Lorelei

Lorelei (Japanese: カンナ Kanna) is an  and member of the Indigo Elite Four.

In the games
Lorelei is the first Trainer of the Elite Four. She is known for her logical, calculated, and cool style of battling.

In, it's revealed that she grew up on Four Island. Lorelei returns to her home to protect the Icefall Cave from Team Rocket at during the post-game. She also collects stuffed Pokémon dolls that she keeps in her house on Four Island.

Her has been with her ever since she was a child. She caught it when she was very young in the Icefall Cave.

Misty idolizes her, as in the.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Lorelei appears on when the player is attacked by a group of s and helps them defeat them.

Her whereabouts in Generation II and Generation IV are unknown, as she is no longer a member of the Elite Four, and no mention of her is made, though dialogue present in FireRed and LeafGreen indicates that she may have given up her position among the Elite Four to protect her friends and family in the Sevii Islands.

Fame Checker
This is a list of the Fame Checker’s information on Lorelei in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions.
 * Pokémon League - Lorelei
 * What does this person do?
 * "I am Lorelei of the Elite Four."


 * Pokémon League - Lorelei
 * Favorite kind of Pokémon?
 * "No one can best me when it comes to icy Pokémon."


 * - old man
 * Where was this person born?
 * "We've had a great and powerful Trainer grow up on this island.
 * I bet even you'd know her.
 * It's Lorelei of the Elite Four</sc>!"


 * Five Island -
 * What is this person like?
 * "Known for her logical, calculated, and cool battling style, Lorelei</sc> has a surprising secret!"


 * - little girl
 * What is this person like?
 * "Did you know Lorelei</sc> has lots and lots of stuffed dolls?
 * Every time she comes back to Four Island</sc>, her collection grows!"


 * - old lady
 * Favorite kind of Pok</sc>émon</sc>?
 * "The </sc> she has, I imagine it to be the one she met as a child.
 * I believe it was in Icefall Cave</sc> that she caught it.
 * Perhaps that Pok</sc>émon</sc> has been with her ever since."


 * Message from Lorelei</sc>
 * From: Lorelei</sc>
 * To: [Player]
 * "I needed to thank you for your help.
 * But that has nothing to do with our battles. You'd better watch out next time!"

Pokémon
This listing is of Lorelei's Pokémon in the in which she has appeared.




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 * Before battle
 * "Welcome to Pokémon League</sc>! I am Lorelei</sc> of the Elite Four</sc>! No one can best me when it comes to icy Pokémon</sc>! Freezing moves are powerful! Your <sc>Pokémon</sc> will be at my mercy when they are frozen solid! Hahaha! Are you ready?"


 * Being defeated
 * "How dare you!"


 * After being defeated
 * "You're better than I thought! Go on ahead! You only got a taste of <sc>Pokémon League</sc> power!"


 * Indigo Plateau
 * Before battle
 * "Welcome to <sc>Pokémon League</sc>! / No one can best me when it comes to icy <sc>Pokémon</sc>. Freezing moves are powerful. Your <sc>Pokémon</sc> will be at my mercy when they are frozen solid! Hahaha! Are you ready?"


 * Being defeated
 * "...Things shouldn't be this way!"


 * After being defeated
 * "You're better than I thought. Go on ahead. You only got a taste of the <sc>Pokémon League</sc>'s power."


 * Icefall Cave
 * Talking to a group of s
 * "Keep your filthy hands off the <sc>Pokémon</sc> in the cave! Do as I say, or you'll have me to answer to!"


 * After noticing the player
 * "<undefined>?! What are you doing here? No, we can catch up later. Right now, I need your help. Help me kick these poachers out before they do anything else. They've been catching <sc>Pokémon</sc> here, then selling them off! Are you ready? You take that one, please!"


 * After defeating the Team Rocket Grunt
 * "Humph. So despicably weak. You! Tell me! Where have you taken the captured <sc>Pokémon</sc>? I'm smashing your ring once and for all!"
 * "If you won't confess, we'll deep-freeze you. My <sc></sc> is furious for what you've done to its friends. Go, <sc>Lapras</sc>! <sc></sc>…"
 * ", thank you. But this is awful... I was born and raised here on these islands. I had no idea that those horrible criminals were loose here…"


 * Before clearing the Rocket Warehouse
 * "There's something weighing heavily on my mind. If anything were to happen on the island where I was born… I wouldn't know it if I were in the <sc>Pokémon League</sc>. I wonder if that would make me irresponsible to my home…"
 * "There's something weighing heavily on my mind. If anything were to happen on the island where I was born… I wouldn't know it if I were in the <sc>Pokémon League</sc>. I wonder if that would make me irresponsible to my home…"


 * After clearing the Rocket Warehouse
 * "So, you managed to solve all the problems here? That's wonderful. That means there isn't any reason for me to be here all the time. Thank you… I'll return to the <sc>Pokémon League</sc> in a short while."


 * If talked to again
 * "I don't know what will happen in the future, but... I will do what I can here and now. That's all I can do."

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

 * Before battling the
 * "Hold it!"
 * "Ganging up on a child... I absolutely can't forgive that."
 * "I'll handle these three. Could you take that other one for me?"
 * Leave it to me!: "Good answer! Now then, let's go!"
 * I don't know...: "There's no use backing down now! Here we go!"
 * I don't know...: "There's no use backing down now! Here we go!"


 * After defeating the Team Rocket Grunt
 * "I am Lorelei of the Pokémon League's ! Shall I freeze you all solid, too?"
 * "You're a pretty talented Trainer. It was plain to see during your battle. I see. So you're collecting Gym Badges. I look forward to when you come to challenge the Pokémon League. Until then, see ya!"


 * Indigo Plateau
 * Before battle
 * "Welcome to the Pokémon League! Oh, looks like you finally made your way here. It sure took you a while, though! ...Well then, allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Lorelei of the Elite Four. No one can best me when it comes to icy Pokémon. Freezing moves are powerful. Your Pokémon will be at my mercy when they are frozen solid. That's because frozen Pokémon can't do a thing in battle! Hahaha! Are you ready?"


 * Being defeated
 * "...Things shouldn't be this way!"


 * After being defeated
 * "Looks like you've gotten stronger since we last met! Go on ahead. You only got a taste of the Pokémon League's power."


 * Rematch
 * Before battle
 * "Welcome to the Pokémon League! Hey, fantastic timing! I was just thinking how I'd like to battle you. I hope you're ready."


 * Being defeated
 * "Argh! How?!"


 * After being defeated
 * "I may have lost to you, but I'll never give up on my Ice-type Pokémon! You should aim to win using Pokémon you like best, too!"

In the main series
Lorelei's sole appearance in the was in The Mandarin Island Miss Match. Her name was changed to Prima in the English dub of the episode. According to 4Kids, this was to fit the amount of syllables; the English name "Lorelei" is three syllables while the Japanese name "Kanna" is only two. In the anime, Prima is considered a Pokémon Master.

While on Mandarin Island South, Tracey learned that Prima was going to be giving a lecture and demonstration. He also revealed that she has a house on the island and trains there in her off season. and had a chance encounter with Prima while sitting down at a café. was very excited, as Prima was her idol. Ash enthusiastically challenged Prima to a battle, but she didn't seem to take notice of him and instead gravitated towards Misty’s Togepi. Prima did, however, invite them to her lecture and demonstration. She watched Ash's match against a. Prima then stepped in with her after Ash's Charizard was being disobedient, allowing Ash to recall it back to its Poké Ball. Ash and the others went on to attend Prima's demonstration at the Mandarin Stadium and watched her defeat three Trainers in a row. The group then visited her home. After Ash insisted once again, Prima finally agreed to a one-on-one battle. Ash sent out and Prima selected her, and Ash went on to lose the match. Prima said that Ash had the potential to become great, but needed to find more inner strength, since he had forgotten to connect with his Pokémon.

arrived on the scene, but Prima sent out her and dealt with them swiftly. Afterwards she wished the group all the best with their travels and informed Ash that the closest Gym was the Trovita Gym.

Character
Prima takes time out of her busy schedule to relax on Mandarin Island South and admire nature's beauty. Her strategy in life is to go with the flow like water, but to become as hard as ice in. Prima's skills are highly regarded and she makes frequent appearances in the media, though she is dismissive of her fame and other's praise. Instead, she enjoys mentoring up and coming s, and hosts her own lectures. Prima's training ethos teaches Trainers to find their inner strength and truly value their connection with their Pokémon. She also sells her lectures as tapes, but for expensive prices.

Pokémon
This listing is of Prima (Lorelei)'s Pokémon in the :

In Pokémon Origins
Lorelei appeared briefly in File 4: Charizard. She was seen being challenged and defeated by, allowing Red to move on and challenge Bruno.

In Pokémon Generations
Lorelei appeared in The Challenger, where she talked about, the first in a long time to collect eight Gym Badges, with the rest of the Kanto Elite Four. During the discussion, she gloated to Agatha that she would defeat Blue before her. Later, Lorelei and her fought against Blue, but Lapras lost to Blue's 's, and she reluctantly allowed him to advance to Bruno's room.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


Lorelei is a villainess in the Pokémon Adventures manga. She is one of the Elite Four and, along with Bruno, Agatha, and Lance, tried to take over the world and kill all humans who weren't nice to Pokémon. She keeps a small webcam in a cosmetics case to communicate with Agatha and has the ability to make voodoo dolls out of ice. Lorelei was recruited by Agatha when she was little and healed her Seel. Agatha found out that they both hated human's cruelty towards Pokémon, so Lorelei joined the Elite Four.

Lorelei froze and Sabrina in ice, causing them severe injuries that continued to harm them for several years. She later found and Bill in Viridian Forest and attacked them with her Dewgong and Cloyster. She used their combined powers to make an "" to bury the two of them alive but Yellow used Pikachu to study the move from inside its Poké Ball. Yellow read Pikachu's mind and knocked out Cloyster, making the attack useless. Lorelei then gave chase to her and Bill and, once they jumped into a river, Lorelei froze it over. Lorelei then started asking questions about Yellow's power and if she could read Pika's past thoughts. Before these questions were answered, Yellow had Ratty use through the iceberg and free them. When Lorelei was about to send out her Pokémon once again, Green deflected her Poké Ball and Yellow and Bill got away. Lorelei then contacted Agatha with her cosmetics case about Yellow's ability and proclaims that if Yellow's power grows she will be able to read the past memories of Pika and learn the details of Red and Bruno's battle. She then delegated Yellow as the new target of the Elite Four.

After this, Lorelei had her Shellder and Cloyster attack Celadon City in order to stall Erika.

and Sabrina battle Lorelei on Cerise Island. Lorelei used her voodoo dolls to chain Green and Sabrina together and eventually freeze them, just as she had done to Red. The lack of teamwork between Green and Sabrina got Green knocked out (Green was being targeted since she was the one who had humiliated Lorelei in her battle with Yellow). After a while Green woke up and was able to save herself and Sabrina with Blasty before they fell off a cliff. She had her Clefable use to steal the dolls from Lorelei, having Blasty break the two dolls and inadvertently severing Green's arm in the process. It was then revealed that the whole time her arm was actually Ditty and that getting her arm "cut off" was part of her plan and had Ditty tie her up. Sabrina suffered from lasting injuries caused by Lorelei's ice cuffs. As a result, she and Red were forced to deal with painful wounds for a very long time (since Green's arm that was in the cuffs was Ditty, she did not suffer the same injuries).

Lorelei vanished for several years, and only recently made another appearance when she saved Red and from Team Rocket's The Three Beasts. Lorelei decided to ally herself with Red and Blue because Team Rocket invaded her home of the Sevii Islands.

Lorelei makes a cameo appearance in the last round of the, Epilogue, on a boat heading to the.

Pokémon
This listing is of Lorelei's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


Lorelei debuts in To the Pokémon League!!  as the first Elite Four member who is challenged by. She is first seen welcoming Red to the Pokémon League, disguising herself as a teacher. She takes Red to her school and introduces him to her Pokémon. In the school, she gives him and his Pokémon some math assignments and shows them to some plants. After Pikachu managed to get a perfect score on a math assignment, she shows them to the plants and tricks Clefairy by holding a giant magnifying glass by the sun and using the rays to burn Clefairy, with Slowbro shooting water to cool him off. Then, Lorelei decides to serve everyone food. She pulled another trick on Clefairy by hiding her Cloyster in Clefairy's bowl, making him accidentally eat Cloyster. During the physical education class where the Pokémon had to jump over a beam, her Jynx managed to perform it very well and switched the bouncer to make it where Clefairy landed on it. This is where Lorelei revealed herself to be the first member of the Elite Four.

Lorelei had her Pokémon attack Clefairy and Pikachu. However, her Jynx ran off after she failed to immobilize Clefairy and her Lapras and Dewgong were zapped by Pikachu. After the battle, Lorelei and Red shook hands, congratulating Red for a job well done.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga


Lorelei makes an appearance in Pokémon Zensho. She battles in Indigo League with her Cloyster. She loses afterwards and Satoshi advances to the next room.

Trivia

 * In the novelization of the anime episode where Lorelei appeared, she is still referred to as Prima, except for one error near the novelization's ending where she is called Lorelei.
 * Lorelei is the only member of the Kanto Elite Four to not use two Pokémon of the same species at once. Bruno has two, Agatha has two , and Lance has two.
 * Lorelei's from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is the only Pokémon which she has been seen using in any of her incarnations that is neither an Ice- or.
 * Lorelei is the first Elite Four member to be seen outside the Pokémon League in the games. This is only true for Generation III.
 * Lorelei is one of two members of any Elite Four to have a home shown, the other being Caitlin.
 * Both of these places were inaccessible when the characters first debuted.
 * In the side game Pokémon Puzzle League, which is based directly on the anime, she is referred to with the name Lorelei, despite that she had already debuted as Prima in the anime dub.
 * In the French localizations of Generation I games, as well as, Lorelei is depicted with a stereotypical and prominent German accent.
 * In the Generation I, the battles against Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha use the standard Trainer battle theme, while the Gym Leader battle theme is played only against Lance. In , the Gym Leader battle theme plays during the battles against all four members of the Elite Four.

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