Gloria (game)

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Gloria (Japanese: ユウリ Yuuri) is the female player character in . Her male counterpart is .
==In the core series games==
===Character profile===
Gloria is a young girl who lives with her mother in the town of Postwick in the Galar region. One day, her friend Hop invites her to meet his big brother Leon, the of the Galar League, so that they both can receive a first partner Pokémon from him. After also receiving an endorsement from Leon later on, as well as obtaining a Dynamax Band from Professor Magnolia, each of them sets out on their Gym Challenge, collecting eight Badges from Gym Leaders across the region, while also dealing with the troublesome actions of Team Yell along the way. During her Gym Challenge, she also develops a rivalry with Bede, a pretentious boy endorsed by the Chairman of the Galar League, Rose, and Marnie, a quiet young girl from the rough streets of Spikemuth.
Gloria eventually collects the eight required Badges and travels to Wyndon, the biggest city in Galar and the setting of the Champion Cup, where she competes for the right to challenge Leon. Gloria wins the tournament, but her battle with Leon is interrupted before it can even begin by the actions of the Galar League Chairman Rose, who has awakened a Pokémon known as and brought about an event called the Darkest Day, which Galar had previously experienced thousands of years ago. Gloria teams up with Hop and the Legendary Pokémon and to defeat Eternatus, before it and ending the second Darkest Day. She then proceeds to battle Leon and defeat him, ending his career as the undefeated Champion of Galar and making Gloria the new Champion.
Later, Gloria and Hop are forced to deal with a group of rampaging Dynamax Pokémon let loose by a pair of rich brothers named Sordward and Shielbert, who are trying to reinstate the monarchy of Galar and denigrate Zacian and Zamazenta. Eventually, the brothers' plans are stopped, and both Gloria and Hop end up catching one of the two Legendary Pokémon.
===The Isle of Armor===
Sometime during her journey, Gloria travels to the Isle of Armor, where she meets a new rival, Klara/Avery, and is taken under the wing of former Champion Mustard as a student of his Dojo. Gloria competes in a series of trials with her new rival, eventually defeating them in a final battle, earning them the right to inheirit the Dojo's "secret armor", the Legendary Pokémon . After growing close with her new Pokémon, Gloria and Kubfu challenge one of the Towers of Two Fists, culminating in a battle between Master Mustard and his own Kubfu. The two are successful, and Kubfu learns the secret of the tower, allowing it to evolve into .
After resolving the incident with Sordward and Shielbert, Gloria returns to the dojo, where she finds Hop conducting research on Sonia's behalf. Mustard tells her that Urshifu hates the taste of , so, in order for it to unlock its Gigantamax potential, a special ingredient is needed to make it drink the Max Soup. He doesn't reveal what this ingredient is, though, and leaves it to the duo to figure it out on their own. After a few bad guesses, Gloria and Hop travel to Honeycalm Island, where Gloria gets thrusted into a Max Raid Battle against a Dynamax . After defeating it, she finds the missing ingredient; Max Honey. Upon returning to the dojo, Mustard informs Gloria that he wants to battle her in a no-holds-barred battle, where he uses his full power. In the battle, Mustard uses his own Gigantamax Urshifu. After being defeated, Mustard declares that he has nothing more to teach her.
===The Crown Tundra===
Sometime during her journey, Gloria travels to the Crown Tundra, where she meets the retired Gym Leader Peony, who recruits her as the leader of his exploration team, and tasks her with investigating three mysteries surrounding the tundra. In the first mystery, Gloria meets , the former king of the Crown Tundra, and helps it reunite with its steed, or (as chosen by the player). In the second mystery, she investigates ruins scattered around the tundra, encountering and catching the legendary giants. In the third mystery, Gloria pursues the Galarian legendary birds across Galar. Upon solving these mysteries, Gloria finds a note describing a fourth mystery that Peony does not recall writing. Upon bringing it to the Max Lair, she learns about Ultra Beasts and , and is eventually able to catch Necrozma in a Dynamax Adventure.
Sometime after the events of the Sordward and Shielbert incident, The Isle of Armor, and The Crown Tundra, Gloria receives a call from Leon, receiving an invitation to a new type of competition called the Galarian Star Tournament at Wyndon Stadium. Gloria partners with Hop or Marnie in the inaugural Multi Battle tournament, and emerge victorious after defeating Leon and Raihan (if her partner is Hop) or Raihan and Piers (if her partner is Marnie), in the finals.
===Appearance===
Gloria is a short, slim young girl with fair skin, chin-length brown hair with a long strand on the left side, and brown eyes. She wears a gray hoodie with light grey connected diamond patterns and brown triangular buttons over a magenta pink button-up dress, tartan green socks, and brown boots with lighter brown laces. She also wears black modesty shorts and dons a dark green and white tam o' shanter on top of her head.
During official matches, Gloria wears a standard numbered Gym Challenger uniform. The initial one is a white striped collared shirt, which bears many logos. She also wears long white socks, as well as white shoes with red outlines, and striped shorts with logos. On her right arm, she wears a thumbless glove next to her Dynamax Band.
In The Isle of Armor, her hair is tied into a single bun. She wears a yellow jacket with a black undershirt. On her waist is a white karate belt and red and blue ends. She wears black shorts with yellow lines and black kneeguards with a yellow Poke Ball logo. She also wear white sneakers with yellow shoelaces and white socks.
In The Crown Tundra, she wears expedition clothing which consists of a red jacket and trousers with pockets and white zippers on them. She also wears black gloves, brown boots and a black hard hat with Peony's logo on them. There's a red cloth tied to her right arm.
Her appearance can be customized during the game.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon GO===
For the release of , Gloria's outfit was released as free style options in Pokémon GO. For each release of the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass, style options based on outfits from The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra have also been made for free.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Gloria, who is based on the player character from , forms a sync pair with , , , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Both her Urshifu and Cinderace are capable of Gigantamaxing. Gloria became a playable sync pair on November 30, 2020.
Gloria has also made notable appearances in the game's Main Stories, Legendary Adventures and the Villain Arc. Unlike in the original game, both Gloria and coexist in this game.
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==Gallery==
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===Sprites===
 	
 	
Icons when choosing the player's appearanceat the beginning of Sword and Shield	Icons when choosing the player's appearanceat the beginning of Sword and Shield
==Quotes==
==Counterparts==
===In animation===
====Pokémon: Twilight Wings====
Gloria appeared in the post-credits scene of Sky, alongside . They requested a Flying Taxi to take them somewhere.
=====Voice actors=====
====GOTCHA!====
Gloria briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, using Gigantamax against Leon's Charizard.
===In the manga===
====Pokémon Adventures====
Gloria's counterpart in Pokémon Adventures is Casey Shield. She is a hyperactive girl with a loud voice who researches Dynamax as Professor Magnolia's assistant and is trying to find the Pokémon she lost a year before.
==In the TCG==
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Gloria or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Gloria, along with Victor, was designed by Megumi Mizutani.Tweet about Victor and Gloria for Pokémon Sword & Shield
* Even though the player can choose the player character's uniform number, depicts their uniform number as "227", which can be read in Japanese as for 無事な bujina, meaning "safely". It also could be a reference to February 27, the release date of . also has this number on her uniform when she wears it in Pokémon Masters EX.
* Pre-release media referred to Gloria as both "Gloria" and "Shield" (Japanese: シールド Shield).
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ユウリ Yuuri 	From 優 yū (excellent). Forms a pun of 優勝 yūshō (championship) and 勝利 shōri (victory) with the 勝る masaru of マサル Masaru ()
English, German, Spanish,French, Italian	Gloria 	From glory
Korean 	우리 Uri 	From 우 (優) u (excellent). Forms a pun of 우승 (優勝) useung (championship) and 승리 (勝利) seungni (victory) with 승재 Seungjae (Victor)
Chinese () 	小優 / 小优 Xiǎo Yōu 	From 優 / 优 yōu / yāu (excellent). Forms the phrase 優勝 / 优胜 yōushèng / yāusīng (championship) with 小勝 / 小胜 Xiǎo Shèng / Síu Sīng (Victor)
Chinese () 	小優 Síu Yāu 	From 優 / 优 yōu / yāu (excellent). Forms the phrase 優勝 / 优胜 yōushèng / yāusīng (championship) with 小勝 / 小胜 Xiǎo Shèng / Síu Sīng (Victor)
Brazilian Portuguese 	Glória 	From glória (glory)
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Sword and Shield characters
Category:Trainers with Dynamax Bands
Category:Champions
Category:Trainers with Legendary Pokémon
Category:Pokémon: Twilight Wings characters
Category:Pokémon Evolutions characters
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