Roxie
ホミカ Homika
"A Little Poison in Your Days, a Little Poison on the Stage"
Black 2 White 2 Roxie.png
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

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Gym battle
Normal Mode



Challenge Mode



Pokémon World Tournament

Roxie uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles and all six in Triple Battles.

Driftveil Tournament



Unova Leaders Tournament



Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament



Quotes

At Virbank Gym

  • Before battle
"Get ready! I'm gonna knock some sense outta ya!"
  • During battle (the first non-KO hit)
"I can feel your desire to win pouring out of you!"
  • After sending out last Pokémon
"It's not over yet! Time to turn this show around for a victory!"
  • When defeated
"Wait! I was right in the middle of the chorus!"
  • After being defeated
"Sigh! What are you doing losing, Roxie?! Well…I guess that means you're strong! This stinks, but I gave it everything I had, and I feel revitalized and refreshed now!"
"Here! Proof that you beat me! Two Badges! Now Pokémon up to Lv. 30, even Pokémon you got in trades, will realize how good you are and won't ignore your commands!"
"Also, here! Use this TM! TM09 is Venoshock! It covers the target in a special poisonous liquid! Even better, if your target's already poisoned, it does double damage! Heh heh! It almost packs too much of a punch!"

Badge Case

It's kindness to say no for your friends and Pokémon, right?

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 eighth 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, and it inspired her to assemble her rock band, "The Koffing". During the match, it defeated Ash's Boldore and Unfezant rather easily, 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 taken down by Pignite's powerful Fire Pledge.

Scolipede's known moves are Toxic, Rock Tomb, Sludge Bomb and Screech.

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, after getting paralyzed by his Static.

Garbodor's known moves are DoubleSlap, Hyper Beam, Gunk Shot and Venoshock.

Debut Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)
Voice actors
Japanese Chiaki Takahashi

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 喜多村英梨 Eri Kitamura
Mandarin Chinese 詹雅菁 Zhān Yǎjīng



In the manga

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

 
Roxie in Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~

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
Chinese (Mandarin) 霍米加 ‎Huòmǐjiā Transliteration of her Japanese name.


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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