Burgundy
カベルネ Cabernet
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Burgundy
Gender Female
Eye color Lilac
Hair color Purple
Hometown Unknown
Region Unova
Trainer class Trainer, Connaisseuse
Animated debut A Connoisseur's Revenge!
English voice actor Suzy Myers
Japanese voice actor Ikumi Hayama

Burgundy (Japanese: カベルネ Cabernet) is a recurring character of the Pokémon anime. She is a C-class Pokémon Connaisseuse and a rival of Cilan.

History

Burgundy before she became a Connaisseuse

Burgundy was first seen in A Connoisseur's Revenge! working in a lavish Poké Mart somewhere between Pinwheel Forest and the Skyarrow Bridge. She called Ash over, who was waiting in a long line to see a Connaisseuse, to visit her shop instead. He accepted this offer and she immediately pulled him inside her stall and took an interest in Pikachu, a rare Pokémon in Unova. She was then asked to evaluate Sewaddle and decided that, because of its Ability Swarm, it was a poor Pokémon for Ash's team. She then demanded to see the rest of his party, finding something wrong with each of them. Her actions and evaluation towards the Pokémon caused each and every one of them to attack her. Furious, she exclaimed that Ash is not compatible with any of his Pokémon and demanded that he replace them immediately.

Suddenly, Cilan and Iris interrupted the session after losing track of where Ash had gone. Burgundy, recognizing Cilan, screamed and pointed at him; Cilan, recognizing her in return, then explained that she challenged him at the Striaton Gym a while back and that he managed to defeat her Oshawott with his Pansage. Burgundy explained that his evaluation of her Oshawott had motivated her to want revenge against him, even to go as far as to study on how to become a Pokémon Connaisseuse so she could out do him. When she felt she was ready, she had returned to Striaton City, completely motivated to re-challenge Cilan. However, Chili and Cress explained to her that Cilan had left to travel, crushing Burgundy's spirit; left with little choice, Burgundy battled Chili and won the Trio Badge.

Burgundy challenged Cilan to a two-on-two Pokémon battle and used her Dewott and her premium-brand Pokémon Sawsbuck. Before the match started, she made Cilan promise that he will accept her evaluation that Ash is incompatible with all of his Pokémon and that he would have to let her replace all of them. Cilan agreed, much to Ash's dislike. Both Dewott and Sawsbuck were easily defeated by Cilan's Dwebble and Pansage respectively. In the end, Burgundy decided to leave the Poké Mart to travel on her own. She vowed that the next time she and Cilan meet that she would defeat him.

Burgundy reappeared in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! to participate in the Club Battle tournament. She was put up against Ash in her first battle where she revealed her new premium-brand, a Stoutland. Ash vowed to prove to her that he did have a good relationship with all his Pokémon, and sent out his previously unused Palpitoad. He managed to defeat Burgundy, pushing her out of the tournament in her first battle. She stayed for the remainder of the tournament in order to watch Cilan compete, and to intimidate and insult him before his matches. In the final round, she challenged Cilan to a Connoisseur showdown to see who could evaluate Iris and Ash's battle the best with Stephan being a judge. However, she admitted defeat early in the showdown and she and Cilan watched the remainder of the battle in silence. After the tournament, Burgundy promised to keep working hard and trying her best so she could be better the next time she and Cilan cross paths so that they could finish their Connoisseur showdown. After some words of encouragement from Cilan, she says goodbye.

She reappeared in BW070 where she registered to compete in the Clubsplosion. As like before, she wishes to have her "revenge" on Cilan and was irritated to see him make it through to the second round. Her first opponent was Iris whom she loses to BW071, thus knocking Burgundy out of the Clubsplosion.

Character

Burgundy and her rival, Cilan

Burgundy can be somewhat of a brat, but she does mean well and loves her Pokémon dearly. Her ultimate goal is to become a great Connaisseuse as a result of her loss to Cilan. She also wishes to defeat him in order to obtain her revenge. Though, the reason for her revenge is often blown out of proportion. She is shown not to take criticism very well on several different occasions, particularly criticism from Cilan.

Burgundy can also be slightly abrasive when it comes to her job as seen when she told Ash to replace all of his Pokémon. Also, she can be too invasive with the Pokémon she evaluates causing them to attack her. When speaking, she tends to use an array of French words and phrases, some of which are mispronounced. This may be her attempting to appear elegant and graceful.

Though she pretends that she does not wish to learn anything from Cilan, Burgundy always pays the most attention to him when he begins to evaluate as seen during the Club Battle tournament arc.

Pokémon

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

Oshawott → Dewott
Burgundy's Oshawott
Burgundy's Dewott
Debut A Connoisseur's Revenge!
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Lisa Ortiz

As an Oshawott, Burgundy's Dewott is defeated by Cilan's Pansage in a past Gym battle. She later used Dewott to battle Cilan once more, this time against his Dwebble. Despite the type advantage and Dewott's good offensive attacks, it could not break through Dwebble's strong defense. It quickly became fatigued, and Dwebble defeated it with a Shell Smash and X-Scissor combo.

Burgundy chose Dewott to participate in the Clubsplosion tournament in The Clubsplosion Begins! where it began its battle with Iris's Excadrill. In Search for the Clubultimate!, Dewott fought against Iris's Excadrill. It started off by using Ice Beam and froze Excadrill partially but he was able to get rid of the ice easily. When he dug underground using Dig, Dewott fired a Water Pulse attack into the hole causing a geyser effect that shot Excadrill out of the ground. When he attacked with Drill Run, Dewott used its two scalchops to block his attack. However the attacked knocked its scalchops out of its hands.

Just before Excadrill attacked it with Metal Claw, Burgundy told Dewott to guard itself and take the attacks. It was so that it could initiate Revenge which dealt a lot of damage to Excadrill. That also gave it a chance to retrieve its lost scalchops and use Razor Shell again, but it was still blocked by Excadrill's Drill Run. As he used Focus Blast, Dewott attempted to counter it with Ice Beam but to no avail and it was hit dead on. However it was not finished just yet. After taking a combination of Dig and Drill Run from its opponent, it was defeated and Burgundy was knocked out of the tournament.

Dewott's known moves are Water Gun, Fury Cutter, Water Pulse, Razor Shell, Ice Beam and Revenge.

Sawsbuck
Burgundy's Sawsbuck
Debut A Connoisseur's Revenge!
Voice actors
Japanese Kiyotaka Furushima
English Jason Griffith

Sawsbuck is Burgundy's "premium brand" in A Connoisseur's Revenge. She used it to battle Cilan's Pansage but it was overwhelmed by Pansage's speed combined with repeated hits with Bullet Seed, and finally knocked out by a powerful SolarBeam.

Sawsbuck's known moves are Horn Leech, Jump Kick and Megahorn.

Stoutland
Burgundy's Stoutland
Debut Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!
Voice actors
Japanese Kenta Miyake
English Marc Thompson

Stoutland was used in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! during her battle against Ash in Don George's tournament in Nimbasa Town and is considered her new "premium brand". It faced off against Ash's Palpitoad where it had a lead using Ice Fang after Thunder Fang failed, but was brought down by Hydro Pump.

Stoutland's known moves are Tackle, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, and Fire Fang.

Badges obtained

Burgundy's Trio Badge

This listing is of the badges Burgundy has obtained:

Pokémon competitions

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 葉山いくみ Ikumi Hayama
English Suzy Myers
Danish Mette Skovmark
German Shandra Schadt (BW019)
Nicola Grupe
Spanish Latin America Alondra Hidalgo
Spain María Blanco


Trivia

  • Burgundy's Connaisseuse catchphrase is "Bonjour! Tasting time s'il vous plaît!" in the original, and "Alors, it is evaluating time s'il vous plaît!" in the dub. In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, Burgundy was revealed to have changed it to "Bonjour! New tasting time s'il vous plaît!" in the original, and "Alors, it is reevaluating time s'il vous plaît!" in the dub.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese カベルネ Cabernet From Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc.
English Burgundy From Burgundy wine.
French Bérénice
German Tramina From Traminer.
Spanish Borgoña Spanish equivalent of Burgundy.
Korean 카베르네 Cabernet Same as her Japanese name.
Chinese (Mandarin) 赤霞珠 Chìxiázhū A name for Cabernet Sauvignon.


Pokémon the Series characters
Protagonists Ash Ketchum (Pikachu) • Misty (Togetic) • BrockTracey SketchitMayMaxDawn (Piplup) • Iris (Haxorus) • CilanSerenaClemontBonnie (Dedenne) • LanaKiaweLillieSophoclesMallowRotom PokédexGoh (Grookey)
Rivals GaryRitchieHarrisonDrewHarleyMorrisonTysonSolidadPaulNandoZoeyKennyConwayBarryUrsulaTripBiancaBurgundyStephanGeorgiaCameronAriaAlainMietteTiernoShaunaTrevorNiniSawyerGladionHoracioHauLeonRaihanHoraceBeaLeague Conference participantsCoordinatorsPerformersWorld Coronation Series participants
Antagonists Jessie (Wobbuffet) • JamesMeowthGiovanniButchCassidyDr. NambaMatoriPierceDr. ZagerGozuTabithaMaxieShellyArchieHunter JSaturnCyrusMarsJupiterCharonColressAldithGhetsisBarretMalamarLysandreMableCelosiaAlianaXerosicBryonyTuppZippRappPlumeriaGuzmaVirenRoseOleana
Professors Professor OakProfessor IvyProfessor ElmProfessor BirchProfessor RowanProfessor CarolinaProfessor JuniperDr. FennelCedric JuniperProfessor SycamoreProfessor KukuiProfessor BurnetProfessor CeriseProfessor MagnoliaSoniaProfessor Amaranth
Relatives Delia KetchumDaisyVioletLilyJames's parentsFlintLolaForrestBrock's siblingsNormanCarolineJohannaChiliCressGraceMeyerLana's fatherLana's motherHarper and SarahRangoSimaMimoKiawe's grandfatherMohnLusamineGladionSophocles's parentsMolayneAbeMallow's motherUluWalkerCamilleHalta
Supporting Officer JennyNurse JoyMagikarp salesmanTodd SnapCharles GoodshowCaseyLizaSakuraLanceClairRaoul ContestaMr. SukizoSteven StoneVivian MeridianRobertScottLilian MeridianSolanaBrandonMarianYuzoRhondaCynthiaReggieAngieLookerIzzy and CaraLyraKhouryTobiasDon GeorgeElderAlderLukeFreddy O'MartianIngoEmmetJervisVirgilNAnthea and ConcordiaPorterAlexaSophieCosetteClembotSanpeiMairinAstridDianthaKorrinaGurkinnMonsieur PierrePalermoKeananMalvaSamson OakAnelaHobbesNinaAnnaLakiDanaYansuWickeFabaIlimaAcerolaDiaChloeChrysaRenParkerTaliaLeiDanikaQuillonHopGym LeadersElite FourFrontier BrainsIsland kahunasMany temporary characters
Supporting Pokémon FearowHo-OhSquirtle SquadPink ButterfreeHaunterJigglypuffMewtwoMimeyLapras herdGranbullPichu BrothersLugiaSilverDelibirdWynautLarvitarKyogre and GroudonArticunoDeoxysLake guardiansForces of natureMeloettaReshiramSuper-ancient PokémonWooperFlorgesSquishyZ2Guardian deitiesBewearToucannon's flockStoutlandOranguruNebbyStuffulUltra BeastsGrandpa ForestNecrozmaLunalaShayminMewRotom PhonesPelipperThievul trioEternatusDrone RotomLegendary heroesLatiasRecurring wild Pokémon
See also: Pokémon Horizons characters


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