Viridian Joy

Location: Viridian City
Episode: 02: Pokemon Emergency!
Occupation: Pokemon Nurse
Pokemon: Chansey x2, Pikachu x9 (plus more)

Age: Around 16-19
Cap Color: (#)
Hair: (#)
Eyes: (#)
Personality: Standard

Known Family:
Pewter Joy (older sister)
Vermilion Joy (cousin)
Fuschia Joy (cousin)

Canon

Viridian's Joy was the first Joy that Ash encountered on his journey! Being introduced as the first Joy for viewers to see, she is the most standard and average Joy. She's serious and dependable when it comes to her job, quick to react to emergencies, and holds trainers accountable before showing her kind side.

Her casual tone towards Viridian's Jenny has led fans to believe they're at least on friendly terms if not actual friends (or more, hehe).

After Team Rocket arrive with clear intention to steal rare pokemon while they're weak and vulnerable in care, Joy uses a machine to transfer pokeballs to the Pokemon Center in Pewter City. When the electricity goes out, she has a group of Pikachu running on a circular treadmill as a backup generator. Whether they are her own personal Pikachu or assigned to her we don't know. This type of generator isn't seen again, not even in #30: Sparks Fly For Magnemite, as Gringy's Joy doesn't have her own electric pokemon to be used for backup.

Once the combination of Pikachu's powered-up Thundershock and Koffing's leaking gas blows up the center to smithereens, Joy manages to use a phone to call her sister in Pewter to tell her what had happened. It's unknown the circumstances of her living situation after that, but still holds Ash, Pikachu, and Misty in high regard for helping her get the pokemon to safety.

#63: The Battle of the Badge: By the time Ash and friends arrive once again in Viridian to get his 8th badge, the Pokemon Center is built and fully operational again after nearly a year.

#273: Gotta Catch Ya Later!: Since Joy's first seiyuu Ayako Shiraishi retired, we are introduced to a different Viridian Joy in Yuriko Yamaguchi's role debut. This new Joy has kept Misty's bike in place of the old Joy that fixed her bike. Handy! We aren't told the reason she retired; it's just an easter egg for the voice change.

Headcanon

- Shiny PKMN merch collector (there's a green Pidgey cuckoo-clock while Ash sits in the waiting room)

- Electrician + handy with bikes (hella amounts of Pikachu + fixed Misty's bike)

- Or... Viridian's Jenny helped her with fixing Misty's bike

- Interested in myths and legends (on the big screen behind the service desk is what appears to be a screensaver picture of rock carvings of the bird trio + Arcanine)

- Originally from Pewter City, Joy hadn't bought a home while assigned to Viridian's center. She was left homeless after the center blew up.

- Viridian's Jenny insisted on letting Joy stay at her place.

- Hell ye they're girlfriends!!

- You know Joy sleeps with ALL her Pikachu in bed, prompting Jenny to think:
"Ah yes. Me. My girlfriend. And her 30+ Pikachus..."

- Retired early due to ptsd. Joy couldn't willingly heal a trainer's Ekans or Koffing or Meowth due to it.

- Fav: Pikachu
- Dislikes: Ekans, Koffing, Meowth