Cilan

"Triple Trouble!"
Cilan
Species	Human
Hair color	Green
Eye color	Green
Base	Striaton City
Relatives	Chili, Cress (brothers)
Debut	Pokémon: Black and White Versions

Cilan is one of the three gym leaders of Striaton City's Pokémon gym who collectively count as the first gym leader to battle within the Unova Region in Pokémon: Black and White Versions. Cilan specializes in grass-type Pokémon.

Background

Cilan, along with his brothers Chili and Cress, became the gym leaders of the Striaton gym. They were also chefs, and the gym doubled as a restaurant. Cilan was the one who spoke to challengers the most, but at the same time he was very shy and soft-spoken, often stuttering as he spoke. The three of them each specialized in a type that was part of a triangle and was the same as the traditional starter Pokémon types. Rather than forcing challengers to battle all three of them, the brothers would see which starter Pokémon that the challenger had, and then the challenger would have to face the brother who had the type advantage. Victorious challengers would earn the Trio Badge.

In Pokémon: Black and White Versions, Hilbert/Hilda faced Cilan if they had chosen Oshowatt as their starter Pokémon. After Hilbert/Hilda defeated him or one of his brothers to earn the Trio Badge, Cilan then presented them with TM 83: Work Out and emphasized that they were only novice gym leaders. They were later beaten by both Cheren and Bianca.

The three brothers were presumably present when the gym leaders had a meeting about Team Plasma. Bianca later went around gathering all of the gym leaders when N's Castle arose at the Pokémon league, but she went to Striaton last, and the brothers wound up being the only gym leaders who did not make it in time.

Pokémon Roster

In battle, Cilan's Pokémon are Lillipup and Pansage.

Other Appearances

• Cilan appeared in the Pokémon anime as one of Ash's companions for the Unova season (in place of the departed Brock). The brothers first appeared in a two-part episode where he invited Ash to the cafe/gym after being impressed by his Pokémon. Ash wound up having to fight all three of them for the Trio Badge. Cilan acted as judge for the first two rounds and was the last of the brothers to battle Ash. After he was defeated, Cilan decided to accompany Ash. He has been shown to specialize in being a Pokémon Connoisseur, which means he can read the connections between people and Pokémon.

Trivia

• His name is a play on "cilantro".