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[[File:Billy Jo.png|thumb|250px|Billy Jo]]
'''Billy Jo''' (Japanese: '''ルー''' ''Ru'') is a minor character appearing in {{B2W2}} and {{aniseries|BW}}. She is a member of [[Roxie]]'s band, playing guitar.

==In animation==
===History===
===={{aniseries|BW}}====
Billy Jo appeared in ''[[BW083|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1]]'' and ''[[BW084|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2]]''. She is a guitarist playing with [[Roxie]] and {{un|Nicky}} in the band "{{p|Koffing}} and the Toxics", which is quite well known in [[Unova]] and provides music during Roxie's Gym Battles. When {{Ash}} came to the [[Virbank Gym]], Roxie described Billy Jo as a "poisonous person". 

She once went on tour with the band through [[Kanto]], but mentioned to Ash that the audiences there were "a bore".

===Voice actors===
{{vatable|color={{poison color}}|bordercolor={{poison color light}}
|ja=西村ちなみ ''[[Chinami Nishimura]]''
|en=[[Samia Mounts]]
|cs=Jana Páleníčková
|es_la=Leticia Amezcua
|es_eu=Emma Jiménez
|fi=Saara Lehtonen
|fr_eu=Cécile Florin
|pl=Katarzyna Łaska
|pt_br=Luciana Baroli
}}

==In the core series games==
Billy Jo appears at the Virbank Gym in {{B2W2}}. Here, she also plays in a band with Roxie, just like in {{aniseries|PTS}}. The {{player}} has to battle her before being able to battle Roxie.

===Pokémon===
This is a list of Billy Jo's Pokémon in the {{pkmn|games}}:

===={{B2W2}}====
{{Party
| background = {{poison color}}
| border = {{poison color dark}}
| headcolor = {{poison color light}}
| sprite = Spr B2W2 Guitarist.png
| prize = {{Pdollar}}{{tt|448|416 in Easy Mode; 480 in Challenge Mode}}
| class = Guitarist
| name = Billy Jo
| location = Virbank Gym
| game = B2W2
| pokemon = 2
}}
{{Pokémon
| gen = 5
| ndex = 0543
| pokemon = Venipede
| gender = female
| level = {{tt|14|13 in Easy Mode; 15 in Challenge Mode}}
| type1 = Bug
| type2 = Poison
| ability = Poison Point
| move1 = Poison Sting | move1type = Poison | move1cat = Physical
| move2 = Rollout | move2type = Rock | move2cat = Physical
| move3 = Pursuit | move3type = Dark | move3cat = Physical
| move4 = Screech | move4type = Normal | move4cat = Status
}}
{{Pokémon
| gen = 5
| ndex = 0109
| pokemon = Koffing
| gender = female
| level = {{tt|14|13 in Easy Mode; 15 in Challenge Mode}}
| type1 = Poison
| ability = Levitate
| move1 = Tackle | move1type = Normal | move1cat = Physical
| move2 = Assurance | move2type = Dark | move2cat = Physical
| move3 = Poison Gas | move3type = Poison | move3cat = Status
}}
{{Party/end}}
===Quotes===
* Before battle
:''"I can always be straight and honest with myself whenever I'm playing the guitar or having a Pokémon battle!"''

* Being defeated
:''"Argh! The happy times always end so quickly!"''

* After being defeated
:''"It's because I'm with my Pokémon that I can happily play my guitar. And it's because I play my guitar that my Pokémon become strong. Get it?"''

==In the manga==
[[File:Guitarist Billy Jo Adventures.png|thumb|180px|Billy Jo in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|Black 2 & White 2}}====
Billy Jo appears briefly during a Virbank concert performance with her band-mates, Roxie and Nicky, in ''[[PS533|New Sword Player]]''. Neither Billy Jo nor Nicky are mentioned by name.
{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Fitting with how various Trainers of the {{tc|Guitarist}} class have names referencing real-life guitarists, Billy Jo's name is likely a reference to {{wp|Billie Joe Armstrong}}, the lead singer and guitarist of the band {{wp|Green Day}}.

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="background:#{{poison color light}}; border:3px solid #{{poison color}}"
|- 
! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Language
! Name
! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| ルー ''Ru''
| Possibly from {{wp|Lou Reed}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English
| Billy Jo
| Possibly from {{wp|Billie Joe Armstrong}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| French, German, Italian
| Lou
| Similar to Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Spanish
| Rita
| From ''guitarra'', guitar
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| 루 ''Ru''
| Same as Japanese name
|}
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[[Category:Game characters]]
[[Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters]]
[[Category:Animation characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Poison-type Trainers]]
[[Category:Pokémon Adventures characters]]
[[Category:Musicians (characters)]]

[[es:Rita]]
[[it:Lou]]
[[ja:ルー]]