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 PokémonThundurus 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.
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.
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, with artwork by yuu. It allows players to flip a coin and switch in 1 of their opponent's Benched Pokémon to the Active Spot if they flip heads, or switch their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon if they flip tails.
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).[3]
Shauntal is the only member of the UnovaElite 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 anime-exclusive town "Cremini Town", which is also called "Shikimi".
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
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)
