Lacey

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Lacey (Japanese: タロ Taro) is a character introduced in The Indigo Disk in . She is a second-year student attending Blueberry Academy, and a member of the Elite Four. She uses Pokémon.
==In the core series games==
Lacey is a girl who likes cute Pokémon, which led to her becoming a Trainer of types. Her father is Driftveil City Gym Leader Clay,Lacey: "You created such a stir, challenging my daddy to a battle right there in your fancy party dress!"Nemona: "[...] I’m glad! Clay’s very kind!" (: The Indigo Disk) with whom she shares the same . When interacting with Nemona in the League Club Room, she and Lacey are revealed to know each other, with Nemona having battled her father in the middle of a fancy party. She has a habit of crossing her arms in an X-formation to show her disapproval whenever she disagrees with something. She is ranked as the second-strongest member of the Elite Four at Blueberry Academy, situated at Coastal Plaza.
Lacey is the first person the player meets upon their arrival at Blueberry Academy, giving the player their first battle there and introducing them to the Terarium and Blueberry Quests. Later, she is met at the Blueberry Academy Cafeteria, where she votes against Drayton's proposition of letting the player participate in the , but is ultimately outvoted. Her Elite Trial is a Pokémon quiz consisting of five questions that the player must answer correctly. If the player answers the same question incorrectly twice in a row, they must battle a before they can continue. After the trial has been cleared, Lacey can be battled. She rewards the player with upon being beaten.
After the player has caught , Lacey can occasionally be found in the League Club Room, where she offers to rematch the player once a day.
===Appearance===
Lacey is a young woman with pale skin, pink hair, and hazel eyes. She has pink and green pins in her hair, near her ears. She wears a long lavender coat with sashes around the arms with decoration resembling fairy wings over the BB Autumn Uniform. She wears white sneakers.
===Pokémon===
Lacey keeps her Pokémon in Nest Balls.
====First battle====
Winning this battle is not mandatory. The player will not black out and the story will progress either way.
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====Subsequent battles====
Lacey uses this team in both her Elite Four battle and when challenged at the League Club Room. She sends out her last and will stallize it at the first opportunity.
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====Traded to the player====
Upon the third unique interaction with Lacey in the League Club Room, she will trade a Snubbull to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding , , or Mythical Pokémon.
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
	
	In key art
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==Quotes==
==Music==
Games	Location 	Song name(Japanese) 	Song name(English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	When battling Lacey for the first time 	戦闘！学園のトレーナー 	Battle! (Academy Trainer) 	Junichi MasudaMinako Adachi	Haruka Soeda
 	In cutscenes with the BB Elite Four 	学園の日常 	Daily Life at the Academy 	Minako AdachiHitomi Satō 	Hitomi Satō
 	When clearing Lacey's Elite Trial 	四天王チャレンジ・クリア！ 	You Completed the Elite Trial! 	Hitomi Satō 	Hitomi Satō
 	When battling Lacey in every other instance 	戦闘！ブルベリーグ四天王 	Battle! (BB League Elite Four) 	Minako Adachi 	Minako Adachi
 	When defeating Lacey in every other instance	ブリベリーグ四天王に勝利！ 	Victory! (BB League Elite Four)	Minako Adachi 	Minako Adachi
==In the TCG==
Lacey is introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion and the English expansion, with artwork by Sanosuke Sakuma. An version with artwork by the same illustrator and a version of the card illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima were released in the same sets. It allows the player to shuffle their hand into their deck and draw 4 cards, or 8 cards if their opponent has 3 or fewer Prize cards remaining.
==Trivia==
* The French official website for misspelled Lacey's French name (Taro) as "Tara" in the subheading for her.(June 21, 2023). "Des personnages que vous rencontrerez à l’Institut Myrtille." Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Official Website (French) (Archive as of June 22, 2023)"Le trésor enfoui de la Zone Zéro : nouvelle bande-annonce." La chaîne officielle Pokémon en français. YouTube. This error was fixed as of September 11, 2023.(June 21, 2023). "Des personnages que vous rencontrerez à l’Institut Myrtille." Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Official Website (French)
* Lacey is the first Elite Four member to specialize in Pokémon.
* Lacey is the only member of the BB Elite Four whose designated Terastallized Pokémon is not of her specialty type prior to being Terastallized. It is also the only such Pokémon to be first discovered in Unova.
** Lacey is also the only member of the BB Elite Four to use more than one Pokémon not of her specialty type.
* While Lacey refers to her usage of and in her first battle as her "Plus-Minus strategy", they each have their Hidden Abilities and rather than and , respectively, and her strategy relies on using to trigger them.
* Lacey's Rotom Phone uses a Fairy Case.
* Lacey's trial, a Pokémon quiz, is the same as that employed by Opal, the Gym Leader of Ballonlea in the Galar region.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	タロ Taro 	From , similar to ヤーコン Yakon (Clay) being named after a root vegetable
English 	Lacey 	From an anagram of Clay, and (plant family that includes taro) or Colocasia violacea (synonym for Colocasia esculenta, scientific name of taro)
German, Indonesian 	Tara 	From taro
French 	Taro 	From her Japanese name
Spanish 	Aroa 	From Araceae (plant family that includes taro) and taro
Italian 	Rupi 	Possibly from purple
Korean 	타로 Taro 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	紫竽 Zǐyú 	From 紫 zǐ / jí (purple) and 芋 yù / yuhk (taro)
Chinese () 	紫竽 Jíyùh 	From 紫 zǐ / jí (purple) and 芋 yù / yuhk (taro)
Brazilian Portuguese	Tarsila 	From taro and argila (clay)
Thai 	ทาโร่ Tharo	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Elite Four Trainers
Category:Trainers with Tera Orbs
Category:Fairy-type Trainers
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