Gardenia

This article is about the Sinnoh Gym Leader. For the anime-exclusive town in Kanto where May competed in a Contest, see Gardenia Town.

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Gardenia ナタネ Natane
"Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon"
Art from Diamond and Pearl
Gender	Female
Eye color	Orange
Hair color	Orange and black
Hometown	Eterna City
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IV
Games	Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Leader of	Eterna Gym
Badge	Forest Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	The Grass-Type is Always Greener!
English voice actor	Lara Star 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 Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In the games

Gardenia uses Template:Type2 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. 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 Template:Type2s and she notes that she is worried about what would happen if there was a Grass/Ghost Pokémon.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

File:SpriteGardenia.png Leader Gardenia Eterna Gym Diamond and Pearl Leader and Professor Gardenia Oak Eterna Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $2640

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Cherubi♀ Lv.19 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Growth Normal Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Turtwig♂ Lv.19 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Withdraw Water Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Sitrus Berry Roserade♀ Lv.22 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Stun Spore Grass Status   --

Pokémon Platinum

File:GardeniaPlatinum.gif Leader Gardenia Eterna Gym Platinum Leader and Professor Gardenia Oak Eterna Gym Platinum Reward: $2640

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Turtwig♂ Lv.20 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Flower Gift Held item: None Cherrim♀ Lv.20 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Sitrus Berry Roserade♀ Lv.22 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Stun Spore Grass Status   --

Rematch

File:GardeniaPlatinum.gif Leader Gardenia Battleground Platinum Leader and Professor Gardenia Oak Battleground Platinum Reward: $7800

Types: Grass Flying Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Jumpluff♀ Lv.61 Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Silver Wind Bug Special   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Flower Gift Held item: None Cherrim♀ Lv.62 Toxic Poison Status   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       SolarBeam Grass Special   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Bellossom♀ Lv.61 Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --       Types: Grass Ground Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Torterra♂ Lv.63 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Sitrus Berry Roserade♀ Lv.65 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Leaf Storm Grass Special   --

Quotes

Eterna Gym

• At the entrance of Gym's maze, when player enters (Diamond and Pearl only)

"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!"

• At the entrance of the Gym (Platinum only)

"Hi! I'm Gardenia! I'm this town's Gym Leader! My last challenger was this awfully speedy young guy. ...Actually, his name was <rival>. He told me about you. He said that another challenger's on the way, so that made me antsy! At my Gym, no one gets to battle with the Gym Leader, me, until the end. The challenger has to beat all the other Gym Trainers first. I'll be waiting for you in the back, Trainer. Don't disappoint me!"

• Before battle

"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 right on the money. You have a winning aura about you. So, anyway, this will be fun. Let's have our battle."

• After sending out last Pokémon

"It's not the end yet."

• During battle

"Are you saying something? You think you have me cornered?"

• When defeated

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

• After being defeated

"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!"

"Yup! If there's one thing I can tell about you, it's this! You and your Pokémon are gonna get even tougher, and I mean seriously!"

"By the way... have you been to the Old Chateau? Me? Uh, well, you know, I have my Gym Leader job and all, so... Well, actually, I'm here training... I'm here just for fun... Ahahaha! Don't mind me!"

Old Chateau

"Hiya! Were you intrigued by the rumors going around, too? You know, people've been talking about the ghost Pokémon of the Old Chateau. I've been hearing rumors about sinister shadows, too. I should check it out myself, but going in there is... ...Well, you know, being that I'm a Gym Leader, I'm always busy. So, since I'm so busy, I can't go in. It's not because I'm s-scared! S-so, good luck with your investigation!"

Villa

"Listen, listen! I came for a visit! Can I go in?"

"...I'm in a dilemma now. You see, I don't like ghost Pokémon very much. But, what if... What if there was a Grass-type ghost Pokémon? What then?"

• After buying Houseplants

"Oh, hey! A Houseplant! It's really nice. Maybe I'll get some for my Gym. The green coloring and the aroma... It's very nice."

"Do you remember those rumors about the Old Chateau? They say there really were ghost Pokémon there in the old days. ...That's so scary. What if they suddenly came back?"

Battleground

• Before battle

"Hi, have you been keeping well? Let's cut to the good stuff! Let's get down to battle!"

"Oh? You do want to battle?" (If No is the first answer)

Yes: "Yes, that's right! A battle will tell you if someone you haven't seen's been keeping well!"

No: "You won't battle? You're not in the mood, huh? Well, why not polish your Badges, then? That might put a shine on your day, too."

• During battle

"Are you saying something? You think you have me cornered?"

• When defeated

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

• After being defeated

"Out of the Gym, a Gym Leader is just another Trainer. But wherever I go, I still try to be as tough as I can. It's not fair to my Pokémon if we were to lose because of me."

Battleground (alternate)

• Before battle

"My Grass-type Pokémon are growing good and strong. I'm kind of interested in what Pokémon you have, too. Want to battle? A real quick one?"

"My Grass-type Pokémon are growing good and strong. Come on, let's battle! A real quick one, OK?" (If No was the first answer)

Yes: "I can't deny that Grass-type Pokémon have many weak points. But I'll show you that's not the only factor in deciding who wins!"

No: "Aww, really? My grass Pokémon are growing good and strong too..."

• During battle

"Are you saying something? You think you have me cornered?"

• When defeated

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

• After being defeated

"By the way... Have you been to the Old Chateau? Me? Uh, well, you know, I have my Gym Leader job and all, so... Well, actually, I'm here training... I'm here just for fun... Ahahaha! Don't mind me!"

Sprites

File:SpriteGardenia.png	File:GardeniaPlatinum.gif
Gardenia's sprite from Diamond and Pearl	Gardenia's sprite from Platinum	Gardenia's VS sprite from Platinum

In the anime

Gardenia in the anime

Gardenia first appeared in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener. In this episode, she had a short battle with Ash, revealing to him that the Eterna City Gym Leader specialized in Grass Pokémon but not that it is her yet. She sent out Cherubi first, though she soon recalled it. She then sent out her own Turtwig, which defeated both Torterra 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. But she seems to get over this problem in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, when she battled the Team Rocket without any hesitation by sending her Turtwig out. She also reveals her rank as a Gym Leader in this episode.

Gardenia had a Gym Battle with Ash in The Grass Menagerie!. 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 Staravia was defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig, Ash sent his out. It resulted in Ash's Turtwig's victory. Roserade beat Ash's Turtwig with its Weather Ball, but later was defeated by Ash's Aipom's Swift and Focus Punch. Gardenia made use of the sunny weather to her advantage, such as increasing Cherubi's speed and allowing Roserade to launch fiery Weather Ball attacks. Despite this situation, Ash succeeded in defeating Gardenia and earning a Forest Badge.

She returned in Once There Were Greenfields when she took part in a double battle alongside James. After the battle, she offered to train his Cacnea and make it stronger. She also appeared in a flashback in Barry's Busting Out All Over! where she was revealed to have helped Cacnea to perfect Drain Punch.

Pokémon

This listing is of Gardenia's known Pokémon in the anime:

Turtwig

Debut	The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!
Voice actors
Japanese	Miyako Itō
English	Billy Beach

Gardenia's Turtwig was first seen when it battled against Ash's Turtwig and Staravia. It was shown to be great in speed and very powerful. It was untouchable by any of Ash's Pokémon and won the battle. It helped protect the Adamant Orb in A Secret Sphere of Influence!.

In Ash's Gym battle, it used its impressive speed to defeat Ash's Staravia. However, it lost to Ash's Turtwig after a fierce battle. Gardenia reappeared in Once There Were Greenfields!, and Turtwig was used in a tag battle alongside James's Cacnea, but 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, Tackle, and Razor Leaf.

Cacnea

Debut	A Poached Ego!
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 automatically got 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 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.

Cherubi

Debut	The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chinami Nishimura
English	Chinami Nishimura

Gardenia's Cherubi was first seen in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! when Gardenia used it to battle Ash's Turtwig in an unofficial battle. It displayed its high speed, however it emerged 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 high speed and forced Ash to recall it. 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 SolarBeam, and its ability is Chlorophyll.

Roserade

Debut	The Grass Menagerie!
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.

Roserade also appeared alongside Gardenia during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Roserade's known moves are Grass Knot, Weather Ball, Magical Leaf, and Flash.

Mentioned

Bellossom

Debut	The Grass-type is Always Greener!

Gardenia mentions that she has a Bellossom when she wanted to trade one of her Pokémon for James's Carnivine.

Vileplume

Debut	The Grass-type is Always Greener!

Gardenia mentions that she has a Vileplume when she wanted to trade one of her Pokémon for James's Carnivine.

Victreebel

Debut	The Grass-type is Always Greener!

Gardenia mentions that she has a Victreebel when she wanted to trade one of her Pokémon for James's Carnivine. Ironically, James had a Victreebel before and then released it.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 本多知恵子 Chieko Honda English Lara Star Rigores Czech Jana Páleníčková (DP031) Klára Šumanová (DP036-DP037, DP054) Polish Anna Sztejner (DP031, DP036-DP037) Monika Wierzbicka (DP054) European Portuguese Rita Fernandes (DP031-DP037) Isabel Queirós (DP054) Spanish Latin America Isabel Romo (DP031-DP037) Nallely Solís (DP054) Spain Adelaida López

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Roark and his Cranidos with Gardenia and her Roserade

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 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.

Pokémon

Cherubi

Debut	Ring Around the Roserade (I)

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.

Roserade

Debut	Ring Around the Roserade (I)

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's known moves are Poison Jab and Grass Knot.

Given Away

Cherrim

Debut	VS. Dialga and Palkia IV

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.

Pokémon DP

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

Cherubi

Debut	Win with Teamwork!!

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.

Cherubi's known moves are Magical Leaf and Leech Seed.

Turtwig

Debut	Win with Teamwork!!

Turtwig was the second Pokémon used in the gym battle. It went up against Hareta's Misdreavus.

Turtwig's known moves are Magical Leaf and Grass Knot.

Roserade

Debut	Win with Teamwork!!

Roserade is Gardenia's strongest Pokémon. It was the third Pokémon used in the gym battle. Using the combined power of Piplup and Misdreavus's Spite attack to stop Magical Leaf, Hareta was able to defeat Roserade and win the battle.

Roserade's known moves are Grass Knot, Leech Seed and Magical Leaf.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Gardenia or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Roserade GL		22		Rising Rivals	12/111
Turtwig GL		20		Rising Rivals	85/111

Trivia

• Gardenia is the second Gym Leader in the anime to receive a Pokémon from a main character. The first was Sabrina with Ash's Haunter.
• Coincidentally, there is a town in the anime named Gardenia Town.
• Gardenia is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader who does not have a Pokémon with their signature TM move in the Battleground battles with her.
  • However, she has all of her Pokémon knowing the move during the main battle.
• In Platinum, her Cherubi has been replaced by a Cherrim, but it is under-leveled, as Cherubi evolves into Cherrim at level 25.
• In the anime, when Ash was battling Gardenia's Cherubi, he withdrew Turtwig before he is hit. This occurred once before with Brawly of the Dewford Gym, when Treecko was going to be attacked and defeated by Machop.
  • Interestingly, both were the second gyms in a region, and both Pokémon withdrew were the Template:Type2 starters of the region he was battling the gym in.
• Gardenia is the only second Gym Leader in the series that uses a fully evolved stage 3 Pokemon. Misty and Lenora both have fully evolved Pokemon as well, though both are only stage 2.
  • Interestingly enough, in Diamond and Pearl, neither of her Pokemon are on their second stage of evolution, as both her Cherubi and Turwig are unevolved, and her Roserade is at the third stage of evolution
  • In Platinum this also makes her the only Gym leader to have at least one pokemon of every evolutionary stages, not counting Pokemon that do no evolve.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ナタネ Natane	The Japanese name for the rapeseed plant. Its kanji can also be separated into 菜 na (vegetables) and 種 tane (seed).
English, Italian, Spanish	Gardenia	Taken from the flower gardenia. It also contains the word garden.
French	Flo	From flore, flora.
German	Silvana	From silva, Latin for forest.
Korean	유채 Yuchae	From 유채 (油菜) yuchae, rape blossoms.
Chinese (Mandarin)	菜種 Càizhǒng	From 菜種 natane, rapeseed. Literally vegetable seed. Can also mean "vegetable species".

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

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