Tate and Liza
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| Tate & Liza フウとラン Fū & Ran | |
| "The mystic combination!" | |
 Art from R/S/E | |
| Gender | Female (Liza), Male (Tate) |
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| Hometown | Mossdeep City |
| Region | Hoenn |
| Relatives | Jin and Rachel (anime) |
| Class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | III |
| Games | Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald |
| Gym | Mossdeep Gym |
| Type | Psychic |
| Badge | Mind Badge |
| First episode | It's Still Rocket Roll to Me |
| English voice actor | Tate: J. Griff Liza: Andi Whaley |
| Japanese voice actor | Tate: Takahiro Mizushima Liza: Chisa Yokoyama |
Tate and Liza (Japanese: フウとラン Fū and Ran) are the Gym Leaders of Mossdeep City's Gym, known officially as the Mossdeep Gym. They specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon. They give the Mind Badge to trainers who defeat them.
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In the anime
Tate and Liza first appeared in It's Still Rocket Roll to Me. Their father Jin owns the Mossdeep Space Center and often goes into space to search for space Pokémon. This means that they often spend time at the Space Center, and even have battles in zero-gravity by using their Baltoy's Confusion technique to levitate them. Rachel, their mother, is the judge for Gym Battles.
Liza is the older of the two, and is more experienced in battle, allowing Tate to relate with Max since Liza sometimes loves to remind him of such facts. When fighting together in their double battle against Ash Ketchum in Solid as a Solrock, they initially kept bickering and allowing their opponent to get hits in. However, once they were able to work together they showed an incredible ability to balance each other's Pokémon, becoming a seemingly unstoppable force that Ash had to resort to unorthodox tactics to defeat.
Liza is voiced by 横山智佐 Chisa Yokoyama in the original, Andi Whaley in the English version, María Fernanda Morales in Latin-American Spanish and Samira Fernandes in Brazilian Portuguese. Tate is voiced by 水島大宙 Takahiro Mizushima in the original, J. Griff in the English version, Irwin Daayán in Latin-American Spanish, and Dado Monteiro in Brazilian Portuguese.
Pokémon
This listing is of Liza and Tate's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.
 Liza's Lunatone |  Tate's Solrock |
At Mossdeep Gym
 Baltoy(×4) |
In the games
Tate and Liza run the Mossdeep City Gym. Both specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon and give out the Mind Badge once defeated. They also give TM04 (Calm Mind).
Pokémon
This listing is for Tate and Liza's Pokémon in the video games in which they have appeared.
Pokémon Ruby/Pokémon Sapphire
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Quotes
"Tate: Hehehe... Were you surprised?
Liza: Hehehe... Were you surprised?
Tate: That there are two Gym Leaders?
Liza: That there are two Gym Leaders?
Tate: We're twins!
Liza: We're twins!
Tate: We don't need to talk because...
Liza: We can each determine what...
Tate: The other is thinking...
Liza: All in our minds!
Tate: This combination of ours...
Liza: Can you beat it?"
"Tate: What? Our combination...
Liza: Was shattered!
Tate: It can't be helped. You've won...
Liza: So, in recognition, take this."
"Tate: Looks like the bond between you and your Pokémon is far stronger than the bond that we share as twins.
Liza: You will become even stronger! We've battled you, so we know."
In the Pokémon Special manga
In Pokémon Special, Liza and Tate are the guardians of Mt. Pyre. When they somehow sensed someone had intruded into Mt. Pyre, they went all the way to Lilycove from Mossdeep in order to protect the two Orbs. However, they fell into Mack's fire illusion until Juan rescued them. Afterwards, they become Ruby's and Sapphire's teachers in double battling on the Mirage Island. They stayed on the island to ensure Ruby and Sapphire can leave for Sootopolis safely, and were not seen since then.
Pokémon
This listing is for Tate and Liza's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.
| Lunatone | Solrock |  Spoink ×2 |
Trivia
- Their Japanese Leader title is 月と太陽のチャイナツインズ.
- In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Liza & Tate are the only Gym Leaders who face the player in a double battle. In Pokémon Emerald they are the only ones who face the player in a double battle before he or she beats the Elite Four.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | フウとラン (Fū & Ran) | 風蘭 fūran, the name for a type of orchid (Neofinetia falcata). 浮 fū means floating. |
| English | Tate & Liza | Meaning "god's oath" and "to be cheerful" respectively. They are similar to "levitate". |
| French | Lévy & Tatia | Possible derivation from "lévitation". |
| German | Ben & Svenja | Combining their names would get "Schweben" (levitation). |
| Italian | Tell & Pat | Possible derivation from "telepatia" (telepathy). |
| Spanish | Vito & Leti | Possible derivation from "levitación" (levitation). |
| Korean | 풍 & 란 Pung & Ran | 란 Ran is a transliteration of Japanese name, while 풍 Pung is from 楓, a spelling of Fū. |
| Chinese | 楓/枫 & 南 Fēng & Nán | Fēng is taken from 楓, a spelling of Fū. |
References
- Pokémon.com It's Still Rocket Roll to Me.
- Pokémon.com Solid as a Solrock.
External links
- Fū and Ran's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
| Gym Leaders of Hoenn |
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 Roxanne |  Brawly |  Wattson |  Flannery |  Norman |  Winona |  Tate & Liza |  Wallace*/Juan*
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Categories: Gym Leaders | Game characters | Anime characters | Manga characters | Pokémon Special characters | Ruby and Sapphire characters | Emerald characters | Psychic-type trainers
