Gardenia

Gardenia ナタネ Natane
"Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon"
[[File:File:ArtNatane.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from Diamond/Pearl
Gender	Female
Hometown	Eterna City
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl
Leader of	Eterna Gym
Badge	Forest Badge
Anime debut	Naetle vs, Naetle! Speed Showdown!!
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Unknown

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. Her Japanese voice actress is 本多知恵子 Chieko Honda.

In the anime

Gardenia first appeared in DP031, Turtwig VS Turtwig! Speed Showdown!!.

Gardenia had a short battle with Ash, revealing to him that the Eterna City Gym Leader specialised in Grass Pokémon but not that it is her. She sent out Cherubi first, though it did hardly anything. She then sent out her own Turtwig, which defeated both Ash's Turtwig and Staravia.

Gardenia has an obsession with Grass Pokémon to the extent that she did not appear to be taking Team Rocket seriously due to her fascination with James's Carnivine and Cacnea.

Gardenia had a Gym Battle with Ash in DP037. She sent out her Cherubi, Turtwig, and Roserade. Ash's Turtwig went up against Cherubi first, but it was returned. Ash's Staravia defeated Cherubi. After Ash's Staravia was defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig, Ash sent his out. Ash's Turtwig won despite having hit by Leech Seed. Roserade beat Turtwig with its Weather Ball, but later was defeated by Ash's Aipom's Swift and Focus Punch. The sunny weather did give Gardenia a bit of advantage, such as increasing Cherubi's speed and allowing Roserade to launch fiery Weather Ball. Despite the advantage, Ash succeeded in defeating Gardenia and earning Forest Badge.

Pokémon

• Turtwig (Seiyū: 伊東みやこ Miyako Itō)
• Cherubi (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Victreebel (Mentioned)
• Roserade

In the 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 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.

Quotes

"At my Gym, no one gets to battle with the Gym Leader - me - until they've beaten all the other Trainers. I'll be waiting out in the back. Good luck, challenger!"

"You kept me waiting! I'm Eterna's Gym Leader, Gardenia, the Grass-type master! When I first saw you, I was convinced you'd find your way to me. My hunch was righton the money. You have a winning aura about you. So, anyway, this will be fun. Let's have our battle."

"Are you saying something? It's not the end yet."

"Amazing! You're very good, aren't you?"

"I might've said it before, but you're really tough! Wasn't it hard for you to raise your Pokémon to be so good? I guess that's a measure of how much you love your Pokémon. In recognition of that, I proudly grant you this!"

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ナタネ (Natane)	Means Rapeseed.
English	Gardenia	Taken from the flower Gardenia. It contains the word garden.

External links

• Serebii.net Sinnoh Leaders Page
• Natane's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner