Narissa

Narissa

Narissa (Japanese: マキナ Makina), nicknamed Rissa, is a character of the day who appeared in Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!.

Narissa is a beginning Pokémon Trainer who owns two Ditto: one with regular coloration and one that is Shiny. She also owns an orange-colored Pokédex. According to her, she is called the "Rumbler" where she comes from.

Upon meeting Ash and his friends, Narissa seemed incredibly full of herself, calling Ash a "newb" Trainer before proudly announcing that she had been a Trainer for one month. She additionally claimed that she had no Badges because the Gym Leaders would run in fear of her Ditto. Also, when she was about to participate with her Ditto in a Double Battle against a Trainer's Cubone and Marowak, Narissa had them both take the form of a passing Zapdos, causing the Trainer and his Pokémon to run in fear.

Despite this tough and confident facade, however, Narissa is actually quite meek and self-conscious, as well as being a crybaby. She cosplays as Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four, whom she greatly admires, in order to help her feel more sure of herself.

Pokémon

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

Ditto 1

Debut	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chinami Nishimura
English	Erica Schroeder

Narissa's first Ditto, nicknamed Ditto 1 (Japanese: メタモン１号 Metamon Ichigō), is of normal coloration, and first appeared to the gang when it transformed into Pikachu, Piplup, Gible, and Togekiss and caused mischief until Narissa turned up. Ditto was later used in battle against Pikachu, however despite being able to use Pikachu's powerful moves (like Iron Tail and Volt Tackle), it was easily defeated. Team Rocket later attempted to steal both Narissa's Ditto, however they escaped and teamed up with Ash's Pikachu and sent Team Rocket blasting off with a triple-Thunderbolt.

Ditto 1's only move is Transform.
Ditto 1 has also used Thunderbolt*, Iron Tail*, Volt Tackle*, Pound*, Hammer Arm*, Aerial Ace*, Quick Attack*, and Poison Jab* via Transform.

Ditto 2

Debut	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	Erica Schroeder

Narissa also owns a Shiny Ditto, nicknamed Ditto 2 (Japanese: メタモン２号 Metamon Nigō). After joining its regular counterpart in causing mischief, Ash battled the Shiny Ditto with Infernape. In turn, Ditto transformed into an Infernape itself. After trading a series of Mach Punches, the round ended in Ash's favor. Later, the Shiny Ditto helped Ash his friends foil another Team Rocket scheme.

Ditto 2's only move is Transform.
Ditto 2 has also used Flame Wheel*, Mach Punch*, Pound*, Hammer Arm*, Aerial Ace*, Dig*, Thunderbolt*, and Poison Jab* via Transform.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 沖佳苗 Kanae Oki English Lisa Ortiz Czech Kateřina Petrová Finnish Taru Tikkanen European French Cécile Florin German Katharina Iacobescu Italian Benedetta Ponticelli Polish Agnieszka Fajlhauer Brazilian Portuguese Tatiane Keplmair Spanish Latin America Carla Castañeda Spain Emma Jiménez

Trivia

• Narissa is somewhat similar to Duplica, having two Ditto (with one of them being somewhat special) and cosplaying.
• Narissa is one of the few females who have fallen in love with Brock, although this was temporary.
• Narissa was named Marina on Pokémon.com.
• Ditto 1 and 2's Japanese nicknames may be a reference to the original two heroes of the Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise, Kamen Rider Ichigō and Kamen Rider Nigō.
• Narissa's English dub name may be a reference to narcissist, which relates to the level of her initial ego and elitism.
• In the Finnish dub, Narissa speaks Helsinki slang.

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon animated series.