Lorelei

The Mistress of Ice-Type Pokémon.
Lorelei
Species	Human
Affiliation	Elite Four
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Blue
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version/Pokemon: Green Version

Lorelei is a powerful Pokémon trainer and the first member of the Elite Four who must be battled in the first generation Pokémon games. She hails from Four Island and specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.

Background

Lorelei was raised on Four Island. She met a Lapras as a child in the island's Icefall Cave and eventually caught it. She grew up to become a powerful trainer who was known for having a logical, cool and calculated fighting style. She eventually managed to become a member of the Elite Four that was shared between the regions of Kanto and Johto.

In Pokémon: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, FireRed and LeafGreen, she was the first member of the Elite Four to be battled. She bragged about the might of her Ice-type Pokémon. Lorelai was defeated by Blue and later Red.

In FireRed and LeafGreen, she returned to her home on Four Island after those battles. Several Team Rocket agents were stealing Pokémon from the island's Icefall Cave, but Lorelei was able to defeat them with the aid of Red. Lorelei spent some time at her home afterwards. She started to feel conflicted, because her duties as an Elite Four member kept her from attending to her home island's problems. After Red cleared up the Team Rocket problem, Lorelei decided to return to the Pokémon League and stated that she was unsure of the future but would do what she could in the present. She soon returned to Indigo Plateau and was available for rematches, this time with new Pokémon in her roster.

Lorelei was no longer a member of the Elite Four in the second generation games. Considering the doubts she expressed in FireRed and LeafGreen, it is likely that she eventually resigned to dedicate herself to Four Island's protection.

Pokémon Roster

Lorelei specializes in ice-type Pokémon. The Pokémon she uses in Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen are the following:

• Dewgong
• Cloyster
• Slowbro
• Jynx
• Lapras

In FireRed and LeafGreen, following the first Indigo Plateau battle, Lorelei incorporated a Piloswine into her team in the place of her Slowbro.

Other Games

Lorelei appeared in Pokémon Stadium as an opponent in the Gym Leader Castle along with the other Elite Four members. She used Dewgong, Cloyster, Slowbro, Jynx and Articuno in Round 1. She used Clefable, Cloyster, Exeggutor, Starmie, Omastar and Articuno in Round 2.

Lorelei, as she appeared in the anime, appeared in Pokémon Puzzle League as the thirteenth opponent of 1P Stadium Mode. She was battled after Ritchie and before Bruno, as the second member of the "Puzzle Elite Four". The Pokémon she used in this game were Cloyster, Dewgong and Poliwhirl.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• Lorelei appeared in an episode of the Pokémon anime, where she was known as Prima in the English dub (to adjust the number of syllables). The episode was set during the Orange Islands arc, and in it Lorelei was able to easily defeat Ash Ketchum in order to teach him a lesson about teaching his Pokémon properly.
• In Pokémon Adventures, she originally appears during the Yellow arc as part of the manga's villainous incarnation of the Elite Four. She was shown to have been manipulated by Agatha, who saved her Seel from dying of pollution when Lorelei was younger. In battleutilizes a variety of ice abilities which include creating ice voodoo dolls and even entrapping people within ice. She is able to completely freeze Red, and also uses ice handcuffs on Sabrina and Green (although only Sabrina is affected due to Green utilizing a trick hand) when they battle her at Cerise Island. Lorelei was defeated by both of them. She later reappeared in the FireRed and LeafGreen arc, where she aided Red and Blue against Team Rocket in order to prevent their invasion of her home island.
• Lorelei makes a brief appearance in an episode of Pokémon Origins, where she is defeated by Red during his challenge of the Elite Four.
• In the anime series Pokémon Generations, one episode features the Elite Four as they take on Blue. They are seen meeting before he arrives, with Lorelei taunting Agatha that she would defeat the challenger first. Her battle with Blue is then depicted, with Blue ultimately defeating her.

Trivia

• Lorelei is likely named after the enchanting siren-like water spirit of German folklore.
• She has a secret love for Pokémon dolls and keeps an ever-growing collection of them in her house on Four Island.