Lena (The Little Polar Bear)

Lena is the heroine from The Little Polar Bear. She is a kindhearted Inuit girl who lives with her wise grandmother in a small village and although she shows up in a small part of the film she plays a big part in helping Lars solve the mystery of the fish scarcity and saving the North Pole from the dreaded Black Mouth.

Role in the Film
Lena starts the movie fishing in her boat and is thrilled to see a seal and a polar bear (in this case, Lars and Robby) playing together. She excitedly tells her grandmother about what she found. Later on, Lena is worried about the fish disappearing from the ocean. When Lars sneaks into the village to see where the fish had gone, Lena finds him and takes him into her home. She feeds him, takes care of him, and empathizes with our hero, telling him that the fish must have disappeared on the animals like they did to her people. Lena's grandmother calls her to a ceremony and that is where Lars realizes that the Black Mouth was taking all the fish. Our heroine takes Lars back to his home and after he defeats the monster, Lena congratulates him.

Trivia

 * Lena is known as Manili in the original German dub.
 * She is played by Jeanette Biederman in the original and Kimberly J. Brown in the English dub.
 * Lena is implied to be about six or eight years old.
 * She supposedly lives in Canada or Alaska, where the story takes place.
 * Her personality is reminiscent of Jenny Foxworth in Oliver and Company.