Pike Queen Lucy

Pike Queen Lucy (Japanese: チューブクイーン アザミ Tube Queen Azami) is the Frontier Brain and law-keeper of the 's Battle Pike. Her costume is made to look like a, her signature Pokémon. She is the only character in the games to have the Pike Queen (Japanese: チューブクイーン Tube Queen).

In the games
Lucy "trampled flowers and braved storms" to reach her position. She isn't one for idle chatter, preferring to go right into battle. When she's defeated, she prefers her opponent to hurry and move along. The Luck Symbol is awarded to those able to defeat Lucy's Pokémon.

Silver Symbol challenge






Gold Symbol challenge






Quotes

 * Initial battle
 * Before battle
 * "I am Lucy... I am the law here... For I am the Pike Queen... You already know it, but to advance, you must defeat me... ...I'm not one for idle chatter. Hurry. Come on... Your luck... I hope you didn't use it all up here..."


 * Being defeated
 * "Urk..."


 * If the player is defeated
 * "Humph..."


 * After being defeated
 * "... ... ... ... ... ... Show me your Frontier Pass..."
 * "...That's all there is... Disappear already..."


 * Rematch
 * Before battle
 * "...You again... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...I've trampled flowers and braved storms to get to where I am... I don't feel any compulsion to keep losing to the same opponent... ... ... ... ... ... ... Fine... I'll do it... Now! Come on!"


 * Being defeated
 * "Darn!"


 * If the player is defeated
 * "Hah!"


 * After being defeated
 * "... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Frontier Pass... "
 * "...You, I won't forget... ...Ever..."

In the anime
Lucy appeared in Queen of the Serpentine!. In the anime, it was mentioned that she does not teach her Pokémon defensive moves.

Before, she had rescued his  from  with her , defeating Jessie's Seviper in the process.

In the battle, Ash started off by using his against Lucy's Seviper. For a while, Lucy seemed to be having the upper hand despite the type disadvantage. However, Ash managed to turn the tables on the serpent Pokémon by using Donphan's to counter Seviper's, knocking it out of the battle.

Lucy then sent out her, which easily took out Donphan with just a single powerful attack. Left with no other choice, Ash decided to use. However, again, despite the type disadvantage, Lucy almost managed to defeat the electric-mouse Pokémon by treating him to a barrage of Hydro Pumps and s. She even used Milotic's paralyzed state to her advantage by using. Ash finally managed to defeat Milotic and win the match when he used an innovative move by making Pikachu jump inside one of the twisters and using a spinning.

In addition to her preference of serpentine Pokémon, Lucy also seems to have a soft spot for squinted eyes, as she was shown to keep several pet Pokémon at home, all of which have squinted eyes. She also developed a crush on due to his squinted eyes.

She reappeared in a flashback in A Pyramiding Rage!.

In the anime, Lucy is very different from her game self personality-wise. Though quiet in the anime, Lucy seems to be a rather nice person, allowing Ash to battle her even though the Pike was closed that particular day. She also congratulated him on his victory. In the games, however, she seems to be very irritated when the undefined defeats her. Her change of attitude in the anime can be attributed to her crush on Brock and a desire to impress him.

Pokémon
This listing is of Lucy's known Pokémon in the :

In the Ash & Pikachu manga


Lucy appeared in An Infinite Bond!!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Lucy debuts in the. She is one of the seven Trainers hired by Scott to be a Frontier Brain at the Battle Frontier. Lucy is first seen at the Frontier's opening ceremony, where she participates in a demonstration battle alongside Spenser. Though the battle ends in an easy victory, the ceremony is interrupted by, who announces that he wishes to conquer the Battle Frontier. The press mistakenly report the incident as allowing an ordinary Trainer to take part in the Battle Frontier before it officially opens a week later. The Frontier Brains decide to use this assumption as free publicity and allow Emerald to challenge the Battle Frontier under the condition that he completes it before it officially opens.

Lucy is the second Frontier Brain Emerald challenges in his quest. With a combination of luck and battling skill, Emerald manages to reach Lucy and defeat her, earning himself the Luck Symbol.

Later, while Emerald is challenging the Battle Pyramid, Noland is attacked by an unknown assailant and several rental Pokémon are stolen. After Noland is taken to a hospital, the other Frontier Brains begin to suspect Emerald as the culprit. They head to the Battle Pyramid to confront Emerald and find him after having defeated Brandon. When they ask him about what happened, Emerald reveals that he did not attack Noland and is actually after the Mythical Pokémon. The Frontier Brains find Emerald's explanation suspicious, but decide to follow him into Artisan Cave, where Jirachi is currently located at. Upon arriving, everyone is attacked by a horde of wild while Emerald continues inside to find Jirachi. After the Frontier Brains get past the Smeargle, they meet up with Emerald, who has managed to find Jirachi. Emerald attempts to capture Jirachi, but is attacked by Guile Hideout, the actual culprit who attacked Noland. When Jirachi runs off, Emerald attempts to pursue it, only to be attacked by the rental Pokémon Guile had stolen. Lucy, Brandon, Spenser, and Tucker all try to attack Guile to avenge Noland, but are easily defeated. Eventually, Jirachi escapes, forcing Guile to leave to continue his pursuit of it. Injured from the battle, everyone decides to return to the Battle Frontier. When they meet up with Scott again, he reveals that he was aware of Guile and Emerald's true mission the entire time. Scott states that he withheld the information from the Frontier Brains to help them get stronger as they still would have lost even if they had known of Guile beforehand.

The next day, Lucy assists the other Frontier Brains in ushering people to the Battle Dome. During the tournament, Guile appears and manages to capture Jirachi. Guile uses the rental Pokémon to the attack innocent bystanders and heads to the Battle Tower to make his wish. Once he arrives at the Battle Tower, Guile uses Jirachi to wish for a gigantic made of seawater to flood the entire Battle Frontier. Lucy and the other Frontier Brains work together to get civilians to safety and fight off Guile's rental Pokémon while Emerald and the other Pokédex holders fight Guile. Eventually Emerald and the Pokédex holders manage to defeat Guile and destroy the gigantic Kyogre monster. The day after, an injured Lucy and the other Frontier Brains congratulate Emerald for the hard work he put into saving everyone.

In the, Lucy and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains battle and defeat the Admins of Neo Team Magma and Neo Team Aqua, who had interfered in the launch of a rocket that was made to stop the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world. Later, Lucy and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains are called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping the meteoroid.

Pokémon
The following is the listing for Lucy's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga:

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
Lucy's only appearance was in The Predestined Battle!, where she was 's next challenger after he defeated.

Lucy watched from the shadows when Enta battled Spenser. After the battle, Enta's Zangoose popped out of its Poké Ball, agitated. This gave Lucy a chance to show herself. She had a talk with Enta regarding his strength while her Seviper's presence made Zangoose even angrier. Lucy gets upset at Enta when he calls her middle aged and heads over to the Battle Pike. This makes Enta decide to challenge the Battle pike next.

After arriving, Enta is welcomed by Lucy and their challenge begins. Once again, Enta called her middle aged and she got upset from this comment. During the battle, when Seviper and Zangoose were up, she explained to Enta about the bitter rivalry between the two, making Enta realize Zangoose's feelings. With Zangoose feeling much calmer, Enta was able to defeat Lucy and win his sixth Frontier Symbol. After the battle, Lucy commented on his talent and congratulated him. She then told him that the final Frontier Brain was none other than. This made Enta excited for his battle with Anabel.

Pokémon

 * Lucy has access to a third Pokémon as the battle she had with Enta required three Pokémon.

Trivia

 * In the, she is one of very few girls whom has a crush on that likes him back. She states that it is because his eyes remind her of an  and some of her other Pokémon.
 * She shares this trait with Wilhomena, Temacu, Natalie, Lizabeth, Holly,, and Narissa, and she is one of the three girls among them towards whom Brock showed affection first.
 * Lucy's character design resembles that of color scheme.
 * In, an NPC in the Battle Maison will mention that scouting has been completed for the Pike Queen of the upcoming.

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