Saffron Gym: Difference between revisions

In Generations {{gen|I}} and {{gen|III}}, a {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} is initially blocking the Saffron Gym door. He will only leave once the player has driven [[Team Rocket]] out of the [[Silph Co.]] office building.

The Saffron Gym is a maze of [[warp tile]]s and nine rooms. Seven of these rooms contain Trainers (only four in Generations {{gen|II}} and {{gen|IV}}), while the other two hold Sabrina and the entrance.  In Generations II and IV only, the remaining three rooms are empty.

 

At some point prior to the Generation I games, both Sabrina's Gym and the [[Kiyo|Karate Master]]'s [[Fighting Dojo]] laid claim to the status of being an official Indigo League Pokémon Gym. Due to the type advantage that the Gym's {{t|Psychic}} types had over the Dojo's {{t|Fighting}} types, Sabrina easily won the challenge and became the official Gym Leader of Saffron City.

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Saffron Gym appeared in two episodes of the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is depicted as an unusual dome-shaped building that also houses an institute for the study of {{wp|PSI}} phenomenon.

The Gym first appeared in ''[[EP022|Abra and the Psychic Showdown]]'', where {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} found their way there after temporarily getting trapped by {{TRT}}. Ash challenged Sabrina to a battle, to which she offered an unusual request: if he lost, he and his friends would have to play with her.

Ash was quickly overwhelmed by [[Sabrina's Kadabra]], resulting in him forfeiting the match. He and his friends were  then shrunken down to the size of dolls by Sabrina, trapping them in her toy town and nearly getting them squashed by her toy ball. However, they were narrowly saved by [[Sabrina's father]], who told Ash that if he really wanted to defeat Sabrina, he would have to get a {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon from [[Lavender Town]].

Ash took his advice, and returned two episodes later in ''[[EP024|Haunter versus Kadabra]]'' with a {{TP|Sabrina|Haunter}} he had befriended at [[Pokémon Tower]]. However, when he went to challenge Sabrina again, Haunter suddenly disappeared. Ash forfeited the match, causing Sabrina to turn {{an|Brock}} and {{an|Misty}} into literal dolls. Before Ash could meet the same fate, Sabrina's father appeared once again to save him. He told Ash to go find Haunter if he hoped to ever beat Sabrina. After a while of searching, Ash managed to find Haunter and convinced it to help him in the Gym battle.

 

Once more, Ash returned to the Gym to challenge Sabrina with Haunter. However, it once again disappeared before the battle. Before Ash could be turned into a doll, {{AP|Pikachu}} stepped in to battle Kadabra and protect Ash. Halfway through the battle, Haunter suddenly reappeared, making funny faces and performing different sorts of other comedy to Sabrina, eventually causing her to start laughing for the first time in years. Due to the Psychic link between Sabrina and Kadabra, the Psi Pokémon also started laughing, allowing Sabrina's father to declare Ash the winner and turning Brock and Misty back to normal. Ash subsequently received his fourth Badge and left Haunter to stay with Sabrina, before heading to [[Celadon City]].

 

|desc=Kadabra first appeared as an Abra in ''[[EP022|Abra and the Psychic Showdown]]''. Sabrina used it in a one-on-one Gym battle against {{Ash}}. During the battle with [[Ash's Pikachu]], Abra evolved into a Kadabra and with its {{type|Psychic}} attacks, it eventually caused Ash to forfeit the match to save Pikachu from being further injured. It was shown that Sabrina and Kadabra share a strong psychic bond.

 

Ash later returned for a rematch in ''[[EP024|Haunter Versus Kadabra]]''. During the battle, [[Sabrina's Haunter|Ash's Haunter]] appeared during the battle and made Sabrina laugh for the first time in years, which caused Kadabra to laugh as well due to the psychic bond it has with Sabrina. Due to this, Sabrina decided to give the {{Badge|Marsh}} to Ash.}}

 

{{OBP|Red|Origins}} was seen visiting the Saffron Gym after the [[Silph Co.]] incident in the [[Pokémon Origins]] episode ''[[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]]''. Countering Sabrina's Psychic-types with a Ghost-type Pokémon, {{p|Haunter}}, Red was able to win his match against her and earn himself the {{badge|Marsh}}.

====Pokémon used in Gym====

|desc=Sabrina used her {{p|Alakazam}} in her Gym battle against {{OBP|Red|Origins}}. It battled Red's {{p|Haunter}}, but was defeated by its {{m|Shadow Punch}}.

 

 

==In the manga==

[[File:Saffron Gym Zensho.png|thumb|200px|Saffron Gym in Pokémon Zensho]]

[[File:Saffron Gym EToP.png|thumb|left|200px|Saffron Gym in The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

[[File:Saffron Gym battlefield EToP.png|thumb|left|200px|Saffron Gym battlefield in The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The Saffron Gym appeared in ''[[ET04|Haunting My Dreams]]'', where {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|EToP|Ash}} arrived there in order to challenge Sabrina, being totally exhausted from his travel upon arriving. After a quick meal with Sabrina  and {{an|Brock}} showing up as well, Ash and Sabrina started their Gym battle, with Ash using {{AP|Pikachu|Pikachu (EToP)}} against [[Sabrina's Abra]]. Despite being asleep, Abra was able to use {{m|Teleport}} to evade all of Pikachu's {{m|Thunder Shock}}s, until one of the {{t|Electric}} attacks was reflected back at the Electric Mouse Pokémon, knocking it out and causing Ash to lose the battle.

 

===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===

The Saffron Gym was mentioned in ''[[PZ07|Saffron City]]'', when the [[Kiyo|Karate Master]] told {{Zensho|Satoshi}} how {{Zensho|Shigeru}} had recently beaten Sabrina, and how she was now trying to save her stolen telepathic {{p|Lapras}} from the hands of [[Team Rocket]] at the [[Silph Co.]] After helping Sabrina to save her Lapras and the Silph Co., Satoshi received a {{badge|Marsh}} from Sabrina as a sign of gratitude.

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** However, in the [[Generation I]] and [[Generation III]] games, it is possible to defeat [[Sabrina]] before obtaining any more than two Badges, as it is accessible through [[Vermilion City]].