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EspañolLIST OF KANTO GYM LEADERS
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Below is a list of Gym Leaders from the Kanto region in the fictional Pokémon series of video games games, anime and manga.
Each of these gym leaders is in charge of a Pokémon gym. In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Gold'', ''Silver'', ''Crystal'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', their main role was as one-off, more-difficult gym trainers the player had to defeat to progress through the game and face the Elite Four. They serve much the same role in the anime, each of them posing to Ash a challenge to overcome or task to complete before he earns the badges he needs to participate in the Kanto Pokémon League championships.
Main articles: Brock (Pokémon)
, is the Pewter City gym leader. His English name is a play on the word ''rock''; his Japanese name is an archaic term translating to ''brave'', but may also be a reference to a word meaning . He uses Rock-type Pokémon. Brock is also known in the animated series, the Pokémon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu), and the ''Ash & Pikachu'' manga as the character whose eyes appear to be closed all the time. This trait appears to be hereditary, as his father and ten siblings all share it.
In the video games, Brock is the first gym leader the player battles. He uses Geodude and Onix. When defeated, he gives the player a Boulder Badge. He is easily beaten if the player chooses either Squirtle or Bulbasaur as a starter, but is difficult if Charmander is chosen.
In the anime, Brock is a parental type, and is no stranger to taking care of people. At the start of the series he was the Pewter Gym Leader, who took care of his brothers and sisters since neither his father nor his mother were around during this time. He wanted to compete in the Indigo League, but later chose to become a Pokémon breeder instead. After Ash defeats him, Brock steps down from his Gym Leader position to travel with him.
Pokémon that Brock has owned in computer games or the Anime.
★ Geodude (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red)
★ Graveller (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Golem (Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Onix (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Steelix (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Kabuto (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Kabutops (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Omanyte (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Omastar (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Rhyhorn (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal)
★ Rhydon (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Shuckle (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Bonsly
★ Sudowoodo
★ Cubone (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Vulpix (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Ninetales (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Zubat
★ Golbat (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Crobat
★ Dugtrio (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Pinsir (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Pineco
★ Forretress (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Slowbro (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Heracross (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Ursaring (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Croagunk
★ Happiny
★ Lotad
★ Lombre
★ Ludicolo
★ Mudkip
★ Marshtomp
Main articles: Misty (Pokémon)
is the second gym leader, residing in Cerulean City. She specializes in Water-type Pokémon. She also appears in several seasons of the Pokémon anime, the Pokémon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu) and the ''Ash & Pikachu'' manga. Her English name derives from the word ''mist'', matching the meaning of her Japanese name, which means ''mist'' or ''haze''.
In the Pokémon video games, Misty uses Staryu and Starmie; when defeated, she gives the player a Cascade Badge. Players who chose Charmander as their starter will have a difficult time winning against Misty. The best option to defeat Misty is to use Bulbasaur or if evolved Ivysaur. Squirtle will be average in attacking Misty but will have a reasonable defense.
Unlike the rest of the Gym Leaders, Misty does not have the Cascade Badge displayed in her Gym.
In the anime, Misty meets Ash at the start of his Pokémon journey, and travels with him. When they arrive at Cerulean City, Misty starts to grow nervous and takes off, leaving Ash and Brock puzzled. As Brock leaves to attend to unknown business, Ash enters the Gym, and is met by the three Sensational Sisters, who seem more than willing to just give Ash his Cascade Badge. Misty reappears, and to Ash's disbelief, reintroduces herself as the fourth Sensational Sister, and challenges Ash properly. In the end, Ash prevails and wins the Cascade Badge, and Misty decides that she will continue to travel with Ash. Misty eventually leaves the group at the end of '', but appears in several episodes of ''Pokémon Chronicles''. In the anime Misty's Pokémon are Togepi (later Togetic), Horsea, Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie and Gyarados.
There was quite a bit of controversy in between the Kanto and Johto sagas where many fans of the anime found that Ash and Misty have become something of an item. While this was and still is debatable, it has been said that there was a screenshot of the "couple" having their lips in contact with each other.
Pokémon owned by Misty in the computer games or anime
★ Staryu (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Starmie (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Goldeen
★ Poliwag
★ Poliwhirl (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Politoed (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Corsola
★ Horsea (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Seadra (Pokémon Stadium
★ Gyarados
★ Seel (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Dewgong (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Psyduck (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Golduck (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Luvdisc
★ Azurill
★ Togepi
★ Togetic (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Blastoise (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Lapras (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal)
★ Quagsire (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Exeggutor (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Dugtrio (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Sunflora (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Nidoqueen (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Wigglytuff (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Dragonair (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Ampharos (Pokémon Stadium 2)
is the third gym leader and resides in Vermilion City. He is an expert on Electric-type Pokémon.
In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', Lt. Surge is depicted as a paranoid American war veteran (the war he fought in is not made clear), which is shown when the player must find two keys hidden in the Gym to challenge Surge. In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', one of the lesser trainers states Lt. Surge was his "strict C.O." in the war; in ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'', another (possibly the same) trainer states that Lt. Surge saved his life. In the ''Red'' and ''Blue'' games he sports a Voltorb, Pikachu and Raichu, but in ''Yellow'' he sports only a supercharged Raichu, much like in the anime. In ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'', he is the first Gym Leader of Kanto that can be challenged. When defeated, he gives the player a Thunder Badge.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Lt. Surge is an ex-Team Rocket Elite, and sailor on the ''S.S. Anne''. He also served in a war as a commanding officer, using his Pokémon to defeat enemies.
In the anime, Lt. Surge is a tall, muscular tough guy who calls any opponent who hasn't beaten him a "baby". In the anime, he is portrayed as a "gentle giant" at times. Surge compliments Misty when she, Ash and Brock first entered the Gym, thinking it was Misty who had come to challenge him. When he battles Ash, his Raichu defeats Ash's Pikachu. However, because Lt. Surge didn't give his Pokémon the chance to learn the speed and agility it could have as a Pikachu (as he evolved it right away), Ash wins the rematch by ordering Pikachu to wear out Raichu by dodging its attacks.
Pokémon used by Lt. Surge in the computer games
★ Pikachu (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Raichu (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Voltorb (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Electrode (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Magnemite (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Magneton (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Electabuzz (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Tangela (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Poliwrath (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Lickitung (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Porygon (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Porygon 2 (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Lanturn (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Victreebel (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Jolteon (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Quagsire (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Dodrio (Pokémon Stadium 2)
is the fourth gym leader in the Kanto region and resides in Celadon City. She is an expert on Grass types. That she is often depicted wearing a kimono, and the fact that only females train in her gym, are a tribute to geisha culture. Her name comes from the Japanese word ''rika'', which can refer to either or . Erika alternates between having black and violet hair.
In ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', she practices ikebana. She fights the player with a Vileplume, Tangela, and Victreebel. When defeated, she gives the player a Rainbow Badge.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Erika is called the "only heir of the Celadon Gym" and is treated as royalty. She also practices archery, and dresses in traditional Japanese clothes. When Red challenges her to a match, she requires that he first find an Eevee. Though she says this is a test of his strength, it is, as shown, part of a secret plan. Red manages to capture the creature (a special one, at that) with the help of Bill, and brings it to Erika. With this accomplished, Erika give Red the badge, but Red accuses her of having an evil scheme after Bill sees a file about an Eevee bio-engineering plan. While the battle is taking place, Red discovers that Erika is not actually the villain, but that the Eevee was a Team Rocket experiment. In truth, Erika was a good gym leader against Team Rocket. Because Red passes the test, Erika gave him the Eevee as a reward.
In the anime, Erika is the owner of a perfume shop inside of Celadon City, in addition to being the local gym leader. Her clothing is different from her other incarnations: she no longer sports the traditional kimono, instead opting for a sleeker single-piece green suit. Ash, not knowing that the owner of the shop is also the city's Gym Leader, ends up insulting her (by calling perfume a "girl thing"), which causes Erika to ban him from both her shop and her gym. Since Ash is determined to win a Rainbow Badge, he disguises himself as a girl named Ashley with Team Rocket's help and sneaks into the gym while Team Rocket pretends to be his parents. Ash is discovered by Pikachu, and Erika battles him rather than kicking him out. While they are battling, Team Rocket interrupts, setting the gym on fire. A rush ensues as trainers attempt to rescue all the Pokémon in the gym by recalling them to their Poké Balls and carrying them out, but, in the confusion, Erika's Gloom gets trapped in the inferno. Erika tries to save it, but Ash volunteers and succeeds in saving Erika's Gloom. As a reward, Erika gives him the Rainbow Badge.
is a character in the Pokémon video game series. He is the second member of Johto's Elite Four that the player must face. He was also once the gym leader of Fuchsia City, but relieved his duties to his daughter Janine. He is an expert on Poison types. He is a ninja, and his students study ''ninjutsu'' in his gym. His name is a reference to the ''Kōga-ryū'' school of ''ninjutsu''.
In ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'', Koga operates the Fuchsia city gym, which is also a training ground for the ninja arts. He is basically the fifth boss, although sometimes advertised to be the sixth boss of the game. He is also part of the guard that protects the border of the Safari Zone. He is noted as being the easiest of the later battles, as direct attacks will quickly dispatch poison Pokémon, as well as his habit of randomly switching Pokémon in and out, which allows the player to quickly take out all his Pokémon with the same strategy. He has two Koffing, a Muk and a Weezing. When defeated, he gives the player a Soul Badge.
Later, in ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'', he has been promoted to a member of the Elite Four, with his daughter, Janine, taking over his previous duties at the Fuchsia gym.
In the anime, Koga is a ninja-like character whose gym is full of trap doors, booby-traps, and other such hidden items. He is the fifth gym leader boss, but the sixth boss that Ash faced. After Ash, Misty, and Brock make their way around these, and finally locate Koga, Ash challenges him to a match. Team Rocket interrupts the match, but are defeated with the help of Misty's Psyduck. A rematch occurs outside, which Ash wins; Koga, impressed by Psyduck's skill, offers a trade, which Misty declines.
In the RBY saga of ''Pokémon Adventures'', Koga, the former Gym Leader of Fuchsia City, is an ex-Team Rocket executive, and part of the former Team Rocket Triad (composed of Lt. Surge, Sabrina and himself.) During the Silph Co. battle, he uses Articuno, along with his Poison Pokémon, in order to battle Red and Blue. After the fall of Team Rocket, he vanishes along with the rest of the Team Rocket triad and his gym is taken over by his daughter, Janine. His Arbok is able to regrow its tail if it is cut off (it was once cut off by Green's Charmeleon and Agatha's Arbok).
He is last seen at the end of the GSC saga, when he joins Will, Karen and Bruno to help form a good Elite Four.
is a fictional character in the Pokémon video game series. She is actually the sixth Gym Leader in the Kanto region (as in Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow, her badge is listed as the sixth one), although she is sometimes advertised to be the fifth gym leader, and resides in Saffron City (''Yamabuki City''). She is an expert on Psychic types. Sabrina gives out the Marsh Badge to trainers who defeat her.
Her English name may have been chosen based on the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch comic or TV series.
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In the anime, Sabrina is very unemotional and even cruel. She is actually the fourth of the Gym Leaders that Ash faces, rather than the fifth or sixth Leader as she is in the video games. (Granted, it is possible to face her as the fourth Gym Leader, but both she and Koga are more powerful than Erika who is also easier to reach.) She turns any trainers losing in her gym into dolls (smaller versions of themselves). The reason for this, said her father (disguised as a jogger) was that, when she was small, she wanted to practice her ESP powers but her parents would not let her. In anger, she gradually lost her emotions and focused solely on developing her powers. Her lost childhood was symbolized by the sentient doll of a little girl in her lap that always wants to "play". The symbol still remained even after she became a Gym Leader.
When Ash Ketchum first battles against Sabrina, her Abra evolves into a Kadabra and defeats Ash's Pikachu. She uses her psychic abilities to shrink Ash and his friends to the size of dolls, but they are rescued by Sabrina's father, who teleports them out. Ash then leaves for the haunted Pokémon Tower of Lavender Town to catch a Ghost-type Pokémon, which Sabrina's father says are the only Pokémon that can defeat her Psychic Pokémon. Ash befriends a Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar in the tower, and the Haunter accompanies Ash back to Saffron City. The Haunter seems confident in its ability to win the battle, but when it comes time to fight it is nowhere to be found, and Sabrina turns Brock and Misty into actual dolls, while Ash narrowly escapes with help from Sabrina's father. Ash manages to find Haunter in town just as it foils another one of Team Rocket's schemes to capture Pikachu. Believing this to be the reason for Haunter's disappearance, Ash quickly forgives Haunter, and they march back to the gym, only to have Haunter disappear again. Pikachu offers to take on Kadabra once more. Defeat seems certain until Haunter starts making comical faces at Sabrina, then producing a cartoon bomb that blows up in their faces. This makes Sabrina laugh for the first time in years, removing her from her trance. In addition, since Sabrina is telepathically linked to her Kadabra, it is immobilized with laughter as well and unable to continue the battle, causing Ash to win by default; Sabrina then gives Ash the Marsh Badge.
In the manga ''Electric Tale of Pikachu'', Sabrina is friendly and happy to begin with. But she finds herself joining in battle with a group of hunters against a giant ancient Haunter named ''The Black Fog'' (on account of the legion of Gastly that surround it at all times). During a fight, Sabrina gets her soul devoured by the Fog and falls into a coma. Ash and his friends have to defeat the Haunter to save Sabrina's soul.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Sabrina is, alongside Giovanni, the main villain of the RGB arc. She is, in addition to being the Saffron City Gym Leader, a member of Team Rocket. She is one of three elite "Executives", subordinate only to Giovanni himself. She makes a Barrier around Saffron City to take over Kanto by using Zapmolcuno created by herself. After Team Rocket is disbanded, Sabrina does not associate with its later incarnation, Neo Team Rocket.
, is a character in the Pokémon video game series, the Pokémon anime series and the Pokémon manga series.
Blaine is the seventh Gym leader in the Kanto region, who is an expert on Fire-type Pokémon. Blaine resides in Cinnabar Island, and in the anime and the GSC games has his gym inside a volcano. His name could be a take off the word "blaze". One of Blaine's unique traits, at least in the video games and anime, is his affection for riddles. This, combined with his training of Fire Pokémon, has earned him the nickname "The Hotheaded Quiz Master". Due to this fact, his name may also be a reference to the character "Blaine the Mono" in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, who also has an affection for riddles.
In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Gold'', ''Silver'', ''Crystal'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', Blaine is the second to last gym leader in the Kanto region (before Giovanni in ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''; or Blue in ''Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal).
In ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', battles with his underlings can be avoided by correctly answering riddles. Victory against Blaine earns the player both a Volcano Badge and TM 38, Fire Blast.
According to information gained from various characters in the game, Blaine was inspired to train fire Pokémon after he was guided out of a freezing mountain range by the fire bird Moltres. He is also an old friend of Mr. Fuji.
Blaine makes his home on Cinnabar Island in ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Fire Red'' and ''Leaf Green'', as a native of the island who has lived there since before the creation of the island's Pokémon lab. By ''Gold'' and ''Silver'', he has moved to the Seafoam Islands due to the eruption of the once-dormant Cinnabar Island volcano, which made it impossible for him to locate his gym there. Strangely, the volcano does not appear anywhere near Cinnabar Island in ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Fire Red'' or ''Leaf Green''.
In the two ''Pokémon Stadium'' games, Blaine is a member of the gym leader lineups. Unlike the other games, he does not entirely rely on fire Pokémon, using the non-fire types Clefable, Kangaskhan, Chansey, Tangela, Parasect, Octillery and Vileplume. The reason for this is unknown, though it is possible the Grass Pokémon and Octillery are to thwart any Water- or Ground-type Pokémon the player may be using.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Blaine is first introduced as a Team Rocket scientist working on the creation of Mewtwo. However, his appearance is brief, and he is not given a name until later. It is later revealed that he also was involved in experiments on Eevee, Gyarados, and others. He chose to work with Team Rocket based on his love of science, but regretted his decision after hearing about how Red had been taking on the organization.
As revealed in Blaine's dreams, he combined the DNA of Mew with his own DNA in order to finish Mewtwo while working with Team Rocket. This also left some of Mewtwo's DNA inside of Blaine, which was claiming Blaine's life, but allowed the gym leader to track the Pokémon. After Mewtwo broke free of the Team Rocket facility, Blaine left the group and went into hiding until he helped Red fight off some Team Rocket thugs.
During the escape from Team Rocket thugs and their Moltres, he discovers the old amber that Red has been carrying, and has him revive it into an Aerodactyl to fight off the Moltres, after which he lets Red keep it as he goes off to find Mewtwo. Red later reencounters Blaine and is able to help him capture Mewtwo with a Master Ball. Because of the DNA that they share, they are unable to be separated for very long without becoming ill. As a scientist, Blaine tries to find a way to separate them without hurting either.
Blaine later reappears two years later as the fourth member of the alliance of good gym leaders (the other three being Brock, Misty and Erika) to help find Red, who has gone missing. When the Elite Four launch attacks on Pewter, Cerulean and Celadon City, Blaine is forced to go to Cerise Island, the location of the Elite Four's secret base, with the aid of Yellow, Green, Blue and Bill, with the intent of dissolving the group. However, they find Lt. Surge, Sabrina and Koga instead, who state that they wish to help defeat the Elite Four, as the Elite Four are destroying the land that Team Rocket wishes to rule. He and Yellow are then paired together to fight against the Elite Four by Sabrina's "Spoons of Destiny", eventually facing off against Lance. However, the bond between Mewtwo and Blaine proves to be his undoing, as he faints before the battle is over.
Blaine next shows up in the "Mask of Ice" plot during the Johto vs. Kanto Gym Leader Competition during the tri-annual Pokémon League Tournament, in which he faces off against Claire. While the competition is apparently simply a matter of having the two regions compete against each other, in reality, it is to find out who the new leader of Team Rocket was, as fragments from the leader's Ice Mask had been discovered to be made out of the same material as gym badges. When the Legendary Dogs choose battle partners, Entei selected Blaine based on his specialty with Fire Pokémon, and it was then revealed that Blaine had been searching for Entei at the same time for his healing flame. Using the flame, Entei is able to break the bond between Blaine and Mewtwo by removing the DNA in Blane's arm, at which point Mewtwo leaves. Blaine is then able to use the legendary Pokémon to easily defeat Clair, who had insisted on holding their match on a runaway magnet train on which all the gym leaders had become trapped.
Blaine then works with Misty and Lt. Surge (who were battle partners with Suicune and Raikou) to fight against the Mask of Ice and free Lugia and Ho-oh from his control. Ultimately, however, it is the emotions of a large number of Pokémon that frees the two legendary birds.
In the anime, while Ash is on his way to Cinnabar Island in order to challenge Blaine for a Volcano Badge, he is told by Gary Oak that there is no badge. However, Ash does not believe his rival, suspecting that the latter only wants to trick him out of a badge. However, upon arriving, he learns that Gary was actually telling the truth, as a hippie-like character shows Ash and his friends the old, burned-down ruins of Blaine's abandoned gym. The hippie then tells them that as Cinnabar Island grew into a popular tourist attraction, too many non-serious Pokémon challengers arrived, driving Blaine away. He then hands them a business card for his hotel with the location disguised as a riddle.
After Ash and his friends are unable to find a place to stay (the Pokémon Center being full of tourists as well), Misty figures out this riddle, and as a reward, the hippie (who seemingly appears out of nowhere) gives them free lodging. Through Misty's Togepi, they find a secret entrance into Cinnabar Island's volcano at the hippie's hotel, and learn that the riddling hippie is Blaine in disguise. Ash, now knowing who Blaine is, challenges him to a match. While Ash calls upon Charizard early in the match, the Pokémon still refuses to listen to him, so he uses Pikachu instead. However, Magmar proves to be too much, and Ash is forced to pull out, with Pikachu nearly getting killed falling in lava.
When Team Rocket attempts to capture Magmar with ice rockets, their ice missiles freeze the inside of the entire volcano, cooling down the superheated rock. As a result, the rock compacts and starts shattering. Blaine tells Ash that the surge of the lava bursting through the cracks is enough to destroy the island. Ash and Blaine send out their Pokémon to help seal the cracks in the rock, which stops the eruption. Because of this, Blaine challenges Ash to a one-on-one rematch atop the volcano (the gym was destroyed), with Blaine choosing Magmar. While Ash considers who he should use, Charizard steps in and volunteers to fight Magmar. Since Charizard has seen how strong Magmar was while sealing the volcano, he wants to test himself. So, for the first time, Charizard follows Ash's orders and defeats Magmar with a Seismic Toss attack, winning Ash the Volcano Badge.
is the leader of Team Rocket in the fictional world of ''Pokémon'', and he is also the Viridian City Gym Leader. In the ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Fire Red'' and ''LeafGreen'' video games, Giovanni is the owner and Gym Leader of the Viridian City Gym. When defeated, Giovanni gives the victor an Earth Badge. The gym remains closed most of the time, while Giovanni is off managing Team Rocket. His English name is both a play on the mafia stereotype and a reference to the prefex ''geo-'', while his Japanese name may refer to ''Cleyera japonica'', which the Earth Badge resembles.
In the video games, the explanation for the closure of the gym is that Giovanni is too busy leading Team Rocket and only worries about his Gym when his team is beaten in Silph Co. headquarters in Saffron City, probably because the Gym is one of the few things he has left at that point.
Once the player defeats the Elite Four in ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'', the player will be allowed to use the ''S.S. Aqua'' to travel to Kanto, where the Kanto gym leaders may be battled. Most of the Kanto gym leaders are the same as their ''Red'', ''Blue'' and ''Yellow'' counterparts, except the following:
is the sixth gym leader in the Kanto region and resides in Fuchsia City. She is an expert on Poison-types. In ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'', Janine became the gym leader when her father Koga joined the Elite Four. Janine is also the most mischievous of the Gym leaders and likes to play tricks on her opponents. Her main trick is getting all her trainers to disguise as her to confuse the opponent trainer. Her localized name is a pun on the word ''ninja''.
In ''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', she speaks of training in her father's footsteps. In this game, she is called 'Charine' (perhaps as a matter of translation).
Janine has never appeared in the Pokémon anime, but Koga instead has a sister named Aya. Ash first met her when he went to challenge Koga for a Gym Badge and again while she was training in Johto.
Main articles: Blue (Pokémon)
or Gary in the animes
is the main antagonist of ''''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''''. Although the player can change his name at the beginning of the game, the game will generically refer to the character as “Blue”. He serves as a repeated foil and recurring boss for the player.
After defeating all of the Johto Gym Leaders, the player is granted access to Kanto, the setting of the original generation of Pokémon games. The player will proceed to defeat all of the Kanto Gym Leaders, but will be unable to find the leader of the Viridian City Gym as no mention of it has been made after Giovanni departed from the Gym.
The player can find Blue on the remains of Cinnabar Island, staring out into the sea. Blue speaks to the player briefly and returns to Viridian, where he is revealed to be the Gym Leader. After beating all of the other Kanto Gym Leaders and speaking to Blue, the player can then challenge him in the Viridian Gym. If the player defeats Blue, he or she receives their 16th badge and Professor Oak will grant them access to Mt. Silver.
Blue's Pokémon are the same ones he used at the end of Red, Green, Blue, FireRed, and LeafGreen (minus the starter of course). Because of this, he is much more difficult to beat than the other Gym Leaders, as his team doesn't use a specific type.
Blue is most commonly referred to as Gary Oak, in the same sense of Red being known better as Ash Ketchum.
The Kanto Gym Leaders in the Pokémon anime are based on the ''Red'', ''Blue'' and ''Yellow'' Gym Leaders, except for the following:
'Daisy, Lily, and Violet' ('Sakura, Botan, and Ayame') are the older sisters of Misty and the Cerulean City Gym Leaders, often calling themselves the "Sensational Sisters". In the Japanese versions, like their English counterparts, their names all connote flowers, as ''sakura'' refers to the "cherry blossom", ''botan'' refers to the "peony", and ''ayame'' refers to the "iris".
Daisy, Lily, and Violet are known for their teenage girlish personalities similar to that of stereotypical adolescent Southern California Caucasian females or Valley Girls - Complete with thick "Valspeak" accents and love of shopping, modeling, fashion and body building.
Their speciality is Water-type Pokémon. They are not as skilled as most Gym Leaders are, and are more concerned with beauty than their duties as Gym Leaders. As such, they will often give out badges for free; Ash Ketchum was offered one for free just because all their Pokémon were at the Pokémon Center, while a trainer they met near Lilycove City named Jimmy received one just for cleaning out the pool. Their glamorous life style leads to them winning a World Tour, at which point they hand over the running of the Gym to Misty. On returning, they let Misty continue as it gives them more free time for glamour. Another attraction they have is their aquatic shows. However, Daisy is not quite as concerned with glamour as Violet and Lily, and so finds time to spend some time at the Gym with Misty. This won her a date once when Tracey Sketchit helped out.
Before the start of the first season, their teasing of Misty — often calling her "scrawny," or "runt" — caused the redhead to run away from home. Overtime, after Misty grew a much wiser trainer and person, the three sisters of Misty begin to show a moderate amount of respect toward Misty, especially Daisy. Most notably beginning as she was (somewhat forcibly) made the star of The Misty Mermaid event at Cerulean Gym. And now Misty's sisters trust her enough to fully operate the gym on her own.
As leaders of the Cerulean Gym, the trio have the following Pokémon, among others:
★ 'Luvdisc' - Daisy has a female Luvdisc named '"Luverin"' who rejected the advances of Misty's Luvdisc, '"Casurin"'. After an attack on the gym from Butch and Cassidy, resulting in the two Pokémon working together, Casurin finally wins the love of Luverin.
★ 'Goldeen' - three respectively, caught before "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City"
★ 'Seaking' - at least one, caught before "The Misty Mermaid"
★ 'Gyarados' - at least one, evolved from 'Magikarp' which Misty tamed and claimed as her own in "Cerulean Blues"
★ 'Dewgong' - originally a 'Seel', evolved into Dewgong in "The Misty Mermaid"
★ 'Starmie' - Misty's, left at the gym in "The Misty Mermaid"
★ 'Horsea' - Misty's, left at the gym in "The Misty Mermaid"
'Flint' ('Munō' in the Japanese version) and 'Lola' ('Mizuho') are Brock's parents. Flint was Brock's predecessor as the Pewter City Gym Leader. However, he left to try and become a better trainer. Soon after, Brock's mother left (though in the English anime it originally stated she had died), leaving Brock the responsibility of looking after the Gym and his siblings. However, when Ash Ketchum wins the Boulder Badge, Flint returns and takes possession of the Gym, allowing Brock to accompany Ash on his journey. Brock has nine younger brothers and sisters: five boys and four girls. The oldest of Brock's siblings is 'Forrest' ('Jiro'), followed by 'Salvador', 'Yolanda', 'Tommy', 'Cindy', 'Suzy', 'Timmy', and fraternal twins 'Tilly' and 'Billy'. The majority of Brock's siblings remained unnamed until late in the Battle Frontier saga.
When Brock returns to the Gym in the ''Pokémon Chronicles'' episode "A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!" he finds that Lola has returned, and has converted the Gym into a Water-type Gym. However, Brock succeeds in reconverting the Gym to a Rock-type Gym, and hands it over to his father and Forrest.
Flint's Pokémon are a Golem and a Rhydon.
Lola's Water-type Pokémon include Slowpoke, Mantine, Poliwag, Gyarados, Vaporeon, Blastoise, Tentacruel and Marill.
Forrest has a Steelix, Crobat and Geodude, all lent to him by Brock.
Brock's Forretress, Ludicolo and Marshtomp are also at the gym though it unknown who is caring for them.
Main articles: Team Rocket (anime)
During the episode "The Battle of the Badge", Giovanni beats Gary Oak but has to go away due to an "emergency assignment", leaving the duties of the gym to Team Rocket members Jessie, James and Meowth. The trio battles with Ash Ketchum, using an electric system that shocks the trainer whenever their Pokémon get hit - and after being defeated, Jessie refuses to give Ash the Earth Badge. However, due to Misty's Togepi playing with the remote control of the electric platforms, the trio gets blown away, and while they fly off Jessie drops the badge, leading Ash to catch it. The Gym is also destroyed as an aftermath of Togepi's curiousness with the remote control.
The trio use Giovanni's Machamp, Kingler, and Rhydon (curiously, the Gym is for Ground-type Pokémon and Rhydon is the only one of this type), Jessie's Arbok and James' Weezing.
:''Main Article: Agatha''
Agatha appears in Advanced Generation episode 132, "The Scheme Team" as a temporary leader for the Viridian City Gym. Her anime appearance is loosely based on her appearance in ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''. As in the games, she is a member of the Elite Four.
As Ash Ketchum returns from Hoenn, he passes through Viridian City, and finds the Pokémon gym completely rebuilt. While in Viridian City, he meets Scott, an agent for the Battle Frontier, and Agatha, the temporary Leader of the reformed Gym. Agatha asks Ash if he's come for a Gym Badge, but since Ash already has the badge for this gym, they just fight for fun. The battle is a one-on-one battle between Ash's Pikachu and Agatha's Gengar in which, after a fierce fight, Gengar wins the battle. Agatha also has a Golbat which she uses while fighting Team Rocket.
Agatha is the last member of the original Elite Four to appear in the anime.
'Karate Master Kiyo' is the grand master of the Fighting Dojo, an unofficial gym in Saffron City. His gym is the smaller of the two gyms in Saffron, located to the left of Sabrina's gym. Apparently, the Fighting Dojo was once an official gym until Kiyo was defeated by Sabrina of the Psychic-type gym next door. It is not clear whether or not the Fighting Dojo has or ever did have an official Pokémon League Badge, though it seems to have an emblem of some sort.
In his first appearances, in ''Red'', ''Blue'', and ''Yellow'', he was only referred to as the Karate Master (because none of the NPC trainers, except for the official gym leaders, had names). Kiyo's name was finally revealed in ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal''. Due to what was most likely an oversight, he is called Koichi in the enhanced remakes of ''Red'' and ''Blue'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', though an unrelated blackbelt in Viridian City's Gym is called Kiyo.
In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', Kiyo awards a player who defeats him either a Hitmonlee or a Hitmonchan instead of his Gym's emblem. This is the only time either Pokémon is available in the game. In ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'', the player encounters him in Mt. Mortar, an optional dungeon. He claims to be training there, and therefore has retreated from the gym in Saffron. When he is defeated, he will bestow upon the player a level 10 Tyrogue. In addition, upon arriving in Saffron, the player can enter the Fighting Dojo. Within are the gym's trainers, who will not battle, but will tell the player that the dojo's leader is out training. A Focus Band item can be acquired in the back of the dojo, where Kiyo once stood.
Kiyo also appears in the anime episode ''A Tyrogue Full of Trouble''. It is mentioned that he used to train under Chuck. His dream is to participate in the 'P-1 Grand Prix'. He has a Tyrogue, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Primeape and Mankey.
'A.J.', a character in the Pokémon anime, runs an unofficial Gym in Kanto between Cerulean City and Vermilion City where he battles anyone willing to challenge him. His goal is to reach 100 straight wins and then compete for Gym Leader badges. After battling Ash and Team Rocket, he finally reaches 100 wins and goes off on his journey. His Pokémon include Sandshrew, Beedrill, Butterfree and multiple Rattata.
He also appears in the manga ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'', where he instead wants to find a Hidden Village along with the Samurai boy and Ash.
In Pokémon Yellow, on the path from Cerulean City to the Rock Path, a trainer with a lone, but powerful Sandshrew mentions he is on a streak for 100 wins. As it is exclusive to Yellow, this trainer is likely A.J.
A.J. attaches a brace over his Sandshrew as a form of restraint to overcome while training. Years later in the third generation games, a similar item known as the Macho Brace was introduced. It raises the Effort Values a Pokémon gains from fighting.
The 'Yas & Kas' gyms are the two gyms in Dark City, which appeared solely in the Pokémon anime. They are constantly fighting to claim the title of official gym of the city, until Ash and friends settle them down and they are able to work together. The leader of the Yas gym uses a Scyther, and the leader of the Kas gym uses an Electabuzz.
Yas gym leader is voiced by Ted Lewis
Below is a list of Gym Leaders from the Kanto region in the fictional Pokémon series of video games games, anime and manga.
Each of these gym leaders is in charge of a Pokémon gym. In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Gold'', ''Silver'', ''Crystal'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', their main role was as one-off, more-difficult gym trainers the player had to defeat to progress through the game and face the Elite Four. They serve much the same role in the anime, each of them posing to Ash a challenge to overcome or task to complete before he earns the badges he needs to participate in the Kanto Pokémon League championships.
''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Green'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''
Brock
Main articles: Brock (Pokémon)
, is the Pewter City gym leader. His English name is a play on the word ''rock''; his Japanese name is an archaic term translating to ''brave'', but may also be a reference to a word meaning . He uses Rock-type Pokémon. Brock is also known in the animated series, the Pokémon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu), and the ''Ash & Pikachu'' manga as the character whose eyes appear to be closed all the time. This trait appears to be hereditary, as his father and ten siblings all share it.
In the video games, Brock is the first gym leader the player battles. He uses Geodude and Onix. When defeated, he gives the player a Boulder Badge. He is easily beaten if the player chooses either Squirtle or Bulbasaur as a starter, but is difficult if Charmander is chosen.
In the anime, Brock is a parental type, and is no stranger to taking care of people. At the start of the series he was the Pewter Gym Leader, who took care of his brothers and sisters since neither his father nor his mother were around during this time. He wanted to compete in the Indigo League, but later chose to become a Pokémon breeder instead. After Ash defeats him, Brock steps down from his Gym Leader position to travel with him.
Pokémon that Brock has owned in computer games or the Anime.
★ Geodude (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red)
★ Graveller (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Golem (Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Onix (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Steelix (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Kabuto (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Kabutops (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Omanyte (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Omastar (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Rhyhorn (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal)
★ Rhydon (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Shuckle (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Bonsly
★ Sudowoodo
★ Cubone (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Vulpix (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Ninetales (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Zubat
★ Golbat (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Crobat
★ Dugtrio (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Pinsir (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Pineco
★ Forretress (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Slowbro (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Heracross (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Ursaring (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Croagunk
★ Happiny
★ Lotad
★ Lombre
★ Ludicolo
★ Mudkip
★ Marshtomp
Misty
Main articles: Misty (Pokémon)
is the second gym leader, residing in Cerulean City. She specializes in Water-type Pokémon. She also appears in several seasons of the Pokémon anime, the Pokémon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu) and the ''Ash & Pikachu'' manga. Her English name derives from the word ''mist'', matching the meaning of her Japanese name, which means ''mist'' or ''haze''.
In the Pokémon video games, Misty uses Staryu and Starmie; when defeated, she gives the player a Cascade Badge. Players who chose Charmander as their starter will have a difficult time winning against Misty. The best option to defeat Misty is to use Bulbasaur or if evolved Ivysaur. Squirtle will be average in attacking Misty but will have a reasonable defense.
Unlike the rest of the Gym Leaders, Misty does not have the Cascade Badge displayed in her Gym.
In the anime, Misty meets Ash at the start of his Pokémon journey, and travels with him. When they arrive at Cerulean City, Misty starts to grow nervous and takes off, leaving Ash and Brock puzzled. As Brock leaves to attend to unknown business, Ash enters the Gym, and is met by the three Sensational Sisters, who seem more than willing to just give Ash his Cascade Badge. Misty reappears, and to Ash's disbelief, reintroduces herself as the fourth Sensational Sister, and challenges Ash properly. In the end, Ash prevails and wins the Cascade Badge, and Misty decides that she will continue to travel with Ash. Misty eventually leaves the group at the end of '', but appears in several episodes of ''Pokémon Chronicles''. In the anime Misty's Pokémon are Togepi (later Togetic), Horsea, Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie and Gyarados.
There was quite a bit of controversy in between the Kanto and Johto sagas where many fans of the anime found that Ash and Misty have become something of an item. While this was and still is debatable, it has been said that there was a screenshot of the "couple" having their lips in contact with each other.
Pokémon owned by Misty in the computer games or anime
★ Staryu (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Starmie (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Leaf Green, Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Goldeen
★ Poliwag
★ Poliwhirl (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Politoed (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Corsola
★ Horsea (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Seadra (Pokémon Stadium
★ Gyarados
★ Seel (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Dewgong (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Psyduck (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Golduck (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Luvdisc
★ Azurill
★ Togepi
★ Togetic (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Blastoise (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Lapras (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal)
★ Quagsire (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Exeggutor (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Dugtrio (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Sunflora (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Nidoqueen (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Wigglytuff (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Dragonair (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Ampharos (Pokémon Stadium 2)
Lt. Surge
is the third gym leader and resides in Vermilion City. He is an expert on Electric-type Pokémon.
In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', Lt. Surge is depicted as a paranoid American war veteran (the war he fought in is not made clear), which is shown when the player must find two keys hidden in the Gym to challenge Surge. In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', one of the lesser trainers states Lt. Surge was his "strict C.O." in the war; in ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'', another (possibly the same) trainer states that Lt. Surge saved his life. In the ''Red'' and ''Blue'' games he sports a Voltorb, Pikachu and Raichu, but in ''Yellow'' he sports only a supercharged Raichu, much like in the anime. In ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'', he is the first Gym Leader of Kanto that can be challenged. When defeated, he gives the player a Thunder Badge.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Lt. Surge is an ex-Team Rocket Elite, and sailor on the ''S.S. Anne''. He also served in a war as a commanding officer, using his Pokémon to defeat enemies.
In the anime, Lt. Surge is a tall, muscular tough guy who calls any opponent who hasn't beaten him a "baby". In the anime, he is portrayed as a "gentle giant" at times. Surge compliments Misty when she, Ash and Brock first entered the Gym, thinking it was Misty who had come to challenge him. When he battles Ash, his Raichu defeats Ash's Pikachu. However, because Lt. Surge didn't give his Pokémon the chance to learn the speed and agility it could have as a Pikachu (as he evolved it right away), Ash wins the rematch by ordering Pikachu to wear out Raichu by dodging its attacks.
Pokémon used by Lt. Surge in the computer games
★ Pikachu (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Raichu (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Voltorb (Pokémon Green, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Stadium)
★ Electrode (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Magnemite (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Magneton (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Electabuzz (Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Tangela (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Poliwrath (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Lickitung (Pokémon Stadium)
★ Porygon (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Porygon 2 (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Lanturn (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Victreebel (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Jolteon (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Quagsire (Pokémon Stadium 2)
★ Dodrio (Pokémon Stadium 2)
Erika
is the fourth gym leader in the Kanto region and resides in Celadon City. She is an expert on Grass types. That she is often depicted wearing a kimono, and the fact that only females train in her gym, are a tribute to geisha culture. Her name comes from the Japanese word ''rika'', which can refer to either or . Erika alternates between having black and violet hair.
In ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', she practices ikebana. She fights the player with a Vileplume, Tangela, and Victreebel. When defeated, she gives the player a Rainbow Badge.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Erika is called the "only heir of the Celadon Gym" and is treated as royalty. She also practices archery, and dresses in traditional Japanese clothes. When Red challenges her to a match, she requires that he first find an Eevee. Though she says this is a test of his strength, it is, as shown, part of a secret plan. Red manages to capture the creature (a special one, at that) with the help of Bill, and brings it to Erika. With this accomplished, Erika give Red the badge, but Red accuses her of having an evil scheme after Bill sees a file about an Eevee bio-engineering plan. While the battle is taking place, Red discovers that Erika is not actually the villain, but that the Eevee was a Team Rocket experiment. In truth, Erika was a good gym leader against Team Rocket. Because Red passes the test, Erika gave him the Eevee as a reward.
In the anime, Erika is the owner of a perfume shop inside of Celadon City, in addition to being the local gym leader. Her clothing is different from her other incarnations: she no longer sports the traditional kimono, instead opting for a sleeker single-piece green suit. Ash, not knowing that the owner of the shop is also the city's Gym Leader, ends up insulting her (by calling perfume a "girl thing"), which causes Erika to ban him from both her shop and her gym. Since Ash is determined to win a Rainbow Badge, he disguises himself as a girl named Ashley with Team Rocket's help and sneaks into the gym while Team Rocket pretends to be his parents. Ash is discovered by Pikachu, and Erika battles him rather than kicking him out. While they are battling, Team Rocket interrupts, setting the gym on fire. A rush ensues as trainers attempt to rescue all the Pokémon in the gym by recalling them to their Poké Balls and carrying them out, but, in the confusion, Erika's Gloom gets trapped in the inferno. Erika tries to save it, but Ash volunteers and succeeds in saving Erika's Gloom. As a reward, Erika gives him the Rainbow Badge.
Koga
is a character in the Pokémon video game series. He is the second member of Johto's Elite Four that the player must face. He was also once the gym leader of Fuchsia City, but relieved his duties to his daughter Janine. He is an expert on Poison types. He is a ninja, and his students study ''ninjutsu'' in his gym. His name is a reference to the ''Kōga-ryū'' school of ''ninjutsu''.
Video games
In ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'', Koga operates the Fuchsia city gym, which is also a training ground for the ninja arts. He is basically the fifth boss, although sometimes advertised to be the sixth boss of the game. He is also part of the guard that protects the border of the Safari Zone. He is noted as being the easiest of the later battles, as direct attacks will quickly dispatch poison Pokémon, as well as his habit of randomly switching Pokémon in and out, which allows the player to quickly take out all his Pokémon with the same strategy. He has two Koffing, a Muk and a Weezing. When defeated, he gives the player a Soul Badge.
Later, in ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'', he has been promoted to a member of the Elite Four, with his daughter, Janine, taking over his previous duties at the Fuchsia gym.
Anime
In the anime, Koga is a ninja-like character whose gym is full of trap doors, booby-traps, and other such hidden items. He is the fifth gym leader boss, but the sixth boss that Ash faced. After Ash, Misty, and Brock make their way around these, and finally locate Koga, Ash challenges him to a match. Team Rocket interrupts the match, but are defeated with the help of Misty's Psyduck. A rematch occurs outside, which Ash wins; Koga, impressed by Psyduck's skill, offers a trade, which Misty declines.
Manga
In the RBY saga of ''Pokémon Adventures'', Koga, the former Gym Leader of Fuchsia City, is an ex-Team Rocket executive, and part of the former Team Rocket Triad (composed of Lt. Surge, Sabrina and himself.) During the Silph Co. battle, he uses Articuno, along with his Poison Pokémon, in order to battle Red and Blue. After the fall of Team Rocket, he vanishes along with the rest of the Team Rocket triad and his gym is taken over by his daughter, Janine. His Arbok is able to regrow its tail if it is cut off (it was once cut off by Green's Charmeleon and Agatha's Arbok).
He is last seen at the end of the GSC saga, when he joins Will, Karen and Bruno to help form a good Elite Four.
Sabrina
is a fictional character in the Pokémon video game series. She is actually the sixth Gym Leader in the Kanto region (as in Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow, her badge is listed as the sixth one), although she is sometimes advertised to be the fifth gym leader, and resides in Saffron City (''Yamabuki City''). She is an expert on Psychic types. Sabrina gives out the Marsh Badge to trainers who defeat her.
Her English name may have been chosen based on the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch comic or TV series.
Anime
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Sabrina and Haunter in the anime
In the anime, Sabrina is very unemotional and even cruel. She is actually the fourth of the Gym Leaders that Ash faces, rather than the fifth or sixth Leader as she is in the video games. (Granted, it is possible to face her as the fourth Gym Leader, but both she and Koga are more powerful than Erika who is also easier to reach.) She turns any trainers losing in her gym into dolls (smaller versions of themselves). The reason for this, said her father (disguised as a jogger) was that, when she was small, she wanted to practice her ESP powers but her parents would not let her. In anger, she gradually lost her emotions and focused solely on developing her powers. Her lost childhood was symbolized by the sentient doll of a little girl in her lap that always wants to "play". The symbol still remained even after she became a Gym Leader.
When Ash Ketchum first battles against Sabrina, her Abra evolves into a Kadabra and defeats Ash's Pikachu. She uses her psychic abilities to shrink Ash and his friends to the size of dolls, but they are rescued by Sabrina's father, who teleports them out. Ash then leaves for the haunted Pokémon Tower of Lavender Town to catch a Ghost-type Pokémon, which Sabrina's father says are the only Pokémon that can defeat her Psychic Pokémon. Ash befriends a Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar in the tower, and the Haunter accompanies Ash back to Saffron City. The Haunter seems confident in its ability to win the battle, but when it comes time to fight it is nowhere to be found, and Sabrina turns Brock and Misty into actual dolls, while Ash narrowly escapes with help from Sabrina's father. Ash manages to find Haunter in town just as it foils another one of Team Rocket's schemes to capture Pikachu. Believing this to be the reason for Haunter's disappearance, Ash quickly forgives Haunter, and they march back to the gym, only to have Haunter disappear again. Pikachu offers to take on Kadabra once more. Defeat seems certain until Haunter starts making comical faces at Sabrina, then producing a cartoon bomb that blows up in their faces. This makes Sabrina laugh for the first time in years, removing her from her trance. In addition, since Sabrina is telepathically linked to her Kadabra, it is immobilized with laughter as well and unable to continue the battle, causing Ash to win by default; Sabrina then gives Ash the Marsh Badge.
Manga
In the manga ''Electric Tale of Pikachu'', Sabrina is friendly and happy to begin with. But she finds herself joining in battle with a group of hunters against a giant ancient Haunter named ''The Black Fog'' (on account of the legion of Gastly that surround it at all times). During a fight, Sabrina gets her soul devoured by the Fog and falls into a coma. Ash and his friends have to defeat the Haunter to save Sabrina's soul.
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Sabrina is, alongside Giovanni, the main villain of the RGB arc. She is, in addition to being the Saffron City Gym Leader, a member of Team Rocket. She is one of three elite "Executives", subordinate only to Giovanni himself. She makes a Barrier around Saffron City to take over Kanto by using Zapmolcuno created by herself. After Team Rocket is disbanded, Sabrina does not associate with its later incarnation, Neo Team Rocket.
Blaine
, is a character in the Pokémon video game series, the Pokémon anime series and the Pokémon manga series.
Blaine is the seventh Gym leader in the Kanto region, who is an expert on Fire-type Pokémon. Blaine resides in Cinnabar Island, and in the anime and the GSC games has his gym inside a volcano. His name could be a take off the word "blaze". One of Blaine's unique traits, at least in the video games and anime, is his affection for riddles. This, combined with his training of Fire Pokémon, has earned him the nickname "The Hotheaded Quiz Master". Due to this fact, his name may also be a reference to the character "Blaine the Mono" in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, who also has an affection for riddles.
Video games
A screenshot of the player and Blaine from Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green.
In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Gold'', ''Silver'', ''Crystal'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', Blaine is the second to last gym leader in the Kanto region (before Giovanni in ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''; or Blue in ''Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal).
In ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', battles with his underlings can be avoided by correctly answering riddles. Victory against Blaine earns the player both a Volcano Badge and TM 38, Fire Blast.
According to information gained from various characters in the game, Blaine was inspired to train fire Pokémon after he was guided out of a freezing mountain range by the fire bird Moltres. He is also an old friend of Mr. Fuji.
Blaine makes his home on Cinnabar Island in ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Fire Red'' and ''Leaf Green'', as a native of the island who has lived there since before the creation of the island's Pokémon lab. By ''Gold'' and ''Silver'', he has moved to the Seafoam Islands due to the eruption of the once-dormant Cinnabar Island volcano, which made it impossible for him to locate his gym there. Strangely, the volcano does not appear anywhere near Cinnabar Island in ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Fire Red'' or ''Leaf Green''.
In the two ''Pokémon Stadium'' games, Blaine is a member of the gym leader lineups. Unlike the other games, he does not entirely rely on fire Pokémon, using the non-fire types Clefable, Kangaskhan, Chansey, Tangela, Parasect, Octillery and Vileplume. The reason for this is unknown, though it is possible the Grass Pokémon and Octillery are to thwart any Water- or Ground-type Pokémon the player may be using.
Manga
In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Blaine is first introduced as a Team Rocket scientist working on the creation of Mewtwo. However, his appearance is brief, and he is not given a name until later. It is later revealed that he also was involved in experiments on Eevee, Gyarados, and others. He chose to work with Team Rocket based on his love of science, but regretted his decision after hearing about how Red had been taking on the organization.
As revealed in Blaine's dreams, he combined the DNA of Mew with his own DNA in order to finish Mewtwo while working with Team Rocket. This also left some of Mewtwo's DNA inside of Blaine, which was claiming Blaine's life, but allowed the gym leader to track the Pokémon. After Mewtwo broke free of the Team Rocket facility, Blaine left the group and went into hiding until he helped Red fight off some Team Rocket thugs.
During the escape from Team Rocket thugs and their Moltres, he discovers the old amber that Red has been carrying, and has him revive it into an Aerodactyl to fight off the Moltres, after which he lets Red keep it as he goes off to find Mewtwo. Red later reencounters Blaine and is able to help him capture Mewtwo with a Master Ball. Because of the DNA that they share, they are unable to be separated for very long without becoming ill. As a scientist, Blaine tries to find a way to separate them without hurting either.
Blaine later reappears two years later as the fourth member of the alliance of good gym leaders (the other three being Brock, Misty and Erika) to help find Red, who has gone missing. When the Elite Four launch attacks on Pewter, Cerulean and Celadon City, Blaine is forced to go to Cerise Island, the location of the Elite Four's secret base, with the aid of Yellow, Green, Blue and Bill, with the intent of dissolving the group. However, they find Lt. Surge, Sabrina and Koga instead, who state that they wish to help defeat the Elite Four, as the Elite Four are destroying the land that Team Rocket wishes to rule. He and Yellow are then paired together to fight against the Elite Four by Sabrina's "Spoons of Destiny", eventually facing off against Lance. However, the bond between Mewtwo and Blaine proves to be his undoing, as he faints before the battle is over.
Blaine next shows up in the "Mask of Ice" plot during the Johto vs. Kanto Gym Leader Competition during the tri-annual Pokémon League Tournament, in which he faces off against Claire. While the competition is apparently simply a matter of having the two regions compete against each other, in reality, it is to find out who the new leader of Team Rocket was, as fragments from the leader's Ice Mask had been discovered to be made out of the same material as gym badges. When the Legendary Dogs choose battle partners, Entei selected Blaine based on his specialty with Fire Pokémon, and it was then revealed that Blaine had been searching for Entei at the same time for his healing flame. Using the flame, Entei is able to break the bond between Blaine and Mewtwo by removing the DNA in Blane's arm, at which point Mewtwo leaves. Blaine is then able to use the legendary Pokémon to easily defeat Clair, who had insisted on holding their match on a runaway magnet train on which all the gym leaders had become trapped.
Blaine then works with Misty and Lt. Surge (who were battle partners with Suicune and Raikou) to fight against the Mask of Ice and free Lugia and Ho-oh from his control. Ultimately, however, it is the emotions of a large number of Pokémon that frees the two legendary birds.
Anime
In the anime, while Ash is on his way to Cinnabar Island in order to challenge Blaine for a Volcano Badge, he is told by Gary Oak that there is no badge. However, Ash does not believe his rival, suspecting that the latter only wants to trick him out of a badge. However, upon arriving, he learns that Gary was actually telling the truth, as a hippie-like character shows Ash and his friends the old, burned-down ruins of Blaine's abandoned gym. The hippie then tells them that as Cinnabar Island grew into a popular tourist attraction, too many non-serious Pokémon challengers arrived, driving Blaine away. He then hands them a business card for his hotel with the location disguised as a riddle.
After Ash and his friends are unable to find a place to stay (the Pokémon Center being full of tourists as well), Misty figures out this riddle, and as a reward, the hippie (who seemingly appears out of nowhere) gives them free lodging. Through Misty's Togepi, they find a secret entrance into Cinnabar Island's volcano at the hippie's hotel, and learn that the riddling hippie is Blaine in disguise. Ash, now knowing who Blaine is, challenges him to a match. While Ash calls upon Charizard early in the match, the Pokémon still refuses to listen to him, so he uses Pikachu instead. However, Magmar proves to be too much, and Ash is forced to pull out, with Pikachu nearly getting killed falling in lava.
When Team Rocket attempts to capture Magmar with ice rockets, their ice missiles freeze the inside of the entire volcano, cooling down the superheated rock. As a result, the rock compacts and starts shattering. Blaine tells Ash that the surge of the lava bursting through the cracks is enough to destroy the island. Ash and Blaine send out their Pokémon to help seal the cracks in the rock, which stops the eruption. Because of this, Blaine challenges Ash to a one-on-one rematch atop the volcano (the gym was destroyed), with Blaine choosing Magmar. While Ash considers who he should use, Charizard steps in and volunteers to fight Magmar. Since Charizard has seen how strong Magmar was while sealing the volcano, he wants to test himself. So, for the first time, Charizard follows Ash's orders and defeats Magmar with a Seismic Toss attack, winning Ash the Volcano Badge.
Giovanni
is the leader of Team Rocket in the fictional world of ''Pokémon'', and he is also the Viridian City Gym Leader. In the ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''Fire Red'' and ''LeafGreen'' video games, Giovanni is the owner and Gym Leader of the Viridian City Gym. When defeated, Giovanni gives the victor an Earth Badge. The gym remains closed most of the time, while Giovanni is off managing Team Rocket. His English name is both a play on the mafia stereotype and a reference to the prefex ''geo-'', while his Japanese name may refer to ''Cleyera japonica'', which the Earth Badge resembles.
In the video games, the explanation for the closure of the gym is that Giovanni is too busy leading Team Rocket and only worries about his Gym when his team is beaten in Silph Co. headquarters in Saffron City, probably because the Gym is one of the few things he has left at that point.
''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal''
Once the player defeats the Elite Four in ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'', the player will be allowed to use the ''S.S. Aqua'' to travel to Kanto, where the Kanto gym leaders may be battled. Most of the Kanto gym leaders are the same as their ''Red'', ''Blue'' and ''Yellow'' counterparts, except the following:
Janine
is the sixth gym leader in the Kanto region and resides in Fuchsia City. She is an expert on Poison-types. In ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'', Janine became the gym leader when her father Koga joined the Elite Four. Janine is also the most mischievous of the Gym leaders and likes to play tricks on her opponents. Her main trick is getting all her trainers to disguise as her to confuse the opponent trainer. Her localized name is a pun on the word ''ninja''.
In ''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', she speaks of training in her father's footsteps. In this game, she is called 'Charine' (perhaps as a matter of translation).
Janine has never appeared in the Pokémon anime, but Koga instead has a sister named Aya. Ash first met her when he went to challenge Koga for a Gym Badge and again while she was training in Johto.
Blue
Main articles: Blue (Pokémon)
or Gary in the animes
is the main antagonist of ''''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''''. Although the player can change his name at the beginning of the game, the game will generically refer to the character as “Blue”. He serves as a repeated foil and recurring boss for the player.
After defeating all of the Johto Gym Leaders, the player is granted access to Kanto, the setting of the original generation of Pokémon games. The player will proceed to defeat all of the Kanto Gym Leaders, but will be unable to find the leader of the Viridian City Gym as no mention of it has been made after Giovanni departed from the Gym.
The player can find Blue on the remains of Cinnabar Island, staring out into the sea. Blue speaks to the player briefly and returns to Viridian, where he is revealed to be the Gym Leader. After beating all of the other Kanto Gym Leaders and speaking to Blue, the player can then challenge him in the Viridian Gym. If the player defeats Blue, he or she receives their 16th badge and Professor Oak will grant them access to Mt. Silver.
Blue's Pokémon are the same ones he used at the end of Red, Green, Blue, FireRed, and LeafGreen (minus the starter of course). Because of this, he is much more difficult to beat than the other Gym Leaders, as his team doesn't use a specific type.
Blue is most commonly referred to as Gary Oak, in the same sense of Red being known better as Ash Ketchum.
Anime
Subsitute/Replacement Leaders
The Kanto Gym Leaders in the Pokémon anime are based on the ''Red'', ''Blue'' and ''Yellow'' Gym Leaders, except for the following:
Daisy, Lily and Violet
'Daisy, Lily, and Violet' ('Sakura, Botan, and Ayame') are the older sisters of Misty and the Cerulean City Gym Leaders, often calling themselves the "Sensational Sisters". In the Japanese versions, like their English counterparts, their names all connote flowers, as ''sakura'' refers to the "cherry blossom", ''botan'' refers to the "peony", and ''ayame'' refers to the "iris".
Daisy, Lily, and Violet are known for their teenage girlish personalities similar to that of stereotypical adolescent Southern California Caucasian females or Valley Girls - Complete with thick "Valspeak" accents and love of shopping, modeling, fashion and body building.
Their speciality is Water-type Pokémon. They are not as skilled as most Gym Leaders are, and are more concerned with beauty than their duties as Gym Leaders. As such, they will often give out badges for free; Ash Ketchum was offered one for free just because all their Pokémon were at the Pokémon Center, while a trainer they met near Lilycove City named Jimmy received one just for cleaning out the pool. Their glamorous life style leads to them winning a World Tour, at which point they hand over the running of the Gym to Misty. On returning, they let Misty continue as it gives them more free time for glamour. Another attraction they have is their aquatic shows. However, Daisy is not quite as concerned with glamour as Violet and Lily, and so finds time to spend some time at the Gym with Misty. This won her a date once when Tracey Sketchit helped out.
Before the start of the first season, their teasing of Misty — often calling her "scrawny," or "runt" — caused the redhead to run away from home. Overtime, after Misty grew a much wiser trainer and person, the three sisters of Misty begin to show a moderate amount of respect toward Misty, especially Daisy. Most notably beginning as she was (somewhat forcibly) made the star of The Misty Mermaid event at Cerulean Gym. And now Misty's sisters trust her enough to fully operate the gym on her own.
As leaders of the Cerulean Gym, the trio have the following Pokémon, among others:
★ 'Luvdisc' - Daisy has a female Luvdisc named '"Luverin"' who rejected the advances of Misty's Luvdisc, '"Casurin"'. After an attack on the gym from Butch and Cassidy, resulting in the two Pokémon working together, Casurin finally wins the love of Luverin.
★ 'Goldeen' - three respectively, caught before "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City"
★ 'Seaking' - at least one, caught before "The Misty Mermaid"
★ 'Gyarados' - at least one, evolved from 'Magikarp' which Misty tamed and claimed as her own in "Cerulean Blues"
★ 'Dewgong' - originally a 'Seel', evolved into Dewgong in "The Misty Mermaid"
★ 'Starmie' - Misty's, left at the gym in "The Misty Mermaid"
★ 'Horsea' - Misty's, left at the gym in "The Misty Mermaid"
Brock's family
'Flint' ('Munō' in the Japanese version) and 'Lola' ('Mizuho') are Brock's parents. Flint was Brock's predecessor as the Pewter City Gym Leader. However, he left to try and become a better trainer. Soon after, Brock's mother left (though in the English anime it originally stated she had died), leaving Brock the responsibility of looking after the Gym and his siblings. However, when Ash Ketchum wins the Boulder Badge, Flint returns and takes possession of the Gym, allowing Brock to accompany Ash on his journey. Brock has nine younger brothers and sisters: five boys and four girls. The oldest of Brock's siblings is 'Forrest' ('Jiro'), followed by 'Salvador', 'Yolanda', 'Tommy', 'Cindy', 'Suzy', 'Timmy', and fraternal twins 'Tilly' and 'Billy'. The majority of Brock's siblings remained unnamed until late in the Battle Frontier saga.
When Brock returns to the Gym in the ''Pokémon Chronicles'' episode "A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!" he finds that Lola has returned, and has converted the Gym into a Water-type Gym. However, Brock succeeds in reconverting the Gym to a Rock-type Gym, and hands it over to his father and Forrest.
Flint's Pokémon are a Golem and a Rhydon.
Lola's Water-type Pokémon include Slowpoke, Mantine, Poliwag, Gyarados, Vaporeon, Blastoise, Tentacruel and Marill.
Forrest has a Steelix, Crobat and Geodude, all lent to him by Brock.
Brock's Forretress, Ludicolo and Marshtomp are also at the gym though it unknown who is caring for them.
Jessie, James and Meowth
Main articles: Team Rocket (anime)
During the episode "The Battle of the Badge", Giovanni beats Gary Oak but has to go away due to an "emergency assignment", leaving the duties of the gym to Team Rocket members Jessie, James and Meowth. The trio battles with Ash Ketchum, using an electric system that shocks the trainer whenever their Pokémon get hit - and after being defeated, Jessie refuses to give Ash the Earth Badge. However, due to Misty's Togepi playing with the remote control of the electric platforms, the trio gets blown away, and while they fly off Jessie drops the badge, leading Ash to catch it. The Gym is also destroyed as an aftermath of Togepi's curiousness with the remote control.
The trio use Giovanni's Machamp, Kingler, and Rhydon (curiously, the Gym is for Ground-type Pokémon and Rhydon is the only one of this type), Jessie's Arbok and James' Weezing.
Agatha
:''Main Article: Agatha''
Agatha appears in Advanced Generation episode 132, "The Scheme Team" as a temporary leader for the Viridian City Gym. Her anime appearance is loosely based on her appearance in ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''. As in the games, she is a member of the Elite Four.
As Ash Ketchum returns from Hoenn, he passes through Viridian City, and finds the Pokémon gym completely rebuilt. While in Viridian City, he meets Scott, an agent for the Battle Frontier, and Agatha, the temporary Leader of the reformed Gym. Agatha asks Ash if he's come for a Gym Badge, but since Ash already has the badge for this gym, they just fight for fun. The battle is a one-on-one battle between Ash's Pikachu and Agatha's Gengar in which, after a fierce fight, Gengar wins the battle. Agatha also has a Golbat which she uses while fighting Team Rocket.
Agatha is the last member of the original Elite Four to appear in the anime.
Unofficial Leaders
Kiyo
'Karate Master Kiyo' is the grand master of the Fighting Dojo, an unofficial gym in Saffron City. His gym is the smaller of the two gyms in Saffron, located to the left of Sabrina's gym. Apparently, the Fighting Dojo was once an official gym until Kiyo was defeated by Sabrina of the Psychic-type gym next door. It is not clear whether or not the Fighting Dojo has or ever did have an official Pokémon League Badge, though it seems to have an emblem of some sort.
In his first appearances, in ''Red'', ''Blue'', and ''Yellow'', he was only referred to as the Karate Master (because none of the NPC trainers, except for the official gym leaders, had names). Kiyo's name was finally revealed in ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal''. Due to what was most likely an oversight, he is called Koichi in the enhanced remakes of ''Red'' and ''Blue'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', though an unrelated blackbelt in Viridian City's Gym is called Kiyo.
In ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'', Kiyo awards a player who defeats him either a Hitmonlee or a Hitmonchan instead of his Gym's emblem. This is the only time either Pokémon is available in the game. In ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'', the player encounters him in Mt. Mortar, an optional dungeon. He claims to be training there, and therefore has retreated from the gym in Saffron. When he is defeated, he will bestow upon the player a level 10 Tyrogue. In addition, upon arriving in Saffron, the player can enter the Fighting Dojo. Within are the gym's trainers, who will not battle, but will tell the player that the dojo's leader is out training. A Focus Band item can be acquired in the back of the dojo, where Kiyo once stood.
Kiyo also appears in the anime episode ''A Tyrogue Full of Trouble''. It is mentioned that he used to train under Chuck. His dream is to participate in the 'P-1 Grand Prix'. He has a Tyrogue, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Primeape and Mankey.
A.J.
'A.J.', a character in the Pokémon anime, runs an unofficial Gym in Kanto between Cerulean City and Vermilion City where he battles anyone willing to challenge him. His goal is to reach 100 straight wins and then compete for Gym Leader badges. After battling Ash and Team Rocket, he finally reaches 100 wins and goes off on his journey. His Pokémon include Sandshrew, Beedrill, Butterfree and multiple Rattata.
He also appears in the manga ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'', where he instead wants to find a Hidden Village along with the Samurai boy and Ash.
In Pokémon Yellow, on the path from Cerulean City to the Rock Path, a trainer with a lone, but powerful Sandshrew mentions he is on a streak for 100 wins. As it is exclusive to Yellow, this trainer is likely A.J.
A.J. attaches a brace over his Sandshrew as a form of restraint to overcome while training. Years later in the third generation games, a similar item known as the Macho Brace was introduced. It raises the Effort Values a Pokémon gains from fighting.
Yas & Kas Gym
The 'Yas & Kas' gyms are the two gyms in Dark City, which appeared solely in the Pokémon anime. They are constantly fighting to claim the title of official gym of the city, until Ash and friends settle them down and they are able to work together. The leader of the Yas gym uses a Scyther, and the leader of the Kas gym uses an Electabuzz.
Yas gym leader is voiced by Ted Lewis
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