Leaf (game)

If you were looking for the character from Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, see Green (game).

Leaf redirects here. For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation).

Leaf リーフ Leaf
Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mom, unnamed father
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation	III, VII
Games	FireRed, LeafGreen, Masters EX
Champion of	Indigo Plateau
English voice actor	Michelle Marie (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yuka Otsubo (Masters EX)
Manga counterpart(s)	Blue, Green

Leaf (Japanese: リーフ Leaf) is the female player character in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Her male counterpart is Red.

In the core series

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Leaf's adventure begins after Professor Oak calls her to his lab and gives her a choice of Pokémon. Blue challenges Leaf to a Pokémon battle as soon as they get their Pokémon. Later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them a Pokédex, and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every kind of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating the Gym Leaders. Her rival Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When Leaf eventually reaches the Elite Four, she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become the Indigo League Champion. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself. Her adventure continues even after that, with Leaf discovering new places, such as the Sevii Islands.

Leaf's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is Team Rocket, an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Leaf clashes with Team Rocket many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts at Mt. Moon who are attempting to steal rare Pokémon Fossils, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge in Cerulean City. Leaf protects the Pokémon Tower and Mr. Fuji in Lavender Town and destroys their hold on the Game Corner. After she foils their plot to take over Silph Co., Leaf encounters Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader in Viridian City. Upon defeating him, Leaf stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by Leaf on Five Island in Generation III, would band together in Johto to try to revive the group.

Artwork

File:Leaf and Squirtle artwork.png
Leaf and Squirtle concept artwork by Hitoshi Ariga for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines	Artwork depicting the usage of Fly, featuring Leaf with a Pidgey
Ken Sugimori artwork from a 2005 New Year's postcard	Ken Sugimori artwork

Sprites

In the core series

Sprite from FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald	Intro sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Credits sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Back sprite from FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald
Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from Emerald

In side games

Model from Colosseum	Model from XD: Gale of Darkness

Optional names

When starting a new game of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, if the player leaves the name writing screen without any written name, or with a name composed entirely of empty spaces, Professor Oak says "Right... So your name is <optional name>.", suggesting one of the 21 available names. The player may answer "Yes" to accept the suggested name, or "No" to return to the name writing screen.

In the side series

Pokémon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness

Leaf makes an appearance in both Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used, with a female player character chosen. She can take on Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Leaf made a brief appearance in the debut trailer of Pokémon Battle Revolution, having a Double Battle against Red, using a Groudon and a Pikachu. Despite this, she didn't appear in the final cut of the game.

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Leaf (Masters)

Leaf appears in as a supporting character in Pokémon Masters EX's story. She was later made available in the normal Sync Pair scout rotation. A Sygna Suit variant where she uses a Venusaur capable of Mega Evolution was also released in conjunction with the game's anniversary and upgrade to Pokémon Masters EX, becoming one of the first characters with access to 6★ EX.

Super Smash Bros. series

Leaf, as the female Pokémon Trainer, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Pokémon Trainer

Main article: Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)

Leaf appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as the female variant of "Pokémon Trainer" (of which Red is the default). She shares his team of Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard, marking the first time that she has used the Charmander line in fiction outside the main series games.

Other references

• From Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward, Leaf's hat appears as an alternate outfit worn by Jigglypuff, in parallel to Pikachu wearing Red's hat.

Quotes

Main article: Leaf (game)/Quotes

Counterparts

Green in Pokémon Adventures

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Green (Adventures)

Green from Pokémon Adventures serves as Leaf's counterpart, taking on Leaf's appearance from the FireRed & LeafGreen arc onwards.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

Main article: Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)

Leaf also has a counterpart in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, who is named Blue.

Trivia

Cover of the Pocket Monsters Red, Green, and Blue guidebook

• An artwork of an unnamed female character drawn by Ken Sugimori was released in Pokémon Red and Green's official strategy guide, released in April 1996.^[1] This artwork also appears on the cover a revised version of the guidebook that includes the Japanese Pokémon Blue as well.^[2]
  • According to Sugimori, she was not originally planned as a player character. He wanted to portray a trio of Trainers facing off against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover.^[3]
  • The female character was later adapted for the Pokémon Craft DX magazine drawn by Emiko Yoshino, as well as Green in Pokémon Adventures (released 11 months after the original artwork), Leaf in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (8 years after the original artwork), and Green in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (22 years after the original artwork).
  • Sugimori noted that he took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the female protagonist for FireRed and LeafGreen. He also mentioned that the FireRed and LeafGreen female protagonist did not have a name at the time of his writing, in November 2012.^[4]
• While Green shares many similarities with Leaf, it has not been officially confirmed whether Green is an incarnation of Leaf, a cross-canon counterpart, or a separate entity entirely.
• Leaf's hat somewhat resembles a Premier Ball.
• Leaf's FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.
• The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with Dawn and Lyra. She also shares all of Kris's alternate Japanese names.
• Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld Generation IV games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling against Red in an early trailer for Pokémon Battle Revolution on the Wii.
• Leaf is the only non-rival female player character to have a counterpart who appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

Pokémon Craft DX gallery

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  Cover page

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  Pages 2-3

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  Pages 4-5

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  Pages 6-7

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  Pages 18-19

Names

Leaf is used as the official name for this character in Pokémon Masters EX and on merchandise such as Kotobukiya's ARTFX J figurine^[5][6] and the Bandai's Pokémon Scale World collection.^[7] She is also referred to as "Leaf" in unused Trainer data and as one of her optional names in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and was hinted as such to be the default name by Sugimori on Twitter.^[8]

Until the reveal of her official name, she was also known in the fandom as "Green" (ブルー Blue in Japanese) to match her Pokémon Adventures counterpart. This name would later be used officially in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! for Green, although it has not been confirmed whether Leaf and Green are different versions of the same character. She is also sometimes referred to as フグリ Fuguri in the Japanese fandom. The name is derived from the katakana rendering of "LeafGreen", リーフグリーン rīfugurīn.

References

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.