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{{Disam|charactertype = game character|otherpage = Iris}}
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{{Champion
 
{{Champion
 
|image = Black_2_White_2_Iris.png
 
|image = Black_2_White_2_Iris.png
 
|name = Iris
 
|name = Iris
 
|jname = '''アイリス''' ''Airisu''
 
|jname = '''アイリス''' ''Airisu''
|age = 10 (12 in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2)
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|age = 10 in Pokemon Black and white (12 in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2)
 
|hometown = [[Village of Dragons]]
 
|hometown = [[Village of Dragons]]
 
[[Opelucid City]](Game)
 
[[Opelucid City]](Game)
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|Class = [[Gym Leader]] (BW)
 
|Class = [[Gym Leader]] (BW)
 
|appendant = (BW2)}}
 
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'''Iris''' (Japanese: '''アイリス''' Airisu) is the eighth and last [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Unova]] [[region]] in the [[Pokémon Black and White|Pokémon White Version]] only. Iris lives in [[Opelucid City]], and specializes in using {{Type|Dragon}}-[[Types|type]] [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]]. She will award the player the [[Gym Badges|Legend Badge]] if he/she defeats her. In the two year gap between [[Pokémon Black and White (game)|Pokémon Black and White]] and [[Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|Black and White 2]], she has become the Unova League [[Champion]].
 
'''Iris''' (Japanese: '''アイリス''' Airisu) is the eighth and last [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Unova]] [[region]] in the [[Pokémon Black and White|Pokémon White Version]] only. Iris lives in [[Opelucid City]], and specializes in using {{Type|Dragon}}-[[Types|type]] [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]]. She will award the player the [[Gym Badges|Legend Badge]] if he/she defeats her. In the two year gap between [[Pokémon Black and White (game)|Pokémon Black and White]] and [[Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|Black and White 2]], she has become the Unova League [[Champion]].
   
==In the games==
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==Appearance==
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===Pokémon Black and White===
 
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==Personality==
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==Biography==
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===Anime===
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{{Main|Iris (anime)}}
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Born from a Dragon Village, Iris dreams of one day becoming a Dragon Master with her Pokémon. She joined Ash for this quest. So far she has Dragonite and Axew, the {{type|Dragon}}-type Pokémon, as well as Excadrill and Emolga.
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===Games===
 
====Pokémon Black and White====
 
In Pokémon Black and White, Iris first meets the player in [[Castelia City]], where she helps [[Bianca]] train her Pokémon. After defeating the [[Elite Four]] and Sinnoh League Champion, [[Cynthia]], in [[Undella Town]], Iris will visit the villa in the Summer season.
 
In Pokémon Black and White, Iris first meets the player in [[Castelia City]], where she helps [[Bianca]] train her Pokémon. After defeating the [[Elite Four]] and Sinnoh League Champion, [[Cynthia]], in [[Undella Town]], Iris will visit the villa in the Summer season.
   
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====Pokemon Black 2 and White 2====
 
In Black and White 2, Iris meets the player in Castelia City, helping the player find [[Team Plasma]] Grunts hiding in the sewers. She appears again at Opelucid City recommending the player to go to Route 9 to train before battle Drayden. She's later encountered after defeating the Elite Four.
 
In Black and White 2, Iris meets the player in Castelia City, helping the player find [[Team Plasma]] Grunts hiding in the sewers. She appears again at Opelucid City recommending the player to go to Route 9 to train before battle Drayden. She's later encountered after defeating the Elite Four.
   
If [[Unova Link#Memory Link|Memory Link]] is performed, a flashback occurs when talking to Drayden. The flashback reveals how Iris defeats Drayden after a tough battle. Drayden then reminesences about when he met Iris the first time and how she was a special trainer on the Village of Dragons when he was looking for a succesor. Iris mentions how different the Village of Dragons is in comparison to Unova and their relationship with Pokemon. Drayden talks about how tough it was to be trainer on his time without Poke Balls. The two go on to talk her experience battle Alder, and what she will do now as the new Champion. Iris claims she will be one that can encourage people with their Pokemon. Drayden gives her, her new outfit.
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If [[Unova Link#Memory Link|Memory Link]] is performed, a flashback occurs when talking to Drayden. The flashback reveals how Iris defeats Drayden after a tough battle. Drayden then reminesences about when he met Iris the first time and how she was a special trainer on the Village of Dragons when he was looking for a succesor. Iris mentions how different the Village of Dragons is in comparison to Unova and their relationship with Pokémon. Drayden talks about how tough it was to be trainer on his time without Poke Balls. The two go on to talk her experience battle Alder, and what she will do now as the new Champion. Iris claims she will be one that can encourage people with their Pokémon. Drayden gives her, her new outfit.
   
== Background ==
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==Background==
 
If you talk to one of the veterans in [[Drayden]]'s house in Pokémon Black, she will say that she trained Iris but she was already strong before she was trained.
 
If you talk to one of the veterans in [[Drayden]]'s house in Pokémon Black, she will say that she trained Iris but she was already strong before she was trained.
   
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{{TrainerSpriteEnd}}
 
{{TrainerSpriteEnd}}
   
== In the anime ==
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==Pokémon==
 
===In the games===
{{Main|Iris (anime)}}In Pokemon Black and white (or Best Wishes in Japanese) anime, Iris is one of Ash's (or Satoshi in Japanese) and Cilan's companions. At first she is seen as a confident trainer but with weak pokemon consistently calling Ash a inexperienced child.
 
 
Born from a Dragon Village, Iris dreams of one day becoming a Dragon Master with her pokemon.
 
 
Over the series Iris catches many pokemon such as Emolga.  
 
 
== Pokémon ==
 
=== In the games ===
 
 
====Pokémon Black and White====
 
====Pokémon Black and White====
[[File:Black White Iris.png|thumb|Iris' artwork in Black and White]]
 
 
{{Trainer
 
{{Trainer
 
|NoP = 3
 
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</tabber>
 
</tabber>
   
== Gallery ==
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==Trivia==
<gallery captionalign="left">
 
Iris at the Gym.png|Iris at the Gym
 
Iris Champion Battlefield.png|Champion Iris' battleground
 
</gallery>
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
 
* Her Japanese Leader title is 竜の心を 知る 娘 / Ryuu no kokoro wakaru musume ''"The girl who understands the hearts of dragons"''
 
* Her Japanese Leader title is 竜の心を 知る 娘 / Ryuu no kokoro wakaru musume ''"The girl who understands the hearts of dragons"''
 
* Iris is named after the [[Wikipedia:Iris (plant)|Iris Flower]] which is native to Africa and North America.
 
* Iris is named after the [[Wikipedia:Iris (plant)|Iris Flower]] which is native to Africa and North America.
 
* Iris slightly resembles [[Zekrom]], while [[Drayden]] resembles [[Reshiram]].
 
* Iris slightly resembles [[Zekrom]], while [[Drayden]] resembles [[Reshiram]].
** Similarily, you battle Drayden in Pokémon Black and Iris in Pokémon White, whereas you also capture Reshiram in Black and Zekrom in White.
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** Similarly, you battle Drayden in Pokémon Black and Iris in Pokémon White, whereas you also capture Reshiram in Black and Zekrom in White.
** Although her hair looks like an [[Emolga]] (also [[Iris' Emolga|she owns one]] in the anime).
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* Her hair looks like an [[Emolga]] (also [[Iris' Emolga|she owns one]] in the anime).
* [[Drayden]] is said to be Iris's mentor and plans to let her run the Gym when he retires.
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* [[Drayden]] is said to be Iris's mentor and plans to let her run the Gym when he retires (only in Black).
 
* Iris and [[Clair]] are both eighth Gym Leaders in their region and they both use Dragon-type Pokémon. They are also both female.
 
* Iris and [[Clair]] are both eighth Gym Leaders in their region and they both use Dragon-type Pokémon. They are also both female.
 
* Iris and Drayden are the only Dragon-type Gym Leaders to use pure Dragon-types.
 
* Iris and Drayden are the only Dragon-type Gym Leaders to use pure Dragon-types.
 
* Iris is the first Gym Leader since [[Erika]] to retain their Japanese name in the English translations.
 
* Iris is the first Gym Leader since [[Erika]] to retain their Japanese name in the English translations.
 
* Iris and Drayden use the same teams but have differences in gender and the ability of their Druddigon. Drayden has an all-male team with a Rough Skin Druddigon, while Iris has an all-female team with a Sheer Force Druddigon.
 
* Iris and Drayden use the same teams but have differences in gender and the ability of their Druddigon. Drayden has an all-male team with a Rough Skin Druddigon, while Iris has an all-female team with a Sheer Force Druddigon.
* Iris is the only Unova Gym Leader with a second occupation.
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* Iris is the only Unova Gym Leader without a second occupation.
* In Pokemon Black and White, Iris and Drayden's Haxorus were under-levelled as Fraxure does not evolve until Level 48. This was changed in Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, with her Haxorus' level increased by 16 as the Champion.
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* In Pokémon Black and White, Iris and Drayden's Haxorus were under-leveled as Fraxure does not evolve until Level 48. This was changed in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, with her Haxorus' level increased by 16 as the Champion.
 
* Iris offers to teach [[Draco Meteor]] to the player after the [[Elite Four]] have been defeated the first time in Black.
 
* Iris offers to teach [[Draco Meteor]] to the player after the [[Elite Four]] have been defeated the first time in Black.
* Iris is one of the Gym Leader that her name doesn't represent her type and the only Unova Gym Leader to do so.
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* Iris is one of the Gym Leaders that her name doesn't represent her type and the only Unova Gym Leader to do so.
 
* Iris is the Third Champion since [[Lance]] to use Dragon-Type Pokémon.
 
* Iris is the Third Champion since [[Lance]] to use Dragon-Type Pokémon.
 
** Iris is also the second female champion with the first being Sinnoh's [[Cynthia]].
 
** Iris is also the second female champion with the first being Sinnoh's [[Cynthia]].
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* As the champion, Iris seems to be dressed like a princess. In addition, her hairstyle resembles a [[Hydreigon]].
 
* As the champion, Iris seems to be dressed like a princess. In addition, her hairstyle resembles a [[Hydreigon]].
 
* Iris seems to have a darker shade of brown for eye color in White than in Black and White 2. (She cannot be battled in Black, so we cannot see her eye color)
 
* Iris seems to have a darker shade of brown for eye color in White than in Black and White 2. (She cannot be battled in Black, so we cannot see her eye color)
* She is the the youngest Champion, as she is 12 years old (same age as [http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Ash_Ketchum Ash Ketchum])
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* She is the youngest Champion, as she is 12 years old.
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
 
Black White Iris.png|Iris' artwork in Black and White
 
Iris at the Gym.png|Iris at the Gym in Pokémon White
 
Iris Champion Battlefield.png|Champion Iris' battleground in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2
 
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Revision as of 08:59, 16 February 2014

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Iris (Japanese: アイリス Airisu) is the eighth and last Gym Leader of the Unova region in the Pokémon White Version only. Iris lives in Opelucid City, and specializes in using Dragon-type Pokémon. She will award the player the Legend Badge if he/she defeats her. In the two year gap between Pokémon Black and White and Black and White 2, she has become the Unova League Champion.

Appearance

Personality

Biography

Anime

Born from a Dragon Village, Iris dreams of one day becoming a Dragon Master with her Pokémon. She joined Ash for this quest. So far she has Dragonite and Axew, the Dragon-type Pokémon, as well as Excadrill and Emolga.


Games

Pokémon Black and White

In Pokémon Black and White, Iris first meets the player in Castelia City, where she helps Bianca train her Pokémon. After defeating the Elite Four and Sinnoh League Champion, Cynthia, in Undella Town, Iris will visit the villa in the Summer season.

Pokemon Black 2 and White 2

In Black and White 2, Iris meets the player in Castelia City, helping the player find Team Plasma Grunts hiding in the sewers. She appears again at Opelucid City recommending the player to go to Route 9 to train before battle Drayden. She's later encountered after defeating the Elite Four.

If Memory Link is performed, a flashback occurs when talking to Drayden. The flashback reveals how Iris defeats Drayden after a tough battle. Drayden then reminesences about when he met Iris the first time and how she was a special trainer on the Village of Dragons when he was looking for a succesor. Iris mentions how different the Village of Dragons is in comparison to Unova and their relationship with Pokémon. Drayden talks about how tough it was to be trainer on his time without Poke Balls. The two go on to talk her experience battle Alder, and what she will do now as the new Champion. Iris claims she will be one that can encourage people with their Pokémon. Drayden gives her, her new outfit.

Background

If you talk to one of the veterans in Drayden's house in Pokémon Black, she will say that she trained Iris but she was already strong before she was trained.

Sprites

BW battle sprite


BW VS. Sprite


B2W2 battle sprite


B2W2 VS. Sprite


B2W2 VS. Full Sprite
File:IrisBWsprite.png
File:VSIris.png
Champion Iris
VSIrisB2W2
VSIrisB2W2Full

Pokémon

In the games

Pokémon Black and White

Fraxure BW
Fraxure
 Type Dragon 
Druddigon BW
Druddigon
 Type Dragon 
File:612.gif
Haxorus
 Type Dragon 
[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 41 Lv. 41 Lv. 43 Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Rivalry Ability: Sheer Force Ability: Mold Breaker Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: ? Item: None Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Dragon Dance Chip Away Dragon Dance - - -
Dragon Rage Revenge Slash - - -
Dragon Tail Dragon Tail Dragon Tail - - -
Assurance Night Slash Assurance - - -

Pokémon Black and White Versions 2

First Battle

Hydreigon BW
Hydreigon
 Type Dark Type Dragon 
Druddigon BW
Druddigon
 Type Dragon 
Aggron BW
Aggron
 Type Steel Type Rock 
Archeops BW
Archeops
 Type Rock Type Flying 
Lapras BW
Lapras
 Type Water Type Ice 
Haxorus BW
Haxorus
 Type Dragon 
Lv. 57 Lv. 57 Lv. 57 Lv. 57 Lv. 57 Lv. 59
Ability: Levitate Ability: Sheer Force Ability: Rock Head Ability: Defeatist Ability: Water Absorb Ability: Mold Breaker
Item: ? Item: Life Orb Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: Focus Sash
Flamethrower Rock Slide Earthquake Acrobatics Surf Earthquake
Charge Beam Flamethrower Double-Edge Rock Slide Ice Beam X-Scissor
Dragon Pulse Dragon Tail Rock Slide Dragon Claw Thunderbolt Dual Chop
Surf Focus Blast Autotomize Endeavor Sing Dragon Dance

Hydreigon BW
Hydreigon
 Type Dark Type Dragon 
Druddigon BW
Druddigon
 Type Dragon 
Aggron BW
Aggron
 Type Steel Type Rock 
Archeops BW
Archeops
 Type Rock Type Flying 
Lapras BW
Lapras
 Type Water Type Ice 
Haxorus BW
Haxorus
 Type Dragon 
Lv. 61 Lv. 61 Lv. 61 Lv. 61 Lv. 61 Lv. 63
Ability: Levitate Ability: Sheer Force Ability: Rock Head Ability: Defeatist Ability: Water Absorb Ability: Mold Breaker
Item: ? Item: Life Orb Item: Flying Gem Item: Muscle Band Item: Zoom Lens Item: Focus Sash
Flamethrower Rock Slide Earthquake Acrobatics Surf Earthquake
Charge Beam Flamethrower Double-Edge Rock Slide Ice Beam X-Scissor
Dragon Pulse Dragon Tail Rock Slide Dragon Claw Thunderbolt Dual Chop
Surf Focus Blast Autotomize Endeavor Sing Dragon Dance

Rematch

Hydreigon BW
Hydreigon
 Type Dark Type Dragon 
Druddigon BW
Druddigon
 Type Dragon 
Aggron BW
Aggron
 Type Steel Type Rock 
Archeops BW
Archeops
 Type Rock Type Flying 
Lapras BW
Lapras
 Type Water Type Ice 
Haxorus BW
Haxorus
 Type Dragon 
Lv. 76 Lv. 76 Lv. 76 Lv. 76 Lv. 76 Lv. 78
Ability: Levitate Ability: Sheer Force Ability: Rock Head Ability: Defeatist Ability: Water Absorb Ability: Mold Breaker
Item: ? Item: Life Orb Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: Focus Sash
Flamethrower Rock Slide Earthquake Acrobatics Surf Earthquake
Charge Beam Flamethrower Double-Edge Rock Slide Ice Beam X-Scissor
Dragon Pulse Dragon Tail Rock Slide Dragon Claw Thunderbolt Dual Chop
Surf Focus Blast Autotomize Endeavor Sing Dragon Dance

Hydreigon BW
Hydreigon
 Type Dark Type Dragon 
Salamence BW
Salamence
 Type Dragon Type Flying 
Aggron BW
Aggron
 Type Steel Type Rock 
Archeops BW
Archeops
 Type Rock Type Flying 
Lapras BW
Lapras
 Type Water Type Ice 
Haxorus BW
Haxorus
 Type Dragon 
Lv. 81 Lv. 81 Lv. 81 Lv. 81 Lv. 81 Lv. 83
Ability: Levitate Ability: Intimidate Ability: Rock Head Ability: Defeatist Ability: Water Absorb Ability: Mold Breaker
Item: ? Item: Life Orb Item: Muscle Band Item: Flying Gem Item: Zoom Lens Item: Focus Sash
Fire Blast Fire Blast Earthquake Acrobatics Hydro Pump Earthquake
Focus Blast Earthquake Double-Edge Stone Edge Blizzard Guillotine
Dragon Pulse Draco Meteor Head Smash Dragon Claw Thunder Outrage
Surf Crunch Autotomize Endeavor Sing Dragon Dance

Trivia

  • Her Japanese Leader title is 竜の心を 知る 娘 / Ryuu no kokoro wakaru musume "The girl who understands the hearts of dragons"
  • Iris is named after the Iris Flower which is native to Africa and North America.
  • Iris slightly resembles Zekrom, while Drayden resembles Reshiram.
    • Similarly, you battle Drayden in Pokémon Black and Iris in Pokémon White, whereas you also capture Reshiram in Black and Zekrom in White.
  • Her hair looks like an Emolga (also she owns one in the anime).
  • Drayden is said to be Iris's mentor and plans to let her run the Gym when he retires (only in Black).
  • Iris and Clair are both eighth Gym Leaders in their region and they both use Dragon-type Pokémon. They are also both female.
  • Iris and Drayden are the only Dragon-type Gym Leaders to use pure Dragon-types.
  • Iris is the first Gym Leader since Erika to retain their Japanese name in the English translations.
  • Iris and Drayden use the same teams but have differences in gender and the ability of their Druddigon. Drayden has an all-male team with a Rough Skin Druddigon, while Iris has an all-female team with a Sheer Force Druddigon.
  • Iris is the only Unova Gym Leader without a second occupation.
  • In Pokémon Black and White, Iris and Drayden's Haxorus were under-leveled as Fraxure does not evolve until Level 48. This was changed in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, with her Haxorus' level increased by 16 as the Champion.
  • Iris offers to teach Draco Meteor to the player after the Elite Four have been defeated the first time in Black.
  • Iris is one of the Gym Leaders that her name doesn't represent her type and the only Unova Gym Leader to do so.
  • Iris is the Third Champion since Lance to use Dragon-Type Pokémon.
    • Iris is also the second female champion with the first being Sinnoh's Cynthia.
  • Iris is the second Gym Leader that becomes the Champion in the following game and overthrows their mentor. The first was Wallace and they were both the eighth Gym Leaders in their regions.
  • Ironically, though Iris specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon, only half of her Pokémon are Dragon-type in Black 2 and White 2, and she even uses a Lapras, an Ice-type.
    • However, all of her Pokémon are capable of learning Dragon-Type moves.
    • Though she uses an Ice-type in the game, in the anime, Iris is unsettled around them.
  • As the champion, Iris seems to be dressed like a princess. In addition, her hairstyle resembles a Hydreigon.
  • Iris seems to have a darker shade of brown for eye color in White than in Black and White 2. (She cannot be battled in Black, so we cannot see her eye color)
  • She is the youngest Champion, as she is 12 years old.

Gallery

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