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'''Clair''' (Japanese: '''イブキ''' ''Ibuki'') is the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Blackthorn City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Blackthorn Gym]]. Her specialty is {{type|Dragon}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, and she gives the {{Badge|Rising}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeat her. Her cousin is [[Lance]].

|move1=Thunder Wave|move1type=Electric|move1cat=Status

|move2=Thunderbolt|move2type=Electric|move2cat=Special

|move3=Flamethrower|move3type=Fire|move3cat=Special

|move4=Dragon Rush|move4type=Dragon|move4cat=Physical}}

|move1=Hydro Pump|move1type=Water|move1cat=Special

|move2=Ice Beam|move2type=Ice|move2cat=Special

|move3=DragonBreath|move3type=Dragon|move3cat=Special

|move1=Air Slash|move1type=Flying|move1cat=Special

|move2=Fire Fang|move2type=Fire|move2cat=Physical

|move3=Shadow Claw|move3type=Ghost|move3cat=Physical

|move4=Dragon Claw|move4type=Dragon|move4cat=Physical}}

|move1=Safeguard|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Status

|move2=DragonBreath|move2type=Dragon|move2cat=Special

|name2={{color2|000000|Lance}}

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|pokemon=Charizard

|gender=male

|type1=Fire|type2=Flying

|held=King's Rock

|move2=Wing Attack|move2type=Flying

|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground

|move4=Flamethrower|move4type=Fire}}

:''"I won't admit this. I may have lost, but you're still not ready for the <sc>Pokémon League</sc>. I know. You should take the dragon user challenge. Behind this <sc>Gym</sc> is a place called <sc>Dragon's Den</sc>. Go and bring me the <sc>{{DL|Type-enhancing item|Dragon Fang}}</sc> from deep inside the <sc>Den</sc>. That is the test to be accepted as a true dragon user. If you can do that, I will accept you as a worthy trainer. Until then, I won't give you a <sc>Badge</sc>."''

:''"Yes, it’s Clair here... Oh, hi. How are you doing? Keep in mind we’re meeting at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. It’s a promise I’m waiting to keep..."''

:''"Nice to hear from you. How is everything with you? I'm good. I’m waiting for you at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City... Don’t wuss out."''

* Own Pokémon being hurt by a {{cat|Moves that partially trap|partially-trapping move}}

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As {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} were near [[Blackthorn City]], they discovered a {{p|Dratini}} and a {{p|Gyarados}} in a river. They discovered that both Pokémon belong to Clair, who was following the Dratini down the river as it prepared to shed its skin. {{TRT}} snatched the Dratini, however, and Clair gave chase, demonstrating her highly acrobatic abilities. Dratini escaped, and Ash fought to protect it. During the ensuing battle, however, an electric shock was headed straight for Dratini, but Clair jumped in front of it to absorb the shock. Dratini witnessed its Trainer's devotion, and [[Evolution|evolved]] into a {{p|Dragonair}} in order to put a stop to Team Rocket. Later, Clair was finally able to perform an important ritual to purify the legendary {{DL|Type-enhancing item|Dragon Fang}}. Clair then went on to accept Ash's challenge for a {{Badge|Rising}}.

|desc={{p|Kingdra}} was used it in both battles with Ash. In the first battle, Ash first decided to use Pikachu, but as Pikachu's attacks didn't have that much effect on Kingdra, Ash switched to {{AP|Noctowl}}, which was easily defeated. Right after this the match was interrupted, as Team Rocket was trying to steal the {{DL|Type-enhancing item|Dragon Fang}}.

|desc={{p|Dragonite}} first appeared in ''[[EP252|Fangs For Nothin']]'' and once belonged to the original {{OBP|Gym Leader|EP253}} of the [[Blackthorn Gym]]. She went on a rampage when {{TRT}} tried to steal a sacred bowl of fire in ''[[EP253|Great Bowls of Fire!]]'', but she calmed down later on in that episode.  

|nick=Druddigon [[File:ShinyVIStar.png|link=Shiny Pokémon]]

|desc={{p|Druddigon}} first appeared in ''[[BW136|A Pokémon of a Different Color!]]'' as a wild Pokémon living in a cave in the [[Decolore Islands]]. It was attacked by Team Rocket, but {{DL|Team Rocket mottos|Blasting off|blasted them off}} and went into a rampage. Clair was able to calm it and it decided to join her party.

Druddigon reappeared in [[SS028]], battling against [[Iris's Dragonite]].

At the [[Indigo Plateau]], Clair arrives with her fellow Johto Gym Leaders to take place exhibition tournament for the Pokémon League against the Kanto Gym Leaders. She is set to face against the [[Cinnabar Island]] Gym Leader, [[Blaine]], in the seventh round, but the match is postponed due to Blaine not feeling well. When the [[Masked Man]] attacks the Pokémon League, Clair and the other Gym Leaders combat his army of mind-controlled {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s. The fight takes them to the [[Magnet Train]], which is used as a diversion to get the Gym Leaders away from the stadium.  

In the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, Clair appears at the [[Whirl Islands]], where she looks for Lance after a call from him was cut off. When she finds {{adv|Silver}} there, she attacks him and demands to know what business he has with Lance. Silver explains that he isn't Lance's enemy, but they are surrounded by a group of {{p|Koffing}} before he can continue. Silver easily defeats the Koffing group and drives them away. Clair then gives Silver the information about the call she had with Lance, which clues Silver onto where to go next.  

* Clair is the only Gym Leader to be seen in the anime in the U.S. before she was seen in Japan. The U.S. opening ''[[Born to Be a Winner]]'' featured exclusive clips, one of them of Clair, not shown in Japan. The opening made its debut in ''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]'' which aired August 18, 2001 and Clair's Japanese debut wouldn't come until ''[[EP251|Beauty Is Skin Deep]]'' which aired on June 6, 2002. The only other character to debut in the U.S. first was [[Dr. Yung]].

* Clair marks the first Gym Leader where Ash actively switched Pokémon in his party for Pokémon at Oak's lab or for those that are in training, a practice he would use more regularly when competing in the [[Battle Frontier]] and the [[Unova League]].