Welcome. My name is Erika. I am the Gym Leader of the Celadon City Gym. I am a student of the art of flower arranging. My Pokémon are all of the Grass type. ...Oh, I'm sorry. Did you perhaps wish to challenge me? Very well... but I shall not lose.
Erika, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Erika is a character that was introduced in Generation I. She serves as the Gym Leader of the Celadon City Gym. Erika specializes in using Grass-type Pokémon, and awards the Rainbow Badge to Trainers that manage to defeat her.
Appearance
Erika is a slender young woman with pale skin and short black hair with cut bangs. Unlike most Gym Leaders, her eye color changes depending on the game she appears in.
Clothing-wise, Erika wears an extremely modest and conservative outfit; in fact, her outfit is among the most conservative of all the female Gym Leaders, with almost her entire body (save for her ankles, neck, face, and hands) being hidden beneath her clothes. The outfit consists of an elegant kimono with an obi (sash), a hairband, Japanese sandals called zōri, and traditional Japanese socks called tabi. However, like with every character that appears in multiple games, what Erika's outfit exactly looks like changes, though the crux of it is the same.
Additionally, while Erika changes her clothes and has been shown wearing casual outfits in the anime, she can never be seen wearing anything else other than her normal outfit in the games.
Personality
Erika, like her style suggests, displays a modest, elegant, and somewhat shy attitude towards the player. She shows no ill-will about being defeated and cares deeply towards her Pokémon. She also has a habit of falling asleep in her Gym, but this is most likely because of being around Grass-type Pokémon.
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, however, Erika appears to have a habit of spreading damaging gossip about the other Gym Leaders, especially Clair.
Biography
Games
Erika's Gym is filled with grass, flowers and other plants. Additionally, everyone in the Gym is female. The player must use Cut in order to reach Erika in the Gym's center.
Upon defeating her in the Generation I games, Erika rewards the player with the Rainbow Badge, along with TM21 (Mega Drain). In the Generation II and III games, she gives out TM19 (Giga Drain) instead.
Masters
Manga
Adventures
Erika first told Red to catch an Eevee before he could challenge her. Red complied, but he lost to her. However, even though he lost, Erika saw potential in Red and gave him the Rainbow Badge. Later, Erika battled the mind-controlled Pokémon that was aiming for all of the badges. Just like the other Gym Leaders, her badge was also taken. She also fought against Pryce during the competition that was a battle of two regions, namely Kanto and Johto, but she lost.
HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
Anime
Main series
Erika was first seen as the manager of a perfume shop. Due to receiving 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, as 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
Pokémon
Red and Blue
Victreebel |
Tangela |
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 |
Weepinbell |
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 |
Victreebel |
Jumpluff |
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 |
Tangela |
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 |
Jumpluff |
Victreebel |
Bellossom |
Roserade |
Tangrowth | ||||||
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 |
Weepinbell |
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 |
Parasect |
Victreebel |
Exeggutor |
Vileplume | |||||
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 |
Victreebel |
Tangela |
Gloom |
Weepinbell |
Exeggcute | ||||||
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 |
Chansey |
Tangela |
Vaporeon |
Venusaur |
Jumpluff | ||||||
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 |
Exeggutor |
Marowak |
Ninetales |
Mantine |
Blissey | ||||||
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 the plant genus Erica, fittingly for 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.
- 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 and have a younger version of herself. The first was Sabrina, also from Kanto. Another one was Clay of the Driftveil Gym.
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, all of Erika's Pokémon have the Chlorophyll ability (aside from Roserade, which has Natural Cure) when rematching her.
- Erika's name is the same in both English and Japanese. This makes her one of the few characters to have the same name in both languages, the others being Iris and Cheren.
- In Red and Blue, Erika's kimono is draped over her left side. This was changed in Yellow so it drapes over her right side. This is due to the Japanese tradition to drape the kimono over the left side for a burial, and is considered bad luck if worn otherwise.
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