Cilan is a gym leader of Sanyo City Gym where he shares the responsibility with
Chili and
Cress. He is also a Pokémon Sommelier who, with his abundance of knowledge and experience, determines the compatibility of Trainers and Pokémon and gives them advice on how to befriend each other.
Cilan specializes in Grass type Pokémon and his main Pokémon and partner is Yanappu.
Cilan revealed during
BW19 that he had passed the required exams of the Pokémon Sommelier association to become a certified A-class Sommelier who is able to make compatibility diagnoses.
It's Dent Time! - Dent's Catch Phrases
Dent in the Japanese original has various phrases that are based off his original "It's Tasting Time!" catch phrase. It's generally modified in the episode to match what's going on in that particular instance. Below is a list of these catch phrases.
BW6, BWS2DA 18 | It's Tasting Time! | イッツ テイスティングタイム! | It's Tasting Time! |
BW26, BW35, BWS2-15 | It's fishing time! | イッツ フィッシングタイム! | It's fishing time! |
BW28 | All right, it's thinking time! | よし! ここは イッツ シンキングタイム。 | Yoshi! Koko wa It's Thinking Time. |
BW29 | It's Blend Time! | イッツ ブレンドタイム! | It's Blend Time! |
BW32 | It's confession time! | イッツ 告白タ~イム! | It's Kokuhaku Tiiime! |
BW32 | Well then, it's wind searching time! | それでは イッツ 風探しタ~イム! | Sore de wa It's Kazesagashi Tiiime! |
BW32 | The confession time returns! | 「イッツ 告白タイムリターンズ」 |
It's Kokuhaku Time Returns! |
BW33 | From here on, it's science time! | ここからは イッツ サイエンスタイム。 | Koko kara wa It's Science Time. |
BW34 | It's... Shocking Time... | イッツ… ショッキングタイム…。 |
It's... Shocking Time... |
BW34 | It's Waiting in Vain Time... | イッツ 待ちぼうけターイム…。 | It's Machibouke Time... |
BW35, BW49 & BW57 | It's Lunch Time! | イッツ ランチターイム! | It's Lunch Time! |
BW37 | It's Unbelievable Time! | イッツ アンビリーバボー タイム! | It's Unbelievable Time! |
Preview for BW38, BW38, BWS2-4, BWS2-21, BWS2DA-3, BWS2DA-19 | It's Detective Time! | イッツ ディテクティブ タイム! | It's Detective Time! |
BW39 | It's Sleeping Time! | イッツ スリーピングタイム。 | It's Sleeping Time! |
BW40 and BW80 | It's Movie Time! | イッツ ムービータイム! | It's Movie Time! |
BW45 | It's Investigation Time! | イッツ 取り調べタイム! | It's torishirabe time! |
BW49 & BW53 | It's Subway Time! | イッツ サブウェイ タ~イム! | It's Subway time! |
BW51 | It's Break Time! | イッツ ブレイクタイム! | It's Break Time! |
BW55 | It's Dancing Time! | イッツ ダンシングタイム! | It's Dancing Time! |
BW64 | It's Evolution Time! | イッツ エボリューションタイム! | It's Evolution Time! |
BW76 | It's siesta time! | イッツ シエスタタイム! | It's siesta time! |
BW79 | It's judgement time! | イッツ ジャッジメントタイム! | It's judgement time! |
BWS2-2 | It's introduction time! | イッツ 紹介タイム! | It's shōkai time! |
BWS2-3 | It's adventure time! | イッツ アドベンチャータイムだね! | It's adventure time da ne! |
It's Cilan Time! - Cilan's Catch Phrases
Cilan in the English Dub has various phrases that are based off Dent's original "It's Tasting Time!" catch phrase. Some of them are exclusive to the English dub. Below is a list of these catch phrases.
BW26 |
Now it's catching time! |
BW40 |
It's ad-lib time! |
BWS2-3 |
It's expedition time! |
Rival Cabernet
Burgundy is Pokémon Sommelière and a Pokémon Trainer who upon passing the C-class Sommelier test, decided to challenge
Cilan at the Sanyo Gym for the Tri Badge.
Cilan defeated her but when
Burgundy returned to challenge
Cilan at the gym,
Chili and
Cress had to explain that
Cilan was on a journey and was no longer at the gym. Angry that
Cilan was not the gym leader when she visited, she battled at the gym anyhow and won the Tri Badge.
Cilan encountered her at a Friendly Shop while on his way to Hiun City and she was now out for revenge.
Burgundy challenged
Cilan to a revenge battle where she ended up losing to him yet again. More angry than ever, she vowed to defeat
Cilan the next time they met while working to become an S-class Sommelière and she took off.
Fishing Sommelier
In
BW26,
Cilan stated that he was a Fishing Sommelier. He was able to help
Bianca learn how to fish better by showing her how to select a good fishing rod and then the two basic forms of casting techniques: the overhead cast and the side hand cast.
Cilan also showed her the proper lure techniques by spinning the reel slowly and not rushing to attempt to catch the Water Pokémon. He has his own fishing rod that is collapsible and easy to carry.
Cilan proved his Fishing Sommelier were quite good by catching a large Bassrao at the Fishing Tournament.
Cilan's Stunfisk was also captured by using his fishing skills.
Science Sommelier
In
BW33,
Cilan explained that he is not only a Pokémon Sommelier but also a Science Sommelier. A Science Sommelier is someone who tries to solve any kind of supernatural phenomenon by finding out the cause scientifically by collecting evidence and proving their theory.
Cilan has always tried to solve mysterious problems scientifically like the poltergeist that he and his friends encountered at the Shippo Museum in
BW14 which turned out to be a
Deathmas.
Movie Sommelier
In
BW40,
Cilan announced that he as a Movie Sommelier, someone that is able to review, critique and analyze the different elements of a movie and its characters.
Cilan specifically showed his knowledge as a Movie Sommelier when he was helping out with
Luke's movie "Legend of the Pokémon Knight" by making suggestions and improvising on the go. He also helped out
Ash Ketchum who was a bit nervous being in front of the camera and he talked about the famous movie, "The Mask of Deathmas", where the heroine is portrayed as putting her life on the line for the sake of acting. He told
Ash Ketchum that in order to move the viewers with his performance, he'd need to become the role he was assigned.
Metro Sommelier
While heading down to the underground railway in Raimon City,
Cilan professed that he was also a Metro Sommelier. Metro Sommeliers are divided into a "car group", which is particular about the cars or into a "line group", which is particular about the lines.
Cilan said he belonged to the car group. being a metro sommelier is basically joining a fan club for people that metro transit.
Cilan met
Ingo and
Emmet at the previous years subway convention.
Cilan's knowledge came in quite handy when he had to drive the rail carriage to catch up to Team Rocket.
In
BW53,
Cilan used his skills as a Metro Sommelier to help him complete the subway station stamp rally so he could battle against
Ingo and
Emmet.
Cilan had been dreaming of doing the rally for many years so he could battle them as its considered a great honor for Metro Sommelier's.
Cilan was also able to use his knowledge and skills as a Metro Sommelier to reunite
Erina with her Kibago.
Trial Sommelier
While in Astilbe Town,
Ash's Tepig original owner
Shamus was put on trial by
Cilan after he revealed that he was a Trial Sommelier. He presented himself as an impartial courtroom judge in the Karakusa Town Pokabu Abandonment case where Prosecutor
Ash Ketchum told about the cruel abandonment of
Ash's Tepig where it had a rope tied up around its mouth. The defendant
Shamus told a different story though as he said that forcing a talentless Pokémon into futile battles is crueler. Unable to make a decision in the case,
Don George suggested that the verdict be decided with a battle and
Cilan agreed. After
Ash's Pignite defeated
Shamus,
Cilan said the battle had a superb taste and that there's no need to hand down a verdict as it's obvious that
Ash Ketchum and
Ash's Tepig were right.
Gym Battle against Skyla
After watching
Skyla perform 'air battles' which were her determining how a battle would go against her gym challengers by simulating the battle in her head,
Cilan got very upset that she was not actually doing the battles and he challenged her to a battle.
Cilan agreed to do an 'air battle' with her and she determined that he would loose the battle against her with the Pokémon he had chosen to battle her with.
Cilan though wanted to have a real battle with her a he explained to her that with Pokémon battle, like any meal, must be tasted first before people can be certain to know anything.
Skyla agreed and
Cilan thought that he would be able to show her up by defeating her in a real battle and showing how her 'air battles' are flawed. Unfortunately
Cilan ended up loosing to
Skyla but
Ash Ketchum challenged her to a battle right after.
Fukiyose Tower Bell of Wishes Festival
Stephan met up with
Cilan and his friends and informed them of the Fukiyose Tower Bell of Wishes Festival that he was going to participate in. After hearing from him that it was an awesome event held once a year at the Fukiyose Tower,
Cilan and his friends decided to enter the tournament with
Stephan.
During the quiz,
Cilan didn't know how they'd be able to answer the question about who
Miles liked better as it was a very subjectional question.
Miles was going to pick
Nurse Joy (Unova) as the girl he preferred the most but
Cilan seemed to notice
Ricky's Elgyem use its abilities to affect
Miles but didn't say anything as they were able to successfully get the question right and move on to the next round.
In the scavenger hunt,
Cilan successfully managed to find a Miracle Shooter while he lent his fishing rod to
Iris. In the tub race,
Cilan's Pansage on instruction from
Cilan, paddled in the water the same way it used
Dig to advance them to the next round. During the imitation competition,
Cilan was forced to dress as
Elesa and
Cilan's Pansage was forced to dress-up as
Elesa's Emolga. Everyone thought
Cilan did an amazing job but
Miles informed
Cilan that he was a very big
Elesa fan and he had to be very strict with imitations of her.
Cilan was then eliminated from the tournament.
Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup
Cilan participated in the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup at the Kagome Town stadium. In the first round he was in the third match and faced off against
Shepherd. The match was quickly showcased and
Cilan won the battle and advanced to the second round while
Shepherd was eliminated from the tournament.
Miscellaneous Information
Cilan has many female fans who flock to his presence though he puts off their advances almost immediately.
Brock has been quoted saying that, "
Cilan is gay." and Shigeru's fanclub has extended an invitation to all female
Cilan fans to join the
Gary Oak's fanclub instead! The Polish drug scene has seen an increase in the usage of the ACE inhibitor
Cilan (Cilazapril) as a result of
Cilan flamboyant escapades at night. In the English closed captions for
BW12, the transcribers listed Cilan as 'Cilas'. A quick google search for 'Cilas' and the first result is
Cialis, an erectile dysfunction disorder drug.