The Australopithecus afarensis skeleton called Lucy by the anthropology team that found her provided the world with the then-oldest link to humanity's remote origins, and of course provided the Elfen Lied series with the name by which its main protagonist is chiefly known thanks to the Diclonius Research Institute. In the end, Lucy dramatically rejects a chance to remake or destroy the world for saving the one thing she truly loved in it. In effect, Diclonius Lucy chooses not to be Mitochondrial Lucy.