Karen
- If you were looking for the character of the day with the Japanese name Karen, see Mary (EP139). For the movie character with the Japanese name Karen, see Sharon.
- For the voice actress, see Karen Neill or Karen Fukuhara.
Karen カリン Karin | |
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver by Ken Sugimori[1] | |
Age | 25-26 (Adventures; as of the ninth chapter) |
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Gender | Female |
Eye color | Silvery-blue |
Hair color | Silvery-blue |
Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Kanto or Johto |
Trainer class | Elite Four |
Generation | II, IV |
Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Stadium 2, Masters EX |
Elite Four of | Indigo Plateau |
Specializes in | Dark types |
Game animation debut | GOTCHA! |
English voice actor | Mela Lee[2] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | Ryōka Yuzuki[3] (Masters EX) |
Karen (Japanese: カリン Karin) is a Dark-type Trainer and member of the Indigo Elite Four.
She bears a striking resemblance to Sanqua, but the relationship between the two, if any, is unknown.[4]
In the core series games
Character profile
Karen is the final member of the Indigo League Elite Four in the Generation II and IV games. She prefers Dark-type Pokémon because she likes the tough and wild image they portray, and believes that skilled Trainers should try to win with the Pokémon they like the most.
Appearance
Karen is a slim young woman who has silvery-blue eyes and long wavy silvery-blue hair with a centre parting that reaches past her waist with two long bangs that frame her face. In Generation II, she wears a short black dress with a sweetheart neckline and black flats.The top and bottom parts of her dress have a purple spiked pattern. She also wears black heels.
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Karen wears a yellow spaghetti strap cropped tank top with a sweetheart neckline edged in black and the bottom part of the top that is cut into a triangular pattern that reveals her flat midriff and white capri pants with yellow beads. She also wears yellow high heels on her feet. Her tank top has four straps, two on each side that strap over her bare shoulders.
Pokémon
This listing is for Karen's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
Karen has a Full Heal and a Max Potion.
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Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
First battle
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Rematch
This team is used once the player has earned all 16 Badges.
In the side series games
Pokémon Stadium 2
Karen appears as the final Elite Four member in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. Here, her strategy mainly focuses on incapacitating her opponent by stacking up status conditions, like confusion, infatuation, and paralysis, onto the opposing Pokémon.
During the game's end credits, she is seen having a battle with Bugsy.
Pokémon
Round 1
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Round 2
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Karen appears in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, using a Murkrow to battle.
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Karen (Masters)
Karen forms a sync pair with Houndoom and Umbreon in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Houndoom is capable of Mega Evolving. Karen became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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#017 | Karen | #0229 | Houndoom♀ Mega Houndoom |
Dark |
Fighting |
★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | ||||
#017 | Karen | #0197 | Umbreon♂ |
Dark |
Bug |
★★★★☆☆EX | Battle Points |
Gallery
Artwork
VS artwork from Generation II |
Sprites
In the core series
Sprite from Generation II |
Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
VS sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Overworld sprite from Generation II |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
In other games
Portrait from Stadium 2 |
Portrait from the credits in Stadium 2 |
Quotes
- Main article: Karen/Quotes
In animation
GOTCHA!
Karen briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
Past
Karen, along with Will, Green, Silver, Sham, and Carl, was one of the children raised by the Masked Man to be his servants. Unlike Silver and Green, Karen was not kidnapped and went to the Masked Man willingly out of boredom.
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
Karen debuted with Will at the Ilex Forest, where they were tasked to guard the area. When Green arrived to stop the Masked Man's plan to capture Celebi, she was attacked by Karen and Will. With the Ho-Oh and Lugia they borrowed from the Masked Man, Karen and Will exploited Green's fear of birds to torture her. When Green learned that Karen and Will also defeated and captured Silver, she overcame her fear of birds and sent out Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres to fight. Green and her allies, Red and Blue, each used one of the legendary birds to battle Karen and Will. With the assistance of many Pokémon sent from all across Johto and Kanto, Ho-Oh and Lugia were freed from the Masked Man's control and fly away. Defeated, Karen made her escape.
After the Masked Man's defeat, Karen and Will were approached by Bruno and Koga, who offered to form an alliance since all four of them were once members of various criminal organizations.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
It is revealed that Karen, Will, Bruno, and Koga were all made members of the Johto Elite Four by the Pokémon Association. The Johto Elite Four went to the Pokéathlon as an act of promotion for the Pokémon League. There, they met Gold, who they challenged to the Power Course. Karen was the only Elite Four member who didn't participate in the events.
Pokémon
This listing is of Karen's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
Debut | The Last Battle VII |
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Karen's Umbreon is Karen's main Pokémon. It was first used to battle Green's Snubbull at the Ilex Forest, but was defeated. Later, it fought Green's Snubbull while riding on top of Green's Moltres. By using the moon to power itself up, Umbreon defeated Snubbull. In The Escape, it was revealed that Umbreon evolved from an Eevee.
Umbreon's known moves are Faint Attack, Moonlight, and Bite.
Debut | The Last Battle VII |
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These two Murkrow were used by Karen to take her and Will to safety after the Masked Man's defeat.
None of their moves are known.
Debut | Attaway, Aipom! |
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Houndoom first appeared alongside its Trainer at the Pokéathlon. It was not seen participating in any events.
None of Houndoom's moves are known.
Borrowed
Debut | Oh, It's Ho-Oh! |
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- Main article: Tower duo (Adventures)
The Masked Man lent Ho-Oh to Karen in order to guard the Ilex Forest. Karen used Ho-Oh to battle Green, Red, and Blue, who used Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, respectively. During the battle, many Pokémon sent from people from Kanto and Johto came to assist. The Pokémon latched on to Ho-Oh and Lugia, and their combined power freed the two from the Masked Man's control. Now freed, Ho-Oh and Lugia flew off to parts unknown.
Pokémon competitions
Karen has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:
- Pokéathlon - Power Course; Winner (Attaway, Aipom!)
Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
Karen appeared in JBA5. When Jō obtained all eight Badges, he battled Karen. After defeating her, Jō went on to battle Lance.
Pokémon
Umbreon is Karen's only known Pokémon. It battled Jō's Totodile and lost.
None of Umbreon's moves are known.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Red encounters Karen in A Challenge to the Elite Four!. Her role in this manga is similar to Lance's in the Generation II games and the remakes where she was the last one fought as Lance himself was absent.
When Red arrived in the Pokémon League, Will, Koga, and Bruno fell from the Elite Four Tower, seemingly defeated by Karen. Red ask them what happened, but Koga asked him to ask Karen herself. Red manages to get to the top and finds Karen, along with hers, Koga's, Bruno's and Will's Pokémon. Red asked Karen what happened between her and the rest of the Elite Four, but Karen says it is none of his business. However, with her teammates' Pokémon, Red is outnumbered. Clefairy then takes out a giant sieve to "sieve" out the opponents, leaving behind only Karen's Umbreon. Umbreon proves to be a tough opponent, but Clefairy succeeds in beating it.
After her defeat, Karen reveals to Red what actually happened. The Elite Four were exhausted from training, thus Karen decided to tell them a joke. After Karen shares the same joke to Red and his Pokémon, only Clefairy finds it funny and laugh, while Red and his other Pokémon fell down at the dumb joke. Apparently, Will, Koga and Bruno also fell down the building after hearing her dumb joke.
Pokémon
Vileplume was one of the Pokémon that was "sieved" by Clefairy.
None of Vileplume's moves are known.
Gengar was one of the Pokémon that was "sieved" by Clefairy.
None of Gengar's moves are known.
Umbreon is the Pokémon that Clefairy battled with. In the first part of the battle, Clefairy treated it as a dog by showing Umbreon to some chicken, in which Umbreon liked. Later, Umbreon's Sand-Attack and Mean Look put Clefairy at a disadvantage. Tyrogue pointed out to a bright sun in which Clefairy can use to win. Clefairy uses Light Screen so that the sun's ray can reflect it and turns it into SolarBeam, which defeated Umbreon.
Umbreon's known moves are Sand-Attack and Mean Look.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Karen or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Karen's Pokémon 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 | # |
Karen's Rapidash | Tyranitar Half Deck | Pokémon VS | 087/141 | ||||
Karen's Magmar | Pokémon VS | 088/141 | |||||
Karen's Flareon | Pokémon VS | 089/141 | |||||
Karen's Tyranitar | Pokémon VS | 090/141 | |||||
Karen's Umbreon | Pokémon VS | 091/141 | |||||
Karen's Houndoom | Pokémon VS | 092/141 | |||||
Umbreon | Brilliant Stars | TG22/TG30 | VMAX Climax | 244/184 | |||
Umbreon | Brilliant Stars | TG23/TG30 | VMAX Climax | 245/184 | |||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Karen's TM 01 | T [TM] | Pokémon VS | 125/141 | ||||
Karen's TM 02 | T [TM] | Pokémon VS | 126/141 | ||||
Karen | Su | XY Black Star Promos | XY177 | XY-P Promotional cards | 256/XY-P | ||
The Best of XY | 142/171 | ||||||
Yellow A Alternate cards | XY177a | The Best of XY | 183/171 | ||||
Karen's Conviction | Su | Chilling Reign | 144/198 | Peerless Fighters | 066/070 | ||
Chilling Reign | 193/198 | Peerless Fighters | 081/070 | ||||
Chilling Reign | 216/198 | Peerless Fighters | 089/070 | ||||
Trivia
- Karen is the only Elite Four member in HeartGold and SoulSilver who does not use a Pokémon that is part of a three-stage evolutionary line in her rematch team.
- Karen is the only Elite Four member in Gold and Silver (and her initial team only in HeartGold and SoulSilver) where none of her Pokémon have a quadruple weakness.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | カリン Karin | From 花梨 karin (Burmese rosewood) or 榠樝 karin (Chinese quince) |
English, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese |
Karen | Similar to her Japanese name. Also contains the last five letters of darken. |
German | Melanie | From μέλας melas (Ancient Greek for black, dark) |
Spanish | Karen* | From her English name |
Morgana* | From Morgana (Morgan le Fay) | |
French | Marion | From noir (black) |
Korean | 카렌 Karen | Similar to her Japanese name |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 梨花 Líhuā * | From an inversion of the Japanese name 花梨 Karin |
梨林 Lílín * | From the Japanese names 花梨 Karin and 花林 Karin | |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 梨花 Lèihfā | From an inversion of the Japanese name 花梨 Karin |
Thai | คาริน Karin | Transcription of her Japanese name |
Vietnamese | Karin | Transcription of her Japanese name |
References
- ↑ Karen's Conviction (Chilling Reign 144)
- ↑ Mela Lee on Twitter
- ↑ Nintendo DREAM (vol. 329)
- ↑ Official Pokémon Legends: Arceus website (archived): "And it seems that there are other people in this game who might also be ancestors to familiar faces you may know."
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