Roxie
Roxie ホミカ Homika | |
"A Little Poison in Your Days, a Little Poison on the Stage" | |
Artwork from Black 2 and White 2 | |
Gender | Female |
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Eye color | Blue |
Hair color | White |
Hometown | Virbank City |
Region | Unova |
Relatives | Unnamed father |
Trainer class | Gym Leader |
Generation | V |
Games | Black 2 and White 2 |
Leader of | Virbank Gym |
Badge | Toxic Badge |
Specializes in | Poison |
Anime debut | Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) |
English voice actor | N/A |
Japanese voice actor | Eri Kitamura |
Roxie (Japanese ホミカ Homika) is the Gym Leader of Virbank City's Gym, known officially as the Virbank Gym. She specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. She gives the Toxic Badge to Trainers who defeat her.
In the games
Roxie appears in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 as a Gym Leader. She is a musician who plays the bass guitar. Her Gym is a music club. Trainers who defeat Roxie will receive the Toxic Badge, along with TM09 (Venoshock).
Sprites
Roxie's sprite from Generation V |
Roxie's VS sprite from Generation V |
Roxie's overworld sprite from Generation V |
Pokémon
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Gym battle
Normal Mode
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Challenge Mode
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Pokémon World Tournament
Roxie uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles and all six in Triple Battles.
Driftveil Tournament
Unova Leaders Tournament
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Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
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Quotes
At Virbank Gym
- Before battle
- "Get ready! I'm gonna knock some sense outta ya!"
- During battle (the first non-KO hit)
- "I can feel your desire to win pouring out of you!"
- After sending out last Pokémon
- "It's not over yet! Time to turn this show around for a victory!"
- When defeated
- "Wait! I was right in the middle of the chorus!"
- After being defeated
- "Sigh! What are you doing losing, Roxie?! Well…I guess that means you're strong! This stinks, but I gave it everything I had, and I feel revitalized and refreshed now!"
- "Here! Proof that you beat me! Two Badges! Now Pokémon up to Lv. 30, even Pokémon you got in trades, will realize how good you are and won't ignore your commands!"
- "Also, here! Use this TM! TM09 is Venoshock! It covers the target in a special poisonous liquid! Even better, if your target's already poisoned, it does double damage! Heh heh! It almost packs too much of a punch!"
Badge Case
- It's kindness to say no for your friends and Pokémon, right?
In the anime
Roxie appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) and Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2). She is a powerful Gym Leader, defeating everyone who dared to challenge her with only three Pokémon. When Ash arrived at her Gym, she was thrilled to see his Pikachu, as she too had a Pokémon originating from Kanto, Koffing, and happily accepted his challenge.
Roxie proved herself to be a very capable Gym Leader, defeating five of Ash's six Pokémon despite being at a disadvantage in terms of her party. She would occasionally perform a riff on her bass during the battle, and the crowd would chant her name. When she was defeated she happily congratulated Ash as the crowd cheered for his victory, and she presented him with his eighth and final Unova Badge, the Toxic Badge.
Pokémon
This listing is of Roxie's known Pokémon in the anime:
Koffing was the first Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. She captured it while she was in Kanto, and it inspired her to assemble her rock band, "The Koffing". During the match, it defeated Ash's Boldore and Unfezant rather easily, but was later defeated by Leavanny.
Koffing's known moves are Clear Smog, Gyro Ball, Sludge Bomb and Will-O-Wisp. | ||
Debut | Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Kensuke Satō |
Scolipede was the second Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It defeated Ash's Leavanny, but was later taken down by Pignite's powerful Fire Pledge.
Scolipede's known moves are Toxic, Rock Tomb, Sludge Bomb and Screech. | ||
Debut | Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka |
Garbodor was the third and last Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It defeated Ash's Pignite and Palpitoad, but was later defeated by Pikachu, after getting paralyzed by his Static.
Garbodor's known moves are DoubleSlap, Hyper Beam, Gunk Shot and Venoshock. | ||
Debut | Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2) | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Chiaki Takahashi |
Voice actors
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In the manga
In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga
Pokémon
Koffing is Roxie's first known Pokémon. Roxie used against Arata in their battle. | ||
Debut | ANL2 |
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Trivia
- Her Japanese Leader title is ポイズンライフ ポイズンライブ!.
- Roxie is the first Poison-type Gym Leader outside of Kanto.
- Her bass is styled similarly to the Venipede evolutionary family.
- She is the first Gym Leader to appear in the anime before her debut game.
- Both Roxie and Janine have known fathers in the series. Unlike Roxie's father, Janine's father was also a Poison-type Gym Leader.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ホミカ Homika | From ホミカ homika, a corruption of the species name of the poisonous strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. |
English | Roxie | Likely a combination of the music genre "rock" and "toxic". |
French | Strykna | From Strychnos nux-vomica. |
German | Mica | From Strychnos nux-vomica. |
Italian | Velia | From veleno, venom |
Spanish | Hiedra | From hiedra venenosa, poison ivy |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 霍米加 Huòmǐjiā | Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
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