Whitney
Whitney アカネ Akane | |
""The Incredibly Pretty Girl"" | |
[[File:File:Whitney.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from Gold and Silver | |
Age | 16 (estimated by Pokeani) |
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Gender | Female |
Hometown | Goldenrod City |
Region | Johto |
Relatives | Uncle Milton (anime) |
Trainer class | Gym Leader |
Generation | II |
Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2 |
Leader of | Goldenrod Gym |
Badge | Plain Badge |
Anime debut | A Goldenrod Opportunity |
English voice actor | Megan Hollingshead |
Japanese voice actor | Yuko Miyamura |
Whitney (Japanese: アカネ Akane) is the Gym Leader of Goldenrod City's Gym, known officially as the Goldenrod Gym. She hands out the Plain Badge to trainers who defeat her. She is a young girl who uses Template:Type2 Pokémon.
In the anime
Whitney appeared in the episodes A Goldenrod Opportunity and A Dairy Tale Ending.
Whitney is a sweet but ditzy young lady. She easily gets lost in her own home town.
Ash challenged her to a Gym match, but was unable to stop her Miltank, who constantly used Rollout to deflect attacks.
After his defeat, Whitney invited Ash to her Uncle Milton's dairy farm, where many Miltank were raised to produce milk for consumption.
Ash, Brock, and Misty spent the day taking care of the dairy's many Miltank.
After Ash stopped a barrel-shaped robot piloted by Team Rocket, he came up with a strategy to defeat Miltank. He used Totodile and Cyndaquil to slow it down, then had Pikachu knock it out. With that, Ash won the Plain Badge.
Whitney's Japanese voice actress is 宮村優子 Yuko Miyamura and her English voice actress is Megan Hollingshead. Internationally, she is played by Fernanda Bulara in the Brazilian Portuguese dub.
Pokémon
This listing is of Whitney's known Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.
![]() Clefairy |
![]() Nidorina |
![]() Miltank |
In the games
Whitney's title is "The Incredibly Pretty Girl!".
Although she only began battling a little while ago, Whitney's talent attracted the Pokémon League to choose her as a Gym Leader. Her gym is filled with other young girls like herself, who use cute Normal-type Pokémon like Meowth. Her gym is shaped like a Clefairy.
Whitney doesn't like trainers who are too serious in battle. When Whitney's defeated, she throws a temper tantrum and cries, but after drying her eyes and blowing her nose she will get over her loss and give the player the badge.
After winning the Plain Badge, Whitney gives out TM45 (Attract). Whitney says that Attract is perfect for a cutie like her, because it makes full use of a Pokémon's cuteness.
Pokémon
This listing is of Whitney's Pokémon in the video games she has appeared in.
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
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Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1
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Round 2 Pokémon
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Quotes
"Hi! I'm Whitney! Everyone was into Pokémon, so I got into it too! Pokémon are super-cute! You want to battle? I'm warning you--I'm good!"
"Sob... ...Waaaaaaah! You're mean! You shouldn't be so serious! You...you child, you! Waaaaah! Waaaaah! Snivel, hic...You meanie!"
"...Sniff... What? What do you want? A badge? Oh, right. I forgot. Here's Plain Badge."
In the Pokémon Special manga
In Pokémon Special, Whitney is an actress. She is also good friends with DJ Mary.
She met Gold while performing at the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City. The two clashed and ended up competing against each other in a bike race.
Whitney isn't a strong Gym Leader, according to Suicune. Whitney is the only Johto Gym Leader, besides Pryce, that Suicune didn't challenge for a right to be its partner in the fight against the Mask of Ice.
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.
![]() Miltank |
![]() Cleffa |
![]() Igglybuff |
Released
![]() Smeargle (Given to DJ Mary) |
In the Golden Boys manga
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Golden Boys manga.
![]() Miltank |
![]() Cleffa |
![]() Ditto |
![]() Magby |
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Whitney or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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Whitney's Clefable | ![]() |
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Pokémon VS (no English release) | 14/141 |
Whitney's Wigglytuff | ![]() |
- | ![]() |
Pokémon VS (no English release) | 15/141 |
Whitney's Persian | ![]() |
- | ![]() |
Pokémon VS (no English release) | 16/141 |
Whitney's Lickitung | ![]() |
- | ![]() |
Pokémon VS (no English release) | 17/141 |
Whitney's Furret | ![]() |
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Pokémon VS (no English release) | 18/141 |
Whitney's Miltank | ![]() |
- | ![]() |
Pokémon VS (no English release) | 19/141 |
Whitney's TM 01 | - | - | ![]() |
Pokémon VS (no English release) | 107/141 |
Whitney's TM 02 | - | - | ![]() |
Pokémon VS (no English release) | 108/141 |
Trivia
- Her Japanese Leader title is ダイナマイト プリティ ギャル!.
- She's the first Johto Gym Leader to use a Generation II Pokémon on her main in-game team, and she's one of the only four to do so.
- In Generation III, a Whitney look-alike, along with Jasmine and Pryce look-alikes, can be seen as an audience member in a Pokémon Contest.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | アカネ Akane | Refers to 茜 akane, a madder; or 明るい (akarui), bright, luminous. |
English | Whitney | It's similar to the word white. |
French | Blanche | Literally means white. |
German | Bianka | From Italian bianco, white. |
Italian | Chiara | From chiaro, light, pale. |
Spanish | Blanca | Literally means white. |
Korean | 꼭두 Kkokdu | reference to 꼭두서니 kkokduseoni, madder red (as in her Japanese name). |
Chinese | 小茜 Xiǎo Qiàn | 茜 is taken from 茜 akane. |
External links
- Akane's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
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