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'''Leaf''' (Japanese: '''リーフ''' ''Leaf'') is the female counterpart to {{ga|Red}} and is the main [[player character|playable character]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. She lives in [[Pallet Town]], across from her upcoming rival in [[Pokémon training]], {{ga|Blue}}. Leaf is presumably 11 years old, the same age as her male counterpart.

Leaf is a curious girl from Pallet Town. The Generation I instruction booklets explain that Red became interested in Pokémon after his best friend, Blue, stopped playing with him and became a bully, so presumably this is true for Leaf, Red's female counterpart, as well. Her adventure begins one day when [[Professor Oak]] calls her to his lab and gives her a [[Starter Pokémon|choice of Pokémon]]. Blue challenges Leaf to a [[Pokémon battle]] as soon as they get their Pokémon. A bit later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them a [[Pokédex]], and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every type of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the [[Pokédex]] and defeating [[Gym Leader]]s. Her [[rival]] Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When Leaf eventually reaches the [[Elite Four]], she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become the [[Indigo League]] {{pkmn|Champion}}. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself.

Leaf's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is [[Team Rocket]], an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Leaf clashes with [[Team Rocket]] many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts at [[Mt. Moon]] who are attempting to steal rare Pokémon [[fossil]]s, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge in [[Cerulean City]]. Leaf protects the [[Pokémon Tower]] and [[Mr. Fuji]] in [[Lavender Town]] and destroys their hold on the [[Celadon Game Corner|Game Corner]]. After she foils their plot to take over [[Silph Co.]], Leaf encounters [[Giovanni]], the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader in [[Viridian City]]. Upon defeating him, Leaf stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by Leaf on [[Chrono Island]] in [[Generation III]], would band together in [[Johto]] to try and revive the group.

When not selected as the player character, Leaf does not appear in the game. Leaf's actions in this case are currently unknown.

Leaf makes a cameo appearance in both [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used with her as the player character. She can take on the [[Mt. Battle]]'s 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

Though no counterpart to Leaf has appeared in the [[Pokémon anime]], she has a few counterparts appearing in various [[Pokémon manga]].

{{adv|Green}} from the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, who appears to be based on an [[Pokémon Red and Green beta#Female player character|unused female player character]] from {{game|Red and Green|s}}, is widely considered to be Leaf's counterpart in the manga. This is supported by the fact that Green's outfit changes to match Leaf's in the {{chap|FireRed & LeafGreen}}.

Leaf also has a counterpart in the [[Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire]] manga series named {{OBP|Blue|Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire}}.

* Leaf's FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.

* Leaf is the only female player character whose default name is not a common given name. {{ga|Kris}}, {{ga|May}}, {{ga|Dawn}}, {{ga|Lyra}}, and {{ga|Hilda}} are all ordinary given names.

* Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld [[Generation IV]] games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling against {{ga|Red}} in an early trailer for [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] on the Wii.