Karen: Difference between revisions

{{samename|character of the day with the Japanese name Karen|Mary (EP139)}}

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'''Karen''' (Japanese: '''カリン''' ''Karin'') is a {{type|Dark}} {{Pkmn|Trainer}} and member of the [[Indigo Plateau|Indigo]] [[Elite Four]].

Karen is the final member of the [[Indigo League]] [[Elite Four]] in the [[Generation II]] and {{gen|IV}} games. She prefers {{type|Dark}} Pokémon because she likes the tough and wild image they portray, and believes that skilled {{pkmn|Trainer}}s should try to win with the Pokémon they like the most.

===Pokémon===

This listing is for Karen's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

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===[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]===

Karen appears as the final Elite Four member in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]'s Johto [[Gym Leader Castle]]. Here, her strategy mainly focuses on incapacitating her opponent by stacking up [[status condition]]s, like {{status|confusion}}, {{status|infatuation}}, and {{status|paralysis}}, onto the opposing Pokémon.

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===[[Pokémon Puzzle Challenge]]===

Karen appears in [[Pokémon Puzzle Challenge]], using a Murkrow to battle.

===[[Pokémon Masters EX]]===

{{main|Karen (Masters)}}

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===Sprites===

====In the [[core series]]====

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====In other games====

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Karen, along with [[Will]], {{adv|Green}}, {{adv|Silver}}, [[Sham]], and [[Carl]], was one of the children raised by the [[Masked Man]] to be his servants. Unlike Silver and Green, Karen was not kidnapped and went to the Masked Man willingly out of boredom.

Karen debuted with Will at the [[Ilex Forest]], where they were tasked to guard the area. When Green arrived to stop the Masked Man's plan to capture {{p|Celebi}}, she was attacked by Karen and Will. With the {{adv|Tower duo|Ho-Oh and Lugia}} they borrowed from the Masked Man, Karen and Will exploited Green's fear of birds to torture her. When Green learned that Karen and Will also defeated and captured Silver, she overcame her fear of birds and sent out {{p|Articuno}}, {{p|Zapdos}}, and {{p|Moltres}} to fight. Green and her allies, {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}}, each used one of the legendary birds to battle Karen and Will. With the assistance of many Pokémon sent from all across [[Johto]] and [[Kanto]], Ho-Oh and Lugia were freed from the Masked Man's control and fly away. Defeated, Karen made her escape.

After the Masked Man's defeat, Karen and Will were approached by [[Bruno]] and [[Koga]], who offered to form an alliance since all four of them were once members of various criminal organizations.

It is revealed that Karen, Will, Bruno, and Koga were all made members of the Johto [[Elite Four]] by the [[Pokémon Association]]. The Johto Elite Four went to the [[Pokéathlon]] as an act of promotion for the Pokémon League. There, they met {{adv|Gold}}, who they challenged to the Power Course. Karen was the only Elite Four member who didn't participate in the events.

===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===

{{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}} encounters Karen in ''[[PM106|A Challenge to the Elite Four!]]''. Her role in this manga is similar to Lance's in the Generation II games and the remakes where she was the last one fought as Lance himself was absent.

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* Karen is the only [[Elite Four]] member in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} who does not use a Pokémon that is part of a three-stage evolutionary line in her rematch team.

** She is also the only one who, in her rematch with the player, uses a different final Pokémon from the one used in the initial battle. In her case, she replaces {{p|Houndoom}} with {{p|Umbreon}}, though Houndoom is still present in her party.

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