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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| * Like her {{ga|May|game counterpart}}, she is the only female rival in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
| | * She is the only female Pokémon Adventures character named after a [[generation]]'s second [[version]] — {{adv|Blue}}, {{adv|Silver}}, and {{adv|Pearl}} are all male. Like them, however, she is the designated rival of the character with the name of the respective primary version, and based on the rival in the respective games. |
| * She is the only female Pokémon Adventures character named after a [[generation]]'s second [[version]] ({{adv|Blue}}, {{adv|Silver}}, and {{adv|Pearl}} are all male). Like them, however, she is the designated rival of the character with the name of the respective primary version, and based on the rival in the respective games. | | * Sapphire is the only rival whose starter's type is disadvantaged against that of her own rival (her Torchic vs {{adv|Ruby}}'s {{p|Mudkip}}). |
| ** Likewise, she was the only Pokémon Adventures counterpart to a female player character not named for the third version ({{adv|Green}}, counterpart to {{ga|Leaf}}, after [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue]]; {{adv|Crystal}}, counterpart to {{ga|Kris}}, after {{game|Crystal}}; {{adv|Platinum}}, counterpart to {{ga|Dawn}}, after {{game|Platinum}}). However, with the release of the {{chap|Black & White}}, {{adv|White|a new female character}} sharing the name of a second version was introduced.
| | * Sapphire was the first character to successfully earn every gym badge in her native region. {{adv|Red}} challenged Gyms as well; although Red defeated every Gym Leader in [[Kanto]], he failed to obtain the [[Badges#Earth Badge|Earth Badge]]. {{adv|Silver}}, who also owns eight badges, simply stole his from the Gym Leaders of Johto instead of winning them in gym battles. |
| * Sapphire is the only rival whose starter's type is disadvantaged against that of her own rival (her Torchic vs {{adv|Ruby}}'s {{p|Mudkip}}). However, unlike other rivals in Adventures, which were all based on in-game rivals, Sapphire's game basis is also a player character. | |
| * Until {{adv|Platinum}} defeated [[Volkner]], Sapphire was the only character to successfully earn every gym badge in her native region. {{adv|Red}} challenged Gyms as well; however, although Red defeated every Gym Leader in [[Kanto]], he didn't earn every badge. {{adv|Silver}}, who also owns eight badges, simply stole every Gym Badge from Johto instead of winning them in gym battles. | |
| * Sapphires are the birthstone for those born in September, the month in which Sapphire herself is born. | | * Sapphires are the birthstone for those born in September, the month in which Sapphire herself is born. |
| * Sapphire's bloodtype is O. | | * Sapphire's bloodtype is O. |
| * All of Sapphire's Pokémon mirror her gender, with the exception of Toro & Minun. The same goes for Ruby (with the exception of having also owned a {{p|Celebi|genderless Pokémon}}), with only his [[Zuzu|starter]] and {{p|Plusle|electric rodent}} the same gender as him.
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| *Although Sapphire possesses [[Sapphire (Adventures)#Dono|one Pokémon]] that originates from another region, all of Sapphire's Pokémon can be received or found in the wild in [[Hoenn]], unlike Ruby and {{adv|Emerald}}.
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| * Even though in {{game3|Ruby and Sapphire|Sapphire|s}} there was no [[version-exclusive]] look for {{ga|May}}, artwork of Sapphire shows a blue variation of her attire.
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| * Sapphire is one of three Pokédex holders to have a known last name; the other two are {{adv|Blue}} and {{adv|Platinum}}. | | * Sapphire is one of three Pokédex holders to have a known last name; the other two are {{adv|Blue}} and {{adv|Platinum}}. |
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