Ursula McCarthy

Ursula Kome McCarthy is from Pastoria City in the Sinnoh region. She's one of Dawn's bullies from Sinnoh Academy. She previously traveled with the Mokusetsu through Eterna City as they were looking for the seventh Plate, Kowamote.

Background
During her days at Sinnoh Academy, she, Misty, and Iris were all bullies of Dawn. It was just wordplay at first, but it escalated past that over time. Because of the Tekiyoku, they force Dawn to pay them money to help them pay the Tekiyoku taxes. If she doesn't, they take her somewhere away from others and just assault her. Sometimes, they even beat her up just because they want to, even if she has the money to pay.

Ursula and the other two weren't really worried about any other students seeing this, since no one at the academy likes Dawn, but they still beat her up away from open areas. Dawn constantly begged them to stop, but it was to no avail. This usually happens after a day at the academy.

Ursula and the other girls also know where Dawn lives (they forced that from her one day) and have threatened to come to her house to beat her up if she tries to escape. Dawn's mom is at work when this happens and usually doesn't come home until around 10pm, by the way, which the girls know.

Beginning of the Series
In the first episode, Ursula is seen with Misty and Iris demanding for more tax money from Dawn. They were by Sinnoh Academy in Jubilife City, which had just dismissed for summer break, and was abandoned for now. Dawn said that she and her mom have been struggling financially and that she doesn't have the money. She begged for mercy, but the three beat her up anyway.

They would continue to beat her up a few more times over the next week, since Dawn still never had the money with each encounter. On July 18th (the day before Dawn's birthday), Iris said they should go ahead and pay their own taxes this time around since the deadline was approaching. However, the girls said they'd beat Dawn up each day until she pays, not counting tomorrow, since it was her birthday. They beat her up again. This was the last time Ursula and the others saw Dawn in Sinnoh for a while, though.

Return in Sinnoh
Ursula was later seen making a return at the end of Episode 24. She was in Snowpoint City visiting family when she saw a recent news segment done by Alain and Zoey, telling about the Mokusetsu. Ursula recognized Zoey from Sinnoh Academy. Later, she saw Alain and Zoey walking outside. She went up to greet them and was pleasantly surprised to see Dawn again.

Helping with the Tekiyoku Fight
Ursula was introduced to Ash, Barry, and Kenny as well. She wanted to travel with them as they get the next Plate, so she stayed with them in Snowpoint City. She agreed to be a Manipulator in the future, not sure of which one she could be yet. She watched Zoey's Grass Manipulation training and witnessed Barry becoming an Electric Manipulator. She became inspired by their bravery and determination.

Later in Eterna City while they were looking for Kowamote, the gang was encountered by some Tekiyoku people: Kagetomo and Heidayu. Ursula joined with Ash to fight the non-Manipulator, Heidayu. The two worked fairly well as a team. Ash was suddenly stabbed by a newcomer, Pierce, so Ursula now had to fight Heidayu by herself.

Ursula impressed Heidayu with her martial arts skills. She did well against him and then Zoey jumped in to help her after defeating Pierce. The two took Heidayu down. Ursula pulled out a knife and ordered him to leave. After the fight, Ursula witnessed Dawn easing the darkness in Barry's heart at the time, which helped her to discover the Dark Plate. Everyone was glad that she found it, which sparked jealousy in Ursula.

Ursula announced afterwards that she had to leave to get back to her family in Snowpoint City and that she would become a Manipulator in the future to help the Mokusetsu in the final war.

Interactions with Dawn
While Ursula was traveling with the Mokusetsu in Sinnoh, she would sneakily get Dawn by herself. She asked Dawn all about what happened on July 20th, the day after Dawn's birthday, because she, Misty, and Iris never saw her again and noticed nothing at all in the spot where her house was supposed to be. Dawn told her everything about what happened to her mom and her house and how she's traveling with the Mokusetsu now.

Ursula was still angry that Dawn left out of nowhere, seemingly to get away from them. She mentioned that Iris is currently back in Unova, while Misty is in Kanto. The three had to go back to paying their own taxes after Dawn was missing, which angered them.

She also mentions that she knows that Dawn likes Ash, to Dawn's surprise. She asks if Dawn will tell Ash that Ursula's a bully, interrupting to say that Ash wouldn't believe Dawn anyway, since Ash likes having Ursula here and that he'd just get mad at Dawn instead.

She beats up Dawn, being careful to not leave too many marks for the Mokusetsu to see. Dawn's cries for mercy fell to deaf ears.

Ursula later tells Dawn that she wants her to pay the taxes that she's been avoiding since she left Jubilife City. She wants $300 from Dawn: $100 for each of the three bullies. Dawn exclaims that she doesn't have that kind of money and that Alain would never lend that money to her. Ursula responded by beating Dawn up more fiercely this time, slapping her and stomping her face in the dirt. Dawn repeatedly cried and begged Ursula to stop. Ursula said that Dawn better have the tax money later or they won't stop until she's dead. Soon after, Ash noticed marks on Dawn's arm later and Ursula confidently urged Dawn to say what happened. Dawn is too afraid and just said she clumsily tripped while hanging with Ursula.

Before she went back to her family, Ursula whispered to Dawn that she'll tell Misty and Iris about her seeing Dawn again, still demanding Dawn to pay those missed taxes later.

Personality
When it comes to the Mokusetsu, Ursula is fairly nice and helpful. She truly wants justice in the world and is willing to do her part to help, even with not knowing the stakes. This indicates Ursula's bravery.

She's a great martial arts fighter, even impressing Alain at first, not often done. This likely adds to Dawn's fear when Ursula bullies her.

Speaking of Dawn, when it comes to her, Ursula is completely different and quite sadistic. She tortures her and may even knock her out. Her mercy seems only existent when trying to not make others get too suspicious of Dawn's marks from the beatdowns. She is truly evil, but again, she's only this way with Dawn.

Naming

 * Her first name, Ursula, is her name in the English dub of the Pokémon anime. It sounds similar to her Japanese name, "Urara". Urara was chosen likely from the word 麗らか uraraka, which means "beautiful" or "glorious".
 * Her middle name, Kome, was randomly selected from a Japanese name generator.
 * Her last name, McCarthy, was randomly selected from an English name generator.

General

 * Her birthday, February 12th, is the original Japan air date of the episode of the Pokémon anime she first appeared in.