Valerie

Valerie
The maiden from a land with history.
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Information
Gender	Female
Hometown	Laverre City, Kalos
Appears in	Generation VI
Debut	Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
Other information
Specialist type	Fairy
Badge	Fairy Badge
In other languages
Japanese	Name マーシュ Maashu
Japanese	Name マーシュ Maashu

Valerie is the Fairy-type Gym Leader of the Kalos region and the leader at Laverre City's Gym. She specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon. She designed her Gym to be like a dollhouse, befitting of Fairy Pokémon.

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What inspired Valerie's dollhouse-themed Gym design?

Valerie designed her Gym with a dollhouse theme to complement her role as a Fairy-type Gym Leader. This design choice highlights the enchanting qualities of her Fairy Pokémon.

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What role do Fairy-type Pokémon play in Valerie's strategy?

Valerie, the Fairy-type Gym Leader in Laverre City, Kalos, employs Fairy-type Pokémon to surprise opponents with unexpected moves. Her strategy includes maximizing her Pokémon's potential, like Sylveon, in battles. Valerie, also a fashion designer, values beauty in her Pokémon's appearance. She awards the Fairy Badge to those who defeat her.

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How does Valerie's Gym challenge trainers in Pokémon X and Y?

Valerie, the Fairy-type Gym Leader in Pokémon X and Y, challenges trainers with her strategic use of Fairy-type Pokémon. Located in Laverre City, her Gym features a maze-like interior. Valerie's team includes Sylveon and Spritzee, which use moves like Trick Room for speed advantage. Trainers should use Steel-type moves to counter her team and earn the Fairy Badge.

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How does Valerie's outfit reflect her Fairy-type specialty?

Valerie's outfit showcases her Fairy-type specialty with its whimsical design. She wears a puffy skirt in pale purple, pink, and black, with frilly ends, and sleeves resembling butterfly wings. Her black high heels have bright pink soles and ribbons, adding elegance. These elements highlight her role as a Fairy-type Gym Leader, aligning with the fairy theme.

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Why is Valerie considered a unique Fairy-type Gym Leader?

Valerie stands out as a Fairy-type Gym Leader with her calm nature and surprising battle tactics. A fashion designer, she values beauty, affecting her Pokémon's appearance in battles. Her Gym, styled like a dollhouse, highlights her focus on Fairy Pokémon. Valerie's Japanese-inspired attire further distinguishes her. She is the sixth Gym Leader in Kalos, originally from Johto.

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Appearance

Concept artwork of Valerie.

Valerie has long black hair that reaches her knees, her eyes are wide and in the color of purplish gray. She also wears purple hairclips slightly resembling the ears of an Audino and string-like tendrils, as well as a purple choker. Her outfit resembles a stylized kimono spliced with a gothic lolita style. The sleeves bear the resemblance to butterfly wings with pink, mist-like patterns followed by a yellowish-cream color and tipped with black. She wears a pale-yellow corset intertwined with purple strings and lined with butterfly patterns black strings. Along with that, she wears a short, puffy skirt with the colors of pale purple, pink, and black with frilly ends. And to finish it off, she wears black socks with renaissance flairs on the top, and black high heels with bright pink soles and ribbons.

Personality

Valerie is a very graceful woman and very kind, with words of wisdom. She always hides her problems and weaknesses from her family and friends with a service smile.

Etymology

The name Valerie comes from "faerie", an alternate spelling of "fairy" often used to sound more antiquated or fantastical. It could also come from Valerianella locusta, a leafy vegetable.

Her Japanese name, Māshu, may come from 魔法 (mahō, magic) or the French "mâche" (an edible plant called lamb's lettuce or raiponce, which plays a pivotal role in the fairy tale Rapunzel).

Biography

Valerie is the Gym Leader of Laverre City in the Kalos region. Her speciality is Fairy-type Pokémon and gives the Fairy Badge to the players who defeat her.

She can be re-battled in the Battle Chateau as a Marchioness after the player character becomes the Champion.

Other appearances

Valerie makes appearances in Pokémon the Series, Pokémon Adventures, and in Pokémon Masters. Her look does not change very much as you can see down below, but her hair style changes slightly in Pokémon the Series. In the anime Pokémon the Series, Valerie has more detail and color in her outfit. And in the game, Pokémon Masters, she barely changes at all.

Valerie in Pokémon the Series (anime)

Valerie in Pokémon Adventures (manga)

Valerie in Pokémon Masters (games)

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Pokémon

• Gym Battle
• Rematch (Marchioness)

Mawile		Mr. Mime		Sylveon
Lv. 38	♀	Lv. 38	♀	Lv. 42	♂
Ability: Hyper Cutter		Ability: Soundproof		Ability: Cute Charm
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
Iron Defense		Psychic		Charm		-	-	-
Feint Attack		Light Screen		Swift		-	-	-
Crunch		Reflect		Quick Attack		-	-	-
		Dazzling Gleam		Dazzling Gleam		-	-	-

Mawile		Sylveon
Lv. 40-50 50-70	♀	Lv. 40-50 50-70	♂
Ability: Hyper Cutter		Ability: Cute Charm
Item: None		Item: None
Iron Head		Charm		-	-	-	-
Stone Edge		Attract		-	-	-	-
Crunch		Quick Attack		-	-	-	-
Play Rough		Draining Kiss		-	-	-	-

Trivia

• Valerie is similar to Johto's Jasmine as they are both Gym Leaders who are specialists in a type first introduced in their generation, with Jasmine being a specialist of the Steel type and Valerie being a specialist of the Fairy type.
  • Coincidentally, Jasmine and Valerie are both female and the sixth leader of their region.
• She is the second Gym Leader to wear an outfit of Japanese origin, with Kanto's Erika being first. The TV show Gym Freaks states that her outfit weighs 33 pounds and causes confusion as to how she can hold Poké Balls as her arms are completely hidden by the wing-like part of her outfit.
• In the game it states that she came from Johto. According to Gym Freaks, Valerie used to be a model before becoming a Gym Leader and as such can wear incredibly high heels. This makes Valerie is the second female Gym Leader to have had a modeling career, with Unova's Elesa being the first.
  • Johto is based on the Japanese Kyoto region. She has a Kyoto dialect in the Japanese version of the anime, and so do other characters from Johto.
• In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, a Fairy Tale Girl near the home of the Berry Master is close friends with Valerie, even referring Valerie with an intimate name.
• Her design greatly resembles the Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda), especially in the wings.

Gallery

Concept artwork of Valerie's in-game model along with Grant and Wulfric's.