Burgundy

Burgundy カベルネ Cabernet
Burgundy
Gender	Female
Eye color	Lilac
Hair color	Purple
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unova
Trainer class	Trainer, Connaisseuse
Anime debut	A Connoisseur's Revenge!
English voice actor	Suzy Myers
Japanese voice actor	Ikumi Hayama

Burgundy (Japanese: カベルネ Cabernet) is a recurring character of the Pokémon anime. She is a C-class Pokémon Connaisseuse and a rival of Cilan.

History

Burgundy was first seen in A Connoisseur's Revenge! working in a lavish Poké Mart that lied somewhere between Pinwheel Forest and the Skyarrow Bridge. She called Ash over, who was waiting in a long line to see a Connaisseuse, to visit her shop instead. He accepted this offer and she immediately pulled him inside her stall and took an interest in Pikachu, a rare Pokémon in Unova. She was then asked to diagnose Sewaddle and decided that, because of its Ability, which was Swarm, it was a poor Pokémon for Ash's team. She then demanded to see the rest of his party, finding something wrong with each of them. Her actions and diagnostics towards the Pokémon caused each and every one of them to attack her. Furious, she exclaimed that Ash is not compatible with any of his Pokémon and demanded that he replace them immediately.

Suddenly, Cilan and Iris interrupted the session after losing track of where Ash had gone. Burgundy, recognizing Cilan, screamed and pointed at him; Cilan, recognizing her in return, then explained that she challenged him at the Striaton Gym a while back and that he managed to defeat her Oshawott with his Pansage. Burgundy explained that his diagnosis of her Oshawott had motivated her to want revenge against him, even to go as far as to study on how to become a Pokémon Connaisseuse so she could out do him. When she felt she was ready, she had returned to Striaton City, completely motivated to re-challenge Cilan. However, Chili and Cress explained to her that Cilan had left to travel, crushing Burgundy's spirit; left with little choice, Burgundy battled Chili and won the Trio Badge.

Burgundy challenged Cilan to a two-on-two Pokémon battle and used her Dewott and her premium-brand Pokémon Sawsbuck. Before the match started, she made Cilan promise that he will accept her diagnosis that Ash is incompatible with all of his Pokémon and that he would have to let her replace all of them. Cilan agreed, much to Ash's dislike. Both Dewott and Sawsbuck were easily defeated by Cilan's Dwebble and Pansage respectively. In the end, Burgundy decided to leave the Poké Mart to travel on her own. She vowed that the next time she and Cilan meet that she would defeat him.

Burgundy is set to reappear in BW039 with a Stoutland, and she will battle against Ash in the Don Battle Tournament.

Pokémon

Dewott

Debut	A Connoisseur's Revenge!
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Lisa Ortiz

Burgundy obtained Dewott when it was just an Oshawott. It lost to Cilan's Pansage in a gym battle a long time ago. She later used Dewott to battle Cilan once more, only this time it battled with his Dwebble. It had good offensive attacks but could not break through Dwebble's strong defense. It quickly became fatigued, and Dwebble defeated it with a Shell Smash and X-Scissor combo.

Dewott's known moves are Water Gun, Fury Cutter, Water Pulse and Razor Shell.

Sawsbuck

Debut	A Connoisseur's Revenge!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima

Sawsbuck is what Burgundy refers to as her "premium brand". She used it to battle Cilan's Pansage but it was overwhelmed by Pansage's speed combined with repeated hits with Bullet Seed, and finally knocked out by a powerful SolarBeam.

Sawsbuck's known moves are Horn Leech, Jump Kick and Megahorn.

Badges obtained

This listing is of the badges Burgundy has obtained:

• Trio Badge (after Dreams by the Yard Full! and prior to A Connoisseur's Revenge!)

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 葉山いくみIkumi Hayama English Suzy Myers

Trivia

• Burgundy's Connaisseuse catchphrase is "Bonjour! Tasting time s'il vous plaît!" in the original, and "Alors, it is evaluating time s'il vous plaît!" in the dub.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	カベルネ Cabernet	From Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc.
English	Burgundy	From Burgundy wine.
Chinese (Mandarin)	赤霞珠 Chìxiázhū	A name for Cabernet Sauvignon.

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