Ainlie Matsuri

"For five years, I've done the best I could to raise you. Have I been perfect? No. Do I know anything about children? No! Should I have picked up a book on parenting?! PROBABLY! Where was I going? I had a point."

- AInlie.

Ainlie Matsuri is the overworked but always supportive aunt and guardian of Spyro Doomfire and Shira Matsuri and a recurring character in The Punkettes.

Personality
Ainlie is a caring woman who loves her niece and Spyro above all else and is very loving towards them, but knows when to be strict, as when she picks them up after they are released from prison, she hugs them and asks if they are okay before lecturing them about how much they worried her.

Ainlie seems very excitable, talkative, and is usually a very happy woman. She is also understanding and did what she could to help Spyro through her depression after Shira's disappearance. She supports and encourages the decisions of Shira and Spyro while wanting what is best for them. She is proud of them and is not afraid to show it. She also appears to be rather oblivious, though it is unknown if she was suspicious of Spyro's activities after she set out to form The Punkettes.

Trivia

 * Ainlie was originally Shira's mother instead of her aunt. The reason for this change is yet to be verified, although it remains in the Japanese text of the manga adaptation, Spyro Doomfire's Punkettes along with some elements left over from the early stages.


 * She has a stress eating and cooking problem.
 * In early concept art, as well as the initial model renderings, Ainlie had a noticeable tattoo on her left arm. In the final film, the tattoo is completely gone. The reason for this has not been confirmed.
 * She originally had a larger role in Spyro's anxiety complex over Shira's disappearance.