Goldenrod Gym

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Goldenrod Gym
コガネジム Kogane Gym
Goldenrod Gym anime.png
Location Goldenrod City
Gym Leader Whitney
Badge Plain Badge
Dominant Type Normal
Region Johto
Goldenrod Gym Battlefield.png
Battlefield

The Goldenrod Gym (Japanese: コガネジム Kogane Gym) is the official Gym of Goldenrod City. It is based on Normal-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Whitney. Trainers who defeat her receive the Plain Badge.

In the games

Generation II

Goldenrod City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Whitney
The Incredibly Pretty Girl!

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Goldenrod Gym is a maze of flowers and ornaments in the shape of a Clefairy, a then Normal-type Pokémon. The player must navigate their way around the pink-floored Gym by going around the wall of pretty flowers first then entering the middle section. The Trainers in the Gym are hard to avoid and most of them must be battled in order to reach Whitney. Whitney will be located in the middle of the Gym where she can be challenged to earn the Plain Badge.

When Whitney is defeated, she throws a temper tantrum and cries while failing to award the player the Plain Badge. When the player attempts to leave, Lass Bridget will tell the player that this always happens; after drying her eyes and blowing her nose, Whitney will get over her loss and give the player the Badge.

A field based on the Gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle.

Generation IV

Goldenrod City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Whitney
The Incredibly Pretty Girl!

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Whitney cannot be initially found at the Gym, and the player must first solve the quiz at Goldenrod Radio Tower before she returns to the Gym and can be battled.

Many aesthetic changes have been made to the Goldenrod Gym in Generation IV. The layout of the Gym remains the same, however the outer part of the Gym has been raised to form a platform above the rest of the Gym. The middle section of the Gym remains at ground level. Players must navigate their way around the raised platform, battle Trainers and walk through an arch below one of the platforms to reach Whitney.

Like in Generation II, after being defeated, Whitney throws a tantrum and cries and Lass Cathy will tell the player that it isn't a big deal. Upon speaking to Whitney again, she will calm down and give the player the Plain Badge.

Appearance

Goldenrod Gym GSC.png Goldenrod Gym HGSS.png
Generation II Generation IV

Trainers

Core series

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
Trainer Pokémon
Beauty Victoria
Beauty Victoria
アケミ Akemi
Reward: $1496
Sentret Sentret Lv.9
No item
Sentret Sentret Lv.13
No item
Sentret Sentret Lv.17
No item
Beauty Samantha
Beauty Samantha
ナオコ Naoko
Reward: $1408
Meowth Meowth Lv.16
No item
Meowth Meowth Lv.16
No item
Lass Carrie
Lass Carrie
ミカ Mika
Reward: $432
Snubbull Snubbull Lv.18
No item
Lass Bridget
Lass Bridget
アスカ Asuka
Reward: $360
Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Lv.15
No item
Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Lv.15
No item
Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Lv.15
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.




Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Trainer Pokémon
Beauty Victoria
Beauty Victoria
アケミ Akemi
Reward: $896
Sentret Sentret Lv.9
No item
Sentret Sentret Lv.13
No item
Sentret Sentret Lv.16
No item
Beauty Samantha
Beauty Samantha
ナオコ Naoko
Reward: $896
Meowth Meowth Lv.16
No item
Meowth Meowth Lv.16
No item
Lass Carrie
Lass Carrie
ミカ Mika
Reward: $272
Snubbull Snubbull Lv.17
No item
Lass Cathy
Lass Cathy
アスカ Asuka
Reward: $240
Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Lv.15
No item
Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Lv.15
No item
Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Lv.15
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.




Side series

Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1
Trainer Pokémon
Lass Lois
Lass Lois
ユカ Yuka
Reward: $N/A
Teddiursa Teddiursa Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png PSNCureBerry
Marill Marill Lv.50-100
Bag Mystic Water Sprite.png Mystic Water
Meowth Meowth Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Mint Berry
Phanpy Phanpy Lv.50-100
Bag Soft Sand Sprite.png Soft Sand
Poliwag Poliwag Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png PRZCureBerry
Snubbull Snubbull Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Pink Bow
Beauty Rita
Beauty Rita
サヤカ Sayaka
Reward: $N/A
Aipom Aipom Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Mint Berry
Mareep Mareep Lv.50-100
Bag Magnet Sprite.png Magnet
Diglett Diglett Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png PRZCureBerry
Ponyta Ponyta Lv.50-100
Bag Charcoal Sprite.png Charcoal
Remoraid Remoraid Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Berry
Sentret Sentret Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Bitter Berry




Round 2
Trainer Pokémon
Lass Lois
Lass Lois
ユカ Yuka
Reward: $N/A
Furret Furret Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Mint Berry
Porygon Porygon Lv.50-100
Bag Magnet Sprite.png Magnet
Dugtrio Dugtrio Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Bitter Berry
Jumpluff Jumpluff Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png PRZCureBerry
Corsola Corsola Lv.50-100
Bag Focus Band Sprite.png Focus Band
Aipom Aipom Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png MiracleBerry
Beauty Rita
Beauty Rita
サヤカ Sayaka
Reward: $N/A
Pikachu Pikachu Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Mint Berry
Togetic Togetic Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Burnt Berry
Clefable Clefable Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png PRZCureBerry
Wigglytuff Wigglytuff Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png Bitter Berry
Azumarill Azumarill Lv.50-100
Held icon II.png PSNCureBerry
Delibird Delibird Lv.50-100
Bag Berry Juice Sprite.png Berry Juice




Items

Item Location Games
TM Normal TM45 (Attract) Reward for defeating Whitney, after she calms down  G  S  C  HG  SS 

In the anime

Goldenrod Gym appeared in A Goldenrod Opportunity. Ash challenged Whitney to a battle for the Plain Badge. She accepted his challenge. Initially, it appeared that Ash was going to win the battle easily. After quickly defeating her Clefairy and Nidorina, he only had one more to go. That all changed when Whitney sent out her Miltank. She defeated all three of Ash's Pokémon consecutively.

Ash had an informal rematch with Whitney in the following episode, A Dairy Tale Ending. Although the battle took place on Whitney's Uncle Milton's farm and not at the Gym, Whitney gave Ash the Plain Badge for defeating her.

Pokémon used in Gym

Whitney's Nidorina
Nidorina
Nidorina was the first Pokémon used by Whitney in the Gym battle, battling against Cyndaquil. However, none of her attacks were a match for Cyndaquil's Flamethrower. Nidorina was soon defeated by Cyndaquil's second Flamethrower.

Nidorina's known moves are Poison Sting and Tackle.

Debut A Goldenrod Opportunity
Voice actors
Japanese Satomi Kōrogi
English Satomi Kōrogi
Whitney's Clefairy
Clefairy
Whitney's Clefairy first appeared when Pikachu accidentally knocked into Clefairy. After shopping, Whitney found that Clefairy was missing. It had been caught by Team Rocket. Then, at the Magnet Train platform, it used Metronome which turned into Gust, which freed Pikachu.

It was used again as the second Pokémon in the Gym battle against Ash, were it went up against Cyndaquil. It began with using Metronome. However, it turned into Splash. Then, Cyndaquil used another Flamethrower, forcing Whitney to withdraw it from the match.

Clefairy seems to be Whitney's favorite Pokémon, as it is usually seen traveling out of its Poké Ball.

Clefairy's only known move is Metronome.
Clefairy has also used Gust and Splash via Metronome.

Debut A Goldenrod Opportunity
Voice actors
Japanese Mayumi Iizuka
English Tara Jayne
Whitney's Miltank
Miltank
Main article: Whitney's Miltank

Whitney's Miltank was the last Pokémon used in the Gym battle. She managed to defeat Cyndaquil by using Rollout continuously. Ash then used Totodile, telling him to use Water Gun; however, he did not slow Miltank down. With another Rollout, Totodile was knocked out. Pikachu was then used to use Thunderbolt on Miltank, but it was ineffective. Pikachu was defeated by the second turn of Rollout.

She appeared again in the next episode, sending Team Rocket flying. Then, in a friendly battle before Ash could challenge Whitney once again, she managed to defeat Ash's Cyndaquil and Totodile, but was defeated by Ash's Pikachu, earning Ash the Plain Badge.

Debut A Goldenrod Opportunity
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Megumi Hayashibara

In the manga

Goldenrod Gym in Ash & Pikachu

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga, Ash challenged Whitney for the Plain Badge at Goldenrod Gym in The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling. When Ash begun his battle with Whitney, the referee told him that the area below the arena was a smelter hot enough to cause death to anyone who fell there. Later, when Ash and Psyduck actually did fall down, Whitney revealed that there wasn't really a smelter. Instead, it was an illusion created by a 3D hologram and the only thing below was water.

Trivia

  • It's possible to leave the Gym without acquiring the Plain Badge even after speaking to Lass BridgetGSC/CathyHGSS upon defeating Whitney. However, the player will not be able to acquire the SquirtBottle and therefore pass Sudowoodo on Route 36 until they have the Plain Badge.
  • With Clefairy's typing change in Generation VI from pure Normal to pure Fairy, Goldenrod Gym is now anachronistically designed around a Pokemon that is not of the type the gym specializes in.


Gym Leaders of the Johto region
Violet Gym Zephyr Badge
Falkner OD.png
Falkner
Azalea Gym Hive Badge
Bugsy OD.png
Bugsy
Goldenrod Gym Plain Badge
Whitney OD.png
Whitney
Ecruteak Gym Fog Badge
Morty OD.png
Morty
Cianwood Gym Storm Badge
Chuck OD.png
Chuck
Olivine Gym Mineral Badge
Jasmine OD.png
Jasmine
Mahogany Gym Glacier Badge
Pryce OD.png
Pryce
Blackthorn Gym Rising Badge
Clair OD.png
Clair


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