Cilan (anime): Difference between revisions

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Cilan grew up with two brothers, [[Chili]] and [[Cress]], in their hometown of [[Striaton City]]. At some point during their childhood, Cilan received a {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}} as his starter Pokémon and partner, while Chili and Cress received a {{TP|Chili|Pansear}} and {{TP|Cress|Panpour}}, respectively. Years later, Cilan and his brothers became the {{gy|Striaton}} [[Gym Leader]]s while also running a café together.  

[[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!]]''.

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!]]''.

Cilan appeared again in [[XYS06]]. He was shown to have traveled to the [[Kalos]] [[region]] to participate in a [[fishing]] tournament in [[Lumiose City]], during which he met {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}}. When Cilan reveals that he would like to visit the [[Lumiose Gym|Prism Tower]], Clemont and Bonnie agree to accompany him there. On Cilan's suggestion, the three decide to take the subway to the tower, but Bonnie ends up boarding a runaway train alone. Clemont and Cilan manage to stop the train and rescue Bonnie with the help of Clemont's [[Clemontic Gear|special lure]], his [[Clemontic Gear|Aipom Arm]], and Cilan's fishing skills. They later send out Pansage and {{TP|Clemont|Chespin}} to battle an {{p|Eelektross}} who had been causing the subway problems, before realizing it was lost and sick from {{DL|Illness in the Pokémon world|Electrical overcharging|electrical overcharge}}. After helping the Eelektross, Cilan heads off to [[Shalour City]] to visit the [[Tower of Mastery]].

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==Trivia==

[[File:Cilan special lure.png|thumb|240px|Cilan's special lure]]

* Cilan is the first of Ash's {{ashfr|male friends}} not to have a traditional Japanese name in the original version of the anime.

* In the games, Cilan can only be battled at the Striaton Gym if the {{player}} chooses {{p|Oshawott}} as their [[starter Pokémon]]. Notably, Ash has obtained {{AP|Oshawott}} from {{prof|Juniper}} as his first out of the Unova starter Pokémon, and used him in his Gym battle against Cilan. The same thing also happened to [[Burgundy]], as she battled him once with an Oshawott.