Lacey

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Lacey タロ Taro
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet DLC
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Yellow
Hair color	Light pink
Hometown	Nimbasa City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Clay (father)
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, BB League Elite Four
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Member of	BB League
Rank	Elite Four
Specializes in	Fairy types

Lacey (Japanese: タロ Taro) is a character introduced in The Indigo Disk in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. She is a second-year student attending Blueberry Academy, and a member of the BB League Elite Four.

In the core series games

Lacey is a girl who likes cute Pokémon, which led to her becoming a Trainer of Fairy types. Her father is Driftveil City Gym Leader Clay, with whom she shares the same ace Pokémon. She has a habit of crossing her arms in an X-formation to show her disapproval whenever she disagrees with something. She is ranked as the second-strongest member of the Elite Four at Blueberry Academy, situated at Coastal Plaza.

Lacey is the first person the player meets upon their arrival at Blueberry Academy, giving the player their first battle there and introducing them to the Terarium and Blueberry Quests. Later, she is met at the Blueberry Academy Cafeteria, where she votes against Drayton's proposition of letting the player participate in the BB League, but is ultimately outvoted. Her Elite Trial is a Pokémon quiz consisting of five questions that the player must answer correctly. After the trial has been cleared, Lacey can be battled. She rewards the player with TM227 (Alluring Voice) upon being beaten.

Pokémon

Lacey keeps her Pokémon in Nest Balls.

First battle

Winning this fight is not mandatory. The player will not black out and the story will progress either way.

Pokémon Trainer Lacey Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $5,184

Type: Electric Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Lightning Rod Held item: None Plusle♂ Lv.70 Discharge Electric Special   --       Alluring Voice Fairy Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Electric Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Volt Absorb Held item: None Minun♀ Lv.70 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Discharge Electric Special   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Ground Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Excadrill♂ Lv.70 High Horsepower Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --

Subsequent battles

Lacey uses this team in both her Elite Four battle and when challenged at the League Club Room. She sends out her Excadrill last and will Terastallize it at the first opportunity.

Lacey of the BB League Elite Four Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $12,800/$20,400

Types: Grass Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Prankster Held item: Focus Sash Whimsicott♀ Lv.78/83 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: Expert Belt Granbull♀ Lv.78/83 Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Types: Water Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Liquid Voice Held item: Throat Spray Primarina♀ Lv.79/84 Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Poison Psychic Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quick Draw Held item: Sitrus Berry Slowbro♀ Lv.79/84 Shell Side Arm Poison Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sweet Veil Held item: Leftovers Alcremie♀ Lv.79/84 Decorate Fairy Status   --       Recover Normal Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Alluring Voice Fairy Special   --       Types: Ground Steel Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Assault Vest Excadrill♂ Lv.80/85 Tera Blast Fairy Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       High Horsepower Ground Physical   --

Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Lacey in the League Club Room, she will trade a Snubbull to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

Flying Tera Type Pikachu Gift
#0209  Snubbull   Level 18 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Intimidate Held item: None	ID: 816963 OT: Lacey Met: a Link Trade Nature: Adamant Ribbons / Marks:
Ice Fang Ice Fire Fang Fire Bite Dark Lick Ghost
Games Method Duration SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

Gallery

Artwork

The Indigo Disk	In The Indigo Disk key art

Game assets

Scarlet and Violet

Model

Quotes

Main article: Lacey/Quotes

Music

Games	Location	Song name	Composition	Arrangement
S  V	When battling Lacey for the first time	Battle! (Pokémon Trainer - Unova)*	Junichi Masuda Go Ichinose	Unknown
	In cutscenes with the BB Elite Four	The Blueberry Elite Four*	Unknown	Unknown
	When clearing Lacey's Elite Trial	Elite Trial Complete!*	Unknown	Unknown
	When battling Lacey in every other instance	Battle! (Blueberry Elite Four)*	Unknown	Unknown
	When defeating Lacey in every other instance	Victory! (Blueberry Elite Four)*	Unknown	Unknown
Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.

Trivia

• The French official website for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet misspelled Lacey's French name (Taro) as "Tara" in the subheading for her. This error was fixed as of September 11, 2023.
• Lacey is the first Elite Four member to specialize in Fairy-type Pokémon.
• Lacey is the only member of the BB Elite Four whose designated Terastallized Pokémon is not of her specialty type prior to being Terastallized.
  • She is also the only member of the BB Elite Four to use more than one Pokémon not of her specialty type.
• While Lacey refers to her usage of Plusle and Minun in her first battle as her "Plus-Minus strategy", they each have their Hidden Abilities Lightning Rod and Volt Absorb rather than Plus and Minus, respectively, and her strategy relies on using Discharge to trigger them.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タロ Taro	From taro, similar to ヤーコン Yakon (Clay) being named after a root vegetable
English	Lacey	From an anagram of Clay and Araceae (plant family that includes taro) or Colocasia violacea (synonym for Colocasia esculenta, scientific name of taro)
German	Tara	From taro
French	Taro	From her Japanese name
Spanish	Aroa	From Araceae (plant family that includes taro)
Italian	Rupi	Possibly from purple
Korean	타로 Taro	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	紫竽 Zǐyú	From 紫 zǐ / jí (purple) and 芋 yù / yuhk (taro)
Chinese (Cantonese)	紫竽 Jíyùh

References

BB League
BB League Elite Four Crispin	BB League Elite Four Amarys	BB League Elite Four Lacey	BB League Elite Four Drayton	BB League Champion Kieran

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