Cilan

Cilan デント Dent
"Triple Trouble!"
Artwork from Black and White
Gender	Male
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Striaton City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Chili, Cress (brothers)
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	V
Games	Black and White
Leader of	Striaton Gym
Badge	Trio Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!
English voice actor	Jason Griffith
Japanese voice actor	Mamoru Miyano

Cilan (Japanese: デント Dent) is one of the three Gym Leaders of Striaton City's Gym, known officially as the Striaton Gym. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon and will battle the player if they chose Oshawott as their starter Pokémon. He gives the Trio Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

In the games

Cilan appears in Pokémon Black and White as the Gym Leader of Striaton City's gym, alongside Chili and Cress. This gym is the first to be challenged by the player. Cilan battles the player if Oshawott is the chosen starter Pokémon. Trainers who defeat Cilan will receive the Trio Badge, along with TM83 (Work Up).

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Leader Cilan Striaton Gym Black and White Leader and Professor Cilan Oak Striaton Gym Black and White Reward: $1680
Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Pickup Held item: None Lillipup♂ Lv.12 Bite Dark Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansage♂ Lv.14 Work Up Normal Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Vine Whip Grass Physical   --

Quotes

Pokémon Black and White

Outside of the Gym

"Yes? Yes, I am a Gym Leader of this town. You are...? Right. You want to challenge the Gym. In that case... What was the first Pokémon you chose? <Starter>... I see. It's weak against <type>-type Pokémon. I think you need to prepare to face that type. I'll be waiting for you inside."

Striaton Gym

• Before battle

Cilan: "Welcome to the Striaton City Pokémon Gym."

Chili: "I'm Chili! I light things up with Fire-type Pokémon!"

Cress: "I'm a Water-type specialist, and my name is Cress. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

Cilan: "And my name is Cilan. I like Grass-type Pokémon."

Cilan: "Um, you see... As for why the three of us, um, are all here is, well, er..."

Chili: "Oh,enough! Listen up! The three of us will decide whom you'll battle! It'll be based on the type of the first Pokémon you chose!"

Cress: "That is indeed the case. And the partner you first chose was <type> type, it seems."

• If the player's starter Pokémon is Snivy or Tepig

"...Uh hm. I always seem to lose the timing of... of the dance. Like that. True enough, I did want to... want to have a Pokémon battle with you."

• If the player's starter Pokémon is Oshawott

"Nothing personal... No hard feelings... Me and my Grass-type Pokémon will...um... We're gonna battle come what may."

• Before battle

"So, um, if you're OK with me, I'll, um, put everything I've got into being, er, you know, your opponent."

• During battle (the first non-KO hit)

"Ah! My Pokémon!"

• After sending his last Pokémon

"Huh? Could it be? Could I have only one Pokémon left?"

• When defeated

"Er... Is it over now?"

• After being defeated

"...What a surprise You...are very strong. Seems like not even Chili or Cress could beat you.."

• After the battle (regardless of starter Pokémon)

"Gym Badges are a proof of a Trainer's abilities. If you have one Badge, Pokémon, including traded Pokémon up to Lv. 20, will obey you without question. We also want you to have this. TM83 contains Work Up. If you use Work Up, the Pokémon's Attack and Sp. Atk go up! By the way, TMs can be used as many times as you want."

"In the Unova region, we are still novice Gym Leaders. Which means the other Gym Leaders are much stronger than we are. We'll need to work hard and improve."

• Post-game

"In the Unova region, um, we are still novice Gym Leaders. Which means, well, that other Gym Leaders are much stronger than we are. Going...slow...and steady...is OK, so... we compete with one and get, um, stronger and stronger."

Badge Case

The fundamentals of Pokémon battling are type matchups! They're important!

National Gymquirer

Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"

Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name Cafélover! Thank yooou! 'Recently, I saw Striaton Gym's three Gym Leaders, and they were all out of order! Like, Chili was Cilan, and Cilan was Cress!' Hmmm. Well, I'm not saying you're crazy, but...are you sure they weren't just standing in front of a mirror? 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"

Sprites

		File:BW CilanOD Stand.png
Cilan's sprite from Black and White	Cilan's VS sprite from Black and White	Cilan's overworld sprite from Black and White

In the anime

Cilan in the anime

Main article: Cilan (anime)

Cilan appears in the anime as one of Ash Ketchum's traveling partners.

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters BW manga

In the Pocket Monsters BW manga, Cilan appears along with his brothers Chili and Cress. They are seen in PMBW03, where Isamu Akai and his Pokémon visit a restaurant owned by the three brothers. Clefairy tries to instigate a fight between the brothers, but fails on many occasions.

Pokémon

This listing is for Cilan's Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters BW manga.

Pansage

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cilan in Pokémon Adventures

Cilan, along with his brothers, are first seen when Black sets out on his journey to beat the Pokémon League. Later, Black, Cheren, and Bianca challenge the Gym and have to fight all three of the Striaton Gym Leaders at the same time. They prove powerful and have the upper hand for the majority of the battle. However, in the end they lose the battle after the time limit ends and the challengers' side wins 3 to 2 after Tep, Oshawott, and Snivy recover after eating leaves from Pansage's head.

Pokémon

This listing is for Cilan's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Pansage

Debut	A Nickname for Tepig

Main article: Cilan's Pansage

Pansage is Cilan's only known Pokémon. Along with being his main Pokémon, Pansage assists Cilan and his brothers in the kitchen.

It mixes in herbs for a tea made special for Black, Cheren, and Bianca. Later, it battles against Bianca's Oshawott and defeats it after shattering its scalchop. It is then knocked over by Tep and drops a few leaves on the ground, which are then consumed by the weary Tep, Oshawott, and Snivy, which causes Cilan and Cress to lose the battle.

Pansage's known moves are Vine Whip, and Work Up.

Trivia

• His Japanese Leader title, shared with Chili and Cress, is トライアル　トライアングル.
• He is the first human character in the franchise to lack sclerae.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	デント Dent	From dent corn, similar to Pod and Corn's names. May also refer to trident. Also from 田 den, "field".
English	Cilan	From cilantro.
French	Rachid	From racine (root), arachide (peanut) or possibly rachis.
German	Benny	From Maiskolben (corncob). Related to his brother's name, Maik (Chili) and Colin (Cress).
Italian	Spighetto	From spiga, ear of corn, and spaghetti.
Spanish	Millo	From millo, maize.
Korean	덴트 Dent	Transliteration of his Japanese name.
Chinese (Mandarin)	天桐 Tiāntóng	Rough transcription of his Japanese name. 桐 is also a name for several unrelated species of trees, such as Paulownia (泡桐), tung tree (油桐), and Chinese parasol tree (梧桐).

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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