Georgia: The Dragon Buster Who Doesn't Own a Single Dragon

She hunts dragons without a single one on her team. Georgia goes through the Black & White series with a single-minded agenda: challenging Dragon-type Pokémon, one after another. That obsession quickly finds a human target, Iris, and the rivalry born from it follows her from tournament to tournament, right up to a defeat that changes her outlook.

Contents

• Dragon Buster: an agenda rather than a profession
• Meeting Iris: a draw that sets everything in motion
• Beartic, Bisharp, Vanilluxe: three recruits, three roles
• Nimbasa City, Clubsplosion, Junior Cup: three tournaments, three exits
• From open contempt to a demanded rematch
• Georgia at a glance
• Frequently Asked Questions

Dragon Buster: an agenda rather than a profession

Supporting characters in the Black & White series are usually defined by an ambition: a Badge, a competition, a League. Georgia, on the other hand, is defined by her prey. She spends her days hunting down Dragon-type Pokémon, with no title or official circuit to frame that pursuit.

The rule has an immediate downside: anything that isn't a Dragon doesn't interest her. When she first meets Iris, she dismisses Iris's Excadrill with an insult and declares she won't battle anything but a Dragon. Yet all it takes is for Iris to suggest she's scared, and she instantly goes back on her word and accepts the battle.

The irony of the character comes down to a list. None of her known Pokémon belongs to the type she hunts: Beartic, Pawniard-turned-Bisharp and Vanilluxe make up a team built against Dragons, never with them. She also owns a Pokédex, a detail she only lets slip very late in her run.

Meeting Iris: a draw that sets everything in motion

Their first encounter starts with a provocation. Georgia judges Axew too weak to be worth a battle, picks on the Excadrill traveling with it, then unleashes her Beartic: a few moves are enough to put Axew out of action, and Excadrill falls to a Rock Smash. The demonstration is clear-cut, and it will serve as the benchmark for everything that follows.

Georgia then disappears for a good part of the episode, and only returns once Iris has made peace with her Excadrill — Georgia sits down to the group's meal and devours it in their place. Iris challenges her on the spot, one-on-one, and the match ends in a draw. Georgia leaves, remarking on her way out that Cilan is a terrible cook.

That draw sets up a lasting feud. The two Trainers spend their reunions sizing each other up, and nobody manages to calm them down, while Luke's Zorua makes things worse by regularly taking on Georgia's appearance to side with Iris — a gag that drives the original up the wall.

Beartic, Bisharp, Vanilluxe: three recruits, three roles

Beartic is her centerpiece, the Pokémon most associated with her and the one she sends out against opponents she takes seriously. It opens her battles, crushes both of Iris's Pokémon at their first meeting and wins her first tournament round against the Joltik of a Trainer named Sylvester.

Her second Pokémon only enters the scene in the quarterfinals: a female Pawniard, kept out of sight until then. It later evolves into Bisharp and picks up Metal Sound along the way. The series explicitly points out this progression, which remains rare for a minor rival.

Vanilluxe comes last, and matters mostly for the episode it sets in motion. Georgia heads to the Ferroseed Research Institute to get a moss produced by these Pokémon, said to boost her Ice-type moves. That trip sums up her method: she isn't looking for a stronger Pokémon, she's looking for an extra boost to graft onto the one she already has.

🧊 Her three recruits fit in a display case: browse the section Pokémon figures.

Nimbasa City, Clubsplosion, Junior Cup: three tournaments, three exits

The Nimbasa City Club Battle gives her her first competitive stage. She gets through the first round with Beartic and reaches the quarterfinals, where she sends out Pawniard against Ash and his Snivy. The battle slips away from her, and she leaves the field without a word to the winner.

A later tournament in the same series goes no better. Bisharp takes her through one round before falling to an opposing Emboar's Flamethrower. Two competitions, two eliminations: the series grants her victories, but never a title.

The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup finally settles the question left open since their draw. The two rivals run into each other in the very first round, and Iris's Dragonite gets the better of Beartic. It's the first time Iris has beaten her since they met, and the loss knocks Georgia out of the tournament.

From open contempt to a demanded rematch

The turnaround begins even before that defeat. During the Clubsplosion, Georgia follows Iris's matches and ends up admitting that she has improved enough to deserve a battle — an admission she lets slip during her rival's match against Burgundy, a Trainer she herself gets along with fairly well.

The moss episode completes the shift. Vanilluxe and Iris team up to destroy the Ferroseed's moss production, and Georgia's respect goes up a notch without her saying a word about it. That evening, she asks Iris whether this success with an Ice-type Pokémon might make her switch specialties; the answer is no, and she's relieved, since the idea of taking down Dragon Trainers excites her far more.

At the very end of the tournament, she drops the disdainful pose: she openly asks Iris how much longer she'll have to wait before they battle. She turns up much later, in the Journeys series, sitting in front of a TV with Bianca, Stephan, Trip and Alder to watch the first round of the Masters Eight Tournament.

Georgia at a glance

Frequently Asked Questions

• Who is Georgia in the Pokémon anime?
  A supporting Trainer from the Black & White series, met in Unova. She spends her time challenging Dragon-type Pokémon and becomes Iris's declared rival from their very first meeting.
• Which Pokémon does Georgia have?
  Three are shown: Beartic, her main asset, a female Pawniard that later evolves into Bisharp, and a Vanilluxe. None of the three is a Dragon-type Pokémon.
• Has Georgia ever beaten Iris?
  No. Their first duel ends in a draw, and Iris eventually wins at the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup, where her Dragonite defeats Beartic and knocks Georgia out.
• How far did Georgia get in tournaments?
  To the quarterfinals of the Nimbasa City Club Battle, where Ash and his Snivy stop her. In a later competition, her Bisharp gets through one round before falling to an Emboar. At the Junior Cup, she's out in the first round.
• Does Georgia reappear after the Black & White series?
  Yes, briefly, during the Journeys series: she's seen in front of a TV with Bianca, Stephan, Trip and Alder, watching the first round of the Masters Eight Tournament.

In short

Georgia serves a precise function in the setup of the Black & White series: she acts as a yardstick for Iris's progress. A draw at the start, a superiority that crumbles from one tournament to the next, a defeat that closes the arc. And a dragon hunter who, at the end of the Clubsplosion, simply asks when the rematch will be.