Lenora アロエ Aloe
"An Archaeologist With Backbone"
General
Name	Lenora
Japanese Name	アロエ Aloe
Age	30 or more
Hometown	Nacrene City
Region	Unova
Family	Hawkes (Husband)
Badge	Basic Badge
Preferred Type	Normal
Friends	Burgh
First Appearance	Pokémon Black and White (Games) BW014: A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! (Anime)
Class:	Gym Leader

Lenora (Japanese アロエ Aloe) is Gym Leader of Nacrene City in the Unova region. She is a Normal-type leader. She rewards the player with the Basic Badge if you defeat her. Lenora first appeared in Pokémon Black and White. Lenora goes to visit Sinnoh League Champion Cynthia in Undella Town. In Unova, Lenora is the second gym leader to be battled.

In game

She's an expert on bones and fossils, which make her an authority on the museum along her husband. After being defeated she appears along the other Gym Leaders to battle Team Plasma's Seven Sages.

In Black 2 and White 2, she no longer is a Gym Leader and is instead the director of the museum. When the player visits the museum, Lenora offers one of two Fossils to bring back as a living Pokemon. If Memory Link is used, it is shown in a flashback that Lenora is visited at her studio by Burgh who is intrigued about bones due to Bug Pokemon having exoesqueleton instead. Lenora mentions how she took a liking to bones as during her childhood, her father used to bring many bones, which sparked her curiosity and interest. Eventually Clay barges in with a fossil for Lenora to evaluate. Unfortunately for Clay who expected to sell it at a high price, the fossil was quite common, however with a rather unusual soil. This brings newfound hope for Clay to keep digging on his tunnel. Burgh questions Clay about what he thinks on bones. Clay replies that bones are what's left when one passes away. The three are seen satisfied with the many opinions on the subject.

Sprites

BW battle sprite		VS. Sprite		B2W2 battle sprite

In the anime

Lenora made her anime debut in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! helping Ash and the gang solve the mystery of the Yamask mask at the museum during the end of the episode reuniting Yamask with its mask. Ash then challenges her to a Gym battle in the The Battle According to Lenora. But in the end he loses to Lenora's Lillipup.

Ash has a rematch with Lenora in Rematch at the Nacrene Gym. Lenora's Lillipup has evolved into Herdier (off screen), it is the first Pokémon she sent out in the rematch. Despite Ash losing to Lillipup (Herdier's pre-evolved form) he manages to defeat Lenora in the rematch.

In the manga

In the manga Lenora battled Black? but lost.

Pokémon

In the games

Pokémon Black and White

Herdier		Watchog		[[File:{{{P3}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P3}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif
Lv. 18	♀	Lv. 20	♀	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Intimidate		Ability: Illuminate		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Take Down		Retaliate		-	-	-	-
Helping Hand		Leer		-	-	-	-
Retaliate		Crunch		-	-	-	-
Bite		Hypnosis		-	-	-	-

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Normal-type Tournament

Watchog		Cinccino		Braviary		Sawsbuck		Kangaskhan		Lickilicky
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Illuminate		Ability: Technician		Ability: Keen Eye		Ability: Sap Sipper		Ability: Early Bird		Ability: Oblivious
Item: Focus Sash		Item: Life Orb		Item: Power Herb		Item: Choice Scarf		Item: Chople Berry		Item: Expert Belt
Super Fang		Swift		Sky Attack		Return		Fake Out		Flamethrower
Flail		Focus Blast		Superpower		Horn Leech		Ice Punch		Ice Beam
Confuse Ray		Grass Knot		U-turn		Megahorn		Hammer Arm		Surf
Hypnosis		Thunderbolt		Tailwind		Wild Charge		Sucker Punch		Thunderbolt

Unova Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Watchog		Audino		Clefable		Sawsbuck		Kangaskhan		Dunsparce
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Illuminate		Ability: Regenerator		Ability: Cute Charm		Ability: Sap Sipper		Ability: Early Bird		Ability: Serene Grace
Item: Salac Berry		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Steel Gem		Item: Liechi Berry		Item: Chople Berry		Item: Apicot Berry
Super Fang		Fire Blast		Meteor Mash		Retaliate		Fake Out		Rock Slide
Low Kick		Blizzard		Thunderpunch		Horn Leech		Outrage		Coil
Confuse Ray		Thunder		Wish		Wild Charge		Hammer Arm		Roost
Hypnosis		Calm Mind		Cosmic Power		Jump Kick		Aqua Tail		Glare

In the anime

Pokémon Information Watchog was the first of Lenora's Pokémon seen. She sent it out in the Nacrene Gym where its Flash attack lit up the area and showed Yamask up. It has some strong attacks including Mean Look which prevented Oshawott from being returned to its Poké Ball and has powerful attacking moves like Thunderbolt which it used to defeat Oshawott. In the rematch, it faced against Oshawott again but eventually fell simultaneously due to Oshawott's newly found strength. Watchog ♀

Pokémon Information Herdier was the first Pokémon Lenora used in her rematch against Ash. Following on from its strengths at its base form, it has powerful attacks including a more powerful Shadow Ball, but also knows a stronger Roar and has Protect which protected it from damage and an insanely powerful Giga Impact attack. It was eventually defeated by Ash's Tepig's Flame Charge attack. Lillipup → Herdier ♀

Gallery

Lenora's original Artwork

Lenora in the anime

Lenora and the Museum owner (Aloe and her Husband)

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Voice Actors

• English: Norma Nongauza
• Japanese: Atsuko Tanaka
• Spanish: Licia Alonso
• Iberian Spanish: Laura Torres

Trivia

• Lenora's Japanese Leader title is ナチュアル　ボーン　ママ / Nachuaru Boun Mama. "Natural Born Mama." Her American title is "An Archaeologist With Backbone."
• In the Japanese version of the games, Lenora's Gym was filled with cooking quizzes. In the American version, it was instead changed to mainly Pokémon-related trivia.
• Although many at first believed Lenora to be a chef on account of her apron, it was later discovered that she wears it to dust Pokémon fossils.
• Lenora's name seems to be based on the type of Pokémon she uses, Normal.
• Lenora is one of three gym leaders that are proven to be married. The others are Chuck (in G/S/C and HG/SS) and Norman (who is May's dad in the anime and the main characters in the R/S/E games).
• The Aloe (Lenora's Japanese name) Flower is native to Africa.
• Lenora has two offical artworks. The English version of the anime was reanimated to match Lenora's second artwork.

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