Katy

If you were looking for the similarly spelled name, see Katie.

Katy カエデ Kaede
"The Sugarbug"
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Cortondo
Region	Paldea
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Member of	Paldea League
Rank	Gym Leader
Leader of	Cortondo Gym
Badge	Bug Badge
Specializes in	Bug-types
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	HZ047
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Kotono Mitsuishi

Katy (Japanese: カエデ Kaede) is a Gym Leader of Cortondo's Gym, known officially as the Cortondo Gym. She specializes in Bug-type Pokémon. She hands out the Bug Badge to Trainers who defeat her.

In the core series games

Besides being a Gym Leader, Katy runs a bakery named Patisserie Soapberry (Japanese: ムクロジ Mukuroji). She believes that both sweets and Bug-type Pokémon have great power despite their small sizes. She was trained in the art of baking under the wing of Kofu.

Because her Gym is so close to Mesagoza, where many Trainers begin their Pokémon journey, Geeta urges Katy to keep her battle style light and easy despite her wanting to go more all out, as evident by her Gym having the lowest-leveled Pokémon in the Paldea League. After her post-game rematch with the player, she has a moment of reflection and decides to step up the difficulty of her Gym to fit her style more.

In addition to the Gym Badge, Katy gives out TM021 (Pounce) after defeating her.

In The Indigo Disk, Katy can be invited to act as a special coach at Blueberry Academy.

Pokémon

Gym battle

Katy will Terastallize her Teddiursa at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Katy Cortondo Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $2,700

Type: Bug Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Nymble♂ Lv.14 Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Double Kick Fighting Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Bug Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Tarountula♀ Lv.14 Bug Bite Bug Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Bug  or  Unknown Ability: Pickup Held item: None Teddiursa♀ Lv.15 Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Rematch

Katy will Terastallize her Ursaring at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Katy Cortondo Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $11,880

Types: Bug Dark Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Lokix♂ Lv.65 Axe Kick Fighting Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Lunge Bug Physical   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Types: Bug Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Forretress♀ Lv.65 Bug Bite Bug Physical   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Curse Ghost Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Type: Bug Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Spidops♀ Lv.65 Skitter Smack Bug Physical   --       Throat Chop Dark Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Silk Trap Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.65 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Bug  or  Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Ursaring♀ Lv.66 Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       High Horsepower Ground Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

League Club Room

Katy will Terastallize her Ursaring at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Katy Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $17,820

Type: Bug Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Spidops♀ Lv.80 Sticky Web Bug Status   --       Toxic Spikes Poison Status   --       Circle Throw Fighting Physical   --       Silk Trap Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.80 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Bullet Seed Grass Physical   --       Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Types: Bug Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Forretress♂ Lv.80 Bug Bite Bug Physical   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Curse Ghost Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Bug Dark Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Lokix♂ Lv.80 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Lunge Bug Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Types: Water Bug Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Water Bubble Held item: None Araquanid♂ Lv.81 Liquidation Water Physical   --       Leech Life Bug Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Mirror Coat Psychic Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Bug  or  Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Ursaring♀ Lv.81 Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       High Horsepower Ground Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Traded to the player

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

Flying Tera Type Pikachu Gift
#0415  Combee   Level 15 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Hustle Held item: None	ID: 993663 OT: Katy Met: a Link Trade Nature: Calm Ribbons / Marks:
Gust Flying Sweet Scent Normal Bug Bite Bug Struggle Bug Bug
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.

Quotes

Main article: Katy/Quotes

Gallery

Sprites and models

VS model from Scarlet and Violet	Special Coach profile image from Scarlet and Violet

Artwork

Concept art from Scarlet and Violet

Animation

Pokémon Horizons: The Series artwork	Pokémon Horizons: The Series concept art	Eyecatch

In animation

Katy in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Katy appeared in silhouette alongside the other Gym Leaders in HZ046, and was later mentioned as Liko's first challenge at Terastal Training.

Katy physically debuted in HZ047 as the owner of Patisserie Soapberry, where Murdock was working for the time being. Katy set a baking contest between Liko and Coral to see which one of them would battle her, which Liko won, allowing Liko to battle her. Although Liko lost the battle, Katy still passed Liko due to her mastering the basics of Terastallizing.

In HZ055, Katy appeared at Naranja Academy to act as Liko's partner against Rika in the Elite Four Tag Battle. In the following episode, Katy played the role of support by having her Lokix protect Liko's Floragato from taking damage. When Lokix ended up poisoned, Katy stopped holding back and had Lokix launch a barrage of attacks to both damage and weaken Rika's Pokémon before succumbing to its status ailment. Despite this, Rika's Clodsire eventually defeated Floragato, winning the battle. Afterward, Katy consoled an emotional Liko, who began crying from the frustration of losing despite giving it her all in battle.

Pokémon

On hand

Teddiursa

Debut	HZ047
Voice actors
Japanese	Kei Shindō

Teddiursa is Katy's first known Pokémon. It is capable of Terastallizing into a Bug type. Katy used it in her battle against Liko and her Floragato. Despite Liko Terastallizing her Floragato, Teddiursa was ultimately able to overwhelm and defeat her. It reappeared during a flashback in HZ063.

Teddiursa's known moves are Charm, Slash, Sweet Scent, and Fury Cutter.

Lokix

Debut	HZ055

Lokix is Katy's second known Pokémon. In HZ056, it participated in a Tag Battle with Liko's Floragato against Rika's Dugtrio and Clodsire. After being poisoned, Lokix activated its Ability and managed to deal major damage to both opponents, paralyzing Dugtrio in the process, before finally succumbing to the poison.

Lokix's known moves are Throat Chop, Lunge, Struggle Bug, and Bounce, and its Ability is Swarm.

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Biri-Biri

Katy in Biri-Biri

Katy briefly appeared as a silhouette alongside the rest of Paldea Gym Leaders in the music video for Biri-Biri.

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Katy in Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Katy appeared in Breathe Together, in which she is introduced by Iono as one of Paldea's Gym Leaders during her video collaboration with Naranja Academy.

Pokémon

Tarountula

Teddiursa

In the manga

Katy in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Katy debuted in PASV06. She was first seen watching Scarlet participate in the Cortondo Gym's Olive Roll. Once Scarlet successfully completed the Gym Test, she faced Katy in a Gym battle. Although Scarlet emerged victorious, she rejected the Gym Badge Katy offered her, stating she had no need for it. Instead, Scarlet revealed her profession as a treasure hunter looking for the treasures of ruin and requested that Katy provide her with any information she might have on them. Katy had no knowledge on the subject, but agreed to let Brassius know what Scarlet was searching for ahead of time.

Pokémon

Tarountula

Debut	PASV06

Tarountula is Katy's first known Pokémon. It was first used to face Scarlet's Tarountula in a Gym battle, but the result was declared a draw due to both being evenly matched.

None of Tarountula's moves are known.

Nymble

Debut	PASV06

Nymble is Katy's second known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Scarlet's Sprigatito, where it used hit-and-run tactics to bewilder its opponent. Eventually, it was defeated after Sprigatito used Leafage to conceal its movements and launch a sneak attack.

None of Nymble's moves are known.

Teddiursa

Debut	PASV06

Teddiursa is Katy's third known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Scarlet's Sprigatito and won after Terastallizing into a Bug type. Afterward, it was defeated by Scarlet's Tera Flying Pikachu.

None of Teddiursa's moves are known.

In the TCG

Ultra rare Katy

Main article: Katy (Scarlet & Violet 177)

Katy was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Violet ex expansion and the English Scarlet & Violet expansion, with artwork by Akira Komayama. An ultra rare version of the card with artwork by the same illustrator was also included in these sets. It lets players shuffle their hand into their deck, and draw eight cards. This ends the player's turn.

Trivia

An apron with the earlier unused design for Katy's logo, as seen in the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reveal trailer

• Katy's Japanese Gym Leader title is お菓子の虫.
• The logo on Katy's apron is notably different in her concept art compared to her final design. An apron with the unused logo is shown prominently in the announcement trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
• Katy has the highest Trainer ID number (993663) of any NPC in the franchise whose ID number is canonically known, as seen in the in-game trade she offers in Blueberry Academy's League Club Room.
• Katy is the only Paldea Gym Leader whose Terastallized Pokémon changes between her initial Gym battle and her rematch battle (due to her Teddiursa having evolved into Ursaring).
  • The fact that Katy's Terastallized Pokémon is Teddiursa (and later Ursaring) may allude to common depictions of bears enjoying honey. It may also be a pun on the bugbear, a mythical creature.
  • She is also the only NPC Trainer to use a Terastallized Pokémon that is not fully evolved in her final team, as Ursaring is unable to evolve into Ursaluna in Scarlet and Violet.
• Katy's hairstyle and the pattern of her hat resemble insects' antennae, while her tight-fitting clothing with a waistband around her body bears a resemblance to an insect's segmented body.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	カエデ Kaede	From 楓 kaede (maple)
English	Katy	Similar to her Japanese name and possibly from katydid (bush crickets)
German	Ronah	From an anagram of Ahorn (maple)
Spanish	Araceli	From arce (maple) and possibly from arácnido (arachnid) or araña (spider). Araceli is also a Spanish name typical from Lucena, located in Córdoba, which Cortondo is likely based on
French	Éra	From érable (maple)
Italian	Aceria	From acero (maple)
Korean	단풍 Danpung	From 단풍 (丹楓) danpung (maple)
Chinese (Mandarin)	阿楓 / 阿枫 Ā Fēng	From 楓 / 枫 fēng / fūng (maple)
Chinese (Cantonese)	阿楓 A Fūng
Indonesian	Sera	From Acer (genus of maples) and serangga (bug, insect)
Brazilian Portuguese	Catarina	From her English name
Thai	คาเอเดะ Khaede	Transliteration of her Japanese name

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Gym Leaders of the Paldea region
Cortondo Gym Katy	Artazon Gym Brassius	Levincia Gym Iono	Cascarrafa Gym Kofu
Medali Gym Larry	Montenevera Gym Ryme	Alfornada Gym Tulip	Glaseado Gym Grusha

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