Clair is the Blackthorn City Gym Leader. Her specialty is Dragon-type Pokémon, and she gives the Risingbadge to trainers who defeat her.

Names

In the Anime

Clair appears in five episodes of the Pokémon anime, toward the end of the Master Quest saga: Beauty is Skin Deep, Fangs for Nothin', Great Bowls of Fire, Better Eight Than Never and Why? Wynaut!. Her Japanese voice actor is unknown and her English voice actor is Megan Hollingshead.

As Ash Ketchum and company near Blackthorn City, they discover a Dratini and a Gyarados in a river. They discover that both Pokémon belong to Clair, who is following the Dratini down the river as it prepares to shed its skin. Team Rocket snatches the Dratini, however, and Clair gives chase, demonstrating her highly acrobatic abilities. Dratini escapes, and Ash fights to protect it. During the ensuing battle, however, an electric shock is headed straight for Dratini, but Clair jumps in front of it to absorb the shock. Dratini witnesses its trainer's devotion, and evolves into a Dragonair in order to put a stop to Team Rocket. Later, Clair is finally able to perform an important ritual to purify the legendary Dragon Fang. Clair then goes on to accept Ash's challenge for a Risingbadge.

Ash has the first strike, but the battle is cut short when Team Rocket steals the Dragon Fang. Ash, Clair and Team Rocket all end up in the Dragon Holy Land, where Team Rocket trick a Dragonite into helping them. Luckily, Liza and Ash's Charizard arrive to help save the day. Ash's Charizard then helps him earn him his final Johto League badge.

Although Clair does mention Lance in the anime, he is not her cousin like in the games; instead, she recalls that he trained under her at the Blackthorn Gym before he joined the Elite Four.

Pokémon

This listing is for Clair's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

• Dratini → Dragonair
• Kingdra
• Gyarados

In the Games

Clair's title is "The Blessed User of Dragon Pokémon".

Decending from a long line of Dragon-type trainers, Clair speaks of herself as "the world's best dragon master". She claims she can hold her own even against the Elite Four. Her only known loss had been to her cousin, Lance. Upon her defeat, Clair refuses to accept the challenger is better than her unless they pass the "dragon user challenge".

In Pokémon Crystal version, this would entail navigating the Dragon's Den and finding the shrine at the center. After that challenge is met, Clair hands over the badge, after her grandfather threatens to tell Lance about her reluctance, and says to win at Pokémon League, otherwise she'll feel worse about her loss.

In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Clair would give out her badge only when the player went into the Dragon's Den and found a Dragon Fang. Once the Dragon Fang was found, Clair would appear behind the player and give him the Rising Badge.

When Silver trains in the Dragon's Den, it's said he acts as Clair did in her youth.

Trainers in her gym: Cool Trainer Paul, Cool Trainer Martha, Cool Trainer Cody, Cool Trainer Mike, Cool Trainer Lola.

In addition to the Risingbadge, Clair gives out TM 24, Dragonbreath, in Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Gold, and Pokémon Crystal.

Pokémon

This listing is of Clair's Pokémon in the video games she has appeared in.

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

• Level 37 Dragonair - Thunder Wave, Surf, Slam, Dragonbreath
• Level 37 Dragonair - Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, Slam, Dragonbreath
• Level 37 Dragonair - Thunder Wave, Ice Beam, Slam, Dragonbreath
• Level 40 Kingdra - Smokescreen, Surf, Hyper Beam, Dragonbreath

Pokémon Stadium 2

• Round 1 Pokémon
  • Arcanine
  • Rhydon
  • Lapras
  • Dragonair
  • Ampharos
  • Kingdra

• Round 2 Pokémon
  • Charizard
  • Nidoking
  • Rhydon
  • Gyarados
  • Ampharos
  • Kingdra

In the Pokémon Special Manga

Clair was one of the first of the Gym Leaders to face Suicune. Despite her efforts, she was outclassed by its tactics, and lost rather quickly, due to Suicune's use of Mist to create a reflection or illusion of itself.

Later, at the Gym Leaders Challenge, she was to face off against Blaine. This was an important matter for her, because as Lance's cousin, she thought that Blaine would know what become of Lance after Blaine and Lance's battle at Cerise Island the year before.

During the attack by Team Rocket, which ended up with all the Gym Leaders trapped on the recently completed bullet train, she forced Blaine into fighting their duel. Blaine quickly won due to Entei's powerful attacks. Thus, the Kanto Gym Leaders claimed victory, with four wins, three loses and one draw.

Pokémon

This listing is of Clair's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

• Kingdra
• Dragonair

In the TCG

Clair's only appearance in the Pokémon TCG was in the Pokémon VS set. There she was given a number of Pokémon under her name, which, despite their evolution level, were all Basic Pokémon.

Pokémon

This listing is of Clair's Pokémon in the Pokémon TCG.

• Jynx
• Gyarados
• Dragonite
• Politoed
• Mantine
• Kingdra

Misc

The Japanese name of the Rising Badge is also Rising Badge (ライジング バッジ).

Gym Leaders of the Johto region
Violet Gym Falkner	Azalea Gym Bugsy	Goldenrod Gym Whitney	Ecruteak Gym Morty
Cianwood Gym Chuck	Olivine Gym Jasmine	Mahogany Gym Pryce	Blackthorn Gym Clair