Sabrina

The Master of Psychic-Type Pokémon
Sabrina
Species	Human
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Red
Base	Saffron City Gym
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version/Pokemon: Green Version

Sabrina is the leader of the Saffron City Pokémon gym. She specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon, which is only natural because Sabrina herself has had Psychic powers since she was a child.

Background

She does not like battling, but she at one point defeated the Karate Master of the Fighting Dojo with ease, in order to establish her gym as the city's official gym in the Pokémon League.

In Pokémon: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow Versions (and Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions), Red battled her after liberating Silph Co. from Giovanni. Sabrina waited in a room that could only be reached by following a maze of rooms connected by warp tiles. She was shocked when Red defeated her, and awarded him with the Marshbadge and TM 46: Psywave (or TM 04: Calm Mind in FireRed and LeafGreen).

Sabrina still resided in her gym several years later, in Pokémon: Gold, Silver, and Crystal Versions (as well as Pokémon: HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions). This time she was challenged and defeated by Gold, and was the second of the Kanto gym leaders he could battle in the game. Upon meeting him, she said that she had foreseen his arrival three years ago (which, oddly enough was around the time she battled Red). After being defeated, Sabrina surrendered another Marshbadge to him (as well as 48: Skill Swap in HeartGold and SoulSilver). In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she could later be challenged to rematches.

Pokémon Roster

Generation I

Sabrina specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon. In the original Red, Green and Blue versions, her line-up consisted of:

• Kadabra
• Mr. Mime
• Venomoth
• Alakazam

In the Yellow Version, she instead used an Abra, a Kadabra and an Alakazam.

Generation II

Sabrina used an Espeon, a Mr. Mime and an Alakazam in the second generation games. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she used the following roster for rematches:

• Alakazam
• Espeon
• Mr. Mime
• Jynx
• Wobbuffet
• Gallade

Other Games

Sabrina was the sixth gym leader to be battled in the Gym Leader Castle of Pokémon Stadium. In this game her roster consisted of Alakazam, Kadabra, Mr. Mime, Hypno, Exeggutor and Jynx in the first round battle. In the second round she used Snorlax, Mr. Mime, Alakazam, Hypno, Exeggutor and Wigglytuff.

Sabrina, as she appeared in the anime, appeared in Pokémon Puzzle League as the seventh opponent, between Koga and Blaine. She used an Abra, a Hypno and an Alakazam.

Sabrina also appeared in the Kanto Gym Leader Castle of Pokémon Stadium 2 . Her new roster consisted of Wigglytuff, Alakazam, Slowbro, Hypno, Mr. Mime and Furret in the first round; and Sandslash, Alakazam, Hitmonlee, Typhlosion, Slowking and Scizor in Round 2.

Other Appearances

• Sabrina was featured in a three-part episode of the Pokémon anime, where she had a second personality that manifested itself in the form of a little girl looking for someone to play with. Ash inadvertently cured Sabrina when a Haunter he had acquired caused Sabrina to laugh.
• Sabrina appeared in the Pokémon Adventures manga, initially as a villainous gym leader working for Team Rocket. She captured Moltres for the team and used her Mr. Mime to create a barrier around Saffron City, where Team Rocket was based, until Red's Pikachu defeated it. In the final battles of the Red/Blue/Green arc, Sabrina battled Green and was defeated by her. She also commanded the fused form of Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres until it was defeated. During the Yellow arc Team Rocket returned to battle the Elite Four on Cerise Island, at which point Sabrina's Kadabra created Spoons of Destiny to link them together. She and Green battled Lorelei and defeated her, although the ice handcuff used on Sabrina caused some intense form of frostbite which she had to cure at Mt. Silver's hot springs in the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc. She met Red there and gave him a Spoon of Destiny that later led him to the final battle at Ilex Forest. In the competition with the Johto gym leaders, Sabrina battled and defeated Bugsy.

Trivia

• In FireRed and LeafGreen, she claims that everyone has psychic power, but they do not realize it.
• She is officially considered the sixth of Kanto's gym leaders in the first generation, even though she can be fought well before Koga (who is officially the fifith)