Malva
| Malva パキラPachira | |
 Art fromX and Y | |
| Age | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Orange |
| Hair color | Pink |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Kalos |
| Trainer class | Elite Four,Pokémon Trainer Duchess(Battle Chateau) |
| Generation | VI,IX |
| Counterpart(s) | Malva (Masters) |
| Games | X, Y,Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Masters EX |
| English voice actor | Morgan Berry[1](Masters EX) |
| Japanese voice actor | Kotono Mitsuishi(Masters EX) |
| Member of | Kalos League |
| Rank | Elite Four |
| Specializes in | Fire types |
| Member of | Team Flare |
| Rank | Formeradmin(games,Series) Admin(Adventures) |
| Animated series | Pokémon the Series Pokémon Generations Pokémon Evolutions |
| Debut | Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!(Series) The Beauty Eternal(Generations) The Visionary(Evolutions) |
| English voice actor | Samara Naeymi(Series) Kira Buckland(Generations) Marissa Lenti(Evolutions) |
| Japanese voice actor | Akeno Watanabe(Series) Marina Inoue(Generations) Atsumi Tanezaki(Evolutions) |
| Manga series | Pokémon Adventures |
| Debut | Inn-teresting Developments |
Malva (Japanese:パキラPachira) is aFire-typeTrainer and member of theKalosElite Four. In addition, she was also a member ofTeam Flare prior to the organization's disbandment.
In the core series games
InPokémon X and Y, Malva appears as anElite Four Trainer ofKalos. She is also a news reporter and a self-proclaimed star of theHolo Caster. In addition to this, she is an Admin ofTeam Flare and expresses animosity towards theplayer for the team's defeat. According toGrisham inPokémon Legends: Z-A, back when she was a Team Flare Admin, Malva participated in the capture ofYveltal, though the incident greatly depleted Team Flare forces, a number large enough for Grisham to believe Calem, Serena, and their friends would not have reached the ultimate weapon if not for Yveltal.
She also appears in the post-gameLooker Bureau storyline, in which she helps the player and Looker stopXerosic's plans by providing the player with access to the Hidden Floor ofLysandre Labs.
Malva appears inPokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in thePlayer Search System'sHolo Caster feature, which is reused from Pokémon X and Y.
InPokémon Legends: Z-A, some NPCs aroundLumiose City mention Malva. One asks the player what happened to her, suggesting that she retreated from the Elite Four and the public eye after the events of Pokémon X and Y.
Pokémon
Pokémon X and Y
Pokémon League
Battle Chateau
Battle Chateau - Blue Writ of Challenge
Battle Chateau - Writ of Challenge
Battle Chateau - Red Writ of Challenge
Battle Chateau - Black Writ of Challenge
Hotel Richissime
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article:Malva (Masters)
Malva forms async pair withTalonflame inPokémon Masters EX. Malva became a playable sync pair on September 12, 2024.
Malva debuted as an NPC during theKalos chapter of theVillain Arc.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #212 |  | Malva | #0663 |  | Talonflame♀ | Fire | Rock |  |  | ★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
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| Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: XY |
Sprites and models
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| VS portrait from X and Y | |
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| Overworld model from X and Y | PSS icon from X and Y |
Quotes
- Main article:Malva/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
History
Malva debuted inCloudy Fate, Bright Future!, reporting thatProfessor Sycamore and his assistants were going to theAnistar City Sundial to investigate its connection toMega Evolution.
Malva physically debuted inMega Evolution Special IV. WhileAlain was about to begin his challenge with ten Mega Evolution Trainers, Malva questioned Lysandre on whether Alain would win with Lysandre responding that they should see. Malva then observed Alain during his battles with the Trainers Lysandre recruited and his interaction withMairin.
After Alain defeated nine Trainers, Malva entered the field as the final Trainer that Alain had to face. Alain immediately recognized her as a member of the Elite Four while Malva had heard about Alain's loss toSiebold, another Elite Four member, earlier on. Both of the Trainers began their battle, pittingCharizard against herHoundoom. Although Malva put up a good fight, Alain finally emerged victorious with his Charizard'sBlast Burn.
Malva made her in-person animated series debut inA League of His Own!, where she was shown broadcasting from theLumiose Conference, withTeam Rocket, who were in disguise and working for her as her camera, sound, and lighting assistants for the broadcasts. Then afterAsh caught her eye, she went to interview him. She reappeared inValuable Experience for All!, where she continued to report on what had recently happened and was happening in the Conference.
InAnalysis Versus Passion! andA Riveting Rivalry!, Malva was seen watching Ash andSawyer's battle.
InKalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!, Malva interrupted Alain, who was training for his upcoming battle against Ash in the final battle of the Conference, and had a conversation with him. After the conversation, she walked away and scolded Team Rocket. She was later seen with Team Rocket, watching Ash and Alain walking towards each of their respective sides of the battlefield for the aforementioned battle.
InFinals Not for the Faint-Hearted!, Malva watched the beginning of Ash and Alain's battle in the final round of the Lumiose Conference. InDown to the Fiery Finish!, she watched the end of the battle.
InA Towering Takeover!, during Lumiose City's destruction, Malva walked away from Team Rocket, leaving them to film what was going on in the city by themselves.
InThe Right Hero for the Right Job!, Malva turned against Lysandre, admitting that while she was not satisfied with the world as it was now, watching Alain and Ash inspired her and convinced her that as long as they, the adults, were able to teach the younger generation to lend a helping hand, the future is therefore worth fighting for. Lysandre merely rebuffed her and told her that if it was her decision, she should perish along with Ash and Alain. Later on, Malva was visibly impressed by Ash when he lectured Lysandre on why the current world is worth fighting for.
InRocking Kalos Defenses! andForming a More Perfect Union!, after helping in the massive battle against theGiant Rock, Malva promisedSteven Stone that she would deal with the remaining Team Flare members and then turn herself in.
Malva reappeared in a flashback inTill We Compete Again!.
Character
In the field, Malva is very upbeat, taking her role as a reporter very seriously, all while enjoying her work. Since she works hard to get as many details as possible in her interviews, she expects the same level of work ethic from her support staff. In battle, Malva is very sly, often asking questions to her opponents while already knowing their answer. She does not hesitate to pressure an opponent mentally when she gains the upper hand in battle, taunting Alain at several points in her battle. She is also very direct when stating her opinion of others, saying that she found Alain to be so detestable in nature that she had grown to like him after he defeated her. Malva was shown to have a close relationship with Lysandre, easily picking up on why the former had grown to like Alain after only one battle. However, after witnessing how much Ash and Alain wanted to protect everyone from Lysandre's plan, her relationship with him ended and she decided to join them in their battle against him. Her morality continued upon Lysandre's ultimate defeat, telling Steven Stone that she would willingly give herself up to Officer Jenny.
Pokémon
This listing is of Malva's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:
| Debut | Mega Evolution Special IV |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kiyotaka Furushima |
| English | Kiyotaka Furushima |
Houndoom was used by Malva in her battle againstAlain and hisMega Charizard X. Mega Houndoom put up a good fight, but ended up being defeated by the Flame Pokémon'sBlast Burn.
It reappeared Mega Evolved alongside its Trainer inThe Right Hero for the Right Job!.
It appeared again inRocking Kalos Defenses! andForming a More Perfect Union!, where it helped to destroy theGiant Rock.
It appeared again inTill We Compete Again!, during a flashback.
Houndoom's known moves areFlamethrower,Smog,Crunch, andDark Pulse, and itsAbility isFlash Fire.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 渡辺明乃Akeno Watanabe | |
| English | Samara Naeymi | |
| Finnish | Annituuli Kasurinen (XY092) Amy Burgess (XY125-present) | |
| Indonesian | Desianti Saptatriningsih (XYS04) Srilan Wulan (XY125-present) | |
| Polish | Lidia Sadowa | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Silvia Goiabeira (XY092) Adriana Torres (XY125-present) | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Unknown voice actress (XY092) Angélica Villa (XY125-present) |
| Spain | Amalia Cantarero | |
| Thai | ธันยนันท์ พิพัฒน์ไชยศิริThanyanan Piphatchaisiri | |
| Vietnamese | Võ Ngọc Quyên | |
Pokémon Generations
Malva appeared inThe Beauty Eternal, where she was seen on a billboard reporting thatLysandre Labs had decided to increase production of theHolo Caster due to its success amongKalosians and the resulting stock shortage.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 井上麻里奈Marina Inoue | |
| English | Kira Buckland | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Adriana Torres | |
| European Spanish | Clara Schwarze | |
GOTCHA!
Malva briefly appeared inGOTCHA!.
Pokémon Evolutions
Malva appeared inThe Visionary, hosting aHolo Caster broadcast aboutLysandre thatProfessor Sycamore was watching.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 種崎敦美Atsumi Tanezaki | |
| English | Marissa Lenti | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Karina Fonseca | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Angélica Villa |
| Spain | Desiré Pillado | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Malva debuts in theX & Y arc as a newscaster reporting the events of what happened inVaniville Town. Instead of mentioning the chaos caused byXerneas andYveltal, she reports the destruction was caused by a large explosion. Another broadcast is later seen byAlexa, who wonders why the media is ignoring the Legendary Pokémon. Malva first appears in person talking to a colleague of hers. She notes that after a recent movie debut,Diantha has decided to go on hiatus. As she had not done this in a while, Malva finds Diantha's behavior suspicious and decides to investigate Diantha to find out why she decided to do so.
Afterward, Malva returns to the Team Flare Secret HQ to resume her duties as a member of Team Flare. After chastising a Grunt for losing a clipboard containing information about the various Mega Stones located in Kalos, Malva digs in a container filled with the Poké Balls of Pokémon that were gathered after the Vaniville Town incident. Upon finding a box containing a Pokédex and aFennekin she decides to keep the Fennekin for herself, but crushes the Pokédex under her heel. She then forcesAliana to return the Pyroar she had been borrowing from her, much to Aliana's frustration. Afterward, Malva borrowsCelosia'sAegislash and uses it to control severalSky Trainers to attackX and his friends. Although Aegislash is defeated, Malva praises Aegislash's ability to control a large number of people due to Celosia's training. Celosia worries that they need to obtain X'sMega Ring so thatLysandre can use itsKey Stone to Mega Evolve hisGyarados, but Malva points out that several other Mega Evolution Successors are currently on the run. Malva then decides to chase after the other Successors to obtain one of their Key Stones.
During Team Flare's operation to move the tree form of Xerneas to Team Flare's base, Malva watches the operation alongside Celosia andEssentia. They use the kidnapped residents of Vaniville Town as forced labor via mind control from Celosia's Aegislash. When X and his friends arrive, they attack Team Flare to rescue their neighbors and family members. X and Y are easily defeated and captured, allowing Celosia to try and finish them off. Just as she attacks X, Gurkinn, Korrina, and Diantha come to the rescue with their Mega-Evolved Pokémon. Malva immediately reveals herself and takes on Diantha alone while trapping her inside aMagic Room. Now isolated from the outside world, Malva reveals to Diantha her true nature as a member of Team Flare and begins attacking the Champion. Malva explains to Diantha that she is simply stalling for time while Team Flare manages to move Xerneas to their base. Although Y and Shauna attempt to break the barrier from the outside, their attempts fail and eventually the Magic Room sinks into the ground.
The victor of the battle is unknown, but Malva returns to the base after Xerneas has been successfully moved. She fashions the Key Stone Celosia stole from Korrina into a Mega Ring for Lysandre to wear as he prepares to begin absorbing Xerneas's energy to power the ultimate weapon. Later, X and his friend infiltrated the Team Flare Secret HQ in order to stop the ultimate weapon from being unleashed. Although he was unable to stop the weapon from being activated, X's battle against Lysandre caused Xerneas to awaken from its slumber. Xerneas allied itself with X and his friends and helped them escape back to the surface.
Xerneas later joined Y's team and teamed up with her to destroy the ultimate weapon, but was stopped by Malva, who appeared riding on top of Yveltal. Malva reveals that when Xerneas was still dormant, Yveltal slept underneath it in its cocoon form. When Malva went underground during her battle with Diantha, she found the sleeping Yveltal and obtained it. Malva attempted to have Yveltal attack the heroes, but Xerosic stops her by revealing that Lysandre ordered a ceasefire. Although Team Flare blamed the ultimate weapon's blast on X's friends and the Gym Leaders, their efforts did not fool every person in the region. To lay low from the public view, Team Flare relocated to thePokémon Village.
After X and his friends learn where Team Flare went into hiding, they travel to the village to stop the villains for good. On the way, Xerosic attacks X and his friends with a trap. Diantha manages to escape from the trap and goes ahead to the village while the others deal with Xerosic. Before she can get there, Diantha is intercepted by Malva, who proceeds to attack Diantha. Diantha blocks Malva's attack, only to find that Malva managed to snatch her Mega Charm away. Malva then takes to the skies, forcing Diantha to follow after her with herGardevoir.
The chase takes them to the skies above the Pokémon Village. When Y sees the two fighting, she helps Diantha by havingFletchy burn Malva's hand to force her to drop the Mega Charm. Although Y attempts to assist with battling Malva, Diantha refuses her offer and chooses to battle against Malva alone. After some time, Malva witnesses Lysandre as he is being defeated. This distraction allows Diantha's Gardevoir to get a hit on Talonflame, which causes it to drop Malva. Diantha attempts to help Malva by reaching out with her hand, only for Malva to reject the offer by slapping her hand away. Malva reaches out to Lysandre as he falls to the ground afterZygarde disappears, causing both to land onto the sharp rubble below. As he lays in a pool of blood, Lysandre weakly asks the unconscious Malva why the ultimate weapon has not been fired yet. Later, Malva revealed that she planned to double-cross Lysandre once Team Flare's goal was met, and told Diantha that she would rather die than be pitied by her. Afterward, the remaining Elite Four members and Diantha carry Malva's unconscious body away.
Pokémon
On hand
| Debut | Yveltal Steals |
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Talonflame is Malva's fourth known Pokémon. It was first used to attack Diantha in order to prevent her from getting to the Pokémon Village, then later used to engage Diantha in midair. It was however struck down by her Gardevoir while Malva was distracted.
Talonflame's known moves areRazor Wind andAcrobatics.
Lost
- Main article:Malva's Delphox
ThisDelphox, as aFennekin, was given toTrevor fromProfessor Sycamore to give toX. She was separated from Trevor after the destruction of Vaniville Town and later found by Team Flare alongside other collected Pokémon. After returning to active duty as a member of Team Flare, Malva found Fennekin and the Pokédex inside a box with the other Pokémon. She decided to take Fennekin for herself, but the Pokédex fell under her foot and was crushed. Sometime later, Fennekin evolved into a Braixen. She was used to battle against Diantha when she and her allies came to stop Team Flare from obtaining Xerneas and attacking X. Malva had Braixen useMagic Room to trap Diantha, but noted that its effect does not work on Mega Stones.
After Team Flare was defeated,Clemont gave Trevor a Poké Ball containing the unconscious Delphox inside. Clemont revealed that after Team Flare's defeat,Shauna'sFurfrou, Furry, protected the unconscious Delphox, which clued Clemont into realizing that Delphox must have been related to X's group somehow. Trevor then decided to give Delphox toWhitley.
Yveltal is Malva's third known Pokémon. It first appeared in Vaniville Town, where it battled Xerneas, causing destruction to the town. Afterward, the two left and reverted to their dormant forms inRoute 8. While Team Flare found Xerneas and managed to take it to their secret HQ to power the ultimate weapon, Malva went underground where Yveltal was sleeping and managed to obtain it. Malva revealed her capture of Yveltal at Geosenge Town, where she used it to battle Y's newly-obtained Xerneas,Xerxer. The battle was interrupted by Xerosic, who pointed out that the battle would never end due to Yveltal and Xerneas being evenly matched. Later, it ended up turning back into its cocoon form alongside Xerxer, who turned into its tree form.
Yveltal's known moves areOblivion Wing andPhantom Force.
Borrowed
OnRoute 9, Malva borrowed Celosia'sAegislash to use its mind controlling ability to manipulate a group of Sky Trainers to attack X and his friends. It was defeated by X'sÉlec after it Mega Evolved into Mega Manectric.
Aegislash's known moves areSlash andKing's Shield, and its Ability isStance Change.
Trivia
- Malva is the only:
- member of the Elite Four to be a member of avillainous team in the games and animated series.
- member of theKalos Elite Four to not use a Pokémon capable ofMega Evolution in thegames.
- However, in theanimated series, she is shown to use aHoundoom, which can Mega Evolve.
- Two of her Pokémon,Chandelure andPyroar would go on to receive Mega Evolutions inPokémon Legends: Z-A.
- Trainer to battle with the Elite Four theme in all her battles, including outside both the Pokémon League and Battle Chateau.
- Elite Four member in the animated series to have lost on-screen against aTrainer that is neither another Elite Four member or aChampion.
- Mega Evolution Special IV is the only episode of the animated series in which Malva appears with the tinted glasses she wears in the games. In all other episodes, she wears colorless lenses instead.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パキラPachira | From the genusPachira |
| English, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, Italian | Malva | FromMalvaceae (family that contains the genusPachira),lava, andmal (French for evil) |
| German | Pachira | Same as her Japanese name |
| Korean | 파키라Pakira | Transcription of her Japanese name |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 帕琦拉Pàqílā /Paakkèihlāai | Transcription of her Japanese name |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 帕琦拉Pàqílā | |
| Vietnamese | Pakira | Transcription of her Japanese name |
References
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