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This article is about the character from The Legend of Thunder!. For other uses of the name, see Marina.

Marina マリナ Marina
Marina
Gender	Female
Eye color	Teal
Hair color	Capri
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Trainer class	Trainer, Coordinator
Game counterpart	Kris
Anime debut	The Legend of Thunder!
English voice actor	Caren Manuel
Japanese voice actor	Kazusa Murai

Marina (Japanese: マリナ Marina) is one of the main characters of The Legend of Thunder!, along with Jimmy and Vincent. She is a Trainer and Coordinator from New Bark Town.

History

Pre-series

Marina and her friends

Marina's first partner Pokémon was a Totodile that she nicknamed Wani-Wani; she received it from Professor Elm on the same day Jimmy received his Cyndaquil and Vincent obtained his Chikorita. She entered the Silver Conference along with Jimmy a full year before Vincent competed.

The Legend of Thunder!

Marina and Jimmy in The Legend of Thunder!

Marina was first seen talking to Vincent on the videophone at a Pokémon Center. When she noticed Jimmy's presence, she quickly said goodbye to Vincent to give him attention. They started talking about their journeys, and Marina said she wanted to turn all of her battles into a show to make people happy. When Jimmy said that training and being a star were two completely different things, Marina challenged him to a battle to prove him wrong. During the battle, a lightning bolt struck the battlefield, scaring Little Miss and causing her to run into the woods. Marina then chased her and discovered that Attila and Hun from Team Rocket were trying to capture the Legendary Raikou.

Upon seeing Raikou being hurt, Marina joined Jimmy to help him fight off Attila and Hun. She entered the battle with Little Miss and managed to incapacitate Attila's Skarmory and Hun's Steelix, forcing them to retreat. Later, she met Eugene at the Pokémon Center and soon became enamored with him. When Raikou fled from the Pokémon Center, Eugene offered Marina and Jimmy a ride in his car so that they could follow it. Together with Jimmy and Vincent, she tried to keep Raikou away from Team Rocket, however, they were unsuccessful and both Marina and Raikou ended up in the shuttle. There, she found a way to unlock the door of the cargo hold and free Raikou.

Marina was tied up when Attila and Hun returned to try to capture Raikou once again. She fell from the cliff she was on, but was rescued by Jimmy's Beedrill. When Raikou was trapped in the force field formed by the Miracle Crystal, Marina sent Little Miss to battle Attila and Hun's Pokémon along with Eugene's Alakazam. She later helped Jimmy and Vincent defend their Pokémon while they were trying to break the force field to free Raikou. Once the Thunder Pokémon got out of the field, Marina thanked it for coming back to save her. Having helped protect Raikou from Team Rocket and made a friend in it, Marina continued her journey to become a great Pokémon Trainer.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Marina and her friends in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

In the opening sequence of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Marina was seen running by the coast with Lugia and her three Pokémon: Little Miss, Wani-Wani, and Pink.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

In Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!, Marina was featured on the cover of a magazine, modeling the Pokétch. Additionally, she made another cameo appearance in A Stand-Up Sit-Down! in a video hosted on the official Pokémon Contest website, which Zoey showed to Dawn. In the video, Marina was seen delivering a Double Performance with Wani-Wani and Pink. Marian called her a Top Coordinator, meaning she has won the Grand Festival and has been awarded the Ribbon Cup. Marina even appears to have her own merchandise; one of the customers of the Mountain Hut Maid Café in Tanks for the Memories! wore a T-shirt with her face on it.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

In Pride of a Champion!, Marina appeared watching the Masters Eight Tournament match between Lance and Diantha on TV, alongside Jimmy and Vincent.

Character

Marina in a magazine for a Pokétch

Marina loves cute Pokémon and nicknames. She also loves men in capes and has a whole notebook full of pictures of Lance. She tends to perform synchronized movements with her Pokémon whenever she calls them out of their Poké Balls. She practices singing and dancing steps with her Pokémon, which gives them a dynamic rhythm in battle.

Her goal, unlike most other Trainers, is to be a Pokémon Idol. One aspect of being a Pokémon Idol seems to entail putting on a show while battling. It should be noted that in Japanese pop culture, idols are media personalities admired for their cuteness. Therefore, it is assumed that Marina's ambitions are somewhere along these lines, and she plans to use cute and talented Pokémon to help her become famous. Given that one of her cameos in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl was as a magazine model, it is likely that real-life Japanese idols were the basis of her character design.

Marina first appeared before the concept of Pokémon Coordinating and the Idol Trainer class were introduced in the games. However, she was shown to have become a Coordinator in her later appearances.

Pokémon

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

		Wani-Wani
		Main article: Wani-Wani Wani-Wani (Japanese: ワニワニ Wani-Wani), a Feraligatr, was Marina's first partner Pokémon, obtained as a Totodile from Professor Elm on the same day that Vincent received his Chikorita and Jimmy received his Cyndaquil.
Debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Jimmy Zoppi (As a Croconaw)

		Little Miss ♀
		Main article: Little Miss Little Miss (Japanese: ムウちゃん Mu-chan) is Marina's female Misdreavus. She seems to be one of her favorite Pokémon. She usually is kept outside of her Poké Ball.
Debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Voice actors
Japanese	Ryoka Yuzuki
English	Kayzie Rogers

		Pink
		Marina used her Jigglypuff, Pink (Japanese: ピンクちゃん Pink-chan), to battle Jimmy's Beedrill in The Legend of Thunder!. It was last seen in Marina's cameo in A Stand-Up Sit-Down being used in a Double Performance with Wani-Wani. While ordinary Jigglypuff are usually depicted as blue-eyed, Marina's Jigglypuff is green-eyed. The only time another green-eyed Jigglypuff appeared was in Rough, Tough Jigglypuff. Pink's known moves are Sing and Psychic.
Debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Voice actors
Japanese	Yumi Touma
English	Rachael Lillis

Achievements

Badges obtained

This listing is of the Badges Marina has obtained in the Johto region:

• At least eight Badges (one year before Tie One On!)

Ribbons obtained

This listing is of the Ribbons Marina has obtained:

• At least five Ribbons (prior to A Stand-Up Sit-Down!)

Pokémon competitions

Marina has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:

• Silver Conference - Unknown (one year before Tie One On!)
• Unknown Grand Festival - Winner (prior to A Stand-Up Sit-Down!)

Voice actors

Artwork

Ken Sugimori's design of Marina for the anime.	Ken Sugimori artwork from the Game Freak website.

Trivia

• In the English dub, when Jackson appeared in the Silver Conference, he referred to Marina and Jimmy as "Dani" and "Yoshi", leading many to believe that "Dani" was the official English name for Marina. However, it is unknown whether this was the original intention.
• Even though the specifics of being a Pokémon Idol are never made clear in the anime, a Trainer class introduced in Generation IV is known as Idol. One of them, after battle, states, "A Pokémon idol follows their fans, while a Trainer follows their Pokémon."
• Marina is the only anime character based on a player character (Kris) who has met her opposite-gender counterpart, as she is good friends with Jimmy, who is based on Ethan.

Names

See also

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Marina's Pokémon
On hand:	Wani-Wani	Little Miss	Pink

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