Leaf (game)

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If you were looking for the rival of Generation III sometimes referred to "Green", see Blue.

Green
ブルー Blue
Lets Go Pikachu Eevee Green.png
Artwork from Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!
Gender Female
Eye color Brown
Hair color Brown
Hometown Pallet Town
Region Kanto
Relatives Mom, unnamed father
Trainer class Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation III, VII
Games FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!
Champion of Indigo Plateau
Manga counterpart(s) Blue, Green

Green (Japanese: ブルー Blue) is the female player character in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, where her male counterpart is Red. She makes an appearance as a non-player character Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. Through official Pokémon merchandise, she has also been referred to as Leaf (Japanese: リーフ Leaf).

In the games

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Leaf's adventure begins after Professor Oak calls her to his lab and gives her a choice of Pokémon. Blue challenges Leaf to a Pokémon battle as soon as they get their Pokémon. A bit later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them a Pokédex, and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every kind of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating the Gym Leaders. Her rival Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When Leaf eventually reaches the Elite Four, she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become the Indigo League Champion. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself. Her adventure continues even after that, with Leaf discovering new places, such as the Sevii Islands.

Leaf's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is Team Rocket, an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Leaf clashes with Team Rocket many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts at Mt. Moon who are attempting to steal rare Pokémon Fossils, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge in Cerulean City. Leaf protects the Pokémon Tower and Mr. Fuji in Lavender Town and destroys their hold on the Game Corner. After she foils their plot to take over Silph Co., Leaf encounters Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader in Viridian City. Upon defeating him, Leaf stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by Leaf on Five Island in Generation III, would band together in Johto to try to revive the group.

Green makes an appearance in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. She's first mentioned by Trace after the player has become Champion as a girl looking to catch a powerful Pokémon spotted in Cerulean Cave. After the player has caught Mewtwo in Cerulean Cave and exited the cave, Trace will appear again and mention how the girl looking for Mewtwo had entered the cave earlier. Green can then indeed be found inside Cerulean Cave, at the same spot where Mewtwo was earlier. When first interacted with, she will toss a Poké Ball at the player, having mistaken them for a Pokémon. Upon learning that the player managed to catch Mewtwo before her, she immediately challenges them to a battle. After being defeated, she will hand the player both of Mewtwo's Mega Stones: Mewtwonite X and Mewtwonite Y. She will then ask the player to become one of her Pokémon, along with Mewtwo, and throws several Poké Balls at them, attempting to catch them like a Pokémon. After failing in doing so, she runs away, asking the player to consider her offer.

Green can later be re-encountered in Cerulean City, where she will challenge the player to a rematch. After being defeated again, she once again tries to catch the player in a Poké Ball, but fails once again, and runs off once more, swearing to not give up on trying to get the player and Mewtwo for herself. This rematch can be repeated once per day.

Pokémon

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

The first battle against Green takes place in Cerulean Cave after the player has caught Mewtwo and met up with Trace outside the cave. Battles from the second battle onward take place in Cerulean City after Green has been defeated in Cerulean Cave. She uses the same set of Pokémon in both locations.



Quotes

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Cerulean Cave
  • Before battle
"Oh, whoops! You're not a Pokémon! Sorry, it's so dark in here, I saw you and thought you were some kind of Pokémon."
"Well, uh… Nice to meet you. I'm Green!"
"So, hey, I'm just curious… Are you here because you're also looking for… y'know, something special?"
"R-right! Mewtwo!"
"…Drat. So you knew about it already, huh. … … … Whaaaaaaaaaat?! You've already caught it?!"
"Hey, no fair! I was planning on catching it first!"
  • Upon being defeated
"Come on! What's with that…?"
  • After being defeated
"Wow, you're strong! Well, I guess that's that. Here, you can have these."
"Oh, I know! Why don't you become one of my Pokémon, together with Mewtwo?"
"Hee hee hee…"
"Think about it, OK?"
Cerulean City
  • Before battle
"Drat, I couldn't catch you this time either, huh…"
"Well, never mind. Just show me how strong you've gotten!"
  • Upon being defeated
"Come on! What's with that…?"
  • After being defeated
"Wow, I think you're plenty strong already! So, what do you say? Don't you think it's time you become one of my Pokémon? Along with Mewtwo, of course!"
"I'm not going to give up, you know!"

Artwork

FireRed LeafGreen Leaf.png File:Leaf and Squirtle artwork.png HM Fly artwork.png
Official artwork from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Leaf and Squirtle concept artwork
for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines
Artwork depicting the usage of Fly,
featuring Leaf with a Pidgey
New Years postcard.jpg Leaf snow.png Green LGPE concept art.png
Ken Sugimori artwork of Leaf from a
2005 New Year's postcard
Ken Sugimori artwork of Leaf Concept artwork of Green from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Sprites

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Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: Missing overworld and in-battle models from LGPE
Spr FRLG Leaf.png FRLG Leaf Intro.png Leaf FRLG Credits.png FRLG Leaf Back.png VSGreen PE.png
Sprite of Leaf from
Generation III
Intro sprite of Leaf from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Credits sprite of Leaf from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Back sprite of Leaf from
Generation III
VS model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
LeafFRLGwalkdown.png Leaf E OD.png Colo Leaf.png XD Leaf.png
Overworld sprite of Leaf from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Overworld sprite of Leaf from
Emerald
Model of Leaf from
Colosseum
Headshot of Leaf from
Pokémon XD

Optional names

Japanese English French German Italian Spanish
グリーン Green
レッド Red
リーフ Leaf
ファイア Fire
キヨミ Kiyomi
サトコ Satoko
チホ Chiho
キョウコ Kyōko
マキコ Makiko
ミキコ Mikiko
ミチコ Michiko
ジュンコ Junko
アヤコ Ayako
リエ Rie
セツコ Setsuko
ユキコ Yukiko
マミナ Mamina
ノリエ Norie
ヒサエ Hisae
モモコ Momoko
ミスズ Misuzu
Green
Red
Leaf
Fire
Omi
Jodi
Amanda
Hillary
Makey
Michi
Paula
June
Cassie
Rey
Seda
Kiko
Mina
Norie
Sai
Momo
Suzi
Green
Red
Leaf
Fire
Joanna
Lucie
Edith
Pauline
Emma
Audrey
Marion
Sayaka
Ingrid
Linda
Flo
Yuki
Carmen
Nolween
Nadia
Helene
Caro
Grün
Rot
Blatt
Feuer
Mandy
Andrea
Sina
Martina
Tanja
Elena
Birgit
Diana
Katrin
Susi
Ute
Daniela
Silke
Simone
Jamie
Pia
Eva
Verde
Rosso
Green
Red
Cinzia
Luisa
Amanda
Rossana
Rita
Lorenza
Paola
Gaia
Olga
Wilma
Ivana
Monia
Letizia
Liliana
Ilaria
Isotta
Viviana
Verte
Joro
Jaho
Guefo
Mena
Cira
María
Mina
Nena
Luna
Bruna
Claudia
Casilda
Rita
Selena
Matilde
Nuria
Marina
Salia
Mirta
Susa


In the Super Smash Bros. series

Leaf as a palette swap of Pokémon Trainer in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Leaf's hat appears as an alternate outfit worn by Jigglypuff from Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward, in parallel to Pikachu wearing Red's hat.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Main article: Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)

Leaf appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where she is part of Red's palette swaps. Much like him, she is referred to as "Pokémon Trainer", sharing his team of Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard.

In other games

Leaf makes a cameo appearance in both Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used with her as the player character. She can take on Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

Counterparts

Green in Pokémon Adventures

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Green (Adventures)

Green from the Pokémon Adventures manga serves as Green's counterpart.

In Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga

Main article: Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)

Green also has a counterpart in the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga series, who is named Blue.

Trivia

Cover of the Pocket Monsters Red, Green, and Blue guidebook
  • An artwork of an unnamed female character drawn by Ken Sugimori was released in the games' official strategy guide. Sugimori had stated that he wanted to portray a trio of Trainers facing against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover.[1] The female character was later adapted for the Pokémon Craft DX magazine drawn by Emiko Yoshino, as well as the character Green in Pokémon Adventures. Sugimori also noted that he took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the female protagonist of FireRed and LeafGreen.[2]
  • Leaf's hat somewhat resembles a Premier Ball.
  • Leaf's FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.
  • The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with Dawn and Lyra. She also shares all of Kris's alternate Japanese names.
  • Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld Generation IV games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling against Red in an early trailer for Pokémon Battle Revolution on the Wii.
  • Leaf is the only non-rival female player character to have a counterpart who appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
Pokémon Craft DX gallery

Names

Although she is referred to as "Leaf" in unused Trainer data in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, she was not officially referred to as such until the reveal of the Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurine featuring her as リーフ Leaf.[3][4] Because of this, she was also known in the fandom as "Green" (ブルー Blue in Japanese) to match her Pokémon Adventures counterpart. This name would later be used officially in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. She is also sometimes referred to as フグリ Fuguri in the Japanese fandom. The name is derived from the katakana rendering of "LeafGreen", リーフグリーン fugurīn.

Green

Language Name Origin
Japanese ブルー Blue From Pokémon Blue
English, French Green From Pokémon Green
German Grün From Pokémon Grüne Edition (Pokémon Green)
Italian Verde From Pokémon Versione Verde (Pokémon Green)
Spanish Verde From Pokémon Edición Verde (Pokémon Green)
Korean 블루 Blue Transliteration of her Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 碧藍 / 碧蓝 Bìlán From 碧 bì / bīk (blue-green) and 藍 / 蓝 lán / làahm (blue)
Chinese (Cantonese) 碧藍 Bīklàahm

Leaf

Language Name Origin
Japanese リーフ Leaf From Pokémon LeafGreen
English, French, Italian Leaf From Pokémon LeafGreen
German Blatt From Pokémon Blattgrüne Edition (Pokémon LeafGreen)
Spanish Jaho Anagram of hoja, leaf

References

Non-player characters in the core series games
Kanto Professor OakMom (Kanto)Mom (LGPE)RedBlueGreenTraceDaisyOld manBillCelioMr. FujiSafari Zone WardenCopycatPrimoKoichi
Pokémon Fan Club ChairmanErik and SaraTealaMinaCalSteven StoneMayleneCameronMr. GameMorimoto
Team RocketGym guideGym LeadersElite FourProfessor's aidesMagikarp salesmanName RaterDay-Care PersonMr. Hyper


Player characters
Core series RedLeafEthanKrisLyraBrendanMayLucasDawn
HilbertHildaNateRosaCalemSerenaElioSelene
ChaseElaineVictorGloriaReiAkariFlorianJuliana
Side series WesMichaelNateCyndy
Spin-off games MarkMintTodd SnapLucy Fleetfoot
LunickSolanaKellynKateBenSummer
HeroHeroineTim GoodmanScottieBettie


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