Temacu

Temacu

Temacu (Japanese: ヒメカ Himeka) is a character of the day who appeared in The Heartbreak of Brock.

She has quite an unusual name. She explained to Ash and his friends that it was a combination of the first letters of the following Pokémon: Teddiursa "Te" (Japanese: ヒメグマ Himeguma "ヒ" "Hi"), Mareep "ma" (Japanese: メリープ Merriep "メ" "me"), and Cubone "cu" (Japanese: カラカラ Karakara "カ" "ka").

Temacu is one of the few girls to fall in love with Brock. Brock caught her just before she tripped and fell into a fountain. Since that moment, she "knew" that she had to marry Brock and even started to imagine their future wedding. The feelings weren't mutual as Brock was unsure and confused.

However, Temacu's feelings for Brock didn't last long. Team Rocket attacked her father's laboratory and captured what they thought was a Pokémon, but it was actually Temacu. As she tried to get out of the balloon, she nearly fell again, but James was there to catch her this time. This caused her to fall in love with James instead and now she wanted to marry him. Thinking that they could get their hands on the Pokémon at the lab through Temacu's infatuation with James, Jessie and Meowth forced him to play along, even if it meant that he had to marry her. James was not at all comfortable with this idea.

To accommodate the new plan, Team Rocket changed outfits and made up a story about James having saved Temacu from "attackers" to tell to her father. Brock was heartbroken after he found out that Temacu had fallen for James. Soon, Misty pulled off Jessie's disguise, exposing the trio and prompting them to run away. When they were trying to escape, Misty ordered her Poliwhirl to attack James with Water Gun. Temacu, worried for James's safety, jumped in front of the attack and then fainted.

Later, Temacu's father explained to Ash and his friends that she had become obsessed with marriage since her cousin's recent wedding. Temacu eventually woke up, only to fall in love with the first man she saw: her doctor, who had helped her to return her to her senses.

Pokémon

		Nidorina ♀
		Temacu's Nidorina was first seen drinking out of a fountain before her owner was about to fall in. She was then seen taking a stroll with Temacu's Nidorino before she was captured by Team Rocket. She was later saved. Nidorina's only known move is Tackle.
Debut	The Heartbreak of Brock
Voice actors
Japanese	Satomi Kōrogi
English	Satomi Kōrogi

		Nidorino ♂
		Temacu's Nidorino was first seen taking a stroll with Temacu's Nidorina before he was captured by Team Rocket. He was later saved. None of Nidorino's moves are known.
Debut	The Heartbreak of Brock

Voice actors

Trivia

The look-a-like (top row, third from the left)

• One of the Coordinators that are seen on the TV screen in Staging a Heroes' Welcome! bears a striking resemblance to Temacu in her fantasy appearance.
  • Coincidentally, Oscar and Andi own the evolved forms of Temacu's Pokémon, and lookalikes of them appear on the same screen.
• Temacu, along with Wilhomena, Natalie, Lucy, Lizabeth, Holly, Autumn, and Narissa, is one of the few females to Template:S, although she gets over it by the end of the episode.
• In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, her name is Temako to avoid a profanity in the end of the name. Her name in that dub comes from Tentacool, Mareep, and Raikou.

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