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The Memory Girl (Japanese: おもいでむすめ Memory Girl) is a character in the Generation VI games that tells the player about a Pokémon's experiences with its current Trainer and original Trainer. In Pokémon X and Y, she stands outside the Pokémon Center in Anistar City, and has the appearance of a Furisode Girl. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, she stands outside the Pokémon Center in Lilycove City.

Memories

The memories range from meeting the Trainer for the first time, defeating wild Pokémon or Gym Leaders, using HM moves outside of battle, exploring various locations, evolving, etc. A Pokémon's memory may change over time as it has new experiences with its Trainer.

For example, the Memory Girl may say of a Bulbasaur hatched from an Egg: "Bulbasaur hatched from an Egg and saw Trainer 1 for the first time at... a large city. The Pokémon remembers that it was restless." Taking the Bulbasaur to be rated by the stats judge may change the memory to: "Bulbasaur was stared at by the Judge intensely when it met him with Trainer 1. The Pokémon remembers that it felt proud." If the Bulbasaur is then traded to another player, in addition to the most recent memory with the original Trainer, the Memory Girl may add: "And... Bulbasaur became Trainer 2's friend when it arrived via Link Trade at... a snow-swept road. The Pokémon remembers that it got nervous." If the Bulbasaur is then returned to its original trainer, it will retain its memory from the previous trainer, but it will not remember this trainer if traded to a third trainer.

Pokémon received from events or transferred from a Generation V game won't have any memories of their original Trainer; the Memory Girl will say "The Pokémon seems to have a good memory, but it doesn't seem to be able to remember..." They may still make new memories with their current Trainer however. Pokémon who have a memory exclusive to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will also display this message in X and Y.

Quotes

Pokémon X and Y

"I can read Pokémon memories. People call me the Memory Girl. Do you want to know the memory of your Pokémon?"

No: "Come back anytime. Memories never fade away."

Yes: "Which Pokémon's memory do you want to know?"

• After reading a memory

"Do you want to know another Pokémon's memory?"

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

"I'm the Memory Girl! I can read Pokémon memories. Do you want to know the memory of your Pokémon?"

No: "Come back anytime!"

Yes: "OK! Which Pokémon's memory do you want to know?"

• After reading a memory

"Do you want to know another Pokémon's memory?"

Response structure

A Pokémon will have two sets of memories if it has been traded. If this is the case, then the Pokémon's memories with its current Trainer will be Memory 2 and Feelings 2; if the current Trainer is also the Pokémon's Original Trainer, then Memory 1 and Feelings 1 will be from its previous owner, otherwise they will be from the Pokémon's Original Trainer.

"<Memory 1> <Feelings 1>"

• If there are two memories, followed by

"And... <Memory 2> <Feelings 2>"

• If the Pokémon has no data for some set of memories

"The Pokémon seems to have a good memory, but it doesn't seem to be able to remember..."

Unknown

"a certain item"

"a certain move"

"a Pokémon"

Possible memories

Locations

Possible feelings

"The Pokémon remembers that <emotion>."

"The Pokémon clearly^XY/still^ORAS remembers that <emotion>."

"The Pokémon definitely^XY/always^ORAS remembers that <emotion>."

"The Pokémon fondly remembers that <emotion>."

Possible emotions

"it was happy"

"it had fun"

"it was glad"

"it grinned"

"it got overwhelmed by emotion"

"its feelings were indescribable"

"it felt good"

"it got teary eyed"

"it got lighthearted"

"it got nervous"

"it felt comfortable"

"it was restless"

"it got a bit carried away"

"it felt sorry"

"it got emotional"

"it felt nostalgic"

"it had some difficulty"

"it felt exhausted"

"it couldn't be true to its feelings"

"it felt proud"

"they ended up in a foul mood"

"it got angry"

"it got jealous"

"it got sleepy"

Trivia

• The location memory for Azure Bay and Hoenn water routes is すいどう in the Japanese version, which can be translated as either "water route" or "water supply". This ambiguity caused it to be mistranslated in X and Y as "a sewer", and retranslated in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire as "a watery route".

In other languages

Language Title French Sue Veunyre German Miss Memory Italian Memory Korean 추억소녀 Memory Girl Spanish Evocadora

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