Billy Jo

Billy Jo

Billy Jo (Japanese: ルー Lou) in the games is a character appearing in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2 of the Pokémon anime.

She is a guitarist playing with Roxie and Nicky in the band "Koffing and the Toxics", which is quite well known in Unova and provides music during Roxie's Gym Battles. When Ash came to the Virbank Gym, Roxie described Billy Jo as a "poisonous person".

She once went on tour with the band through Kanto but mentioned to Ash that the audiences there were "a bore".

Voice actors

In the games

Billy Jo appears at the Virbank Gym in Black 2 and White 2. Here, she also plays in a band with Roxie, just like in the anime. The player has to battle her before being able to battle Roxie.

Pokémon

This listing is of Billy Jo's Pokémon in the games:

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Guitarist Billy Jo ルー Lou Reward: $448	Venipede♀ Lv.14 No item
	Koffing♀ Lv.14 No item

Quotes

• Before battle

"I can always be straight and honest with myself whenever I'm playing the guitar or having a Pokémon battle!"

• When defeated

"Argh! The happy times always end so quickly!"

• After being defeated

"It's because I'm with my Pokémon that I can happily play my guitar. And it's because I play my guitar that my Pokémon become strong. Get it?"

Names

Trivia

• Her name, Billy Jo, is a pun on the guitarist from Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong. Her Japanese name may be taken from American rock musician Lou Reed.

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.