History Characters / PokemonTheSeriesMisty

** In "Bye Bye Butterfree", she (very briefly) takes Brock's going lovesick in stride and treats it as a joke, instead of using the EarAche RunningGag that she'd later be perfecting.

* ClingyJealousGirl: She often became annoyed when any other girl would flirt with or show interest in Ash, particularly in the second movie with Melody or in later Johto with Macey. [[spoiler:In her return in [=MPM02=], she looks quite displeased seeing Cilan's lure at the end of Ash's fishing line instead of the Misty Special she gave him and even points it out.]]

* CrazyPrepared: In her return appearance in ''Sun/Moon'', it's revealed that Misty wears a bikini underneath her casual clothes should the need come to swim, noting that Lana had the right idea when she dumps her clothes and dives into lake with her swimsuit.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[BelligerentSexualTension To Ash.]] Though they would often deny any attraction towards one another, and spend their early travels together bickering, it was clear that they did care for each other (though any romantic attraction was strictly limited to Misty, and even then it went no further than that).

* MermaidingSwimsuit: She wears a mermaid outfit in "The Misty Mermaid" and ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' with hair extensions, a pink fabric SeashellBra, and a green tail with a yellow star on the left side. The entire ensemble is meant to be part of a character she plays in an underwater ballet, as well as an homage to her title "The Tomboyish Mermaid". However, since it's a costume and she's not actually a mermaid, she has to take periodic breaks with an air breather to get oxygen.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She lambasted Ash regularly for his poor training, despite Togepi and Psyduck being just as poor under her handling, relying on dumb luck with either of them using their abilities effectively (this is slightly justified in Ash wanting to become a Pokémon Master, which requires a lot more work and skill than Misty being a Water Type specialist). She is equally bad at taking her level of criticism back, the first time Ash called her out on this in the latter's case, she threatened him quiet in frustration. Similar to Ash, this trait ''mostly'' toned down as episodes passed, even if she retained a lot more of a similar cockiness than she'd like to admit.

%%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[BelligerentSexualTension To Ash.]]

* ThreeAmigos: The girl of the original trio and implied love interest of the main boy.

%%* ShowgirlSkirt: Her [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_may_001.jpg Goldeen-based outfit]].

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara

* {{Hypocrite}} :She lambasted Ash regularly for his poor training, despite Togepi and Psyduck being just as poor under her handling, relying on dumb luck with either of them using their abilities effectively (this is slightly justified in Ash wanting to become a Pokémon Master, which requires a lot more work and skill than Misty being a Water Type specialist). She is equally bad at taking her level of criticism back, the first time Ash called her out on this in the latter's case, she threatened him quiet in frustration. Similar to Ash, this trait ''mostly'' toned down as episodes passed, even if she retained a lot more of a similar cockiness than she'd like to admit.

* InformedAttribute: Her character description depicts her as being a {{Tomboy}}. However, most of Misty's interests and hobbies generally fall into the typical feminine category like obsessing over fashion, romance, and cute Pokémon. In fact, the main reason she likes Water-Type Pokémon is because of their cute appearance and not much else. She also has a fear of insects, which is generally a trait that is used for most female characters.

* EarAche: She perfected this gag on Brock whenever he started flirting with whatever woman the group happened to come upon, yanking him away to his chagrin. Max took over that gag during ''Advanced Generation'' before Croagunk turned it into an AssShove by the time of ''Diamond and Pearl'', though Misty pulled the old joke back out again when they reunited for the first time during ''Sun and Moon''.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler:Despite having an entire episode focused exclusively on reintroducing Misty and reestablishing that she still has feelings for Ash, the series ends with no resolution to their romantic arc. However, the abundance of romance tropes in her return, especially the red string of fate and literally hooking Ash with her fishing line, nudge things away from being completely inconclusive.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Despite having an entire episode focused exclusively on reintroducing Misty and reestablishing that she still has feelings for Ash, the series ends with no resolution to their romantic arc. However, the abundance of romance tropes in her return, especially the red string of fate and literally hooking Ash with her fishing line, nudge things away from being completely inconclusive.]]

%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Onscreen, is the Tomboy to her sister Daisy's and her successor May's Girly Girls. Would also serve as the Tomboy versus any of Ash's other female companions except [[WildChild Iris]].

* NoRomanticResolution: [[spoiler: Despite having an entire episode focused exclusively on reintroducing Misty and reestablishing that she still has romantic feelings for Ash, the series ends with no resolution to the plotline.]]

* [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent Ambiguously Absent Parents]]: Her parents are never mentioned in the anime, marking her as the only one of the original trio with no explanation about what happened to them. The only reference to them is in the light novel ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' which implies they abandoned her and her sisters similarly to Brock. Its canonicity however is disputable.

* [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent Ambiguously Absent Parents]]: It's never mentioned what happened to either of her parents, marking her as the only one of the original trio with no explanation about what happened to them. The closest thing to an answer is ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' which implies they abandoned her and her sisters similarly to Brock, but the light novels are non canon and unlike other details in it that have no real evidence ''against'' them, like where Gary's cheerleaders came from or what Delia does, the fact that Misty never reacts to the same situation with Brock in series or in similar abandonment plots would be a solid argument ''against'' this backstory, as Misty has shown empathy towards people with similar backstories to her on multiple occasions and would logically share this with parental abandonment if it was the case.

* JustFriends: CannotSpitItOut as Ash's friend, Misty is friendzoned by [[ObliviousToLove him]].

* RememberTheNewGuy: In his debut, it is said that he used to be a Magikarp that participated in Misty's water ballet in [=OS061=]. However, no Magikarp was during that episode.

* NonActionGuy: It battled more infrequently after evolving into Politoed.

* TheAce: In the Japanese version of [=JN138=], Misty states Politoed to be the current guardian of the Cerulean Gym, suggesting it's become one of her strongest Pokémon. It was able to defeat Ash's Corphish in their final onscreen battle, who's always been a powerful battler in his own right.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[BelligerentSexualTension To Ash.]]

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!!Aim to be a Pokémon Master

** In ''To Be a Pokémon Master'' mini-series, Cilan asks Misty how would she react to Water/Bug-type like Dewpider given her absolute love of Water-types and yet her extreme fear of Bug-types. While Misty doesn't exactly answers his question, her expression makes it she's not looking forward to meeting this paradoxical combination.