Greta コゴミKogomi
Artwork fromPokémon Emerald
Age	Unconfirmed[a]
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blonde
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn(games) Kanto(Pokémon the Series)
Trainer class	Arena Tycoon (Frontier Brain)
Generation	III,IX
Counterpart(s)	Greta (Masters)
Games	Emerald Masters EX
English voice actor	Anairis Quiñones[2](Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Mariya Ise(Masters EX)
Member of	Battle Frontier
Rank	Frontier Brain
Brain of	Battle Arena
Symbol	Guts Symbol
Specializes in	Fighting types(animated series only)
Animated series	Pokémon the Series
Debut	Wheel of Frontier!
English voice actor	Sonny Dey
Japanese voice actor	Sanae Kobayashi
Manga series	Pokémon Adventures Ash & Pikachu
Debut	Swanky Showdown with Swalot(Pokémon Adventures) An Awesome Showdown!!(Ash & Pikachu)

Greta (Japanese:コゴミKogomi) is theFrontier Brain and leader of theBattle Frontier'sBattle Arena. She is the only character in the games to have theTrainer classArena Tycoon (Japanese:アリーナキャプテンArena Captain).

In the core series games

Greta can be blunt, and if an opponent looks weak, she will let them know. She likes tough Trainers and will gladly hand over the Guts Symbol if defeated.

Pokémon

Silver Symbol challenge

Arena Tycoon

Greta

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Battle Arena

Emerald

Reward:
12BP

#	Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	EVs
									HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
0214		Heracross	Salac Berry	Megahorn	Rock Tomb	Endure	Reversal	Jolly	106	152	-	-	-	100
0197		Umbreon	Leftovers	Body Slam	Confuse Ray	Psychic	Faint Attack	Calm	152	-	100	152	106	-
0292		Shedinja	BrightPowder	Shadow Ball	Return	Confuse Ray	Aerial Ace	Adamant	-	252	6	-	-	252

Gold Symbol challenge

Arena Tycoon

Greta

'

Battle Arena

Emerald

Reward:
13BP

#	Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	EVs
									HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
0197		Umbreon	Chesto Berry	Double-Edge	Confuse Ray	Rest	Psychic	Calm	252	-	-	252	6	-
0094		Gengar	Leftovers	Psychic	Hypnosis	Dream Eater	Destiny Bond	Modest	252	-	252	6	-	-
0286		Breloom	Lum Berry	Spore	Focus Punch	Giga Drain	Headbutt	Jolly	6	252	-	-	-	252

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article:Greta (Masters)

Greta forms async pair withBreloom inPokémon Masters EX. Her Breloom is capable ofDynamaxing. Greta became a playable sync pair on July 16, 2024.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#209		Greta	#0286		Breloom♀	Grass	Flying			★★★★★☆EX	Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

For images of Greta inPokémon Masters EX, see:Greta (Masters)

Game assets

Generation III
E  Sprite	E  Sprite (Overworld)

Quotes

Main article:Greta/Quotes

In animation

History

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Greta appeared inWheel of Frontier. As inPokémon Emerald, she is theFrontier Brain of theBattle Arena, and runs a karate dojo where she trains alongside her dozens of apprentices. Unlike thegames, however, she is aFighting-typeexpert. Before abattle, a wheel is spun to decide how many Pokémon will be used in the match. While the matches are Single Battles, the other Pokémon that are intended to be used remain outside of theirPoké Balls until they faint.

Ash spun a two-on-two match. HisGrovyle was defeated by Greta'sHariyama in the first round.Ash's Snorlax, using its impressive endurance and equally powerful attacks, went on to defeat both of Greta's Pokémon despite the type disadvantage and earn Ash theGuts Symbol.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

She reappeared in a flashback inA Pyramiding Rage!.

Character

Greta, likeAsh, is a high-spirited individual and very passionate aboutPokémon battles. Unlike her game counterpart, who has no specifictype that shespecializes in, she is an expert inFighting Pokémon, like her role modelsChuck andBrawly, and continues to train her focus in order to improve her strength.

Speed-based strategies work poorly against Greta's team, and they actually help magnify her Pokémon's attacks. Her Pokémon's own speed and relentlessphysical moves make Greta a tough opponent. However, her Pokémon are weak to attacks from above or behind and can get hurt if their own attacks miss.

Pokémon

This listing is of Greta's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:

Hariyama

Debut	Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Bill Rogers

Hariyama was the first Pokémon used by Greta in herbattle withAsh, where it first battled withGrovyle. Despite Grovyle managing to outmatch Hariyama in speed and dealing some damage on it, Greta was finally able to use Grovyle's momentum as her own advantage, and land a strong hit on theWood Gecko Pokémon, knocking it out.

Ash next used hisSnorlax against the Arm Thrust Pokémon. Despite having disadvantage intype,Snorlax was able to keep itself safe from Hariyama's attacks by usingProtect. Eventually, one of Hariyama's Focus Punches missed its opponent and it instead punched the battlefield, leaving it with a sore hand. It was thenfrozen solid and knocked out with anIce Punch.

Hariyama's known moves areArm Thrust andFocus Punch.

Medicham

Debut	Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara

Medicham was the second Pokémon Greta used in her battle againstAsh, going up against hisSnorlax. With its great speed and offense, Medicham quickly overwhelmed Snorlax, even leaving itfrozen with Ice Punch. Although Snorlax was able to heal itself withRest while frozen, it was subjected to another barrage of powerful attacks, especially when itsHyper Beam missing forced it torecharge. Once Snorlax had finished recharging, however, Ash had it use Hyper Beam on the ground, sending Snorlax flying and allowing it to defeat Medicham with an airborneBody Slam, earning Ash theGuts Symbol.

It reappeared in a flashback inA Pyramiding Rage!.

Medicham's known moves areFocus Punch,Ice Punch, andHigh Jump Kick.

Greta has at least one other Pokémon, as one of the options for her battle wheel was to participate in a three-on-three battle.

Voice actors

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Greta appeared inAn Awesome Showdown!!, where she, like in the animated series, battledAsh at theBattle Arena and lost.

Pokémon

Medicham

Debut	An Awesome Showdown!!

Medicham is Greta's only known Pokémon. It was sent out to battleAsh's Snorlax and lost.

Medicham's known moves areFocus Punch,Ice Punch, andHigh Jump Kick.

Pokémon Adventures

History

Emerald arc

Greta is one of the sevenTrainers hired by Scott to be a Frontier Brain at theBattle Frontier. Greta is first seen hosting the Battle Frontier's opening ceremony. The ceremony is interrupted byEmerald, who announces that he wishes to conquer the Battle Frontier. The press mistakenly report the incident as allowing an ordinary Trainer to take part in the Battle Frontier before it officially opens a week later. The Frontier Brains decide to use this assumption as free publicity and allow Emerald to challenge the Battle Frontier under the condition that he completes it before it officially opens.

Later, while Emerald is challenging theBattle Pyramid, Noland is attacked by an unknown assailant and several rental Pokémon are stolen. After Noland is taken to a hospital, the other Frontier Brains begin to suspect Emerald as the culprit. They head to the Battle Pyramid to confront Emerald and find him after having defeated Brandon. When they ask him about what happened, Emerald reveals that he did not attack Noland and is actually after the Mythical PokémonJirachi. The Frontier Brains find Emerald's explanation suspicious, but decide to follow him intoArtisan Cave, where Jirachi is currently located at. Upon arriving, everyone is attacked by a horde of wildSmeargle while Emerald continues inside to find Jirachi. After the Frontier Brains get past the Smeargle, they meet up with Emerald, who has managed to find Jirachi. Emerald attempts to capture Jirachi, but is attacked byGuile Hideout, the actual culprit who attacked Noland.

Emerald is attacked by Guile's stolen rental Pokémon, but he refuses to fight them and continues to head after Jirachi. When Greta sees this, she angrily tells Emerald that stopping Guile is more important than Jirachi and goes off to help the others. When Spenser, Lucy, Tucker, and Brandon are defeated by Guile, Greta steps in to help and defeats the rental Pokémon. Eventually, Jirachi escapes, forcing Guile to leave to continue his pursuit of it. Injured from the battle, everyone decides to return to the Battle Frontier. Upon arriving, the press demand to know where the Frontier Brain's had gone and why they were injured. Tucker lies to everyone that they were all in training and sends Greta to have her battle with Emerald.

At theBattle Arena, Greta is Emerald's fourth opponent, and Emerald is allowed to battle her directly. Both sides fight hard, but Emerald eventually emerges as the victor, earning himself the Guts Symbol in the process. The battle leaves Emerald so exhausted that he and his Pokémon fall asleep. Greta brings Emerald and his Pokémon to the Battle Frontier's accommodations to sleep properly. When Greta andreporter Todd undress Emerald to make his sleep more comfortable, they are shocked to find that Emerald is much shorter than he initially appears. Todd kicks Greta out of the room and asks her to pretend she saw nothing.

The next day, Greta assists the other Frontier Brains in ushering people to theBattle Dome. During the tournament, Guile appears and manages to capture Jirachi. Guile uses the rental Pokémon to the attack innocent bystanders and heads to theBattle Tower to make his wish. Once he arrives at the Battle Tower, Guile uses Jirachi to wish for a gigantic Kyogre made of seawater to flood the entire Battle Frontier. Greta and the other Frontier Brains work together to get civilians to safety and fight off Guile's rental Pokémon while Emerald and the other Pokédex holders fight Guile. Eventually Emerald and the Pokédex holders manage to defeat Guile and destroy the gigantic Kyogre monster. The day after, an injured Greta and the other Frontier Brains congratulate Emerald for the hard work he put into saving everyone.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

Greta and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains battle and defeat the Admins of NeoTeam Magma and NeoTeam Aqua, who had interfered in the launch of a rocket that was made to stop themeteoroid threatening to destroy the world. Greta attempts to interrogate the Admins on the location of their accomplice,Zinnia, only for the Admins to deny knowing where she had gone.

Pokémon

Umbreon

Debut	Swanky Showdown with Swalot

Umbreon is Greta's first known Pokémon. It was first seen at theBattle Frontier's opening ceremony alongside its Trainer. At Artisan Cave, it was used to battle Guile's army of stolen rental Pokémon. At theBattle Arena, Greta used Umbreon as her second Pokémon. It managed to defeatEmerald's Dusclops, but was defeated by hisSudowoodo.

Umbreon's known moves areQuick Attack,Double Team,Feint Attack, andConfuse Ray, and its Ability isSynchronize.

Shedinja

Debut	Sneaky Like Shedinja

Shedinja is Greta's second known Pokémon. It was first used at theBattle Arena to battle Emerald. There, it was the third Pokémon Greta used and battled Emerald's Sudowoodo. Despite its single hit point, Shedinja managed to defend against Sudowoodo's supereffective hits and fight back. Despite this, Sudowoodo survived Shedinja's attacks, allowing it to win via assessment.

Shedinja's known moves areEndure andSolar Beam, and its Ability isWonder Guard.

Heracross

Debut	Sneaky Like Shedinja

Heracross is Greta's third known Pokémon. It was first used at theBattle Arena to battle Emerald. There, it was the first Pokémon Greta used and battleEmerald's Sceptile. Although Sceptile survived Heracross's Megahorn, it was defeated via assessment afterward.

Heracross's only known move isMegahorn.

Trivia

• Greta andSpenser are the onlyFrontier Brains whose game teams do not share a known Pokémon with their animated series counterparts.
• Greta's Shedinja has 1 stat point worth of EV's in defense, despite this being useless due to Shedinja having 1 HP.
• Greta's Heracross appears to be the only Pokémon in the Battle Frontier with less than 504 EVs, with 152 EVs being unused. This is most likely an oversight and was not intended to make Greta easier.

Names

Arena Tycoon

Notes

Notes

References

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

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Battle Tower Salon Maiden Anabel	Battle Palace Palace Maven Spenser	Battle Factory Factory Head Noland	Battle Pyramid Pyramid King Brandon	Battle Dome Dome Ace Tucker	Battle Arena Arena Tycoon Greta	Battle Pike Pike Queen Lucy

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