Janine

Janine アンズ Anzu
""The Poisonous Ninja Master""
[[File:|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Female
Hometown	Fuchsia City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Koga (father)
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	II, III, IV
Games	Pokémon Gold, Silver Crystal, Stadium 2, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver
Leader of	Fuchsia Gym
Badge	Soul Badge

Janine (Japanese: アンズ Anzu) is the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City's Gym, known officially as the Fuchsia Gym, after her father, Koga, is promoted to the Elite Four in Generation II. She specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. She gives the Soul Badge to Trainers who defeat her. In the English versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, her name is mistakenly listed as Charine.

In the games

Janine's first appearance was in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Following Koga's promotion to the Elite Four, she succeeds him as the Gym Leader of the Fuchsia Gym. Like her father, she is known as "The Poisonous Ninja Master", and uses Template:Type2 Pokémon in battle. She appears in the same capacity in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Originally, Janine's goal was to use Template:Type2 Pokémon just as well as her father. After becoming a Gym Leader, Janine hopes that by applying herself, she'll improve her skills and become better than her father, and (following her loss) the protagonist.

When encountered in her Gym, Janine hides behind the invisible walls that were installed prior to Generation I/III. To further confuse her challengers, the junior Trainers of the Gym are disguised like Janine. Once they have been defeated, the Leader will battle with a team of Poison-type Pokémon. Once defeated, she will yield the Soul Badge and a Poison-type TM: TM06 (Toxic) in Generation II; TM84 (Poison Jab) in Generation IV.

Like the other Gym Leaders of Kanto and Johto, Janine will leave her Gym from time to time in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Every evening between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM, she can be found at the Pokémon League Reception Gate near Victory Road, presumably to visit her father. She will give travelers her phone number, after which she can be called on Monday afternoons to arrange a rematch at Saffron City's Fighting Dojo.

Before the events that led to her employment as the Gym Leader, Janine hung around outside the Fuchsia Zoo. She will tell the protagonist of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen that Koga is teaching her how to use Poison Pokémon in an obvious reference the the previously released Generation II games.

Janine also apears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Kanto Gym Leader Castle. This is the only time in which her active team contains Pokémon not of the Poison-type.

Pokémon

This listing is for Janine's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:SpriteJanine.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $3900

Types: Poison Flying Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.36 Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.36 Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Smog Poison   --       Toxic Poison   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.36 Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Smog Poison   --       Toxic Poison   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: None Ariados♂ Lv.33 String Shot Bug   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: None Venomoth♂ Lv.39 Toxic Poison   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Foresight Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle

File:JanineHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6000

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat Lv.47 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing Lv.44 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Double Hit Normal Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Ariados♀ Lv.47 Swagger Normal Status   --       Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Pin Missile Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Ariados♀ Lv.47 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Pin Missile Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Shield Dust Held item: Sitrus Berry Venomoth♀ Lv.50 Double Team Normal Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --

Second battle (rematch)

File:JanineHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6600

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♀ Lv.52 Heat Wave Fire Special   --       Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Dry Skin Held item: None Toxicroak♀ Lv.52 Cross Chop Fighting Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Substitute Normal Status   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♀ Lv.56 Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Sniper Held item: None Drapion♀ Lv.55 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Ariados♀ Lv.58 Bounce Flying Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Tinted Lens Held item: Sitrus Berry Venomoth♀ Lv.59 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Double Team Normal Status   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

File:S2 Leader Janine.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 1 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 1 Reward: None

Types: Poison Flying Held item: King's Rock Crobat♀ Lv.50 Mean Look Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Bite Dark   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: Focus Band Weezing♂ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Swagger Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: Quick Claw Ariados♀ Lv.50 Swagger Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Dig Ground   --       Spider Web Bug   --       Types: Water Poison Held item: Miracle Berry Tentacruel♀ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Stantler♂ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Ground Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Gligar♀ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Swagger Normal   --       Slash Normal   --

Round 2

File:S2 Leader Janine.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 2 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 2 Reward: None

Types: Poison Flying Held item: King's Rock Crobat Lv.50 Toxic Poison   --       Bite Dark   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Water Unknown Held item: Bright Powder Vaporeon Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --       Types: Grass Unknown Held item: Quick Claw Meganium Lv.50 Toxic Poison   --       Attract Normal   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: Focus Band Muk Lv.50 Toxic Poison   --       Swagger Normal   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Types: Normal Psychic Held item: Miracle Berry Girafarig Lv.50 Crunch Dark   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Types: Bug Steel Held item: None Forretress Lv.50 Spikes Ground   --       Sandstorm Rock   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Quotes

File:SpriteJanine.gif	File:JanineHGSS.gif
Janine's sprite from Generation II	Janine's sprite from Generation IV	Janine's VS sprite from Generation IV

"My father is Gym Leader of this town. I'm training to use Poison Pokémon as well as my father."

"Fufufufu... I'm sorry to disappoint you... I'm only joking! I'm the real deal! Janine of Fuchsia Gym, that's me!"

"You're a tough one. You definitely won... Here's Soul Badge. Take it."

"I'm going to really apply myself and improve my skills. I want to become better than both father and you!"

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Janine Special.png

Janine and her Ariados

Janine is the daughter of Koga, and the new Gym Leader at Fuchsia City. She does, however, leave town on many occasions to perform various jobs/ simulations for anyone with the money to hire her. She was shown in VS. Crobat to be in the middle of such a job, pretending to steal a large pearl to test the security at the Goldenrod Museum. After completing it, she pauses on a rooftop to wonder what she is doing with her life.

Her father, being both a ninja and a member of Team Rocket, had hoped to make her a member as well, both serving their master, Giovanni. But with Koga and Giovanni's disappearance, she was left alone and unguided. Searching for not just her father, but a master, Janine found herself in the same situation as Suicune, whom also was searching for a Trainer in its upcoming battle.

Suddenly, Suicune appeared before Janine, and challenged her with her Crobat. Suicune seemed initially caught off-guard by her tactics, but soon won. Before he left, Janine expressed her desires for finding her own master, just as she felt Suicune was.

Janine later fought against Falkner at the Gym Leaders Challenge. Despite overwhelming attacks, she forfeited the match when she left the battlefield, pursuing who she thought was her father. She never did catch the mysterious person, however, and it is unknown if they will ever meet again.

Pokémon

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

Ariados

Forretress

Crobat

Weezing

Grimer

In the TCG

File:Janine.jpg

Artwork from VS Series

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

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Janine's Beedrill		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	61/141
Janine's Arbok		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	62/141
Janine's Venomoth		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	63/141
Janine's Weezing		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	64/141
Janine's Ariados		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	65/141
Janine's Crobat		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	66/141
Janine's Shuckle		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	67/141
Janine's TM 01	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	119/141
Janine's TM 02	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	120/141

Trivia

• As of DP165, Janine is the only Gym Leader not to have appeared in the anime.
• In Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, Janine's Pokémon are the lowest leveled of all the Kanto Gym Leaders. This may reflect her status as the newest Gym Leader.
• In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen's Fame Checker, Janine is misnamed as "Charine" in the English versions.

Names

Language	Name	Reference to
Japanese	アンズ (Anzu)	杏 anzu, apricot; 杏 has the on-yomi kyō, referring to Koga's Japanese name.
English	Janine	忍者 ninja with syllables reversed.
French	Jeannine	Similar to the word ninja.
German	Janina	Similar to the word ninja
Italian	Nina	Similar to the word ninja
Spanish	Sachiko	A common Japanese female name.
Korean	도희 (Doheui)	Similar to 독 (poison).
Chinese	阿杏 (Ā Xìng)	杏 is taken from 杏 anzu.

Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Brock	Cerulean Gym Misty	Vermilion Gym Lt. Surge	Celadon Gym Erika
Fuchsia Gym Koga Janine	Saffron Gym Sabrina	Cinnabar Gym Blaine	Viridian Gym Giovanni Blue

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