...So you've come! I had a vision of your arrival. I have had psychic powers since I was a child. It started when I carelessly threw a spoon aside and it bent itself into an unnatural shape... I dislike battling, but if you wish to... Then I will show you my power!
Sabrina, also known by her title The Master of Psychic Pokémon, is a character debuting in Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green. She is the Saffron City Gym Leader and, hence the title she bears, is an adept user of Psychic-type Pokémon. Sabrina is fought in the Saffron City Gym, where she gives the Marsh Badge to Trainers who defeat her in a Pokémon battle. She possesses psychic abilities and specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
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Appearance[]
Sabrina is a slim young woman of medium height. She has long black hair with shorter layers around her face and a fringe and small reddish-purple eyes. She wears a small red and dress black in the middle at the waist with a slit on the sides with yellow cuffs over black tights/leggings, white gloves and red and yellow knee-high boots.
In Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Sabrina has shorter hair, now around shoulder blade length, and she wears a tight-fitting spaghetti strap pink crop top that shows her midriff and white slim fit pants attached with a black belt around her waist and pink slip on shoes. She also wears green and black bracelets on her wrists that glow on certain sections.
Sabrina appears in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! with a similar outfit, but her dress has black sleeves and an X is added, she also wears green boots.
Personality[]
Sabrina in the games is a far less complex character than her anime personification. Possessing a very serious and unwelcoming type of personality, Sabrina, much like the Pokémon she commands, is easily identifiable by the cold, calculating expression on her face. Her strong compatibility with Psychic-type Pokémon and her own, robotic appearance could mistake her for being inhuman.
Known as "The Master of Psychic Pokémon", she has had psychic powers ever since she was a child, when she threw a spoon and accidentally bent it. She apparently dislikes battling, but is hard to beat because she can communicate with her Pokémon telepathically.
Etymology[]
The name Sabrina may originate from "psychic" and "brain". It may also be a reference to Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, a television series.
Her Japanese name, Natsume, is literally 棗 (natsume, jujube, a type of date), following the plant-based naming of most Gym Leaders. It may also include 目 (me, eye), as eyes are often symbols associated with magic and mystery as well as often being associated with the "mind's eye" associated with the brain.
Biography[]
Games[]
Core series[]

Sabrina as Bellelba.
In the Generation I, Sabrina is encountered at her usual location, the Saffron City Gym, being the Gym Leader of Saffron City. When defeated, the player receives the Marsh Badge along with a TM. In the Generation I games, the player receives TM046 (Psywave) and in the Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version remakes, TM004 (Calm Mind).
In the Generation II games, Sabrina can again be fought in Saffron City Gym. As usual, Sabrina gives out the Marsh Badge to the player wins in a Pokémon battle against her, but not with any TM.
In the Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version remakes, Sabrina does give out TM048 (Skill Swap). Additionally, after losing to the player, Sabrina can be found at Olivine Port on Fridays, where she gives out her PokéGear number to the player. She is at Olivine Port on Mondays and can be called for a rematch on Sundays at the Fighting Dojo between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
In Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, Sabrina is an actress in the Pokéstar Studios who appears in the "Magical Kingdom's Mysterious Doors" series of scripts, playing the role of Bellelba. Sabrina also appears at the Pokémon World Tournament.
Pokémon Stadium series[]
Sabrina can be fought as one of the Gym Leaders in Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, in two separate rounds. In the second round of each game, Sabrina uses a wider variety of Pokémon aside from just Psychic types.
Pokémon Puzzle League[]
In Pokémon Puzzle League, Sabrina is one of fifteen playable characters in multiplayer mode, where her three Pokémon are Abra, Hypno, and Alakazam. In 1P Stadium, Sabrina is one of Ash's opponents, and she hands out the Marsh Badge when defeated, as usual. Her theme song is an instrumental version of Everything Changes.
Other appearances[]
Sprites[]
Pokémon[]
Red and Blue[]
Yellow[]
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Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | -
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Teleport | Psywave | Recover | |||
Flash | Recover | Psychic | |||
Psychic | Psywave | ||||
Kinesis | Reflect |
Gold, Silver, Crystal[]
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Lv. 46 | ♂ | Lv. 46 | ♀ | Lv. 48 | ♂
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Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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Sand Attack | Psychic | Recover | |||||
Quick Attack | Reflect | Future Sight | |||||
Psychic | Baton Pass | Reflect | |||||
Swift | Barrier | Psychic |
FireRed and LeafGreen[]
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Lv. 38 | ♂ | Lv. 37 | ♀ | Lv. 38 | ♀ | Lv. 43 | ♂
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Ability: Synchronize | Ability: Shield Dust | Ability: Soundproof | Ability: Synchronize
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Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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Psybeam | Gust | Baton Pass | Calm Mind | ||||
Reflect | Psybeam | Calm Mind | Future Sight | ||||
Future Sight | Supersonic | Psybeam | Recover | ||||
Calm Mind | Leech Life | Barrier | Psychic |
HeartGold and SoulSilver[]
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Lv. 53 | ♂ | Lv. 53 | ♀ | Lv. 55 | ♂
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Ability: Synchronize | Ability: Filter | Ability: Inner Focus
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Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry
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Psychic | Skill Swap | Reflect | |||||
Calm Mind | Psychic | Skill Swap | |||||
Skill Swap | Light Screen | Psychic | |||||
Shadow Ball | Mimic | Energy Ball |
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Lv. 60 | ♂ | Lv. 58 | ♂ | Lv. 56 | ♀ | Lv. 54 | ♀ | Lv. 53 | ♂ | Lv. 53 | ♀ |
Ability: Synchronize | Ability: Synchronize | Ability: Filter | Ability: Forewarn | Ability: Steadfast | Ability: Shadow Tag | ||||||
Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | ||||||
Psychic | Shadow Ball | Thunder | Focus Blast | Psycho Cut | Counter | ||||||
Focus Blast | Psychic | Skill Swap | Blizzard | Stone Edge | Mirror Coat | ||||||
Gravity | Baton Pass | Psychic | Perish Song | Night Slash | Destiny Bond | ||||||
Energy Ball | Calm Mind | Reflect | Psychic | Close Combat | Encore |
Black 2 and White 2[]
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee![]
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Lv. 43 | - | Lv. 43 | - | Lv. 43 | - | Lv. 44 | -
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Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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Psychic | Psychic | Psychic | Psychic | ||||
Reflect | Yawn | Lovely Kiss | Night Shade | ||||
Light Screen | Surf | Ice Punch | — | ||||
Double Slap | Calm Mind | — | — |
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Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 56 | - | Lv. 57 | - |
Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | |||||
Psychic | Psychic | Dream Eater | Psychic | Psychic | |||||
Dazzling Gleam | Blizzard | Hypnosis | Ice Beam | Dazzling Gleam | |||||
Reflect | Shadow Ball | Thunder Punch | Shadow Ball | Shadow Ball | |||||
Light Screen | Lovely Kiss | Fire Punch | Scald | Tri Attack |
Stadium[]
Stadium 2[]
Trivia[]
- Interestingly, Sabrina's Ace Pokémon, Alakazam, is the same level as Koga's Ace Pokémon, Weezing and Venomoth, even though Sabrina is after Koga.
- Though Sabrina's hair color has been officially identified as dark blue in the core series games, a variety of her appearances have her hair green, black or even purple.
- She is the only Gym Leader to appear in Generation IV to get a completely different in-battle sprite in Generation V.
- Sabrina somewhat resembles Sailor Mars from the Sailor Moon anime.
- Coincidentally, Sailor Mars also had psychic powers.
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