Pewter Gym

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Pewter Gym
ニビジム Nibi Gym
File:Pewter Gym.png
Location Pewter City
Gym Leader Brock
Flint (anime only)
Lola (anime only)
Forrest (anime only)
Badge Boulder Badge
Dominant Type Rock
Region Kanto
Pewter Gym Battlefield.png
Battlefield

The Pewter Gym (Japanese: ニビジム Nibi Gym) is the official gym of Pewter City. It is based on Template:Type2 Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Brock. Trainers that defeat him receive the Boulder Badge.

Other known members include Camper Jerry, Camper Liam, Brock's father, Flint, and Brock's mother, Lola.

In the games

Pewter City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Brock
"The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer"

Pewter Gym in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Pewter Gym appears in all games set in the Kanto region, appearing much the same in each: a small building with a Japanese rock garden inside, one trainer, and the Gym Leader Brock waiting on a large stone pedestal. In the Generation I games and their Generation III remakes, whenever the player tries to leave Pewter City, a boy will lead him or her to the front of the gym if the player has not earned their Boulder Badge yet.

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

Trainers

Pokémon Red and Blue

Trainer Pokémon
Jr. Trainer (Trainer class)
Jr. Trainer (Trainer class)|Camper|Jr. Trainer
Reward: $220
Diglett Diglett Lv.11
No item
Sandshrew Sandshrew Lv.11
No item





Pokémon Yellow

Trainer Pokémon
Jr. Trainer (Trainer class)
Jr. Trainer (Trainer class)|Camper|Jr. Trainer
Reward: $180
Diglett Diglett Lv.9
No item
Sandshrew Sandshrew Lv.9
No item





Pokémon Gold and Silver

Trainer Pokémon
Camper Jerry
Camper Jerry
キヨシ Kiyoshi
Reward: $740
Sandslash Sandslash Lv.37
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 FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer Pokémon
Camper Liam
Camper Liam
トシカズ Toshikazu
Reward: $220
Geodude Geodude Lv.10
No item
Sandshrew Sandshrew Lv.11
No item





Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer Pokémon
Camper Jerry
Camper Jerry
キヨシ Kiyoshi
Reward: $800
Rhydon Rhydon Lv.50
No item
Hiker Edwin
Hiker Edwin
ミキオ Mikio
Reward: $1600
Golem Golem Lv.50
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.





In the anime

The Pewter Gym was first seen in Showdown in Pewter City in the anime. It is a stone building apparently set apart from the rest of the city. Brock waits inside in the dark for challengers, sitting on a stone pedestal as he does in the games; however, unlike in the games, no other trainers have been seen as part of the gym besides Brock's family. The battlefield is littered with jagged rocks and boulders, and a balcony along the edge above provides spectators a spot to watch gym battles. Despite being a Rock-type gym, the building has sprinklers for fire safety, which Ash uses to gain an advantage against Onix.

The gym is an important part of Brock's family, and Brock, his brothers and sisters, and his parents live in a large house nearby. Brock's father, Flint, was the Gym Leader before Brock, and when his parents left Brock inherited the gym as part of his family responsibilities. While Brock was a strong, respected Gym Leader, he did not like being a Gym Leader, and only did such for family obligation. When Flint returned, Brock returned the title of Gym Leader to him, and left to travel with Ash and pursue his own dream of becoming a Pokémon Breeder.

When Brock's mother Lola returned, the gym was turned into a combination Template:Type2 and Rock-type gym, and the battlefield was redecorated, including the addition of a pool in the middle. However, Brock returned in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together and was shocked to see how his mother has changed. Both he and his younger brother Forrest take pride in the gym's strong reputation as a Rock-type gym. He battled his mother to restore the gym to a Rock-type gym.

It fell victim to a second remodeling attempt in Grating Spaces. At that time, a storage room was seen where the gym keeps many Poké Balls, presumably containing different Rock-type Pokémon.

While traveling with Ash, Brock keeps Pokémon he owns but does not currently have on his party at the gym. Currently, he has his Steelix, Geodude, Crobat, Forretress, Ludicolo and Marshtomp at the gym. Flint's Golem is also kept at the gym, and Lola keeps her many Template:Type2 Pokémon there.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pewter Gym debuted in Onix is On! of the Red, Green & Blue chapter. Here, Red and Green win the Boulder Badge after they defeat several rounds of trainers and finally Brock. The outside of the Gym has the default design, but the inside consists of a boxing ring where the trainers battle, a space for the crowd around it and a room with windows where Brock can see the battles.

Pokémon

These are the Pokémon showed in the Gym, from Brock and the other Gym trainers.

In the TCG

The Pewter Gym was featured in the TCG as both a Japan exclusive Theme Deck and as a card. The following is a list of cards named Pewter City Gym.

Name Type Rarity Set Set no.
Pewter City Gym T Uncommon Gym Heroes 115/132

Trivia

  • The Pewter Gym, at least by anime standards, has tied for the most known Gym Leaders run it with a total of four different Leaders: Brock, Flint, Lola, and Forrest. Viridian Gym also has had four Leaders in the anime: Giovanni, Jessie, James, and Agatha; however, Jessie and James were a double battle. If Misty's sisters were counted as one Leader each, Cerulean Gym would tie with them.
  • For unexplained reasons, Pewter Gym seemed to have passed the PIA exam despite having a bad paint job and the Rock Pokémon nearly drowning in the pool, whereas in Cerulean Blues, it is implied that any gym that fails the cleanliness, safety and coolness factors of the exam is shut down.

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