Clair

:If you were looking for the character of the day from Going for a Spinda, see Claire. 
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Clair (Japanese: イブキ Ibuki) is the Gym Leader of Blackthorn City's Gym, known officially as the Blackthorn Gym. She specializes in , and she gives the to s who defeat her. Her cousin is Lance.
==In the core series games==
Clair appears in as the Leader of the Blackthorn Gym. She is the eighth and final Gym Leader to be met in the Johto region, and defeating her will allow s to advance to Indigo Plateau. Known as "The Blessed User of Dragon Pokémon", Clair is descended from a long line of Dragon-type Trainers including her cousin, Elite Four member Lance, and the of Blackthorn's Dragon Tamer clan.
Clair is confident of her abilities as a Trainer, and speaks of herself as "the world's best dragon master". She can hold her own against the Elite Four: her only known loss is against Lance, now the Champion. Even if the defeats her in battle, she refuses to accept their talents unless they pass the "". The that victors of the Blackthorn Gym are entitled to remains in Clair's possession until Trainers have navigated the Dragon's Den and located a shrine at its center. Only then will Clair acknowledge her loss. She will also encourage the player to excel at the Pokémon League; this is mainly personal, so she will feel less upset about her defeat at the hands of a child. As well as the Rising Badge, she will also issue a Technical Machine: in Generation II; in Generation IV. Many of her own Pokémon know these moves in the respective generations.
The player's rival, , takes to training in the Dragon's Den once the Elite Four have been defeated by the player. In this way, he is said to act as Clair did when she was young herself. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, once Silver has been beaten at Mt. Moon, Clair will appear in the Dragon's Den and team up with her cousin to face the player and Silver in a Multi Battle. She initially tries to partner up with Silver after he challenges Lance (who asks the player to be his partner), but Silver insults her outfit and asks the player to partner with him instead. She comes to the Dragon's Den every morning between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM after the player and rival defeat her and Lance, and will give her Pokégear phone number to the player. If called on Friday evening, she will journey to the Fighting Dojo and have a rematch with the player.
Clair also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. She can be faced in the Johto Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
===Pokémon===
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Clair has a Full Heal and a Full Restore.
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=====Gym battle=====
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=====Rematch=====
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=====Multi Battle with Lance=====
Clair and Lance have two Full Restores each.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Clair uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Clair will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
======Johto Leaders Tournament======
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======Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament======
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Clair makes an appearance in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. This is the only appearance she makes where she uses Pokémon that are not draconic in origin.
During the game's end credits, she is seen having a battle with Lance.
====Pokémon====
=====Round 1=====
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=====Round 2=====
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle Challenge===
Clair appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. She uses a in battle.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Clair forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Clair became a playable sync pair since the game's release, with her joining the after completing the thirteenth chapter of the PML Arc. 
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
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===Sprites===
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
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Clair hosted and as they stayed in Blackthorn City from Beauty is Skin Deep to the beginning of Why? Wynaut!. As Ash and his friends neared Blackthorn City, they discovered a and a in a river. They discovered that both Pokémon belonged to Clair, who was following the Dratini down the river as it prepared to shed its skin. snatched the Dratini, however, and Clair gave chase. Dratini escaped, and Ash fought to protect it. During the ensuing , however, an electric shock was headed straight for Dratini, but Clair jumped in front of it to absorb the shock. Dratini witnessed its 's devotion, and evolved into a in order to put a stop to Team Rocket. Later, Clair was finally able to perform an important ritual to purify the legendary Dragon Fang at Riverhead Falls. Afterwards, Clair went on to accept Ash's challenge for a .
In Fangs for Nothin', Ash and Clair began their Gym battle. Clair quickly gained the upper hand, but the battle was cut short when Team Rocket stole the Dragon Fang. Ash, , Clair and Kaburagi chased after Team Rocket and they all ended up in the Dragon Holy Land, where Team Rocket tricked a into helping them. In the following episode, and Ash's Charizard arrived on the scene, whereupon they helped calm down the raging Dragonite and put out the raging fire that threatened the Dragon Holy Land.
Clair and Ash had their rematch in Better Eight Than Never. Clair called on her , but it was left exhausted by its confrontation against Ash's Snorlax and was knocked out by an . In the next round, Gyarados defeated Snorlax by it with a attack. Later, 's speed and supereffective attacks helped him defeat Gyarados. Afterwards, Dragonair took out Pikachu and then faced off against Charizard. The round was initially in Clair's favor until Charizard managed to grab a hold of Dragonair and defeat it with a "Flaming " combination, thus earning Ash his final Johto League Badge, the .
In Why? Wynaut!, Clair informed Ash that the Silver Conference will take place in , located at the foot of Mt. Silver, in three months.
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Clair made a brief cameo in An Egg Scramble! during 's introduction to Johto, where she was seen in her Generation IV outfit.
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After a long absence, Clair physically reappeared in A Pokémon of a Different Color!, when she came to Cave Island in the Decolore Islands to hunt for a . While there, she bumped into Ash and met , , and Alexa. She revealed that she the Dragonite from the Dragon Holy Land, which later had a fight with Iris's Dragonite after the latter crushed a flower. The Druddigon she was searching for went on a rampage on the island, but she was able to calm it down before it joined her team. Clair decided that she would next visit Iris's hometown, the Village of Dragons, before meeting with fellow Dragon specialist and the Opelucid City Gym Leader, Drayden. Before Ash and his friends left for the next island, Clair and Iris agreed to battle each other the next time they met.
After her travels with Ash, Iris traveled to Blackthorn City to have her promised match against Clair in BWS02. Clair first took Iris to visit the Dragon Holy Land so she could help calm down a that was damaging the city before having their match. Iris's Dragonite went up against Clair's Shiny Druddigon and lost the battle. Clair thanked Iris for the match and told her that being ambitious was important to becoming a Dragon Master.
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Clair appeared in Thrash of the Titans! during a flashback of Iris's journey to become the of the Unova region.
====Character====
Clair is compassionate towards her Pokémon and all Dragon-type Pokémon in general. She confidently approaches them in spite of whatever outbursts of anger they have and can calm them down with her soothing words. She understands their feelings, and allows them to spend free time in the Dragon Holy Land.
Clair's expertise is well-respected by other Dragon specialists. In the past, she mentored Lance of the Elite Four and her good friend , who protects . She is currently mentoring . Clair encourages her students to be ambitious and determined, and like them, she continues to refine her skills. Her confidence and mastery is also seen when she s a challenger.
Although Clair mentioned in the animated series, he is not her cousin like in the games; instead, she recalled having trained him, or rather him training her at the Blackthorn Gym before he joined the Elite Four.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Clair's Pokémon in :
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Clair briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Clair appears in The Dragonite's Imperial Wrath.
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===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Clair debuts in Debonaire Dragonair, where she expresses her disappointment at the lack of capable s wishing to battle her. She heads off to Dragon's Den to train with the Pokémon inside, only to find them in awe of the Legendary Pokémon . Suicune challenges Clair to battle and manages to defeat her. After it leaves, the Dragon Clan Elder explains that Suicune appears to Trainers it deems worthy and challenges them to battle. Clair deduces from this that Suicune must be battling the Gym Leaders to see which one is worthy enough to be its Trainer.
At the Indigo Plateau, Clair arrives with her fellow Johto Gym Leaders to take place exhibition tournament for the Pokémon League against the Kanto Gym Leaders. She is set to face against the Cinnabar Island Gym Leader, Blaine, in the seventh round, but the match is postponed due to Blaine not feeling well. When the Masked Man attacks the Pokémon League, Clair and the other Gym Leaders combat his army of mind-controlled s. The fight takes them to the Magnet Train, which is used as a diversion to get the Gym Leaders away from the stadium.
As they battle the army of Grunts, Clair suspects Blaine to be the one controlling the army. She attacks Blaine and states that they will have the seventh battle right there and now. She claims that since he was the last person to battle Lance, Blaine must know what happened to her cousin. With 's strength, Blaine easily defeats Clair, thus ensuring the victory for the Kanto Gym Leaders. Blaine assures Clair that while he does not know where Lance is, he believes that he is still alive. After the Masked Man is defeated, Clair returned to her usual duties of being a Gym Leader.
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Clair appears at the Whirl Islands, where she looks for Lance after a call from him was cut off. When she finds there, she attacks him and demands to know what business he has with Lance. Silver explains that he isn't Lance's enemy, but they are surrounded by a group of before he can continue. Silver easily defeats the Koffing group and drives them away. Clair gives Silver the information about the call she had with Lance, which clues Silver onto where to go next.
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Clair was mentioned by Evelyn in Pinsir Glares.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Clair's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Clair appears in The Ultimate Battle...?!, where she was hiding inside a giant Poké Ball from the previous chapter when and caused a rock slide in the Dragon's Den. Green was interested in Clair and wanted to go out on a date with her. However, she pretended to agree and Green went with her to the Blackthorn Gym. Red followed along and found Green and his brutally beaten by her.
Seeing this made Red's Pokémon scared and ran off. Red managed to get them back. When Red managed to get them back, Clair revealed herself to be a Gym Leader and had Red and his Pokémon find a way to get to her from the other side of the lava. After a failed attempt from Red's Clefairy in making themselves a bridge to get across, Clair got a bucket of water and a ladder to get them out of the lava.
With that done, she sends out her to battle them. It took a combined effort of all three of Red's Pokémon to win. After the battle, Clair became depressed about the loss and the of Clefairy and Tyrogue decided to cheer her up, leaving the real Clefairy and surprised about their actions.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Clair or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Her Japanese Leader title is .
* When Clair gives the in Generation II, she says, "No, it has nothing to do with my breath." This was a pun lost in translation, as Clair's Japanese name, Ibuki, can be taken to mean "breath". Despite this, a joke remains, as "dragon breath" is a term sometimes used for someone who has . Because she gives out in Generation IV instead, this joke was removed, though Clair does start to make a reference before becoming embarrassed. 
* Clair is the only Gym Leader to be seen in the English dub of the before the original version. The U.S. opening Born to Be a Winner featured exclusive clips, one of them of Clair, not shown in Japan. The opening made its debut in A Goldenrod Opportunity, which aired August 18, 2001; and Clair's Japanese debut wouldn't come until Beauty Is Skin Deep, which aired on June 6, 2002. The only other character to debut in the U.S. first was Dr. Yung.
* Clair is the only Johto Gym Leader whose team's Pokémon changed between and .
** This parallels Giovanni, who was the only Kanto Gym Leader whose Gym team was altered between and ; both are the final Gym Leaders of their respective regions.
* In , many characters in-game make fun of Clair's outfit, including .
* In Generation IV, after receiving the from Clair, if the player doesn't leave Dragon's Den on foot, but instead uses an Escape Rope or , which will immediately bring them outside of the cave, Clair won't be able to give the player their reward TM until they speak to her again in Blackthorn Gym. The conversation will be largely the same, but this time, Clair will start by noting that the player has been keeping her waiting instead of rewarding the TM as an apology.
* In , Clair using an in both rounds could be a reference to its Japanese name, Denryu, being able to be translated into "electric dragon". Perhaps coincidentally, Ampharos would get a Mega Evolution in Generation VI.
* In , if the player obtains a Dragon Fang through trading before obtaining one from Dragon's Den and shows it to Clair, she will accuse the player of trying to cheat and not give them the .
* In , if the player whites out due to damage while still inside the Dragon Shrine after receiving the Rising Badge, they can return to the Blackthorn Gym to receive the reward TM from Clair. However, if the player returns to Dragon's Den and stands on the tile directly in front of the Dragon Shrine's door, Clair will appear again and give the player another TM24.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	イブキ Ibuki 	From 伊吹 Ibuki () and 息吹 ibuki (breath, possibly a reference to )
English 	Clair 	From lair, referring to the lair of a dragon
German, French, Italian	Sandra 	From dragon
Spanish 	Débora 	From dragón (dragon) or víbora (viper)
Korean 	이향 Ihyang 	From 향나무 hyangnamu (Chinese juniper)
Chinese () 	小椿 Xiǎo Chūn 	From 椿 chūn ()
Chinese () 	小樁 / 小桩 Xiǎo Zhuāng伊布琪 Yībùqí 	From 樁 / 桩 zhuāng (stake)Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	小椿 Síu Chēun 	From 椿 chēun (Chinese mahogany)
Thai 	อิบูกิ Ibuki 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Ibuki 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
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