Valerie

"The maiden from a land with history."
Valerie
Species	Human
Affiliation	Pokémon League (Kalos)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Gray
Base	Laverre Gym
Voiced by	Skyler Davenport (2020)
Debut	Pokémon X/Y

Valerie is a Gym Leader from Kalos who is featured as an opponent in Pokémon X and Y. She is the sixth Gym Leader who has to be battled and specialized in Fairy-type Pokémon.

Background

Valerie originally hailed from Johto and moved to Kalos at some point, where she became the Gym Leader of the gym in Laverre City and held the Fairy Badge. She worked as a model and a fashion designer in addition to being a Pokémon trainer. Valerie's dream was to become a Pokémon herself, and many of her fashion designs reflected that desire. However, she ultimately only felt at one with Pokémon when they were embroiled in battle together. Valerie was generally very kind to others, but she was also known for being absent-minded and often forgetting what she meant to say. Although she had a gentle nature, she also warned that the strength of Fairy-type Pokémon was not to be underestimated. Her gym was designed to resemble a life-sized dollhouse, with rooms connected by warp panels.

In X/Y, she was challenged and defeated by Calem/Serena. She rewarded them with the Fairy Badge and TM 99: Dazzling Gleam, although she forgot what move the TM had in the moment. She also revealed her dream of becoming a Pokémon to the trainer. Afterwards, Valarie could appear at the Battle Chateau for rematches after the player had obtained the rank of Marquis/Marchioness, as Valerie similarly held the title of Marchioness there.

Pokémon Roster

• Mawile
• Mr. Mime
• Sylveon

At the Battle Chateau, she uses only Mawile and Sylveon.

In Other Pokémon Games

In Pokémon Masters EX, Valerie and her Sylveon appeared together as a playable sync pair who could be recruited through Chapter 23 of the Main Story's PML Arc. Mawile could also be unlocked as an alternate sync partner for her by using Battle Points, starting in August 2023. During her appearance in the Main Story, Scottie/Bettie's team sought Valerie out for the sake of assessing Clair and Koga's fashion, and it was established that Erika was friends with her. Valerie revealed her dreams of becoming a Pokémon to the group, and also that she wished to meet Elesa. They managed to fulfill her latter request, and as a result Valerie talked with Elesa about collaborating sometime. Leaf was also present and suggested that they battle Valerie in order to help her become a Pokémon. After Valerie was defeated by Scottie/Bettie's team, Valerie had come to realize that she felt at one with her Pokémon when using sync moves. Valerie then decided to join Scottie/Bettie's team so that she could battle Elesa, who was their team's next opponent in the Pokémon Masters League tournament. Within the Costume Event "Poké War Games", she took part in the competition on Guzma and Jasmine's team. In the "Pure Heart and Rainbow Wings" Legendary Adventure, she was initially confused with one of the Kimono Girls and was sought out for information about Ho-oh. She still knew some of the Pokémon's lore which she related to them, and she helped with the search for it. Valerie also appeared in the "Gather Up! Dream Duo!" Story Event, in which Lisia came to her in hopes of getting a new costume to use for a New Year's live show, while Dawn's Oricorio was dancing for Valerie. Although Valerie had a packed schedule, she was inspired after seeing Lisia's Galarian Rapidash and decided to design outfits for both Lisia and Dawn under the condition that they work together as an idol duo. Valerie proceeded to design their outfits, which Kali made and brought to them.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, Valerie made appearances in several episodes within the X/Y-based series. In her first appearance, Serena and Bonnie helped her with a fashion show, and she defeated Sawyer when he challenged her. It was established that she had not lost a gym battle in a while. In the following episode, Ash challenged her and defeated her to earn her badge. She then made a few more minor appearances throughout the series, including playing a role in the Gym Leaders' effort to destroy the Giant Rock in the climactic arc.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Valerie appeared during the X/Y arc, where she worked with the other Gym Leaders in an effort to defeat Team Flare.

Trivia

• Her Japanese name is Mache, based on the French word for a plant known as corn salad. Her English name is derived from Valerianella locusta, corn salad's taxonomic classification.
• In the Japanese version of the game, Valerie speaks with a Kyoto dialect. This reflects her home region of Johto, as Ecruteak City was based on Kyoto.
• She is the first Fairy-type Gym Leader to appear in the series, as the type was introduced for that generation.
• According to the Gym Freaks program, her clothes weigh 33 pounds.
• A woman at Restaurant Le Yeah claims that Siebold of the Elite Four sometimes prepares meals for her, as well as for Grant.
• In Pokémon Masters EX, it is established that the clothing she makes are very expensive. Koga considers getting one of her outfits for his daughter until realizing that it would cost 500 Big Peals.