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==In the anime==
==In the anime==
[[File:Kalos Gym Leaders anime.png|thumb|400px|The Gym Leaders of Kalos in the anime]]
[[File:Kalos Gym Leaders anime.png|thumb|400px|The Gym Leaders of Kalos in the anime]]
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In the anime, Trainers challenge Gym Leaders at their respective [[Gym]]s in order to earn [[Badge]]s. If a Trainer earns eight Badges from one region, they become eligible to enter that region's [[Pokémon League Conference]].
In the anime, there are many Badges that do not belong to [[Gym]]s shown in other media, suggesting that there are many more Gym Leaders in the anime than in other media. This is also suggested by the existence of 11 Gyms in Unova. Although all 11 were the same as those in the games, this is more than the conventional 8 Gyms for one region.


In the anime, rules are different for each Gym. Generally, Gym Leaders are forbidden from [[Recall|switching]] their Pokémon and only challengers may make substitutions during Gym matches. Although those that Ash encountered before [[Blaine]] did switch, since {{Ash}}'s match against Blaine in ''[[EP058|Riddle Me This]]'', only [[Lenora]] has switched out a Pokémon. Also, unlike the games, Trainers are only allowed to use the same number of Pokémon as the Gym Leader. There are, however, exceptions to this rule such as in the case of [[Roxie]] and [[Grant]].
There are more than eight Gyms (and thus Gym Leaders) in each region. Many Trainers in the anime been shown to have Badges that do not exist in the games, such as [[Gary Oak]] earning ten Badges in Kanto. Other Badges observed in the anime which do not correspond to known Badges suggest that there are at least nine Gyms in [[Hoenn]], 11 in [[Sinnoh]], 14 in [[Unova]], and 11 in [[Kalos]]. 11 Gyms have been shown on-screen in Unova.


A notable occurrence in the anime is that one does not necessarily have to defeat the Gym Leader to obtain a Badge. Badges are given out on a case-by-case basis based on whether or not the Gym Leader feels as though the Trainer has earned it. {{an|Misty}} has often berated Ash on several occasions noting that he didn't properly earn all of his Gym Badges.
All Gym Leaders since [[Flannery]] have appeared in at least one episode before Ash earned a Badge from them.
 
According to Misty, Ash really only ''earned'' 3 Badges and the other 5 Badges were ''given'' to him on a technicality:
 
*Given: In ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'', Brock gives Ash the {{badge|Boulder}} after Pikachu's Electric attack caused a fire, ultimately setting off the Gym's sprinklers and weakening {{TP|Brock|Onix}} enough to allow Pikachu to fight back with another Electric attack.
 
*Given: Misty's sisters gave the {{badge|Cascade}} to Ash in ''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]'' after Pikachu's Thunderbolt saved the Gym and its Water Pokémon from Team Rocket's giant vacuum machine.
 
*Earned: In ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'', Ash's Pikachu struck [[Lt. Surge's Raichu]] in the stomach, hammering it with what can be described as an electric Slam attack, thus earning Ash the {{badge|Thunder}}.
 
*Given: [[Sabrina's Kadabra]] was defeated in ''[[EP024|Haunter versus Kadabra]]'' only as a result of Haunter making Sabrina and Kadabra laugh so much as to render the latter unable to battle. Thanks to the Haunter Ash met in the [[Pokémon Tower]], the {{badge|Marsh}} was given to him by Sabrina's father.
 
*Given: The {{badge|Rainbow}} was given to Ash after he saved Erika's {{p|Gloom}} from her burning Gym caused by Team Rocket's blaster bomb in ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]''.
 
*Earned: Ash earned the {{badge|Soul}} in ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'' after his Charmander defeated [[Koga's Golbat]] with Ember and Fire Spin.
 
*Earned: In ''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]'' Ash's Charizard delivered a devastating defeat to [[Blaine's Magmar]] by using an aerial Submission followed by a Seismic Toss. Thus Ash leaves Cinnabar Island having earned the {{badge|Volcano}}.
 
*Given: Ash received his eighth and final Gym Badge in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'' after defeating Jessie, James, and Meowth instead of the proper Gym Leader, Giovanni, who had temporarily left the trio in charge in his absence.
 
There is also an entire league exclusive to the anime where the four Gym Leaders all have special requirements in order to gain their Gym Badges, the [[Orange League]], located on the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]].
 
*Ash finds the first Orange Islands Gym in ''[[EP085|Fit to be Tide]]''. There he challenges Cissy for the {{badge|Coral Eye}}. However, they do not participate in a typical Pokémon Battle; instead he and Cissy go head to head in three water-based physical challenges using their Water Pokémon.
 
*In ''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]'' Ash travels to Navel Island where he runs into Danny, a man who he presumes to be another challenger against the Navel Gym. Danny turns out to be the Gym Leader and offers Ash three challenges, winning a {{badge|Sea Ruby}} only if he won two out of three. Ash loses the first one, but manages to accidentally win the second with some help from Charizard, and win the third.
 
*Ash challenges pompous Rudy in ''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]''. Rudy first assigns him an attack challenge in which Ash has to use his Pokémon to knock down all the targets on a tricky water course. Ash technically misses one, but it's not acknowledged in the show and Ash passes this pre-test. Secondly, Ash faces an three-on-three battle with Rudy with Pokémon of the same type battling each other. Ash wins and earns the {{badge|Spike Shell}}.
 
*[[Double Battle]]s were introduced officially for the first time in ''[[EP108|Pokémon Double Trouble]]'' in Ash's fourth and final Orange Crew Gym battle against Luana, who specializes in them. Here Ash used Pikachu and a newly-obedient Charizard to defeat Luana and earn the {{badge|Jade Star}}.
 
In the [[Johto]] region, one needs to earn eight badges in order to participate in the [[Silver Conference]], with the same condition applying for [[Hoenn]]'s [[Ever Grande Conference]], [[Sinnoh]]'s [[Lily of the Valley Conference]], [[Unova]]'s [[Vertress Conference]] and [[Kalos]]'s respective [[Kalos League|League]].
 
The general rule for the majority of Gym matches in the anime is that the challenger and the Gym Leader use an equal number of Pokémon which engage in one-on-one battles, with only the challenger being allowed to make substitutions. However, there were exceptions, with:
 
* Ash facing off in Double Battles against [[Tate and Liza]] for [[Mossdeep Gym]]'s {{badge|Mind}} in Hoenn, and [[Olympia]] for [[Anistar Gym]]'s {{badge|Psychic}} in Kalos.
 
* [[Juan]] of [[Sootopolis Gym]] also had a unique two round system, with the first round being a Double Battle. Once the challenger wins the first round, they enter the second round, being individual battles against three of his Pokémon. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute between their own five Pokémon. Once Ash cleared both rounds was he only given the {{badge|Rain}}.
 
* When Ash challenged [[Whitney]] of the [[Goldenrod Gym]] in Johto to a rematch, he fought three-on-one in his favour, with Whitney only utilising her {{p|Miltank}}.
 
There were also noticeable exceptions to the general rule during several of the the [[Unova League]] Gym battles:
 
* For the [[Striaton Gym]]'s {{badge|Tri}}, the challenger is initially given a choice between one of three gym leaders. However, Ash challenged all three triplets, making the battle a best-two-out-of-three tournament, with Ash only earning a badge after defeating at least two of the Gym Leaders.
 
* For the [[Nacrene Gym]]'s {{badge|Basic}}, both the challenger and the Gym Leader are using the same number of Pokémon, with both being allowed to make substitutions.
 
* For the [[Mistralton Gym]]'s {{badge|Jet}}, the challenger and the Gym Leader used to engage in "Air Battles". In these, the Gym Leader first displays her three chosen Pokémon, followed with the challenger revealing their own three, then the Gym Leader decides the outcome of the battle using her own experience without even physically battling.
 
* For the [[Virbank Gym]]'s {{badge|Toxic}}, the battle was teams were three-on-six in Ash's favour, with only him being allowed to make substitutions.
 
Some of the Gym's also required the challenger to undergo a trial or a test before they are able to battle:
 
* The [[Fuchsia Gym]] in Kanto was set up like a ninja house and riddled with traps, with the trainers had to make their way through before they were allowed to challenge the Gym Leader.
 
* The [[Cinnabar Gym]] (again in Kanto) was hidden, and required challengers to find it by solving the riddles given by the disguised Gym leader, [[Blaine]].
 
* The Nacrene Gym in Unova could only be accessed if the trainer picks the right book in an entire library.
 
* The [[Lumiose Gym]] in Kalos, when under the charge of the [[Clembot]], used to first require trainers to have four badges before they could challenge the Gym.
 
Incidentally, Ash has not won a badge in the same episode as his first encounter with its respective Gym Leader since earning the {{badge|Dynamo}} from [[Wattson]] in ''[[AG040|Watts with Wattson?]]''.


After Ash defeats the Gym Leader and wins a Badge, the Gym Leader rarely make an appearance afterwards, with the exception of [[Team Rocket]] boss {{an|Giovanni}}, and Gym Leaders who are {{ashfr|his traveling companions}} or their relatives.
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==In the manga==
==In the manga==
{{incomplete|section|Needs other manga, more info for Adventures after DP chapter}}
{{incomplete|section|Needs other manga, more info for Adventures after DP chapter}}
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* Every Gym Leader that specializes in {{t|Ghost}}- and {{type|Steel}} Pokémon uses {{p|Gengar}} and {{p|Steelix}} respectively in battle.
* Every Gym Leader that specializes in {{t|Ghost}}- and {{type|Steel}} Pokémon uses {{p|Gengar}} and {{p|Steelix}} respectively in battle.
* Even though there are 51 known Gyms in the games, with 58 Gym Leaders among them, there has not yet been a Gym specializing in {{type|Dark}} Pokémon, although there have been three [[Elite Four]] members; [[Karen]], [[Sidney]], and [[Grimsley]]. All the other seventeen types have at least one Gym associated with them. {{type|Electric}} specialist Gyms appear in five of the six regions.
* Even though there are 51 known Gyms in the games, with 58 Gym Leaders among them, there has not yet been a Gym specializing in {{type|Dark}} Pokémon, although there have been three [[Elite Four]] members; [[Karen]], [[Sidney]], and [[Grimsley]]. All the other seventeen types have at least one Gym associated with them. {{type|Electric}} specialist Gyms appear in five of the six regions.
* The only Gym Leaders so far whose parents have been seen in the anime are {{an|Brock}}, [[Sabrina]], [[Tate and Liza]], [[Roark]], and [[Clemont]].
** Janine, Roark, Maylene, Cheren and Roxie are the only ones who have a parent the {{player}} can encounter in the games. Koga, Giovanni, [[Norman]], and Byron are the only Gym Leaders whose children can be encountered, or in Norman's case, played as, in the games.
** Other in-game relatives of Gym Leaders include Clair's [[Lance|cousin]], Blue's [[Professor Oak|grandfather]] and [[Daisy Oak|sister]], [[Viola]]'s [[Alexa|sister]], [[Korrina]]'s [[Gurkinn|grandfather]] and [[Clemont]]'s [[Bonnie|sister]]. Additionally, Tate and Liza are brother and sister, while Cilan, Chili, and Cress are brothers.
* For ''[[DP009|Setting the World on Its Buneary]]'', [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia]] is about Gym Leaders. He writes this {{wp|senryū}} about them: 「ジムリーダー　いのちをかけて　かかってこい」 ''"Gym Leader, put your life on the line and challenge me."''
* For ''[[DP009|Setting the World on Its Buneary]]'', [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia]] is about Gym Leaders. He writes this {{wp|senryū}} about them: 「ジムリーダー　いのちをかけて　かかってこい」 ''"Gym Leader, put your life on the line and challenge me."''
* In the Johto saga of the anime, none of the Gym Leaders had exactly the same lineups as they do in the games.
* In the Johto saga of the anime, none of the Gym Leaders had exactly the same lineups as they do in the games.
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|zh_yue=道館掌門人 ''Dougún Jéungmùhnyàhn''
|zh_yue=道館掌門人 ''Dougún Jéungmùhnyàhn''
|zh_cmn=道館訓練家 / 道馆训练家 ''Dàoguǎn Xùnliànjiā'' (anime, {{tt|Adventures|Mainland China (DP Chapter)}})<br>練功場首領 ''Liàngōngcháng Shǒulǐng'' ({{tt|Adventures|Taiwan}})<br>訓練館首領 / 训练馆首领 ''Xùn​liàn​guǎn​ Shǒu​lǐng​'' ({{tt|Adventures|Mainland China (pre-DP Chapters)}}, {{pkmn|Zensho}})<br>道馆首领 ''Dàoguǎn​ Shǒu​lǐng​'' ({{tt|Adventures|Mainland China (Early DP Chapter)}})
|zh_cmn=道館訓練家 / 道馆训练家 ''Dàoguǎn Xùnliànjiā'' (anime, {{tt|Adventures|Mainland China (DP Chapter)}})<br>練功場首領 ''Liàngōngcháng Shǒulǐng'' ({{tt|Adventures|Taiwan}})<br>訓練館首領 / 训练馆首领 ''Xùn​liàn​guǎn​ Shǒu​lǐng​'' ({{tt|Adventures|Mainland China (pre-DP Chapters)}}, {{pkmn|Zensho}})<br>道馆首领 ''Dàoguǎn​ Shǒu​lǐng​'' ({{tt|Adventures|Mainland China (Early DP Chapter)}})
|da=Styrkecenterleder / Salleder
|da=Styrkecenterleder<br>Salleder
|nl=Gym Leider
|fi=Salipäällikkö<br>Salijohtaja<br>Salivalmentaja (anime)<br>Salinjohtaja (Pokémon Adventures)
|fr=Champion
|de=Arenaleiter ({{male}})<br>Arenaleiterin ({{female}})
|de=Arenaleiter ({{male}})<br>Arenaleiterin ({{female}})
|el=Αρχηγός Σταδίου
|el=Αρχηγός Σταδίου ''Archegós Stadiou''
|es=Líder de gimnasio
|fi=Salipäällikkö / Salijohtaja / Salivalmentaja (anime)<br>Salinjohtaja (Pokémon Adventures)
|fr=Champion
|it=Capopalestra
|it=Capopalestra
|he=מנהיג מכון ''Manhig MaHon''
|he=מנהיג מכון ''Manhig MaHon''
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|hu=Teremvezető
|hu=Teremvezető
|ko=체육관 관장 ''Cheyukgwan Gwanjang''
|ko=체육관 관장 ''Cheyukgwan Gwanjang''
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|pl=Lider Sal
|pl=Lider Sali
|sv=Gymledare
|pt=Líder de Ginásio
|pt=Líder de Ginásio
|ro=Șef de Arenă
|ro=Șef de Arenă
|ru=Гим-лидер ''Gim-lider''<br>Лидер Спортзала ''Lider Sportzala''
|ru=Гим-лидер ''Gim-lider''<br>Лидер Спортзала ''Lider Sportzala''
|th=ยิมลีดเดอร์
|es=Líder de gimnasio
|sv=Gymledare
|th=ยิมลีดเดอร์ ''Yim Leader''
|tr=Salon Lideri
|tr=Salon Lideri
|vi=Thủ lĩnh nhà thi đấu
}}
}}
==See also==
* [[Frontier Brain]]
* [[Trial Captain]]


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[[Category:Trainer classes]]
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