User:HighwayCello/Roxanne

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Tada!! This is my demo page for the Hoenn gym leader pages, for individual leaders, opposed to being mushed in together!! I've not all of the entries, just giving a example of what could be done in each section. It also doesn't have any categories or pictures in (damn User page rules), but you should get the idea.

Note: Red links like this, represent me explaining things, expanding on info, or adding small sections. It'll normally be in paragraph or one liners. Red links!!! will also represent what's missing.

Roxanne
Image:.....
Roxanne in the anime
Japanese name Shijima
First appearances
Game Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Anime episode Gonna Rule The School! Ep.291
Pokémon Adventures chapter Vs. Nosepass (Part 1) Ch.190
In-Universe Information
Preferred Pokémon type Rock-type Pokémon

Roxanne is a character in the Pokémon video game series. She is the first gym leader in the Hoenn region and resides in Rustboro City. Her gym is similar to Brock's gym from the previous pokemon series. She is an expert on Rock-types.

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[edit] Name Origin

Her English name, Roxanne, was probably chosen because it starts with a sound similar to rock. She is also called Roxanne in French due to its similarity to roche (rock). Her German name, Elizia, comes from felsen (stone). Petra, her Italian name, is very similar to pierta and also means rock or stone. She is also called Petra in Spanish, primarily because of its similarity to the words piedra andvpetreo, meaning stone and rocky, respectively.

[[Japanese name needs to be added to Name Origin, and Voiced By needs filled. The name origin section may be moved under a Trivia Section.]]

[edit] Gym

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, Roxanne and her Pokémon Gym serve much the same purpose as Brock's Gym did in the original games, Pokémon Red and Blue. She is the first Gym Leader players encounter, and therefore not particularly strong in comparison to other gym leaders, but stronger than other trainers near Rustboro City. Similarly, her Gym has few subordinate trainers (serving mostly to ward off any player who hasn't built up his or her team sufficiently) and no puzzles or complex mazes.

Lifted this from current Roxanne, tweaked slightly and removed roster info. Also needs info about what the badge lets you do.

[edit] Roxanne's Team

Despite showing in many different places, Roxanne's team normally stays the same, with the Geodude/Nosepass combination staying at the heart of her team. (Needs Expansion)

[edit] Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokémon Emerald & Pokémon Anime

Image:....... Nosepass Nosepass' nose works as a large compass. The magnetic nose is always pointed north. Due to the powerful magnetic force exerted by the nose; no Nosepass is able to face another Nosepass, as their noses repel one another.

Nosepass can only be found by using HM06 Rock Smash, on small rocks, in Dewford Cave near Dewford Town. In terms of battle, Nosepass has superb Defense and above-average Special Defense. Unfortunately, Nosepass has dismal Hit Points (HP), with a base-stat of 30 HP — only slightly better than that of Magikarp.

Roxanne's LVL15 Nosepass uses both Rock Tomb and Block, two signature attacks.
Image:..... Geodude Geodude has a rock for a head and no nose. Its long arms start with a bulging muscle and end with rock hands resembling a human's. It is very strong, as witnessed in various episodes of the anime.

Geodude most frequently are found in fields and on mountains. It is precisely this that makes people step or trip on them from time to time, thinking they were rocks. Its arms are so strong that it can use them to climb mountains.

Geodude is favourite choice for many trainers, known as Hikers, in the games, as well as gym-leaders, Roxanne and Brock. It is favoured for it's strong defense and strong evolutions, but few trainers prevent it from evolving it into Graveler.

  • Level: 14
  • Attacks: Tackle, Rock Throw & Defense Curl
  • Note: In Emerald, Roxanne has 2, LVL12, Geodude instead of 1, LVL14, Geodude in the originals.

[edit] Pokémon Adventures Manga

Image:....... Nosepass Nosepass' nose works as a large compass. The magnetic nose is always pointed north. Due to the powerful magnetic force exerted by the nose; no Nosepass is able to face another Nosepass, as their noses repel one another.

Nosepass can only be found by using HM06 Rock Smash, on small rocks, in Dewford Cave near Dewford Town. In terms of battle, Nosepass has superb Defense and above-average Special Defense. Unfortunately, Nosepass has dismal Hit Points (HP), with a base-stat of 30 HP — only slightly better than that of Magikarp.

Roxanne's LVL15 Nosepass uses both Rock Tomb and Block, two signature attacks.
Image:..... Graveler A Graveler lives, and feeds on, rocky mountains. Its daily habits mainly consist of climbing the slope of a mountain, snacking on small rocks along the way, and rolling back down once it has reached the peak.

A Graveler grows larger the more rocks it feeds on. Although it partakes of a variety of rocks, it seems to prefer specimens which gather moss best of all. This is likely a pun on the saying "A rolling stone gathers no moss", since Graveler, a living rolling stone, eats the ones that gather moss, and hence do not roll. First Appearance - VS. Shrifty Ch.222
Image:... Cradily Cradily looks like an overgrown flower or tree, with a turtle's body. The body actually acts as an anchor, to prevent it from being washed away. It's eight tentacles ('petals') are used to snare and kill prey. While Lileep's tentacles protrude out of its black face, Cradily's tentacles grow out of the back of its head. It also bears a slight resemblance to a brontosaurus. First Appearance - VS. Kyogre & Groudon X Ch.248

Info needs more research, probably mentioning what they did in game/show/manga, just lifted from 'mon articles for completion.

[edit] Strategies

I'm up for debate whether or not to hack this, it could be harder to reproduce for later gyms, but it is useful.. discussion on this would be good

The main weaknesses of Rock-types are:

A number of good Pokémon that are available before the match can easily take on Roxanne's team, below are some common teams that will easily defeat her Rock-types -


Image:... Mudkip Mudkip Method

Mudkip is a Water-type/Ground-type, giving it a range of attacks suitable for battling Roxanne. Levelling Mudkip up to LVL15 teaches it both Water Gun and Mud Shot.
Image:... Treecko Treecko Method

Treecko, a Grass-type, is perhaps the worst Pokémon at this stage of the game, only knowing a single, weak Grass attack, Absorb. It's other main physical attack, Pound, is very weak against Rock-types, resulting Treecko being of little use here.

Using one of the Pokémon effective (see below) against Roxanne that can be caught in the wild.
Image:... Torchic - Combusken Torchic/Combusken Method

This is more of a Combusken Method, as you can only kick Roxanne's butt with Double Kick. This move is learned by Combusken,Fire-type/Fighting-type, a straight after it evolves at LVL16, but is well worth the effort involved. Double Kick, though not powerful in particular is a great "Sweeper" move, and can knock out lots of Pokémon very quickly. It also is a great move against Normal-types, which accounts for a lot of the Pokémon in the game.

By using Double Kick quickly, Nosepass should not have a chance to use Rock Tomb, and take advantage of the Fire weakness of Combusken.


NOTE: Evolving Torchic before the mid-fifties will alter the move list it can learn, evolving it normally will allow Blaziken to learn Blaze Kick, but not evolving Torchic until LVL45 will allow it to learn Fire Spin and Flamethrower.

Other Useful Pokémon

Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire is known to have the widest choice of Pokémon at the beginning of the game, allowing the player to pick a very free-form team. The protagonist has to pass through the Routes connecting Littleroot Town, Oldale Town, Petalburg City and Rustboro City, and Petalburg Woods, from which a variety of Pokémon from various terrain are catchable.


Image:... Seedot Seedot is a Grass-type, only found in the Ruby version of Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire. Can learn both Absorb and Nature Power as it reaches LVL13. Though it shares some of the same problem as Treecko does, another Grass-type with Absorb and a second attack will make the battle go easier.
Image:... Lotad Lotad is a Grass-type, only found in the Sapphire version of Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire. Can learn both Absorb and Nature Power as it reaches LVL13. Though it shares some of the same problem as Treecko does, another Grass-type with Absorb and a second attack will make the battle go easier.
Image:... Shroomish Shroomish, a Grass-type, is the best Pokémon to use in this match, and if you can find it in Petalburg Woods, you should definitely add it, no matter your starter. If your chose Mudkip or Treecko as your starter, Breloom (the evolution of Shroomish) is a great Pokémon to have on your team, as it learns all of Blaziken's Fighting-type attacks. Shroomish learns Leech Seed, Absorb and the powerful Mega Drain, by LVL16. If you don't have a Torchic, or are simply holding off evolving it into Combusken, Shroomish is the best answer.
Image:... Wingull Wingull is a Water-type/Flying-type, which learns Water Gun and Wing Attack at LVL10. Though Wingull is accessible and strong, it's main problem is it's Flying weakness, which will result in Rock Throw, OHKOing Wingull.

Ralts is also a good pokemon because of his confusion, but her attacks hurt it bad so get it up some levels first, like lvl 18 or so ... i'd suggest training it by the mines near the city. go up and turn right. I defeated Roxanne with just my ralts when it was lvl 18 using only 1 super potion,

I'm up for debate whether or not to hack this, it could be harder to reproduce for later gyms, but it is useful.. discussion on this would be good

[edit] In the Anime

In the Pokémon anime, Roxanne is not only a Gym Leader, but also a teacher at the Pokémon Trainers' School in Rustboro City, teaching skills she learned as Professor Oak's star pupil. She teaches an introductory course on Pokémon to young children not old enough to be trainers. She appears in episodes 291 and 292, Gonna Rule The School! and Winner By A Nosepass. While Gonna Rule The School! introduces Roxanne in passing but instead focuses on members of her class, in the following episode, Pikachu and Ash take a class to teach Pikachu a new attack, Iron Tail, which Pikachu then uses to defeat Roxanne's Nosepass in a battle for the Stone Badge.

Again, lifted straight from the old Roxanne, might redo it, more likely to flesh it out.

[edit] In the Manga

In the Pokémon Adventures Manga, Roxanne is both the Rustboro City Gym-leader and the Exams Invigilator of the Rustboro Trainer School. She has appeared in VS. Nosepass (Parts 1 & 2) Ch.190 & Ch.191, VS. Shrifty Ch.222 and VS. Kyogre & Groudon X Ch.248, normally as either appearing as the Gym-leader of Rustboro, or fighting against Team Magma and Team Aqua with the other gym leaders from around Hoenn.

Just listed appearances, and what she did, Roxanne is one of the lesser leaders I think

[edit] VS. Nosepass (Part 1)

Sapphire arrives at the Rustboro gym, ready for her first gym battle, and opens the doors to find her in a lecture hall, opposed to a battle arena. She wanders in and sees Roxanne walking up to the stage, about to begin talking. She announces that the weekly Rustboro test is about to begin, as she begins handing out papers. Sapphire tries to proclaim that she wanted a battle, but is pushed into a seat by the assistants. Roxanne explains to her that since there are so many trainers challenging the gym that she devised a test to find the top trainer, who should we battle.

Sapphire mananges to get full marks on the test, through working with her father, Professor Birch, and is allowed to battle Roxanne. Roxanne states that both trainers can use two Pokémon, but when either of them faints, they lose.

Sapphire picks her Aron called Ronono to go first, while Roxanne sends out Nosepass. As Aron tries to attack with it's Metal Claw attack, Nosepass uses Harden, stoping Aron in it's tracks. Unable to figure out what type of Pokémon Nosepass is, Sapphire tries to switch Aron for another Pokémon, but can't. (This is because of Nosepass's ability,(whatever), preventing any Steel-type Pokémon to flee from battle.)

Can Sapphire realize what type Nosepass is in time? Or will she lose her first match to the Rock 'n' Roll Roxanne? To be continued...

Last paragraph was just for a laugh, a basic synopsis that could use some work, but it's a good first draft.

[edit] External Links

[edit] Anime Links

Anime Ep Synopsises and Bio, any other ideas?

[edit] Manga Links


Manga Ep Synopsises and Bio, any other ideas?

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