Anabel
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| Salon Maiden | |
| Anabel | |
| Species | Human |
| Hair color | Purple |
| Eye color | Purple |
| Base | Battle Tower |
| Debut | Pokémon: Emerald Version |
Anabel is one of the seven Frontier Brains of Hoenn's Battle Frontier appearing in Pokémon: Emerald Version. She is the Salon Maiden in charge of the Battle Tower.
Background
Anabel was a skilled trainer who was in charge of Hoenn's Battle Tower. In Emerald, she heard rumors about Brendan/May prior to meeting them, but were unimpressed. She would challenge them after their 35 and then 70th subsequent victory. In the first challenge, she sought to see Brendan/May's talent in its entirety, and upon her defeat she gave them the Ability Symbol.
In the second challenge she agreed not to hold back, having looked forward to the rematch due to having not been able to battle without thinking about anything in too long. After being defeated, she gave them a gold symbol, saying that she had never had a more enjoyable batle and wished that they could battle again.
Pokémon Roster
In the first challenge, Anabel uses the following Pokémon:
Anabel instead uses the following Pokémon in the second challenge:
Other Appearances
- Anabel appears in two subsequent episodes of the Pokémon anime, where she has the ability to sense Pokémon's emotions and give them telepathic commands. She attempted to teach this ability to Ash and May but failed. Ash battled her for the Ability Symbol, being defeated the first time but defeating her in the rematch. In this version, the Battle Tower is located near Tohjo Falls.
- Anabel appears throughout the Emerald arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga, where she is described as the most powerful of the Frontier Brains and has a Raikou. Near the end of the arc, she is brainwashed by Guile Hideout so he could make a wish to Jirachi atop the Battle Tower, and he has Anabel activate the tower's challenges to stall or prevent the other trainers from stopping him. Emerald makes his way to the top of the tower adhering to its battle rules and battles with Anabel until her resistance to the mind control knocks her out. After the crisis is resolved, Anabel gives him the Ability Symbol as a reward for all of his hard work and for technically completing the Battle Tower challenge during the battle with Guile.