Georgia

Georgia (Japanese: ラングレー Langley) is a recurring character who appeared in the Pokémon anime. She is a Pokémon Trainer whose goal is to defeat every specialist she encounters, describing herself as a Dragon Buster (Japanese: ドラゴンバスター Dragon Buster). She is a rival of.

History
Georgia debuted in Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, where she challenged to a. She referred to herself as a Dragon Buster, seeking out and defeating Dragon Masters. She also wished to battle people from the Village of Dragons because she suffered a terrible loss against a while there. Iris chose to use for the battle, while Georgia chose her. She thought very little of Axew from the start as he was not a "big dragon". Her easily defeated Axew and was disappointed that the battle was so easy. She then demanded Iris to bring out her next Pokémon, but  explained that she had no others. Once again, Georgia taunted Iris, saying that she is not a real Dragon Master if all she has is one Dragon type. This led Iris to take a risk and call out on her to finish the job. However, as usual, Excadrill refused to battle. Georgia made the first move, prompting Excadrill to show his face and begin to battle, which is what Iris had hoped for. However, because Excadrill did not trust Iris, Georgia defeated her once again.

The next day, Georgia helped herself to 's breakfast while they were off watching Excadrill. She was then challenged by Iris to a rematch. With Excadrill now trusting his Trainer once more and with the use of a newly learned, the battle resulted in a draw. Georgia didn't consider the draw a real loss as Excadrill was not a Dragon-type. She took her leave after telling Cilan to make her a better meal the next time they were to meet.

She reappeared in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, where she entered and advanced to the second round of the Club Battle by defeating 's. In the next episode, she is selected to go up against. She was also revealed to have a, and she used it to begin the battle against his. Although the battle was hard fought, Snivy was able to knock out Pawniard eliminating Georgia from the Club Battle. Georgia, however, blamed her loss on the battlefield's terrain, which caused Pawniard's arms to become stuck.

When Iris won the Club Battle, Georgia gained some respect for her, telling her to continue to work toward becoming a Dragon Master, or otherwise it will make her look bad to be her rival.

Georgia appeared again in The Clubsplosion Begins! to participate in the Clubsplosion that was held in Ambiga Town's Battle Club. She was particularly eager to battle Iris in the tournament expecting her to enter with a new Dragon type. When it was revealed Iris chose Excadrill for the Clubsplosion she was furious with her. Her first opponent was Gail whom she battled against in Search for the Clubultimate!. Gail used a Dragon-type Pokémon,, as well which put Georgia in a good mood. Quickly, her, which she had since evolved from Pawniard took out the Cave Pokémon advancing her to the second round. In A Clubsplosion of Excitement!, her second opponent was revealed to be. However she lost to her rather quickly after two s from roasted Bisharp. Still the loss did not appear to upset her too much and she did not count it as a real one because Emboar is not a Dragon type.

Georgia appeared in Crisis at Ferroseed Research!, where it was revealed that she owned a, which became attracted to Iris's Axew, much to her dislike. She was on her way to the Ferroseed Research Institute to have Vanilluxe exposed to the special moss said to enhance abilities. At the lab, Vanilluxe ran away from her in order to chase Axew. When the at the laboratory got out of control and started generating electric moss that grew rapidly, she had her Beartic get rid of the electric moss using its Ice-type moves. Once the Ferroseed were brought under control, she took back her Vanilluxe and went on her way.

She appeared again in Jostling for the Junior Cup!, where she participated in the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup. She battled with her Beartic against Iris's, but despite having the type advantage, she lost and was eliminated from the tournament. She spent the rest of the tournament on the sidelines, chatting with Burgundy.

She appeared briefly in A Unova League Evolution! in Ash's flashback about his travels in Unova.

Georgia appeared prominently in the ending Let's Join Hands and made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

Character
Like most rivals, Georgia has a lot of confidence in herself, but can also be immature. She acts like a poor loser, as all four times her Pokémon were defeated (of which one was a tie), she blamed it on something else; the tie with Excadrill and loss against Emboar didn't count as they weren't Dragon-type Pokémon, Pawniard's loss against Snivy was because of the state of the terrain, and Beartic's loss against Dragonite was due to the latter's own power, and not Iris's, in her opinion. At times she has been shown to be quite rude, as when she ate the group's breakfast and told them to just make more.

Georgia tends to get in skirmishes with Iris, but will get frustrated if Iris begins to get the better of her. She hated it when Iris used Luke's Zorua to into her in order to make fun of her during the Club Battle and lashed out at her each time. Despite this, she seems to have a somewhat forgiving attitude towards who constantly mistook her for Zorua. At the end of the Club Battle tournament, Georgia has gained some actual respect for Iris and encourages her to become a Dragon Master, showing that she expects her rivals to be strong. This is especially shown during the Clubsplosion arc where she often told Iris to do her best in multiple matches and even appeared sad when she lost to Montgomery. She also expresses disappointment whenever Iris fails to live up to the strength that she expects of her. Georgia appears to have an odd vitriolic friendship with Burgundy, showcased particularly during the Junior Cup, as the two made snide comments at one another and got on each other's nerves frequently, and yet hung out together together the whole time all the same and occasionally got along.

Pokémon
This listing is of Georgia's known Pokémon in the anime:

Pokémon competitions
Georgia has competed in the following :
 * Club Battle - Top 8 (The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!)
 * Clubsplosion - Top 8 (A Clubsplosion of Excitement!)
 * Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup - Top 16 (Jostling for the Junior Cup!)

Trivia

 * Georgia is the only rival character that does not have the same or at least a similar goal as her main rival.

Names

 * Dragon Buster

Related articles

 * Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

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