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| Vermilion Gym's only {{pkmn|anime}} appearance was in ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''. Its appearance is similar to a warehouse with lightning bolts painted on it, and the arena inside is a dimly-lit boxing ring. The {{pkmn|battle}}s are one on one. One significant difference from the {{pkmn|games}} is that Lt. Surge was shown to have junior Trainers that are both male and female, and wearing military-style uniforms. In the games, his junior Trainers are all male, and none of them wear military-style uniforms. | | Vermilion Gym's only {{pkmn|anime}} appearance was in ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''. Its appearance resembles that of a warehouse, with lightning bolts painted on it. Lt. Surge also has several junior {{pkmn|Trainer}}s in military-style uniforms working under him. |
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| {{Ash}} challenged Lt. Surge to a battle, hoping to acquire his third Badge. However, Surge just laughed when he saw [[Ash's Pikachu]], claiming it could never beat his {{TP|Lt. Surge|Raichu}}. Pikachu decided to prove Surge wrong, and went ahead in battling it. However, its [[evolution|evolved form]] proved to be much more powerful, and it easily defeated Pikachu. | | {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrived at the Gym for Ash's third Gym battle, with Surge calling Ash a baby and calling him out on not having [[Evolution|evolved]] his {{AP|Pikachu}} yet. Ash was determined to prove Surge wrong, but his Pikachu was easily defeated by Surge's {{TP|Lt. Surge|Raichu}}. Later, Ash challenged Surge to a [[rematch]], having figured out that Raichu's weakness was that it had evolved too fast, never learning the speed moves it could only learn as a {{p|Pikachu}}. With his superior speed and new {{m|Agility}} and {{m|Quick Attack}}, Ash's Pikachu was able to overwhelm Surge's Raichu and defeat it, earning Ash the {{badge|Thunder}} and Surge's respect. |
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| After doing some training, Ash and Pikachu returned to the Gym. Surge once again felt that the battle was hopeless. What he didn't know was that in between the battles, Ash had taught Pikachu how to use {{m|Quick Attack}} and {{m|Agility}}. This gave Pikachu the advantage, allowing Ash to win the match. Afterwards, Surge gave Ash his Badge, conceding that Ash knew what he was doing.
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Revision as of 13:08, 16 August 2019
The Vermilion Gym (Japanese: クチバジム Kuchiba Gym) is the official Gym of Vermilion City. It is based on Electric-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Lt. Surge. Trainers who defeat him receive the Thunder Badge.
In the games
Vermilion City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Lt. Surge
The Lightning American!
Vermilion City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Lt. Surge
The Lightning
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Vermilion City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Lt. Surge
The Lightning American
Vermilion City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Lt. Surge
The Lightning American
In all games where HMs are present, either Cut or Surf is required to access the Vermilion Gym. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the Secret Technique Chop Down is required instead; the player cannot use Sea Skim due to the barriers erected around the Gym's exterior. The Gym guide declares that this is the prerequisite for challenging the Gym. Thus, in Generation VII, there is effectively no additional prerequisite for challenging the Gym, unlike most other Kanto Gyms.
Vermilion Gym appears in all games that include the Kanto region, appearing much the same in each: the main room contains 15 trash cans in three rows and five columns, and Trainers are scattered about this room. Another room lies behind the main room, guarded by electric doors in Generation I, and an electric fence from Generation III onward. The only way to get in the final room, where Lt. Surge is located, is to find two hidden switches inside the trash cans. Discounting glitches, the second switch is always next to (orthogonally adjacent to) the first switch. If the first switch is found, but the player incorrectly guesses the second one, the traps reset.
A field based on the Gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle and Stadium 2's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.
Puzzle mechanics
- The first switch can be in one of eight cans, forming a checkerboard pattern starting from the corners.
- If the first can was one of the two in the middle column (with three neighbors):
- Due to a glitch, the three neighboring cans each have a 25% chance of containing the second switch and the top-left can has a 25% chance (even though it is not adjacent).
- If the first can was one of the other six (with two or four neighbors):
- Due to a second glitch on top of the first glitch, there is a 50% chance that the can to the right contains the second switch, and a 50% chance that it is the top-left can. (If there is no can to the right, the 50% chance belongs to the only adjacent one in the same column.) The other one or three neighbors will never contain the second switch.
(Note that as a result of all of these, the leftmost can in the middle row can never contain either switch.)
- The first switch can be in one of eight cans as in Red and Blue.
- If the first can was one of the four corners:
- There is a 25% chance that one neighbor contains the second switch, a 25% chance that the other neighbor contains the second switch, and a 50% chance that both neighbors contain the second switch (in which case either choice will unlock the door).
- If the first can was the one in the second column:
- There is a 50% chance that the west and north neighbors both contain the second switch, a 25% chance that only the south neighbor contains the second switch, and a 25% chance that only the east neighbor contains the second switch.
- If the first can was the one in the fourth column:
- There is a 50% chance that the west and north neighbors both contain the second switch, and a 50% chance that the south and east neighbors both contain the second switch.
- If the first can was the top can of the middle column:
- Due to yet another glitch, the game attempts to randomly pick from 256 possible pairs of cans for the second switch, most of which correspond to blank neighbor data or partially-invalid data about the neighbors of other cans[1]. As a result, there is a 216/256 (~84%) chance that only the top-left can has the second switch, a 2/256 (~0.8%) chance that no can has the second switch at all, and a 38/256 (~15%) chance that either one or two cans anywhere among the four rightmost columns have the second switch (with uneven probability).
- If the first can was the bottom can of the middle column:
- The above glitch applies but with slightly different data, resulting in a 225/256 (~88%) chance that only the top-left can has the second switch, a 1/256 (~0.4%) chance that no can has the second switch at all, and a 30/256 (~12%) chance that either one or two cans among the four rightmost columns have the second switch.
The traps are not turned on.
The first switch is randomly in one of the 15 cans, and the second switch is randomly in one of the cans next to the first switch.
The fourth can in the bottom row is an empty red trash can, while the second can in the middle row is an empty blue trash can. When defeated, the Trainers in the Gym hint that a can next to the blue can contains a switch, while none of the cans next to the red can contain a switch. Together this narrows the switch locations down to two pairs of possibilities, with the correct locations being the center trash can and the can directly north of it. These locations will remain fixed even if the traps are reset. The two switches can be activated in either order.
Appearance
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Juggler Horton
ジョナサン Jonathan
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| Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.
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Sailor Dwayne
タツヒコ Tatsuhiko
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Sailor Dwayne
タツヒコ Tatsuhiko
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In the anime
In the main series
Vermilion Gym's only anime appearance was in Electric Shock Showdown. Its appearance resembles that of a warehouse, with lightning bolts painted on it. Lt. Surge also has several junior Trainers in military-style uniforms working under him.
Ash and his friends arrived at the Gym for Ash's third Gym battle, with Surge calling Ash a baby and calling him out on not having evolved his Pikachu yet. Ash was determined to prove Surge wrong, but his Pikachu was easily defeated by Surge's Raichu. Later, Ash challenged Surge to a rematch, having figured out that Raichu's weakness was that it had evolved too fast, never learning the speed moves it could only learn as a Pikachu. With his superior speed and new Agility and Quick Attack, Ash's Pikachu was able to overwhelm Surge's Raichu and defeat it, earning Ash the Thunder Badge and Surge's respect.
Pokémon used in Gym
In Pokémon Origins
Red was seen visiting the Vermilion Gym in File 2: Cubone. He had a tough battle against the Gym Leader, Lt. Surge, but was able to pull through and earn the Thunder Badge.
Pokémon used in Gym
In the manga
The Vermilion Gym in Pokémon Zensho
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
The Vermilion Gym appeared in Vermilion City, where Satoshi challenged Lt. Surge. The Gym battle was conducted between Satoshi's Charmeleon and Lt. Surge's Electabuzz. Even though Charmeleon was driven into a corner, it was able to use a piece of the barbed-wire fence surrounding the arena to tie Electabuzz up and then finish it off with a Fire-type attack. After the battle, Satoshi received a Thunder Badge from Lt. Surge and an HM01 (Cut) from the captain of the S.S. Anne, whom he had met earlier and was friends with Lt. Surge.
In the TCG
The Vermilion Gym was featured in the TCG as both a Japan-exclusive Theme Deck and as a card. The following is a list of cards named Vermilion City Gym.
Trivia
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