Pokémon/Characters/Whitney

Whitney is the Gym Leader of the Goldenrod City Gym. She hands out the Plainbadge to trainers who defeat her. She is a young girl who uses Normal-type Pokémon.

Name References

Language Name Origin
Japanese アカネ(Akane) Meaning madder (plant) (茜) or deep red (紅).
English Whitney Meaning "white islands". It was problably chosen because "white" relates to being without color, plain.
French Blanche Similar to the word blanc wich literally means "white".
German Bianca Possible reference to the german word "blank" (something clear).
Italian Chiara Possible reference to the Italian word "Chiara", that means "clear".
Spanish Blanca Literally means "white".
Russian Витни A phonetical translation
Chinese 小茜 (Xiao Qian) Direct translation of "Akane"

In the Anime

Whitney is a sweet but ditzy young lady. She easily gets lost in her own home town.

Ash challenged her to a Gym match, but was unable to stop her Miltank, who constantly used Rollout to deflect attacks.

After his defeat, Whitney invited Ash to her uncle's dairy, where many Miltank were raised to produce milk for consumption.

Ash, Brock, and Misty spent the day taking care of the dairy's many Miltank.

After Ash stoped a barrel-shaped robot piloted by Team Rocket, he came up with a strategy to defeat Miltank. He used Totodile and Cyndaquil to slow it down, then had Pikachu knock it out. With that, Ash won the Plain Badge.

Pokémon

This listing is of Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

  • Miltank
  • Clefairy
  • Nidorina

In the Games

Whitney's title is "The Incredibly Pretty Girl".

Although she only began battling a little while ago, Whitney's 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. Her gym is shaped like a Clefairy.

Whitney doesn't like trainers who are too serious in battle. When Whitney's defeated, she throws a temper tantrum, and cries — she calms down and stops soon after.

Whitney says Attract is perfect for a cutie like her, because it makes full use of a Pokémon's Pokémon.

In addition to the Plain Badge, Whitney gives out TM 45, Attract, in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Pokémon Crystal.

Pokémon

This listing is of Whitney's Pokémon in the video games he has appeared in.

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

  • Level 18 Clefairy - Repeat, Double Slap, Mimic, Metronome
  • Level 20 Miltank - Stomp, Attract, Milk Drink, Rollout

Pokémon Stadium 2

  • Round 1 Pokémon
    • Clefable
    • Wigglytuff
    • Gloom
    • Dodrio
    • Stantler
    • Miltank
  • Round 2 Pokémon
    • Miltank
    • Persian
    • Donphan
    • Tauros
    • Mr. Mime
    • Golduck

In the Pokémon Adventures Manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Whitney is an actress. She is also good friends with DJ Mary.

She met Gold while performing at the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City. The two clashed and ended up competing against each other in a bike race.

Whitney isn't a strong Gym Leader, according to Suicune, anyway. Whitney is the only Johto Gym Leader, besides Pryce that Suicune didn't challenge for a right to be it's partner in the fight against the Mask of Ice.

Pokémon

This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

  • Miltank
  • Cleffa
  • Igglybuff

Released

  • Smeargle (Given to DJ Mary)

In the Golden Boys manga

Pokémon

This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Golden Boys manga.

  • Miltank
  • Ditto
  • Cleffa
  • Magby

In the TCG

Whitney only appears in the Vs Series. In addition to her Pokémon, she appears on a TM] card.

Pokémon

This listing is for Whitney's Pokémon in the Pokémon TCG.

  • Clefable
  • Wigglytuff
  • Persian
  • Lickitung
  • Furret
  • Miltank

Misc

The Japanese name of the Plain Badge is the Regular Badge.