Shauntal

Shauntal シキミ Shikimi
Artwork from Black and White
Gender	Female
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Purple
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unova
Trainer class	Elite Four
Generation	V
Games	Black and White Black 2 and White 2 Masters EX
Elite Four of	Pokémon League (Unova)
Specializes in	Ghost types
Game animation debut	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Kira Buckland (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yuka Nukui (Masters EX)

Shauntal (Japanese: シキミ Shikimi) is a Ghost-type Trainer and member of the Unova Elite Four.

In the core series games

In Pokémon Black and White, Shauntal appears as an Elite Four Trainer of Unova. She is known to write books based on the lives and adventures of other trainers, such as N, Alder, and Volkner. According to herself, she likes writing about trainers' bonds with their Pokémon, and uses her experiences battling challengers as inspiration for her stories.

She also visits Cynthia in Undella Town during the spring and summer, as do other female Gym Leaders and Elite Four members.

Appearance

Shauntal appears to be an adult woman with purple hair styled in a bob and dark brown eyes. She wears a pair of glasses with a thick, pink rim. She's seen wearing a purple blouse with black details and a purple plated skirt over black stockings. Her neck is decorated with an oversized shawl that she claims she picked because it reminded her of a Pokémon, though it's unclear which one. The outfit is completed by a pair of long black gloves and light pink slippers.

In every official piece of art depicting her, including sprites and 3D models, she is seen holding a salmon pink notebook and a pen of the same color.

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

First battle (pre-National Pokédex)

Elite Four Shauntal Pokémon League Black and White Reward: $6000

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Mummy Held item: None Cofagrigus♀ Lv.48 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Types: Water Ghost Ability: Cursed Body Held item: None Jellicent♀ Lv.48 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Brine Water Special   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Golurk Lv.48 Curse Ghost Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: None Chandelure♀ Lv.50 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Payback Dark Physical   --

Rematch (post-National Pokédex)

Elite Four Shauntal Pokémon League Black and White Reward: $8760

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Mummy Held item: None Cofagrigus♀ Lv.71 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Types: Water Ghost Ability: Cursed Body Held item: None Jellicent♀ Lv.71 Sludge Wave Poison Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Golurk Lv.71 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Curse Ghost Status   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Froslass♀ Lv.71 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Aftermath Held item: None Drifblim♀ Lv.71 Thunder Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: None Chandelure♀ Lv.73 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Payback Dark Physical   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

First battle (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)

Elite Four Shauntal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $6400/$6960

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Mummy Held item: None Cofagrigus♀ Lv.52/56 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Aftermath Held item: None Drifblim♀ Lv.52/56 Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Golurk Lv.52/56 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Heavy Slam Steel Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: Sitrus Berry Chandelure♀ Lv.54/58 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --

First battle (Challenge Mode)

Elite Four Shauntal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $7440

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Mummy Held item: Leftovers Cofagrigus♀ Lv.60 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Unburden Held item: Flying Gem Drifblim♀ Lv.60 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: Iron Fist Held item: Expert Belt Golurk Lv.60 Heavy Slam Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: Muscle Band Banette♀ Lv.60 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: Choice Scarf Chandelure♀ Lv.62 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --

Rematch (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)

Elite Four Shauntal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $8280/$8880

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Mummy Held item: None Cofagrigus♀ Lv.68/72 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Mismagius♀ Lv.68/72 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Power Gem Rock Special   --       Perish Song Normal Status   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Froslass♀ Lv.68/72 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Unburden Held item: Flying Gem Drifblim♀ Lv.68/72 Thunder Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Golurk Lv.68/72 Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: Sitrus Berry Chandelure♀ Lv.70/74 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --

Rematch (Challenge Mode)

Elite Four Shauntal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $9480

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Mummy Held item: Leftovers Cofagrigus♀ Lv.77 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Expert Belt Gengar♀ Lv.77 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Wise Glasses Froslass♀ Lv.77 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Unburden Held item: Flying Gem Drifblim♀ Lv.77 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: Iron Fist Held item: Muscle Band Golurk Lv.77 Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: Choice Scarf Chandelure♀ Lv.79 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Shauntal (Masters)

Shauntal forms a sync pair with Chandelure and Froslass in Pokémon Masters EX. Shauntal became a playable sync pair since the game's release.

Shauntal has also made notable appearances in the game's Main Stories, the PML Arc, and the Villain Arc.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#046		Shauntal	#0609		Chandelure♀	Ghost	Rock			★★★★☆☆EX	Sync Pair Scout
#046		Fall 2024 Shauntal	#0478		Froslass♀	Ice	Rock			★★★★★☆EX	Seasonal Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Raw TCG artwork

Official artwork by Hitoshi Ariga for Plasma Blast

Sprites

Sprite from Black and White	Sprite from Black 2 and White 2
Overworld sprite from Generation V	VS sprite from Generation V

Quotes

Main article: Shauntal/Quotes

In animation

GOTCHA!

Shauntal briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Shauntal in Pokémon Adventures

Shauntal is first seen as a stowaway on the Battle Subway in A Stormy Time in the Battle Subway. There, she meets White and explains to her that she is there to find inspiration for a new story. They are soon caught up in a battle between the Legendary Pokémon Thundurus and Tornadus. Shauntal reveals to White that she has been searching for them so she can find the inspiration she wanted. Shauntal uses her Jellicent to provoke the two Pokémon into fighting even further, much to White's shock. Despite her attempts to provoke them, the two Pokémon are calmed down and taken away by Landorus. The two then go to board the train, but Shauntal seems worried because she saw someone throw Poké Balls at the three Pokémon just as they were leaving.

When the Pokémon League begins, she and Grimsley travel via Shauntal's Golurk to meet up with their fellow Elite Four members. Although worried about Alder's recent defeat at the hands of N, Shauntal expresses glee at the idea of the battle against Team Plasma being a good idea for her next novel. The four then watch as spectators for the tournament before their battles can begin. Although the tournament is won by Black, the event is interrupted by Team Plasma, who attacks the stadium by surrounding it with N's Castle. Shauntal uses her Golurk to try and confront N at the top of the castle, but they are attacked by Hood Man, who uses Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus against them to try and figure out how to activate the three Pokémon's Therian Formes. After gaining sufficient information, Hood Man escaped, taking the Pokémon with him.

Pokémon

Jellicent ♀

Debut	A Stormy Time in the Battle Subway

Jellicent is Shauntal's first known Pokémon. She was used to provoke Thundurus and Tornadus into fighting each other.

Jellicent's known moves are Energy Ball and Shadow Ball.

Golurk

Debut	Dream a Little Dream

Golurk is Shauntal's second known Pokémon. Shauntal used it to take her and Grimsley to the Pokémon League. Later, it was used to take the Elite Four to the top of N's Castle, but Hood Man attacked them with Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. Together with the other Elite Four's Pokémon, it faced the three Legendary Pokémon.

Golurk's only known move is Heavy Slam, and its Ability is Iron Fist.

Chandelure

Debut	Homecoming

Chandelure is Shauntal's third known Pokémon. It was first used to combat the Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus used by Hood Man.

None of Chandelure's moves are known.

Pocket Monsters BW

Shauntal in Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Shauntal appears in volume 3 of Pocket Monsters BW.

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Shauntal appears in one panel in A Very Important Thing, alongside the other Elite Four members defeated by N's Zekrom at the destroyed Pokémon League.

In the TCG

Ultra rare print of Shauntal

Main article: Shauntal (Paradox Rift 174)

Shauntal was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Raging Surf subset and the English Paradox Rift expansion, with artwork by yuu. A Full Art ultra rare version with artwork by En Morikura was released in the same sets. It allows players to flip a coin and, if they flip heads, switch in one of their opponent's Benched Pokémon to the Active Spot; or, switch their own Active Pokémon with one of their Benched Pokémon if they flip tails.

Shauntal was previously featured in the artwork of the Full Art Secret printing of Chandelure from the Lost Origin expansion, originally released in Japan as part of the Trainer's Gallery collection within the Battle Region subset.

Trivia

• According to an interview with Yusuke Ohmura in Nintendo Dream, Shauntal's theme is based on black cats. She is referred to as being seen as a catgirl and the ribbon around her neck is shaped like a cat's head (the brooch being the nose).
• Shauntal is the only member of the Unova Elite Four who does not share a specialty type with that of an Indigo Plateau Elite Four member from Generations II and IV. Instead, she shares her specialty type with an Indigo Plateau Elite Four member from Generations I and III: Agatha.
• Shauntal is left-handed.
• Shauntal is the only member of the Unova Elite Four who changes a Pokémon in her initial team between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, swapping out her Jellicent for a Drifblim. This coincides with the introduction of Marlon, whose highest-leveled Pokémon is Jellicent.
• Shauntal shares her Japanese name with that of the animated series-exclusive town "Cremini Town", which is also called "Shikimi".
• Shauntal being a writer and a Ghost-type specialist may be a play on the term "ghostwriter".
• Shauntal is the only member of the Elite Four of any region who has different possible lines at the start of her rematch battle, with five variants in Black and White and five in Black 2 and White 2. Most of her lines reference characters from other core series games.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	シキミ Shikimi	From 樒 shikimi (Japanese star anise, a plant often used to decorate Buddhist graves), 死 shi (death), and 鬼 ki (ghost)
English, Indonesian	Shauntal	From haunt
German	Anissa	From Illicium anisatum
Spanish	Anís	From Illicium anisatum
French	Anis	From Illicium anisatum
Italian	Antemia	From Chrysanthemum (a flower often used to decorate Italian graves and associated with death) and possibly anathema
Korean	망초 Mangcho	From 망초 (莽草) mangcho (star anise) and 사망 (死亡) samang (death) or 망령 (亡靈) mangnyeong (ghost)
Chinese (Mandarin)	婉龍 / 婉龙 Wǎnlóng	From 碗龍樹 / 碗龙树 wǎnlóngshù / wúnlùhngsyuh (Japanese star anise)
Chinese (Cantonese)	婉龍 Yúnlùhng
Thai	ชิกิมิ Chikimi	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese	Shikimi	Transcription of her Japanese name

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