Marnie (Galar)

Marnie
Information
Gender	Female
Hometown	Spikemuth
Region	Galar
Family	Piers (older brother)
In other languages
English	Name Marnie
English	Name Marnie
Other information
Preferred type	Dark type

Marnie is a character that was introduced in Generation VIII. She appears in the games Pokémon Sword and Shield as one of the rivals, and later succeeds her older brother's title as Gym Leader. She is also the idol of Team Yell.

Appearance

Marnie is a slim young girl with emerald green eyes, dark black hair, and very pale skin. She has a strange hairstyle, with a partially shaved side, tufts of hair that resemble horns, and messy twin-tails tied with red ribbons. Her bangs are also on her right side and partially cover her eye.

For clothing, Marnie wears an outfit that seems to be a mix of a tough and cute style. It consists of a studded black Gothic jacket, a pink mini dress with triangular holes cut into the bottom, and matching black and pink boots with sharply spiked heels, three large studs, and an upwards pointed toe. For accessories, she wears a black choker around her neck with a circle and three spikes outside of it, along with a red diamond-shaped ear piercing. She also carries around a small red backpack that matches her hair ribbons.

After Marnie becomes a Gym Leader, she wears a uniform instead of her normal clothes. Her uniform consists of a pink and black midriff-baring tank top with Team Yell's symbol on it, matching black and pink skin-tight leggings with some rips and the number 960 on them, and black and brown shoes. She also wears a single glove with the same color as her shoes and has a Gym tattoo on her arm.

When Marnie is battled by the player character in the Champion Cup, she can be seen wearing the same uniform that all Trainers undergoing the Gym Challenge wear: a white shirt, white shorts, white socks with a black stripe at the tops, and white shoes.

Personality

Contrary to her tough-looking appearance, Marnie is a sweet, somewhat shy girl that normally hides her soft side and emotions behind a veneer of calm. Likewise, she is normally a calculated and composed strategist who mostly hides her competitiveness in battle, but will still compete fairly with sportsmanship. She is sometimes annoyed by her wild fans, but as long as they don't bother others, she actually appreciates their support.

Although she's generally emotionless on the surface, Marnie can stay angry for a long period if her limits have been tested. She also has a difficult time expressing happiness.

However, since Morpeko is Marnie's partner and best friend, she sometimes finds herself being manipulated by its mood swings.

Biography

Games

Marnie is first met in Motostoke's Budew Drop Inn, quelling a few disruptive Team Yell members with her presence. After apologizing to the player character, she attends the opening ceremony of the Gym Challenge. She later meets up with the player character at the same location prior to the third Gym Challenge, where she challenges them to a battle. Upon her defeat, Marnie notes that she has a long way to go.

Continuing her Gym Challenge, Marnie eventually runs into the player character again outside of Spikemuth, which is being blocked off by Team Yell. At this point, Marnie is on friendly terms with the player character, so she shows them a secret entrance into the town after she is defeated in battle once again. She helps the player character advance, and in a rare display of emotion, she explosively berates some Team Yell Grunts for obstructing the Gym Challenge. Later, after Piers (Marnie's brother and the seventh Gym Leader) is defeated, it becomes Marnie's turn to fight him. Although a caring sister, Marnie scolds Piers for suggesting that she should be the new Gym Leader and states that she has her ambitions set on the championship instead. However, when the player character crushes her dream by beating her in the semi-finals of the Champion Cup, Marnie gives in and replaces Piers as the newest Gym Leader of Spikemuth.

Later, the player character can barge in on Marnie attempting to train herself to smile for her fans, after which she gets shocked and runs off in embarrassment.

Pokémon

First battle

Croagunk		Scraggy		Morpeko
Lv. 24	♀	Lv. 24	♀	Lv. 26	♀
Ability: Dry Skin		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Hunger Switch
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Beat Up		Bite		-	-	-
-		Headbutt		Quick Attack		-	-	-
-		Low Kick		Thunder Shock		-	-	-
-		-		-		-	-	-

Second battle

Liepard		Toxicroak		Scrafty		Morpeko
Lv. 42	♀	Lv. 43	♀	Lv. 43	♀	Lv. 44	♀
Ability: Dry Skin		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Hunger Switch
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Venoshock		Brick Break		Quick Attack		-	-
-		Sucker Punch		Scary Face		Torment		-	-
-		Swagger		Crunch		Spark		-	-
-		Poison Jab		Swagger		Bite		-	-

Third battle

Liepard		Toxicroak		Scrafty		Morpeko		Grimmsnarl
Lv. 47	♀	Lv. 47	♀	Lv. 47	♀	Lv. 48	♀	Lv. 49	♂
Ability: Dry Skin		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Hunger Switch		Ability: Prankster
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Venoshock		Brick Break		Bullet Seed		Spirit Break		-
-		Sucker Punch		Scary Face		Torment		Darkest Lariat		-
-		Swagger		Crunch		Spark		Bulk Up		-
-		Toxic		Swagger		Bite		Torment		-

Post-game

This battle can done daily. This team is also used during the Champion Cup rematch.

Liepard		Toxicroak		Scrafty		Morpeko		Grimmsnarl
Lv. 59	♀	Lv. 59	♀	Lv. 59	♀	Lv. 60	♀	Lv. 60	♂
Ability: Dry Skin		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Hunger Switch		Ability: Prankster
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Drain Punch		Ice Punch		Aura Wheel		Spirit Break		-
-		Gunk Shot		Thunder Punch		Seed Bomb		Darkest Lariat		-
-		Earthquake		Drain Punch		Torment		Bulk Up		-
-		Poison Jab		Crunch		Quick Attack		Play Rough		-

Appearances

Anime

Marnie makes a small cameo in the 4th episode of Twilight wings alongside her Morpeko.

Trivia

• Marnie's partner, Morpeko, is a hint to her hidden nature, as it can switch between two different forms.
  • Marnie's hair also somewhat resembles Morpeko's ear tufts.
• Marnie and Marii both derive from the prefix "mal-," meaning "bad."
• Marnie appears to share many similarities with Gladion:
  • Both are pale-skinned with green eyes.
  • Both of their outfits are mainly black.
  • Both have piercings or clips on their left ears.
  • Both have bangs covering or partly covering their left eyes.
  • Both have their hair shaved on one side with a ripped pattern.
  • Both have a connection to their region’s villainous team but are not an actual member.
• Her uniform number "960" means 苦労 (kurou), meaning "hardship". It may also derive from the Japanese term for black, kuro.
• Despite becoming a Dark-type gym leader, Marnie has one Pokémon who isn't a dark type; Toxicroak. It's interesting to note, however, that starting in Generation 8, Poison-type Pokémon are classified as Dark-types in the Pokémon TCG, similarly to how Ice-types are classified as Water-types and Flying-types are classified as Normal-types (they were classified as Grass-type from Generation 1 to Generation 3 and Psychic-type from Generation 4 to Generation 7).
• Like with some other characters (Chairman Rose being an example), Marnie's hair and outfit became available in the Isle of Armor.

In other languages

• English: Marnie
• Japanese: マリィ
• Spanish: Roxy
• Italian: Mary
• French: Rosemary
• German: Mary
• Korean: 마리

Gallery

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