Ursula
| Ursula ウララ Urara | |
 Ursula | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Eye color | Cherry |
| Hair color | Peach |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Trainer class | Coordinator |
| Animated debut | Another One Gabites the Dust! |
| English voice actor | Melissa Schoenberg |
| Japanese voice actor | Ayako Kawasumi |
Ursula (Japanese: ウララ Urara) is a recurring character in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. She is a Pokémon Coordinator and a rival of both Dawn and Jessilina.
History
Ursula debuted in Another One Gabites the Dust!, where it was revealed that she was one of the Wallace Cup competitors who were eliminated in the first round. When she recognized Dawn, she said it was an accident Dawn won the Aqua Ribbon and she was looking forward to seeing Dawn's graceful moves at the Chocovine Town Pokémon Contest. Later, she was seen using her Sandy Cloak Wormadam to perform a routine that ensured her progression to the second stage, where she used her Gabite.
During the Contest Battles, Ursula was paired up against Jessilina in the semifinals. At one point, Ursula's Gabite and Jessilina's Carnivine seemed to be evenly matched, but when time ran out, Marian announced that the Coordinator advancing to the final round was Ursula. In the finals, Ursula posed a threat to Dawn as her Gabite had the upper hand for most of the battle against Dawn's Pachirisu. However, she found herself in trouble when Dawn fought back by commanding Pachirisu to block Gabite's attacks in unique ways, which ended up reducing Ursula's points considerably just as the clock was running down. As a result, she lost the battle, thinking that only the five-minute time limit prevented her from pulling off a win.
In Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, Ursula was seen practicing with her Plusle and Minun for the Daybreak Town Pokémon Contest. After telling Dawn she also had won four Contest Ribbons, she introduced the two Cheering Pokémon she had trained specifically for a Double Performance, causing Dawn to panic and make some rude remarks. When Dawn apologized, Ursula decided to show her the results of their training. However, the static electricity produced by Plusle and Minun made Dawn's hair sparkle like a diamond, which ultimately led her to faint.
Ursula was then seen overhearing the talk about the origin of Dawn's nickname, Dee Dee, and laughing to herself. At the start of the Daybreak Contest, she taunted Dawn with this story. Later on, she used Gabite and Jigglypuff to deliver a performance that received positive reviews from the Contest Judges and secured her a place in the second round. In Playing the Performance Encore!, Ursula faced off against Jessilina in the first match of the Battle Stage. Using her Plusle and Minun, she was able to defeat Jessilina's Yanmega and Seviper. After that, she won one more battle to reach the finals.
When Ursula found out that Dawn was her next opponent, she commented on how boring it would be to battle her in the final round and taunted her once again, calling her by her nickname and saying she didn't stand a chance against Plusle and Minun. During the battle, she had the two Electric-type Pokémon using Spark multiple times, eventually making Dawn's hair stand on end and sparkle. Ursula was pleased to see Diamond Dandruff in person, but her mood suddenly changed when Dawn managed to get rid of Encore and perfect the Flame Ice combo, lowering Ursula's points in the process. Ursula tried to fight back, but time ran out and Dawn was declared the winner.
In Last Call — First Round!, Ursula attended the Coordinator Meet and Greet for the Sinnoh Grand Festival. There, she approached Dawn and said she was counting on her to look good that day. Later, she was seen performing on the Blue Stage with her two Eevee. As part of her performance, she threw a Water Stone and a Fire Stone at each, causing them to evolve into Vaporeon and Flareon. Ursula's unique appeal easily placed her among the 32 Coordinators advancing to the Contest Battles, and in Opposites Interact!, she discovered she had been matched up against Dawn yet again.
Using her Gabite and Flareon against Dawn's Pachirisu and Mamoswine, Ursula proved to be a very tough opponent as she was able to take away nearly all of Dawn's points by delivering one successful attack after another and displaying some fierce combinations. However, her overconfidence ended up providing an opening for Dawn to use her newest custom-made move, Ice Chandelier, which knocked out Gabite and Flareon at once and prompted the judges to rule Battle Off for Ursula's Pokémon, thereby eliminating Ursula from the Grand Festival. She made a brief appearance in A Grand Fight for Winning!, watching Dawn and Zoey compete in the finals.
Ursula made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Character
Like Dawn, Ursula has been eliminated several times in the Performance Stage. For this reason, she started working hard so that she could become a better Coordinator. Prior to meeting Dawn, she had won three Contest Ribbons, the same that Dawn had at that time. Believing Dawn's win in the Wallace Cup to be a fluke, and due to the fact that the two were simultaneously going for their fourth Ribbon, she developed an unfriendly rivalry with her.
Ursula has the tendency of being too sure of herself, as evidenced in most of her battles. Despite her arrogance, she is shown to care for her Pokémon and treat them well. Whenever she loses a battle, she makes excuses to diminish her faults. She may also take offense to small things, as seen in her debut episode when Dawn's Pachirisu refused one of her Poffins.
Her overall battling style is about incapacitating her opponent's Pokémon to prevent them from retaliating, showing off their appeal or escaping her consecutive attacks. When giving commands to her Pokémon, she usually makes signs with her arms crossed. This trait was noticed by Jessilina, who became inspired to make something similar during her performances.
Pokémon
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In rotation
This listing is of Ursula's known Pokémon that may or may not be on hand:
| Debut | Another One Gabites the Dust! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Chie Satō |
| English | Chie Satō |
- Main article: Ursula's Gabite
| Debut | Another One Gabites the Dust! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Michele Knotz |
Ursula used her Sandy Cloak Wormadam in the Appeal Round of the Chocovine Contest. Using her simple yet attractive moves, Wormadam easily ensured Ursula's progression to the second stage of the Contest.
Wormadam's known moves are Confusion, Rock Blast, Sandstorm, and Captivate.
| Debut | Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Asuka Horiguchi |
| English | Asuka Horiguchi |
For the Double Performance required during the Daybreak Contest, Ursula brought along her Plusle and Minun, Pokémon which are known for performing well together. Seeing the two Cheering Pokémon brought back bad memories for Dawn, as she was forced to remember how she gained the nickname 'Dee-Dee'. Ursula planned on using Dawn's bad memories against her by using Plusle and Minun during the Battle Stage of the Contest. However, Dawn overcame her fears and defeated the two Cheering Pokémon with her Cyndaquil and Mamoswine.
It briefly reappeared in Last Call — First Round!, where it tried to embarrass Dawn before an interview with Rhonda but failed.
It and Minun had a brief cameo appearance alongside their Trainer in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Plusle's known moves are Spark, Helping Hand, Encore, and Charge Beam.
| Debut | Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Madoka Yonezawa |
| English | Madoka Yonezawa |
For the Double Performance required during the Daybreak Contest, Ursula brought along her Plusle and Minun, Pokémon which are known for performing well together. Seeing the two Cheering Pokémon brought back bad memories for Dawn, as she was forced to remember how she gained the nickname 'Dee-Dee'. Ursula planned on using Dawn's bad memories against her by using Plusle and Minun during the Battle Stage of the Contest. However, Dawn overcame her fears and defeated the two Cheering Pokémon with her Cyndaquil and Mamoswine.
It briefly reappeared in Last Call — First Round!, where it tried to embarrass Dawn before an interview with Rhonda but failed.
It and Plusle had a brief cameo appearance alongside their Trainer in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Minun's known moves are Spark, Helping Hand, Encore, and Charge Beam.
| Debut | Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Satsuki Yukino |
| English | Michele Knotz |
Ursula used her Jigglypuff along with her Gabite in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! in the Performance Stage of the Daybreak Town Pokémon Contest, which followed the Double Performance format. The Balloon Pokémon managed to advance Ursula to the Contest Battles.
Jigglypuff's known moves are Rollout, Hyper Voice, and Gyro Ball.
| Debut | Last Call — First Round! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Kayzie Rogers |
Prior to the Grand Festival, Ursula obtained two Eevee. As part of her appeal, Ursula threw a Fire Stone towards one of the Eevee causing it to evolve into Flareon.
Flareon then helped to perform a great appeal alongside the Vaporeon that evolved from the other Eevee, ensuring Ursula's progression through the first round. Ursula also used Flareon along with her Gabite during a Double Battle against Dawn, but ended up losing.
Flareon's known moves are Iron Tail, Hidden Power, Scary Face, Shadow Ball, Fire Spin, and Fire Fang.
| Debut | Last Call — First Round! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Chinami Nishimura |
| English | Kayzie Rogers |
During her Contest appeal, as well as evolving one of her Eevee into Flareon she also exposed her other Eevee to a Water Stone causing it to evolve into Vaporeon, creating a very unique appeal.
Vaporeon's known moves are Iron Tail and Hidden Power.
Contests
Sinnoh Ribbons
This listing is of the Ribbons Ursula has obtained in the Sinnoh region:
- Three unknown Ribbons (prior to Another One Gabites the Dust!)
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!)
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to Last Call — First Round!)
Grand Festival ranking
Ursula has competed in the following Grand Festival tournaments:
- Sinnoh Grand Festival - Top 32 (Opposites Interact!)
Other achievements
Ursula has competed in the following Pokémon Contests:
- Wallace Cup - Appeal Round (revealed in Another One Gabites the Dust!)
- Chocovine Contest - Runner-up (Another One Gabites the Dust!)
- Daybreak Contest - Runner-up (Playing the Performance Encore!)
Outfits
Ursula's outfit in usual Contests
Ursula's outfit in the Grand Festival
Voice actors
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Trivia
- Both Ursula's English and Japanese voice actresses share the Japanese names of two notable Sinnoh region Top Coordinators: Ayako and Melissa.
- Ursula has never won a Ribbon onscreen.
- Ursula is like Harley. They are both arrogant and derisive, and start an unfriendly rivalry with May and Dawn. They met May and Dawn at the contest when they won their 4th ribbon. They also both lost in the first round at the grand festival to them.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウララ Urara | Possibly from 麗らか uraraka, "beautiful" or "glorious". |
| English | Ursula | Sounds similar to Urara. |
| Spanish | Úrsula | Hispanization of Ursula. |
| Korean | 라라 Rara | From Urara. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 烏拉拉 Wūlālā | Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
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