Candice

Candice スズナ Suzuna
"The Diamond Dust Girl!"
Art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Snowpoint City
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Gym LeaderDPPtBDSP Pokémon TrainerB2W2
Generation	IV, V, VIII
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Black 2 and White 2, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Masters EX
Leader of	Snowpoint Gym
Badge	Icicle Badge
Specializes in	Ice types
Game animation debut	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Ryan Bartley (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Shiori Sakurai (Masters EX)
Anime debut	Classroom Training!
English voice actor	Kether Donohue
Japanese voice actor	Noriko Shitaya

Candice (Japanese: スズナ Suzuna) is the Gym Leader of Snowpoint City's Gym, known officially as the Snowpoint Gym. She hands out the Icicle Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.

In the core series

Candice uses Ice-type Pokémon in her battles. Trainers who defeat her will receive the Icicle Badge, TM72 (Avalanche), and will be able to use Rock Climb outside of battle. Candice teaches that before battling with Pokémon, a person needs to befriend them first. Candice has an interest in fashion and romance as well as Pokémon, and believes a person should put all their focus into whatever they do. She sometimes muses that she acts the opposite of the way people would expect an Ice-type Gym Leader to behave – warm and friendly instead of cold and distant. Similarly to Mira, she sometimes refers to herself in third person; using her own name instead of using the personal pronoun "I". This is typical in Japanese, where it is used to indicate femininity or childishness.

She later allows the player entry into the Snowpoint Temple, and, in Platinum, will appear occasionally for rematches at the Battleground.

In Platinum, Maylene mentions in Snowpoint's Pokémon Center that she admires Candice for being studious. She also mentions that Candice wanted to practice against her to learn about the Fighting-type because of it being a weakness of Ice-type Pokémon.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Leader Candice Snowpoint Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $5040

Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: None Snover♀ Lv.38 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Sneasel♀ Lv.38 Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♀ Lv.40 Force Palm Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Sitrus Berry Abomasnow♀ Lv.42 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --

Pokémon Platinum

Gym battle

Leader Candice Snowpoint Gym Platinum Reward: $5280

Types: Dark Ice Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Sneasel♀ Lv.40 Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Piloswine♀ Lv.40 Hail Ice Status   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: None Abomasnow♀ Lv.42 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Sitrus Berry Froslass♀ Lv.44 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --

Rematch

Leader Candice Battleground Platinum Reward: $7800

Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: None Weavile♀ Lv.62 Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Mamoswine♀ Lv.61 Hail Ice Status   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: None Abomasnow♀ Lv.61 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Froslass♀ Lv.63 Hail Ice Status   --       Ominous Wind Ghost Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Sitrus Berry Glaceon♂ Lv.65 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Mirror Coat Psychic Special   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon World Tournament

Candice 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, Froslass.

Sinnoh Leaders Tournament

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

Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Petaya Berry Froslass♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Occa Berry Abomasnow♂/♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: Chople Berry Weavile♂/♀ Lv.50 Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Salac Berry Glaceon♂/♀ Lv.50 Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Oblivious or Snow Cloak Held item: Liechi Berry Mamoswine♂/♀ Lv.50 Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Inner Focus or Ice Body Held item: Rock Gem Glalie♂/♀ Lv.50 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Hail Ice Status   --

Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament

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

Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Petaya Berry Froslass♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Occa Berry Abomasnow♂/♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: Chople Berry Weavile♂/♀ Lv.50 Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Life Orb Glaceon♂/♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Oblivious or Snow Cloak Held item: Salac Berry Mamoswine♂/♀ Lv.50 Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Inner Focus or Ice Body Held item: Rock Gem Glalie♂/♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Hail Ice Status   --

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Gym battle

Gym Leader Candice Snowpoint Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $5,208

Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Icy Rock Snover♀ Lv.38 Mist Ice Status   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pickpocket Held item: Chople Berry Sneasel♀ Lv.38 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: Expert Belt Medicham♀ Lv.40 Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Sitrus Berry Abomasnow♀ Lv.42 Aurora Veil Ice Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Candice Snowpoint Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $8,928

Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Icy Rock Abomasnow♀ Lv.68 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Aurora Veil Ice Status   --       Types: Ice Psychic Ability: Dry Skin Held item: Focus Sash Jynx♀ Lv.70 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Sweet Kiss Fairy Status   --       Lovely Kiss Normal Status   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Expert Belt Mamoswine♀ Lv.68 Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Sitrus Berry Froslass♀ Lv.70 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Aurora Veil Ice Status   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Ice Body Held item: Leftovers Glaceon♂ Lv.70 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Freeze-Dry Ice Special   --       Baby-Doll Eyes Fairy Status   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: Life Orb Weavile♀ Lv.72 Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --

Battle Tower

Master Class Single Battles (Rank 7)

Gym Leader Candice Battle Tower Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: 15 BP

# Pokémon Ability Item Moves Stats HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed Team A 0460 Abomasnow Snow Warning  Icy Rock Blizzard Giga Drain Earth Power Ice Shard 197 87 95 158 105 80 0378 Regice Ice Body  Leftovers Blizzard Thunderbolt Amnesia Rest 177 49 167 131 220 70 0091 Cloyster Skill Link  Focus Sash Shell Smash Razor Shell Icicle Spear Rock Blast 126 161 200 81 65 122 Team B 0485 Heatran Flash Fire  Choice Scarf Magma Storm Flash Cannon Earth Power Dark Pulse 167 121 126 182 126 101 0473 Mamoswine Thick Fat  Focus Sash Earthquake Icicle Spear Rock Tomb Ice Shard 186 182 100 67 80 145 0471 Glaceon Ice Body  Never-Melt Ice Freeze-Dry Shadow Ball Ice Shard Mirror Coat 172 72 130 200 115 86 Team C 0131 Lapras Water Absorb  Sitrus Berry Surf Freeze-Dry Thunderbolt Sheer Cold 237 106 100 150 115 72 0473 Mamoswine Thick Fat  Focus Sash Earthquake Icicle Spear Rock Tomb Ice Shard 186 182 100 67 80 145 0003 Venusaur Overgrow  Black Sludge Giga Drain Sludge Bomb Sleep Powder Synthesis 187 78 148 121 120 100

Master Class Double Battles (Rank 5)

Gym Leader and Gym Leader Maylene Candice Battle Tower Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: 15 BP

# Pokémon Ability Item Moves Stats HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed Team A 0237 Hitmontop Intimidate  Sitrus Berry Close Combat Fake Out Wide Guard Quick Guard 157 161 116 36 130 90 0448 Lucario Inner Focus  Muscle Band Close Combat Extreme Speed Meteor Mash Protect 146 162 90 108 90 156 0460 Abomasnow Snow Warning  Choice Scarf Blizzard Energy Ball Earth Power Focus Blast 166 87 95 144 105 123 0478 Froslass Snow Cloak  Bright Powder Blizzard Shadow Ball Thunderbolt Protect 146 76 90 132 90 178 Team B 0237 Hitmontop Intimidate  Sitrus Berry Close Combat Fake Out Wide Guard Quick Guard 126 161 115 36 130 122 0448 Lucario Inner Focus  Muscle Band Close Combat Extreme Speed Meteor Mash Protect 146 162 90 108 90 156 0460 Abomasnow Snow Warning  Choice Scarf Blizzard Energy Ball Earth Power Focus Blast 166 87 95 144 105 123 0144 Articuno Snow Cloak  Choice Specs Blizzard Hurricane Freeze-Dry Ancient Power 166 81 120 147 145 150 Team C 0237 Hitmontop Intimidate  Sitrus Berry Close Combat Fake Out Wide Guard Quick Guard 157 161 116 36 130 90 0257 Blaziken Speed Boost  Muscle Band Flare Blitz Close Combat Earthquake Protect 156 189 90 103 90 132 0461 Weavile Pickpocket  Focus Sash Ice Shard Fake Out Night Slash Ice Punch 146 172 85 45 105 194 0460 Abomasnow Snow Warning  Choice Scarf Blizzard Energy Ball Earth Power Focus Blast 166 87 95 144 105 123

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Candice (Masters)

Artwork

Official artwork from Diamond and Pearl	Sticker Template background from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Sprites

Sprite from Diamond and Pearl	Sprite from Platinum	Sprite from Black 2 and White 2	VS sprite from Platinum	VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Battle Tower VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Overworld sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum		Overworld sprite from Black 2 and White 2	Sprite from the Badge Case from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Sprite from the Badge Case from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Quotes

Main article: Candice/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Candice in the anime

Candice and Zoey are childhood friends who met at Snowpoint City’s Trainers' School. Zoey also refers to Candice as “Miss Senior” because they went to the same school together, while Candice calls her Zo-Zo (Japanese: ノゾチ Nozotchi) in return. When they were younger, Candice helped Zoey to take care of a Glameow until Zoey was old enough to begin a journey with it. The two grew up together and promised each other to work hard to fulfill their dreams, with Candice hoping to become a very successful Trainer and Zoey wishing to be a Top Coordinator.

Candice debuted in Classroom Training!, where she ambushed Ash, his friends and Zoey with her Abomasnow just for the fun of it. Candice was later revealed to be a teacher at Snowpoint City's Trainers' School, where she teaches its adult class. She then asked Ash to help her teach a class before their Gym match, and he agreed. Ash and Dawn joined the adult class, which Team Rocket also enrolled in, though struggled during Candice's riddle-filled quiz session. Later, Candice helped Ash and his friends defeat Team Rocket after they attempted to steal the school's Poké Balls.

Ash battled Candice in a four-on four match in Sliding Into Seventh!. Ash selected Grotle, and it used Rock Climb to overcome the otherwise slippery ice field and defeat Candice's Sneasel. Her Medicham was knocked out by Ash's Staraptor in the second round. Gliscor was unable to hit Candice's Snover, and it was defeated by a barrage of Grass and Ice moves. Ash called on Chimchar, and soon the battlefield was filled with steam after Snover's Icy Wind blocked Chimchar's Flamethrower. After Snover was defeated, Candice sent out her powerhouse Abomasnow. Its strong Blizzard forced Ash to recall Chimchar. Abomasnow also defeated Staraptor and later Ash's Grotle. Ash noticing some of the ice fragment sliding on the battlefield, so he had Chimchar snowboard around the field and hit Abomasnow with several Flamethrowers. Abomasnow was hit by a direct Flame Wheel, earning Ash the victory and the Icicle Badge.

Candice appeared briefly in A Pyramiding Rage!, where Paul challenged her to a Gym battle. She joined everyone in the bleachers and watched Paul go up against Pyramid King Brandon. She and Zoey later waved goodbye to Ash, his friends, Paul and Reggie as the pair prepared to have their own match against each other. Paul earned his own Icicle Badge sometime between the aforementioned episode and Pedal to the Mettle!.

She made another appearance in Double-Time Battle Training!, where she watched Zoey defeat Rebecca in the Brussel Town Pokémon Contest, earning her fifth Ribbon. Enthralled by Zoey's battle, she did not even realize that Ash, Dawn, and Brock were sitting next to her in the Contest Hall.

Candice with her sweater on

Later, Candice held a small party for Zoey to celebrate her victory and invited Ash and his friends as well. They enjoyed a table of pastries and desserts as their meal, and Candice shared that her favorite dessert of all is Snowpoint City's Tamato Berry Ice Cream Sandwich. She described it as "hot and spicy on the inside and cold on the outside", saying that oftentimes things that don't seem to go well together at first are sometimes the most compatible. These words inspired Dawn's idea for the Flame Ice combination. When Dawn was practicing the next day, Candice helped her by showing a variation of the move Ice Shard together with her Abomasnow.

She appeared again in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, where she and Zoey watched Dawn's performance on TV where they saw Dawn's perfected Flame Ice combination in action. She also made another brief cameo appearance in A Grand Fight for Winning!, watching the Contest Battle between Dawn and Zoey in the final round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival on television along with her students. In addition, she made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Character

Candice is an overly sweet character who enjoys the fun of surprising her friends in unpredictable ways like ambush attacks or celebratory parties. She is incredibly supportive of her friends' ambitions. She always encourages Zoey to do her best, and she left Snowpoint City just to watch Zoey compete in the Brussel Contest. She also helped Dawn to practice for the Daybreak Contest after seeing Dawn struggle to perfect a combo. Candice is a fantastic mentor, though her positive nature and intense confidence can be overwhelming. Her trademark is using the term "kiai" in regular speech instead of as a sound effect, such as in the line, "Get your kiai on!".

She doesn't take her role as the Snowpoint City Gym Leader too seriously, namely because she rarely gets challengers. However, Candice does enjoy the feeling of victory and strives to perform her best. Candice has trained her Pokémon to overcome their respective type disadvantages, where her Snover and Abomasnow were shown to be able to blow away typically effective Fire attacks. She attacks her opponents with an intense barrages of attacks, and her Pokémon can also deliver knock out physical attacks at close-range.

Pokémon

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

Abomasnow ♀

Debut	Classroom Training!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chie Satō
English	Marc Thompson

Candice's main Pokémon and the major powerhouse of her team is Abomasnow. She first appeared battling Zoey's Glameow soon after Ash and his friends entered Snowpoint City. She was later paired with Buizel to help stop Team Rocket from stealing the Snowpoint Trainers' School supply of Pokémon.

In Sliding Into Seventh!, Abomasnow was Candice's final Pokémon in her Gym battle against Ash. Abomasnow knocked out Staraptor and Grotle before Chimchar defeated her with Flame Wheel.

Abomasnow made another appearance in Double-Time Battle Training!, where Candice used her to demonstrate move combinations for Dawn. She reappeared in a flashback in League Unleashed!.

Abomasnow briefly appeared alongside Candice during the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Abomasnow's known moves are Ice Shard, Wood Hammer, Blizzard, Ice Punch, and Razor Leaf.

Sneasel ♀

Debut	Sliding Into Seventh!
Voice actors
Japanese	Satsuki Yukino
English	Kayzie Rogers

Sneasel was the first Pokémon used by Candice during her Gym battle against Ash when she went up against Grotle. Although Sneasel had an obvious type advantage and could skate across the icy battlefield, Grotle was able to use its new defensive battle technique to absorb Sneasel's attacks and knocked her out with Rock Climb.

Sneasel's known moves are Icy Wind and Fury Swipes.

Medicham ♀

Debut	Sliding Into Seventh!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Sarah Natochenny

Candice's second choice was Medicham. Medicham was sent up against Staraptor. Despite a good battle, she was knocked out by Staraptor's Brave Bird.

Medicham's known moves are Confusion and Fire Punch.

Snover ♀

Debut	Sliding Into Seventh!
Voice actors
Japanese	Satsuki Yukino
English	Billy Beach

Snover was Candice's third Pokémon to be used, and she proved to be a powerful battler, knowing plenty of Ice and Grass attacks that were used to defeat Ash's Gliscor. However, Snover was knocked out by Ash's Chimchar.

Snover's known moves are Razor Leaf, Ice Beam, Bullet Seed, and Icy Wind.

Dodrio ♀

Debut	A Pyramiding Rage!

Candice has a Dodrio that she used as a mode of transportation in A Pyramiding Rage!.

None of Dodrio's moves are known.

Temporary

Turtwig

Debut	Classroom Training!

Candice used a Turtwig when she was younger in the Snowpoint Trainers' School, as seen in a flashback in Classroom Training!. It is unknown if it is now in her ownership or if it still is used for youngsters in the Trainers' School.

None of Turtwig's moves are known.

Helped raise

Glameow

Debut	Mounting a Coordinator Assault!
Voice actors
Japanese	Ikue Ohtani
English	Ikue Ohtani

Main article: Zoey's Glameow

Candice stated that she helped raise Zoey's Glameow when she was younger. Zoey kept it in a shed outside the Snowpoint Trainers' School when her parents would not let her have it. One day, Mr. Honcho, the headmaster of the school, found out what Zoey was doing. Candice stepped in, and Mr. Honcho eventually gave in. Candice and Glameow have been friends ever since.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 下屋則子 Noriko Shitaya English Kether Donohue Czech Jitka Moučková (DP126-DP128) Jana Páleníčková (DP155) Finnish Annituuli Kasurinen Hindi रूचा दिघे Rucha Dighe (Marvel HQ/ Hungama TV) Norwegian Hanne Dancke Arnesen Polish Monika Pikuła Brazilian Portuguese Tess Amorim Spanish Latin America Cristina Hernández (DP126-DP128) Cynthia de Pando (DP155) Spain Valle Acebrón (DP126-DP128) Blanca Hualde (DP155)

GOTCHA!

Candice briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters DP

Candice appeared in a flashback in PMDP07.

Pokémon Adventures

Candice and her Froslass with Volkner and his Electivire

Candice first appeared in Route 217 saving Platinum when she fell from her skis after angering a pack of Graveler. Eventually, Platinum challenged her to a Gym battle, where her Snover double-KO'd with Platinum's Empoleon, and her Froslass took over to fight Platinum's Rapidash. At first, the newly evolved Fire Horse Pokémon seemed to take the lead against Froslass' ineffective Ice attacks, but Candice soon realized that Platinum's real objective wasn't to win the Gym Badge sincerely, but rather to get it over with so she can protect Uxie at Lake Acuity. Upon this realization, she ordered Froslass to attack with a Wake-Up Slap and deal massive damage on the sleeping Rapidash, and then withdrew Froslass before switching out to Abomasnow. Losing motivation, she asked the Sinnoh Pokémon League chairman if she could stop the battle, but ended up continuing anyway. With Rapidash close to fainting, Platinum switched out to her new capture, Lopunny, who was surprisingly able to defeat the massive bulk, but eventually was beaten by Froslass. As Candice gloated over her seeming victory, however, it was discovered that Lopunny used Healing Wish to revitalize Rapidash (fainting in the process), who, with a surprise attack, took out Candice's last Pokémon, winning the battle.

Afterwards, she awarded Platinum the Icicle Badge, and the two traveled together to Lake Acuity with Maylene to protect Uxie, only to be promptly defeated by Jupiter's superior brawn and tactics. She later called Byron and told him to send them someone to train them in so that they can become stronger. After some difficulty with their new Trainer, Volkner, Platinum managed to convince him to train them. At the Spear Pillar she, along with Maylene, fought Jupiter a second time, this time defeating her. She along with her fellow Gym Leaders fought Cyrus and managed to break his Red Chain but brought upon themselves the wrath of Cyrus with it and were defeated.

Pokémon

Abomasnow ♀

Debut	Disagreeable Graveler

Abomasnow is one of Candice's main Pokémon. She was first seen when Platinum had bumped into a Graveler while skiing. She took her to the city so she could rest. Afterwards, she was used in her Gym match and was Candice's third Pokémon, against Platinum's newly caught Lopunny. She first successfully hit the Rabbit Pokémon with an Ice Shard, but it could stand it. Despite being an inexperienced member of her team, Lopunny was swiftly able to avoid the massive Pokémon's Focus Blasts, and to defeat her with a nimble Jump Kick.

Abomasnow's known moves are Ice Shard, Focus Blast, and Rock Climb, and its Ability is Snow Warning.

Snover ♀

Debut	Striking Out Snover

Snover was the first Pokémon used by Candice during her Gym battle against Platinum against her Empoleon. Due to her opponent's Steel-type advantage, she was quickly defeated by a powerful Metal Claw, however, before she fainted, she had fired a Seed Bomb, which hit the Emperor Pokémon in the head, defeating her.

Snover's only known move is Seed Bomb, and her Ability is Snow Warning.

Given away

Froslass ♀

Debut	To and Fro with Froslass

Main article: Platinum's Froslass

Candice's secret weapon in her match against Platinum is Froslass, who to counter her used her Rapidash. With his speed, Rapidash was able to avoid Froslass's icy attack, but when it was finally hit, Rested to be saved for Candice's last Pokémon, only to be hit by a powerful Wake-Up Slap, nearly fainting him. After switching with Abomasnow, and the latter being defeated, she went against Lopunny, and stopped its jumping strategy and defeated it, but just before she could claim victory, she was defeated by Rapidash who had it energy restored by Lopunny's Healing Wish, earning Platinum the battle. After the Gym battle, she was taken to Lake Acuity where she was defeated by Jupiter. Later, at the Spear Pillar, Candice gave her to Platinum.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Candice in Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Candice's first appearance was in A Novel Test!, where she provided Hareta with a challenge to see if he could defeat Team Galactic. Despite his initial reluctance, Candice was able to convince Hareta to battle her after sending out her Legendary titans, selecting Regice and Regirock to use in a Double Battle against Hareta's Luxio and Riolu. Making use of her titans's Clear Body Ability to negate Luxio's Intimidate, Candice was seemingly able to defeat both of Hareta's Pokémon with ease; however, as she began to walk away, Riolu evolved into Lucario, immediately defeating both Regice and Regirock and winning the battle. Impressed by Hareta's capabilities, Candice took him to Snowpoint Temple, revealing that the purpose of their battle had been to determine if he would be able to catch Regigigas.

After supervising Hareta's capture of Regigigas, Candice joined the attack on Team Galactic's headquarters, where she was defeated along with the other Gym Leaders.

Pokémon

These are the Pokémon that Candice is known to have:

Regice

Debut	A Novel Test!!

Regice was used by Candice to test Hareta's ability to capture the Legendary titan master, Regigigas. It is her only known Pokémon that is her specialty type. Regice was also used along with the other titans to awaken Regigigas.

Regice's only known move is Ice Beam, and its Ability is Clear Body.

Regirock

Debut	A Novel Test!!

Regirock was used by Candice to test Hareta's ability to capture the Legendary titan master, Regigigas. Regirock was also used along with the other titans to awaken Regigigas.

Regirock's known moves are Hammer Arm and Dig, and its Ability is Clear Body.

Registeel

Debut	A Novel Test!!

Registeel was the only one of Candice's titans not used in her battle against Hareta. It was later used along with the other titans to awaken Regigigas.

None of Registeel's moves are known and its Ability is Clear Body.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Candice or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Candice's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Froslass		Rising Rivals		6/111	Bonds to the End of Time		026/090
Mamoswine		Rising Rivals		27/111	Bonds to the End of Time		025/090
Glalie		Silver Tempest		042/195	Paradigm Trigger		020/098
Froslass		Silver Tempest		043/195	Paradigm Trigger		021/098
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Candice	Su	Silver Tempest		152/195	Paradigm Trigger		095/098
		Silver Tempest		189/195	Paradigm Trigger		113/098
		Silver Tempest		204/195	Paradigm Trigger		121/098

Trivia

• Candice is the only Gym Leader from Sinnoh that Ash did not have a 3-on-3 battle with. Instead, it was a 4-on-4.
• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Candice is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader to use two Pokémon within the same evolutionary line on her team: Snover and Abomasnow.
• All of Candice's Pokémon in Diamond and Pearl are Pokémon that have gender differences.
• In the Generation IV games, the highest-leveled Pokémon in Candice's team differs between every battle.
• In Platinum, Candice is the only Gym Leader whose Battleground rematch team contains only Pokémon which are in the Sinnoh Dex.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	スズナ Suzuna	From 菘 suzuna (old name for turnip) and 涼しい suzushii (cool)
English, Latin American Spanish	Candice	From candida (Latin for shining white) and ice
German	Frida	From frieren (to freeze)
European Spanish	Inverna	From invierno (winter)
French	Gladys	From glace (ice)
Italian	Bianca	From bianca (white)
Korean	무청 Mucheong	From 무청 (蕪菁) mucheong (radish greens)
Chinese (Mandarin)	小菘 Xiǎo Sōng*	From 菘 sōng, another name for Napa cabbage
	鈴菜 Língcài*	From the Japanese name 鈴菜 Suzuna
Chinese (Cantonese)	小菘 Síu Sūng	From 菘 sūng, another name for Napa cabbage
Vietnamese	Suzuna	Transcription of her Japanese name

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Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
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This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.