Hello. You must be a new challenger. I am Roxanne, the Rustboro City Pokémon Gym Leader. I became a Gym Leader so that I may apply in battle all that I've learned at the Pokémon Trainers' School. If you defeat me in a Pokémon battle, I'll present you with a Gym Badge as proof of your strength as a Trainer. Please take up the challenge. I look forward to seeing you as a challenger. Until then, farewell.
Roxanne in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
Roxanne is a Rock type Gym Leader in the Hoenn Region. She also teaches at, and helps run the Pokémon Trainer's School in Rustboro City. Her Gym is in Rustboro City. She will award the player character with the Stone Badge if they defeat her.
Appearance
Roxanne is a girl with red eyes and brown hair, which is tied up into two pigtails with a red bow, with a small black U-stripe. Roxanne wears pink tights and a small tie-like pink scarf around her neck.
Ruby and Sapphire
She wears a white shirt with a purple school uniform dress and a pair of purple shoes.
Emerald
Roxanne's appearance remains the same as it is in Ruby and Sapphire.
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
She wears a gray school sleeveless uniform skirt with a rectangular print, which is white on the inside. Roxanne also wears a white undershirt, with short sleeves, inside her skirt is a white petticoat and a pair of black mary jane shoes.
Personality
She loves rocks and loves the Pokémon Trainer's School. During her pre-battle conversation, she tells the player that she practices what she learns from school. This hints that she is a studious type of sorts, and is proud of her abilities to turn knowledge into power.
Etymology
The name Roxanne comes from "rock".
Her Japanese name, Tsutsuji, originates from 土 (tsuchi, the Japanese word for "soil"). Following the plant-based naming of most Gym Leaders, it may also literally be 躑躅 (tsutsuji, the Japanese name for the rhododendron genus of trees).
Biography
Games
Ruby and Sapphire
In Ruby and Sapphire, Roxanne serves as the Gym Leader of Rustboro City Gym, specializing in Rock-type Pokémon. It is implied that she took the position in order to use the skills she acquired in Trainer's School. Upon defeating her, the player receives the Stone Badge and TM39.
Emerald
Her role in Emerald is the same as it is in Ruby and Sapphire, but she can be rematched using the Match Call option on the PokéNav.
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Other appearances
Sprites
Pokémon
Ruby and Sapphire
 Geodude  
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 Nosepass
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| Lv. 14 | ♀ | Lv. 15 | ♀
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| Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Sturdy
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| Item: None | Item: None
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| Tackle | Tackle | ||||||
| Defense Curl | Harden | ||||||
| Rock Throw | Rock Throw | ||||||
| Rock Tomb | Rock Tomb | ||||||
Emerald
 Geodude
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Geodude
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 Nosepass
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| Lv. 12 | ♀ | Lv. 12 | ♀ | Lv. 15 | ♀
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| Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Sturdy
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: Oran Berry
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| Tackle | Tackle | Block | |||||
| Defense Curl | Defense Curl | Harden | |||||
| Rock Throw | Rock Throw | Tackle | |||||
| Rock Tomb | Rock Tomb | Rock Tomb | |||||
 Golem
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 Kabuto 
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 Onix
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Nosepass
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| Lv. 32 | ♂ | Lv. 35 | ♂ | Lv. 35 | ♂ | Lv. 37 | ♂
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| Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Battle Armor | Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Sturdy
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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| Protect | Swords Dance | Rock Slide | Explosion | ||||
| Magnitude | Surf | Iron Tail | Rock Slide | ||||
| Rollout | Ice Beam | Explosion | Double Team | ||||
| Explosion | Rock Slide | Roar | Protect | ||||
 Omanyte
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Golem
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 Kabutops
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Onix
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Nosepass
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| Lv. 37 | ♂ | Lv. 37 | ♂ | Lv. 40 | ♂ | Lv. 40 | ♂ | Lv. 42 | ♂ |
| Ability: Shell Armor | Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Battle Armor | Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Sturdy | |||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | Item: None | |||||
| Protect | Protect | Swords Dance | Iron Tail | Double Team | |||||
| Rock Slide | Rollout | Surf | Explosion | Explosion | |||||
| Ice Beam | Earthquake | Ice Beam | Roar | Protect | |||||
| Surf | Explosion | Rock Slide | Rock Slide | Rock Slide | |||||
 Omastar
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Golem
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Kabutops
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Onix
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Nosepass
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| Lv. 42 | ♂ | Lv. 42 | ♂ | Lv. 45 | ♂ | Lv. 45 | ♂ | Lv. 47 | ♂ |
| Ability: Shell Armor | Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Battle Armor | Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Sturdy | |||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | |||||
| Protect | Protect | Swords Dance | Iron Tail | Double Team | |||||
| Rock Slide | Rollout | Surf | Explosion | Explosion | |||||
| Ice Beam | Earthquake | Ice Beam | Roar | Protect | |||||
| Surf | Explosion | Rock Slide | Rock Slide | Rock Slide | |||||
Golem
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 Aerodactyl 
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Omastar
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Kabutops
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 Steelix 
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Nosepass
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| Lv. 47 | ♂ | Lv. 47 | ♂ | Lv. 47 | ♂ | Lv. 50 | ♂ | Lv. 50 | ♂ | Lv. 52 | ♂ |
| Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Shell Armor | Ability: Battle Armor | Ability: Rock Head | Ability: Sturdy | ||||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | ||||||
| Focus Punch | Protect | Protect | Swords Dance | Iron Tail | Protect | ||||||
| Rollout | Supersonic | Rock Slide | Rock Slide | Rock Slide | Double Team | ||||||
| Earthquake | Rock Slide | Ice Beam | Ice Beam | Roar | Rock Slide | ||||||
| Explosion | Hyper Beam | Surf | Surf | Explosion | Explosion | ||||||
Black 2 and White 2
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
 Geodude
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 Nosepass
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| Lv. 12 | ♀ | Lv. 14 | ♀
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| Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Sturdy
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| Item: None | Item: None
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| Tackle | Tackle | ||||||
| Defense Curl | Harden | ||||||
| Rock Tomb | Rock Tomb | ||||||
Trivia
- Roxanne is the only female Gym Leader that specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
- Her attire from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire is almost completely the same from the Generation III games and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 sprite, except that she wears black instead of blue.
- When challenging her to a rematch in Emerald, the gender of her Pokémon change from all female to all male.
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