Jethro's Gardevoir

**Jethro's Gardevoir** (Japanese: **ジェスロのサーナイト** *Jiesuro's Sirnight*) is the third Pokémon that Jethro ever obtained, which he received as a gift from his father, Norman.

## **History**

### **Background**

Gardevoir was given to Jethro by Norman as a Ralts. One day, Norman was set to take on the Gym Leader Aptitude Test in order to become the future Gym Leader of Goldenrod City once Whitney decided to retire, and Jethro and Gwendolyn spent their time playing together outside the stadium. Their fun was interrupted, however, when a wild Salamence appeared in the sky, with Jethro confused as Salamence's species weren't common around Johto. Salamence decides to charge towards them to attack, but Jethro quickly grabs Gwendolyn and pushes her out of the way.

Jethro then sends out Poochyena, Zangoose and Ralts, who attack Salamence with Assurance, Scratch and Confusion, respectively, and cause Salamence significant damage. However, Salamence recovers and strikes Jethro with Dragon Claw across his chest, leaving him with giant, bloody, and permanent claw-shaped scars across his torso. Jethro ignores the pain and gets Zangoose to attack with Giga Impact. Salamence, finally having enough, flies off. After the battle, Jethro realized that, because of his aggressiveness, he caused Gwendolyn to cry, while Gwendolyn realized that because she was weak, she caused Jethro to get hurt. Because of this, Jethro decided to focus on Pokémon Contests and a Pokémon's beauty, while Gwendolyn learned how to become stronger.

### **Hoenn**

Ralts first appeared where she was seen with Jethro on his trip to Hoenn. She helps the moving truck get out of the mud by using Confusion to lift the truck out of the mud and back towards the road. Ralts is loaned to Lenny to help him capture his first Pokémon. Ralts was sent out against a Kecleon and attacked with Confusion. Due to her relentless attacks, Kecleon tired himself out and was captured by Lenny. Immediately after the capture, an earthquake strikes and tears the ground apart, throwing Jethro into the sea. With no way to get out, Jethro tells Ralts to stay with Lenny and watch over him.

After a long absence, Ralts returns, still under Lenny's care. It is revealed that the two traveled to Pacifidlog Town so Lenny could have a better place to recover from his illness. While there, Lenny and Ralts are swept up by the storm caused by Kyogre and Ralts soon senses a Treecko floating in the water. After saving him, Norman shows up and shares a happy reunion with Ralts. The three of them then head to the Sky Pillar for Lenny's training. Ralts is used alongside Lenny's other Pokémon to help him advance through the fifty floors.

Soon afterwards, Ralts is revealed to have evolved into a Kirlia during the training at Sky Pillar. With the training complete, Norman sends Lenny to the top of Sky Pillar to awaken Rayquaza. Once awakened, Kirlia used Imprison to keep it in place while Grovyle attacked with Bullet Seed.

After the crisis with Kyogre and Groudon, and Team Magma and Team Aqua, is dealt with, Kirlia is returned to Jethro's side, and the two share a happy reunion, with Jethro filled with joy at seeing her evolved form.

Alongside Zangoose, Kirlia was used the final round of the Hoenn Grand Festival to battle against Courtney's Ninetales and Swellow. The countdown is set for five minutes and the battle begins, with Courtney starting off by ordering Flamethrower and Aerial Ace from Ninetales and Swellow, respectively. As both attacks approach Kirlia and Zangoose, Jethro remains calm and orders Kirlia to use Protect, which blocks both attacks at once. Then, Jethro quickly commands Zangoose to use X-Scissor on Swellow, who collided head-first with the Protect, and sends it flying back towards Courtney. Courtney then commands Hyper Beam, but Kirlia swiftly dodges the attack, and uses Hypnosis, which puts Ninetales to sleep. Then, Jethro commands Dream Eater, but as the attacks charges towards Ninetales, Courtney commands Swellow to step in front of the attack, nullifying it as Swellow is awake and Dream Eater only works on Pokémon who are asleep.

Courtney then sprays Ninetales with an Awakening potion, which causes Ninetales to wake up, before ordering her to use Tail Whip, lowering Kirlia and Zangoose's defenses. Courtney then commands Swellow to use Quick Attack on both Kirlia and Zangoose, and with the lowered Defense, Kirlia and Zangoose suffer significant damage. As Swellow sweeps in for another Aerial Ace, Jethro commands Zangoose to use Crush Claw, which collides with Aerial Ace. As both attacks struggle with one another, Jethro tells Kirlia to use Confusion on Swellow, causing its Aerial Ace to cancel, and allowing Zangoose to strike it with Crush Claw, defeating it in the process.

As only Ninetales remain, Jethro becomes certain of his victory, but Courtney tells him not to underestimate her, and commands a Flamethrower from Ninetales. Kirlia blocks it with Protect, and Zangoose sweeps in with Focus Punch, but Ninetales quickly counters with Fire Spin, sending Zangoose flying back. Courtney then commands Ninetales to use Hyper Beam on Kirlia. Jethro orders Protect, but as Kirlia already used it moments earlier, it cannot be used again for now. As the attack reaches Kirlia, Zangoose jumps in front of the attack and takes the hit for Kirlia, sending Zangoose flying towards the wall, knocking it out, leaving only Kirlia and Ninetales battling.

As Jethro recalls Zangoose, Kirlia becomes saddened by allowing Zangoose to suffer defeat because of her, and becomes resolved to avenge her defeat. As Ninetales stares down Kirlia, Jethro tells Kirlia that everything was on her shoulders, and Kirlia responds by forcing herself to evolve into Gardevoir. Jethro quickly checks his Pokédex and sees that Gardevoir also learned new attacks. As Courtney smiles at her evolution, Gardevoir unleashes a barrage of Magical Leaf attacks, which Ninetales successfully manages to burn. However, Gardevoir proves it to be simply a distraction as Gardevoir charges up a Moonblast while Ninetales was busy with Magical Leaf, and sends the attack crashing head-first with Ninetales. As the smoke clears, Ninetales lays down, defeated, and Jethro and Gardevoir are announced as the winners. Courtney smiles and recalls Ninetales, as Jethro and Gardevoir celebrate their victory with a hug.

### **Battle Frontier**

Gardevoir is used in Jethro's fight at the Battle Dome against Magna and his Dusclops. The battle starts with Gardevoir using Hypnosis to put Dusclops to sleep. He breaks free of the attack and attacks with a barrage of Shadow Balls. Surprised that Gardevoir is still standing, Magna has Dusclops use Fire Punch, which leaves Gardevoir burned. Although Magna thought that would help him win, Gardevoir's Synchronize Ability activates, giving Dusclops the burn as well. On top of Gardevoir using Imprison to keep Dusclops from using Shadow Ball, both Pokémon faint from the burn, resulting in a tie.

Later, Gardevoir was seen battling Guile Hideout's stolen Battle Tower Pokémon.

### **Meteor Threat**

Gwendolyn borrowed Gardevoir to train her alongside her own Kirlia with the intent on evolving him into a Gardevoir too. Gwendolyn accidentally unearthed a Dawn Stone and kicked it towards Kirlia. The stone caused Kirlia to evolve into a Gallade. Soon afterwards, Gardevoir was reunited with Jethro.

Gardevoir was used alongside Gallade on top of Rayquaza to try and battle Zinnia. Though Gardevoir used Misty Terrain to halve the damage from Zinnia's Salamence's attack, Gardevoir and Gallade are attacked by a Noivern that was assisting Zinnia. Noivern's Boomburst overpowers Gardevoir's Moonblast and Gallade's Signal Beam, and hits the duo, knocking them out in the process.

Later, Jethro received a Gardevoirite from the Elder of the Meteor Village. When Jethro was attacked by Gwendolyn due to a misunderstanding, he used Gardevoir to defend himself from Gallade's attacks. When Gwendolyn had Gallade Mega Evolve into Mega Gallade, Jethro retaliated by having Gardevoir Mega Evolve into Mega Gardevoir, and the two battled until Jethro explained himself to Gwendolyn.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Gardevoir is shown as intelligent and calm. Much like Jethro, she is flashy, loves to show off her looks, and hates getting dirty. Gardevoir is very close to Jethro, shown by her ability to sense his emotions even when he is far away. Despite her calm and cool exterior, Gardevoir is not above showing a happier and lighter side of herself, as she was seen openly celebrating and excitedly hugging her Trainer after their victory at the Hoenn Grand Festival.

While under Lenny's care, Gardevoir outgrew her anti-battling antics, and became more willing to battle others to protect Lenny, showing that Gardevoir became quite attached to the young Trainer. She's also proven herself quite powerful, being able to imprison the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza while it was being awakened.

Gardevoir also cares deeply about her fellow Pokémon, seen as during the Grand Festival, where Zangoose's sacrifice caused Gardevoir to feel guilty as Zangoose stepped in front of Courtney's Ninetales's attack, which was meant for her, and also triggered her evolution.