Leaf (game)

2011-11-02T16:21:06Z

SWTcarl: Mentioned that the name Leaf is a fan name.

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name="Leaf" (Fandom) |
jname=リーフ |
tmname=Leaf |
slogan=no |
image=FireRed LeafGreen Leaf.png |
size=140px |
caption=Art from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} |
gender=Female |
Age=11 |
hometown=[[Pallet Town]] |
region=[[Kanto]] |
relatives=Mother|
colors=no |
trainer=yes |
trainerclass=[[Pokémon Trainer]], [[Player character]] |
game=yes |
generation={{gen|III}} |
games={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed, LeafGreen}} |
leader=no |
anime=no |
manga=counterpart |
mangacounterpart={{OBP|Blue|Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire}}, {{adv|Green}} |
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roundname=Wartortle Wars |
}}
'''"Leaf"''' (Japanese: '''リーフ''' ''Leaf'') is the female counterpart to {{ga|Red}} and is the main [[player character|playable character]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. She lives in [[Pallet Town]], across from her upcoming rival in [[Pokémon training]], {{ga|Blue}}. "Leaf" is presumably 11 years old, the same age as her male counterpart. She is commonly called by her fan name "Leaf", although Nintendo claims that she has no real name.

==Story==
===In FireRed and LeafGreen===
====When selected as the player character====
"Leaf" is a young aspiring trainer from Pallet Town. The Generation I instruction booklets explain that Red became interested in Pokémon after his best friend, Blue, stopped playing with him and became a bully, so presumably this is true for "Leaf", Red's female counterpart, as well. Her adventure begins one day when [[Professor Oak]] calls her to his lab and gives her a [[Starter Pokémon|choice of Pokémon]]. Blue challenges "Leaf" to a [[Pokémon battle]] as soon as they get their Pokémon. A bit later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them a [[Pokédex]], and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every type of Pokémon.

"Leaf" travels all over Kanto, filling in the [[Pokédex]] and defeating [[Gym Leader]]s. Her [[rival]] Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When "Leaf" eventually reaches the [[Elite Four]], she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become the [[Indigo League]] {{pkmn|Champion}}. "Leaf" defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself.

"Leaf"'s main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is [[Team Rocket]], an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. "Leaf" clashes with [[Team Rocket]] many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts at [[Mt. Moon]] who are attempting to steal rare Pokémon [[fossil]]s, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge in [[Cerulean City]]. "Leaf" protects the [[Pokémon Tower]] and [[Mr. Fuji]] in [[Lavender Town]] and destroys their hold on the [[Celadon Game Corner|Game Corner]]. After she foils their plot to take over [[Silph Co.]], "Leaf" encounters [[Giovanni]], the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader in [[Viridian City]]. Upon defeating him, "Leaf" stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by "Leaf" on [[Chrono Island]] in [[Generation III]], would band together in [[Johto]] to try and revive the group.

====When not selected as the player character====
When not selected as the player character, "Leaf" does not appear in the game. "Leaf"'s actions in this case are currently unknown.

===In other games===
"Leaf" makes a cameo appearance in both [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used with her as the player character. She can take on the [[Mt. Battle]]'s 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

==Optional names for Leaf==
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|- style="background: #{{leafgreen color}};"
! Language || English || Japanese || German || French || Italian || Spanish
|-
! FireRed/LeafGreen
||
* Red
* Fire
* Green
* Leaf
* Amanda
* Cassie
* Hillary
* Jodi
* June
* Makey
* Michi
* Omi
* Paula
* Rey
* Seda
* Kiko
* Mina
* Norie
* Sai
* Momo
* Suzi
||
* レッド ''Red''
* ファイア ''Fire''
* グリーン ''Green''
* リーフ ''Leaf''
* アヤコ ''Ayako''
* キヨミ ''Kiyomi''
* キョウコ ''Kyōko''
* サトコ ''Satoko''
* ジュンコ ''Junko''
* セツコ ''Setsuko''
* チホ ''Chiho''
* ノリエ ''Norie''
* ヒサエ ''Hisae''
* マキコ ''Makiko''
* マミナ ''Mamina''
* ミキコ ''Mikiko''
* ミスズ ''Misuzu''
* ミチコ ''Michiko''
* モモコ ''Momoko''
* ユキコ ''Yukiko''
* リエ ''Rie''
||
* Rot
* Feuer
* Grün
* Blatt
* Andrea
* Birgit
* Daniela
* Diana
* Elena
* Eva
* Jamie
* Katrin
* Mandy
* Martina
* Pia
* Silke
* Simone
* Sina
* Susi
* Tanja
* Ute
||
* Red
* Fire
* Green
* Leaf
* Audrey
* Carmen
* Caro
* Edith
* Emma
* Flo
* Helene
* Ingrid
* Joanna
* Linda
* Lucie
* Marion
* Nadia
* Nolween
* Pauline
* Sayaka
* Yuki
||
||
* Joro
* Guefo
* Verte
* Jaho
* Bruna
* Casilda
* Cira
* Claudia
* Luna
* Matilde
* María
* Marina
* Mena
* Mina
* Mirta
* Nena
* Nuria
* Rita
* Salia
* Selena
* Susa
|}

==Artwork==
{| align="center" style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color}};"
|- align=center
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[Image:New Years postcard.jpg]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| {{color2|000|Ken Sugimori}} artwork from a 2005 New Year's postcard.
|}

===Sprites===
{| align="center" style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color}};"
|- align=center
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[Image:FRLG Leaf.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[Image:FRLG_Leaf_Back.png‎]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[Image:FRLG Leaf Intro.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[Image:LeafFRLGwalkdown.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[Image:FRLG Leaf.gif]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"|
[[Image:Colo Leaf.png|60px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}; background: #{{LeafGreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"|
[[Image:XD Leaf.png|80px]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Leaf sprite from {{color2|000|Generation III}}
| Back sprite from {{color2|000|Generation III}}
| Intro sprite from {{color2|000|Generation III}}
| Overworld sprite from {{color2|000|Generation III}}
| Credits sprite from {{color2|000|Generation III}}
| Leaf model from {{color2|000|Pokémon Colosseum|Colosseum}}
| Leaf headshot from {{color2|000|Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness|Pokémon XD}}
|}

==Counterparts==
Though no counterpart to "Leaf" has appeared in the [[Pokémon anime]], she has a few counterparts appearing in various [[Pokémon manga]].

{{adv|Green}} from the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, who appears to be based on an [[Pokémon Red and Green beta#Female player character|unused female player character]] from {{game|Red and Green|s}}, is widely considered to be Leaf's counterpart in the manga. This is supported by the fact that Green's outfit changes to match "Leaf"'s in the {{chap|FireRed & LeafGreen}}.

"Leaf" also has a counterpart in the [[Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire]] manga series named {{OBP|Blue|Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire}}.

==Trivia==
* The fan name "Leaf" was found in FireRed and LeafGreen's data as a dummied-out opponent Trainer, alongside {{ga|Red}} (whose name is Red as it was before).
** {{ga|Blue}} was also found in FireRed and LeafGreen as a dummied-out opponent Trainer, although under the name of Terry.
* Although her official debut was in FireRed and LeafGreen, a character model of Leaf is present in Pokémon Colosseum, which came out a full two months before the aforementioned remakes.
* In [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]], {{p|Jigglypuff}} can wear Leaf's hat as an alternate costume.
* "Leaf"'s FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.
* The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with {{ga|Dawn}} and {{ga|Lyra}}. She also shares all of {{ga|Kris}}'s alternate Japanese names.
* "Leaf" is the only female player character who does not have a default name. {{ga|Kris}}, {{ga|May}}, {{ga|Dawn}}, {{ga|Lyra}}, and {{ga|Hilda}} are all default names.
* Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld [[Generation IV]] games, "Leaf" made a brief cameo battling against {{ga|Red}} in an early trailer for [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] on the Wii.
* Though "Leaf" is by far the name she is most commonly known by, she is also sometimes referred to as '''Fuguri''' (フグリ) in the Japanese fandom. The name is derived from {{tt|リー'''フグリ'''ーン|LeafGreen}} (rī'''fugurī'''n).

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