Dendra

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Dendra (Japanese: キハダ Kihada) is a character in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. She works as the Battle Studies teacher at Naranja Academy/Uva Academy. She specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Dendra is an energetic young woman and uses that energy while teaching. She always refers to the player as "new kid".
In forming bonds with her, she admits that while she is athletic, she is not good at cooking, especially making sandwiches. She improves her cooking by learning more from the player's feedback and practicing with Saguaro. Dendra reveals that she wants to make sandwiches for Miriam as gratitude, since the latter often patches up her injuries. Dendra looks up to Miriam because she is nice and skilled, and she wanted to learn a skill to help others the way Miriam does. She realizes that although she isn't skilled at making sandwiches, she decides to focus on being full of energy.
Dendra participates in the Academy Ace Tournament, including the scripted first round. The player can also find her in Alfornada, assisting in her childhood friend Tulip's Gym Test of ESP exercise, even after the player has already defeated the Gym. This is because Dendra lost a battle with Tulip due to her Fighting type Pokémon being a bad matchup against her Psychic Pokémon, with the stakes being that whoever lost had to do whatever the victor wanted. According to Tulip, Dendra praises the player's skills in the Gym Test.
===Pokémon===
Dendra will always stallize her .
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====Traded to the player====
Upon the third unique interaction with Dendra in the League Club Room, she will trade a Meditite to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding , , or Mythical Pokémon.
==Gallery==
===Core series===
====Sprites and models====
 	
VS model from	profile image from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon Horizons: The Series===
Dendra first appeared in Welcome to Naranja Academy!. She was first seen at Naranja Academy, explaining the basics of the Tera Training course to Liko, Roy, and Dot.
In Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four and Liko vs. Rika! Towards the Battle's End, Dendra worked as a referee during the Elite Four Tag Battle.
In The Terapagos I Don't Know, alongside Clavell, Dendra explained the rules of the second part of Tera Training to the participating students.
In Infiltrating the System! Naranja Academy in Danger!, Dendra was in charge of being a referee for the Naranja Academy battle tournament taking place. She later informed Liko and Roy that they would be battling each other in the school tournament.
====Character====
Dendra has an enthusiastic and upbeat personality, with a passion for working out and teaching students about Pokemon battles just like in the video games. She is encouraging to students in their endeavors, always motivating them to do their best. She is also sound in judgement and is a fair referee as shown in the Elite four battle tournament at the school, where she noted that Coral lost the battle against Larry because of the rules stating how using the move Self Destruct immediately counts as a loss for the trainer and not the Elite four member.
====Pokémon====
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===Artwork===
Concept art of Dendra from
===Pokémon: Paldean Winds===
Dendra briefly appeared in Breathe Together, during Ohara, Aliquis, and Hohma's video presenting Naranja Academy.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Dendra debuted in Speeding! Paldea's Prince of Speed!!. She was first seen taking part in the opening ceremony for Uva Academy's Treasure Hunt. When a student named crashed the presentation, Dendra and two other teachers attempted to stop him. Violet agreed to accept punishment for his actions, but only if he was defeated in a race. Accepting this challenge, Dendra, Violet, and the two other teachers raced around the academy's courtyard. Despite being the only competitor on foot instead of riding a Pokémon, Dendra ended up winning the race when Violet got distracted by Arven. Later, Dendra and the other teachers were called to an emergency meeting by Clavell, who informed them of Violet's backstory and explained his behavior.
==In the TCG==
Dendra was 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 subset and the English expansion, with artwork by yuu. An version with artwork by the same artist, and a version of the card with artwork by GIDORA were released in the same sets. It allows players to put a card from their hand on the bottom of their deck. If they do, the player draws cards until they have 5 cards in their hand. Because this card's effect requires the player to put another card on the bottom of their deck, this card cannot be played if it is the last card in the player's hand.
==Trivia==
* After Dendra recalls her Pokémon from battle, she pats the Poké Ball rather than simply nodding at it like many Trainers.
* Due to her role in Tulip's Gym Test, Dendra can be found standing in two places at once indefinitely: Alfornada and the Academy.
* All of the moves used by Dendra's Pokémon are physical moves.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	キハダ Kihada 	From 黄蘗 kihada ()
English, Italian,Brazilian Portuguese	Dendra 	From Phellodendron amurense (scientific name of Amur cork tree)
German, Indonesian 	Amura 	From Phellodendron amurense (scientific name of Amur cork tree)
Spanish 	Kendra 	From Phellodendron amurense (scientific name of Amur cork tree)
French 	Élige 	From arbre au liège de l'Amour (Amur cork tree)
Korean 	운향 Unhyang 	From 운향과 unhyang-gwa (), family that contains the Amur cork tree
Chinese () 	凰檗 Huángbò 	From 黃檗 / 黄檗 huángbò / wòhngbaak (Amur cork tree)
Chinese () 	凰檗 Wòhngbaak 	From 黃檗 / 黄檗 huángbò / wòhngbaak (Amur cork tree)
Thai 	คิฮาดะ Khihada	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Scarlet and Violet characters
Category:Fighting-type Trainers
Category:Trainers with Tera Orbs
Category:Teachers
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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