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Fantina (Japanese: メリッサ Melissa) is a sophisticated and who specializes in . She is the Gym Leader of Hearthome City's Gym, known officially as the Hearthome Gym, and hands out the to those who defeat her. An expert in Pokémon Contests, she usually competes in Master Rank s and is a member of the Ribbon Syndicate.
She is apparently not from the country the games are set in, and often peppers her speech with phrases of (English in the Japanese and French versions).
==In the core series games==
Fantina speaks a mix of French and broken English (only broken Japanese in Japanese version, broken French with English in French version) and is from another country. Upon arriving in Sinnoh, she decided to become a Contest performer, so she dresses up in fancy outfits for Pokémon Contests. She considers herself to be a Contest Expert and can occasionally be competed against in s/Super Contest Shows, in which she uses her , nicknamed Loony (Japanese: ばるん Balloon).
She also studied Pokémon and eventually attained the title of Gym Leader. Fantina uses Pokémon in her battles. For defeating her, Trainers receive the , , and are able to use / outside of battle.
In and , she cannot be challenged until after the has received HM03/TM95 () from Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic Town.
In , she is battled much earlier in the game and will make her Gym available to players as soon as they talk to her at the Contest Hall. She can be battled again at the Battleground and occasionally visits the Villa. Fantina claims to be a fan of Dahlia's dancing style and a member of the Ribbon Syndicate of the Resort Area. She also mentions making regular visits to the Lost Tower.
Fantina also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. She can be faced in the Sinnoh Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
In , Fantina also appears at the , where she can team up with Gardenia in a Double Battle.
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====Pokémon Super Contests====
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Fantina uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. She will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
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=====Rematch=====
Prior to version 1.1.3, knew the unusable instead of .
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======Master Class Single Battles (Rank 5)======
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Fantina forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Fantina became a playable sync pair on March 19, 2020.
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==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl====
Despite having traveled through Hearthome City twice, once in Dawn's Early Night! and a second time in Arriving in Style!, the Hearthome Gym remained closed with the Gym Leader nowhere in sight. Fantina had left a note saying that she was going on a journey for a while, and to not look for her. She finally appeared in Playing The Leveling Field!, where she had a practice Contest Battle with Zoey. Although she won the battle with relative ease, she complimented Zoey on her skills and said that she was a formidable opponent. She later battled and defeated , the defeat prompting him to come up with a special tactic to counter Fantina's Pokémon's -inducing skills, which Fantina dubbed the Counter Shield.
In her debut episode, it was revealed that as soon as she arrived in the Sinnoh region she decided to take part in Pokémon Contests. She excelled at them and, with the help of her , she was able to win the Grand Festival. After becoming a Top Coordinator, she was invited to assume the position of Gym Leader for Hearthome City's new Pokémon Gym, which she accepted. As a Gym Leader she was faced with new responsibilities and her desire was to offer a good battle to the many s who would come to challenge her. In order to achieve that goal, she went on a to develop a unique battle style, combining the raw power of regular battles with the stylish moves of Pokémon Contests, and that was her reason for temporarily leaving the Gym.
It was also revealed that she battled Alan twice with him winning the second time after evolving his . In Aiding the Enemy!, it was revealed that Paul had managed to defeat her.
In Barry's Busting Out All Over!, Ash met with Fantina upon returning to Hearthome City. In Shield with a Twist!, he had an official Gym battle against her, where he defeated her and earned the , his fifth Sinnoh League Badge overall.
In Gotta Get a Gible!, it was revealed that Fantina had once again left her Gym, so had to take a number in order to battle her when she came back.
Fantina appeared from Last Call — First Round! to A Grand Fight for Winning!, having yet again left the Gym in order to join Mr. Contesta, Mr. Sukizo, and Nurse Joy in the judging panel for the Sinnoh Grand Festival as a special guest judge. Fantina was very excited throughout the competition and on some occasions she would rise from her seat to comment on a combination she felt was impressive. After the final battle between Dawn and Zoey, she was the one who handed Zoey the Ribbon Cup.
====Pokémon movies====
She made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
====Character====
As a Top Coordinator who is also a Gym Leader, Fantina possesses experiences from different fields and can be quite challenging. Whether competing in Pokémon Contests or facing challengers at the Hearthome Gym, she prioritizes stylish techniques. She also likes to use moves that may inflict status conditions, such as and .
Fantina has a tendency to break into dance regularly and she is also known for including words in her sentences, such as "". As evidenced by her clothing and demeanor, she has a flamboyant personality. She likes to see that trait in others as well, as shown when she praised Jessilina's performance during the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Fantina's known in :
====Contests====
=====Ribbons obtained=====
This listing is of the Ribbons Fantina has obtained:
* At least five Ribbons (prior to Dawn's Early Night!)
=====Grand Festival ranking=====
Fantina has competed in the following Grand Festival tournaments:
* Sinnoh Grand Festival - Winner (prior to Dawn's Early Night!)
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Fantina briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
Fantina appeared in a flashback in PMDP07.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Fantina appeared in Perturbed by Pachirisu. When two women were making rude comments about rookie contestants during the Master Rank contest, she sent out her Drifblim to carry them out and throw them back where the Normal Rank contest was taking place. The next day, Fantina met , , and in person, and transported the trio on her Drifblim to the Lost Tower just as Paka and Uji had spotted Platinum. There, Diamond and Pearl treated Fantina to their comedy while Platinum witnessed a battle on the lower floors of the tower. Fantina took the trio to Solaceon Town afterwards and left.
Fantina saved Diamond and Pearl from a fall in Celestic Town, and offered to take the trio back to Hearthome, where they discovered that she was the city's Gym Leader, saying that her studies for the lifetime passion of Pokémon Contests granted her the title. Fantina watched as made her way through the quizzes given by the Gym easily and took up the challenge, after which her Drifblim was beaten after Platinum's Empoleon manipulated it into freezing itself using its own wind. Her Mismagius, however, proved to be much trickier; its turned Empoleon's speed against it, and beat it easily. It then trapped Platinum and the borrowed in an illusion where the Pokémon was in a room full of its favorite sweets and Platinum suffered. Before long though, the girl managed to subvert the illusion in her favor with 's help, and defeated the Mismagius.
After the battle, Fantina and the trio learned of the disappearance of Professor Rowan and Platinum's father, Mr. Berlitz. She lent her Drifblim to the trio to assist with their emergency.
She later appeared on the Spear Pillar with the other Sinnoh Gym Leaders where she fought Team Galactic Commander Saturn along with Roark and together they defeated him. They later fought Cyrus on the top of the Spear Pillar and with the help of her fellow Gym Leaders, they managed to break his Red Chain controlling and . However, it was revealed that the one they destroyed was the artificial one he had made earlier and they were all defeated by him.
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===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
In Dialga's Secret Keys, Fantina was handing a Badge to Hareta. She was subsequently offended when he called her "Grandma". Later, in The Legendary Pokémon Captured, she sent out her to fight Team Galactic.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Fantina or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* During the Gym battle in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Fantina exclaims "Never give up, never surrender!", the catchphrase from the 1999 science fiction comedy .
* In the Japanese and French versions she speaks English, while in the Danish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish versions she has a noticeable French accent.
** In the English dub of , she also spoke with a French accent.
* Although Fantina's dress incorporates elements of , she only uses a Drifblim in the Gym rematch in Pokémon Platinum.
* In Pokémon the Series, intended to battle Fantina and win the Relic Badge on his first visit to Hearthome City, as his third Badge. While this would have meant that he went out of order compared to Diamond and Pearl, this is the correct order in Platinum, which came out shortly before Ash finally battled her for the Relic Badge (as his fifth).
* In , Fantina uses an without a Griseous Orb in The Battle Between Legendary Pokémon, despite being outside the Distortion World.
* In early versions of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, during the rematch, Fantina used a that knows , a move that cannot be used in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. This was later changed in patch version 1.1.3, where is used in the same move slot instead.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	メリッサ Melissa 	From the genus and the name (a name of Western origin that denotes her status as an immigrant)
English, Spanish,Brazilian Portuguese	Fantina 	From phantom and possibly (show tango)
German 	Lamina 	From , a Greek mythological spirit
French 	Kiméra 	From
Italian 	Fannie 	From fantasma (phantom)
Korean 	멜리사 Mellisa 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	梅麗莎 / 梅丽莎 Méilìshā 	Transcription of her Japanese name. Possibly from 美麗 / 美丽 měilì (beautiful) and 魅力 mèilì (charm, enchantment).
Chinese () 	梅麗莎 Mùihlàihsā 	Transcription of her Japanese name. Contains 麗 làih (beautiful).
Russian 	Фантина Fantina 	Transcription of her English name
Vietnamese 	Melissa 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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