Whitney
| Whitney アカネ Akane | |
| ""The Incredibly Pretty Girl"" | |
| [[File:File:Whitney.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from Gold and Silver | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Goldenrod City |
| Region | Johto |
| Relatives | Uncle Milton (anime) |
| Trainer class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | II |
| Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, Stadium 2 |
| Leader of | Goldenrod Gym |
| Badge | Plain Badge |
| 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 girl who uses Normal-type Pokémon.
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.
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 stoped 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.
Whitney's Japanese voice actress is 宮村優子 Yuko Miyamura, her English voice actress is Megan Hollingshead and her Brazilian Portuguese voice actress is Fernanda Bulara.
Pokémon
This listing is of Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.
 Clefairy |
 Nidorina |
 Miltank |
In the games
Whitney's title is "The Incredibly Pretty Girl!".
Although she only began battling a little while ago, Whitney's 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. Trainers: Beauty Victoria, Beauty Samantha, Lass Carrie, Lass Bridget. Her gym is shaped like a Clefairy.
Whitney doesn't like trainers who are too serious in battle. When Whitney's defeated, she throws a temper tantrum and cries, but after drying her eyes and blowing her nose she will get over her loss and give you the badge.
After winning the Plain Badge, Whitney gives out TM45 (Attract). Whitney says that Attract is perfect for a cutie like her, because it makes full use of a Pokémon's cuteness.
Pokémon
This listing is of Whitney's Pokémon in the video games she has appeared in.
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal
Pokémon Stadium 2
- Round 1 Pokémon
Quotes
"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!"
"Sob... ...Waaaaaaah! You're mean! You shouldn't be so serious! You...you child, you! Waaaaah! Waaaaah! Snivel, hic...You meanie!"
"...Sniff... What? What do you want? A badge? Oh, right. I forgot. Here's Plain Badge."
In the Pokémon Special manga
In Pokémon Special, Whitney is an actress. She is also good friends with DJ Mary.
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 isn't a strong Gym Leader, according to Suicune, anyway. 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 Mask of Ice.
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.
Miltank |
 Cleffa |
 Igglybuff |
Released
Smeargle (Given to DJ Mary)
In the Golden Boys manga
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Golden Boys manga.
- Miltank
- Ditto
- Cleffa
- Magby
In the TCG
Whitney only appears in the Vs Series. In addition to her Pokémon, she appears on a TM card.
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon TCG.
- Clefable
- Wigglytuff
- Persian
- Lickitung
- Furret
- Miltank
Trivia
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカネ (Akane) | Refers to 茜 akane, a madder; and 赤 aka, red. |
| English | Whitney | White islands. It's 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 꼭두각시 인형, a puppet doll. |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 小茜 Xiǎo Qiàn | 茜 is taken from 茜 akane. |
External links
- Akane's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
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