Roxie

Roxie ホミカ Homika
"Poison days, poison on the stage!"
Artwork from Black 2 and White 2
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	White
Hometown	Virbank City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Pop Roxie (father)
Trainer class	Gym Leader Pokémon Trainer
Generation	V
Games	Black 2 and White 2
Leader of	Virbank Gym
Badge	Toxic Badge
Specializes in	Poison
Anime debut	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
English voice actor	Alyson Rosenfeld
Japanese voice actor	Eri Kitamura

Roxie (Japanese: ホミカ Homika) is a musician who is the Gym Leader of Virbank City's Gym, known officially as the Virbank Gym. She specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. She gives the Toxic Badge to Trainers who defeat her.

In the games

Roxie appears in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 as a Gym Leader. She is a musician who plays the bass guitar. Her Gym is a music club. Trainers who defeat Roxie will receive the Toxic Badge, along with TM09 (Venoshock).

Before the Gym battle, Roxie is seen in Virbank City outside of the Pokémon Center, arguing with her father about him becoming a movie star. He defends his wishes by commenting that Roxie balances her duties as the Virbank Gym Leader, and as a member of her rock band. He leaves, and Roxie gets angry and heads for the Gym, which the player can directly challenge.

After the Gym battle, Roxie can be seen near the port with Hugh and several of the Team Plasma Grunts. After the battle that follows, she gives the player the HM Cut and then heads back to the Gym.

Roxie later makes a brief appearance after the player competes in the PWT for the first time, expressing an interest in competing in it (causing Clay to remark that word of the competition is spreading). Roxie does indeed compete in it later, along with most other Gym Leaders. In the summer, she visits Cynthia in Caitlin's villa in Undella Town.

Pokémon

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Gym battle

Easy Mode/Normal Mode

Leader Roxie Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2040/$2160

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Koffing♀ Lv.15/16 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Whirlipede♀ Lv.17/18 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --

Challenge Mode

Leader Roxie Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2280

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Oran Berry Koffing♀ Lv.17 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Venoshock Poison Special   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench Held item: None Grimer♀ Lv.17 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Poison Gas Poison Status   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: Sitrus Berry Whirlipede♀ Lv.19 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --

Pokémon World Tournament

Roxie uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles and all six in Triple Battles. She will always lead with her signature Pokémon, Scolipede.

Driftveil Tournament

PKMN Trainer Roxie Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point or Swarm Held item: None Scolipede♂/♀ Lv.25 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Bug Bite Bug Physical   --       Steamroller Bug Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Seviper♂/♀ Lv.25 Coil Poison Status   --       Venoshock Poison Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench or Weak Armor Held item: None Garbodor♂/♀ Lv.25 Toxic Spikes Poison Status   --       Amnesia Psychic Status   --       Venoshock Poison Special   --       DoubleSlap Normal Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂/♀ Lv.25 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench or Weak Armor Held item: None Garbodor♂/♀ Lv.25 Sludge Poison Special   --       Stockpile Normal Status   --       Swallow Normal Status   --       Clear Smog Poison Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂/♀ Lv.25 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Fly Flying Physical   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --

Unova Leaders Tournament

PKMN Trainer Roxie Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point or Swarm Held item: Liechi Berry Scolipede♂/♀ Lv.50 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Toxic Spikes Poison Status   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Shuca Berry Seviper♂/♀ Lv.50 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Sludge Wave Poison Special   --       Glare Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench or Weak Armor Held item: Salac Berry Garbodor♂/♀ Lv.50 Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --       Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Clear Smog Poison Special   --       Stockpile Normal Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Payapa Berry Crobat♂/♀ Lv.50 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Battle Armor or Sniper Held item: Sitrus Berry Drapion♂/♀ Lv.50 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Acupressure Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Effect Spore Held item: Ganlon Berry Amoonguss♂/♀ Lv.50 Toxic Poison Status   --       Spore Grass Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Substitute Normal Status   --

Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament

PKMN Trainer Roxie Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point or Swarm Held item: Choice Scarf Scolipede♂/♀ Lv.50 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Anticipation or Dry Skin Held item: Focus Sash Toxicroak♂/♀ Lv.50 Protect Normal Status   --       Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench or Weak Armor Held item: Expert Belt Garbodor♂/♀ Lv.50 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Psychic Gem Crobat♂/♀ Lv.50 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Battle Armor or Sniper Held item: Scope Lens Drapion♂/♀ Lv.50 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Effect Spore Held item: Black Sludge Amoonguss♂/♀ Lv.50 Foul Play Dark Physical   --       Spore Grass Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --

Quotes

Virbank City

• Upon arriving in the city

"Get real! You're a captain already, aren't you? If that ship doesn't move, you're going to cause lots of trouble!"

"AAAAAAH! You dim-witted...dense...dumb...daft...dippy...dorky...doltish DOOFUS! Doing double duty isn't the problem! You're causing problems for people! Keeping people from getting where they're going because of sheer selfishness is unforgivable! I've HAD it! I'm going to the Gym!"

Virbank Gym

• Before battle

"Get ready! I'm gonna knock some sense outta ya!"

• During battle (the first non-KO HP loss)

"I can feel your desire to win pouring out of you!"

• After sending out last Pokémon

"It's not over yet! Time to turn this show around for a victory!"

• Being defeated

"Wait! I was right in the middle of the chorus!"

• After being defeated

"Sigh! What are you doing losing, Roxie?! Well…I guess that means you're strong! This stinks, but I gave it everything I had, and I feel revitalized and refreshed now! Here! Proof that you beat me!"

"Two Badges! Now Pokémon up to Lv. 30, even Pokémon you got in trades, will realize how good you are and won't ignore your commands! Also, here! Use this TM!"

"TM09 is Venoshock! It covers the target in a special poisonous liquid! Even better, if your target's already poisoned, it does double damage! Heh heh! It almost packs too much of a punch!"

"Your Pokémon WANTED this win! Keep on going on like this, and do all sorts of stuff!"

• After the player is invited to Pokéstar Studios

"You're going to Pokéstar Studios?! OH! I forgot! The old man! I have to get him back to work as captain!"

Virbank City

• Meeting Team Plasma:

"So, are you guys Team Plasma, then?"

• Defeating Team Plasma:

"Split up! You, go check Route 20!"

"If I'd lost, my precious Pokémon would've been taken! Thanks, you two! Use this!

• After returning to Virbank City:

"I thought your movie was pretty good."

"C'mon! Don't get down! You can keep trying while you continue on as captain! As long as you don't cause anyone trouble, I won't get mad. I don't know how the Pokéstar Studios people feel about that, though!"

"Oh... Did you hear us? Well, it looks like everyone from Team Plasma got away... I don't feel really good about it, but at least they're gone. Oh! There was a lot of ruckus, but you can sail to Castelia City now!"

Pokémon World Tournament

• When first met

"Hey! You two! Haven't you got any wild and crazy Pokémon battles to show me?! Guess I'll have to enter the tournament myself and rock the audience right outta their seats!"

• Before battle (first round)

"Get ready! I'm gonna knock some sense outta ya!"

• Before battle (second round)

"Fight with this Pokémon that way... Use this item that way... Are you letting others decide that for you? Well, whatever, but what's important is figuring out what you want to do! Get ready! 'Cause I'm going to knock the common sense outta you and drag you into a brand new world!"

• Before battle (last round)

"You don't do anything! What do you know?! You don't do anything! How're you gonna change?! But, I've got you covered! I'm gonna give your reason a toxic shock and open up your mind!"

• Being defeated

"Wild! Your reason's already more toxic than mine!"

• If the player is defeated

"Hey, c'mon! Get serious! You gotta put more out there!"

• After being defeated

"You didn't win... I lost! I was weak and made my Pokémon feel how much losing stinks! Watch out! Next time we meet, I'm going to give you a toxic shock!"

• After winning

"Ya can't win 'em all. It's impossible, seriously! Trying to look cool every time you mess up or fail is totally exhausting! So you just have to let it all hang out!"

• In the lobby, after the tournament

"Congrats on taking first! Losing stinks, but still... You're a fun Pokémon Trainer to battle! I mean, c'mon! The Pokémon battling with you are all like, "We're gonna win!""

Badge Case

A Little Poison in Your Days, a Little Poison on the Stage

It's kindness to say no for your friends and Pokémon, right?

National Gymquirer

Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"

Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name RoxieForever! Thank yooou! 'This is a story about the first time I ever went to one of Roxie's shows! Many fans collapsed from the toxic power of her songs. Roxie's really a toxic shock to the system, isn't she?!' Maybe they were just too excited and fainted. Make sure to drink lots of fluids when you go to concerts! 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"

Sprites

Sprite from Black 2 and White 2	Overworld sprite from Black 2 and White 2	VS sprite from Black 2 and White 2

In the anime

Roxie in the anime

Roxie appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2. Like the games, she is a musician who plays the bass guitar. She leads a rock band named "Koffing and the Toxics", with Roughneck Nicky and Guitarist Billy Jo.

She is also a powerful Gym Leader, defeating everyone who dared to challenge her with only three Pokémon even when they challenged her with six. When Ash arrived at her Gym, she was thrilled to see his Pikachu, as she too had a Pokémon originating from Kanto, Koffing, and happily accepted his challenge.

Roxie proved herself to be a very capable Nazi Leader, defeating five of Ash's six Pokémon despite being at a disadvantage in terms of her party. She would occasionally perform a riff on her bass during the battle, and the crowd would chant her name. Despite their status as opponents, she also preferred giving Ash a fairer chance, offering Pignite a Pecha Berry to heal its poisoning after it defeated Scolipede when she could have simply let the battle continue with Pignite weakening. When she was defeated she happily congratulated Ash as the crowd cheered for his victory, and she presented him with his eighth and final Unova Badge, the Toxic Badge.

She reappeared in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!. She also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

Pokémon

This listing is of Roxie's known Pokémon in the anime:

Koffing

Debut	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
Voice actors
Japanese	Kensuke Satō
English	Bill Rogers

Koffing was the first Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. She captured it while she was in Kanto, and it inspired her to assemble her rock band, "Koffing and the Toxics". When Ash, Cilan and Iris arrived at the Gym, it was seen defeating a Trainer's Gothitelle despite the type disadvantage. During the match, it defeated Ash's Boldore and Unfezant rather easily, but was later defeated by Leavanny, who used String Shot to tie Koffing up and then hit it with Energy Ball.

Koffing's known moves are Clear Smog, Gyro Ball, Sludge Bomb, and Will-O-Wisp.

Scolipede

Debut	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Marc Thompson

Scolipede was the second Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It quickly defeated Ash's Leavanny, but was later taken down by Pignite's powerful Fire Pledge, who had the type advantage.

Scolipede's known moves are Toxic, Rock Tomb, Sludge Bomb, and Screech.

Garbodor

Debut	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2
Voice actors
Japanese	Chiaki Takahashi
English	Erica Schroeder

Garbodor was the third and last Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It defeated Ash's Pignite and Palpitoad, but was later defeated by Pikachu, after getting paralyzed by his Static. It reappeared in a flashback in Certain Up, Unova League!.

Garbodor's known moves are Double Slap, Hyper Beam, Gunk Shot, and Venoshock.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 喜多村英梨 Eri Kitamura English Alyson Rosenfeld Mandarin Chinese 詹雅菁 Zhān Yǎjīng Danish Sara Poulsen Finnish Taru Tikkanen Polish Julia Chatys Brazilian Portuguese Clarice Espíndola Spanish Latin America Mireya Mendoza Spain Ainhoa Martín (BW083-BW084) Isacha Mengíbar (BW103)

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Roxie in Pokémon Adventures

Roxie debuts in the Black 2 & White 2 arc. She was first mentioned by students at the Aspertia City Trainers' School as a possible invite to perform at a cultural festival.

She debuts in person in PS533, where Blake takes Whitley to a concert she performed at. Blake later asks Roxie to be a judge at the Autumn Choral Competition, which she happily accepts. After the competition ended, Roxie has her father take the winning team and their class to Castelia City.

Shortly after arriving at their destination, Roxie discovered an executive member associated with the Unova Choral Competition. The executive revealed that a group of villains attacked him and stole his Karrablast in an attempt to "liberate" it. Angered, Roxie, Blake, Whitley, and Hugh traveled to the Castelia Sewers in order to confront the villains. After investigating the area, the group was attacked by the villains, who turn out to be Team Plasma. When Hugh sees the Team Plasma members, he flies into a rage and begins attacking them, only to fail when the Muk begin swarming after everyone, forcing the group to scatter.

The Grunts eventually back Roxie and Whitley into a corner, forcing Roxie to battle them. Roxie eventually gets overwhelmed by the number of opponents, but Whitley easily defeats the Muk by using knowledge she learned at school. With their Pokémon defeated, the Grunts retreat and throw the Pokémon they stole away. After retrieving the stolen Pokémon, Roxie and Whitley exit the Sewers and return to Whitley's class at Prime Pier. After Roxie goes on ahead to return the Karrablast to the executive, the group is approached by Hugh, who reveals to everyone about the encounter with Team Plasma at the Sewers. He also reveals that one of the girls in the class is a member of Team Plasma and presents a pendant containing a picture of N he found as proof. When Whitley comes out of hiding to stop Hugh, everyone finds her behavior strange and they begin to question if Whitley was the person Hugh was talking about. Nervous and panicking, Whitley has Foongy release its spores everywhere, causing everyone except for Hugh to fall asleep.

Roxie and the class later awaken at the Marine Tube. There, they meet Benga, another student at the Trainers' School, who reveals that he found the unconscious people and took them to a safe location alongside Marlon. Benga and Marlon reveal that Team Plasma has begun freezing several other locations across Unova with their flying ship, the Plasma Frigate. They also reveal that they plan on gathering allies to confront Team Plasma and ask Roxie and Cheren to join them.

Pokémon

Whirlipede

Debut	PS535

Whirlipede is Roxie's only known Pokémon. It was sent out to assist Roxie in finding the villains who attacked a man and stole his Karrablast. At the Castelia Sewers, Whirlipede was used to battle the Team Plasma Grunts' Muk. Due to being a Poison-type expert, Roxie managed to hold her own in battle, but was eventually overwhelmed by the number of opponents.

None of Whirlipede's moves are known.

In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga

Roxie in Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~

Roxie appeared in ANL2 where she punched two Team Plasma Grunts away. Seeing the incident, Roxie wasn't convinced that Arata could take care of any Pokémon. Roxie decided to settle their score with a Pokémon battle, with Arata using the Pokémon he was able to protect from Team Plasma. During the middle of the battle, Bianca recognized Roxie as a singer and Trainer from Virbank City. Roxie confirmed her talents to Arata and doesn't sense the heart in him to become a Pokémon Trainer. After Arata protected Oshawott from a falling light pole, Oshawott was able to defeat Roxie. She then promised to Arata that she will battle him seriously next time and told him that she was the Gym Leader in the Virbank Gym.

Pokémon

Koffing

Debut	ANL2

Koffing is Roxie's only known Pokémon. She used Koffing against Arata's Oshawott in their battle and lost.

None of Koffing's moves are known.

Trivia

• Her Japanese Leader title is ポイズンライフ　ポイズンライブ！.
• Roxie is the first Poison-type Gym Leader outside of Kanto.
• Her bass is styled similarly to the Venipede evolutionary family.
• She is the first Gym Leader to appear in the anime before her debut game.
• Both Roxie and Janine have known fathers in the series. Unlike Roxie's father, Janine's father was also a Poison-type Gym Leader.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ホミカ Homika	From ホミカ homika, a corruption of the species name of the poisonous strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica.
English	Roxie	Possibly from toxic and rock (as in rock music).
French	Strykna	From Strychnos nux-vomica.
German	Mica	From Strychnos nux-vomica.
Italian	Velia	From veleno, venom
Spanish	Hiedra	From hiedra venenosa, poison ivy
Korean	보미카 Bomica	From Strychnos nux-vomica.
Chinese (Mandarin)	霍米加 ‎Huòmǐjiā	Transliteration of her Japanese name.
Vietnamese	Homika	Same as Japanese name

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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