Lyra (game)

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Lyra (Japanese: コトネ Kotone) is the female player character in . Her male counterpart is . She replaces from .
==In the core series games==
===As the protagonist===
Lyra's journey as a begins when Professor Elm asks her to run an errand for Mr. Pokémon, who lives north of Cherrygrove City. Because she may encounter dangerous wild along the way, Elm gives her a choice between three Pokémon for protection: , or .
Lyra meets a strange boy the same age as her watching Elm's Lab from outside. When she tries to talk to him, the boy abruptly shoves her away. The boy, , will become Lyra's rival, analogous to in Generation I and III.
Lyra continues onward and finally meets Mr. Pokémon and completes the errand. While there she meets Professor Oak who, upon realizing Lyra's bond with her new Pokémon, gives her a Pokédex. On her way back home, Lyra again meets Silver, who has stolen one of Elm's remaining Pokémon. After defeating the boy in battle, she learns his name from his dropped and relays it to the police in New Bark Town. Professor Elm allows Lyra to keep the Pokémon she chose earlier, and encourages her to compete in the Johto League.
From there Lyra begins on a Pokémon journey in the Johto region, facing off against its eight Gym Leaders, defeating and disbanding the revived Team Rocket, and becoming the Pokémon League Champion by defeating the Elite Four and its previous Champion, Lance, at Indigo Plateau. Along the way, she also teaches Silver to respect Pokémon as living creatures, and not just as tools for battle.
After being declared the Pokémon League Champion, Lyra then takes a short trip on a ship, the S.S. Aqua, from Olivine City to Vermilion City in Kanto. Journeying across that region, she battles against its own set of eight Gym Leaders. Upon getting permission from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, Lyra heads for Mt. Silver via . Her journey comes to a close when she comes to the summit and faces the Champion from Pallet Town and Pokémon Trainer, , who had been training there since shortly after he became Pokémon League Champion three years prior.
===As a non-playable character===
If playing as , Lyra appears as an NPC in the game. When playing as Lyra, Ethan takes on this role instead.
Lyra meets the player in New Bark Town at the start of the game. In this particular scene, she is seen with a . She teaches the player how to catch Pokémon on (replacing the Dude from ). Her grandparents run the Pokémon Day Care on . She also gives the player the Fashion Case in Goldenrod Tunnel and the Vs. Recorder on .
When called from certain locations, Lyra will mention that something will happen if the player takes a certain Pokémon there.
====Pokémon====
Lyra uses this party to show the how to catch Pokémon when is selected as the player character in .
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=====Caught in tutorial=====
=====Mentioned=====
When called with the Pokégear at different locations, Lyra will mention she owns certain Pokémon.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Lyra, who is based on the NPC character, forms a sync pair with and its evolved forms and , along with , , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Lyra became a playable sync pair on September 17, 2019.
Lyra has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the Villain Arc. Unlike in the core series, both Lyra and coexist in the same game.
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===Pokémon GO===
To commemorate the Johto Festival, Lyra's outfit from were released as free style options in Pokémon GO.
==Quotes==
==Optional names==
Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Korean
<ab>ハート Heart
ソウル Soul
キヨミ Kiyomi
サトコ Satoko
チホ Chiho
イオリ Iori
マキコ Makiko
ミキコ Mikiko
ウララ Urara
ジュンコ Junko
フウカ Fūka
リエ Rie
セツコ Setsuko
ニッキ Nikki
マミナ Mamina
ノリコ Noriko
ユミカ Yumika
モモコ Momoko
ミスズ Misuzu</ab>	<ab>Heart
Soul
Karla
Britney
Kelli
Lindy
Heidi
Miriam
Trudy
Aubrey
Krissa
Naomi
Abby
Dodie
Tamara
Linda
Fiona
Mari
Maggie</ab>	<ab>Heart
Soul
Hadja / Joanna
Becky
Edith
Sophie
Claire
Brenda
Madge
Sayaka
Noémie
Linda
Suzie
Yuki
Carmen
Coralie
Nadia
Hélène
Caro</ab>	<ab>Heart
Soul
Klara / Mandy
Andrea
Sina
Sara
Sigrun
Elena
Birgit
Diana
Antje
Suse
Uta
Daniela
Silke
Linda
Jamie
Piera
Evelin</ab>	<ab>Heart
Soul
Cinzia
Luisa
Amanda
Bia
Elisa
Lorenza
Tonia
Gaia
Fara
Wilma
Ivana
Monia
Letizia
Enrica
Ilaria
Isotta
Viviana</ab>	<ab>Heart
Soul
Mena
Cira
María
Lara
Mariau
Miriam
Theresa
Claudia
Aída
René
Aria
Margot
Nuria
Izarbe
Silvia
Mirta
Susan</ab>	<ab>하트 Heart
소울 Soul
링링 Ringring
서연 Seoyeon
해나 Haena
아라 Ara
유경 Yugyeong
윤혜 Yunhye
태희 Taehyi
나정 Najeong
인희 Inhyi
나영 Nayeong
꽃님 Kkotnim
설아 Seola
지나 Jina
주애 Juae
사희 Sahyi
미영 Miyeong
은영 Eun'yeong</ab>
==Counterparts==
===In animation===
====Pokémon the Series====
Shortly after the release of , a counterpart of Lyra appeared in from An Egg Scramble! to Bagged Then Tagged!. Much as with , , and , she shares both her English and Japanese names with the player character she is based on. Along with her friend Khoury, she traveled with and for a short time, before ultimately returning to Johto.
====GOTCHA!====
Lyra briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
===In the manga===
====Pokémon Adventures====
Although Lyra doesn't appear separately in Pokémon Adventures, Crystal essentially serves as her counterpart by wearing her outfit during the due to her mother forcing her to wear it against her will.
====Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon====
Lyra appeared in Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon. None of her Pokémon are known.
====Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic====
A Trainer with the same design as Lyra appeared in Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic.
=====Pokémon=====
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
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===Sprites and models===
 	 	 	 	
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==Trivia==
* Lyra is 4'11" (1.52 m) tall and weighs 90.4 lbs (41 kg). This was confirmed by checking the heights and weights of certain Pokémon in the Pokédex. The height was eventually confirmed by the Pokémon Scale World series of 1/20 scaled figures.Page about the Lyra & Bayleef & Natu & Smoochum set of figures.
* Lyra shares many of her Japanese default names with and . She also shares all of 's default Japanese names.
* Occasionally, Lyra will call and claim that her evolved into . Upon meeting her again, however, she will still have a Marill. This mix-up is due to a translation error: in the Japanese version, she talks of how she would be surprised if she were to turn around on a whim while walking about and find her Marill in the process of evolving, or having evolved, into an Azumarill. She follows that thought up with: "But that would never happen!"
* According to one source, Lyra replaced Kris as the female player in HeartGold and SoulSilver because Takao Unno did not consult Ken Sugimori's original artwork before beginning Lyra's design.Random: Pokémon Gold & Silver's Male Protagonist Was Apparently A Ninja In The DS Remakes
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	コトネ Kotone 	From 琴音 kotone (sound of )
English, German	Lyra 	From
Spanish 	Lira 	From lira (lyre)
French 	Célesta 	From
Italian 	Cetra 	From
Korean 	금선 Geumseon 	From 금선 (琴線) geumseon (geum string)
Chinese () 	琴音 Qínyīn 	From 琴音 qínyīn / kàhmyām (sound of )
Chinese () 	琴音 Kàhmyām 	From 琴音 qínyīn / kàhmyām (sound of )
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Champions
Category:Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon characters
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