Elise

Elise is a character in Pokémon Tales, and is a travel companion to Ian in Pokémon Tales: Ian.

Appearance
Elise initial design is based off the Lady class in Gen IV. She sports a white dress, with long pink hair, though wears a straw hat instead of a matching one. As of the episode Vs. Drowzee, she sports a white blouse and travel pants, though still dawns her straw hat.

Character
Elise is a quiet, reserved girl. Daughter of the richest man in Vermillion City, who owns the major trade company of supplies, she is expected to keep up appearances and behave on his behalf, especially going to social events in her father's place. This has given her a very sheltered life.

She desired to go out on an adventure, which led to her begging Ian, a trainer she just met and admired, to take her along, to train her as a Pokémon trainer. However, she had difficulty in keeping up with Ian's fast pace style at first.

Elise is noted to be the discoverer of the Fairy type, identifying her Clefairy as an entirely new type.

Pokémon Tales: Ian

 * Every episode since Vs. Sandshrew.

Episodes focusing on Elise

 * Vs. Oddish

Trivia

 * Her hair was inspired by Lily, one of Misty's sisters.
 * Her plot is taken off Ash in the anime taking in rookie trainers at the start of their journeys, particularly female ones.
 * She comes from a rich family, but denies that lifestyle.
 * Elise's family history and relations with her father is based off Toph Beifong's from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
 * Her personality and growth is based off Sakuno Ryūzaki from the series The Prince of Tennis.
 * She is also similar to Hinata Huga from the Naruto anime, where Ian gives her confidence.