Bianca (anime)
- This article is about the anime counterpart of Bianca. For the character from Pokémon Heroes, see Bianca (movie).
| Bianca ベル Bel | |
 Bianca | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Eye color | Green |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Hometown | Nuvema Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Father |
| Trainer class | Trainer |
| Game counterpart | Bianca |
| Anime debut | Minccino-Neat and Tidy! |
| English voice actor | Erica Schroeder |
| Japanese voice actor | Shizuka Itō |
Bianca (Japanese: ベル Bel) is a Pokémon Trainer from the Unova region. She is one of Ash's three rivals in Unova and is also a recurring traveling companion.
History
Bianca made her debut appearance in Minccino-Neat and Tidy!, where she was sent by Professor Juniper to deliver a Badge case to Ash. Unfortunately, Bianca ended up knocking Ash and Cilan into a nearby stream. Despite being older than Ash, she has only just started her journey due to her father not allowing her to become a Trainer when she turned ten.
Bianca is shown to be very excitable, for instance when a Minccino stole the Badge case and Ash attempted to use Oshawott to get it back, Bianca commanded him to use Hydro Pump despite the fact that Oshawott wasn't her Pokémon nor did he even know that move. She later made the same mistake when she commanded Pikachu to use Zap Cannon.
She also had a battle against Ash, where she used her Pignite against his Pikachu. Ash was planning to use Oshawott for said battle but Bianca demanded that he use Pikachu. She lost the battle after putting up a hard fight.
Prior to Emolga the Irresistible!, Bianca joined the group and accompanied them on their way to Nimbasa City. She was enjoying an evening lunch with Ash and company when Iris's Axew drops a fruit down a hill where it is caught by a wild Emolga. She then runs after Emolga and smothers her in hugs. Determined to catch Emolga, Bianca challenges her to battle Minccino, who ends up losing. Emolga then flies off and Bianca chases after her. After several failed attempts at catching Emolga, Bianca is crushed to find that Emolga accepts Iris as her Trainer instead.
In Emolga and the New Volt Switch!, Bianca wanted to have a battle with Iris's newly caught Emolga. However, Emolga had other interests besides battling and kept using Volt Switch to get other Pokémon to battle Bianca instead including Iris's Excadrill, Cilan's Pansage and Ash's Snivy. She also used her Pignite against Snivy for a short training session. After learning Ash earned three Badges already, Bianca leaves the group in hopes to win more Badges on her own.
Bianca met up with Ash and friends again in Nimbasa Town in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!. She was enamored with Luke's Zorua and attempted to catch her not knowing that she already had a Trainer. Bianca also decided to enter the Club Battle tournament along with the group. In the next episode, she battled Stephan in the first round of the tournament where she used her Minccino against his Zebstrika. Zebstrika proved too powerful and defeated Minccino, thus knocking Bianca out of the tournament.
Bianca reappeared in Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! where she battled Elesa in a Gym battle. However, all of her Pokémon were defeated by Elesa's Zebstrika.
Bianca reappeared in Crisis at Chargestone Cave! where she revealed that she was going to trade her Shelmet for Professor Juniper's Karrablast. However, before that, the wild Galvantula and Joltik in the area started to cause trouble so she decided to help Ash and the group deal with the problem. In the end it was revealed that Team Rocket was behind the whole ordeal and after helping defeat them, Bianca met up with Professor Juniper.
In Evolution Exchange Excitement! Professor Juniper and Bianca traded their Shelmet and Karrablast together, making them evolve into Accelgor and Escavalier respectively. However, as soon as it had evolved, Escavalier started disobeying Bianca. To improve their team work, Bianca and Professor Juniper decided to use their new Pokémon in a Tag Battle against Cilan's Crustle and Ash's Boldore. As Accelgor protected Escavalier by using Substitute, the two Pokémon started to work better as a team, and they were able to defeat Boldore together. Despite that both Accelgor and Escavalier were then defeated by Cilan's Crustle, Bianca was glad that her new Pokémon was now obeying her.
Bianca reappeared in The Clubsplosion Begins! in order to register in the Clubsplosion tournament. She discovered that her first opponent was Trip who took her very lightly as an opponent. Her battle with Trip began in Search for the Clubultimate! where it was revealed she had evolved her Pignite into Emboar. Though Emboar was on the field, Bianca was nowhere to be found. A bit later she runs onto the battlefield, claiming that she was late because she was too busy touching Domon's Mienshao's muscles, then trips and falls on her face. However it does not get her down and is as eager as ever to get the battle started.
She has Emboar attack with moves like Arm Thrust and Hammer Arm but Trip has Conkeldurr block with its concrete pillars. Bianca becomes concerned about losing the battle after Emboar becomes trapped in Conkeldurr's Rock Tomb and cannot evade its Stone Edge. However, in the next episode, Bianca cried to Emboar to do something before the attack made contact. A smile then comes to her face seeing that Emboar actually caught the stones in his arms. She then commanded him to use Fling to send the rocks back at Conkeldurr. Conkeldurr becomes distracted by it and Bianca has Emboar take its concrete pillars from it then used Fling again to throw them back at it, which knocked out Conkeldurr and got Bianca through to the second round.
Later on, Bianca discovered that her opponent for the second round was Georgia and her Bisharp whom she defeated rather quickly. She then battled Stephan again in Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!, but lost.
Character
Much like her game counterpart, Bianca is a sweet girl but is also an airhead. She is also somewhat clumsy and unorganized. Every time she meets up with the main characters, she runs excitedly towards them then trips causing her to collide with Ash and knocking him into a body of water. Afterwards, she apologizes to him profusely.
Bianca has a soft spot for cute Pokémon like Minccino, Emolga, and Zorua and will stop at nothing to try to capture them. In fact, she spends a few episodes of the Club Battle arc trying to get a hold of Luke's Zorua who keeps disguising herself to trick her. Bianca also tends to think of odd schemes to lure a Pokémon out like planting a dirty spoon under a cloche so she can trap Minccino. If her attempts at capturing fail, she will often have a temper tantrum about it. She cares dearly for her Pokémon, often crying out in sorrow when they're defeated. It was revealed in The Clubsplosion Begins! that she also likes Pokémon with muscles such as Sawk, Throh and Mienshao.
She tends to do things at her own pace which often involves rushing and forcing people along with her. She was impatient to capture Minccino, as well as during battles, to the point that Ash, Iris, and Cilan have trouble keeping up with her. She wastes no time when giving her Pokémon commands, though this raw speed and power causes her many blunders.
Pokémon
This listing is of Bianca's known Pokémon in the anime:
On hand
| Debut | Minccino-Neat and Tidy! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kensuke Satō |
| English | Marc Thompson (Pignite) |
- Main article: Bianca's Emboar
Emboar was Bianca's starter Pokémon. Bianca attempted to use him to catch a wild Minccino that had stolen the dirty Badge case that she had given to Ash.
| Debut | Minccino-Neat and Tidy! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Mai Aizawa |
| English | Michele Knotz |
- Main article: Bianca's Minccino
Minccino first appeared in Minccino-Neat and Tidy! where he stole Ash's Badge case. Bianca ends up capturing him at the end of the episode by accident when he attempted to clean her dirty Poké Ball.
| Debut | Evolution Exchange Excitement! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Chinami Nishimura (Karrablast) Kenta Miyake (Escavalier) |
| English | Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (Karrablast) Jason Griffith (Escavalier) |
Bianca traded her Shelmet for Professor Juniper's Karrablast so that both Pokémon could evolve. However once it did, Escavalier started to chase her down and also refused to listen to her commands. During its Tag Battle with Accelgor as its partner, it learned to cooperate with both it and Bianca.
As a Karrablast, Escavalier knew Peck, and Take Down.
Escavalier's known moves are Fury Attack, Quick Guard, Iron Defense and Hyper Beam.
Traded away
| Debut | Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kiyotaka Furushima |
| English | Eileen Stevens |
Bianca's Shelmet debuted in Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!, where she used it in her battle against Elesa's Zebstrika, but it was quickly defeated. Bianca was worried after the battle that Shelmet might not be feeling well after losing the way it did. Iris made up a special remedy for it to help it get back its energy.
In Crisis at Chargestone Cave!, Bianca mentioned that she had come to the area to trade Shelmet for Professor Juniper's Karrablast, so that they may evolve. In Evolution Exchange Excitement!, before the trade, Shelmet battled with the Karrablast it would soon be traded for. However with its timid nature, all Shelmet did was use Protect. It is because of this tactic that the battle was called off as it was clear the battle would drag on at that rate.
As of the trade, Shelmet's known moves were Acid, Energy Ball, and Protect.
Badges
- Two unknown Badges (prior to Minccino-Neat and Tidy!)
- An unknown Badge (prior to Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!)
Pokémon competitions
- Club Battle (Top 16)
- Clubsplosion (Top 4)
Voice actors
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Trivia
- Bianca is Ash's first and only regular female rival so far.
- She is the only Unova rival to encounter Team Rocket.
- Bianca is Ash's only Unova rival to have a Pokémon evolve on-screen.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ベル Bel | From the Slavic prefix bel-, white. Also Celtic god of light. Another possibility is "Belle", French for beautiful. |
| English, French, Spanish | Bianca | Means "white" in Italian. |
| German | Bell | Same as Japanese name. |
| Italian | Belle | Same as Japanese name. |
| Spanish | Bel | Same as Japanese name. |
| Korean | 벨 Bel | Same as Japanese name. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 白露 Báilù | Transliteration of her Japanese name. Also translates to white dew. |
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