Cinnabar Gym

Cinnabar Gym
グレンジム Guren Gym
Cinnabar Gym anime.png
Location Cinnabar Island
Gym Leader Blaine
Badge Volcano Badge
Dominant Type Fire
Region Kanto
Cinnabar Gym Battlefield.png
Battlefield

The Cinnabar Gym (Japanese: グレンジム Guren Gym) is the official gym of Cinnabar Island. It specializes on Template:Type2 Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Blaine. Trainers who defeat him receive the Volcano Badge.

In the games

Cinnabar City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Blaine
"The Hotheaded Quiz Master"

The Cinnabar Gym is a high-tech affair featuring a series of sealed doors. Trivia questions about various Pokémon must be answered to unseal the doors. However, when the player fails to answer a trivia question correctly, a battle with either a Burglar or Super Nerd results, an alternative to unsealing the doors. The questions are:

  • "Pokémon Quiz! Get it right and the door opens to the next room! Get it wrong and face a trainer! If you want to conserve your Pokémon for the Gym Leader... Then get it right! Here we go! Caterpie evolves into Metapod?"
  • "There are 9 certified Pokémon League Badges?"
  • "Poliwag evolves 3 times?"
  • "Are thunder moves effective against ground element-type Pokémon?"
  • "Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical?"
  • "TM28 contains Tombstony?"

Even if the player answers the question right, he or she still has the option to challenge the Trainer.

In Generation II and IV, Blaine's original gym on Cinnabar Island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This forced him to relocate to the Seafoam Islands. In Generation IV the room increased in size, the area has trainers, and the floor designs is that of a small flame. The only way to get to Blaine is to talk and battle other trainers so that they could move to a new position, opening a new path.

A field based on the gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle.

Appearance

File:Cinnabar Gym RB.png      
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Trainers

Pokémon Red and Blue

Trainer Pokémon
Burglar
Burglar
Reward: $3240
  Growlithe Lv.36
No item
  Vulpix Lv.36
No item
  Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $900
  Vulpix Lv.36
No item
  Vulpix Lv.36
No item
  Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $850
  Ponyta Lv.34
No item
  Charmander Lv.34
No item
  Vulpix Lv.34
No item
  Growlithe Lv.34
No item
Burglar
Burglar
Reward: $3690
  Ponyta Lv.41
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $1025
  Rapidash Lv.41
No item
Burglar
Burglar
Reward: $3330
  Vulpix Lv.37
No item
  Growlithe Lv.37
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $925
  Growlithe Lv.37
No item
  Vulpix Lv.37
No item




Pokémon Yellow



Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal



Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer Pokémon
Burglar Quinn
Burglar Quinn
ミノブ Minobu
Reward: $3168
  Growlithe Lv.36
No item
  Vulpix Lv.36
No item
  Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd Erik
Super Nerd Erik
ハジメ Hajime
Reward: $864
  Vulpix Lv.36
No item
  Vulpix Lv.36
No item
  Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd Avery
Super Nerd Avery
サダハル Sadaharu
Reward: $816
  Ponyta Lv.34
No item
  Charmander Lv.34
No item
  Vulpix Lv.34
No item
  Growlithe Lv.34
No item
Burglar Ramon
Burglar Ramon
ジンパチ Jinpachi
Reward: $3608
  Ponyta Lv.41
No item
Super Nerd Derek
Super Nerd Derek
ヨシアキ Yoshiaki
Reward: $984
  Rapidash Lv.41
No item
Burglar Dusty
Burglar Dusty
ノブオ Nobuo
Reward: $3256
  Vulpix Lv.37
No item
  Growlithe Lv.37
No item
Super Nerd Zac
Super Nerd Zac
ノブヒロ Nobuhiro
Reward: $888
  Growlithe Lv.37
No item
  Vulpix Lv.37
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.




Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer Pokémon
Scientist Lowell
Scientist Lowell
ヨシロー Yoshirō
Reward: $1600
  Arcanine Lv.50
No item
Scientist Daniel
Scientist Daniel
ユウゴ Yūgo
Reward: $1600
  Ninetales Lv.50
No item
Super Nerd Cary
Super Nerd Cary
タカジ Takaji
Reward: $2544
  Torkoal Lv.53
No item
Scientist Linden
Scientist Linden
タケアキ Takeaki
Reward: $1600
  Magmar Lv.50
No item
Super Nerd Waldo
Super Nerd Waldo
ユウビ Yūbi
Reward: $2544
  Numel Lv.53
No item
Super Nerd Merle
Super Nerd Merle
ナガフミ Nagafumi
Reward: $2544
  Magcargo Lv.53
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.




Items

Item Location Games

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In the anime

 
The abandoned Cinnabar Gym

The Cinnabar Gym has two sections in the anime; one is inside of the volcano, and has an arena suspended over the lava inside one of the chambers. The other arena is in the top crater of the volcano itself.

In Riddle Me This, Ash was trying to locate the gym so he could challenge Blaine. He was told 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 Blaine built another gym inside of a volcano. When Ash and the others went in, they learned that the riddler was actually Blaine in disguise.

Ash and Blaine battled, but Ash had a series of misfortunes. The first was his Squirtle being defeated by Blaine's Ninetales. Then, his Charizard refused to listen to him. Finally, Pikachu received severe burns caused by Blaine's Magmar and its powerful Fire Blast. Ash called off the battle, not wanting Pikachu to get injured.

In Volcanic Panic, after Team Rocket had almost destroyed Blaine's gym (and Cinnabar Island as a result), he agreed to a rematch on his alternate battlefield on top of the volcano. This time, Ash was able to defeat Blaine with the help of his Charizard and its Seismic Toss.

In the TCG

The Cinnabar 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 Cinnabar City Gym.

Name Type Rarity Set Set no.
Cinnabar City Gym T   Gym Challenge 113/132

Trivia

  • This is the only gym that is located outside a building: in Generations II and IV it is in a cave.
  • In the Generation I and III games, it is possible to defeat Blaine before defeating Sabrina, Lt. Surge, and/or Erika.


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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