Anabel

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Anabel (Japanese: リラ Lila) was the Frontier Brain in charge of running the 's under the title of (Japanese: タワータイクーン Tower Tycoon). In Generation VII, Anabel is an International Police officer working with Looker.
==In the core series games==
===Character and role===
====Pokémon Emerald====
On her debut, Anabel is a resident of the Battle Frontier, and is described to be a mysterious trainer known as the Battle Tower’s Salon Maiden."It sounds like BATTLE TOWER is the hottest. Bet you didn't know this! One of those top TRAINERS that SCOTT calls the FRONTIER BRAINS is there. It's this mysterious TRAINER called the SALON MAIDEN that runs the place." Residents note her to be particularly focused on one's talent; her first Pokémon team being specifically made to measure the opposing team’s strength."When she's measuring up her opponent, she apparently uses these POKéMON: A PSYCHIC-type PSI POKéMON, a FIRE-type VOLCANO POKéMON, and a NORMAL-type SLEEPING POKéMON." Though she remains enigmatic, she is hinted at being a very strong trainer, capable of completely wiping out a previous challenger on a winning streak."Man! Oh man! I've never lost once before! But I got wiped out with no saving grace at all! And then I'm told I don't have any talent?! Man!" "This guy ran into a horribly tough TRAINER while he was on the BATTLE TOWER challenge." "At the BATTLE TOWER, an older girl told me that I have a lot of talent for battling!" "The reason I've come to see you... Well, there is but one reason... Let me see your talent in its entirety..." Taking on the Battle Tower challenge, Anabel first appears in the as the 35th opponent the faces. Her first impressions of the player are skeptical and negative, and she mentions having come to see for herself the player’s talent in its entirety. If she is victorious, she’ll bluntly state her disappointment. Upon her defeat, however, Anabel gives proper acknowledgement to the player’s successful battle and awards them with the Silver Ability Symbol onto the .
At the 70th consecutive match, Anabel changes up her Pokémon team to battle all out, vowing that she won't hold back against the player as she did before."You really did come back to see me... ... ... ... ... ... ... You've won straight matches to see me... I won't have to hold back against you... It's been too long now... Too long since I've been able to battle without thinking about anything... Let's begin, shall we?" "That was fun... I have never had a Pokémon battle so enjoyable before... I wish I could battle with you again..." When defeated, she confers the player the Gold Ability Symbol in place of the previous silver version. All subsequent rematches afterwards are against this updated team, and she is far more encouraging in tone compared to her previous aloofness, in hopes of seeing the player challenge her again.
She is one of the two known s, the other one being Palmer of the Battle Tower in the Sinnoh region.
====Pokémon Sun and Moon====
Anabel later returns in , with a drastically new appearance, additional Pokémon, and having a story role outside of a battle facility for the first time.
Ten years prior to the events of Sun and Moon, Anabel was found unconscious on Poni Island by Looker and Nanu, who had just completed a mission for the International Police. She had lost most of her memories and was only able to tell them her name, that she came from Hoenn, that she protected a tower there, and that she was a powerful Trainer. After being placed in the custody of the International Police, they detected incredible amounts of energy coming from her after coming through an Ultra Wormhole, implying that she was a who was lost in a wormhole for a significant amount of time. Anabel was never informed of this, however. 
Anabel joined the International Police herself and quickly ascended the ranks, much to the help of Nanu before his retirement, until she became Looker's superior in the UB Task Force; a secret division of the International Police that deals with Ultra Beasts. Anabel maintains a professional demeanor, to the point of training for upcoming assignments on her time off, and regularly thinking about work where she knows she should be taking time to relax. Nevertheless, she is passionate about the work that she does for the UB Task Force and hopes to safeguard the lives of people and Pokémon, especially those of the Ultra Beasts. 
While Anabel has little recollection of her time in the Battle Frontier, many of her original traits remain. Though she no longer openly expresses harsh critique, she still measures one’s skill with a battle and praises their innate talent if they’re victorious. She seeks out strong trainers within battle facilities out of self-imposed challenge, regular training, and a lingering sense of nostalgia for the days of her past. Anabel also has the occasional light-hearted moment; lightly teasing her coworker Looker over his eagerness for a feast and acting cheerful, though at times this is meant to mask her exhaustion to keep others from worrying about her.
After the player becomes the of Alola, they will meet Anabel and Looker when they visit the motel on Akala Island with the request of recruiting the player to the UB Task Force. It is here that the two reveal the effect of Lusamine’s prior actions in the story: Ultra Beasts have passed through Ultra Wormholes all over Alola, and Anabel personally chose to take on the mission with Looker as her backup. Although one of the task force's duties is to either safeguard or destroy the Ultra Beasts, neither Anabel nor Looker wishes to harm them, so they need the help of the new Champion of Alola to ensure their safe capture. Anabel will battle the player to make certain that they are up to the job, reciting a quote she had said long before during her time as a Frontier Brain. With the player’s victory and recruitment, the group proceeds to track down and catch Ultra Beasts across all four of Alola's islands, and after the player catches the first, , Anabel arranges for the player to keep the Ultra Beasts instead of delivering them to the International Police, where there they would end up as research subjects. 
During each mission, Anabel's job is to protect nearby populated areas with the assistance of her Pokémon. As the missions continue, however, Anabel starts to show signs of fatigue. Apparently, the Ultra Beasts are being drawn to her strongly as a Faller and becoming extremely aggressive toward her, which is only exacerbated when there are multiple of them that can assail her simultaneously. She constantly rejects Looker’s appeals for him to take her place, expressing that this is part of her duty and that she cannot allow Looker to face danger without a partner Pokémon alongside him. During the final mission however, Looker finally misdirects her away from the action so that she can recover her strength.
After all of the Ultra Beasts have been caught, the International Police HQ grants Anabel and Looker paid leave until they receive their next orders. Anabel plans to go meet with Nanu again and then spend her time sightseeing around Alola. She can then later be encountered again as a Trainer in the Battle Tree, primarily using Pokémon from her original roster in Emerald.
====Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon====
In , Anabel appears with Looker in Poni Plains. The two block the way to Poni Coast until the UB incident at Poni Grove is resolved, at which point Anabel leaves to go to the Battle Tree for training. It is mentioned that in these games, Anabel and Looker are on vacation in Alola instead of being there for a mission.
===Appearance===
====Pokémon Emerald====
Whilst her age is unknown, a young boy in the Battle Frontier refers to her as "an older girl.""At the BATTLE TOWER, an older girl told me that I have a lot of talent for battling!" Anabel is a tall, thin girl with long arms and legs. Her skin is of a light complexion, with lilac-colored eyes and hair, being short on top. In her artwork, she wears a white, segmented jacket with a large collar and golden highlights; the bottom half sporting three golden buttons, and stopping just around her waist. The sleeves of this jacket are long and of a sheer, see-through material, with a slight lilac color. They taper out towards the bottom, with small white cuffs around Anabel's wrists. Below, she wears lilac-colored pants with a similarly gold-colored cuff towards the ankles, above white socks and black shoes; with the soles being colored gold.
Anabel's in-game assets largely match these colors, but differ depending on the system model that the game is being played on, to compensate for the lack of a backlight. She goes from a consistent lilac to a deeper, more vibrant purple, in spite of her Japanese name; リラ Lila. This is even more apparent with Anabel's overworld sprite, which appears a dark pink due to palette limitations. Compared to her official artwork, Anabel's shoes are lilac as opposed to black, due to palette restrictions. Unlike most other characters in the game, she lacks eye-whites.
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====Generation VII====
In concept art for Pokémon Sun and Moon, Anabel is depicted as an adult woman standing at 5’5’’. In comparison to her debut, her appearance has undergone a drastic overhaul, especially regarding Anabel's stature, outfit, and hairstyle. Her hair has a much more even cut and flow; her bangs perfectly aligned, while longer strands of hair fall just short of reaching her chin, cupping her right cheek. Her long hair, tied into a ponytail with a small black bow-shaped ribbon, reaches down all the way to her waist and curls into itself at the base. Her eye shape is far more rounded and smaller than her original appearance, with bolder and emphasized eyelashes. The International Police attire she wears consists of a typical black suit and tie, along with black gloves and black heeled boots. Each glove has two buttons on the back of the hand, whilst each boot has two buttons on each side that faces outward. In her left ear is a teal-green communicator, though she has never been seen using it within the games.
Having appeared in a 3D animated setting for the first time, a lot more of Anabel’s personality is reflected through her stance and body language when in-battle. She often stands with her arms crossed, occasionally bringing a hand to her chin in contemplation. When she commands her Pokémon, Anabel will only move her right hand to snap her fingers before returning to her original position.
===Pokémon===
Due to being a Frontier Brain, Anabel posses a variety of Pokémon, including some Legendary Pokémon. Her appears in both teams in , and later reappears in Generation VII, both in story battles and in the Battle Tree. According to Pokémon Masters EX, this Snorlax is considered her first partner, and has appeared in all games she had made an appearance herself in. 
During the Looker Episode, all of Anabel's non-Legendary Pokémon that she uses in the Battle Tower return, with the addition of three new Pokémon since her appearance in Emerald, being , , and . At the Battle Tree, her Legendary Pokémon once again become part of the potential roster of Pokémon she can use, with the inclusion of .
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Anabel's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.
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Anabel uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double Battles, and two in Multi Battles.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Anabel, in her Alola-based design, forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Snorlax is capable of Gigantamaxing. Anabel became a playable sync pair on February 15, 2023.
Anabel first appeared as an NPC during the Kalos chapter of the Villain Arc. She also made notable appearances later in the Villain Arc.
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===History===
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Anabel debuted in Talking a Good Game!. and met her when they were chased by an angry . Anabel quickly calmed Beedrill down after speaking to it, much to Ash's surprise. The pair soon came across a rampaging , and Anabel once again showed off her empathy abilities to settle it down. soon ambushed the duo in an attempt to steal Pikachu, but it soon turned into a , which Anabel won after having her Team Rocket's Pokémon. , Max, and later caught up with Anabel and Ash, and Anabel escorted everyone to her home to get changed out of their wet clothes. There, they learned that Anabel was actually a girl.
The group then quickly rushed off to the , but were shocked to learn that Anabel was also the Salon Maiden, who Ash was supposed to challenge for his next Symbol. Ash lost his first match to Anabel after her powerful Alakazam managed to defeat his and , consecutively. Pikachu, however, was able to defeat Alakazam in the next round. Anabel then sent out her Metagross, and it knocked Pikachu out with a .
Anabel reappeared in Second Time's the Charm!. Ash once again disturbed a group of Beedrill as he trained with his Pokémon. Tauros was stung and knocked its Trainer and Anabel into a nearby lake, but she quickly shrugged off the incident. While lunch was ruined because of Team Rocket, Anabel tried to teach Ash and May about her psychic powers, but to no avail.
Ash later had his rematch against Anabel. Corphish was able to defeat Alakazam after Ash listened to it and quickly returned it to its before sending Corphish back out again to overcome its confusion. Corphish lost in the next round, and after an exchange of strengths between Tauros and Metagross, the battle ended in a draw. In the final round, Anabel's was able to shadow Pikachu's moves and overwhelm his with a more powerful . However, Pikachu caused the facility to have a power outage and used the darkness to strike Espeon. Pikachu concluded the match with a , earning Ash the Ability Symbol.
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She reappeared during a flashback in A Pyramiding Rage!.
===Character===
Unique to the animated series, Anabel has the empathic ability to sense the emotions of living beings and communicate with them. She also shares a particularly strong bond with her Pokémon, and is seemingly able to command them telepathically. Without the vocal commands as a cue, Ash initially struggled to compete against Anabel.
Also contrary to the games, where she has no specific type she specializes in, Anabel is an expert at training Pokémon, whose powers she uses to her opponent's Pokémon or control incoming attacks. Her Pokémon also know some physical moves like , making them equally effective in direct confrontations.
===Pokémon===
This listing is of Anabel's known in :
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Anabel is one of the seven s hired by Scott to be a Frontier Brain at the . Anabel is first seen watching the Battle Frontier's opening ceremony. The ceremony is interrupted by , who announces that he wishes to conquer the Battle Frontier. The press mistakenly report the incident as allowing an ordinary Trainer to take part in the Battle Frontier before it officially opens a week later. The Frontier Brains decide to use this assumption as free publicity and allow Emerald to challenge the Battle Frontier under the condition that he completes it before it officially opens.
Later, while Emerald is challenging the Battle Pyramid, Noland is attacked by an unknown assailant and several rental Pokémon are stolen. After Noland is taken to a hospital, the other Frontier Brains begin to suspect Emerald as the culprit. They head to the Battle Pyramid to confront Emerald and find him after having defeated Brandon. When they ask him about what happened, Emerald reveals that he did not attack Noland and is actually after the Mythical Pokémon . The Frontier Brains find Emerald's explanation suspicious, but decide to follow him into Artisan Cave, where Jirachi is currently located at. Upon arriving, everyone is attacked by a horde of wild while Emerald continues inside to find Jirachi. After the Frontier Brains get past the Smeargle, they meet up with Emerald, who has managed to find Jirachi. Emerald attempts to capture Jirachi, but is attacked by Guile Hideout, the actual culprit who attacked Noland. When Jirachi runs off, Emerald attempts to pursue it, only to be attacked by the rental Pokémon Guile had stolen. The other Frontier Brains attempt to avenge Noland by attacking Guile, but are swiftly defeated.
Anabel applauds Emerald for focusing on his mission instead of staying behind to fight and offers to fight Guile while he focuses on capturing Jirachi. Using Raikou's control over lightning, Anabel manages to trap Guile in a cage of electricity. Emerald attempts to use this chance to capture Jirachi, but Guile uses his sword to destroy the Poké Ball and breaks free from the cage. Jirachi takes this chance to flee, forcing Guile to escape as well to continue his pursuit of it. Injured from the battle, everyone decides to return to the Battle Frontier. When they meet up with Scott again, he reveals that he was aware of Guile and Emerald's true mission the entire time. Scott states that he withheld the information from the Frontier Brains to help them get stronger as they still would have lost even if they had known of Guile beforehand.
The next day, Anabel watches the tournament being hosted at the Battle Dome, where Emerald is challenging to obtain his fifth Symbol. As Emerald battles Tucker in the finals, Scott asks Anabel to talk with him somewhere else. This Scott is revealed to be a disguised Guile, who puts Anabel under mind control. After this, Guile returns to the Battle Dome, where he manages to find and capture Jirachi. Guile uses the rental Pokémon to attack innocent bystanders and heads to the to make his wish. Emerald, Noland, , and all head to the Battle Tower to stop Guile, but are forced to traverse the Battle Tower's seventy floors and challenge Anabel on the final floor. Emerald manages to get to Anabel first, but is defeated by the time everyone else arrives.
The stress of the mind control eventually causes Anabel to pass out, forcing Guile to use her as a hostage in order to force Noland to give him the Jirachi Report, which contains the secrets of how to make Jirachi grant his wish. When Noland is unsure about what to do, Guile attacks him and takes the report by force. Now knowing Jirachi's secret, Guile has Jirachi create a gigantic made of seawater and uses it to flood the entire Battle Frontier. Anabel is taken to safety by and later awakens to help the Frontier Brains fight off Guile's rental Pokémon while Emerald and the other Pokédex holders fight Guile. Eventually, Emerald and the Pokédex holders manage to defeat Guile and destroy the gigantic Kyogre monster. The day after, an injured Anabel and the other Frontier Brains congratulate Emerald for the hard work he put into saving everyone. Anabel then awards Emerald the Ability Symbol for his skills in traversing the Battle Tower.
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Anabel and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains battle and defeat the Admins of Neo Team Magma and Neo Team Aqua, who had interfered in the launch of a rocket that was made to stop the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world. Once finished, Anabel is contacted by Emerald, who asks if any of the Frontier Brains had seen Sapphire in the area. When the Brains deny seeing Sapphire, Emerald thanks them and leaves. Later, Anabel and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains are called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping the meteoroid.
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It was revealed that Anabel had become a member of the International Police. She, along with first appear investigating Po Town, where several Ultra Beasts had appeared before breaking out and wreaking havoc on Ula'ula Island. Shortly after arriving, Anabel and Looker meet with and , a pair of children who had previously faced the Ultra Beasts. While she questioned Sun and Moon about the beasts, Anabel had Looker go off to investigate the rampaging beasts to find information on them as well. After receiving the information, Anabel sent out her to battle , another Ultra Beast that emerged from an Ultra Wormhole.
Together with Sun, Anabel managed to stun Blacephalon long enough to throw a at it, but Blacephalon immediately breaks out, confirming that regular Poké Balls do not work on Ultra Beasts. Blacephalon retaliates by using on the group, forcing Anabel to get everyone out of the way. Anabel and the others are saved by , the guardian deity of Ula'ula Island, who used a large gust of wind to blow both Blacephalon and its attack far away. As Sun and Moon feed a Mirage Berry to Tapu Bulu to befriend it, Anabel speculates that there must be a man hiding in Alola capable of making Poké Balls that are able to capture Ultra Beasts.
Later, Anabel, Sun, and Moon head towards Poni Island. Anabel revealed to Sun and Moon that and Blacephalon are also making their way to Poni. Due to Poni not having an island kahuna, there would be no one capable enough of protecting the island from the two beasts. Sun, more fixated on delivering the next Mirage Berry to , decided to head off and find someone who can help him search for it. After docking on Poni, Anabel and Moon arrived at Seafolk Village, which had been evacuated due to the Ultra Beasts' attacks. Worried that some injured people may still be there, Anabel requested to Moon that she help heal any hurt civilians. As they walked through Poni Wilds, Moon asked Anabel how she knew the names of the Ultra Beasts. Anabel then revealed that she knew because she is a Faller, a human who had passed through an Ultra Wormhole.
Later, Anabel and Moon traveled to Vast Poni Canyon, where they witnessed Faba battling Plumeria. Anabel confronted Faba about the Aether Foundation's involvement with the Ultra Beasts' appearance in Alola. Worried that his plans could be jeopardized, Faba has his s battle against Anabel and Moon, hoping the distraction would give him the chance to escape. Anabel used her Pokémon to keep the Employees busy while she, Moon, and Plumeria followed Faba. As he approached the Poni Altar, Faba revealed he was aware of his pursuers and proceeded to attack them while assisted by more Employees. During the battle, Moon was grabbed by and taken to the Poni Altar.
Later, Anabel managed to defeat and capture Faba. After meeting with Gladion, Lillie, and Hapu, the four traveled to the Altar, where they found that Sun and Moon managed to summon and , the Legendary Pokémon of the Alola region. After explaining what Solgaleo and Lunala are and their connection with , Anabel received a call from Looker, who reported that a large number of Ultra Beasts emerged from Po Town and have made their way to Poni Island. Anabel teamed up with Moon, Gladion, and Hapu to fend off the attacking beasts. Later, a larger than usual wormhole opened at the Altar, which Anabel noted was caused by the . A hand emerged from the wormhole and grabbed Solgaleo, taking control of its body. The possessed Solgaleo captured Sun with its tail and jumped into the wormhole while Moon and Nebby followed after it.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
=====Status unknown=====
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
Anabel first appeared in Introducing the Frontier Brains!, disguised as a photographer. She took a picture of Enta's Vulpix and . She told Enta about the Frontier Brains after Rald was defeated by her, prompting him to challenge them in order to discover which one defeated Rald.
After Enta defeated his sixth Frontier Brain, Lucy, he was told that the seventh one is none other than Anabel herself, much to his surprise. Enta's battle with Anabel ended up in a draw after a showdown between Ninetales and Entei.
====Pokémon====
===Ash & Pikachu===
Anabel appeared in a fantasy along with the other Frontier Brains in Off To The Battle Frontier!!.
==Gallery==
For images related to Pokémon Masters EX, see Anabel (Masters).
===Core series game artwork===
This is a selection of artwork featuring Anabel from the core series Pokémon games.
	
	Concept art
===Core series game assets===
This is a selection of game assets featuring Anabel from the core series Pokémon games.
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
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==Music==
Games 	Location 	Song name 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	 	 	 	
 	Battling Anabel at the Battle Tower or Battle Tree 	Battle! (Frontier Brain—Hoenn Version) 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Battling Anabel 	Battle! (Trainer) 	Junichi Masuda 	Minako Adachi Go Ichinose
Masters EX 	Battling Anabel 	Battle! (Hoenn Frontier Brain) (Pokémon Masters EX Version) 	Go Ichinose 	Haruki Yamada
Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.	Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.	Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.	Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.	Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.
==Trivia==
* In the Japanese version of Pokémon Emerald, she uses the boku, a pronoun which is primarily used by males; when used by females, it is associated with tomboys and people who are gender-nonconforming, especially in fiction.
** As of Pokémon Sun and Moon, she uses the pronoun watashi.
* In some languages, Anabel is the only Frontier Brain whose title does not incorporate the second word of their facility's name. However, the Battle Salon is an actual room in a where Trainers can meet each other and team up to participate in Multi Battles.
* In the , Anabel's Espeon knows , a move it could not learn in the games during Generation III. It could learn this move in Generation II, but it can't be transferred to Generation III due to the games being incompatible.
* Similar to Ingo, Anabel debuted as a battle facility leader and was later transported to another region, losing most of her memories in the process.
* The animated series is the only medium where Anabel has appeared without a .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	リラ Lila 	From lilas (French for ) or lila (Spanish for lilac)
English 	Anabel 	From ability
German 	Anabel 	From Anlage (asset)
Spanish 	Destra 	From destreza (skill)
French 	Cathy 	From capacité (skill)
Italian 	Alberta 	From abilità (ability)
Korean 	리라 Lila 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese ()	莉拉 Lìlā 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese ()	莉拉 Leihlāai 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese	Lila 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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