Emma

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Emma (Japanese: マチエール Matiere) is a character introduced in who plays a major role in the post-game side story with Looker in Lumiose City. She is the only character in the games to have the es Suspicious Woman (Japanese: あやしいおとな Suspicious Adult), Suspicious Child (Japanese: あやしいこども Suspicious Child), and Suspicious Lady (Japanese: あやしいおねえさん Suspicious Miss).
==In the core series games==
In X and Y, Emma is a young girl living in the dark alleyways of Lumiose City with her friend Mimi (Japanese: もこお Mokō). She is initially an illiterate orphan who doesn't even have enough money to buy Poké Balls. She meets Looker and the player during their first case, where concerned mothers reported that their children have been hanging out in suspicious alleyways. In reality, the children were playing with and protecting Emma and Mimi. Looker invites Emma to live at the and work as his assistant. Though she is interested, Emma doesn't want to leave Mimi behind. Looker extends the invitation to Mimi as well, but Mimi is terrified of adults and runs off. After the player has found and befriended Mimi, Emma is much friendlier towards Looker and accepts his invitation, heading back to the Looker Bureau with him, Mimi, and the player. Emma then begins to learn how to read, write, and do basic arithmetic under Looker's tutelage.
During the following case, Emma returns to the Bureau to find a hysterical angrily shouting insults in English (Japanese if the language is set to English) about Looker, who had left moments ago under the assumption that the woman wanted tea. Speaking in the language of the tourist, Emma defends Looker while Mimi translates their conversation telepathically for the player and Looker, revealing that the woman had her Pokémon stolen at the . When Looker returns and learns of the situation, Emma tries to discourage him from helping the woman, but Looker insists that anyone in distress deserves their help and quickly leaves for the station. Emma then begs for the player to help Looker, revealing that he is defenseless because his died during a past case.
The culprits at the station turn out to be the , a trio of gangsters, who stole the Pokémon in order to lure Looker to their turf for a challenge. Emma had unintentionally become their boss after beating them in a fight, and they recognized her strength as leadership, but she stopped hanging around them once she took up residence at the Looker Bureau. Once the gangsters are defeated by the player, Emma shows up and demands that they return the stolen Pokémon and apologize to Looker.
Emma steadily grows worried that she and Mimi are a financial burden on Looker, though he assures her that they have enough money to get by and encourages her to focus on her studies. Still feeling guilty, Emma sets off to look for part-time work at a café that she saw was hiring. It turns out that the café was actually and Emma was tricked into being a test subject for Xerosic's invention, the Expansion Suit. This leads to her disappearing for long stretches of time, which worries Looker greatly.
When in the Expansion Suit, Emma is given the codename Essentia (Japanese: エスプリ Esprit). The suit enhances her physical abilities to superhuman levels, gives her the ability to override a Poké Ball's programming, and allows her to change her appearance. While running his tests, Xerosic finds that Emma has no experience as a and teaches her the basics, also allowing her to borrow his Pokémon. However, the Pokémon prefer playing with Emma instead of battling, which forces Xerosic to control the suit remotely. Emma falls unconscious while the remote-control function is engaged, and she has no memory of anything that happens while she is "asleep".
During her tests as Essentia, she behaves like a robot and follows Xerosic's every command. The first test has her sneak into the Lumiose Museum and vandalize a painting. Afterwards, she begins lurking in dark alleys and challenging unsuspecting people to battle, stealing their Poké Balls afterwards. This catches the attention of Looker, who works with the player to bait and catch the perpetrator. When she gets cornered, Mimi runs in, tipping Looker off to Essentia's true identity. Xerosic's control over the suit starts to malfunction after Essentia tries to attack Mimi, only to accidentally hurt Looker. Essentia flees the scene and the tests are temporarily suspended.
The following day, the player is sent to apprehend Xerosic at Lysandre Labs. After the player defeats Essentia in a series of battles, Looker arrives and demands that Xerosic release Emma. After the suit's remote-control function starts glitching again, Xerosic agrees, letting Emma go and allowing Looker to take him into custody.
After Xerosic is brought to justice, Looker reveals to Emma that he is a member of the International Police and that he must leave to continue his civic duty. However, he feels strongly towards Emma and in order to ensure that she has a bright future, purchases the entire building where Looker Bureau was located, and instructs Emma to use it however she sees fit. As the new head detective, Emma vows to keep Lumiose City safe with her identity as Essentia, using the suit and Pokémon that Xerosic gave her.
After completing the Looker storyline, the player can have a rematch with Emma in her Expansion Suit once per day on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, she will not be wearing the Expansion Suit and talk about her duties as the head of the Looker Bureau.
====Pokémon====
During her time as Essentia, she used Xerosic's Pokémon. After he was arrested however, he left his Pokémon in her care.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Emma forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Emma became a playable sync pair on February 17, 2023.
In this game, Emma also travels with . Emma first appeared as an NPC during the Kalos chapter of the Villain Arc. She also made notable appearances later in the Villain Arc.
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===Pokémon Generations===
Emma appeared in The Investigation. She was first seen as Essentia, stealing three from a Trainer she had beaten before being confronted by Looker. When Mimi seemed to recognize Essentia, Looker quickly came to realize the thief's true identity. Looker and Mimi pursued Essentia to , where Mimi attacked her, destroying the Expansion Suit's helmet and freeing Emma from its control.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Emma debuted in Trevenant Pokes. She was originally a normal child that lived with cruel parents, but ran away from home to live as a street urchin in the Lumiose City alleyways. She banded together with other children and Pokémon that had similar experiences, eventually forming the Lumiose Gang. Emma would later end up befriending Cassius and joined his group, but due to her lack of computer skills, she took on odd jobs to support her friends and avoid feeling like a burden.
Emma first appeared as Essentia at Shalour City, where she attacked the Tower of Mastery to obtain the secrets of Mega Evolution. She attempted to steal the building by covering the surrounding area with her 's roots. To prevent Mega Evolution from falling into the wrong hands, Korrina and Gurkinn were forced to activate the tower's self-destruct mechanism, destroying the building and allowing them to escape.
Emma debuted as herself in Morphing Manectric, where she was introduced to and his friends. Emma traveled with Cassius and his gang as they traveled around Kalos maintaining the Pokémon Storage System in various places like the Battle Chateau. In Shooting Frogadier, Cassius was informed that Emma went missing, which he noted had happened before.
In Tying Trevenant, Essentia provided support for Celosia, who used mind-controlled residents of Vaniville Town to move the dormant tree form of Xerneas to the Team Flare Secret HQ. X and his friends confronted the villains, but the former's attempt to Mega Evolve two of his Pokémon at once ended in failure, giving Essentia the opportunity to capture them. The heroes were freed by Gurkinn, who came to help alongside Korrina and Diantha. With the he received from Gurkinn, X defeated Essentia, forcing her to flee under Xerosic's orders.
In Gyarados Changes, Emma followed X to Geosenge Town after finding out her crawled into X's Kanga's pouch. They went inside the Team Flare Secret HQ, but were separated when X stepped on a warp panel and was teleported away. Emma continued on by herself, eventually reaching the underground section. There, Emma found a very tall man named AZ locked in a jail cell and befriended him. In Flabébé Blooms, , , and managed to sneak inside the Secret HQ. After Emma introduced everyone to each other, Tierno freed AZ from his cell. The group headed towards the ultimate weapon's control room, where they found that X failed to defeat Lysandre, but was able to free Xerneas. Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna tried removing the ultimate weapon's key, but couldn't pull it out in time before it fired. To Lysandre's frustration, the combined efforts of X, his friends, and the Kalos Gym Leaders successfully weakened the ultimate weapon and prevented it from taking any innocent lives. 
In Rhyhorn Charges, AZ let himself be captured, buying time for Xerneas and allowing it to take Emma and the others back to the surface. Xerneas joined 's team and was nicknamed Xerxer. Y ordered Xerxer to destroy the ultimate weapon, but were interrupted by Malva and her . Due to Xerneas and Yveltal being evenly matched, Xerosic announced that Lysandre ordered a ceasefire. Xerneas confirmed this and retreated, taking Y and the others with it.
In Hawlucha Attacks, Professor Sycamore was attacked by a group of under Essentia's command. When X's group rescued the professor, they realized the Hawlucha had a Trainer and went around to find them. Upon being found by Y, Essentia used her suit's Poké Ball Jack function to take control of Y's Xerxer. X and Y fought with their Mega-Evolved Pokémon, but the battle was interrupted by the arrival of , who aimed to suppress Xerxer's power. While Zygarde charged itself with the power of nature, it was left defenseless, giving Essentia the chance to catch it, losing control of Xerxer in the process. Essentia fled, but the repeated damage to her suit prevented Xerosic from being able to communicate or control her.
In Yveltal Steals, Lysandre summoned Essentia and Zygarde to battle X, , and Blaine at the Pokémon Village. With a remote control device designed by Xerosic, Lysandre controlled Essentia's body like a puppet instead of her usual AI and forced her to command Zygarde's attacks. While Zygarde fought , X decided to take out Essentia to stop her from controlling it. He had Marisso attack Essentia, shattering her helmet, only to be horrified to learn it was Emma in the suit. X tried to help Emma out the suit, but she refused, noting how the suit made her feel safe and protected. When asked if defeating Team Flare would make people treat Emma better, X was left speechless.
In Zygarde Agitated, X told Emma that despite how hard life is, she still has people who care about her. Hearing X's words, Emma became encouraged to fight Lysandre, but she was still under his control. Cassius arrived and destroyed the remote, freeing Emma. Before Emma could give a command to Zygarde, she was attacked by Lysandre, who took Zygarde's Poké Ball and used it to send everyone flying away. Emma and Cassius survived, but were left unable to continue fighting. 
In Xerneas Gives, after the defeat of Team Flare, Cassius gave X and his friends a ride back to Lumiose City. After they arrived, Emma and Cassius waved X's group goodbye as they parted ways.
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=====As Essentia=====
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==Trivia==
* A replica of Emma's Expansion Suit helmet can be bought from Atticus at Porto Marinada in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
==Names==
;Emma
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	マチエール Matiere 	From matière (French for matter)
English 	Emma 	Possibly from the name (meaning "whole") or matter
German, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese	Matière 	Same as her Japanese name
French 	Millie 	
Korean 	마티에르 Matiere 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	瑪琪艾兒 / 玛琪艾儿 Mǎqí'àiér 	Transcription of her Japanese name
;Essentia
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	エスプリ Esprit 	From esprit (French for spirit)
English 	Essentia 	From essentia (Latin for essence)
German, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese	Esprit 	Same as her Japanese name
French 	Elili 	Partial anagram of Millie
Korean 	에스프리 Esprit 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese () 	艾絲普莉 / 艾丝普莉 Āisīpǔlì 	Transcription of her Japanese name
;Mimi
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	もこお Mokō 	From もこもこ mokomoko (fluffy)
English 	Mimi 	Possibly a repetition of the first syllable of meow
German 	Flauschi 	From flauschig (fluffy)
Spanish 	Peluchín 	From peluche (teddy bear)
French 	Gribouille 	From gribouillis (scribble)
Italian, Vietnamese	Moko 	From its Japanese name
Korean 	모냥 Monyang 	From 모 mo (fur), 냐스퍼 Nyaseupeo (), and 야옹 yaong (meow)
Chinese () 	喵茸 Miāorōng 	From 喵 miāo (meow) or 妙喵 Miàomiāo () and 毛茸茸 máoróngrōng (fluffy)
;Suspicious Woman	
;Suspicious Child	
;Suspicious Lady
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:X and Y characters
Category:Trainers with unique classes
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Trainers with Legendary Pokémon
Category:Pokémon Generations characters
Category:Characters with alter egos
Category:Members of Team Flare
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