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{{samename|character from [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]|Green (game)}}
{{redirect|Leaf|other uses|Leaf (disambiguation)}}
{{CharInfobox|
|color={{leafgreen color}}
|corecolor={{leafgreen color light}}
|bordercolor={{leafgreen color dark}}
|name=Leaf
|jname=リーフ
|tmname=Leaf
|slogan=no
|image=FireRed LeafGreen Leaf.png
|size=140px
|caption=Art from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}
|gender=Female
|age=no
|hometown=[[Pallet Town]]
|region=[[Kanto]]
|relatives={{ka|Mom}}, unnamed father
|colors=yes
|eyes=Brown
|hair=Brown
|trainer=yes
|trainerclass=[[Pokémon Trainer]], [[player character]]
|game=yes
|generation={{gen|III}}
|games={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed, LeafGreen}}, {{pkmn|Masters EX}}
|leader=no
|champ=yes
|league=Indigo Plateau
|anime=no
|manga=counterpart
|mangacounterpart={{OBP|Blue|Ruby-Sapphire}}, {{adv|Green}}
|roundnum=PS015
|roundname=Wartortle Wars
|gameanim=yes
|envagame=Michelle Marie<ref name="Michelle Marie">[https://twitter.com/michellemarievo/status/1219320118678671360 Michelle Marie on Twitter]</ref> <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>
|javagame=Yuka Ōtsubo<ref name="Yuka Ōtsubo">[https://twitter.com/00tsubo_yuka/status/1299951630419279873 Yuka Ōtsubo on Twitter]</ref> <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>
}}
'''Leaf''' (Japanese: '''リーフ''' ''Leaf'') is the female [[player character]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. Her male counterpart is {{ga|Red}}. While Leaf shares many similarities with {{ga|Green}}, it has not been officially confirmed whether Green is an incarnation of Leaf, a [[cross-canon counterpart]], or a separate character entirely.

Leaf is never directly named in the [[core series]]. Her most common name Leaf (Japanese: リーフ ''Leaf''), was used in promotional videos for FireRed and LeafGreen, merchandise, and in the [[Spin-off Pokémon games|spin-off game]] {{g|Masters EX}}. The name Leaf is also used as an optional name for the player character in FireRed and LeafGreen, regardless of which player character is chosen. Furthermore, the name Leaf is used to refer to her in internal data, paralleling Red's internal name of Fire.

==In the core series games==
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Leaf's adventure begins after [[Professor Oak]] calls her to his lab and gives her a [[Starter Pokémon|choice of Pokémon]]. {{ga|Blue}} challenges Leaf to a [[Pokémon battle]] as soon as they get their Pokémon. Later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them a [[Pokédex]], and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every kind of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating the [[Gym Leader]]s. Her [[rival]] Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When Leaf eventually reaches the [[Elite Four]], she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become the [[Indigo League]] {{pkmn|Champion}}. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself. Her adventure continues even after that, with Leaf discovering new places, such as the [[Sevii Islands]].

Leaf's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is [[Team Rocket]], an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Leaf clashes with Team Rocket many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts at [[Mt. Moon]] who are attempting to steal rare Pokémon [[Fossil]]s, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge in [[Cerulean City]]. Leaf protects the [[Pokémon Tower]] and [[Mr. Fuji]] in [[Lavender Town]] and destroys their hold on the [[Celadon Game Corner|Game Corner]]. After she foils their plot to take over [[Silph Co.]], Leaf encounters [[Giovanni]], the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader in [[Viridian City]]. Upon defeating him, Leaf stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by Leaf on [[Five Island]] in [[Generation III]], would band together in [[Johto]] to [[Generation II|try to revive the group]].

===Optional names===
When starting a new game of {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, if the player leaves the name writing screen without any written name, or with a name composed entirely of empty spaces, [[Professor Oak]] says "Right... So your name is <optional name>.", suggesting one of the 19 available names; there are 21 names in total, but there are two exclusive to FireRed and two exclusive to LeafGreen. The player may answer "Yes" to accept the suggested name, or "No" to return to the name writing screen.

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|-
! Japanese
! English
! French
! German
! Italian
! Spanish
|- style="background:#FFF"
|<ab>グリーン ''Green''{{sup/3|LG}}
レッド ''Red''{{sup/3|FR}}
リーフ ''Leaf''{{sup/3|LG}}
ファイア ''Fire''{{sup/3|FR}}
キヨミ ''Kiyomi''
サトコ ''Satoko''
チホ ''Chiho''
キョウコ ''Kyōko''
マキコ ''Makiko''
ミキコ ''Mikiko''
ミチコ ''Michiko''
ジュンコ ''Junko''
アヤコ ''Ayako''
リエ ''Rie''
セツコ ''Setsuko''
ユキコ ''Yukiko''
マミナ ''Mamina''
ノリエ ''Norie''
ヒサエ ''Hisae''
モモコ ''Momoko''
ミスズ ''Misuzu''</ab>
|<ab>GREEN{{sup/3|LG}}
RED{{sup/3|FR}}
LEAF{{sup/3|LG}}
FIRE{{sup/3|FR}}
OMI
JODI
AMANDA
HILLARY
MAKEY
MICHI
PAULA
JUNE
CASSIE
REY
SEDA
KIKO
MINA
NORIE
SAI
MOMO
SUZI</ab>
|<ab>GREEN{{sup/3|LG}}
RED{{sup/3|FR}}
LEAF{{sup/3|LG}}
FIRE{{sup/3|FR}}
JOANNA
LUCIE
EDITH
PAULINE
EMMA
AUDREY
MARION
SAYAKA
INGRID
LINDA
FLO
YUKI
CARMEN
NOLWEEN
NADIA
HELENE
CARO</ab>
|<ab>GRÜN{{sup/3|LG}}
ROT{{sup/3|FR}}
BLATT{{sup/3|LG}}
FEUER{{sup/3|FR}}
MANDY
ANDREA
SINA
MARTINA
TANJA
ELENA
BIRGIT
DIANA
KATRIN
SUSI
UTE
DANIELA
SILKE
SIMONE
JAMIE
PIA
EVA</ab>
|<ab>VERDE{{sup/3|LG}}
ROSSO{{sup/3|FR}}
GREEN{{sup/3|LG}}
RED{{sup/3|FR}}
CINZIA
LUISA
AMANDA
ROSSANA
RITA
LORENZA
PAOLA
GAIA
OLGA
WILMA
IVANA
MONIA
LETIZIA
LILIANA
ILARIA
ISOTTA
VIVIANA</ab>
|<ab>VERTE{{sup/3|LG}}
JORO{{sup/3|FR}}
JAHO{{sup/3|LG}}
GUEFO{{sup/3|FR}}
MENA
CIRA
MARÍA
MINA
NENA
LUNA
BRUNA
CLAUDIA
CASILDA
RITA
SELENA
MATILDE
NURIA
MARINA
SALIA
MIRTA
SUSA</ab>
|}

==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness===
Leaf makes an appearance in both [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used, with a female player character chosen. She can take on Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

===Pokémon Battle Revolution===
Leaf made a brief appearance in the debut trailer of [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], having a [[Double Battle]] against {{ga|Red}}, using a {{p|Groudon}} and a {{p|Pikachu}}. Despite this, she didn't appear in the final cut of the game.

==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
{{main|Leaf (Masters)}}
Leaf appears in as a supporting character in [[Pokémon Masters EX]]'s story. She was later made available in the normal Sync Pair scout rotation, forming a [[sync pair]] with an {{p|Eevee}}. A [[Sygna Suit]] variant where she uses a {{p|Venusaur}} capable of [[Mega Evolution]] was also released in conjunction with the game's anniversary, becoming one of the first characters with access to 6★ EX.

===Super Smash Bros. series===
[[File:Female Trainer SSBU.png|thumb|right|200px|Leaf, as the female Pokémon Trainer, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]
====Pokémon Trainer====
{{main|Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)}}
Leaf appears as a playable character in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]], as the female variant of "Pokémon Trainer" (of which Red is the default). She shares his team of {{p|Squirtle}}, {{p|Ivysaur}}, and {{p|Charizard}}.

====Other references====
From [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] onward, Leaf's hat appears as an alternate outfit worn by {{p|Jigglypuff}}, in parallel to {{p|Pikachu}} wearing {{ga|Red}}'s hat.

===[[Pokémon GO]]===
{{main|Style (GO)}}
For [[Pokémon Day]] 2018, Leaf's outfit from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} were released as free style options in [[Pokémon GO]].
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==Quotes==
{{main|Leaf (game)/Quotes}}

==Counterparts==
[[File:Green Adventures.png|thumb|230px|Green, Leaf's counterpart in Pokémon Adventures]]
===In the manga===
====Pokémon Adventures====
{{main|Green (Adventures)}}
{{adv|Green}} from [[Pokémon Adventures]] serves as Leaf's counterpart, taking on Leaf's appearance from the {{chap|FireRed & LeafGreen}} onwards. She starts out as a mischievous thief and con artist, but later reforms her ways.

====Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire====
{{main|Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)}}
Leaf also has a counterpart in [[Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire]], who is named {{OBP|Blue|Ruby-Sapphire}}.
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==Gallery==
:For images on {{ga|Green}}, see: [[Green (game)#Gallery|Green (game)]]
===Artwork===
====Standard====
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|-
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}" | [[File:FireRed LeafGreen Leaf.png|x300px]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}" | [[File:HM Fly artwork.png|x300px]]
|-
| Artwork from {{color2|000|Pokémon Firered and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Artwork depicting the usage of {{mcolor|Fly|000}},<br>featuring Leaf with a {{pcolor|Pidgey|000}}
|}

====Merchandise====
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| style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}" | [[File:Leaf and Squirtle artwork.png|x250px]]
|-
| Leaf and {{pcolor|Squirtle|000}} concept artwork by<br>{{color2|000|Hitoshi Ariga}} for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines
|}

====Other====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color}}; font-size:80%"
|-
| style="{{roundy|5px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}" | [[File:New Years postcard.jpg|x300px]]
|-
| {{color2|000|Ken Sugimori}} artwork from a<br>2005 New Year's postcard
|}

===Game assets===
====Sprites and models====
=====In the [[core series]]=====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color}}; font-size:80%"
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:Spr FRLG Leaf.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:FRLG Leaf Intro.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:Leaf FRLG Credits.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:FRLG Leaf Back.png‎]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:E Leaf Back.png‎]]
|-
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed, LeafGreen}},<br>and {{color2|000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}
| {{color2|000|Game intro|Intro}} sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Credits sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Back sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Back sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:LeafFRLGwalkdown.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}"| [[File:Leaf E OD.png]]
|-
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}
|}

====In other games====
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|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:Colo Leaf.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:XD Leaf.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{leafgreen color dark}}; background:#{{leafgreen color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:Leaf Ra OD.png]]
|-
| Model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Colosseum|Colosseum}}
| Model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness|XD: Gale of Darkness}}
| Unused sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ranger (game)|Pokémon Ranger}}
|}

==Trivia==
[[File:RGB guidebook.jpg|thumb|200px|Cover of the Pocket Monsters Red, Green, and Blue guidebook]]
* An artwork of an [[List of unused Pokémon and character designs#Female character|unnamed female character]] drawn by [[Ken Sugimori]] was released in {{game|Red and Green|s}}'s official strategy guide, released in April 1996.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4091025366 ポケットモンスター―任天堂公式ガイドブック] - Amazon.co.jp (Japanese)</ref> This artwork also appears on the cover of a revised version of the guidebook that includes the Japanese [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue]] as well.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4091025684 ポケットモンスター 赤・緑・青全対応] - Amazon.co.jp (Japanese)</ref>
** According to Sugimori, she was not originally planned as a player character. He wanted to portray a trio of {{pkmn|Trainer}}s facing off against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover.<ref>[https://twitter.com/super_32x/status/269844962118610945 Twitter - Sugimori on the origins of the unknown female character] (Japanese)</ref>
** The female character was later adapted for the Pokémon Craft DX magazine drawn by Emiko Yoshino, as well as {{adv|Green}} in [[Pokémon Adventures]] (released 11 months after the original artwork), Leaf in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} (8 years after the original artwork), and {{ga|Green}} in [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]] (22 years after the original artwork).
** Sugimori noted that he took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the female protagonist for {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}. He also mentioned that the FireRed and LeafGreen female protagonist did not have a name at the time of his writing, in November 2012.<ref>[https://twitter.com/super_32x/status/269847118754217986 Twitter - Sugimori on designing the FRLG female protagonist] (Japanese)</ref>
* Leaf's hat somewhat resembles a [[Premier Ball]].
* Leaf's FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.
* The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with {{ga|Dawn}} and {{ga|Lyra}}. She also shares all of {{ga|Kris}}'s alternate Japanese names.
* Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld [[Generation IV]] games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling against {{ga|Red}} in an early trailer for [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] on the Wii.
* Leaf is the only non-rival female player character to have a [[Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)|counterpart]] who appeared in [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]].
* The French version for [[Green's Exploration (Unbroken Bonds 175)|Green's Exploration]] mistakenly refers to the character as Leaf instead of Green. This inconsistency does not exist in the French version of Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's go, Eevee!

;Pokémon Craft DX gallery
<gallery>
File:Pokémon Craft DX cover.png|Cover page
File:Pokémon Craft DX 1.png|Pages 2-3
File:Pokémon Craft DX 2.png|Pages 4-5
File:Pokémon Craft DX 3.png|Pages 6-7
File:Pokémon Craft DX 4.png|Pages 18-19
</gallery>

==Names==
This character had no official name for fifteen years after her debut. She was unofficially referred to by fans as "Leaf" during this time, a name taken from unused Trainer data and one of her optional names in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. She also went by this name in the E3 2004 trailer of ''Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version''.<ref>[https://youtu.be/VnweBRQd9ao E3 trailer of ''Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions''].</ref> It was then used in [[Pokémon Masters EX]] and on merchandise such as Kotobukiya's ARTFX J figurine<ref>[https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/product/product-0000003255/ "ARTFX J Leaf with Squirtle" on Kotobukiya] (Japanese)</ref><ref>[http://en.kotobukiya.co.jp/product/product-0000003255/ "Pokémon LEAF with ZENIGAME ARTFX STATUE" on Kotobukiya] (English)</ref> and the Bandai's Pokémon Scale World collection.<ref>[https://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2019/1000136258.html "Pokémon Scale World - Kanto: Leaf & Clefairy & Gengar" on Bandai] (Japanese)</ref>

Until the reveal of her official name, she was also known in the fandom as "Green" (ブルー ''Blue'' in Japanese) to match her {{adv|Green|Pokémon Adventures counterpart}}. This name would later be used officially in [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]] for {{ga|Green}}, although it has not been confirmed whether Leaf and Green are different versions of the same character. She is also sometimes referred to as フグリ ''Fuguri'' in the Japanese fandom. The name is derived from the katakana rendering of "LeafGreen", リー'''フグリ'''ーン ''rī'''fugurī'''n''.

{| class="roundy" style="background:#{{LeafGreen color light}}; border:3px solid #{{LeafGreen color dark}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| リーフ {{tt|''Rīfu''|Leaf}}
| From ''{{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|Pokémon LeafGreen|s}}''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, German,<br>French, Italian
| Leaf
| From ''Pokémon LeafGreen''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Spanish
| Hoja
| From ''hoja'' (leaf)
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| 리프 {{tt|''Ripeu''|Leaf}}
| Transcription of her Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 葉子 ''Yèzǐ''
| rowspan="2" | From 葉子 ''yèzi / yihpjí'' (leaf)
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 葉子 ''Yihpjí''
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Champions]]

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