Viridian Gym

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Viridian Gym
トキワジム Tokiwa Gym
Viridian Gym AG132.png
Location Viridian City
Gym Leader Giovanni (Gen I and III)
Blue (Gen II and IV)
Jessie, James and Meowth (temporary, anime only)
Agatha (anime only)
Badge Earth Badge
Dominant Type Ground
Region Kanto
Viridian Gym Battlefield AG132.png
Battlefield

The Viridian Gym (Japanese: トキワジム Tokiwa Gym) is the official gym of Viridian City. During the events of Generations I and III, it is based on Template:Type2 Pokémon and the Gym Leader is Giovanni, the head of Team Rocket. After Team Rocket is disbanded at the end of Generations I and III, Blue takes over as the Leader, and the Gym no longer concentrates on any particular type.

Agatha of the Elite Four serves as a temporary Gym Leader in the anime.

Trainers who earn a win at the Viridian Gym receive the Earth Badge.

In the games

Viridian City Pokémon Gym
Leader: ...

Viridian City Pokémon Gym
Leader: ...
The rest of the text is illegible..

Viridian Gym appears in all games set in the Kanto region. In Generations I and III, when the player first reaches the gym, it is locked due to the absence of the Gym Leader. With this acknowledged, the player journeys off to other Gyms to challenge them. Once the player has collected the other seven Gym Badges, the Viridian Gym reopens.

In Generations II and IV, Blue takes over the gym. In Generation II, the gym can be challenged as soon as Blue is spoken to on Cinnabar Island. In Generation IV, however, Blue will stay on Cinnabar Island and will not return to his gym until the player speaks to him after obtaining the other seven Kanto Gym Badges.

Inside the Gym, the floor uses the same transporting tiles as are used in the Rocket Hideout. The player must use these tiles to navigate through the Gym to reach the Gym Leader. In Generation II, the gym is completely remodeled and the tiles are gone; in Generation IV, the tiles are put back up.

A field based on the gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle.

Appearance

File:Viridian Gym I.png File:Viridian Gym GS.png   File:Gen4ViridianGym.png
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Trainers

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer Pokémon
Tamer
Tamer
Reward: $1560
  Arbok Lv.39
No item
  Tauros Lv.39
No item
Black Belt
Black Belt
Reward: $1075
  Machoke Lv.43
No item
Cooltrainer
Cooltrainer
Reward: $1365
  Nidorino Lv.39
No item
  Nidoking Lv.39
No item
Tamer
Tamer
Reward: $1720
  Rhyhorn Lv.43
No item
Black Belt
Black Belt
Reward: $1000
  Machop Lv.40
No item
  Machoke Lv.40
No item
Cooltrainer
Cooltrainer
Reward: $1365
  Sandslash Lv.39
No item
  Dugtrio Lv.39
No item
Cooltrainer
Cooltrainer
Reward: $1505
  Rhyhorn Lv.43
No item
Black Belt
Black Belt
Reward: $950
  Machoke Lv.38
No item
  Machop Lv.38
No item
  Machoke Lv.38
No item


Pokémon Red and Blue



Pokémon Yellow



Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal



Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer Pokémon
Tamer Cole
Tamer Cole
アキラ Akira
Reward: $1560
  Arbok Lv.39
No item
  Tauros Lv.39
No item
Black Belt Kiyo
Black Belt Kiyo
タクマ Takuma
Reward: $1032
  Machoke Lv.43
No item
Tamer Jason
Tamer Jason
ヒロ Hiro
Reward: $1720
  Rhyhorn Lv.43
No item
Black Belt Atsushi
Black Belt Atsushi
テツヒサ Tetsuhisa
Reward: $960
  Machop Lv.40
No item
  Machoke Lv.40
No item
Cooltrainer Samuel
Cooltrainer Samuel
タクヤ Takuya
Reward: $1404
  Sandslash Lv.39
No item
  Sandslash Lv.39
No item
  Rhyhorn Lv.37
No item
  Nidorino Lv.39
No item
  Nidoking Lv.39
No item
Black Belt Takashi
Black Belt Takashi
シロウ Shirō
Reward: $912
  Machoke Lv.38
No item
  Machop Lv.38
No item
  Machoke Lv.38
No item
Cooltrainer Yuji
Cooltrainer Yuji
カズシ Kazushi
Reward: $1368
  Sandslash Lv.38
No item
  Graveler Lv.38
No item
  Onix Lv.38
No item
  Graveler Lv.38
No item
  Marowak Lv.38
No item
Cooltrainer Warren
Cooltrainer Warren
レイジ Reiji
Reward: $1404
  Marowak Lv.37
No item
  Marowak Lv.37
No item
  Rhyhorn Lv.38
No item
  Nidorina Lv.39
No item
  Nidoqueen Lv.39
No item




Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer Pokémon
Ace Trainer Arabella
Ace Trainer Arabella
ヤスタカ Yasutaka
Reward: $3120
  Stantler Lv.53
No item
  Tauros Lv.52
No item
Ace Trainer Salma
Ace Trainer Salma
アキエ Akie
Reward: $3180
  Slowking Lv.50
  Oran Berry
  Lickilicky Lv.53
No item
Ace Trainer Bonita
Ace Trainer Bonita
ヨシノリ Yoshinori
Reward: $3120
  Spinda Lv.50
No item
  Sudowoodo Lv.52
No item
Double Team Elan & Ida
Double Team Elan & Ida
テン & サヨ Ten & Sayo
Reward: $12000
  Porygon2 Lv.52
No item
  Azumarill Lv.50
No item




Items

Item Location Games

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In the anime

File:Viridian Gym.png
The Viridian Gym in its first appearance
 
The inside of the Gym in its first appearance

In the anime, the Viridian Gym was led by Giovanni, as it was in Generation I. The Gym features Roman architecture, stately pillars, and an old mural depicting the proud tradition of this most prestigious Gym. The predominant brownish color suggests the Gym's affiliation with the Template:Type2.

The Viridian Gym first made an appearance in The Battle of the Badge. Before Ash could challenge him, however, Gary Oak appeared, taunting him with ten badges, and insisting on challenging the Viridian Gym for fun. Gary faced Giovanni, though his confidence was quickly eroded after Giovanni brought out Mewtwo, who defeated each of Gary's Pokémon, even when Giovanni allowed him to use more than one Pokémon at a time against Mewtwo.

Ash Ketchum soon after challenged the Gym, after Gary and his Pokémon had recovered; however, as the Team Rocket boss had unmentioned business to attend to, he left the Gym in the care of none other than Jessie, James, and Meowth. Giovanni also left them with several Pokémon that they could use against any challengers. Ash had a hard time beating them initially, and as the new Gym Leaders rigged the Gym to shock anyone whose Pokémon took damage, it was a hard fight at first. Eventually, Ash overcame the borrowed Pokémon's power and defeated all of them, causing Team Rocket to rely on their usual duo of Arbok and Weezing. Ash quickly dispatched the two, shocking the trio due to the Gym's rigging. They blasted off, dropping an Earth Badge in their daze. Ash caught it, but he, Gary, Gary's cheerleaders, Brock, and Misty had to escape the Gym quickly, as it was collapsing.

The Gym appeared again (presumably rebuilt) when Ash returned to Kanto from Hoenn in The Scheme Team, where Agatha was now the temporary Gym Leader. Ash challenged her to an exhibition match, but lost.

Giovanni abdicating his position as Gym Leader is similar to the case in the Generation I games; however, in the anime, he is still in charge of Team Rocket, while in the games he disbands the team.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The Viridian Gym is first visited in Bulbasaur, Come Home! in the Red, Green & Blue Chapter where Red and Professor Oak enters following a Bulbasaur. In this occasion the Gym is abandoned with only a Machoke and a Giovanni statue present.

The Viridian Gym made a brief appearance in at the end of A Hollow Victreebel and at the beginning of Make Way For Magmar in the Red, Green & Blue Chapter where citizens were asking about Giovanni.

The Gym is visited again after Red's incident with Mewtwo. During this time, Giovanni is present and ready to fight. However, as the battle progresses, the gym collapses due to Nidoking's Earthquake.

Even later, Red's Gym Leader test is held in the gym. Even though he wins, Red declines the position as he was struggling throughout the battle. Currently, Blue is the Viridian Gym's leader.

In the FireRed and LeafGreen chapter, Yellow and Silver go to the Viridian Gym to seek Silver's past. At the same time, Giovanni and the Three Beasts are on their way to the gym also, trying to reunite Silver with Giovanni. This succeeds when Sird lets Yellow use her power, thus exhausting her.

Pokémon

These Pokémon had escaped from Professor Oak's Laboratory and were found in the Gym:

 
Bulbasaur
 
Meowth
 
Machoke


In the TCG

The Viridian Gym was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards named Viridian City Gym.

Name Type Rarity Set Set no.
Viridian City Gym T   Gym Challenge 123/132

Trivia

  • This is the only Gym to have had more than one main type in the series' continuity.
  • The Viridian Gym is the first official Gym in the anime to be shown challenged both by Ash and another main character, Gary. This next happened unofficially in Johto. The next official challenge by Ash and another main character was against the Oreburgh Gym in the Diamond & Pearl series, when Paul and Ash both challenged Roark, and again when both Dawn and Ash challenged Maylene of Veilstone City.
  • Agatha's temporary position as Leader of the Viridian Gym when Ash returns to Kanto may be an anime reference to the fact that Giovanni quit Team Rocket and his status as Gym Leader after being defeated by Red. What this possibly means for Gary Oak, whose game counterpart Blue eventually assumed the title of leader in Generation II, is disputed.
  • In all generations where this Gym is accessible, at least one Trainer inside the building owns a Rhydon.
    • In fact, both of this Gym's Leaders have always had a member of the Rhyhorn evolutionary line in all of their Gym parties; the only time the Gym Leader does not own a Rhydon is in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, in which Giovanni owns two Rhyhorn.
  • In Generation II, it is possible to challenge Blue before beating any previous Gym Leader by talking to him on Cinnabar Island. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Blue can only be challenged when the player has seven Badges from Kanto.
  • In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the exterior coloring of each Gym is based on the colors most associated with the type that the Gym specializes in. Viridian Gym, however, is both green and blue, likely referring to its Gym Leader's name.
  • In HeartGold and SoulSilver, two male Ace Trainers in this gym are named Arabella and Bonita, both being typically feminine names.
    • In both Portuguese and Spanish, "Bonita" means "beautiful", "pretty" and is a female word.


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