Flora (Sprigatito)

## Flora ハナ *Hana*

**Flora** is the very 1st Pokémon obtained by Kimberly on her journey as a Pokémon Trainer during the course of *Kimberly's Adventures*. She is a pure Grass type, and she usually stays outside of her Poké Ball (and thus the Pokévice). She ends her sentences with **"~meow"** (Japanese: **「～ニャ」** *"~nya"*).

## Bio

### Appearance

Like all Sprigatito, Flora is a quadrupedal feline Pokémon covered in pale green fur. She has green ears with pale green insides, a tuft of fur on the front of her chest and a green marking around her pink eyes and nose that resemble leaves. When her mouth is open, two pointed teeth can be seen in her upper jaw, although no fangs are shown at first. She has a fluffy tail and small paws with pink paw pads underneath and no visible toes. She also wears a sakura head accessory on her right ear.

In her plush form, she additionally wears a blue heart necklace.

When alive, she is 1'05'' tall, and has notably stayed that way throughout the series (mainly due to her refusal to evolve).

### Personality

Flora is very loyal to Kimberly and is her best friend. She is very intelligent, proving to be a capable battler and managing to beat Pokémon twice her size and outsmarting her opponents. She also shares a strong bond of friendship with Thunders following his capture. One of her most noticeable features is her determination and unwillingness to give up whenever a situation gets tough.

Like her Trainer, Flora is always happy to battle. She often tries her very best, but when she loses, she doesn't complain or feel bad about herself, especially when Kimberly reassures her. However, like most Sprigatito (especially because of her young age), she can also be capricious and attention-seeking, and she tends to sulk if ignored by people (especially if her Trainer refuses to let her battle). Regardless, Kimberly and Flora are almost identical personality-wise, and thus are the perfect match for one another.

It is soon revealed that Flora is afraid of the change associated with evolving, as she didn't like the idea of evolving and flat out refused it by resisting the glow to stop the evolution process using a non-damaging version of Struggle. As a result of her refusal to evolve, Miku decided that Kimberly should give her an Everstone to prevent her from evolving and stay cute forever.

As revealed in (TBA), Flora dislikes grimdark stuff and will always return to her Poké Ball if someone mentions such things.

### Relationships

* **Kimberly Shand**: Her Trainer and best friend, who owned her ever since she received her original plush form as a gift from her older sister.

## Interests

### Likes

* Being with her Trainer
* Getting watered

## Skills

Flora can rub her paws together to unleash a sweet, therapeutic aroma that mesmerizes anyone near her and causes her foes to stop battling. The scent becomes more potent when Flora is exposed to sunlight. Due to her young age, however, she cannot absorb too much sunlight until she gets older.

Flora can also absorb moisture into her fur by grooming it, which helps her to perform photosynthesis. The fur's composition is similar to that of plants, allowing her to absorb sunlight for energy.

## Trivia

*For this character's tropes, see here.*
* She is both the youngest member and the smallest member of Kimberly's team.
* Her characteristic is "Hates to lose."
* Due to being too young to do so on her own, her Trainer has to be the one to wash her face regularly to avoid drying out, something which stressed her out the first time she did so.
* According to her Trainer, Flora will not evolve at all due to wanting her to stay cute forever, and she feels like evolving her may remove her cuteness. Because of this, she is equipped with an Everstone in order to prevent her from evolving.
* At any time Flora does not fight in a major battle, she instead cheers her Trainer on.