Cheryl
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| Cheryl in Diamond and Pearl | |
| Cheryl | |
| Species | Human |
| Hair color | Green |
| Eye color | Green |
| Voiced by | Laura Post (2019) |
| Debut | Pokémon: Diamond/Pearl Versions |
Cheryl is a Pokémon trainer who was featured in the fourth generation games as a temporary double battle partner.
Background[edit]
Cheryl was a polite young trainer who Lucas/Dawn met in the Eterna Forest. She accompanied them through the forest out of fear of Team Galactic attacks, and she healed the player's Pokémon after each battle in exchange. When they reached the end of the forest, they parted ways, and in Platinum, she thanked the player trainer for helping her by giving them the Soothe Bell.
She would later appear in the Battle Zone, where Lucas/Dawn could choose her as a partner for Double Battles in the Battle Tower. In Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, the player could not pick partners for the Battle Tower, and instead Cheryl could appear as an opponent paired with Mira in a double battle. In Platinum, she would also appear at the Battleground cafe on random days following completion of the Stark Mountain sidequest, where she could be challenged to a battle. She was also available as a Battle Tower partner at Johto's Battle Frontier in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Pokémon Roster[edit]
In Eterna Forest, Cheryl's only Pokémon is Chansey.
In Diamond/Pearl, she can use two of the following Pokémon in Battle Tower competitions: Blissey, Porygon2, Porygon-Z, Espeon, Umbreon, Latias, Latios, Gastrodon, Snorlax, Milotic and Cresselia. In Platinum, her possible Pokémon for the Battle Tower challenge is expanded to include Miltank, Wailord, Hippowdon, Slaking, Venusaur, Meganium, Sceptile, Torterra, Medicham, Breloom, Vespiquen, Victreebel, Ludicolo, Shiftry, Abomasnow, Cradily, Roserade, Exeggutor, Starmie, Dusknoir, Tangrowth, Walrein, Regirock and Regice. When fought at the Battle Tower in Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, the Pokémon she could use includes Blissey, Umbreon, Porygon-Z and Latios.
She also uses the following roster for the Battleground matches in Platinum:
In Other Pokémon Games[edit]
In Pokémon Masters EX, Cheryl and her Blissey appear as a playable sync pair that could be recruited at random through the Sync Pair Scout feature. In her sync pair story, she talks about how her Chansey's evolution into Blissey inspired her and helped her to be less hesitant as a trainer. She also appeared as an opponent challenged by Barry at random in the sync pair event about his Piplup's evolution into Prinplup. Cheryl was later featured in the "New World Dilemma" Legendary Event, where she recognized Cyrus of Team Galactic and took part in the effort to stop him.
Other Appearances[edit]
Other Media[edit]
- Cheryl appeared in three subsequent episodes of the Pokémon anime, in which she traveled through Eterna Forest with Ash Ketchum, Brock and Dawn. She was portrayed as the descendant of treasure hunters and sought honey within the forest, with the help of her Mothim.
- In the Pokémon Adventures manga, she appeared during the Platinum arc, where she was shown to be a friend of Mira's and convinced Palmer to let them join the group of trainers going into the Distortion World. There, during the ensuing battles with Team Galactic, Cheryl battled with Mars.
- She was featured in an episode of the Pokémon Generations anime, where she stayed at Eterna Forest's Old Chateau and found that it was haunted.
Trivia[edit]
- Her Japanese name is Momi, from a word meaning unhulled rice. Her English name of Cheryl may refer to cereal.
- Each of the five double battle trainers in the fourth generation games specialize in certain stat with their Pokémon, with Cheryl's Pokémon excelling in the area of HP.
- She is the only one of the double battle partners who must be encountered as part of the main story, while the others are option, and Buck is encountered part of the post-game story.
- In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, there is a character named Sabi who bears a resemblance to Cheryl, particularly in her hair which is a shade of green and has a similar style, including sporting a pair of braids similar to Cheryl's one braid. This implies that Sabi may be an ancestor of Cheryl.