Erika

For the Coordinator who battled May, see Erica.

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Erika エリカ Erika
""The Nature-Loving Princess!""
[[File:File:FL Erika.png|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Female
Eye color	Gray (games), Green (anime)
Hair color	Black (games), Blue (anime)
Hometown	Celadon City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	None
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	I, II, III
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, Stadium, Stadium 2
Leader of	Celadon Gym
Badge	Rainbow Badge
Anime debut	Pokémon Scent-sation
English voice actor	Leah Applebaum
Japanese voice actor	Kyoko Hikami

Erika (Japanese: エリカ Erika) is the Gym Leader of Celadon City's Gym, known officially as the Celadon Gym. She hands out the Rainbow Badge to trainers who defeat her. She is a serene young woman who specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. She sometimes dresses in elegant kimonos and seems to represent traditional Japanese beauty, and perhaps geisha culture.

In the anime

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Erika in the anime

Erika appeared in Pokémon Scent-sation!, running a perfumery in Celadon City where she sold a special brand of perfume made from the essence of her favorite Pokémon, Gloom. Misty, Brock, and Pikachu were enamored with the scents, but Ash insulted the perfume. In protest, the manager, who was later revealed to be the Gym Leader Erika, had him banned from her store and by extension the greenhouse/Celadon Gym. Jessie and James were sneaking into the gym trying to steal the perfume scents to sell them, but they were stamped with a red X and banned from the gym, too. Ash found them and untied them in exchange for help entering the gym.

Disguised a girl named Ashley, Ash signed up as a student at the Gym. Erika was reading a fairy tale to some Grass-type Pokémon when he found and recognized her. Pikachu instantly recognized Ash and exposed him. Erika finally agreed to a battle for the Gym Badge. However, their match was interrupted when Team Rocket started a fire in the Gym as revenge for being thrown out of the gym.

Ash risked his life to run in and rescue Erika's beloved Gloom, who had once saved her from a wild Grimer when she was a little girl. Out of thanks, Erika awarded Ash with the Rainbow Badge.

She is voiced by 氷上恭子 Kyoko Hikami in the original Japanese version, by Leah Applebaum in the English dub, and by Letícia Quinto in the Brazilian dub.

Pokémon

This is listing is of Erika's Pokémon in the anime:

Tangela

Weepinbell

Gloom

In the games

Art of Erika from Pokémon Red and Blue

Erika's title is The Nature-Loving Princess.

Erika is ladylike, and a teacher of flower-arranging. She is a quiet girl, but she's well-known in Celadon City.

Erika only collects Pokémon if she considers them attractive, though her definition of attractive seems to include varieties only a botanist could love. She also tends to doze off quite a bit, but will become inspired after a good match.

In addition to the Rainbow Badge, Erika gives out TM21, Mega Drain, in Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, as well as FireRed and LeafGreen, she gives out TM19 (Giga Drain).

Fame Checker

This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Erika in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions.

Celadon City - sign

• What does this person do?

"Celadon City Pokémon Gym

Leader: Erika

The Nature-Loving Princess!"

Celadon Gym - Erika

• Favorite kind of Pokémon?

"I am a student of the art of flower arranging.

My Pokémon are solely of the Grass type."

Celadon Gym - Lass Lola

• What is this person like?

"Our Leader Erika might be quiet, but she’s famous around here."

Celadon Gym - Beauty Tamia

• What is this person like?

"We only use Grass-type Pokémon at our Gym.

Why? We also use them for making flower arrangements!"

Celadon Gym - Erika

• Favorite kind of Pokémon?

"I would never collect Pokémon if they were unattractive."

Celadon Mansion - Pokémon Journal

• There’s a rumor...

"Rumor has it that if you peek into Celadon Gym, you can often see Erika snoozing."

Message from Erika

• From: Erika
• To: [Player]

"I am so glad that there are strong trainers like you.

That awareness alone inspires and motivates me to try harder.

Please visit me again.

Zzz..."

Pokémon

This listing is of Erika's Pokémon in the games in which she has appeared.

Quotes

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Erika Sprite from Generation I	Erika sprite from Generation II	Erika sprite from Generation III

Pokémon Red and Blue

"Hello. Lovely weather isn't it? It's so pleasant. ...Oh dear... I must have dozed off. Welcome. My name is Erika. I am the Leader of Celadon Gym. I teach the art of flower arranging. My Pokémon are of the grass-type. Oh, I'm sorry, I had no idea that you wished to challenge me. Very well, but I shall not lose."

"Oh! I concede defeat. You are remarkably strong. I must confer you the Rainbow Badge."

Pokémon Gold and Silver

"Hello... Lovely weather, isn't it? It's so pleasant... ...I'm afraid I may doze off... My name is Erika. I am the Leader of Celadon Gym. ...Oh? All the way from Johto, you say? How nice... Oh. I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you wished to challenge me. Very well, but I shall not lose."

"Oh! I concede defeat... You are remarkably strong... I shall give you Rainbow Badge..."

"Losing leaves a bitter aftertaste... But knowing that there are strong trainers spurs me to do better..."

In the Pokémon Special manga

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Erika

In the Pokémon Special manga, Erika is an elegant young princess who gives lectures at universities and practices archery. She is allied with the "good" Gym Leaders of Kanto, and often assists Misty and Brock during crises.

She sent Red out on a quest to capture an unusual Eevee that could change at will between its three elemental forms. Erika threatened to kill Eevee; however, it turned out that she was just testing Red's character. She debuted in Blame it on Eevee.

Erika is the supervisor of the Kanto Gym Leaders, much as Winona is the leader of the Hoenn Gym Leaders.

Pokémon

This is a listing of Erika's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

Vileplume

Skiploom

Tangela

Bellsprout

Bellossom

In the TCG

In the Trading Card Game, the card Erika allows each player to draw up to three cards. Another card, Erika's Kindness, demonstrates her kindness, depicting her as helping a Growlithe out of the rain. Erika's Maids enables the player to trade two cards in a hand for two Pokémon in the deck, both with Erika in their names. Charity is attached to the player's Active Pokémon, and if that Pokémon is not knocked out, the card returns to the owner's hand; it allows the player to reduce the damage their attacks inflict on the Defending Pokémon. Erika's Perfume allows the player to peek at the hand of the opponent and force them to summon any number of basic Pokémon from the hand to the bench.

As in the anime, she also appears to make fragrances, such as LeAF, depicted on Erika's perfume.

There is a Theme Deck named for Erika in the Gym Heroes expansion. It has two versions, English and Japanese.

Artwork

Artwork from the cards:

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  Erika and the Rainbow Badge.

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  Erika smiles.

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  Erika helps a lost Growlithe.

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  Erika and her maids.

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  Erika and an ikebana arrangement of Bellsprout and Vileplume.

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  Erika's perfume.

• ErikaVS.jpg

  Erika's updated VS artwork.

Pokémon

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

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Erika's Clefable		35	H	Gym Heroes	3/132
Erika's Dragonair		32	H	Gym Heroes	4/132
Erika's Vileplume		34	H	Gym Heroes	5/132
Erika	-	-	H	Gym Heroes	16/132
					100/132
Erika's Clefairy		17		Gym Heroes	25/132
Erika's Victreebel		37		Gym Heroes	26/132
Erika's Dratini		14		Gym Heroes	42/132
Erika's Exeggcute		15		Gym Heroes	43/132
Erika's Exeggutor		31		Gym Heroes	44/132
Erika's Gloom		24		Gym Heroes	45/132
Erika's Gloom		28		Gym Heroes	46/132
Erika's Oddish		12		Gym Heroes	47/132
Erika's Weepinbell		26		Gym Heroes	48/132
Erika's Weepinbell		30		Gym Heroes	49/132
Erika's Bellsprout		12		Gym Heroes	75/132
Erika's Bellsprout		15		Gym Heroes	76/132
Erika's Exeggcute		12		Gym Heroes	77/132
Erika's Oddish		15		Gym Heroes	78/132
Erika's Tangela		12		Gym Heroes	79/132
Charity	-	-		Gym Heroes	99/132
Celadon City Gym	-	-		Gym Heroes	107/132
Erika's Maids	-	-		Gym Heroes	109/132
Erika's Perfume	-	-		Gym Heroes	110/132
Good Manners	-	-		Gym Heroes	111/132
Erika's Venusaur		45	H	Gym Challenge	4/132
Erika's Bellsprout		13		Gym Challenge	38/132
Erika's Bulbasaur		15		Gym Challenge	39/132
Erika's Clefairy		16		Gym Challenge	40/132
Erika's Ivysaur		22		Gym Challenge	41/132
Erika's Jigglypuff		13		Gym Challenge	69/132
Erika's Oddish		10		Gym Challenge	70/132
Erika's Paras		17		Gym Challenge	71/132
Erika's Kindness	-	-		Gym Challenge	103/132
Erika's Bellossom		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	59/141
Erika's Jumpluff		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	60/141

Trivia

• Erika's Japanese Leader title is 草花薫るやまとなでしこ. (See Yamato Nadeshiko.)
• In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga, Erika was childhood friends with Kaede, who had an unfortunate reaction to a flower wreath Erika gave her at a party and ran off in shame. They met again later when Kaede, now a Team Rocket agent, invaded Erika's Gym. Erika was overjoyed to see her old friend and seemed to disregard any and all ill plots.
• Erika is the only Gym Leader who originated from the video games and kept her Japanese name.
  • She is also the second Gym leader in the anime to be defeated out of sequence from the Games (the first being Sabrina, and third being Fantina (fifth if one counts Maylene and Crasher Wake).
• Tangela is the only Pokémon Erika owns who has appeared in all Pokémon media: the anime, the Pokémon Special manga, the video games, and the Trading Card Game.

Names

Language	Name	Reference to
Japanese	エリカ Erika	エリカ属 erika-zoku, the Erica genus - heathers.
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish	Erika	Refers to the Erica genus - heathers.
Korean	민화 Minhwa	화 hwa means flower.
Chinese (Taiwan and Mainland)	莉佳 Lì Jiā	Transliteration of Rika in Erika.
Chinese (Hong Kong)	艾莉佳 Ài Lì Jiā	Transliteration of Erika.

External links

• Splendor, the fanlisting for Erika
• Erika's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Brock	Cerulean Gym Misty	Vermilion Gym Lt. Surge	Celadon Gym Erika
Fuchsia Gym Koga Janine	Saffron Gym Sabrina	Cinnabar Gym Blaine	Viridian Gym Giovanni Blue

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