Cilan

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**Cilan** (Japanese: **デント** *Dent*) is an A-class Pokémon Connoisseur and a former Template:Ashfr of Template:Ash. He made his debut in ???.

## History

### Pre-series

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

## Character

Cilan tends to use the phrase "It's <verb> time!" when addressing a special scenario, such as when he evaluates Template:OBP and human relations he says, "It's evaluating time!" in the dub and "It's tasting time!" in the original. During Gym battles in the dub, he will use the phrase, "It's time for the battle to be served!" When caught a Pokémon, he uses the line 「\_\_\_\_\_ゲットでグッドテイスト！」 in the original. He has used different phrases for catching Pokémon in the dub, however.

Like Brock, he has proved himself to be a good cook as he prepares meals for the group, and he also has a very broad knowledge about Pokémon. Cilan also navigates the group on their journey through use of his Town Map, much like Max who had a PokéNav, and Brock who had maps and a Pokégear.

As a Pokémon Connoisseur, he can read into people's personalities and often finds the best ways to approach them. He's patient and caring towards Template:Ash and Iris, often offering them advice when they don't know what to do. While he has been shown to lose his temper, he quickly moves on and will go out of his way to make up for it. He tends to be an optimist looking at things positively rather than wallowing in defeat.

He is also shown to be afraid of the paranormal which has made him a skeptic, preferring to find logical scientific explanations for everything, but when he can't find a logical explanation he is typically the first to flee.

Cilan also has a passion for sleuthing and will sometimes play detective. He even has a special hat that he wears and a magnifying glass. But he does more than just play as he was able to draw conclusions and come up with ideas.

Cilan also has a fear of Purrloin. He stated that one of them did something terrible to him, which he refused to talk about as he didn't want to remember it. The reason for his fear is unknown, although he has told Ash and Iris about it.

He, like his brothers, often speaks about Pokémon in relation to their element; in Cilan's case, leaves and herbs. All the brothers tend to use hand positions like rock, paper, and scissors - Cilan emphasizes words using his fingers.

## Trivia

* Cilan, along with Iris, was first revealed in silhouette in a preview for *Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes* that aired after DP183 in Japan and North America on July 1, 2010. The two were revealed in full exactly one month later during a trailer on Pokémon Sunday.
* Cilan is the first of Ash's Template:Ashfr not to have a traditional Japanese name in the original version of the anime.
* Cilan is Ash's only male friend to have a female rival.
* Cilan is the first of Ash's Template:Ashfr to have a fear of a specific Pokémon: Purrloin.

## References

Template:Cilan's Pokémon

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