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Pastoria Gym ノモセジム Nomose Gym
Location	Pastoria City
Gym Leader	Crasher Wake
Badge	Fen Badge
Dominant Type	Water
Region	Sinnoh
Battlefield

The Pastoria Gym (Japanese: ノモセジム Nomose Gym) is the official Gym of Pastoria City. It is based on Water-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Crasher Wake. Trainers who defeat him receive the Fen Badge.

The Pastoria Gym was the fourth Gym in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, but in Pokémon Platinum this was changed to the fifth Gym.

In the games

The Pastoria Gym is a large in-door swimming pool comprised of three levels and numerous floating platforms. Switches on the floor of the pool raise and lower the water level. To get to the Gym Leader, the switches must be hit in a certain order so that a path will be formed with the floating platforms.

In Pokémon Platinum, before heading into the Gym, the player is challenged by Barry.

Appearance

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum

Trainers

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Tuber Jacky クウタ Kūta Reward: $104	Buizel♂ Lv.26 No item
Fisherman Walter コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $832	Barboach♂ Lv.26 No item
Sailor Damian ユウゾウ Yūzō Reward: $768	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item
Tuber Caitlyn ウキエ Ukie Reward: $96	Azurill♀ Lv.24 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.24 No item
Fisherman Erick ヒサオ Hisao Reward: $768	Goldeen♂ Lv.22 No item
	Barboach♂ Lv.23 No item
	Gyarados♂ Lv.24 No item
Sailor Samson ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $768	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.24 No item
	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.24 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.24 No item

Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $3600

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.27 Brine Water Special   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Damp Held item: None Quagsire♂ Lv.27 Slam Normal Physical   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Mud Sport Ground Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Floatzel♂ Lv.30 Brine Water Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Swift Normal Special   --

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Tuber Jacky クウタ Kūta Reward: $128	Bibarel♂ Lv.32 No item
Fisherman Walter コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $1056	Whiscash♂ Lv.33 No item
Sailor Damian ユウゾウ Yūzō Reward: $992	Wingull♂ Lv.31 No item
	Pelipper♂ Lv.31 No item
Tuber Caitlyn ウキエ Ukie Reward: $124	Azurill♀ Lv.27 No item
	Azumarill♀ Lv.31 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.29 No item
Fisherman Erick ヒサオ Hisao Reward: $992	Goldeen♂ Lv.28 No item
	Gyarados♂ Lv.31 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.31 No item
Sailor Samson ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $992	Wingull♂ Lv.29 No item
	Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.30 No item
	Golduck♂ Lv.31 No item

Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Platinum Reward: $4440

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.33 Brine Water Special   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Damp Held item: None Quagsire♂ Lv.34 Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Floatzel♂ Lv.37 Brine Water Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM55 (Brine)	Reward for defeating Crasher Wake	D  P  Pt

In the anime

The Pastoria Gym was featured in the anime episode A Crasher Course in Power!. Like most Water Gyms in the anime, the Gym's battlefield is featured as a pool with several floating platforms on it for non-swimming Pokémon.

Ash faced Crasher Wake in a 3-on-3 battle, which culminated in Ash's Buizel battling against Wake's powerhouse, Floatzel. Buizel was eventually able to defeat its evolved form, earning Ash the Fen Badge.

Pokémon used in Gym

		Gyarados
		The first Pokémon used by Crasher Wake during the Gym battle against Ash was his Gyarados which went up against Pikachu. Gyarados showed its strength by standing up to Pikachu's Thunderbolt, but was defeated when Pikachu combined the speed it picked up by falling alongside a Volt Tackle. It also reappeared briefly in Mamie's flashback in For The Love Of Meowth. Gyarados's known moves are Dragon Rage and Bite.
Debut	A Crasher Course in Power!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

		Quagsire
		Crasher Wake used Quagsire as his second Pokémon during his Gym battle against Ash, and it proved itself to be very tricky, able to counteract Turtwig's high speed with its excellent hearing and as Quagsire had attacks perfectly suited to battle Grass-types, Ash was forced to recall it. Quagsire next went up against Buizel and although Quagsire was able to absorb Buizel's SonicBooms with its bulky body, it was knocked out by the sheer force of Ice Aqua Jet. It also reappeared briefly in Mamie's flashback in For The Love Of Meowth. Quagsire's known moves are Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam.
Debut	A Crasher Course in Power!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Billy Beach

		Floatzel ♂
		Floatzel is Crasher Wake's main Pokémon. He was introduced right after Ash's Buizel got into a fight with Pikachu. Upon seeing his evolved form, Buizel became hyped up for battle and a chance to prove himself to Ash. Floatzel seems to know many different defensive techniques to guard himself from attacks such as inflating the flotation sac around his body and blocking with his fin. He also knows a variety of different and powerful moves. Crasher Wake claimed that Floatzel is powerful enough to endure even a Giga Impact by using his flotation sac. At one point he used his flotation sac to reflect Buizel's Water Pulse back at him, confusing him. Later in the battle he used Ice Fang to freeze part of Pikachu's back. Despite all this, he lost to Buizel after Buizel fired a Water Pulse attack at him which sent him crashing into the ceiling and getting knocked out. He also reappeared briefly in flashbacks in DP120, For The Love Of Meowth, and League Unleashed!. Floatzel also appeared alongside Wake during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions. Floatzel's known moves are Razor Wind, Bulk Up, Whirlpool, and Ice Fang.
Debut	A Crasher Course in Power!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

Trivia

• In the anime, Ash's Pastoria Gym battle was Ash's only Sinnoh Gym battle where he didn't lose a single Pokémon.

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner

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