Gardenia

This article is about the Sinnoh Gym Leader. For the anime-exclusive town in Kanto where May competed in a Contest, see Gardenia Town.

Gardenia ナタネ Natane
Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon
Art from Diamond/Pearl
Gender	Female
Eye color	Orange
Hair color	Orange and black
Hometown	Eterna City
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Gym Leader
Generation	IV
Games	Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Gym	Eterna Gym
Type	Grass
Badge	Forest Badge
First episode	The Grass-Type is Always Greener!
English voice actor	Lara Star Rigores
Japanese voice actor	Chieko Honda

Gardenia (Japanese: ナタネ Natane) is the Gym Leader of Eterna City's Gym, known officially as the Eterna Gym. She hands out the Forest Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.

In the games

Gardenia uses Grass-type Pokémon in her battles. For defeating her, Trainers receive the Forest Badge, TM86 (Grass Knot), and the ability to use Cut outside of battle. Gardenia likes to explore Eterna Forest. Unlike most Gym Leaders, challengers are required to beat all of her students to challenge her.

She appears in front of the Old Chateau, to warn the player of the mysterious stories of hauntings surrounding it. She hints at herself being afraid of ghosts. Later, in Platinum, she will appear occasionally for rematches at the Battleground. She also sometimes visit the Villa and will always arrive when the Houseplant is purchased. One of her lines of dialog at the Villa confirms her dislike of Ghost-type and she notes that she is worried about what would happen if there was a Grass/Ghost Pokémon.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

2640 Leader Gardenia Diamond and Pearl Eterna Gym

Cherubi ♀ Lv.19  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Grass Knot Grass Special Leech Seed Grass Status Safeguard Normal Status Growth Normal Status Turtwig ♂ Lv.20  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Overgrow Moves Razor Leaf Grass Physical Grass Knot Grass Special Withdraw Water Status Reflect Psychic Status Roserade ♀ Lv.22  Grass  Poison  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Grass Knot Grass Special Magical Leaf Grass Special Poison Sting Poison Physical Stun Spore Grass Status

Pokémon Platinum

2640 Leader Gardenia Platinum Eterna Gym

Turtwig ♂ Lv.20  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Overgrow Moves Razor Leaf Grass Physical Grass Knot Grass Special Sunny Day Fire Status Reflect Psychic Status Cherrim ♀ Lv.20  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Flower Gift Moves Grass Knot Grass Special Leech Seed Grass Status Safeguard Normal Status Magical Leaf Grass Special Roserade ♀ Lv.22  Grass  Poison  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Grass Knot Grass Special Magical Leaf Grass Special Poison Sting Poison Physical Stun Spore Grass Status

Rematch

7800 Leader Gardenia Platinum Battleground

Jumpluff ♀ Lv.61  Grass  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Silver Wind Bug Special Toxic Poison Status Sunny Day Fire Status Bounce Flying Physical Cherrim ♀ Lv.62  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Flower Gift Moves SolarBeam Grass Special Leech Seed Grass Status Toxic Poison Status Sunny Day Fire Status Bellossom ♀ Lv.61  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Drain Punch Fighting Physical Giga Drain Grass Special Ingrain Grass Status Sunny Day Fire Status Torterra ♂ Lv.63  Grass  Ground  Held item: None Ability: Overgrow Moves Wood Hammer Grass Physical Crunch Dark Physical Earthquake Ground Physical Stone Edge Rock Physical Roserade ♀ Lv.65  Grass  Poison  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Leaf Storm Grass Special Sludge Bomb Poison Special Shadow Ball Ghost Special Hyper Beam Normal Special

Quotes

Eterna Gym

• At the entrance of Gym's maze, when player enters (Diamond and Pearl only)

"At my Gym, no one gets to battle with the Gym Leader - me - until they've beaten all the other Trainers. I'll be waiting out in the back. Good luck, challenger!"

• At the entrance of the Gym (Platinum only)

"Hi! I'm Gardenia! I'm this town's Gym Leader! My last challenger was this awfully speedy young guy. ...Actually, his name was <rival>. He told me about you. He said that another challenger's on the way, so that made me antsy! At my Gym, no one gets to battle with the Gym Leader, me, until the end. The challenger has to beat all the other Gym Trainers first. I'll be waiting for you in the back, Trainer. Don't disappoint me!"

• Before battle

"You kept me waiting! I'm Eterna's Gym Leader, Gardenia, the Grass-type master! When I first saw you, I was convinced you'd find your way to me. My hunch was right on the money. You have a winning aura about you. So, anyway, this will be fun. Let's have our battle."

• After sending out last Pokémon

"It's not the end yet."

• During battle

"Are you saying something? You think you have me cornered?"

• When defeated

"Amazing! You're very good, aren't you?"

• After being defeated

"I might've said it before, but you're really tough! Wasn't it hard for you to raise your Pokémon to be so good? I guess that's a measure of how much you love your Pokémon. In recognition of that, I proudly grant you this!"

"Yup! If there's one thing I can tell about you, it's this! You and your Pokémon are gonna get even tougher, and I mean seriously!"

"By the way... have you been to the Old Chateau? Me? Uh, well, you know, I have my Gym Leader job and all, so... Well, actually, I'm here training... I'm here just for fun... Ahahaha! Don't mind me!"

Old Chateau

"Hiya! Were you intrigued by the rumors going around, too? You know, people've been talking about the ghost Pokémon of the Old Chateau. I've been hearing rumors about sinister shadows, too. I should check it out myself, but going in there is... ...Well, you know, being that I'm a Gym Leader, I'm always busy. So, since I'm so busy, I can't go in. It's not because I'm s-scared! S-so, good luck with your investigation!"

Villa

"Listen, listen! I came for a visit! Can I go in?"

"...I'm in a dilemma now. You see, I don't like ghost Pokémon very much. But, what if... What if there was a Grass-type ghost Pokémon? What then?"

In the anime

Gardenia in the anime

Gardenia first appeared in The Grass-Type is Always Greener. In this episode, she had a short battle with Ash, revealing to him that the Eterna City Gym Leader specialized in Grass Pokémon but not that it is her yet. She sent out Cherubi first, though she soon recalled it. She then sent out her own Turtwig, which defeated both Ash's Turtwig and Staravia.

Gardenia has an obsession with Grass Pokémon to the extent that she did not appear to be taking Team Rocket seriously due to her fascination with James's Carnivine and Cacnea. But she seems to get over this problem in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, when she battled the Team Rocket without any hesitation by sending her Turtwig out. She also reveals her rank as a Gym Leader in this episode.

Gardenia had a Gym Battle with Ash in The Grass Menagerie!. She sent out her Cherubi, Turtwig, and Roserade. Ash's Turtwig went up against Cherubi first, but it was returned. Ash's Staravia defeated Cherubi. After Staravia was defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig, Ash sent his out. It resulted in Ash's Turtwig's victory. Roserade beat Ash's Turtwig with its Weather Ball, but later was defeated by Ash's Aipom's Swift and Focus Punch. Gardenia made use of the sunny weather to her advantage, such as increasing Cherubi's speed and allowing Roserade to launch fiery Weather Ball attacks. Despite this situation, Ash succeeded in defeating Gardenia and earning a Forest Badge.

She returned in Once There Were Greenfields when she took part in a double battle alongside James. After the battle, she offered to train his Cacnea and make it stronger. She also appeared in a flashback in Barry's Busting Out All Over! where she was revealed to have helped Cacnea to perfect Drain Punch.

Pokémon

This listing is of Gardenia's known Pokémon in the anime:

Turtwig

Main article: Gardenia's Turtwig It was first seen where it battled against Ash's Turtwig and Staravia. It was proven to be great in speed and is very powerful. It was untouchable by any of Ash's Pokémon and won the battle. Then, it helped protect the Adamant Orb. And was defeated by Nando's Roselia in a gym battle. In Ash's gym battle, it defeated Ash's Staravia but lost to Ash's Turtwig after a fierce battle. It was also used in a double battle alongside James's Cacnea.

Cacnea

Main article: James's Cacnea After battling alongside James and Cacnea in a tag battle, Gardenia knew that Cacnea had the ability to learn Drain Punch offered to take on Cacnea to help it reach its full potential. After much soul searching James agreed and handed Cacnea over. Gardenia soon helped Cacnea master Drain Punch and she used it in a Gym Battle against Barry where it proved to be a strong opponent.

Cherubi

It was first seen in The Grass-Type is Always Greener! when Gardenia used it to battle Ash's Turtwig in an unofficial battle. It displayed its high speed, however it emerged that Gardenia was just trying to get a read on Turtwig's abilites before she recalled it. It later appeared during Ash and Gardenia's Gym Battle during The Grass Menagerie!, where it was able to outspeed Turtwig's attacks using it's Chlorophyll ability and forced Ash to recall it. It then went up against Staravia where Ash was able to blind it using the sunlight and then Staravia was able to knock it out. Cherubi's known attacks are Magical Leaf and SolarBeam.

Roserade
	Roserade was the final Pokémon used by Gardenia against Ash. It was able to easily knock out Turtwig using a Weather Ball powered by the bright sun. When it went up against Ash's Aipom, it was unable to keep up with the active Pokémon. It was eventually knocked out with a combination of Focus Punch and Swift. Roserade's known attacks are Grass Knot, Weather Ball, and Flash.

Mentioned

Vileplume

Victreebel

Bellossom

• All of these Pokémon were mentioned when she wanted to trade one of them for James's Carnivine.

Voice actors

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gardenia meets the trio (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum) for the first time at Old Chateau. When the group had ignored her calling to the group, she uses her Roserade's Grass Knot to get their attention. She has the ability to tell when someone has battle against a ghost-type Pokémon. She was also the second Gym Leader that Platinum had battled against. During the Double battle, she sent out Roserade and Cherubi against Platinum's Prinplup and Ponyta.

Pokémon

This listing is of Gardenia's Pokémon in Pokémon Adventures.

Cherubi

Roserade

Pokémon DP

Hareta first met Gardenia in Eterna Forest, both mistaking the other to be part of Team Galactic. After resolving their misunderstanding and learning that Gardenia was Eterna City's Gym Leader, Hareta asked Gardenia for a Gym Battle but was promptly turned down, as Gardenia hadn't been impressed by Hareta's abilities so far. However after being attacked by Piplup she changed her mind and agreed to battle.

Pokémon

Cherubi

Turtwig

Roserade

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Gardenia or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Roserade GL		22		Rising Rivals	12/111
Turtwig GL		20		Rising Rivals	85/111

Trivia

• Gardenia is the first Gym Leader in the main series games to own a starter Pokémon in the same game as the Pokémon were considered starters.
  • However, Lt. Surge had a Pikachu in Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, FireRed and LeafGreen, but not in Pokémon Yellow where it was a starter, though he did still have Pikachu's evolved form, Raichu.
  • Also, several of the Kanto and Johto Gym Leaders owned starters in Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2.
• Gardenia is the second Gym Leader in the anime to receive a Pokémon from a main character. The first was Sabrina with Ash's Haunter.
• Coincidentally, there is a town in the anime named Gardenia Town.
• Gardenia is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader who does not have a Pokémon with their signature TM move in the Battleground battles with her.
• In Platinum, her Cherubi has been replaced by a Cherrim, but it is under-leveled, as Cherubi evolves into Cherrim at level 25.

Names

References

• Pokémon.com The Grass-type is Always Greener!
• Pokémon.com A Secret Sphere of Influence!
• Pokémon.com The Grass Menagerie!
• Pokémon.com Once There Were Greenfields!

External links

• Natane's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Roark of Oreburgh City	Gardenia of Eterna City	Maylene of Veilstone City	Wake of Pastoria City	Fantina of Hearthome City	Byron of Canalave City	Candice of Snowpoint City	Volkner of Sunyshore City

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