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Sabrina (Japanese: ナツメ Natsume) is the Gym Leader of Saffron City's Gym, known officially as the Saffron Gym. She hands out the to s who defeat her in . She possesses psychic abilities and specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Sabrina is the Gym Leader of the Saffron Gym. Known as "The Master of Psychic Pokémon" ("The Mistress of Psychic-type Pokémon" in Generation IV), she has had psychic powers ever since she was a child, when she accidentally bent a spoon. She apparently dislikes battling, but is hard to beat because she can communicate with her Pokémon telepathically. Her fame has grown so much that even s living in the Sevii Islands have heard of her. Previously, there were two Gyms in Saffron City, a Gym and a Psychic-type Gym. Sabrina used her advantage to defeat the rival Gym and strip them of their Gym status, turning them to the Fighting Dojo.
She appears to have the ability to see the future. In she states that three years ago she foresaw the arrival of another strong challenger (realized in the form of , , and ). After this second defeat, she accepts that her ability of foresight may be limited. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, she will conclude each post-game rematch with the by making the aforementioned prediction of facing another equally strong Trainer in three years.
In and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Trainers must navigate warp panels to find Sabrina hiding in the middle of her Gym. Defeating her will earn them the and a TM: in Generation I, in Generation III, and in Generation VII. The Gym maintains a similar style in . The warp panels are maintained, as is the Badge: Sabrina, however, gives no TM in Generation II and in Generation IV.
In , Sabrina has received a major redesign, now sporting a vastly different hairstyle and changing her wardrobe from a conservative dark-red turtleneck to a completely new, more casual-looking outfit. After her initial defeat in Saffron City, she ventures outside of her Gym. She can be found at the dock for the S.S. Aqua in the Olivine City Harbor at any time on Friday. After the player has obtained her phone number here, she can be called during Sunday afternoon to arrange a rematch at the Fighting Dojo she once defeated.
In , Sabrina appears in the Pokémon World Tournament as a participant along with other Gym Leaders. She also appears at Pokéstar Studios as a , playing the role of Magic Queen Bellelba (Japanese: まほうクイーン ジュジュベ Magic Queen Jujube), a villain in the Mystery Doors of the Magical Land Series.
===Fame Checker===
This is a list of the Fame Checker’s information on Sabrina in .
;Saffron City - Sign
* What does this person do?
:"<sc>Saffron City Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Gym</sc>
:<sc>Leader: Sabrina</sc>
:The Master of <sc>Psychic Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>!"
;Three Island - Young Man
* Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"You know about a girl <sc>Gym Leader</sc> in <sc>Saffron City</sc>?
:She uses <sc>Psychic</sc>-type <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>, right?"
;Saffron Gym - Sabrina
* What is this person like?
:"I have had psychic powers since I was a child.
:It started when a spoon I carelessly tossed, bent."
;Saffron Gym - Sabrina
* What is this person like?
:"I dislike battling, but if you wish, I will show you my powers!"
;Saffron City - 
* There's a rumor...
:"People say that <sc>Sabrina</sc> can communicate with her <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> during battle without speaking."
;Saffron Gym - Tyron
* What is this person like?
:"<sc>Sabrina</sc> just wiped out the <sc>Karate Master</sc> next door."
;Message from <sc>Sabrina</sc>
* From: <sc>Sabrina</sc>
* To: [Player]
:"The love you have towards your <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>...
:It was a power that was never bested by my psychic power."
===Pokémon===
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Sabrina has one Hyper Potion per Pokémon, using it 25% of the time if their HP falls below 10%.
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Sabrina has one X Defend per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.
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Sabrina has a Hyper Potion.
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Sabrina has two Hyper Potions and a Full Heal.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Sabrina uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Sabrina will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
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====Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!====
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium===
Sabrina appears in Pokémon Stadium as the sixth Gym Leader the player faces during the Gym Leader Castle challenge. In Round 2, she also uses Pokémon outside her specialty type.
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===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Sabrina returns in as part of the Kanto Gym Leader Castle. Her party now includes several Pokémon with moves to counter any Pokémon used against her.
During the game's end credits, Sabrina is seen having a battle with Will at the Saffron Gym.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle League===
In Pokémon Puzzle League, Sabrina, as she appears in , is one of the opponents in the 1P Stadium mode, and one of the characters available in the 2P Stadium mode.
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===Pokémon Zany Cards===
Sabrina appears, along with Koga, as the Stage 4 opponent of Special Seven mode.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Sabrina, in her design, forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Alakazam is capable of Mega Evolving. As Bellelba, Sabrina forms a sync pair with . Sabrina became a playable sync pair on March 16, 2020, with her appearing as Bellelba on May 2, 2024.
====Sabrina====
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====Bellelba====
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===Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket===
Sabrina makes an appearance as a card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's first expansion, . When the player plays this card, the player's opponent must switch their Active Pokémon with a Benched Pokémon of their choice.
==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
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===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
In , and first encountered Sabrina's younger self as they approached Saffron City in Abra and the Psychic Showdown. Her younger version went on to save the group from 's seemingly inescapable trap room. Ash and his friends soon realized that the young girl was in fact Sabrina when they visited the Saffron Gym for Ash's fourth Badge.
Ash went on to challenge Sabrina in a one-on-one match, but was soon overwhelmed by Sabrina's newly evolved and its strong powers. After Ash forfeited, Sabrina shrunk down and transported the group to her giant play town. Sabrina's father helped them escape before they were crushed by a ball.
Afterwards, Sabrina's father recommended that Ash himself a Pokémon to defeat Sabrina's Psychic Pokémon. The group then headed to the Lavender Tower, and by the end of The Tower of Terror, Ash managed to befriend a . Sabrina was only seen during flashbacks in that episode.
Sabrina reappeared in Haunter versus Kadabra, where Ash had a rematch against her upon his return. However, Haunter abandoned him as soon as the challenge began, and Ash's other Pokémon were too scared to face Kadabra. and were subsequently transformed into dolls and placed into Sabrina's dollhouse alongside her mother, who had been stuck there for some time, while Sabrina's father managed to rescue Ash from suffering the same fate.
Later, Sabrina's father formally introduced himself and explained to Ash that his daughter had developed incredibly strong psychic powers that even exceeded his own. She was able to use her psychic powers to do many things, such as ation, , , and . She soon became obsessed with perfecting them and developed two separate personalities: her younger self and her adult self. At some point, Sabrina became the Saffron City Gym Leader and her notable strengths helped her establish the Gym as a training school for practicing s.
Ash later reunited with Haunter and returned to the Gym once more. However, Haunter disappeared again, forcing Pikachu to battle Kadabra in its place. During the match, Haunter abruptly reappeared and started to playfully tease Sabrina. Haunter's antics delighted Sabrina so much that she was no longer able to contain her emotions and started to laugh. Her psychically-linked Pokémon joined along as well. This caused her two personalities to merge back into one, and as a result of this incapacitation, Ash won the . Afterwards, Haunter chose to stay with Sabrina and her reunited family.
====Character====
As Sabrina's psychic powers increased, she grew more obsessed with developing them. She also became less emotional, using her abilities for destructive purposes. This caused a deep psychological rift, and the emotions she tried to shut off developed into a separate personality: a young girl who manifested as a puppet around Sabrina. Sabrina's mind was then divided into the cold, callous woman with a thirst for power and the little girl who just wanted to have fun.
Prior to befriending , Sabrina was a menacing and strong Gym Leader. She was shown to be able to telepathically command her . However, her lighthearted nature was seen briefly at the end of Haunter versus Kadabra.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Sabrina's known in :
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===Pokémon Origins===
Sabrina appeared briefly in File 3: Giovanni. She was shown being defeated by in a Gym , earning him the .
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===GOTCHA!===
Sabrina briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Sabrina is one of the three villainous heads of Team Rocket, and serves under in Pokémon Adventures.
She debuts in Meanwhile...Vileplume!, where she is seen floating atop her Kadabra and spots leaving with an Eevee that Team Rocket experimented on. She comments how perfect it is that Eevee is in his hands and takes her leave elsewhere. Under Giovanni's orders, Sabrina captured and brought it to him at Saffron City. She attacks Red at Pallet Town, where she reveals that she has kidnapped and taunts Red by telling him to come to Saffron City. Once they arrive, they find out that Sabrina's closed off Saffron City with a barrier.
Once Red, , and manage to get past the barrier and inside the Silph Co. building, they are split up and face the three Rocket members alone. Sabrina is paired up against Green, who she forces to relive painful moments of her past by using her psychic abilities to pry into her mind and make her fears look real through illusions. Green eventually escapes the illusions by goading Sabrina into slashing her dress open, revealing two of her Pokémon hidden in her chest. Green's Pokémon use sound attacks to prevent Sabrina from using her powers and causing the illusions to fail. With Sabrina distracted, Green takes this chance to steal Sabrina's Marsh Badge and make her escape.
Sabrina eventually gets out of the attack and finds Red and Green with the Badge Energy Amplifier. Angered, she summons Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno and has them surround Red. When Green activates the machine in order to obtain the new Pokémon she assumed it would create, she accidentally causes the three legendary Pokémon to fuse into one creature. Sabrina commands and uses it to attack the three with its great strength. Eventually, it is defeated when Red, Blue, and Green combine their attacks into one and manage to separate the three Pokémon back into their original forms.
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Sabrina reappears with Koga and Lt. Surge to help battle the Elite Four on Cerise Island. There, they reveal that after their defeat at the Silph Co. building, they managed to escape and were planning on making a comeback before the Elite Four showed up. Although reluctant, the Rocket triad decides to work together with their former enemies to defeat their common opponents. Sabrina uses the Spoons of Destiny to decide with pair would face which member of the Elite Four. Sabrina is paired up with Green, and the two head off to face Lorelei in battle.
As soon as they arrive to face their opponent, Lorelei binds the two together with her ice handcuffs. Due to their lack of proper teamwork, the battle was only made harder with Sabrina and Green bound together. Eventually, Green defeats Lorelei after revealing the arm that was bound to Sabrina's arm was actually her Ditty in disguise and uses it to tie the villain up. This angers Sabrina, who soon yells at Green for fooling her just like she did to Lorelei. With the battle over, Sabrina leaves Green to meet up with Giovanni, who had also come to help battle. Although she and Lt. Surge suggest restarting Team Rocket again, Giovanni tells the two to go home and continue tending to their Gyms.
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The battle with Lorelei gave Sabrina severe injuries on her wrist. She managed to cure this by traveling to Mt. Silver and bathed in the hot springs found there. There, she encountered Red, who was there to cure his own frostbite injuries, and told him that something was going to happen at the Pokémon League. After leaving, Sabrina leaves Red a note telling him about another hot spring that can cure his frostbite much faster so that he can get to the Pokémon League quickly.
Afterwards, she travels to the Pokémon League to have an with the other Kanto Gym Leaders against the Johto Gym Leaders. Sabrina is paired up against Bugsy, whose attempts to befriend her end in vain. Despite the type disadvantage, Sabrina manages to defeat Bugsy with her , who uses its abilities to create invisible walls to its advantage. When the Masked Man attacks the Pokémon League with his army of mind controlled Team Rocket Grunts, Sabrina assists her fellow Gym Leaders by battling the army. Once the battle had finally ended, Sabrina went back to usual Gym Leader duties.
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Much later, she is revealed to have become an actress at Pokéstar Studios. When she notices having trouble picking a movie to act in, Sabrina has her Alakazam use its abilities to pick out a Brycen-Man movie for her.
====Pokémon====
This is a listing of Sabrina's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
=====Released=====
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Sabrina appears in The Life-or-Death Magic Duel!!, where she challenges to a magic duel and loses. Later, she signs up for the No. 1 Pokémon contest.
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===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
The Electric Tale of Pikachu presents a more sympathetic portrayal of Sabrina than her counterpart. She appeared in Haunting My Dreams as a kind and gentle shrine maiden who runs a Gym in the mountains with her .
When she was a child, Sabrina's Pokémon were all killed by a gigantic called the Black Fog that used to suck out their souls. After defeating in a Gym battle, Sabrina heard of the Black Fog appearing at the Pokémon Tower, and went off to defeat it. Unfortunately, she herself fell prey to the Black Fog and her soul was sucked out. Though Ash tried to catch the Black Fog with an Ultra Ball after it had been severely weakened, it killed itself using rather than letting itself be caught, restoring Sabrina's soul. Despite everything the Black Fog had done, she couldn't help but feel sad about its death.
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===Pokémon Zensho===
Sabrina appeared in PZ07, where she accidentally teleported onto before leaving again. Having recently lost against , she was trying to save the Silph Co. from Team Rocket. When Satoshi entered the company's office building to do the same, he encountered Sabrina, who had befriended a Lapras owned by the company. Sabrina confessed to Satoshi about her insecurities, as she felt she was only winning battles because of her precognitive abilities, which couldn't help her against truly talented opponents like Shigeru. Satoshi cheered her up by telling her that battles are supposed to be surprising and exciting because no one knows what'll happen in them.
Using Sabrina's teleportation powers, she, Satoshi, and Lapras teleported to the top floor, where Giovanni was keeping the Silph Co. president hostage. While Sabrina kept Giovanni's underlings busy, Satoshi fought Giovanni with Lapras and was able to force him to retreat. After the Silph Co. had been saved, a grateful Sabrina gave Satoshi a , intending to enjoy battles without relying on her precognitive abilities from now on.
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===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Sabrina appeared as a silhouette in JBA5 alongside her and the other Kanto Gym Leaders.
====Pokémon====
This is a listing of Sabrina's known Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga:
==In the TCG==
Sabrina has an in the expansion. Its is based on the Saffron Gym.
===Artwork===
 	 	 	
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===Cards===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Sabrina or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==In the TFG==
 appears as a in the expansion pack of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game.
==Trivia==
* Her Japanese Leader title is .
* In the Generation I games, Sabrina, along with other es, is seen with a whip. This is possibly a reference to an earlier point in development of . According to Ken Sugimori, Game Freak once considered the idea of humans fighting themselves.GlitterBerri's Game Translations » Early Concept Art It could also simply refer to the traditional use of whips in animal taming.
* In Red and Green, there is an oversight that causes the to win against Sabrina even if they lose by returning to the Saffron Gym; this includes being registered as a winner and receiving the and TM46. This error was fixed in and the international .
* Sabrina is the first Gym Leader in the to receive a from a . The second is Gardenia.
* Although Sabrina's official hair color is grayish-blue, there are many depictions of her with green, purple or black hair.
* Even though Sabrina isn't an Aura user, one of her quotes in has her describing Psychic abilities in a manner similar to Aura's description.
* In Red and Blue, she is the only Gym Leader who uses a not of the she specializes in during Gym battles.
* Sabrina uses a on her team in all the games in which Koga does not use one on his team, and vice versa.
* In FireRed and LeafGreen, two of Sabrina's post-battle quotes seem to have been accidentally swapped, with her talking about psychic powers after giving the player TM04 instead of describing the TM, which she only does if spoken to again afterwards.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ナツメ Natsume 	From 棗 natsume ()
English, German,Italian, Spanish,Brazilian Portuguese	Sabrina 	From psychic (/ˈsaɪkɪk/), brain, and possibly a reference to
French 	Morgane 	From Fée Morgane (), a powerful sorceress in Arthurian legend
Korean 	초련 Choryeon 	From 초능력 (超能力) choneungryeok (psychic abilities)
Chinese () 	娜姿 Nàzī 	Partial transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	娜姿 Nàhjī 	Partial transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	麗姿 Laihjī 	From the partial transcription of her Japanese name and 麗姿 laihjī (beautiful appearance)
Thai 	นัทสึเมะ Natsume	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Natsume 	Transcription of her Japanese name
===Bellelba===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ジュジュベ Jujube 	From
EnglishBrazilian Portuguese	Bellelba 	Possibly from belle, beldam (archaic word for hag), and or
German 	Cursilla 	From curse
Spanish 	Malignia 	From maligna (evil)
French 	Jujube 	From her Japanese name
Italian 	Malicia 	From malizia (malice)
Korean 	주즈베 Jujube 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	麗棗 Lìzǎo 	From 麗 lì / laih (beautiful) and 棗 zǎo / jóu (jujube)
Chinese () 	麗棗 Laihjóu 	From 麗 lì / laih (beautiful) and 棗 zǎo / jóu (jujube)
==References==
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