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Janine (Japanese: アンズ Anzu) is the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City's Gym, known officially as the Fuchsia Gym, after her father, Koga, is promoted to the Elite Four in Generation II. She specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. She gives the Soul Badge to Trainers who best her. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, her name is mistakenly listed as Charine.

In the games

Janine succeeded to the position of Gym Leader after her father, Koga, became a member of the Elite Four. Her title is "The Poisonous Ninja Master".

Using a technique of confusion, all the trainers in Fuchsia Gym disguise themselves as Janine.

Originally, Janine's goal was to use Template:Type2 Pokémon as well as her father. After becoming a Gym Leader, Janine hopes that by applying herself, she'll improve her skills and become better than her father, as well as Gold/Kris from Johto.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, she makes a brief appearance behind one of the zoo displays. As in Generation II, she is training to use Poison-types as well as her father.

In addition to the Soul Badge, Janine also hands out TM06 (Toxic) in Gold, Silver, and Crystal. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she gives TM84 (Poison Jab) instead.

Pokémon

This listing is for Janine's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:SpriteJanine.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $3900

Types: Poison Flying Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.36 Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.36 Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Smog Poison   --       Toxic Poison   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.36 Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Smog Poison   --       Toxic Poison   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: None Ariados♂ Lv.33 String Shot Bug   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: None Venomoth♂ Lv.39 Toxic Poison   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Foresight Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle

File:JanineHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6000

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat Lv.47 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing Lv.44 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Double Hit Normal Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Unknown Held item: None Ariados♀ Lv.47 Swagger Normal Status   --       Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Pin Missile Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Unknown Held item: None Ariados♀ Lv.47 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Poion Jab Poison Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Pin Missile Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Unknown Held item: Sitrus Berry Venomoth♀ Lv.50 Double Team Normal Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --

Second battle (rematch)

File:JanineHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6600

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Unknown Held item: None Ariados♀ Lv.58 Bounce Flying Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Dry Skin Held item: None Toxicroak♀ Lv.52 Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♀ Lv.56 Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Unknown Held item: None Drapion♀ Lv.55 Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♀ Lv.52 Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Unknown Held item: Sitrus Berry Venomoth♀ Lv.59 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

[[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 1 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 1 Reward: None

Types: Poison Flying Held item: King's Rock Crobat♀ Lv.50 Mean Look Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Bite Dark   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: Focus Band Weezing♂ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Swagger Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: Quick Claw Ariados♀ Lv.50 Swagger Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Dig Ground   --       Spider Web Bug   --       Types: Water Poison Held item: Miracle Berry Tentacruel♀ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Stantler♂ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Ground Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Gligar♀ Lv.50 Attract Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Swagger Normal   --       Slash Normal   --

Round 2

[[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Janine [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 2 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Janine Oak [[Fuchsia Gym|Fuchsia Gym]] Round 2 Reward: None

Types: Poison Flying Held item: King's Rock Crobat Lv.50 Toxic Poison   --       Bite Dark   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Water Unknown Held item: Bright Powder Vaporeon Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --       Types: Grass Unknown Held item: Quick Claw Meganium Lv.50 Toxic Poison   --       Attract Normal   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       Types: Poison Unknown Held item: Focus Band Muk Lv.50 Toxic Poison   --       Swagger Normal   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Types: Normal Psychic Held item: Miracle Berry Girafarig Lv.50 Crunch Dark   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Types: Bug Steel Held item: None Forretress Lv.50 Spikes Ground   --       Sandstorm Rock   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Quotes

File:SpriteJanine.gif	File:JanineHGSS.gif
Janine's sprite from Generation II	Janine's sprite from Generation IV	Janine's VS sprite from Generation IV

"My father is Gym Leader of this town. I'm training to use Poison Pokémon as well as my father."

"Fufufufu... I'm sorry to disappoint you... I'm only joking! I'm the real deal! Janine of Fuchsia Gym, that's me!"

"You're a tough one. You definitely won... Here's Soul Badge. Take it."

"I'm going to really apply myself and improve my skills. I want to become better than both father and you!"

In the Pokémon Special manga

Janine is the daughter of Koga, and the new Gym Leader at Fuchsia City. She does, however, leave town on many occasions to perform various jobs for anyone with the money to hire her. She was shown in VS. Crobat to be in the middle of such a job, pretending to steal a large pearl to test the security at the Goldenrod Museum. After completing it, she pauses on a rooftop to wonder what she is doing with her life.

Her father, being both a ninja and a member of Team Rocket, had hoped to make her a member as well, both serving their master, Giovanni. But with Koga and Giovanni's disappearance, she was left alone and unguided. Searching for not just her father, but a master, Janine found herself in the same situation as Suicune, whom also was searching for a Trainer in its upcoming battle.

Suddenly, Suicune appeared before Janine, and challenged her. Suicune seemed initially caught off-guard by her tactics, but soon won. Before he left, Janine expressed her desires for finding her own master, just as she felt Suicune was.

Janine later fought against Falkner at the Gym Leaders Challenge. Despite overwhelming attacks, she forfeited the match when she left the battlefield, pursuing who she thought was her father. She never did catch the mysterious person, however, and it is unknown if they will ever meet again.

Pokémon

This listing is of Janine's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

Ariados

Forretress

Crobat

Weezing

Grimer

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Janine or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Janine's Beedrill		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	61/141
Janine's Arbok		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	62/141
Janine's Venomoth		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	63/141
Janine's Weezing		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	64/141
Janine's Ariados		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	65/141
Janine's Crobat		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	66/141
Janine's Shuckle		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	67/141
Janine's TM 01	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	119/141
Janine's TM 02	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	120/141

Trivia

• Janine is the only Gym Leader who has not appeared in the anime.
• In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Janine's Pokémon are much weaker than other Kanto Gym Leaders, by 5 or more levels, possibly to show she is still inexperienced. By comparison, Koga and the members of the Elite Four have teams on-par, in relation to levels, with the Kanto Gym Leaders.
  • In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she is still the weakest of the Kanto Gym Leaders, being 4 levels weaker than Brock and Misty, the next weakest of the Kanto Gym Leaders. However, as all the Kanto Leaders have been greatly increased in levels, she is now more powerful than her father, and on par with Lance when he is first fought as Champion.

Names

Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Brock	Cerulean Gym Misty	Vermilion Gym Lt. Surge	Celadon Gym Erika
Fuchsia Gym Koga Janine	Saffron Gym Sabrina	Cinnabar Gym Blaine	Viridian Gym Giovanni Blue

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