Gardenia ナタネ Natane
"Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon"
General
Name	Gardenia
Japanese Name	ナタネ Natane
Hometown	Eterna City
Region	Sinnoh
Badge	Forest Badge
Preferred Type	Grass
First Appearance	DP031: The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! (anime) Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (game)
Voice actor	Lara Star Rigores (English) Chieko Honda (Japanese)
Class:	Gym Leader

"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."

— Gardenia, Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum.

Gardenia (ナタネ Natane) serves as the Gym Leader for Eterna City. Gardenia specializes in Grass-type Pokémon, and holds the Forest Badge for the trainers that defeat her. She is also known as a "Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon." She loves Grass-Type Pokémon and as such, has a lot of plants in her gym. Gardenia is also a expert on Grass-Type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 In the games 2.1 Diamond and Pearl 2.2 Platinum 2.3 Black 2 and White 2 2.4 Sprites 3 Regions appeared in 3.1 Sinnoh 3.2 Unova 3.3 Hoenn 4 In the anime 5 In the manga 5.1 Pokemon Adventures 5.1.1 Diamond and Pearl Arc 6 Pokémon 6.1 In the anime 6.1.1 On hand 6.1.2 Training 6.2 In the games 6.2.1 Diamond and Pearl 6.2.2 Platinum 6.2.2.1 First battle 6.2.2.2 Rematch 6.2.3 Black 2 and White 2 6.2.4 Cares For 6.3 In the manga 7 Voice Actresses 8 Trivia

Appearance

Gardenia has brown eyes and hair that is brownish-orange on the top and black on the lower portions. Her outfit consists of a long-sleeved black top with a green cloak, leaving her belly visible, brown cargo pants and green boots.

In the games

Gardenia first appeared in the first Generation IV games as the Eterna City Gym Leader, specializing in Grass Pokémon. The player first meets her in Eterna Forest, outside of the mansion. Her Gym is filled with plants, and trainers that challenge her must search for and find all of the Gym members before they can face her. Upon defeating her, she will reward the player with the Forest Badge and TM86 (Grass Knot).

Diamond and Pearl

Platinum

Black 2 and White 2

Grass-Type Tournament

Sinnoh Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Sprites

DP battle sprite		Pt battle sprite		Vs. Sprite		B2W2 battle sprite

Regions appeared in

Sinnoh

Unova

Hoenn

In the anime

Gardenia first appeared DP031: The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl anime series. She was shown to have a slight obsession with Grass-type Pokémon, as she quickly commented and interacted with other people's Grass Pokémon, including Team Rocket's. Also during this episode, Gardenia had a small battle with Ash, where she unveiled her own Turtwig and used it against Ash's. Despite her stay with Ash and his friends, Gardenia had not yet revealed herself as the Eterna City Gym Leader. Just like in the games, Ash and his friends meet Gardenia in Eterna Forest.

After a short absence, Gardenia later appeared in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, where she revealed herself to be the Gym Leader. In The Grass Menagerie!, Gardenia battled Ash using her Cherubi, Turtwig, and Roserade. While there was some struggle on Ash's part, he managed to win, defeating her Roserade with his Aipom. Upon leaving, Gardenia rewarded Ash with a Forest Badge.

Gardenia returned in Once There Were Greenfields where she battled Ash and Dawn in a double battle she organized, with James as her partner. After the battle, Gardenia took James's Cacnea, with his permission, in order to train it, so it can master Drain Punch

In the manga

Pokemon Adventures

Diamond and Pearl Arc

She battled against Platinum and lost, giving her the Forest Badge. She also appears in Chapter 4 where she attacked Pearl because she assumed he was with Team Galactic. When Gardenia found out he wasn't with Team Galactic she apologised. Then she states that Team Galactic has been causing trouble in the Eterna Forest and Eterna City.

Pokémon

In the anime

On hand

Pokémon Information Cherubi was first seen battling Staravia in a mock battle. It was quickly withdrawn. In the official gym battle it was defeated after a tough battle by Staravia. Cherubi

Pokémon Information Turtwig is Gardenia's main Pokémon. In the official gym battle it defeated Staravia but lost to Ash's Turtwig. It's moves is Leaf storm, Leach seed and tackle Turtwig

Pokémon Information Roserade was Gardenia's final Pokémon used in the gym battle. It beat Turtwig quickly with a Weather Ball but Aipom managed to defeat it. Roserade

Training

Pokémon Information Cacnea was James' Pokémon from Team Rocket, but he gave it to Gardenia for training to master Drain Punch. Cacnea

In the games

Diamond and Pearl

Cherubi		Turtwig		Roserade		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif
Lv. 19	♀	Lv. 19	♂	Lv. 22	♀	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Chlorophyll		Ability: Overgrow		Ability: Natural Cure		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Grass Knot		Razor Leaf		Magical Leaf		-	-	-
Leech Seed		Grass Knot		Stun Spore		-	-	-
Safeguard		Withdraw		Grass Knot		-	-	-
Growth		Reflect		Poison Sting		-	-	-

Platinum

First battle

Turtwig		Cherrim		Roserade		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif
Lv. 20	♂	Lv. 20	♀	Lv. 22	♀	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Overgrow		Ability: Flower Gift		Ability: Natural Cure		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Razor Leaf		Grass Knot		Magical Leaf		-	-	-
Grass Knot		Leech Seed		Stun Spore		-	-	-
Sunny Day		Safeguard		Grass Knot		-	-	-
Reflect		Magical Leaf		Poison Sting		-	-	-

Rematch

Jumpluff		Cherrim		Bellossom		Torterra		Roserade		[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif
Lv. 61	♀	Lv. 62	♀	Lv. 61	♀	Lv. 63	♂	Lv. 65	♀	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Chlorophyll		Ability: Flower Gift		Ability: Chlorophyll		Ability: Overgrow		Ability: Natural Cure		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?
Sunny Day		Toxic		Ingrain		Wood Hammer		Sludge Bomb		-
Toxic		Leech Seed		Sunny Day		Earthquake		Shadow Ball		-
Silver Wind		Sunny Day		Giga Drain		Stone Edge		Hyper Beam		-
Bounce		SolarBeam		Drain Punch		Crunch		Leaf Storm		-

Black 2 and White 2

Grass-type Tournament

Roserade		Tropius		Breloom		Tangrowth		Leafeon		Torterra
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Natural Cure		Ability: Chlorophyll		Ability: Effect Spore		Ability: Chlorophyll		Ability: Leaf Guard		Ability: Overgrow
Item: Choice Scarf		Item: Heat Rock		Item: Focus Sash		Item: Salac Berry		Item: Yache Berry		Item: Choice Band
Petal Dance		Solarbeam		Spore		Power Whip		Leaf Blade		Wood Hammer
Shadow Ball		Air Slash		Drain Punch		Focus Blast		X-Scissor		Earthquake
Weather Ball		Synthesis		Mach Punch		Sludge Bomb		Quick Attack		Outrage
Sludge Bomb		Sunny Day		Stone Edge		Earthquake		Swords Dance		Earthquake

Sinnoh Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Roserade		Carnivine		Cherrim		Tangrowth		Leafeon		Torterra
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Natural Cure		Ability: Levitate		Ability: Flower Gift		Ability: Chlorophyll		Ability: Leaf Guard		Ability: Overgrow
Item: Lum Berry		Item: Liechi Berry		Item: Grass Gem		Item: Salac Berry		Item: Occa Berry		Item: Yache Berry
Petal Dance		Power Whip		Giga Drain		Power Whip		Leaf Blade		Wood Hammer
Shadow Ball		Crunch		Leech Seed		Focus Blast		X-Scissor		Earthquake
Weather Ball		Bug Bite		Substitute		Ancientpower		Quick Attack		Outrage
Swords Dance		Sunny Day		Swords Dance		Earthquake		Swords Dance		Curse

Cares For

• Oddish
• Gloom
• Vileplume
• Bellsprout
• Weepinbell
• Victreebel
• Tangela
• Hoppip
• Skiploom
• Jumpluff
• Roselia
• Shroomish
• Budew

In the manga

Cherubi Lv. 19	Turtwig Lv. 19	Roserade Lv. 22

Voice Actresses

• Czech: Jana Palenickova, Klara Sumanova
• Polish: Anna Sztejner, Monika Wierzbicka
• Portuguese: Rita Fernandes, Isabel Queiros
• Spanish: Adelaida Lopez
• Iberian Spanish: Isabel Romo, Nallely Solis

Trivia

• Gardenia's name is based on the word garden for her love of grass Pokémon or it could be an abbreviation of gardening or a reference to the flower, Gardenia.
• In the game, she has a fear of Ghost Type Pokémon. She says " What if there is a Ghost/Grass Pokémon?" This has not yet happened, as Rotom Mow form, as of Generation V, loses its Ghost-typing to become an Electric/Grass Pokémon.
• Gardenia is the second Gym Leader to use Grass Pokemon the first being Erika of Celadon City and the third being Cilan.
• She is the first person to hug James' Cacnea without it hugging her first.
• Gardenia's Japanese name means Rapeseed.

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