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Diane ダイアン Diane
Diane
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn
Trainer class	Ace Trainer
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Anime debut	Jirachi: Wish Maker
English voice actor	Megan Hollingshead
Japanese voice actor	Riho Makise Natsuki Yoshihara (young)

Diane (Japanese: ダイアン Diane) is a character who appeared in the first Advanced Generation series movie, Jirachi: Wish Maker. She assists her childhood friend, Butler, in his magic show.

History

Diane and Butler as children

Diane has been friends with Butler since the two of them were children. She was the one who originally gave him the title, "The Great Butler", after he performed magic tricks for her personally. She later became his assistant in his magic shows, however she wasn't supportive of him giving up his magic to become a scientist for Team Magma. She noticed her lifelong friend being consumed by the urge to get revenge on Team Magma, and yearned for things to be like the way they were. After a failed presentation to create a "living breathing" Groudon Fossil, she traveled to Forina with Butler and was present when he found Jirachi in its crystallized cocoon. Afterward, the pair continued their magic shows, and performed at the Millennium Festival.

She first meets Ash, May, Max, and Brock, when Max rushes onto the stage after hearing a voice coming from Jirachi's cocoon. She and Butler decide Max should hold on to the cocoon to see if being Max's friend will awaken Jirachi. This proves successful as the celestial Pokémon sleepily awakens from its thousand-year slumber. The next night, once Ash and his friends have gone to sleep, she reluctantly assists Butler in kidnapping Jirachi and setting it up as the power source for Butler's experiment to resurrect Groudon. However the plan backfires when the group awakes to find Jirachi missing, and witness Butler's selfish deed. Diane leads them away from Butler and into their trailer and drives off, but not before a tracking device is placed on the trailer. Diane then explains the entire situation to the group and Jirachi's potential energy. She then agrees to take them all to Forina to ensure Jirachi is safely back home.

When they finally arrive at Forina, they are caught by Butler who is still persistent on getting what he wants. When the fake Groudon is awoken, she was swallowed right in front of Butler, but not before confessing her love to Butler, who is overcome with grief. However once the Groudon has been eliminated she, along with all the other characters and Pokémon eaten by the beast, is revitalized. She and Butler witness Ash and his friends saying their good-byes to Jirachi, and inform them that they have decided to start a new life together in Forina.

She and Butler made a cameo during the ending-credits of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Artwork

Ken Sugimori's design of Diane in the anime

Voice actors

In the games

Diane, along with Butler, appeared in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum as an Ace Trainer on Route 229, though the reference was not caught by the English localization team of Diamond and Pearl, who renamed her Dana. She uses Mightyena and Kirlia, two Pokémon owned by Butler in the anime.

Pokémon

This listing is of Diane's Pokémon in the games:

Ace Trainer Dana Route 229 Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Reward: $3300/3360

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.55 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Kirlia♀ Lv.55/56 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

Quotes

• Before battle

"You're willing to battle? Let me see what you have?"

• Before rematch

"Oh, hi, we meet again. May I see what you've done with your Pokémon?"

• Being defeated

"Your love of Pokémon really shows!"

• After being defeated

"I grew up together with Felix and my team, right from my childhood. All our memories, we've always shared them."

Names

This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.