Marilyn

Marilyn

Marilyn (Japanese: マリリン Marilyn) is a character of the day who appeared in Battling a Cute Drama!. She is voiced by 後藤麻衣 Mai Goto in Japanese and Bella Hudson in English.

Marilyn is a Trainer who believes only Pokémon she finds to be cute are worthwhile. Beyond that, she prefers things being cuter in their own right, calling Dawn and Brock "Dawny" (Japanese: ヒカリン Hikarin) and "Brocky" (Japanese: タケリン Takerin) respectively, because she believed they were cuter names.

She only believes that a Pokémon is cute if its height is no more than 2 feet and if it has not evolved. Even then, she doesn't consider everything that meets that criteria to be cute, including Mime Jr. and Piplup. Meowth also meets the height and evolutionary standards, although Marilyn didn't even seem to notice Meowth at any point.

After seeing Dawn's Buneary, she fawns over how cute it is (dismissing Piplup as not cute enough), and challenges Dawn to a battle. During the battle, she orders her Cherubi not to attack, in order to stall and keep the battling going so she could witness a "valiant battle". Brock gets irritated by Marilyn's superficial attitude towards Pokémon, and decides to teach her about the inner strength and beauty of Pokémon with a battle.

Marilyn claims her perception of "cute Pokémon" was altered to fit in more with normal convention, because she was teased as a child for believing the cutest Pokémon ever was Shellder, a sentiment none of her friends agreed with.

Pokémon

This listing is of Marilyn's known Pokémon:

Cherubi

Marilyn's Cherubi

Debut	Battling a Cute Drama!

Cherubi is the Pokémon Marilyn used against Dawn's Buneary. It defeated Buneary, and later battled Brock's Sudowoodo. This second match was declared a tie by James, who was acting as referee.

Its known moves are Protect, Magical Leaf, Tackle, and SolarBeam.

Chingling

Debut	Battling a Cute Drama!

Chingling battled Brock's Croagunk and lost, despite putting on a good fight.

Its known moves are Growl and Confusion.

Shellder

Marilyn's Shellder

Debut	Battling a Cute Drama!

Marilyn used to think Shellder was the cutest Pokémon, but people disagreed with her. After learning her lesson from Brock, she decided to use it against his Happiny. Before they could battle, though, Team Rocket interrupted the battle.

Its known moves are Brine and Ice Beam.

Marilyn is in possession of a fourth Pokémon as its Poké Ball is seen, but she replaces it with Shellder instead during her and Brock's battle, making her fourth Pokémon unknown.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 後藤麻衣 Mai Goto English Bella Hudson European Spanish Blance Hualde

Trivia

• Marilyn dresses in the Sweet Lolita clothing style.
• Another character, Lyra, referred to Dawn as Hikarin in the original version.

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