Iris (Pokémon the Series)

Iris (Japanese: アイリス) is a Pokémon Trainer who is Ash Ketchum's former travelling companion and serves as the deuteragonist of Pokémon the Series: Black and White. 
She is voiced by Aoi Yūki in the Japanese version, In English, she is originally voiced by Eileen Stevens, since Pokémon: Ultimate Journeys, she is voiced by Anairis Quiñones.
==Appearance==
Iris is a young, thin black girl with brown (in Black & White series)/ruby (in Journeys series) eyes and long deep purple hair, tied back with yellow bangles in thick ponytails that resemble the petals of an iris blossom.
===Regular outfit===
Iris wears a cream-colored long-sleeved top with a pink collar and cuffs, a pink puffy miniskirt with a slit on the left side and a big ribbon over it. She also has white leggings with yellow-colored ends at the legs, and pink and white yellow-strapped shoes with no socks.
===Champion outfit===
Iris wears royal garments, similar to that of a princess. Her hair is now tied up in a small bun with large spike designs, and she has two rounded ringlets in each side of her head. Her hair is tied in a bun also tied up in a long ponytail by a yellow bow. She wears a white and pink V-neck long-sleeved princess gown with flowing ribbons and frilly ends and a huge bright pink bow on her waist with a large pink ring to hold it. The gown also is open at the front, exposing Iris' legs and feet. Her sleeves are very large and long with pink cuffs. She wears a small golden crown on her head with two emeralds encrusted within the triangle-shaped sides. On her feet she wears white sandals with a round green gem encrusted in the center of each sandal.
==Personality==
Iris is seen to be a wild girl as she likes swinging on vines and eating Berries. She is shown to have pride in her role as a Pokémon Trainer, as shown when Ash fails to catch a Pokémon and she calls him a little kid. She is quite similar to Misty but seems to be more energetic. She has the dream of becoming the greatest Dragon Master and believes that dragons are good. Like dragons, Iris has been shown to be afraid of Ice-type Pokémon just like Misty has a fear of Bug-type Pokémon. This has shown in Crisis at Ferroseed Research! and relatively Ice types are the weakness of Dragon types.
==Pokémon==
On hand:
*Axew → Fraxure → Haxorus ♂
*Drilbur → Excadrill ♂
*Emolga ♀
*Dragonite ♂
Traveling with
*Rotom (as a phone)
Unknown:
*Gible ♂
==Trivia==
*Iris is named after the Iris Flower which is native to Africa and North America. Also in Greek mythology, Iris is the goddess of the rainbow.
*Iris is also the first (and only so far) of Ash's traveling companions who had become a regional Pokémon Champion.
**Iris also the second main character in the anime series to become a regional Pokémon Champion, the first being Ash Ketchum.
**Iris is also the first regional Pokémon Champion that Ash have defeated in battle.
*Iris is the first main character in the anime series to keep her Japanese name.
*Iris is Ash's first female companion that didn't have a bike.
**Because of this, Iris stopped the running gag of getting the female companion's bike electrocuted by Pikachu.
*Iris is the second of Ash's female companion who is a complete tomboy, first was Misty, and that excels in physical capabilities.
*Iris is the fourth female character to have glowing red eyes when she gets angry. The other three being Jessie, May, and Dawn. She is also the third female traveling companion of Ash to have glowing red eyes.
*Iris is the first female character not to appear in the next anime series after her departure, later followed by Serena.
**Though both Iris and Serena appear in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, they do not appear simultaneously, as Iris first appears in the series in Thrash of the Titans! (JN065), while Serena first appears in Reuniting for the First Time! (JN105).
*Iris resembles Misty in The Beginning series, as they both argued with Ash, and their game counterparts are gym leaders.
**Also, Iris is the gym leader of Opelucid City only in Pokémon White, while Misty is the gym leader of Cerulean City in all Kanto and Johto games.
*Her Japanese voice actress, Aoi Yūki, also voiced Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Tatsumaki in One Punch Man, Hibiki Tachibana in Senki Zesshou Symphogear, Meme Tatane in Soul Eater NOT!, Yuuki Konno in Sword Art Online, Nodoka Hanadera in Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure, Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia, Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins, Natsume Amano in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside from TV series in Japanese Version, Eevee in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, Tanya von Degurechaff in Youjo Senki: Saga of Tanya the Evil, Tatsumaki in One Punch Man, Menat in Street Fighter franchise and Sariphi in Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (Drama CD).
*Her English voice actress, Eileen Stevens, also voiced Elesa in same series of Pokémon, Lyra in Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl, Leo & Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (Season 2), Tori Meadows in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Zorua in Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions, and Serena's Fennekin in Pokémon the Series: XY.
==External Links==
*Iris on the Pokémon Wiki
*Iris at Bulbapedia
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