Zoey
| Zoey ノゾミ Nozomi | |
| File:Zoey anime.png Zoey | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Eye color | Dark Red |
| Hair color | Orange |
| Hometown | Snowpoint City |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Relatives | Unnamed parents |
| Trainer class | Coordinator |
| Anime debut | Mounting a Coordinator Assault! |
| English voice actor | Emily Williams |
| Japanese voice actor | Risa Hayamizu |
Zoey (Japanese: ノゾミ Nozomi) is a Pokémon Coordinator and Dawn's rival. She first appeared in Mounting a Coordinator Assault.
History
Zoey first debuted in Mounting a Coordinator Assault! where she made fast friends with Dawn. In the next episode she would go on to defeat Dawn in the semifinals of the Jubilife City Contest before battling Jessie in the final round. Furthermore, it was revealed in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters that the first ribbon she won was in a battle with Kenny's Prinplup. She has a Contest Pass for the Sinnoh region.
Zoey is largely responsible for the trade of Ash's Aipom and Dawn's Buizel. In Arrival of a Rival, she first suggested that Ash should give Aipom to Dawn. In Throwing the Track Switch she brought it up again, but this time she suggested a trade after she saw how Buizel had more of a love for battling rather than contests. Ash and Dawn eventually agreed to it and traded their Pokémon.
In Strategy with a Smile! she lost the battle against May in the semi-finals of the Wallace Cup.
Zoey appeared again in Playing The Leveling Field! where she was shown battling Fantina. Zoey battled Fantina's Mismagius with her Glameow but lost. It was also revealed that Shellos helped her earn her third ribbon.
Zoey appeared in Classroom Training! where Ash and his friends learn about her childhood. It was revealed she had been childhood friends with Candice and also frequently calls her "Ms. Senior". She also appeared in Sliding Into Seventh! watching Ash's gym battle with Candice, and again in A Pyramiding Rage! where she watched Paul's battle against Brandon. She left at the end of the episode with Candice. Zoey's next appeared in Double-Time Battle Training! where she was shown winning her fifth and final ribbon required for the Grand Festival. She, along with Candice, helped Dawn train for the Daybreak Contest and the two had a double battle with Zoey winning.
Zoey entered the Sinnoh Grand Festival and worked her way through the appeals and battles, eventually making it all the way to the final where she found herself up against Dawn once again. The two had a hard-fought battle, with Zoey's Glameow and Gallade against Dawn's Piplup and Togekiss. It was clear the battle could go either way, and eventually the time ran out and Zoey won by a few points. Having won the Grand Festival, she was awarded the Ribbon Cup as well as the title of Top Coordinator. After the competition, she plans to go back to Snowpoint City.
Character
Zoey is very loyal to her friends but has no problem giving them tough criticism when the time calls for it. However if one of her friends is being mistreated, she wastes no time sticking up for them. Such examples include her sticking up for Dawn when she was being made fun of by "Jessilina" in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!. Despite having an sprained ankle, she still battled in Dawn's defense. She also defended Ash after she felt Paul was being rude to him.
She tends to have harsh opinions of people who compete in both contests and Gym battles, saying, they need to make up their minds. This is seen in her reactions to Ash in Arrival of a Rival and Nando in Dawn's Early Night. For that she apologized to Ash for her behavior in Staging a Heroes Welcome! when she realized that it was good to learn from both types of trainers. It was revealed in Classroom Training! that the reason for this trait in her character was that while she wanted to be a Top Coordinator, Candice wanted to be a champion Trainer. They promised each other to follow their goals and as such Zoey looked down on people who did both since she thought they weren't taking them seriously.
Zoey's tough demeanor suggests that she's a tomboy. This is further seen in her short haircut and her choice in Contest outfits, which are stylized suits rather than dresses.
Pokémon
The following are Zoey's known Pokémon:
| Debut | Mounting a Coordinator Assault |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Ikue Ohtani |
| English | Ikue Ohtani |
- Main article: Zoey's Glameow
Glameow is Zoey's main Pokémon. It was first seen in Mounting a Coordinator Assault when it approached Dawn with her missing choker around its tail. In the next episode it was used in the Jubilife Contest, and managed to take out Ash's Aipom, Dawn's Buneary, and Jessie's borrowed Carnivine, earning Zoey the Jubilife Ribbon.
Zoey used Glameow again in the Wallace Cup's semifinal round against May and her Beautifly. However it lost to Beautifly, knocking Zoey out of the competition. It was a key Pokémon on Zoey's victory in the Sinnoh Grand Festival final against Dawn.
| Debut | Mounting a Coordinator Assault |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Megumi Hayashibara |
| English | Sarah Natochenny |
Misdreavus made its debut in the start of the Jubilife Contest in Mounting a Coordinator Assault!. It made its appeal by coming out of its Poké Ball covered in a purple fog. It was silhouetted in the mist making only its shadow visible, thus making it look much more ominous and frightening.
Misdreavus was later seen in A Stand-Up Sit-Down! searching for someone to help Zoey alongside Glameow. It was also seen defeating a Mothim in the Wallace Cup in Pruning a Passel of Pals!.
In DP176, it was revealed to have evolved into a Mismagius since the Wallace Cup. Zoey used it along with her Leafeon against Nando in the Semi-Finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival where they helped Zoey advance to the final round.
Mismagius' known attacks are Double Team, Confuse Ray, Shock Wave, Lucky Chant and Psywave.
| Debut | A Stand-Up Sit-Down! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Megumi Hayashibara |
| English | Sarah Natochenny |
Zoey caught Gastrodon as a Shellos shortly after the events of Buizel Your Way Out of This. After failing to capture Buizel, she stayed in the area to find another Template:Type2 Pokémon. Shellos then made its first appearance in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!. It was seen at the Hearthome Contest in Dawn's Early Night.
It later made a short appearance in Pruning a Passel of Pals! beating a Mareep in the Wallace Cup allowing Zoey to move on to the next round. It was revealed in Playing the Leveling Field! that Shellos helped win her third ribbon.
In DP174, it was revealed to have evolved into a Gastrodon, used by Zoey in the Appeals Round and later the first battle round of the Grand Festival, where it easily helped her pass both stages.
Its known moves are Hidden Power, Mud Bomb, Blizzard and Water Pulse.
Lumineon as a Finneon first appeared in Staging a Heroes' Welcome!. Zoey sent it out to perform in the appeal round of the Wallace Cup, and its performance was impressive enough to advance Zoey to the next round.
In DP174, Zoey used it along with her Gastrodon in the Appeals Round and first battle round where it's grace and beauty easily helped her pass both stages.
Its known moves are Silver Wind, Safeguard, Waterfall and Aqua Ring.
Gallade first appeared in Double-Time Battle Training!, where it defeated Dawn's Cyndaquil and Mamoswine in a practice battle as a Kirlia alongside Zoey's Leafeon.
Before the Grand Festival, Zoey evolved Kirlia into a Gallade and used it in the final round against Dawn's Piplup and Togekiss, where it narrowly gave Zoey the victory.
Gallade's knowns moves are Magical Leaf, Psychic, Signal Beam, Psycho Cut, Swords Dance and Vacuum Wave.
Leafeon first appeared in Double-Time Battle Training!, where it defeated Dawn's Cyndaquil and Mamoswine in a practice battle alongside Zoey's Kirlia.
Leafeon later reappeared in DP176 where it was used by Zoey in the Semi-Finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival alongside her Mismagius where it went up against Nando's Kricketune and Lopunny. Although Leafeon was weakened by Kricketot's Bug Buzz it was eventually able to strike back thanks to an incredible Aerial Ace-Psywave combination move that allowed it to grow wings and hit back with Leaf Blade. Although it was a hard fought competition, Leafeon and Mismagius were able to secure Zoey her place in the final.
Leafeon's known moves are Magical Leaf, Leaf Blade, Double Team, Energy Ball and Aerial Ace.
Temporary
| Debut | Classroom Training! |
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Zoey used a Chimchar when she was younger in the Snowpoint Trainers' School, as seen in a flashback in Classroom Training!. It is unknown if it actually belonged to her or if it was one of the many Pokémon used by youngsters in the Trainers' School.
Contests
Ribbons obtained
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to Mounting a Coordinator Assault)
- Jubilife Ribbon (Arrival of a Rival)
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to Playing the Leveling Field!)
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to Classroom Training!)
- Brussel Ribbon (Double-Time Battle Training!)
Outfits
Zoey's outfit in the Jubilife Contest
Zoey's outfit in the Hearthome Contest
Zoey's outfit in the Wallace Cup
Zoey's outfit in the Grand Festival
- Zoey used her Hearthome outfit again in Double-Time Battle Training!.
Voice actors
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Trivia
- Counting only regular characters, Zoey is the first female rival in the anime.
- Zoey's Japanese name is Nozomi while Dawn's is Hikari. The Hikari and the Nozomi are two Shinkansen "bullet train" lines. The Nozomi is faster than the Hikari.
- Zoey has more than one outfit for contests.
- Zoey slightly resembles Brigette, the host of Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire.
- Zoey is one of two coordinators that Dawn has competed against who shares her Japanese name with a character of the anime Yes! Pretty Cure 5; Nozomi Yumehara (Cure Dream). The other is Ursula.
- The debut appearances of three of Zoey's Pokémon - Shellos, Finneon and Leafeon - were also the television episode debuts for those Pokémon; in Shellos's case, it was the first appearance of a western variety Shellos in both episodes and movies.
Names
| Language | Name | Reference to |
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| Japanese | ノゾミ Nozomi | Possibly a reference to the Nozomi bullet train, that goes in the opposite direction of the Hikari bullet train. |
| English, German | Zoey | Similar to Nozomi. |
| French | Zoé | From Zoey. |
| Spanish | Zoe | From Zoey. |
| Korean | 소망 Somang | Means "hope" (所望 in Hanja), literal translation of the Japanese name. |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 小望 Xiǎo Wàng | 望 is from Japanese 望み nozomi, hope. |
External links
- Nozomi's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
- Nozomi's Pokémon on Pokeani (Japanese)
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