Lenora

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Lenora (Japanese: アロエ Aloe) is an who is the Gym Leader of Nacrene City's Gym, known officially as the Nacrene Gym. She specializes in . She gives the to s who defeat her. In addition to being the Nacrene City Gym Leader, Lenora is also the director of the .
==In the core series games==
Lenora appears in as the Gym Leader of Nacrene City's Gym. This Gym is the second to be challenged by the . Trainers who defeat Lenora will receive the Basic Badge, along with . She reappears in Pinwheel Forest after the player defeats Team Plasma, where she gives the player a Moon Stone. She also reappears at N's Castle where she and the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages. During summer, she also visits Cynthia at Caitlin's villa in Undella Town, as do the other female Gym Leaders.
In the two years between Black and White and , Lenora has stepped down from her position as a Gym Leader to focus on her work at the Nacrene Museum. When first visiting the museum she will give the player a choice between the Cover Fossil or Plume Fossil. She also participates in the Pokémon World Tournament.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Lenora 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 Bonadventure! Thank yooou! 'I saw it... Lenora, in the middle of the night...talking to bones in the museum! I also heard a man's guttural laugh... It was scary!' I see. Very horrific. But, I'll bet it was just her husband, Hawes. He has a weird laugh... 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Lenora forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Lenora became a playable sync pair on October 16, 2023.
Lenora first appeared as an NPC during the story event The Haunted Museum.
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===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Black & White====
Lenora debuted in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!, returning from a business trip in time to settle an angry that was haunting the Nacrene Museum. She used her 's to reveal Yamask and save from his possession. She quickly realized that Yamask had been carried inside along with a new exhibit without it knowing and had accidentally dropped its mask. In the end, Lenora—along with , , Cilan, and Hawes—released Yamask into the world.
In The Battle According to Lenora!, Lenora accepted Ash's offer to battle her for a Badge after he located the correct library book to reveal the hidden entrance to the Nacrene Gym. However, Ash's Pokémon were easily defeated. In Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!, she battled Ash in a rematch. This time, Ash was able to defeat her, earning himself the .
Lenora was mentioned in Archeops In The Modern World!. She also reappeared in flashbacks in Curtain Up, Unova League! and Crowning the Scalchop King!.
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In addition, she made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Lenora’s known in .
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===Pokémon Generations===
Lenora appeared in The Uprising, where she was seen outside N's Castle trying to stop the Seven Sages. Together with several other Unova Gym Leaders, she battled the many s to prevent them from achieving Team Plasma's goals.
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===GOTCHA!===
Lenora briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters BW===
Lenora first appears in PMBW05.
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=====Status unknown=====
===Pokémon Adventures===
Lenora debuted in Battle at the Museum, where her Gym was challenged by a young named . After a hard-fought battle, Lenora was defeated, earning Black a . Afterwards, Lenora received a call from Clay, who informed her of a strange stone he and his men dug up at the Desert Resort. Despite his expertise as a miner, Clay couldn't figure out what the stone was and requested that Lenora take it, hoping that her archaeological experience would produce better results.
In Mine Mayhem, Clay told Black that Lenora managed to figure out that the stone was actually the dormant form of the Legendary Pokémon . After discovering that Team Plasma had been spying on them, Lenora and Clay came to the conclusion the villainous group must be planning to steal the stone. Together, they and the other Unova Gym Leaders came up with a plan to ambush Team Plasma and decided that Black should join them. Agreeing to help, Black and Clay went to Mistralton City to join the other Gym Leaders.
In The Battle Within, the Shadow Triad arrived, forcing Lenora to battle all three by herself while she waited for the others to come. After some time, the other Gym Leaders leaped out of Skyla's plane to assist in the battle. Despite their teamwork, the Gym Leaders fell to the Shadow Triad's trump card, the . Lenora and the others were kidnapped and taken to Team Plasma's base of operations, N's Castle.
In Dream a Little Dream, Caitlin attempted to find the missing Gym Leaders by using her 's abilities. Though she managed to contact them, the Gym Leaders had their memories of the kidnapping erased, preventing Caitlin from tracking them. During Black's final Gym battle with Drayden, Caitlin relayed a message from the Gym Leaders to Black, giving him the confidence to win the battle and earn his final Badge.
In Cold Hard Truth, Team Plasma launched their attack on the , surrounding the building with N's Castle. As a form of mockery and display of Team Plasma's power, the Gym Leaders were hoisted on cross-like fixtures and displayed in front of the masses. Later, the Gym Leaders were freed by Shoko's , allowing them to assist in the battle against Team Plasma. After Team Plasma was defeated, Lenora and the others watched as and Zekrom flew off to parts unknown.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Lenora's known Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
==Trivia==
* Lenora's Japanese Leader title is .
* After the release of , Lenora's artwork on the official website for the games was updated to have her apron slung over her shoulder. Also, in the dubbed versions of A Night at the Nacrene City Museum!, The Battle According to Lenora! and Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!, Lenora's apron was removed completely. This was due to concerns that she resembled the .
** In the original magazine printings of Pokémon Adventures, Lenora is shown wearing the apron in the first few panels she appears in before throwing it away to start her Gym battle with Black. Afterward, she is never seen wearing it again. When this chapter was collected into , the apron was only seen slung over her shoulder before she threw it away to begin the Gym battle. In the international release by VIZ Media, the apron was removed altogether.
** In and Pokémon Masters EX, she is not shown with an apron at all.
* Lenora is the only Gym Leader introduced in that cannot be battled outside the Pokémon World Tournament in .
* Lenora is the only Unova Gym Leader whom had to rebattle in order to earn their Badge.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	アロエ Aloe 	From
English 	Lenora 	From Normal, Aloe, and possibly lore
German, Spanish 	Aloe 	From her Japanese name
French, Italian 	Aloé 	From her Japanese name
Korean 	알로에 Aloe 	From her Japanese name
Chinese () 	蘆薈 / 芦荟 Lúhuì 	From 蘆薈 / 芦荟 lúhuì / lòuhwuih (aloe)
Chinese () 	蘆蕙 Lúhuì 	From 蘆薈 / 芦荟 lúhuì / lòuhwuih (aloe)
Chinese (Cantonese)	蘆薈 Lòuhwuih 	From 蘆薈 / 芦荟 lúhuì / lòuhwuih (aloe)
Vietnamese 	Aroe 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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