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If you were looking for the character known as Grant in the Chuang Yi version of Pokémon Adventures, see Joey.

Grant ザクロ Zakuro
"The wild, yet cool and collected, rock climber."
Artwork from X and Y
Gender	Male
Eye color	Gray
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Cyllage City
Region	Kalos
Trainer class	Gym Leader Marquis* Grand Duke*
Generation	VI, VII
Games	X and Y, Masters
Leader of	Cyllage Gym
Badge	Cliff Badge
Specializes in	Rock types
English voice actor	Erik Scott Kimerer (Masters)
Japanese voice actor	Masaya Fukunishi (Masters)
Anime debut	Breaking Titles at the Chateau!
English voice actor	Cory Willis
Japanese voice actor	Hirofumi Nojima

Grant (Japanese: ザクロ Zakuro) is the Gym Leader of Cyllage City's Gym, known officially as the Cyllage Gym. He specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. He gives the Cliff Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

In the core series

Grant appears in Pokémon X and Y as a Gym Leader. Trainers who defeat Grant will receive the Cliff Badge, along with TM39 (Rock Tomb). He excels at a variety of sports, such as bike racing and mountain climbing. According to the television show Gym Freaks, he is a trend setter and very fashionable, with his hairstyle of rolling stones apparently being popular with young people. It also states that he cuts down on his eating to keep his weight down, but appears to miss the opportunity to eat sweets because of this.

Pokémon

Pokémon X and Y

Gym battle

Leader Grant Cyllage Gym X and Y Reward: $4,000

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Amaura♂ Lv.25 Aurora Beam Ice Special   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrunt♂ Lv.25 Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Battle Chateau

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $6,400*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.40 Rest Psychic Status   --       Sleep Talk Normal Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.40 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --

Battle Chateau - Blue Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $4,800*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.30 Round Normal Special   --       Aurora Beam Ice Special   --       Mist Ice Status   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.30 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Charm Fairy Status   --

Battle Chateau - Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $7,200*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.45 Round Normal Special   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Nature Power Normal Status   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.45 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --

Battle Chateau - Red Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $8,000*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.50 Encore Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Nature Power Normal Status   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.50 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --

Battle Chateau - Black Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $9,600*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.60 Encore Normal Status   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Nature Power Normal Status   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.60 Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Horn Drill Normal Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --

Battle Chateau rematch

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $8,000*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.50 Rest Psychic Status   --       Sleep Talk Normal Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.50 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --

Battle Chateau rematch - Blue Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $6,400*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.40 Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Round Normal Special   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.40 Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Battle Chateau rematch - Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $8,800*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.55 Encore Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Nature Power Normal Status   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.55 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Horn Drill Normal Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --

Battle Chateau rematch - Red Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $9,600*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.60 Encore Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Nature Power Normal Status   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.60 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Horn Drill Normal Physical   --       Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --

Battle Chateau rematch - Black Writ of Challenge

Marquis Grant Battle Chateau X and Y Reward: $11,200*

Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: None Aurorus♂ Lv.70 Encore Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.70 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Horn Drill Normal Physical   --       Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --

Gym Freaks

April: "Hello! It's time for Gym Freaks, your source for the hottest news about hot Gym Leaders in Kalos. So... I'm now in front of the Cyllage City Gym! ... Whoa! Grant has arrived! He's good looking! So good looking! Lean yet muscular. Fascinating! That hairstyle of rolling stones into your hair is very popular among young people now! Grant is not only a Gym Leader but also a leader in fashion! Oh... He went inside the Gym... That's all for the on-site report. Good-bye for now, everyone."

April: "Hello! It's time for Gym Freaks, your source for the hottest news about hot Gym Leaders in Kalos. So... I'm now in front of the Cyllage City Gym! ... Whoa! Grant has arrived! He's good looking! So good looking! Lean yet muscular. Fascinating! But I know that he cuts down on his eating to keep his weight down! I saw him longingly looking at sweets in front of a café. He's so cute! Oh... He went inside the Gym... That's all for the on-site report. Good-bye for now, everyone."

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Grant (Masters)

Artwork

Concept artwork from Pokémon XY

Sprites

VS portrait from X and Y		VS model from Masters
Overworld model from X and Y	PSS icon from X and Y	Model from Masters

Quotes

Main article: Grant/Quotes

In the anime

In the main series

Grant in the anime

Grant debuted in Breaking Titles at the Chateau!, where Ash and his friends met him at the Battle Chateau. He was promoted to the Grand Duke rank after his Onix won a battle against Viola's Surskit. He was initially described as a "strong" Trainer, but he later revealed that he was actually the Cyllage City Gym Leader, making Ash even more excited about his upcoming Gym battle with him.

In Climbing the Walls!, Grant accepted Ash's Gym challenge after the latter's arrival at the Cyllage Gym. Unlike most Gym Leaders, he allowed Ash to use his entire team against him while he would only be using two Pokémon. After some hard battles, Ash emerged victorious and Grant awarded him the Cliff Badge, telling the Ash he would like to battle him at the Battle Chateau sometime.

He reappeared in a fantasy in A League of His Own!, when Ash was talking to Everett about the Gym Leaders that he had defeated in Kalos, in order for him to be able to compete in the Lumiose Conference.

In A Towering Takeover!, Grant was seen in the Kalos Canyon, watching Lysandre's broadcast from Lumiose City. In Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!, Grant and Tyrunt were among those who helped destroy the Giant Rock.

He reappeared in a flashback in Till We Compete Again!.

Character

Grant cannot resist scaling walls, including the wall of the historic Battle Chateau, simply for the challenge that climbing offers. He has built the Cyllage Gym with his rock climbing hobby in mind, and readily challenges his opponents to scale the difficult rock walls up to the battlefield to test them. Grant believes that rock climbing offers a person, quite literally, a different perspective and access to a state of enlightenment. He draws on his clarity of mind for strength and concentration during his Gym battles. He considers his team of Rock Pokémon to be what he refers to as a "wall", or a difficult challenge to overcome, using their incredible jumping abilities and Rock Tomb to truly test his opponents.

Grant is good friends and has a rivalry with Viola, the Santalune City Gym Leader.

Pokémon

		Onix
		Onix is Grant's first known Pokémon, which he used in a battle against Viola's Surskit at the Battle Chateau. Despite Surskit creating its signature ice battlefield to aid its speed, Onix was able to turn the tables on the Pond Skater Pokémon by using its masterful control of Rock Tomb to trap it and Rock Polish to increase its speed, keeping Surskit on the defensive. Eventually, Onix ended the battle by using its powerful Flash Cannon to knock Surskit out. It was seen in flashbacks in A PokeVision of Things to Come! and Coming Back into the Cold!. Onix reappeared in Climbing the Walls! as the first Pokémon Grant used in his Gym battle against Ash; it went up against Froakie. Onix attempted to keep up with the Bubble Frog Pokémon, but Froakie's speed, in combination with Double Team, confused Onix. This left it open to attacks, which eventually allowed Froakie to knock it out with Water Pulse. Onix's known moves are Rock Tomb, Flash Cannon, Rock Polish, and Iron Tail.
Debut	Breaking Titles at the Chateau!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

		Tyrunt
		Tyrunt was the second Pokémon used by Grant in his Gym Battle against Ash. Tyrunt, unlike Froakie, was quick, and while Froakie was able to dodge Rock Tomb, it was easily overpowered by Tyrunt's Draco Meteor. Tyrunt next went up against Fletchling and managed to knock it out easily (but not before taking damage from a super-effective Steel Wing). Finally, Tyrunt went up against Pikachu, who was able to dodge Tyrunt's attacks and even used the projectiles from Draco Meteor for momentum before managing to wedge a rock in Tyrunt's mouth and finally knocking it out with a direct hit from Thunderbolt. It appeared again in Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!, where it helped destroy the Giant Rock. It reappeared in a flashback in Till We Compete Again!. Tyrunt's known moves are Rock Tomb, Draco Meteor, Crunch, and Dragon Tail.
Debut	Climbing the Walls!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	H.D. Quinn

Voice actors

In the GOTCHA! music video

Grant briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Grant in Pokémon Adventures

Grant is first seen in Cyllage City alongside Clemont. He teases Clemont for leaving the Prism Tower in the hands of Bonnie while he is away, but Clemont shrugs it off. Grant then points Clemont to Grace, who he noticed sitting on a bench. They see her being taken away by Team Flare members and wonder what is happening. Later, he finds that Cycling Road had been damaged from a helicopter crash. He angrily demands the pilot, Cassius, explain to him what had happened, which causes the two to get into an argument. Cassius manages to end the argument by agreeing to pay for the damages.

Later, he travels to a Laverre City hospital alongside Valerie and Olympia. They came to visit their friend and fellow Gym Leader Korrina, who was still recuperating from injuries she sustained from a battle with Team Flare. Additionally, the Gym Leaders gathered to have meeting with Team Flare as the subject. Grant notes that while they are still waiting for Wulfric and Ramos to arrive, no one has been able to contact Clemont, which worries him. Afterward, he heads off to the meeting with Valerie and Olympia.

After meeting up with Wulfric and Ramos, the Gym Leaders finish their meeting and return to Y's group. They travel by sea on Wulfric's Avalugg to Geosenge Town, where Team Flare's base is located. Upon arriving, they find the ultimate weapon in the process of being activated. When Y leaps in to keep the weapon's petals from opening, the Gym Leaders assist her by also using their strength and their Pokémon to keep the weapon closed. Despite their best efforts, the Gym Leaders are unable to prevent the ultimate weapon from blooming and firing on the Kalos region. The attack hits many areas and damages several buildings, but the heroes' efforts managed to weaken the weapon's power and prevent any lives from being taken. The Gym Leaders and Y were also protected from the attack thanks to Olympia and Valerie's Pokémon surrounding them in barriers.

Later, the Kalos Gym Leaders help rebuild the damaged buildings that were destroyed by the ultimate weapon's blast. Due to Team Flare's influence over the media, the Gym Leaders and X's group were blamed for the incident.

Sometime later, Team Flare attempts to reactivate the plan to use the ultimate weapon by extracting life energy from wild Pokémon captured at the Pokémon Village. The plan is interrupted by the arrival of Viola, Clemont, Alexa, Bonnie, and Yvette, who lead a charge to free the captured Pokémon. When Chalmers attempts to call for backup, he finds that Grant and the other Gym Leaders have defeated the other members of Team Flare that were stationed at Cyllage City. After Team Flare is fully defeated, Grant and his allies meet with X and his friends at Lumiose City to congratulate them on their victory.

Pokémon

		Aurorus
		Aurorus is Grant's first known Pokémon. It was first seen accompanying its Trainer as they patrolled around Cycling Road only to find it in shambles from the crash of Cassius's helicopter. At Geosenge Town, it helped try to keep the ultimate weapon from opening with its weight. Later, it helped repair the damage done by the ultimate weapon firing on Kalos. None of Aurorus's moves are known.
Debut	Shooting Frogadier

		Tyrantrum
		Tyrantrum is Grant's second known Pokémon. It was first sent out at Geosenge Town to keep the ultimate weapon from opening as it was being unearthed. With the help of Valerie's Mr. Mime, it was able to stand on the air, but was knocked off by Bryony's Bisharp. None of Tyrantrum's moves are known.
Debut	Pyroar Breathes

Trivia

• Grant's Japanese Leader title is ワイルド　マイルド　ロッククライマー.
• Grant is the only Kalos Gym Leader who does not use a fully evolved Pokémon outside of the Battle Chateau.
  • In the games, Grant is also the only Kalos Gym Leader who doesn't use a Pokémon introduced before Generation VI.
• In the anime, Grant made his debut exactly five (aired) episodes before his Gym battle against Ash, with the aforementioned Gym battle episode being the first to have its air date moved forward due to the postponement of the episode intended to air before it. Coincidentally, Grant shares this trait with Burgh.
• Grant is the only single Gym Leader who uses Pokémon with identical levels in a Gym battle.
• Grant shares his Italian name with Wally: they both go by the name of Lino.

Names

References

Gym Leaders of the Kalos region
Santalune Gym Viola	Cyllage Gym Grant	Shalour Gym Korrina	Coumarine Gym Ramos
Lumiose Gym Clemont	Laverre Gym Valerie	Anistar Gym Olympia	Snowbelle Gym Wulfric

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