Roxie
Roxie ホミカ Homika | |
"Poison Life, Poison Live!" | |
![]() Artwork from Black 2 and White 2 | |
Gender | Female |
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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)
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Initial battle (Challenge mode)
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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 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) | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Kensuke Satō |
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) | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka |
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) | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Chiaki Takahashi |
In the manga
In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga
Pokémon
Koffing is Roxie's first known Pokémon. Roxie used against Arata in their battle. | ||
Debut | ANL2 |
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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 |
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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 |
This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |