Lin Lin

Biodata

Power Progression

Lin Lin’s documented progression concerns her Pokémon team rather than a personal combat level.

Appearance

• Build and features: Petite and slender, with a cute face and small, noticeable canine teeth 24 56 60.
• Hair: Black; initially worn in twin ponytails, though she leaves it loose for her amusement-park outing with Bai Yun 2 60.
• Clothing: Frequently wears hoodies, including a yellow sweatshirt and a white hoodie paired with a baseball cap 18 60.
• Recognizable detail: Pachirisu often rides, sleeps, or eats chestnuts in her hood—and occasionally leaves the shells behind 15 18 46.

Personality

Lin Lin is lively, mischievous, and openly expressive. Her long-running exchanges with Bai Yun include teasing, sulking, and physical retaliation when he insults or provokes her. Celestial Master Qingchen observes that she wears her thoughts on her face, describing this as both endearing and immature 2 16 18 562.

Her affection for Bai Yun is evident well before they begin dating. She introduces herself as his childhood sweetheart, seeks his praise after winning a battle, and becomes jealous when he admires other girls or partners with Qin Rourou. In quieter moments, she lets him sleep on her shoulder and visits him while he is hospitalized 15 23 24 61 72 197.

Although easily frightened by dangerous Pokémon and anxious about examinations, Lin Lin does make sustained efforts to improve. She studies Pokémon identification, trains Pachirisu daily, and works hard before the training camp’s elimination exam. After leaving the camp, she develops a separate interest in Pokéblock research rather than continuing to rely solely on battling 16 18 46 232 267.

History

School Life and Early Battles

Lin Lin grew up with Bai Yun and Cheng Tian. By their second year of high school, she and Bai Yun sit together in class and are already known for their frequent squabbles. She introduces Pachirisu to Cheng Tian’s Froakie when the group begins raising Pokémon 2 15 23.

Her Pokémon-track entrance battle begins chaotically: she forgets her Poké Ball, then discovers that Pachirisu is asleep in her hat rather than inside it. Once the battle starts, she defeats Psyduck through electric attacks and carefully timed uses of Protect, earning praise from the supervising teacher for the strategy 23.

During the Jingxi Road mission, Lin Lin acts as bait for a Poochyena pack using a Skitty-tail item. The unexpected presence of Mightyena turns the assignment into a chase. Pachirisu redirects Mightyena’s attack, allowing Bai Yun and Chimchar to intervene 46 48.

Amusement Park and School Competition

With Su Han’s advice, Lin Lin persuades Bai Yun to accompany her to an amusement park. There, she catches a Minccino from a popcorn machine. Its initial anger at being captured subsides only after Lin Lin and Pachirisu spend time coaxing it into joining them 59 62.

In school competition, Pachirisu defeats Lotad and Beautifly to secure an early team victory. Lin Lin also wins a Double Battle alongside Bai Yun, who credits Pachirisu’s support. In a later elimination round, Pachirisu defeats a poisoned Pidgeotto but loses to Maractus; Song Rongxue comforts Lin Lin and defeats the opponent in return 83 86 88.

By the winter study trip, Minccino has accidentally evolved into Cinccino. Lin Lin had planned to delay using the Shiny Stone until it learned Hyper Voice, but the Pokémon touched the stone while playing 119.

Training Camp and Elimination

Lin Lin enters the National Youth Training Camp as a Mixed Team trainer. An earlier exercise against Teacher Zhou’s Exploud exposes a weakness in her team-battle decisions: although Pachirisu is suited to support and disruption, she keeps it out of the fighting after its initial contribution 70 157.

As the camp progresses, she worries about falling behind her friends. Despite training hard, she still has only Pachirisu and Cinccino shortly before the midterm assessment. During a forest expedition, Victreebel slash her leg with Razor Leaf, leaving her unable to run; Bai Yun has Lycanroc carry her during the retreat 229 232 235.

Lin Lin is eliminated at the midterm and prepares to return to Bingzhou. Believing she has disappointed Bai Yun, she leaves aboard a Corviknight without seeing him. Cheng Tian carries Bai Yun after her on Noivern, allowing Bai Yun to confess his feelings in midair. Lin Lin accepts by leaping across into his arms 249.

Pokéblock Research and University

After returning to school, Lin Lin begins researching Pokéblocks and keeps in daily contact with Bai Yun. She later plans to enter a local Pokéblock Breeder Competition 267 340.

She scores 566 on the university entrance examination. Battling accounts for most of her lost marks, while her other results are high. Her score places her six points above the cutoff for Magic City University’s nurturing-category Pokéblock production program 353.

During university life, Lin Lin experiments with original recipes. One costly batch incapacitates Infernape, Lairon, and Gengar, forcing Cheng Tian and Bai Yun to take them to the Pokémon Center. Despite the alarming results, she records the batch’s effects enthusiastically 394 395 396.

Mount Wudang and Later Life

When Bai Yun commits to pursuing a Fighting-type Elite Four position, Lin Lin has already applied for leave from school so she can accompany him. She explains that, even if she cannot directly help him grow stronger, she wants to remain beside him 540.

The pair travel to Mount Wudang and reach Tianyuan Taoist Temple, where Shen Gun—introduced as the chief disciple Changshan—and Wuyou welcome them. Lin Lin remains with Bai Yun during his training and later suggests consulting the old Celestial Master after a difficult defeat 561 562 625.

By Cheng Tian’s return, Lin Lin and Bai Yun have graduated from university. She lives in Bingzhou and helps with the portion of the family company Bai Yun has taken over. Bai Yun’s duties as a Fighting-type Elite Four member frequently take him away, leaving her at home. She is shocked to see Cheng Tian alive and tells him how their friends and his parents have fared during his absence 700.

Abilities & Skills

Pokémon Battling

• Defensive timing: Combines Protect with intervening moves and counterattacks, notably against Psyduck 23.
• Speed-based offense: Uses Pachirisu to kite opponents, including Lotad, rather than relying on sustained close combat 83.
• Double Battle support: Coordinates Pachirisu with Bai Yun’s Chimchar; Bai Yun explicitly credits its support for their victory over Nidorino and Nidorina 86.
• Limitations: Teacher Zhou criticizes her reluctance to keep Pachirisu involved in a team battle. Her limited roster and comparative lack of strength later contribute to her concern about the camp assessment 70 232 239.

Pokéblock Production

• Studies Pokéblocks after leaving the training camp and pursues the subject at university 267 353.
• Develops original recipes and keeps a notebook of ingredients, preparation, and experimental results 394 395 396.
• Her hazardous experimental batch causes collapse or deep sleep in several Pokémon. Rotom suspects a mental toxin; its precise mechanism is not established 396.
• Gengar temporarily acquires the appearance of a Shiny Pokémon after eating one. This is attributed to an unknown reaction, not confirmed as a permanent Shiny transformation 396.

Other Skills

• Skiing: Becomes proficient after only a little instruction, demonstrating strong natural aptitude 123.
• Cooking: Bai Yun describes her ordinary cooking as normal and reasonably tasty, distinguishing it from her disastrous original Pokéblocks 396.
• Makeup: Helps Cheng Tian prepare to meet Su Han’s father and applies Su Han’s makeup for the engagement banquet 466 482.
• Business assistance: Later helps manage part of Bai Yun’s family company 700.

Pokémon

Equipment / Items

• Skitty-tail item — Brought from home for the Jingxi Road mission. Its attention-drawing effect is used to lure Poochyena; throwing it aside does not stop the chase because Mightyena orders the pack onward 46.
• Shiny Stone — A prize Lin Lin intended to save for Minccino’s later evolution; Minccino activates it independently 119.
• Research notebook — Contains her original Pokéblock recipe and records the resulting effects 395 396.

Relationships

• Bai Yun — Childhood friend and eventual boyfriend. Their teasing relationship becomes an acknowledged romance when he confesses before her departure from Training Island. She later takes leave from university to accompany his secluded training 2 249 540.
• Cheng Tian — Childhood friend, classmate, and frequent mission companion. He helps Bai Yun reach her departing Corviknight and later brings her news about Bai Yun’s training 23 46 249 267.
• Su Han — Close friend who advises her on inviting Bai Yun out. Lin Lin comforts Su Han when leaving camp and later does her engagement makeup 59 249 482.
• Song Rongxue — Teammate who comforts her after Pachirisu’s defeat and answers the opponent’s taunts by defeating Maractus 88.
• Mother — Visits Bai Yun’s family with Lin Lin on New Year’s Eve while Lin Lin’s father is on duty 132.
• Bai Yun’s parents — Familiar with Lin Lin from childhood and warmly welcome her into their home for New Year celebrations 132 466.
• Celestial Master Qingchen — Meets her at Tianyuan Taoist Temple and comments on her transparent emotions and developing maturity 562.

Notable Quotes

“Hello, Su Han. I’m Lin Lin, Bai Yun’s childhood sweetheart!” 23

“I’m not as capable as Xiaohan. I can’t help you on your path to becoming stronger. So I just want to stay with you and watch you get closer to the summit, little by little.” 540

Trivia

• Her QQ display name is “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid,” though she does not usually watch much Japanese anime 59 61.
• She outdrinks Cheng Tian, Bai Yun, and Su Han during their study-trip drinking session and helps the others get to bed 127.
• Her recorded description of the dangerous experimental Pokéblocks calls them calming and sleep-promoting, with a chance of temporarily turning Pokémon Shiny 396.