Candice

If you were looking for the voice actor, see Candice Arellano.

Candice スズナ Suzuna
The Diamond Dust Girl!
Artwork from Diamond/Pearl
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Snowpoint City
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Gym Leader
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Gym	Snowpoint Gym
Type	Ice
Badge	Icicle Badge
First episode	Classroom Training
English voice actor	Kether Donahue
Japanese voice actor	Noriko Shitaya

Candice (Japanese: スズナ Suzuna) is the Gym Leader of Snowpoint City's Gym, known officially as the Snowpoint Gym. She hands out the Icicle Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.

In the games

Candice uses Ice-type Pokémon in her battles. Trainers who defeat her will receive the Icicle Badge, TM72 (Avalanche), and will be able to use Rock Climb outside of battle. Candice teaches that before battling with Pokémon, a person needs to befriend them first. Candice has an interest in fashion and romance as well as Pokémon, and believes a person should put all their focus into whatever they do. She sometimes muses that she acts the opposite of the way people would expect a Ice-type Gym Leader to behave - warm and friendly instead of cold and distant.

She later allows the player entry into the Snowpoint Temple, and, in Platinum, will appear occasionally for rematches at the Battleground.

In Platinum, Maylene mentions in Snowpoint's Pokémon Center that she admires Candice for being studious. She also mentions that Candice wanted to practice against her to learn about the Fighting-type due to it being a weakness of Ice-type Pokémon.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

5040 Leader Candice Diamond and Pearl Snowpoint Gym

Snover ♀ Lv.38  Grass  Ice  Held item: None Ability: Snow Warning Moves Razor Leaf Grass Physical Ingrain Grass Status Ice Shard Ice Physical Leer Normal Status Sneasel ♀ Lv.38  Dark  Ice  Held item: None Ability: Inner Focus Moves Taunt Dark Status Faint Attack Dark Physical Avalanche Ice Physical Slash Normal Physical Medicham ♀ Lv.40  Fighting  Psychic  Held item: None Ability: Pure Power Moves Bulk Up Fighting Status Detect Fighting Status Ice Punch Ice Physical Force Palm Fighting Physical Abomasnow ♀ Lv.42  Grass  Ice  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Snow Warning Moves Swagger Normal Status Avalanche Ice Physical Wood Hammer Grass Physical GrassWhistle Grass Status

Pokémon Platinum

5280 Leader Candice Platinum Snowpoint Gym

Piloswine ♀ Lv.40  Ice  Ground  Held item: None Ability: Oblivious Moves Earthquake Ground Physical Avalanche Ice Physical Stone Edge Rock Physical Hail Ice Status Sneasel ♀ Lv.40  Dark  Ice  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Aerial Ace Flying Physical Faint Attack Dark Physical Ice Shard Ice Physical Slash Normal Physical Abomasnow ♀ Lv.42  Grass  Ice  Held item: None Ability: Snow Warning Moves Focus Blast Fighting Special Avalanche Ice Physical Wood Hammer Grass Physical Water Pulse Water Special Froslass ♀ Lv.44  Ice  Ghost  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Snow Cloak Moves Double Team Normal Status Blizzard Ice Special Shadow Ball Ghost Special Psychic Psychic Special

Rematch

7800 Leader Candice Platinum Battleground

Weavile ♀ Lv.62  Dark  Ice  Held item: None Ability: Pressure Moves Avalanche Ice Physical Faint Attack Dark Physical Taunt Dark Status Slash Normal Physical Mamoswine ♀ Lv.61  Ice  Ground  Held item: None Ability: Oblivious Moves Earthquake Ground Physical Avalanche Ice Physical AncientPower Rock Special Hail Ice Status Abomasnow ♀ Lv.61  Grass  Ice  Held item: None Ability: Snow Warning Moves GrassWhistle Grass Status Avalanche Ice Physical Wood Hammer Grass Physical Ingrain Grass Status Froslass ♀ Lv.63  Ice  Ghost  Held item: None Ability: Snow Cloak Moves Confuse Ray Ghost Status Blizzard Ice Special Ominous Wind Ghost Special Hail Ice Status Glaceon ♂ Lv.65  Ice  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Snow Cloak Moves Mirror Coat Psychic Special Blizzard Ice Special Shadow Ball Ghost Special Water Pulse Water Special

Quotes

Snowpoint Gym

• Before battle

"You want to challenge Candice? Sure thing! I was waiting for someone tough! But I should tell you, I'm tough because I know how to focus. Pokémon, fashion, romance... It's all about focus! I'll show you just what I mean. Get ready to lose!"

• When sending out last Pokémon

"I'm going to break the ice and bring out my last-resort Pokémon!"

• During battle

"I can sense your will to win, but I promise you I'm not about to lose!"

• When defeated

"I must say, I've warmed up to you! I might even admire you a little."

• After being defeated

"Wow! you are great! You've earned my respect! I think your focus and will bowled us over totally. Oh, that's right! I'm supposed to give you this!"

"Do you think I should try to act more like an Ice-type Gym Leader? Like, do you think I should be more cool and distant? That sort of thing I have trouble with."

Snowpoint Temple

"It's OK! You can let that person in. Cynthia sent word to me. You're working on a Pokédex, aren't you? There should be many rare Pokémon in the temple. Enjoy your exploring!"

Villa

"What is it, Maylene? Did you want some Accessories? I'll give you some of my favorites." (to Maylene)

"Gee, I wouldn't know. That's a tough question. ...Maybe we should ask Gardenia sometime." (to Maylene)

In the anime

Candice in the anime

Candice made her debut appearance in Classroom Training! where she was revealed to be a teacher in Snowpoint City's Trainers' School. She is also a childhood friend of Zoey and calls her by the nickname, "Zo-Zo" (Japanese: Nozotchi).

Ash battled her in Sliding Into Seventh!, where he defeated her and earned the Icicle Badge. She also appeared in A Pyramiding Rage!.

Pokémon

This listing is of Candice's known Pokémon in the anime:

Sneasel
	Sneasel was the first Pokémon used by Candice during her Gym Battle against Ash when it went up against Grotle. Although Sneasel had an obvious type-advantage and could skate across the icy battlefield, Grotle was able to use its new defensive battle technique to absorb Sneasel's attacks and was then able to knock it out with Rock Climb. Sneasel's known attacks are Icy Wind and Fury Swipes.

Medicham
	Candice's second choice was Medicham, an unusual choice for an Ice-specialist Trainer as Medicham was not an Ice-type nor did it know any Ice-type moves. Medicham was sent up against Staraptor. Despite a good battle, it was knocked out by Staraptor's Brave Bird. Medicham's known attacks are Confusion and Fire Punch.

Snover
	A female Snover was Candice's third Pokémon to be used, and she proved herself to be a powerful battler, knowing plenty of Ice and Grass attacks which were used to overpower Ash's Gliscor. Snover was knocked out by Ash's Chimchar. Snover's known attacks are Razor Leaf, Ice Beam, Bullet Seed and Icy Wind.

Abomasnow
	Main article: Candice's Abomasnow Candice's main Pokémon and the major powerhouse of her team, Abomasnow first appeared when it battled Zoey's Glameow soon after Ash and his friends entered Snowpoint City. It later paired with Buizel to help stop Team Rocket from stealing the Snowpoint Trainers' School supply of Pokémon. It was then used last in Candice's Gym Battle against Ash where it knocked out Staraptor and Grotle before Chimchar defeated it with Flame Wheel.

Status unknown

Dodrio

Turtwig

• Dodrio: Candice used a Dodrio as a mode of transportation in A Pyramiding Rage!. It is unknown if it belongs to her.

• Turtwig: Candice used it in a flashback in Classroom Training!.

Helped raise

Glameow

• Glameow: Candice stated that she helped raise Zoey's Glameow when she was younger.

Voice actors

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

She appeared in Route 217 saving Platinum when she fell from her skis after striking with a Graveler.

Pokémon

Snover

Abomasnow

Froslass

Pokémon DP

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Pokémon

Regice

Regirock

Registeel

• Candice used these Pokémon to awaken Regigigas, which Hareta later captured.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Candice or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Froslass GL		44		Rising Rivals	6/111
Mamoswine GL		61		Rising Rivals	27/111

Trivia

• Even though Candice lives in the snowy north of Sinnoh, the only protection she seemingly has from the weather is the sweater tied around her waist and her long socks.
• Candice is the only Ice-type specialist that doesn't use a Water-type Pokémon.
• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Candice is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader to use two Pokémon within the same evolutionary line on her team (Snover and Abomasnow).
• All of Candice's Diamond and Pearl team are Pokémon that have gender differences. This would also be true for her Platinum team; however, as Froslass is a female-only Pokémon, it cannot have gender differences.
• The highest-leveled Pokémon in Candice's team differs between every battle.
• Candice is the only female Gym Leader whose gym design was not changed in Platinum. The snowball positions were changed slightly, however.
• Candice's speaking of herself in the third person is somewhat a mistranslation: in Japanese, a person using their own name in place of "I" indicates femininity, whereas in English it is typically considered illeism.

Names

External links

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Roark of Oreburgh City	Gardenia of Eterna City	Maylene of Veilstone City	Wake of Pastoria City	Fantina of Hearthome City	Byron of Canalave City	Candice of Snowpoint City	Volkner of Sunyshore City

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