Goldenrod Gym

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

In Gold, Silver, and Crystal

In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Goldenrod Gym is a maze of flowers and ornaments in the shape of a Clefairy. 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 the 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, but after drying her eyes and blowing her nose she will get over her loss and give the player the badge.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

Goldenrod Gym in HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, many aesthetic changes have been made to the Goldenrod Gym. 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 though an arch below one of the platforms to reach Whitney.

Trainers

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer	Pokémon
Beauty Victoria アケミ Akemi Reward: 1496	Sentret♀ Lv.9 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.13 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.17 No item
Beauty Samantha ナオコ Naoko Reward: 1408	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
Lass Carrie ミカ Mika Reward: 432	Snubbull♀ Lv.18 No item
Lass Bridget アスカ Asuka Reward: 360	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	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.

2000 Leader Whitney Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal Goldenrod Gym

Clefairy ♀ Lv.18  Normal  Held item: None Moves Encore Normal DoubleSlap Normal Mimic Normal Metronome Normal Miltank ♀ Lv.20  Normal  Held item: None Moves Stomp Normal Attract Normal Milk Drink Normal Rollout Rock

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer	Pokémon
Beauty アケミ Akemi Reward: 896	Sentret♀ Lv.9 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.13 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.16 No item
Beauty ナオコ Naoko Reward: 896	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
Lass ミカ Mika Reward: 272	Snubbull♀ Lv.17 No item
Lass アスカ Asuka Reward: 240	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	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.

2280 Leader Whitney Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Goldenrod Gym

Clefairy ♀ Lv.17  Normal  Held item: None Ability: Cute Charm Moves DoubleSlap Normal Physical Mimic Normal Status Encore Normal Status Metronome Normal Status Miltank ♀ Lv.19  Normal  Held item: Lum Berry Ability: Scrappy Moves Rollout Rock Physical Attract Normal Status Stomp Normal Physical Milk Drink Normal Status

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 released 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.

Trivia

• The pattern of the flowers in the Goldenrod Gym is designed to resemble a Clefairy, while when the gym is updated in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the raised floor is also shaped like a Clefairy.

Gyms of the Johto region
Violet | Azalea | Goldenrod | Ecruteak | Cianwood | Olivine | Mahogany | Blackthorn