Misty (anime)
| Misty カスミ Kasumi | |
 Misty in the Advanced Generation series, with her Togepi | |
| Age | 10 (as of EP003, not stated in dub) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Viridian |
| Hair color | Orange |
| Hometown | Cerulean City |
| Region | Kanto |
| Relatives | Daisy, Violet, and Lily |
| Trainer class | Trainer, Gym Leader |
| Game counterpart | Misty |
| Leader of | Cerulean Gym |
| Badge | Cascade Badge |
| Specializes in | Water types |
| Anime debut | Pokémon - I Choose You! |
| English voice actor | Rachael Lillis (EP001 - AG134) Michele Knotz (MoMP - present) |
| Japanese voice actor | Mayumi Iizuka |
Misty (Japanese: カスミ Kasumi) is a friend and former traveling partner of Ash Ketchum.
History
Original series
A stubborn tomboy, Misty is the youngest of four sisters who live in the Cerulean Gym. Fed up with her more glamorous older sisters, Misty left the Gym with the goal of becoming the world's greatest Water Pokémon Trainer. She first met Ash when she "caught" him with her fishing line in a river between Pallet Town and Viridian City. She traveled around with Ash, Brock, and Tracey through the Kanto region, the Orange Archipelago, and the Johto region.
Her purpose was ostensibly to get Ash to replace her bicycle, which he had accidentally destroyed when they first met. However, Misty often seemed to have forgotten about the bicycle, indicating that her real reason for following along was that she simply wanted to remain with her friends. During her travels with Ash, she, aside from training to become the best Water Pokémon Trainer, also acted as his coach in many Pokémon battles. It was also her job to drag Brock away from women by his ear.
Misty made her anime debut in Pokémon, I Choose You!, fishing in a nearby river on Route 1. As her fishing rod snagged something, she managed to pull out not a Water-type Pokémon, but Ash and his injured Pikachu, who were being chased by a flock of Spearow. After pointing Ash in the direction of the nearest Pokémon Center, the one in Viridian City, he borrowed her bike, saying that he would return it someday.
In the next episode, Misty appeared in the Pokémon Center after Ash dropped off his Pikachu, holding her charred bike and demanding a new one right away. She got distracted from her demands when Nurse Joy brought Pikachu out, sad to see Pikachu in such condition. Before anything else could be said, an Ekans and Koffing burst through the ceiling, and Team Rocket come through as well. After helping Nurse Joy and Ash wheel Pikachu into the back room, she told Ash to help defend the Pokémon Center with the Pokémon in stock. After a few failed tries, she decided to step in herself, and sent out her Goldeen to buy some time, though she quickly recalled it since it couldn't battle on land. Later in the episode, it was revealed by Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy that Misty had gone with Ash to the Viridian Forest. As the screen cuts to them, Misty lets out a scream, seeing a Bug-type Pokémon, which happens to be a Caterpie, revealing her fear of Bug Pokémon. She told Ash to do something about it, so he decided to throw a Poké Ball at it.
Misty participated in the Whirl Cup alongside Ash from Octillery the Outcast to The Perfect Match!. She defeated Ash in the second round and made it to the best eight of the competition before she narrowly lost to Trinity.
After Ash competed in the Silver Conference, however, her bicycle was repaired and returned to her by the Viridian City Nurse Joy. Misty was shown to be sad that she no longer had the convenient excuse to travel with Ash, especially when she saw that Ash hadn't learned that and had assumed she followed him because of her bike. In addition, her sisters Daisy, Lily, and Violet, called Misty at this time to tell her they were going on a world tour, and needed her to return to Cerulean and watch the Gym in their absence. However, Misty saw how Ash truly cared for her when he saved her from a trio of Pokémon gangsters. Misty wanted to stay with Ash, but felt it was her responsibility to take over the Gym, which would be shut down if left unattended.
Upon the return of her sisters, Misty remained the sole Cerulean Gym Leader. Since their return, only Daisy appears to spend any significant amount of time at the Gym. While working in the Gym, Misty sometimes receives help from Tracey when he is either visiting or running an errand for Professor Oak.
Advanced Generation series and Chronicles
Misty reappeared from The Princess and the Togepi to A Togepi Mirage!, where she met up with Ash and Brock again, along with meeting May and Max for the first time. In A Togepi Mirage, her Togepi evolved into a Togetic and helped defend the Togepi Paradise. Towards the end of the episode, Togetic decided to stay with the other Togepi to protect them, sharing one last tearful moment with Misty. She made a cameo appearance in both Saved by the Beldum and Shocks and Bonds, where she was shown watching Ash competing in the Ever Grande Conference. She also made three more appearances in this series; from The Scheme Team to A Real Cleffa-Hanger, as well as The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon. She later appeared in flashbacks in Gathering the Gang of Four.
It was revealed in Cerulean Blues that Misty feared Gyarados, having climbed into one's mouth as a baby, and that she doubted her own ability to run Cerulean Gym alone. It wasn't until she selflessly protected her Gyarados from a Poison Sting assault that she was not only able to conquer her fears but regain the confidence to run the Gym with a now obedient Gyarados.
Diamond & Pearl series
Misty never physically appeared in the Diamond & Pearl series, but was referenced to by her friends. Her special lure appeared in Buizel Your Way out of This!, and she appeared in a picture on Brock's memory wall in the side story episode SS025.
Best Wishes series
Misty only appeared in flashbacks in the Best Wishes series. She and Brock made an appearance in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! during Ash's flashbacks of his and Charizard's friendship. She reappeared in another flashback in The Dream Continues!.
Character
Misty can be sweet and optimistic at times, but she is best known for how easily she can be angered or frustrated and how loud and violent she can become in response. She is very extreme in most of her moods and can switch between them quickly, but as time went on Misty mellowed. She is also picky and sensitive about love. There are many episodes where she is seen getting along with the younger siblings of the family, namely Mikey, Sakura, and Max. This stems from the fact that she understands what it's like to be the youngest because she has three older sisters.
Her goals are not as clear as those of the other main characters, since though her main interest is training Water-type Pokémon, there are many things she loves to do and she is very confident in her abilities in all aspects of life. Fishing is one of her hobbies and she even has a special lure which she designed to look like herself. In The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!, she sent one to Ash as a gift.
The one Pokémon type that Misty cannot stand is the Bug type; she tends to freak out in most cases whenever she encounters a Bug-type Pokémon, which was first demonstrated when she refused to befriend Ash's Caterpie. However, Bug Pokémon are only one of three things Misty strongly dislikes, the other two being carrots and peppers. The only Bug-type Pokémon Misty is not afraid of are the kinds that she deems "cute" or "pretty", like Ledyba and Butterfree, some belonging to her friends, like Tracey's Venonat and Ash's Heracross, or ones that don't look like bugs, such as Pineco.
Misty's usual hairstyle is a side ponytail which sticks out on the left side of her head. There are times she has let her hair down: sometimes when she goes to sleep, when wearing formal outfits like a kimono, or when wearing her mermaid costume in The Misty Mermaid and Cerulean Blues. In the original series, Misty is taller than Ash but shorter than Brock, but from the Advanced Generation series onward, she and Ash are the same height. She has worn three main outfits in the series and all of them sport the colors yellow, blue, and red.
Pokémon
Either through the tradition of her family's Gym or merely her love of them, Misty prefers to train Water-type Pokémon. She usually bases her choice of Pokémon to train by looks, preferring Pokémon that she thinks of as "cute" over ones that she thinks are "ugly," but is willing to overcome such differences. Her love of Water Pokémon stems from the fact that they are extremely flexible in battle, meaning that they can easily adapt to the opponent, as she stated in Some Like It Hot. Since becoming Gym Leader, she has overcome her fear of Gyarados and continues to learn more about caring and battling with Water Pokémon as challengers come to the Cerulean Gym.
This is a listing of Misty's Pokémon as of the most recent Japanese episode. As she is currently residing in the Cerulean Gym, all of her Pokémon are there and none are listed as "on hand."
At Cerulean Gym
 Goldeen |
 Staryu |
 Starmie |
 Horsea |
 Psyduck |
 Poliwag → Poliwhirl → Politoed |
 Corsola |
 Gyarados |
 Caserin ♂ |
 Egg → Azurill |
She presumably also has access to any other Pokémon at the Gym, such as Dewgong, Luverin, Seaking, Goldeen, Shellder, and Seel, due to being the Gym Leader.
Released
 Egg → Togepi → Togetic |
Temporary
| Debut | Hook, Line, and Stinker |
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Misty hooked a big Seaking using her special lure. It nearly pulled her in so she sent out her Poliwhirl. The Seaking slaps Poliwhirl with its tail, nearly throwing it out of the boat, but Poliwhirl uses Double Slap and Misty gets it. It being 55kg and winning the battle means Misty wins the Seaking Catching Day, but under contest rules she puts the Seaking back into the lake.
| Debut | Princess vs. Princess |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Ikue Ohtani |
| English | Ikue Ohtani |
- Main article: Ash's Pikachu
Misty borrowed Pikachu from Ash to participate in the Queen of the Princess Festival contest. In the tournament, he knocked out Jessie's Arbok, Weezing and Meowth. After Jessie assumes that the battle was over, Meowth reminds her that she has Lickitung left. She calls out her newly caught Lickitung and easily defeats Pikachu.
| Debut | Princess vs. Princess |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Megumi Hayashibara |
| English | Tara Jayne |
- Main article: Ash's Bulbasaur
Misty borrowed Ash's Bulbasaur to participate in the Queen of the Princess Festival contest. It was sent out after Pikachu got defeated by Lickitung. During the battle, Lickitung defeats Bulbasaur using the same techniques that it used on Pikachu.
| Debut | Princess vs. Princess |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Rikako Aikawa |
| English | Rachael Lillis |
- Main article: Brock's Vulpix
Misty borrowed Vulpix from Brock to participate in the Queen of the Princess Festival contest. Similar to the other borrowed Pokémon given to Misty, Vulpix gets knocked out by Lickitung as well.
| Debut | Bye Bye Psyduck |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Rikako Aikawa |
| English | Rikako Aikawa |
Misty befriends a Golduck which lives on Kinnow Island who she mistakes for thinking that her Psyduck had evolved. He was first seen under Misty's backpack and after Misty had found him she used him in a battle against Marina and her Psyduck. Psyduck used Confusion on a wave which Golduck rode and was about to crash into Psyduck until Team Rocket appeared and nabbed Marina's Pokémon. He was used with Marina's Starmie to get them back and Golduck throws Team Rocket's sub onto the beach. He hits the sub with a Water Gun, and stops Arbok's attack with Disable then slams Arbok to the floor with a Psychic, and eventually send Team Rocket blasting off with a Hyper Beam and saves Marina's Pokémon.
He was later used in the last part of the battle between Marina and her Starmie, he gets battered with Starmie's Tackle and Bubble but shatters Starmie's Light Screen with another Hyper Beam fainting it. Misty tries to recall Golduck but her Psyduck pops out. Golduck then runs off and shows off his skills to a bunch of girls.
Golduck's known moves are Water Gun, Disable, Confusion, Psychic, Fury Swipes, and Hyper Beam.
| Debut | The Pokémon Water War |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka |
| English | Eric Stuart |
- Main article: Tracey's Scyther
Tracey loaned Misty his Scyther and Marill to help put out a fire on Ascorbia Island.
| Debut | The Pokémon Water War |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Mika Kanai |
| English | Kayzie Rogers |
- Main article: Tracey's Marill
Tracey loaned Misty his Scyther and Marill to help put out a fire on Ascorbia Island.
Achievements
- Beach Beauty and Pokémon Costume Contest - N/A (Beauty and the Beach)
- Queen of the Princess Festival contest - Winner (Princess vs. Princess)
- Seaking Catching Day - Winner (Hook, Line, and Stinker)
- Pokémon Balloon Race - Winner (with Ash and Brock; tied with Skyler and Tenma; The Big Balloon Blow-Up)
- Whirl Cup - Top 16 (The Perfect Match!)
- Tour de Alto Mare - Winner (Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias)
Voice actors
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Artwork
| File:MistyEP.png | File:Misty.png |
| Official artwork from the original series |
Alternative artwork from the original series |
In the manga
In the Ash and Pikachu manga
Misty is a main character in the Ash and Pikachu manga, based on the Pokémon anime. In this manga, Misty is often portrayed as being bad-tempered. She also talks about being ladylike often, and wishes that Ash and Brock would treat her with more respect as a lady.
Pokémon
 Togepi |
 Psyduck |
 Goldeen |
 Poliwhirl |
 Staryu |
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Misty is a recurring character in The Electric Tale of Pikachu, a manga series based on the Pokémon anime.
She first appears in the chapter Pikachu, I See You. She takes a liking to Ash's Pikachu and tells Ash about what it takes to be a professional Pokémon Trainer. Ash steals her bicycle later to rush Pikachu to a Pokémon Center after being injured by a flock of Spearow.
She travels with Ash for the following chapter, Play Misty For Me, expecting Ash to repay her for her bike. Later in the same chapter, when Ash arrives in Cerulean City, he battles her instead of The Sensational Sisters. Misty awards Ash the Cascade Badge when his Fearow takes back his hat from Misty's head.
Misty disappears from the manga until Ash and Brock bump into her at the Nomads Independence Day festival in The Human Race and the Pokémon Race. After this, she is a common traveling companion to Ash and Brock, though they still part ways at times, such as when Misty and Duplica search for wild Ditto in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure.
Pokémon
| Debut | Play Misty For Me |
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- Main article: Misty's Gyarados
Misty's Gyarados was used in a challenge for Ash to get his hat back. It was defeated when Ash's Butterfree put it to sleep with Sleep Powder.
| Debut | Play Misty For Me |
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Misty threw Shellder at Ash after he was constantly staring at her in her swimsuit.
None of Shellder's moves are known.
| Debut | Clefairy Tale |
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- Main article: Misty's Poliwhirl
Misty is shown with a Poliwag in Clefairy Tale. Later, in To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!, she ponders whether she wanted to evolve her Poliwhirl into Poliwrath.
- Main article: Misty's Psyduck
Psyduck was seen as a cameo where it was floating in the flood of tears created by Ash.
- Main article: Misty's Starmie
Misty's Starmie was used to rehydrate Ash after he cried too much while Pikachu was gone.
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
Misty, along with Ash and Brock, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the Magical Pokémon Journey manga. In the bonus chapters, Misty and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the anime) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of Poké Balls).
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the anime version of Misty or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Misty'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. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Misty's Goldeen | 
|
Gym Heroes | 
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30/132 | Hanada City Gym | ||
| Misty's Psyduck |
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Gym Heroes | 
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54/132 | Hanada City Gym | ||
| Misty's Starmie |
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Gym Heroes |
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56/132 | Hanada City Gym | ||
| Misty's Goldeen |
|
Gym Heroes | 
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85/132 | Leaders' Stadium |
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| Misty's Horsea |
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Gym Heroes |
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86/132 | Leaders' Stadium |
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| Misty's Staryu |
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Gym Heroes |
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90/132 | Hanada City Gym | ||
| Misty's Horsea |
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Gym Challenge |
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87/132 | Leaders' Stadium |
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| Misty's Staryu |
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Gym Challenge |
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92/132 | Leaders' Stadium |
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| Unnumbered Promotional cards | |||||||
| Misty's Psyduck |
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Gym Challenge |
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90/132 | Leaders' Stadium |
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| Misty's Politoed |
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Theater Limited VS Pack | 003/018 | ||||
| Misty's Corsola |
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Theater Limited VS Pack | 004/018 | ||||
Trivia
- Even though Misty is said to be 10 in the anime, she is said to be 12 in The Electric Tale of Pikachu.
- Misty is the only one of the main characters to have a Pokémon along with its evolved form on her team at the same time.
- Misty is the first of Ash's friends to challenge a Gym (albeit an unofficial Gym), since she challenged and tied with the unofficial Johto Water Gym Leader in Just Add Water.
- She is the only main character to have Pokémon labeled as genderless in the games in her team. In fact, she has two, Staryu and Starmie.
- She is the first main character to be seen owning a Generation II Pokémon, that Pokémon being Togepi.
- Misty is the only one of her sisters not named after a flower, the names of her sisters being Daisy, Violet, and Lily. However, she does have the name for baby's breath in Japanese.
- Misty is the first victim of the recurring gag in the anime where Ash's Pikachu shocks a main female character's bike or the character herself at the beginning of each series.
- Misty is the female traveling companion to have appeared in the most amount of episodes, with 280 - Dawn is second with 200, May is third with 197 and Iris is last with 141.
- Both Misty and Jessie were voiced by Rachael Lillis and then switched at some point to Michele Knotz.
- Former director and storyboard artist of the Pokémon anime, Masamitsu Hidaka, stated in an interview that Misty will not return as a main character in future seasons, but she will continue to make guest appearances from time to time like she has in the past. He also mentioned Contests in connection with Misty, although the translator neglected to mention what was meant by this.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カスミ Kasumi | From カスミソウ kasumisō, the Japanese name for Gypsophila. A reference to 霞み kasumi ("mist") and 海 umi ("sea"). |
| English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hindi | Misty | Translation of 霞み kasumi in relation to the word mist. |
| French | Ondine | Refers to Ondine, a water nymph in Germanic mythology. |
| Korean | 최이슬 Choi Iseul |
이슬 means dew. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 小霞 Xiǎo Xiá |
From 霞み kasumi. 小 means little or young, while 霞 refers to the rosy glow of the clouds during sunrise or sunset. |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 小霞 Síu Hàh |
Same as Mandarin name. |
| Indonesian | Misty (Kanto saga) Kasumi (Johto saga-present) |
Same as English and Japanese name. |
| Thai | คาสึมิ Kasumi |
Same as her Japanese name. |
References
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