Roxie

Roxie (Japanese: ホミカ Homika) is a who is the Gym Leader of Virbank City's Gym, known officially as the Virbank Gym. She specializes in . She gives the to Trainers who defeat her.
==In the core series games==
Roxie appears in as a Gym Leader. She is a musician who plays the . Her Gym is a music club. Trainers who defeat Roxie will receive the Toxic Badge, along with .
Before the Gym battle, Roxie is seen in Virbank City outside of the Pokémon Center, arguing with her father about him becoming a movie star. He defends his wishes by commenting that Roxie balances her duties as the Virbank Gym Leader, and as a member of her rock band. He leaves, and Roxie gets angry and heads for the Gym, which the can directly challenge.
After the Gym battle, Roxie can be seen near the port with Hugh and several of the s. After the battle that follows, she gives the player and then heads back to the Gym.
Roxie later makes a brief appearance after the player competes in the Pokémon World Tournament for the first time, expressing an interest in competing in it (causing Clay to remark that word of the competition is spreading). Roxie does indeed compete in it later, along with most other Gym Leaders. During summer, she also visits Cynthia at Caitlin's villa in Undella Town, as do the other female Gym Leaders.
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Roxie 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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===National Gymquirer===
:Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"
:Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name RoxieForever! Thank yooou! 'This is a story about the first time I ever went to one of Roxie's shows! Many fans collapsed from the toxic power of her songs. Roxie's really a toxic shock to the system, isn't she?!' Maybe they were just too excited and fainted. Make sure to drink lots of fluids when you go to concerts! 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Roxie forms a sync pair with , and its evolved form , along with in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Toxtricity is capable of Gigantamaxing. Roxie has been a playable sync pair since the game's release.
Roxie has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, Legendary Adventures.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Black & White====
Roxie appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Part 2. Like the , she is a musician who plays the bass guitar. She fronts Unova's top punk rock band named "Koffing and the Toxics", with and Billy Jo as the other members.
She is also a powerful Gym Leader, defeating everyone who dared to challenge her with only three Pokémon even when they challenged her with six. When Ash arrived at her Gym, she was thrilled to see his , as she too had a Pokémon originating from Kanto, , and happily accepted his challenge.
Roxie defeated five out of six of Ash's Pokémon, except for Pikachu, who knocked out Roxie's . When she was defeated, she happily congratulated Ash as the crowd cheered for his victory, and she presented him with his eighth and final Unova Badge, the .
She reappeared in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!.
====Pokémon movies====
Roxie also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
====Character====
Roxie is brimming with confidence. She is determined to prove her strength against all challengers, with the Virbank Gym's unique rules giving the challenger the opportunity to use up to six Pokémon against Roxie's three. Her usual battle strategy is to her opponent's Pokémon before dealing damage with some heavy-hitting attacks. She is highly perceptive and has developed counter strategies to take out her challengers in quick succession.
Roxie proved herself to be a very capable Gym Leader, defeating five of 's six Pokémon despite being at a disadvantage in terms of her party. She would occasionally perform a riff on her bass during the battle, and the crowd would chant her name. Despite their status as opponents, she also preferred giving a fairer chance, offering a Pecha Berry to heal its poisoning after it defeated when she could have simply let the battle continue with Pignite weakening.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Roxie's known in :
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Roxie briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Roxie was first mentioned by in Movie Panic, where she debuted in New Sword Player. After attending one of her concerts, asked Roxie to be a judge at the Aspertia City Trainers' School Autumn Choir Tournament, which she happily accepted. In Choir Tournament, after Blake's team won the competition, Roxie had her father take the winning team and their class to Castelia City to compete in the Unova Choir Tournament.
In Angry Boy, shortly after arriving at their destination, Roxie encountered an injured member of the executive committee for the Unova Choir Tournament. When the man revealed his was stolen by Team Plasma, Roxie, Blake, , and Hugh headed to the Castelia Sewers to find the culprits. Soon after entering the area, everyone was attacked by a group of s. Roxie and Whitley were separated from the others, but they managed to defeat the Grunts, forcing them to retreat.
In Therian Forme III, Roxie and Whitley left the sewers to meet with the others at Prime Pier. Whitley stayed behind while Roxie went ahead to return the executive committee member's Karrablast. Hugh appeared and revealed to everyone that a student was a member of Team Plasma, forcing Whitley to come out of hiding and reveal herself. Finding her behavior suspicious, Roxie and the class began to suspect Whitley, but were put to sleep by her Foongy's spores.
In Pink Slip, woke up to find he, Roxie, and the class were taken to the Marine Tube. There, they encountered Benga, a Trainers' School student that was suspended on the first day of school for picking a fight with his classmates. Benga and Marlon took everyone to safety after Castelia was frozen over by Team Plasma's flying ship, the Plasma Frigate. When asked to join Benga and Marlon launch a counterattack against the villains, Roxie and Cheren agreed.
In Epilogue, Roxie attended the Trainers' School graduation ceremony.
====Pokémon====
===Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~===
Roxie appeared in ANL2 where she punched two s away. Seeing the incident, Roxie wasn't convinced that Arata could take care of any Pokémon. Roxie decided to settle their score with a Pokémon battle, with Arata using the Pokémon he was able to protect from Team Plasma. During the middle of the battle, Bianca recognized Roxie as a singer and Trainer from Virbank City. Roxie confirmed her talents to Arata and doesn't sense the heart in him to become a Pokémon Trainer. After Arata protected from a falling light pole, Oshawott was able to defeat Roxie. She then promised to Arata that she will battle him seriously next time and told him that she was the Gym Leader in the Virbank Gym.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Roxie in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Roxie's Japanese Leader title is .
* Her bass is styled similarly to the evolutionary line.
* She is the only Gym Leader to appear in the before her debut in the .
* Based on her official artwork and her in-game sprite, Roxie is left-handed.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ホミカ Homika 	From ホミカ homika (), a poisonous plant
English, BrazilianPortuguese	Roxie 	From toxic and rock music; could also be a reference to Roxy and Poison, two characters from Final Fight.
German 	Mica 	From Strychnos nux-vomica (scientific name of strychnine tree)
Spanish 	Hiedra 	From hiedra venenosa ()
French 	Strykna 	From Strychnos nux-vomica (scientific name of strychnine tree)
Italian 	Velia 	From veleno (venom)
Korean 	보미카 Vomica 	From Strychnos nux-vomica
Chinese () 	霍米加 Huòmǐjiā 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese) 	霍米加 Fokmáihgā 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Indonesian 	Roksi 	Similar to her English name
Vietnamese 	Homika 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
Category:Animation characters
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Musicians (characters)
Category:Poison-type Trainers
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~
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