Brigette
Brigette (Japanese: アズサ Azusa) is the older sister of Lanette and the host of Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire and Pokémon Bank, as well as the developer of the latter.[2]
| Brigette アズサ Azusa | |
 Art from Pokémon Bank by Megumi Mizutani[1] | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Hoenn |
| Relatives | Lanette (younger sister) |
| Generation | III, VI |
| Games | Box Ruby & Sapphire, Bank |
In the games
Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
She upgraded the Pokémon Storage System with the ability to hold 1,500 Pokémon, and the ability to select and move multiple Pokémon at once.
She is also generous, and will give away Pokémon Eggs containing special Pokémon if certain conditions are met.
Pokémon Bank
Brigette returns in Pokémon Bank, an online paid cloud storage system for the Nintendo 3DS that complements the release of Pokémon X and Y. She is mentioned to be the developer of the Bank system.[2]
When the player deposits Pokémon, Brigette will award the user with their choice of Battle Points or Poké Miles. The amount received is dependent on the amount of Pokémon deposited and the amount of time they are deposited for.
Pokémon
Given away
Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
- Swablu with False Swipe: Brigette gives the player this Swablu Egg at the start.
- Zigzagoon with ExtremeSpeed: Brigette gives the player this Zigzagoon Egg after storing 100 Pokémon from one game.
- Skitty with Pay Day: Brigette gives the player this Skitty Egg after storing 500 Pokémon from one game.
Gallery
Artwork
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| From Box Ruby & Sapphire by Ken Sugimori |
From Bank by Megumi Mizutani[1] |
Game Assets
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| Expressions from Box Ruby & Sapphire by Ken Sugimori | |||
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| Brigette's room from Box Ruby & Sapphire | |||
Quotes
- Main article: Brigette/Quotes
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
FireRed & LeafGreen arc
Brigette, along with her sister, went to Kanto to upgrade its Pokémon Storage System and make it possible to exchange Pokémon with people in the Hoenn region.
Emerald arc
In Epilogue, she and her sister make a cameo appearance in one of the ships heading to the Battle Frontier.
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc
She and her sister was mentioned by Bill in Blastoise Transforms, where they had been investigating the origin of the Ruby and Sapphire to no avail.
Pokémon
 Swablu |
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Brigette or her services in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Brigette Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Brigette | Su | BREAKthrough | 
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134/162 | Blue Shock | 
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057/059 |
| BREAKthrough | 
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161/162 | Blue Shock | 
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064/059 | ||
Trivia
- Brigette shares her Spanish name with Lana: they both go by the name of Nereida.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | アズサ Azusa | From 梓 azusa (catalpa; dialectal name of winged spindle), where the latter relates to Bill, Lanette, and Celio being named after various species of the Euonymus genus |
| English | Brigette | From bridge (a device that connects separate networks) or rig (slang term for computer) and similar to Lanette |
| German | Linette | Similar to Lanette |
| European Spanish | Nereida | Similar to Aredia (Lanette) |
| French | Juliette | Similar to Annette (Lanette) |
| Italian | Colette | Similar to Lanette |
| Korean | 재인 Jae-in | From 재 (梓) jae (catalpa) |
| 아름이 Areum-i[n 1] | Possibly from 아름답다 areumdapda (beautiful) and the diminutive suffix -이 -i | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 梓美 Zǐměi / Jíméih | From 梓 zǐ (catalpa) and possibly 真由美 Zhēnyóuměi (Lanette) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 梓美 Zǐměi | |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 阿資 Ā Zī[n 1] | From the partial transcription of her Japanese name and possibly 資料 zīliào (resources; material, data) and the familial prefix 阿 ā |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 阿茲 A Jī[n 1] | From the partial transcription of her Japanese name and the familial prefix 阿 a |
| Chinese (mainland China) | 阿资 Ā Zī[n 2] 梓纱 Zǐshā[n 3] |
From the partial transcription of her Japanese name and possibly 资料 zīliào (resources; material, data) and the familial prefix 阿 ā From the Japanese name 梓紗 Azusa and 梓 zǐ (catalpa) |
| Russian | Бригет Briget | Transcription of her English name |
| Vietnamese | Azusa | Transcription of her Japanese name |
Notes
References
Related articles
| Pokémon Storage System developers |
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