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Shelly イズミ Izumi
Art from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire by Hitoshi Ariga[1]
Gender	Female
Eye color	Red*, Blue*
Hair color	Red*, Black and blue*
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn
Trainer class	Aqua Admin
Generation	III, VI
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Masters EX
Member of	Team Aqua
Rank	Admin
Game animation debut	The Cavern
English voice actor	Cristina Vee (Generations) Dani Chambers[2] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Takako Honda (Generations) Michiko Neya (Masters EX)
Anime debut	A Three Team Scheme
English voice actor	Bella Hudson
Japanese voice actor	Shōko Tsuda

Shelly (Japanese: イズミ Izumi) is one of the Admins of Team Aqua.

In the core series games

Shelly at Meteor Falls

Shelly plays a key role in the main story in Pokémon Sapphire and its remake Pokémon Alpha Sapphire as an Admin of Team Aqua. Her appearances in the corresponding games Ruby and Omega Ruby are limited to minor appearances, as Team Magma serves as the main villains of these games.

In Sapphire, Shelly is first encountered at the Weather Institute, attempting to steal a Castform. She is later seen alongside Archie at Slateport City when Team Aqua steals the Submarine Explorer 1. In the Seafloor Cavern, she must be battled before the player can reach Archie. In Ruby, Courtney fulfills the same role.

In Pokémon Emerald, despite both villainous teams serving as main antagonists of the story, Shelly's role is very similar to the one she plays in Sapphire, encountering the player at the Weather Institute and Seafloor Cavern.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Shelly is redesigned and given a backstory. It is revealed that she used to work for Devon Corporation, which helped Team Aqua gain access to their research. She is considered to be the brains of Team Aqua. Her intelligence as well as her blunt personality and dynamism has won her many fans among Team Aqua members.^[3]

In Alpha Sapphire, Shelly is more involved in the plot than in Sapphire. She is first encountered at Meteor Falls, stealing the Meteorite from Professor Cozmo and confronting the player and Brendan/May in a Multi Battle before escaping. She is later battled on Mt. Chimney before the player can reach Archie. She appears again at the Weather Institute, where she examines records of Primal Kyogre's past activities and discovers that the extreme weather patterns it creates are not what Archie desires. At Seafloor Cavern, she tries to convince Archie not to awaken Kyogre but is unsuccessful. Afterwards, she follows Archie to Sootopolis City.

In the Delta Episode, Shelly is encountered at the Team Aqua Hideout when Zinnia defeats Archie and takes his Key Stone. Shelly then gives Archie's Sharpedonite to the player upon Archie's instructions, as he no longer has a Key Stone to Mega Evolve.

In Omega Ruby's postgame, she is encountered briefly at the Battle Resort alongside Archie and Matt, while her main story role is fulfilled by Magma Admin Tabitha.

Pokémon

Pokémon Sapphire

First battle

Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Sapphire Reward: $1120
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♀ Lv.28 Screech Normal   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.28 Bite Dark   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Roar Normal   --

Second battle

Aqua Admin Shelly Seafloor Cavern Sapphire Reward: $1520
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♀ Lv.38 Crunch Dark   --       Screech Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Taunt Dark   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.38 Take Down Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Roar Normal   --

Pokémon Emerald

First battle

Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Emerald Reward: $1120
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♀ Lv.28 Focus Energy Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Screech Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.28 Bite Dark   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Second battle (optional)

This battle can be a Multi Battle with a Team Aqua Grunt.

Aqua Admin Shelly Seafloor Cavern Emerald Reward: $1480
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♀ Lv.37 Scary Face Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Screech Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.37 Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

First battle

Aqua Admin and Team Aqua Shelly Grunt Meteor Falls Alpha Sapphire Reward: $3,220

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Quick Feet Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.23 Odor Sleuth Normal Status   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Snarl Dark Special   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♀ Lv.23 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench Held item: None Grimer♂ Lv.23 Disable Normal Status   --       Sludge Poison Special   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Minimize Normal Status   --

Second battle

Aqua Admin Shelly Mt. Chimney Alpha Sapphire Reward: $2,400

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Sticky Hold Held item: None Grimer♀ Lv.24 Disable Normal Status   --       Sludge Poison Special   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Minimize Normal Status   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♀ Lv.24 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Swagger Normal Status   --

Third battle

Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Alpha Sapphire Reward: $3,200
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♀ Lv.32 Swagger Normal Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Shelly appears as an NPC in Pokémon Masters EX and first appears in the story event Masters of Land and Sea. She makes her most significant appearance in the Hoenn Villain Arc of the main story.

Shelly can be battled in the villain event Team Aqua's Stormy Seas. She uses Sharpedo as her main battling Pokémon in this event.

Gallery

Sprites and models

In the core series

Sprite from Sapphire and Emerald		VS portrait from Alpha Sapphire
Overworld sprite from Ruby and Sapphire	Overworld sprite from Emerald	Overworld model from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

In other games

Model from Masters EX	VS model from Masters EX

Quotes

Main article: Shelly/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Shelly in the anime

Although the Generation III games show there to be at least two Aqua Admins, only Shelly ever appeared in the anime. Her first appearance was in A Three Team Scheme!, where she led a group of Team Aqua Grunts on a mission to intercept Team Magma, who were exploring some ancient ruins on Dewford Island in search of the Cave of Origin. Due to a dubbing error, she was mistakenly referred to as "Tactical Commander Isabel" during this episode, though her name was corrected in all subsequent appearances.

In Fight for the Meteorite!, Shelly led a squad of grunts on a mission to Mt. Chimney, to try to steal a meteorite from Professor Cozmo before Team Magma could do so. Though they did not obtain the meteorite, Shelly still considered the mission a success, since the meteorite was destroyed and therefore Team Magma could not use it either.

In Unfair Weather Friends, Shelly and a group of grunts took the staff of the Weather Institute hostage in order to obtain their data on Groudon and Kyogre. However, their plans were thwarted by Magma agent Brodie, who made off with the data himself.

Shelly's final appearance was in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends. She sneaked onto Team Magma's base disguised as a Team Magma Grunt and freed Kyogre from the cargo container, allowing Team Aqua to control it with the Red Orb. She was present during the battle between Kyogre and Groudon, and like the rest of Team Aqua, has not been seen since.

Character

Shelly was faithful towards Team Aqua's cause, though this came into doubt after witnessing Archie's greed in The Scuffle of Legends. She and Tabitha have a rivalry with one another, often exchanging insults and battling one another. Shelly also has a tactical approach, often calling for a retreat whenever missions seemed to be going awry.

Pokémon

Shelly owns the following Pokémon in the anime.