Talk:Gym Leader

Is it necessary to have "Jimu Rīdā" in there when that's just the Japanese pronunciation of "Gym Leader" to begin with? --BJG

Of course it is. JAPANESE IS GOOD AND ENGLISH IS BAD. Jimu Riidaa is obviously a different phrase than Gym Leader, and NoA CHANGED IT AND BASTARDISED IT when they translated the games! Just like Kurisutaru and Crystal are also DIFFERENT WORDS and so are Reddo/Red, and so forth. --Ketsuban

Assuming you were kidding, Ketsuban, I changed the Japanese to "Gym Leader"... also I got rid of some of the info at the beginning that was already covered under Gym AND Badge. If anyone thought it was also necessary here, feel free to revert back. Also, regarding this page, do we need to have the USE of the Badge if that's already covered under Badge? Also, shouldn't all the Badges be linked to the Badge page? --Greengiant 01:49, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I agree with linking the badges to the Badge page. surskitty 21:03, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I thought the Badge page was mostly there so that individual illustrations of each badge would have a place to go. - Zeta

Leader name and badge change

i changed Wake and Candice's stuff because of this
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Not too surprised that they're calling him Wake. After all, his full Japanese name (Maximum Maxi) was shortened to just Maxi. --PAK Man 14:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Jasmine comment

An NPC in the Lighthouse in G/S/C mentions that Jasmine used to train Rock-type Pokémon. Her badge's name (Mineral) also sounds a little like a Rock-type badge. Therefore, hasn't every region technically had a Rock-type gym at some point?--Nebula 22:55, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Unless there is a source that gives some of the Olivine Gym's history, we don't know for sure if it was ever for Rock types. --FabuVinny ^T-C-S 23:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

NPCS confirm that Jasmine did used to train Rock types as a Gym leader. IIMarckus 18:31, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Trivia, Trivia, and MORE Trivia

So last night I was really bored and decided to see any patterns in the Gym Leaders, along with some awkward stuff too..

• There are *usually* 4 females, and 4 males, however Johto breaks this rule, with 3 girls and 5 males. Unless Bugsy is a girl.
• Hoenn, has 4 Special-typed gyms, and 4 Physical-typed gyms. Hell, the gender is split evenly along Special and Physical, with 2 females and 2 males specializing in Special-type, and vice versa. Otherwise, the amount of Special-based and Physical-based are uneven.
• There was something else, but I can't remember it at this moment.

..yeah, I was bored alright. Tina^☆♫ 05:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Usually 4/4? No... Kanto's 5/3 in I/III. Johto's 5/3. Hoenn's got 5/4 in both RS and E. Sinnoh's 4/4. Neo Kanto's 4/4. Though Hoenn's Physical/Special split is correct. TTEchidna^G_SDS! 06:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

• The face of Bugsy is truly male, not female. That's why Johto have 4 males gym leaders and 4 females gym leaders. Joannes

Bugsy being male makes it 5/3, not 4/4. God, why can no one count... or spell. TTEchidna^G_SDS! 14:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

good trivia, I think

All the kanto gym types, before blue and with the exception of saffron's gym, are followed by a gym type with an advantage to them. Also all the johto gym types, with the exception of goldenrod's gym, precede a type they have an advantage against. Kanjo 18:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

See, whenever there's an "exception" in something like this, it makes it a lot weaker. --Martonimos_{((Argh|Blargh))} 18:36, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Normal-types are immune to ghosts, so that might not really be an exception. I think this is very interesting, since I'd never noticed that before. IIMarckus 18:37, 19 September 2008 (UTC)