Gardenia

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Gardenia (Japanese: ナタネ Natane) is the Gym Leader of Eterna City's Gym, known officially as the Eterna Gym. She hands out the to s who defeat her. She specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Gardenia uses Pokémon in her battles. For defeating her, Trainers receive the , , and the ability to use outside of battle. Gardenia likes to explore the Eterna Forest. Unlike most Gym Leaders, challengers are required to beat all of her students to challenge her.
She appears in front of the Old Chateau to warn the of the mysterious stories of hauntings surrounding it. She hints at herself being afraid of ghosts. Later, in , she will appear occasionally for rematches at the Battleground. She will also sometimes visit the Villa and will always arrive when the Houseplant is purchased. One of her lines of dialog at the Villa confirms her dislike of types and she notes that she is worried about what would happen if there was a Pokémon, a type combination that had never materialized prior to Generation VI.
Gardenia also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. She can be faced in the Sinnoh Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
In , Gardenia also appears at the , where she can team up with Fantina in a Double Battle.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Gardenia uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. She will always lead with her signature Pokémon, .
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======Master Rank Single Battles (Rank 2)======
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Gardenia forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Gardenia became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==Gallery==
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl====
Gardenia debuted in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener. She was first seen unsuccessfully attempting to a in the Eterna Forest. She then ran off to see Ash's Turtwig, which she complimented. After that, Gardenia had a short with , revealing to him that the Eterna City Gym Leader specialized in , but she refrained from identifying herself as the Gym Leader. During the battle, she sent out first, though she soon recalled it. She then sent out her own , which defeated both Ash's Turtwig and .
Gardenia informed Ash, , and Cheryl that she knew about a wall near some Pomeg Berry flowers, and she joined them during their search for the Amber Castle. The group was confronted by , but instead of being horrified to learn they were thieves, Gardenia became infatuated with James's Carnivine and instead. She eventually decided to battle the trio after seeing Jessie's Seviper, and also rescued Cheryl's Mothim. Gardenia later left the group after receiving a message from a regarding some urgent business.
Ash and his friends encountered Gardenia again at the Eterna Historical Museum in A Secret Sphere of Influence!. Gardenia instantly recognized Nando, who had been apprehended by Officer Jenny on suspicion of theft, from his recent Gym match victory against her. Ash and the others were surprised to learn that Gardenia was in fact the Eterna Gym Leader. Later, Gardenia and her Turtwig helped recover the stolen item in question, the Adamant Orb, which had actually been stolen by Team Rocket.
Gardenia had a Gym battle with Ash in The Grass Menagerie!. went up against first, but it was recalled. Staravia then defeated Cherubi. After Staravia was defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig's , Ash defeated it with his own Turtwig. Next, defeated Ash's Turtwig with its , but later, it was defeated by 's and combination, thus earning Ash the .
Gardenia visited Emeragrove Town to promote Pokémon battling in Once There Were Greenfields. She took part in a Tag Battle alongside James, where they went up against Ash and . Gardenia's Turtwig and James's Cacnea went up against Ash's Aipom and Dawn's Pachirisu. Following Gardenia's instructions, James witnessed Cacnea as it used for the first time. Turtwig was taken out first because Gardenia was paying closer attention to Cacnea, and soon, Ash and Dawn emerged victorious. After the battle, she offered to train James's Cacnea and make it stronger, and James reluctantly accepted.
She reappeared in a flashback in Barry's Busting Out All Over!, where revealed that he had earned the Forest Badge from her. 
====Pokémon movies====
Gardenia also made a cameo in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
====Character====
Gardenia is an optimist and overly cheery. Her battle style is reliant on harsh sunlight, which increases the power of moves like or , and her Pokémon's incredible speed.
Gardenia actively seeks out new challenges, so she often ventures to the Eterna Forest to new Pokémon that she could train. She is also prepared to trade for s she feels have potential. Her obsession with Grass Pokémon is overwhelming and causes her to become flustered to such an extent that she did not take seriously, due to her fascination with James's Carnivine and .
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
This listing is of Gardenia's known in :
=====Mentioned=====
In The Grass-Type is Always Greener!, Gardenia mentioned that she has a , a , and a when she wanted to trade one of her Pokémon for James's Carnivine.
		
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===GOTCHA!===
Gardenia briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
Gardenia appeared in a flashback in PMDP07.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Gardenia made her debut when she took a walk in the Eterna Forest with her Cherubi and Roserade. She was enjoying the fresh air and the scent of the forest when she recognized the scent of Gastly in the forest. Following the scent, she met the trio (, , and ). She called out to the group, only to be ignored by them. Becoming annoyed with their attitude, she had her use to get their attention. She was surprised to hear that the trio had been to Old Chateau and fought the Ghost Pokémon in the place. Gardenia was supposed to investigate the place as a Gym Leader, but apparently was scared of ghosts. Revealing that she is a Gym Leader, she challenged the trio to a Gym battle.
Gardenia was the second Gym Leader that Platinum had battled against, and the first to have a Double Battle against. Gardenia sent out and against Platinum's Prinplup and Ponyta. To avoid Ice- and Fire-type attacks, Gardenia and her Pokémon kept a great distance away from their challenger. But the distance didn't trouble them. Her used poisonous vines to attack, sending vines from the ground. This move easily knocked out Ponyta with a single shot. on the other hand used . The attacks seemed to corner Prinplup, especially because after its evolution, Prinplup was prone to heavier damage from Grass Knot attacks. But the battle resulted as Platinum's victory, after she used the holes in the ground (made from Roserade's vines) to her advantage by having Prinplup blow a into the holes. The holes led the ice move directly to Gardenia's two Pokémon, making them unable to battle. Recognizing her defeat, Gardenia gave Platinum the Forest Badge.
Gardenia would eventually join Roark, Fantina, Maylene, Crasher Wake and Candice in the battle against Team Galactic's commanders on the Spear Pillar. Gardenia and Crasher Wake faced Mars and won. After the Gym Leaders broke one of the Red Chains and were defeated by Cyrus, Gardenia gave her Cherrim to Platinum.
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===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Hareta first met Gardenia in Eterna Forest, both mistaking the other to be part of Team Galactic. After resolving their misunderstanding and learning that Gardenia was Eterna City's Gym Leader, Hareta asked Gardenia for a Gym battle but was promptly turned down, as Gardenia hadn't been impressed by Hareta's abilities so far. However, after being attacked by she changed her mind and agreed to battle.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Gardenia or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Gardenia is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader who does not have a Pokémon with their signature TM when battled in the Battleground.
* Gardenia is the only second Gym Leader in the core series that uses a fully evolved Pokémon from a three-stage evolutionary line in her Gym battle.
** Although Misty, Lenora, and Nessa all use fully evolved Pokémon (, , and respectively), all those Pokémon's evolutionary lines only have two stages.
* Gardenia is the only Gym Leader who uses a first partner Pokémon in her Gym battle that is available to the in the same game.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ナタネ Natane 	From 菜種 natane (), 菜 na (vegetables), and 種 tane (seed)
English, Spanish, Italian	Gardenia 	From and garden
German 	Silvana 	From silva (Latin for forest)
French 	Flo 	From flore (flora)
Korean 	유채 Yuchae 	From 유채 (油菜) yuchae (rapeseed)
Chinese () 	菜種 / 菜种 Càizhǒng 	From 菜種 / 菜种 càizhǒng / choijúng (vegetable seed)
Chinese () 	菜種 Choijúng 	From 菜種 / 菜种 càizhǒng / choijúng (vegetable seed)
Brazilian Portuguese 	GardêniaGardenia 	Similar to her English nameSame as her English name
Russian 	Гардения Gardeniya 	Transcription of her English name
Vietnamese 	Natane 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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Category:Diamond and Pearl characters
Category:Platinum characters
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
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