Cherrim
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I have to admit I am quite partial to Erika because she has an excellent name, if I do say so myself... but she also spells it wrong. :/
I think my favourite gym leader, though, has to be Gardenia! She gets SO excited about her Pokémon--especially her favourites--and that's something I can really identify with. I'm very enthusiastic about my favourite Pokémon even if a lot of people think I'm weird for it (I don't blame them, considering some of my faves). It helps that she has a Cherubi in DP and has a Cherrim in Platinum. So I think we are on the same wavelength! She also has a pretty good dose of personality, for a Pokémon game. I mean, I'm really not one of the people who sees a lot of character in the games--it's gotten better in recent games since they've been writing NPCs into the thick of plots, but usually I find everyone very forgettable and I remember gym leaders based only on the type of Pokémon they train. But Gardenia made me laugh so I remembered her very easily compared to most of the other gym leaders in Gen IV! For example, one thing that stood out to me is that she's afraid of ghost Pokémon and I seem to recall at one point (before Pumpkaboo, obviously!) she even frets over what she would do if there was a Grass/Ghost type because she loves Grass Pokémon so much but is scared of ghosts.
Also, Gardenia makes you fight every one of her Trainers before you can challenge her, which is something that would have bothered me a lot when I was younger, but I appreciate it nowadays because I am a little spiteful and I challenge every single trainer in a gym, so it makes me feel good to know that everyone else who plays has to do the same, whether they want to or not, hehehe.
I think my favourite gym leader, though, has to be Gardenia! She gets SO excited about her Pokémon--especially her favourites--and that's something I can really identify with. I'm very enthusiastic about my favourite Pokémon even if a lot of people think I'm weird for it (I don't blame them, considering some of my faves). It helps that she has a Cherubi in DP and has a Cherrim in Platinum. So I think we are on the same wavelength! She also has a pretty good dose of personality, for a Pokémon game. I mean, I'm really not one of the people who sees a lot of character in the games--it's gotten better in recent games since they've been writing NPCs into the thick of plots, but usually I find everyone very forgettable and I remember gym leaders based only on the type of Pokémon they train. But Gardenia made me laugh so I remembered her very easily compared to most of the other gym leaders in Gen IV! For example, one thing that stood out to me is that she's afraid of ghost Pokémon and I seem to recall at one point (before Pumpkaboo, obviously!) she even frets over what she would do if there was a Grass/Ghost type because she loves Grass Pokémon so much but is scared of ghosts.
Also, Gardenia makes you fight every one of her Trainers before you can challenge her, which is something that would have bothered me a lot when I was younger, but I appreciate it nowadays because I am a little spiteful and I challenge every single trainer in a gym, so it makes me feel good to know that everyone else who plays has to do the same, whether they want to or not, hehehe.