- "Hello. Lovely weather isn't it? It's so pleasant. ...Oh dear... I must have dozed off. Welcome. My name is Erika. I am the Leader of Celadon Gym. I teach the art of flower arranging. My Pokémon are of the Grass-type. Oh, I'm sorry, I had no idea that you wished to challenge me. Very well, but I shall not lose."
- — Erika, Pokémon Red, Blue, LeafGreen and FireRed.
Erika (エリカ Erika) serves as the Gym Leader at the Celadon City Gym. She specializes in using Grass-type Pokémon, and holds the Rainbow Badge for the trainers that manage to defeat her. She dresses in elegant furisode kimonos and seems to represent traditional Japanese beauty.
Appearance
Erika has shiny black, short hair and her bangs are cut. She has brown eyes, and pale skin. In the games her kimono is red and yellow, and her hairband is too. Her shoes are fully brown.
Personality
Erika, like her style, suggests displays of a modest, elegant and somewhat shy attitude towards the player. She shows no ill-will about being defeated and cares deeply towards her Pokémon. Outside of battle she is perhaps rather lazy as she can be seen sleeping inside her gym.
Biography
Games
Erika's artwork from FireRed and LeafGreen.
Erika's Gym is filled with grass, flowers and other plants, and additionally, all of the Gym members are female. The player must use Cut in order to reach Erika in the Gym's center.
Upon defeating her, Erika rewards the player with the Rainbow Badge along with TM21 (Mega Drain), in the Generation I games. In the Generation II and III games she gives out TM19 (Giga Drain).
Manga
Adventures
Erika first told Red to catch an Eevee before he could challenge her at her gym.
After catching Eevee he challenged Erika and lost. Even though he did, Erika saw potential in Red and gave him the Rainbow Badge. She fought against the mind controlled Pokémon that was aiming for all of the badges, and just like the other gym leaders, her badge was also taken. She fought against Pryce during the competition that is a battle of two regions namely Kanto and Johto. Though she lost to Pryce.
HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
Anime
Main series
Erika, in the anime
She was first seen as a manager at a perfume shop. Due to an insult of the perfume from Ash, Erika banned him from the shop. When Ash and co. made their way to the local Gym, they found out that Erika was also the Gym Leader, where she banned him there too. Erika later on decided to battle him. She had to under Pokémon League rules. Their match was cut short however, when Team Rocket decided to set fire to the Gym. After the ordeal, Erika rewarded Ash with a Rainbow Badge for his actions.
Origins
Movie
Masters trailer
Quotes
- Celadon Gym - Erika
- Favorite kind of Pokémon?
- "I would never collect Pokémon if they were unattractive."
- Celadon Mansion - Pokémon Journal
- 'There's a rumor...'
- "Rumor has it that if you peek into Celadon Gym, you can often see Erika snoozing."
- Message from Erika
- From: Erika
- To: [Player]
- "I am so glad that there are strong Trainers like you.
- That awareness alone inspires and motivates me to try harder.
- Please visit me again.
- Zzz..."
Sprites
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Pokémon
Red and Blue
 Victreebel  
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 Tangela
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 Vileplume
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| Lv. 29 | - | Lv. 24 | - | Lv. 29 | -
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| - | Bind | PoisonPowder | |||
| - | Constrict | Mega Drain | |||
| - | - | Sleep Powder | |||
| - | - | Petal Dance | |||
Yellow
 Tangela
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 Weepinbell
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 Gloom
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| Lv. 30 | - | Lv. 32 | - | Lv. 32 | -
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| - | Wrap | Acid | |||
| - | Stun Spore | Petal Dance | |||
| - | Sleep Powder | Stun Spore | |||
| - | Razor Leaf | Sleep Powder | |||
Gold, Silver and Crystal
 Tangela
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 Victreebel
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 Jumpluff 
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 Bellossom
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| Lv. 42 | ♀ | Lv. 46 | ♀ | Lv. 41 | ♀ | Lv. 46 | ♀
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| - | Sunny Day | Mega Drain | Sunny Day | ||||
| - | Synthesis | Leech Seed | Synthesis | ||||
| - | Acid | Cotton Spore | Petal Dance | ||||
| - | Razor Leaf | Giga Drain | Solar Beam | ||||
FireRed and LeafGreen
 Victreebel
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 Tangela
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 Vileplume
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| Lv. 29 | ♀ | Lv. 24 | ♀ | Lv. 29 | ♀
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| Ability: Chlorophyll | Ability: Chlorophyll | Ability: Chlorophyll
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| - | PoisonPowder | Acid | |||
| - | Constrict | Giga Drain | |||
| - | Ingrain | Sleep Powder | |||
| - | Giga Drain | Stun Spore | |||
HeartGold and SoulSilver
 Shiftry 
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 Jumpluff
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 Victreebel
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 Bellossom
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 Roserade
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 Tangrowth
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| Lv. 54 | ♀ | Lv. 53 | ♀ | Lv. 56 | ♀ | Lv. 56 | ♀ | Lv. 55 | ♀ | Lv. 60 | ♀ |
| Ability: Chlorophyll | Ability: Chlorophyll | Ability: Chlorophyll | Ability: Chlorophyll | Ability: Natural Cure | Ability: Chlorophyll | ||||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: Kelpsy Berry | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | ||||||
| - | U-Turn | Natural Gift | Sunny Day | Weather Ball | Swords Dance | ||||||
| - | Memento | Sludge Bomb | Solar Beam | Energy Ball | Power Whip | ||||||
| - | Sleep Powder | Leaf Storm | Giga Drain | Sludge Bomb | Rock Slide | ||||||
| - | Giga Drain | Leaf Blade | Attract | Stun Spore | Earthquake | ||||||
Black 2 and White 2
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
 Tangela
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 Weepinbell
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 Vileplume
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| Lv. 33 | - | Lv. 33 | - | Lv. 34 | -
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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| - | Mega Drain | Mega Drain | |||||
| - | Poison Jab | Moonblast | |||||
| - | — | — | |||||
| - | — | — | |||||
Tangela
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 Parasect 
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 Victreebel
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 Exeggutor 
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Vileplume
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| Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 57 | - |
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | |||||
| - | Spore | Power Whip | Psychic | Moonblast | |||||
| - | Leech Life | Poison Jab | Sludge Bomb | Sludge Bomb | |||||
| - | Brick Break | Reflect | Solar Beam | Petal Dance | |||||
| - | Solar Beam | Swords Dance | Hyper Beam | Stun Spore | |||||
Stadium
Vileplume
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Victreebel
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Tangela
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 Gloom
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 Weepinbell
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 Exeggcute
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| Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - |
| - | Sleep Powder | Bind | Acid | Wrap | Hypnosis | ||||||
| - | Acid | Stun Spore | Sleep Powder | Stun Spore | Leech Seed | ||||||
| - | Razor Leaf | Double-Edge | Petal Dance | Mega Drain | Toxic | ||||||
| - | Cut | Mega Drain | Mega Drain | Razor Leaf | Psychic | ||||||
Stadium 2
Bellossom
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 Chansey 
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 Tangela
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 Vaporeon 
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 Venusaur
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Jumpluff
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| Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ |
| Item: Focus Band | Item: Lucky Punch | Item: Quick Claw | Item: Scope Lens | Item: PRZCureBerry | Item: None | ||||||
| - | Sing | Sleep Powder | Surf | Sleep Powder | Sleep Powder | ||||||
| - | Psychic | Slam | Rest | Cut | Leech Seed | ||||||
| - | Blizzard | Solar Beam | Sleep Talk | Leech Seed | Return | ||||||
| - | Softboiled | Giga Drain | Bite | Razor Leaf | Solar Beam | ||||||
Bellossom
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 Exeggutor
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 Marowak 
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 Ninetales 
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 Mantine
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 Blissey
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| Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♀ |
| Item: Quick Claw | Item: Focus Band | Item: Thick Club | Item: Bright Powder | Item: Mint Berry | Item: Miracle Berry | ||||||
| - | Sleep Powder | Bonemerang | Flamethrower | Rest | Sing | ||||||
| - | Psychic | Rest | Body Slam | Surf | Light Screen | ||||||
| - | Giga Drain | Snore | Hypnosis | Ice Beam | Reflect | ||||||
| - | Stun Spore | Belly Drum | Iron Tail | Sleep Talk | Psychic | ||||||
Trivia
- Erika's name is a play on of the plant ERICA, which makes her a Grass-type trainer.
- In the first release of Pokémon Gold's Japanese rom, the player could see Erika's Tangela at a level higher than 100.
- In the games, Erika is said to sometimes fall asleep in her gym.
- Erika's official art and game sprites show her having black hair, but the art in Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2 and the anime show her to have blue hair.
- In the anime, Erika was the second Gym Leader to have a story of how she came to be today and have a younger version of herself. The first was Sabrina. Another one was Clay of the Driftveil Gym.
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, all of Erika's Rematch Team have the Chlorophyll ability aside from Roserade, which has Natural Cure.
- Erika's name is the same in English and Japanese. This makes her one of the few characters to have the same name in both languages (others being Iris and Cheren).
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