Hilda (game)
- White (game) redirects here. For the game titled "Pokémon White Version", see Pokémon Black and White Versions.
Hilda (Japanese: トウコ Touko) is the female player character in Pokémon Black and White. Her male counterpart is Hilbert.
| Hilda トウコ Touko | |
 Art from Black and White | |
| Age | 14-15[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Hometown | Nuvema Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Mom, mentioned father (as player) |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, player character |
| Generation | V, VII, VIII, IX |
| Counterpart(s) | Hilda (Masters) |
| Games | Black, White Masters EX |
| English voice actor | Erica Mendez[3] (Masters EX) |
| Japanese voice actor | Mariko Nagai[4] (Masters EX) |
| Animated series | Pokémon Evolutions |
| Debut | The Plan |
| English voice actor | Unknown |
| Japanese voice actor | Hina Natsume |
| Manga series | Pokémon Adventures |
| Counterpart(s) | White (Adventures) |
| Debut | Lights, Camera...Action! |
In the core series games
Pokémon Black and White
As the protagonist
Hilda is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Nuvema Town, along with her childhood friends Cheren and Bianca. If chosen as the player, she will receive a first partner Pokémon and a Pokédex from Professor Juniper. After setting off on her Pokémon journey at the same time as Cheren and Bianca, Hilda will at some point be asked by Fennel to do some sort of quest; in return for its completion, Hilda will receive a C-Gear.
As well as encountering and battling her childhood friends at various points during her journey, Hilda will also meet a young man known as N, who wishes to create separate worlds for humans and Pokémon. In order to achieve his goals, he and Hilda will battle several times during the course of the game. Hilda will also battle Team Plasma at various stages of her journey. At the game's climax, Hilda is recognized as a hero by ReshiramB/ZekromW.
As a non-playable character
If not chosen as the player, Hilda appears as the player's partner in the Battle Subway when choosing to ride the Multi-Train. Two of the following Pokémon are picked from the corresponding list, depending on what the player wants her to base her team on. If the player chooses "A balance between the two," Hilda's Pokémon are chosen from either list.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
In Black 2 and White 2, the protagonist of Black and White was said to be searching for N in a faraway region and has not yet returned home. Her mom mistakes the player for her.
Pokémon
Battle Subway Pokémon
This is a list of all the Pokémon used in the Multi Train and Super Multi Train battles. Each Pokémon has a non-Hidden Ability that, along with gender, is randomly selected. These Pokémon will always have the maximum 31 individual values across every stat and the full 510 effort values evenly distributed (rounding down) among two or three stats.
Offensive-based Pokémon
Defensive-based Pokémon
In the spin-off games
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
While Hilda herself does not appear directly, a palette swap color scheme based on Hilda's design appears for the female Pokémon Trainer, who is an incarnation of Leaf.
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Hilda (Masters)
Hilda, who is based on the Battle Subway partner, forms a sync pair with Tepig and its evolved forms Pignite and Emboar, along with Diancie, Shiny Grapploct, Victini, Leafeon, Incarnate Forme Tornadus, Iron Leaves, and Mienfoo in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Diancie is capable of Mega Evolving. Hilda became a playable sync pair on September 30, 2019.
Hilda first appeared as an NPC during the eighteenth chapter of the PML Arc. She also made a notable appearance later in the Villain Arc.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #068 | 
|
Hilda | #0500 | 
|
Tepig → Pignite → Emboar♀ |
Fire
|
Water
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | |
| #068 | 
|
Special Costume Hilda |
#0719 | 
|
Diancie  Mega Diancie
|
Rock
|
Steel
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Costume Sync Pair Scout | |
| #068 | 
|
Summer 2022 Hilda |
#0853 | 
|
Grapploct♀ |
Fighting
|
Psychic
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout | |
| #068 | 
|
Sygna Suit Hilda |
#0494 | 
|
Victini |
Fire
|
Dark
|
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout |
| #068 |
|
Hilda | #0470 | 
|
Leafeon♀ |
Grass
|
Fire
|
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Variety Sync Pair Scout |
| #068 |
|
Hilda | #0641 | 
|
Tornadus♂  Incarnate Forme |
Flying
|
Ice
|
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Variety Sync Pair Scout |
| #068 | 
|
Champion Hilda |
#1010 | 
|
Iron Leaves  |
Psychic
|
Bug
|
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | EX Master Fair Sync Pair Scout |
| #068 |
|
Hilda | #0619 | 
|
Mienfoo♀ |
Fighting
|
Flying
|
|
★★★★☆☆EX | Trainer Lodge Friendship Level 100 | |
Quotes
- Main article: Hilda (game)/Quotes
Counterparts
In animation
Pokémon Evolutions
Hilda appeared in The Plan. She was first seen in a flashback, playing with her Tepig and being attracted to watch Ghetsis's speech in Accumula Town. In the present day, she appeared at N's Castle, showing Ghetsis that she had obtained the Light Stone, before stepping into the castle's throne room to battle N.
Pokémon
| Debut | The Plan |
|---|
Tepig appeared in a flashback, where Hilda was seen playing with and taking care of it in Accumula Town.
None of Tepig's moves are known.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 夏目妃菜 Hina Natsume | |
GOTCHA!
Hilda briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: White (Adventures)
Hilda has a counterpart in Pokémon Adventures named White, who debuted in the Black & White arc. She works for an advertisement company called the BW Agency, and she gets the idea to hire Black upon seeing the bond the latter's Tepig had with a female of its species. In this canon, she is the founder of the Pokémon Musical and Pokéstar Studios.
Merchandise
Kotobukiya ArtFX J Figure
Hilda and her partner Pokémon, Tepig, were released as a Kotobukiya figurine on March 2018 and November 2019. It features artwork drawn by Hitoshi Ariga.[5]
 Key art |
 Figure |
Pokémon Friends 3DS theme
Hilda was featured on a theme for the Nintendo 3DS known as Pokémon Friends, named Pokémon Black/White "Let's Go Together!" in Japan.
Japan: March 11, 2015[6]
North America: March 12, 2015
Europe: March 13, 2015
 Theme |
Gallery
For images related to Pokémon Masters EX, see Hilda (Masters).
Core series game artwork
This is a selection of artwork featuring Hilda from the core series Pokémon games.
|
|
||
| B W | B W Liberty Garden Island |
B W Battle Subway |
Other game artwork
This is a selection of artwork featuring Hilda from other Pokémon games.
| Dream Radar Project pitch by Takao Unno[7] |
Core series game assets
This is a selection of game assets featuring Hilda from the core series Pokémon games.
| Generation V | |||
| B W Sprite |
B W Sprite (Wonder Launcher) |
B W Back sprite |
B W VS sprite |
| B W Overworld sprite |
B W Overworld sprite (Surfing) |
B W Opening sprite |
B W Xtransceiver sprite |
| B2 W2 Sprite |
B2 W2 Sprite (Wonder Launcher) | ||
Other artwork
This is a selection of other artwork featuring Hilda.
| Daisuki Club HMs |
In the TCG
- Main article: Hilda (White Flare 84)
Hilda was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese White Flare expansion before debuting in the English expansion of the same name, with artwork by yuu. An ultra rare version with artwork by the same illustrator and a special illustration rare version with artwork by Naoki Saito were released in the same sets. This card lets the player search their deck for an Evolution Pokémon and an Energy card, and put them into their hand.
Trivia
- Unused text in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 indicates that Hilda and Hilbert were originally planned to be battled at the Pokémon World Tournament.
- Hilda and Hilbert are the first player characters in the core series games not to have pre-programmed names either by choice or in case one isn't specified.
- In the May 2010 volume of CoroCoro Comics and the January 2011 volume of Nintendo Dream, it was stated that Hilda and Hilbert are older than previous player characters, but it is not said how much older they actually are.
- According to game scenario author Toshinobu Matsumiya, Hilda and Hilbert were initially visualized to be at the age of 16.[8]
Names
This character is named Hilda (Japanese: トウコ Touko) in her NPC appearance in the Battle Subway. It is also her most commonly used name, being used in merchandising and the Pokémon Masters EX spin-off game. Her Japanese name was spelled as Touko on the packaging of Kotobukiya ArtFX J Figure.
She was named White (Japanese: ホワイト White) in certain pre-release material. English demos for Black and White refer to the character as Whitlea, while English screenshots refer to her as Shiro. If a transferred Pokémon that has a trainer with a prohibited name comes from Black or Black 2, the Pokémon's OT will be set to Kuro* (Japanese: ブラック． Black.), while Pokémon from White or White 2 will have their OT set to Shiro* (Japanese: ホワイト． White.)
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トウコ Touko | From 闘 tō (fight) and ～子 -ko (common suffix in Japanese feminine names) |
| English, Indonesian | Hilda | From Hilda, a feminine name derived from the Germanic element hild (battle) |
| German | Lotta | From lotta (Italian for "fight") |
| European Spanish, Latin American Spanish |
Liza | From liza (battle; arena) |
| French | Ludvina | From lutte (fight) or the feminine variant of the name Ludwig, a Germanic name derived from the Germanic elements hlud (famous) and wig (battle) |
| Italian | Anita | Possibly from Atena (Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare) or Anita Garibaldi (a revolutionary who is the wife and comrade-in-arms of the Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi) |
| Korean | 투희 Tuhui | From 투 (鬪) tu (fight) and 희 hui (common element in Korean feminine names) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鬥子 Dòuzǐ / Daují | From 鬥 dòu / dau (fight) and an orthographic borrowing of Japanese 子 ko |
| Thai | โทโกะ Toko | Transcription of her Japanese name |
References
- ↑ 【BW/BW2】ファンミーティング情報のまとめ blue skY
- ↑ 「ポケモン ブラック２ ホワイト２」のファンミーティングで、「N」や「チェレン」の年齢、怒ったNのイラストなどの設定資料が公開 - ポケモンメモ
- ↑ Erica Mendez on Twitter
- ↑ Mariko Nagai on Twitter
- ↑ The Kotobukiya site confirming Ariga designed the Hilda, Tepig, Rosa & Snivy figure.
- ↑ Official 3DS theme website in Japan.
- ↑ Masuda's blog showcasing the Dream Radar pitch, drawn by Unno.
- ↑ Twitter | マツミや @matsumiyan
Related articles
| Player characters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||
|
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. |