Stephanie (AG034)

Stephanie

Stephanie is a character of the day who appeared in Having a Wailord of a Time. She was not given a name in the original Japanese version.

Stephanie was going to select her first Pokémon from Nurse Joy in Slateport City. However, while Ash, Brock, and Max were guarding the starters, the Torchic became impatient and began running around the Pokémon Center. In its attempt to escape, it battled several of the group's Pokémon, which eventually caused Torchic to evolve into a Combusken.

Initially, Ash and the others tried to hide the Combusken and use May's Torchic as a diversion so it would seem like nothing had happened. However, their plan fell apart when May became suspicious of her Torchic's absence, and the Combusken busted out of its hiding place. Team Rocket attempted to steal a Wailord, interrupting Stephanie's ability to choose a starter. Afterwards, Nurse Joy told Stephanie that Combusken would probably be a bad Pokémon for a beginning Trainer to use, so she chose Mudkip. her father was drawn to the Treecko, which became his own starter, while Nurse Joy decided to keep Combusken with her at the Pokémon Center.

Pokémon

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Mudkip

Debut	Having a Wailord of a Time
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Tara Jayne

Stephanie's Mudkip was first looked after by Ash and Max. However, it appeared to be upset, so Brock's Mudkip stepped in. In the end, it was picked by Stephanie as her starter Pokémon.

None of Mudkip's moves are known.

Voice actresses

Language Voice actor Japanese 吉原ナツキ Natsuki Yoshihara English Stephanie Haber Polish Iwona Rulewicz Brazilian Portuguese Samira Fernandes Spanish Latin America Mariana Ortiz Spain Isatxa Mengíbar

Trivia

• In the Japanese version, Stephanie was never given a name. She was only referred to as "Girl" in the credits.
  • Her English name, therefore, was likely inspired by her voice actress' name.
• Even though Stephanie is a character of the day from the Hoenn region, she looks identical to a character of the day named Annie from Johto region.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
English, French Italian, German	Stephanie
Russian	Стефани Stefani	Transcription of English name

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