Naomi is a Pokémon researcher who runs the Marine Pokémon Laboratory—a one-person operation dedicated to studying Water-type communication, particularly among Lapras. She appeared in the episode "Lapras of Luxury" and became memorable to fans for her work tracking a Lapras pod.
When Ash and his friends showed up with Ash's Lapras, Naomi realized she'd finally found the missing piece of her research: proof that the herd came from the Orange Islands. She'd been studying them for a while but had no idea where they originated. Ash's Lapras was basically her breakthrough.
Things got chaotic when Team Rocket netted the entire pod. Naomi didn't hesitate—she loaded Ash and the gang into her submarine, the S.S. Innocent Coral, to pursue them. Using Ash's Lapras's song as a kind of sonar, she tracked the captured herd through treacherous riptide walls and eventually to an island where Team Rocket had regrouped. While Brock's Crobat handled the grunts' Pokémon, Naomi got to work cutting the Lapras free from the net.
By the episode's end, she was already thinking ahead to her thesis. She told Ash that his help had given her exactly what she needed to complete her research on Lapras migration patterns. Before the group left, she handed Ash a Pokémon Egg to deliver to Professor Elm as thanks.
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