Tina

Tina リッカ Ricca
Model from Pokémon Masters EX
Gender	Female
Eye color	Red
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Pasio (original region unknown)
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer
Generation	VIII - IX
Games	Masters EX
English voice actor	Rachelle Heger[1]
Japanese voice actor	Ayahi Takagaki

Tina (Japanese: リッカ Ricca) is a character introduced in Pokémon Masters EX. She forms a sync pair with Flareon. This pair can be obtained through a Poké Fair sync pair scout beginning on September 4, 2023. This pair can be raised to 6★ EX since it first released.

In the games

Personality

Tina is an energetic, cheerful, optimistic person who enjoys spending time with her Pokémon and making memories with them. She believes that getting stronger is pointless if the Trainer forgets about their bond with their Pokémon, and she'd rather be with a Pokémon that she's shared memories with than one that's rare or strong. She wants to treasure each encounter she has with Pokémon, so she gets excited about what kinds of cities and Pokémon she'll see while she's traveling. She is really good at running and jumping, but she has trouble studying and often forgets things. She has been friends with Paulo ever since they were little, and he sometimes tutors her in math.

History

As little children, Tina and Paulo took care of a wild Dratini together, each vowing to go on a journey with Dratini and challenge the Champion. One day, Dratini was caught by a Collector who wished to profit from the products that could be made of Dratini's shed skin. Tina was distraught at having to say goodbye to Dratini like that, while Paulo became fixated on becoming stronger so that he'd never have to experience things like that again.

Eventually, both Tina and Paulo left their hometown to start their journeys. On her travels, Tina visited a Pokémon graveyard and listened to the stories of the Trainers who came to visit graves. Those stories made her realize that no matter what, the time she has with her Pokémon is limited, so she began to think that she should make the most of that time.

Villain Arc

Tina first arrives on Pasio soon after the end of the first Pokémon Masters League tournament. She feels dismayed upon learning that she missed the tournament, but congratulates Paulo on making it to the main tournament, despite him losing early on. She immediately starts training in preparation for the next tournament, but during one training match, she notices Paulo using an uncharacteristically reckless tactic to win. Later, Tina and Paulo are confronted by a pair of Team Rocket Grunts, but before they can beat them, Giovanni and several more Grunts appear, easily overwhelming Tina and Paulo with their sheer numbers. However, Giovanni lets them off the hook, prioritizing his big schemes over minor Pokémon theft.

This defeat causes Paulo to start relying on Pokémon he loans from Lear instead of his Rockruff to become stronger, which Tina disapproves of. The two are approached by Colress, who explains how both good and bad people can use sync stones, because even evil connections still count as connections. Looker also requests that the two bodyguard Colress from Team Rocket, which they accept. Later, meeting up with the player and Colress, Tina asks their help in stopping Paulo's obsessive pursuit of strength. While they accept, Colress emphasizes that both making memories and becoming stronger are equally valid viewpoints, and that one shouldn't be completely rejected in favor of the other.

Tina is later kidnapped by the Shadow Triad on Ghetsis's orders in order to force Paulo to bring Hoopa to him in exchange for her safety. However, immediately upon Paulo's arrival, Ghetsis eats his words and says he'll keep using Tina as leverage. Paulo attempts to free her, but is overpowered by Ghetsis and the Shadow Triad. When Paulo's Rockruff is seemingly disintegrated by Kyurem, Paulo's anger peaks, allowing him to take control of Hoopa with his sync stone and transform it into its Unbound form. After driving Team Plasma away, Paulo leaves to use Hoopa Unbound's power to start eradicating evil from the world, ignoring Tina's objections.

After Paulo's confrontation with Team Rocket has ended with Hoopa falling under Giovanni's control and Paulo understanding the error of his ways, Tina reveals that Rockruff is still alive, with Hoopa having transported it away before Kyurem's attack hit it. She had later found it and brought it to the Pokémon Center to recover. With Paulo's fighting spirit restored, he, Tina, and the player leave to confront Giovanni, with Tina carrying a device made by Colress that should be able to restore Hoopa to normal. Making their way through Team Rocket's forces, they eventually reach Giovanni at the Champion Stadium and battle him. Tina's Flareon ultimately succeeds in restoring Hoopa to normal, causing all the Legendary Pokémon summoned by Hoopa to disappear. With this, Giovanni calls off Team Rocket's attack and retreats for now, allowing Tina and her friends to resume training in earnest.

Special events

The Classic Thunderbolt

While walking along the beach on Pasio, the player (Scottie or Bettie) and Tina find Ash passed out due to hunger. They take Ash to Lear to get him some food, then agree to help Ash get accustomed to Pasio. After watching the player battle Ash and show him what a sync move is, Tina battles Ash. While battling, Tina fails to perform a sync move with her Flareon, while Ash successfully performs his first sync move with his Pikachu and wins the battle. Tina shrugs off this failure, saying that they just need more practice, although she mentions that this has never happened before. Ash's Pikachu tries to cheer up Flareon, only for Flareon to scare him away. Tina asks Flareon why he is acting so rude, only for him to lash out at Tina and run away. Tina is shocked, as she and Flareon never fought when he was an Eevee. However, he has become a bit feisty ever since he evolved. Ash tells Tina that her Flareon is just going through a rebellious stage; he went through a similar situation before, but everything turned out fine in the end. Ash assures Tina that she and Flareon will be fine because Flareon is important to her. The player, Ash, and Tina then head off to search for Flareon.

After searching for Flareon for a while with no success, Tina starts to suspect that he was stolen by some of the bad people on the island. Suddenly, Team Break shows up saying that Tina will never get her Flareon back. After Tina briefs Ash on who Team Break is, he asks them what they meant, and they reveal that Tina's Flareon has joined them. The player and Ash battle Team Break to get Flareon back, but Ash has difficulty going all out against a friend's Pokémon and the player's Pikachu is knocked out by Team Break's other Pokémon. Tina is distraught at this turn of events, but Ash encourages her to not give up and tell Flareon how she feels. Tina apologizes to Flareon for being a bad Trainer and not understanding his feelings. She says she wants to be by Flareon's side no matter what, because Flareon is her partner and she hates being separated from him. Tina's Flareon is moved by her speech, and Team Break is annoyed that Flareon is still loyal to his Trainer. They send a Crobat to knock him out, but Ash takes the attack to protect Flareon. Tina is surprised by Ash's actions, and Ash tells Flareon that Tina will never replace him, prompting Flareon to return to her side. Once Flareon reunites with Tina, Ash and Pikachu knock out Team Break's Crobat with ease. Once Team Break runs away, Ash, the player, and Tina celebrate their victory.

Later, Ash guesses that Flareon was just jealous and thought that Tina was going to be taken away from him because he lost to Pikachu. Ash then invites Tina to battle again to cheer her up from the day's events, and the two proceed to battle.

Blazing Battle with Ash

While walking through Centra City, the player (Scottie or Bettie), Ash, and Tina notice a crowd has gathered to watch an announcement that Lear is making. He announces a single battle tournament called the "Single Master Challenge Cup" for Trainers who just arrived on Pasio, with the winner being able to challenge the leader of the team that won the first-ever PML: the player. This shocks the whole group, especially the player, and Tina is surprised that the player didn't know anything about this beforehand. Ash wonders why the tournament is for single battles instead of Pasio's standard team battles; Tina guesses that it's because the tournament is for Trainers who are new to Pasio, and they'll be able to do better in a battle format they're used to. Tina and Ash both decide to enter the tournament and vow to win the whole thing.

Tina's first match in the tournament is a close battle, and it comes down to both Tina and her opponent having one Pokémon left. Tina sends out Flareon, while her opponent sends out Carracosta. Tina realizes she's at a type disadvantage, but following Ash's example, she says she won't give up until the end. Unfortunately, Tina's Flareon is defeated, eliminating her from the tournament.

Tina joins the audience to watch the rest of the tournament, receiving compliments from Rosa and Gloria on her great battle when she first arrives. During Ash's match against the player, Tina is shocked when Ash defeats the player's Solgaleo. At the end of the tournament, Tina joins Lear and the player to congratulate Ash on winning. Afterwards, she joins the player and Ash for a team battle against Lear, Rachel, and Sawyer.

Flareon

			Type			Fire
			Move type			Fire
			Role			Support
			Base Potential			★★★★☆☆EX
Flareon ♂		Weakness			Ground
If it inhales deeply, that’s a sign it’s about to attack. Prepare to be hit by flames of over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit!
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		606	132	200	112	229	244
Lv. 140, Max Potential		686	172	240	152	269	284
Mega Flareon
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Tina is exclusive to Poké Fair scouts. She was available in the following sync pair scout banners:

• (Debut) Double Feature Poké Fair Scout (September 4 to October 4, 2023)
• Red Mix Scout (November 1, 2023 to May 1, 2024)
• 5★-Select Poké Fair Scout ×15 (C) (December 31, 2023 to January 31, 2024)
• 10-Pair Scout (Max 100 Pairs) (February 19 to March 25, 2024)

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	2	30	36	100%	An opponent	Raises the user’s Speed by 1 stat rank.
Dire Hit All +	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Raises the critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Charm	Fairy	Status	2	—	—	100%	An opponent	Lowers the target’s Attack by 2 stat ranks.
We’re Going Too!	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	All allies	Raises the Attack, Defense, Sp. Def, and Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1 stat rank.
Sync moves
Warm Feelings Fire Impact	Fire	Physical	—	250	300	—	An opponent	(6★ EX effect: The stat increase after a sync move is doubled once per battle.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Catalytic Infliction	Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play the first time the user’s Pokémon uses a status move each battle.
Team Mind-Bracing Infliction 2	Raises the Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks the first time the user’s Pokémon uses a status move each battle.
Endurance	When the user enters battle with full HP, applies the Enduring effect to it.
Theme Skills
Fire Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 30.
Free Spirit Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 6.
Passionate Spirit Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 6.
Expedition Skills
Wistful ↑ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: • Wistful Crystal

Sync grid

The sync grid for Tina and Flareon is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Other Pokémon

Tina has two other Pokémon besides Flareon, which she used in the Single Master Challenge Cup during the special event Blazing Battle with Ash. However, nothing is known about the identities of these Pokémon.

Flashback

In the special event The Classic Thunderbolt, Tina reminisces about her Eevee before it evolved into a Flareon.

Eevee ♂

Appearances

Story appearances

Tina appears in the following story areas:

• Villain Arc:
  • Paulo: The Path Forward
  • Final Chapter: Where Ideals Cross Paths
• Mysterious Stones Chapter
• Special events:
  • The Classic Thunderbolt
  • Blazing Battle with Ash
• Solo event: Challenge from Passionate Spirits

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Tina

Quotes

Main article: Tina/Quotes

Gallery

Tina's sync move mindscape		Artwork from the Paulo chapter of the Villain Arc
VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	VS model (EX colors)	6★ model (EX colors)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!

Trivia

• The internal data of Pokémon Masters prior to version 1.4.0 had initially listed Tina as Camilla (Japanese: サザンカ Sazanka). The data had remained unused and was removed in subsequent versions, before it was added back in version 2.15.0 with the character officially introduced in the main story under her current name. This may have been due to her initial name being the same as Sanqua's in Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian, and Korean.
• In The Classic Thunderbolt special event, Tina is revealed to have owned her Flareon ever since he was an Eevee.
  • Tina's sync pair story confirms that Eevee was her first Pokémon.^[2]
• In her sync pair story, Tina says she debated on what her Eevee should evolve into. She considered Vaporeon or Glaceon because they are nice and chilly, or Jolteon for its speed, but ultimately settled on Flareon because she felt its burning flames and passion were the best fit for her.
• All versions of Tina use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon). Those Trainers include Scottie, Bettie, and Paulo.
  • Tina also uses special voice-over lines upon winning a battle with Paulo in the same team.

Origin

Flareon's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.

Names

Camilla

We're Going Too! Language Title Japanese ウチらもいくぞ！ Uchi-ra mo Iku zo! Mandarin Chinese 我們也上吧！ Wǒmen yě shàng ba! French On est prêts à y aller ! German Wir halten Schritt! Italian Facciamoci valere! Korean 우리도가자! Uridogaja Spanish ¡Pongámonos las pilas!

Warm Feelings Fire Impact Language Title Japanese 温かな想いが燃える ファイアーインパクト Atatakana Omoi ga Moeru Faiā Inpakuto Mandarin Chinese 燃起溫暖心意之 火之衝擊 Ránqǐ Wēnnuǎn Xīnyì zhī Huǒ-zhī Chōngjí French Un cœur tout feu tout flamme ! Impact Feu ! German Feuerstoß der herzlichen Gefühle Italian Impatto Fuoco dei sentimenti ardenti Korean 따뜻한 마음이 타오르는 파이어임팩트 Ttatteushan Ma-eum-i Taoreuneun Paieo Impaekteu Spanish Impacto Fuego de Sentimientos Cálidos

References

This article is part of both Project CharacterDex and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on characters in the spin-off games.