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If you were looking for the Berry with the Japanese name of Nana Fruit, see Nanab Berry.

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Nana

Debuts in VS. Cacnea Caught at Unknown Evolves in VS. Mawile Gender Female Ability Intimidate Nature Adamant Current location With Ruby

→ This Pokémon spent 13 chapters as Poochyena.

Nana (Japanese: NANA Nana) was one of the first Pokémon that Ruby obtained in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

History

Nana as a Poochyena

Nana first appeared as a Poochyena and is one of the three Pokémon obtained by Ruby before the start of his journey. Ruby attempted to use her in a battle against a pack of wild Mightyena, whom Ruby envied for having splendid fur that Nana lacked at the time. As a Contest trained Pokémon, Nana's Leer was ineffective and the two fled from the battle. She later awakens Ruby in a cave after being rescued by Sapphire, and due to a misunderstanding she bites her, causing a battle between the two that she was not used in.

After Ruby starts his journey Nana is shown to be his Cool Contest Pokémon. She is planned to be in Beauty Contests when she evolves into a Mightyena, but even after her evolution, she's never shown to enter one.

Her Evolution occurs simultaneously with Coco, during a battle with a horde of Mawile in Granite Cave, in which Ruby took many pictures. Later while Ruby and Sapphire chased after Steven Stone, Nana is seen out of her Ball for the majority of their trip and is finally returned near the end of the volume after being fed a berry she couldn't consume and fainting. Nana appears again when she is forcefully sent out by the director of the Pokémon Fan Club and travels around the town with Ruby, Coco and Zuzu until being attacked by Team Magma, she is supposedly returned back into her Ball afterwards.

She reappears later when her Ball is destroyed by a Seviper and Zangoose and flees with Ruby to an abandoned building with the rest of his Pokémon. In Ruby's battle against Norman, Nana is revealed to be one of the three Pokémon Norman caught for Ruby to use in battles, along with Ruru and Coco. She's used in the battle with Coco as a decoy and isn't used after this point. She's shown greeting Popo as it joins Ruby's team.

Nana quickly advances up to the Super Ranks and is used in Ruby's Out-Of-Contest challenge against Wallace along with the rest of his Pokémon, but loses. She's used later to protect Sapphire while being attacked by a herd of Grumpig, and accidentally reveals to Sapphire Ruby's true strength by knocking out all twelve of them with one move. She's returned after a quick battle against Sapphire and later attempts to cheer up Ruby along the rest of his Pokémon after the incident.

It's much later revealed that Ruby vowed to never battle again after a traumatizing experience as a child, though Ruby eventually accepts the offer to partake in the final battle and she's used against Maxie and Archie. She's shown after the battle after winning the Master Rank Contest along with Ruby's other Pokémon wearing a Red Scarf.

Moves used

Using Take Down	Move First Used In Leer VS. Cacnea Hyper Beam † VS. Slaking I Roar † VS. Luvdisc I Take Down † VS. Grumpig I Odor Sleuth † VS. Armaldo Howl † VS. Kyogre & Groudon IX
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Ruby has a Mightyena with the name Nana and a Castform with the name Popo, both of which seem to share their names with the Ice Climbers.
• Despite being a Dark-type Pokémon, Nana hasn't used any Dark-type moves; in fact, Nana only knows Normal-type moves.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Poochyena and Mightyena.

Ruby's Pokémon
On hand:	Nana	Kiki	Rara	Mumu	Feefee	Fofo
Released:	Celebi	Plusle
Befriended:	Latios	Diancie	Rayquaza
Temporary:	Lorry

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