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Leaf リーフ Leaf
Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mom, unnamed father
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation	III, VII, VIII, IX
Counterpart(s)	Leaf (Masters)
Games	FireRed, LeafGreen, Masters EX
English voice actor	Michelle Marie[1] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yuka Ōtsubo[2] (Masters EX)
Manga series	Pokémon Adventures Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
Counterpart(s)	Green, Blue
Debut	Wartortle Wars (Adventures) We're a Family!! (Ruby-Sapphire)

Leaf (Japanese: リーフ Leaf) is the female player character in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Her male counterpart is Red. While Leaf shares many similarities with Green, it has not been officially confirmed whether Green is an incarnation of Leaf, a cross-canon counterpart, or a separate character entirely.

Terminology

In Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, Leaf (Japanese: リーフ Leaf) is her placeholder name, which is only in the internal game data and not seen in normal gameplay. (In the same section of the game data, the male player character's placeholder name is "Red".) In Pokémon LeafGreen, this is one of several possible names (in both English and Japanese) suggested for the player character (male or female) if the player leaves their name blank when starting a new game.

In some game screenshots from the English manuals, the female player character is named Fire^FR or Leaf^LG (while the male player character is named Red^FR or Green^LG).

In the E3 2004 trailer for FireRed and LeafGreen (which is in English), "Leaf" is used as the name of the female player character, in contrast to "Red" for the male player character.^[3]

The name Leaf (English and Japanese versions) is officially used for her Kotobukiya ARTFX J figurine^[4][5] and the Bandai Pokémon Scale World collection,^[6] both of which were released in 2019 (fifteen years after her introduction in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen). In 2020, she debuted in Pokémon Masters EX, using the same name.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the female version of the character known only as "Pokémon Trainer" is based on Leaf.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, a similar character named Green (Japanese: ブルー Blue) appears, although it has not been confirmed whether Leaf and Green are the same character. If Leaf and Green are different characters in the games, then Leaf remains unnamed in all core series games and their manuals. This name has also been long used for Green from the Pokémon Adventures manga before the introduction of Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

The name "Leaf" has long been used by fans, even before it saw mainstream official use in merchandise and Pokémon Masters. Leaf is also sometimes referred to as フグリ (Fuguri) in the Japanese fandom, being derived from the katakana rendering of "LeafGreen" (リーフグリーン rīfugurīn).

In the Spanish version of FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, her placeholder name has the syllables reversed: she is known as "Jaho" instead of "Hoja" (while her male counterpart is known as "Joro" instead of "Rojo").

In the core series games

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Leaf's adventure begins after Professor Oak calls her to his lab and gives her a choice of Pokémon. Blue challenges Leaf to a Pokémon battle as soon as they get their Pokémon. 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 kind of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating the Gym Leaders. 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 Champion. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself. Her adventure continues even after that, with Leaf discovering new places, such as the Sevii Islands.

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 Fossils, 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 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 Five Island in Generation III, would band together in Johto to try to revive the group.

Optional names

When starting a new game of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, if the player leaves the name writing screen without any written name, or with a name composed entirely of empty spaces, Professor Oak says "Right... So your name is <optional name>.", suggesting one of the 19 available names; there are 21 names in total, but there are two exclusive to FireRed and two exclusive to LeafGreen. The player may answer "Yes" to accept the suggested name, or "No" to return to the name writing screen.

In the side series games

Pokémon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness

Leaf makes an 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 a female player character chosen. She can take on Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Leaf made a brief appearance in the debut trailer of Pokémon Battle Revolution, having a Double Battle against Red, using a Groudon and a Pikachu. Despite this, she didn't appear in the final cut of the game.

In the spin-off games

Super Smash Bros. series

Leaf, as the female Pokémon Trainer, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Pokémon Trainer

Main article: Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)

Leaf appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as the female variant of "Pokémon Trainer" (of which Red is the default). She shares his team of Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard.

Other references

From Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward, Leaf's hat appears as an alternate outfit worn by Jigglypuff, in parallel to Pikachu wearing Red's hat.

Pokémon GO

Main article: Style (GO)

For Pokémon Day 2018, Leaf's outfit from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were released as free style options in Pokémon GO.

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Leaf (Masters)

Leaf forms a sync pair with Eevee, Venusaur, Moltres, and Clefable in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Venusaur is capable of Mega Evolving. Leaf became a playable sync pair on January 22, 2020.

Leaf has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the PML Arc. Unlike in the original game, both Leaf and Red coexist in the same game, with her picking the remaining first partner Pokémon that wasn't picked by Red and Blue.

Sync Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	Base Potential	Availability
#076		Leaf	#0133		Eevee♂	Normal	Fighting		★★★★★☆EX	Sync Pair Scout
#076		Sygna Suit Leaf	#0003		Venusaur♀ Mega Venusaur	Grass	Psychic		★★★★★☆EX	Ticket Scout (after Victory Road) Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout
#076		Champion Leaf	#0146		Moltres	Fire	Water		★★★★★☆EX	Master Fair Sync Pair Scout
#076		Leaf	#0036		Clefable♀	Fairy	Steel		★★★★☆☆EX	Trainer Lodge Friendship Level 100

Quotes

Main article: Leaf (game)/Quotes

Counterparts

Green, Leaf's counterpart in Pokémon Adventures

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Green (Adventures)

Green from Pokémon Adventures serves as Leaf's counterpart, taking on Leaf's appearance from the FireRed & LeafGreen arc onwards. She starts out as a mischievous thief and con artist, but later reforms her ways.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

Main article: Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)

Leaf also has a counterpart in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, who is named Blue.

Gallery

For images on Green, see: Green (game)

Artwork

Standard

Artwork from FireRed and LeafGreen	Artwork depicting the usage of Fly, featuring Leaf with a Pidgey

Merchandise

Leaf and Squirtle concept artwork by Hitoshi Ariga for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines

Other

Ken Sugimori artwork from a 2005 New Year's postcard

Game assets

Sprites and models

In the core series

Sprite from FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald	Intro sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Credits sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Back sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Back sprite from Emerald
Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from Emerald

In other games

Model from Colosseum	Model from XD: Gale of Darkness	Unused sprite from Pokémon Ranger

Trivia

Cover of the Pocket Monsters Red, Green, and Blue guidebook

• An artwork of an unnamed female character drawn by Ken Sugimori was released in Pokémon Red and Green's official strategy guide, released in April 1996.^[7] This artwork also appears on the cover of a revised version of the guidebook that includes the Japanese Pokémon Blue as well.^[8]
  • According to Sugimori, she was not originally planned as a player character. He wanted to portray a trio of Trainers facing off against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover.^[9]
  • The female character was later adapted for the Pokémon Craft DX magazine drawn by Emiko Yoshino, as well as Green in Pokémon Adventures (released 11 months after the original artwork), Leaf in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (8 years after the original artwork), and Green in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (22 years after the original artwork).
  • Sugimori noted that he took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the female protagonist for FireRed and LeafGreen. He also mentioned that the FireRed and LeafGreen female protagonist did not have a name at the time of his writing, in November 2012.^[10]
• Leaf's hat somewhat resembles a Premier Ball.
• 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 Dawn and Lyra. She also shares all of Kris's alternate Japanese names.
• Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld Generation IV games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling against Red in an early trailer for Pokémon Battle Revolution on the Wii.
• Leaf is the only non-rival female player character to have a counterpart who appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
• The French version for Green's Exploration mistakenly refers to the character as Leaf instead of Green. This inconsistency does not exist in the French version of Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's go, Eevee!

Pokémon Craft DX gallery

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  Cover page

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  Pages 2–3

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  Pages 4–5

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  Pages 6–7

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  Pages 18–19

Names

Placeholder names

Pokémon FireRed, LeafGeen, and Emerald

References

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.