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** She also resembles Yoko of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', in terms of hair color and {{Stripperiffic}} choice of outfit.
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* MeaningfulName: '''Ja'''-'''nin'''e. Reverse those two and it spells "ninja".
* MeaningfulName: Sa'''brin'''a, as in "brain", as in the source of psychic powers and the like.
* MeaningfulName: '''Blai'''ne sounds like "blaze", or arguably Bl'''aine''' as in "flame".
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* MeaningfulName: '''Whit'''n'''e'''y includes the word "white", which is generally plain and absent of coloration, or normal.
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* PunnyName: It's a play on white (plain).
* MeaningfulName: '''Mort'''y. Heavy association with death, such as in mortician, mortality, ect.
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* PunnyName: '''Mort'''y. Heavy association with death, such as in mortician, mortality, ect.
* MeaningfulName: '''Chuck''' is a synonym for "throw", something quite common in fighting.
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* PunnyName: A play in a Dragon's ''Lair''.
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* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: All Gym Leaders have a punny and meaningful name, but theirs is really clever. Reverse the order of their names, and you get Liza and Tate. Liza and Tate '''Liza'''-'''Tate''' really fast sounds like "Levitate".
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* MeaningfulName: '''Dra'''yd'''en''' resembles dragon.
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* GossipyHens: Normally she isn't this, but catching her chatting with Jasmine in Celadon on her days off will yield surprisingly harsh gossip.
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* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:In one (Presumably non-canon) downloadable World Tournament, she uses Mewtwo.]]
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* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:In one (Presumably non-canon) downloadable World Tournament, she uses Mewtwo.]]
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* OlympusMons: [[spoiler:In one (Presumably non-canon) downloadable World Tournament, she uses Mewtwo.]]
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* MagicSkirt: It's practically shorter than ''Dawn's''. This seems like a health hazard when you consider that she lives in [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Snowpoint]].
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Fuchsia Gym Leader (''Gold, Silver, Crystal, [=HeartGold=], and [=SoulSilve=]'')--''The Poisonous Ninja Master''
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* EarlyBirdBoss: In [=Red/Green/Blue=], only Pikachu, Butterfree, Beedrill (the latter two requiring LevelGrinding), and ComMons are found before Brock. Tough luck if your starter is Charmander. Fixed in every game after. Yellow adds Mankey and the Nidoran lines before him (now with an early Double Kick!) while [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] add Mankey and give Charmander Metal Claw.
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[[folder:Kanto Leaders]]
!!Brock (Takeshi)
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Pewter Gym Leader--''The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer!''
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He became quite {{Bishonen}}, grew out his hair, and his build changed a bit for Heartgold and Soulsilver
* {{Bishonen}}
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The Rhyhorn in his first team in Heartgold and Soulsilver has Sturdy, an ability Rhyhorn cannot possess.
* EarlyBirdBoss: In [=Red/Green/Blue=], only Pikachu, Butterfree, Beedrill (the latter two requiring LevelGrinding), and ComMons are found before Brock. Tough luck if your starter is Charmander. Fixed in every game after. Yellow adds Mankey and the Nidoran lines before him (now with an early Double Kick!) while [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] add Mankey and give Charmander Metal Claw.
* EyesAlwaysShut
* ImprobablePowerDiscrepancy: One Gym Leader with Pokémon at level 12 and 14. Not so in the sequels and their remakes, however, suggesting that the Gym Leaders might use Gym-specific teams.
* MeaningfulName: B'''rock'''.
* PersonalityPowers: Lampshaded in the pre-battle quote.
* RockSteady
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Onix. One of the few trainers to never evolve their Pokemon even in high-levelled rematches in other games, due to Onix losing its Rock typing, not to mention Jasmine already having Steelix.
** This works out to his benefit in Black 2 and White 2, where he has equipped his Onix with the new Eviolite item, raising its defenses above even that of Steelix's and making it quite difficult to take down without a Grass or Water move.
* [[SiliconBasedLife Rock Based Pokemon]]: Both his Geodude and his Onix.
* WakeUpCallBoss: In RB/FRLG if you chose Charmander, and in Yellow. He's pretty easy to beat, though, for those who chose Bulbasaur or Squirtle.
** Even with Charmander, Brock is not very difficult in RB, as both of Brock's Pokemon have a pitiful Special stat and Charmander will very likely have Ember by the time you reach him. This is made even easier by the fact that neither Geodude or Onix know any Rock-type attacks, their special move being Bide. However, this is played straight in FRLG, as although Charmander gains Metal Claw, Brock's Pokemon have high Defenses, and they have also gained Rock Tomb to tear Charmander (and [[CrutchCharacter Butter]][[DiskOneNuke free]] if you have one) apart.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Until HGSS, all his Pokémon had a double weakness to Grass. The only Pokémon he gained in HGSS that doesn't is Rampardos, which only shows up in the rematch and is a GlassCannon, so it will still faint to a moderately powered Grass-type attack.
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!!Misty (Kasumi)
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Cerulean Gym Leader--''The Tomboyish Mermaid!''
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She wasn't bad-looking originally, but her [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=] design is... wow.
* BareYourMidriff: In her original design.
* ContinuityNod: A girl in the Kanto games (even noted in the Fame Checker in FRLG) said that Misty had high hopes for the Cerulean Cape as a dating spot and as a place to find a potential boyfriend. The first place the player is able to catch her in the games and their remakes is at the cape, which scares off her date and reaffirms her apparent bad luck in love.
* DatePeepers: When you meet her in the sequels you catch her on a date. She doesn't react well, to put it simple.
* {{Fangirl}}: To Lorelei.
* FieryRedhead
* LightningBruiser: Trains two of them, but Starmie especially. It's very fast and hits hard with Bubblebeam[=/=]Water Pulse. It also has Recover in the remake, so if the player doesn't hit it hard enough or doesn't have a priority move, Starmie will just heal off the damage immediately in the next turn.
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: '''Mist'''y.
* ImprobablePowerDiscrepancy: Her training place is Seafoam Islands. The Pokémon in Seafoam Islands are higher-leveled than hers. Given that this line is even in the original games, it's probably the first hint that Gym Leaders use Pokemon teams specific to their Gyms, given that later games allow for Gym Leader rematches with all Gym Leaders being around the same levels.
* {{Shorttank}}
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Starmie.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Has high hopes for finding a boyfriend or at least getting a date at the Cerulean Cape.
* {{Tomboy}}: According to her title.
** GirlinessUpgrade: It seems that her efforts to keep up a feminine appearance and get a boyfriend are to ''dispel'' that title somewhat. One of her Gym Trainers thinks that she embodies both beauty and strength though.
* {{Tsundere}}: Though she does react poorly to you at first in the sequels, she eventually warms up, and will even call you out of the blue (once you get her number) to thank you for kicking an intruder out of her Gym.* WalkingSwimsuitScene: All official artwork and sprites show her with a swimsuit, and just that unlike in the sequel games.
** The Tsundere side of her wasn't present in the first generation games, but was probably added to match up with her [[AscendedExtra anime incarnation's personality.]]
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Almost every appearance.
** Averted with her Yellow sprite, which is the only sprite to not feature her in a swimsuit. This is because of the game itself being a RecursiveAdaptation of the anime, so both Brock and Misty look closer to their anime counterparts.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Misty can be brutal to a new player, especially if you picked Charmander as your starter.
!!Lt. Surge (Mathis)
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Vermilion Gym Leader--''The Lightning American!''
* AcePilot: Apparently was one. He used his electric Pokemon to power his planes.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* {{Eagleland}}: Take a look at his title. Type 1, by the way.
* {{Expy}}: To Guile from StreetFighter.
* AFatherToHisMen: As one of the Gym Trainers tells the player, Lt. Surge saved his life back during the war. He has since pledged UndyingLoyalty to him.
* FragileSpeedster: His Pokemon are faster than most, but they still can't quite take a hit.
* GadgeteerGenius: Designed the gate puzzle in his Gym.
* GlassCannon: Comes with training Electric-type Pokemon.
* GratuitousEnglish: This is how he speaks in the Japanese versions of the games.
** He does it in the French versions too, but only of the remakes, for some odd reason.
* LargeHam: In Yellow.
* MeaningfulName: Surge, as in "electric '''surge'''".
* OpaqueLenses: He has opaque-looking sunglasses in Generation II and HGSS, though unlike Blaine he is seen with them off in HGSS (he simply holds them in his hand before and after battles with him), and of course in Generations I and III he never wore sunglasses at all.
* PatrioticFervor
* RealMenWearPink: For such a manly guy, he seems to like cute Pokémon. His favorite Pokémon are the Pikachu line. In HGSS, you can show him a Pikachu to get his phone number, and he practically gushes over the sight of it like a fangirl.
** He adds a Pachirisu to his team for the rematch.
* RetiredBadass: He's still quite young, however, looking to be in his late twenties.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: His signature Raichu.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Why he makes you solve a puzzle to unlock a gate to get to him.
* ShockAndAwe
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Raichu.
!!Erika
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Celadon Gym Leader--''The Nature-Loving Princess!''
* AmbiguouslyGay: Her Gym is all-female, and she doesn't seem to like having men in it - but makes an "exception" for the protagonist. Her Gym badge just happens to be rainbow themed too.
** LipstickLesbian: If the above trope is true.
* DubNameChange: [[AvertedTrope Notably the only Gym leader in the franchise to AVOID this]], until Iris in VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite.
* GossipyHens: Normally she isn't this, but catching her chatting with Jasmine in Celadon on her days off will yield surprisingly harsh gossip.
* GreenThumb
* HairDecorations: Always sports a headband.
* HeavySleeper: Apparently has some mild form of narcolepsy. She almost dozes off before her battle with the player.
* MeaningfulName: Not readily apparent, but even in English her name, '''Erika''', is the genus of a type of plant.
* MightyGlacier: All of her Pokemon.
* TheOjou: Explicitly called such in the Japanese version, and this trope is a part of her official title.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: It's complicated. Throughout the games she seems to be unable to decide between [[DualBoss both Vileplume/Bellossom and Victreebel together]], or the Tangela line. Seems to have settled on Vileplume alone by Black 2 and White 2, though she still uses Victreebel and Tangrowth on her teams.
* YamatoNadeshiko
!!Koga (Kyou)
Fuchsia Gym Leader--''The Poisonous Ninja Master!''
For information on Koga, check the Elite Four page, for Koga has received a promotion.
!!Janine (Anzu)
Fuchsia Gym Leader--''The Poisonous Ninja Master''
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Of Koga.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Her entire Gym is pretty much one.
* EarlyBirdCameo: the source of one of Koga's Fame Checker entries in ''[=FireRed=]''/''[=LeafGreen=]'', although she was given a different name and her sprite was generic.
* HypocriticalHumor: Similar to what Falkner thinks of her, she thinks Falkner is a "daddy's boy who needs to grow up and become his own person". [[HeroicMime Apparently]] your character points out this hypocrisy, which prompts her to tell you to mind your own business.
* InconsistentDub: Apparently not realizing who she was, the translators of [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] named her Charine.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father Like Daughter]]: She's the daughter of Koga, and it shows.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: This is what she keeps trying to tell Falkner.
* {{Ninja}}
* PoisonousPerson
* ShellGame: In her Gym, all of her trainers [[IdentityImpersonator impersonate her]], [[BosomBuddies even the one guy]].
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Venomoth.
* ThemeNaming: Her Japanese name, ''Anzu'' comes from one reading of the character "杏", (meaning "Apricot"). This links her with her father, whose Japanese name is an alternate reading of the same character.
* TookALevelInBadass: Though she's still the weakest Gym Leader of the Kanto ones in HGSS, she got a larger level boost to her team from the originals compared to the other seven.
* [[TricksterArchetype Trickster]] [[TricksterMentor Gym Master]]: See ShellGame above.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Sabrina (Natsume)
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Saffron Gym Leader--''The Master of Psychic Pokémon!''
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Her HGSS redesign is a far higher tier than before.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Fighting Dojo used to be the Saffron City Gym. Then Sabrina came with her Psychic-types and utterly thrashed them. Now Sabrina's gym is the Saffron Gym.
* BareYourMidriff: In the remakes.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered one to the Fighting Dojo next to her Gym.
* GlassCannon: Her team of Psychic Pokemon.
* {{Himecut}}
* PsychicPowers: Not only do her Pokémon have these, but she possesses them as well. She also claims that ''everyone'' has psychic powers, but that tragically few people even realize it.
* TheQuietOne
* RapunzelHair: Not as extreme as some future characters, but it's there.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She isn't ''villainous'' ([[Manga/PokemonSpecial in this continuity anyway]]), but she is a very difficult opponent to face, especially in the first Generation with [[{{GameBreaker/Pokemon}} Psychic being as broken as it was]].
* ReluctantWarrior: She constantly goes on about how she doesn't like to fight but she will if she must. It makes you curious why she's a Gym leader, then (most likely so she can train people to be psychic and being a Gym leader is the easiest, or only, way).
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Alakazam.
* TheStoic
* WhipItGood: Only in the original games.
!!Blaine (Katsura)
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Cinnabar Gym Leader--''The Hotheaded Quiz Master!''
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassMustache: Badass enough to make [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]] envious.
* BaldOfAwesome: His head's shininess even lights up the whole screen when he briefly takes his hat off.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolShades
* FragileSpeedster: His Ponyta and Rapidash.
* HotBlooded: Surprisingly so for an old guy, as mentioned in his title. The TCG even had a Trainer Card called "Fervor" dedicated to his hot-bloodedness. Both of these explicitly use the phrase "hot-blooded" in Japanese.
* LightningBruiser: His two canine Pokemon, but mostly this applies to Arcanine. It's fairly sturdy, hits hard with both of its high attack stats, and is very speedy to top it off.
* NiceHat: He wears this in the remakes of Gold and Silver.
* OpaqueLenses: Though since they're sunglasses it makes a little more sense that they'd be harder to see through.
* PersonalityPowers: Read HotBlooded above.
* PlayingWithFire
* PopQuiz: In the first generation.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Arcanine in the original games. Jumps around between Rapidash and Magmortar in the second generation and its remakes, but returns to Arcanine for Black 2 and White 2.
* TheAtoner: Implied to have been involved in Mewtwo's creation. [[Manga/PokemonSpecial More present in adaptations, though.]]
!!Giovanni (Sakaki)
Boss of Team Rocket and the Viridian Gym Leader (no subtitle)
For information on Giovanni, check the Villainous Teams character page.
!!Blue Oak (Green)
Viridian Gym Leader (no subtitle)
For information on Blue, check the Protagonists and Rivals character page.
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!!Falkner (Hayato)
Violet Gym Leader--''The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon''
* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his status as arguably the weakest Gym Leader to ever grace the series, he's routinely portrayed as a very powerful trainer in other media (most egregiously in one of the manga series' where he uses ''Articuno''). The remakes themselves made his team just a bit stronger by levelling them up...
* {{Bishounen}}: Especially in the remakes.
* BlowYouAway
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In fact, every Johto Gym Leader except Morty and Pryce, for some reason.
* DisappearedDad: His father was the previous Gym Leader, and the one who gave Falkner his Pokémon. He's supposedly traveling, and while not necessarily missing, the player never meets him.
* HypocriticalHumor: He'll sometimes call you just to complain that Janine doesn't talk about anything other than her father.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: His argument with Janine revolves around this.
* PeekABangs
* PunnyName: Falkner = Falconer.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: The Pidgey line. Pidgeotto in his first battle, but it's evolved into Pidgeot in rematches and the like.
* WarmupBoss: His team in ''Gold and Silver'' is the lowest-leveled of any Gym Leader. He's a bit tougher in the remakes, though. [[CaptainObvious Well, he is the first gym leader...]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: We don't know what his dad thinks of him, but just about everything Falkner says and does seems to relate to him somehow. Whether he's trying to impress him or just really looks up to him is unknown.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Bugsy (Tsukushi)
Azalea Gym Leader--''The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia''
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, he's a boy.
* PunnyName: '''Bug'''sy.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: The Scyther line. Scyther the first time, then Scizor in all subsequent battles. And yes, his Scizor abuses Technician-boosted Bullet Punches just like in the metagame.
* TheSmartGuy: Possibly, at least when it comes to Bug Pokémon anyway; the sign outside his gym and the advice-giving [=NPC=] inside the gym both comment on his knowledge.
* WakeupCallBoss: In the original and remakes, for separate reasons.
** Unless you chose Cyndaquil, in which case you can just spam Ember until all of his Pokémon faint.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Whitney (Akane)
Goldenrod Gym Leader--''The Incredibly Pretty Girl''
* BigEater: She may call you on the phone and make small talk before mentioning this... and then defending herself by claiming it's normal for her age.
* BreakTheCutie: When you defeat her.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser
* TheDitz
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: She sports an Osaka accent in the Japanese version and her GenkiGirl personality makes her fit.
* NonElemental
* PunnyName: It's a play on white (plain).
* RoseHairedGirl
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Miltank. As seen in WakeUpCallBoss, it's quite well known.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Her Miltank is infamous among the fans due to this trope. [[ItGotWorse In the remakes, it gains an ability that allows it to affect Ghost-types, too]].
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Sports a Grade C in the remakes.
!!Morty (Matsuba)
Ecruteak Gym Leader--''The Mystic Seer of the Future''
* AdaptationDyeJob: HGSS gives him a completely new outfit and a tall, skinny, lanky build rather than his slightly buff body shape of the original game and the Anime.
* {{Bishounen}}: More so in the remakes than the original games, where he is given the makeover mentioned above.
* BlackoutBasement
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: to Eusine's Red Oni.
* FourIsDeath: He's the fourth Johto Gym Leader you face.
* HairOfGold
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Eusine.
* MrExposition: Gives the most details of any Johto Gym Leader on Johto's myths regarding it's legendary Pokemon. Makes sense since his city is the center of these tales and a critical place for the player to visit in the original games and especially their remakes, where the player is required to visit the Dance Studio after beating Clair.
* PunnyName: '''Mort'''y. Heavy association with death, such as in mortician, mortality, ect.
* RefusedByTheCall: He trained to become a Gym Leader hoping it would make him worthy of being TheChosenOne to bring back Ho-Oh. Then you came along.
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Gengar, much like Agatha before him.
* SoulPower
!!Chuck (Shijima)
Cianwood Gym Leader--''His Roaring Fists Do the Talking''
* BadassMustache
* BlockPuzzle: Only in Gold, Silver and Crystal.
* HappilyMarried
* MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: In HGSS.
* OffscreenTeleportation / MesACrowd: Well, he really is in his gym 24/7. Even when he's waiting at the Fighting Dojo or on Route 47.
* PornStache
* PunnyName: A British synonym for throw.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Poliwrath. It can even abuse the Hypnosis and Focus Punch combo.
* StoutStrength
* SweetTooth: Though he's supposed to be on a diet. Don't tell his wife.
* TrainingFromHell: Self inflicted. He apparently trains 24/7, and spars with his own Pokémon.
* WalkingShirtlessScene
!!Jasmine (Mikan)
Olivine Gym Leader--''The Steel-Clad Defense Girl''
* BadassAdorable: Her Pokémon are pretty tough, especially during rematches against her in the remakes.
* BigEater: There are a ''lot'' of empty plates in front of her whenever you run into her at the diner...
** Overlaps with SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
--> '''Jasmine:''' These empty dishes in front of me are not all mine... Er... Actually, the person who sat here ahead of me ate a lot...
* TheCameo: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]''.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Only in HGSS; she had blue eyes in the originals.
* ExtraOreDinary
* MacGuffinDeliveryService: In order for her to accept your challenge, you must get the Secret Potion from Cianwood to treat the Pokémon in the lighthouse.
* PunnyName: Jas'''mine'''.
* TheQuietOne
* ShrinkingViolet
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Steelix.
!!Pryce (Yanagi)
Mahogany Gym Leader--''The Teacher of Winter's Harshness''
* BadassGrandpa: He looks geriatric and frail in the original, but in the remakes he gets a [[TookALevelInBadass revamp]]. His back straightens, his old man sweater is replaced with a classy [[BadassLongcoat blue overcoat]] and [[DramaticWind white scarf]] combo, and in his [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/4f/VSPryce.png pre-battle sprite]] he's simply [[BringIt holding out his hand invitingly]].
* BadassLongcoat: In HGSS.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Inverted, Pryce is quite proud of his middle name (Willow), which he states because it's a tree that bends under great forces but never breaks.
* FrictionlessIce
* AnIcePerson: He's also a [[IncrediblyLamePun Cool Old Guy]].
* PunnyName: Pr'''yce'''
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Piloswine, though he'll evolve it into Mamoswine in the fourth generation and beyond.
!!Clair (Ibuki)
Blackthorn Gym Leader--''The Blessed User of Dragon Pokémon''
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How she thinks of her cousin, Lance.
* BadassCape: However, her outfit in general is the source of mockery from some characters in-game.
* ConvectionSchmonvection
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* {{Jerkass}}: After you beat her, Clair pisses and moans and won't give you your badge until you go take a test in the Dragon's Den. In "Crystal" and the remakes, even ''after'' you beat the test, she refuses until the elder makes her give the badge up.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She does apologize, though, and is a bit kinder to you afterwards (see {{Tsundere}} bellow). It's more of a HiddenHeartOfGold.
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: After beating her, she won't give you your badge until you've passed the test in the Dragon's Den. When you do, she is shocked, as she herself did not pass the test in her first try.
* PunnyName: A play in a Dragon's ''Lair''.
* RunningGag: Characters in-game make fun of her choice of clothing.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Kingdra, or Dragonair.
* {{Tsundere}}: Oh, boy. Just listen to her phone calls.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
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[[folder:Hoenn Leaders]]
!!Roxanne (Tsutsuji)
Rustboro Gym Leader--''The Rock-Loving Honor Student!''
* DishingOutDirt: Of the Rock-type variety.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* PunnyName: '''Rox'''anne = Rocks.
* SelectiveMagnetism: Her Nosepass's magnetism traps Steel-types in battle with it. Not that you'd have Steel types by that point, but this can apply in rematches in Emerald version.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Nosepass. In Black 2 and White 2, it's evolved into Probopass.
* WakeUpCallBoss: If you chose Torchic - prepare to grind to either evolve the chicken or until you have a decent Water or Grass-type.
!!Brawly (Touki)
Dewford Gym Leader--''A Big Wave in Fighting!''
* BareFistedMonk
* BlackoutBasement: His gym does this; oddly enough, it's the one that unlocks Flash.
* CripplingOverspecialization: All damaging moves his team uses in battle in ''Emerald'' are Fighting-type, which means that anything that resists said type has a very easy time against him.
* PunnyName: His Japanese name refers to a type of herb. It's also a homonym for "''fighting'' spirit".
** MeaningfulName: '''Brawl'''y in English.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Makuhita line, with it becoming Hariyama in Emerald rematches and the Pokémon World Tournament.
* SurferDude: Only minus the TotallyRadical (except in the dub of the anime). He surfs to train himself and his Pokémon.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Just like in the anime, Brawly will tear you apart if you go in unprepared.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Wattson (Tessen)
Mauville Gym Leader--''The Cheerfully Electrifying Man!''
* BigFun
* CoolOldGuy
* GadgeteerGenius: He's in charge of the underground power plant, New Mauville, so he might count as this.
* TheHyena: Just look at his battle sprite!
* MyGreatestFailure: Under his cheerful laugh, he seems to have a lot of regret over the whole New Mauville construction.
* PunnyName: '''Watt'''son.
* ShockAndAwe
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: In ''Ruby and Sapphire'', he was the only Hoenn Gym Leader whose signature Pokémon was ''not'' introduced in Hoenn, with it being a Magneton. ''Emerald'' [[RetCon retcons]] it to Manectric, which he seems to keep for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''.
!!Flannery (Asuna)
Lavaridge Gym Leader--''One With a Fiery Passion that Burns!''
* BareYourMidriff
* FieryRedhead: [[IncrediblyLamePun Geddit?]]
* GenkiGirl
* HotBlooded
* HotspringsEpisode: Her gym basically is one.
* PlayingWithFire
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name is an anagram for "sauna", since her Gym is in a town famous for its hot springs. Also, "Flan" = "flame".
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Torkoal.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Shades of this - much like Falkner back in Generation II, she's big on living up to the family legacy. When you beat her, she decides that attempting to emulate her grandfather just hampers her and resolves to be herself.
!!Norman (Senri)
Petalburg Gym Leader--''A Man in Pursuit of Power!''
* ClimaxBoss: Pretty much the halfway-point boss - he's built up as an important future opponent (he's your father), defeating him gives you access to Surf and the other half of Hoenn, and he's roughly midway through the main story's plot.
* DisappearedDad: A notable aversion in the ''Pokémon'' games, as he's more involved in the PlayerCharacter[='s=] life.
* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Unlike in the manga. This is also seen in the anime.
* HappilyMarried
* InTheBlood: Birch hints that you have "your father's blood in your veins after all."
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or daughter.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: Norman = Normal.
* NonElemental
* ParentsAsPeople
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Slaking.
* SoProudOfYou: When you beat him, he is more proud of you than upset at losing.
!!Winona (Nagi)
Fortree Gym Leader--''The Bird User Taking Flight into the World!''
* AcePilot: Implied by her attire.
* BlowYouAway
* {{Expy}}: Her clothing style, color scheme, and connection to flight are very similar to [[{{Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind}} Nausicaa]].
* {{Flight}}
* MercurysWings: For ornamental purposes only though.
* NiceHat: Her aviator helmet.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Aside from her signature Altaria, the ''Emerald'' rematches adds the Dratini family to her team.
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name refers to a type of tree as per the usual ThemeNaming, but is also a homonym for a "lull" in a storm. In English, '''Win'''ona, like in wind.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Altaria.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Tate and Liza (Fuu and Ran)
Mossdeep Gym Leaders--''The Mystic Combination!''
* DualBoss: Thus far the only Gym Leaders to engage you in a double battle for their respective Badge.
** Averted in Black 2 and White 2's World Tournament, in which they've entered the tournament separately. Notably, their teams play off to one another (Some Pokemon are shared, and those that aren't shared are often counterparts like Gallade and Gardevoir, Gothitelle and Reuniclus, ect).
* HairDecorations: Liza's bow.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Tate is a boy, Liza is a girl.
** [[IdenticalTwinIDTag Half-Identical Twin ID Tag]]: Liza has two long pieces of hair around her face, while Tate doesn't.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: All Gym Leaders have a punny and meaningful name, but theirs is really clever. Reverse the order of their names, and you get Liza and Tate. Liza and Tate really fast sounds like "Levitate".
* PsychicPowers
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Solrock for Tate, and Lunatone for Liza. Fittingly, the sun is usually considered masculine and the moon feminine.
* SingleMindedTwins: Possibly, as being twins seems to be their main shtick.
* StockForeignName: They have Chinese names in the Japanese versions.
* TwinTelepathy
!!Wallace (Mikuri)
Sootopolis Gym Leader--''Artist, and Lover of Water!''
For information on Wallace, check the Champions page.
!!Juan (Adan)
Sootopolis Gym Leader--''The Gym Leader with the Beauty of Pure Water!''
* BadassMustache
* TheCasanova: Apparently, seeing as his Gym is full of female trainers...
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: A bit of a stretch, but '''Jua'''n sounds vaguely like "water", at least the first syllable of it.
* RetiredBadass: Wallace's mentor and the former Sootopolis Gym Leader. He returns to his previous position, taking Wallace’s place, in ''Emerald''.
** BadassTeacher
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Kingdra. Since Wattson's signature Pokémon was changed to Manectric in ''Emerald'', this makes him the only Hoenn Gym Leader (And in fact, the only non-Johto leader) whose signature Pokémon is not a Pokémon introduced in that generation. It is also the signature Pokémon of Clair, somewhat redundantly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Gym Leaders]]
!!Roark (Hyouta)
Oreburgh Gym Leader--''Call me Roark the Rock!''
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* DishingOutDirt
* MeaningfulName: '''Ro'''ar'''k''' "the Rock" speaks for itself.
* [[{{Meganekko}} Megane-kun]]
* [[NiceHat Nice Helmet]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Cranidos. It evolves into Rampardos for future fights, of course.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His father Byron wanted Riley to be the Gym Leader instead of Roark.
* WhiteGloves
!!Gardenia (Natane)
Eterna Gym Leader--''Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon!''
* BareYourMidriff
* GenkiGirl
* GreenEyes
* GreenThumb
* LovableCoward: She's afraid of the Old Chateau and the ghosts said to lurk within.
** [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No, she isn't. She just has important Gym Leader stuff to do.]]
* MeaningfulName: '''Garden'''ia.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Roserade. The earliest third-form Pokemon used by any Gym Leader, in fact.
* [[TurtlePower Turtwig Power]]
!!Maylene (Sumomo)
Veilstone Gym Leader--''The Barefoot, Fighting Genius!''
* BattleAura: Lucario.
* BigEater
* TheCameo: Can be found stuffing her face at a food-eating competition in [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=].
* CuteBruiser
* DoesNotLikeShoes: In Platinum, you encounter her walking all the way to Snowpoint without shoes or any appropriate clothing. This is apparently related to her training. She can also make some comments about going barefoot when you see her in the Battleground.
* FootFocus: Both her [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/15/Diamond_Pearl_Maylene.png official art]] and [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/c2/VSMaylene.png VS Sprite in Platinum]]. Related to DoesNotLikeShoes above.
* FreezeSneeze: That's what you get for walking from Veilstone to Snowpoint without so much as putting on shoes.
* GeniusBruiser: Heavily implied to be this, or at least a rough equivalent.
* LittleMissBadass
* MeaningfulName: '''Mayle'''ne = Melee
* NamesTheSame: She and a Kimono Girl from ''Gold and Silver'' had the same Japanese name. The Kimono Girl's name changed to ''Komomo'' in the remakes, possibly because Maylene makes a cameo.
** In a roundabout way, there's also the fact that her German name is [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Hilda]]....
* ParentalNeglect: Mentions in Platinum that her dad [[MoodWhiplash is a gambling addict]]. You can also see him in the Game Corner.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Lucario.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]
!!Crasher Wake (Maximum Mask)
Pastoria Gym Leader--''The Torrential Masked Master!''
* TheCameo: Makes several in [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=].
* CoolMask
* InsistentTerminology: [[strike:Wake]] Crasher Wake!
* LargeHam: While most Gym Leaders are relatively subdued individuals who try to demonstrate the versatility of their [[WeaponOfChoice element of choice]], Wake's a HotBlooded masked wrestler who insists on always adding "Crasher" before his name. In Platinum, if you refuse to fight him at the Top Trainer Cafe, he will sing his theme song. And on the TV from time to time, it will describe him fighting wrestling matches. He even shows up a few times in ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'', first giving you the three Sinnoh starter masks (which he appears to force on you, commending your love of masks), and later on the bridge to the Safari Zone, where he goes off on a rant about how cool waterfalls are.
** [[spoiler:And then he hams it up again in VideoGame/{{Pokemon Black 2 and White 2}}, singing loudly on a cliff-top somewhere along Route 18.]]
* MakingASplash
* MaskPower
* MeaningfulName: A '''wake''' is also the set of triangular waves left by something traveling through water (a boat, etc.). Also sounds similar to "crashing wave".
* ShirtlessScene: He never even ''wears'' a shirt, even when traveling away from home to Johto as seen in ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]''.
** Making it a [[WalkingShirtlessScene walking shirtless scene]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Floatzel.
!!Fantina (Melissa)
Hearthome Gym Leader--''The Alluring, Soulful Dancer!''
* BlackoutBasement: Her gym in Platinum.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* FunnyForeigner
* GenkiGirl
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple
* GratuitousEnglish: Japanese and French versions.
* GratuitousFrench: Almost everywhere but the Japanese and French versions.
* MeaningfulName: '''Fant'''ina = Phantom.
* NightmareFetishist
* OdangoHair: What is that bulbous monster attached to her scalp? Oh, wait, that's her hair.
* PimpedOutDress
* ShoutOut: [[Film/GalaxyQuest "Never give up, never surrender!"]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Mismagius, despite her Drifblim-inspired dress.
* SoulPower
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Byron (Tougan)
Canalave Gym Leader--''The Man with the Steel Body!''
* BadassBeard
* BadassCape
* ExtraOreDinary
* HotBlooded
* LargeHam
* MeaningfulName: B'''yron''' = Iron.
* PermaStubble
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Bastiodon.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purplish-Red Hair]]: He even has purplish-red stubble to go with it.
!!Candice (Suzuna)
Snowpoint Gym Leader--''The Diamond Dust Girl!''
* BrownEyes
* BowtiesAreCool
* ExposedToTheElements
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* HotBlooded: Despite her main type.
** LampshadeHanging: She'll acknowledge this and wonder if she should act more like an Ice-Type trainer "should" act.
* AnIcePerson
* MagicSkirt: It's practically shorter than ''Dawn's''. This seems like a health hazard when you consider that she lives in [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Snowpoint]].
* MeaningfulName: Cand'''ice'''.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Abomasnow in Diamond and Pearl, but changed to Froslass in Platinum, which seems to have stuck.
* ThirdPersonPerson: This may have actually been a translation issue, but nevertheless:
-->"Candice is on fire! I'm blazing hot! Hot enough to melt Ice-type Pokémon! I need a battle to cool me down! OK! I'll show you how good Candice can be! I mean, how good my Pokémon can be! Awww! That's it! I'm going to train so I can throw a Focus Punch myself!"
!!Volkner (Denzi)
Sunyshore Gym Leader--''The Shining, Shocking Star!''
* TheAce: Though a bit character, he has elements of this. He hadn't had a good match in a long time before you showed up, to the point where he was about ready to resign as gym leader and take on the Elite Four. On top of this, he got so fed up in his boredom that he took on an extremely outlandish project to remodel his gym and ended up blacking out all of Sunyshore City. Where most of the walking space is made out of ''solar panels.''
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: His interactions with Flint at your Villa sound like this. Obviously, he's the straight man of the duo.
* DeadpanSnarker: He acts like this to Flint, if the chat at the player's villa is any indication:
-->'''Volkner:''' Flint's fascination with fire-types comes from his name. Someone once told him a flint was used to start a fire, and that was it.
* DistaffCounterpart: [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Elesa]] is this to him.
* GadgeteerGenius: He apparently built all the obstacles in his gym by himself.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Flint.
* HotBlooded: In contrast with Flint, he starts out sounding bored with everything, but becomes more fired up as a battle progresses.
* MeaningfulName: '''Vol'''kner sounds like "Volt".
* ShockAndAwe
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Flint's red.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Luxray in Diamond and Pearl. In Platinum, it's changed to Electivire, which along with Flint's change to Magmortar makes their status as friends/rivals even more evident.
* TroubledButCute: Though ultimately more cute than troubled, he still fits.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Flint.
-->'''Volkner''': My relationship to Flint? There's no love lost, that's for sure.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Unova Leaders]]
!!Cilan (Dent)
Striaton City Gym Leaders--''Triple Trouble!''
* {{Adorkable}}: Cilan especially.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Like his brothers, his name begins with a "C."
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* BonusBoss: After beating the Elite 4, you can challenge him and his brothers, teaming up with one against the other two. This can be done daily as well. He also appears standalone in the World Tournament.
* BowtiesAreCool
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: According to the Memory Link, Cilan apparently lost his self esteem when he and his brothers were beaten by the Shadow Triad and it took time for him to rebuild his confidence as a trainer unlike the other two.]]
* ChromaticArrangement
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Also his bowtie and Pansage line.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler: They stopped being Gym Leaders so they could train and become stronger as individuals, not as a set.]]
* EdibleThemeNaming: In Japanese, it's more subtle; his name is a part of corn like his brothers'.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Pansage line.
* GreenEyes
* GreenThumb
* HollywoodGenetics: How ''triplets'' could each end up with a different hair and eye color is impossible barring freak mutation.
* ImprobableHairstyle
* MeaningfulName: '''Cilan'''tro.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Cilan is one of the very few characters in the franchise to have SkintoneSclerae.
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted. Rather than screw over the players who picked Fire (or in Falkner's case, Grass), the Leader you battle here depends solely on your choice of starter and, as such, will always have the type advantage over you. Cilan is only fought if you chose Oshawott.
* PowerTrio: Cilan is ego.
* SharpDressedMan
* ShrinkingViolet: It's to be noted that he's the only one of the three that stutters before, during, and after battle and doesn't seem as confident in his battle skills as his brothers.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GreenThumb Pansage]].
* SkintoneSclerae: Cilan
* ThemeNaming: He and his brothers are all named after three different plant-based ingredients in cooking.
* WaistcoatOfStyle
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Striaton Gym Leaders?]]: They are the only gym leaders not to show up during the BigDamnHeroes moment against the Plasma Sages at N's Castle because Bianca hadn't actually got to them by the time they were needed.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
!!Chili (Pod)
Striaton City Gym Leaders--''Triple Trouble!''
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: As stated, his name begins with a "C" like his brothers'.
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* BonusBoss: After beating the Elite 4, you can challenge him and his brothers, teaming up with one against the other two. This can be done daily as well. He also appears standalone in the World Tournament.
* BowtiesAreCool
* ChromaticArrangement
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler: They stopped being Gym Leaders so they could train and become stronger as individuals, not as a set.]]
* EdibleThemeNaming: A pod is a part of a corn kernel.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Pansear.
* FieryRedhead: Near literally.
* HollywoodGenetics
* HotBlooded
* ImprobableHairstyle
* LargeHam: "Yeeeeooow! Time to play with FIRE!! I'm the strongest of us brothers!"
* MeaningfulName: '''Chili''' pepper.
* PlayingWithFire
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted. You won't fight him unless you picked Snivy, which is weak to Fire.
* PowerTrio: Chili is id.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedOniBlueOni: Red, to Cress's Blue.
* SharpDressedMan
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[PlayingWithFire Pansear]] line.
* ThemeNaming: Another plant-based cooking ingredient.
* WaistcoatOfStyle
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Striaton Gym Leaders?]]: Same as Cilan.
!!Cress (Corn)
Striaton City Gym Leaders--''Triple Trouble!''
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: All three of their English names start with a "C."
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* BlueEyes
* BonusBoss: After beating the Elite 4, you can challenge him and his brothers, teaming up with one against the other two. This can be done daily as well. He also appears standalone in the World Tournament.
* BowtiesAreCool
* ChromaticArrangement
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DeadpanSnarker
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler: They stopped being Gym Leaders so they could train and become stronger as individuals, not as a set.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: To some fans.
* EdibleThemeNaming: In Japanese, his name ''is'' Corn, to fit with his brothers'.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Panpour line.
* HollywoodGenetics
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: Water'''cress'''.
* NamesTheSame: Cress's English name is the same as the name the main character of ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' has in that game's official English translation (the latter is subject to SpellMyNameWithAnS in fan translations).
* PeekABangs
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted. You only fight Cress if your starter is Tepig, which is weak to Cress's Water attacks.
* PowerTrio: Cress is superego.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Chili's Red.
* SharpDressedMan
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[MakingASplash Panpour]] line.
* ThemeNaming:
* WaistcoatOfStyle
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Striaton Gym Leaders?]]: Same as his brothers.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Cheren
[[quoteright:129:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheren2_8007.png]]
-->Voiced by: RyoheiKimura (JP), JasonGriffith (EN) (promo)
Aspertia City Gym Leader -- ''Seeker of Truth''
Hilbert/Hilda's rival from Black and White, who has since gone on to become a Normal-type Gym Leader.
* [[spoiler:AndThenWhat: A key part of his development in the first games is Alder asking him just what he intends to do if he becomes Champion like he is so motivated to do and why he wants it so bad.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Not as much as N or the Striaton triplets, but it's there. [[ViewerGenderConfusion Some even thought he was female at first!]]
* BreakTheHaughty: In Black and White. He's not overbearingly arrogant, but he still has to work out some ego issues.
* BonusBoss: In addition to being in the World Tournament, he also appears [[spoiler: if you use the Memory Link function with a copy of ''Black'' or ''White''. He will use his team from those games, including his starter but with a different elemental monkey, in a match on Route 5.]] Unlike most other bonuses, this is a one-time battle.
* CharacterTic: Adjusting his tie.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Bianca.
* ComMons: His Gym team consists of two of them.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DeadpanSnarker: Shows definite traces of this. For example, he calls Team Plasma a "Waste of oxygen."
* TheGlassesComeOff: He apparently stopped wearing his glasses in-between games.
* IdiotHair:Has a strand of hair pointed up.
* LuminescentBlush: Due to the player being his first opponent, he's clearly a little nervous.
* {{Megane}}: In the first set of games. He's no longer wearing his glasses in the sequels.
* NonElemental
* PreciousPuppy: Lillipup.
* TheRival: In Black and White. He shares this trope with Bianca, but their CharacterDevelopment in that regard is quite different. Cheren begins his journey as determined and, arguably, overconfident. He gets better once he starts realizing his limitations and that simply becoming the Champion for the sake of it is a pointless goal.
* SharpDressedMan: Cheren now wears a suit.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: The Stoutland line, to differentiate him from Lenora, who is more associated with the Watchog line.
* StoicSpectacles: In Black and White.
* ThemeNaming: His name is Slavic for "Black".
* ToBeAMaster: In Black and White, he explicitly states that his goal is to become the Champion.
* WarmUpBoss: He's the first Gym Leader in Black 2 and White 2, and his Gym team consists solely of [[ComMons Patrat and Lillipup]].
!!Lenora (Aloe)
Nacrene City Gym Leader--''An Archeologist with Backbone''
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/200px-Black_White_Aloe_21_1982.png]]
* AdventureArchaeologist: If her English title wasn't enough to convince you, she got to one of the stones ''before Team Plasma even went on the hunt'' and hid it ''[[HiddenInPlainSight right in plain sight]]!'' Mock her now.
* {{BBW}}
* BlueEyes
* ChefOfIron: One interpretation of her, although it is never shown in the game.
* ChessMaster: Her battle style. Easier to see in the anime and manga, but still shows up in the game. Example? No matter ''which'' of her Pokemon you face, you're in to get hit hard with Retaliate after beating it, which is going to be a base 140 STAB because of it..
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[PreciousPuppies Everything's Precious With Puppies]]: Herdier.
* HappilyMarried: To the Curator of the museum that her gym is located in.
* {{Mammy}} - by appearance but not by personality
* MeaningfulName: Le'''Nora''' = Normal.
* NonElemental
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[WakeUpCallBoss Watchog]].
* TeamMom: Of the gym leaders. She was apparently designed to be motherly according to WordOfGod. [[EverythingIsRacist Sadly, everyone misinterpreted said intention.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: ''Much'' harder to take down than the trio. Her Pokémon's levels are 18 and 20, which is a steep jump up from what you've been facing, and both hit like tanks. Using a Roggenrolla won't help you much either, since they both know Dark moves to get around its resistance to normal attacks. The Watchog even knows Hypnosis, to make things worse (you ''did'' give those Chesto berries that Cheren gave you to your Timburr, right?).
** And the first thing Watchog uses is Retaliate. Which is immediately after you faint her Herrdier, therefore it's going to be a base 140 STAB attack. There's gonna be a really long time before you see a move with so much base power again.
*** Not just her Watchog, they both know it. So if you forced her to switch out the two somehow, you're still not safe.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Roxie (Homika)
[[quoteright:230:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/230px-Black_2_White_2_Roxie_5467_2603.png]]
Virbank City Gym Leader -- ''Poison Life, Poison Live!''
* AdaptationalBadass: An early Leader in the games, eighth and final Leader that Ash faces in the anime.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Her Whirlipede/Scolipede.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Roxie made her debut in the anime about a week before ''Black 2 and White 2'' were released, presumably for advertising purposes.
* HairDecorations
* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Averted. The bassist is the Gym Leader!
** LeadBassist: She's also apparently the lead singer too.
* PinkMeansFeminine
* PoisonousPerson
* [[AnimalMotifs Pokémon Motifs]]: Her bass somewhat resembles the Scolipede line.
* PunnyName: Rock music and toxic/toxin.
* TheRockStar
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Despite her band's name, the Scolipede line is what she's heavily associated with.
* TheSouthpaw: She plays the bass with her left hand.
* TrueBlueFemininity
* WakeUpCallBoss: Not overly difficult to defeat, but her Poison-type moves can be quite nasty if you take her too lightly.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
* YouthfulFreckles
!!Burgh (Arti)
Castelia City Gym Leader--''Premier Insect Artist''
[[quoteright:231:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Black_White_Burgh_3270.png]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: His appearance screams this trope.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Depicted as this in {{Fanon}}.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* BigOlEyebrows
* TheCoatsAreOff: In Black 2 and White 2, he's inside of a web coat and rips it off in his battle animation.
* {{Engrish}}: His Japanese title- "Most Insect Artist"- is so grammatically incorrect it's not even funny.
* GreenEyes
* HurricaneOfPuns: He seems quite fond of insect-based puns in his dialogue in the gym. It's really insectible--er, incredible.
* MeaningfulName: Burgh = Bug.
** "Burgh" also has the word "burg" in it, which means "city." Where is Burgh's Gym? Castelia City!
* NiceGuy: Has a Pokémon that only evolves with happiness, Leavanny.
** Even better, his Leavanny's at Level 23 - only ''three'' levels higher than the level it evolves into Swadloon!
* PerformanceArtist
* PungeonMaster: Doesn't show till his in-battle quotes. Made all the more painful by Pokémon's otherwise subtle puns.
* ScarfOfAssKicking
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GlassCannon Leavanny]].
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Elesa.
!!Elesa (Kamitsure)
Nimbasa City Gym Leader--''The Shining Beauty''
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px-Black_2_White_2_Elesa_828.png]]
-->Voiced by: MiyukiSawashiro (JP), Sarah Natochenny (EN) (promo)
* BareYourMidriff
* BlueEyes
* TheCoatsAreOff: For Black 2 and White 2, she does it in her battle against the protagonist in the trailer and in her sprite animation.
* CombatStilettos
* CoolBigSis: Certainly gives off this vibe when she reasons with Bianca's dad in her introduction, and promptly earns Bianca's respect.
* CoolHorse: Zebstrika.
* CoolShades: Her headphones have these built in.
* DyeHard: Appears to have dyed her hair black in the two years between ''Black and White'' and the sequels. That, or this is her natural color.
* EmotionlessGirl: WordOfGod says she was intended to come off as this.
** NotSoStoic: When you beat her, despite being very calm up until that point, she is overwhelmed with excitement and immediately becomes embarrassed over it.
* [[EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels Everything's Nuttier With Flying Squirrels]]: Emolga. Two of them in Black and White, actually.
* HairColorDissonance: Looking at this picture, her hair seems to be a shade of purple.
* HairDecorations: Or, technically, headphones. Justified, as she seems to be based on a {{Vocaloid}}.
* IconicItem: Her headphones; fanart loves to leave them on when portraying her in swimsuits. When her outfit got completely overhauled for [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels]], she still wears headphones, just of a different design (they even inherit her old pair's color motif).
* InformedAbility: She, for no reason at all, says she's a model in her first appearance, but unlike the other Unova leaders' careers, this doesn't pop up in any way aside from her sprite being dangerously thin (the waiter triplets have a restaurant for a gym, the archeologist has a museum and reference library for a gym, the painter has a gallery in the city, and she has... a roller coaster) and the comments of a few random [=NPCs=]. She does mention that she has a TV gig after she calls Clay to lower the bridge to Driftveil City, so she probably does model work for television. And it does explain her outfit (all gym leaders in Unova have outfits tied into their day jobs). Averted in [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels]].
* MeaningfulName: '''Ele'''sa = Electricity.
* MsFanservice: Somebody had ''fun'' designing her.
* NakedInMink: What it seemed like she was in the promotional trailer, [[BaitAndSwitch until she ripped off her coat to reveal the outfit underneath]]. She's still very PrettyInMink though.
* TheOtherDarrin: Her actors are different between the anime and the animated promo.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: In Black 2 and White 2, where her hair is dyed.
* ShesGotLegs
* ShockAndAwe
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[FragileSpeedster Zebstrika.]]
* TallDarkAndBishoujo: She's apparently gotten more sociable between the two games though.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: In the sequels.
!!Clay (Yacon)
Driftveil City Gym Leader--''The Underground Boss''
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* AmericansAreCowboys: Subverted- WordOfGod says he was designed as a Japanese immigrant who got rich in America by finding oil.
** {{Fauxreigner}}
* BrownEyes
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DishingOutDirt
* {{Eagleland}}er: Type I, though again, not a born American.
* EverythingIsBigInTexas
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He comes off as pushy and lazy at first [[spoiler:when he sends you and Cheren to stop Team Plasma in his town without offering to help himself]], but he turns out to be a good guy. [[spoiler:[[HeartwarmingMoments He even leads the gym leader charge at N's Castle.]]]]
* MeaningfulName
** NamesTheSame: An [[DishingOutDirt earth-elemental]] cowboy named Clay? [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Where else have we seen this before.]]
* NiceHat
* NonIdleRich: He is one of the richest people in the history of the Pokémon games so far, and ''still'' runs a gym.
* SelfMadeMan: He even waits for trainers at the bottom of his Gym/mine as a symbolic reminder of how he [[RagsToRiches started out with nothing.]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[JackOfAllStats Excadrill]].
!!Skyla (Fuuro)
Mistralton City Gym Leader--''The High-Flying Girl''
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* AcePilot
* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway
* BlueEyes
* {{Expy}}: Of [[BirdyTheMighty Birdy]].
** She also resembles Yoko of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', in terms of hair color and {{Stripperiffic}} choice of outfit.
* FashionableAsymmetry
* FieryRedhead
* GenkiGirl: Just look at her official art.
* HairDecorations
* MeaningfulName: '''Sky'''la.
* MsFanservice
* NiceGirl: A very noticable characteristic of her's.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: And not just for her strength; the way she's designed her ''gym'' will take you out!
* {{Shorttank}}
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[MakingASplash Swanna.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!Brycen (Hachiku)
Icirrus City Gym Leader--''Ice Mask''
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* {{Badass}}: He senses the presence of the Shadow Triad before they even appear, and fights Team Plasma alongside Cheren. All of this is done ''after'' your gym battle with him.
* BlackEyes
* BonusBoss: Though he has retired from being a Gym Leader in Black 2 and White 2, he is present in the World Tournament.
* CoolMask
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Beartic.
* FashionableAsymmetry: He's wearing what looks like half a robe.
* AnIcePerson
* MeaningfulName: Br'''yce'''n.
* MythologyGag: In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'''s third arc, the main villain was [[spoiler:Pryce, the Johto Ice Gym Leader, using the alternate identity of]] the "Mask of Ice."
** His English name is also very similar to Pryce's.
* RetiredBadass: From being a Gym Leader, at least.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[EverythingsWorseWithBears Beartic.]]
* SlasherSmile: He plays a villain in a Pokéstar Studios movie, sporting one of these.
* TheStoic: WordOfGod says he's like this because he used to be a movie star, and went into depression after his career ended. He then went to an icy cave alone to train and become more knowledgeable, and feels he must keep his identity a secret.
* WarriorMonk
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Iris
Opelucid City Gym Leader (''White'')--''The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons''
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: She's already one in ''White'' and aiming to become one in ''Black''.
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BrattyHalfPint: Her dialogue certainly gives her this feel.
* BrownEyes
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* HeirToTheDojo: She's Drayden's apprentice, training to take over the gym when he retires.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* LittleMissBadass: She's both the youngest and the eighth Gym Leader in White, and uses Dragon-Type Pokémon.
* PaintingTheMedium: If you select Kanji View in the Japanese version, she'll still speak only in kana.
* PurelyAestheticGender: The only real difference between her and Drayden is that her Pokémon are female; they're the same species and have the same moves. Their Druddigon's abilities are different, too; hers has Sheer Force.
* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Dragons]]: WordOfGod says she was raised in a forest by them.
* RapunzelHair: Not as much as Caitlin, but enough.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GlassCannon Haxorus.]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass: For her appearance in]] Black 2 and White 2, [[spoiler: check the Champions page. This section will eventually be merged with it once the spoiler avoidance of Black 2 and White 2 dies down.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Drayden (Shaga)
Opelucid City Gym Leader (''Black'')--''The Spartan Mayor''
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is the mayor of Opelucid City, and the eighth Gym Leader in Black.
* BadassBeard: So badass it covers the entire bottom half of his face.
* BadassGrandpa
* EyesOfGold
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He studied abroad to learn more about Dragon-types, but is still quite the gentleman.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* PurelyAestheticGender: The only real difference between he and Iris is that his Pokémon are male; they're the same species and have the same moves. Their Druddigon's abilities are different, too; his has Rough Skin, which could be a nasty surprise.
* RedBaron: Spartan Mayor.
* RetiredBadass: In White.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GlassCannon Haxorus.]]
* ThemeNaming: In the Japanese version, his name is Japanese for "iris," complementing... Well, Iris.
!!Marlon (Shizui)
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Seigaiha City Gym Leader -- ''A Man More Marine Than the Ocean!''
A swimmer specializing in Water-type Pokémon.
* AnimeHair
* BarbieDollAnatomy
* BigBrotherMentor: He's described to be like this to the protagonist.
* BlueEyes: Fitting for a Water-type expert.
* MakingASplash
* MemeticOutfit: His TanLines.
* MrFanservice
* PrehistoricMonster: The first Pokémon he sends out is the prehistoric Carracosta.
** FossilRevival
* PunnyName: ''Mare'' is Latin for sea, used as root in words like marine and maritime. His name also resembles ''marlin''.
* SeaMonster: In any challenge, his team is always comprised of ''sea''-dwelling Water-type monsters.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Jellicent.
* StoneWall: In both normal and challenge modes, Marlon's team is generally defense-oriented. His Carracosta subverts this, though, having the move Shell Smash, which lowers its Defenses but effectively doubles its Speed and offenses.
* SurferDude: His localized dialogue has shades of this.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* WalkingShirtlessScene
* WalkingSwimsuitScene
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kanto Leaders]]
!!Brock (Takeshi)
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Pewter Gym Leader--''The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer!''
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He became quite {{Bishonen}}, grew out his hair, and his build changed a bit for Heartgold and Soulsilver
* {{Bishonen}}
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The Rhyhorn in his first team in Heartgold and Soulsilver has Sturdy, an ability Rhyhorn cannot possess.
* EarlyBirdBoss: In [=Red/Green/Blue=], only Pikachu, Butterfree, Beedrill (the latter two requiring LevelGrinding), and ComMons are found before Brock. Tough luck if your starter is Charmander. Fixed in every game after. Yellow adds Mankey and the Nidoran lines before him (now with an early Double Kick!) while [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] add Mankey and give Charmander Metal Claw.
* EyesAlwaysShut
* ImprobablePowerDiscrepancy: One Gym Leader with Pokémon at level 12 and 14. Not so in the sequels and their remakes, however, suggesting that the Gym Leaders might use Gym-specific teams.
* MeaningfulName: B'''rock'''.
* PersonalityPowers: Lampshaded in the pre-battle quote.
* RockSteady
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Onix. One of the few trainers to never evolve their Pokemon even in high-levelled rematches in other games, due to Onix losing its Rock typing, not to mention Jasmine already having Steelix.
** This works out to his benefit in Black 2 and White 2, where he has equipped his Onix with the new Eviolite item, raising its defenses above even that of Steelix's and making it quite difficult to take down without a Grass or Water move.
* [[SiliconBasedLife Rock Based Pokemon]]: Both his Geodude and his Onix.
* WakeUpCallBoss: In RB/FRLG if you chose Charmander, and in Yellow. He's pretty easy to beat, though, for those who chose Bulbasaur or Squirtle.
** Even with Charmander, Brock is not very difficult in RB, as both of Brock's Pokemon have a pitiful Special stat and Charmander will very likely have Ember by the time you reach him. This is made even easier by the fact that neither Geodude or Onix know any Rock-type attacks, their special move being Bide. However, this is played straight in FRLG, as although Charmander gains Metal Claw, Brock's Pokemon have high Defenses, and they have also gained Rock Tomb to tear Charmander (and [[CrutchCharacter Butter]][[DiskOneNuke free]] if you have one) apart.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Until HGSS, all his Pokémon had a double weakness to Grass. The only Pokémon he gained in HGSS that doesn't is Rampardos, which only shows up in the rematch and is a GlassCannon, so it will still faint to a moderately powered Grass-type attack.
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!!Misty (Kasumi)
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Cerulean Gym Leader--''The Tomboyish Mermaid!''
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She wasn't bad-looking originally, but her [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=] design is... wow.
* BareYourMidriff: In her original design.
* ContinuityNod: A girl in the Kanto games (even noted in the Fame Checker in FRLG) said that Misty had high hopes for the Cerulean Cape as a dating spot and as a place to find a potential boyfriend. The first place the player is able to catch her in the games and their remakes is at the cape, which scares off her date and reaffirms her apparent bad luck in love.
* DatePeepers: When you meet her in the sequels you catch her on a date. She doesn't react well, to put it simple.
* {{Fangirl}}: To Lorelei.
* FieryRedhead
* LightningBruiser: Trains two of them, but Starmie especially. It's very fast and hits hard with Bubblebeam[=/=]Water Pulse. It also has Recover in the remake, so if the player doesn't hit it hard enough or doesn't have a priority move, Starmie will just heal off the damage immediately in the next turn.
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: '''Mist'''y.
* ImprobablePowerDiscrepancy: Her training place is Seafoam Islands. The Pokémon in Seafoam Islands are higher-leveled than hers. Given that this line is even in the original games, it's probably the first hint that Gym Leaders use Pokemon teams specific to their Gyms, given that later games allow for Gym Leader rematches with all Gym Leaders being around the same levels.
* {{Shorttank}}
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Starmie.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Has high hopes for finding a boyfriend or at least getting a date at the Cerulean Cape.
* {{Tomboy}}: According to her title.
** GirlinessUpgrade: It seems that her efforts to keep up a feminine appearance and get a boyfriend are to ''dispel'' that title somewhat. One of her Gym Trainers thinks that she embodies both beauty and strength though.
* {{Tsundere}}: Though she does react poorly to you at first in the sequels, she eventually warms up, and will even call you out of the blue (once you get her number) to thank you for kicking an intruder out of her Gym.* WalkingSwimsuitScene: All official artwork and sprites show her with a swimsuit, and just that unlike in the sequel games.
** The Tsundere side of her wasn't present in the first generation games, but was probably added to match up with her [[AscendedExtra anime incarnation's personality.]]
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Almost every appearance.
** Averted with her Yellow sprite, which is the only sprite to not feature her in a swimsuit. This is because of the game itself being a RecursiveAdaptation of the anime, so both Brock and Misty look closer to their anime counterparts.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Misty can be brutal to a new player, especially if you picked Charmander as your starter.
!!Lt. Surge (Mathis)
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Vermilion Gym Leader--''The Lightning American!''
* AcePilot: Apparently was one. He used his electric Pokemon to power his planes.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* {{Eagleland}}: Take a look at his title. Type 1, by the way.
* {{Expy}}: To Guile from StreetFighter.
* AFatherToHisMen: As one of the Gym Trainers tells the player, Lt. Surge saved his life back during the war. He has since pledged UndyingLoyalty to him.
* FragileSpeedster: His Pokemon are faster than most, but they still can't quite take a hit.
* GadgeteerGenius: Designed the gate puzzle in his Gym.
* GlassCannon: Comes with training Electric-type Pokemon.
* GratuitousEnglish: This is how he speaks in the Japanese versions of the games.
** He does it in the French versions too, but only of the remakes, for some odd reason.
* LargeHam: In Yellow.
* MeaningfulName: Surge, as in "electric '''surge'''".
* OpaqueLenses: He has opaque-looking sunglasses in Generation II and HGSS, though unlike Blaine he is seen with them off in HGSS (he simply holds them in his hand before and after battles with him), and of course in Generations I and III he never wore sunglasses at all.
* PatrioticFervor
* RealMenWearPink: For such a manly guy, he seems to like cute Pokémon. His favorite Pokémon are the Pikachu line. In HGSS, you can show him a Pikachu to get his phone number, and he practically gushes over the sight of it like a fangirl.
** He adds a Pachirisu to his team for the rematch.
* RetiredBadass: He's still quite young, however, looking to be in his late twenties.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: His signature Raichu.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Why he makes you solve a puzzle to unlock a gate to get to him.
* ShockAndAwe
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Raichu.
!!Erika
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Celadon Gym Leader--''The Nature-Loving Princess!''
* AmbiguouslyGay: Her Gym is all-female, and she doesn't seem to like having men in it - but makes an "exception" for the protagonist. Her Gym badge just happens to be rainbow themed too.
** LipstickLesbian: If the above trope is true.
* DubNameChange: [[AvertedTrope Notably the only Gym leader in the franchise to AVOID this]], until Iris in VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite.
* GossipyHens: Normally she isn't this, but catching her chatting with Jasmine in Celadon on her days off will yield surprisingly harsh gossip.
* GreenThumb
* HairDecorations: Always sports a headband.
* HeavySleeper: Apparently has some mild form of narcolepsy. She almost dozes off before her battle with the player.
* MeaningfulName: Not readily apparent, but even in English her name, '''Erika''', is the genus of a type of plant.
* MightyGlacier: All of her Pokemon.
* TheOjou: Explicitly called such in the Japanese version, and this trope is a part of her official title.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: It's complicated. Throughout the games she seems to be unable to decide between [[DualBoss both Vileplume/Bellossom and Victreebel together]], or the Tangela line. Seems to have settled on Vileplume alone by Black 2 and White 2, though she still uses Victreebel and Tangrowth on her teams.
* YamatoNadeshiko
!!Koga (Kyou)
Fuchsia Gym Leader--''The Poisonous Ninja Master!''
For information on Koga, check the Elite Four page, for Koga has received a promotion.
!!Janine (Anzu)
Fuchsia Gym Leader--''The Poisonous Ninja Master''
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Of Koga.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Her entire Gym is pretty much one.
* EarlyBirdCameo: the source of one of Koga's Fame Checker entries in ''[=FireRed=]''/''[=LeafGreen=]'', although she was given a different name and her sprite was generic.
* HypocriticalHumor: Similar to what Falkner thinks of her, she thinks Falkner is a "daddy's boy who needs to grow up and become his own person". [[HeroicMime Apparently]] your character points out this hypocrisy, which prompts her to tell you to mind your own business.
* InconsistentDub: Apparently not realizing who she was, the translators of [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] named her Charine.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father Like Daughter]]: She's the daughter of Koga, and it shows.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: This is what she keeps trying to tell Falkner.
* {{Ninja}}
* PoisonousPerson
* ShellGame: In her Gym, all of her trainers [[IdentityImpersonator impersonate her]], [[BosomBuddies even the one guy]].
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Venomoth.
* ThemeNaming: Her Japanese name, ''Anzu'' comes from one reading of the character "杏", (meaning "Apricot"). This links her with her father, whose Japanese name is an alternate reading of the same character.
* TookALevelInBadass: Though she's still the weakest Gym Leader of the Kanto ones in HGSS, she got a larger level boost to her team from the originals compared to the other seven.
* [[TricksterArchetype Trickster]] [[TricksterMentor Gym Master]]: See ShellGame above.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Sabrina (Natsume)
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Saffron Gym Leader--''The Master of Psychic Pokémon!''
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Her HGSS redesign is a far higher tier than before.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Fighting Dojo used to be the Saffron City Gym. Then Sabrina came with her Psychic-types and utterly thrashed them. Now Sabrina's gym is the Saffron Gym.
* BareYourMidriff: In the remakes.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered one to the Fighting Dojo next to her Gym.
* GlassCannon: Her team of Psychic Pokemon.
* {{Himecut}}
* PsychicPowers: Not only do her Pokémon have these, but she possesses them as well. She also claims that ''everyone'' has psychic powers, but that tragically few people even realize it.
* TheQuietOne
* RapunzelHair: Not as extreme as some future characters, but it's there.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She isn't ''villainous'' ([[Manga/PokemonSpecial in this continuity anyway]]), but she is a very difficult opponent to face, especially in the first Generation with [[{{GameBreaker/Pokemon}} Psychic being as broken as it was]].
* ReluctantWarrior: She constantly goes on about how she doesn't like to fight but she will if she must. It makes you curious why she's a Gym leader, then (most likely so she can train people to be psychic and being a Gym leader is the easiest, or only, way).
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Alakazam.
* TheStoic
* WhipItGood: Only in the original games.
!!Blaine (Katsura)
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Cinnabar Gym Leader--''The Hotheaded Quiz Master!''
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassMustache: Badass enough to make [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]] envious.
* BaldOfAwesome: His head's shininess even lights up the whole screen when he briefly takes his hat off.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolShades
* FragileSpeedster: His Ponyta and Rapidash.
* HotBlooded: Surprisingly so for an old guy, as mentioned in his title. The TCG even had a Trainer Card called "Fervor" dedicated to his hot-bloodedness. Both of these explicitly use the phrase "hot-blooded" in Japanese.
* LightningBruiser: His two canine Pokemon, but mostly this applies to Arcanine. It's fairly sturdy, hits hard with both of its high attack stats, and is very speedy to top it off.
* NiceHat: He wears this in the remakes of Gold and Silver.
* OpaqueLenses: Though since they're sunglasses it makes a little more sense that they'd be harder to see through.
* PersonalityPowers: Read HotBlooded above.
* PlayingWithFire
* PopQuiz: In the first generation.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Arcanine in the original games. Jumps around between Rapidash and Magmortar in the second generation and its remakes, but returns to Arcanine for Black 2 and White 2.
* TheAtoner: Implied to have been involved in Mewtwo's creation. [[Manga/PokemonSpecial More present in adaptations, though.]]
!!Giovanni (Sakaki)
Boss of Team Rocket and the Viridian Gym Leader (no subtitle)
For information on Giovanni, check the Villainous Teams character page.
!!Blue Oak (Green)
Viridian Gym Leader (no subtitle)
For information on Blue, check the Protagonists and Rivals character page.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johto Leaders]]
!!Falkner (Hayato)
Violet Gym Leader--''The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon''
* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his status as arguably the weakest Gym Leader to ever grace the series, he's routinely portrayed as a very powerful trainer in other media (most egregiously in one of the manga series' where he uses ''Articuno''). The remakes themselves made his team just a bit stronger by levelling them up...
* {{Bishounen}}: Especially in the remakes.
* BlowYouAway
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In fact, every Johto Gym Leader except Morty and Pryce, for some reason.
* DisappearedDad: His father was the previous Gym Leader, and the one who gave Falkner his Pokémon. He's supposedly traveling, and while not necessarily missing, the player never meets him.
* HypocriticalHumor: He'll sometimes call you just to complain that Janine doesn't talk about anything other than her father.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: His argument with Janine revolves around this.
* PeekABangs
* PunnyName: Falkner = Falconer.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: The Pidgey line. Pidgeotto in his first battle, but it's evolved into Pidgeot in rematches and the like.
* WarmupBoss: His team in ''Gold and Silver'' is the lowest-leveled of any Gym Leader. He's a bit tougher in the remakes, though. [[CaptainObvious Well, he is the first gym leader...]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: We don't know what his dad thinks of him, but just about everything Falkner says and does seems to relate to him somehow. Whether he's trying to impress him or just really looks up to him is unknown.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Bugsy (Tsukushi)
Azalea Gym Leader--''The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia''
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, he's a boy.
* PunnyName: '''Bug'''sy.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: The Scyther line. Scyther the first time, then Scizor in all subsequent battles. And yes, his Scizor abuses Technician-boosted Bullet Punches just like in the metagame.
* TheSmartGuy: Possibly, at least when it comes to Bug Pokémon anyway; the sign outside his gym and the advice-giving [=NPC=] inside the gym both comment on his knowledge.
* WakeupCallBoss: In the original and remakes, for separate reasons.
** Unless you chose Cyndaquil, in which case you can just spam Ember until all of his Pokémon faint.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Whitney (Akane)
Goldenrod Gym Leader--''The Incredibly Pretty Girl''
* BigEater: She may call you on the phone and make small talk before mentioning this... and then defending herself by claiming it's normal for her age.
* BreakTheCutie: When you defeat her.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser
* TheDitz
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: She sports an Osaka accent in the Japanese version and her GenkiGirl personality makes her fit.
* NonElemental
* PunnyName: It's a play on white (plain).
* RoseHairedGirl
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Miltank. As seen in WakeUpCallBoss, it's quite well known.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Her Miltank is infamous among the fans due to this trope. [[ItGotWorse In the remakes, it gains an ability that allows it to affect Ghost-types, too]].
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Sports a Grade C in the remakes.
!!Morty (Matsuba)
Ecruteak Gym Leader--''The Mystic Seer of the Future''
* AdaptationDyeJob: HGSS gives him a completely new outfit and a tall, skinny, lanky build rather than his slightly buff body shape of the original game and the Anime.
* {{Bishounen}}: More so in the remakes than the original games, where he is given the makeover mentioned above.
* BlackoutBasement
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: to Eusine's Red Oni.
* FourIsDeath: He's the fourth Johto Gym Leader you face.
* HairOfGold
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Eusine.
* MrExposition: Gives the most details of any Johto Gym Leader on Johto's myths regarding it's legendary Pokemon. Makes sense since his city is the center of these tales and a critical place for the player to visit in the original games and especially their remakes, where the player is required to visit the Dance Studio after beating Clair.
* PunnyName: '''Mort'''y. Heavy association with death, such as in mortician, mortality, ect.
* RefusedByTheCall: He trained to become a Gym Leader hoping it would make him worthy of being TheChosenOne to bring back Ho-Oh. Then you came along.
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Gengar, much like Agatha before him.
* SoulPower
!!Chuck (Shijima)
Cianwood Gym Leader--''His Roaring Fists Do the Talking''
* BadassMustache
* BlockPuzzle: Only in Gold, Silver and Crystal.
* HappilyMarried
* MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: In HGSS.
* OffscreenTeleportation / MesACrowd: Well, he really is in his gym 24/7. Even when he's waiting at the Fighting Dojo or on Route 47.
* PornStache
* PunnyName: A British synonym for throw.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Poliwrath. It can even abuse the Hypnosis and Focus Punch combo.
* StoutStrength
* SweetTooth: Though he's supposed to be on a diet. Don't tell his wife.
* TrainingFromHell: Self inflicted. He apparently trains 24/7, and spars with his own Pokémon.
* WalkingShirtlessScene
!!Jasmine (Mikan)
Olivine Gym Leader--''The Steel-Clad Defense Girl''
* BadassAdorable: Her Pokémon are pretty tough, especially during rematches against her in the remakes.
* BigEater: There are a ''lot'' of empty plates in front of her whenever you run into her at the diner...
** Overlaps with SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
--> '''Jasmine:''' These empty dishes in front of me are not all mine... Er... Actually, the person who sat here ahead of me ate a lot...
* TheCameo: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]''.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Only in HGSS; she had blue eyes in the originals.
* ExtraOreDinary
* MacGuffinDeliveryService: In order for her to accept your challenge, you must get the Secret Potion from Cianwood to treat the Pokémon in the lighthouse.
* PunnyName: Jas'''mine'''.
* TheQuietOne
* ShrinkingViolet
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Steelix.
!!Pryce (Yanagi)
Mahogany Gym Leader--''The Teacher of Winter's Harshness''
* BadassGrandpa: He looks geriatric and frail in the original, but in the remakes he gets a [[TookALevelInBadass revamp]]. His back straightens, his old man sweater is replaced with a classy [[BadassLongcoat blue overcoat]] and [[DramaticWind white scarf]] combo, and in his [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/4f/VSPryce.png pre-battle sprite]] he's simply [[BringIt holding out his hand invitingly]].
* BadassLongcoat: In HGSS.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Inverted, Pryce is quite proud of his middle name (Willow), which he states because it's a tree that bends under great forces but never breaks.
* FrictionlessIce
* AnIcePerson: He's also a [[IncrediblyLamePun Cool Old Guy]].
* PunnyName: Pr'''yce'''
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Piloswine, though he'll evolve it into Mamoswine in the fourth generation and beyond.
!!Clair (Ibuki)
Blackthorn Gym Leader--''The Blessed User of Dragon Pokémon''
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How she thinks of her cousin, Lance.
* BadassCape: However, her outfit in general is the source of mockery from some characters in-game.
* ConvectionSchmonvection
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* {{Jerkass}}: After you beat her, Clair pisses and moans and won't give you your badge until you go take a test in the Dragon's Den. In "Crystal" and the remakes, even ''after'' you beat the test, she refuses until the elder makes her give the badge up.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She does apologize, though, and is a bit kinder to you afterwards (see {{Tsundere}} bellow). It's more of a HiddenHeartOfGold.
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: After beating her, she won't give you your badge until you've passed the test in the Dragon's Den. When you do, she is shocked, as she herself did not pass the test in her first try.
* PunnyName: A play in a Dragon's ''Lair''.
* RunningGag: Characters in-game make fun of her choice of clothing.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Kingdra, or Dragonair.
* {{Tsundere}}: Oh, boy. Just listen to her phone calls.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hoenn Leaders]]
!!Roxanne (Tsutsuji)
Rustboro Gym Leader--''The Rock-Loving Honor Student!''
* DishingOutDirt: Of the Rock-type variety.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* PunnyName: '''Rox'''anne = Rocks.
* SelectiveMagnetism: Her Nosepass's magnetism traps Steel-types in battle with it. Not that you'd have Steel types by that point, but this can apply in rematches in Emerald version.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Nosepass. In Black 2 and White 2, it's evolved into Probopass.
* WakeUpCallBoss: If you chose Torchic - prepare to grind to either evolve the chicken or until you have a decent Water or Grass-type.
!!Brawly (Touki)
Dewford Gym Leader--''A Big Wave in Fighting!''
* BareFistedMonk
* BlackoutBasement: His gym does this; oddly enough, it's the one that unlocks Flash.
* CripplingOverspecialization: All damaging moves his team uses in battle in ''Emerald'' are Fighting-type, which means that anything that resists said type has a very easy time against him.
* PunnyName: His Japanese name refers to a type of herb. It's also a homonym for "''fighting'' spirit".
** MeaningfulName: '''Brawl'''y in English.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Makuhita line, with it becoming Hariyama in Emerald rematches and the Pokémon World Tournament.
* SurferDude: Only minus the TotallyRadical (except in the dub of the anime). He surfs to train himself and his Pokémon.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Just like in the anime, Brawly will tear you apart if you go in unprepared.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Wattson (Tessen)
Mauville Gym Leader--''The Cheerfully Electrifying Man!''
* BigFun
* CoolOldGuy
* GadgeteerGenius: He's in charge of the underground power plant, New Mauville, so he might count as this.
* TheHyena: Just look at his battle sprite!
* MyGreatestFailure: Under his cheerful laugh, he seems to have a lot of regret over the whole New Mauville construction.
* PunnyName: '''Watt'''son.
* ShockAndAwe
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: In ''Ruby and Sapphire'', he was the only Hoenn Gym Leader whose signature Pokémon was ''not'' introduced in Hoenn, with it being a Magneton. ''Emerald'' [[RetCon retcons]] it to Manectric, which he seems to keep for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''.
!!Flannery (Asuna)
Lavaridge Gym Leader--''One With a Fiery Passion that Burns!''
* BareYourMidriff
* FieryRedhead: [[IncrediblyLamePun Geddit?]]
* GenkiGirl
* HotBlooded
* HotspringsEpisode: Her gym basically is one.
* PlayingWithFire
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name is an anagram for "sauna", since her Gym is in a town famous for its hot springs. Also, "Flan" = "flame".
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Torkoal.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Shades of this - much like Falkner back in Generation II, she's big on living up to the family legacy. When you beat her, she decides that attempting to emulate her grandfather just hampers her and resolves to be herself.
!!Norman (Senri)
Petalburg Gym Leader--''A Man in Pursuit of Power!''
* ClimaxBoss: Pretty much the halfway-point boss - he's built up as an important future opponent (he's your father), defeating him gives you access to Surf and the other half of Hoenn, and he's roughly midway through the main story's plot.
* DisappearedDad: A notable aversion in the ''Pokémon'' games, as he's more involved in the PlayerCharacter[='s=] life.
* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Unlike in the manga. This is also seen in the anime.
* HappilyMarried
* InTheBlood: Birch hints that you have "your father's blood in your veins after all."
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or daughter.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: Norman = Normal.
* NonElemental
* ParentsAsPeople
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Slaking.
* SoProudOfYou: When you beat him, he is more proud of you than upset at losing.
!!Winona (Nagi)
Fortree Gym Leader--''The Bird User Taking Flight into the World!''
* AcePilot: Implied by her attire.
* BlowYouAway
* {{Expy}}: Her clothing style, color scheme, and connection to flight are very similar to [[{{Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind}} Nausicaa]].
* {{Flight}}
* MercurysWings: For ornamental purposes only though.
* NiceHat: Her aviator helmet.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Aside from her signature Altaria, the ''Emerald'' rematches adds the Dratini family to her team.
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name refers to a type of tree as per the usual ThemeNaming, but is also a homonym for a "lull" in a storm. In English, '''Win'''ona, like in wind.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Altaria.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Tate and Liza (Fuu and Ran)
Mossdeep Gym Leaders--''The Mystic Combination!''
* DualBoss: Thus far the only Gym Leaders to engage you in a double battle for their respective Badge.
** Averted in Black 2 and White 2's World Tournament, in which they've entered the tournament separately. Notably, their teams play off to one another (Some Pokemon are shared, and those that aren't shared are often counterparts like Gallade and Gardevoir, Gothitelle and Reuniclus, ect).
* HairDecorations: Liza's bow.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Tate is a boy, Liza is a girl.
** [[IdenticalTwinIDTag Half-Identical Twin ID Tag]]: Liza has two long pieces of hair around her face, while Tate doesn't.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: All Gym Leaders have a punny and meaningful name, but theirs is really clever. Reverse the order of their names, and you get Liza and Tate. Liza and Tate really fast sounds like "Levitate".
* PsychicPowers
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Solrock for Tate, and Lunatone for Liza. Fittingly, the sun is usually considered masculine and the moon feminine.
* SingleMindedTwins: Possibly, as being twins seems to be their main shtick.
* StockForeignName: They have Chinese names in the Japanese versions.
* TwinTelepathy
!!Wallace (Mikuri)
Sootopolis Gym Leader--''Artist, and Lover of Water!''
For information on Wallace, check the Champions page.
!!Juan (Adan)
Sootopolis Gym Leader--''The Gym Leader with the Beauty of Pure Water!''
* BadassMustache
* TheCasanova: Apparently, seeing as his Gym is full of female trainers...
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: A bit of a stretch, but '''Jua'''n sounds vaguely like "water", at least the first syllable of it.
* RetiredBadass: Wallace's mentor and the former Sootopolis Gym Leader. He returns to his previous position, taking Wallace’s place, in ''Emerald''.
** BadassTeacher
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Kingdra. Since Wattson's signature Pokémon was changed to Manectric in ''Emerald'', this makes him the only Hoenn Gym Leader (And in fact, the only non-Johto leader) whose signature Pokémon is not a Pokémon introduced in that generation. It is also the signature Pokémon of Clair, somewhat redundantly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Gym Leaders]]
!!Roark (Hyouta)
Oreburgh Gym Leader--''Call me Roark the Rock!''
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* DishingOutDirt
* MeaningfulName: '''Ro'''ar'''k''' "the Rock" speaks for itself.
* [[{{Meganekko}} Megane-kun]]
* [[NiceHat Nice Helmet]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Cranidos. It evolves into Rampardos for future fights, of course.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His father Byron wanted Riley to be the Gym Leader instead of Roark.
* WhiteGloves
!!Gardenia (Natane)
Eterna Gym Leader--''Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon!''
* BareYourMidriff
* GenkiGirl
* GreenEyes
* GreenThumb
* LovableCoward: She's afraid of the Old Chateau and the ghosts said to lurk within.
** [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No, she isn't. She just has important Gym Leader stuff to do.]]
* MeaningfulName: '''Garden'''ia.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Roserade. The earliest third-form Pokemon used by any Gym Leader, in fact.
* [[TurtlePower Turtwig Power]]
!!Maylene (Sumomo)
Veilstone Gym Leader--''The Barefoot, Fighting Genius!''
* BattleAura: Lucario.
* BigEater
* TheCameo: Can be found stuffing her face at a food-eating competition in [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=].
* CuteBruiser
* DoesNotLikeShoes: In Platinum, you encounter her walking all the way to Snowpoint without shoes or any appropriate clothing. This is apparently related to her training. She can also make some comments about going barefoot when you see her in the Battleground.
* FootFocus: Both her [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/15/Diamond_Pearl_Maylene.png official art]] and [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/c2/VSMaylene.png VS Sprite in Platinum]]. Related to DoesNotLikeShoes above.
* FreezeSneeze: That's what you get for walking from Veilstone to Snowpoint without so much as putting on shoes.
* GeniusBruiser: Heavily implied to be this, or at least a rough equivalent.
* LittleMissBadass
* MeaningfulName: '''Mayle'''ne = Melee
* NamesTheSame: She and a Kimono Girl from ''Gold and Silver'' had the same Japanese name. The Kimono Girl's name changed to ''Komomo'' in the remakes, possibly because Maylene makes a cameo.
** In a roundabout way, there's also the fact that her German name is [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Hilda]]....
* ParentalNeglect: Mentions in Platinum that her dad [[MoodWhiplash is a gambling addict]]. You can also see him in the Game Corner.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Lucario.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]
!!Crasher Wake (Maximum Mask)
Pastoria Gym Leader--''The Torrential Masked Master!''
* TheCameo: Makes several in [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=].
* CoolMask
* InsistentTerminology: [[strike:Wake]] Crasher Wake!
* LargeHam: While most Gym Leaders are relatively subdued individuals who try to demonstrate the versatility of their [[WeaponOfChoice element of choice]], Wake's a HotBlooded masked wrestler who insists on always adding "Crasher" before his name. In Platinum, if you refuse to fight him at the Top Trainer Cafe, he will sing his theme song. And on the TV from time to time, it will describe him fighting wrestling matches. He even shows up a few times in ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'', first giving you the three Sinnoh starter masks (which he appears to force on you, commending your love of masks), and later on the bridge to the Safari Zone, where he goes off on a rant about how cool waterfalls are.
** [[spoiler:And then he hams it up again in VideoGame/{{Pokemon Black 2 and White 2}}, singing loudly on a cliff-top somewhere along Route 18.]]
* MakingASplash
* MaskPower
* MeaningfulName: A '''wake''' is also the set of triangular waves left by something traveling through water (a boat, etc.). Also sounds similar to "crashing wave".
* ShirtlessScene: He never even ''wears'' a shirt, even when traveling away from home to Johto as seen in ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]''.
** Making it a [[WalkingShirtlessScene walking shirtless scene]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Floatzel.
!!Fantina (Melissa)
Hearthome Gym Leader--''The Alluring, Soulful Dancer!''
* BlackoutBasement: Her gym in Platinum.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* FunnyForeigner
* GenkiGirl
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple
* GratuitousEnglish: Japanese and French versions.
* GratuitousFrench: Almost everywhere but the Japanese and French versions.
* MeaningfulName: '''Fant'''ina = Phantom.
* NightmareFetishist
* OdangoHair: What is that bulbous monster attached to her scalp? Oh, wait, that's her hair.
* PimpedOutDress
* ShoutOut: [[Film/GalaxyQuest "Never give up, never surrender!"]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Mismagius, despite her Drifblim-inspired dress.
* SoulPower
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Byron (Tougan)
Canalave Gym Leader--''The Man with the Steel Body!''
* BadassBeard
* BadassCape
* ExtraOreDinary
* HotBlooded
* LargeHam
* MeaningfulName: B'''yron''' = Iron.
* PermaStubble
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Bastiodon.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purplish-Red Hair]]: He even has purplish-red stubble to go with it.
!!Candice (Suzuna)
Snowpoint Gym Leader--''The Diamond Dust Girl!''
* BrownEyes
* BowtiesAreCool
* ExposedToTheElements
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* HotBlooded: Despite her main type.
** LampshadeHanging: She'll acknowledge this and wonder if she should act more like an Ice-Type trainer "should" act.
* AnIcePerson
* MagicSkirt: It's practically shorter than ''Dawn's''. This seems like a health hazard when you consider that she lives in [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Snowpoint]].
* MeaningfulName: Cand'''ice'''.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Abomasnow in Diamond and Pearl, but changed to Froslass in Platinum, which seems to have stuck.
* ThirdPersonPerson: This may have actually been a translation issue, but nevertheless:
-->"Candice is on fire! I'm blazing hot! Hot enough to melt Ice-type Pokémon! I need a battle to cool me down! OK! I'll show you how good Candice can be! I mean, how good my Pokémon can be! Awww! That's it! I'm going to train so I can throw a Focus Punch myself!"
!!Volkner (Denzi)
Sunyshore Gym Leader--''The Shining, Shocking Star!''
* TheAce: Though a bit character, he has elements of this. He hadn't had a good match in a long time before you showed up, to the point where he was about ready to resign as gym leader and take on the Elite Four. On top of this, he got so fed up in his boredom that he took on an extremely outlandish project to remodel his gym and ended up blacking out all of Sunyshore City. Where most of the walking space is made out of ''solar panels.''
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: His interactions with Flint at your Villa sound like this. Obviously, he's the straight man of the duo.
* DeadpanSnarker: He acts like this to Flint, if the chat at the player's villa is any indication:
-->'''Volkner:''' Flint's fascination with fire-types comes from his name. Someone once told him a flint was used to start a fire, and that was it.
* DistaffCounterpart: [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Elesa]] is this to him.
* GadgeteerGenius: He apparently built all the obstacles in his gym by himself.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Flint.
* HotBlooded: In contrast with Flint, he starts out sounding bored with everything, but becomes more fired up as a battle progresses.
* MeaningfulName: '''Vol'''kner sounds like "Volt".
* ShockAndAwe
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Flint's red.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Luxray in Diamond and Pearl. In Platinum, it's changed to Electivire, which along with Flint's change to Magmortar makes their status as friends/rivals even more evident.
* TroubledButCute: Though ultimately more cute than troubled, he still fits.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Flint.
-->'''Volkner''': My relationship to Flint? There's no love lost, that's for sure.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Unova Leaders]]
!!Cilan (Dent)
Striaton City Gym Leaders--''Triple Trouble!''
* {{Adorkable}}: Cilan especially.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Like his brothers, his name begins with a "C."
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* BonusBoss: After beating the Elite 4, you can challenge him and his brothers, teaming up with one against the other two. This can be done daily as well. He also appears standalone in the World Tournament.
* BowtiesAreCool
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: According to the Memory Link, Cilan apparently lost his self esteem when he and his brothers were beaten by the Shadow Triad and it took time for him to rebuild his confidence as a trainer unlike the other two.]]
* ChromaticArrangement
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Also his bowtie and Pansage line.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler: They stopped being Gym Leaders so they could train and become stronger as individuals, not as a set.]]
* EdibleThemeNaming: In Japanese, it's more subtle; his name is a part of corn like his brothers'.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Pansage line.
* GreenEyes
* GreenThumb
* HollywoodGenetics: How ''triplets'' could each end up with a different hair and eye color is impossible barring freak mutation.
* ImprobableHairstyle
* MeaningfulName: '''Cilan'''tro.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Cilan is one of the very few characters in the franchise to have SkintoneSclerae.
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted. Rather than screw over the players who picked Fire (or in Falkner's case, Grass), the Leader you battle here depends solely on your choice of starter and, as such, will always have the type advantage over you. Cilan is only fought if you chose Oshawott.
* PowerTrio: Cilan is ego.
* SharpDressedMan
* ShrinkingViolet: It's to be noted that he's the only one of the three that stutters before, during, and after battle and doesn't seem as confident in his battle skills as his brothers.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GreenThumb Pansage]].
* SkintoneSclerae: Cilan
* ThemeNaming: He and his brothers are all named after three different plant-based ingredients in cooking.
* WaistcoatOfStyle
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Striaton Gym Leaders?]]: They are the only gym leaders not to show up during the BigDamnHeroes moment against the Plasma Sages at N's Castle because Bianca hadn't actually got to them by the time they were needed.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
!!Chili (Pod)
Striaton City Gym Leaders--''Triple Trouble!''
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: As stated, his name begins with a "C" like his brothers'.
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* BonusBoss: After beating the Elite 4, you can challenge him and his brothers, teaming up with one against the other two. This can be done daily as well. He also appears standalone in the World Tournament.
* BowtiesAreCool
* ChromaticArrangement
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler: They stopped being Gym Leaders so they could train and become stronger as individuals, not as a set.]]
* EdibleThemeNaming: A pod is a part of a corn kernel.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Pansear.
* FieryRedhead: Near literally.
* HollywoodGenetics
* HotBlooded
* ImprobableHairstyle
* LargeHam: "Yeeeeooow! Time to play with FIRE!! I'm the strongest of us brothers!"
* MeaningfulName: '''Chili''' pepper.
* PlayingWithFire
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted. You won't fight him unless you picked Snivy, which is weak to Fire.
* PowerTrio: Chili is id.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedOniBlueOni: Red, to Cress's Blue.
* SharpDressedMan
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[PlayingWithFire Pansear]] line.
* ThemeNaming: Another plant-based cooking ingredient.
* WaistcoatOfStyle
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Striaton Gym Leaders?]]: Same as Cilan.
!!Cress (Corn)
Striaton City Gym Leaders--''Triple Trouble!''
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: All three of their English names start with a "C."
* BadassAdorable
* {{Bishonen}}
* BlueEyes
* BonusBoss: After beating the Elite 4, you can challenge him and his brothers, teaming up with one against the other two. This can be done daily as well. He also appears standalone in the World Tournament.
* BowtiesAreCool
* ChromaticArrangement
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DeadpanSnarker
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler: They stopped being Gym Leaders so they could train and become stronger as individuals, not as a set.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: To some fans.
* EdibleThemeNaming: In Japanese, his name ''is'' Corn, to fit with his brothers'.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Panpour line.
* HollywoodGenetics
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: Water'''cress'''.
* NamesTheSame: Cress's English name is the same as the name the main character of ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' has in that game's official English translation (the latter is subject to SpellMyNameWithAnS in fan translations).
* PeekABangs
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted. You only fight Cress if your starter is Tepig, which is weak to Cress's Water attacks.
* PowerTrio: Cress is superego.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Chili's Red.
* SharpDressedMan
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[MakingASplash Panpour]] line.
* ThemeNaming:
* WaistcoatOfStyle
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Striaton Gym Leaders?]]: Same as his brothers.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Cheren
[[quoteright:129:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheren2_8007.png]]
-->Voiced by: RyoheiKimura (JP), JasonGriffith (EN) (promo)
Aspertia City Gym Leader -- ''Seeker of Truth''
Hilbert/Hilda's rival from Black and White, who has since gone on to become a Normal-type Gym Leader.
* [[spoiler:AndThenWhat: A key part of his development in the first games is Alder asking him just what he intends to do if he becomes Champion like he is so motivated to do and why he wants it so bad.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Not as much as N or the Striaton triplets, but it's there. [[ViewerGenderConfusion Some even thought he was female at first!]]
* BreakTheHaughty: In Black and White. He's not overbearingly arrogant, but he still has to work out some ego issues.
* BonusBoss: In addition to being in the World Tournament, he also appears [[spoiler: if you use the Memory Link function with a copy of ''Black'' or ''White''. He will use his team from those games, including his starter but with a different elemental monkey, in a match on Route 5.]] Unlike most other bonuses, this is a one-time battle.
* CharacterTic: Adjusting his tie.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Bianca.
* ComMons: His Gym team consists of two of them.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DeadpanSnarker: Shows definite traces of this. For example, he calls Team Plasma a "Waste of oxygen."
* TheGlassesComeOff: He apparently stopped wearing his glasses in-between games.
* IdiotHair:Has a strand of hair pointed up.
* LuminescentBlush: Due to the player being his first opponent, he's clearly a little nervous.
* {{Megane}}: In the first set of games. He's no longer wearing his glasses in the sequels.
* NonElemental
* PreciousPuppy: Lillipup.
* TheRival: In Black and White. He shares this trope with Bianca, but their CharacterDevelopment in that regard is quite different. Cheren begins his journey as determined and, arguably, overconfident. He gets better once he starts realizing his limitations and that simply becoming the Champion for the sake of it is a pointless goal.
* SharpDressedMan: Cheren now wears a suit.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: The Stoutland line, to differentiate him from Lenora, who is more associated with the Watchog line.
* StoicSpectacles: In Black and White.
* ThemeNaming: His name is Slavic for "Black".
* ToBeAMaster: In Black and White, he explicitly states that his goal is to become the Champion.
* WarmUpBoss: He's the first Gym Leader in Black 2 and White 2, and his Gym team consists solely of [[ComMons Patrat and Lillipup]].
!!Lenora (Aloe)
Nacrene City Gym Leader--''An Archeologist with Backbone''
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/200px-Black_White_Aloe_21_1982.png]]
* AdventureArchaeologist: If her English title wasn't enough to convince you, she got to one of the stones ''before Team Plasma even went on the hunt'' and hid it ''[[HiddenInPlainSight right in plain sight]]!'' Mock her now.
* {{BBW}}
* BlueEyes
* ChefOfIron: One interpretation of her, although it is never shown in the game.
* ChessMaster: Her battle style. Easier to see in the anime and manga, but still shows up in the game. Example? No matter ''which'' of her Pokemon you face, you're in to get hit hard with Retaliate after beating it, which is going to be a base 140 STAB because of it..
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[PreciousPuppies Everything's Precious With Puppies]]: Herdier.
* HappilyMarried: To the Curator of the museum that her gym is located in.
* {{Mammy}} - by appearance but not by personality
* MeaningfulName: Le'''Nora''' = Normal.
* NonElemental
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[WakeUpCallBoss Watchog]].
* TeamMom: Of the gym leaders. She was apparently designed to be motherly according to WordOfGod. [[EverythingIsRacist Sadly, everyone misinterpreted said intention.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: ''Much'' harder to take down than the trio. Her Pokémon's levels are 18 and 20, which is a steep jump up from what you've been facing, and both hit like tanks. Using a Roggenrolla won't help you much either, since they both know Dark moves to get around its resistance to normal attacks. The Watchog even knows Hypnosis, to make things worse (you ''did'' give those Chesto berries that Cheren gave you to your Timburr, right?).
** And the first thing Watchog uses is Retaliate. Which is immediately after you faint her Herrdier, therefore it's going to be a base 140 STAB attack. There's gonna be a really long time before you see a move with so much base power again.
*** Not just her Watchog, they both know it. So if you forced her to switch out the two somehow, you're still not safe.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Roxie (Homika)
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Virbank City Gym Leader -- ''Poison Life, Poison Live!''
* AdaptationalBadass: An early Leader in the games, eighth and final Leader that Ash faces in the anime.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Her Whirlipede/Scolipede.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Roxie made her debut in the anime about a week before ''Black 2 and White 2'' were released, presumably for advertising purposes.
* HairDecorations
* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Averted. The bassist is the Gym Leader!
** LeadBassist: She's also apparently the lead singer too.
* PinkMeansFeminine
* PoisonousPerson
* [[AnimalMotifs Pokémon Motifs]]: Her bass somewhat resembles the Scolipede line.
* PunnyName: Rock music and toxic/toxin.
* TheRockStar
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Despite her band's name, the Scolipede line is what she's heavily associated with.
* TheSouthpaw: She plays the bass with her left hand.
* TrueBlueFemininity
* WakeUpCallBoss: Not overly difficult to defeat, but her Poison-type moves can be quite nasty if you take her too lightly.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
* YouthfulFreckles
!!Burgh (Arti)
Castelia City Gym Leader--''Premier Insect Artist''
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* AmbiguouslyGay: His appearance screams this trope.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Depicted as this in {{Fanon}}.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* BigOlEyebrows
* TheCoatsAreOff: In Black 2 and White 2, he's inside of a web coat and rips it off in his battle animation.
* {{Engrish}}: His Japanese title- "Most Insect Artist"- is so grammatically incorrect it's not even funny.
* GreenEyes
* HurricaneOfPuns: He seems quite fond of insect-based puns in his dialogue in the gym. It's really insectible--er, incredible.
* MeaningfulName: Burgh = Bug.
** "Burgh" also has the word "burg" in it, which means "city." Where is Burgh's Gym? Castelia City!
* NiceGuy: Has a Pokémon that only evolves with happiness, Leavanny.
** Even better, his Leavanny's at Level 23 - only ''three'' levels higher than the level it evolves into Swadloon!
* PerformanceArtist
* PungeonMaster: Doesn't show till his in-battle quotes. Made all the more painful by Pokémon's otherwise subtle puns.
* ScarfOfAssKicking
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GlassCannon Leavanny]].
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Elesa.
!!Elesa (Kamitsure)
Nimbasa City Gym Leader--''The Shining Beauty''
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-->Voiced by: MiyukiSawashiro (JP), Sarah Natochenny (EN) (promo)
* BareYourMidriff
* BlueEyes
* TheCoatsAreOff: For Black 2 and White 2, she does it in her battle against the protagonist in the trailer and in her sprite animation.
* CombatStilettos
* CoolBigSis: Certainly gives off this vibe when she reasons with Bianca's dad in her introduction, and promptly earns Bianca's respect.
* CoolHorse: Zebstrika.
* CoolShades: Her headphones have these built in.
* DyeHard: Appears to have dyed her hair black in the two years between ''Black and White'' and the sequels. That, or this is her natural color.
* EmotionlessGirl: WordOfGod says she was intended to come off as this.
** NotSoStoic: When you beat her, despite being very calm up until that point, she is overwhelmed with excitement and immediately becomes embarrassed over it.
* [[EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels Everything's Nuttier With Flying Squirrels]]: Emolga. Two of them in Black and White, actually.
* HairColorDissonance: Looking at this picture, her hair seems to be a shade of purple.
* HairDecorations: Or, technically, headphones. Justified, as she seems to be based on a {{Vocaloid}}.
* IconicItem: Her headphones; fanart loves to leave them on when portraying her in swimsuits. When her outfit got completely overhauled for [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels]], she still wears headphones, just of a different design (they even inherit her old pair's color motif).
* InformedAbility: She, for no reason at all, says she's a model in her first appearance, but unlike the other Unova leaders' careers, this doesn't pop up in any way aside from her sprite being dangerously thin (the waiter triplets have a restaurant for a gym, the archeologist has a museum and reference library for a gym, the painter has a gallery in the city, and she has... a roller coaster) and the comments of a few random [=NPCs=]. She does mention that she has a TV gig after she calls Clay to lower the bridge to Driftveil City, so she probably does model work for television. And it does explain her outfit (all gym leaders in Unova have outfits tied into their day jobs). Averted in [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels]].
* MeaningfulName: '''Ele'''sa = Electricity.
* MsFanservice: Somebody had ''fun'' designing her.
* NakedInMink: What it seemed like she was in the promotional trailer, [[BaitAndSwitch until she ripped off her coat to reveal the outfit underneath]]. She's still very PrettyInMink though.
* TheOtherDarrin: Her actors are different between the anime and the animated promo.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: In Black 2 and White 2, where her hair is dyed.
* ShesGotLegs
* ShockAndAwe
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[FragileSpeedster Zebstrika.]]
* TallDarkAndBishoujo: She's apparently gotten more sociable between the two games though.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: In the sequels.
!!Clay (Yacon)
Driftveil City Gym Leader--''The Underground Boss''
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* AmericansAreCowboys: Subverted- WordOfGod says he was designed as a Japanese immigrant who got rich in America by finding oil.
** {{Fauxreigner}}
* BrownEyes
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DishingOutDirt
* {{Eagleland}}er: Type I, though again, not a born American.
* EverythingIsBigInTexas
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He comes off as pushy and lazy at first [[spoiler:when he sends you and Cheren to stop Team Plasma in his town without offering to help himself]], but he turns out to be a good guy. [[spoiler:[[HeartwarmingMoments He even leads the gym leader charge at N's Castle.]]]]
* MeaningfulName
** NamesTheSame: An [[DishingOutDirt earth-elemental]] cowboy named Clay? [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Where else have we seen this before.]]
* NiceHat
* NonIdleRich: He is one of the richest people in the history of the Pokémon games so far, and ''still'' runs a gym.
* SelfMadeMan: He even waits for trainers at the bottom of his Gym/mine as a symbolic reminder of how he [[RagsToRiches started out with nothing.]]
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[JackOfAllStats Excadrill]].
!!Skyla (Fuuro)
Mistralton City Gym Leader--''The High-Flying Girl''
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* AcePilot
* BareYourMidriff
* BlowYouAway
* BlueEyes
* {{Expy}}: Of [[BirdyTheMighty Birdy]].
** She also resembles Yoko of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', in terms of hair color and {{Stripperiffic}} choice of outfit.
* FashionableAsymmetry
* FieryRedhead
* GenkiGirl: Just look at her official art.
* HairDecorations
* MeaningfulName: '''Sky'''la.
* MsFanservice
* NiceGirl: A very noticable characteristic of her's.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: And not just for her strength; the way she's designed her ''gym'' will take you out!
* {{Shorttank}}
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[MakingASplash Swanna.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* WindFromBeneathMyWings
!!Brycen (Hachiku)
Icirrus City Gym Leader--''Ice Mask''
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* {{Badass}}: He senses the presence of the Shadow Triad before they even appear, and fights Team Plasma alongside Cheren. All of this is done ''after'' your gym battle with him.
* BlackEyes
* BonusBoss: Though he has retired from being a Gym Leader in Black 2 and White 2, he is present in the World Tournament.
* CoolMask
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Beartic.
* FashionableAsymmetry: He's wearing what looks like half a robe.
* AnIcePerson
* MeaningfulName: Br'''yce'''n.
* MythologyGag: In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'''s third arc, the main villain was [[spoiler:Pryce, the Johto Ice Gym Leader, using the alternate identity of]] the "Mask of Ice."
** His English name is also very similar to Pryce's.
* RetiredBadass: From being a Gym Leader, at least.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[EverythingsWorseWithBears Beartic.]]
* SlasherSmile: He plays a villain in a Pokéstar Studios movie, sporting one of these.
* TheStoic: WordOfGod says he's like this because he used to be a movie star, and went into depression after his career ended. He then went to an icy cave alone to train and become more knowledgeable, and feels he must keep his identity a secret.
* WarriorMonk
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Iris
Opelucid City Gym Leader (''White'')--''The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons''
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: She's already one in ''White'' and aiming to become one in ''Black''.
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BrattyHalfPint: Her dialogue certainly gives her this feel.
* BrownEyes
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* HeirToTheDojo: She's Drayden's apprentice, training to take over the gym when he retires.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* LittleMissBadass: She's both the youngest and the eighth Gym Leader in White, and uses Dragon-Type Pokémon.
* PaintingTheMedium: If you select Kanji View in the Japanese version, she'll still speak only in kana.
* PurelyAestheticGender: The only real difference between her and Drayden is that her Pokémon are female; they're the same species and have the same moves. Their Druddigon's abilities are different, too; hers has Sheer Force.
* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Dragons]]: WordOfGod says she was raised in a forest by them.
* RapunzelHair: Not as much as Caitlin, but enough.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GlassCannon Haxorus.]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass: For her appearance in]] Black 2 and White 2, [[spoiler: check the Champions page. This section will eventually be merged with it once the spoiler avoidance of Black 2 and White 2 dies down.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!!Drayden (Shaga)
Opelucid City Gym Leader (''Black'')--''The Spartan Mayor''
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is the mayor of Opelucid City, and the eighth Gym Leader in Black.
* BadassBeard: So badass it covers the entire bottom half of his face.
* BadassGrandpa
* EyesOfGold
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He studied abroad to learn more about Dragon-types, but is still quite the gentleman.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* PurelyAestheticGender: The only real difference between he and Iris is that his Pokémon are male; they're the same species and have the same moves. Their Druddigon's abilities are different, too; his has Rough Skin, which could be a nasty surprise.
* RedBaron: Spartan Mayor.
* RetiredBadass: In White.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: [[GlassCannon Haxorus.]]
* ThemeNaming: In the Japanese version, his name is Japanese for "iris," complementing... Well, Iris.
!!Marlon (Shizui)
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Seigaiha City Gym Leader -- ''A Man More Marine Than the Ocean!''
A swimmer specializing in Water-type Pokémon.
* AnimeHair
* BarbieDollAnatomy
* BigBrotherMentor: He's described to be like this to the protagonist.
* BlueEyes: Fitting for a Water-type expert.
* MakingASplash
* MemeticOutfit: His TanLines.
* MrFanservice
* PrehistoricMonster: The first Pokémon he sends out is the prehistoric Carracosta.
** FossilRevival
* PunnyName: ''Mare'' is Latin for sea, used as root in words like marine and maritime. His name also resembles ''marlin''.
* SeaMonster: In any challenge, his team is always comprised of ''sea''-dwelling Water-type monsters.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: Jellicent.
* StoneWall: In both normal and challenge modes, Marlon's team is generally defense-oriented. His Carracosta subverts this, though, having the move Shell Smash, which lowers its Defenses but effectively doubles its Speed and offenses.
* SurferDude: His localized dialogue has shades of this.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* WalkingShirtlessScene
* WalkingSwimsuitScene
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
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