Maylene

Maylene (Japanese: スモモ Sumomo) is the Gym Leader of Veilstone City's Gym, known officially as the Veilstone Gym. She hands out the to s who defeat her. She specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Maylene uses Pokémon in her battles. Trainers who defeat her receive the , , and are able to use outside of battle. In addition, if she is the fourth Gym Leader defeated, all Pokémon up to level 50 will obey their Trainer. Maylene is considered a cute little girl, but adults in the town respect her for her power. Maylene's father gambles at the Veilstone Game Corner. Maylene apparently does not know her own strength, as she is unsure of how she got to be Gym Leader, and seems rather confused by the whole thing.
Later, in , the encounters her upon entering where she is apparently by walking to Snowpoint City. She does not use —even if she can—so she can train herself. She is also used to the cold, even if she is lightly dressed and barefoot. In Snowpoint's Pokémon Center, she says that she admires Candice for being so studious and that she will see her later. In the post-game, she can appear at the Battleground, where she and the other Sinnoh Gym Leaders and Trainers can be battled again. After battling her here, she mentions that she believes that being barefoot is healthier than wearing footwear, pointing out that Pokémon go barefoot.
Maylene appears in in Celadon City's restaurant, having entered what appears to be an eating contest; piles of empty bowls surround her, amazing her onlookers. In addition, she will occasionally participate in the Pokéathlon's Supreme Cup in the Power Course with her , , and .
Maylene also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. She can be faced in the Sinnoh Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
In , Maylene also appears at the , where she can team up with Candice in a Double Battle.
Maylene seems to like to eat a lot, saying how it is so great that she can eat all she wants in both the Battleground and Celadon City's restaurant, and is apparently able to eat many bowls in one sitting.
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Maylene uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. She will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Maylene forms a sync pair with and its evolved form in Pokémon Masters EX. Maylene became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==Gallery==
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===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl====
Prior to assuming the role of Veilstone City's Gym Leader, Maylene and were regarded as formidable opponents and well-known in the Veilstone area. Her promotion to Gym Leader, which occurred six months prior to Lost Leader Strategy!, was welcomed by the city, but the subsequent pressure and expectations of the position led Maylene to become increasingly distracted and uncertain.
Maylene debuted in Lost Leader Strategy!, where it was revealed that she had been challenged by Paul to a Gym prior to the episode's events. were picked for their type advantages over Maylene's team, and this, coupled with the fact that Maylene was feeling out of sync with her Pokémon, resulted in an embarrassing match in which she failed to knock out a single one of Paul's two Pokémon with her three. After being defeated, Maylene awarded Paul with the , and Paul openly noted in front of her that she was the weakest Gym Leader he had ever battled. This comment, coupled on top of her existing issues and how badly she performed during the battle, shattered Maylene's confidence and caused Lucario and most of her to lose faith in her, though mostly out of worry. When challenged her, she declined and shied away, much to the annoyance of Lucario.
Although Maylene was feeling very sad and discouraged, she discovered a sympathetic and understanding friend in , who at the time was going through a difficult period on her following back to back losses in the Performance Stage of both the and Pokémon Contests which had also created confidence issues. The two confided in one another and shared their experiences and insecurities, and while doing that, Dawn had the idea of challenging Maylene to a battle to help her regain her spirit. Maylene agreed to have a Gym battle with her, which took place in Crossing the Battle Line!.
During their battle, Maylene warned her Pokémon to be careful because Dawn's Contest Battle tactics could distract them. Both Maylene and Dawn took the match seriously, and their efforts were noted by Ash, , Reggie, and Connally. Eventually, after a fierce battle, Maylene managed to defeat Dawn, regaining trust in her skills as a Gym Leader. Afterwards, Maylene accepted Ash's challenge, and they faced off in A Triple Fighting Chance!. Their hard-fought battle resulted in a tie, leaving the decision to give Ash a badge up to Maylene's judgement. She considered Ash to have battled well enough and thus awarded him the Cobble Badge.
Maylene appeared again in Enter Galactic!, where she helped Ash and stop Team Galactic from stealing the Veilstone City Meteorites. The following day, she and Reggie said goodbye to Ash and his friends as they left for Pastoria City.
====Pokémon movies====
She also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
====Character====
Maylene is held in high esteem by Veilstone City and regarded as a "warrior" for her usually confident and competitive spirit. Her athletic skills were showcased in her debut, where she was able to hit her 's attacks away. She meditates to improve her concentration during . In battle, Maylene has her Pokémon use offense attacks like and as the perfect defense against her opponent's tactics. She also uses 's and Lucario's to inflict status conditions that leave her opponent vulnerable to a flurry of direct hits.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Maylene's known in :
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===GOTCHA!===
Maylene briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
Maylene appeared in a flashback in PMDP07.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Maylene is first seen training with her two Pokémon, Meditite and Riolu where she overhears a trio of children planning to challenge her Gym. While jogging around the city she almost gets hit by Chimler's Ember (when the trio was testing 's newly-earned Zoom Lens). Due to a misunderstanding she assumes that Platinum was one of the kids who planned to challenge her, she then challenges Platinum to a match, adding that Platinum must use Monferno against her. She later battles Platinum in the Veilstone Gym, but is defeated when Platinum uses her skills at playing the slots to help Monferno defeat her Riolu.
She later appears in Snowpoint City, jogging in the cold where Platinum spots her and asks her to take her to the Snowpoint Gym Leader, Candice. She watches the Gym battle between Candice and Platinum and later, along with Candice, joins Platinum on her quest to stop Team Galactic from blowing up Lake Acuity and capturing the legendary . Later, at Lake Acuity they are confronted by Team Galactic Commander, Jupiter and despite putting up a good fight, are defeated by her powerful Pokémon and are unable to prevent Uxie from being captured. After being healed they decided to get some training in order to defeat her, Candice calls fellow Gym Leader Byron who then calls and asks Volkner to train them. After some difficulty with their new tutor, they finish their training with him and later at the Spear Pillar, she and Candice fight and defeat Jupiter along with the other Galactic Commanders. She and the other Gym Leaders later fight Team Galactic Leader Cyrus in order to break the Red Chain controlling the legendary Dialga and Palkia and after a tough battle, they are able to break the Chain. However, it turns out the one they broke was the second artificial one that he created.
Later, the Gym Leaders are found unconscious lying in a pile of rubble by Platinum and Cynthia. After helping them out, Maylene, Candice, and Gardenia wake up and give Platinum a , a , and a , respectively. Just after, a stray attack fired from the battle between Diamond and Pearl against Dialga and Palkia knocks them unconscious and melts the Poké Balls, preventing Platinum from using her newly gained team members. Later, when the clash between Dialga and Palkia creates a black hole in the sky, Maylene and the other Gym Leaders are nearly sucked into it before being saved by Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. After Cyrus's defeat, Maylene, the other Gym Leaders, and Cyrus are carried by the Sinnoh Pokédex holders so they can be taken to the hospital to heal their injuries.
It is heavily implied that due to her father's gambling habit, Maylene is actually living in poverty as seen when she is jealous of Platinum's wealth and the fact that her father wears shabby clothing along with that every time he appears, his stomach is seen growling. This was revealed to be a fact when she gave Platinum her Pachirisu.
====Pokémon====
This listing is for Maylene's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Maylene has a brief cameo in Dialga's Secret Keys!! where she battled Hareta and gave him the after her Machoke got defeated by . At the end of the chapter, she is seen complaining about only appearing in one panel. Later, she was called in by Byron to go to Lake Valor in order to help Hareta take out Team Galactic.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Maylene or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Maylene is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader in to not appear outside her Gym at least once in the game. She makes several appearances outside of her Gym in , however, when the reaches , at the Pokémon Center in Snowpoint City before beating Candice, and at the Battleground.
** She also appears in Celadon City in .
** Maylene is also the only Gym Leader in Sinnoh to have more Pokémon of the opposite gender than of the same gender as her; in the Veilstone Gym, two out of her three Pokémon are male, while at the Battleground, three out of five are.
* Maylene's Japanese name is shared with that of one of the Kimono Girls of Ecruteak City. That Kimono Girl's name was changed to Komomo in , possibly to avoid it conflicting with Maylene's Japanese name, as Maylene herself appears in those games.
* With the release of Pokémon Platinum, the order of three Gym s in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are now shifted: instead of being third, Maylene is now fourth in the lineup.
* Of all of the Trainers that can be fought at the Battleground, Maylene has the strongest Pokémon of any of them. Her Lucario, at level 66, is one level stronger than the rest of the Trainers' strongest Pokémon, as all of the rest are at Lv. 65.
** However, Maylene compensates for this, since her strongest Pokémon doesn't hold a Sitrus Berry unlike the other trainers at the Battleground.
** In , Maylene is also the only Gym Leader that never uses any kind of Potion or Full Restore during the battle in both Gym and the Battleground, possibly due to the move .
* In Diamond and Pearl, her are the same levels that Pastoria Gym Leader Crasher Wake's Pokémon are.
** This is most likely due to the fact that the player can choose to visit Veilstone or Pastoria simultaneously without affecting the progression of the storyline, meaning Wake and Maylene could be battled in either order.
* Maylene's Meditite in Pokémon Adventures knows , , and . These moves are impossible to have at the same time in the games.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	スモモ Sumomo 	From 李 sumomo () and 相撲
English 	Maylene 	From melee and possibly the phrase lean, mean, fighting machine
German 	Hilda 	From hiltja (Old High German for battle)
Spanish 	Brega 	From bregar (to fight)
French 	Mélina 	From mêlée (brawl)
Italian 	Marzia 	From marziale (martial)
Korean 	자두 Jadu 	From 자두 (紫桃) jadu (plum)
Chinese ()	阿李 Ā Lǐ 	From 李 lǐ (plum)
Chinese ()	阿李 A Léih 	From 李 léih (plum)
Russian 	Мейлин Meilin	Transcription of her English name
Vietnamese	Sumomo 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
* Pokémon.com Lost Leader Strategy!
* Pokémon.com Crossing the Battle Line!
* Pokémon.com A Triple Fighting Chance!
* Pokémon.com Enter Galactic!
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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