Lena (The Little Polar Bear)

Lena is the heroine from The Little Polar Bear. She is a kindhearted Inuit girl who lives with her wise grandmother in a small village. Although she shows up in a small part of the film, Lena plays a big part in helping Lars solve the mystery of the fish scarcity and saving the North Pole from the dreaded Black Mouth.
In the original German dub, she is voiced by Jeanette Biederman, while in the English dub, she is voiced by Kimberly J. Brown, who also played Marnie Piper in Halloweentown.
==The Little Polar Bear==
Lena is first shown fishing in her motorboat. After giving a fish to some seagulls, she notices a polar bear and seal (Lars and Robby) playing together. Excited, Lena takes the news to her grandmother after feeding her cat. She tries to explain what she saw, but knows her grandmother wouldn't believe her, so she decides to keep it to herself.
When most of the fish are taken from the ocean, Lena is concerned about the food scarcity. Later, Lars sneaks into the village to see where the fish had gone. Two neighborhood dogs chase him, but Lena calls the dogs and comes to his aid. Lena finds Lars hiding in a doghouse and takes him into her home. Believing he is the polar bear she discovered, she gives him some fish sticks to eat. Lena empathizes with Lars because the disappearance of the fish affected her people in the same way as it has affected the animals. Lena's grandmother calls her to a ceremony where she and the people of her tribe gather around to find out what is taking the fish. As it turns out, the Black Mouth, a giant unmanned fishing boat, is the cause of the scarcity.
Lena takes Lars home and wishes him luck. The next day, Lars tries to warn the other animals of the Black Mouth, which crashes through the ice and swallows many of the animals. Lars comes to their rescue and lures the evil robot toward a set of rocks, causing it to crash and freeing the animals and the fish.
After dreaming about Lars, Lena returns to her house and explains her dream to her grandmother, who makes it clear that dreams do come true. Elated, Lena rides her boat over to Lars, his friends and his family. She congratulates Lars for saving the fish and ridding the North Pole of the Black Mouth. After giving him an Inuit kiss, Lena rides off, pleased that Lars has restored hope to the North Pole.
== Personality ==
Lena is a kindhearted girl who shows compassion to other animals, especially to her pets and Lars. She is empathetic and understands what the animals go through. Lena is also not afraid to speak her mind when explaining her encounter with Lars to her grandmother.
== Description ==
Lena is an Alaskan or Canadian Inuit girl of about eight or nine years old. She wears her hair in pigtails and often wears a blue or purple parka, brown mittens, red patched pants, and purple and blue mukluks. At the ceremony, Lena wears a painted dress of feathers, deerskin, and beads.
==Trivia==
*Lena is known as Manili in the original German dub.
*Lena is a heroic foil to the Black Mouth, as she is someone who gives food to animals and shows kindness to them; whereas the Black Mouth takes most of the fish from the North Pole, leaving the animals hungry.
*Kimberly J. Brown was about eighteen or nineteen years old when she voiced Lena.
Category:Female
Category:Animal Kindness
Category:Kids
Category:Nurturers
Category:Cartoon Heroes
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Pure Good
Category:Comedy Heroes
Category:Nature-Lovers
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Category:Amazons
Category:Determinators
Category:Sympathetic
Category:Disciplinarians
Category:Loyal
Category:Supporters
Category:Optimists
Category:Rescuers
Category:Hope Bringers
Category:Selfless
Category:Sophisticated