Fantina/Trivia


 * During the Gym battle in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Fantina exclaims "Never give up, never surrender!", the catchphrase from the 1999 science fiction comedy.
 * In the Japanese and French versions she speaks English, while in the Danish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions she has a noticeable French accent.
 * In the English dub of the anime, she also spoke with a French accent.
 * Although Fantina's dress incorporates elements of, she only uses a Drifblim in the Gym rematch in Pokémon Platinum.
 * In the anime, intended to battle Fantina and win the Relic Badge on his first visit to Hearthome City, as his third Badge. While this would have meant that he went out of order compared to Diamond and Pearl, this is the correct order in Platinum, which came out shortly before Ash finally battled her for the Relic Badge (as his fifth).
 * Fantina is similar to Juan in that both speak French (Juan does so in the original Japanese version and Chuang Yi's English translation of Pokémon Adventures), and both are s and Gym Leaders. Juan appeared in a flashback in the episode Fantina debuted in.
 * In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Fantina uses an Origin Forme without a Griseous Orb in The Battle Between Legendary Pokémon, despite being outside the Distortion World.