Flannery

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Flannery from the Anime.

Flannery is the Hoenn region Gym Leader of the hot springs gym in Lavaridge Town. She specializes in [[Fire (type)|]]-type Pokémon and gives out the Heat Badge when defeated.

Name References

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	アスナ (Asuna)	((Currently unknown))
English	Flannery	Meaning "redhead", with possible relation to the word "flame".
French	Adriane	Possible derivation from "ardent"(burning).
German	Flavia	Possible derivation from "Flamme"(flame).
Italian	Fiammetta	Literally means "piccola fiamma"(little flame).
Spanish	Candela	Possible derivation from "candela"("candle") and/or "candente"(burning, scorching).
Hebrew	פלנרי
Russian	Фланнери	A phonetical translation of "Flannery".
Chinese	亞莎 (Ya Sha)	A partial phonetical translation of "Asuna".

In the anime

Flannery appears in Poetry Commotion! and Going, Going, Yawn. She is voiced by 夏樹リオ Rio Natsuki in Japanese and Lisa Ortiz in the English dub.

In the anime, Ash and his company see a Slugma running from a girl with blazing red-hair—after having one of the water Pokémon put the fire out. They meet up with the new Lavaridge Town Gym Leader, Flannery, who had been training with her Slugma. They are secretly helped by fake workers, who are actually Jessie and James of Team Rocket, an old woman and a judge who is actually Flannery's grandfather. Flannery's grandfather saves the day when Team Rocket attempt to steal Flannery's Torkoal. In the resulting Team Rocket battle, one of her Slugma evolves into a Magcargo.

The follow day, Ash has his Lavaridge Gym battle. In the battle, he uses his Corphish, Pikachu and Grovyle. Despite Corphish being hit by a Yawn from Flannery's Slugma, Ash manages to defeat Torkoal and win the Heat Badge.

On hand

• Slugma → Magcargo "Magu"
• Slugma "Megu"
• Torkoal

In the games

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Flannery's battle sprite on the Gameboy Advance.

Her passion for Pokémon burns stronger and hotter than a volcano. She is admired for her beauty and strength. She's only been Gym Leader for a short time, and she tries to act intimidating but can't quite get it right. After she loses to the main character, she realized that she was trying to be hard to be someone that she wasn't and had to run things her own way.

Her grandfather was once a member of the Hoenn Elite Four. She has apparently battled with Norman sometime in the past.

In addition to the Heatbadge, Flannery gives out TM 50, Overheat, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald. This is a powerful Fire-type attack that sharply lowers the user's Sp. Att.

Pokémon

This listing is for Flannery's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

• Level 26 Slugma - overheat, rockthrow, smog, yawn
• Level 26 Slugma - flamethrower, lightscreen, smog, sunnyday
• Level 28 Torkoal - overheat, bodyslam, attact, flail

Pokémon Emerald

Gym Match
Level 24 Numel Overheat Take Down Magnitude Sunny Day	Level 24 Slugma Overheat Smog Light Screen Sunny Day	Level 26 Camerupt Overheat Tackle Sunny Day Attract	Level 29 Torkoal Overheat Sunny Day Body Slam Attract	N/A	N/A
First Rematch
Level 38 Magcargo	Level 36 Ponyta	Level 33 Camerupt	Level 40 Torkoal	N/A	N/A
Second Rematch
Level 41 Growlithe	Level 43 Magcargo	Level 41 Ponyta	Level 43 Camerupt	Level 45 Torkoal	N/A
Third Rematch
Level 46 Houndour	Level 46 Growlithe	Level 46 Rapidash	Level 48 Magcargo	Level 48 Camerupt	Level 50 Torkoal
Fourth Rematch
Level 51 Arcanine	Level 53 Magcargo	Level 51 Houndoom	Level 51 Rapidash	Level 53 Camerupt	Level 55 Torkoal

In the Pokémon Special manga

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Flannery

In the Pokémon Special, Flannery tried to protect Mt. Chimney from having its flames doused by Team Aqua. However, even with the help of Sapphire, she was unable to prevent the water-worshiping team from causing the volcano to become dormant.

During the battle, she was also assisted by Tabitha of Team Magma. The two seemed to be attracted to each other. Later, when all the Hoenn Gym Leaders chose sides, Flannery alligned herself with Team Magma. The destruction later caused by Kyogre and Groudon changed her mind.

Flannery is also apparently close friends with Winona.

Pokémon

• Magcargo
• Vulpix

References

• Pokémon.com Episode 715: Poetry Commotion!.
• Pokémon.com Episode 716: Going, Going, Yawn.

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan