Athena

Athena アテナ Athena
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Female
Eye color	Red
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Johto
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Rocket Executive
Generation	II, IV
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Team	Team Rocket
Rank	Executive

Athena (Japanese: アテナ Athena) is one of the four Team Rocket Executives introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. Her name wasn't revealed until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, though.

In the games

Athena's VS sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Athena is the only female Rocket Executive in the reborn Team Rocket in Johto. She appears to be Apollo's second-in-command. The player battles her twice, first time in Mahogany Rocket Hideout in a double battle with a Grunt on her side and Lance on the player's side (in Generation II, the player battles her alone). Second time is in the Johto Radio Tower, where she's the last challenge before Apollo.

Just like other Executives, Athena has got a major overhaul in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where her identity was expanded on. In addition, her color scheme got noticeably switched and her hair was restyled.

Pokémon

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

First battle

1800 Rocket Executive Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal Rocket Hideout

Arbok ♀ Lv.23  Poison  Held item: None Moves Leer Normal Bite Dark Wrap Normal Poison Sting Poison Gloom ♀ Lv.23  Grass  Poison  Held item: None Moves Sweet Scent Normal Absorb Grass Acid Poison Sleep Powder Grass Murkrow ♀ Lv.25  Dark  Flying  Held item: None Moves Peck Flying Haze Ice Pursuit Dark -- --

Second battle

2304 Rocket Executive Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal Johto Radio Tower

Arbok ♀ Lv.32  Poison  Held item: None Moves Glare Normal Bite Dark Wrap Normal Poison Sting Poison Gloom ♀ Lv.32  Grass  Poison  Held item: None Moves Sweet Scent Normal Absorb Grass Acid Poison Sleep Powder Grass Murkrow ♀ Lv.32  Dark  Flying  Held item: None Moves Peck Flying Haze Ice Pursuit Dark Night Shade Ghost

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle

2960 Rocket Executive Athena and Team Rocket Grunt HeartGold and SoulSilver Rocket Hideout 2960

Arbok ♀ Lv.25  Poison  Held item: None Ability: Intimidate Moves Glare Normal Status Crunch Dark Physical Wrap Normal Physical Poison Sting Poison Physical Gloom ♀ Lv.25  Grass  Poison  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sweet Scent Normal Status Mega Drain Grass Special Acid Poison Special Sleep Powder Grass Status Murkrow ♀ Lv.27  Dark  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Super Luck Moves Night Shade Ghost Special Wing Attack Flying Physical Astonish Ghost Physical Pursuit Dark Physical Drowzee ♂ Lv.18  Psychic  Held item: None Ability: No ability Moves Disable Normal Status Confusion Psychic Special Headbutt Normal Physical Poison Gas Poison Status Grimer ♂ Lv.20  Poison  Held item: None Ability: No ability Moves Mud-Slap Ground Special Disable Normal Status Minimize Normal Status Sludge Poison Special

Second battle

2560 Rocket Executive Athena HeartGold and SoulSilver Johto Radio Tower

Arbok ♀ Lv.32  Poison  Held item: None Ability: Intimidate Moves Glare Normal Status Crunch Dark Physical Wrap Normal Physical Poison Sting Poison Physical Vileplume ♀ Lv.32  Grass  Poison  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sweet Scent Normal Status Mega Drain Grass Special Acid Poison Special Sleep Powder Grass Status Murkrow ♀ Lv.32  Dark  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Super Luck Moves Night Shade Ghost Special Wing Attack Flying Physical Astonish Ghost Physical Pursuit Dark Physical

Trivia

• As she's the only female Executive in the Johto's Team Rocket, she could be easily adapted from her Generation II design in Generation IV. In this respect, she's the female counterpart of Apollo, who was based on the original male Executive. However, Lance and Lambda, originally using the same sprite as Apollo, had to be designed from scratch.
• Chermaine from Pokémon Adventures is based on Athena's original Generation II design, and is named differently because of the lack of names for the executives at the time. This makes her Athena's cross-canon counterpart.

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