Roxie

Roxie ホミカ Homika
"Poison Life, Poison Live!"
Artwork from Black 2 and White 2
Gender	Female
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

This listing is for Roxie's Pokémon in the games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Initial battle (Normal mode)

Leader Roxie Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Leader and Professor Roxie Oak Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2160

Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Koffing♀ Lv.16 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Clear Smog Poison Special   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Whirlipede♀ Lv.18 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --

Initial battle (Challenge mode)

Leader Roxie Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Leader and Professor Roxie Oak Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $?

Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Oran Berry Koffing♀ Lv.17 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Venoshock Poison Special   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Held item: None Grimer♀ Lv.17 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Poison Gas Poison Status   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: Oran Berry Whirlipede♀ Lv.19 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --

In the anime

Roxie 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 eight and final Unova Badge, the Toxic Badge.

Pokémon

This listing is of Roxie's known Pokémon in the anime:

		Koffing
		Koffing was the first Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. She captured it while she was in Kanto. It defeated Ash's Boldore and Unfezant, 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)
Voice actors
Japanese	Kensuke Satō

		Scolipede
		Scolipede was the second Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It defeated Ash's Leavanny, but was later defeated by Pignite. Scolipede's known moves are Toxic, Screech, Sludge Bomb and Rock Tomb.
Debut	Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1)
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka

		Garbodor
		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. Garbodor's known moves are DoubleSlap, Gunk Shot, Hyper Beam, and Venoshock.
Debut	Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)
Voice actors
Japanese	Chiaki Takahashi

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga

Roxie in A New Legend manga

Arata challenges Roxie to a gym battle in order to get his badge.

Pokémon

		Koffing
		Koffing is Roxie's first known Pokémon. Roxie used against Arata in their battle.
Debut	ANL2

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
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

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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