For a while now, speculation been floating around the internet concerning the character Lillie. Her bio on the game’s website calls her “mysterious” and says that she will have “an important role in the story.” Beyond that, we don’t have much more to go on. Which, of course, means that rumors and theories have been popping up everywhere. Some say that Lillie will be working with the villainous team, recently revealed as the gangstas of Team Skull. (Although, let’s face it, PMD Team Skull is OG.) Others say that she has a connection to the Kalos region. Some theories say both, or close to it.
Since Lillie’s initial character reveal several months ago, The Pokémon Company has focused more on revealing new Pokémon and characters rather than adding to what we know about already-revealed characters. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since it means less story spoilers coming our way, but it does mean that we’re probably not going to learn anything more about Lillie until Sun and Moon release this November. Thanks to the lack of info, most theories and speculation about Lillie’s character and her role in the story are based mostly on rumors, and maybe a little bit on wishful thinking. Which means that most of these Lillie theories come out sounding a bit… wait for it… Farfetch’d. (Yes, I went there.) So, I thought it would be fun to come up with a theory based on what we do know.
Right now, the only solid information we have on Lillie is from her bio on Pokémon Sun and Moon’s website and the gameplay clip shown at E3 2016. Her bio says that she’s an assistant to Professor Kukui “for personal reasons,” she’s a huge bookworm and she doesn’t like making Pokémon fight in battles. In the clip from E3, she seemed worried that the player’s and Hau’s Pokemon would get hurt in their battle during the village festival.
The question is, what kind of “personal reasons” are Lillie’s motivation in working for Professor Kukui? Most theories assume that this part of the bio must mean that Lillie is actually working for the Professor out of selfish motives. But how boring would it be if the innocent, anxious young girl who everyone expects to be secretly a villain actually turns out to be secretly a villain? The main series Pokémon games aren’t exactly known for their brilliant storytelling, but Gen 5 threw us a few curveballs (Pokémon GO reference not intended), and personally, I’d like the plot to be less obvious more often.
Every Pokémon Professor so far has had a specific area of expertise, and Professor Kukui is no different. According to his bio on the Pokemon Sun and Moon website, his research focuses on Pokémon moves. It also says that he’s even willing to take hits from Pokémon moves if he thinks he can learn something from the experience. A Pokémon Professor’s area of expertise usually has to do with some new feature introduced in the new games, and with Sun and Moon introducing Z-moves, this generation looks like it’s going to be no exception. However, if Lillie’s concerned about Pokémon getting hurt by Pokémon moves, she would probably also be concerned about people getting hurt by Pokémon moves. To be fair, this isn’t completely unreasonable for her to be worried about. Pokémon can let loose some really powerful elemental energy, and the stronger the Pokémon, the greater damage it’s capable of. What if Lillie’s “personal reasons” for assisting with Professor Kukui’s research into Pokémon moves are that she’s trying to find a way to neutralize moves in order to keep people and Pokémon from getting hurt?
If a Pokémon’s moves were neutralized, then that Pokémon wouldn’t be able to battle, which would really upset the premise of the game series as a whole. And with Team Skull running around Alola wreaking havoc, things would work out pretty well for them if only their Pokémon could battle. It’s possible that Lillie might still be involved with Team Skull, either out of pure intentions or as an unwilling victim. It could be that Team Skull might trick Lillie into sharing her research with them by convincing her that they’ll help her in her quest to keep Pokémon and people safe, only to have them turn on her and use her research for their own selfish goals. However, Team Skull is so obviously bad, even for Pokémon villains, that Lillie would have to be ridiculously naive in order to fall for it. It’s more likely that Team Skull will hear about her research and steal it from her so that they can neutralize the moves of any Pokémon that dares stand against them. With the results of Lillie’s research in hand, Team Skull would be invincible – except for the only moves strong enough to break through their new defenses, Z-moves. This puts the game’s new feature into the story, with the player having to master Z-moves in order to beat Team Skull.
Or maybe I’ve completely missed the mark. We won’t know for sure until November.
Ehh, no, I’d like it more if she was a villain. It would be cool because she doesn’t look like an obvious villain screaming “heeeeey I’m a villain” like Pokemon always makes them. (Not that it’s a bad thing, but it’s nice to see exceptions to the rule)
She have in the bag zygarde core 99%
I wish she’s a villain too otherwise she would just be another boring character who we’d avoid (Shauna). She’s probably working with kukui so she can learn as much as she can about the z moves in order to help team skull achieve their goal (I have no idea what that’d be)
“But how boring would it be if the innocent, anxious young girl who everyone expects to be secretly a villain actually turns out to be secretly a villain?”
Not at all, if it fits the story.
Thats the problem of many people today, they want to be surprised just for the sake of being surprised. Shock value for the sake of shock value.
That’s what matters most: how well does the revelation fit.
Hit the nail on the head.
Putting shocks in for the sake of them being shocking and ignoring them not fitting the story is terrible writing.
It reminds me of Sherlock.
The head writer couldn’t think of an explanation for how he faked surviving a jump from a stupidly high building so they just brought him back and left it purposely unexplained.
She gives me an N vibe
I hope she’s not a villain but rather a bad ass chick who comes to save the day when its needed most, I would love it if she had a hidden backstory where in the past she was ruthless in her battling and became undefeated but her team became too strong and she hurt a weak team and trainer without thinking and so now she knows she’s too powerful and only battles when she absolutely has too and thats the reason she doesn’t like battling because she knows that becoming powerful can make you forget whats important and corrupt you without you even knowing.
I wanted her to be a Pokemon in disguise. If she really holds a Zygarde-related thing in that bag,she can truly shove them up her
……..Up her what? Say it…..SAY IT!!!! I wanna hear you utter the words you seem to deem too offensive for this discussion!!! lol
round white flat pancake hat
If you say so……….lol
Not even Cell Forme can fit in her hat, though!
Her bag is plausible, though.
Maybe by neutralizing pokemon attacks she doesnt want pokemon to have moves/abilites, turning them into regular animals. If she succeeds then pokemon will become ordinary animals 😮
Here’s what I’ve been thinking since the introduction of Team Skull…..What I really want to have happen is for Skull and if we’re also talking about Lillie too, to mess up bad. I always pictured skull getting way over their heads. Like they aren’t big time villains, but some how stumble upon something massive and it’s too big for them to control. Maybe they stumble upon a great evil of something and due to them using Lillie’s tech to cancel out attacks they can’t defend themselves. Then only the player can swoop in to save the day as for whatever reason they weren’t affected by it. Makes sense to me if you ask…….me I guess lol
I think Lillie has some connects to the Princesses of Pokemon. She might be a descendant of one of them. Additionally, she might be study Z-Moves to find her past. There might be a slight connection between her and Team Skull but I don’t think it’s as huge as people make it.
Also, everyone in my school only knows Gen One Pokemon. .__.
That’s sad man real sad
“Also, everyone in my school only knows Gen One Pokemon. .__.”
Ouch. They need a better education.
Well, you’ve got to start somewhere.
They could jump around the generations a bit. They’d be better only knowing 26 pokemon from each generation than just knowing the first 151.
that last part hurts my soul, I’m so sorry
Well at least they know Pokemon at all. Can’t really force them to go to other Pokemon games.
I’d introduce them to other Pokemon games though. Some of them can be played in various ways on their exisiting devices. FRLG or HGSS are perfect starting points.
(If you look at GameFAQs, there are at least 6 Pokemon games on the top 10… so I bet GO had a hand in that.)
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Bayleef
Geodude
Flaaffy
Hoothoot
Heracross
Mine now is
Meganium
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Espeon
Heracross
Kingler
Magneton
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Cyndaquil
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Budew
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You would think with that fancy outfit she would’ve picked a better bag. I would work for Kukui for “personal reasons” too so I don’t blame her for that. I could see her trying to get one of the legendaries to completely stop violence.
Yeah, the first thing I thought was she just want to give him head
hand I mean, stupid autocorrect
Nobody believes it was autocorrect.
not for a second
Who wouldn’t?
Abra line or Espeon?
Do you have the option to trade?
No I will have an Eevee soon and just caught Abra
I’d do Espeon then.
Btw Nintendo just announced a new Galaxy skin 3DS XL lol
It’s cool but I want the Sun and Moon one:(
“New Super Mario Galaxy” confirmed?
(“New” is part of the title, of course.)
Well I think we can also conclude that she definitely is not from the Alola region. They dressed her like that for a particular reason, and it is reminiscent of Kalos, not to mention her name is derived from a type of flower. So piggybacking off what you said, maybe she’s just her own party though. She’s perhaps using the professor to learn about the region for whatever motive she’s after. Who knows more about the region than the professor? It could be something move-cancelling, like you mentioned, or maybe she’s secretly a Zoroark and wants to kill everyone. Idk.
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We all know she’s an ekans
The Zoroark idea, as daft as it is, sounds better than some of the existing overly predictable ideas.
It would spice things up, at the very least lol
Lillysandre?
Who? http://popcrush.com/files/2015/05/mariah-carey-i-dont-know-her.gif (rf)
She’ll probably be incredibly useless in the story.
WHAT IF Lillie turns out to be the ultimate antagonist of the game, but has no affiliation with Team Skull? Maybe Team Skull’s ambitions are smaller-scale, a la Team Rocket, and Lillie is the one who’s secretly planning to harness the power of the legendaries, using the info she’s learned about Pokémon moves from the professor. Just a thought at this point, but interesting to consider.
I think she has a zygarde core in her bag.
It would be to see her be in kahoots with Guzman and Team Skull.
she’s N in drag
“(Although, let’s face it, PMD Team Skull is OG.)”
The hell is this supposed to mean?
He’s saying Team Skull in pokemon mystery dungeon are the “original gangsters” xP
I don’t understand you younguns and your modern haxxorz L33T speak.
(Even though I’m in my 20s…)
Lol I had to google what the hell an “OG” is xD. As a 20 something year old also there is a lot of lingo I don’t hear
It’s probably just a bait and switch and she’s probably just a boring insignificant character they’ve drawn people’s attention to purposely to keep people talking and hide the really interesting characters for later.
my take is she’s some boring nerd waifu who’s all like “oh i hate battles” but after sum emotional BS on how Pokemon fight not to hurt other because they can protect us yadda yadda yadda becomes a prodigy trainer, also ends up being Guzma’s daughter
also for those who keep thinking Magearna or a Zygarde core is in her bag is stupid, its obviously her Rowlett
Isn’t Rowlet’s cry different from the text that was shown in the trailer?
it could be, but her having a core is redundant
she’s way too old and guzma’s way too young for them to be father/daughter
Her braids are really similar to Mudsdales. Perhaps she’s an equestrian or rides one with pokeride? Maybe her father/mother is the owner of the Pokeride and so she’s more into using pokemon for practical means rather than for battling.