- This article is about the Gym Leader of Rustboro City. For the English voice actress, see Roxanne Beck.
Roxanne (Japanese: ツツジ Tsutsuji) is the Gym Leader of Rustboro City's Gym, known officially as the Rustboro Gym. Trainers who defeat her receive the Stone Badge. She is a scholar who specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
In the games
Roxanne appears in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire as the Gym Leader of the Rustboro Gym. She believes Rock-type Pokémon to be rock-solid, and her strategy is to use Rock-type power attacks. She became a Gym Leader so that she could apply what she learned at the Pokémon Trainer's School in battle. She wants to face many new opponents to see them demonstrate how they battle and with which Pokémon. In addition to the Stone Badge, Roxanne gives out TM39 (Rock Tomb), in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.
In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Roxanne appears alongside the other Gym Leaders of Hoenn as an opponent in the Hoenn Leaders Tournament at the Pokémon World Tournament. She also participates alongside the Gym Leaders of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova in the World Leaders Tournament, and other Rock-type specialists in the Rock Type Expert Tournament.
Leader RoxanneRS / Rockin' Whiz RoxanneE
- Strategy
- Rock-type power attackRS
- Rock-type power attack.E
- Trainer's Pokémon
- Rock-solid types are good.RS
- I prefer Rock-hard Pokémon.E
- Self-Introduction
- Through battling, I want to learn all about Pokémon.RS
- A leader of a big Gym bears a lot of responsibility.E
Pokémon
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Gym battle
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Second rematch
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Third rematch
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Fourth rematch
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Roxanne uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Roxanne will always lead with her signature Pokémon, Probopass.
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Quotes
- Rustboro Gym
- "Hello, I am Roxanne, the Rustboro Pokémon Gym Leader. I became a Gym Leader so that I may apply what I learned at the Pokémon Trainer's School in battle. Would you kindly demonstrate how you battle, and with which Pokémon?"
- "So... I lost... It seems that I still have much more to learn... I understand. The Pokémon League's rules state that Trainers are to be given this if they defeat a Gym Leader. Please accept the official Pokémon League Stone Badge."
- "The Stone Badge heightens the attack power of your Pokémon. It also enables them to use the HM move Cut outside of battle. Please take this with you, too."
- "That TM39 contains Rock Tomb. It not only inflicts damage by dropping rocks, it also lowers speed. If you use a TM, it instantly teaches the move to a Pokémon. Remember, a TM can be used only once, so think before you use it."RS
- "That Technical Machine, TM39, contains Rock Tomb. It not only inflicts damage by dropping rocks, it also lowers speed. If you use a TM, it instantly teaches the move to a Pokémon. Remember, a TM can be used only once, so think before you use it."E
- "Since you are so strong, you should challenge other Gym Leaders. By battling many Trainers, you should learn many things."
- Match CallE
- "Oh, hello, <player>? This is Roxanne of Rustboro City. I heard from Brawly that you're moving up through the ranks of Trainers at an incredible clip. Well, I'd rather not think that I can't beat you. I promise, I will shape up my Gym so that you may challenge us again. I hope you'll be looking forward to that occasion as much as me!"
- RematchE
- "I'm so glad to see you again. I'm Roxanne<sc>, the <sc>Gym Leader here. I'm sure we've both experienced many battles since we last met. I would like to see how much better we've become. Let us battle!"
- "Grr... Again, I have lost..."
- "I still have much to learn when it comes to battling Pokémon. That awareness makes me love battling all that much more!"
- Pokémon World Tournament
- Before battle (first round)
- "Would you kindly demonstrate how you battle and with which Pokémon?"
- Before battle (second round)
- "By battling many Trainers, you should learn many things."
- Before battle (final round)
- "I apply what I learned at the Pokémon Trainer's School in battle. Would you kindly demonstrate how you battle and with which Pokémon?"
- "So... I lost..."
- If the player is defeated
- "I learned many things from our battle."
- "It seems that I still have much more to learn... I will participate in the tournament again. Will you be my opponent then as well?"
- "I won in my battles because I've been able to apply what I've learned."
- In the lobby, after the tournament
- "You were flawless. You're a role model for Trainers. The way you battle makes it hard to put it any other way. I can understand why you won! I want to learn even more about you!"
Artwork
Sprites
In the anime
Roxanne first appeared in Gonna Rule The School. Ash Ketchum and his friends met her when Max found a lost Poliwag from Roxanne's school. She is in charge of teaching very young children about Pokémon in the Pokémon Trainer's School. As such, when Ash and company first arrived in Rustboro, Roxanne was not able to answer Ash's challenge because she was still busy with teaching. However, she and the headmaster of the school invited the gang to spend a day in the school.
In A Winner By a Nosepass, Ash battled Roxanne at the Gym while being filmed by some of Roxanne's students. Ash's Pikachu was able to defeat both of her Pokémon through a combination of pure electrical power and its newly learned Iron Tail technique, which took Roxanne by surprise.
Roxanne apparently knows Professor Oak, as he gives live remote lectures for the students at the school. She also knew about Brock and the Pewter Gym before he met him, as the Pewter Gym shares her specialty.
Pokémon
This listing is of Roxanne's known Pokémon in the anime:
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Nosepass
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- Main article: Roxanne's Nosepass
The next Pokémon Roxanne used in her battle with Ash was her signature Pokémon, Nosepass. Since Pikachu had not much experience in using the move Iron Tail as he had only recently learned it, he was not able to use it effectively against Nosepass. It proved to be a tough opponent for Pikachu. Pikachu eventually managed to perfect his Iron Tail however, and was able to defeat Nosepass with it, earning Ash the Stone Badge.
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Debut
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The Winner By a Nosepass
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Voice actors
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Japanese
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English
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Darren Dunstan
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Voice actors
In the manga
In the Ash and Pikachu manga
Roxanne in the Ash and Pikachu manga
Roxanne appeared in Trust In Each Other!! of the Ash and Pikachu manga where Ash challenged her to a Gym battle and won.
Pokémon
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Roxanne is an honors student at the Pokémon Trainers School of Rustboro and knows much trivia about Pokémon. She's also extremely arrogant about her intellect.
Roxanne travels around by riding on her Graveler. She keeps her Nosepass's Poké Ball in a hollowed-out book.
In Pokémon Adventures, Sapphire arrived in Rustboro eager to win her first Badge. She entered the Rustboro Gym only to see a classroom full of students listening to a lecture from Roxanne.
Roxanne makes her opponents take a written test as part of the Gym challenge. Due to Sapphire's harshness and lack of experience in classroom Roxanne acted very arrogant toward her, but when she discovered Sapphire got the highest marks in the history of the test due to her tutoring from her father, Professor Birch, she battled her out of annoyance.
Sapphire battled with her Aron only to have Roxanne's Nosepass block her attacks with Harden. Sapphire was unable to withdraw her Aron from the battle thanks to Nosepass' Magnet Pull. Sapphire, however, realized that Nosepass must always face north and had her Aron attack from behind.
In the Hoenn conflict, she sided with Team Aqua. She had worked with Professor Cozmo, who unknowingly assisted the evil team, and reasoned that the Professor wouldn't support an evil group. She changed her mind after Kyogre and Groudon started their rampage.
Roxanne attempted to stop Groudon in Lilycove City by having her Nosepass use Block. It worked, but during a battle with Courtney, the FireHead threatened to kill nearby civilians and so Roxanne yielded, allowing Courtney's Ninetales to knock out Nosepass.
Pokémon
This listing is for Roxanne's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
In the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga
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Roxanne in the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga
Roxanne appears in the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga in the chapter Clefairy's Training Camp!!. She was first seen carrying groceries to her gym and invites Red and his Pokémon along. Her Gym was also a Pokémon School. Roxanne showed them inside where her Nosepass resides, reading a book. Roxanne wants her Nosepass to study hard in order to get a good job elsewhere. However, she had trouble as Nosepass wanted something different. Red and his Pokémon help her out. In gratitude, Roxanne wanted to give them the Stone Badge but they decide to give her a donut instead. After much sightseeing with Nosepass, they managed to have Nosepass work as a picnic table. Roxanne became pleased with the decision.
Pokémon
This listing is for Roxanne's Pokémon in the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga.
Trivia
Names
Language
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Name
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Origin
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Japanese
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ツツジ Tsutsuji
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From 躑躅 Tsutsuji, Rhododendron. Also possibly from 地 tsushi, earth.
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English
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Roxanne
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From rock.
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French
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Roxanne
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Similar to roche (rock).
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German
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Felizia
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From Felsen (stone)
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Italian
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Petra
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From pietra (stone).
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Spanish
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Petra
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From piedra (stone) and petreo (rocky).
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Korean
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원규 Wongyu
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Chinese (Taiwan)
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杜娟 Dùjuān
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Derived from 杜鵑 Dùjuān (rhododendron). 娟 means beautiful or graceful.
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Chinese (Mainland China)
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杜鹃 Dùjuān
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From 杜鵑 Dùjuān (rhododendron).
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