Gardenia
- This article is about the Gym Leader. For the town in the Kanto region that appeared in the animated series, see Gardenia Town.
Gardenia ナタネ Natane | |
"Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon" | |
Art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | |
Gender | Female |
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Eye color | Orange |
Hair color | Orange and black |
Hometown | Eterna City |
Region | Sinnoh |
Trainer class | Gym LeaderDPPtBDSP Pokémon TrainerB2W2 |
Generation | IV, V, VIII |
Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Black 2 and White 2, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Masters EX |
Leader of | Eterna Gym |
Badge | Forest Badge |
Specializes in | Grass types |
Game animation debut | GOTCHA! |
English voice actor | Erica Mendez[1] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | Haruka Ito[2] (Masters EX) |
Animated debut | The Grass-Type is Always Greener! |
English voice actor | Lara Starr 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 core series 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 the 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 will 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 types and she notes that she is worried about what would happen if there was a Grass/Ghost Pokémon, a type combination that had never materialized prior to Generation VI.
Gardenia also appears in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. She can be faced in the Sinnoh Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Gardenia also appears at the Battle Tower, where she can team up with Fantina in a Double Battle.
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
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Pokémon Platinum
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Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon World Tournament
Gardenia uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. She will always lead with her signature Pokémon, Roserade.
Sinnoh Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
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Battle Tower
Master Rank Single Battles (Rank 2)
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Gardenia (Masters)
Gardenia forms a sync pair with Roserade and Dhelmise in Pokémon Masters EX. Gardenia became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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#031 | Gardenia | #0407 | Roserade♀ |
Grass |
Flying |
★★★★☆☆EX | Selected after Chapter 2 Sync Pair Scout | ||||
#031 | Summer 2024 Gardenia |
#0781 | Dhelmise |
Ghost |
Ice |
★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
Official artwork from Diamond and Pearl by Ken Sugimori[3] |
Sticker Template background from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Sprites and models
Sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
Sprite from Platinum |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
VS sprite from Platinum |
VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Battle Tower VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Overworld sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
Overworld sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Sprite from the Badge Case from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
Overworld model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Sprite from the Badge Case from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Quotes
- Main article: Gardenia/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Gardenia debuted in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener. She was first seen unsuccessfully attempting to catch a wild Gloom in the Eterna Forest. She then ran off to see Ash's Turtwig, which she complimented. After that, Gardenia had a short battle with Ash, revealing to him that the Eterna City Gym Leader specialized in Grass-type Pokémon, but she refrained from identifying herself as the Gym Leader. During the battle, 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 informed Ash, his friends, and Cheryl that she knew about a Combee wall near some Pomeg Berry flowers, and she joined them during their search for the Amber Castle. The group was confronted by Team Rocket, but instead of being horrified to learn they were thieves, Gardenia became infatuated with James's Carnivine and Cacnea instead. She eventually decided to battle the trio after seeing Jessie's Seviper, and also rescued Cheryl's Mothim. Gardenia later left the group after receiving a message from a Nuzleaf regarding some urgent business.
Ash and his friends encountered Gardenia again at the Eterna Historical Museum in A Secret Sphere of Influence!. Gardenia instantly recognized Nando, who had been apprehended by Officer Jenny on suspicion of theft, from his recent Gym match victory against her. Ash and the others were surprised to learn that Gardenia was in fact the Eterna Gym Leader. Later, Gardenia and her Turtwig helped recover the stolen item in question, the Adamant Orb, which had actually been stolen by Team Rocket.
Gardenia had a Gym battle with Ash in The Grass Menagerie!. Turtwig went up against Cherubi first, but it was recalled. Staravia then defeated Cherubi. After Staravia was defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig's Leech Seed, Ash defeated it with his own Turtwig. Next, Roserade defeated Ash's Turtwig with its Weather Ball, but later, it was defeated by Aipom's Swift and Focus Punch combination, thus earning Ash the Forest Badge.
Gardenia visited Emeragrove Town to promote Pokémon battling in Once There Were Greenfields. She took part in a Tag Battle alongside James, where they went up against Ash and Dawn. Gardenia's Turtwig and James's Cacnea went up against Ash's Aipom and Dawn's Pachirisu. Following Gardenia's instructions, James witnessed Cacnea as it used Drain Punch for the first time. Turtwig was taken out first because Gardenia was paying closer attention to Cacnea, and soon, Ash and Dawn emerged victorious. After the battle, she offered to train James's Cacnea and make it stronger, and James reluctantly accepted.
She reappeared in a flashback in Barry's Busting Out All Over!, where Barry revealed that he had earned the Forest Badge from her.
Pokémon movies
Gardenia also made a cameo in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Character
Gardenia is an optimist and overly cheery. Her battle style is reliant on harsh sunlight, which increases the power of moves like Solar Beam or Weather Ball, and her Pokémon's incredible speed.
Gardenia actively seeks out new challenges, so she often ventures to the Eterna Forest to catch new Pokémon that she could train. She is also prepared to trade for Grass-types she feels have potential. Her obsession with Grass Pokémon is overwhelming and causes her to become flustered to such an extent that she did not take Team Rocket seriously, due to her fascination with James's Carnivine and Cacnea.
Pokémon
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On hand
This listing is of Gardenia's known Pokémon in Pokémon the Series:
Debut | The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Chinami Nishimura |
Gardenia's Cherubi was first seen in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! when Gardenia used it in an unofficial battle against Ash's Turtwig. It displayed its high speed, but it was revealed that Gardenia was just trying to get a read on Turtwig's abilities 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 its Chlorophyll Ability to enhance its speed and forced Ash to recall him. 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 moves are Magical Leaf and Solar Beam, and its Ability is Chlorophyll.
Debut | The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Miyako Itō |
English | Billy Beach |
Gardenia's Turtwig was first seen when it battled Ash's Turtwig and Staravia. It had great speed and power, especially in regards to its Leech Seed attack. It was untouchable by any of Ash's Pokémon and won the match. It helped protect the Adamant Orb in A Secret Sphere of Influence!.
During Ash's Gym battle, Gardenia used its impressive speed to once again defeat Ash's Staravia. However, it lost to Ash's own Turtwig after a fierce round. Turtwig reappeared in Once There Were Greenfields!, where it was used in a Tag Battle alongside James's Cacnea, but it was defeated by Dawn's Pachirisu's Spark.
Nando's Roselia is known to have defeated Turtwig in an earlier battle.
Turtwig's known moves are Leech Seed, Leaf Storm, Bite, and Tackle.
Debut | The Grass Menagerie! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | |
English | Sarah Natochenny |
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.
It reappeared in a flashback in League Unleashed!.
Roserade briefly appeared alongside Gardenia during the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Roserade's known moves are Grass Knot, Weather Ball, Magical Leaf, and Flash.
Mentioned
In The Grass-Type is Always Greener!, Gardenia mentioned that she has a Bellossom, a Vileplume, and a Victreebel when she wanted to trade one of her Pokémon for James's Carnivine.
Bellossom |
Vileplume |
Victreebel |
Training
Debut | A Poached Ego! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Katsuyuki Konishi |
English | Michele Knotz |
- Main article: James's Cacnea
Gardenia first met Cacnea in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!, when it was sent out by James. Gardenia was automatically attracted to it, and she asked it to scratch her back by using Pin Missile.
Later, in Once There Were Greenfields, after battling alongside James and Cacnea in a Tag Battle, Gardenia knew that Cacnea had the ability to learn Drain Punch, so she 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, unlike its many battles under James's command.
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GOTCHA!
Gardenia briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pocket Monsters DP
Gardenia appeared in a flashback in PMDP07.
Pokémon Adventures
Gardenia made her debut when she took a walk in the Eterna Forest with her Cherubi and Roserade. She was enjoying the fresh air and the scent of the forest when she recognized the scent of Gastly in the forest. Following the scent, she met the trio (Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum). She called out to the group, only to be ignored by them. Becoming annoyed with their attitude, she had her Roserade use Grass Knot to get their attention. She was surprised to hear that the trio had been to Old Chateau and fought the Ghost Pokémon in the place. Gardenia was supposed to investigate the place as a Gym Leader, but apparently was scared of ghosts. Revealing that she is a Gym Leader, she challenged the trio to a Gym battle.
Gardenia was the second Gym Leader that Platinum had battled against, and the first to have a Double Battle against. Gardenia sent out Roserade and Cherubi against Platinum's Prinplup and Ponyta. To avoid Ice- and Fire-type attacks, Gardenia and her Pokémon kept a great distance away from their challenger. But the distance didn't trouble them. Her Roserade used poisonous vines to attack, sending vines from the ground. This move easily knocked out Ponyta with a single shot. Cherubi on the other hand used Grass Knot. The attacks seemed to corner Prinplup, especially because after its evolution, Prinplup was prone to heavier damage from Grass Knot attacks. But the battle resulted as Platinum's victory, after she used the holes in the ground (made from Roserade's vines) to her advantage by having Prinplup blow a Blizzard into the holes. The holes led the ice move directly to Gardenia's two Pokémon, making them unable to battle. Recognizing her defeat, Gardenia gave Platinum the Forest Badge.
Gardenia would eventually join Roark, Fantina, Maylene, Crasher Wake and Candice in the battle against Team Galactic's commanders on the Spear Pillar. Gardenia and Crasher Wake faced Mars and won. After the Gym Leaders broke one of the Red Chains and were defeated by Cyrus, Gardenia gave her Cherrim to Platinum.
Pokémon
Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's Grass Knot (which was more powerful upon Piplup's evolution, since her weight had increased), she used her Blizzard in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at-distance attack.
Cherubi's only known move is Grass Knot, and her Ability is Chlorophyll.
Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's Grass Knot, Prinplup used her Blizzard in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at distance attack, who defeated both.
Roserade was later seen helping in destroying one of the Red Chains Cyrus created.
Roserade's only known move is Grass Knot, and her Ability is Poison Point.
Given away
This Cherrim was given to Platinum by Gardenia, and was taken with the rest of Platinum's Pokémon to help Looker investigate on the Distortion World.
Cherrim's only known move is Solar Beam, and her Ability is Flower Gift.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
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
Debut | Win with Teamwork!! |
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Cherubi was the first Pokémon Gardenia used in the Gym battle against Hareta. It went up against his Shinx and was able to put up a great fight as it was finished off with Shinx's Bite. It was revealed that Cherubi used Leech Seed as part of the laid-out traps when Hareta's Piplup got to battle.
Cherubi's only known move is Leech Seed.
Debut | Win with Teamwork!! |
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Turtwig was the second Pokémon used in the Gym battle. It went up against Hareta's Shinx and allowed itself to get defeated by Shinx's Spark.
Turtwig's only known move is Grass Knot.
Debut | Win with Teamwork!! |
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Roserade is Gardenia's strongest Pokémon. It was the third Pokémon used in the Gym battle. It managed to defeat Hareta's Shinx due to the trap that her Turtwig set up. It also battled with Misdreavus where Misdreavus used Spite to lower the PP of Magical Leaf. Misdreavus too got defeated by Roserade which left Piplup as the last Pokémon. After narrowly dodging Roserade's attacks, Piplup won the battle with an airborne Peck as Roserade could no longer use Magical Leaf to protect itself.
Roserade's only known move is Magical Leaf.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Gardenia or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Gardenia's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
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Rarity | # |
Roserade | Rising Rivals | 12/111 | Bonds to the End of Time | 007/090 | |||
Turtwig | Rising Rivals | 85/111 | Bonds to the End of Time | 006/090 | |||
Roserade | Lost Origin | TG02/TG30 | Battle Region | 068/067 | |||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Gardenia | Su | Ultra Prism | 124/156 | Ultra Sun | 060/066 | ||
Ultra Prism | 149/156 | Ultra Sun | 070/066 | ||||
GX Starter Decks | 121/131 | ||||||
Gardenia's Vigor | Su | Astral Radiance | 143/189 | Time Gazer | 065/067 | ||
Astral Radiance | 184/189 | Time Gazer | 078/067 | ||||
Astral Radiance | 202/189 | Time Gazer | 084/067 | ||||
VSTAR Universe | 158/172 | ||||||
Crown Zenith | GG61/GG70 | VSTAR Universe | 243/172 | ||||
Trivia
- Gardenia is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader who does not have a Pokémon with their signature TM move when battled in the Battleground.
- Gardenia is the only second Gym Leader in the core series games that uses a fully evolved Pokémon from a three-stage evolutionary line in her Gym battle.
- Gardenia is the only Gym Leader who uses a first partner Pokémon in her Gym battle that is available to the player in the same game.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ナタネ Natane | From 菜種 natane (rapeseed), 菜 na (vegetables), and 種 tane (seed) |
English, Spanish, Italian | Gardenia | From Gardenia and garden |
German | Silvana | From silva (Latin for forest) |
French | Flo | From flore (flora) |
Korean | 유채 Yuchae | From 유채 (油菜) yuchae (rapeseed) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 菜種 / 菜种 Càizhǒng | From 菜種 / 菜种 càizhǒng / choijúng (vegetable seed) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 菜種 Choijúng | |
Brazilian Portuguese | Gardênia* Gardenia* |
Similar to her English name Same as her English name |
Russian | Гардения Gardeniya | Transcription of her English name |
Vietnamese | Natane | Transcription of her Japanese name |
See also
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