Angie

For the who is also called Angie in Pokémon Adventures, see Shelly.

Angie (Japanese: アオイ Aoi) is a recurring character who appeared in the Pokémon anime. She is a Pokémon caretaker at the Solaceon Town, which is owned by her. She first appeared in Camping It Up!.

History
Angie debuted in Camping It Up! as one of the students of Professor Rowan's. Along with, , and , Angie was a member of the. Despite that, she developed a rivalry with Ash right from the start, when the two went to pick a Pokémon for the first activity. Not realizing that Angie is a girl, Ash ignored the "ladies first" custom and his manners angered Angie a little.

For the first activity, which involved bonding and a rental  and then using it in  against another student's Pokémon, Angie was assigned a. Angie initially had trouble dealing with the, but upon witnessing Ash's unorthodox training style, she had an idea on how to get along with Monferno. After spending some time with it, she faced off against Ash, who was using a. The two had a fierce battle, which ended in a tie.

During the events of Ghoul Daze!, Ash saved Angie from being sucked into a spirit world by a Ghost girl. From that point on, she developed a crush on him. In the next episode, she got embarrassed when Ash tried to shake hands with her and she ran away. She also blushed later in the same episode after Ash rescued her from falling off a cliff.

Angie and Ash competed fiercely during the Pokémon Triathlon. However, it was Ash who crossed the finish line first with her in close second. The night before they left the summer school, they vowed to meet each other again. It was also revealed that she has been at the Summer Academy several times before.

She appeared again in If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!, in which it was revealed that her had gone on a business trip and left her in charge of the Solaceon Town. Angie was eager to impress her parents and ended up training a a bit much, to the point of teaching it. This caused it to evolve into, something which goes against Day Care rules. Luckily for her, the of the  was glad with the Evolution, as he did not have enough time to train and evolve his Pokémon.

Character
Angie shares many personality traits with, including a love of food and sleeping during class. She also developed a fierce rivalry with him, and both d their respective Pokémon in, resulting in a tie. Together, they also got reprimanded by and his aide several times for being troublemakers, usually because Angie said or did something to make Ash mad.

Angie was surprised when she discovered Ash's training style (encouraging a Pokémon after it had attacked him) and quickly adapted it into a form of training with her Monferno which, somewhat like Maylene, involved her dodging Monferno's and  attacks.

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

Pokémon competitions
Angie has competed in the following :
 * Pokémon Summer Academy - Winner (One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!)
 * Pokémon Triathlon - Runner-up (One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!)

Trivia

 * As he did with in Talking a Good Game!,  thought Angie was a boy. Both girls have similar English names, and have a  on Ash.

Related articles

 * Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

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