Erika

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Erika (Japanese: エリカ Erika) is the Gym Leader of Celadon City's Gym, known officially as the Celadon Gym. She hands out the to s who defeat her in . She is a serene young woman who specializes in . She is always dressed in an elegant , and seems to represent traditional Japanese beauty.
==In the core series games==
Erika's title is The Nature-Loving Princess. She is ladylike, and a teacher of flower-arranging. She is a quiet girl, but she's well-known in Celadon City. Erika only collects Pokémon if she considers them attractive, though her definition of attractive seems to include varieties only a botanist could love. She also tends to doze off quite a bit, but will become inspired after a good match.
In addition to the Rainbow Badge, Erika gives out , in , , and . In , their remakes , as well as , she gives out . In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the reward TM once again contains Mega Drain, but this time is TM53.
She can be battled again in , after talking to her on Saturday or Sunday between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM. She is found by Celadon City's fountain. If she is called on Sunday morning, she will happily give a rematch at the Fighting Dojo.
Erika also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. She can be faced in the Kanto Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
===Fame Checker===
This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Erika in .
;Celadon City - Sign
* What does this person do?
:"<sc>Celadon City Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Gym</sc>
:<sc>Leader: Erika</sc>
:The Nature-Loving Princess!"
;Celadon Gym - Erika
* Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"I am a student of the art of flower arranging.
:My <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are solely of the <sc>Grass</sc> type."
;Celadon Gym - Lisa
* What is this person like?
:"Our <sc>Leader Erika</sc> might be quiet, but she’s famous around here."
;Celadon Gym - Tamia
* What is this person like?
:"We only use <sc>Grass</sc>-type <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> at our <sc>Gym</sc>.
:Why? We also use them for making flower arrangements!"
;Celadon Gym - Erika
* Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"I would never collect <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> if they were unattractive."
;Celadon Mansion - 
* There’s a rumor...
:"Rumor has it that if you peek into <sc>Celadon Gym</sc>, you can often see <sc>Erika</sc> snoozing."
;Message from <sc>Erika</sc>
* From: <sc>Erika</sc>
* To: [Player]
:"I am so glad that there are strong <sc>Trainers</sc> like you.
:That awareness alone inspires and motivates me to try harder.
:Please visit me again.
:Zzz..."
===Pokémon===
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Erika has one Super Potion per Pokémon, using it 50% of the time if their HP falls below 10%.
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Erika has one Super Potion per Pokémon, using it 50% of the time if their HP falls below 10%.
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Erika has a Hyper Potion.
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Erika has a Hyper Potion and a Full Heal.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Erika uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Erika will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
======Kanto Leaders Tournament======
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======Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament======
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======Challenge the Champion Lance!======
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====Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!====
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium===
Erika appears in Pokémon Stadium as the fourth Gym Leader the player faces during the Gym Leader Castle challenge. During Round 2, she also uses Pokémon outside her specialty type.
====Pokémon====
=====Round 1=====
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=====Round 2=====
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===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Erika returns in as part of the Kanto Gym Leader Castle. Her strategy largely revolves around using -inducing moves, including for some of her own Pokémon.
During the game's end credits, Erika is seen having a battle with Falkner at the Violet Gym.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle League===
In Pokémon Puzzle League, Erika, as she appears in , is one of the opponents in the 1P Stadium mode, and one of the characters available in the 2P Stadium mode.
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===Pokémon Masters EX===
Erika, in her design, forms a sync pair with , , , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Erika became a playable sync pair since the game's release, with her joining the after completing the fourth chapter of the PML Arc.
In this game, Erika is one of the PML Leaders of the Pokémon Masters League, handing out the to those who defeat her. She has also made notable appearances in the game's Main Stories, the PML Arc, and the Villain Arc. 
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===Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket===
Erika makes an appearance as a card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's first expansion, . When the player plays this card, they may heal 50 HP from one of their Pokémon in play.
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	 	 	 	 	
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===Sprites and models===
====In the core series====
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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====In other games====
 	 	
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
=====Pre-series=====
Erika’s love for all began when she was young with her . While wandering the streets of Celadon City, Erika was ambushed by a wild , but Gloom intervened and rescued its future Trainer from being attacked.
=====Original series=====
Erika appeared in Pokémon Scent-sation!, where she runs a perfumery in Celadon City, which sells scents from essences extracted from her garden plants and her Pokémon. It also sells a special brand of perfume made from the essence of her favorite Pokémon, . , , and were enamored with the scents, but insulted the perfume. In protest, Erika had him banned from her store and by extension the greenhouse, which also served as the location of the Celadon Gym.
Later, Jessie and James were caught trying to steal perfume and were also banned from the Gym. Ash found them and untied them in exchange for help entering the Gym. Disguised as a girl named , with disguised as Ashley's parents, Ash signed up as a student at the Gym. While Erika was reading a fairytale to some Grass Pokémon, Pikachu noticed the eerily familiar Ashley and exposed Ash's disguise. Even so, Erika agreed to his request for a battle.
Erika sent out her against Ash's Bulbasaur. Ash quickly recalled Bulbasaur after it was by a close-range . then defeated Erika's before being overwhelmed by Gloom's scent. However, before the match could continue, it was interrupted when Team Rocket started a fire in the Gym as revenge for being thrown out. While Misty, Brock, and Erika's worked together to douse the fire, Ash ran into the Gym and successfully rescued Gloom. Out of gratitude, Erika awarded the to Ash.
She reappeared in flashbacks in the Japanese versions of Pikachu's Goodbye and Gotta Catch Ya Later!.
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Erika's silhouette appeared in Destination: Coronation! alongside the other Kanto Gym Leaders as the narrator explained how the Gym Leader system works in the Pokémon world. 
Erika reappeared in Suffering the Flings and Arrows!, where she was reunited with Ash. The Celadon Gym had been rebuilt since and Erika again thanked Ash for all his help. She hosted a Pokémon Flower Arrangement class which Ash attended alongside Goh and Chloe. Erika’s class helped Goh's Pinsir and Chloe's Eevee improve their confidence.
In Heroes Unite!, Erika and Leafeon reappeared in a fantasy, alongside other Trainers Chloe and her Eevee met.
====Character====
Erika is kind-hearted and readily accepts students to teach them about being a good and perfume manufacturing. However, she also possesses a temperamental side, particularly when her perfume is insulted. 
She is confident and gracefully composed in . Her key strategy to bring out the best in her Pokémon is empathy. She uses status moves like to overwhelm her opponent's Pokémon. This strategy also helped her overcome Ash's Charmander, a with a type advantage against Pokémon.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
This listing is of Erika's known in :
=====At the Celadon Gym=====
====Voice actors====
===I Choose You!===
Erika appeared in I Choose You!, which is set in a timeline separate from . In this continuity, she was the third Gym Leader faced by during his journey around Kanto. Ash defeated her, earning him a Rainbow Badge.
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===Pokémon Origins===
Erika appeared briefly in File 3: Giovanni. She was first seen with a and a female . She was then seen being challenged to a Gym and defeated by , earning him the .
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===GOTCHA!===
Erika briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Erika is an elegant young princess who gives lectures at universities and practices archery. She is allied with the "good" Gym Leaders of Kanto, and often assists Misty and Brock during crises.
====History====
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She debuted in Blame It on Eevee, where she sent out on a quest to capture an unusual Eevee that could change at will between its three evolved forms, due to being "modified" in a Team Rocket experiment. Erika threatened to kill Eevee by removing it from the healing machine Red had put it in; however, it turned out that she was just testing Red's character, and she then revealed her true alliance and saved the Eevee. 
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Erika then starts teaching at the Celadon University, replacing a dangerous professor. In Whacked by Marowak!, she goes to meet after hearing about her from Misty, only to hear from one of her teammates that a Red look-alike has been spotted right outside of Celadon City. Pika races to him only to find out it was a disguise and the real Trainer, , was hired by the Elite Four, who then beats her to the ground, threatens to take her life, and uses his 's laced with some of his 's s to disable Erika while Yellow chases him. She then figures out that to disguise himself as Red, he would've needed to encounter Red's scent in real life and has Blaine call over for assistance.
 
She is next seen defending Celadon from Lorelei and her and . She then realized that the Good Gym Leaders of Kanto were simply being stalled so Lance could carry out his real plan, and hoped that Yellow and Blaine had found out the same. She also realized that they were being targeted so the Elite Four could get their hands on the Gym Leader's Badges, which one of the Shellder finally retrieved from her and Misty.
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Erika is the supervisor of the Kanto Gym Leaders, meaning that she was automatically pitted against Pryce, the Leader of the Johto Gym Leaders, in the exhibition tournament held at the Indigo Plateau. She lost that match and was later lured into the Magnet Train along with the other Gym Leaders to fight masked s. She witnessed Misty's sudden burst of strength and gave her a flower brooch. Erika was on the front half of the train which later was about to crash into a dead end, but Red appeared out of nowhere to stop the train. Erika then lent Red her Pokégear.
====Pokémon====
This is a listing of Erika's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Erika appears in A Tough Battle With The Powerful Venusaur!!. With her , she helps defeat Team Rocket. Red and Erika attempt to steal the Silph Scope from Team Rocket as they guard the Gym searching for Erika and Red. They hide in the bulb of Erika's but are eventually exposed due to "passing gas" inside the bulb. Team Rocket captures them, but they eventually escape.
Later, she appears in a performance on stage showing her in which it evolved into a and then into a , which didn't please the judges.
In the manga, Erika's father is Silph Co.'s president.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
=====Status unknown=====
=====Stolen from her father=====
===Pokémon Zensho===
When Satoshi reaches Celadon City in PZ05, he challenges Erika to a battle. In the middle of the battle, Charmeleon accidentally burns Erika's kimono and responds by ing. Erika was about to be declared the winner but Erika mentions that Satoshi raised his Charmeleon well and gives him the .
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=====In the Gym=====
===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
In How I Became a Pokémon Card, Erika appears in Erika and Kaede... and Dark Gloom. She is a childhood friend of Kaede, a Team Rocket operative with allergies to flowers. Kaede had an unfortunate reaction to a flower wreath Erika gave her at a party and ran off in shame. They met again later when Kaede invaded Erika's Gym on behalf of Team Rocket. Erika was overjoyed to see her old friend and seemed to disregard any and all ill plots.
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Erika appeared as a silhouette in JBA5 alongside the other Kanto Gym Leaders.
==In the TCG==
In the , the card allows each player to draw up to three cards. Another card, , demonstrates her kindness, depicting her as helping a out of the rain. enables the player to trade two cards in a hand for two Pokémon in the deck, both with Erika in their names. is attached to the player's Active Pokémon, and if that Pokémon is not knocked out, the card returns to the owner's hand; it allows the player to reduce the damage their attacks inflict on the Defending Pokémon. allows the player to peek at the hand of the opponent and force them to summon any number of basic Pokémon from the hand to the Bench.
As in the animated series, she also appears to make fragrances, such as LeAF, depicted on Erika's perfume.
Erika has an in the expansion. Its is based on the Celadon Gym.
===Artwork===
Artwork from the cards:
 	 	 	 	
 	Erika and the Rainbow Badge 	Erika smiling 	Erika helping a lost	Erika and her maids
 	 	 	 	
Artwork from the	Erika and an arrangement of and evolutions in a -shaped planter	Erika and an arrangement of and evolutions in a -shaped planter	Erika's perfume 	Erika in the
===Cards===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Erika or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==In the TFG==
 was slated to be released as a in the of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game.
==Trivia==
* Erika's Japanese Leader title is .
* Erika's sprite was altered from the original . The only other significant opponents to be changed were , Brock, and Misty, based on their prominent counterparts.
** The change was made to correct an error with her kimono. In the original sprite, it is crossed right over left, a style reserved for the deceased at funerals; the updated sprite has it properly crossed left over right.
* In every against Erika, at least one of her Pokémon knows a -inducing move.
* Erika, along with Janine, are the only Kanto Gym Leaders to give the a TM upon their defeat in .
* There were 1,153 episodes between Erika's first appearance and second appearance in , which is the longest time between a particular human character's first and second physical appearances within the .
* Erika's Generation III sprite is the only one of her sprites that does not have a in it.
* In , Erika's and don't level up in her rematch team, both remaining at Level 56.
* In , Erika's knows at level 32, but level 33 is the earliest that Gloom can learn that move in that generation.
* In Erika's HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork, the heart-shaped crest from the HeartGold logo can be seen in her hairband and obi.
* In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Erika's hairband and obi are red in her official artwork, battle sprite, and VS sprite. However, in her overworld sprite, they are magenta instead.
* Erika is the only Kanto Gym Leader to have the same Japanese and English name, as the name Erika is common in both Japan and the western world.
** Also, Erika's Badge, the Rainbow Badge, is the only Kanto Badge to have the same Japanese and English name.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	エリカ Erika 	From the genus , and possibly from “ka”, the on’yomi reading of 花 "flower”.
English, German, Spanish,French, Italian, Indonesian,Vietnamese	Erika 	Same as her Japanese name
Korean 	민화 Minhwa 	From 화 (花) hwa (flower) and possibly 민화 (民話) minhwa (folk tale)
Chinese () 	莉佳 Lìjiā 	Partial transcription of her Japanese name. Contains 莉 lì (jasmine).
Chinese () 	艾莉嘉 Àilìjiā 	Transcription of her Japanese name. Contains 艾 ài () and 莉 lì (jasmine).
Chinese () 	莉佳 Leihgāai 	Partial transcription of her Japanese name. Contains 莉 leih (jasmine).
Chinese () 	艾利嘉 Ngaaihleihgā艾莉佳 Ngaaihleihgāai 	Transcription of her Japanese name. Contains 艾 ngaaih (mugwort)
Brazilian Portuguese 	ÉricaErikaÉrika 	Similar to her English nameSame as her English nameSimilar to her English name
Russian 	Эрика Erika 	Transcription of her English name
Thai 	เอริกะ Erika 	Transcription of her Japanese name
===Erika's Pokémon===
Angela
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	モンちゃん Mon-chan 	From モンジャラ Monjara (Tangela)
English 	Angela 	From Tangela
Brazilian Portuguese	Tanginha 	From Tangela
Vietnamese 	Mon 	Transcription of Japanese name
==References==
* Pokémon.com Pokémon Scent-sation!
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