Pastoria Gym

Pastoria Gym ノモセジム Nomose Gym
Location	Pastoria City
Gym Leader	Crasher Wake
Badge	Fen Badge
Dominant Type	Water
Region	Sinnoh
Battlefield

The Pastoria Gym (Japanese: ノモセジム Nomose Gym) is the official Gym of Pastoria City. It is based on Water-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Crasher Wake. Trainers who defeat him receive the Fen Badge.

The Pastoria Gym is the fourth Gym challenged in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and their remakes; while in Pokémon Platinum, it is the fifth Gym.

In the games

The Pastoria Gym is a large indoor swimming pool with numerous floating platforms. Switches on the floor of the pool raise and lower the water between three levels. To get to the Gym Leader, the switches must be hit in a certain order so that a path will be formed with the floating platforms.

In Pokémon Platinum, Barry blocks the entrance until the player defeats him in a battle. He will not challenge the player until the player receives the Cobble Badge and defeats the two Galactic Grunts at Veilstone City.

Appearance

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl

Trainers

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Tuber Jacky クウタ Kūta Reward: $104	Buizel♂ Lv.26 No item
Fisherman Walter コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $832	Barboach♂ Lv.26 No item
Sailor Damian ユウゾウ Yūzō Reward: $768	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
Tuber Caitlyn ウキエ Ukie Reward: $96	Azurill♀ Lv.24 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.24 No item
Fisherman Erick ヒサオ Hisao Reward: $768	Goldeen♂ Lv.22 No item
	Barboach♂ Lv.23 No item
	Gyarados♂ Lv.24 No item
Sailor Samson ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $768	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.24 No item
	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.24 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $3600

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.27 Brine Water Special   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Damp Held item: None Quagsire♂ Lv.27 Slam Normal Physical   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Mud Sport Ground Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Floatzel♂ Lv.30 Brine Water Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Swift Normal Special   --

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Tuber Jacky クウタ Kūta Reward: $128	Bibarel♂ Lv.32 No item
Fisherman Walter コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $1056	Whiscash♂ Lv.33 No item
Sailor Damian ユウゾウ Yūzō Reward: $992	Wingull♂ Lv.31 No item
	Pelipper♂ Lv.31 No item
Tuber Caitlyn ウキエ Ukie Reward: $124	Azurill♀ Lv.27 No item
	Azumarill♀ Lv.31 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.29 No item
Fisherman Erick ヒサオ Hisao Reward: $992	Goldeen♂ Lv.28 No item
	Gyarados♂ Lv.31 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.31 No item
Sailor Samson ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $992	Wingull♂ Lv.29 No item
	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.30 No item
	Golduck♂ Lv.31 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Platinum Reward: $4440

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.33 Brine Water Special   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Damp Held item: None Quagsire♂ Lv.34 Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Floatzel♂ Lv.37 Brine Water Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Tuber Jacky クウタ Kūta Reward: $312	Buizel♂ Lv.26 No item
Fisher Walter コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $1,040	Barboach♂ Lv.26 No item
Sailor Damian ユウゾウ Yūzō Reward: $1,056	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
Tuber Caitlyn ウキエ Ukie Reward: $384	Azurill♀ Lv.24 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.24 No item
Fisher Erick ヒサオ Hisao Reward: $1,056	Goldeen♂ Lv.22 No item
	Barboach♂ Lv.23 No item
	Gyarados♂ Lv.24 No item
Sailor Samson ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $1,056	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.24 No item
	Shellos♂ East Sea Lv.24 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Gym Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $3,840

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Wide Lens Gyarados♂ Lv.27 Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Brine Water Special   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Damp Held item: Damp Rock Quagsire♂ Lv.27 Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Rain Dance Water Status   --       Scald Water Special   --       Haze Ice Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Floatzel♂ Lv.30 Bite Dark Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Brine Water Special   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $8,928

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Drizzle Held item: Damp Rock Politoed♂ Lv.68 Surf Water Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Perish Song Normal Status   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Chesto Berry Kingdra♂ Lv.68 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Types: Water Grass Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Ludicolo♂ Lv.68 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Substitute Normal Status   --       Teeter Dance Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Focus Sash Huntail♂ Lv.70 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Shell Smash Normal Status   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Wacan Berry Gyarados♂ Lv.70 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Life Orb Floatzel♂ Lv.72 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM55 (Brine)	Reward for defeating Crasher Wake	D  P  Pt
	TM55 (Brine) ×5	Reward for defeating Crasher Wake	BD  SP

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Pastoria Gym is seen in Crasher Wake's mindscape.

Crasher Wake & Floatzel

In the anime

The Pastoria Gym debuted in Cream of the Croagunk Crop!, where Ash tried to challenge the Gym, but Crasher Wake told him that he was going to be one of the judges at the Pastoria Croagunk Festival, and thus couldn't accept Ash's challenge at the moment.

The Gym reappeared in A Crasher Course in Power!, where Ash faced Crasher Wake in a 3-on-3 battle, which culminated in Ash's Buizel facing off against Wake's powerhouse, Floatzel. Buizel was eventually able to defeat its evolved form, earning Ash the Fen Badge.

Like most Water-type Gyms in the anime, the Gym's battlefield is featured as a pool with several floating platforms on it for non-swimming Pokémon.

Pokémon used in the Gym

		Gyarados
		The first Pokémon used by Crasher Wake during the Gym battle against Ash was his Gyarados which went up against Pikachu. Gyarados showed its strength by standing up to Pikachu's Thunderbolt, but was defeated when Pikachu combined the speed it picked up by falling alongside a Volt Tackle. Gyarados's known moves are Dragon Rage and Bite.
Debut	A Crasher Course in Power!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

		Quagsire
		Crasher Wake used Quagsire as his second Pokémon during his Gym battle against Ash, and it proved itself to be very tricky, able to counteract Turtwig's high speed with its excellent hearing and as Quagsire had attacks perfectly suited to battle Grass-types, Ash was forced to recall it. Quagsire next went up against Buizel and although Quagsire was able to absorb Buizel's Sonic Booms with its bulky body, it was knocked out by the sheer force of Ice Aqua Jet. Quagsire's known moves are Mud Bomb* and Ice Beam.
Debut	A Crasher Course in Power!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Billy Beach

		Floatzel ♂
		Floatzel is Crasher Wake's main Pokémon. He was introduced right after Ash's Buizel got into a fight with Pikachu. Upon seeing his evolved form, Buizel became hyped up for battle and a chance to prove himself to Ash. Floatzel seems to know many different defensive techniques to guard himself from attacks such as inflating the flotation sac around his body and blocking with his fin. He also knows a variety of different and powerful moves. Crasher Wake claimed that Floatzel is powerful enough to endure even a Giga Impact by using his flotation sac. At one point he used his flotation sac to reflect Buizel's Water Pulse back at him, confusing him. Later in the battle he used Ice Fang to freeze part of Pikachu's back. Despite all this, he lost to Buizel after Buizel fired a Water Pulse attack at him which sent him crashing into the ceiling and getting knocked out. Floatzel's known moves are Razor Wind, Bulk Up, Whirlpool, and Ice Fang.
Debut	A Crasher Course in Power!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

In the manga

The Pastoria Gym in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

The Pastoria Gym first appeared in A Skuffle with Skorupi, where Platinum entered the Gym in order to challenge it. However, since her only Pokémon were Empoleon and Ponyta, a Sailor working as a Gym Trainer suggested she'd try to catch some new Pokémon at the Great Marsh before challenging the Gym.

Although she failed to catch a single new Pokémon at the Great Marsh, Platinum nevertheless challenged the Gym in Crafty Carnivine and Floatzel and Jetsam, using her Empoleon and Diamond's borrowed Torterra, Tru, against Crasher Wake's Floatzel and Quagsire. With some clever thinking and good timing, Platinum was able to defeat the Gym Leader and earn herself a Fen Badge.

The Gym reappeared in Besting Buizel I, where Crasher Wake had brought Pearl and his Pokémon there to recover after the Pokédex holder had failed to stop Saturn from capturing Azelf at Lake Valor.

Pokémon used in the Gym

		Floatzel ♂
		Floatzel was the first Pokémon sent against Platinum, going up against her Empoleon in the Gym's pool. Both Pokémon demonstrated great speed, but Floatzel was eventually hit by a Vacuum Wave, sending him flying and defeating him. Floatzel's known moves are Aqua Jet and Rain Dance, and his Ability is Swift Swim.
Debut	A Skuffle with Skorupi

		Quagsire ♂
		Quagsire was the second and last Pokémon chosen by Wake to go against Platinum and her Empoleon. Both Pokémon started by using Blizzard, and kept using it until Empoleon collapsed from exhaustion. Quagsire next faced Diamond's Torterra, Tru. After tossing it into the pool, Quagsire prepared to attack Tru as soon as he surfaced. However, Platinum surprised Wake by swimming behind him before surfacing, allowing Tru to defeat Quagsire with Giga Drain, thus making Platinum the winner. Quagsire's known moves are Blizzard and Rain Dance, and his Ability is Damp.
Debut	A Skuffle with Skorupi

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

The Pastoria Gym made a brief appearance in Dialga's Secret Keys, showing Hareta defeating Crasher Wake and earning the Fen Badge.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Pastoria City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon in Pastoria Gym 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	#
Floatzel		Rising Rivals		4/111	Bonds to the End of Time		019/090
Quagsire		Rising Rivals		76/111	Bonds to the End of Time		015/090
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Crasher Wake	Su	Forbidden Light		104/131	Ultra Force		046/050

Trivia

• In Pokémon Platinum, Tuber Caitlyn's Azurill is the only Pokémon used by a Gym Trainer that is not of the Gym's specialty type.
• In the anime, Ash's Pastoria Gym battle was his only Sinnoh Gym battle where he didn't lose a single Pokémon.

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner

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