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The Lightning Gym Leader, Machisu looks a lot like Guile from Street Fighter. He only has one pokemon in the show (Raichu), which doesn't make him very powerful. He has this habit of calling people who lose to him "Baby" (he calls Satoshi this because he thinks he’ll lose very easily). There was a character in Battle Angel who kept saying "Baby," and I think about this every time I see his episode.
Pokemon:
Buriridama/Lv. 21
Pikachu/Lv. 18
Raichu/Lv. 24
Erika/Erika
American VA: Leah Applebaum (Nanami in Utena)
Wow! She kept her Japanese name! Erika is a plant-pokemon trainer who believes that empathy with one's pokemon is the best way to win. Erika's gym doubles as a perfume factory, using the essence of Kusaihana to make a very special perfume. In the show, she has a Kusaihana and a Manjara, but in the game she has an Utsubot, Manjara, and a Rafureshia.
Pokemon:
Utsubot/Lv. 29
Manjara/Lv. 24
Rafureshia/Lv. 29
Sabrina/Natsume
American VA: Lisa Ortiz (Lina Inverse in Slayers, Deedlit in Loddoss, Azalyn and the twins in Tylor)
Natsume is a psychic-pokemon trainer. In the game, she has a Yungeraa, Bariyaad, Morufuon, and a Fuudein. In the show, she only has a Yungeraa. In the manga "Dengeki Pikachu," she has none. Natsume is almost a totally different character depending on what you're looking at. In the game, she is a woman who trains psychic pokemon. In the show, she is a morose character whose childhood is kept entirely in a doll that she carries around with her all the time. The little doll is able to move around and is definitely the evil side of Natsume. It takes Satoshi three episodes to beat her (the longest for any gym leader) because she is so good at pokemon battling. She is made to laugh, and becomes happier than she had been in years. In the manga "Dengeki Pikachu," Natsume is a very friendly woman who cheerfully loses in just two pages, and later helps Satoshi capture a giant Ghosto. In Pokemon Zansho, she helps Satoshi save a Lapurasu from the clutches of the Roketto Dan in Shirufu Company. Thankful for his help, she gives Satoshi the Gold Badge without a fight.
Pokemon:
Yungeraa/Lv. 38
Bariyaad/Lv. 37
Morufuon/Lv. 38
Fuudein/Lv. 43
Koga/Kyou
American VA: Ken Gates
Kyou is a poison-pokemon trainer who operates inside a Japanese mansion/dojo. In the anime he has a Konpan (which evolves into a Morufuon), a Golbat, and a bunch of Buriridama (which he never uses in battle). He is the second opponent you face at the end of the first half of Gold/Silver.
Pokemon (Red/Blue/Green/Yellow):
Dogasu/Lv. 37
Betobeton/Lv. 39
Dogasu/Lv. 37
Matadogasu/Lv. 43
Pokemon (Gold/Silver):
Ariadosu/Lv. 40
Morufuon/Lv. 41
Fuoretosu/Lv. 43
Betobeton/Lv. 42
Kurobat/Lv. 44
Blaine/Katsura
American VA: Ted Lewis (1st James, Flint <Brock's Dad>)
Katsura is a fire-pokemon trainer. In the anime he runs an inn which has his Pokemon Gym underneath it (in a volcano). He has a Kyuukon, Saihorn, and Buubaa. "Katsura" means wig, appropriate since that's what he wears for most of the anime episodes he's in.
Pokemon:
Gardie/Lv. 42
Ponita/Lv. 40
Gallop/Lv. 42
Uindei/Lv. 47
Giovanni/Sakaki
Japanese VA: Suzuoki Hirotaka
Sakaki is the leader of the Rocket Dan. He is also the founder of the short-lived theme park, Pokemon Land. For some unknown reason, Sakaki keeps Musashi and Kojirou on his payroll, even though they never succeed (you'd think after 100 failures, he'd notice a pattern...). For the first two seasons of the dub, he had a neat audio effect that made his voice seem mysterious. In season three this neat effect was removed, so in the Japanese version, he has no special voice effect.
Pokemon:
Saihorn/Lv. 45
Dugtrio/Lv. 42
Nidoqueen/Lv. 44
Nidoking/Lv. 45
Saidon/Lv. 50
Lorlei/Prima/Kanna
Pic courtesy of Pikachu
Okaeri!
Kanna's the first member of the Elite 4 that you must fight. She appears in the anime in the Orange League episodes (episode 99), but the dub re-names her Prima. Oro...She trains ice-type pokemon and is the easiest of the Elite Four you'll face. A really strong electric or fire-type should be enough to defeat her.
Pokemon:
Jyugon/Lv. 54
Parushien/Lv. 53
Yadoran/Lv. 54
Ruujyura/Lv. 56
Lapras/Lv. 56
Bruno/Shiba
Pic courtesy of Pikachu
Okaeri!
Shiba is the first member of the Elite 4 to appear in the anime. In the anime, he trains a bunch of Iwaku. In the game, he has two Iwaku and some fighting pokemon. All you need is one really strong psychic pokemon to beat him. He is the third opponent you face at the end of the first half of Gold/Silver.
Pokemon (Red/Blue/Green/Yellow):
Iwaku/Lv. 53
Ebiwaraa/Lv. 55
Sawamuraa/Lv. 55
Iwaku/Lv. 56
Kairikii/Lv. 58
Pokemon (Gold/Silver):
Kapoiraa/Lv. 42
Sawamuraa/Lv. 42
Ebiwaraa/Lv. 42
Kairikii/Lv. 46
Iwaku/Lv. 43
Agatha/Kikuko
Kikuko trains ghost pokemon. She used to admire Dr. Ookido, but her admiration of him faded as he got older. She dislikes the way that he's always tinkering around with the Pokemon Zukan instead of training pokemon for battle.
Pokemon:
Gengaa/Lv. 56
Golbat/Lv. 56
Ghosto/Lv. 55
Arbok/Lv. 58
Gengaa/Lv. 60
Lance/Wataru
Wataru is the last member of the Elite 4 and trains dragon pokemon. Use an ice-type to beat him. He appears in Gold/Silver, helping you out in one of the Rocket Dan's headquarters. He also serves as the final boss in the first half of Gold/Silver.
Pokemon (Red/Blue/Green/Yellow):
Gyarados/Lv. 58
Hakuryuu/Lv. 56
Hakuryuu/Lv. 56
Putera/Lv. 60
Kairyuu/Lv. 62
Pokemon (Gold/Silver):
Gyarados/Lv. 44
Kairyuu/Lv. 47
Kairyuu/Lv. 47
Putera/Lv. 46
Lizardon/Lv. 46
Kairyuu/Lv. 50
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