Karen

For the movie character with the Japanese name Karen, see Sharon.
:For the voice actress, see Karen Neill or Karen Fukuhara.
Karen (Japanese: カリン Karin) is a and member of the Indigo Elite Four.
She bears a striking resemblance to Sanqua, but the relationship between the two, if any, is unknown.Official Pokémon Legends: Arceus website (archived): "And it seems that there are other people in this game who might also be ancestors to familiar faces you may know."
==In the core series games==
===Character profile===
Karen is the final member of the Indigo League Elite Four in the Generation II and games. She prefers Pokémon because she likes the tough and wild image they portray, and believes that skilled s should try to win with the Pokémon they like the most.
===Appearance===
Karen is a slim young woman who has silvery-blue eyes and long wavy silvery-blue hair with a centre parting that reaches past her waist with two long bangs that frame her face. In Generation II, she wears a short black dress with a sweetheart neckline and black flats.The top and bottom parts of her dress have a purple spiked pattern. She also wears black heels.
In , Karen wears a yellow spaghetti strap cropped tank top with a sweetheart neckline edged in black and the bottom part of the top that is cut into a triangular pattern that reveals her flat midriff and white capri pants with yellow beads. She also wears yellow high heels on her feet. Her tank top has four straps, two on each side that strap over her bare shoulders.
===Pokémon===
This listing is for Karen's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.
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Karen has a Full Heal and a Max Potion.
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=====First battle=====
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=====Rematch=====
This team is used once the player has earned all 16 Badges.
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Karen appears as the final Elite Four member in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. Here, her strategy mainly focuses on incapacitating her opponent by stacking up status conditions, like , , and , onto the opposing Pokémon.
During the game's end credits, she is seen having a battle with Bugsy.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle Challenge===
Karen appears in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, using a Murkrow to battle.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Karen forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Houndoom is capable of Mega Evolving. Karen became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
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===Sprites===
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===GOTCHA!===
Karen briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
=====Past=====
Karen, along with Will, , , Sham, and Carl, was one of the children raised by the Masked Man to be his servants. Unlike Silver and Green, Karen was not kidnapped and went to the Masked Man willingly out of boredom.
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Karen debuted with Will at the Ilex Forest, where they were tasked to guard the area. When Green arrived to stop the Masked Man's plan to capture , she was attacked by Karen and Will. With the they borrowed from the Masked Man, Karen and Will exploited Green's fear of birds to torture her. When Green learned that Karen and Will also defeated and captured Silver, she overcame her fear of birds and sent out , , and to fight. Green and her allies, and , each used one of the legendary birds to battle Karen and Will. With the assistance of many Pokémon sent from all across Johto and Kanto, Ho-Oh and Lugia were freed from the Masked Man's control and fly away. Defeated, Karen made her escape.
After the Masked Man's defeat, Karen and Will were approached by Bruno and Koga, who offered to form an alliance since all four of them were once members of various criminal organizations.
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It is revealed that Karen, Will, Bruno, and Koga were all made members of the Johto Elite Four by the Pokémon Association. The Johto Elite Four went to the Pokéathlon as an act of promotion for the Pokémon League. There, they met , who they challenged to the Power Course. Karen was the only Elite Four member who didn't participate in the events.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Karen's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
====Borrowed====
====Pokémon competitions====
Karen has competed in the following :
* Pokéathlon - Power Course; Winner (Attaway, Aipom!)
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Karen appeared in JBA5. When Jō obtained all eight Badges, he battled Karen. After defeating her, Jō went on to battle Lance.
====Pokémon====
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 encounters Karen in A Challenge to the Elite Four!. Her role in this manga is similar to Lance's in the Generation II games and the remakes where she was the last one fought as Lance himself was absent.
When Red arrived in the Pokémon League, Will, Koga, and Bruno fell from the Elite Four Tower, seemingly defeated by Karen. Red ask them what happened, but Koga asked him to ask Karen herself. Red manages to get to the top and finds Karen, along with hers, Koga's, Bruno's and Will's Pokémon. Red asked Karen what happened between her and the rest of the Elite Four, but Karen says it is none of his business. However, with her teammates' Pokémon, Red is outnumbered. Clefairy then takes out a giant sieve to "sieve" out the opponents, leaving behind only Karen's . Umbreon proves to be a tough opponent, but Clefairy succeeds in beating it.
After her defeat, Karen reveals to Red what actually happened. The Elite Four were exhausted from training, thus Karen decided to tell them a joke. After Karen shares the same joke to Red and his Pokémon, only Clefairy finds it funny and laugh, while Red and his other Pokémon fell down at the dumb joke. Apparently, Will, Koga and Bruno also fell down the building after hearing her dumb joke.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Karen or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Karen is the only Elite Four member in who does not use a Pokémon that is part of a three-stage evolutionary line in her rematch team.
** She is also the only one who, in her rematch with the player, uses a different final Pokémon from the one used in the initial battle. In her case, she replaces with , though Houndoom is still present in her party.
* Karen is the only Elite Four member in (and her initial team only in ) where none of her Pokémon have a quadruple weakness.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	カリン Karin 	From 花梨 karin () or 榠樝 karin ()
English, Italian,Brazilian Portuguese	Karen 	Similar to her Japanese name. Also contains the last five letters of darken.
German 	Melanie 	From μέλας melas (Ancient Greek for black, dark)
Spanish 	Karen 	From her English name
Spanish 	Morgana 	From Morgana ()
French 	Marion 	From noir (black)
Korean 	카렌 Karen 	Similar to her Japanese name
Chinese () 	梨花 Líhuā 	From an inversion of the Japanese name 花梨 Karin
Chinese () 	梨林 Lílín 	From the Japanese names 花梨 Karin and 花林 Karin
Chinese () 	梨花 Lèihfā 	From an inversion of the Japanese name 花梨 Karin
Thai 	คาริน Karin 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Karin 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Elite Four Trainers
Category:Manga characters
Category:Members of Team Rocket
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal characters
Category:Stadium 2 characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Dark-type Trainers
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