Cinnabar Gym

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

The Cinnabar Gym (Japanese: グレンジム Guren Gym) is the official Gym of Cinnabar Island. It specializes on Fire-type 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"

Seafoams Islands
...Somebody put a notice
under the sign!
The Cinnabar Gym has moved here.
Leader: Blaine

The Cinnabar Gym is a high-tech affair featuring a series of sealed doors. Trivia questions about various Pokémon must be answered to unlock the doors. However, when the player fails to answer a trivia question correctly, a battle with either a Burglar or Super Nerd starts, which serves as an alternative to answering the questions. 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 Butterfree?"
• "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 Tombstoner?"

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

In Generations 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 now 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.

In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, the notice about the Gym being relocated to the Seafoam Islands reads:

Generation II

There's a notice
here...
CINNABAR GYM has
relocated to SEA-
FOAM ISLANDS.
BLAINE

Generation IV

There's a notice here...
The Cinnabar Gym has relocated
to Seafoam Islands.
Blaine

Appearance

Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Trainers

Main series

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

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

Pokémon Red and Blue

Blaine Cinnabar Gym Red, Green, and Blue Professor and Professor Blaine Oak Cinnabar Gym Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $4653

Type: Fire Unknown Growlithe Lv.42 Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Agility Psychic   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ponyta Lv.40 Tail Whip Normal   --       Stomp Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.42 Tail Whip Normal   --       Stomp Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.47 Roar Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Take Down Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --

Pokémon Yellow

Blaine Cinnabar Gym Yellow Professor and Professor Blaine Oak Cinnabar Gym Yellow Reward: $5346

Type: Fire Unknown Ninetales Lv.48 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.50 Tail Whip Normal   --       Stomp Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.54 Reflect Psychic   --       Take Down Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Flamethrower Fire   --

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Blaine Oak Cinnabar Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $5000

Types: Fire Rock Held item: None Magcargo♂ Lv.45 Curse ???   --       Smog Poison   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Magmar♂ Lv.45 ThunderPunch Electric   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Sunny Day Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.50 Quick Attack Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer	Pokémon
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 ハジメ Hajime Reward: $864	Vulpix♀ Lv.36 No item
	Vulpix♀ Lv.36 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.36 No item
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 ジンパチ Jinpachi Reward: $3608	Ponyta♂ Lv.41 No item
Super Nerd Derek ヨシアキ Yoshiaki Reward: $984	Rapidash♂ Lv.41 No item
Burglar Dusty ノブオ Nobuo Reward: $3256	Vulpix♀ Lv.37 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.37 No item
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.

Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym FireRed and LeafGreen Leader and Professor Blaine Oak Cinnabar Gym FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $4700

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Growlithe♂ Lv.42 Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: No ability Held item: None Ponyta♂ Lv.40 Stomp Normal   --       Bounce Flying   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: No ability Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.42 Stomp Normal   --       Bounce Flying   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.47 Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

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

Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Blaine Oak Cinnabar Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $7080

Types: Fire Rock Ability: Flame Body Held item: White Herb Magcargo♂ Lv.54 Overheat Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flame Body Held item: White Herb Magmar♂ Lv.54 ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Overheat Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: White Herb Rapidash♂ Lv.59 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Overheat Fire Special   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --

Side series

Pokémon Stadium

Round 1

Trainer	Pokémon
Judoboy Reward: $N/A	Raticate Lv.50-100 No item
	Primeape Lv.50-100 No item
	Machoke Lv.50-100 No item
	Nidoking Lv.50-100 No item
	Hitmonlee Lv.50-100 No item
	Machamp Lv.50-100 No item
Psychic Reward: $N/A	Slowbro Lv.50-100 No item
	Alakazam Lv.50-100 No item
	Poliwrath Lv.50-100 No item
	Starmie Lv.50-100 No item
	Jynx Lv.50-100 No item
	Hypno Lv.50-100 No item
Nerd Reward: $N/A	Electrode Lv.50-100 No item
	Snorlax Lv.50-100 No item
	Golem Lv.50-100 No item
	Exeggutor Lv.50-100 No item
	Muk Lv.50-100 No item
	Cloyster Lv.50-100 No item

Blaine Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium Professor and Professor Blaine Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium Reward: N/A

Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.50-100 Agility Psychic   --       Stomp Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Horn Drill Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.50-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Dig Ground   --       Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50-100 Slash Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Fire Unknown Magmar Lv.50-100 Body Slam Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Normal Unknown Clefable Lv.50-100 Flamethrower Fire   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Type: Normal Unknown Kangaskhan Lv.50-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Surf Water   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Round 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Judoboy Reward: $N/A	Marowak Lv.50-100 No item
	Primeape Lv.50-100 No item
	Raticate Lv.50-100 No item
	Nidoking Lv.50-100 No item
	Scyther Lv.50-100 No item
	Machamp Lv.50-100 No item
Nerd Reward: $N/A	Electrode Lv.50-100 No item
	Gengar Lv.50-100 No item
	Golem Lv.50-100 No item
	Exeggutor Lv.50-100 No item
	Muk Lv.50-100 No item
	Cloyster Lv.50-100 No item
Psychic Reward: $N/A	Slowbro Lv.50-100 No item
	Alakazam Lv.50-100 No item
	Poliwrath Lv.50-100 No item
	Starmie Lv.50-100 No item
	Jynx Lv.50-100 No item
	Magneton Lv.50-100 No item

Blaine Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium Professor and Professor Blaine Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium Reward: N/A

Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.50-100 Stomp Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Toxic Poison   --       Horn Drill Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Magmar Lv.50-100 Body Slam Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50-100 Slash Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Normal Unknown Chansey Lv.50-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Softboiled Normal   --       Minimize Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Type: Grass Unknown Tangela Lv.50-100 Double Team Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Bug Grass Parasect Lv.50-100 Double Team Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Gym Leader Blaine Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader and Professor Blaine Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Type: Fire Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Ninetales♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Dig Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Types: Bug Grass Held item: Quick Claw Parasect♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Slash Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: King's Rock Rapidash♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Agility Psychic   --       Stomp Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: MiracleBerry Flareon♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Take Down Normal   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Types: Fire Rock Held item: PRZCureBerry Magcargo♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: Focus Band Octillery♀ Lv.50-100 Octazooka Water   --       BubbleBeam Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Psybeam Psychic   --

Round 2

Gym Leader Blaine Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader and Professor Blaine Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Type: Fire Unknown Held item: King's Rock Arcanine♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: Quick Claw Vileplume♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Focus Band Clefable♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Moonlight Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: MiracleBerry Chansey♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Counter Fighting   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Mr. Mime♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: Focus Band Moltres Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Steel Wing Steel   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM38 (Fire Blast)	Reward for defeating Blaine	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	TM50 (Overheat)	Reward for defeating Blaine	HG  SS

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 his friends 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.

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	#
Cinnabar City Gym	T [St]	Gym Challenge		113/132	Challenge from the Darkness

Trivia

• The Cinnabar Gym is the first Gym to be located outside a building since it is in a cave in Generations II and IV. The second is the Aspertia Gym.
• In Generations I and III, 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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