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'''Solidad''' (Japanese: '''サオリ''' ''Saori'') is a recurring character in the [[Pokémon anime]]. She is a [[Pokémon Coordinator]] from [[Pewter City]] who first appeared in ''[[AG180|May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!]]''.

Solidad made her debut appearance in ''[[AG180|May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!]]'', where it was revealed that she had defeated [[Drew]] in his very first [[Pokémon Contest]], causing him to cry. Since then they seem to have become friends. They see each other often in Contests and they also keep in touch. She also noticed that Drew became more competitive, and she thinks {{an|May}} is the reason for this.

In ''[[AG182|Channeling the Battle Zone!]]'', she battled {{an|May}} in the semifinal round of the [[Kanto Grand Festival]]. She was able to counter May's attacks as she had previously observed her battling style. She managed to win the battle against May, and then she won the final stage, giving her the title of {{DL|Grand Festival|Top Coordinator}}. Similarly to Drew, May also cried after being defeated by Solidad.

She was last known to be traveling in [[Johto]] and in ''[[DP077|Staging a Heroes' Welcome!]]'' and ''[[DP079|Strategy with a Smile!]]'', she made a cameo appearance along with [[Harley]] and [[Drew]], watching May perform live on TV at the [[Wallace Cup]].

Solidad is more mature than fellow Coordinators {{an|May}} and [[Drew]], but still holds them in high esteem. She and {{an|Brock}} are old friends and she used to see him often when he was still the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Pewter Gym]], she even knew him from before. She also stated that she is old friends with [[Harley]], and that she finds him to be an interesting person.

This listing is of Solidad's known Pokémon:

|desc={{p|Slowbro}} first appeared with Solidad, using psychic powers to lift the escaping {{AP|Aipom}} into Ash's arms. In ''[[AG181|Thinning the Hoard!]]'', Slowbro created a masterful display of levitating itself with {{m|Psychic}}, then using Water Gun to create a fountain effect. Later in the episode, it used Hyper Beam to single-handedly blast a {{p|Girafarig}} and a {{p|Zangoose}} out of the competition.

In ''[[AG182|Channeling the Battle Zone!]]'', Slowbro was shown to be fighting alongside Pidgeot against [[May's Combusken]] and {{TP|May|Munchlax}}. It easily disarmed Munchlax's Focus Punch with Psychic, before putting Combusken to sleep with Yawn. It evaded Munchlax's Solar Beam and teamed up with Pidgeot to knock Munchlax out with another Hyper Beam.

|img=Solidad Lapras.png

|desc={{p|Lapras}} is another Pokémon used in Solidad's Grand Festival campaign. With a powerful {{m|Sheer Cold}} it got through the first rounds for Solidad. Later, it was able to get Solidad to the finals while battling alongside Solidad's {{p|Butterfree}} against a {{p|Hitmonlee}} and a {{p|Hitmonchan}}.

|desc=Solidad's {{p|Pidgeot}} was used during the Double Battle phase against {{an|May}} alongside Solidad's Slowbro against May's {{TP|May|Combusken}} and {{TP|May|Munchlax}}. Although it was hit hard by Combusken's {{m|Fire Spin}}, it recovered and used Feather Dance to dissipate the flames and send burning feathers down on May's Pokémon. It then used Double Team to avoid Munchlax's last desperate attack, and teamed up with Slowbro to knock it out with an Aerial Ace.

|desc={{p|Butterfree}} is one of the Pokémon Solidad used in her Grand Festival campaign. Not much is known about it, other than it being able to get Solidad to the finals while battling alongside Solidad's Lapras against a {{p|Hitmonlee}} and a {{p|Hitmonchan}}.}}

[[File:Solidad Ribbon Cup.png|thumb|200px|Solidad with the Ribbon Cup]]

Solidad has competed in the following [[Grand Festival]]s:

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* All of Solidad's known Pokémon are from [[Generation I]].

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