Ariana

Ariana (Japanese: アテナ Athena) is one of the four Team Rocket Executives introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. Her name wasn't revealed until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, though.

In the games

Ariana is the only female Rocket Executive in the reborn Team Rocket in Johto. She appears to be Archer's second-in-command, although upon first challenging the player, she calls herself the interim boss of Team Rocket in place of Giovanni. The player battles her twice, first in the Team Rocket HQ, in a double battle with a Grunt on her side and Lance on the player's side (in Generation II, the player battles her alone), and again in the Goldenrod Radio Tower, where she is the last challenge before Archer. When defeated in the Team Rocket HQ, she notes that the player is strong enough to become an Executive if they joined Team Rocket, and after being beaten in the Radio Tower admits that she admires the player's power.

Ariana seems to appear in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen as an unnamed female Team Rocket Admin in the Rocket Warehouse on Five Island. After the player defeats her, she understands their motivations for opposing Team Rocket and flips a switch to redirect the spinners nearby to give the player easier access back from the warehouse entrance.

Like the other Executives, Ariana was given a major overhaul in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Her identity was expanded on, her color scheme was noticeably changed, and her hair was restyled.

Pokémon

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

First battle

File:GSC Rocket ExecutiveF.png [[Rocket Executive (Trainer class)|Rocket Executive]] [[Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]] Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal [[Rocket Executive (Trainer class)|Rocket Executive]] and Professor Oak [[Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]] Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal Reward: $1800

Types: Poison Unknown Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.23 Leer Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Wrap Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: None Gloom♀ Lv.23 Sweet Scent Normal   --       Absorb Grass   --       Acid Poison   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       Types: Dark Flying Held item: None Murkrow♀ Lv.25 Peck Flying   --       Haze Ice   --       Pursuit Dark   --       Unknown   --

Second battle

File:GSC Rocket ExecutiveF.png [[Rocket Executive (Trainer class)|Rocket Executive]] [[Goldenrod Radio Tower|Goldenrod Radio Tower]] Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal [[Rocket Executive (Trainer class)|Rocket Executive]] and Professor Oak [[Goldenrod Radio Tower|Goldenrod Radio Tower]] Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal Reward: $2304

Types: Poison Unknown Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.32 Glare Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Wrap Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: None Gloom♀ Lv.32 Sweet Scent Normal   --       Absorb Grass   --       Acid Poison   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       Types: Dark Flying Held item: None Murkrow♀ Lv.32 Peck Flying   --       Haze Ice   --       Pursuit Dark   --       Night Shade Ghost   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

File:FL RocketGruntF.png [[Rocket Admin (Trainer class)|Rocket Admin]] [[Rocket Warehouse|Rocket Warehouse]] FireRed and LeafGreen [[Rocket Admin (Trainer class)|Rocket Admin]] and Professor Oak [[Rocket Warehouse|Rocket Warehouse]] FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $1728

Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Muk♂ Lv.53 Rock Tomb Rock   --       Minimize Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Screech Normal   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♂ Lv.54 Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Bite Dark   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Vileplume♂ Lv.55 Stun Spore Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle

File:AthenaHGSS.png [[Executive (Trainer class)|Executive]] Ariana [[Team Rocket HQ|Team Rocket HQ]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Executive (Trainer class)|Executive]] and [[Team Rocket (Trainer class)|Team Rocket]] Ariana Grunt [[Team Rocket HQ|Team Rocket HQ]] HeartGold and SoulSilver File:HGSS Rocket Grunt M.png Reward: $2960

Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.25 Glare Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Gloom♀ Lv.25 Sweet Scent Normal Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Murkrow♀ Lv.27 Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Held item: None Drowzee♂ Lv.18 Disable Normal Status   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Poison Gas Poison Status   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Held item: None Grimer♂ Lv.20 Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Minimize Normal Status   --       Sludge Poison Special   --

Second battle

File:AthenaHGSS.png [[Executive (Trainer class)|Executive]] Ariana [[Goldenrod Radio Tower|Goldenrod Radio Tower]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Executive (Trainer class)|Executive]] and Professor Ariana Oak [[Goldenrod Radio Tower|Goldenrod Radio Tower]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $2560

Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.32 Glare Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Vileplume♀ Lv.32 Sweet Scent Normal Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Murkrow♀ Lv.32 Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --

Quotes

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Team Rocket HQ

"Hold it right there!"

"We can't let a brat like you do as you please forever. It'll hurt Team Rocket's pride over and over again. Making it lessen, you see. ...So, it's time to finish you. However strong you may be, if the two of us fight at the same time, you'll have no chance of winning. Don't you agree? Hee hee hee! Sorry, baby. Now, get ready to be thrashed."

"What? You had an accomplice? Where is your sense of dignity? As interim boss in the place of Giovanni, I'll show you how wrong it is to meddle with Team Rocket!"

• When defeated

"Tch, you really are strong. It's too bad. If you were to join Team Rocket, you could become an Executive."

• After being defeated

"But that's fine. The broadcast experiment was a total success. It doesn't matter what happens to this hideout now. We have much bigger plans. You'll come to appreciate Team Rocket's true power soon enough. Enjoy yourself while you can... Hee hee hee..."

Radio Tower

• Before battle

"Hey, you... Remember me from the hideout in Mahogany Town? This time... Hee hee hee. This time... it looks like you're really all alone. All alone... So it should be quite easy. Bring it! Let's finish this!"

• After sending out last Pokémon

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!"

• During battle

"Wh... Wha... Why are you so strong?!"

• When defeated

"Aaaieeeee! This can't be happening! I fought hard, but I still lost..."

• After being defeated

"What a waste... not to use your strength to do bad things! Feh... People like you will never in a million years understand our brilliance! It's too bad... I've really come to respect your strength."

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Four Generals in the manga

Ariana appears in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga, alongside the other three executives. They appear at the end of the first round to take over control of Team Rocket from Carr, saying that they will stay true to Giovanni's intentions.

Pokémon

This listing is of Ariana's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Arbok

Trivia

• As she is the only female Executive in the Johto's Team Rocket, she could be easily adapted from her Generation II design in Generation IV. In this respect, she is the female counterpart of Archer, who was based on the original male Executive. However, Proton and Petrel, originally using the same sprite as Archer, had to be designed from scratch.
• Chermaine from Pokémon Adventures is based on Ariana's original Generation II design, and is named differently because of the lack of names for the executives at the time. This makes her Ariana's cross-canon counterpart.
  • This makes her and Archer the only characters with counterparts in the same canon.

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