Riot

Ninja Riot (Japanese: ニンジャ·ライオット Ninja Riot) is one of the secondary antagonists of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. He is a ninja and thief who works against his rivals Merilyn, Argus Steel and Millis Steel to acquire a fortune through 's power to create diamonds.
==In the movies==
Riot appeared pursuing as she searched for . He first attacked Diancie with his , also competing with Merilyn and her as they pursued Diancie around Avignon Town. The two ganged up on Diancie and attacked her, but intervened and told the two to stop. His Greninja was swiftly defeated by , and Diancie escaped.
Later, Riot appeared near a forest, disguising himself within a tree. He attacked Diancie with his Greninja, and Ash and attempted to fight it off. He revealed himself and battled Clemont's Chespin and Serena's Fennekin, but soon Ash intervened with his and , and they fought off Riot and Greninja. As he attacked Diancie, however, Diancie's loyal Carbink servants interfered to protect Diancie. However, Millis Steel appeared and used her to fight off Greninja. This allowed Diancie to escape once more.
After it received the power of the from Xerneas, Riot and Merilyn attacked her in the Allearth Forest. However, was awakened by the fighting and went on a rampage, during which Riot's Greninja and were turned to stone by . He later found Merilyn crying over the loss of her Delphox and to Yveltal. Having a change of heart, he removed his mask and offered comfort to her. Just as she accepted his affection, however, Yveltal aimed Oblivion Wing at them, and they embraced shortly before being killed as well. Later, the two of them were revived by Xerneas with Geomancy.
In the credits of the film, Riot — now dressed formally — visited the clothing shop where Merilyn had gotten work and proposed marriage to her.
===Character===
Riot appeared to be quite ambitious in his pursuit of finding fortune through Diancie's diamonds. He was shown to be a rather ruthless thief, relentlessly pursuing Diancie and unhesitatingly competing against Merilyn and the Steels to try and obtain Diancie for himself. He was shown to do this in a rather stealthy manner, which was shown as he attacked Diancie as well as Ash and his friends while invisible.
Though he appeared to be initially hostile towards Merilyn, it later appeared that Riot had romantic feelings for her. This was hinted at when Riot saved Merilyn from falling into the pool of water, and later when he comforted her while she grieved over her Delphox, telling her to forget about Diancie. His relationship with Merilyn was ultimately confirmed when he proposed marriage to her. This romantic feeling also appeared to be mutual.
===Pokémon===
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
Riot appeared in of the 17th movie.
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==Trivia==
* The scene that takes place between Riot and Merilyn just before Yveltal petrifies them with Oblivion Wing is similar to the one that took place between Butler and Diane in Jirachi: Wish Maker just before the Meta Groudon sucked up the latter. Coincidentally, Butler was also voiced by Kōichi Yamadera in Japanese.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ニンジャ·ライオット Ninja Riot 	From ninja and riot
English, Spanish	Riot 	Same as his Japanese name
French 	Lens 	Similar to his Japanese name
German 	Terz 	
Italian 	Raffi 	Similar to Riot
Korean 	닌자 라이어트 Ninja Riot 	Transliteration of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	忍者·萊爾特 Rěnzhě Lái'ěrtè 	From 忍者 rěnzhě (ninja) and a transliteration of riot
==Related articles==
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Category:Movie antagonists
Category:Ninjas
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