Flannery

One with a Fiery Passion that Burns
Flannery
Species	Human
Hair color	Red
Base	Lavaridge Town
Relatives	Grandfather
Debut	Pokémon: Ruby Version/Pokémon: Sapphire Version

Flannery is the fourth gym leader faced in Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Versions. She specializes in fire-type Pokémon.

Background

Flannery was the granddaughter of a famed Pokémon trainer who once served as part of the Elite Four. Flannery herself eventually became the gym leader of the gym in Lavaridge Town. She had only recently become its gym leader at the time of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Most of the town admired her for her beauty, and she was known for the flaming passion that she had for raisng Pokémon. Due to her own insecurities, however, she attempted to adapt to a more intimidating persona.

She was eventually challenged and defeated by Brendan/May in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. This defeat caused her to realize that she should stop trying to act like someone she wasn't and instead to do things her own natural way. She thanked him/her by giving him/her TM 50: Overheat in addition to the Heat Badge. Flannery than remarked that the trainer had a similar fighting style to Norman, which made sense considering that he was the player's father. In Emerald, she could be challenged to rematches afterwards.

Pokémon Roster

In Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, she uses the following Pokémon in the first battle:

• Numel (Emerald only)
• Slugma (2 in Ruby and Sapphire, 1 in Emerald)
• Camerupt (Emerald only)
• Torkoal

In Emerald, Flannery then uses the following Pokémon in the optional rematches:

• Magcargo, Ponyta, Camerupt and Torkoal in the first rematch
• Growlithe, Magcargo, Ponyta, Camerupt and Torkoal in the second rematch
• Houndour, Growlithe, Rapidash, Magcargo, Camrupt and Torkoal in the third rematch
• Arcanine, Magcargo, Houndoom, Rapidash, Camerupt and Torkoal in the fourth rematch

Other Appearances

• Flannery appears in two subsequent episodes of the Pokémon anime. These also feature an appearance by her grandfather, who is instead the former leader of the Lavaridge gym and known as Mr. Moore. The first episode introduces her and her grandfather, where Ash and his friends help them stop Team Rocket from stealing her Pokémon. The second episode shows the gym battle between Ash and Flannery, which Ash manages to win.
• Flannery appears in several chapters of the Pokémon Adventures manga, where she is an uncertain young gym leader under Winona's tutelage. She is initially captured by Team Aqua to lure Sapphire into a trap but she is able to bust them out. After Team Aqua dries up the volcano, a Team Magma member Tabitha helps her to try to stir up the volcano in vain, although this incident later leads her to sympathize with Team Magma at the gym leaders' conference. She bonds with Sapphire in the last hot spring before it cools and gives her the badge. After Groudon and Kyogre are awakened, Flannery is part of the team sent after Kyogre and winds up battling the Team Aqua member Shelley. After the crisis is averted Flannery is able to re-open the hot springs and surprisingly finds Tabitha among her guests.