Marley

Marley (Japanese: マイ Mai) is a Pokémon Trainer from Sinnoh. She specializes in Pokémon with high Speed.
She appears to be related to Mai, having similar hair styles and colors, eye shapes, and naming schemes. Mai has Marley's Japanese name in the English version, along with posing on concept art, as well as Mai's hairclip being where Marley has her bow. However, the exact relationship between the two is unknown.
==In the core series games==
Marley is one of five Trainers who can join with the main character during an event in and . She first appears in a part of only accessible after obtaining the National Pokédex. She is not fond of talking, and although she says that she chooses her words carefully, she is still worried about hurting others with them accidentally. She is fond of and wants to inspect the stone tablet at the end of in hopes of meeting it. She likes it as it conveys gratitude without the use of words.
Later, she can join the player in competition at Sinnoh's . In , she is also a possible opponent in the Battleground.
If the player has Oak's Letter, Marley can be encountered on Route 224 as the Seabreak Path appears.
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In the Battle Tower, Marley uses mostly Pokémon with high stat.
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=====Battle Tower=====
======Master Class Double Battles (Rank 6)======
In each team, Marley uses the first and second Pokémon on the list, and Riley uses the third and fourth.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Marley forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Marley became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl====
Marley debuted in Keeping In Top Forme!. She was spotted unconscious floating down a river in a boat by . He called out to her, trying to warn her of an oncoming waterfall, but she did not respond. He jumped in the river to stop the boat, before using to pull them out of the water. Afterwards, Marley finally woke up and introduced herself.
Because Brock saved her, Marley asked him to escort her to a flower field. and eventually discovered that Marley was harboring an injured . She explained that she was approached by Shaymin because it was being attacked by a trio of thugs who wanted to take it.
Marley eventually got to the flower field that had Gracidea flowers, and Shaymin was about to transform into its . There, it defeated Team Rocket and was reunited with its friends. Marley bid Shaymin farewell. As Shaymin left, Marley informed Ash and that it said goodbye to her telepathically.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Marley first makes an appearance in the Battleground battling with Buck. The battle, much to Marley's annoyance, goes without a conclusion as Buck notices spying on them and chases after him while the officer escapes.
Later, after Buck and Looker are sent to the hospital after escaping from Team Galactic on Stark Mountain, Marley is seen worrying near Buck's hospital bed. While there, it is revealed that she has Oak's Letter in her possession.
Later, Marley arrives at where she begs for the Pokémon to help her. Shaymin reacts to her wish and appears before Marley. Marley is soon captured by the Advanced level Grunt of Team Galactic, but he frees her after , Cheryl, Mira, Riley, and Palmer arrive. They enter the Distortion World but are separated upon arriving due to the dimension's strange gravity.
There, Mira finds Charon, the man that defeated Buck, and tries to stop him from escaping but is stopped by Jupiter and the other Galactic s. Marley faces Jupiter and her , while Cheryl and Mira fight Mars and Saturn, respectively. Jupiter proves to be a powerful enemy, but with Platinum's information from her first battle with Jupiter, Marley manages to figure out her opponent's strategy.
The battle is interrupted by Giratina as it flies past them so that it can fight with the other Legendary Pokémon in the area. As it flies past her, Shaymin accidentally gets stuck on Giratina's head and gets caught in the ensuing fight. Soon after, everyone begins to gather together and the conversation that follows reminds Marley about what she read in the letter she received from Professor Oak.
The gratitude Shaymin senses makes it decide to join in the fray and it does so by using to wake everyone up from 's . This attack allows everyone to redirect Giratina's attacks to hit Charon, forcing him to retreat. Marley and the others are left behind as , , and Platinum chase after Charon to the real world.
After Charon is defeated, Marley asks Shaymin if it wants to stay with her, an offer Shaymin accepts.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Marley or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
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==Trivia==
* Marley dresses in the style.
* Marley is the only one of the stat Trainers to not use at least one Legendary Pokémon in the in . This changes in , as she has a .
* Marley may command her Arcanine to attack the player's Pokémon with if the player's Pokémon has as its Ability.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	マイ Mai 	From 米 mai (rice)
English 	Marley 	From
German 	Charlie 	From
Spanish 	Sémola 	From sémola ()
French 	Viviane 	From avoine ()
Italian 	Risetta 	From riso (rice)
Korean 	미정 Mijeong 	From 미 (米) mi (rice)
Chinese ()	米依 Mǐyī 	From 米 mǐ (rice)
Chinese ()	小舞 Xiǎo Wǔ 	From the Japanese name 舞 Mai
Chinese ()	米依 Máihyī 	From 米 máih (rice)
Chinese ()	小舞 Síu Móuh 	From the Japanese name 舞 Mai
Vietnamese	Mai 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Stat Trainers
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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Category:Platinum characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
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