Fantina

Fantina (メリッサ Melissa)
The Alluring, Soulful Dancer
Statistics
Name:	Fantina
Japanese Name:	メリッサ Melissa
Age:	Unknown
Hometown:	Hearthome City
Region:	Sinnoh
Family:	Unknown
Class:	Gym Leader Coordinator
Badge:	Relic Badge
Preferred Type:	Ghost Pokémon
Friends:	Unknown
First Appearance:	Episode 559 (Anime;not yet dubbed) Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Game)

Fantina (メリッサ Melissa) serves as the Gym Leader for the Hearthome City Gym. Fantina specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon, and holds the Relic Badge for the trainers that defeat her. She also has a french accent.

Anime

While Ash and his friends had been through Hearthome City more than once, Fantina had been absent from the Gym every time. She debuted in the episode Playing the Leveling Field! , where she battled both Ash and Zoe on two separate occasions, managing to defeat them both.

Upon returning to Hearthome City, Ash challenged Fantina to a Gym battle in the episode Shield with a Twist!. Unlike the previous battle, Ash managed to defeat her and obtain his Relic Badge.

Games

Fantina first appeared in the first Generation IV games as the Hearthome City Gym Leader. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Fantina's Gym has several levels the player must ascend. With each level there is a question to be answered, three answers are located on three doors. Choosing the door with the correct answer leads to the next lift. Choosing the door with the wrong answer leads to a Gym member that the player must battle.

In Pokemon Platinum, the gym setup is different. Players must find a blue tile within a darkened room; then players had to memorize the pattern on that tile and go in the door with the red tile having the same pattern as the blue tile.If you flash your flashlight on a player, then you must battle him/her.All the players in the dark rooms all use Ghost Pokémon.

Sprites

D & P

Pokémon

In Anime

File:Misdreavus(P)Sprite.png → File:Mismagius(P)Sprite.png		File:Gengar(P)Sprite.png
Misdreavus → Mismagius		Gengar
File:EggSprite.png → File:Drifloon(P)Sprite.png → File:Drifblim(P)Sprite.png
Egg → Drifloon → Drifblim

In Game

Diamond and Pearl

File:Drifblim(DP)Sprite.png	File:Gengar(DP)Sprite.png	File:Mismagius(DP)Sprite.png
Drifblim ♀	Gengar ♀	Mismagius ♀
Lv. 32	Lv. 34	Lv. 36

Voice Actresses

• English: Currently None
• Japanese: Kikuko Inoue