Lana (anime): Difference between revisions

In ''[[SM032|Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!]]'', Lana found a [[Sparkling Stone]] during one of her treasure hunts with a [[Poké Ride]] {{p|Stoutland}} on [[Akala Island]], which [[Olivia]] took in order to turn it into a [[Z-Ring]] for Lana.

In ''[[SM033|Big Sky, Small Fry!]]'', Lana took part in a [[island challenge|trial]] at [[Brooklet Hill]] where she earned a [[Waterium Z]] from battling a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Wishiwashi}} with Popplio. Near the end of the episode, Olivia gave the Z-Ring to Lana, which she had just successfully converted from the Sparkling Stone.

In ''[[SM055|The Professors' New Adventure!]]'', Lana attended the wedding of Professor Kukui and [[Professor Burnet]]. During the post-nuptials, Lusamine asked Lana and her classmates to join the [[Ultra Guardians]], a task force dedicated to dealing with any upcoming Ultra Beast incidents, which they accepted.

As a part of the Ultra Guardians, Lana and her Pokémon have been critical to the success of the group's missions. In ''[[SM061|A Mission of Ultra Urgency!]]'', Lana and her classmates were given their first task, capturing a {{p|Buzzwole}} that emerged from an [[Ultra Wormhole]] onto Melemele Island and began causing havoc. During the mission, Lana helped heal a wild {{p|Snorlax}} that was drained of its energy by the Ultra Beast.

In ''[[SM087|Filling the Light with Darkness!]]'', mysterious dark clouds appeared over the Alola region, causing all of the adults in Alola to lose their energy and motivation. The next day, Lana and her classmates embarked on their fifth mission, to investigate the situation at the [[Altar of the Sunne]]. Shortly after arriving, Lusamine revealed that Gladion would be joining them as a new member. In order to disperse the clouds, Lana, Kiawe, Ash, and Gladion combined their Z-Power to fuel a device that successfully made the clouds disappear, but they uncovered a hidden Ultra Wormhole in the process. Afterwards, Lusamine took the Ultra Guardians into the ruins, where she showed them a mural depicting the "{{p|Necrozma|Blinding One}}". Before they could translate the mural, the Ultra Guardians were forced to return outside, where they found the wormhole increasing in size. At that moment, a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Lunala}} emerged from the wormhole with a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Necrozma}} chasing after it. The group was eventually able to solve the unfolding crisis in ''[[SM090|Securing the Future!]]'', where they, their Pokémon, Lunala, {{AP|Poipole}}'s friends, and everyone else back in Alola shared their Z-Power with Necrozma, causing it to release [[Nebby]]. After Ash and Gladion used Nebby and Lunala to replenish Necrozma's strength to revert it back to its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Necrozma|true form}}, it restored Poipole's home world back to its original state. Afterwards, the Ultra Guardians, Nebby, and Lunala traveled back to Alola through the Ultra Wormhole.

In ''[[SM099|We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!]]'', Lana went to buy [[malasada]]s for a dinner with her family meant to celebrate [[Lana's father|her father]]'s return from a fishing trip. When she asked Popplio what flavor malasada it wanted, she noticed that it had disappeared. As she searched for Popplio, Lana met up with the rest of her classmates, who agreed to help look around. Eventually, they found Popplio at the Hau'oli City Beachfront trying to defend a wild {{p|Eevee}} from [[Tupp]], [[Rapp]], and [[Zipp]]. With its newly-learned {{m|Surf}}, Popplio created a platform of water for Eevee to jump on, allowing it to use a powerful {{m|Double-Edge}} and send the {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s blasting off. After some encouragement from her friends, Lana asked Eevee if it wanted to join her team, which it happily accepted. Eevee was [[nickname]]d [[Sandy]] and caught in a {{ball|Dive}}. After returning home, Lana introduced Sandy as her new friend and partner to her father, who recognized it [[Mantine Surf|surfing]] on a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Mantine}} earlier. Lana gave Sandy a haircut, cutting its long bangs to a shorter length resembling her own hair.

In ''[[SM104|That's Some Spicy Island Research!]]'', Lana and her classmates headed over to Poni Island for their individual research projects for school. Her research project's plans were to meet up Ida and catch up with her. In ''[[SM106|Evolving Research!]]'', Lana met up with Ida and realized that her Brionne had evolved into Primarina. Lana then trained with Ida while Mallow and Lillie watched. Later at night, Lana observed Ida and her Primarina as they performed their Z-Move, {{m|Oceanic Operetta}}. Wanting to show Ida how much she and Popplio have grown, Lana decided to do some training of her own. Before Ida left to search for treasure again, Lana arrived at the pier just in time to show Ida her growth by having her Popplio create a big balloon, which resulted in it evolving into Brionne. Impressed, Ida gave Lana a [[Primarium Z]] so she could do Oceanic Operetta someday.

She has been shown to get annoyed and flustered by her sisters and their antics. Despite this, she still cares for them; once, she was concerned when she saw them jumping on the back of [[Kiawe's Turtonator]], fearing they would touch its spines. It wasn't until ''[[SM094|A Haunted House for Everyone!]]'' that she had finally found the secret to stopping their antics, which involves forcefully yelling at them with a scary demeanor.

She cares deeply for her Pokémon, as shown in ''[[SM016|They Might Not Be Giants!]]'', when her Popplio became separated from her along with {{AP|Rowlet}}, to the point where she has to drag Ash along when they go searching for their Pokémon. This was shown again in ''[[SM102|Alola, Alola!]]'', when [[Sandy]] tried to save a school of Mantine from Team Rocket; it was repelled by their mecha, but Lana caught it in time and praised it for its efforts.