Nurse Joy (Japanese: ? Joi) is (or are) kind nurses who take care of Pokémon.

In the Anime

Nurse Joy is not a single entity. Rather, there are dozens and dozens of Joys working at Pokémon Centers across the regions.

As a rule, Nurse Joys are kind, earnest, honest Pokémon nurses who take care of sick and injured Pokémon.

They are not entirely identical, though aside from themselves, it seems that Brock is the only one who can tell them apart.

Supposedly, they are all exremelty similar-looking relatives - cousins, sisters, etc. However, fans have proposed various other theories has been suggested for the strange phenomenon - everything from time travel to cloning.

There are some notable Nurse Joys that are very different from the others. The muscle-bound kayak-riding Nurse Joy in the Orange Archepelego, for example.

Although there are many exceptions, Nurse Joy will generally have Chansey to assist her. In fact, Chansey's evolution added in Generation II, Blissey, appears physically similar to Nurse Joy. Further driving home the connection, Blissey's Japanese name can be taken to mean "Happy Nurse".

It would seem that the Nurse Joy family is related to the Officer Jenny family.

In addition, Nurse Joys apparently give out Starter Pokémon to trainers in towns or cities without Pokémon Professors.

Pokémon

This listing is for Nurse Joy's usual Pokémon in the anime.

• Chansey

Other

This listing is for Pokémon various individual Nurse Joys have had during the course of the anime.

• Blissey
• Bulbasaur
• Combusken
• Sunflora
• Pikachu
• Jynx
• Pilowswine
• Swinub
• Oddish
• Seedot
• Nuzleaf

In the Games

A Nurse Joy and a Chansey operate every Pokémon Center in Pokémon Yellow.

Pokémon

This listing is for Nurse Joy's usual Pokémon in the games she has appeared in.

• Chansey