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The '''Pewter Gym''' (Japanese: '''ニビジム''' ''Nibi Gym'') is the official [[gym]] of [[Pewter City]]. It is based on {{type2|Rock}} [[Pokémon]]. The [[Gym Leader]] is [[Brock]]. [[Pokémon trainer|Trainers]] who defeat him receive the [[Badge#Boulderbadge|Boulderbadge]].

Other known members include [[Camper]] Jerry, Camper Liam, Brock's father, [[Flint (anime)|Flint]], and Brock's mother, [[Lola]]. 

The Pewter Gym was first seen in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'' in the [[Pokémon anime|anime]]. It is a stone building apparently set apart from the rest of the city.  [[Brock]] waits inside in the dark for challengers, sitting on a stone pedestal as he does in the games; however, unlike in the games, no other trainers have been seen as part of the gym besides Brock's family. The battlefield is littered with jagged rocks and boulders, and a balcony along the edge above provides spectators a spot to watch gym battles. Despite being a Rock-type gym, the building has sprinklers for fire safety, which [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] uses to gain an unfair advantage against [[Brock's Steelix|Brock's Onix]].

The gym is an important part of Brock's family, and Brock, his [[Brock's siblings|brothers and sisters]], and his parents live in a large house nearby. Brock's father, [[Flint (anime)|Flint]], was the Gym Leader before Brock, and when his parents left Brock inherited the gym as part of his family responsibilities. While Brock is a strong, respected Gym Leader, he does not like being a Gym Leader, and only does such for family obligation. When Flint returns, Brock returns the title of Gym Leader to him, and leaves to travel with Ash and pursue his own dream of becoming a [[Pokémon Breeder]].

When Brock's mother [[Lola]] returns, the gym is turned into a combination {{t|Water}}-type and Rock-type gym, and the battlefield is redecorated, including the addition of a pool in the middle.  However, Brock returns in ''[[H001|A Family That Battles Together Stays Together]]'' and is shocked to see how his mother has changed.  Both he and his younger brother [[Forrest]] take pride in the gym's strong reputation as a Rock-type gym.  He battles his mother to restore the gym to a Rock-type gym.

It is victim to a second remodeling attempt in ''[[AG176|Grating Spaces]]''. In this episode, a storage room is seen where the gym keeps many [[Poké Ball]]s, assumingly containing different Rock-type Pokémon.

These are the Pokémon used by Brock in the official [[Pokémon battle|battle]] against Ash Ketchum. Geodude didn't use any move, it just used its arms to defeat [[Ash's Pidgeotto]].

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While traveling with Ash, Brock keeps Pokémon he owns but does not currently have on his [[party]] at the gym. Currently, he has his [[Brock's Steelix|Steelix]], [[Brock's Geodude|Geodude]], [[Brock's Crobat|Crobat]], [[Brock's Forretress|Forretress]], [[Brock's Ludicolo|Ludicolo]] and [[Brock's Marshtomp|Marshtomp]] at the gym. Flint's {{p|Golem}} is also kept at the gym, and Lola keeps her many {{t|Water}}-type Pokémon there.

==In the games==

[[Image:Pewter Gym FRLG.png|thumb|Pewter Gym in {{pkmn|FireRed and LeafGreen}}]]

Pewter Gym appears in all [[Pokémon games|games]] set in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], appearing much the same in each: a small building with a {{wp|Japanese rock garden}} inside, one trainer, and the Gym Leader Brock waiting on a large stone pedestal. In the [[Generation I]] games and their [[Generation III]] remakes, whenever the [[player character|player]] tries to leave Pewter City, a boy will lead him or her to the front of the gym if the player has not earned their Boulderbadge yet.

A field based on the gym also appears in [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Pokémon Stadium]]'s [[Gym Leader Castle]].

===Trainers===

====[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]====

*[[Camper|Jr. Trainer]]: {{p|Diglett}} (9), {{p|Sandshrew}} (9)

*[[Leader]] [[Brock]]: {{p|Geodude}} (Level 10 in Yellow; Level 12 in Red/Blue), {{p|Onix}} (12 in Yellow; Level 14 in Red/Blue)

====[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]====

*[[Camper]] Jerry: {{p|Sandslash}} (37)

*[[Leader]] [[Brock]]: {{p|Graveler}} (41), {{p|Omastar}} (42), {{p|Rhyhorn}} (41), {{p|Onix}} (44), {{p|Kabutops}} (42)

:*''Italian'': Campegg. Aldo, Capopalestra Brock.

*[[Camper]] Liam: {{p|Geodude}} (10), {{p|Sandshrew}} (11)

*[[Leader]] [[Brock]]: {{p|Geodude}} (12), {{p|Onix}} (14)

==In the Pokémon Special manga==

[[Image:Pewter Gym Special Manga.png|thumb|200px|The main arena.]]

Pewter Gym debuted in ''[[PS005|Onix is On!]]'' of the [[Red, Green & Blue chapter (Special)|Red, Green & Blue]] chapter. Here, {{Special|Red}} and {{Special|Green}} win the Boulderbadge after defeat several rounds of trainers and finally Brock. The outside of the Gym has the regular form but the inside consist in a boxing ring that is where the trainers battle, a space for the crowd around it and a room with windows where Brock can see the battles.

===Pokémon===

These are the Pokémon showed in the Gym, from Brock and the Gym battlers.

* {{p|Onix}}

* {{p|Graveler}}

* {{p|Geodude}}

* {{p|Cubone}}

* {{p|Sandshrew}}

In the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]], the Pewter City Gym is a large, stone battlefield surrounded by rock formations that encircle it.

[[Category:Kanto gyms]]