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Roxanne is a top graduate of the [[Rustboro City]] [[Pokémon Trainers' School]], and now teaches the academy's Beginner class. She was granted the position of Rustboro [[Gym Leader]] because of her excellent record at the academy, and she allows some of the school's students to undertake internships at the [[Rustboro Gym]].

Roxanne debuted in ''[[AG015|Gonna Rule The School!]]''. {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} met her when [[Max]] found a lost {{p|Poliwag}} that was soon revealed to belong to the Pokémon Trainers' School. Roxanne then invited the group to the school before Ash's [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}. Roxanne admitted that she was going to be busy teaching her student both till tomorrow, and suggested that she would battle Ash the following day.

Ash, Max and {{an|Brock}} joined Roxanne's students the next day, after being invited by the principal, while {{an|May}} studied with the {{pkmn|Contest}} class. {{TRT}} stole the school's Pokémon, but under Roxanne's watchful eye, her students and Max were able to recover them. She then called on her {{p|Geodude}} and sent Team Rocket blasting off.

In ''[[AG016|The Winner by a Nosepass]]'', Ash battled Roxanne at the Rustboro Gym while being filmed by some of Roxanne's students. {{AP|Treecko}} went up against Roxanne’s Geodude, but was defeated by its powerful {{m|Mega Punch}} attacks. {{AP|Pikachu}} was able to defeat both of her Pokémon through a combination of pure electrical power and its newly learned {{m|Iron Tail}} technique, which took Roxanne by surprise. Roxanne gave Ash the {{Badge|Stone}} in recognition of his victory.

Roxanne enjoys fostering young {{pkmn|Trainer}}s. She offers them real life experiences such as filming her [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}s and taking her students on excursions. Roxanne values collaboration, confidence and consideration in her students and earmarks those qualities as critical to a Trainer's success with handling their Pokemon.

She relies on her Pokémon's defenses to overcome a challenger's offensive techniques. Roxanne is quite perceptive and quickly understands a Trainer's battle strategy when she first sees it. Both her Pokémon have a wide variety of [[move]]s, allowing Roxanne to launch a range of combinations that take advantage of her opponent's weaknesses. She admitted that [[Ash's Pikachu]] was the first {{t|Electric}} Pokémon to defeat her, but was grateful for the learning experience.