Cilan (anime): Difference between revisions

==={{series|Best Wishes}}===

[[File:Cilan anime.png|thumb|250px|Cilan during a Gym battle]]

Cilan debuted in ''[[BW005|Triple Leaders, Team Threats!]]'', where he was running errands in Striaton. He was intrigued to see an {{TP|Iris|Axew}} and remarked that it and {{an|Iris}} seemed to be perfect partners. He then noticed {{AP|Pikachu}} and examined it excitedly, having never seen one before. When {{Ash}} explained he wanted to challenge the [[Striaton Gym]], Cilan happily showed them the way. He leads them to a café and sits them down at a table, despite their obvious confusion. After toying with Ash for a bit, Cilan reveals that he, along with his brothers Chili and Cress, are the Gym Leaders at the Striaton Gym. After introducing their Pokémon to Ash, he and his brothers were shocked to hear he wanted to battle all of them, but they happily accepted his offer. Cilan served the role as the judge for his brothers' battles, and finally faced off as Ash's final opponent. After a heated battle with Cilan, which carried on to ''[[BW006|Dreams by the Yard Full!]]'', Ash wins and gets the {{Badge|Trio}}. After the battle, Cilan meets up with Ash at the [[Pokémon Center]] and begs him to tell him his battle secrets for future reference as a Connoisseur. After spending the day with Ash and {{an|Iris}}, Cilan decided to accompany them on Ash's journey, serving as the navigation as well as the cook as revealed in ''[[BW007|Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!]]''.

In ''[[BW090|A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!]]'', Cilan and Ash battled brothers [[Soren and Rocko]] in a Tag Battle and won the match. Afterwards, the brothers began blaming each other for the loss, so Cilan provided a Connoisseur evaluation and concluded that they needed to catch some {{t|Water}} Pokémon. Rocko and Soren soon {{pkmn2|caught}} themselves a {{p|Corphish}} and {{p|Buizel}}, respectively, and immediately started working on new battle combinations.

In ''[[BW123|Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]'' Cilan, Ash, and Iris traveled to the [[Decolore Islands]] as a means to travel to Ash's home in Pallet Town. The gang was tricked into giving their Poké Balls to Team Rocket, however. Eventually, they got them back by the end of the episode due to Oshawott freeing them.

When the group arrived in Kanto in ''[[BW141|Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!]]'', Cilan and Iris decided that they will stop traveling with Ash. Cilan decided to travel to [[Johto]] to compete in the [[Old Rod]] Fishing Rally that was being hosted by [[Mr. Briney]] from the [[Hoenn]] region. He also decided to start anew as a Connoisseur. As such, he chose to travel with Iris on the magnet train and then set forth to the competition once in Johto.

After parting ways with Iris in [[BWS01]], Cilan met up with {{an|Brock}}. Together, they successfully quelled a rampaging {{p|Gyarados}} and stopped a Pokémon poacher named [[Amer]]. By the end of the episode, however, neither were introduced to each other or knew that Ash was a mutual friend of theirs. He also reappeared in Ash's fantasy in ''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]''.