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*'''Rayquaza''': Cynthia was seen controlling [[Rayquaza]] in ''[[DP043|Malice in Wonderland!]]'' however it was only a hallucination | *'''Rayquaza''': Cynthia was seen controlling [[Rayquaza]] in ''[[DP043|Malice in Wonderland!]]'' however it was only a hallucination caused by a wild [[Mismagius]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:01, 1 August 2009
Cynthia シロナ Shirona | |
[[File:File:Cynthia DPPt.png|{{{size}}}|class=roundy]] Art from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum | |
Gender | Female |
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Eye color | Gray |
Hair color | Blond |
Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Unknown |
Relatives | Grandmother, grandfather and a younger sister |
Trainer class | Champion |
Generation | IV |
Games | Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver |
Elite Four of | Indigo Plateau |
Animated debut | Top-Down Training! |
English voice actor | Emily Jenness |
Japanese voice actor | Tomo Sakurai |
Cynthia (Japanese: シロナ Shirona) is the Champion of the Sinnoh region's Elite Four in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
In the games
In Sinnoh
Cynthia helps the main character against Team Galactic in a point in the game. In Platinum, when encountered in Eterna City, she will give the player an egg from which Togepi will hatch. She is also found on Route 214 after the player has defeated Crasher Wake and received the Fen Badge. She gives the player the SecretPotion to get past the Psyduck group on Route 210. She is very interested in mythology and history, and spends her time researching and exploring various sites associated with Legendary Pokémon of the Sinnoh region. Her family lives in Celestic Town, although her own hometown is unknown.
In Platinum, once Giratina appears in Spear Pillar and takes Cyrus down with it, Cynthia rushes onto the scene and assists the player during their mission in the Distortion World. She then expresses that everything that happened was destined, even though she wished that she was the one who battled Giratina.
Later, she reappears as the League Champion.
After beating the game, if the player visits Celestic Town Ruins, she will come and explain what they mean.
Diamond and Pearl
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Platinum
Battle one (pre-National Dex)
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Battle two (post-National Dex)
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Quotes
Before battle
"One look at you tells me many things about you. Together, you and your Pokémon overcame all the challenges you faced, however difficult. It means that you've triumphed over any personal weaknesses, too. The power you learned... I can feel it emanating from you. That's enough talking. Let's get on with why you're here. I, Cynthia, accept your challenge as the Pokémon League Champion! There won't be any letup from me!"
OR
"Have you been keeping well? Thank you for Mt. Coronet. And the Distortion World. I'm truly grateful. Together, you and your Pokémon overcame all the challenges you faced, however difficult. It means that you've triumphed over any personal weaknesses, too. The power you learned... I can feel it emanating from you. But that's enough talk. Let's get on with why you're here. As the Pokémon League Champion, I accept your challenge!"
The bottom quote is only said the very first time she is challenged. After winning at least once, it permanently changes to the top quote.
During battle
"I can't remember the last time I was put in a corner like this!"
"I won't let this end yet! This match is too fun to let it end this easily!"
When defeated
"Just a few moments ago, you were the most powerful challenger. And just now, you became the most powerful of all the Trainers. You are now our newest Champion!"
In Celestic Ruins (after beating the Elite Four, Platinum only)
"This cave painting...It's always been described this way. The light in the center represents either Dialga or Palkia appearing at the Spear Pillar. The three lights around it were thought to be Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf. May I continue? But, then, I realized that there may be another way of interpreting this. Could this triangle of lights actually represent a different trio? Could they be Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina instead? And the large light at their center. Does it represent something else? Could it be what created this world of ours? May I continue for a little bit longer? Thank you for listening to my theory. Do you know of the ancient Plates they find all over Sinnoh? One of them had this engraved on it. 'Two beings of time and space set free from the Original One.' I think this quote, too, points to the presence of another Pokémon. A Pokémon even more powerful than Dialga or Palkia. Does that sound plausible to you? I'm not quite sure how Giratina fits into this scheme of things, but...It's said that in the Distortion World, neither time nor space were stable. I think that tells us something about Giratina, the only Pokémon there. It must have been as powerful as Dialga and Palkia, the rulers of time and space. In some way, though, Giratina has to have a power opposite of theirs. I'm sorry this is so long. May I say one last bit? A long time ago, I wonder what sort of person painted this? Dialga's Roar of Time...Palkia's Spacial Rend...To the people back then, those Pokémon really must have appeared to rule over time and space. Seeing them must have shaken the people to their very core. This painting represents those feelings of awe, wonder, and everything else. It passed that memory to countless people, eventually becoming a myth...That's what I believe as a researcher of myths. I think I let myself get carried away and talked for far too long. I'm sorry, and thank you. Let's meet again."
In Johto
Cynthia makes an appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, doing further investigation on the origins of Arceus and the dragon trio. If the player has a fateful encounter Arceus with them as their traveling partner, a trip to the Ruins of Alph will reveal a new area, the Shinto Ruins, is accessible. Inside, Cynthia is found, and will tell the player that Arceus will let him or her obtain a level 1 Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina.
In the anime
Cynthia was first mentioned in Lucian's flashback in An Elite Meet and Greet along with the other members of the Sinnoh Elite Four. She made her first appearance in-person in Top-Down Training!.
She was first seen battling against Lucian with her Garchomp on television. She then arrived in Amity Square where she was studying ancient tablets. Paul then challenged her to a battle. She defeated four of Paul's Pokémon using only her Garchomp.
She reappeared in Losing Its Lustrous and Double Team Turnover! where she tried to stop Team Galactic from stealing the Lustrous Orb.
She has been seen battling and defeating Aaron on television in Aiding the Enemy.
Her most recent appearance was a cameo at the beginning of Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime, where she was engaged in a battle against Palmer.
In the anime, she has a customized saying for when she throws her Poké Balls, usually only seen in main characters like May and Dawn and rivals, like Zoey. She usually calls, "Battle Dance!" when releasing her Pokémon.
Pokémon
This listing is of Cynthia's known Pokémon in the anime:
Garchomp |
Gastrodon |
Other
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Rayquaza
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- Rayquaza: Cynthia was seen controlling Rayquaza in Malice in Wonderland! however it was only a hallucination caused by a wild Mismagius
Voice actors
- Japanese
- 櫻井智 Tomo Sakurai
- English
- Brazilian
- Spanish
- María Antonia Rodríguez (Spain)
- Polish
In the manga
Pokémon Special
She first appeared in Eterna City just after the trio's starters evolved. She lent them some help before the Gym challenge. She later appears after Platinum's Gym challenge in Pastoria City to help some injured Psyduck.
Pokémon
Garchomp |
Spiritomb |
Pokémon DP
Pokémon
Garchomp |
Lucario |
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Cynthia or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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Cynthia's Feelings | - | - | Legends Awakened | 131/146 | |
(H) | Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release) | - |
Trivia
- Cynthia is the first female NPC Champion and the first NPC Champion since Blue to not have a type theme.
- In the anime, her grandmother is a Pokémon professor, much like Blue's grandfather.
- Cynthia's hairbands resemble Lucario's "Aura Sensors" in shape, yet has a yellow stripe making it similar to an Umbreon's ear.
- Cynthia is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four not to use any Pokémon released in Generation II.
- In her Platinum team, Cynthia has both non-legendary Pokémon capable of learning the move Aura Sphere, Togekiss and Lucario.
- In addition, both of them are male, while the remaining members of her party are all female in all three games.
- In the games, Cynthia's Pokémon have perfect, or all 31, IVs.
- Though Cynthia mentions that she started out with a Pokédex, it is said in Generation I and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, approximately three years beforehand, that the Pokédex is Professor Oak's newest invention.
- Cynthia is the only Champion to appear in a Pokémon movie.
- Cynthia's Japanese name may refer to shiro, white, as a counterpart to Cyrus's name referring to aka, red.
- Cynthia's only other revealed Pokémon in the anime is Gastrodon, but in Platinum, it is replaced by Togekiss.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | シロナ Shirona | A Japanese name for chard. Contains 侈 shi, meaning extravagance or pride, or 白 shiro, meaning "white". |
English, French, German | Cynthia | Possibly chosen due to similarity to "synthesis", or combining different pieces into one entity, which is a reference to the fact she combines several types in her arsenal. This name also refers to the Greek goddess Artemis, who is associated with the moon, which may be a parallel to Cyrus whose name refers to the sun. |
Italian | Camilla | Probably derived from Camilla, an Amazon warrior described in the Aeneid. |
Spanish | Cintia | Spanish equivalent of the name Cynthia. |
Korean | 난천 Nancheon | |
Chinese | 竹蘭 Zhú Lán |
Pokémon Champions | |
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Core series | Blue • Lance • Red • Steven • Wallace • Cynthia • Alder • Iris • Diantha • Trace • Leon • Mustard • Peony • Nemona • Geeta • Kieran • Drayton • Most player characters |
Masters EX | Blue • Lance • Red • Steven • Cynthia • Alder • Iris • Diantha • Leon • Scottie • Bettie • Ash • Nemona • Geeta • Calem • Serena • Hop • Marnie • Bede • Leaf • Nate • Rosa • Silver • Cheren • Bianca |
Other spin-offs |
Ronald (TCG GB) • Mark (TCG GB) • Mint (TCG GB) • Glenn (Pokkén) • Master Rosé (Duel) |
Animated series | Lance • Cynthia • Wallace • Alder • Diantha • Steven • Ash Ketchum • Leon • Iris • Nemona • Geeta |
Other animation | Blue (Origins) • Red (Origins) • Calem (Generations) • Celestine (PttP) • Edgar Troy (PttP) • Ava (PttP) • Boy (POKÉTOON) |
Adventures | Professor Oak • Red • Sidney • Phoebe • Glacia • Drake • Steven • Wallace • Cynthia • Alder • Iris • Diantha • Leon • Mustard • Peony • Nemona • Geeta |
Other manga | Shigeru (Zensho) • Satoshi (Zensho) • Rald (Battle Frontier) |
This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |