Bea is a Fighting-type Gym leader that only appears in the Pokémon Sword game. Her competitive yet honorable attitude has won the hearts of many fans, and her Pokémon team has made quick work of those that aren't prepared to f꧋ight her Gigantaꦑmax Machamp.
This Galar girl is also the protagonist of of : Twilight Wings, where she develops as a trainer and as a person while exploring wild areas and sp𝔍arring with her Pokémon. If you're a fan of Bea, let's see if you kಌnow these lesser-known facts.
10 ℱ Her Name's M🎃eaning
If you're a true Pokémon fan, then you already know that most characters' names come from different words mixed together, which is called a portmanteau. These words often describe the most obvious characteristics or traits of a character, which makes for clever and very interesting names. Even the word 'Pokémon' itself is a portmanteau of the🥃 words 'Pocket' and 'Monster'.
Bea's name is another example of𝓡 clever naming, as her name is a portmanteau of the words 'Bean' and 'Beat'. This also applies to Bea's name in other languages, as it is always a combination of the word 'Bean' and another word related to fighting. For example, in Spanish versions she's called 'Judith', wh💎ich is a mix of the words 'Judía' (Bean) and 'Judo'.
9 💟 Bea's First Internet Scandal
Bea's first internet scandal started when her concept art was first unveiled on both and twitter accounts. The idea behind these posts was to introduce Pokémon fans to new concepts and to meet new Gym Leaders and characters that would appear in the Sword & Shield games.
While her official art was very well-done and the way her character was presented showed her as a strong girl, the internet went crazy due to her being barefoot. Some twitter accounts went as far as to instantly predict that most ꦦfan-art would concentrate on her feet, and not on any of the other character traits she has.
8 🌳 Bea Battled Leon
On the Pokémon: Twilight Wings miniseries, Bea battles against the Galar region Pokémon Champion, Leon, in a Pokémon League Match. If you've played the Pokémon Sword & Shield games, you sure understand how important this match is: she's b💖attling him to become the next region Champion.
Sadly for Bea, the match ends quickly, as Leon's Charizard makes quick work of Machamp by ♋using the move 'Slash' after being thrown to the ground, defeating it in a single hit. This clearly startles🍌 Bea, as when she's training in the wild she imagines Leo when battling a wild Rhydon. Fun fact: In the games, Rhyhorn (Rhydon's pre-evolution) battle-cry is very similar to that of Charizard's.
7 Bea's Uniform Number ꧅
Every Gym Leader in the Galar region has a number on their uniform. And while at first glance it 🐎might just look like an added visual touch, these numbers can be read in Japanese in goroawase, which is a wordplay used in the Japanese language. It'd hard to explain how goroawase works since it only makes sense if you understand Japanese very well.
But to make it simpler, every Gym Leader's number means something. Bea's uniform number is 193, can be read as Ikusa: I (1), Ku(9), Sa(3). In English, Ikusa can be translated as War, Battle, Fight or Combat, which goes along well with Bea's competitive p𓆏ersonality and predilecti𝓀on for using Fighting-type Pokémon.
6 🌼 ﷽ She's Able to Spar With A Machamp
In the 2nd episode of the Twilight Wings short series, Bea is s🐠een flying to a wild area along with her other Pokémon. After a while, she starts sparring with her Machamp, as she's training herself and her Pokém🔯on to become stronger in order to have a better chance at winning in a battle against Leo.
If you take a look at Machamps Pokédex entries, you'll understand how crazy this is, as according to the Pokédex entry found in the Let's Go games, Machamp is able of pushing mꦇountains using a single arm. This is not to say that Bea's strength is comparable to that of a Machamp, but🅰 she's confident enough to spar with one.
5 She's A Gym Leader In Pokémon: Twil♏ight Wings
Since Bea's position as the Gym Leader of Stow-on-Side's Stadium is pretty much 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a version exclusive, Pokémon fans still don't know if she'll be the canon Gym Leader in the anime. This is because she 'shares' her position as a Gym Leader with Allister, who can be only battled in Pokémon Shield.
In Pokémon: Twilight Wings, sh🙈e's presented as a Gym Leader, making her the most likely candidate to become Stow-on-Side's anime canon Gym Leader. Although it's still early to say if she will stay ꧒in that position, as Allister makes a short cameo at the end of the episode where Bea is presented as a Gym Leader.
4 Her Desig✨n Is Inspired By Muay Thai Fighters 🦂
While at first sight Bea's attire might look like normal gym clothes, her attire is clearly inspired by sports fighters. Her shorts and shirt looks like they're used for martial arts training, and her k�ജ�neepads can offer her a bit of protection if she were to train her knee strikes.
And if you look at the movements she makes when presentiꩵng herself in her Pokémon battl✤es, you can see that she makes a very known Muay Thai stance. This fits her character pretty well, as she's a character known for being very brave, having a strong personality, and of course, being a fighter who's also a Fighting-type Gym Leader.
3 🧸 𒆙 She's Sweet On The Inside
This is one of those facts that players won't notice if they're speed-running the game, or if they haven't been paying much attention to the little lore tidbits that the Pokémon Sword game gives. While her personality is of that of a fighter who sho🍸ws little emotion to others not close to her, she actually does it because she was trained to be like that.
According to her League Cards, Bea had stern parents who trained her so hard, that she's rarely seen showing signs of joy or happiness. But Bea's cold attitude is just half of her personality, as she only show her true emotions to her Pokémon. Oh and she's also 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a fan of sweets, something that can be seen on the Twilight Wings episode: Training.
2 Her Machamp Is Actually😼 Female
Sometimes it's hard to understand the design choices of some Pokémon, and Machamp is one of those. While it's easy to pass all Machamps that appear in the anime as male, in the games there are Male and Female Machamps. The one Bea uses in Pokémon Sword is the only female Pokémon in her team, and it's her signature Pokémon, and it's the only one that remains fro🌜m her original Gym Battle team when you rematc⛦h her.
It also makes an appearance in Pokémom: Twilight Wings, where Machamp is shown to be very homely and kin, taking care of Bea and her Machoke and Machop. In that same episode, Bea invites to spar her reluctant Machamp, who then . Her Machamp then makes up for it when she saves Bea from a pile of rocks that fell from a cave's 🍌ceiling.
1 Bea's Second Int🐈ernet Scandal
Bea's second scandal came a bit after the launch of the Pokémon Sword & Shield games, and this time, the scandal didn't technically come out from the games, but from the Pokémon: Twilight Wings miniseries instead.
The scandal started when arguments ignited about whether or not Pokémon: Twilight Wings was 'whitewashing' Bea, as she was shown with a lighter skin tone instead of her characteristic tanned skin. While some fans agreed, others simply shrugged at the idea of Bea being whitewashed, as her lighter skin tone could be a resu🔯lt of her facing the sun.