Franka

Franka ブランカ Blanca
Franka
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Dark purple
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Dot (daughter) Murdock (older brother)
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	A Wild Mom Appears!
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Motoko Kumai

Franka (Japanese: ブランカ Blanca) is a supporting character in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. She is Dot's mother and Murdock's younger sister.

History

Pre-series

Before Dot joined the Rising Volt Tacklers, Franka and Dot decided that they'd have a trial period to evaluate whether the experience was what Dot wanted. Franka tasked Murdock with taking care of Dot, and keeping her up-to-date on her daughter's life aboard the Brave Olivine.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Dot and Franka

Franka was briefly mentioned, albeit not by name, by Murdock in Arboliva's Forest.

In A Wild Mom Appears!, after some time without answers from Murdock or Dot, Franka traveled with Friede to Brave Olivine to personally check on her daughter and bring her back home. Upon arriving at the airship, Franka met Liko, Roy and introduced herself to the others, shortly after, she decided to talk about Dot's situation in the group with her daughter's friends, after that, with Liko's insistence, Franka let her Liko and Roy try to talk to Dot.

Upon seeing Dot opening up to her friends and that she has two Pokémon partners, Franka decided to challenge her daughter to a Pokémon battle. After Dot finally managed to open up to her mother in battle, Dot's Quaxly managed to learn Low Kick and defeat her mother's Lycanroc. After this, Franka gave her approval for Dot to continue traveling.

Character

Franka is an overly expressive person that says a lot about her family members. She is often stopped by her Lycanroc from getting off topic.

Similar to Dot, Franka puts her hair back when she's getting serious or entering a battle. Just like her older brother, Franka has a Pokémon from Rockruff's evolutionary line, although in her case it is a Midnight Form Lycanroc. This choice seems to reflect on the way she dresses, as Franka wears clothes and accessories with similar patterns to Lycanroc's forms, as well as a pair of Rockruff slippers.

Pokémon

On hand

Lycanroc

Debut	A Wild Mom Appears!

Midnight Form Lycanroc is Franka's only known Pokémon. Whenever its Trainer begins talking too much and going off-topic, Lycanroc tends to help Franka stop talking and focus on the task at hand. It later battled Quaxly aboard the Brave Olivine's battlefield, where it managed to keep Quaxly at bay for the majority of the battle, but once Quaxly learned Low Kick, Lycanroc was knocked out, giving Dot and Quaxly the win.

Lycanroc’s known moves are Counter and Rock Throw.

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese くまいもとこ Motoko Kumai

Artwork

Artwork from "After the story"

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ブランカ Blanca	From blanca, Spanish for white
English, French	Franka	Similar to her Japanese name

Related articles

Rising Volt Tacklers Commander: Friede Second-in-command: Captain Pikachu Members: Orla • Ludlow • Mollie • Murdock Dot • Liko • Roy Allies: Lucca • Diana • Franka • Iono Base: Brave Olivine Related: Lucius • Six Heroes • Black Rayquaza Terapagos • Laqua • Laquium

Pokémon Horizons characters
Protagonists Liko (Floragato) • Roy (Fuecoco) Rising Volt Tacklers Friede (Captain Pikachu) • Mollie • Orla • Ludlow • Murdock • Dot (Quaxwell • Tinkatink) Antagonists Amethio • Onia • Zirc • Hamber • Spinel • Coral • Sidian • Chalce • Gibeon Relatives Alex • Lucca • Diana • Roy's parents • Roy's grandfather • Franka Supporting cast Nurse Joy • Rotom Phones • Ann • Liko's homeroom teacher • Lucius (Terapagos • Rayquaza • Six Heroes) • Nemona • Clavell • Geeta • Dendra • Jacq • Penny • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Many temporary characters
See also: Pokémon the Series characters

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon animated series.