Summer

Summer is a Coordinator from Hoenn and one of Rachel's rivals during their journey through the Hoenn Region.
Years later after her first Grand Festival Circuit, she would win an edition of the Johto Grand Festival, earning the title of Top Coordinator and the Ribbon Cup. After her victory, Summer was successfully recruited by Palmer into becoming a Frontier Brain and the head of the Battle Arcade in Johto.
==Biography==
===Grand Conquest===
Summer first appeared in It's Summer Time!, meeting Justin when they registered for the Rustboro Contest. Summer was excited to meet another Coordinator and invited Justin to train and showcase some appeals. Summer was disappointed to learn Justin was only competing in the contest as a trial of sorts but encouraged him to commit.
Summer briefly stayed alongside Justin during their stay in the city. She and Meditite helped Justin's Ralts improve his Confusion and later supported Justin during his gym battle against Roxanne. Summer is revealed to have just graduated from Roxanne's Pokemon School.
Summer and Justin entered the Rustboro Contest in A Spotlight Debut!, and both met Rachel. Summer competed with Meditite but lost the Contest, to Justin and his Eevee in the final. Summer remained upbeat despite the loss and the city for the next contest.
Summer returned in Ninjas in the Soot!, training in the Ninja Village on Hoenn Route 113 in preparation for the Fallarbor Contest. She met with Justin and Rachel and revealed her Loudred, whom she caught as a Whismur after losing the Rustboro Contest. By then Summer had earned two Hoenn Ribbons.
The Fallarbor Contest took place in Minun's Spectacular Encore!, and Summer competed against Rachel and new rival Evyr. Summer entered Loudred for the Contest and they advanced to the battle rounds then the finals after defeating Evyr and her Roselia. Summer and Loudred then faced Rachel and her Minun in the finals. Loudred took control of the match early, but Minun trapped Loudred in an Encore of Stomp, costing Summer the Contest and her third ribbon.
Summer had a cameo in Balance is Best in All Things! on television, winning the Foothill Town Contest to earn her third Hoenn Ribbon. Summer won the Contest with her newest Pokemon, a Psyduck. 
Summer returned in Mountain of Spirits! on Mt. Pyre. She and Meditite reunited with Justin and Rachel and found a Medichamite. On the mountain they met Hoenn Elite Four Phoebe. Summer joined her friends in battling against Teams Aqua and Magma, but they were all subdued, saved by the arrival of Latias, Latios, and Phoebe. During the conflict Summer broke her leg, and Phoebe used her Drifblim to take Summer to a hospital in Lilycove City.  
By New Chef on the Pokeblock!, Summer recieved treatment for her leg and a cast, but the injury ruled her out of the Lilycove Contest. Summer happily supported Rachel during the Contest in The Drought on Lilycove!. She sat with Justin in the stands and enjoyed Rachel's performance with Marshtomp.
After the Contest, Summer and her friends explored the Lilycove Mall. Summer and Justin then had a training battle between Loudred and Kirlia, which prompted Kirlia's evolution into Gardevoir. When Justin and Rachel left for Mossdeep City, Summer elected to stay in Lilycove City to heal and enter the next edition of the Lilycove Contest. 
Summer returned in Dancing Without Music!, rushing to enter the Battle Palace Battle Tent in Pacifidlog Town before registration closed. She revealed that she had won the Lilycove Ribbon, qualifying her for the Grand Festival. 
During the Battle Tent competition, Summer defeated Justin in the semifinals with her new Ludicolo and then Rachel in the final with Meditite to win the event. 
In Clash of the Mega Dragons!, Summer joined Justin and his friends to Slateporrt City for the Grand Festival aboard Elite Four Drake's ship. Summer and Ludiolo helped keep everyone entertained. They arrived at the city in Meet Me at the Slateport Market!
The Hoenn Grand Festival began in Melody on the Grand Stage. Summer commanded Medite to advance to the second round as one of the top 5 scorerers. On the second appeal stage, Summer chose Ludicolo, and they advanced to the battle rounds. 
Summer was slated to battle Evyr in the first battle round, which took place in Battle Dance Like Mad!. Summer chose Ludicolo and Golduck to face Evyr's Flygon and Roselia. Summer used a Rain Dance strategy, maximizing her Pokemon's Swift Swim ability, Water-Type attacks, and dancing. She held a lead over Evyr for the entire battle even during Evyr's comeback. However, Summer lost once Roselia knocked out her Pokemon with Solar Beam, eliminating Summer from competition.
Summer was graceful in defeat but shaken that she lost despite a flawless strategy and being better for the entire battle. She could not cope with her loss and stay at the tournament, so she returned home to Rustboro City. Before she left Slateport, Justin met with Summer, and they shared a heart-to-heart about some of the negatives about contest battles. Summer finally cried over her loss and Justin held her.
In A New Journey from a New Perspective!, Summer traveled to Petalburg City with Meditite to congratualate Justin on winning the Ever Grande Conference. Summer admitted she was still devastated by her loss to Evyr and decided to take a break from contests until she could come to terms with her defeat. Summer was offered a teaching assistant position by Leader Roxanne and happily accepted.
===Johto Frontier===
After a long absence, Summer returned in Battle Dance! performing with the Kimono Girls at the Ecruteak Dance Hall with her Medicham and Ludicolo. She is spotted by Yazmyne, unaware that she is Justin's younger sister. Summer knows of Yazmyne as she is a Top Coordinator and a Champion of the Orange Crew in addition to her other accomplishments in Riau.
When Summer reveals herself as the Frontier Brain of the Battle Arcade, Yazmyne challenges her to a battle, and Summer accepts but makes the challenge a Double Battle on the Dance Hall Stage. Summer uses Ludicolo and Quagsire to against Yazmyne's Hawlucha and Ivysaur and wins. Afterward, Summer advances Yazmyne to observe the Ecruteak Contest instead of competing as she believes Johto Contests are among the toughest across all Ribbon Circuits.
In Combat Appeals in Freestyle!, Summer appeared as a guest judge for the Ecruteak Contest. At the end of the competition, she awarded the winner the Ecruteak Ribbon. Afterward, Summer met with Yazmyne and informed her of the Lake Lucid Contest and that her Frontier Facility was a part of the Johto Safari Zone near Cianwood City.
Summer reappeared between Arcade Games! and Arcade Swap!. She is first seen acting as the emcee of the Battle Arcade as multiple challengers took on her facility. When Yazmyne arrived to take on her challenge, Summer was alerted and passed the duties of emcee to another woman before meeting Yazmyne personally. Summer explained the rules of the Battle Arcade and left Yazmyne to select her Pokemon for the challenge.
When Yazmyne took on her Battle Arcade Challenge, Summer did not act as emcee. She instead sat on a throne of sorts atop the stadium and observed Yazmyne's battles. After the Yazmyne's sixth consecutive win, Summer descended and entered the roulette as Yazmyne's seventh opponent and as the Arcade Star of the Battle Arcade. Summer selected Medicham, Quagsire, and Togekiss for the challenge and the result was swap, meaning Yazmyne and Summer had to swap Pokemon. Summer obtained Yazmyne's Gothorita, Hawlucha, and Haunter for the challenge.
During the battle, Summer demonstrated mastery over Yazmyne's Pokemon after having seen them battle so much during the challenge. She combined Gothorita and Haunter's talents excellently, battling as Yazmyne intended but adding her own flare. Yazmyne understood how to use Summer's Pokemon and the trick to conquer the Battle Swap Roulette, which was exploiting her own Pokemon's weaknesses to defeat them. Doing this allowed Yazmyne to win the battle by a hair due to Medicham's Endure-Reversal combo over Hawlucha's Bulk Up-empowered Sky Attack.
Summer took the defeat well and congratulated Yazmyne and her incredible Pokemon. She then awarded Yazmyne the Arcade Key. Afterward, Yazmyne and Summer healed their Pokemon. Summer informed Yazmyne of the Wallace Cup where she had been a former champion. She told Yazmyne the competition that year would be held on Red Rock Isle of the Whirl Islands.
Summer returned between and as one of the special judges of the Johto Grand Festival. During the opening ceremony, Summer helped welcome the audience and competitors and put on an appeal with her Medicham before the opening round became. At the end of the competition, she awarded Nick, the winner, the Johto Ribbon Cup.
==Pokemon==
==Contests==
===Hoenn Ribbons===
This listing is of the Ribbons Summer has obtained in the Hoenn region:
*Two Unknown Ribbons (prior to Ninjas in the Soot!)
*Foothill Ribbon (Balance is Best in All Things!)
*Unknown Ribbon (prior to Mountain of Spirits!)
*Lilycove Ribbon (prior to Dancing Without Sound!)
===Johto Ribbons===
This listing is of the Ribbons Summer has obtained in the Johto region:
*Five Unknown Ribbons
===Grand Festival Ranking===
Summer has competed in the following Grand Festivals
*Hoenn Grand Festival: Loss to Evyr - Top 32 (Battle Dance Like Mad!)
*Johto Grand Festival - Winner
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