Holly

If you were looking for the character of the day in Searching for a Wish! whose Japanese name is Holly, see Gemma.

Holly ホノカ Honoka
Holly
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Auburn
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Trainer
Anime debut	Tag! We're It...!
English voice actor	Sarah Natochenny
Japanese voice actor	Arisa Ogasawara

Holly (Japanese: ホノカ Honoka) is a minor recurring character in the Pokémon anime. She first appeared in Tag! We're It...! as Brock's Tag Battle partner.

History

Holly and Brock

Holly partook in the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition. Using a number system, she had the number 21 and went to Brock as he had the number 16 and the two numbers were paired with each other. Due to that, Holly and Brock became partners.

Sometime after that and Dawn's and Conway's first battle in the tournament, Holly battled with two Trainers who owned a Yanma and Bagon. She managed to stay in the lead with the help of Brock and as a result, their opponents ended up fighting with each other, causing Holly and Brock to win. She then watched Ash's and Paul's battle with two Trainers and their Rhydon and Magmar, and continued to do so from this point on with the other battles.

In Glory Blaze!, Holly was shown to have jealousy towards Brock when he flirted with Nurse Joy. However, she became proud of Brock when he treated an injured Chimchar. When Paul was telling the story on how he first met Chimchar, Holly listened in. The next day, she battled a Furret and Hitmonchan in the second round and won rather quickly.

In Smells Like Team Spirit!, she battled Ash and Paul and despite Ash and Paul fighting with each other, Holly lost the battle. Due to the loss, Holly felt bad and mentioned that it was her fault that it happened. At the Pokémon Center, Brock found out that Holly left without saying goodbye but Nurse Joy informed him that she left in order to train more and to become a better partner for Brock.

Character

At first, Holly did not show any interest in Brock, saying that she had no interest in "younger men," but after battling together with him she was impressed by his battling skills. Later, in Glory Blaze!, she seemed jealous that he was flirting with Nurse Joy. Later on, she was seen to have "heart-eyes" while watching Brock battle.

After Holly and Brock lost the battle against Ash and Paul, she couldn't help but feel responsible for the loss. Afterwards, she left without saying goodbye to him. Nurse Joy told Brock that she wanted to train more, so that she could become a better partner for Brock.

Pokémon

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This listing is of Holly's known Pokémon:

Wingull

Debut	Tag! We're It...!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chinami Nishimura

Wingull was first seen on Holly's shoulder when Brock was looking for his partner. During Wingull's first shown battle, it was teamed with Brock's Sudowoodo against a Bagon and a Yanma. It started by using Blizzard which failed. After a little advice from Brock and more moves by Wingull and Sudowoodo, Brock and Holly won the Tag Battle.

Wingull's known moves are Aerial Ace and Blizzard.

Nosepass

Debut	Glory Blaze!

Holly's Nosepass was briefly seen along with Brock's Croagunk battling a Hitmonchan and a Furret where it managed to defeat Furret with Zap Cannon.

Nosepass's only known move is Zap Cannon.

Farfetch'd

Debut	Smells Like Team Spirit!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Maddie Blaustein

Farfetch'd was first seen tagged with Brock's Croagunk against Paul's Torterra and Ash's Staravia. It quickly got hit by one of Torterra's Hyper Beams and fainted.

Farfetch'd's only known move is Air Slash.

Pokémon competitions

Holly has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:

• Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition - Top 4 (with Brock; Smells Like Team Spirit!)

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 小笠原亜里沙 Arisa Ogasawara English Sarah Natochenny Czech Jitka Moučková Finnish Jenni Sivonen Italian Jolanda Granato Polish Anna Sztejner Brazilian Portuguese Samira Fernandes Spanish Latin America Nallely Solís Spain Olga Velasco

Trivia

• Holly is one of the few females who have fallen in love with Brock.
• She has the same Japanese voice actor as Noelle, another female Trainer with auburn hair and blue eyes.

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