Burgh (Japanese: アーティAatei) is the Gym Leader of the Castelia City Gym of the Unovaregion as well as an accomplished artist. His gym is the third to be challenged by the player. He will award the player the Insect Badge if defeated.
Burgh appears in Nacrene City to visit Lenora when he first appears to the player. The player finds that Team Plasma has stolen an item from the museum, and Burgh, along with the player, will follow Team Plasma to get it back. After the player defeats the Team Plasma grunt, they will be congratulated by Burgh and will be allowed to battle Burgh's gym in Castelia City.
Burgh was first shown wrapped up in his green poncho and hanging on a rope to live like a forest Pokémon. Ash and Iris see this and were obviously surprised, before he unraveled and told them not to make too much noise. Burgh is also a fashion designing genius prodigy, but was having a hard time coming up with new ideas, so he said he goes to the forest to find inspiration. He also teaches Ash and Iris about studying Pokémon and getting to know them before capturing them. After seeing Sewaddle and Ash's bonding in front of the sunset, he gets his latest inspiration and heads back to his hometown to create new designs and waits for Ash to arrive and challenge him.
Burgh sent out his Leavanny in order to save Ash and Sewaddle from falling down a waterfall and later make a replacement leaf clothing for Sewaddle. In BW025, it easily defeated Ash's Swadloon and made the fight difficult for Pikachu by wrapping it in its String Shot. It wasn't until it used Leavanny's Leaf Storm to break free and then bombarded it with attacks. It has String Shot, Protect, Hyper Beam and Leaf Storm.
Dwebble was the first Pokémon that Burgh chose to battle Ash in BW025. It defeated Ash's Tepig easily, but was knocked out by Ash's Sewaddle. It has Dig, Protect, X-Scissor and Rock Wrecker.
Whirlipede was the second Pokémon that Burgh chose to battle Ash in BW025. It was defeated by Ash's newly evolved Swadloon after a tough Battle. It has Poison Sting, Steamroller, Iron Defense and SolarBeam.
When Ash, Iris and Cilan came to Castelia Gym they saw Burgh feeding a Sewaddle.
Trivia[]
His Japanese title is モスト・インセクト・アーティスト / Mosuto Insekuto Aateisuto. "Most Insect Artist"
BW Episode 018 "Yaguruma Forest! Kurumiru and Arti!!" mentions that Burgh likes salad made from berries.
In the games, Burgh's gym resembles a beehive while Bugsy's gym resembles a Forest and a spiderweb.
Based on appearance & his artsy personallity, Burgh could've been modeled after The Doors' frontman, Jim Morrison. However, this has yet to be confirmed or denied.
In the games, Burgh comes to Nacrene City when he gets artist's block.
Unlike the Anime, where his Gym has just an indoor forest, the in game Gym has several of Burgh's paintings stuck to the walls with honey.
Since Whirlipede evolve from Venipede at level 22, it's strange how Burgh can have a level 21 Whirlipede.
