Whitney

Whitney アカネ Akane
"The Incredibly Pretty Girl"
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown*, Pink*
Hair color	Pink
Hometown	Goldenrod City
Region	Johto
Relatives	Milton (Uncle*)
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	II, IV
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Leader of	Goldenrod Gym
Badge	Plain Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	A Goldenrod Opportunity
English voice actor	Megan Hollingshead
Japanese voice actor	Yuko Miyamura

Whitney (Japanese: アカネ Akane) is the Gym Leader of Goldenrod City's Gym, known officially as the Goldenrod Gym. She hands out the Plain Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She is a young woman who uses Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In the games

Whitney appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver as the Leader of the Goldenrod Gym. She is the third Gym Leader that Trainers must defeat to move further in the game. She is known as "The Incredibly Pretty Girl!".

Whitney uses the Template:Type2, and although she only began battling a little while ago, her talent attracted the Pokémon League to choose her as a Gym Leader. Her gym is filled with other young girls like herself, who use cute Normal-type Pokémon like Meowth, and is shaped like a Clefairy—a Pokémon she uses in every game she appears in. While in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal all challengers have to do to reach Whitney is navigate through the Gym's maze puzzle, Whitney is initially absent from the Gym in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. She can be found in Goldenrod's Radio Tower attempting to win a Radio Card. If the player helps her, she will return to the Gym. Despite this act of kindness, she will throw a temper tantrum upon defeat and refuse to give the Plain Badge. A Gym Trainer will tell the player that she will eventually calm down. Once calmed down, however, she will give not only the badge, but TM45 (Attract) as well. Apparently, this move is perfect for a cutie like her, because it makes full use of a Pokémon's cuteness.

Like the other Johto and Kanto Gym Leaders, Whitney will leave her Gym from time to time in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Unlike other Leaders, she will not travel far: just down the road to the Goldenrod Department Store anyday between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM. She's to the far left of the 6th floor. Once her Pokégear phone number has been obtained, she will accept rematches on Saturday afternoons at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. Her team in these battles will be significantly stronger than her team in the initial battles, although her signature Miltank will remain in her party.

Whitney also makes an appearance in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. This is the only game in which she appears and uses Pokémon of a type other than Normal (she does use a Nidorina in her anime appearance, however).

Pokémon

This listing is of Whitney's Pokémon in the video games she has appeared in.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:LeaderWhitney GSC.png Leader Whitney Goldenrod Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Goldenrod Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $2000
Types: Normal Unknown Held item: None Clefairy♀ Lv.18 Encore Normal   --       Mimic Normal   --       DoubleSlap Normal   --       Metronome Normal   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: None Miltank♀ Lv.20 Stomp Normal   --       Attract Normal   --       Milk Drink Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Gym match

File:WhitneyHGSS.gif Leader Whitney Goldenrod Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Goldenrod Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $2280

Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Clefairy♀ Lv.17 Mimic Normal Status   --       Encore Normal Status   --       DoubleSlap Normal Physical   --       Metronome Normal Status   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Scrappy Held item: Lum Berry Miltank♀ Lv.19 Attract Normal Status   --       Milk Drink Normal Status   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --

Second battle (Rematch)

File:WhitneyHGSS.gif Leader Whitney Fighting Dojo HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Fighting Dojo HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6960

Types: Normal Psychic Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Girafarig♀ Lv.52 Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Baton Pass Normal Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Own Tempo Held item: None Lickilicky♀ Lv.50 Wring Out Normal Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Clefable♀ Lv.52 Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Normalize Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.54 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Assist Normal Status   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Baton Pass Normal Status   --       Types: Normal Water Ability: Simple Held item: None Bibarel♀ Lv.54 Double Team Normal Status   --       Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Scrappy Held item: Lum Berry Miltank♀ Lv.58 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Sleep Talk Normal Status   --

Pokéathlon

	Speed  Course Supreme Cup
Miltank  Speed
Clefairy  Speed
Clefable  Speed

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

File:S2 Leader Whitney.png Leader Whitney Goldenrod Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Goldenrod Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: None

Types: Normal Unknown Held item: PRZCureBerry Miltank♀ Lv.50 Stomp Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Bide Normal   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Mint Berry Clefable♀ Lv.50 DoubleSlap Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: PSNCureBerry Wigglytuff♀ Lv.50 Double-Edge Normal   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Ice Punch Ice   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: Bitter Berry Gloom♀ Lv.50 Petal Dance Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Burnt Berry Dodrio♂ Lv.50 Drill Peck Flying   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Ice Berry Stantler♂ Lv.50 Take Down Normal   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Swift Normal   --

Round 2

File:S2 Leader Whitney.png Leader Whitney Goldenrod Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Goldenrod Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: None

Types: Normal Unknown Held item: King's Rock Miltank♀ Lv.50 Stomp Normal   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Milk Drink Normal   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Persian Lv.50 Rage Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Types: Water Unknown Held item: BrightPowder Golduck Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Cross Chop Fighting   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: Miracle Berry Mr. Mime Lv.50 Psychic Psychic   --       Meditate Psychic   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Focus Band Tauros♂ Lv.50 Stomp Normal   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Ground Unknown Held item: Quick Claw Donphan Lv.50 Flail Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       AncientPower Rock   --

Quotes

Pokémon Gold and Silver

• Before battle

"Hi! I'm Whitney! Everyone was into Pokémon, so I got into it too! Pokémon are super-cute! You want to battle? I'm warning you--I'm good!"

• When defeated

"Sob... ...Waaaaaaah! You're mean! You shouldn't be so serious! You...you child, you! Waaaaah! Waaaaah! Snivel, hic...You meanie!"

• After being defeated

"...Sniff... What? What do you want? A badge? Oh, right. I forgot. Here's Plain Badge."

• After battle

"Ah, that was a good cry! Come for a visit again! Bye-bye!"

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Goldenrod Gym

• Before battle

"Hi! I'm Whitney! ...You! I saw you at the Radio Tower just now. Everyone was into Pokémon, so I got into it, too! Pokémon are super cute! You want to battle? I'm warning you--I'm good!"

• Sending out last Pokémon

"H-hey! Just one left? But... I ain't losin' you hear?"

• During battle

"Poor me!"

• When defeated

"Ugh..."

• After being defeated

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah! ...Snivel, hic. ... You meanie!"

"Sniff... What? What do you want? A Badge? Oh, right. I forgot. Here's the Plain Badge. The Plain Badge lets your Pokémon use Strength outside of battle. Oh, you can have this, too! It's Attract! It makes full use of a Pokémon's charm. Isn't it just perfect for a cutie like me? That's right! I heard this thing called the Pokéathlon Dome is now open right next to the National Park. You should go try it, since you're so good at battling with your Pokémon!

Fighting Dojo

• Before battle

"I never break my promises! Are you ready?"

• After being defeated

"You really are strong! But I won't lose next time!"

Pokégear Registering (Goldenrod Department Store)

"What a coincidence! This must be meant to be! Do you want to exchange phone numbers? Please?"

Yes: "I'm available around noon on Saturdays. Give me a call when you've got time."'

No: "Don't be so mean."

"Do you want to know my phone number now?"

Pokégear Phone

• Calling her:

"Hello... Um, hey, what's up? I'm doing great over here...totally! There are so many Gym Leaders that are stronger than me... Um, I really need to work harder and improve!"

"Hello... Um, hey, what's up? I'm doing great over here...totally! I'm often bored Saturdays at noon. There's nothing to do... Um... So, call me Saturday, OK?"

• Her calling the player:

"Um, this is Whitney. How are you? Um, have you ever been to the Moomoo Farm off Route 39? My Milky... Um, I mean, my Miltank, is staying over there now..."

"Um, I've gotta tell you, I'm so hungry... Do you know how it feels? I'm not an overeater or anything! This is completely normal for my age!"

Artwork

Headshot of Whitney from Pokémon Gold and Silver.	Ken Sugimori artwork from the Game Freak website.	Whitney's artwork from the Game Freak website.	In the Ruins of Alph with Ethan.

Sprites

File:LeaderWhitney GSC.png	File:WhitneyHGSS.gif			File:S2 Leader Whitney.png
Whitney's sprite from Generation II	Whitney's sprite from Generation IV	Whitney's VS sprite from Generation IV	Whitney's overworld sprite from Generation IV	Whitney's artwork from Pokémon Stadium 2

In the anime

Whitney appeared in the episodes A Goldenrod Opportunity and A Dairy Tale Ending.

Whitney is a sweet but ditzy young lady. She easily gets lost in her own home town.

Ash challenged her to a Gym match, but was unable to stop her Miltank, who constantly used Rollout to deflect attacks.

File:WhitneyMortyFlashback.png

Whitney's and Morty's appearance in Bagged Then Tagged!

After his defeat, Whitney invited Ash to her Uncle Milton's dairy farm, where many Miltank were raised to produce milk for consumption.

Ash, Brock, and Misty spent the day taking care of the dairy's many Miltank.

After Ash stopped a barrel-shaped robot piloted by Team Rocket, he came up with a strategy to defeat Miltank. He used Totodile and Cyndaquil to slow it down, then had Pikachu knock it out. With that, Ash won the Plain Badge.

She makes a small cameo along with Morty in Bagged Then Tagged! when it was revealed that Lyra's next Gym challenge was supposed to be either one of them.

Pokémon

This listing is of Whitney's known Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

Clefairy

Debut	A Goldenrod Opportunity
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Tara Jayne

Whitney's Clefairy first appeared when Pikachu accidentally knocked onto Clefairy. After shopping, Whitney found that Clefairy is missing, but has been caught by Team Rocket. Then, at the Magnet Train platform, it uses Metronome which turns into Gust, getting Pikachu back.

It is used again as the second Pokémon in the Gym Battle against Ash. It begins with Metronome. However, it turns into a Splash attack. Then, Cyndaquil uses another Flamethrower, forcing Whitney to withdraw it from the match.

Clefairy's only known move is Metronome.

Nidorina ♀

Debut	A Goldenrod Opportunity
Voice actors
Japanese	Satomi Kōrogi
English	Satomi Kōrogi

Nidorina was the first Pokémon used by Whitney in the Gym battle, battling against Cyndaquil. However, none of her attack are a match for Cyndaquil's Flamethrower. Nidorina is soon defeated by Cyndaquil's second Flamethrower.

Nidorina's known moves are Poison Sting and Tackle.

Miltank ♀

Debut	A Goldenrod Opportunity
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Megumi Hayashibara

Main article: Whitney's Miltank

Whitney's Miltank was the last Pokémon used in the Gym battle. It manages to defeat Cyndaquil by using Rollout continuously. Ash then uses Totodile, telling it to use Water Gun; however, it did not slow Miltank down. With another Rollout, Totodile was knocked down. Pikachu was then used to Thunderbolt Miltank, but was ineffective. Pikachu was defeated by the second Rollout.

It appeared again in the next episode, sending Team Rocket flying. Then, in a friendly battle before Ash can challenge Whitney once again, it manages to defeat Ash's Cyndaquil and Totodile, but is defeated by Ash's Pikachu, earning Ash the Plain Badge.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 宮村優子 Yuko Miyamura English Megan Hollingshead Brazilian Portuguese Fernanda Bulara Spanish Latin America Liliana Barba Spain Cristina Yuste

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Whitney Adventures.png

Whitney in Pokémon Adventures

Whitney is an actress. She is also good friends with DJ Mary. She is portrayed as a slightly more arrogant and temperamental person than from other appearances.

She met Gold while performing at the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City. The two clashed and ended up competing against each other in a bike race. Whitney was initially in the lead, until she was blocked off by a large tree. The tree turned out to be a Sudowoodo hiding from a Rhydon. Whitney was then kidnapped by the Rhydon as she tried to flee and broke her arm. Gold caught Sudowoodo and defeated the Rhydon. In the Chuang Yi version of the manga, she is mistakenly translated as the Gym Leader of Cherrygrove City, rather than Goldenrod.

Whitney isn't a strong Gym Leader, according to Suicune. Whitney is the only Johto Gym Leader, besides Pryce, that Suicune didn't challenge for a right to be its partner in the fight against the Masked Man. Misty also easily defeated her in the opening ceremony of the Pokémon League.

Pokémon

This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Mil Mil ♀

Debut	Smeargle Smudge

Main article: Whitney's Miltank

Mil Mil is Whitney's main Pokémon. She was first seen in the bike race, where her having it use Tackle on Gold caused her to be in the lead.* The race was halted when a Sudowoodo and a Rhydon were blocking the way. Mil Mil tried to defeat the Rhydon but got defeated, and Whitney had her arm broken after it kidnapped her. Gold catches the Sudowoodo and takes down the Rhydon himself. Mil Mil reappeared when she was battling Suicune, or rather an animated statue imitation. She was no match for it despite being Whitney's strongest Pokémon, although with Pryce's tips they succeeded in pinning it down. She was used in a battle against Misty in the tournament in which Mil Mil was defeated easily by the latter's Starmie.

Fafa

Debut	Kiss Away Cleffa! Igglybuff!

Fafa was used along with Buff Buff in their aforementioned battle with Suicune.

Fafa's known moves are Sweet Kiss and Attract.

Buff Buff

Debut	Kiss Away Cleffa! Igglybuff!

Buff Buff was used along with Fafa in their battle with Suicune.

Buff Buff's known moves are Sweet Kiss and Attract.

Smea-Smea

Debut	Smeargle Smudge

Smea-Smea, a Smeargle, was a Pokémon that belonged to Whitney. She gave it to her good friend DJ Mary prior to Gold's arrival. It was known for bothering him all the time by splattering paint over his face when they first met, which angered him. Gold and his Pokémon chased after the Smeargle with his Pokémon but it was too fast for them. He chased it all the way to Goldenrod's Radio Tower where he found out that it belonged to Whitney and DJ Mary. Smea-Smea appeared again along with Mary while Whitney was battling Suicune. It did not do much, but was able to provide a counter against its ice reflection tactic by leaving a smudge on its face.

Smea-Smea was also seen mimicking Entei's Flamethrower attack via Sketch, which as it turns out allowed it to copy its inherent attributes as well (meaning that while other Fire-type attacks wouldn't melt the Masked Man's ice soldiers, Smeargle's flames would).

Smea-Smea was later seen returned to Whitney's possession in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc where Whitney used it to smear paint on Gold's face after he shoved a RageCandyBar down her throat.

Smea-Smea's only known move is Sketch.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Gold loses to Whitney in a Gym Battle and she takes away his Pikachu. She begins traveling with him and follows him on his journey until he defeats her later. Whitney loves cute Pokémon and is very encouraging of Gold as he progresses through his journey.

Pokémon

This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga.

Miltank ♀

Debut	Unknown

Main article: Whitney's Miltank

Miltank is Whitney's signature Pokémon. She was used in Gold's gym battle.

Cleffa

Whitney's Cleffa

Debut	Unknown

Cleffa is Whitney's other Pokémon. It was responsible for taking the SquirtBottle to awaken Sudowoodo that Gold caught later on.

Ditto

Debut	Unknown

Ditto's only known move is Transform.

Magby

Debut	A Huge Mysterious Tree!!

Whitney owns a Pokémon that is not her specialty type, Magby. However, she still thinks that it is cute due to it being a baby Pokémon.

Its only known move is Flamethrower.

In the TCG

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

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Whitney's Clefable		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	14/141
Whitney's Wigglytuff		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	15/141
Whitney's Persian		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	16/141
Whitney's Lickitung		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	17/141
Whitney's Furret		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	18/141
Whitney's Miltank		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	19/141
Whitney's TM 01	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	107/141
Whitney's TM 02	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	108/141

Trivia

• Her Japanese Leader title is ダイナマイト　プリティ　ギャル！.
• She is the first Johto Gym Leader encountered that uses a Generation II Pokémon in battle, which only half of Johto's Gym Leaders do.
• In Generation III, a Whitney look-alike, along with Jasmine and Pryce look-alikes, can be seen as an audience member in a Pokémon Contest.
• In the anime, she is the only Johto Gym Leader to have been defeated by Ash in a rematch, although it also took Ash two battles to defeat Pryce (the first battle was not an official Gym battle).
• In her rematch in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, she owns both of the dual-type Normal Pokémon who do not have Flying as their secondary type - Girafarig and Bibarel (as of Generation IV).
• Whitney appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. She uses a Clefairy to battle.
• She shares her Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese voice actresses with Asuka Langley Soryu from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
• Whitney is the only Gym Leader whose team's movesets do not alter between Generations II and IV, although their levels do.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	アカネ Akane	Refers to 茜 akane, a madder; or 明るい (akarui), bright, luminous.
English	Whitney	Similar to the word white.
French	Blanche	Literally means white.
German	Bianka	From Italian bianco, white.
Italian	Chiara	From chiaro, light, pale.
Spanish	Blanca	Literally means white.
Korean	꼭두 Kkokdu	Reference to 꼭두서니 kkokduseoni, madder red (as in her Japanese name).
Chinese (Mandarin)	小茜 Xiǎo Qiàn	茜 is taken from 茜 akane. Literally "little madder".

Gym Leaders of the Johto region
Violet Gym Falkner	Azalea Gym Bugsy	Goldenrod Gym Whitney	Ecruteak Gym Morty
Cianwood Gym Chuck	Olivine Gym Jasmine	Mahogany Gym Pryce	Blackthorn Gym Clair

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