Visquez

Visquez

Visquez (Japanese: ビスケス Visquez) is the Vermilion City Gym Leader in the absence of Lt. Surge. She gives the Thunder Badge to Trainers who defeat her.

In the anime

In the anime, Visquez is a character of the day who appeared in Destination: Coronation!.

She first battled a Trainer and his Hypno with her Raichu, eventually emerging victorious. While cleaning up the mess left by the battle, she received word that a challenger was coming to battle her for the World Coronation Series, who turned out to be Ash. Visquez remembered Ash from his battle against Lt. Surge, and they had a two-on-two battle, with Visquez using her Raichu and Electrode against Ash's Pikachu and Gengar. The battle ended in Visquez's loss, causing her rank to go down.

Afterwards, Visquez said goodbye to Ash and Goh. She then promised Ash that she would tell Lt. Surge about the battle they had and how Ash had evolved as a Trainer since then.

Character

Although she is tough, Visquez encourages all of the Trainers she faces to do their best in battle. Despite being a replacement Gym Leader, Visquez is well-respected in Vermilion City.

Pokémon

This listing is of Visquez's known Pokémon in the anime:

On hand

		Raichu ♂
		Raichu is Visquez's first known Pokémon. He was first seen battling a Trainer's Hypno and defeated him with Volt Tackle. Afterwards, Raichu was seen lifting a dumbbell alongside Visquez when they received word of a Trainer coming to challenge them. Raichu was the first Pokémon used in Visquez's battle against Ash, where he went up against Pikachu before Pikachu was recalled in favor of Gengar. After a hard-fought battle, Raichu was defeated. Visquez revealed that Raichu was trained by Lt. Surge himself. Raichu's known moves are Volt Tackle, Thunderbolt, and Reflect.
Debut	Destination: Coronation!
Voice actors
Japanese	Fumiko Takekuma
English	Fumiko Takekuma

		Electrode
		Electrode is Visquez‘s second known Pokémon and referred as her "Squad's Greatest Secret Weapon". It was first used to battle Ash's Gengar and was able to defeat it before going up against Pikachu. Despite Electrode's great speed, Pikachu managed to defeat it. Electrode attempted to take Pikachu down with it, only for Pikachu to protect himself, thus leading to only Electrode going down and causing Visquez to lose the match. Electrode's known moves are Magnet Rise, Discharge, and Rollout, and its Ability is Aftermath.
Debut	Destination: Coronation!
Voice actors
Japanese	Rikako Aikawa

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Achievements

Visquez has competed in the following competitions:

• World Coronation Series Rank: 2,109* (Normal Class)

Voice actors

In the manga

Visquez in the Pocket Monsters manga

In the Pocket Monsters manga

Visquez appeared in JNM09, playing the same role as she does in the anime. She reappeared in a flashback in JNM10.

Pokémon

This listing is of Visquez's known Pokémon in the manga:

On hand

Raichu

Electrode

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Trivia

• Visquez's name and design may be a reference to the character of Private Vasquez from the 1986 sci-fi action film Aliens.
• Similar to Oliver, Visquez's hair has a shape that refers to her type specialty, in this case a wire on a device socket.

Names

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon anime.