Maisie redirects here. For the island in Hoenn, see Maisie Island.
Maizie
チエ Chie
Maizie anime.png
Maizie in the anime
Gender Female
Eye color Blue
Hair color Brown
Hometown Azalea Town
Region Johto
Relatives Kurt (grandfather), unnamed father
Generation II, IV
Games Gold, Silver, and Crystal
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Anime debut A Shadow of a Drought
English voice actor Kerry Williams
Japanese voice actor Satsuki Yukino

Maizie (Japanese: チエ Chie) is the granddaughter of Kurt, who lives with him in Azalea Town in Johto. She appears in the games, anime, and the Pokémon Adventures manga.

In the games

In the games, Kurt's granddaughter is not given a name, although she takes the same role as Maizie does in the anime.

She lives with her grandfather in Azalea Town. Her father works at Silph Co. but nothing is known about her mother, nor through which parent she is related to Kurt. Her favorite Pokémon is a Slowpoke, one of which lives with her and Kurt in their house. She always watches her grandpa's work attentively and is very lonely when he leaves home.

Pokémon

 
Slowpoke


Quotes

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Gold, Silver and Crystal

  • Before Kurt leaves for Slowpoke Well
"The Slowpoke are gone... Were they taken away by bad people?"
  • Any time Kurt is gone
"Grandpa's gone... I'm so lonely..."
  • After Team Rocket is defeated
"The Slowpoke my DadGS/dadC gave me came back! Its Tail is growing back too!"
  • Subsequent visits
"Dad works at Silph where he studies Poke Balls. I have to stay home with Grandpa and Slowpoke."
  • While Kurt is workingC
"I get to help Grandpa now! We'll make good Balls for you, so please wait!"
  • Immediately after Kurt gives player the Ball(s)C
"It's fun to make Balls!"
  • While Kurt is checking the GS BallC
"Grandpa's checking a Ball right now. So I'm waiting till he's done."

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Azalea Town
  • Before Kurt leaves for Slowpoke Well
"The Slowpoke are gone... Were they taken away by bad people?"
  • Any time Kurt is gone
"Grandpa's gone... I'm so lonely..."
  • After Kurt returns
"That's right! I'll give you my grandpa's number."
  • If the player registers Kurt's number
"My grandpa can tell you more about Apricorns."
  • If the player does not register Kurt's number
"No? Why? You don't want to talk to my grandpa?"
  • After Kurt returns, if the player does not register Kurt's number
"You want to talk to my grandpa, don't you?"
  • After Team Rocket is defeated
"The Slowpoke my dad gave me came back! Its tail has grown back, too!"
  • Subsequent visits
"Dad works at Silph where he studies Poké Balls. I have to stay home with Grandpa and Slowpoke."

Sprites

   
Overworld sprite from
Generation II
Overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the anime

Ash and his friends first met Maizie while looking for Kurt around Azalea Town in A Shadow of a Drought, though her name was not revealed. She pointed out Kurt's house before directing the group to the Slowpoke Well, where Kurt rushed off to investigate some suspicious noises.

In Going Apricorn!, Maizie took Ash and his friends on a tour through the Apricorn-forested mountains near Azalea Town. There, she helped them pick out ripe Apricorns for Kurt to turn into Poké Balls for them. During the group's second confrontation with Team Rocket, Brock caught a Pineco with his newly received Fast Ball after Maizie told him to do so.

Maizie appeared at the end of Gettin' the Bugs Out, where she gave both Ash and Misty a Lure Ball and Brock a Heavy Ball on Kurt's behalf. She thanked the group for delivering the GS Ball, adding that Kurt will continue his investigation into its mechanics.

Character

Maizie is being mentored by her grandfather Kurt and shares a close bond with him. Despite her innocent appearance, Maizie can be loud in order to take charge of a situation, as seen when she stopped Ash from entering Kurt's workshop while the latter was working. Her knowledge and respect for Apricorn Poké Ball-making was showcased in Going Apricorn!, where she helped Ash and his friends to select ripe Apricorns. In addition to her knowledge on Apricorns, she appears to be environmentally-conscious, and noted that the trees help sustain the Pokémon and mountains.

She is well aware of her grandfather's hard work and runs errands on Kurt's behalf to allow him to focus.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 雪乃五月 Satsuki Yukino
English Kerry Williams
Czech Rosita Erbanová
Finnish Elise Langenoja
European French Julie Basecqz
Italian Laura Brambilla (Mediaset dub)
Sabrina Bonfitto (TPCi dub)
Polish Magda Ostolska
Brazilian Portuguese Fernanda Bullara
European Spanish Elsa Pinillos (EP142, EP144)
Cristina Yuste (EP143)


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

 
Maizie in the Pokémon Adventures manga

Although Maizie's name was never stated in Pokémon Adventures, she is still confirmed to have the same name as in the anime.[1]

History

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

As soon as Gold met her and Kurt, Maizie told him that she wanted a Friend Ball to capture a cute kind of Pokémon in the mountains, but that Kurt wouldn't make one for her.

Kurt explained that once, his ancestors were the only ones capable of creating Poké Balls until companies started to mass produce them. Kurt said that Gold wasn't experienced enough to use his special Balls, something that annoyed Gold.

Kurt made a Friend Ball for Gold, and Maizie and Gold went up to the mountains and found the Pokémon Maizie was after, a Teddiursa. Unfortunately, a wild Ursaring stepped into defend its cub.

Luckily, Silver was after an Ursaring with a custom Heavy Ball of his own - and together the two boys were able to use their custom Poké Balls to capture the two bear Pokémon.

Gold gave Maizie the Teddiursa, saying that from now on, she would be her special partner.

Later, in his attack on Indigo Plateau, the Masked Man held Maizie hostage to force Kurt to turn over the design plans for the GS Ball.

Emerald arc

Both Kurt and Maizie made a cameo appearance in Epilogue on a ship to the Battle Frontier.

Pokémon

 
Teddiursa
Gold caught Teddiursa for Maizie with a Friend Ball to prove that he was a capable-enough Trainer to handle them. When he went off to catch her, he ran into Silver, who was catching the father Ursaring. Both Pokémon were caught with precise aim using Gold's billiards pole, and Gold gave Teddiursa to Maizie. She is level 13 and has a Naive nature.

Teddiursa's known moves are Fury Swipes, Leer*, Lick*, and Scratch*.

Debut Teddiursa's Picnic

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese チエ Chie Possibly from 知恵 chie (wisdom), alluding to the 哲 tetsu (sagacity) in ガンテツ Gantetsu (Kurt)
May also be a reference to the titular character of Jarinko Chie manga series whose father is named Tetsu
English, German, Italian Maizie
French Lila
Spanish (Europe) Millie Similar to her English name
Korean 혜지 Hyeji From the Japanese name 知恵 Chie, whose equivalent reading in Korean is Jihye
Chinese (Mandarin) 千恵 Qiānhuì From the Japanese name 千恵 Chie

References

  1. Netkun Q&A No. 180 (Japanese)


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