Leaf (game)

Leaf リーフ Leaf
[[File:File:Game character leafgreen.png|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Female
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mother
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, Player character
Generation	III
Games	FireRed, LeafGreen

Leaf is the female counterpart to Red and main playable character in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. She lives in Pallet Town, across from her upcoming rival in Pokémon training, Blue. Leaf is presumably 11 years old, the same age as her male counterpart, Red. The equivalent character in the Pokémon Special manga is Blue, who changes her outfit to match in the FireRed and LeafGreen chapter.

Story

Leaf is a curious 11-year-old girl from Pallet Town. The Generation I instruction booklets explain that Red became interested in Pokémon after his best friend, Blue, stopped playing with him and became a bully, so presumably this is true for Leaf, Red's female counterpart, as well. Her adventure begins one day when 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 type of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating 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 league champion. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the champion herself.

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 Chrono Island in Generation III, would band together in Johto to try and revive the group.

Optional names for Leaf

Leaf sprite from Generation III

Language	English	Japanese	German	French	Italian
FireRed/LeafGreen	Omi Jodi Amanda Hillary Makey Michi Paula June Cassie Rey Seda Kiko Mina Norie Sai Momo Suzi Red Fire Green Leaf	アヤコ Ayako キヨミ Kiyomi キョウコ Kyōko グリーン Green サトコ Satoko ジュンコ Junko セツコ Setsuko チホ Chiho ノリエ Norie ヒサエ Hisae ファイア Fire マキコ Makiko マミナ Mamina ミキコ Mikiko ミスズ Misuzu ミチコ Michiko モモコ Momoko ユキコ Yukiko リエ Rie リーフ Leaf レッド Red	Jamie Diana Silke Ute Tanja Simone Sina Daniela Mandy Martina Andrea Birgit Pia Katrin Elena Eva Susi Feuer Rot Blatt Grün

Trivia

File:Leaf red and blue first generation.jpg

Red and Blue, and a possible Generation I Leaf?

• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Jigglypuff can wear Leaf's hat as an alternate costume. This is similar to how Pikachu wears Red's hat as an alternate costume.
• Leaf is the only player character who has not had an appearance in the anime, either through a counterpart (as is the case with Jimmy/Gold and Ash/Red) or a movie cameo (as has happened to Brendan and Lucas).
  • Some speculate that if Leaf or a counterpart to her does appear, she would be one of the two unknown Trainers who started from Pallet Town on the same day as Ash and Gary, choosing Bulbasaur or Charmander as her starter Pokémon.
• Leaf could have been intended to appear in the original Red and Green Versions, due to the fact that on Nintendo's Official guidebook, it depicted a female trainer with long brown hair, a black dress, white gloves and short black boots, alongside the male protagonist and the rival. It is believed she was supposed to be in the game, but was left out for some reason.
• Leaf's official artwork shows her with brown eyes but her sprite displays her with blue eyes.
• The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with Dawn.
• Leaf's front sprite shows her wearing a light blue shirt. For an unknown reason, it is much darker in her back sprite.

Player characters
Core series Red • Leaf • Ethan • Kris • Lyra • Brendan • May • Lucas • Dawn Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Calem • Serena • Elio • Selene Chase • Elaine • Victor • Gloria • Rei • Akari • Florian • Juliana Side series Wes • Michael • Nate • Cyndy Spin-off games Mark • Mint • Todd Snap • Lucy Fleetfoot Lunick • Solana • Kellyn • Kate • Ben • Summer Hero • Heroine • Tim Goodman • Scottie • Bettie

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.