Iris
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| Iris アイリス Iris | |
| "The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons" | |
 Artwork from Black and White | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Purple |
| Hometown | Opelucid City |
| Region | Unova |
| Trainer class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | V |
| Games | Black and White |
| Leader of | Opelucid Gym |
| Badge | Legend Badge |
| Specializes in | Template:Type2s |
| Anime debut | BW001 |
| English voice actor | Eileen Stevens |
| Japanese voice actor | Aoi Yūki |
Iris (Japanese: アイリス Iris) is one of the Gym Leaders of Opelucid City's Gym, known officially as the Opelucid Gym. She specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. She gives the Legend Badge to Trainers who defeat her.
In the games
Iris appears in Pokémon Black and White; in White, she is the Gym Leader of Opelucid City's gym. This gym is the eighth to be challenged by the player. Trainers who defeat Iris will receive the Legend Badge, along with TM82 (Dragon Tail). She also reappears at N's Castle where she and the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages. In the summer, she visits Cynthia at Undella Town.
In Black, she will teach Draco Meteor to the player's Dragon-type Pokémon if they have a great bond of friendship. She can be found in Drayden's home in Opelucid City.
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Quotes
Pokémon Black and White
Sprites
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| Iris's sprite from Generation V |
Iris's VS sprite from Generation V |
In the anime
- Main article: Iris (anime)
Iris appears in the anime as one of the traveling partners of Ash Ketchum. The other is one of the first Gym Leaders, Cilan.
Trivia
- Her Japanese Leader title is 竜の心を 知る 娘.
- The only difference between Iris and Drayden's teams are the genders of their Pokémon: Iris has an all-female team, while Drayden has an all-male team.
- Iris and Clair are both female Gym Leaders that train Dragon-types. Coincidentally, they are both the eighth Gym Leader the player challenges in Unova and Johto, respectively.
- Iris is the first Gym Leader since Erika to keep her Japanese name.
- Iris and her counterpart, Drayden, are the only Dragon-type specialists that use only pure Dragon-type Pokémon.
- Iris is the only Unova Gym Leader who does not have a secondary occupation.
- Iris and her counterpart Drayden have a underleveled Haxorus at level 43 when it evolves at level 48 in the games.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | アイリス Iris | From iris, possibly the flaming dragon iris or the "dragon drums" (tall bearded iris). |
| English, French, Italian, Spanish | Iris | Same as Japanese name. |
| German | Lilia | From lilien (lily). Related to the lis (French for lily) in Lysander. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 艾莉絲 Àilìsī | Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
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