Karen

Karen in Pokémon: Gold and Silver Versions.
Karen
Species	Human
Affiliation	Elite Four
Hair color	Silver
Eye color	Purple
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version/Pokemon: Silver Version

Karen is one of the new members of Kanto and Johto's Elite Four appearing in Pokémon: Gold, Silver and Crystal. She is a specialist in Dark-type Pokémon.

Background

Karen preferred Dark-type Pokémon due to their wild and tough image, which appealed to her. She considered judging Pokémon by their strength to be a selfish perception and believed that skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites. She succeeded Lance to become the new leader of the Elite Four after he left. Lance later defeated them all to instead become the Pokémon League champion.

In Gold, Silver and Crystal, Karen was challenged and defeated by Gold. She commended Gold, saying that he understood what was important in raiding Pokémon, and then sent him to battle the champion.

Pokémon Roster

Karen has the following Pokémon in Gold, Silver and Crystal:

• Umbreon
• Vileplume
• Murkrow
• Gengar
• Houndoom

Other Games

Karen appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 as the fourth member of the Elite Four to be battled in the Johto Gym Leader's castle. In this game her roster consists of Umbreon, Victreebel, Murkrow, Magmar, Gengar and Vileplume in the first round, and Persian, Slowbro, Electrode, Umbreon, Murkrow and Misdreavus in the second round.

She also appears in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge as the twelfth opponent as part of the Elite Four, and she uses a Murkrow in battle.

Other Appearances

• Karen appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga, where she and Will are among the children raised by the Mask of Ice as his servants. Unlike the others, they apparently were not kidnapped and instead willingly joined the Mask of Ice due to being prodigies at battles and being bored of everything. During the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc, they appear when they use Ho-Oh and Lugia to battle Silver and Green under the Mask of Ice's orders at Ilex Forest, although Karen is ultimately defeated by Green. Afterwards, they are recruited by Koga and Bruno into their new Elite Four, which consists of remnants of villainous organizations seeking new purpose.