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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* 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 seventeen | * 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 [[Brock]], [[Sabrina]], [[Tate and Liza]], and [[Roark]]. They all train either {{t|Rock}}- or {{type|Psychic}} Pokémon. | * The only Gym Leaders so far whose parents have been seen in the anime are [[Brock]], [[Sabrina]], [[Tate and Liza]], and [[Roark]]. They all train either {{t|Rock}}- or {{type|Psychic}} Pokémon. | ||
** Among those, Roark is the only one whose mother has not been seen in the anime. | ** Among those, Roark is the only one whose mother has not been seen in the anime. | ||
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* 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. | ||
* In the games, every Gym Leader has at least one Pokémon in his or her party that knows the [[TM]] move he or she gives out upon defeat. Former Gym Leaders do not count in this, as Wallace when he is faced as Champion and Giovanni when he is faced in Generation IV do not have Pokémon that know the move they gave out as TMs when they were faced as Gym Leaders in previous games. Koga, despite not being a Gym Leader in Generation IV, has several Pokémon that know Toxic, the move he last gave out as a TM. | * In the games, every Gym Leader has at least one Pokémon in his or her party that knows the [[TM]] move he or she gives out upon defeat. Former Gym Leaders do not count in this, as Wallace when he is faced as Champion and Giovanni when he is faced in Generation IV do not have Pokémon that know the move they gave out as TMs when they were faced as Gym Leaders in previous games. Koga, despite not being a Gym Leader in Generation IV, has several Pokémon that know Toxic, the move he last gave out as a TM. | ||
* From Generations I-V (not counting remakes) every move that was in a TM given out by a Gym Leader was a new move for that generation, and many of them were rarely (if ever) seen on any other Pokemon in the generation they were introduced. This trend has been broken in Generation VI, where only | * From Generations I-V (not counting remakes) every move that was in a TM given out by a Gym Leader was a new move for that generation, and many of them were rarely (if ever) seen on any other Pokemon in the generation they were introduced. This trend has been broken in Generation VI, where only three gym leaders, Viola, Korrina, and Valerie, hand out TMs with moves new to the generation. | ||
* In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the player can continue the game without defeating [[Brawly]] of [[Dewford Town]] and [[Winona]] of [[Fortree City]] until attempting to battle the Elite Four. | * In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the player can continue the game without defeating [[Brawly]] of [[Dewford Town]] and [[Winona]] of [[Fortree City]] until attempting to battle the Elite Four. | ||
* The Hoenn Gym Leaders are the only Gym Leaders not to have VS sprites, since these sprites were not introduced until [[Generation IV]] and the Pokémon World Tournament does not use VS sprites. | * The Hoenn Gym Leaders are the only Gym Leaders not to have VS sprites, since these sprites were not introduced until [[Generation IV]] and the Pokémon World Tournament does not use VS sprites. | ||