Bianca (anime)

:This article is about the animated series counterpart of Bianca. For the character from Pokémon Heroes, see Bianca (M05).
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Bianca (Japanese: ベル Bel) is a recurring character in . She is a Pokémon Trainer from Nuvema Town and one of 's rivals in Unova. She is also a recurring traveling companion.
==History==
===Pokémon the Series: Black & White===
Bianca debuted in Minccino—Neat and Tidy!, where she was sent by Professor Juniper to deliver a Badge case to . Unfortunately, Bianca ended up knocking Ash and into a nearby stream. Bianca revealed that despite being older than Ash, she had only just started her journey, due to her father not allowing her to become a Trainer when she turned ten.
When a stole the Badge case and Ash attempted to use to get it back, Bianca commanded him to use despite the fact that Oshawott wasn't her Pokémon nor did he even know that move at the time. She later made the same mistake when she commanded to use .
She later had a against , where she used her Pignite against his Pikachu. Ash was planning to use Oshawott for said battle but Bianca demanded that he used Pikachu. She lost the battle after putting up a hard fight.
Prior to Emolga the Irresistible!, Bianca joined and accompanied them on their way to Nimbasa City (her joining the group was originally meant to be shown in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! before the episode was rescheduled and edited to depict only a temporary encounter with her). She was enjoying an evening lunch with Ash and his friends when Iris's Axew dropped a fruit down a hill. After the fruit was caught by a wild , Bianca ran after the Emolga and smothered her by hugging her, because she deemed it cute. Determined to catch Emolga, Bianca challenged her to battle Minccino, who ended up losing. After the battle, Emolga flew off and Bianca chased after her. After several failed attempts at catching Emolga, Bianca was crushed to find that Emolga eventually accepted Iris as her Trainer instead.
In Emolga and the New Volt Switch!, Bianca wanted to have a battle with 's newly caught Emolga. However, Emolga had other interests besides battling and kept using to get other Pokémon to battle Bianca instead, including Iris's Excadrill, Cilan's Pansage and Ash's Snivy. She also used her Pignite against Snivy for a short training session. After learning Ash earned three Badges already, Bianca left the group in hopes to win more Badges on her own.
Bianca met up with Ash and his friends again in Nimbasa Town in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!. She was enamored with Luke's Zorua and attempted to catch her, not knowing that she already had a Trainer. Bianca also decided to enter the Club Battle tournament along with the group. In the next episode, she battled Stephan in the first round of the tournament, where she used her Minccino against his . Zebstrika proved too powerful and defeated Minccino, thus knocking Bianca out of the tournament.
In Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!, Bianca battled Elesa in a Gym . However, all of her Pokémon were defeated by Elesa's Zebstrika. Her father almost had her taken home because of this loss, but Ash and Elesa convinced him to let Bianca continue her journey.
In Crisis at Chargestone Cave!, Bianca revealed that she was going to trade her for Professor Juniper's . However, before that, the wild and in the area started to cause trouble, so she decided to help Ash and the group deal with the problem. In the end, it was revealed that was behind the whole ordeal and after helping defeat them, Bianca met up with Professor Juniper.
In Evolution Exchange Excitement!, Professor Juniper and Bianca traded their Shelmet and Karrablast together, making them evolve into and respectively. However, as soon as it had evolved, Escavalier started disobeying Bianca. To improve their team work, Bianca and Professor Juniper decided to use their new Pokémon in a Tag Battle against Cilan's Crustle and Ash's Boldore. As Accelgor protected Escavalier by using , the two Pokémon started to work better as a team, and they were able to defeat together. Despite that both Accelgor and Escavalier were defeated by Cilan's , Bianca was glad that her new Pokémon was now obeying her.
In The Clubsplosion Begins!, Bianca registered for the Clubsplosion. She discovered that her first opponent was Trip, who took her very lightly as an opponent. Her battle with Trip began in Search for the Clubultimate!, where it was revealed she had evolved her Pignite into . Though Emboar was on the field, Bianca was nowhere to be found. A bit later she ran onto the battlefield, claiming that she was late because she was too busy touching Delbert's 's muscles. She tripped and fell on her face but did not get her down, however, and was as eager as ever to get the battle started.
She had her Emboar attack with moves like and , but Trip had his block these attacks with its concrete pillars. Bianca became concerned about losing the battle after Emboar became trapped in Conkeldurr's and could not evade its . However, in the next episode, Bianca cried to Emboar to do something before the attack made contact. A smile came to her face, seeing that Emboar had actually caught the stones in his arms and commanded him to use to send the rocks back at Conkeldurr. Conkeldurr became distracted by it and Bianca had Emboar take its concrete pillars from it and then had Emboar use Fling again to throw them back at it, which knocked out Conkeldurr and got Bianca through to the second round.
Later on, Bianca discovered that her opponent for the second round was Georgia. She battled her , whom she defeated rather quickly. Now in the semi-finals, she battled Stephan again in Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!, but lost.
Having completed the requirements to enter Unova's , Bianca reappeared in Curtain Up, Unova League! in Vertress City, where she met up with and his friends. In the first round of the Vertress Conference, she used her Emboar to battle Mikael's and won. In Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, she battled in the second round, using her Escavalier and Emboar against the latter's and . Her Pokémon put a good fight but were eventually defeated, resulting in her elimination from the competition, much to her disappointment. She stayed for the remainder of the League Conference, watching all the other battles. In A Unova League Evolution!, she participated in the closing ceremonies of the Vertress Conference. Afterwards, she bought Casteliacones for Ash, his friends, Stephan, and Cameron and his to enjoy. After finishing their Casteliacones, she said her farewells to the group and left to return home.
Bianca appeared prominently in the ending Let's Join Hands and also in a cameo in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
===Pokémon Journeys: The Series===
In The Fiery Road to Mastership!, Bianca was shown, along with Alder, Trip, Stephan, and Georgia, watching Iris's Masters Eight Tournament match against .
==Character==
Bianca is an extremely hyperactive, yet kind-hearted individual. Whenever she meets up with her friends, she always ends up knocking into one of them (mainly ) and profusely apologizes for doing so afterwards. Clumsy and unorganized, Bianca often struggles to collect her belongings in time when the situation calls for it, seen as when she took too long to retrieve a Poké Ball from her purse when attempting to capture a wild , and when she did manage to retrieve it, her Poké Ball was completely dirty and dusty.
Bianca has a strong soft spot for cute Pokémon, such as Minccino and , and will stop at nothing to try to capture them. When she finds a Pokémon she deems as cute, Bianca becomes enamored with them and proceeds to invade their personal space and hug them with all her might, not realizing how invasive she was acting towards them. She also becomes quite determined to get any Pokémon she finds cute to like her, seen when she relentlessly pursued during the Club Battle tournament in an attempt to get Zorua to like her, and possibly have Luke trade Zorua to her. Despite her clumsy attitude, however, Bianca is nevertheless quite intelligent and resourceful when she wants to be, using Minccino's nature of cleaning objects against him by placing a dirty spoon under a cloche so she could trap and possibly catch him. She also enjoys Pokémon that are depicted as masculine, such as and , marveling at their muscles and bulky physiques, and wanting to feel their muscles as a result. Likewise, she also enjoys marveling at the muscles of humans, such as Stephan's.
Accustomed in doing everything at her own pace, Bianca wastes no time when giving her Pokémon commands, though this raw speed and power also causes her many blunders. She's also very impatient, and her impatience also expands towards others, seen as when Ash was battling Minccino, Bianca began shouting attacks for both Ash's Oshawott, and later , despite both Pokémon being neither hers or knowing the attacks she'd commanded. Bianca also finds great annoyance with her opponent's Pokémon dodge her attacks, loudly complaining about it and exclaiming that dodging "wasn't fair".
Despite what her personality might seem, Bianca is a very talented and accomplished Trainer, and despite often relying on brute force and disregarding strategy, her tactics enabled her to obtain all eight Unova Badges required to qualify for the Unova League, and was also even able to advance through the first few rounds. She was also capable of defeating other talented Trainers, such as Trip and Georgia on occasion. Bianca can also utilize unorthodox methods in battle, such as using her 's attack to surprise her opponents by Flinging their attacks back towards them, seen when she commanded Emboar to Fling Trip's 's concrete pillars back at him, which ultimately led to her victory against him.
==Pokémon==
This listing is of Bianca's known in :
===On hand===
===Traded away===
==Achievements==
===Badges obtained===
This listing is of the Badges Bianca has obtained in the Unova region:
* Two unknown Badges (prior to Minccino—Neat and Tidy!)
* Unknown Badge (prior to Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!)
* At least five unknown Badges (prior to Curtain Up, Unova League!)
===Pokémon League===
Bianca has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:
* Vertress Conference - Top 64 (Mission: Defeat Your Rival!)
===Pokémon competitions===
Bianca has competed in the following :
* Club Battle - Top 16 (Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!)
* Clubsplosion - Top 4 (Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!)
==Voice actors==
==Trivia==
* Bianca is 's first female rival in .
* Bianca is the only Unova rival to encounter .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ベル Bel 	From the Slavic prefix bel-, white. Also Celtic god of light. Another possibility is "Belle", French for beautiful.
English, French, 	Bianca 	Means "white" in Italian.
German 	Bell 	Same as Japanese name.
Italian 	Belle 	Same as Japanese name.
 	Bel 	Same as Japanese name.
Korean 	벨 Bel 	Same as Japanese name.
Chinese (Mandarin)	白露 Báilù 	Transliteration of her Japanese name. Also translates to .
==Related articles==
* Bianca
* Bianca (Adventures)
* 
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