Tate (Japanese: フウ Fu) and Liza (Japanese: ラン Lan) are the twin Gym Leaders of Mossdeep City's Gym, known officially as the Mossdeep Gym. They specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon. They give the Mind Badge to Trainers who defeat them.
In the games
Tate and Liza run the Mossdeep City Gym. Both specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon and give out the Mind Badge once defeated. They also give TM04 (Calm Mind). The two of them engage in a Double Battle against the player when the player challenges them.
In Black 2 and White 2 they participate in the Pokémon World Tournament. Unlike before, Tate and Liza do not battle as a team, instead participating as individuals.
Leader Tate&LizaRS / Mystic Duo Tate&LizaE
- Strategy
- We battle in cooperation.
- Trainer's Pokémon
- Always friendly Pokémon.
- Self-Introduction
- We understand each other, and we understand others.RS
- Papa has trouble telling the two of us apart!E
Pokémon
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Gym battle
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Second rematch
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Third rematch
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Fourth rematch
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Tate and Liza use three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Tate will always lead with his Solrock and Liza will always lead with her Lunatone.
Tate
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Liza
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Quotes
- Tate: "Hehehe... Were you surprised?"
- Liza: "Fufufu... Were you surprised?"
- Tate: "That there are two Gym Leaders?"
- Liza: "That there are two Gym Leaders?"
- Tate: "We're twins!"
- Liza: "We're twins!"
- Tate: "We don't need to talk because..."
- Liza: "We can each determine what..."
- Tate: "The other is thinking..."
- Liza: "All in our minds!"
- Tate: "This combination of ours..."
- Liza: "Can you beat it?"
- Tate: "What? Our combination..."
- Liza: "Was shattered!"
- Tate: "It can't be helped. You've won..."
- Liza: "So, in recognition, take this."
- Tate: "The Mind Badge enhances the Sp. Atk and Sp. Def of your Pokémon."
- Liza: "It also lets you use the HM move Dive outside of battle."
- Tate: "You should also take this, too."
- Tate: "That TM04 contains..."
- Liza: "Calm Mind!"
- Tate: "It raises Sp. Atk and..."
- Liza: "It raises Sp. Def!"
- Tate: "It's a move that's perfect..."
- Liza: "For Psychic Pokémon!"
- If the player talks to them afterwards
- Tate: "Looks like the bond between you and your Pokémon is far stronger than the bond that we share as twins."
- Liza: "You will become even stronger! We've battled you, so we know."
- If the player has only one Pokémon
- Tate: "Hehehe... Were you surprised?"
- Liza: "That there are two Gym Leaders?"
- Tate: "Oops, you have only one..."
- Liza: "Pokémon that can battle."
- Tate: "We can't battle that way!"
- Liza: "If you want to challenge us, bring some more Pokémon."
- Tate: "Pokémon..."
- Liza: "Pokémon..."
- Tate: "By changing the party's mix..."
- Liza: "The battle style changes."
- Tate: "But me..."
- Liza: "But me..."
- Tate: "I'll always be with Liza!"
- Liza: "I'll always be with Tate!"
- Tate: "Our combination..."
- Liza: "We'll show you again and again!"
- Tate: "You and your Pokémon..."
- Liza: It's as if you were siblings!
- Tate: "You can knock us down, but we'll never stay down!"
- Liza: "Because the two of us, we always support each other!"
- Before battle (first round)
- Both: "I can make myself one with Pokémon! Can you beat this combination?"
- Before battle (second round)
- Both: "Thanks to my strict training, I can make myself one with Pokémon! Can you beat this combination?"
- Before battle (final round)
- Both: "Thanks to my strict training, I can make myself one with Pokémon! Can you beat this combination and the bond between me and my Pokémon?"
- Tate: "The... The combination of me and my Pokémon!"
- Liza: "Oh! The combination of me and my Pokémon..."
- If the player is defeated
- Both: "The combination of me and my Pokémon was superior!"
- Tate: "It looks like the bond between you and your Pokémon was far stronger than mine..."
- Liza: "It looks like the bond between you and your Pokémon will grow stronger! I can tell!"
- Tate: "Actually, I'm a twin! When I'm with my sister, I'm much stronger! I mean we can finish each other's thoughts!"
- Liza: "Actually, I'm a twin! When I'm with my brother, I'm much stronger! I mean we can finish each other's thoughts!"
- In the lobby, after the tournament
- Both: "The fact that you won means your combination with your Pokémon must've been super perfect!"
- Mossdeep City
- Tate
- "Heh heh heh... I'm Tate. I'm the Gym Leader of Mossdeep City."
- "No, no, no. Not the Gym!"
- "Liza and I have a special power. And right now it's telling me that we will meet you in battle someday."
- Liza
- "Hee hee hee... I'm Liza. I'm the Gym Leader of Mossdeep City!"
- "You can't go in!"
- "Tate and I are twins. We understand each other without words."
- Tate: "Heh heh heh... Were you surprised?"
- Liza: "Tee hee hee... Were you surprised?"
- Tate: "That there are two Gym Leaders?"
- Liza: "That there are two Gym Leaders?"
- Tate: "We’re twins!"
- Liza: "We’re twins!"
- Tate: "We don’t need to talk because..."
- Liza: "...we can each tell..."
- Tate: "...what the other is thinking... "
- Liza: "...all in our minds!"
- Tate: "This combination of ours..."
- Liza: "Can you beat it?"
- Tate: "Our… Our…"
- Liza: "Teamwork."
- Tate: "It can’t be helped. You’ve won..."
- Liza: "...so take this in recognition!"
- Tate: "The Mind Badge has the power to make all Pokémon up to Level 80, including those you’ve received from other people, obey you!"
- Liza: " It also enables Pokémon to use the HM move called Dive!"
- Tate: "And take this, too!"
- Tate: "Calm Mind..."
- Liza: "...comes from relaxing your mind and concentrating."
- Tate: "Pokémon’s Sp. Atk and..."
- Liza: "...Pokémon’s Sp. Def..."
- Tate: "...will be heightened by this move!"
- Liza: " It’s a perfect move for Psychic-type Pokémon!"
- Tate: "Looks like the bond between you and your Pokémon is far stronger than the bond we share as twins... But you’ll go on from here to form even more bonds! That’s the future I see for you!"
- Liza: "There may be a harsh ordeal ahead for you and your Pokémon... But that’s all right! You and your Pokémon aren’t alone! You have each other! That’s why we want you to face whatever troubles may come your way head-on and full of courage!"
- If the player has only one Pokémon
- Tate: "Oh, you only have..."
- Liza: "...one Pokémon to battle."
- Tate: "Then we can’t battle you!"
- Liza: "We want to battle you, so please bring more Pokémon!"
Artwork
Sprites
In the anime
Liza and Tate in the anime
Tate and Liza first appeared in It's Still Rocket Roll to Me. Their father, Jin, owns the Mossdeep Space Center and often goes into space to search for space Pokémon. As a result, they often spend time at the Space Center, and even have battles in zero-gravity by using their Baltoy's Confusion technique to levitate them.
In the anime, Liza is depicted as being more experienced in battle, and it is implied in their debut episode that she always defeats Tate whenever the two have a battle. Liza loves to annoy Tate by teasingly reminding him of such things, but what angers Tate even more is Liza's habit of referring to him as her "little" brother even though they are twins. This is because Liza is actually the older twin. Nevertheless, Liza seems to care for Tate anyway.
When Ash Ketchum and his friends visited Mossdeep, Tate quickly befriended Max since they had quite a few things in common, including Max's issues with his own older sister, May. Said episode itself focuses primarily on Tate and Max, who spent nearly the entire time by themselves while having fun together. Likewise, Liza related with May, and took to showing her new friends around the facility.
Later, while Tate and Max were hanging out in the cockpit of the space shuttle, Team Rocket infiltrated the area with the intent of stealing the shuttle. Tate and Max were unaware of this until the trio reached the cockpit, whereupon Meowth tied the two boys up back-to-back with a rope. Fortunately, Ash's Corphish had been aboard the shuttle as well, and freed the duo, who promptly knocked the Rockets out. In the moments that followed, Tate and Max became the heroes of the day when they safely landed the shuttle. The Rockets then suffered the wrath of Liza and May, who attacked them with their Lunatone and Combusken, respectively, allowing Ash's Pikachu to send them flying.
In Solid as a Solrock, Tate and Liza finally faced of against Ash in a Double Battle, in which their Lunatone and Solrock, respectively, were up against Ash's Pikachu and Swellow. At first, they continuously argued with each other, which allowed their opponent to get hits in. However, after another attack by Team Rocket, the twins managed to work together. In the battle that followed, they showed an incredible ability to balance each other's Pokémon, becoming a seemingly unstoppable force that Ash had to resort to unorthodox tactics in order to defeat. Eventually, Pikachu and Swellow used Pikachu's Thunder attack as armor, and with this newfound power, they easily defeated Lunatone and Solrock, earning Ash the Mind Badge.
They reappeared in a flashback in AG120.
Pokémon
This listing is of Liza and Tate's Pokémon in the anime:
Liza's
Tate's
At Mossdeep Gym
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Tate and Liza in Adventures
Tate and Liza debut in the Ruby & Sapphire arc. They are the guardians of Mt. Pyre, having taken over the position from their grandparents. When Flannery calls the Gym Leaders together for a meeting about Team Magma and Team Aqua, Tate and Liza are forced to ignore the call so that they can head over to Mt. Pyre. There, they encounter Team Magma, who aims on stealing the Red and Blue Orbs so that they can be used to control Groudon and Kyogre. The attackers turn out to be illusions created by Blaise. By distracting Tate and Liza with his illusions, Blaise is able to easily sneak into the chamber holding the orbs and steal them.
Tate and Liza later appear on Mirage Island with Juan. They are tasked with training Ruby and Sapphire so that they would be ready to face Groudon and Kyogre. They train Ruby and Sapphire in various forms of Double Battle styles so that they may work together and defeat their opponents. Once the time had come for Ruby and Sapphire to head off, Tate and Liza award Sapphire the Mind Badge.
After both Team Magma and Team Aqua are defeated and Groudon and Kyogre have returned to their deep slumber, Tate and Liza celebrated the victory with their allies and thanked Sapphire and Ruby for their assistance in the battle.
Pokémon
This listing is for Tate and Liza's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
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Solrock
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Solrock is Tate's main Pokémon. It was first seen traveling with its Trainer on Mt. Pyre, where it used its abilities to sense intruders. Solrock was used in conjunction with Lunatone against the Team Magma Grunts that were aiming to steal the Red and Blue Orbs. Despite their best efforts, the Grunts were only illusions created by Blaise, who easily got past his opponents and stole the orbs.
Solrock's known moves are Cosmic Power, Calm Mind, and Psywave, and its Ability is Levitate.
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Debut
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I'm Always Grumpig First Thing in the Morning II
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Lunatone
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Lunatone is Liza's main Pokémon. It was first seen traveling with its Trainer on Mt. Pyre. Lunatone was used in conjunction with Solrock against the Team Magma Grunts that were aiming to steal the Red and Blue Orbs. Despite their best efforts, the Grunts were only illusions created by Blaise, who easily got past his opponents and stole the orbs.
Lunatone's known moves are Cosmic Power and Rock Slide, and its Ability is Levitate.
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I'm Always Grumpig First Thing in the Morning II
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Trivia
- Tate and Liza are the first, and only pair of Gym Leaders that are battled through a Double Battle.
- In Black 2 and White 2, instead of serving as a team, Tate and Liza are shown and battled separately.
- Chuang Yi's translations of Pokémon Adventures manga mistakenly refer to Tate as a girl.
- They are the only Gym Leaders to carry two Hyper Potions in their first battle. This is likely due to them being a duo, with each of them holding a Hyper Potion.
- The game refers to them as "Leader Tate&Liza" due to the way their Trainer class is programmed.
- In Emerald, Solrock is the only Pokémon from the original team to keep its moveset in the rematches.
- Tate is the only male Psychic-type Gym Leader.
Names
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Japanese
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フウとラン Fu & Lan
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From 風蘭 fūran (Neofinetia falcata) and 浮 fū (floating)
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English
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Tate & Liza
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From levitate
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French
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Lévy & Tatia
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From lévitation, levitation
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German
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Ben & Svenja
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From Schweben, levitation
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Italian
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Tell & Pat
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From telepatia, telepathy
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Spanish
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Vito & Leti
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Possibly from levitación, levitation
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Korean
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풍&란 Pung & Ran
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From 풍란 (風蘭) pungran, Neofinetia falcata
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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楓與南/枫与南 Fēng & Nán
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楓 (maple) is an alternative reading of Fū. 南 (south) is a rough transcription of Lan.
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