Mollie: the nurse who quit her post for wild Pokémon

She left a Pokémon Center because it couldn't go to the injured. Mollie is the healing specialist of the Rising Volt Tacklers, the adventuring crew of Pokémon Horizons, and she runs the infirmary on their airship. Born into a family of Pokémon doctors, she quit her job to go and treat wild Pokémon that no one would ever bring in.

Contents

• A Line of Pokémon Doctors, and a Resignation
• The Healing Post Aboard the Brave Olivine
• In the Field, Where Pokémon Centers Don't Go
• Level-Headed, Serious and in Charge of the Accounts
• Wy-Yes, the Teammate She Never Wants to See Again
• The Disbanding, the Family Center and the Comeback
• Mollie at a Glance
• Frequently Asked Questions

A Line of Pokémon Doctors, and a Resignation

Mollie comes from a family that has cared for Pokémon for generations. She was steered toward the same profession without anyone asking her opinion, and for a long time she followed instructions without thinking for herself — which didn't stop her from sincerely loving the work, rewarding in itself and for the time spent with Pokémon.

What made her leave wasn't the job, but its limits. An injured wild Pokémon has no Trainer to take it to the Pokémon Center: the thought of them left to suffer beyond the reach of care became unbearable to her, and she handed in her notice.

Once she'd made up her mind, she set herself a goal as simple as it is vast: to help wild Pokémon in need as best she can. The Rising Volt Tacklers gave her the means to do it — an airship, the Brave Olivine, and a post as healing specialist.

The Healing Post Aboard the Brave Olivine

On board, Mollie looks after the crew's Pokémon as well as those that come aboard along the way. She runs full check-ups whenever there's a lull, handles medical exams for Liko's Pokémon, helps feed them, and sends someone to restock medicine when the infirmary runs low.

Her most useful diagnosis has nothing medical about it. Faced with a Hatenna brought in by Liko, she rules out any physical cause and concludes that the block is in the Pokémon's head, and there's no miracle cure for that: what it does or doesn't do will be up to it. She thinks Liko is the best person to help it along.

The infirmary also pays the bills. When the team's coffers run dry, Mollie offers to treat the local Pokémon and asks Dot to shoot a promotional video for her; in Mossui Town, she lends a hand to the local Pokémon nurse, swamped by Pokémon worn out after the festival.

💗 Healing Pokémon have their own section: see the Pokémon plushies.

In the Field, Where Pokémon Centers Don't Go

Arboliva's Forest is her first real field job. Out looking for Liko and Roy, she comes across the girl being set upon by wild Pokémon that have misread her intentions, when she was only trying to help an injured Paldean Wooper.

Mollie takes over and treats the Pokémon while the two kids buy time: the area's giant tree has just woken up and turns out to be an Arboliva. It's the Wooper, back on its feet, that calms the giant, which then thanks the healer.

Her other standout intervention involves a family of Maushold, spotted by Liko's Hatenna after a storm. She treats two injured adults but believes she's dealing with a Tandemaus and never imagines that little ones might be hurt; Liko goes to look for them in the cave, ends up trapped there, and the team has to clear the way.

Level-Headed, Serious and in Charge of the Accounts

Mollie is a calm, serious young woman with little patience for the scatterbrained and the absent-minded — Friede himself sometimes bears the brunt of it. That doesn't stop her from devoting herself wholeheartedly whenever a teammate or a Pokémon is in trouble.

Her sense of responsibility earns her a second, unofficial role: she appears to be the one who handles the Rising Volt Tacklers' budget and accounts. She's also one of those who call on Orla at every turn, then argue with Friede and Murdock over who overloads her the most.

The line that sums her up comes from her own mouth: she refuses to be a passive person who waits around doing nothing. It's the same determination that leads her to tell her mother, over the phone, that she won't be coming home.

Wy-Yes, the Teammate She Never Wants to See Again

Mollie joined the crew two days after Wy-Yes, and he never forgot it: he immediately set himself up as her senior and her superior. Very naive at the time, she swallowed everything the journalist told her, which landed her in situations that were sometimes embarrassing, sometimes dangerous.

When he finally left the adventurers, she cut ties and changed her haircut along with her style of dress. One question remains unanswered: was he just trying to annoy her, or genuinely trying to cure her of her gullibility?

His return aboard, arranged by Friede to get information on the Entei belonging to Lucius, goes badly. The reporter falls back into his old habits; she shuts him up by threatening him with her Chansey, then makes good on her word and has him sent flying when he shows off an old photo of the two of them. Yet she still vouches for his tip to Liko, down to the secret of his Wynaut's language.

The Disbanding, the Family Center and the Comeback

After Friede's disappearance and the damage to the airship, the Rising Volt Tacklers disband. Mollie goes back to work as a Pokémon nurse at her family's Pokémon Center, assisted by her Chansey and by the team's Maushold, which chose to follow her and now carries her equipment.

Deep down, nothing has changed: once her day is done, she heads into the forest to treat injured wild Pokémon. That's where Liko and Roy find her again, on the trail of a Vileplume that has fallen under Laquium's influence; thanks to Mollie's Chansey, Liko's Hattrem learns Healing Wish and manages to calm it down.

She turns down the two youngsters' invitation to leave with them, preferring to keep studying at the family counter until the whole team can come back together. When Orla calls to announce that the Brave Olivine is flying again, her mother finally recognizes her daughter's true nature and gives her blessing.

Mollie at a Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is Mollie's role in the Rising Volt Tacklers?
  She's the crew's healing specialist and runs the Brave Olivine's infirmary: check-ups for the Pokémon on board, medical exams for Liko's Pokémon, and managing the medicine supplies.
• Why did Mollie quit her first job?
  Coming from a long line of Pokémon doctors, she loved her work but couldn't bear that an injured wild Pokémon, with no Trainer to take it to the Pokémon Center, was left to suffer without care.
• What Pokémon does Mollie have?
  A Chansey, which assists her with treatments and also doubles as a very persuasive argument, and the team's Maushold, which became hers after the disbanding: among other things, it helps her carry equipment.
• Why can't Mollie stand Wy-Yes?
  Having arrived two days after him, she had to put up with his senior-member attitude and his made-up stories, which she naively believed. After he left, she changed her look and refused to have anything more to do with him.
• What happens to Mollie after the Rising Volt Tacklers disband?
  She goes back to being a Pokémon nurse at her family's Pokémon Center and keeps treating wild Pokémon once her shift is over, until Orla calls to announce that the team is getting back together.

In short

Mollie shows that a caregiving career can be a radical choice. She left a Pokémon Center precisely because it couldn't go out to the injured, she keeps the books for a crew of adventurers on top of running its infirmary, and she waits behind a family counter rather than give up on the team. Her refusal to be passive speaks louder than any statement of intent.