Cerulean Gym
ハナダジム Hanada Gym
Cerulean Gym anime.png
Location Cerulean City
Gym Leader Misty
Daisy, Lily, and Violet (anime only)
Badge Cascade Badge
Dominant Type Water
Region Kanto
Cerulean Gym Battlefield.png
Battlefield

The Cerulean Gym (Japanese: ハナダジム Hanada Gym) is the official Gym of Cerulean City. It is based on Water-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Misty. Trainers who defeat her receive the Cascade Badge.

Other known members include Swimmers Briana, Parker, Diana, Luis, Picnicker Diana, and Misty's sisters Daisy, Lily and Violet, who were the Gym Leaders together in the anime until the Advanced Generation series.

In the games

Cerulaen City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish
Mermaid!

Cerulaen City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish
Mermaid

Cerulean City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
"The Tomboyish Mermaid"

Cerulean City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish Mermaid

The Cerulean Gym is designed like an indoor swimming pool, with platforms above the water for the player to walk on. In Generation IV, the Gym consists of a large pool roped off into lanes with certain parts of the area circling the pool blocked. There are no puzzles to solve in this Gym. A field based on the Gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle.

Appearance

       
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Fishing
  Magikarp
R B Y
  Fishing
Old Rod
5 100%
  Goldeen
R B Y
  Fishing
Good Rod
10 50%
  Poliwag
R B Y
  Fishing
Good Rod
10 50%
  Psyduck
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
15 34%
  Krabby
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
15 33%
  Goldeen
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
10 33%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Generation II

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
     
Fishing
  Krabby
G S C
  Fishing
Old Rod
10 100%
  Krabby
G S C
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 60%
  Corsola
G S C
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 30% 30% 0%
  Staryu
G S C
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 0% 0% 30%
  Krabby
G S C
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 60%
  Corsola
G S C
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 30% 30% 0%
  Staryu
G S C
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 0% 0% 30%
  Kingler
G S C
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 10%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Trainers

Main series

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Trainer Pokémon
 
Swimmer
Reward: $80
  Horsea Lv.16
No item
  Shellder Lv.16
No item
 
Jr. Trainer♀
Reward: $380
  Goldeen Lv.19
No item


Pokémon Red and Blue



Pokémon Yellow



Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
Trainer Pokémon
 
Swimmer♂ Parker
トモキ Tomoki
Reward: $280
  Horsea Lv.32
No item
  Horsea Lv.32
No item
  Seadra Lv.35
No item
 
Swimmer♀ Briana
ユカリ Yukari
Reward: $700
  Seaking Lv.35
No item
  Seaking Lv.35
No item
 
Swimmer♀ Diana
ナミ Nami
Reward: $740
  Golduck Lv.37
No item
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.





Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Trainer Pokémon
 
Swimmer Luis
ヨウヘイ Yōhei
Reward: $64
  Horsea Lv.16
No item
  Shellder Lv.16
No item
 
Picnicker Diana
コズエ Kozue
Reward: $380
  Goldeen Lv.19
No item





Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Trainer Pokémon
 
Sailor Parker
トモキ Tomoki
Reward: $1376
  Horsea Lv.43
No item
  Seadra Lv.43
No item
 
Sailor Eddie
ノリオ Norio
Reward: $1536
  Azumarill Lv.48
No item
 
Swimmer♀ Diana
ナミ Nami
Reward: $768
  Golduck Lv.48
No item
 
Swimmer♀ Joy
ミズナ Mizuna
Reward: $768
  Cloyster Lv.48
No item
 
Swimmer♀ Briana
ユカリ Yukari
Reward: $736
  Seaking Lv.46
No item
  Seaking Lv.46
No item
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.





Side series

Pokémon Stadium
Round 1
Trainer Pokémon
 
Fisher
Reward: $N/A
  Squirtle Lv.50-100
No item
  Poliwag Lv.50-100
No item
  Magikarp Lv.50-100
No item
  Wartortle Lv.50-100
No item
  Seaking Lv.50-100
No item
  Tentacool Lv.50-100
No item
 
Jr. ♀
Reward: $N/A
  Pidgey Lv.50-100
No item
  Seadra Lv.50-100
No item
  Kadabra Lv.50-100
No item
  Voltorb Lv.50-100
No item
  Diglett Lv.50-100
No item
  Jigglypuff Lv.50-100
No item
 
Swimmer
Reward: $N/A
  Meowth Lv.50-100
No item
  Goldeen Lv.50-100
No item
  Mankey Lv.50-100
No item
  Omanyte Lv.50-100
No item
  Clefairy Lv.50-100
No item
  Poliwhirl Lv.50-100
No item





Round 2
Trainer Pokémon
 
Fisher
Reward: $N/A
  Wartortle Lv.50-100
No item
  Poliwhirl Lv.50-100
No item
  Diglett Lv.50-100
No item
  Cloyster Lv.50-100
No item
  Seaking Lv.50-100
No item
  Eevee Lv.50-100
No item
 
Jr. ♀
Reward: $N/A
  Pidgeotto Lv.50-100
No item
  Seadra Lv.50-100
No item
  Kadabra Lv.50-100
No item
  Electrode Lv.50-100
No item
  Dugtrio Lv.50-100
No item
  Clefairy Lv.50-100
No item
 
Swimmer
Reward: $N/A
  Tentacruel Lv.50-100
No item
  Horsea Lv.50-100
No item
  Wartortle Lv.50-100
No item
  Primeape Lv.50-100
No item
  Wigglytuff Lv.50-100
No item
  Poliwrath Lv.50-100
No item





Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1



Round 2



Items

Item Location Games
  TM11 (BubbleBeam) Reward for defeating Misty  R  B  Y 
  TM03 (Water Pulse) Reward for defeating Misty  FR  LG  HG  SS 
  Machine Part In Cerulean Gym (hidden)  G  S  C  HG  SS 

In the anime

 
Cerulean Gym's Aquarium

Cerulean Gym has appeared in several episodes of the anime. On the exterior, the building is a dome-shaped brightly colored Gym with a gigantic painting of a Dewgong on top of it. On the inside, the gym is equipped with a large aquarium and swimming pool.

It first appeared in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City. Ash was heading there so he could earn his Cascade Badge. Misty kept telling him not to go to Cerulean, and he soon discovered why she tried to stop him; her three sisters, Violet, Lily and Daisy, were the Gym Leaders. However, they had turned the battlefield into a performance hall for their water acrobatics shows. Incapable of giving Ash a proper Gym battle, they were about to simply give Ash the Badge when Misty intervened. She challenged Ash to a battle in her capacity as an official Gym Leader, but it was interrupted by Team Rocket. In the end, Daisy gave Ash the Cascade Badge, saying that if it weren't for him, the Gym would have been destroyed.

 
Another view of the battlefield

The Gym's next appearance was in The Misty Mermaid. While on the way to the Viridian Gym, Misty's Horsea had become sick. Realizing the Gym was nearby, Misty decided to go and see if they could make Horsea feel better. The Dragon Pokémon felt better immediately. However, the sisters made Misty participate in one of their water ballet shows. During a Team Rocket battle, the Seel the Sensational Sisters had in their first appearance evolved into Dewgong and saved the Gym. Before leaving, Misty left her Horsea and Starmie at the Gym, hoping one day to come back for them.

The Gym also played key roles in several Pokémon Chronicles episodes. In Cerulean Blues, the Gym was in danger of being shut down. Misty, who was recently named Gym Leader after her sisters won a trip around the world, was successfully able to fix it up and stop it from getting shut down. In the process, she earned a Gym Gyarados's trust. In The Blue Badge of Courage, Sakura challenged Misty to a Gym battle and won her own Cascade Badge. Casey visited the Gym in A Date with Delcatty, and Misty and Daisy's two Luvdisc, Caserin and Luverin, were stolen by Butch and Cassidy in Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The Cerulean Gym debuted in Suddenly Starmie! in the Red, Green & Blue arc where Red and Misty trained to fight Team Rocket using Bulbasaur and Starmie; there is an abundance of rooms but at the end Misty revealed that she was the Gym Leader and she had attacked him the night, before ending in tears.

Pokémon

These are the Pokémon shown in the Gym.

 
Staryu
 
Starmie
 
Gyarados

In the TCG

The Cerulean 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 Cerulean City Gym.

Related cards
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Cerulean City Gym T [St] Gym Heroes   57/132 Leaders' Stadium    
 


Trivia

  • Prior to Crystal, it was possible to catch wild Pokémon inside the Gym by fishing in the water. This makes the Cerulean Gym the only Gym where it is possible to catch wild Pokémon inside the facility itself.
  • In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the player can walk along the path around the edge of the Gym and use Surf to go directly to Misty, bypassing all Trainers lying along the normal path.
  • In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, if the player brings a Togepi inside the Gym, it may begin to cry softly when the player talks to it. This is a reference to Misty's Togepi in the anime.


Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym  
 
Brock
Cerulean Gym  
 
Misty
Vermilion Gym  
 
Lt. Surge
Celadon Gym  
 
Erika
Fuchsia Gym  
   
Koga Janine
Saffron Gym  
 
Sabrina
Cinnabar Gym  
 
Blaine
Viridian Gym  
   
Giovanni Blue


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