Shauna (Hoenn)

Shauna
シノブ Shinobu
Shauna Hoenn.png
Shauna in the anime
Gender Female
Eye color Blue
Hair color Blue
Hometown Dewford Town
Region Hoenn
Trainer class Battle Girl
Generation III, VI
Games Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Anime debut A Meditite Fight!
English voice actor Lisa Ortiz
Japanese voice actor Yuki Matsuoka

Shauna (Japanese: シノブ Shinobu) is a non-player character in the Hoenn-based games and a minor recurring character in the Pokémon anime.

In the core series games

Shauna is a Battle Girl who appears as one of the Trainers in the Dewford Gym in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, their Generation VI remakes Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, as well as in Pokémon Emerald.

In the English versions of Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, she is named Tessa, whereas in the English version of Emerald, she is named Jocelyn. Due to a dubbing error, 4Kids Entertainment named her "Shauna" rather than "Tessa" in the anime. This is similar to the situation that happened with Shelly and Tabitha being named "Isabelle" and "Harlan", respectively.

Her Japanese name is the same in the games and the anime. Her team has changed between versions, but it has always contained a Meditite.

Pokémon

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire



Pokémon Emerald



Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire



Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version



Quotes

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

  • Before battle
"There's no need for Brawly to be involved! I'll crush you!"
  • Being defeated
"But... How? How could I lose so easily?"
  • After being defeated
"I'm not going to waste this loss. I'll use it to motivate me to train!"

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

  • Before battle
"There's no need for Brawly to be involved! I'll crush you!"
  • Being defeated
"But... How? How could I lose so easily?"
  • After being defeated
"I'm not going to waste this loss. I'll use it to motivate me to train! One day, I'll become a Gym Leader... No, I'll become the Pokémon League Champion!"

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version

  • Before battle
"I'll show you the results of my special training with the Dewford Town Gym Leader, Brawly!"
  • Being defeated
"But... How? How could I lose so easily?"
  • After being defeated
"I'm not going to waste this loss. I'll use it to motivate me to train! One day, I'll become a Gym Leader... No, I'll become the Pokémon League Champion!"

Sprites

     
Sprite from
Generation III
Overworld sprite
from Generation III
VS portrait from
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire


In the anime

In the anime, Shauna first appeared in A Meditite Fight!, where she challenged Ash to a battle after she heard about him losing to Brawly, her mentor. She used her Meditite against Ash's Pikachu and ended up losing. She told Ash and his friends that she was the apprentice and girlfriend of Brawly, which they found out later wasn't true after May asked her about it in front of him. Shauna felt really sorry about lying but Brawly forgave her. At the end of the episode, Brawly asked Shauna to be his apprentice.

Shauna judged Ash's rematch against Brawly in Just One of the Geysers.

Pokémon


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Meditite
Meditite is Shauna's only known Pokémon. It first appeared in a battle against Ash and his Pikachu. It started off with Focus Punch, which Pikachu dodged. Pikachu tried to attack, but Meditite avoided the hit with Detect. In the middle of the battle, Brawly appeared, and Meditite was recalled.

Later, Shauna sent Meditite out when she wanted to finish her battle with Ash. Shauna and Meditite quickly took over the control of the battle, but suddenly Ash came up with an idea, and told Pikachu to imagine that Meditite was a wave. Using this strategy, Pikachu was able to avoid Meditite's attacks and then use Thunderbolt to defeat Meditite.

According to Brawly, Shauna has trained with Meditite ever since she was a child.

Meditite's known moves are Meditate, High Jump Kick, Detect, and Focus Punch.

Debut A Meditite Fight!
Voice actors
Japanese Yūji Ueda

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 松岡由貴 Yuki Matsuoka
English Lisa Ortiz
Polish Katarzyna Łukaszyńska
Brazilian Portuguese Flávia Narciso
Spanish Latin America Toni Rodríguez
Spain Sandra Jara


Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese シノブ Shinobu Possibly from 忍ぶ shinobu (to hide, conceal oneself)
English TessaRSORAS
JocelynE
Shauna*


Similar to her Japanese name
French ThereseRS
ChristineE
ShinobuORAS
Shauna*
Similar to her English name in the games

Same as her Japanese name
Same as her English name in the anime
German TamaraRSORAS
NouraE
Shauna*
Similar to her English name in the games

Same as her English name in the anime
Italian SmeraldaRS
MatildeE
MatildaORAS
Shauna*

Germanic name that means "strength in battle"
Similar to her Italian name in Emerald
Same as her English name in the anime
Spanish TesaRSORAS
CesarinaE
Shauna*
Similar to her English name in the games

Same as her English name in the anime
Korean 인영 In-yeong*
차영학 Cha Yeonghak*
From 인 (忍) in (to endure)
Possibly from 참다 chamda (to endure)
Chinese (Mandarin) 小忍 Xiǎo Rěn From the Japanese name 忍 Shinobu
Chinese (Cantonese) 小忍 Síu Yán From the Japanese name 忍 Shinobu
Russian Шона Shona Transcription of English name


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