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Misty (Japanese: カスミ Kasumi) is the Gym Leader of Cerulean City's Gym, known officially as the Cerulean Gym. She gives the to s who defeat her in . She specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Misty appears in and Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! as the Gym Leader of the Cerulean Gym, which is the second Gym that the challenges on their . Her strategy is an all-out attack with Pokémon, and she is constantly looking for ways to improve her technique. A swimmer herself, she trains at the Seafoam Islands. She admires Lorelei of the Elite Four. It is said that she has high hopes for Cerulean Cape, a romantic date spot. She also expresses a desire to travel one day once she has become stronger. In addition to the , Misty gives out in Red, Blue, and Yellow, in FireRed and LeafGreen, and in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Misty appears in Vermilion City after the player has defeated Lt. Surge, offering to show them the way to the Diglett's Cave entrance on . She also reveals that she sometimes visits Vermilion to swim in the sea.
Three years later, in , Misty remains the Gym Leader of the Cerulean Gym, which can be challenged once the who stole the Machine Part from the Kanto Power Plant is encountered at the Gym. Initially, she cannot be found in the Gym. Instead, she can be seen at Cerulean Cape on a date with her boyfriend. When the player arrives, her boyfriend is scared away, prompting her to grow angry with the player and refer to them as a pest. Upon noticing their eight Johto Badges, however, she accepts the player's challenge and returns to the Gym. While she doesn't give out a TM in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, she gives out TM03 (Water Pulse) in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, once all 16 Badges have been obtained and has been captured or defeated, Misty can be found on Route 25 on any day between 4 PM and 6 PM. If spoken to, she will offer her Pokégear number to the player. If she is called on Wednesday mornings, she will be up for a rematch at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. After her Pokégear number has been obtained, she will also appear on Route 25 every day between 2 PM and 4 PM. Upon speaking to her, the player can have a photograph taken with her if the first Pokémon in their party is a Water-type.
In , Misty appears alongside the other Gym Leaders of Kanto as an opponent in the Kanto Leaders Tournament at the Pokémon World Tournament. She also participates alongside the Gym Leaders of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova in the World Leaders Tournament, and other Water-type experts in the Water Type Expert Tournament.
===Fame Checker===
This is a list of the Fame Checker’s information on Misty in .
;Cerulean City - Sign
*What does this person do?
:"<sc>Cerulean City Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Gym</sc>
:<sc>Leader: Misty</sc>
:The Tomboyish Mermaid!"
;Cerulean Gym - Misty
*Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"My policy is an all-out offensive with <sc>Water</sc>-type <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>!"
;Cerulean Gym - ♂ Luis
*What is this person like?
:"<sc>Misty</sc> is a <sc></sc> who’s going to keep improving.
:She won’t lose to someone like you!"
;Seafoam Islands - Young Man
*There’s a rumor...
:"Strong <sc>Trainers</sc> and <sc>Water Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are common sights in these parts.
:They say that <sc>Misty</sc> of the <sc>Cerulean Gym</sc> trains here."
;Cerulean Cape - Dame
*There’s a rumor...
:"This cape is a famous date spot.
:<sc>Misty</sc>, the <sc>Gym Leader</sc>, has high hopes about this place."
;Cerulean City - 
*There’s a rumor...
:"<sc>Misty</sc> is said to worship <sc>Lorelei</sc> of the <sc>Elite Four</sc>."
;Message from <sc>Misty</sc>
*From: <sc>Misty</sc>
*To: <>
:I’m going to keep training here at this <sc>Gym</sc>.
:When I get better, I’d love to hit the road and travel."
===Pokémon===
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Misty has one X Defend per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.
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Misty has one X Defend per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.
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Misty has a Full Heal.
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Misty has a Super Potion.
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=====Rematch=====
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Misty uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Misty will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
======Kanto Leaders Tournament======
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======Gathered! Gym Leader!======
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====Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!====
=====Gym battle=====
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium===
Misty appears in Pokémon Stadium as the second Gym Leader the player faces during the Gym Leader Castle challenge. As usual for Trainers in this game, she also uses Pokémon outside her specialty type.
====Pokémon====
=====Round 1=====
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===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Misty returns in as part of the Kanto Gym Leader Castle. One of her party members in this game is a , a reference to the her owned at the time of the game's release.
During the game's end credits, Misty is seen having a battle with Whitney at the Goldenrod Gym.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle League===
The version of appears in Pokémon Puzzle League as one of the opponents must defeat in the Puzzle League.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Misty, in her Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! design, forms a sync pair with , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Misty became a playable sync pair since the game's release, with her joining the at the beginning of the game.
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===Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket===
Misty makes an appearance as a card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's first expansion, . When the player plays this card, they pick one of their Pokémon in play and flip a until they get tails; for each heads flipped, they take a from the Energy Zone and attach it to the selected Pokémon.
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
Misty is a and former traveling partner of the main character of , Ash Ketchum. After he stole her bike and proceeded to accidentally destroy it in Pokémon - I Choose You!, Misty followed him around the Kanto region, the Orange Islands, and the Johto region, using the time she spent with him to further her goal of becoming the greatest Water Pokémon Master.
At the end of , Misty's bike was returned and repaired by the Nurse Joy of Viridian City, and as her sisters were leaving on a world tour, Misty stayed at the Cerulean Gym as its leader in order to keep it open.
Despite this, she still visits Ash from time to time, meeting up with him during the Mirage Kingdom and arcs of . More recently, she reappeared in for two small arcs set in Kanto and Alola, respectively. In , Misty was inspired to travel again after seeing the Masters Eight Tournament and reunited with Ash to travel with him for a while, before eventually returning to the Gym.
===Pokémon Origins===
Misty appeared briefly in File 2: Cubone. She was shown being challenged to a Gym by , who later defeated her off-screen, earning the young Pokémon Trainer the .
====Pokémon====
===GOTCHA!===
Misty briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Misty appears in Ash & Pikachu, a based on the Johto, Hoenn, and seasons of . Like in the animated series, she is a traveling companion of alongside .
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
Misty appears in The Electric Tale of Pikachu, a manga adaptation of .
Unlike in the animated series, she does not travel with and constantly, though she does make many appearances.
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
Misty, along with and , make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of Magical Pokémon Journey.
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Misty debuts in Gyarados Splashes In!, where saves her from her enraged , which has been experimented on by Team Rocket. After they recapture the Pokémon, Red and Misty join forces to defeat Team Rocket and find the Moon Stone at Mt. Moon. During the battle, Misty is knocked out by a 's .
As is shown in Suddenly Starmie, she lives in a large mansion and has a horde of maids that look after her. Here she defeats Red in the Cerulean Gym and trains with him for a couple of days to make them both stronger. At the end of this chapter, she gives Red the .
Later, Red wants to teach his Pokémon , but the HM he tries to acquire is destroyed in a battle with a wild . Misty saves Red from drowning; he at first, mistakes her for a mermaid. As Red's one hope of teaching his Pokémon Surf has been utterly demolished, Misty trades Red her Gyarados for his Krabby. They have each other's Pokémon in their respective parties to this day.
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She is seen talking with about Red's disappearance and worries about him, especially after hearing that Oak gave Red's Pokédex and Pika to , who she considered a random stranger. She was then seen teaming up with the other 'good' Gym Leaders of Kanto to thwart , then possessed by Agatha's Gastly and attempting to retrieve Pika. After the event, she meets Yellow for the first time and gives her an . She was also seen being stalled by Agatha, who forced Cerulean under attack by a group of Gastly and Haunter. They finally retrieve what they were after all along, her Gym Badge. Misty had her Starmie go to Cerise Island and give the message to the others.
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Unlike in the animated series, Misty has changed her hairstyle later on to match the one worn by her in . During the second Team Rocket crisis, lured Misty into a battle underneath Tohjo Falls and later offered to be her partner. The recruitment somehow gave her strength and confidence, as she was able to easily defeat Whitney in her at the Indigo Plateau. However, she later becomes injured in the battle with the Masked Man, and Suicune goes on to take as its second partner for the battle's climax.
In The Last Battle XIV, Misty decides to report to Erika via her Pokégear. Since Erika lent her Pokégear earlier to Red, Red ends up being the one who receives the call. Misty's feelings for Red couple with Yellow noticing that Red is talking to Misty creates an awkward tension in the air. Green, fully aware of the tension between them, smugly declares that the three should simply all live together, much to their embarrassment.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
This listing is of Misty's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
=====Formerly owned=====
This listing is of Misty's previously owned Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
======Traded away======
======Given away======
======Released======
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Misty appeared as a silhouette in JBA5 alongside her and the other Kanto Gym Leaders.
====Pokémon====
This is a listing of Misty's known Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga:
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 meets Misty while seeking a Moon Stone along with his Pikachu and his Clefairy. During the meeting, Clefairy notices that she is wearing a Moon Stone as a necklace. She declares that they battle her if they wish to have it. While the Clefairy is initially pumped up to battle, he quickly changes his mind when he sees that his opponent is a massive . After a while, the battle is won when Clefairy sucks up all the water in a nearby river and releases the water onto Misty's Pokémon, sending it flying into the sky. Just when Misty is about to reward Red's group with the prize they sought, it gets stolen by someone else.
She is seen again when Red participates in the No. 1 Pokémon contest acting as a judge and when he went to a swimming pool.
Misty lent him her while in the Pokémon League as Red needed extra support to defeat Green.
Misty reappears in a cameo in Clefairy, Form Teacher Of Class 1P!!, where she is seen wearing her outfit from .
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===Pokémon Zensho===
When arrives at the Cerulean Gym in PZ03, he is given a pair of swimming trunks as that is all that is allowed inside the pool arena. Misty appears soon after, prompting a blush from him. Soon after, during the battle, he sends out his , which is afraid of going near the water since the flame on its tail might go out. His Pikachu is sent next, but having no idea of what to do around the water, it falls in. As he attempts to save his Pokémon, Satoshi gets a cramp and nearly drowns, but Misty manages to rescue him.
Later on, as Satoshi and Pikachu dry themselves off, Misty suggests that she teach them how to properly move around in the water, so they can stand a better chance next time. He trains along with Pikachu, who floats on a lifesaver. Misty attempts to take the device away from the mouse, only to see that it is clinging to it. Eventually, Satoshi and Pikachu end up improving. As Satoshi sits around with a , Misty relays a story over how a rescued her once when a large wave swept her underwater at the beach. Due to that experience, she feels gratitude toward the Pokémon.
After Satoshi thwarts an attack by a , she awards him with the and her Seel, telling him that she hopes to meet the Dewgong that rescued her someday.
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=====On hand=====
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==In the TCG==
===Cards===
For the full list of cards featuring Misty or her Pokémon, see :Category:Misty (TCG)
Misty first appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card Game with the release of the Japanese deck on April 26, 1998. The deck is built around Misty and , including the eponymous , , , and Trainer cards. The expansion released shortly afterwards would add more of Misty's Pokémon and another Trainer card, . These cards would see international release in the and expansions, with the former including a .
The CD released August 21, 1999 included a special promo card of , as Misty's voice actor performed the song. Misty would next be featured in the TCG with two more of her Pokémon being released in the expansion. The including and would be Misty's last appearance in the TCG for 13 years.
Misty would return to the TCG during the XY Series in the expansion (the in Japan) in a cameo in 's artwork and the . A print of featuring Misty and the would also be a prize at official tournaments near the end of the XY Series.
The Sun & Moon Series added another Supporter card, , in the international and Japanese expansions. Another Japanese deck was then built around Misty: the . While the Pokémon within lacked her name from their titles, Misty was named in two new cards, and . These cards saw international release in the expansion. At the end of the Series, Misty was featured alongside Lorelei in the Supporter card in the and expansions.
Misty's next appearance was in the artwork for Starmie.
===Merchandise===
The Hanada City Gym and Misty Theme Decks prominently featured her on the box.
In Japan, a set of card sleeves featuring Misty and her were released alongside the special Pokémon 20th Anniversary set, the .
Like the first deck, the Misty of Cerulean City Gym Trainer Battle Deck features Misty on the box, as well as the card sleeves, deckbox, , and playmat. A rubber playmat sold separately also uses this artwork, along with her .
A set of card sleeves featuring Misty, her Starmie, and her was available in Japan the same day as the Battle Region subset.
==In the TFG==
 appears as a rare in the launch set, , of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game.
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Melee===
Misty appears as a random trophy, wearing her outfit from .
====Trophy information====
Misty's the gym leader of Cerulean City and a real tomboy. She loves swimming and all things aquatic, so she makes a point of collecting Starmie, Staryu, and other Water-type Pokémon. This is common among gym leaders: typically, the Pokémon kept by Trainers tend to reflect that person's personality and preferences.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
* Misty's Japanese Leader title is おてんば The Tomboyish Mermaid.
* In , Misty calls a "sweetie" right before the , in the sentence "Are you ready, sweetie?". In the original Japanese version, she uses her 's catchphrase instead (いくわよ！マーイステディ！ Go! My Steady!).
**Also in this game, her level 21 Starmie knows ; however, can't learn the move until level 22 in that generation. While Starmie learns the move at level 1, there is no legitimate way to find Starmie in the wild.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	カスミ Kasumi 	From 霞草 kasumi-sō (), 霞 kasumi (mist), and possibly 海 umi (sea)
English, German,Spanish, Italian	Misty 	POCKEMON JOURNAL (archive)
French 	Ondine 	From , a water nymph in Germanic mythology
Korean 	이슬 Iseul 	From 이슬 iseul (dew)
Chinese () 	小霞 Xiǎo Xiá 	From her Japanese name and 霞 xiá / hàh ()
Chinese () 	小霞 Síu Hàh 	From her Japanese name and 霞 xiá / hàh ()
Russian 	Мисти Misti 	Transcription of her English name
Thai 	คาสึมิ Khasuemi	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Kasumi 	Transcription of her Japanese name
===Misty's Pokémon===
Krabby
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	クラちゃん Kura-chan 	From クラブ Crab (Krabby)
Brazilian Portuguese	KrabbinhoKrabinhoKrab	From Krabby
Vietnamese 	Bé Kura 	Transcription of Japanese name
Chinchou
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	チーちゃん Chie-chan 	From チョンチー Chonchie (Chinchou)
Brazilian Portuguese	Chinzinho 	From Chinchou
Vietnamese 	Bé Chii 	Transcription of Japanese name
Lanturn
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ランちゃん Lan-chan 	From ランターン Lantern (Lanturn)
Brazilian Portuguese	Lantinha 	From Lanturn
Vietnamese 	Bé Ran 	Transcription of Japanese name
==External links==
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==References==
Category:Manga characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Pokémon Origins characters
Category:Red, Blue and Yellow characters
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal characters
Category:FireRed and LeafGreen characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
Category:Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! characters
Category:Stadium characters
Category:Stadium 2 characters
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Water-type Trainers
Category:Trainers with Legendary Pokémon
Category:Pokémon Zensho characters
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