Josie

**Josie** (Japanese: **ジョシー** *Joshi*) is a Pokémon Trainer hailed from Dewford Town in the Hoenn region.

## **New Era**

### **Hoenn Again**

Josie first appears surfing on the outskirts of Dewford Town, and confronts Dwayne, whom Josie was looking for in the first place. She leaps off her surfboard and introduces herself as Brawly's top student and girlfriend. She challenges Dwayne to a fight, but Dwayne declines, saying he wants to eat first. Josie gets mad at this, but then her belly growls, and she collapses in embarrassment. Dwayne invites her to eat with him, and Josie eagerly takes a seat on the table and digs in.

Later, Dwayne and Josie both finish their meals at the same time before getting into an argument. Josie declares that she learned of Dwayne from Brawly, and she was furious to learn that he considered the Dwayne a better Trainer. Dwayne and Josie are finally ready to begin their battle. Dwayne chooses to fight with Corphish while Josie sends out Sableye, which Dwayne finds it weird, because as Brawly's student, Josie should specialize in Fighting-types. Dwayne has Corphish use Crabhammer and Sableye uses Detect to dodge. Josie then calls for a Power Gem, though Corphish manoeuvres himself out of the way, and dodges a follow-up Shadow Claw. Corphish prepares to land a Vise Grip when Brawly arrives on the scene. Josie is particularly nervous to see Brawly and recalls her Sableye. Brawly informs everyone that a hurricane is due to hit the area and calls for them to find a safer spot to evacuate to. Brawly turns his attention to Josie, and as Dwayne is about to explain the situation, Josie covers his mouth and drags him off.

Dwayne, Brawly and Josie are hurrying off to get out of the storm when they see three Seedot and three Shroomish, which they invite to seek refuge in a nearby cave. Brawly leads everyone up the side of a steep cliff. Josie is becoming increasingly frightened by the height, so Dwayne suggests everyone hold hands. As everyone grabs a hand, Josie refuses to grab Brawly's hand, blushing. Dwayne queries if Shauna is actually Josie's girlfriend, and the odd statement leaves Brawly baffled. Josie finally reveals the truth, that she hopes to be Josie's girlfriend one day and that she isn’t his apprentice at all, but merely a Trainer whom Brawly had previously defeated. Brawly calls for everyone to focus on the evacuation effort and he’ll discuss Josie's lies later. As Josie grabs Brawly's hand, a rock above them splits and starts to fall. Brawly sends out Hariyama, who blocks the rock.

Everyone reaches the cave and shelter inside, with a warm fire and some wild Pokémon. Everybody except Josie are sitting around the fire, talking. Dwayne's attention turns to Josie, and Brawly explains that she had previously challenged him, but was soundly defeated because she was yet to make a connection with her Pokémon, and says that ever since then, Josie continued to visit him, apparently to support him. Brawly convinces Josie to come over and sit with them. The following day, Dwayne walks outside and announces to everyone that the storm is over.

Josie is keen to battle against Dwayne, and he agrees to finish their match. Josie makes the first move, with her Sableye preparing to land a Knock Off. Dwayne orders Corphish to use Iron Defense, protecting himself from Sableye's attack, and retaliates with Crabhammer. However, Sableye surprisingly evades the attack and uses Power Gem, which Corphish takes head-on without significant damage. Dwayne orders a follow-up Bubble Beam, but Sableye leaps to the left. Dwayne urges Corphish to stay put as Sableye rushes in for a Shadow Claw. Corphish makes a sudden leap before knocking Sableye out with a direct Crabhammer. Brawly comments that Dwayne has improved since their last battle and tells Josie that he would like to mentor her.

Josie then acted as the referee during the Gym battle between Dwayne and Brawly, in which the former ultimately emerged victorious. After the match, as Brawly was complimenting Dwayne, Josie interjects, saying that under Brawly's training, she would crush him at the Hoenn League, and confirms that she was also challenging Gyms to compete in the tournament, and promises to defeat him at the tournament.

Josie and Dwayne meet up again at Crossgate Town, where Josie and her Wingull were training for upcoming PokéRinger tournament, which Dwayne also decides to enter. Breezing through the tournament, Josie and Dwayne meet up in the finals, pitting Josie's Wingull against Dwayne's Swablu. Josie starts off by ordering a Water Gun from Wingull. However, Swablu retaliates with Mist, which blinds Wingull's vision and allows Swablu to evade the attack. Josie isn't out of the round yet, but a sand tornado starts and engulfs the ring completely. It appears as though after the tornado is over, it will be a matter of speed – who can take the ring first. In a surprise move, Dwayne orders Swablu to fly into the tornado but she is knocked back. In a second attempt to enter the tornado, Swablu struggles, but upon hearing Dwayne's words of encouragement, Swablu evolves into Altaria, allowing her to successfully fend off the tornado and seize the ring. Karin makes one last desperate play and tries to take the ring to the goal, but Dwayne orders Altaria to use Rock Smash and knock the ring into the goal, thereby winning the PokéRinger tournament.

Josie later successfully obtains all eight Gym Badges and qualifies for the Ever Grande Conference. During her first preliminary round match-up, Josie and her Bagon were matched against an Electabuzz. To start things off, Josie orders a Double-Edge attack, and Bagon immediately fires itself right at the opposing Electabuzz. Electabuzz does not seem worried, and uses Protect. Electabuzz does so, shielding itself with its arms. This defensive maneuver pays off, as the force of its attack being blocked sends Bagon flying back and smashing into the battlefield. Josie tells Bagon to get up, as Dwayne watches on worried. Josie orders a Dragon Claw, and once again, Electabuzz simply uses Protect again. This has the same result as last time, and Bagon is once again sent flying back.

Changing his tactics, Electabuzz jumps up above Bagon and charges up its throbbing arm with powerful electrical energy, and smashes right into Bagon with a Thunder Punch. Josie calls out to Bagon, who is struggling to get up after the point-blank attack it just received. As Bagon struggles to get back up, Electabuzz prepares a Thunderbolt. Upon hearing Josie's pleas, Bagon leaps out of the way and lets out a roar, suddenly evolving into Shelgon. Electabuzz leaps towards Shelgon to deliver another Thunder Punch, but Josie orders a Zen Headbutt just in time, which overpowers Thunder Punch and causes Electabuzz to flinch, which allows Shelgon to deliver a devastating Double-Edge, knocking out Electabuzz and allowing Josie to advance in the tournament.

After advancing through the next few round, Josie found herself battling against Raven in the quarter-finals, under Full Battle rules. As the battle commences, Raven sends out Cinderace to battle first, while Josie sends out her Heracross. Dwayne finds it weird that Raven was choosing Cinderace from the start, as she often saves him for last. Raven tells Cinderace to use Flamethrower whilst Josie has Heracross use Hyper Beam, and the two attacks collide. Josie then commands Heracross to use Horn Attack, but Cinderace intercepts it with Pyro Ball, knocking out Heracross with one shot.

Josie recalls Heracross and sends out Vigoroth, whom she commands to use Flamethrower as Raven commands Cinderace to use Mega Kick. Cinderace's Mega Kick pushes through the Flamethrower, and slams into Vigoroth, sending it crashingo onto the wall, knocking it out in one shot as well, and Josie is quickly realizing that Raven and Cinderace were on a class of their own, and on the stands, Dwayne notes on how much stronger Cinderace has gotten. Josie decides to send out Shelgon next and has it begin with Double-Edge, which lands and causes Cinderace considerable damage. Raven then calls for a Blaze Kick, which Shelgon dodges before launching a Draco Meteor. However, Cinderace expertly dodges all of the oncoming meteors, and knocks Shelgon out with Pyro Ball, getting itself a third single-shot victory.

Josie chooses Shiftry as her fourth Pokémon, and Cinderace uses Flamethrower. Shiftry dodges and uses Quick Attack, but Cinderace dodges it. Josie then orders Shiftry to use Leaf Storm, but Cinderace hits it with a close-range Flamethrower before the attack can fully develop. Shfitry is hurt and stumbles, which allows Cinderace to land a direct Blaze Kick onto Shiftry, which knocks it out and leaves Josie with only two Pokémon remaining. Josie is disbelief, but quickly gets over it and summons her Pelipper, who quickly charges in with Aerial Ace, but Cinderace counters with Mega Kick, and both attacks clash, but Pelipper gets the worst of it and faints, leaving Josie with only one Pokémon remaining.

Despite the overwhelming odds, Josie refuses to give up, loudly exclaiming that if she couldn't win, she would at least take Cinderace down with her and summons her Sableye. Sableye starts off with a Power Gem, and Cinderace tries to dodge, but Sableye manages to land a glancing blow on him. Sableye then follows up with Shadow Claw, but Cinderace overpowers him with a Pyro Ball. Cinderace prepares to use another Pyro Ball, and Josie has Sableye use Water Pulse, but despite the type advantage the move had, it ends up getting overpowered again and Pyro Ball lands a direct hit. Cinderace then leaps high up in the sky and rains down with a ferocious Blaze Kick, and Josie desperately commands Sableye to use Payback. Both attacks clash with one another, causing a giant explosion that covers the entire arena. The battlefield is covered with smoke as everyone is desperate to see what happened. Eventually, the smoke clears and reveals that Sableye has gone down, but not without taking Cinderace down with him. However, because Josie no Pokémon able to continue, Raven is declared the winner by default.

Josie recalls Sableye and seems rather distraught by the one-sided wipeout she'd just suffered, but knows that she worked as hard as she could and feels satisfied with her position. Raven approaches Josie and thanks her for the battle, and Josie says that Raven showed to her that the world was a big place, and there would always be Trainers far stronger than herself, and thanks her for teaching her a lesson in humility.

## **Character**

Josie is an extremely high-spirited and impulsive individual, searching for Dwayne merely because of Brawly's praise towards him, wanting to prove herself by beating someone whom Brawly considered a skilled Trainer. She holds Brawly in high-esteem, to the point of lying to others about being his girlfriend and top apprentice.

Despite her high spirits and borderline overconfidence, Josie remains humble and respectful, seen during her battle against Raven at the Ever Grande Conference, where despite suffering a sweep defeat at the hands of Raven's Cinderace in a Full Battle, Josie thanked Raven for showing that the world was a big place and there would always be Trainers much stronger than herself around the world.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Sableye is Josie's main battling Pokémon. He was first seen during Josie's one-on-one battle against Dwayne at Dewford Island.

It was shown to have evolved sometime prior to the Ever Grande Conference, where it was chosen as Josie's fifth Pokémon against Raven's Cinderace during their Full Battle. Despite having the type advantage over the Fire-type, Pelipper was no match for Cinderace's sheer power, and was soundly knocked out.
Pelipper's known moves are Water Gun and Aerial Ace.

It was later chosen as Josie's third Pokémon during her Full Battle against Raven's Raven's Cinderace, where despite its best efforts, Shelgon was no match for the sheer power Cinderace had, and was swiftly defeated.
Shelgon's known moves are Double-Edge, Dragon Claw, and Draco Meteor.

Heracross's known moves are Hyper Beam and Horn Attack.

Vigoroth's only known move is Flamethrower.

Shiftry's only known move is Leaf Storm.

## **Achievements**

### **Badges Obtained**

#### **Hoenn Badges**

This listing is of the Badges Josie has obtained in the Hoenn region:

* Knuckle Badge
* Balance Badge
* Rain Badge
* Heat Badge
* Mind Badge
* Dynamo Badge
* Feather Badge
* Stone Badge

## **Pokémon League**

Josie has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:

* Ever Grande Conference – Top 8

## **Pokémon Competitions**

Josie has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:

* Crossgate PokéRinger – Runner-Up