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'''Erika''' (Japanese: '''エリカ''' ''Erika'') is the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Celadon City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Celadon Gym]]. She hands out the {{Badge|Rainbow}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeat her. She is a serene young woman who specializes in {{type|Grass}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. She sometimes dresses in elegant {{wp|Furisode|kimonos}} and seems to represent traditional Japanese beauty.

Erika also reappeared in a flashback in ''[[EP039|Pikachu's Goodbye]]'' and ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]''.

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It also reappeared in a flashback in ''[[EP039|Pikachu's Goodbye]]'' and ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]''.

Erika appeared briefly in the [[Pokémon Origins]] episode ''[[PO03|File 3 - Giovanni]]''. She was seen being challenged and quickly defeated by {{OBP|Red|Origins}}, earning him the {{badge|Rainbow}}.

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In the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, Erika is an elegant young princess who gives lectures at universities and practices archery. She is allied with the "good" Gym Leaders of Kanto, and often assists [[Misty]] and [[Brock]] during crises.

She sent {{adv|Red}} out on a quest to capture an unusual [[Vee|Eevee]] that could change at will between its three elemental forms, due to being "modified" in a [[Team Rocket]] experiment. Erika threatened to kill Eevee by removing it from the healing machine Red had put it in; however, it turned out that she was just testing Red's character, and she then revealed her true alliance and saved the Eevee. She debuted in ''[[PS019|Blame it on Eevee]]''.

Erika then starts teaching at the university in Celadon, replacing a dangerous professor. She goes to meet {{adv|Yellow}} after hearing about her from Misty, only to hear from one of her teammates that a Red look-alike has been spotted right outside of Celadon City. Pika races to him only to find out it was a disguise and the real Trainer, Miles, was hired by the Elite Four, who then beats her to the ground, threatens to take her life, and uses his Marowak's Bonemerang laced with some of his Paras' Spores to disable Erika while Yellow chases him. She then figures out that to disguise himself as Red, he would've needed to encounter Red's scent in real life and has [[Blaine]] called over for assistance.

She is next seen defending Celadon from [[Lorelei]] and her {{p|Shellder}} and {{p|Cloyster}}. She then realized that the Good Gym Leaders of Kanto were simply being stalled so Lance could carry out his real plan, and hoped that Yellow and Blaine had found out the same. She also realized that they were being targeted so the Elite Four could get their hands on the Gym Leader's Badges, which one of the Shellder finally retrieved from her and Misty.

Erika is the supervisor of the Kanto Gym Leaders, meaning that she was automatically pitted against [[Pryce]], the Leader of the Johto Gym Leaders, in the exhibition tournament held at the [[Indigo Plateau]]  in the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}. She lost that match and was later lured into the [[Magnet Train]] along with the other Gym Leaders to fight masked Team Rocket Grunts. She witnessed Misty's sudden burst of strength and gave her a flower brooch. Erika was on the front half of the train which later was about to crash into a dead end, but Red appeared out of nowhere to stop the train. Erika then lent Red her Pokégear.  

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|desc={{p|Vileplume}} was first sent out to defend Erika from an attacking {{p|Drowzee}}. When Erika fought Red, she used Vileplume against [[Pika]], lasting a long time before Erika ended the match and awarded Red the Badge. It was later seen when Erika met up with {{adv|Yellow}}.

Vileplume's known moves are {{m|Petal Dance}}, {{m|Substitute}}, and {{m|Swords Dance}}, and its Ability is {{a|Chlorophyll}}.}}

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|desc={{p|Bellossom}} was first seen as a {{p|Gloom}} during the good Gym Leader's battle with {{tc|Super Nerd}} Miles. Very little was known about it due to its brief appearance. It is later seen accompanying Erika, [[Brock]] and Misty to [[Goldenrod City]] for the Gym Leader conference. It was used in Erika's match with [[Pryce]], where it used its Petal Dance against the old man's {{p|Swinub}}. It also fought against Team Rocket.

Bellossom's only known move is {{m|Petal Dance}}, and its Ability is {{a|Chlorophyll}}.}}

* In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Erika's hairband and obi are red in her official artwork, battle sprite and VS sprite, and magenta in her overworld sprite.

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