Lacey
| Lacey タロ Taro | |
 Artwork from Scarlet and Violet DLC | |
| Age | Unknown |
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| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Yellow |
| Hair color | Light pink |
| Hometown | Nimbasa City[1] |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Clay (father)[2][3] |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, BB League Elite Four |
| Generation | IX |
| Games | Scarlet and Violet |
| Member of | BB League |
| Rank | Elite Four |
| Specializes in | Fairy types |
Lacey (Japanese: タロ Taro) is a character introduced in The Indigo Disk in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. She is a second-year student attending Blueberry Academy, and a member of the BB League Elite Four. She uses Fairy-type Pokémon.
In the core series games
Lacey is a girl who likes cute Pokémon, which led to her becoming a Trainer of Fairy types. Her father is Driftveil City Gym Leader Clay,[2] with whom she shares the same ace Pokémon. When interacting with Nemona in the League Club Room, she and Lacey are revealed to know each other, with Nemona having battled her father in the middle of a fancy party.[2] She has a habit of crossing her arms in an X-formation to show her disapproval whenever she disagrees with something. She is ranked as the second-strongest member of the Elite Four at Blueberry Academy, situated at Coastal Plaza.
Lacey is the first person the player meets upon their arrival at Blueberry Academy, giving the player their first battle there and introducing them to the Terarium and Blueberry Quests. Later, she is met at the Blueberry Academy Cafeteria, where she votes against Drayton's proposition of letting the player participate in the BB League, but is ultimately outvoted. Her Elite Trial is a Pokémon quiz consisting of five questions that the player must answer correctly. After the trial has been cleared, Lacey can be battled. She rewards the player with TM227 (Alluring Voice) upon being beaten.
After the player has caught Terapagos, Lacey can occasionally be found in the League Club Room, where she offers to rematch the player once a day.
Pokémon
Lacey keeps her Pokémon in Nest Balls.
First battle
Winning this fight is not mandatory. The player will not black out and the story will progress either way.
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Subsequent battles
Lacey uses this team in both her Elite Four battle and when challenged at the League Club Room. She sends out her Excadrill last and will Terastallize it at the first opportunity.
Traded to the player
Upon the third unique interaction with Lacey in the League Club Room, she will trade a Snubbull to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.
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Gallery
Artwork
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| The Indigo Disk | In The Indigo Disk key art |
Game assets
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Quotes
- Main article: Lacey/Quotes
Music
| Games | Location | Song name(Japanese) | Song name(English) | Composition | Arrangement |
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| S V | When battling Lacey for the first time |
戦闘！学園のトレーナー | Battle! (Academy Trainer) | Junichi Masuda Minako Adachi |
Haruka Soeda |
| In cutscenes with the BB Elite Four | 学園の日常 | Daily Life at the Academy | Minako Adachi Hitomi Satō |
Hitomi Satō | |
| When clearing Lacey's Elite Trial |
四天王チャレンジ・クリア！ | You Completed the Elite Trial! | Hitomi Satō | Hitomi Satō | |
| When battling Lacey in every other instance |
戦闘！ブルベリーグ四天王 | Battle! (BB League Elite Four) | Minako Adachi | Minako Adachi | |
| When defeating Lacey in every other instance |
ブリベリーグ四天王に勝利！ | Victory! (BB League Elite Four) | Minako Adachi | Minako Adachi |
In the TCG
- Main article: Lacey (Stellar Miracle 98)
Lacey is introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Stellar Miracle expansion, with artwork by Sanosuke Sakuma. It allows the player to shuffle their hand into their deck and draw 4 cards, or 8 cards if their opponent has 3 or fewer Prize cards remaining.
Trivia
- The French official website for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet misspelled Lacey's French name (Taro) as "Tara" in the subheading for her.[4][5] This error was fixed as of September 11, 2023.[6]
- Lacey is the first Elite Four member to specialize in Fairy-type Pokémon.
- Lacey is the only member of the BB Elite Four whose designated Terastallized Pokémon is not of her specialty type prior to being Terastallized. It is also the only such Pokémon to be first discovered in Unova.
- Lacey is also the only member of the BB Elite Four to use more than one Pokémon not of her specialty type.
- While Lacey refers to her usage of Plusle and Minun in her first battle as her "Plus-Minus strategy", they each have their Hidden Abilities Lightning Rod and Volt Absorb rather than Plus and Minus, respectively, and her strategy relies on using Discharge to trigger them.
- Lacey's Rotom Phone uses a Fairy Case.
- Lacey's trial, a Pokémon quiz, is the same as that employed by Opal, the Gym Leader of Ballonlea in the Galar region.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | タロ Taro | From taro, similar to ヤーコン Yakon (Clay) being named after a root vegetable |
| English | Lacey | From an anagram of Clay, and Araceae (plant family that includes taro) or Colocasia violacea (synonym for Colocasia esculenta, scientific name of taro) |
| German | Tara | From taro |
| French | Taro | From her Japanese name |
| Spanish | Aroa | From Araceae (plant family that includes taro) and taro |
| Italian | Rupi | Possibly from purple |
| Korean | 타로 Taro | Transcription of her Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 紫竽 Zǐyú | From 紫 zǐ / jí (purple) and 芋 yù / yuhk (taro) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 紫竽 Jíyùh |
References
- ↑ Map Mission Guide: From Nimbasa City in Unova. (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Indigo Disk)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lacey: "You created such a stir, challenging my daddy to a battle right there in your fancy party dress!"
Nemona: "[...] I’m glad! Clay’s very kind!" (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Indigo Disk) - ↑ https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1802415860771930455
- ↑ (June 21, 2023). "Des personnages que vous rencontrerez à l’Institut Myrtille." Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Official Website (French) (Archive as of June 22, 2023)
- ↑ "Le trésor enfoui de la Zone Zéro : nouvelle bande-annonce." La chaîne officielle Pokémon en français. YouTube.
- ↑ (June 21, 2023). "Des personnages que vous rencontrerez à l’Institut Myrtille." Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Official Website (French)
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