Whitney
Whitney アカネ Akane | |
"The Incredibly Pretty Girl" | |
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver by Ken Sugimori[1] | |
Gender | Female |
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Eye color | Brown (Generation II; Animated series), Pink (Generation IV and Generation V) |
Hair color | Pink |
Hometown | Goldenrod City |
Region | Johto |
Relatives | Milton (uncle; Animated series only), Grandmother (Ash & Pikachu manga) |
Trainer class | Gym LeaderGSCHGSS Pokémon TrainerB2W2 |
Generation | II, IV, V |
Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black 2, White 2, Pokémon Stadium 2, Masters EX |
Leader of | Goldenrod Gym |
Badge | Plain Badge |
Specializes in | Normal types |
Game animation debut | GOTCHA! |
English voice actor | Sarah Anne Williams[2] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | Yuko Natsuyoshi[3] (Masters EX) |
Animated debut | A Goldenrod Opportunity |
English voice actor | Megan Hollingshead |
Japanese voice actor | Yūko Miyamura |
Whitney (Japanese: アカネ Akane) is the Gym Leader of Goldenrod City's Gym, known officially as the Goldenrod Gym. She hands out the Plain Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
In the core series games
Whitney appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver as the Leader of the Goldenrod Gym. She is the third Gym Leader that Trainers must defeat to move further in the game. She is known as "The Incredibly Pretty Girl!".
Whitney uses the Normal-type, and although she only began battling a little while ago, her talent attracted the Pokémon League to choose her as a Gym Leader. Her Gym is filled with other young girls like herself, who use cute Normal-type Pokémon like Meowth, and is shaped like a Clefairy. While in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal all challengers have to do to reach Whitney is navigate through the Gym's maze puzzle, Whitney is initially absent from the Gym in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. She can be found in Goldenrod's Radio Tower attempting to win a Radio Card. If the player helps her, she will return to the Gym. Despite this act of kindness, she will throw a temper tantrum upon defeat and refuse to give the Plain Badge. A Gym Trainer will tell the player that she will eventually calm down. Once calmed down, however, she will give the player the Badge, and TM45 (Attract). Apparently, this move is perfect for her because it makes full use of a Pokémon's cuteness.
Like the other Johto and Kanto Gym Leaders, Whitney will leave her Gym from time to time in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Unlike other Leaders, she will not travel far: just down the road to the Goldenrod Department Store any day between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM. She's to the far left of the 6th floor. Once her Pokégear phone number has been obtained, she will accept rematches on Saturday afternoons at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. Her team in these battles will be significantly stronger than her team in the initial battles, although her signature Miltank will remain in her party.
Like the rest of the Johto Gym Leaders, Whitney reappears in Black 2 and White 2 as a possible opponent for the player in the Johto Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments. According to a man in the Pokémon World Tournament lobby, Whitney loves softball, and the clothes she wears reflect that.
While Whitney does not appear in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, she and her Miltank can rarely be referenced in the Pokémon Center Cafés when the player purchases Moomoo Milk. It is noted that her Miltank can produce high quality Moomoo Milk.[4]
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Whitney uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Whitney will always lead with her signature Pokémon, Miltank.
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In the side series games
Pokémon Stadium 2
Whitney makes an appearance in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. This is the only game in which she appears and uses Pokémon of a type other than Normal.
During the game's end credits, she is seen having a battle with Misty.
Pokémon
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Whitney appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. She uses a Clefairy to battle.
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Whitney (Masters)
Whitney forms a sync pair with Miltank and Winter Form Sawsbuck in Pokémon Masters EX. Whitney became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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#012 | Whitney | #0241 | Miltank♀ |
Normal |
Fighting |
★★★★ | First-time Scout (Until 2.21.0 update) Sync Pair Scout | ||||
#012 | Holiday 2022 Whitney |
#0586 | Sawsbuck♀ Winter Form |
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Fighting |
★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout |
Quotes
- Main article: Whitney/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
History
Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
Whitney debuted in A Goldenrod Opportunity, where she ran up to Ash's Pikachu after he bumped into her Clefairy. She took care of Pikachu by kissing him on the head, much to his amusement. Whitney took Ash and his friends to the Goldenrod Galleria via a shortcut through the Underground Path. However, they stumbled across many areas that they didn't want to go to. After a while, they went to a restaurant to eat some hamburgers.
Later, Whitney encountered Team Rocket and they stole her Clefairy. The trio was chased down to the Magnet Train Station. They got on the Magnet Train but were stopped by Whitney, Ash, and his friends. Team Rocket blasted off with the train, empty-handed. After learning Whitney was the Goldenrod Gym Leader, Ash challenged her to a Gym battle. She agreed to the challenge and opened the Gym up especially for him, despite it being her day off.
During the match, Ash managed to defeat her first Pokémon, Nidorina, with his Cyndaquil. Whitney forfeited the second round after her Clefairy's Metronome turned into a useless Splash attack. Ash, however, was unable to stop her Miltank, who constantly used Rollout to deflect attacks and knocked out three of his Pokémon in a row.
After Ash's defeat, Whitney invited him and his friends to her uncle Milton's dairy farm, where many Miltank are raised to produce Moomoo Milk. In A Dairy Tale Ending, Ash and his friends spent the day taking care of the farm's Miltank until Team Rocket arrived with a barrel-shaped robot. During his fight against them, Ash came up with a strategy to defeat Miltank and asked Whitney for another match. He used Totodile and Cyndaquil to slow Miltank down, then had Pikachu knock her out. Though the match had taken place outside the Gym, Whitney accepted her defeat as official and awarded Ash the Plain Badge.
Whitney reappeared during a flashback in Why? Wynaut!.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Whitney reappeared in another flashback along with Morty in Bagged Then Tagged!, when it was revealed that Lyra's next Gym challenge was supposed to be either one of them.
Character
Whitney is a sweet but ditzy young lady who easily gets lost in her hometown. She shows a lot of affection towards her own Pokémon and cute ones like Ash's Pikachu.
Whitney's battle strategy hinges on the increasing strength of her Miltank's almost unstoppable Rollout and her Clefairy's unpredictable Metronome attack, which can sometimes backfire.
Pokémon
This listing is of Whitney's known Pokémon in Pokémon the Series.
Debut | A Goldenrod Opportunity |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Mayumi Iizuka |
English | Tara Jayne |
Whitney's Clefairy first appeared when Pikachu accidentally knocked into it. After shopping, Whitney found that Clefairy was missing, having been caught by Team Rocket. At the Magnet Train platform, it used Metronome, which turned into Gust, which in turn freed Pikachu.
It was used again as the second Pokémon in the Gym battle against Ash, where it went up against Cyndaquil. It began with using Metronome. However, it turned into Splash. Cyndaquil used another Flamethrower, scaring Clefairy and forcing Whitney to withdraw it from the match.
Clefairy seems to be Whitney's favorite Pokémon, as it is usually seen traveling out of its Poké Ball.
Clefairy's only known move is Metronome.
Clefairy has also used Gust and Splash via Metronome.
Debut | A Goldenrod Opportunity |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Satomi Koorogi |
English | Satomi Koorogi |
Nidorina was the first Pokémon used by Whitney in the Gym battle, battling against Cyndaquil. However, none of her attacks were a match for Cyndaquil's Flamethrower. Nidorina was soon defeated by Cyndaquil's second Flamethrower.
Nidorina's known moves are Poison Sting and Tackle.
Debut | A Goldenrod Opportunity |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Megumi Hayashibara |
English | Megumi Hayashibara |
- Main article: Whitney's Miltank
Whitney's Miltank was the last Pokémon used in the Gym battle. She managed to defeat Cyndaquil by using Rollout continuously. Ash used Totodile, telling him to use Water Gun; however, he did not slow Miltank down. With another Rollout, Totodile was knocked out. Pikachu used Thunderbolt on Miltank, but it was ineffective. Pikachu was defeated by the second turn of Rollout.
She appeared again in the next episode, sending Team Rocket flying. In a friendly battle before Ash could challenge Whitney once again, she managed to defeat Ash's Cyndaquil and Totodile but was defeated by Ash's Pikachu, earning Ash the Plain Badge.
Voice actors
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GOTCHA!
Whitney briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Ash & Pikachu
Ash battles Whitney for the Plain Badge in The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling. Here, Whitney has a grandmother, who runs a fortune-telling booth.
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Ash & Pikachu manga.
- Main article: Whitney's Miltank
Whitney used Miltank as her final Pokémon in the match against Ash. Miltank lost to Pikachu after a long battle.
Pokémon Adventures
History
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
Whitney debuts in Smeargle Smudge, where she is seen at the Goldenrod Radio Tower. She gets into an argument with Gold, who is furious about DJ Mary's Smea-Smea having painted on his face while he slept. The argument gets high ratings for the Radio Tower, so Hirō decides to make it a special that will be broadcast over Johto. Whitney and Gold are made to compete against each other in a race from Goldenrod City to Route 37. Whitney uses her Pokémon to gain a huge lead, but her path is blocked by a giant tree in the middle of the road. They are soon attacked by a wild Rhydon, which kidnaps Whitney and takes her away. Gold figures out that the tree was a Sudowoodo that had been attacked by the Rhydon and was in hiding. Gold befriends and captures the Sudowoodo, and uses it to defeat Rhydon and rescue Whitney. Afterward, Whitney promises to Gold that the next time they fight, she will come out as the victor.
In Delibird Delivery - 1, Whitney appeared in Professor Elm's fantasy when informing Gold that the Masked Man may be a Gym Leader.
Later, Whitney travels to the Mahogany Gym with DJ Mary, the Radio Tower crew, and the Pokémon Association Director. They plan on entering to warn Pryce about the Legendary Pokémon Suicune that has been challenging all the Johto Gym Leaders. They find that Suicune had already been beaten by Pryce and frozen solid, but it quickly breaks out of the ice and attacks. Whitney teams up with Pryce to take down Suicune, but the Pokémon is revealed to only be one of Pryce's ice sculptures.
At the Indigo Plateau, Whitney arrives with her fellow Johto Gym Leaders to participate in the exhibition tournament for the Pokémon League against the Kanto Gym Leaders. In the second round, she faces off against the Cerulean City Gym Leader, Misty. Despite her tenaciousness, Whitney is easily defeated, giving Kanto its first win. When the Masked Man attacks the Pokémon League, Chuck and the other Gym Leaders combat his army of mind-controlled Team Rocket Grunts. The fight takes them to the Magnet Train, which is used as a diversion to get the Gym Leaders away from the stadium. Once the Team Rocket Grunts are defeated, Whitney manages to figure out the Masked Man's true identity. After the Masked Man is defeated, Whitney returns to her usual duties of being a Gym Leader.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
Whitney takes Gold to the newly opened Pokéathlon Dome to compete in the Pokéathlon. She stays behind on the sidelines while Gold proceeds to win all the competitions. When Gold reveals the real reason why he decided to come to the Pokéathlon, Whitney gets angry and attacks Gold for keeping secrets from her. This gets interrupted when an injured Dragonite belonging to Lance attacks the stadium. After defeating the Dragonite and deciding to hold on to it for safekeeping, Gold says his goodbyes to Whitney. At the end of the ninth chapter, it is revealed that Whitney developed a crush on Bruno and repeatedly sends him snacks as gifts.
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
Buff Buff (Japanese: ププたん Puputan) and Fafa (Japanese: ピィたん Pytan) are Whitney's second and third known Pokémon. They were first seen traveling with Whitney to the Mahogany Gym. There, they battled the Suicune ice sculpture made by Pryce. On the Magnet Train, they helped incapacitate several Team Rocket Grunts.
Buff Buff and Fafa's known moves are Sweet Kiss and Attract, and Buff Buff has the Ability Cute Charm.
Debut | Smeargle Smudge |
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Smea-Smea (Japanese: ドブルくん Doble-kun) originally belonged to DJ Mary after being given to her by Whitney as a gift. It first appeared subjecting Gold to a prank by painting over his face while he slept. Angered, Gold chased after Smea-Smea and repeatedly got into fights with it. Since then, it has traveled with DJ Mary and helped in several battles, such as copying Entei's flames so that it could permanently melt the Masked Man's ice soldiers. In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, Smea-Smea has been returned to Whitney's possession. It was used to smear paint over Gold's face when he wouldn't listen to what Whitney was saying.
Smea-Smea's only known move is Sketch.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
Whitney first appears in For Pikachu's Sake!! The Search For The Missing Farfetch'd where she tags along with Gold to find a missing Farfetch'd. She has a battle with Gold where she sends out her Ditto and Miltank and defeats him. Whitney decides to take away his Pikachu for the time being as she thought it was a cute Pokémon. She begins traveling with him and follows him on his journey. She watches him when he is fighting his rival at a tournament. Even though Gold was defeated by Black, Black's tactics were ruled unfairly which made Gold the winner. Whitney did not return Pikachu until he defeated her later. Whitney traveled with him up until Let's Fight! The Mini Pokémon Tournament in which she says farewell to him and leaves. Whitney loves cute Pokémon and is very encouraging of Gold as he progresses through his journey.
Pokémon
This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga.
- Main article: Whitney's Miltank
Miltank is Whitney's signature Pokémon. She was relied on as a mode of transportation.
Cleffa is Whitney's Pokémon that is usually seen out of its Poké Ball. It helped Whitney search for a Farfetch'd. When they found it, Cleffa sang a lullaby to place it to sleep. Cleffa was responsible for taking the SquirtBottle to awaken the Sudowoodo that Gold caught later on.
Cleffa's only known move is Sing.
Debut | A Huge Mysterious Tree!! |
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Whitney owns a Pokémon that is not her specialty type, Magby. However, she still thinks that it is cute due to it being a baby Pokémon.
Magby's only known move is Flamethrower.
Temporary
- Main article: Gold's Pikachu
Whitney was very interested in Gold's Pikachu. After Gold lost to her in a Gym battle, Whitney took Gold's Pikachu and did not return it until he defeated her.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Whitney appears in Fierce Battle Between Clefairy and Clefable. She is a waitress at a restaurant Red and the others go in, which is also a Gym.
Pokémon
- Main article: Whitney's Miltank
Miltank is a strong Pokémon in Whitney's possession. She did the job in the restaurant of serving milk.
Clefable is Clefairy's childhood buddy. They were friends for a long time until Clefairy ate all of the noodles without sharing. Since then, they would fight. After reuniting, it was revealed that both Clefairy and Clefable still held a grudge towards each other. During the Gym Battle, Clefable used her attacks the same time as Clefairy, resulting in a stalemate until both of them fell asleep and their ghost forms appear. Clefable's ghost form was defeated by Clefairy after getting eaten.
Clefable's known moves are Double Slap and Rollout.
In the TCG
Whitney's Pokémon and items were first seen in the TCG in the Pokémon VS expansion. She wouldn't have her own card until the Sun & Moon Lost Thunder expansion, along with a Miltank card from the same expansion featuring the character. Whitney also debuted on some TCG based products, some card sleeves and a deck case that released with alongside the Super-Burst Impact expansion in Japan.
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Whitney or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Whitney's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Whitney's Clefable | Pokémon VS | 014/141 | |||||
Whitney's Wigglytuff | Pokémon VS | 015/141 | |||||
Whitney's Persian | Pokémon VS | 016/141 | |||||
Whitney's Lickitung | Pokémon VS | 017/141 | |||||
Whitney's Furret | Tyranitar Half Deck | Pokémon VS | 018/141 | ||||
Whitney's Miltank | Pokémon VS | 019/141 | |||||
Miltank | Lost Thunder | 158/214 | Super-Burst Impact | 071/095 | |||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Whitney's TM 01 | T [TM] | Pokémon VS | 107/141 | ||||
Whitney's TM 02 | T [TM] | Pokémon VS | 108/141 | ||||
Whitney | Su | Lost Thunder | 193/214 | Super-Burst Impact | 087/095 | ||
Lost Thunder | 214/214 | Super-Burst Impact | 101/095 | ||||
Gallery
Artwork
Standard
Headshot from Generation II | Official artwork from Crystal | Official artwork from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Artwork from the Game Freak website | Artwork from the Game Freak website | In the Ruins of Alph with Ethan |
Game assets
Sprites and models
In the core series
Sprite from Generation II |
Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
VS sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Overworld sprite from Generation II |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Overworld sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
In other games
Portrait from Puzzle Challenge |
Portraits from Stadium 2 |
Portrait from the credits in Stadium 2 |
Trivia
- Her Japanese Leader title is ダイナマイト プリティ ギャル!.
- She is the first Johto Gym Leader encountered that uses a Generation II Pokémon in battle, which only half of Johto's Gym Leaders do.
- In Generation III, a Whitney lookalike, along with Jasmine and Pryce lookalikes, can be seen as an audience member in a Pokémon Contest.
- In Japanese, Whitney speaks in the Kansai dialect, with the Kansai region being the inspiration for Johto.
- Whitney is the only Gym Leader whose team's movesets do not alter between Generations II and IV, although their levels do.
- In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Whitney does not use any dual-type Pokémon in the Pokémon World Tournament. All of her Pokémon are pure Normal-type. She shares this trait with Cheren, who is also a Normal-type Gym Leader.
- In Pokémon Masters EX, Whitney reveals that she first met her Miltank at the Moomoo Farm.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | アカネ Akane | From 茜 akane (madder) |
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Whitney | From white and possibly whiny (a reference to her attitude after losing a battle to the player) |
German | Bianka | From bianca (Italian for white) |
Spanish | Blanca | From blanca (white) |
French | Blanche | From blanche (white) |
Italian | Chiara | From chiaro (bright) |
Korean | 꼭두 Kkokdu | From 꼭두서니 kkokduseoni (madder) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 小茜 Xiǎo Qiàn | From 茜 qiàn / sin (madder) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 小茜 Síu Sin | |
Thai | อาคาเนะ Akane | Transcription of her Japanese name |
Vietnamese | Akane | Transcription of her Japanese name |
Whitney's Pokémon (Adventures)
- Mil Mil
- Main article: Whitney's Miltank → Names
- Buff Buff
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ププたん Puputan | From ププリン Pupurin (Igglybuff) |
English | Buff Buff | From Igglybuff |
Brazilian Portuguese | Igglynha | From Igglybuff |
Vietnamese | Puputan | Transcription of her Japanese name |
- Fafa
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ピィたん Pytan | From ピィ Py (Cleffa) |
English | Fafa | From Cleffa |
Brazilian Portuguese | Cleffinha | From Cleffa |
Vietnamese | Pytan | Transcription of her Japanese name |
- Smea-Smea
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ドブルくん Doble-kun | From ドーブル Doble (Smeargle) |
English | Smea-Smea | From Smeargle |
Vietnamese | Doble | Transcription of Japanese name |
References
- ↑ Whitney (Lost Thunder 193)
- ↑ Sarah Anne Williams on Twitter
- ↑ Yuko Natsuyoshi on Twitter
- ↑ Pokémon Sun and Moon: "You can get Moomoo Milk from Miltank. This is just between you and me, but there's a Gym Leader named Whitney in Goldenrod City with a Miltank. I heard that you can get some real tip-top Moomoo Milk from her Miltank. But I'm actually too lazy to check whether that's true or not, though."
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