Forsythia

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Forsythia ツボミ Tsubomi
Forsythia
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Floaroma Town
Region	Sinnoh
Anime debut	Oh Do You Know The Poffin Plan!
English voice actor	Stacia Newcomb
Japanese voice actor	Masumi Asano

Forsythia (Japanese: ツボミ Tsubomi) is a minor recurring character in the Pokémon anime. She operates the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop in Floaroma Town, where she runs Poffin-cooking classes and a Berry orchard.

History

A younger Forsythia

Ash and his friends saw a flyer advertising her Poffin classes and paid a visit to Forsythia's home in Oh Do You Know The Poffin Plan!. While Dawn and Brock had no trouble making theirs, Ash struggled and ended up burning them. During the test tasting, Dawn's Poffins, despite being based on her mother's recipe, left a bad taste in her Pokémon's mouths. Forsythia then went on to explain that all Pokémon have different tastes just like people do.

Ash was curious about Forsythia's Roserade being so shy, and she told the story of how she met and befriended it by giving it her red scarf. The story was interrupted when Team Rocket crashed through her garden in a tank, stealing all of her Berries. Roserade sprung into action to defend the orchard, wrapping its signature scarf around its face. Team Rocket then found out from Lotad that, without the scarf, Roserade didn't have the confidence to fight, so Meowth and Mime Jr. removed it.

They were about to run off with Roserade and the Berries, but Forsythia jumped in front of the tank and told Roserade that it didn't need the scarf to believe in itself. With that, Roserade escaped and used a beautiful Petal Dance attack against Team Rocket. After they were gone, Roserade's Sunny Day combined with Lotad's Water Gun made Forsythia's garden begin to regrow. Later, Dawn was finally able to make Poffins that her Pokémon liked, and thanked Forsythia for all of her help.

Forsythia also made a brief cameo in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events! along with her Pokémon.

Pokémon

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

Budew → Roselia → Roserade

Debut	Oh Do You Know The Poffin Plan!
Voice actors
Japanese	Miyako Itō
English	Sarah Natochenny

One day, while visiting the local Pokémon Center, Forsythia encountered a Budew that had been injured while fighting other Pokémon. Although Budew was normally timid, Forsythia befriended it by giving it her red scarf, and Nurse Joy allowed her to adopt it. Over time, and through Forsythia's care, Budew evolved into Roselia and later into Roserade, but it never seemed to lose its shy nature. What Forsythia didn't know was that Roserade was fearlessly protecting Forsythia's Berry garden; it would gain the confidence needed to fight by wearing the red scarf it was given all those years ago.

However, when Team Rocket attempted to steal all the Berries from the garden, they also stole the red scarf when Roserade tried to stop them, causing the Bouquet Pokémon to become timid again. However, Forsythia convinced Roserade that it was still strong. Thanks to Forsythia's kind words, Roserade's confidence returned, and Team Rocket were soon sent blasting off. Roserade later helped restore the garden with Lotad's help.

Roserade appeared again in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events! along with its Trainer and Lotad.

Roserade's known moves are Magical Leaf, Petal Dance, and Sunny Day.

Lotad

Debut	Oh Do You Know The Poffin Plan!
Voice actors
Japanese	Miyako Itō
English	Bill Rogers

Forsythia's other Pokémon was a Lotad that had a very cheery nature. Despite the fact that Roserade was normally timid around other Pokémon, it was clear that Lotad and Roserade were close and Lotad was the only one who knew that Roserade was protecting the Berry fields. When Team Rocket attacked the Berry fields, Lotad saved Forsythia from being trapped by the giant baskets that were sent down from their mecha, and later helped convince Roserade that it could still defeat Team Rocket even without its scarf. Lotad later helped Roserade to restore the damaged garden.

Lotad appeared again in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events! along with its Trainer and Roserade.

Lotad's only known move is Water Gun.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 浅野真澄 Masumi Asano English Stacia Newcomb Czech Jitka Moučková Finnish Jenni Sivonen European French Coralie Vanderlinden Polish Katarzyna Łaska Brazilian Portuguese Samira Fernandes European Spanish Ana Esther Alborg

Trivia

• The day Forsythia met her Budew is similar to the time Tyson met his Meowth, when he gave Meowth boots.
• Forsythia's Japanese name is almost identical to Budew's Japanese name.
• Forsythia owns a Sprayduck like the one in the games.

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon animated series.