Agatha

Agatha キクコ Kikuko
Art from FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Female
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Graying blonde
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kanto or Johto
Trainer class	Elite Four
Generation	I, III
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen, Stadium
Elite Four of	Indigo Plateau
Specializes in	Ghost types
Game animation debut	Pokémon Origins
English voice actor	N/A (Origins) Ellyn Stern (Generations)
Japanese voice actor	N/A (Origins) Hisako Kyōda (Generations)
Anime debut	The Scheme Team
English voice actor	Allyson Johnson
Japanese voice actor	Kazuko Sugiyama

Agatha (Japanese: キクコ Kikuko) is a Ghost-type Trainer.

In Generations I and III, she is an elderly woman who is the third and oldest member of the Indigo Elite Four.

In the games

Agatha is a member of the Elite Four, and the oldest one to date. As such, she serves as an inspiration for senior Pokémon Trainers all around the region. She uses Ghost-type Pokémon, and other Pokémon with horrifying appearances.

Agatha and Professor Oak were once friendly rivals in their youth. However, their relationship has grown bitter and strained over the years because Agatha believes he was too weak to continue competing.

She has a very short temper.

By the events of the Generation II and Generation IV games, Agatha is no longer a member of the Elite Four, and Bruno has assumed her position. Her absence is never explained.

Fame Checker

This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Agatha in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Pokémon League - Agatha

• What does this person do?

"I am Agatha of the Elite Four."

Indigo Plateau - Crusher

• Favorite kind of Pokémon?

"Agatha's Ghost-type Pokémon are horrifically terrifying in toughness."

Indigo Plateau - Crusher

• What is this person like?

"That old lady's got a really short fuse, too.

It doesn't take anything to get that scary lady hollering."

Seven Island - Pokémon Journal

• There's a rumor...

"In her youth, Agatha and Prof. Oak were rivals who vied for

supremacy as Trainers."

Pokémon League - Agatha

• Family and friends?

"I hear Oak's taken a lot of interest in you, child.

That old duff was once tough and handsome.

But that was decades ago. He's a shadow of his former self."

Six Island - old lady

• What is this person like?

"Take Agatha, for example.

She set a record for being the oldest-ever Elite Four member."

Message from Agatha

• From: Agatha
• To: [Player]

"When you grow older, don't you dare go soft like that coot Oak!

Be like me and keep battling on!"

Pokémon

This listing is of Agatha's Pokémon in the video games she has appeared in.

Pokémon Red and Blue

Agatha Indigo Plateau Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $5940

Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.56 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Types: Poison Flying Golbat Lv.56 Supersonic Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Haze Ice   --       Types: Ghost Poison Haunter Lv.55 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.58 Bite Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Acid Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.60 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Toxic Poison   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --

Pokémon Yellow

Agatha Indigo Plateau Yellow Reward: $5940

Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.56 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Lick Ghost   --       Substitute Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Poison Flying Golbat Lv.56 Supersonic Normal   --       Leech Life Bug   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Toxic Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Haunter Lv.55 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Lick Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.58 Wrap Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Acid Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.60 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

First battle

Elite Four Agatha Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $5800

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♀ Lv.54 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Punch Ghost   --       Double Team Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.54 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bite Dark   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Poison Fang Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♀ Lv.53 Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.56 Bite Dark   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Screech Normal   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Gengar♀ Lv.58 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Nightmare Ghost   --

Rematch

Elite Four Agatha Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $7000

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.66 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Punch Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.66 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Misdreavus♂ Lv.65 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Attract Normal   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♂ Lv.68 Double Team Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Chesto Berry Gengar♂ Lv.70 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --

Pokémon Stadium

Round 1

Agatha Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium Reward: N/A

Types: Ghost Poison Haunter Lv.50-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Types: Poison Flying Golbat Lv.50-100 Supersonic Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Swift Normal   --       Haze Ice   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.50-100 Screech Normal   --       Wrap Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Fissure Ground   --       Type: Poison Unknown Muk Lv.50-100 Minimize Normal   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Sludge Poison   --       Types: Grass Poison Venusaur Lv.50-100 Leech Seed Grass   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.50-100 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bide Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Round 2

Agatha Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium Reward: N/A

Types: Ice Psychic Jynx Lv.50-100 Lovely Kiss Normal   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Alakazam Lv.50-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Recover Normal   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.50-100 Screech Normal   --       Wrap Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Water Flying Gyarados Lv.50-100 Surf Water   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Types: Grass Poison Venusaur Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.50-100 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bide Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Quotes

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

• Before battle

"I am Agatha of the Elite Four! Oak's taken a lot of interest in you, child! That old duff was once tough and handsome! That was decades ago! Now he just wants to fiddle with his Pokédex! He's wrong! Pokémon are for fighting! <player>! I'll show you how a real trainer fights!"

• Being defeated

"Oh ho!^RB/Woo-hoo!^Y You're something special, child!"

• After being defeated

"You win! I see what the old duff sees in you now. I've nothing else to say. Run along now, child!"

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

• Before battle

"I am Agatha of the Elite Four. I hear Oak's taken a lot of interest in you, child./You're the child that Oak's taken under his wing, aren't you? That old duff was once tough and handsome. But that was decades ago. He's a shadow of his former self. Now he just wants to fiddle with his Pokédex. He's wrong. Pokémon are for battling! <player>! I'll show you how a real Trainer battles!"

• Being defeated

"Oh, my! You're something special, child!"

• After being defeated

"You win! I see what the old duff sees in you now. I've nothing else to say. Run along now, child!"

Sprites

Sprite from Red and Blue	Sprite from Yellow	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from Generation I	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Portrait from Stadium

In the anime

In the main series

Agatha in the anime

Agatha appeared in The Scheme Team, acting as a temporary Gym Leader for the Viridian Gym, until the true new Gym Leader would arrive. She uses Ghost-type Pokémon for the Gym.

While Ash was going through Viridian City on the way back to Pallet Town, he met up with Scott. Wanting to show Scott how strong he was, Ash challenged Agatha to a Gym battle. Despite maintaining top eight of the Ever Grande Conference and putting up a good fight, Ash lost to her Gengar with his Pikachu.

Although he lost, both Agatha and Scott were impressed. It was then that Agatha revealed to Ash that she is a member of the Elite Four. She and Scott both recommended Ash to challenge the Battle Frontier and the Frontier Brains.

Pokémon

This listing is of Agatha's Pokémon in the anime.

Gengar

Debut	The Scheme Team
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Ed Paul

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is Agatha's main Pokémon which she used in battle against Ash's Pikachu.

Golbat

Debut	The Scheme Team
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin'ichirō Miki
English	Shin'ichirō Miki

Agatha used Golbat to save Ash's Pikachu from the hands of Team Rocket and also used it along with Ash's Pikachu to send them blasting off.

Golbat's known moves are Air Cutter and Supersonic.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 杉山佳寿子 Kazuko Sugiyama English Allyson Johnson German Marion Hartmann Brazilian Portuguese Gilmara Sanches Spanish Latin America Gabriela Gómez Spain María Romero

In I Choose You!

Agatha in I Choose You!

Agatha briefly appeared in I Choose You!, which is set in a timeline separate from the main series. She appeared in Ash's nightmare, in which he lived in a world where Pokémon never existed and attended school like a normal child. In this nightmare, she was seen teaching Ash's class.

In Pokémon Origins

Agatha in Pokémon Origins

Agatha appeared briefly in File 4: Charizard. She was seen being challenged and defeated by Red, allowing Red move on to challenge Lance.

Pokémon

Gengar

Debut	File 4: Charizard

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is Agatha's only known Pokémon. It was seen battling Red's Dodrio, eventually losing off-screen.

In Pokémon Generations

Agatha in Pokémon Generations

Agatha appeared in The Challenger, where she was first seen talking about Blue, the first Trainer in a long time to collect eight Gym Badges, with the rest of the Kanto Elite Four. Later, she was the third Elite Four member challenged by Blue. During the battle, Agatha admitted to Blue that she had expected him, as the grandson of Professor Oak, to focus on completing the Pokédex, but Blue responded that, for him, filling the Pokédex was just a tool to become stronger. Blue managed to defeat Agatha and her Gengar off-screen, allowing him to move on to Lance's room.

Pokémon

Arbok

Debut	The Challenger

Arbok is Agatha's first known Pokémon. It was seen battling Blue's Rhydon, but eventually lost.

None of Arbok's moves are known.

Gengar

Debut	The Challenger

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is Agatha's second known Pokémon. It was the last Pokémon used by Agatha in her battle against Blue, first being sent out against his Rhydon and eventually losing off-screen. Agatha keeps Gengar's Poké Ball embedded on her walking stick.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 京田尚子 Hisako Kyōda English Ellyn Stern European Spanish Rosa Pastó

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Agatha in Pokémon Adventures

She was first seen as a cameo when Professor Oak talked about his first championship win, which appeared to be against her in the finals. Agatha was one of the main villains in the Yellow arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga; she was one of the Elite Four who tried to destroy most of humanity from their base on Cerise Island.

She was first seen trying to take away Super Nerd Miles after he was defeated by Yellow and the Good Gym Leaders of Kanto. She was then seen in a flashback during the events of the previous chapter where she battled Blue and attempted to kill him due to his relation to Professor Oak by having her Gengar use Dream Eater to suck away his energy. He managed to escape though and a Haunter she stole from a Trainer named Ivan was also taken back. She then had her Haunter lead an army of Gastly to attack Cerulean City to delay Misty.

She fought against Blue and Koga, revealing an Arbok with the ability to change the pattern on its belly and use different corresponding abilities. She decided to divide Koga and Blue using her Arbok's Rock Slide and she had her Golbat attack Blue. After battling Koga's Arbok for a while Koga started throwing shuriken balls out of nowhere, which Agatha believed was a pitiful attempt to harm her, but was really an attempt to heal Blue's paralysis that Agatha caused using her Haunter's Lick. After that Blue rejoined the battle and Koga used his Golbat's Leech Life to collect his own blood and smeared it on Arbok's pattern, preventing it from changing anymore. While Agatha was presumably beaten, a second Arbok of hers attacked an unknowing Koga from behind, only to be stopped by Blue before it could land a Poison Sting attack. Agatha was subsequently defeated and seemingly vanished after her defeat, but not before she had her Gengar masquerade as Koga and Blue's shadow to slowly drain their energy, which was defeated as well. She then revealed that she was the one controlling the Pokémon armies of her peers by using special wrist bands to control them and she used these same bands to force Bruno to join the Elite Four as well.

Agatha used the mind-controlling powers of her Ghost-type Pokémon to control Bruno against his will. It is shown that she was the one who also recruited Lorelei by healing her Seel and then figuring out they have a common distaste of humans.

Her relationship with Professor Oak was also revealed when the two were younger. Oak defeated her in the finals for the Pokémon Championship and Agatha met him after the battle and asked why he quit their "research group". He explained that he wanted to create the Pokédex, which she thought was a stupid idea that would never be complete, and a battle ensued. Oak barely won after a battle that lasted several hours, with Agatha swearing a personal vendetta over him and anyone who associates with him.

Pokémon

This listing is of Agatha's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Gastly (multiple)

Debut	As Gastly as Before

Gastly is part of Agatha's Ghost army. They were used to attack the Kanto cities. Agatha also has her own Gastly outside of the army. The Gastly first appears as a dark fog lifting up Super Nerd Miles when he'd been beaten. Blue's Charizard was able to defeat Gastly by attacking out of nowhere, after which the boy deduces that the same Elite Four member whom he'd fought before was behind the scenes. In said battle, Blue's Scyther was used to Slash Gastly into pieces.

None of Gastly's moves are known.

Haunter (multiple)

Debut	Lapras Lazily

Agatha stole many Haunter, both wild and Trainer-owned, and used them to attack the cities of Kanto.

None of Haunter's moves are known.

Gengar (multiple)

Debut	Lapras Lazily

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is part of Agatha's Ghost army.

Arbok

Debut	Growing Out of Gengar

Arbok was sent out to battle Koga and Blue as it was their goal to try to defeat Agatha. Agatha's Arbok has several abilities activated by Agatha changing the patterns on its abdomen, including the speed boosting pattern, the attack boosting pattern, and the invulnerability pattern that repels poisons. However, its ability was nullified when its body was smeared with blood.

Arbok's known moves are Poison Sting, Wrap, Bind*, Leer, Body Slam, Bite, and Rock Slide.

Golbat

Debut	Growing Out of Gengar

Golbat was another Pokémon sent out to battle against Koga and Blue.

Golbat's only known move is Supersonic.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Agatha in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Agatha appears in Panic on the Luxury Liner?! of Pokémon Pocket Monsters. She has the ability to transform into a Golbat.

She is first seen as a Golbat spying on Red when he was getting on the Luxury Liner. After they boarded, Agatha transforms into a human and is very interested in Clefairy. She does everything to get Clefairy in obeying her. While on the ship, she causes the captain to collapse and makes Clefairy as the new captain. However, all of this turned out to be fake as Agatha only became interested in Clefairy was his health looked tasty. After sucking away Clefairy's health, Red finds out who she is and transforms into a Golbat. However, the health that Agatha drained from Clefairy turned out to not taste good and miniature versions of Clefairy escape Agatha's Golbat body. She was last seen in the water after the luxury liner got destroyed.

Pokémon

Golbat ♀

Debut	Panic on the Luxury Liner?!

Agatha has the ability to transform into a Golbat. It first appeared when it was spying on Red and his Pokémon. It transformed into a human. Later, it was transformed back into a Golbat. It was last seen on a sunken cruise ship.

None of Golbat's moves are known.

Haunter and Gengar

Debut	Panic on the Luxury Liner?!

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Haunter and Gengar were first seen spying on Red. They are hidden after Agatha transforms from a Golbat to her human self. Both reappear after Agatha changed back into a Golbat.

None of Haunter's and Gengar's moves are known.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Agatha in Pokémon Zensho

Agatha appears in Indigo Plateau as the third member of the Elite Four. She challenges Satoshi with her Gengar and is defeated, advancing Satoshi to the next room.

Pokémon

Gengar

Debut	Indigo Plateau

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is the Pokémon that Agatha sent out while battling Satoshi. It went up against Satoshi's Alakazam and lost.

Trivia

• Though she claims to specialize in the Ghost type, the common type shared by all her Pokémon in the main series games (except Misdreavus) is Poison. This is most likely because the only Ghost-type Pokémon in Generation I were in the Gastly line.
  • This makes her the only member of the Generation I Elite Four whose team is made up of Pokémon that all share a common type.
• In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Shauntal of the Unova Elite Four mentions Agatha's resemblance to Bertha of the Sinnoh Elite Four as a quote from her novel during the player's post-National Pokédex challenge.
• In the Generation I games, the battles against Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha use the standard trainer battle theme, while the Gym Leader battle theme is played only against Lance. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Gym Leader battle theme plays during the battles against all four members of the Elite Four.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	キクコ Kikuko	From 菊 kiku, chrysanthemum.
English, French, Italian, Spanish	Agatha	Possibly from aghast, ghost, gothic, or hag. May also be a reference to popular British crime writer Agatha Christie.
German	Agathe	From the English name.
Korean	국화 Gukhwa*	From 국화 (菊花), chrysanthemum
	할멈 Halmeom*	Literally means old woman.
Chinese (Taiwan)	菊子 Júzǐ*	From the name 菊子 Kikuko. Literally means "Chrysanthemum child".
	喜久子Xǐjiǔzi*	From the Japanese name 喜久子 Kikuko. 久 also means "long time", possibly a reference to her age.
	紀久子Jìjiǔzi*	From the Japanese name 紀久子 Kikuko. Both 紀 and 久 are also words related to age.
Chinese (Mainland China)	菊子 Júzǐ	From the name 菊子 Kikuko.
Thai	คิคุโกะ Kikuko	Transliteration of her Japanese name.
Vietnamese	Kikuko	Transliteration of her Japanese name.

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Indigo League
Generations I, III, and VII
Elite Four Lorelei	Elite Four Bruno	Elite Four Agatha	Elite Four Lance	Champion Blue Trace
Generations II and IV
Elite Four Will	Elite Four Koga	Elite Four Bruno	Elite Four Karen	Champion Lance

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