Lila

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If you were looking for the Frontier Brain named Lila in the Japanese version, see Anabel.
This article is about the Coordinator. For the Challenger from the Project Mew, see Lyla.

Lila
ユリ Yuri
Lila.png
Lila
Gender Female
Eye color Maroon
Hair color Regal purple
Hometown Celestic Town
Region Sinnoh
Trainer class Stylist
Coordinator (formerly)
Anime debut Battling The Generation Gap!
English voice actor Kether Donohue (young)
Sarah Natochenny (adult)
Japanese voice actor Yumi Touma

Lila (Japanese: ユリ Yuri) is a minor recurring character in the Pokémon anime. She is a renowned Pokémon Stylist and a former Pokémon Coordinator from Celestic Town, where she is also known as "Tiger Lily" (Japanese: カンナギの鬼百合 Tiger Lily of Kannagi). She used to be a rival of Johanna.

History

Lila appeared in Battling The Generation Gap!, where it was revealed that she was once a Pokémon Coordinator and a rival of Dawn's mother Johanna before becoming a well-known Pokémon Stylist and opening her own fashion store in her hometown, Celestic Town.

Young Lila

When she was a Coordinator, she managed to break Johanna's winning streak, becoming the first person to ever defeat Johanna in a Contest Battle. This victory gave Lila her fourth Contest Ribbon. However, she took notice of how energized Johanna was even after losing and started pondering if pursuing Pokémon Contests was something she really wanted to do.

After getting the offer for studying abroad to become a Pokémon Stylist, she discussed it with Johanna and the two decided to follow the path they would most certainly excel at, and so Lila quit being a Coordinator while Johanna remained competing in Pokémon Contests. Lila eventually became a very successful Stylist, appearing on the Poké Chic magazine and designing outfits for famous Trainers such as Wallace while Johanna went on to win the Ribbon Cup and become a Top Coordinator.

Although she found her job as a Stylist fulfilling, Lila began reminiscing about her days as a Coordinator after watching her rival's daughter Dawn participating in the Wallace Cup. As a result, she decided to take part in a Pokémon Contest once more, returning from a 20 year hiatus, and entered the Celestic Contest, expecting to battle Dawn similarly to how she battled against her mother. Brock mentioned that if Lila were to win the battle against Dawn, she could enter the Grand Festival. However, Lila was secretly hoping to discover more about herself by battling Dawn, just as she discovered her true calling by battling Johanna.

Both Lila and Dawn made it to the final round of the Celestic Contest, and after a hard-fought battle, Dawn defeated Lila and earned the Celestic Ribbon. After the event, Lila let Ash and his friends pick out outfits from her shop free of charge.

She reappeared in A Grand Fight for Winning!, where she watched the battle between Dawn and Zoey in the finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival on television in her shop.

Character

Lila comforting her Delcatty

Lila is driven by her talent. As a young girl, she was offered the chance to study abroad to become a Pokémon Stylist and she has since achieved renown in her field. She is a widely successful businesswoman who runs her own fashion store in Celestic Town, and whose work has been published in the Poké Chic magazine.

Aside from her talent for designing clothing and accessories for humans and Pokémon, Lila is a retired Coordinator with four Contest Ribbons under her belt. She used to be a rival of Johanna, who managed to break her winning streak, being the first person to win against her in a Contest Battle. As a Coordinator, Lila's strategy consists of using her opponents' missteps to highlight the charms of her own Pokémon.

Despite her firm and confident attitude, Lila is very kind and generous. This was seen when she helped Dawn with her hair and also when she allowed the group to select outfits at her store for free. She also treats her Pokémon with great care, such as when she comforted Delcatty upon noticing he was sad for losing the battle against Dawn's Ambipom.

Pokémon


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This listing is of Lila's known Pokémon in the anime:

Lila's Delcatty
Delcatty
Lila's main Pokémon is a male Delcatty. She trained him since she was a young Coordinator and used him to defeat Johanna and her Glameow.

Delcatty was later used in the Battle Stage of the Celestic Contest where after getting through to the final rounds was pitted against Dawn's Ambipom. During the match, Delcatty was able to wear Ambipom down by putting her to sleep and also afflicting her with his Cute Charm Ability. Despite this, Dawn was able to find a way for Ambipom to defend herself while attacking at the same time. Eventually, Delcatty was hit by a barrage of Swift and was left with the least points when the time ran out. Although Delcatty was upset that he didn't earn Lila her fifth Ribbon, Lila comforted her loyal Pokémon.

Delcatty's known moves are Substitute, Sing, Iron Tail, and Shock Wave, and his Ability is Cute Charm.

Debut Battling The Generation Gap!
Lila's Cherrim

Lila's Cherrim
Cherrim
Cherrim was used by Lila in the Performance Stage of the Celestic Contest. After changing into its Sunshine Form thanks to the stagelight, Cherrim was able to dazzle the panel of judges and the audience with its skills as a Grass-type Pokémon, placing Lila among the eight talented Coordinators moving on to the Battle Stage.

Cherrim's known moves are Magical Leaf and Sunny Day.

Debut Battling The Generation Gap!

Contests

Lila's Ribbons

Sinnoh Ribbons

This listing is of the Ribbons Lila has obtained in the Sinnoh region:

Other achievements

Lila has competed in the following Pokémon Contests:

Outfits

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 冬馬由美 Yumi Touma
English Kether Donohue (young)
Sarah Natochenny (adult)
Finnish Jenni Sivonen
European French Cécile Florin
Italian Cinzia Massironi
Norwegian Siv Klynderud
Polish Monika Wierzbicka
Brazilian Portuguese Priscila Ferreira
European Spanish Victoria Angulo


Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ユリ Yuri From 百合 yuri (lily) and 鬼百合 oniyuri (tiger lily)
English, French, German,
Italian, Latin American Spanish
Lila From lily
Iberian Spanish Laila Similar to her English name
Korean 유라 Yura Similar to her Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 百合 Bǎihé From 百合 bǎihé, lily


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