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Arena Tycoon Greta (Japanese: アリーナキャプテン コゴミ Arena Captain Kogomi) is the Frontier Brain and leader of the Battle Frontier's Battle Arena. She is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Arena Tycoon (Japanese: アリーナキャプテン Arena Captain).

In the games

Greta can be blunt, and if an opponent looks weak, she'll let them know. She likes tough Trainers and will gladly hand over the Guts Symbol if defeated.

Pokémon

Silver Symbol challenge

Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Arena Tycoon and Professor Greta Oak Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 12BP

Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm or Guts Held item: Salac Berry Heracross♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Megahorn Bug   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Endure Normal   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Leftovers Umbreon♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Faint Attack Dark   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Bug Ghost Ability: Wonder Guard Held item: BrightPowder Shedinja Lv.50, 60-100 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Return Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --

Gold Symbol challenge

Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Arena Tycoon and Professor Greta Oak Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 13BP

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Chesto Berry Umbreon♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Leftovers Gengar♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Destiny Bond Ghost   --       Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: Lum Berry Breloom♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Focus Punch Fighting   --       Spore Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Headbutt Normal   --

Quotes

Initial battle

• Before battle

"Hey! Howdy! ...Wait, are you the challenger?"

"Is this right? Hmm... Hmhm..."

"I don't know how to say it, but... To put it bluntly, you look pretty weak. Are you sure you're up for me? Hmm... Well, all right! We'll take things easy to start with! Okay! Let's see you ignite my passion for battle!"

• When defeated

"No way! Good job!"

• After being defeated

Referee: "The winner is <player>!"

Greta: "Ow, wait a second! You are tough after all! I like you! Let's see your Frontier Pass."

"It's going to be fun the next time! I'm looking forward to it!"

Rematch

• Before battle

"Hey! Howdy! You finally won your way up to me! I was getting worried waiting for you! I was really looking forward to seeing you again!"

"... ... ... So, are you ready?"

"I won't allow a halfhearted effort! Be ready for a thrashing! Come on, referee! Let's get this started!"

• When defeated

"Huh? Are you serious?!"

• After being defeated

Referee: "The winner is <player>!"

Greta: "Gaaah! Blown away! Let's see your Frontier Pass!"

"Arrrgh! This is so infuriating! If we ever battle again, I won't lose! Don't you forget it! Bye-bye!"

Sprites

Greta's sprite from Emerald	Greta's overworld sprite from Emerald

In the anime

Greta in the anime

Greta's sole appearance was in Wheel of Frontier. Much like Ash Ketchum, she's high-spirited and very passionate about Pokémon battles. As in the Emerald Version, she's the Frontier Brain of the Battle Arena, and runs a karate dojo. Unlike in the game, she's a Fighting-type specialist. According to Scott, her role models are Chuck and Brawly. Before the battle, a wheel is spun to decide how many Pokémon will be used. While battles are Single Battles, the other Pokémon intended to be used remain outside of their Poké Ball until they faint.

Greta used a Hariyama and Medicham in her battle against Ash Ketchum. After a hard fought battle, Ash was able to win the Guts Symbol.

Pokémon

This listing is of Greta's known Pokémon:

		Hariyama
		Hariyama was the first Pokémon used by Greta in her battle with Ash, where it first battled with Ash's Grovyle. Despite that Grovyle managed to outmatch Hariyama in speed and deal some damage on it, Greta was finally able to use Grovyle's momentum as her own advantage, and land a critical hit on the Wood Gecko Pokémon, knocking it out. Ash next used his Snorlax against the Arm Thrust Pokémon. Despite having disadvantage in type, Snorlax was able to keep itself safe from Hariyama's attacks by using Harden. Eventually, Hariyama was knocked out with an Ice Punch. Hariyama's known moves are Arm Thrust and Focus Punch.
Debut	Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Bill Rogers

		Medicham
		Greta chose Medicham, along with her Hariyama to battle Ash in Wheel... of Frontier!. It was the second to go up after Hariyama was defeated by Ash's Snorlax. Medicham overwhelmed Snorlax with its astounding speed and agility. With Ice Punch, Medicham was able to freeze Snorlax giving Greta a huge advantage. Ash then commanded Snorlax to use Rest, and Greta told Medicham to attack Snorlax with repeated Focus Punches in order to break the ice. Greta told Medicham to use Hi Jump Kick but Snorlax managed to dodge it, causing Medicham to take some damage. Snorlax then tried to attack it with a Hyper Beam, but Medicham dodged it and hit it with Focus Punch. Just when it seemed it was all over for Ash, he commanded Snorlax to use Hyper Beam on the ground which catapulted it into the air. Using its altitude to his advantage, Ash told it to attack with a full-on Body Slam, defeating Medicham and earning Ash the Guts Symbol. Medicham later made a cameo in the form of a flashback in A Pyramiding Rage!. Medicham's known moves are Focus Punch, Ice Punch and Hi Jump Kick.
Debut	Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Sarah Natochenny

Greta has at least one other Pokémon, as one of the options for her battle wheel was to participate in a three-on-three battle.

Voice actors

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Greta in the Pokémon Adventures manga

As in the games and other media, Greta is the leader of Battle Arena. She owns a Heracross, a Shedinja and an Umbreon. She is also an animator in the Battle Frontier. At first, she was antagonistic toward Emerald because he focused more of his attention to capturing Jirachi than fighting Guile Hideout, who had earlier attacked Noland. Believing he had no "guts," she rebuked him and said that her camaraderie toward fellow Brains mattered much more than some Phantom Pokémon, and charged at Guile. Before fighting the villain in the Artisan Cave, though, she insisted that she be the next Brain Emerald faces, and thus fought him in the Battle Arena shortly after the fight. Her Heracross succeeding in fighting Emerald's Sceptile evenly, and out-scored it, only to be defeated by the Fighting-type-immune Dusclops. Afterward, she called out her Umbreon, and defeated Dusclops before it, too, was beaten by a combination of the ghost's Will-O-Wisp and Sudowoodo's super-effective Low Kick. With there being one Pokémon left on each side, Greta sent out her final Pokémon, Shedinja, and commanded it to Endure in spite of knowing she would get outscored, because she believed battles should be finished the old-fashioned way. In the end, Sudowoodo was able to withstand Shedinja's final SolarBeam, and outscored, winning the battle. Greta handed out the Guts Symbol, having a shift in opinions of the boy.

Pokémon

		Umbreon
		Umbreon was first seen at the Battle Frontiers opening ceremony where it was seen with its Trainer. It was used to hit Emerald on the head when he attempted to attack Brandon who had smacked him previously. Umbreon is Greta’s main battler, being used against Guile Hideout’s rental Pokémon‎ and later against Emerald in the Battle Arena where it fought Emerald’s Dusclops and won but was defeated by his Sudowoodo. Umbreon’s known moves are Quick Attack, Double Team, Faint Attack, and Confuse Ray, and its Ability is Synchronize.
Debut	VS. Swalot

		Shedinja
		Shedinja was used against Emerald in the Battle Arena. It was used against Emerald's Sudowoodo. Shedinja's known moves are Endure and SolarBeam, and its Ability is Wonder Guard.
Debut	VS. Shedinja

		Heracross
		Heracross was first used against Emerald in the Battle Arena. It managed to win against Emerald's Sceptile when it had a higher score after the judging but was defeated by his Dusclops. Heracross's only known move is Megahorn.
Debut	VS. Shedinja

Trivia

• She's the only female Frontier Brain of the Hoenn Battle Frontier who did not gain a crush on one of the main characters in the anime.
• Unlike her in-game counterpart, Greta's anime depiction takes her shoes off inside the Battle Arena and goes barefoot. Her sneakers are merely streetwear, not part of her fighting attire, and are taken off upon entering her dojo. Likewise, no one is allowed to enter the arena until they, too, are barefoot, in respect to dojo customs. Maylene, another Fighting-type Gym Leader, hailing from the Sinnoh region, also goes barefoot in karate attire. However, Maylene is always barefoot, even outdoors.

Names

Hoenn Battle Frontier
Battle Tower Salon Maiden Anabel	Battle Palace Palace Maven Spenser	Battle Factory Factory Head Noland	Battle Pyramid Pyramid King Brandon	Battle Dome Dome Ace Tucker	Battle Arena Arena Tycoon Greta	Battle Pike Pike Queen Lucy

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