Solidad サオリSaori
Solidad
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Salmon
Hometown	Pewter City
Region	Kanto
Trainer class	Coordinator
Animated debut	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!
English voice actor	Sarah Natochenny
Japanese voice actor	Rie Tanaka

Solidad (Japanese:サオリSaori) is a recurring character inPokémon the Series. She is aPokémon Coordinator fromPewter City who first appeared inMay, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.

History

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Solidad debuted inMay, We Harley Drew'd Ya!, where it was revealed that she had defeatedDrew in his very firstPokémon Contest, causing him to cry. Since then they have become friends. They keep in touch and occasionally run into each other. She also noticed that Drew became more competitive, and she thinksMay is the reason for this.

InChanneling the Battle Zone!, Solidad battled May in the semifinal round of theKanto Grand Festival. She was able to counter May's attacks as she had previously observed her battling style. She managed to win the battle against May, and then she won the final stage, giving her theRibbon Cup and the title ofTop Coordinator. Similarly to Drew, May also cried after being defeated by Solidad.

InThe Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!, Solidad was revealed to have traveled toJohto.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

InStaging a Heroes' Welcome! andStrategy with a Smile!, Solidad was seen inEcruteak City along withHarley andDrew, watching May perform live on TV at theWallace Cup.

Character

Solidad is more mature than fellow CoordinatorsMay andDrew but still holds them in high esteem. She andBrock are old friends, and she used to see him often when he was still theGym Leader ofPewter Gym, even knowing him from before then. She also stated that she is old friends withHarley and that she finds him to be an interesting person.

Pokémon

This is the list of Solidad's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:

Slowbro

Debut	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Eric Stuart

Slowbro first appeared with Solidad, using psychic powers to lift the escapingAipom into Ash's arms. InThinning the Hoard!, Slowbro created a masterful display of levitating itself withPsychic, then usingWater Gun to create a fountain effect. Later in the episode, it usedHyper Beam to single-handedly blast aGirafarig and aZangoose out of the competition.

InChanneling the Battle Zone!, Slowbro was shown to be fighting alongsidePidgeot againstMay's Combusken andMunchlax. It easily disarmed Munchlax'sFocus Punch with Psychic, before putting Combusken to sleep withYawn. It evaded Munchlax'sSolar Beam and teamed up with Pidgeot to knock Munchlax out with another Hyper Beam.

Slowbro's known moves arePsychic,Water Gun,Hyper Beam, andYawn.

Lapras

Debut	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!
Voice actors
Japanese	Yumi Touma
English	Yumi Touma

Lapras is another Pokémon used in Solidad'sGrand Festival campaign. With a powerfulSheer Cold it got through the first rounds for Solidad. Later, it was able to get Solidad to the semifinals while battling alongside Solidad'sButterfree against aHitmonlee and aHitmonchan.

Lapras's only known move isSheer Cold.

Pidgeot

Debut	Channeling the Battle Zone!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kōichi Sakaguchi
English	Kōichi Sakaguchi

Solidad'sPidgeot was used during the Double Battle phase againstMay alongside Solidad's Slowbro against May'sCombusken andMunchlax. Although it was hit hard by Combusken'sFire Spin, it recovered and usedFeather Dance to dissipate the flames and send burning feathers down on May's Pokémon. It then usedDouble Team to avoid Munchlax's last desperate attack, and teamed up with Slowbro to knock it out with an Aerial Ace.

Pidgeot's known moves areFeather Dance,Aerial Ace, andDouble Team.

Butterfree

Debut	Channeling the Battle Zone!

Butterfree is one of the Pokémon Solidad used in her Grand Festival campaign. Not much is known about it, other than it being able to get Solidad to the semifinals while battling alongside Solidad's Lapras against aHitmonlee and aHitmonchan.

None of Butterfree's moves are known.

Contests

Kanto Ribbons

This listing is of theRibbons Solidad has obtained in theKantoregion:

• Five unknown Ribbons (prior toNew Plot, Odd Lot!)

Grand Festival ranking

Solidad has competed in the followingGrand Festival tournaments:

• Kanto Grand Festival - Winner (Channeling the Battle Zone!)

Voice actors

Trivia

• The official website for Cartoon Network initially called Solidad "Samantha" in their summary for the episode of her debut.
• All of Solidad's knownPokémon are fromGeneration I, and each of them are weak toElectric-type moves.
• Three of Solidad's Pokémon are the same species as Pokémon whichAsh has released:Pidgeot,Lapras, andButterfree.
  • Coincidentally, all three of those species received a type of temporary form in future generations: Lapras and Butterfree received aGigantamax form in Generation VIII and Pidgeot received aMega Evolution in Generation VI.
    • Additionally, while not a temporary form,Slowbro received aGalarian form inGeneration VIII, in addition to its Mega Evolution in Generation VI.
  • All of Solidad's Pokémon share an evolutionary relative with the PokémonAsh owns in the Electric Tale of Pikachu adaptation where he still owns a Butterfree and Lapras, but has aPidgeotto and agiant Slowpoke instead of a Pidgeot and Slowbro which Solidad owns.
• Solidad is the onlyrival fromPokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire who did not appear inPokémon Journeys: The Series.

Names

Related articles

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This article is part ofProject Anime, aBulbapedia project that covers all aspects ofPokémon animation.

• Characters
• Female characters
• Animation characters
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