Roxanne

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Roxanne in the Anime.

Roxanne is the Gym Leader of Rustboro City. Trainers who defeat her receive the Stonebadge. She is a scholar who specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.

Name References

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ツツジ (Tsutsuji)	Literally means "azalea".
English	Roxanne	Similarity with the word "rock".
French	Roxanne	Similarity with the word "roche"(rock).
German	Felizia	Possible derivation from "Felsen"(stone)
Italian	Petra	Possible relation to "pietra"(stone).
Spanish	Petra	Possible relation to "piedra" and "petreo" ("stone" and "rocky" respectively).
Hebrew	קלייר
Russian	Роксанна	A phonetical translation of "Roxanne".
Chinese	杜鵑 (Du Juan)	A phonetical translation of "Tsutsuji".

In the anime

Ash Ketchum and his friends met Roxanne when May found a lost Poliwag from Roxanne's school. Roxanne teaches classes on Pokémon to the citizens of Rustboro. She is in charge of teaching very young children about Pokémon.

When Ash and company first arrived Rustboro, Roxanne was not able to answer Ash's challenge because she was still busy with teaching. However, she and the headmaster of the school invited the gang to spend a day in the school.

On the next day, Ash battled Roxanne at the Gym while being filmed by some of Roxanne's students. Ash's Pikachu was able to defeat both of her Pokémon through a combination of pure electrical power and the Iron Tail technique, taking Roxanne by surprise.

Roxanne apparently knows Professor Oak, as he gives live remote lectures for the students at the school. She also knows about Brock and the rock-centered Pewter City Gym.

She is voiced by 白鳥由里 Yuri Shiratori.

Pokémon

This listing is of Roxanne Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

• Geodude
• Nosepass

In the games

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Roxanne's battle sprite on the Gameboy Advance.

Roxanne's title is "The Rock-Loving Honor Student." Her strategy is Rock-type power attacks. She believes Rock-type Pokémon to be rock solid.

Roxanne became a Gym Leader so that she could apply what she learned at the Pokémon Trainers School in battle. She wants to face many new opponents to see them demonstrate how they battle and with which Pokémon.

Her desire is to learn all about Pokémon through battling.

In addition to the Stonebadge, Roxanne gives out TM39, Rock Tomb, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald.

Pokémon

This listing is for Roxanne's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

• Level 14 Geodude - tackle, defensecurl, mudsport, rocktomb
• Level 15 Nosepass - tackle, harden, rockthrow, rocktomb

Pokémon Emerald

Gym Match
Level 12 Geodude Tackle Defense Curl Rock Throw Rock Tomb	Level 12 Geodude Tackle Defense Curl Rock Throw Rock Tomb	Level 15 Nosepass Block Harden Tackle Rock Tomb	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Rematch
Level 32 Golem	Level 35 Kabuto	Level 35 Onix	Level 37 Nosepass	N/A	N/A
Second Rematch
Level 37 Omanyte	Level 37 Golem	Level 40 Kabutops	Level 40 Onix	Level 42 Nosepass	N/A
Third Rematch
Level 42 Omastar	Level 42 Golem	Level 45 Kabutops	Level 45 Onix	Level 47 Nosepass	N/A
Fourth Rematch
Level 47 Aerodactyl	Level 47 Golem	Level 47 Omastar	Level 50 Kabutops	Level 50 Steelix	Level 52 Nosepass

In the Pokémon Special manga

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Roxanne

Roxanne is an honor student at the Pokémon Trainers School of Rustboro and knows much trivia about Pokémon. She's also extremely arrogant about her intellect.

Roxanne travels around by riding on her Graveler. She keeps her Nosepass's Poké Ball in a hollowed-out book.

In Pokémon Special, Sapphire arrived in Rustboro eager to win her first Badge. She entered the Rustboro Gym only to see a clasroom full of students listening to a lecture from Roxanne.

Roxanne makes her opponents take a written test as part of the Gym challenge. Despite her difficulty with schoolwork, Sapphire got the highest marks in the testing due to her tutoring from her father, Professor Birch.

Sapphire battled with her Aron only to have Roxanne's Nosepass block her attacks with Harden. Sapphire was unable to withdraw her Aron from the battle thanks to Nosepass' Magnet Pull. Sapphire, however, realized that Nosepass must always face north and had her Aron attack from behind.

In the Hoenn conflict, she sided with Team Aqua. She had worked with Professor Cozmo, who unknowngly assisted the evil team, and reasoned that the Professor wouldn't support an evil group. She changed her mind after Kyogre and Groudon started their rampage.

Pokémon

This listing is for Roxanne's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

• Nosepass
• Graveler

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan