Wilma

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Wilma
タツばあさん Grandma Tatsu
Wilma anime.png
Wilma in the anime
Gender Female
Hometown Unknown; Currently lives on Route 210DPPtBDSP, Blackthorn CityHGSS
Region Sinnoh, Johto
Trainer class Move Tutor
Generation IV, VIII
Games Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl
Anime debut A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!
English voice actor Ursula Conlon
Japanese voice actor Noriko Uemura

Wilma, or Grandma Wilma (Japanese: タツばあさん Grandma Tatsu), is a Move Tutor found in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl. She lives on the northern, foggy stretch of Route 210 in the in the Sinnoh-based games, while she lives in Blackthorn City in the Johto-based games.

In the games

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl she mentions that she used to live in a famous city of Dragon Tamers until she moved to Sinnoh, and due to this, she is able to teach the move Draco Meteor to the player's Dragon-type Pokémon if its friendship is maxed out.

Gallery

Sprites

Wilma DPPt OD.png Wilma HGSS OD.png
Overworld sprite from
Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the anime

Wilma's only anime appearance was in A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!. Ash and his friends met up with her after witnessing her teach an Altaria to use Draco Meteor. She explained that many Trainers, including Altaria's, leave their Pokémon with her so that she can teach them Draco Meteor.

Later, a wild Gible that Wilma knew showed up and she explained that it shows up frequently. Ash and his friends helped her rescue Altaria from Team Rocket and she later showed them the way to Daybreak Town.

Training


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Wilma's Altaria
Altaria
Wilma was training a Trainer's Altaria in A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!. Because of its great power, it was kidnapped by Team Rocket. However, Altaria managed to damage their machine to the point where it was unable to move. It was later rescued by Gible.

Altaria knows Draco Meteor, Ice Beam, and Flamethrower.

Debut A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!
Voice actors
Japanese Satsuki Yukino

Befriended

Ash's Gible
Gible
Main article: Ash's Gible

Wilma befriended a wild Gible that was trying to learn Draco Meteor for a long time. Even though Gible can be savage, Wilma was able to tame this wild Pokémon with massages. It left Wilma and began to follow Ash.

Debut A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!
Voice actors
Japanese Daisuke Sakaguchi
English Tom Wayland

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 上村典子 Noriko Uemura
English Ursula Conlon
Czech Hana Talpová
Finnish Elise Langenoja
Brazilian Portuguese Gilmara Sanches
European Spanish Pilar Gentil


Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese タツばあさん Grandma Tatsu From 竜 tatsu (dragon)
English Grandma Wilma
German Oma Ma
Spanish Abuela Ela From abuela (grandma)
French Mamie Bertille
Italian Nonna Elmira
Korean 할머니 Grandma Jin From 진 (辰) jin (an earthly branch associated with the dragon)
Chinese (Mandarin) 婆婆 / 龙婆婆 Grandma Lóng From 龍 / 龙 lóng / lùhng (dragon)
Chinese (Cantonese) 婆婆 Grandma Lùhng
Polish Babcia Wilma



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