Cinnabar Gym: Difference between revisions

In ''[[EP058|Riddle Me This]]'', {{Ash}} was trying to locate the Gym so he could challenge the Cinnabar [[Gym Leader]] to a {{pkmn|battle}}. He was informed by a man who liked telling riddles that the Gym was abandoned when [[Cinnabar Island]] became a tourist trap. However, the man eventually told Ash that the Gym Leader, Blaine, had built another Gym in a secret location, and later gave him a hint of its location through a riddle. After accidentally discovering the Gym's secret entrance at the riddler's inn, Ash and {{ashfr}} entered the Gym and found the riddle-telling man himself, who revealed himself to have been Blaine in disguise all along. Ash and Blaine then battled, but Ash suffered multiple misfortunes, with his {{AP|Squirtle}} losing to Blaine's {{p|Ninetales}}, {{AP|Charizard}} refusing to battle {{p|Rhydon}}, and {{AP|Pikachu}} being severely burned and almost falling to the lava while fighting [[Blaine's Magmar]]. As such, Ash eventually forfeited the match.

In ''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]'', {{TRT}} sneaked into the Gym to steal Magmar, but their actions at the heart of the volcano threatened to make it erupt and destroy Cinnabar Island. Ash and his friends assisted Blaine in stopping the eruption, and, as a sign of gratitude, Blaine agreed to have a [[rematch]] with Ash. Since the Gym had been destroyed during the incident, the battle instead took place at the summit of the volcano. To Ash's surprise, his usually [[Obedience|disobedient]] Charizard offered to battle Blaine's Magmar. Eventually, Charizard was able to defeat Magmar with {{m|Seismic Toss}}, earning Ash the {{badge|Volcano}}.