-phase.ts b/src/phases/message-phase.ts
index f671307d86a..2a5bcf6b99c 100644
--- a/src/phases/message-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/message-phase.ts
@@ -28,17 +28,28 @@ export class MessagePhase extends Phase {
     super.start();
 
     if (this.text.indexOf("$") > -1) {
+      const pokename: string[] = [];
+      const repname = [ "#POKEMON1", "#POKEMON2" ];
+      for (let p = 0; p < globalScene.getPlayerField().length; p++) {
+        pokename.push(globalScene.getPlayerField()[p].getNameToRender());
+        this.text = this.text.split(pokename[p]).join(repname[p]);
+      }
       const pageIndex = this.text.indexOf("$");
-      globalScene.unshiftPhase(
-        new MessagePhase(
-          this.text.slice(pageIndex + 1),
-          this.callbackDelay,
-          this.prompt,
-          this.promptDelay,
-          this.speaker,
-        ),
-      );
-      this.text = this.text.slice(0, pageIndex).trim();
+      for (let p = 0; p < globalScene.getPlayerField().length; p++) {
+        this.text = this.text.split(repname[p]).join(pokename[p]);
+      }
+      if (pageIndex !== -1) {
+        globalScene.unshiftPhase(
+          new MessagePhase(
+            this.text.slice(pageIndex + 1),
+            this.callbackDelay,
+            this.prompt,
+            this.promptDelay,
+            this.speaker,
+          ),
+        );
+        this.text = this.text.slice(0, pageIndex).trim();
+      }
     }
 
     if (this.speaker) {
diff --git a/src/ui/message-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/message-ui-handler.ts
index 50522152021..230b951de59 100644
--- a/src/ui/message-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/message-ui-handler.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ export default abstract class MessageUiHandler extends AwaitableUiHandler {
     const fadeMap = new Map<number, number>();
     const actionPattern = /@(c|d|s|f)\{(.*?)\}/;
     let actionMatch: RegExpExecArray | null;
+    const pokename: string[] = [];
+    const repname = [ "#POKEMON1", "#POKEMON2" ];
+    for (let p = 0; p < globalScene.getPlayerField().length; p++) {
+      pokename.push(globalScene.getPlayerField()[p].getNameToRender());
+      text = text.split(pokename[p]).join(repname[p]);
+    }
     while ((actionMatch = actionPattern.exec(text))) {
       switch (actionMatch[1]) {
         case "c":
@@ -94,6 +100,9 @@ export default abstract class MessageUiHandler extends AwaitableUiHandler {
       text = text.slice(0, actionMatch.index) + text.slice(actionMatch.index + actionMatch[2].length + 4);
     }
 
+    for (let p = 0; p < globalScene.getPlayerField().length; p++) {
+      text = text.split(repname[p]).join(pokename[p]);
+    }
     if (text) {
       // Predetermine overflow line breaks to avoid words breaking while displaying
       const textWords = text.split(" ");
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.ts b/src/ui/ui.ts
index 7c202e9210d..026e42ccf46 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.ts
+++ b/src/ui/ui.ts
@@ -328,17 +328,28 @@ export default class UI extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     prompt?: boolean | null,
     promptDelay?: number | null,
   ): void {
+    const pokename: string[] = [];
+    const repname = [ "#POKEMON1", "#POKEMON2" ];
+    for (let p = 0; p < globalScene.getPlayerField().length; p++) {
+      pokename.push(globalScene.getPlayerField()[p].getNameToRender());
+      text = text.split(pokename[p]).join(repname[p]);
+    }
     if (prompt && text.indexOf("$") > -1) {
       const messagePages = text.split(/\$/g).map(m => m.trim());
       // biome-ignore lint/complexity/useOptionalChain: optional chain would change this to be null instead of undefined.
       let showMessageAndCallback = () => callback && callback();
       for (let p = messagePages.length - 1; p >= 0; p--) {
         const originalFunc = showMessageAndCallback;
+        messagePages[p] = messagePages[p].split(repname[0]).join(pokename[0]);
+        messagePages[p] = messagePages[p].split(repname[1]).join(pokename[1]);
         showMessageAndCallback = () => this.showText(messagePages[p], null, originalFunc, null, true);
       }
       showMessageAndCallback();
     } else {
       const handler = this.getHandler();
+      for (let p = 0; p < globalScene.getPlayerField().length; p++) {
+        text = text.split(repname[p]).join(pokename[p]);
+      }
       if (handler instanceof MessageUiHandler) {
         (handler as MessageUiHandler).showText(text, delay, callback, callbackDelay, prompt, promptDelay);
       } else {