Misty

The Tomboyish Mermaid
Misty
Species	Human
Hair color	Orange
Eye color	Green
Base	Cerulean City Gym
Voiced by	Rachael Lillis (2000)
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version/Pokemon: Green Version

Misty is one of the gym leaders faced in the first generation games of the Pokémon series. She is the gym leader of Cerulean City's Pokémon Gym and specializes in water-type Pokémon. Misty is described as a tomboyish Pokémon trainer who loves the water.

Background

In Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow (as well as Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions), Misty was the second gym trainer Red battled in his journey. She was defeated and gave Red a Cascadebadge as well as TM 11: Bubblebeam (or TM 03: Water Pulse in FireRed and LeafGreen). IN Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, she was instead challenged by Chase/Elaine and gave TM 29: Scald upon defeat. She could also be challenged to rematches after beating the Elite Four in those versions.

Misty retained her leadership three years later during Pokémon: Gold, Silver and Crystal Versions (as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver). Before Ethan/Lyra could battle her, they first had to find her. Misty was at the Cerulean Cape in Route 25 on a date, and while she was angry at him for ruining her date, she agreed to battle them after seeing that they had eight gym badges from Johto, which meant that he must have been good. After being defeated, Misty gave them the Cascadebadge (and TM 03: Water Pulse in HeartGold/SoulSilver) and asked if there were strong trainers in Johto, saying she planned to travel there one day on her own journey to battle skilled trainers.

In HeartGold/SoulSilver, she would later appear at the eastern end of Route 25 every evening from 4 to 6 PM (only after capturing or defeating Suicune), where she would exchange phone numbers with Ethan/Lyra. She then appeared there from 2 to 4 PM every day, where she would take a picture with Ethan/Lyra if they had a Water Pokémon at the front of their party. Calling her on Wednesday mornings (between the hours of 4AM and 10AM) will cause her to travel to Saffron City's Fighting Dojo for a rematch.

Misty returned in Black and White 2 as a competitor in the Pokémon World Tournament held at Unova. She competed in the Kanto Leaders, World Leaders and Type Experts tournaments, as well as being the final opponent in the special download tournament titled "Gathered! Gym Leader!". She mentioned that she in doing so, she had made her dream of traveling and battling powerful trainers come true. If she lost, she would go on to claim that defeating Nate/Rosa will be her new dream.

Pokémon Roster

Misty's second generation appearance.

Misty specializes in water-type Pokémon. In all of the first generation games, her only Pokémon were a Staryu and a Starmie. In Gold, Silver and Crystal (as well as the first HeartGold/SoulSilver), she used the following Pokémon:

• Golduck
• Quagsire
• Lapras
• Starmie

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she used the following roster in rematches:

• Starmie
• Quagsire
• Lapras
• Lanturn
• Floatzel
• Milotic

In Black 2 and White 2, he roster for tournament fights consists of Starmie, Lapras and Blastoise as well as three other Pokémon depending on the type of tournament: Golduck, Seaking and Slowbro in the Kanto Leaders Tournament, or Lanturn, Quagsire and Jellicent in the Type Expert and World Leaders Tournament. For "Gathered! Gym Leader!", she instead uses Starmie, Jellicent, Swanna and Carracosta in a double battle.

In 'Let's Go!, she had Psyduck and Starmie for the initial battle. For rematches, she had Golduck, Dewgoing, Vaporeon, Starmie and Gyarados.

Other Games

In Pokémon Stadium, Misty was the second gym leader featured in the Gym Leader Castle. Her roster in this game, containing a mix of her roster from the first generation games and anime, consisted of Starmie, Horsea, Psyduck, Blastoise, Staryu and Seel in the first round. She has Starmie, Exeggutor, Seadra, Dugtrio, Blastoise and Dewgong in the second round.

Misty, as she appears in the anime series, was the third opponent in Pokémon Puzzle League. She used a Horsea, Psyduck and Starmie in this game.

Misty appeared as the second enemy of the Kanto Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium 2. She used Golduck, Poliwhirl, Starmie, Togetic (likely an homage to her Togepi from the anime), Sunflora and Quagsire in Round 1. Misty instead used Nidoqueen, Wigglytuff, Starmie, Dragonair, Ampharos and Politoed in Round 2.

Other Appearances

• Misty appeared as a supporting character in the Pokémon anime series. She appeared in the first episode, where Ash Ketchum accidentally broke her bicycle. Afterwards she forced Ash to let her accompany him and became one of his travelling companions until he could repay her for the bike (and he eventually did). She did not have to worry about the Cerulean gym, as her three older sisters ran it instead. Misty also had a great temper in the show, especially towards her Psyduck, but also showed a nuturing side when raising a young Togepi. Misty accompanied Ash in Kanto, the Orange Islands and Johto, then departed afterwards to return to Cerulean Gym (now running the gym completely, with her sisters away on a cruise). She has made several small appearances since then, including her and Brock having a reunion with Ash in a two-part episode of the Sun and Moon series.
• In the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Misty appears in a role that is primarily based on her appearance in the first series of the anime, including acting as a traveling companion for Ash and having three sisters. In this version, for her gym challenge she steals Ash's hat and challenges him to retrieve it from her.
• Misty appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga, where she is initially one of the only "good" gym leaders operating in Kanto, and she often works in conjunction with Brock and Erika (as well as later Blaine) against Team Rocket. She first meets Red by Mt. Moon when he is able to defeat her Gyarados that was captured and brainwashed by Team Rocket. She reveals herself as a gym leader and initially defeats Red at the Cerulean gym, but she then trains him to prepare for Team Rocket and gives him the Cascade Badge. She appears several more times in the Red/Green/Blue arc, and saves Red from drowning as well as trading her Gyarados to him for his Krabby so that he could use Surf. She later also helps Yellow in the Yellow arc. In the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc, she and Brock help Red to prepare for his gym leader examination. During the competition against the Johto gym leaders she defeats Whitney with ease. Suicune chooses her as its temporary master and she battles the Mask of Ice with Blaine and Lieutenant Surge, though they ultimately fail to defeat him. Throughout this arc she is also shown to have a crush on Red and struggles to admit her feelings to him, as well as feeling jealousy of his closeness with Yellow, who is secretly a girl, and the love triangle is ultimately unresolved.

Trivia

• Misty's name is a simple play on the word 'mist'. Her Japanese name is Kasumi, which also means 'mist'.
• Misty's idol is Lorelei, a member of the Elite Four who specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
• FireRed and LeafGreen adds some foreshadowing about Misty's love life in Gold, Silver and Crystal, as a young couple at Cerulean Cape notes that the area is quickly becoming a romantic spot, and that Misty in particular has high hopes about it.
• Misty also appeared as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, wearing her outfit from the anime.