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epnum=EP002 |
epnum=EP002 |
epname=Pokémon Emergency! |
epname=Pokémon Emergency! |
enva=[[Megan Hollingshead]] <small><br>([[EP002]]-[[AG042]])</small><br>[[Bella Hudson]]<br> <small>([[AG049]]-[[AG144]], [[BW127]])</small><br>[[Michele Knotz]] <br><small>([[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]]-[[DP190]], [[BW116]])</small><br>[[Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld|Alyson Rosenfeld]] <small><br>([[BW002]]- present)</small> |
enva=<small>[[Kanto]]-[[Sinnoh]], [[Grand Spectrala Islet]]:</small><br>[[Megan Hollingshead]]<br><small>([[EP002]]-[[AG042]]; [[M01]])</small><br>[[Bella Hudson]]<br><small>([[AG049]]-[[AG144]]; [[BW127]])</small><br>[[Michele Knotz]]<br><small>([[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]]; [[AG151]]-[[DP190]], [[BW116]]; [[M11]])</small><br>
java=[[Ayako Shiraishi]]<br><small>([[EP002]]-[[EP229]]; [[M01]])</small><br>[[Yuriko Yamaguchi]]<br><small>([[EP245]]-[[DP022]]; [[DP051]]-[[DP190]]; [[SS002]]-[[SS013]]; [[SS025]]; [[SS027]]; [[M11]]; [[The Legend of Thunder!|TLoT]]; [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]])</small><br>[[Kikuko Inoue]]<br><small>([[DP025]]-[[DP050]])</small><br>[[Chika Fujimura]]<br><small>([[BW002]]-[[BW138]])</small><br>[[Chinatsu Akasaki]]<br><small>([[XY003]]-present)</small>
<small>[[Unova]]:</small><br>[[Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld|Alyson Rosenfeld]]<br><small>([[BW002]]-[[BW138]]; [[M15]])<br>
[[Kalos]]:</small><br>[[Jennifer Forziati-DaCosta]]<br><small>([[XY003]]-present)</small>|
java=<small>[[Kanto]]-[[Sinnoh]]:</small><br>[[Ayako Shiraishi]]<br><small>([[EP002]]-[[EP229]]; [[M01]], [[M03]])</small><br>[[Yuriko Yamaguchi]]<br><small>([[EP245]]-[[DP022]], [[DP051]]-[[DP190]]; [[SS002]]-[[SS013]], [[SS025]], [[SS027]]; [[M11]]; [[The Legend of Thunder!|TLoT]], [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]])</small><br>[[Kikuko Inoue]]<br><small>([[DP025]]-[[DP050]])</small><br>
<small>[[Unova]]-[[Decolore Islands]]:</small><br>[[Chika Fujimura]]<br><small>([[BW002]]-[[BW138]]; [[M15]])</small><br>
<small>[[Kalos]]:</small><br>[[Chinatsu Akasaki]]<br><small>([[XY003]]-present)</small>
}}
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==In the anime==
==In the anime==
===Character===
[[File:Nurse Joy.png|thumb|left|250px|Three Nurse Joys as they appear in Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh]]
Nurse Joy is not a single entity. Rather, there are many Joys who work as nurses across the various regions of the [[Pokémon world]].
As a rule, Nurse Joys are kind, earnest, honest Pokémon nurses who take care of sick and injured Pokémon, but will confront a [[Pokémon Trainer]] if they are not properly caring for their Pokémon.
Nurse Joys are all extremely similar-looking relatives. They are not entirely identical, though aside from themselves, it seems that {{an|Brock}} is the only one who can tell them apart. However, each Nurse Joy will have a different color cross on her hat that indicates which location she works at.
There are several notable Nurse Joys who appear vastly different from the others. A Nurse Joy acts as the [[Pokémon Inspection Agency|Pokémon League inspector]] in ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', her first appearance as anything but an ordinary Nurse Joy. Another Nurse Joy living in the [[Orange Archipelago]] has made her career instead as an archaeologist, leading an expedition to [[Unnamed island (EP089)|a deserted island]] in ''[[EP089|Shell Shock]]''. A muscle-bound, kayak-paddling Nurse Joy who also lives in the archipelago was featured, along with her befriended {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Magikarp}}, in ''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]''. Other Nurse Joys living on the islands have a noticeably darker skin tone than their mainland counterparts, likely due to living in a more tropical region. In ''[[BW127|The Island of Illusions!]]'', a Nurse Joy appears as a Pokémon Center investigator, tasked with the investigation of illegally operating Pokémon Centers. Not unlike the Pokémon League inspector Nurse Joy, her first appearance did not allude to her true identity, and she was visibly older when she finally revealed herself.
[[File:Marnie and Paige.png|thumb|left|210px|Two young Joys named [[Marnie and Paige]]]]
Although there are many exceptions, Nurse Joy will generally have {{TP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}} in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]], [[Sinnoh]], and the [[Orange Archipelago]], {{TP|Nurse Joy|Audino}} in [[Unova]] and the [[Decolore Islands]], and {{TP|Nurse Joy|Wigglytuff}} in [[Kalos]] to assist her. Chansey's [[evolution]] introduced in [[Generation II]], {{p|Blissey}}, also appears on occasion.
There is a similarity between the families of Nurse Joy, [[Officer Jenny]], [[Don George]] and [[Porter]]. Fans have [[fanon|speculated]] about some sort of relation or deeper connection; however, the only thing known for sure about the four families is that they are on good terms.
Nurse Joys give out [[starter Pokémon]] to Trainers in towns or cities without [[Pokémon Professor]]s, such as [[Slateport City]]. Adhering to their role as government workers, they are also inspectors for the [[Pokémon Inspection Agency]], grading Pokémon Gyms.
Nurse Joys also judge [[Pokémon Contests]] and the [[Grand Festival]]s. This makes them not just good nurses, but good judges as well.
===History===
===History===
{{incomplete|section}}
====[[Original series]]====
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=====[[Kanto]]=====
[[File:Nurse Joy anime BW.png|thumb|250px|Nurse Joy in the {{series|Best Wishes}}]]
Nurse Joy debuted in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency]]''. With his {{AP|Pikachu}} critically injured from the [[EP001|events of the last episode]], Ash rushed the Electric Mouse Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in [[Viridian City]] with the help of the [[Officer Jenny]] of the area. After healing Pikachu, {{TRT}} overtook the Pokémon Center, forcing her to rely on her own {{p|Pikachu}} generator built inside the lab. While they hid from Team Rocket, Nurse Joy activated the computer and started to transfer the Poké Balls containing injured Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in [[Pewter City]]. The next morning, the Nurse Joy from Pewter City called and told her sister that all the Pokémon had made it safely to her center, to which the Viridian Nurse Joy was grateful.
Nurse Joy debuted in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency]]''. With his {{AP|Pikachu}} critically injured from the [[EP001|events of the last episode]], Ash rushed the Electric Mouse Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in [[Viridian City]] with the help of the [[Officer Jenny]] of the area. After healing Pikachu, {{TRT}} overtook the Pokémon Center, forcing her to rely on her own {{p|Pikachu}} generator built inside the lab. While they hid from Team Rocket, Nurse Joy activated the computer and started to transfer the Poké Balls containing injured Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in [[Pewter City]]. The next morning, the Nurse Joy from Pewter City called and told her sister that all the Pokémon had made it safely to her center, to which the Viridian Nurse Joy was grateful.


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Nurse Joy signed up for the Pokémon League Admissions Exam in ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]'' to become a Pokémon Master and received testing number 3. After taking the exam, a scoreboard was shown and Nurse Joy's was near the top scorers. Later, Nurse Joy battled the [[Pokémon League entrance exam instructor|instructor]]'s {{p|Charmander}} with a {{p|Squirtle}}, and won.
Nurse Joy signed up for the Pokémon League Admissions Exam in ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]'' to become a Pokémon Master and received testing number 3. After taking the exam, a scoreboard was shown and Nurse Joy's was near the top scorers. Later, Nurse Joy battled the [[Pokémon League entrance exam instructor|instructor]]'s {{p|Charmander}} with a {{p|Squirtle}}, and won.


=====[[Orange Archipelago]]=====
[[File:Nurse Joy EP092.png|thumb|220px|Nurse Joy as seen in ''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]'']]
In ''[[EP084|The Lost Lapras]]'', Ash took a sick {{AP|Lapras}} to Nurse Joy on [[Tangelo Island]]. She concluded that Lapras needed rest and became afraid of human contact since the incident with the [[three punks]]. She filled in Ash about the [[Orange Crew]] on the Orange Islands.
In ''[[EP084|The Lost Lapras]]'', Ash took a sick {{AP|Lapras}} to Nurse Joy on [[Tangelo Island]]. She concluded that Lapras needed rest and became afraid of human contact since the incident with the [[three punks]]. She filled in Ash about the [[Orange Crew]] on the Orange Islands.
Nurse Joy led an exhibition crew on an {{OBP|unnamed island|EP089}} in ''[[EP089|Shell Shock]]''. A {{OBP|reporter|Orange Islands}} interviewed Nurse Joy about the {{p|Kabuto}} inhabiting there. She later leads them to the fossils within a cave in the island even though [[Umberto]] warned them about not disturbing the fossils. When the island was about to get swallowed up by the tide, she went on a raft that the crew made and safely swam away on it.
In ''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]'', a tan and muscular Nurse Joy Ash and his friends met on an {{OBP|unnamed island|EP092}} went from island to island to help sick and injured Pokémon. She invited them to her local clinic for lunch. The group volunteer to help out Nurse Joy on taking care of the sick Pokémon. Later, while attempting to help baby {{p|Seel}}, Team Rocket arrive and trap the group in a net. It didn't take until a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Gyarados}}'s arrival to finally remove the net and to take care of the baby Seel.
=====[[Johto]]=====
In ''[[EP129|Ignorance is Blissey]]'', Nurse Joy had to deal with a Blissey that was accident prone.
In ''[[EP136|Chikorita's Big Upset]]'', a Nurse Joy with the Pokémon Psychology degree had a therapy session with {{Ash}} when {{AP|Chikorita}} became jealous of his Pikachu.


A Nurse Joy who appeared in ''[[EP206|The Joy of Water Pokémon]]'' was in charge of a Pokémon Center which specialized in {{type|Water}} Pokémon, despite being afraid of them herself.
A Nurse Joy who appeared in ''[[EP206|The Joy of Water Pokémon]]'' was in charge of a Pokémon Center which specialized in {{type|Water}} Pokémon, despite being afraid of them herself.


In [[EP250]], Nurse Joy ran a Pokémon Center in the [[Ice Path|Ice Cave]]. She had some {{type|Ice}} Pokémon there instead of a Chansey.
===={{series|Advanced Generation}}====
=====[[Hoenn]]=====
[[File:Nurse Joy.png|thumb|left|250px|Three Nurse Joys as they appear in Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh]]
In ''[[AG002|A Ruin with a View]]'', {{an|May}} was introduced to a Nurse Joy and learned about Pokémon Centers. Nurse Joy was then thrown in a storage room by [[Team Magma]] but escape in the vents.
In ''[[AG034|Having a Wailord of a Time]]'', Nurse Joy was in charge of handing out the Hoenn starter Pokémon to new Trainers.
{{OBP|Max|AG049}} was an assistant of Nurse Joy in ''[[AG049|Maxxed Out!]]''. When Max and another [[Max]] were fighting, Nurse Joy broke them up.
In ''[[AG087|Crazy as a Lunatone]]'', a Nurse Joy was possessed by a {{p|Lunatone}} in [[Volley Town]]. Unlike the other Nurse Joys, she didn't allow Ash and his friends to stay in a room for the night. Later, Nurse Joy went back to normal when Lunatone collapsed after using {{m|Psychic}}. Since Lunatone's condition became bad, Nurse Joy, with the help of the group, took Lunatone to [[Camerupt Point]].
In ''[[AG108|Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt!]]'', a Nurse Joy ran her Pokémon Center on the snowy part of [[Izabe Island]]. A {{AP|Snorunt}} would come by that particular Pokémon Center and take things from visitors. When Ash was in a snow cave, Nurse Joy and the others came by to pick him up. However, before Ash could reunite with Nurse Joy and the others, Team Rocket interrupted them by catching Pikachu and Snorunt. Snorunt was able to escape and Nurse Joy thought of a plan to get Pikachu back which involved Ash throwing Snorunt at Team Rocket's balloon.
=====[[Kanto]]=====
In ''[[AG161|Odd Pokémon Out!]]'', Nurse Joy took care of [[Ash's Grovyle]] after it battled with a {{p|Tropius}}.
In ''[[AG188|Pinch Healing]]'', Nurse Joy began to get sick. As a result, she was unable to take care of the Pokémon that {{an|Matt}} was pokésitting. After she felt better, she took care of a {{p|Bagon}} that had a high fever.
===={{series|Diamond & Pearl}}====
Two young Joys, named [[Marnie and Paige]], appeared in ''[[DP028|Drifloon on the Wind]]'', where it was revealed that Joy is the ''surname'' of the family, rather than the given name of each individual woman. Their mother, of course, was an ordinary Nurse Joy.
Two young Joys, named [[Marnie and Paige]], appeared in ''[[DP028|Drifloon on the Wind]]'', where it was revealed that Joy is the ''surname'' of the family, rather than the given name of each individual woman. Their mother, of course, was an ordinary Nurse Joy.


In ''[[DP033|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!]]'', a Nurse Joy acted as one of the judges of the [[Pokémon Dress-Up Contest]] along with [[Mr. Sukizo]] and [[Officer Jenny]].
===={{series|Best Wishes}}====
[[File:Nurse Joy anime BW.png|thumb|250px|Nurse Joy in the {{series|Best Wishes}}]]
Nurse Joy, like {{Ash}}, received a redesign when the {{series|Best Wishes}} began, as well as a change of clothes. All Nurse Joys in Unova have this new design.
Nurse Joy, like {{Ash}}, received a redesign when the {{series|Best Wishes}} began, as well as a change of clothes. All Nurse Joys in Unova have this new design.


===={{series|XY}}====
She received another redesign at the beginning of the {{series|XY}}.
She received another redesign at the beginning of the {{series|XY}}.


In ''[[XY021|A PokéVision of Things to Come!]]'', Nurse Joy started in a PokéVision video with her Wigglytuff where they made it to the top 10.
In ''[[XY021|A PokéVision of Things to Come!]]'', Nurse Joy started in a [[PokéVision]] video with her Wigglytuff where they made it to the top 10.
 
===Character===
Nurse Joy is not a single entity. Rather, there are many Joys who work as nurses across the various regions of the [[Pokémon world]].
 
As a rule, Nurse Joys are kind, earnest, honest Pokémon nurses who take care of sick and injured Pokémon, but will confront a [[Pokémon Trainer]] if they are not properly caring for their Pokémon.
 
Nurse Joys are all extremely similar-looking relatives. They are not entirely identical, though aside from themselves, it seems that {{an|Brock}} is the only one who can tell them apart. However, each Nurse Joy will have a different color cross on her hat that indicates which location she works at.
[[File:Marnie and Paige.png|thumb|left|220px|Two young Joys named [[Marnie and Paige]]]]
There are several notable Nurse Joys who appear vastly different from the others. A Nurse Joy acts as the [[Pokémon Inspection Agency|Pokémon League inspector]] in ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', her first appearance as anything but an ordinary Nurse Joy. Another Nurse Joy living in the [[Orange Archipelago]] has made her career instead as an archaeologist, leading an expedition to [[Unnamed island (EP089)|a deserted island]] in ''[[EP089|Shell Shock]]''. A muscle-bound, kayak-paddling Nurse Joy who also lives in the archipelago was featured, along with her befriended {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Magikarp}}, in ''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]''. Other Nurse Joys living on the islands have a noticeably darker skin tone than their mainland counterparts, likely due to living in a more tropical region. In ''[[BW127|The Island of Illusions!]]'', a Nurse Joy appears as a Pokémon Center investigator, tasked with the investigation of illegally operating Pokémon Centers. Not unlike the Pokémon League inspector Nurse Joy, her first appearance did not allude to her true identity, and she was visibly older when she finally revealed herself.
 
Although there are many exceptions, Nurse Joy will generally have {{TP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}} in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]], [[Sinnoh]], and the [[Orange Archipelago]], {{TP|Nurse Joy|Audino}} in [[Unova]] and the [[Decolore Islands]], and {{TP|Nurse Joy|Wigglytuff}} in [[Kalos]] to assist her. Chansey's [[evolution]] introduced in [[Generation II]], {{p|Blissey}}, also appears on occasion.
 
There is a similarity between the families of Nurse Joy, [[Officer Jenny]], [[Don George]] and [[Porter]]. Fans have [[fanon|speculated]] about some sort of relation or deeper connection; however, the only thing known for sure about the four families is that they are on good terms.
 
Nurse Joys give out [[starter Pokémon]] to Trainers in towns or cities without [[Pokémon Professor]]s, such as [[Slateport City]]. Adhering to their role as government workers, they are also inspectors for the [[Pokémon Inspection Agency]], grading Pokémon Gyms.
 
Nurse Joys also judge [[Pokémon Contest]]s and the [[Grand Festival]]s. This makes them not just good nurses, but good judges as well.


===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
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|type1=Normal
|type1=Normal
|img=Nurse Joy Chansey.png
|img=Nurse Joy Chansey.png
|img_size=195px
|epnum=EP002
|epnum=EP002
|epname=Pokémon Emergency!
|epname=Pokémon Emergency!
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|epnum=XY003
|epnum=XY003
|epname=A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
|epname=A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
|vajp=Mariya Ise
|vaen=Michele Knotz
|desc=In the [[Kalos]] region, Nurse Joys have {{p|Wigglytuff}} functioning as nurses.}}
|desc=In the [[Kalos]] region, Nurse Joys have {{p|Wigglytuff}} functioning as nurses.}}


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|vaen=Ikue Ohtani
|vaen=Ikue Ohtani
|vaen2=Rachael Lillis
|vaen2=Rachael Lillis
|desc=Nurse Joy uses many of these {{p|Pikachu}} to power the back-up generator in the [[Viridian City]] Pokémon Center when the main power gets cut. After charging the generators for a bit, the Pikachu come out to the main lobby and jump on top of [[Ash's Pikachu]], who is in critical condition. Using {{m|Thunder Shock}}, they both attack the pursuing {{TRT}} and heal Ash's Pikachu at the same time.  
|desc=Nurse Joy uses many of these {{p|Pikachu}} to power the back-up generator in the [[Viridian City]] Pokémon Center when the main power gets cut. After charging the generators for a bit, the Pikachu come out to the main lobby and jump on top of [[Ash's Pikachu]], who is in critical condition. Using {{m|Thunder Shock}}, they both attack the pursuing {{TRT}} and heal Ash's Pikachu at the same time.
 
They reappeared in a flashback in ''[[EP039|Pikachu's Goodbye]]''.  


Pikachu's only known move is {{m|Thunder Shock}}.}}
Pikachu's only known move is {{m|Thunder Shock}}.}}
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|trainer=Nurse Joy
|trainer=Nurse Joy
|pkmn=Bulbasaur
|pkmn=Bulbasaur
|nick=Giant Bulbasaur
|type1=Grass
|type1=Grass
|type2=Poison
|type2=Poison
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|epname=Grin to Win!
|epname=Grin to Win!
|vaen=Rachael Lillis
|vaen=Rachael Lillis
|desc=Like all residents of [[Bloomingvale]], Nurse Joy owns a {{p|Sunflora}} that she received in a trade from {{jo|Cyrus}}. [[Sonrisa]]'s Sunflora, Sunny, used to play with '''Gwendela''' when it was with Cyrus, but became gloomy after it was traded. Sunny was led to Gwendela and soon started to dance.
|desc=Like all residents of [[Bloomingvale]], Nurse Joy owns a {{p|Sunflora}} that she received in a trade from {{jo|Cyrus}}. [[Sonrisa]]'s Sunflora, Sunny, used to play with '''Gwendela''' when it was with Cyrus, but became gloomy after it was traded. Sunny was led to Gwendela and soon started to dance. It was not given a nickname in the Japanese version.


None of Sunflora's moves are known.}}
None of Sunflora's moves are known.}}
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Squirtle's known moves are {{m|Water Gun}} and {{m|Skull Bash}}.}}
Squirtle's known moves are {{m|Water Gun}} and {{m|Skull Bash}}.}}
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Nurse Joy
|pkmn=Vanillite
|type1=Ice
|img=Vanillite anime.png
|epnum=XY057
|epname=Thawing an Icy Panic!
|desc=The Nurse Joy in [[Coumarine City]] looked after a {{p|Vanillite}} who got separated from its friends, {{p|Vanillish}} and {{p|Vanilluxe}}. After {{TRT}} attempted to steal Vanillite, Vanillite returned to its friends.
Vanillite's only known move is {{m|Blizzard}}.}}


===Voice actors===
===Voice actors===
{{vatable|color={{cute color light}}|bordercolor={{soulsilver color light}}
{{vatable|color={{cute color light}}|bordercolor={{soulsilver color light}}
|ja=白石文子 ''[[Ayako Shiraishi]]'' ([[EP002]]-[[EP229]]; [[M01]])<br>山口由里子 ''[[Yuriko Yamaguchi]]'' ([[EP245]]-[[DP022]]; [[DP051]]-[[DP190]]; [[SS002]]-[[SS013]]; [[SS025]]; [[SS027]]; [[M11]]; ''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'')<br>井上喜久子 ''[[Kikuko Inoue]]'' ([[DP025]]-[[DP050]]; [[M10]])<br>藤村知可 ''[[Chika Fujimura]]'' ([[BW002]]-[[BW138]])<br>赤﨑千夏 ''Chinatsu Akasaki'' ([[XY003]]-present)
|ja=白石文子 ''[[Ayako Shiraishi]]'' ([[EP002]]-[[EP229]]; [[M01]])<br>山口由里子 ''[[Yuriko Yamaguchi]]'' ([[EP245]]-[[DP022]], [[DP051]]-[[DP190]], [[SS002]]-[[SS013]], [[SS025]], [[SS027]], [[M11]], ''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'')<br>井上喜久子 ''[[Kikuko Inoue]]'' ([[DP025]]-[[DP050]], [[M10]])<br>藤村知可 ''[[Chika Fujimura]]'' ([[BW002]]-[[BW138]])<br>赤﨑千夏 ''{{wp|Chinatsu Akasaki}}'' ([[XY003]]-present)
|en=[[Megan Hollingshead]] ([[EP002]]-[[AG042]], movie [[M01|1]])<br>[[Bella Hudson]] ([[AG049]]-[[AG144]], [[BW127]], [[Pokémon Chronicles]])<br>[[Michele Knotz]] ([[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]-[[DP190]], [[BW116]])<br>[[Alyson Rosenfeld]] ([[BW002]]-[[M16]])
|en=[[Megan Hollingshead]] ([[EP002]]-[[AG042]], [[M01]])<br>[[Bella Hudson]] ([[AG049]]-[[AG144]], old nurse in [[BW127]], [[Pokémon Chronicles]])<br>[[Michele Knotz]] ([[AG151]]-[[DP190]], flashback nurse in [[BW116]], [[M10]]-[[M11]], ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'')<br>[[Alyson Rosenfeld]] ([[BW002]]-[[BW138]], [[M16]])<br>Jennifer Forziati-DaCosta ([[XY003]]-present)
|ar=امال سعد الدين Amaal Sa'ad Ad-Din
|ar=امال سعد الدين ''Amaal Sa'ad Ad-Din''
|ca=Eva Bau
|ca=Eva Bau
|cs=Klára Jandová ([[EP002]]-[[EP207]])<br>Eva Spoustová ([[DP002]]-[[DP102]])<br>Jana Páleníčková ([[DP106]]-present)
|cs=Klára Jandová ([[EP002]]-[[EP207]])<br>Eva Spoustová ([[DP002]]-[[DP102]])<br>Jana Páleníčková ([[DP106]]-present)
|da=Ann Hjort<br>Louise Engel
|da=Ann Hjort<br>Louise Engel
|fi=Minna Tasanto<br>Jenni Sivonen ([[EP030]], [[EP047]], [[EP050]], [[EP051]], [[EP056]])
|nl=Mandy Huydts ([[EP002]]-[[DP190]])<br>Lizemijn Libgott ([[BW002]]-present)
|nl=Mandy Huydts ([[EP002]]-[[DP190]])<br>Lizemijn Libgott ([[BW002]]-present)
|fil=Ahlee Reyes
|fil=Ahlee Reyes
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|ko=이선 ''Lee Seon''
|ko=이선 ''Lee Seon''
|no=Anine Kruse<br>Siri Nilsen ([[BW002]]-[[BW047]])
|no=Anine Kruse<br>Siri Nilsen ([[BW002]]-[[BW047]])
|pl=Anna Bielańska ([[EP002]]-[[EP207]], [[M01|first movie]])<br>Agata Rzeszewska ([[EP210]]-[[AG040]], [[DP055]]-[[DP102]] [[M11|eleventh movie]])<br>Joanna Węgrzynowska ([[DP002]]-[[DP052]], [[DP106]]-present, [[M13|thirteenth movie]], [[M15|fifteenth movie]])
|pl=Anna Bielańska ([[EP002]]-[[EP207]], [[M01]])<br>Agata Rzeszewska ([[EP210]]-[[AG040]], [[DP055]]-[[DP102]], [[M11]])<br>Joanna Węgrzynowska ([[DP002]]-[[DP052]], [[DP106]]-present, [[M13]], [[M15]], [[M16]])
|pt_br=Fátima Noya ([[original series]]-{{series|Diamond & Pearl}})<br>Samira Fernandes ({{series|Best Wishes}})
|pt_br=Fátima Noya (Original Series, Advanced Generation & Diamond & Pearl)<br>Samira Fernandes (Series Black and White & XY)
|pt_eu=Helena Montez ([[EP002]]-[[EP126]])<br>Dora Cruz ([[EP129]]-[[EP157]])<br>Paula Pais ([[EP159]]-[[EP207]])<br>Carla ([[EP210]]-[[EP258]])<br>Sandra de Castro ([[EP267]]-[[AG091]], [[AG159]]-[[AG175]])<br>Raquel Ferreira ([[AG095]]-[[AG144]])<br>Ana Madureira ([[AG180]]-[[AG192]])<br>Rita Fernandes ([[DP002]]-[[DP051]])<br>Zélia Santos ([[DP055]]-present)
|pt_eu=Helena Montez ([[EP002]]-[[EP126]])<br>Dora Cruz ([[EP129]]-[[EP157]])<br>Paula Pais ([[EP159]]-[[EP207]])<br>Carla ([[EP210]]-[[EP258]])<br>Sandra de Castro ([[EP267]]-[[AG091]], [[AG159]]-[[AG175]])<br>Raquel Ferreira ([[AG095]]-[[AG144]])<br>Ana Madureira ([[AG180]]-[[AG192]])<br>Rita Fernandes ([[DP002]]-[[DP051]])<br>Zélia Santos ([[DP055]]-present)
|es_la=Liliana Barba ([[Viridian City|Viridian]] nurse in [[EP002]])<br>Mildred Barrera ([[Pewter City|Pewter]] nurse in [[EP002]], [[EP011]]-present)<br>Mariana Ortiz ([[EP005]])<br>Christine Byrd (movie [[M01|1]])<br>Georgina Sánchez ([[EP245]]-[[EP258]], [[AG087]])<br>Ángela Villanueva (Old, [[SS013]])<br>Erica Edwards ([[AG151]])
|es_la=Liliana Barba ([[Viridian City|Viridian]] nurse in [[EP002]], flashback nurse in [[BW116]])<br>Mildred Barrera ([[Pewter City|Pewter]] nurse in [[EP002]], [[EP011]]-present)<br>Mariana Ortiz ([[EP005]])<br>Georgina Sánchez ([[EP245]]-[[EP258]], [[AG087]])<br>Erica Edwards ([[AG151]])<br>Christine Byrd ([[M01]])<br>Ángela Villanueva (old nurse in [[SS013]])
|es_eu=Isacha Mengíbar ([[EP002]]-[[EP014]])<br>Pilar Martín ([[EP020]]-[[DP190]])<br>Sara Heras ([[BW002]]-[[BW138]])<br>Desirée Álvarez ([[XY003]]-present)
|es_eu=Isacha Mengíbar ([[EP002]]-[[EP014]])<br>Pilar Martín ([[EP020]]-[[DP190]])<br>Sara Heras ([[BW002]]-[[BW138]])<br>Desirée Álvarez ([[XY003]]-present)
|sv=Maria Rydberg}}
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==In the games==
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[[File:Nurse Joy Golden Boys.png|thumb|left|120px|Nurse Joy in Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys]]
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===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===
===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===
Nurse Joy first appeared in ''[[SP30|The Birth Of The Invincible Team, Max And Ralts!!]]'' of the Ash and Pikachu manga.
Nurse Joy first appeared in ''[[SP30|The Birth Of The Invincible Team, Max And Ralts!!]]'' of the [[Ash and Pikachu]] manga.


===In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Nurse Joy photo.png|thumb|250px|A photo of the Nurse Joys from Kalos]]
* Nurse Joy, [[Officer Jenny]], and [[Don George]] all have Japanese names that begin with the kana ジ, while their English names all start with the same sound, {{wp|Voiced palato-alveolar affricate|dʒ}}. They also all happen to be part of a large, extended family.
* Nurse Joy, [[Officer Jenny]], and [[Don George]] all have Japanese names that begin with the kana ジ, while their English names all start with the same sound, {{wp|Voiced palato-alveolar affricate|dʒ}}. They also all happen to be part of a large, extended family.
* Every Nurse Joy in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]], [[Sinnoh]] and [[Unova]] can be easily told apart by the color of the cross on their hat, while Nurse Joys in the [[Kalos]] region are told apart by the color of the badge on their lapel. Colors can repeat in different regions, however.
* Every Nurse Joy in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]], [[Sinnoh]] and [[Unova]] can be easily told apart by the color of the cross on their hat, while Nurse Joys in the [[Kalos]] region are told apart by the color of the badge on their lapel. Colors can repeat in different regions, however.
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| Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
| Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
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==Related articles==
* [[Marnie and Paige]]
* {{cat|Episodes focusing on Nurse Joy}}
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Revision as of 00:12, 26 July 2015

For the nurse who appears in Pokémon Centers in the games, see Pokémon Center Nurse or Teala.

Nurse Joy
ジョーイ Joy
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Art of Nurse Joy from the XY series
Gender Female
Eye color Blue
Hair color Pink
Hometown Unknown
Region Kanto, Orange Archipelago, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Decolore Islands, Kalos
Relatives Other Nurse Joys
DP028: Karsten (husband), Marnie and Paige (daughters)
Trainer class Nurse
Generation I
Games Yellow
Anime debut Pokémon Emergency!
English voice actor Kanto-Sinnoh, Grand Spectrala Islet:
Megan Hollingshead
(EP002-AG042; M01)
Bella Hudson
(AG049-AG144; BW127)
Michele Knotz
(MoMP; AG151-DP190, BW116; M11)

Unova:
Alyson Rosenfeld
(BW002-BW138; M15)
Kalos:

Jennifer Forziati-DaCosta
(XY003-present)

Japanese voice actor Kanto-Sinnoh:
Ayako Shiraishi
(EP002-EP229; M01, M03)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
(EP245-DP022, DP051-DP190; SS002-SS013, SS025, SS027; M11; TLoT, MoMP)
Kikuko Inoue
(DP025-DP050)

Unova-Decolore Islands:
Chika Fujimura
(BW002-BW138; M15)
Kalos:
Chinatsu Akasaki
(XY003-present)

Nurse Joy (Japanese: ジョーイ Joy, referred to as ジョーイさん Joy-san by most characters) are kind nurses who take care of Pokémon. As revealed in Drifloon in the Wind!, Joy is not the first name of these women, but actually the family name. Her Japanese name is a play on 女医 joi, woman doctor. They are based on the in-game Pokémon Center Nurses.

In the anime

History

Original series

Kanto

Nurse Joy debuted in Pokémon Emergency. With his Pikachu critically injured from the events of the last episode, Ash rushed the Electric Mouse Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in Viridian City with the help of the Officer Jenny of the area. After healing Pikachu, Team Rocket overtook the Pokémon Center, forcing her to rely on her own Pikachu generator built inside the lab. While they hid from Team Rocket, Nurse Joy activated the computer and started to transfer the Poké Balls containing injured Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in Pewter City. The next morning, the Nurse Joy from Pewter City called and told her sister that all the Pokémon had made it safely to her center, to which the Viridian Nurse Joy was grateful.

In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, Ash went to Nurse Joy for her to take care of Pikachu since he was overcharged with electricity. Nurse Joy dismissed it as a cold and had Ash leave Pikachu with Nurse Joy for the night. Later, when the power went out, Nurse Joy became worried about the Pokémon as she told them to hang in there until the power went back on and hoped that Ash and his friends will be able to restore it. After Ash caught Muk, she thanked Ash for helping the Pokémon to survive and inspired her to become a better nurse.

In The Bridge Bike Gang, Nurse Joy was supposed to deliver medicine for injured Pokémon over in Sunnytown, but was unable to leave the Pokémon Center since she had some Pokémon to deal with. She gave Ash and his friends the medicine as they volunteered to deliver it to Sunnytown. After dealing with a bike gang, the group successfully arrived in Sunnytown. The Nurse Joy there fed it to Shellder and Shellder became well.

In A Chansey Operation, she called Ash and his friends in Dr. Proctor's office about a truck of Pokémon who were stolen by Team Rocket became injured. Since the Pokémon Center was full, an extra room in Dr. Proctor's hospital was needed.

In Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, Nurse Joy ran some tests on Ash's Bulbasaur when its bulb was glowing. She revealed to Ash that Bulbasaur was about to evolve, which took place in a festival where the other Bulbasaur evolve as well.

Nurse Joy signed up for the Pokémon League Admissions Exam in The Ultimate Test to become a Pokémon Master and received testing number 3. After taking the exam, a scoreboard was shown and Nurse Joy's was near the top scorers. Later, Nurse Joy battled the instructor's Charmander with a Squirtle, and won.

Orange Archipelago
Nurse Joy as seen in The Joy of Pokémon

In The Lost Lapras, Ash took a sick Lapras to Nurse Joy on Tangelo Island. She concluded that Lapras needed rest and became afraid of human contact since the incident with the three punks. She filled in Ash about the Orange Crew on the Orange Islands.

Nurse Joy led an exhibition crew on an unnamed island in Shell Shock. A reporter interviewed Nurse Joy about the Kabuto inhabiting there. She later leads them to the fossils within a cave in the island even though Umberto warned them about not disturbing the fossils. When the island was about to get swallowed up by the tide, she went on a raft that the crew made and safely swam away on it.

In The Joy of Pokémon, a tan and muscular Nurse Joy Ash and his friends met on an unnamed island went from island to island to help sick and injured Pokémon. She invited them to her local clinic for lunch. The group volunteer to help out Nurse Joy on taking care of the sick Pokémon. Later, while attempting to help baby Seel, Team Rocket arrive and trap the group in a net. It didn't take until a giant Gyarados's arrival to finally remove the net and to take care of the baby Seel.

Johto

In Ignorance is Blissey, Nurse Joy had to deal with a Blissey that was accident prone.

In Chikorita's Big Upset, a Nurse Joy with the Pokémon Psychology degree had a therapy session with Ash when Chikorita became jealous of his Pikachu.

A Nurse Joy who appeared in The Joy of Water Pokémon was in charge of a Pokémon Center which specialized in Water-type Pokémon, despite being afraid of them herself.

In EP250, Nurse Joy ran a Pokémon Center in the Ice Cave. She had some Ice-type Pokémon there instead of a Chansey.

Advanced Generation series

Hoenn
Three Nurse Joys as they appear in Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh

In A Ruin with a View, May was introduced to a Nurse Joy and learned about Pokémon Centers. Nurse Joy was then thrown in a storage room by Team Magma but escape in the vents.

In Having a Wailord of a Time, Nurse Joy was in charge of handing out the Hoenn starter Pokémon to new Trainers.

Max was an assistant of Nurse Joy in Maxxed Out!. When Max and another Max were fighting, Nurse Joy broke them up.

In Crazy as a Lunatone, a Nurse Joy was possessed by a Lunatone in Volley Town. Unlike the other Nurse Joys, she didn't allow Ash and his friends to stay in a room for the night. Later, Nurse Joy went back to normal when Lunatone collapsed after using Psychic. Since Lunatone's condition became bad, Nurse Joy, with the help of the group, took Lunatone to Camerupt Point.

In Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt!, a Nurse Joy ran her Pokémon Center on the snowy part of Izabe Island. A Snorunt would come by that particular Pokémon Center and take things from visitors. When Ash was in a snow cave, Nurse Joy and the others came by to pick him up. However, before Ash could reunite with Nurse Joy and the others, Team Rocket interrupted them by catching Pikachu and Snorunt. Snorunt was able to escape and Nurse Joy thought of a plan to get Pikachu back which involved Ash throwing Snorunt at Team Rocket's balloon.

Kanto

In Odd Pokémon Out!, Nurse Joy took care of Ash's Grovyle after it battled with a Tropius.

In Pinch Healing, Nurse Joy began to get sick. As a result, she was unable to take care of the Pokémon that Matt was pokésitting. After she felt better, she took care of a Bagon that had a high fever.

Diamond & Pearl series

Two young Joys, named Marnie and Paige, appeared in Drifloon on the Wind, where it was revealed that Joy is the surname of the family, rather than the given name of each individual woman. Their mother, of course, was an ordinary Nurse Joy.

In All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!, a Nurse Joy acted as one of the judges of the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest along with Mr. Sukizo and Officer Jenny.

Best Wishes series

Nurse Joy in the Best Wishes series

Nurse Joy, like Ash, received a redesign when the Best Wishes series began, as well as a change of clothes. All Nurse Joys in Unova have this new design.

XY series

She received another redesign at the beginning of the XY series.

In A PokéVision of Things to Come!, Nurse Joy started in a PokéVision video with her Wigglytuff where they made it to the top 10.

Character

Nurse Joy is not a single entity. Rather, there are many Joys who work as nurses across the various regions of the Pokémon world.

As a rule, Nurse Joys are kind, earnest, honest Pokémon nurses who take care of sick and injured Pokémon, but will confront a Pokémon Trainer if they are not properly caring for their Pokémon.

Nurse Joys are all extremely similar-looking relatives. They are not entirely identical, though aside from themselves, it seems that Brock is the only one who can tell them apart. However, each Nurse Joy will have a different color cross on her hat that indicates which location she works at.

Two young Joys named Marnie and Paige

There are several notable Nurse Joys who appear vastly different from the others. A Nurse Joy acts as the Pokémon League inspector in Showdown at Dark City, her first appearance as anything but an ordinary Nurse Joy. Another Nurse Joy living in the Orange Archipelago has made her career instead as an archaeologist, leading an expedition to a deserted island in Shell Shock. A muscle-bound, kayak-paddling Nurse Joy who also lives in the archipelago was featured, along with her befriended giant Magikarp, in The Joy of Pokémon. Other Nurse Joys living on the islands have a noticeably darker skin tone than their mainland counterparts, likely due to living in a more tropical region. In The Island of Illusions!, a Nurse Joy appears as a Pokémon Center investigator, tasked with the investigation of illegally operating Pokémon Centers. Not unlike the Pokémon League inspector Nurse Joy, her first appearance did not allude to her true identity, and she was visibly older when she finally revealed herself.

Although there are many exceptions, Nurse Joy will generally have Chansey in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and the Orange Archipelago, Audino in Unova and the Decolore Islands, and Wigglytuff in Kalos to assist her. Chansey's evolution introduced in Generation II, Blissey, also appears on occasion.

There is a similarity between the families of Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, Don George and Porter. Fans have speculated about some sort of relation or deeper connection; however, the only thing known for sure about the four families is that they are on good terms.

Nurse Joys give out starter Pokémon to Trainers in towns or cities without Pokémon Professors, such as Slateport City. Adhering to their role as government workers, they are also inspectors for the Pokémon Inspection Agency, grading Pokémon Gyms.

Nurse Joys also judge Pokémon Contests and the Grand Festivals. This makes them not just good nurses, but good judges as well.

Pokémon

The following are Pokémon that recurrently appear with Nurse Joy in the anime.

Nurse Joy's Chansey
Chansey
Main article: Nurse Joy's Chansey

Almost every Nurse Joy in Kanto, the Orange Archipelago, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh has been seen owning Chansey functioning as nurses.

Debut Pokémon Emergency!
Voice actors
Japanese Tomoe Hanba
English Emily Jenness
Nurse Joy's Audino
Audino
Main article: Nurse Joy's Audino

In the Unova region and Decolore Islands, Nurse Joys have Audino functioning as nurses.

Debut Dreams by the Yard Full!
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
Nurse Joy's Wigglytuff
Wigglytuff
Main article: Nurse Joy's Wigglytuff

In the Kalos region, Nurse Joys have Wigglytuff functioning as nurses.

Debut A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
Voice actors
Japanese Mariya Ise
English Michele Knotz

Other


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Nurse Joy's Pikachu
Pikachu (multiple)
Nurse Joy uses many of these Pikachu to power the back-up generator in the Viridian City Pokémon Center when the main power gets cut. After charging the generators for a bit, the Pikachu come out to the main lobby and jump on top of Ash's Pikachu, who is in critical condition. Using Thunder Shock, they both attack the pursuing Team Rocket and heal Ash's Pikachu at the same time.

They reappeared in a flashback in Pikachu's Goodbye.

Pikachu's only known move is Thunder Shock.

Debut Pokémon Emergency!
Voice actors
Japanese Ikue Ohtani
English Ikue Ohtani
Rachael Lillis
Nurse Joy's Magnemite
Magnemite (multiple)
Many Magnemite were seen on the telephone screen while Ash, Misty, Tracey, and Ethan were talking to Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny in a nearby town. They were used to generate electricity and run the Pokémon Center.

None of Magnemite's moves are known.

Debut Get Along, Little Pokémon
Voice actors
Japanese
English Eric Stuart
Addie Blaustein
Nurse Joy's Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur
On Mandarin Island, an unknown Pokémon hiding in the sewers of Trovitopolis was "menacing" the town. The Pokémon turned out to be a giant Bulbasaur that was once abandoned by the Mayor of Trovitopolis, and was eventually adopted by Nurse Joy.

Bulbasaur's only known move is Vine Whip.

Debut The Mystery Menace
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Tara Jayne
Nurse Joy's Blissey
Chansey → Blissey
Main article: Nurse Joy's Blissey

The Nurse Joy of Happy Town owns a Blissey who is an old friend of Jessie. This Blissey was clumsy—the more she tried to help, the more problems she caused.

Debut Ignorance is Blissey
Voice actors
Japanese Mako Hyōdō
English Rachael Lillis
Gwendela
Gwendela
Like all residents of Bloomingvale, Nurse Joy owns a Sunflora that she received in a trade from Cyrus. Sonrisa's Sunflora, Sunny, used to play with Gwendela when it was with Cyrus, but became gloomy after it was traded. Sunny was led to Gwendela and soon started to dance. It was not given a nickname in the Japanese version.

None of Sunflora's moves are known.

Debut Grin to Win!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Rachael Lillis
Nurse Joy's Jynx
Jynx
The Nurse Joy who lives inside the Ice Path runs a Pokémon Center that takes care of several Ice-type Pokémon—a Jynx being one of them. Jynx is Nurse Joy's main helper in the center, much like the Chansey of most other centers.

Jynx's known moves are Blizzard, Powder Snow, and Lovely Kiss.

Debut EP250
Nurse Joy's Swinub
Swinub (multiple)
The Nurse Joy who lives inside the Ice Path runs a Pokémon Center that takes care of several Ice-type Pokémon—many of them being Swinub.

Swinub's only known move is Powder Snow.

Debut EP250
Nurse Joy's Piloswine
Piloswine (multiple)
The Nurse Joy who lives inside the Ice Path runs a Pokémon Center that takes care of several Ice-type Pokémon—some of them being Piloswine. Piloswine is used for sledding, similar to sled dogs in the real world.

Piloswine's known moves are Powder Snow and Blizzard.

Debut EP250
Nurse Joy's Torchic

Nurse Joy's Combusken
Torchic → Combusken
As a Torchic, it was supposed to be given to a beginning Trainer in Hoenn. It was a crafty and quite strong, by pretending to cry in front of Pikachu and managing to defeat Corphish. It gained so much experience that it evolved into a Combusken. Once it evolved, it could no longer be given away, and so it stayed in the Pokémon Center.

Combusken's known moves are Scratch, Peck, Ember, and Flamethrower.

Debut Having a Wailord of a Time
Voice actors
Japanese Chinami Nishimura
English Rachael Lillis (as Torchic)
Darren Dunstan (as Combusken)
Nurse Joy's Ponyta
Ponyta
Ritchie rode Nurse Joy's Ponyta from Marion Town, successfully changing the past by preventing Nick's death.

None of Ponyta's moves are known.

Debut Celebi and Joy
Nurse Joy's Scizor
Scizor
The Nurse Joy of Saffron City was seen using a Scizor to cut Jessie's hair after James's Cacnea had gotten tangled into them during her contest training.

None of Scizor's moves are known.

Debut The Saffron Con
Nurse Joy's Oddish
Oddish
An Oddish was owned by the Nurse Joy who participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.

None of Oddish's moves are known.

Debut Off the Unbeaten Path
Nurse Joy's Meganium
Meganium
The Nurse Joy of Camomile Island owns a Meganium that is in love with a wild Tropius. Grovyle was, in turn, in love with Meganium; Grovyle battled with Tropius for Meganium.

Meganium's known moves are Aromatherapy, Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, and Growl.

Debut Odd Pokémon Out!
Drifloon (×4)
Drifloon (×4)
Marnie and Paige, two young daughters of a Nurse Joy, own four Drifloon.

None of Drifloon's moves are known.

Debut Drifloon On the Wind!
Chrissy
Chrissy
Nurse Joy of Pastoria City owns a Croagunk named Chrissy (Japanese: グレミ Guremi). Hamilton proposed his Croagunk, Craig, to Chrissy, but Brock broke into the argument, proposing his Croagunk to Chrissy. Later on, when Team Rocket invaded, Chrissy defeated their mecha and was pronounced winner of the Pastoria Croagunk Festival because of this act.

Chrissy's only known move is Vacuum Wave.

Debut Cream of the Croagunk Crop!
Nurse Joy's Blissey
Blissey
The Nurse Joy near Lake Acuity owns a Blissey, a different Blissey than the Blissey owned by the Nurse Joy of Happy Town.

None of Blissey's moves are known.

Debut Uncrushing Defeat!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Emily Jenness
Nurse Joy's Latias
Latias
A Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Inspection Agency owns a Latias. She was used to battle against Forrest's Rhyperior in the Pewter Gym, in order to determine whether the Gym should be closed or not. Although Latias won the battle, Nurse Joy was impressed by Forrest's skill and spared the Pewter Gym.

Latias's known moves are Dragon Pulse, Recover, Ice Beam, and Steel Wing.

Debut SS025
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara

Befriended

Nurse Joy's Magikarp

Nurse Joy's Gyarados
Magikarp → Gyarados
Nurse Joy befriended a Gyarados when it was a giant Magikarp. It first appeared as a Magikarp when it jumped out of the water in front of Ash and his friends. Nurse Joy appeared and fed it tablets, saying the Pokémon that live on the islands are too small for a Pokémon Center and need medicine if sick. It was later revealed that Nurse Joy had known Magikarp since she was small and found it washed up on the shore; she later cared for it as it grew and grew. The Magikarp later appeared when Team Rocket captured Ash and his friends, including Nurse Joy, stopping them from helping a very sick Seel. Magikarp appeared and rammed Team Rocket's submarine, then suddenly evolved into a Gyarados and defeated Team Rocket.

Gyarados's only known move is Tackle.

Debut The Joy of Pokémon
Voice actors
Japanese Unshō Ishizuka
English Addie Blaustein (as Magikarp)
Unshō Ishizuka (as Gyarados)
Nurse Joy's Zorua

Nurse Joy's Zoroark
Zorua → Zoroark
Zoroark first appeared as a Giant Pokémon in front of the cruise Ash and his friends were on. Next, it appeared on Mahora Islet as a giant Heatmor, creating a fire in a forest with its Flamethrower. Its next trick was creating an illusion of a giant Meowth scaring Team Rocket this time. Then at the Pokémon Center located at Mahora Islet, it was revealed that as a Zorua, it had befriended a Nurse Joy in the past. Eventually, the two met each other again in the present. In the end, Zoroark was seen along with Nurse Joy waving goodbye to Ash and the others as they were leaving the island.

Zoroark's only known move is Flamethrower*, and its Ability is Illusion.

Debut The Island of Illusions!

Given away

Stephanie's Mudkip
Mudkip
Stephanie's Mudkip was looked after by Ash and Max. At first it seemed to be a crybaby, but after being looked after by Brock's Mudkip, everything turned out fine and it was picked by Stephanie as her starter Pokémon.

None of Mudkip's moves are known.

Debut Having a Wailord of a Time
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Lindsey Warner
Stephanie's father's Treecko
Treecko
Stephanie's father's Treecko was looked after by Ash and Max. She seemed to take a liking to Ash's Treecko in that she held something in her mouth, in her case a flower. She was picked by Stephanie's father because she had nowhere to go.

None of Treecko's moves are known.

Debut Having a Wailord of a Time
Voice actors
Japanese Yuji Ueda
English Dan Green

Temporary

Nurse Joy's Squirtle
Squirtle
Squirtle is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It appeared under Nurse Joy's command, battling the instructor's Charmander. It is unknown who won.

Squirtle's known moves are Water Gun and Skull Bash.

Debut The Ultimate Test
Voice actors
Japanese Unshō Ishizuka
English Eric Stuart
Nurse Joy's Vanillite
Vanillite
The Nurse Joy in Coumarine City looked after a Vanillite who got separated from its friends, Vanillish and Vanilluxe. After Team Rocket attempted to steal Vanillite, Vanillite returned to its friends.

Vanillite's only known move is Blizzard.

Debut Thawing an Icy Panic!

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 白石文子 Ayako Shiraishi (EP002-EP229; M01)
山口由里子 Yuriko Yamaguchi (EP245-DP022, DP051-DP190, SS002-SS013, SS025, SS027, M11, The Legend of Thunder!)
井上喜久子 Kikuko Inoue (DP025-DP050, M10)
藤村知可 Chika Fujimura (BW002-BW138)
赤﨑千夏 Chinatsu Akasaki (XY003-present)
English Megan Hollingshead (EP002-AG042, M01)
Bella Hudson (AG049-AG144, old nurse in BW127, Pokémon Chronicles)
Michele Knotz (AG151-DP190, flashback nurse in BW116, M10-M11, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon)
Alyson Rosenfeld (BW002-BW138, M16)
Jennifer Forziati-DaCosta (XY003-present)
Arabic امال سعد الدين Amaal Sa'ad Ad-Din
Catalan Eva Bau
Czech Klára Jandová (EP002-EP207)
Eva Spoustová (DP002-DP102)
Jana Páleníčková (DP106-present)
Danish Ann Hjort
Louise Engel
Dutch Mandy Huydts (EP002-DP190)
Lizemijn Libgott (BW002-present)
Filipino Ahlee Reyes
Finnish Minna Tasanto
Jenni Sivonen (EP030, EP047, EP050, EP051, EP056)
French Canada Julie Burroughs
Europe Lydia Cherton
German Christine Stichler
Melanie Manstein
Tatjana Pokorny
Katharina Iacobescu
Hebrew דנה רישפי Dana Rishfi
אתי קסטרו Etti Castro
Hungarian Oláh Orsolya
Italian Sonia Mazza
Patrizia Scianca
Marcella Silvestri
Laura Brambilla
Tiziana Martello
Korean 이선 Lee Seon
Norwegian Anine Kruse
Siri Nilsen (BW002-BW047)
Polish Anna Bielańska (EP002-EP207, M01)
Agata Rzeszewska (EP210-AG040, DP055-DP102, M11)
Joanna Węgrzynowska (DP002-DP052, DP106-present, M13, M15, M16)
Portuguese Brazil Fátima Noya (Original Series, Advanced Generation & Diamond & Pearl)
Samira Fernandes (Series Black and White & XY)
Portugal Helena Montez (EP002-EP126)
Dora Cruz (EP129-EP157)
Paula Pais (EP159-EP207)
Carla (EP210-EP258)
Sandra de Castro (EP267-AG091, AG159-AG175)
Raquel Ferreira (AG095-AG144)
Ana Madureira (AG180-AG192)
Rita Fernandes (DP002-DP051)
Zélia Santos (DP055-present)
Spanish Latin America Liliana Barba (Viridian nurse in EP002, flashback nurse in BW116)
Mildred Barrera (Pewter nurse in EP002, EP011-present)
Mariana Ortiz (EP005)
Georgina Sánchez (EP245-EP258, AG087)
Erica Edwards (AG151)
Christine Byrd (M01)
Ángela Villanueva (old nurse in SS013)
Spain Isacha Mengíbar (EP002-EP014)
Pilar Martín (EP020-DP190)
Sara Heras (BW002-BW138)
Desirée Álvarez (XY003-present)
Swedish Maria Rydberg


Artwork

Nurse Joy OS.png Nurse Joy BW.png
Official artwork from the
original series
Official artwork from the
Best Wishes series

In the games

Nurse Joy inside the Pokémon Center as seen in Yellow Version

Nurse Joy, like many anime characters, has an alternate game counterpart. Nurse Joy does appear, however, in Pokémon Yellow; she replaces the Pokémon Center Nurse and is accompanied by a Chansey in every Pokémon Center. Furthermore, an old news page from Game Freak on Pokémon Yellow suggests that her name is in fact Joy (ジョーイ).

Appearance

Nurse Joy OD.png
Overworld sprite
from Yellow


Pokémon

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Chansey


In the manga

Nurse Joy in The Electric Tale of Pikachu
Nurse Joy in Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Nurse Joy first appeared in The Birth Of The Invincible Team, Max And Ralts!! of the Ash and Pikachu manga.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Nurse Joy makes a cameo appearance in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga series, which is based on the Pokémon anime. She appears in You Gotta Have Friends, where she recommends that Ash take Pikachu on a trip to the countryside to relieve stress, as it has been battling too hard. Brock is the only character that can tell the many Nurse Joys apart.

Generic Nurses appear at various points in the manga as well.

In the movie adaptations

Similar to the anime, Nurse Joy has made some appearances in movie adaptations such as Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga, which is based on the Pokémon anime, Nurse Joy appears for the first time in Hurry Up! Dawn's Pinch!!. Later, she makes a return appearance in Reunion.

In the Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Nurse Joy appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!! of Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys taking care of Gold's Totodile.

Pokémon

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Chansey


Trivia

A photo of the Nurse Joys from Kalos
  • Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and Don George all have Japanese names that begin with the kana ジ, while their English names all start with the same sound, . They also all happen to be part of a large, extended family.
  • Every Nurse Joy in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova can be easily told apart by the color of the cross on their hat, while Nurse Joys in the Kalos region are told apart by the color of the badge on their lapel. Colors can repeat in different regions, however.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ジョーイ Joy From 女医 joi (woman doctor).
English Nurse Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Brazilian Enfermeira Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Chinese (Cantonese) 祖兒 Jóuyìh
喬伊 Kìuhyī
Transliteration of her Japanese name.
Chinese (Mandarin) 喬伊 / 乔伊 Qiáoyī Transliteration of her Japanese name.
Danish Søster Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Dutch Zuster Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Finnish Hoitaja Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
French Infirmière Joëlle From the Japanese name, with title added.
German Schwester Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Korean 간호순 Ganhosun From 간호사 ganhosa (nurse).
Polish Siostra Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Romanian Sora Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.
Russian Сестра Джой Transliteration of her Japanese name, with title added.
Spanish Enfermera Joy Same as the Japanese name, with title added.


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Ash KetchumPikachuGary OakRitchieMay OakProfessor OakDelia KetchumJessieJamesMeowth
Gym Leaders
BrockMistyKogaSabrinaGiovanniRudyDrake
Other
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