Flannery

Flannery アスナ Asuna
""One with a fiery passion that burns!""
[[File:File:ArtFlannery.png|{{{size}}}]] Art from R/S/E
Gender	Female
Hometown	Lavaridge Town
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Mr. Moore (grandfather)
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald
Leader of	Lavaridge Gym
Badge	Heat Badge
Anime debut	Poetry Commotion!
English voice actor	Lisa Ortiz
Japanese voice actor	Rio Natsuki

Flannery (Japanese: アスナ Asuna) is the Gym Leader of Lavaridge Town's hot springs Gym, known officially as the Lavaridge Gym. She specializes in [[Fire (type)|]]-type Pokémon and gives out the Heat Badge to trainers who defeat her.

In the anime

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Flannery in the anime

Flannery first appeared in Poetry Commotion!. She is voiced by 夏樹リオ Rio Natsuki in Japanese, Lisa Ortiz in the English dub and Luciana Baroli in the Brazilian Portuguese dub.

In the anime, Ash and his company see a Slugma running from a girl with blazing red-hair. They find out that she is none other than the new Lavaridge Town Gym Leader, Flannery, who had been training with her Slugma. They are secretly helped by fake workers, who are actually Jessie and James of Team Rocket, an old man and a judge who is actually Flannery's grandfather. Flannery's grandfather saves the day when Team Rocket attempt to steal Flannery's Torkoal. In the resulting Team Rocket battle, one of her Slugma evolves into a Magcargo.

In Going, Going, Yawn, Ash has his Lavaridge Gym battle. In the battle, he uses his Corphish, Pikachu and Treecko. Despite Corphish being hit by a Yawn from Flannery's Slugma, Ash manages to defeat Torkoal and win the Heat Badge.

Pokémon

These are the Pokémon Flannery owns in the anime.

→ Slugma → Magcargo "Mag"

Slugma "Meg"

Torkoal

In the games

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Flannery's battle sprite on the Gameboy Advance.

Her passion for Pokémon burns stronger and hotter than a volcano. She is admired for her beauty and strength. She's only been Gym Leader for a short time, and she tries to act intimidating but can't quite get it right. After she loses to the main character, she realized that she was trying too hard to be someone that she wasn't and had to run things her own way.

Her grandfather was once a member of the Hoenn Elite Four. She has apparently battled with Norman sometime in the past.

In addition to the Heat Badge, Flannery gives out TM50, Overheat, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald. This is a powerful Fire-type attack that sharply lowers the user's Sp. Att.

You can re-challenge Flannery after defeating the Elite Four. This is only possible in Emerald.

Pokémon

This listing is of Flannery's Pokémon in the games in which she has appeared.

In the Pokémon Special manga

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Flannery

In the Pokémon Special, Flannery tried to protect Mt. Chimney from having its flames doused by Team Aqua. However, even with the help of Sapphire, she was unable to prevent the water-worshiping team from causing the volcano to become dormant.

During the battle, she was also assisted by Tabitha of Team Magma. The two seemed to be attracted to each other. Later, when all the Hoenn Gym Leaders chose sides, Flannery aligned herself with Team Magma. The destruction later caused by Kyogre and Groudon changed her mind.

Flannery is also apparently close friends with Winona.

Pokémon

Magcargo

Vulpix

Quotes

"Welcome... No, wait. Puny Trainer, how good to see you've made it there! I have been entrusted with the... No, wait. I am Flannery, and I'm the Gym Leader here! Uh... Dare not understimate me, though I have been Leader only a short time! With skills inherited from my grand-father, I shall, uh...demonstrate the hot moves we have honed on this land!"

"Oh... I guess I was trying too hard... I... I've only recently become a Gym Leader. I tried too hard to be someone I'm not. I have to do things my natural way. If I don't, my Pokémon will be confused. Thanks for teaching me that. For that, you deserve this."

"Your power reminds me of someone... Oh! I know! You battle like Norman, the Gym Leader of Petalburg."

Trivia

• Her Japanese Leader title is 温泉町のファイヤー娘.
• Flannery bears a startling resemblance to Kazumi Asakura from the anime/manga series Negima.
• Flannery's grandfather is named Mr. Moore. Due to that her last name may or may not be Moore.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	アスナ (Asuna)	Possible from 砂 suna, "sand," in reference to her gym, which is full of sand pits.
English	Flannery	From the word flame.
French	Adriane	Possible derivation from "ardent" (burning).
German	Flavia	Possible derivation from "Flamme" (flame).
Italian	Fiammetta	Literally means "little flame" (root fiamma).
Spanish	Candela	Possible derivation from "candente" (burning).
Korean	민지 (Minji)
Chinese	亚莎 (Yà shā)	From 亜沙, a possible spelling of Asuna.

References

• Pokémon.com Episode 715: Poetry Commotion!.
• Pokémon.com Episode 716: Going, Going, Yawn.

External links

• Embers, the fanlisting for Flannery at The Anime Fanlistings Network
• Asuna's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

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