Dwayne's Lopunny

**Dwayne's Lopunny** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのミミロップ** *Douein's Mimilop*) is the third Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Sinnoh region, and his thirty-third overall.

## **New Era**

### **Sinnoh**

Stopping at Route 202 for lunch, Dwayne, Gardevoir, Eevee, Zubat, and Turtwig are having their meal, when a flock of Starly fly by in blazing speed, causing some of the food to fly away, although Zubat quickly manages to catch them mid-air, and the act impresses Buneary, who jumps out of the bushes, and excitedly runs over to Zubat and starts fawning over him, much to Zubat's embarassment. Dwayne notes that Buneary has developed a crush on Zubat, which causes Zubat to gasp and become incredibly uncomfortable, although Buneary doesn't notice it. Dwayne then says that Buneary would become a great addition to their team and asks her if she wants to join his team, but Buneary responds with an Ice Beam that freezes Dwayne. Zubat breaks the ice with Air Cutter, and then scolds Buneary for attacking his Trainer, and Buneary seems upset.

Dwayne tells Zubat to not get so angry and again offers Buneary a place on his team, but Buneary refuses, not wanting to be caught so easily and makes a battling stance, and Dwayne realizes Buneary wants him to earn his capture and sends Turtwig to battle her. Buneary starts off with Dizzy Punch, but Turtwig successfully evades using Double Team, and Buneary seems confused on which Turtwig to aim. Buneary then uses Ice Beam whilst spinning, erasing all of the copies and eventually hitting the real Turtwig. Dwayne praises Buneary's intelligence and says she would become a great addition and orders Turtwig to use Razor Leaf. However, Buneary uses Bounce and hops from leaf to leaf and hits Turtwig with another Dizzy Punch.

Turtwig becomes confused, although Dwayne quickly recalls Turtwig and sends him back out immediately, curing his confusion, and orders a Headbutt, but Buneary dodges and uses Quick Attack, which hits Turtwig. Buneary uses another Dizzy Punch while Dwayne orders Turtwig to use Bite, and Turtwig bites onto Buneary's hand, and Dwayne tells Turtwig to swing Buneary around, and Turtwig spins while still biting onto Buneary's hand begins spinning wildly and Buneary becomes dizzy. Turtwig then lets go and Buneary is sent crashing onto a tree, and when she gets back up, she barely able to stand, dizzy from the spinning and stumbles around before Turtwig lands a direct Headbutt. Dwayne then throws a Poké Ball, which shakes for a while before Buneary breaks free. Dwayne again mentions that Buneary was powerful since she managed to break out, and orders Turtwig to use Razor Leaf, but Buneary uses Ice Beam, which encases the incoming leaves in ice, but they still keep coming towards Buneary, and the ice-covered Razor Leaf hits Buneary head-on, which knocks her out, and finally, Dwayne throws a second Poké Ball and captures the Rabbit Pokémon.

Immediately afterwards, Dwayne brings Buneary back out and heals her injuries with a Super Potion and says that they would become great friends. Buneary smiles at this, and hops onto Dwayne's shoulder before going back towards Zubat, once again fawning over him, but Zubat simply scratches his head, clearly uncomfortable, while Dwayne and his other Pokémon laugh at his reaction.

When Dwayne challenged the Oreburgh Gym, Buneary was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Roark's Cranidos. Right off the bat, Dwayne has Buneary to use Ice Beam and Roark commands Cranidos to dodge and use Zen Headbutt. Although Cranidos successfully avoids the Ice Beam, Buneary strikes back with Dizzy Punch, landing a direct hit and knocking Cranidos backwards and smashing down one of the rocks on the Gym floor. Dwayne believes that should finish Cranidos off, however it surprises him by quickly getting back on its feet and using Headbutt. Buneary tries to dodge and use Ice Beam by jumping into the air, but Cranidos jumps as well, hitting Buneary and cancelling out the attack. Buneary tries to use Ice Beam again, but is thwarted by Cranidos's Zen Headbutt. Again, Cranidos uses Headbutt on Buneary, knocking her to the ground. Unimpressed, Lazuli gets up to leave, believing Dwayne has already lost. However, Buneary suddenly shows her fighting spirit by letting off a powerful roar, making Lazuli regain interest.

Dwayne tells Buneary to use Bounce while Cranidos is told to counter with Flamethrower. However, Buneary dodges it and successfully lands Bounce on Cranidos's head. Amazingly, despite all of the damage, Cranidos still manages to recover and stay in the battle. Roark then tells Cranidos to use Head Smash, a move he didn't use in the battle against Lazuli. Dwayne, too, takes a chance, and counters with Quick Attack despite the risk of recoil. The two scream towards each other full of power and collide, causing a massive explosion and injuring both Pokémon. Dwayne decides that Buneary needs to be recalled for now. She later gets called back out as Dwayne's final remaining Pokémon against Roark's Onix, but Buneary is already exhausted and damaged from the battle against Cranidos and Dwayne knows that Buneary won't last long. Onix uses Slam, countering Buneary's Dizzy Punch and causing an explosion, causing both Pokémon damage however, it's Buneary who comes out of it the worst.

Dwayne is struggling, and suddenly gets a flash of inspiration and tells Buneary to use Bounce on the field. Onix attempts Double-Edge. However, the debris from Buneary's attack hits Onix, causing the move to fail. Dwayne is happy, and for a few seconds it actually seems Buneary may be able to turn the match around. Dwayne then tells Torracat to use Quick Attack, but Onix is told to use Screech. Onix fires the Screech, stopping Buneary in her tracks for a few seconds before sending her flying to nearby rocks. Buneary tries to get back up, but it turns out that Screech pushed her over the edge and she faints. The referee declares Buneary as unable to battle, therefore the match is over with Roark the winner, meaning no Badge for Dwayne.

When Dwayne and Roark had their rematch, Buneary was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to face off against Roark's Geodude. Buneary uses Ice Beam on Geodude. It misses as Geodude uses Rollout. Buneary uses Quick Attack, but Geodude blocks the attack. Geodude uses Seismic Toss and Rollout on Buneary, but she dodges the Rollout. Buneary uses Ice Beam and knocks Geodude out. Roark exclaims he has a surprise and sends out his Rampardos, which shocks Dwayne, and Roark mentions that Cranidos evolved due to the experience it obtained during its previous battle with Dwayne. Buneary uses Dizzy Punch, but it doesn't affect Rampardos at all. Rampardos uses Headbutt, but before Buneary can dodge it, she is hit and knocked out.

When Dwayne challenged a wild Buizel to a battle, Dwayne selected Buneary to face him, after Buizel had already defeated Dwayne's Crobat and Turtwig, as well as Sadie's Glameow. Buneary uses Ice Beam and Buizel uses Water Gun. Buizel's Water Gun pushes back Ice Beam and knocks down Buneary. Buneary uses Bounce, while Buizel dodges it as Sadie says that Buizel is as slippery as always. Buizel uses Sonic Boom, while Buneary dodges it. Buizel uses Aqua Jet to send Buneary to the ground. Buneary uses Ice Beam in the air, while Buizel dodges and uses Water Gun. Buneary dodges Water Gun, and suddenly, Dwayne gets an idea, and tells Buneary to use Ice Beam while she spins, which creates a swirling Ice Beam surrounding Buizel. Buneary jumps and dives while using Quick Attack. Buizel uses Aqua Jet to counter as they hit head on. Buizel hits the ground, as Dwayne throws his Poké Ball, and Buneary looks exhausted. The Poké Ball shakes around, but Buizel still comes out of it.

Buizel uses Sonic Boom to send Buneary into the water, as Sadie comments that Buneary is completely worn out. Dwayne tells Buneary to stay in the water, as Buizel gets ready to use Aqua Jet. Buizel uses Aqua Jet, while Buneary uses Ice Beam to freeze the water, and Buizel crash lands directly onto the hard ice, damaging it, and Buneary knocks it down with a Dizzy Punch. Changing tactics, Dwayne throws a Dive Ball instead of a regular Poké Ball, hoping that it'll work with Buneary having reached her limit. The Dive Ball shakes around, and finally shows that Buizel is caught. Dwayne celebrates his catch, as Buneary faints after so much battling.

During Dwayne's Eterna Gym battle against Gardenia, Buneary was chosen as Dwayne's third and final remaining Pokémon against Gardenia's Roserade. Buneary uses Quick Attack and charges, but Grass Knot eliminates her momentum. However, Buneary quickly recovers and uses another Quick Attack. Roserade fires Magical Leaf, but Buneary easily dodges through the trees. Roserade grabs Buneary with vines from its bouquets and throws her down before using Flash to blind the Pokémon. Buneary uses Dizzy Punch, but being blind, she simply thrashes about while Roserade steps aside, hitting with Magical Leaf. Buneary gets back up, still blind and thrashing about.

Dwayne tells Buneary to calm down and use her ears instead. Roserade uses a fiery Weather Ball, but Buneary's hearing allows her to use Bounce to deflect the attack, and Roserade ends up being blasted by its own Weather Ball. Roserade uses Magical Leaf, but Buneary regains her sight and uses Ice Beam to push the attack back towards Roserade, who is heaved into a tree, breaking it in the process, before slamming into a wall and fainting, giving Dwayne the win. Dwayne hugs Buneary at triumphing on the opponent's home field.

When Dwayne battled against Rollins, Buneary was chosen as Dwayne's third Pokémon to battle against Rollins's Staraptor. Buneary fires Ice Beam as Staraptor dodges and charges with Brave Bird. Buneary tries to spin-dodge past, but Staraptor extends its wing and strikes Buneary, knocking her down and hitting with the full attack. Staraptor flies away as sparks emit from both Pokémon taking damage. Staraptor charges with Steel Wing as Buneary jumps and dodges. Buneary comes down with Bounce as Staraptor uses Wing Attack to counter. Both attacks land and Buneary lands, shaken but standing. Staraptor took the full hit and hits the ground, unable to battle.

During Dwayne's first battle against Vito, Buneary was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle Vito's Carnivine. Buneary strikes with Quick Attack. Carnivine uses Vine Whip to block. Both Pokémon use their attacks to strike and block continually. Vito tells Carnivine to keep attacking as both Pokémon stop defending and go for complete offense, eventually winding up with both Pokémon knocked out.

When Dwayne challenged the Hearthome Gym, Buneary was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Fantina's Drifblim. She starts with Ice Beam, but Drifblim blows the beam away with Psychic. Drifblim then conjures up a Will-O-Wisp and Fantina tells it to use Psychic to control the Will-O-Wisp. Drifblim spreads the ghostly blue fire around itself, making its own Counter Shield. Buneary tries knocking it away with Bounce, but Drifblim's Counter Shield, which Fantina called a "Counter Counter Shield", was too powerful. Fantina then went on to explain her Counter Shield's superiority and that it will last much longer than Dwayne's. Drifblim throws the Counter Shield at Buneary, it surrounds her and Drifblim grabs her by the cheeks and uses Hypnosis, putting Buneary to sleep. Dwayne seems worried, but not completely. Fantina notices this and asks about his calmness, and Dwayne says that he and Buneary prepared for this, and Dwayne calls for Sleep Talk, and Buneary unleashes Ice Beam, sending Drifblim flying. Dwayne calls for another Sleep Talk, but this time, Buneary unleashes Dizzy Punch instead, which is useless against the Ghost-type Drifblim, who promptly knocks out Buneary with Psychic. Dwayne recalls Buneary and thanks her for the effort.

The next day, Dwayne decides to participate in the Hearthome Collection with Buneary following encouragement from Paris. While Dwayne registers at the local Pokémon Center, a tall, blonde woman causes quite a stir. Another Hearthome Collection hopeful informs Dwayne that the woman is Cocoa, a famous celebrity who adores boutique fashion. Buneary approaches Cocoa, only to be scolded at for coming near her. Dwayne storms over and tells Cocoa off her for her attitude, and she simply scoffs at him, but Dwayne refuses to give her much attention, something that irritates Cocoa. A fellow designer, Hermione, remarks that PokéStylists and Pokémon Coordinators are all the same before walking off, but Dwayne mumbles that he wasn't a Coordinator. That night, Paris continues making Dwayne's outfit while Dwayne remembers Hermione's earlier criticism. Dwayne then recalls something Jethro once said to him during his childhood; that Pokémon Contests are not about the Trainer, it's the Pokémon that everybody is going to be looking at. Dwayne then gets inspiration and asks Paris to change her plans, much to Paris's confusion.

The next day, Hearthome City Mayor Enta welcomes the crowd and PokéStylists to the Hearthome Collection event. Judging the show will be Paris and Hermione, Poké Chic's editor-in-chief and Paris's teacher. As the competition gets underway, Hermione is displeased and blames Paris for popularising Pokémon Fashion for the bedazzled and garish entries so far. Entry 18, Cocoa goes with her Mismagius next. Mismagius floats out onto the stage, its dress unraveling around it while its Psywave adds a technicolor effect, creating a beautiful sight. Number 21 and last of all is Dwayne. Dwayne is dressed in a perfectly beautiful, yet simple, pearl tuxedo suit, while Buneary is dressed in a simple, yet gorgeous, pearl dress. Buneary performs tricks with Ice Beam, creating numerous ice pillars, and hopping from pillar to pillar, for a delightful performance, while Paris becomes increasingly more invested and amazed at the performance, and Hermione smiles at the simple, yet wonderful, performance. As they finish their performance, Dwayne and Buneary pose for the crowd, but then, Buneary's body starts to glow, and she evolves into Lopunny, which surprises everyone, but nonetheless, Dwayne congratulates Lopunny on her evolution.

The final three are announced as Dwayne, Cocoa, and an unnamed participant. They are told there are going to be three awards, one for the overall winner, one for best costume and one for most originality. Enta announces Dwayne as the winner of the Hearthome Collection for his performance, and Dwayne and Lopunny hug in celebration. Cocoa protests and demands that she should have won, but Hermione explains she will only receive the accessory award as it was the feature that stood out most. Paris and Hermione commend Dwayne for his simple performance that helped show off Lopunny's personality. After Dwayne and Lopunny pose with their crown and tiara, respectively, Hermione asks if they can begin their Poké Chic collection immediately. Dwayne thanks Hermione's offer, but he refuses as he doesn't believe he's suited for the position, as Dwayne's dedication isn't exactly for being a PokéStylist and knows there are others who are truly dedicated, and they deserve it. Paris is incredibly happy and admires Dwayne's thoughts, and Hermione smiles, saying that Dwayne was a truly unique Trainer, but nonetheless, insists him to at least perform one photo shoot for the upcoming magazine, and Dwayne relents. Dwayne and Paris, along with their respective Lopunny's, pose together for a series of photos, and Hermione says that they would be in the cover for the next magazine of Poké Chic, and thanks Dwayne for his performance, saying that she was starting to believe that PokéStylists were becoming stale and unoriginal, but Dwayne's simplicity has given her hope that there are others like him, and Dwayne thanks her for the compliment.

When Dwayne challenged the Canalave Gym, Lopunny was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Byron's Steelix. Lopunny fires Focus Blast as Steelix uses Screech to both repel the attack and stall Lopunny. Steelix uses Bind to ensnare Lopunny before using Iron Tail to toss Lopunny and slam her to the ground. When the dust clears, Lopunny still stands, but she collapses unable to battle. After checking to make sure Lopunny wasn't severely injured, Dwayne recalls his Pokémon.

When Dwayne ventured into Iron Island after learning that the Steel-type Pokémon were rampaging, Lopunny was summoned to defend him from a Lairon with Focus Blast. Suddenly, a Metang comes out, with the same problem. A Steelix begins to destroy everything and an Aggron attacks it. Dwayne tries to stop Aggron, so Aggron uses Flash Cannon, but a man grabs him and gets away. His Lucario uses Close Combat to defeat Aggron. They go away and Lucario uses its Aura and tells his master the area is safe. Dwayne introduces himself and the man introduces himself as Leroy, who trains with his Steel-type Pokémon on the island. Seeing the Pokémon go angry, he and Lucario went to investigate. Dwayne asks Leroy how come Lucario is not affected and he explains due to its protective Aura, Lucario shields itself. Dwayne asks Leroy if he saw a trainer named Vito, but Leroy denies having seen him.

Vito jumps from a cliff, as he was chased by some Magnemite. Vito's Heracross gets him and flies to safety, but a Skarmory attacks them. Meanwhile, Leroy has discovered that there is a low frequency that affects Steel-type Pokémon – they are berserk, but do not feel any pain. Leroy leads Dwayne to the path back to town, but Dwayne wants to help him. Leroy warns him it is too dangerous, but Dwayne tells him the Pokémon are in danger and he wouldn't just walk away. Leroy asks Lucario and it agrees they should come. Leroy accepts, but they must not hesitate to defeat any berserk Pokémon, or they will not save them. Meanwhile, Vito sees a machine and finds out that Team Galactic is actually doing some research, while their Pokémon fight any berserk Pokémon that comes to them, and Vito gets spotted. The Golbat use Air Slash, but Heracross protects Vito from harm with Megahorn. Meanwhile, Lucario senses there are people nearby.

The Golbat use Air Slash, pushing Vito into a cave. There, Vito sees a statue of Palkia and Dialga, and Mars taunts him over his defeat. A researcher asks Mars to go with the final stage, which she accepts. Dwayne and Leroy spot Team Galactic. Leroy senses that the ruins they want to open must be causing this low-frequency sound. Lucario points at the artifact, which Mars puts it in a carving. A power awakens, as the statues glow and a beam hits a far-away mountain. Lucario gets knocked out and when it stands up, it is possessed by a dark Aura and goes to use Aura Sphere on Dwayne and Leroy. Leroy blocks the attack with his own Aura, and attempts to reason with the possessed Lucario. Lopunny attempts to talk Lucario down, albeit unsuccessfully. Lucario unleashes Aura Sphere, and Lopunny counters with Focus Blast, and both attacks explode upon collision. Dwayne tells Lopunny to do her best in stopping Lucario, and the two Pokémon begin fighting. Leroy attempts to return Lucario to its Poké Ball, but Lucario uses Bone Rush to knock the Poké Ball out of Leroy's hands, before hitting him with the attack.

Meanwhile, the beam that affects Mt. Coronet has attracted the attention of some scientists, while the meteors from Veilstone City are firing the same beam. Mars and Saturn report to Cyrus that everything goes as planned. Leroy tells Dwayne he needs to order Lopunny to defeat Lucario to calm it down. Dwayne tells Lopunny to use Jump Kick. However, Lucario dodges and goes after the source. However, Mars's Purugly and Golbat attack Lucario. Leroy thinks that the machine it went after could be the source. Steelix goes after them, but Leroy uses his Aura to defend them, ordering Dwayne to destroy the machine. Dwayne and Lopunny slide down to the crater and Mars recognizes Dwayne, ordering the Golbat and Purugly to attack. Lopunny's Ice Beam and Focus Blast keeps them away. Mars reports to Cyrus they have a problem. Lopunny uses Focus Blast on the machine, but the Golbat protect it and get harmed instead. Purugly attacks them, but misses. More Golbat come, but Lopunny uses Ice Beam to knock them all out. Then, Lopunny uses Focus Blast and destroys the machine, while the Golbat get the artifact and give it to Mars. With this, the ruins stop glowing and the Steel-type Pokémon are no longer berserk.

Back at the Galactic Headquarters, Saturn gives Cyrus the news, with Cyrus stating that Mars should retreat and that no-one should follow her. When Saturn presses further, Cyrus codly commands them to blow up the island. Dwayne and Leroy go after Team Galactic. Some members place some bombs on the ruins. Later, they go in the air ships and Mars threatens to destroy the island by pressing the button. They go away, leaving everyone in danger. Still, Lucario's Aura sensed where the bombs are. Leroy and Lucario cannot count how many bombs are. Noticing Vito down at the cave without escape, Dwayne summons Chimchar, who digs, but the ground is too hard to dig. Dwayne summons Golbat, and with Vito's suggestion, grabs his Carnivine's Poké Ball and brings up to surface, where it uses Vine Whip to pull Vito back up. Lucario and Leroy try to get the bombs off, but they are well-placed. Mars presses the button and the ground begins to shake, but surprisingly enough, the island is intact.

Lucario and Leroy used the Aura to encase the explosion. Since it is hard to maintain, they get the Aura up into the air and the explosion is spread in the air; the island is safe. Lucario and Leroy emerge from the ruins, a bit battered, but okay. The Steel-type Pokémon thank them for their assistance. Soon, Professor Carolina comes out of her helicopter to see what happened. She goes in the ruins with her team and discovers that the machine they used is made from the same material as the meteors from Veilstone City. What is more, the material from the meteors is actually the material of the Iron Island. They were using another machine, which was necessary to locate where the Spear Pillar is, to bring Dialga and Palkia to this world. She asks Leroy for a bit of help around the island. Dwayne and Leroy shake hands, with the latter thanking for saving the Pokémon, while Lopunny gives Lucario a kiss on the cheek, causing the Aura Pokémon to become flustered and embarassed.

During Dwayne's battle against Sadie at the Lily of the Valley Conference, Lopunny was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Sadie's Glameow. Dwayne commands Lopunny to use Jump Kick, but Sadie orders Fake Out, which strikes first and causes Lopunny to flinch, unable to attack. Sadie then quickly follows up by ordering Thunderbolt, striking Lopunny and seemingly leaving her paralyzed. Sadie takes this opportunity to command Glameow to use Iron Tail, but at the last second, Lopunny leaps out of the way and scores a direct hit with Ice Beam. As Sadie becomes confused as she assumed Lopunny was paralyzed, Dwayne reveals that Lopunny's Ability was Limber, which prevented her from getting paralyzed. As Sadie grits her teeth, she orders Glameow to use Iron Tail again, but Lopunny displays her swift agility by leaping onto Glameow's tail and bouncing off of it towards the sky. Still airborne, Lopunny fires off Focus Blast, but Glameow dodges, by using her long ears, Lopunny quickly bounces towards Glameow and scored a direct hit with Dizzy Punch, seemingly leaving it confused. Dwayne then commands Lopunny to use Dizzy Punch again, but at the last second, Sadie tells Glameow to attack with Iron Tail, but Dwayne smiles and quickly orders Lopunny to retreat, shocking Sadie.

Dwayne explains that he knew Glameow wasn't confused, and Sadie questions him as to how he knew. Dwayne says that when a Pokémon gets confusion, small star-shaped sparks float around their head as a true sign of their confusion, but Glameow never demonstrated that, and Dwayne correctly guesses that Glameow's Ability was Own Tempo, which Sadie indeed confirms. Dwayne's cunning attention to detail impresses not only Cynthia, but also Lazuli, who mumbles that Dwayne wasn't "half bad". Dwayne then commands Lopunny to use Focus Blast, and Sadie commands Glameow to use Iron Tail to redirect the attack back towards Lopunny. However, Dwayne predicted this and orders Lopunny to use Jump Kick to send the attack back towards Glameow, who then uses Iron Tail again to redirect the attack, as the battle becomes a ping-pong battle as the Focus Blast bounces back and forth between both Pokémon. After a while, Dwayne sees that Glameow is getting even more tired, and as Lopunny bounces her Focus Blast back again, Dwayne quickly orders another Focus Blast, and as Glameow uses Iron Tail on the first to bounce it back, the second Focus Blast comes in at full speed and collides with the first Focus Blast, which explodes upon contact, catching Glameow in the blast, which knocks it out of battle, giving Dwayne the win.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Judged by her first appearance, Lopunny has been quite an extroverted and emotional Pokémon, as she, as a Buneary, made herself known to Dwayne simply becaused she was impressed by his Zubat's athletic agility, and she quickly developed a crush on the Bat Pokémon, and was quickly upset and saddened when Zubat rejected her feelings. Nevertheless, Lopunny has always been an extremely feisty Pokémon, refusing to allow herself to be captured easily without a fight, and demanded Dwayne battle her to earn her trust, and she managed to overpower Dwayne's Turtwig early on with her speed and power, even managing to break free from Dwayne's Poké Ball once, but she was still defeated and captured in the end.

Lopunny quickly proved herself as an extremely reliable Pokémon during Dwayne's Sinnoh journey, using her variety of attacks to gain an upper hand against their opponents. She's also incredibly friendly and social, easily able to make good friends with any Pokémon she comes in contact with. However, Lopunny is not above losing her temper and acting out, mainly when she gets targeted and/or insulted by others. Being a very feminine Pokémon, Lopunny enjoys wearing beautiful outfits and showing off in them, seen during her performance in the Hearthome Collection, where she was visibly ecstatic being able to have the chance to model in front of others. However, her true passion always remains for Pokémon battling, enjoying both the beauty of the presentation and the battles that came along with it, showing her love for challenges.

Lopunny's bond with her Trainer has been noted by many others who've seen Lopunny and Dwayne together, such as Fantina and Paris. Lopunny's mere evolution was based on her love and affection towards Dwayne, and the two would often hug excitedly whenever they would emerge victorious in battles.