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{{CharInfobox|
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bordercolor={{ghost color }}|
name=Zinzolin|
jname=ヴィオ |
tmname=Vio |
image=Black 2 White 2 Zinzolin.png |
size=185px |
caption=Artwork from Black 2 and White 2 |
gender=Male |
colors=no|
hair=White |
hometown=Unknown |
region=[[Unova]] |
relatives=Unknown |
trainer=yes |
trainerclass=[[Team Plasma]] |
game=yes |
generation={{Gen|V}}|
games={{2v2|Black|White}},<br>{{2v2|Black|White|2}}|
leader=no |
team=yes |
teamname=[[Team Plasma]] |
teamrank=[[Seven Sages|Sage]] |
anime=no |
}}
'''Zinzolin''' (Japanese: '''ヴィオ''' ''Vio'') is one of the [[Seven Sages]] of [[Team Plasma]].

==In the games== 
{{spoilers}} 
In {{game|Black and White|s}}, Zinzolin first appears in the [[Cold Storage]] with other {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}}s, who were planning something. During that time, he had complained about the cold and when the player and [[Cheren]] appeared, he ordered the grunts to drive them away. When they failed, [[Clay]] and a several {{tc|Worker}}s arrived and arrested him and the Grunts. Later, in [[Driftveil City]], [[Ghetsis]] came and forced Clay to release them. At [[N's Castle]], he and the other [[Seven Sages|sages]] (except Ghetsis) appeared to block the player's way to [[N]]. However, he and the other sages were confronted by the [[Gym Leader]]s of the [[Unova League]] (except [[Cilan]], [[Chili]] and [[Cress]]), who held up the sages to allow the player to pass.

After defeating [[Ghetsis]], Zinzolin can be found at the Cold Storage. He remarks on how odd the player is and tells the player about his thoughts, then gives the player {{TM|01|Hone Claws}}. When [[Looker]] arrives to arrest him, he goes willingly.

Zinzolin reappears as a major antagonist in [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]]. He has joined the new Team Plasma formed by Ghetsis and now acts as one of the group's public leaders, along with [[Colress]]. Though he appears several times, usually when the {{player}} has major confrontations with Team Plasma, Zinzolin is not fought until the player reaches [[Lacunosa Town]]. He confronts the player after Team Plasma uses the [[Plasma Frigate]] and {{p|Kyurem}} to freeze [[Opelucid City]]. He is also seen in the [[Giant Chasm]] leading Ghetsis's forces against [[Rood]] and several members of the original Team Plasma opposing them.

After the player enters the [[Hall of Fame]] and defeats [[Hugh]] in [[Undella Town]], Zinzolin appears there, dressed in new set of robes. He expresses remorse for his actions and gives the player books of Ghetsis's research that allow translation of the messages in the [[Abyssal Ruins]]. He will give the player a [[Big Pearl]] upon returning from the end of the Abyssal Ruins, and depart.

===Pokémon===
=====First battle=====
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=====Second battle=====
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=====Third battle=====
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=====Fourth battle=====
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===Quotes===
====Pokémon Black and White====
=====At the Cold Storage=====
:''"All of you--huddle around me! I can't take this cold..."''
:''"Pokémon are our king's friends. While we're taking care of them, we can't let any harm come to them here. Everyone, drive these intruders away!"''

=====At Driftveil City=====
:''"Ghetsis... Thank you very much..."''

=====At N's Castle=====
:''"There are not two suns in the sky, nor two sovereigns over the people."''
:''"It is the way of the universe to take from excess and fill emptiness. Taking Pokémon from people is restoring balance to nature!"''

=====At the Cold Storage=====
:''"So, you returned? You're an odd Trainer. All right. I've got time enough to satisfy your curiosity."''
:''"...Breathing. Having a heart that beats. That is simple existence and nothing more for a living being. That may be the definition of living, but I don't think that defines life."''
:''"The experiences of joy and suffering are a vital part of being alive. Ghetsis gave me the sensation of being truly alive... What did he mean to accomplish? That isn't what's important."''
:''"Right now, I'm shivering. I'm suffering, but I'm alive."''
:''"Pokémon and people live by being together and relying on one another. That might be how you feel. If that's so, is it necessary to separate people and Pokémon? By talking to you, I've discovered that there's much I need to think about... I wish I had more to give you in thanks... Here, take [[TM01|this]]."''
:''"My lord N said that he wanted to make Pokémon perfect... But, even if the relationship between Pokémon and people stayed as it now is, Pokémon can aspire to perfection..."''
:''"It's too cold and I'm already tired of shivering in here. If you'll give me some time to think, I'll tell you what I know. So...take me with you."''

===Sprites===
{| align="center" style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color}};"
|- align=center
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Zinzolinwalkdown.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr B2W2 Zinzolin.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Zinzolin's overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black and White}}
| Zinzolin's sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2}}
|}

==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
[[File:Zinzolin Adventures.png|thumb|200px|right|Zinzolin in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
Zinzolin first appeared in ''[[ABW07|Letting Go]]'' along with the other sages. He later appeared in the [[Cold Storage]] with other Team Plasma Grunts and the Poké Balls they had stolen. 

==Names==
{| align="left" style="background: #{{ghost color light}}; {{roundy}}; border: 3px solid #{{ghost color}}"
|- align=center
! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Language
! Name
! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Origin
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Japanese
|ヴィオ ''Vio''
|From "violet".
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|English
|Zinzolin
|French for "reddish purple".
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|French
|Lilien
|Possibly from "lilac".<!--German for "lilies".-->
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|German
|Violaceus
|From ''violaceous''.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Italian
|Violante
|From ''viola''. Italian for "violet".
|- style="background:#FFF;"
| Spanish
|Menek
|From ''menekşe''. Turkish for "{{wp|Violet (color)|violet}}".
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Korean
|비오 ''Vio''
|Same as Japanese name.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
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|
|
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
|
|-->
|}
{{-}}

{{Team Plasma}}<br>
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