Roberta's Nidoqueen

**Roberta's Nidoqueen** (Japanese: **ロバータのニドクイン** *Robata's Nidoqueen*) is the fifth Pokémon that Roberta was seen to possess.

## **History**

### **Kanto**

Nidoqueen was first seen as a Nidoran♀ at the Indigo Plateu, where Roberta attempted to trick a Fisherman into trading his Nidoran♂ for Roberta's Weedle, until Edge stopped her from conning the Fisherman.

### **Two Years Later**

During Roberta and Sabrina's battle against Lorelei, Nidoran♀ was shown to have evolved into Nidorina, and she teamed with Sabrina's Venomoth to battle against Lorelei's Cloyster. Roberta tells her to use Poison Sting, while Sabrina has her Venomoth use Sleep Powder. Lorelei's Cloyster blows the Sleep Powder away with a Blizzard attack, and the Sleep Powder lands on Nidorina, who falls asleep instantly.

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

Nidorina is seen alongside Roberta's other Pokémon attempting to free Mewtwo from its M2 Bind. Edge's Venusaur, Robyn's Charizard and Roberta's Blastoise use their most powerful elemental attacks at once, and to ensure maximum power, Roberta evolves Jigglypuff to Wigglytuff, alongside Snubbull and Nidorina, who became Granbull and Nidoqueen, respectively, allowing them to provide greater support for the Shellfish Pokémon's Hydro Cannon.

### **Battle Frontier**

Nidoqueen appeared alongside the rest of Roberta's team when she was checking to make sure they all survived the petrification caused by Sird.

## **New Era**

### **Intermission**

Nidoqueen was summoned to battle alongside Dwayne's Eevee to face off against Fabius and Harlynn at Professor Oak's Laboratory. Harlynn's Chandelure starts off with Inferno, which Nidoqueen dodges. Slowking then uses Tackle, but Eevee uses Sand-Attack to blind Slowking, and Nidoqueen steps up to attack with Mega Punch, and Eevee uses Helping Hand to boost Nidoqueen's attack power, sending Slowking flying. Next, Nidoqueen attacks Chandelure with Surf, which engulfs both Chandelure and Slowking. While they are busy, Harlynn summons her Flaaffy to use Thunder Shock on Eevee, but Nidoqueen steps in front of the attack to take the blow due to her Ground-type immunity against Electric-type attacks. Fabius orders Slowking to use Power Gem on Nidoqueen, but Jade orders Eevee to use Copycat on Flaaffy to use a Thunder Shock of her own onto Slowking, causing super-effective damage. Harlynn then grows angrier and commands Chandelure to use Smog all over the area to suffocate them, and Fabius attempts to talk her out of it, as they could get affected, but Harlynn doesn't listen, and she says that they would all perish by her own hands. Chandelure does so, and everyone starts coughing, but Dwayne's Butterfree quickly uses Gust to blow the Smog away. As everyone still continues to cough as a result of Smog, Latias arrives and seeing the scene, quickly uses Safeguard around the area, and everyone heals from the coughing as a result.

Roberta then says that they would pay for doing this, and Harlynn simply laughs and orders Chandelure and Flaaffy to use Shadow Ball and Thunder, respectively. Roberta quickly tells Nidoqueen to use Surf, which engulfs both attacks, but they are colliding, and Jade has Eevee use Copycat to create a second Surf attack, which combines itself with Nidoqueen's Surf to expand the wave, and sends Chandelure and Flaaffy flying, who are knocked out. Harlynn then begins shaking in anger and she sends out her Lunatone and Solrock and tells them to use Explosion and Self-Destruct, respectively. Everyone except Harlynn panics, as they know the combined might of Explosion and Self-Destruct would possibly destroy a large part of the forest, and many Pokémon would get caught in the blast. Fabius then pleads for Harlynn to stop, but she doesn't respond as she's too focused on her enemies to notice her husband would also get caught in the explosion.

Roberta quickly comes up with a plan, and orders Nidoqueen to use Dig underneath Solrock and Lunatone and create deep crater, which she quickly does so. Roberta then tells Jade to help her put Lunatone and Solrock deep into the hole, and Jade tells Eevee to Baby-Doll Eyes, which weakens both Lunatone's and Solrock's attack power and leaves them flustered enough for Nidoqueen to knock them down the crater with Mega Punch. Then, Roberta sends out her Clefable and commands her to use Protect onto the hole, and Roberta asks for further assistance. Eevee then joins them and uses Copycat to mimic Protect, and even Fabius joins in with his Machop also using Protect, and all three Pokémon use Protect just as Solrock and Lunatone's attack are launched, and the explosion is barely contained.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Due to her short time in action, Nidoqueen's personality remains largely a mystery, but at the very least, Nidoqueen seems very aware of her Trainer's tricky attempts to con others, but feels indifferent towards them. She also seems very loyal towards Roberta, battling against Lorelei without doubt, despite the latter's status as a member of the Elite Four.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.