Agatha

Agatha キクコ Kikuko
Art from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Gender	Female
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Graying blonde
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kanto or Johto
Trainer class	Elite Four Gym Leader (temporary; animation only)
Generation	I, III, VII
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!, Stadium, Masters EX
Elite Four of	Indigo Plateau
Specializes in	Ghost types
Game animation debut	The Challenger
English voice actor	N/A (Origins) Ellyn Stern (Generations) Dorothy Fahn (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	N/A (Origins) Hisako Kyōda (Generations) Yoshino Otori (Masters EX)
Animated debut	The Scheme Team
English voice actor	Allyson Johnson Lisa Ortiz (M20)
Japanese voice actor	Kazuko Sugiyama

Agatha (Japanese: キクコ Kikuko) is a Ghost-type Trainer who serves as a member of the Indigo Elite Four in Generations I, III, and VII.

In the core series games

Agatha is an elderly woman who is the third Trainer of the Kanto Elite Four in Generations I, III, and VII, and the oldest such known to date. As such, she serves as an inspiration for senior Pokémon Trainers all around the region. She uses Ghost-type Pokémon and other Pokémon with horrifying appearances. She has a very short temper and believes Pokémon should primarily be used for battling.

Agatha and Professor Oak were once friendly rivals in their youth. However, their relationship has grown bitter and strained over the years because Agatha believes he was too weak to continue competing. In Pokémon Masters EX, during her Sync Pair Story "A Day with Agatha", Agatha explains how she and Oak met. Oak was always friendly and open when he was young and would talk to Agatha and try to help her. Though he was only trying to be nice, it still annoyed Agatha because she wanted to be left alone. Agatha would battle Oak to try and get him to go away, but he was always better than her, and so she would battle him again and again. Eventually, the time they spent together began to mean a lot to Agatha. As a result, when Oak got the idea to invent the Pokédex and subsequently stopped battling, Agatha felt betrayed.

By the events of the Generation II and IV games, Agatha is no longer a member of the Elite Four, and Bruno has assumed her position. Her absence is never explained, but an old portrait with younger versions of her, Professor Oak, and Kurt can be seen in the latter's house.

Fame Checker

This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Agatha in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Pokémon League - Agatha

• What does this person do?

"I am Agatha of the Elite Four."

Indigo Plateau - Crusher*

• Favorite kind of Pokémon?

"Agatha's Ghost-type Pokémon are horrifically terrifying in toughness."

Indigo Plateau - Crusher*

• What is this person like?

"That old lady's got a really short fuse, too.

It doesn't take anything to get that scary lady hollering."

Seven Island - Pokémon Journal

• There's a rumor...

"In her youth, Agatha and Prof. Oak were rivals who vied for

supremacy as Trainers."

Pokémon League - Agatha

• Family and friends?

"I hear Oak's taken a lot of interest in you, child.

That old duff was once tough and handsome.

But that was decades ago. He's a shadow of his former self."

Six Island - Old Lady

• What is this person like?

"Take Agatha, for example.

She set a record for being the oldest-ever Elite Four member."

Message from Agatha

• From: Agatha
• To: [Player]

"When you grow older, don't you dare go soft like that coot Oak!

Be like me and keep battling on!"

Pokémon

This listing is of Agatha's Pokémon in the video games she has appeared in.

Pokémon Red and Blue

Agatha will switch her current Pokémon 7.8125% (20/256) of the time. Additionally, she has two Super Potions per Pokémon to use 42.1875% (108/256) of the time when their HP falls below 25%.

Agatha Indigo Plateau Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $5940

Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.56 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Types: Poison Flying Golbat Lv.56 Supersonic Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Haze Ice   --       Types: Ghost Poison Haunter Lv.55 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.58 Bite Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Acid Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.60 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Toxic Poison   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --

Pokémon Yellow

Agatha will switch her current Pokémon 7.8125% (20/256) of the time. Additionally, she has two Super Potions per Pokémon to use 42.1875% (108/256) of the time when their HP falls below 25%.

Agatha Indigo Plateau Yellow Reward: $5940

Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.56 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Substitute Normal   --       Lick Ghost   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Poison Flying Golbat Lv.56 Supersonic Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Leech Life Bug   --       Types: Ghost Poison Haunter Lv.55 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Lick Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.58 Wrap Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Acid Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.60 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Agatha has two Full Restores in both battles.

First battle

Elite Four Agatha Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $5800

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♀ Lv.54 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Punch Ghost   --       Double Team Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.54 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bite Dark   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Poison Fang Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♀ Lv.53 Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.56 Bite Dark   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Screech Normal   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Gengar♀ Lv.58 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Nightmare Ghost   --

Rematch

Elite Four Agatha Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $7000

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.66 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Punch Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.66 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Misdreavus♂ Lv.65 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Attract Normal   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♂ Lv.68 Double Team Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Chesto Berry Gengar♂ Lv.70 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

First battle

Elite Four Agatha Pokémon League Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $10,800

Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Arbok♀ Lv.53 Glare Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Ghost Poison Mega Stone: None Gengar♀ Lv.53 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.53 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.53 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Ghost Poison Mega Stone: None Gengar♂ Lv.54 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Rematch

Elite Four Agatha Pokémon League Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $12,800

Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Arbok♀ Lv.63 Glare Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Fire Ghost Mega Stone: None Marowak♂ Lv.63 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Bonemerang Ground Physical   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.63 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leech Life Bug Physical   --       Types: Ghost Poison Mega Stone: None Gengar♀ Lv.63 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.63 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Mega Stone: None Gengar♂ Lv.64 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --

In the side series games

Pokémon Stadium

Agatha appears in Pokémon Stadium as the second member of the Elite Four during the Gym Leader Castle challenge. Due to the small number of Ghost-type Pokémon in Generation I, she also uses Pokémon from other types, mostly Poison.

Pokémon

Round 1

Agatha Gym Leader Castle Stadium

Types: Ghost Poison Haunter Lv.50-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Types: Poison Flying Golbat Lv.50-100 Supersonic Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Swift Normal   --       Haze Ice   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.50-100 Screech Normal   --       Wrap Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Fissure Ground   --       Type: Poison Unknown Muk Lv.50-100 Minimize Normal   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Sludge Poison   --       Types: Grass Poison Venusaur Lv.50-100 Leech Seed Grass   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.50-100 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bide Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Round 2

Agatha Gym Leader Castle Stadium

Types: Ice Psychic Jynx Lv.50-100 Lovely Kiss Normal   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Alakazam Lv.50-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Recover Normal   --       Type: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.50-100 Screech Normal   --       Wrap Normal   --       Glare Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Water Flying Gyarados Lv.50-100 Surf Water   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Types: Grass Poison Venusaur Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Ghost Poison Gengar Lv.50-100 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bide Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Agatha (Masters)

Agatha, in her Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen design, forms a sync pair with Gengar and Arbok in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Gengar is capable of Mega Evolving. Agatha became a playable sync pair since the game's release.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#009		Agatha	#0094		Gengar♀ Mega Gengar	Ghost	Dark			★★★★☆☆EX	Sync Pair Scout
#009		Agatha	#0024		Arbok♀	Poison	Psychic			★★★★★☆EX	Variety Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Artwork

Official artwork from FireRed and LeafGreen by Ken Sugimori	Confronting Chase and Elaine	Concept art from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Sprites and models

In the core series

Sprite from Red and Blue	Sprite from Yellow	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Overworld sprite from Generation I		Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

In other games

Portrait from Stadium

Quotes

Main article: Agatha/Quotes

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Agatha in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

History

Agatha appeared in the Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire episode The Scheme Team. Ash met her while traveling through Viridian City during his journey home to Pallet Town. Scott formally introduced her to Ash, and Agatha explained that she was acting as the temporary Gym Leader for the Viridian Gym until the true new Gym Leader would arrive. She uses Ghost Pokémon for the Gym.

Ash then challenged Agatha to a battle, hoping to demonstrate his strength to Scott. Despite being in the Top 8 of the recent Ever Grande Conference and putting up a good fight against Agatha, Ash lost to her Gengar. Despite that, both Agatha and Scott were impressed by Ash's technique, and Agatha revealed to Ash that she is a member of the Elite Four. She and Scott both recommended Ash to challenge the Battle Frontier and the Frontier Brains.

Team Rocket soon arrived, hoping to kidnap Pikachu, but Ash worked together with Agatha and her Golbat to send the trio blasting off. She then wished Ash the best for his upcoming Battle Frontier challenge and said that she would be rooting for him.

Character

Agatha is confident in battle and always looks forward to challenging a strong Trainer. In her match against Ash, she bade her time to observe Pikachu's movements before having her Gengar attack. Over time, she has developed an array of strategies to counter an opponent, such as when she used her Golbat's Supersonic to reflect Cacnea's Pin Missile rather than confusing it.

Pokémon

This listing is of Agatha's Pokémon in Pokémon the Series.

Gengar

Debut	The Scheme Team
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Ed Paul

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is Agatha's main Pokémon, which she first used in a battle against Ash's Pikachu.

Golbat

Debut	The Scheme Team
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Shin-ichiro Miki

Agatha used Golbat to save Ash's Pikachu from the hands of Team Rocket. Afterwards, it worked together with Pikachu to send them blasting off.

Golbat's known moves are Air Cutter and Supersonic.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 杉山佳寿子 Kazuko Sugiyama English Allyson Johnson Lisa Ortiz (M20) German Marion Hartmann Italian Caterina Rochira Brazilian Portuguese Gilmara Sanches Spanish Latin America Gabriela Gómez Spain María Romero

I Choose You!

Agatha in I Choose You!

Agatha briefly appeared in I Choose You!, which is set in a timeline separate from Pokémon the Series. She appeared in Ash's nightmare, in which he lived in a world where Pokémon never existed and attended school like a normal child. In this nightmare, she was seen teaching Ash's class.

Pokémon Origins

Agatha in Pokémon Origins

Agatha appeared briefly in File 4: Charizard. She was seen being challenged and defeated by Red, allowing Red move on to challenge Lance.

Pokémon

Gengar

Debut	File 4: Charizard

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is Agatha's only known Pokémon. It was seen battling Red's Dodrio, eventually losing off-screen.

Pokémon Generations

Agatha in Pokémon Generations

Agatha appeared in The Challenger, where she was first seen talking about Blue, the first Trainer in a long time to collect eight Gym Badges, with the rest of the Kanto Elite Four. Later, she was the third Elite Four member challenged by Blue. After her Arbok was defeated, Agatha admitted to Blue that she had expected him, as the grandson of Professor Oak, to focus on completing the Pokédex, but Blue responded that, for him, filling the Pokédex was just a tool to become stronger. Blue managed to defeat Agatha and her Gengar off-screen, allowing him to move on to Lance's room.

Pokémon

Arbok

Debut	The Challenger

Arbok is Agatha's first known Pokémon. It was seen battling Blue's Rhydon, but eventually lost.

None of Arbok's moves are known.

Gengar

Debut	The Challenger

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is Agatha's second known Pokémon. It was the last Pokémon used by Agatha in her battle against Blue, first being sent out against his Rhydon and eventually losing off-screen. Agatha keeps Gengar's Poké Ball embedded on her walking stick.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 京田尚子 Hisako Kyōda English Ellyn Stern Brazilian Portuguese Maria da Penha European Spanish Rosa Pastó

GOTCHA!

Agatha briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Agatha in Pokémon Adventures

History

Past

When Agatha and Professor Oak were younger, Agatha met up with Oak during the Pokémon League and asked why he quit their "research group". He explained that he disagreed with their methods and wanted to create the Pokédex, which she thought was a stupid idea that would never be complete, and a battle ensued which Oak won. Agatha would soon face Oak again in the finals of the Pokémon League, which Oak barely won after a battle that lasted over eight hours. Agatha would end up developing a personal vendetta against him and anyone who associates with him.

Red, Green & Blue arc

Agatha debuted in a cameo when Professor Oak talked about his first championship win, which was against her in the finals. Agatha, along with the rest of the original Kanto Elite Four, physically debuted in A Charizard...and a Champion, where they were seen observing Red and Blue's battle at Indigo Plateau.

Yellow arc

Agatha was one of the main villains in this chapter; she was one of the Elite Four who tried to destroy most of humanity from their base on Cerise Island.

She was first seen trying to take away Super Nerd Miles after he was defeated by Yellow and the Good Gym Leaders of Kanto. She was then seen in a flashback during the events of the previous chapter where she battled Blue and attempted to kill him by having her Gengar use Dream Eater to suck away his energy. While encased in the Dream Eater's coffin, she told him of her vendetta against Professor Oak and anyone associated with him, which included Blue. He managed to escape with help from his Golduck, and a Haunter she stole from Camper Evan was also taken back. She then had her Gengar lead an army of Haunter to attack Cerulean City to delay Misty.

She fought Blue and Koga, revealing an Arbok with the ability to change the pattern on its belly and use different corresponding abilities. She decided to divide Koga and Blue using her Arbok's Rock Slide and she had her Golbat attack Blue. While Blue was distracted fighting Golbat, she had her Gengar use Lick on Blue's eyes, causing temporary blindness. After battling Koga's Arbok for a while Koga started throwing shuriken balls out of nowhere, which Agatha believed was a pitiful attempt to harm her but was really Koga's attempt to get a Paralyze Heal to Blue. After that Blue rejoined the battle and Koga used his Golbat's Leech Life to collect his own blood and smeared it on Arbok's pattern, preventing it from changing anymore. While Agatha was presumably beaten, her Arbok was reading itself to attack an unknowing Koga from behind, only to be stopped by Blue before it could land a Poison Sting attack. Agatha was subsequently defeated and seemingly vanished after her defeat, but not before she had her Gengar masquerade as Koga and Blue's shadow to slowly drain their energy, which was defeated as well. She then revealed that she was the one controlling the Pokémon armies of her peers by using special wrist bands to control them.

Agatha used the mind-controlling powers of her Ghost-type Pokémon to control Bruno against his will. It is shown that she was the one who also recruited Lorelei by healing her Seel and then figuring out they have a common distaste of humans.

Pokémon

This listing is of Agatha's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Gastly (multiple)

Debut	As Gastly as Before

Gastly is part of Agatha's Ghost army. They were used to attack the Kanto cities. Agatha also has her own Gastly outside of the army. The Gastly first appears as a dark fog lifting Super Nerd Miles when he'd been beaten. Blue's Charizard was able to defeat Gastly by attacking out of nowhere, after which the boy deduces that the same Elite Four member whom he'd fought before was behind the scenes. In said battle, Blue's Scyther was used to Slash Gastly into pieces.

None of Gastly's moves are known.

Haunter (multiple)

Debut	Lapras Lazily

Agatha stole many Haunter, both wild and Trainer-owned, and used them to attack the cities of Kanto.

None of Haunter's moves are known.

Gengar (multiple)

Debut	Lapras Lazily

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is part of Agatha's Ghost army.

Arbok

Debut	Growing Out of Gengar

Arbok was sent out to battle Koga and Blue as it was their goal to try to defeat Agatha. Agatha's Arbok has several abilities activated by Agatha changing the patterns on its abdomen, including the speed-boosting pattern, the attack boosting pattern, and the invulnerability pattern that repels poisons. However, its ability was nullified when its body was smeared with blood.

Arbok's known moves are Wrap, Leer, Rock Slide, Body Slam, Bite, Bind*, Poison Sting, and Haze*.

Golbat

Debut	Growing Out of Gengar

Golbat was another Pokémon sent out to battle against Koga and Blue.

Golbat's only known move is Supersonic.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Agatha in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Agatha appears in Panic on the Luxury Liner?!. She has the ability to transform into a Golbat.

She is first seen as a Golbat, spying on Red as he boarded the Luxury Liner. After they boarded, Agatha transformed into a human. She took an interest in Clefairy. She does everything to get Clefairy to obey her. While on the ship, she caused the captain to collapse and made Clefairy the new captain. However, all of this turned out to be fake as Agatha was only interested in Clefairy because his blood seemed tasty. After she sucked Clefairy's blood, Red found out who she was as she transformed into a Golbat. However, the blood Agatha drained from Clefairy turned out to taste bad, and miniature versions of Clefairy escaped Agatha's Golbat body. She was last seen in the water after the Luxury Liner got destroyed.

Pokémon

Golbat ♀

Debut	Panic on the Luxury Liner?!

Agatha has the ability to transform into a Golbat and back into a human at will. She first appeared in this form when she was spying on Red and his Pokémon. She was last seen in this form on a sunken cruise ship.

None of Golbat's moves are known.

Haunter and Gengar

Debut	Panic on the Luxury Liner?!

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Haunter and Gengar were first seen spying on Red. They were hidden after Agatha transformed from a Golbat to her human self. Both reappeared after Agatha changed back into a Golbat.

None of Haunter's and Gengar's moves are known.

Pokémon Zensho

Agatha in Pokémon Zensho

Agatha appears in PZ10 as the third member of the Elite Four. She challenges Satoshi with her Gengar and is defeated, advancing Satoshi to the next room.

Pokémon

Gengar

Debut	Indigo Plateau

Main article: Agatha's Gengar

Gengar is the Pokémon that Agatha sent out while battling Satoshi. It went up against Satoshi's Alakazam and lost.

In the TCG

Full Art print of Agatha

Main article: Agatha (Chilling Reign 129)

Agatha was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Jet-Black Spirit expansion before debuting in English in the Chilling Reign expansion, with artwork by Ken Sugimori. It was also released as a Full Art card and Secret card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by NC Empire. It allows the player to move up to three damage counters from their Active Pokémon to their opponent's.

Trivia

• As noted by Shauntal of the Unova Elite Four in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 in the form of a quote from her novel during the player's post-National Pokédex challenge, Agatha and Bertha are very similar in appearance and name (both in English and Japanese).
  • Furthermore, they both are part of their regions's Elite Four, and their Japanese names both contain 菊 kiku (chrysanthemum).
  • This is further corroborated by Charm of the Miss Fortune sisters, who herself bears a resemblance to both of them and whose team is composed of Rhydon (from the same evolutionary line as Bertha's ace in Pokémon Platinum) and Gengar (Agatha's main Pokémon in essentially every canon).
• Though Agatha is stated to specialize in the Ghost-type, Poison is actually the most common type among all of her Pokémon in the core series games, present in all but two of her Pokémon: Misdreavus and Alolan Marowak due to the lack of Ghost type Pokémon at the time.
  • In her Generation I and initial Generation VII teams, all of her Pokémon are either pure or partly Poison-types, making Agatha the only member of the Kanto Elite Four to have ever had a team in which all members share a common type.
    • This distinction is shared with Lance in Generation II and Generation IV. However, Lance is considered the Champion in those generations rather than an Elite Four member and this distinction only applies to his team in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, his initial Champion team and his team during his Dragon's Den Multi Battle in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver where all his Pokémon are also Flying-types and has more Flying-types than Dragon-types, despite being a Dragon-type specialist.
• In the Generation I games, the battles against Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha use the standard Trainer battle theme, while the Gym Leader battle theme is played only against Lance. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Gym Leader battle theme plays during the battles against all four members of the Elite Four.
• As Agatha's name in Japanese includes "chrysanthemum", the design of the shawl she wears in her Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! concept art is based on chrysanthemum leaves.
  • Furthermore, this association of Agatha with the chrysanthemum may be a reference to how the chrysanthemum is seen a symbol of death in some European countries, being used only for funerals or on graves.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	キクコ Kikuko	From 菊 kiku (chrysanthemum) and possibly 鬼 ki (ghost)
English, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese	Agatha	Possibly from aghast, ghost, gothic, or hag. May also be a reference to popular British crime writer Agatha Christie
German	Agathe	From her English name
Korean	국화 Gukhwa*	From 국화 (菊花) gukhwa (chrysanthemum)
	할멈 Halmeom*	From 할멈 halmeom (old woman)
Chinese (Mandarin)	菊子 Júzǐ*	From the Japanese name 菊子 Kikuko. Contains 菊 jú (chrysanthemum).
	喜久子 Xǐjiǔzi* 紀久子 Jìjiǔzi*	From the Japanese name 喜久子 Kikuko From the Japanese name 紀久子 Kikuko
Chinese (Cantonese)	菊子 Gūkjí	From the Japanese name 菊子 Kikuko. Contains 菊 gūk (chrysanthemum).
Russian	Агата Agata	Transcription of her English name
Thai	คิคุโกะ Khikhuko	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese	Kikuko	Transcription of her Japanese name

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Elite Four Lorelei	Elite Four Bruno	Elite Four Agatha	Elite Four Lance	Champion Blue Trace
Generations II and IV
Elite Four Will	Elite Four Koga	Elite Four Bruno	Elite Four Karen	Champion Lance

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.