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Francois フランソワーズ Françoise

Francois

Debuts in Best Friend...Worst Nightmare! Caught at Unknown Gender Genderless Ability Unknown Current location With Ren

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Unknown Yuji Ueda Bill Rogers

Francois (Japanese: フランソワーズ Françoise) is a Magnemite that appears in Pokémon Journeys and the only known Pokémon to belongs to Ren.

In the anime

Ren adopting Francois

History

Pre series

In the past, Francois was a Magnemite who lived in an old themed restaurant that Ren frequented, as time went on the restaurant was forced to close. This made Ren decide to adopt Magnemite, at first Magnemite is reluctant and runs away, Ren then goes in search of the Pokémon and after much searching he finds it next to several lamps that were thrown in the trash.

Ren decides to name the Magnemite Francois and make it as comfortable as possible, starting with an old chandelier that Ren had at home and that Francois felt an affinity for.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Ren and Francois

Francois was seen for the first time in the Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, when the power of Cerise Lab goes out. Ren heads down to the basement to investigate what causes the blackout, and he calls Francois from its Pokéball to assist him. During the time in the basement, Ren and Francois was ambushed by a Gengar that haunted Cerise Laboratory. Ren commanded Francois to use Thunder Wave, but it was tangled in some electrical cords, and Gengar attack them with Night Shade. When Professor Cerise and Chrysa step into the Laboratory, they found Francois still tangled in the cords, they free it and Francois show to them where is Ren.

Later, in A Chilling Curse!, Francois reappeared during a flashback.

Francois reappears in A Rollicking Roll… with Ren researching an incident with the Gulpin in Vermilion City.

Francois reappeared in Sleuths for Truth!, when Inspector Decker checked all of the Electric-type Pokémon at Cerise Laboratory against an eyewitness drawing of a culprit involved in the theft of electricitiy.

Francois reappeared in JN093 when a solar flare affected a man-made satellite causing a signal to be emitted on Vermilion City, causing all Magnemite to lose control, with Francois donning a tinfoil hat to block the signal. Things turned disastrous when the rampaging Magnemite started to chase Francois in order to force it to join the group, which inadvertently succeeded when Francois' tinfoil hat was destroyed while defending Ren from attacking Magnemite. Soon all the Magnemite were gathering in a single spot attempting a massive scale evolution into a new organism. Thanks to Pikachu's efforts the Magnemite were distracted while Francois was easily secured due to its eating habits isolating it.

Personality and characteristics

Francois (Japanese:フランソワーズ Françoise) was a wild urban Pokémon which loved frequenting an antique-themed cafe as it liked to absorb electricity from antiquities. As Ren frequented the cafe the two grew closer until the cafe closed, after which Ren took after it and gave it its nickname. Although a picky eater, Ren accomodates as much as he can to its tastes. Francois in turn is fond of Ren and shown to be very protective. Although its species is generally genderless, Ren uses both a female name and denominators for it.

Francois seems to be loyal to its trainer and a helpful Pokémon.

Moves used

Using Supersonic	Move First Used In Thunder Wave Best Friend...Worst Nightmare! Supersonic JN093 Thunder Shock JN093 Electro Ball JN093
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 法蘭絲瓦 Fǎlánsīwǎ French Miguel Korean 프랑소와즈 Françoise

Trivia

• In The Cuteness Quotient!, it is revealed that Ren's Computer Wallpaper is a photo of him with François.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magnemite.