Ricard Nouveau

Ricard Nouveau

Ricard Nouveau (Japanese: ピノ・ノワール Pinot Noir) is an A-class Pokémon Connoisseur and the character of the day in Clash of the Connoisseurs!. He was chosen along with Cilan by Mr. Hatterly to help choose a Pokémon for his daughter, Marigold. Ricard believed that the perfect Pokémon for her would be Petilil because of its scent and cuteness. Cilan disagreed with him, thinking that a half Grass-type would be more suitable rather than a pure one. Since they couldn't agree, the two Connoisseurs decided to have a battle to see who was right. Ricard ended up losing the battle.

Pokémon

		Purrloin
		Purrloin is Ricard's "Premium Brand" Pokémon. It battled Cilan's Crustle to determine which Pokémon Marigold would use. In the beginning of the battle, it surprised Cilan with its speed, but still lost relatively quickly due to Crustle using a combination of Shell Smash and Rock Wrecker. Purrloin's known moves are Sand-Attack, Fury Swipes, and Night Slash.
Debut	Clash of the Connoisseurs!
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Erica Schroeder

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 勝杏里 Anri Katsu English H.D. Quinn European Spanish Abraham Aguilar

Trivia

• Similar to Burgundy's Japanese name, his Japanese name comes from Pinot noir, a grape used to make wine.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ピノ・ノワール Pinot Noir	From Pinot noir
English, German	Ricard Nouveau	Possibly named after Pernod Ricard, one of the largest producers of distilled beverage. Nouveau is a class of French wine.
French	Richard Splendide	Possibly named after Pernod Ricard, one of the largest producers of distilled beverage. Splendide is French for splendid.
Spanish	Ricardo Esnob	From esnob, snob.
Chinese (Mandarin)	黑皮諾 Hēi Pínuò	Direct translation of his Japanese name

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