Valerie

Valerie is the Fairy-type Gym Leader of the Kalos region and the leader of the Laverre City Gym. She designed her Gym to be like a doll house, befitting of Fairy Pokémon.
==Appearance==
Valerie has long black hair that reaches her knees, her eyes are wide and in the color of purplish gray. She also wears purple hairclips slightly resembling the ears of an Audino and string-like tendrils, as well as a purple choker. Her outfit resembles a stylized kimono spliced with a gothic-lolita style. The sleeves bear the resemblance to butterfly wings with pink, mist-like patterns followed by a yellowish-cream color and tipped with black. She wears a pale-yellow corset intertwined with purple strings and lined with butterfly patterns black strings. Along with that, she wears a short, puffy skirt with the colors of pale purple, pink, and black with frilly ends. And to finish it off, she wears black socks with renaissance flairs on the top, and black high heels with bright pink soles and ribbons.
==Personality==
Valerie is a very graceful woman and very kind, with words of wisdom. She always hides her problems and weaknesses from her family and friends with a service smile.
==Etymology==
The name Valerie comes from "faerie", an alternate spelling of "fairy" often used to sound more antiquated or fantastical. It could also come from Valerianella locusta, a leafy vegetable.
Her Japanese name, Māshu, may come from 魔法 (mahō, magic) or the French "mâche" (an edible plant called lamb's lettuce or raiponce, which plays a pivotal role in the fairy tale Rapunzel).
==Biography==
Valerie is the Gym Leader of Laverre City in the Kalos region. Her speciality is Fairy-type Pokémon and gives the Fairy Badge to the players who defeat her.
She can be re-battled in the Battle Chateau as a Marchioness after the player character becomes the Champion.
===Other appearances===
Valerie makes appearances in Pokémon the Series, Pokémon Adventures, and in Pokémon Masters. Her look does not change very much as you can see down below, but her hair style changes slightly in Pokémon the Series. In the anime Pokémon the Series, Valerie has more detail and color in her outfit. And in the game, Pokémon Masters, she barely changes at all.
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==Trivia==
*Valerie is similar to Johto's Jasmine as they are both Gym Leaders who are specialists in a type first introduced in their generation, with Jasmine being a specialist of the type and Valerie being a specialist of the type.
**Coincidentally, Jasmine and Valerie are both female and the sixth leader of their region.
*She is the second Gym Leader to wear an outfit of Japanese origin, with Kanto's Erika being first. The TV show Gym Freaks states that her outfit weighs 33 pounds and causes confusion as to how she can hold Poké Balls as her arms are completely hidden by the wing-like part of her outfit.
*In the game it states that she came from Johto. According to Gym Freaks, Valerie used to be a model before becoming a Gym Leader and as such can wear incredibly high heels. This makes Valerie is the second female Gym Leader to have had a modeling career, with Unova's Elesa being the first.
**Johto is based on the Japanese Kyoto region. She has a Kyoto dialect in the Japanese version of the anime, and so do other characters from Johto.
*In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, a Fairy Tale Girl near the home of the Berry Master is close friends with Valerie, even referring Valerie with an intimate name.
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