Editing Tate and Liza

{{Character
| name=Tate and Liza
| image=[[image:TateLiza.png|200px]]
| caption=''"The Mystic Combination"''
| bgcolor=#660000
| fgcolor=#FFFFFF
| real name=
| species=Humans
| hair=Black
| eyes=
| relatives=
| base=Mossdeep City
| affiliation=Pokémon League (Hoenn)
| voiced by=Unknown (Tate, 2019)<br />Kira Buckland (Liza, 2019)
| debut=''[[Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Pokémon: Ruby/Sapphire Versions]]''
|}}

'''Tate and Liza''' are twin Pokémon trainers who collectively act as the seventh gym leader challenge of the the [[Hoenn]] Pokémon League in ''[[Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire]]'' and ''[[Pokémon: Emerald Version|Emerald]]'', as well as the remakes ''[[Pokémon: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''. They specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon.

=Background=

Tate and Liza were a pair of child prodigies who had psychic powers. They were known for having a strong bond with each other due to their mental communication which led them to often finish each other's sentences. This also helped them to form great combinations during Pokémon battles, as despite their youths they became the gym leaders of the Mossdeep City gym and engaged challengers in double battles.

In ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', ''Emerald'', ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'', they were eventually challenged and defeated by [[Brendan]]/[[May]]. They were surprised ,but they acknowledged that the trainer's bond with their Pokémon must have been greater than their own. The twins gave the trainer the Mind Badge along with TM 04: Calm Mind. In ''Emerald'', they closed the gym for a while to retrain and later invited the player to take them on in rematches through the Match Call feature.

Tate and Liza later appeared in ''[[Pokémon: Black and White Versions 2|Black and White 2]]'' as competitors in the Pokémon World Tournament. They entered and battled as individuals instead of as a team, taking part in the Hoenn Leaders, World Leaders and Type Expert divisions.

==Pokémon Roster==

===Generation III===

Tate and Liza use the following Pokémon in the ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', ''Emerald'', ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'' versions:

*[[Solrock]]
*[[Lunatone]]
*[[Claydol]] (''Emerald'' only)
*[[Xatu]] (''Emerald'' only)

In ''Emerald'', they use the following Pokémon for rematches:

*[[Slowpoke]] (first three rematches)/[[Slowking]] (fourth rematch)
*Claydol
*Xatu, 
*Solrock
*Lunatone 
*[[Drowzee]] (second match)/[[Hypno]] (last two matches)

===Generation IV===

In ''Black 2'' and ''White 2'', Tate and Liza are battled as individuals instead of as a team. Despite that, the Pokémon that they use are very similar, with just a few differences. The potential Pokémon that they use for tournament battles can include some or all of the following Pokémon:

*Solrock (Tate) or Lunatone (Liza)
*Xatu
*[[Chimecho]]
*[[Grumpig]] (both - Hoenn Leaders), [[Reuniclus]] (Tate - World Leaders/Type Expert) or [[Gothitelle]] (Liza - World Leaders/Type Expert)
*[[Gallade]] (Tate) or [[Gardevoir]] (Liza)
*Claydol

=In Other Pokémon Games=

In ''[[Pokémon Masters]]'', Tate and Liza appeared as playable trainers who could be separately recruited through the game's Sync Pair Scout feature. Tate's sync partner was Solrock, while Liza's was Lunatone. Liza was featured in the Story Event "Team Skull Crash Course", where she had lost in a battle against [[Guzma]] while fighting alongside [[Scottie/Bettie]] and [[Drake]]. Afterwards, she wanted to learn under Guzma. He and [[Plumeria]] helped her to learn how to stand on her own as a trainer and fight without her brother. In one of the extra scenes, Tate was shown to be watching Liza's training session with Guzma and that it inspired him in his own training.

=Other Appearances=

==Other Media==

*Tate and Liza appear in two subsequent episodes of the Pokémon anime. This version expanded more on these characters by showing their parents - their father running the space center while their mother is the judge for gym battles. Unlike in the games, they did not initially have a perfect bond and bickered, although they eventually got along with each other during the double battle with [[Red#Ash Ketchum|Ash Ketchum]] and become a much stronger force until Ash eventually defeated them.
*They appear in several chapters of the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, where they are secretly the guardians of the Red and Blue Jewels hidden on Mt. Pyre, which leads them to often neglect their gym leader duties. They are defeated by [[Team Magma]] and entrapped within flame until trapped by [[Juan]]. They then help [[Brendan|Ruby]] and [[May|Sapphire]] to train in team battles on Mirage Island, giving them their badge when they succeed. They reappeared in ''Omega Ruby''/''Alpha Sapphire'', where they helped in the effort to stop the Grand Meteor Delta.

=Trivia=

*Their names are a reference to the word 'levitate', which is an ability that their signature Pokémon (Solrock and Lunatone) bear and is also a psychic ability. Their Japanese names are Fu and Lan, in reference to the Japanese word for 'floating' and the Japanese name for the wind orchid.
*They are the only gym leaders to be battled as a team.
*In ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'', they could also be seen at the Lilycove Department store shopping for toys. They were accompanied by a man from the Mossdeep Space Center, who was buying the toys for them in hopes that the twins would use their psychic powers to help them with uncovering secrets about space travel.

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