Aphrodite, Miya's Gardevoir

This Shiny Gardevoir, nicknamed "**Aphrodite**", is a **Psychic**/**Fairy**-type Pokémon owned by Nodoka Miyazaki. She is often seen outside her Great Ball (which is what she is housed in) as Miyazaki's Walking Pokémon, and is rarely seen inside it.

She is currently at Level 43, and her characteristic is "Highly curious".

## Story

#### As its egg

Nodoka told them the time she first got Ralts when she was just an egg, this was mentioned in "*A Tail with a Twist!*".

As revealed in "*A Hole Lotta Trouble!*". Aphrodite explained that she refused to hatch from her egg, because how Seth's emotions was too twisted that she refused to hatch, as a result, Seth ditched the egg in a nearby lake, only to be found by Miyazaki who took it under her wing, Yue and Haruna were present, they were equally curious as Nodoka was.

As Miyazaki was nurturing the egg and looked after it with the help of her best friend Yue and Haruna (who was very interested why Nodoka found it and brought it with her), the egg glowed which startled her, Yue stating that it was hatching, and Ralts was born, but as a Shiny Pokémon.

The Feeling Pokémon was confused at her surroundings until she saw who made her hatch, she saw an innocent girl, known as Nodoka Miyazaki, she imprinted her easily not only to be her mother but also her Trainer. Haruna was confused why Ralts likes Miyazaki specifically, Yue specifically said that Ralts had became so imprinted to Nodoka that she became her parents, much to the shock of the Bookworm, and began getting flustered because it was sudden for her.

But Yue told Nodoka that Ralts liked her not only as her parent but also her friend, Yue came to the conclusion that Ralts wants Nodoka to be her Trainer, much to the Bookworm's surprise and excitement, and became Nodoka's first official Pokémon.

### With Miya (aka Nodoka Miyazaki)

#### As Ralts

Aphrodite first appeared as a Ralts in "*The Legend of Thunder*", during Part 3, after Raikou defeated Steelix, she defeated Muk with a super effective Confusion attack, knocking it out. Then with the combination of Buddy, they defeated Skarmory with a doubly-powered Thunderbolt.

In "*A Tail with a Twist!*", she protected Nodoka from Seviper, but at the cost of her getting defeated in one attack by a critical hit from Poison Tail, this loss caused Nodoka to cry, heartbroken by her loss and Nodoka felt responsible for her getting hurt because she was vulnerable. Nodoka used Ralts to confront Team Rocket where she battled James's Cacnea, not wanting to battle Seviper again due to Nodoka's trauma, she tells Team Rocket about her Ralts that she was her irreplaceable friend, and her Ohana(stated by Lilo), this allowed her Ralts to evolve into a Kirlia.

#### As Kirlia

She was later seen in her new form during "*Taming of the Shroomish!*" where she followed her Trainer most of the time and blasted Team Rocket off with a Psybeam, she was also present in "*You Said a Mouthful!*", where she watched Ash's battle with Anthony and became suspicious of Anthony's Pelipper.

In "*A Bite to Remember!*", Nodoka used her to settle the score with Seviper having to have lost to it previously as a Ralts. Kirlia initally had the upperhand until she was coiled by Seviper, Nodoka knew that it was no use trying to break free, so she selflessly protected the Emotion Pokémon from Poison Tail, seeing how much Nodoka cared for her, she willed up her remaining energy, forcing her to evolve into Gardevoir.

#### As Gardevoir

With this new form, Gardevoir showed her new strength by learning Dazzling Gleam, she then threw Seivper like a ragdoll using Confusion, and defeated the Fang Snake Pokémon with that said attack, forcing Jessie to recall it and infuriated that she lost to a wallflower girl that she threw a temper tantrum, the Embrace Pokemon soon revealed her capability to speak via telepathy. Not only she got her revenge on Seviper, but she also gave Nodoka Miyazaki her first official win.

In "*The Lotad Lowdown!*", she was seen outside her Great Ball where she coped her Trainer's worries about her cut out swimsuit, she asked Mio to sort out her problem, and thanks to them, Nodoka overcame her shyness, and grew closer to Negi. In the same episode, she leaves her with Negi while she interacts with Chamo while sunbathing.

In "*Brave the Wave!*", she reveals that she doesn't know how to swim and was too ashamed to admit it to everyone, this behaviour may have continued when she was a Ralts, so Lilo assisted her into helping her learn how to swim so that she can help her and Negi. After Ash lost to Brawly and for hurting her Trainer's feelings, Gardevoir had had enough of his arrogance and let out a loud scream at Ash, Kathy realized what attack she used and told Miyazaki that Gardevoir had just learned how to use Hyper Voice, before shocking Ash again with another Thunderbolt, she tried another one but was stopped by Athena's Protect, halting the quarrel. Miyazaki asked the Embrace Pokémon if she felt better and had to get that out of her system, to which she responded that she did.

In "*Fighting Time for a Ralts!*", she watched Liam's gym battle with Brawly, she told everyone that she was told by Nodoka to stay with Liam for a while to watch his Gym battle as she wanted to train Gothita for a bit.

In "*Which Wurmple's Which!?*", she was officially nicknamed "**Aphrodite**" by Kathy, since she wanted to repay the favor for Nodoka.

In "*Gone Corphishin'*", Nodoka confesses the truth and reveals that Aphrodite is actually her Starter Pokémon this whole time, as she forgot to mention it to everyone, she also received her Pokédex from Professor Oak in the same day.

In *A Corphish Out of Water!*, she and everyone else nearly drowned by Team Rocket, and also saved Lilo and Stitch from a near death experience using Psychic, long enough to be rescued by Ash and Corphish.

As shown in "*Now That's Flower Power*", Aphrodite had her first official battle with Athena, and was revealed to have learned Moonblast some time prior to the episode, despite her early lead and the type advantage, she was poisoned by Athena's Poison Jab which she later succumbed to, and was defeated.

During the following episode, she trained hard to master Moonblast for the past week. According to Nodoka Miyazaki, what she lacked was concentration. It wasn't until Team Rocket tried to kidnap a Wailord and Combusken blasted Team Rocket off with Flamethrower and Double Kick to free Wailord, as Team Rocket came back down, Aphrodite was told by her Trainer to concentrate real hard to use Moonblast. She closed her eyes to concentrate, and until she finally resolved herself and after being supported by Nodoka Miyazaki, Aphrodite finally mastered Moonblast, combined with Pikachu's Thunderbolt, which sent Team Rocket blasting off once more.

In "*A Togepi Mirage*" Nodoka used her to team up with Misty's Gyarados by battling Hansen's Shedinja, and easily defeated the Shed Pokémon with her newly revealed Mystical Fire, which proved to be super effective against it.

In TBA, in the fight against some Team Magma Grunts, Negi and Nodoka battled together with as she teamed up with Gallade, after taking major damage, both she and Gallade told their Trainers not to give up and have faith in them. Accepting their choice, they battle for the sake of Negiya.

In Keeping Your Eyes on the Ball!, Aphrodite was seen joining in the dance as well as Lana's Brionne's singing, as well as Negi's students' Pokémon started joining the singing.

## Personality and characteristics

When Aphrodite was a Ralts, she was shown to act similar to her Trainer, both hide their eyes when they were shy. Ralts is also very timid and is highly sensitive about her feelings, she can be brave when she shows it, as seen in The Legend of Thunder.

Ralts is shown to admire Nodoka as her irreplaceable friend as shown in A Tail with a Twist! but she also caused herself to evolve into Kirlia in doing so.

After she evolved, Aphrodite, as a Kirlia, seemingly has matured slightly where she is shown to have improved her psychic abilities, she is also shown to be the voice of reason when it comes to fighting conflicts.

Even in her evolved state, she sometimes has some of her previous traits when Aphrodite was a Ralts, such as blushing occasionally when praised or when meeting someone for the first time.

When she evolved into Gardevoir, Aphrodite had completely matured due to her evolution made her more graceful. She now has full confidence in herself and knows that Nodoka needed her to get stronger, and Gardevoir needed her to support her own Trainer's confidence, she appears to know about Nodoka being smitten to Negi, as she had been told when she was previously a Ralts upon when she met her from an Egg which was given by an unknown person.

Much like Guru, Aphrodite seemingly knows what events have happened previously during her time with Nodoka. As shown in The Lotad Lowdown!, she appeared to be more focused on Aciki and Liazu couples, but overtime, she began to have an interest in other couples, in the same episode, she is shown to support Nodoka to get closer to Negi, similar to how Haruna encouraged her, she seems to show a friendly bond with Mio since she mentioned that she had a Gardevoir herself.

As shown in "*Brave the Wave!*", Gardevoir reveals that she doesn't know how to swim and was too ashamed to admit it. In addition to this, she is also quite sensitive about her own feelings much like she did as a Ralts, and doesn't like people who try to hurt her Trainer's feelings. When this happens, she would lash out at them for doing so, like she did with Ash for making her Trainer cry after her Trainer slapped him shortly afterwards, when she attacked Ash with her newly learned Hyper Voice and then shocking him with Thunderbolt.

In "*Fighting Time for a Ralts!*", Aphrodite is shown that she can speak telepathically through her Trainer's mind, even if they're apart from each other, knowing that she was still under her ownership.

As shown in TBA, Aphrodite showed her anger and reveals that Seth Brawn was the one who abandoned her when she was still an egg at the time, and ditched it in a lake after she refused to hatch for him after neglecting it and was deemed not worthy of hatching. When Nodoka found it, her POV saw her innocent face and she decided to hatch in front of her, Yue and Haruna.

As shown in A Corphish Out of Water!, Aphrodite can be very noble and heroic when saving someone else rather than herself, risking her own life in the process, such as Lilo and Stitch when they nearly drowned only for them to be saved by her using Psychic long enough to be rescued herself by Ash and the other rescuers.

## Relationships

### Chamo

As shown in "*The Lotad Lowdown!*", Aphrodite appears to have bonded with the ermine fairy, he told the Embrace Pokemon about his tragic story and how he found Negi and became his familiar. She understood how Chamo felt and about lying to Negi, but she was very sympathetic to him, despite her scolding him about stealing 3,000 panties and ran away to avoid being arrested. She later told him that she couldn't evolve until her Trainer, Nodoka, had to dig deep in her emotions and her bond with her.

### Katana

Aphrodite’s crush. She developed a relationship with him some time prior to TBA.

### Lilo Pelekai

During "*A Corphish Out of Water!*", Lilo was saved from drowning by her using Psychic, as a result, she developed a friendly bond with her.

### Stitch

During "*A Corphish Out of Water!*", Stitch was saved from drowning by her using Psychic, as a result, he developed a friendly bond with her.

## Battle Record

### Wins

* Attila's Muk
* Attila's Skarmory
* Miyazaki's Gothita
* Jessie's Seviper
* James's Cacnea
* Jessie's Dustox

### Losses

* Jessie's Seviper
* Kathy's Medicham

## Win Record

* Wins - 6
* Losses - 2
* Draw - 0

Win Percentage = 75%

## Trivia

* Up to this point, she is by far the longest Pokémon to evolve into its middle stage, spending 50 episodes as Ralts, and 3 episodes as Kirlia.
* Due to Aphrodite being special and is a Shiny Pokémon, She can talk via telepathy, even while in her devolved state in PJ090.
* Despite the article being called Miya's Gardevoir, it is counted as Nodoka's Gardevoir (as in Nodoka Miyazaki), this was fixed when she was named Aphrodite.

## Reference

1. ↑ Nodoka referred to Ralts as a she.
2. ↑ She activated this Ability in A Poké-BLOCK Party, where she copied the Ability from Alanna's Whismur who had Soundproof.
3. ↑ She activated this ability after Mega Evolving, and she knew Hyper Voice which activated her Pixilate ability.
4. ↑ Confirmed by Max in The Lotad Lowdown!.

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