Oh, I'm so sorry! Please excuse me. Are you entering a Contest? Tehehe... Enjoy yourself, please! Incidentally, Fantina, the Hearthome Gym Leader, also happens to be a Contest expert. And you may ask yourself, how do I know this? Well, I am Fantina! You may challenge me, but not yet! You must become much stronger. Then, you may challenge me!
Fantina, Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.
Fantina serves as the Gym Leader for the Hearthome City Gym. Fantina specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon, and holds the Relic Badge for the trainers that defeat her.
Appearance
Fantina is a tall woman, who has purple eyes and hair, which is tied into four balloon-shaped pigtails. She wears a long purple dress, which is accented by white dots, and has a yellow X mark on her hip, which resembles a Drifblim's mouth. She also wears a pair of white evening gloves, a white muffler and a pair of purple high heels.
Personality
Eccentric, glamourous, stylish and highly refined. Fantina is a lady of talent, who is not only a trainer but also a great judge of character. She represents the lavish lifestyle of a French model, though she isn't snobbish about it. At times she includes French in her sentences, and enjoys quizzing her challengers before battle.
Etymology
The name Fantina comes from "phantom".
Her Japanese name, Merissa, could come from "Melissa", a genus of herbs. It also sounds similar to "malice" (ill will).
Biography
Games
Diamond and Pearl
Fantina first appeared in the first Generation IV games as the Hearthome City Gym Leader. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Fantina's Gym has several levels the player character must ascend. With each level there is a question to be answered, with three answers are located on three doors, they are usually associated with simple mathematics. Choosing the door with the correct answer leads to the next lift. Choosing the door with the wrong answer leads to a Gym member that the player character must battle.
Platinum
In Pokémon Platinum, the gym setup is different. One must find a blue tile within a darkened room; then one has to memorize the pattern on that tile and go in the door with the red tile having the same pattern as the blue tile. If using the flashlight on a trainer, then one must battle them. All the trainers in the dark rooms all use Ghost Pokémon. Additionally, however, she was originally the 5th Gym Leader in the Diamond/Pearl games, but became the 3rd Gym Leader in the Platinum version. Due to this, her Gym team has been nerfed by 10 levels.
Other appearances
Sprites
Pokémon
Diamond and Pearl
 Drifblim  
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 Gengar 
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 Mismagius
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| Lv. 32 | ♀ | Lv. 34 | ♀ | Lv. 36 | ♀
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| Ability: Aftermath | Ability: Levitate | Ability: Levitate
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry
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| Minimize | Spite | Confuse Ray | |||||
| Astonish | Confuse Ray | Magical Leaf | |||||
| Gust | Poison Jab | Psybeam | |||||
| Ominous Wind | Shadow Claw | Shadow Ball | |||||
Platinum
 Banette
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 Drifblim
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 Dusknoir
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 Mismagius
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 Gengar
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| Lv. 61 | ♀ | Lv. 61 | ♀ | Lv. 62 | ♀ | Lv. 63 | ♀ | Lv. 65 | ♀ |
| Ability: Insomnia | Ability: Aftermath | Ability: Pressure | Ability: Levitate | Ability: Levitate | |||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | |||||
| Shadow Claw | Psychic | Shadow Punch | Shadow Ball | Focus Blast | |||||
| Faint Attack | Silver Wind | Rock Slide | Thunderbolt | Psychic | |||||
| Thunderbolt | Ominous Wind | Double Team | Psychic | Thunder | |||||
| Will-O-Wisp | Baton Pass | Protect | Magical Leaf | Shadow Ball | |||||
Black 2 and White 2
Ghost-type Tournament
Sinnoh Gym Leader/World Leaders Tournament
Download Tournament (The Battle of Legendary Pokémon!)
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Trivia
- Despite becoming the third gym leader in Platinum, the spot where one places her badge remains the same as the 5th one. This is similar to how Maylene's and Crasher Wake's badge case spots remained unchanged, even though the order one has battled them changed.
- She has a French accent.
- Her hair from the back resembles the Relic Badge.
- Fantina is a fan of Dahlia.
- All of her Pokémon are female.
- Strangely, in the Download Tournament in Black 2 and White 2, Fantina's Giratina is in its Origin Forme without holding the Griseous Orb.
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