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|caption=Art from ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'' <br>and ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''.

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|years=10<ref name="age">In the Japanese version of ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'', Misty mentions that she is ten years old.</ref> (not stated in dub)

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|trainerclass={{pkmn|Trainer}}, [[Gym Leader]]

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|mangacounterpart={{OBP|Misty|Pokémon Newspaper Strip}}

|type={{t|Water}} types

|badge=Badge#Cascade Badge{{!}}Cascade Badge

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|enva=[[Rachael Lillis]] ([[EP001]] - [[AG134]])<br>[[Michele Knotz]] ([[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]] - present)

|java=[[Mayumi Iizuka]]

Misty journeyed with Ash through [[Kanto]], the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]], and [[Johto]], sharpening her skills as a Water-type Trainer along the way. Eventually, she decided to return home to preside over her family's Gym. After watching Ash in the [[Masters Eight Tournament]], she was inspired to go on another journey and left the Gym under her sisters' care. During her travels, she reunited and resumed traveling with Ash in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series|Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]]'' until she decided to return home.

Not much is known about Misty's early childhood other than her technically being one of the [[Gym Leader]]s alongside the [[Sensational Sisters|three sisters]]. When she was very young, an encounter with a {{p|Gyarados}} at the [[Cerulean Gym]] led to her being frightened of them. In ''[[EP148|No Big Woop!]]'', it was revealed that Misty used to play the tambourine as a toddler. Misty often received hand-me-down toys and clothes from her older sisters, who seemed to have been favored in their family, as seen during flashbacks in ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]''. Bullying and exclusion by her sisters led Misty to leave home and effectively leave her sisters as the Gym Leaders prior to ''[[EP001|Pokémon, I Choose You!]]'', choosing to prove herself as a {{type|Water}} [[Pokémon Master]].

In ''[[EP019|Tentacool & Tentacruel]]'', while waiting for the next ferry to the mainland, Misty saw a large group of {{p|Tentacool}} and a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Tentacruel}} attacking [[Porta Vista]] after human activity destroyed their homes. She convinced the Tentacool and Tentacruel to stop attacking the port, and the humans would no longer occupy Tentacool and Tentacruel's homes in the reef, and caught a {{TP|Misty|Horsea}} as well.

In ''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]'', Misty was given a chance to stay in the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]] when [[Rudy]], the Gym Leader on [[Trovita Island]], offered to let her stay with him. Misty considered the offer, but she ultimately chose to keep traveling with Ash, and supported him in his battle against Rudy.

In ''[[EP168|Hook, Line, and Stinker]]'', Misty competed in the annual [[Seaking Catching Competition]]. After Misty and [[Andreas]] both caught {{p|Seaking}} that weighed 55 kg., Misty and Andreas battled each other in order to break the tie. Misty won the competition after her {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl}} defeated Andreas' {{p|Poliwrath}}.

Upon the return of her sisters, Misty remained the sole Cerulean [[Gym Leader]]. Since their return, only Daisy appears to spend any significant amount of time at the Gym. While working in the Gym, Misty sometimes receives help from Tracey when he is either visiting or running an errand for {{an|Professor Oak}}.

She watched Ash compete in the [[Ever Grande Conference]] in ''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]'' and ''[[AG128|Shocks and Bonds]]''. She then traveled with Ash from ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]'' to ''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-Hanger]]'', and was later invited to the [[Mirage Mansion]] by [[Dr. Yung]] in ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]''. She later appeared in flashbacks in ''[[AG189|Gathering the Gang of Four]]''.

Misty made recurring appearances during ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', starting with ''[[SM042|Alola, Kanto!]]''. Misty and Brock reunited with Ash when he and {{ashcl}} arrived at the Kanto airport, then compared Kantonian and {{rf|Alolan}} Pokémon with the class at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|Professor Oak's lab]]. Later, Misty and the rest of the group worked together to defeat {{TRT}}, who Misty was angry to find were still stealing Pokémon. Afterwards, the group had a party and learned from {{an|Professor Kukui}} that the class had plans to head to [[Cerulean City]] for a Gym battle.

In ''[[SM043|When Regions Collide!]]'', the group arrived at Cerulean City, where Misty and Brock assisted Professor Kukui's lecture on the mechanics of Gym battles and the [[Pokémon League]]. Misty defeated {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Mallow}} in a [[Multi Battle]], but she and her [[Mega Evolution|Mega]] {{TP|Misty|Gyarados}} lost against Ash and his {{AP|Pikachu}}. She and Brock then bade Ash and his classmates farewell and accepted Ash's offer to visit Alola sometime in the future.

During the time that passed after the visit to Alola, Lana and Misty became close friends, exchanging messages with each other.

In ''[[SM102|Alola, Alola!]]'', Misty and Brock visited Ash and his classmates in [[Alola]] after Lana invited them. She also explained that her sisters took charge, and implied that Cerulean Gym was facing enough challengers that she simply needed a break. Whilst Brock remained at the Pokémon Center, Misty accompanied Ash and the others to [[Treasure Island]], where they enjoyed [[Mantine Surf]]ing and playing with the Pokémon before the villainous obstacle Team Rocket trio attempted to steal the {{p|Mantine}}. However, with the help of Gyarados and several [[Z-Moves]], she and the others managed to blast Team Rocket off, foiling their every plan.

In ''[[JN138|A Fated Face-Off!]]'', Misty reunited with Ash, stopping him from trying to catch a {{TP|Misty|Clauncher}} that she had been trying to catch. After a trying to catch Clauncher through fishing, Misty and Ash had a battle to decide who would catch Clauncher. Misty used her Politoed to battle against {{AP|Corphish}} and after a tough battle, Politoed emerged victorious, allowing Misty to add Clauncher to her team. Afterward, Misty decided to rejoin Ash on his journey. She also explained that she decided to go on a new journey, and left the gym under the care of her sisters.

 

In ''[[JN144|Getting to the Heart of it All!]]'', Misty joined Ash to give {{p|Banette}} a new heart-shaped hair tie. Ash decided that Misty should give her heart-shaped hair tie to Banette, and she agreed. After a long search for Banette, Ash gave Misty's heart-shaped hair tie to {{p|Banette}}. However, Ash and his friends then decided that he and his friends should look for its owner. They scattered around with no hope, leading them to become tired and decide to continue the search the next day. But when Brock realized that Banette's owner was Nurse Joy, they organized a reunion that finally happened.

In ''[[JN145|Rocket Revengers!]]'', Misty attempted to aid [[James's Mime Jr.]], who seeming defected from its Trainer, in locating [[Officer Jenny]] to refer their latest plot. She held off [[James's Yamask]] and [[Jessie's Frillish]] with her Staryu and Psyduck to allow Ash, Pikachu, and Mime Jr. to continue onward. Soon afterward, however, she and the others deduced something was off and then discovered Mime Jr.'s defection was faked as part of a trap against Pikachu. She eventually witnessed {{an|Latias}}' appearance, recognizing it from what Ash relayed to her and Brock about his earlier encounter with her. She also witnessed her psychic vision of her friend {{p|Latios}} escaping confinement.

[[File:Mistys fear of bugs.png|thumb|250px|left|Misty showing her fear of Bug Pokémon]]

Misty is a girl who can be sweet and optimistic at times, but she is best known for her vocal frustrations and seething anger. Misty also tended to get very angry whenever {{Ash}} got their party lost, especially in forests. She is very extreme in most of her moods, and she abruptly switches between her emotions. However, as time went on, Misty mellowed and her hyperactive personality was reduced significantly by the end of the [[original series]].

She is shown to have a somewhat vain side to her, often referring to herself as an "internationally known beauty" ('''世界の美少女''' ''the world's most beautiful girl'') in introductions to others. However, this trait was mostly excluded from the [[dub]] until ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]''.

[[File:Misty and Ash Oshawott.png|thumb|250px|Misty showing her love for Water-type Pokémon]]

Her goals are not as clear as those of the other main characters, but her main interest is {{pkmn|training}} {{type|Water}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with the dream of becoming a Water [[Pokémon Master]]. Misty aggressively defends the Water-type against critics as seen in ''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]'' and when she first met {{t|Fire}} enthusiast [[Macy]]. She considers all members of the Water-type to be "cute", though her positive opinion on {{p|Tentacool}} in ''[[EP019|Tentacool and Tentacruel]]'' divided Ash and {{an|Brock}}. [[Fishing]] is one of her hobbies, and she even has a {{TP|Misty|special lure}}, which she designed to look like herself. In ''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!]]'', she sent one to Ash as a gift. Sometime before she left for Kanto at the end of ''[[SM103|Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!]]'', Misty gave Lana another one as thanks for inviting her and Brock to visit Alola.

[[File:Misty Cascade Badge.png|thumb|250px|left|Misty holding a Cascade Badge]]

Misty's battle style was first showcased in ''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]'', where she challenged Ash. She had her {{TP|Misty|Staryu}} dive into the water to wash off {{AP|Butterfree}}'s [[Status condition|status]]-inducing [[move]]s. Misty has developed a more rounded battle strategy since becoming the full-time Cerulean Gym Leader, mirroring many of Ash's own methods. During ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', Misty was shown to become increasingly confident and focused on her role as the Cerulean [[Gym Leader]]. ''[[HS02|Cerulean Blues]]'' saw her overcome her fear and help calm a raging {{TP|Misty|Gyarados}} which now serves as one of her main Pokémon, while Misty learned about the Gym Badge-making process and began to appreciate her role in ''[[HS05|The Blue Badge of Courage]]''. She continues to improve her Pokémon as seen with {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}'s mastery of {{m|Water Gun}} and her {{TP|Misty|Corsola}}'s strong defenses make for a tireless battle.

The one Pokémon [[type]] that Misty cannot stand are {{type|Bug}}s, as shown in ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon!]]'' and more recently in ''[[SM102|Alola, Alola!]]''. The only Bug-type Pokémon Misty is not afraid of are the kinds that she deems "cute" or "pretty", like {{p|Ledyba}} and {{p|Butterfree}}, some belonging to her friends, like [[Tracey's Venonat]], or ones that don't look like bugs, such as {{p|Pineco}}. However, Bug Pokémon are only one of three things Misty strongly dislikes, the other two being {{wp|carrot}}s and {{wp|Bell pepper|peppers}}. When asked how she feels about dual typed Bug/Water Pokémon, such as {{p|Dewpider}}, Misty replied with "that's a tough one".

Her catchphrase when sending out a Pokémon is ('''いくわよ！マーイステディ！''' ''Go! My Steady!''). Like her "beauty" title, this was not carried over into the dub until ''Sun & Moon''.

This is a listing of Misty's Pokémon. Pokémon listed as "in rotation" were seen in her team in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''.

| {{ActivePoké|Misty|Gyarados|Misty Gyarados.png|water|flying|disp=Gyarados ↔ Mega Gyarados}}

|vajp=Ikue Ohtani

|vaen=Ikue Ohtani

|desc=Misty befriends a {{p|Golduck}} which lives on [[Kinnow Island]] who she mistakes for thinking that her {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} had [[Evolution|evolved]]. He was first seen under Misty's [[bag|backpack]] and after Misty had found him she used him in a battle against {{OBP|Marina|EP091}} and her {{p|Psyduck}}. Psyduck used Confusion on a wave which Golduck rode and was about to crash into Psyduck until {{TRT}} appeared and nabbed Marina's Pokémon. He was used with Marina's {{p|Starmie}} to get them back and Golduck throws [[Team Rocket's mechas|Team Rocket's sub]] onto the beach. He hits the sub with a Water Gun, and stops {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}'s attack with Disable then slams Arbok to the floor with a Psychic, and eventually send Team Rocket blasting off with a {{m|Hyper Beam}} and saves Marina's Pokémon.

He was later used in the last part of the battle between Marina and her Starmie, he gets battered with Starmie's {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Bubble}} but shatters Starmie's {{m|Light Screen}} with another Hyper Beam fainting it. Misty tries to recall Golduck but her Psyduck pops out. Golduck then runs off and shows off his skills to a bunch of girls.

|desc=Misty hooked a big {{p|Seaking}} using her [[Misty's special lure|special lure]] for the [[Seaking Catching Competition]]. It weighed 55kg which placed Misty equal first with [[Andreas]]. Misty was then chosen the winner with a subsequent [[Pokémon battle]]. Under contest rules, the Seaking was released back into the lake.

|en=[[Rachael Lillis]] ([[EP001]]-[[AG134]], [[M01]]-[[M05]])<br>[[Michele Knotz]] ([[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]], [[BW116]]-present)

|ar=مجد ظاظ ''Majd Zaza'' ([[EP001]]-[[EP105]])<br>جمانة الزنجي ''Joumana Zonji'' ([[EP106]]-present)

|zh_cmn=林凱羚 ''Lín Kǎilíng'' ([[EP001]]-[[EP103]])<br>龍顯蕙 ''Lóng Xiǎnhuì'' ([[EP104]]-[[EP207]])<br>謝佼娟 ''Xiè Jiǎojuān'' ([[EP208]]-[[EP259]])<br>林美秀 ''Lín Měixiù'' ([[EP260]]-present)

|cs=Eva Spoustová ([[EP001]]-[[EP209]], [[M01]]-[[M04]])<br>Jana Páleníčková ([[BW116]]-present, [[M22]])

|fi=Kiti Kokkonen ([[EP001]]-[[EP079]], [[EP125]]-[[EP136]], [[AG044]]-[[AG134]], [[SM042]]-[[SM043]], [[M01]]-[[M04]], [[Pikachu short]]s, [[Mewtwo Returns|MR]], [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]])<br>Outi Alanen ([[EP117]]-[[EP124]])<br>Marjut Heikkinen ([[EP137]]-[[EP183]])<br>Pauliina Virta ([[EP263]]-[[EP273]])<br>Unknown ([[BW116]])<br>Mirjami Heikkinen (SM??-present, [[M22]])<br>Hanna Salonen ([[M05]])

|pt_br=Márcia Regina ([[EP001]]-[[BW116]], [[Pokémon movie|movies]], [[Pikachu short]]s, [[Mewtwo Returns|MR]], [[Pokémon Chronicles]], [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|MoMP]])<br>Aline Guioli ([[SM042]]-present, [[M22]])

|es_eu=Miriam Valencia ([[EP001]]-[[BW116]])<br>Sandra Villa ([[SM042]]-[[SM103]], [[M22]])<br>Pilar Aguado ([[M03]], [[Mewtwo Returns]])

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| Poster for the Japanese version of<br>''{{color2|000|Pokémon: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master}}''

Misty, along with {{Ash}} and {{an|Brock}}, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of [[Magical Pokémon Journey]]. In the bonus chapters, Misty and her friends have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the {{pkmn|anime}}) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of [[Poké Ball]]s).

** Holds the record of having the most Pokémon [[Party|on hand]] at the time of her debut and the largest number of Pokémon with unexplained origins, with three each.

** As of ''[[JN138|A Fated Face-Off!]]'', however, Misty has returned as a long-term travelling companion of Ash during the ''Aim to Be a Pokémon Master'' arc of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''.