The Cerulean Gym (Japanese: ハナダジム Hanada Gym) is the official Gym of Cerulean City. It is based on Water-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Misty. Trainers who defeat her receive the Cascade Badge.
Other known members include Swimmers Briana, Parker, Diana, and Luis, Picnicker Diana, and Misty's sisters Daisy, Lily, and Violet, who were the Gym Leaders together in the anime until the Advanced Generation series.
In the games
Cerulean City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish
Mermaid!
Cerulean City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish
Mermaid
Cerulean City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish Mermaid
Cerulean City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Misty
The Tomboyish Mermaid
In Generations I, II, and III, the Cerulean Gym is designed like an indoor swimming pool, with platforms above the water for the player to walk on. In Generation IV, the Gym consists of a large pool roped off into lanes with certain parts of the area circling the pool blocked. There are no puzzles to solve in this Gym.
In Generations II and IV, Misty isn't initially at the Gym. After the problem at the Power Plant has been fixed, she can be found at Cerulean Cape, having a date with her boyfriend. After her boyfriend is scared away by the player's arrival, Misty will at first be angry at the player for ruining her date, but will then return to the Gym, allowing it to be challenged.
A field based on the Gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle and Stadium 2's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.
Appearance
Pokémon
Generation I
Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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Fishing
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R
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B
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Y
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5
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100%
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R
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B
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Y
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10
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50%
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R
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B
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Y
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10
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50%
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R
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B
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Y
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15
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34%
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R
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B
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Y
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15
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33%
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R
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B
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Y
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15
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33%
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A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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Generation II
Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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Fishing
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G
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S
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C
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10
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85%
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G
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S
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C
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10
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15%
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G
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S
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C
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20
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60%
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G
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S
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C
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10
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30%
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G
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S
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C
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20
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10%
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10%
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0%
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G
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S
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C
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20
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0%
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0%
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10%
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G
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S
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C
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40
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60%
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G
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S
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C
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40
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30%
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30%
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0%
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G
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S
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C
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40
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0%
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0%
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30%
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G
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S
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C
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40
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10%
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A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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Trainers
Core series
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Reward: $2079
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Reward: $2079
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Trainer
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Pokémon
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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.
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Reward: $4700
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Reward: $2100
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Trainer
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Pokémon
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Sailor Parker トモキ Tomoki Reward: $1376
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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.
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Reward: $6480
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Side series
Round 1
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Reward: N/A
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Round 2
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Reward: N/A
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Round 1
Round 2
Items
In the anime
In the main series
Cerulean Gym has appeared in several episodes of the anime. On the exterior, the building is a dome-shaped brightly colored Gym with a gigantic painting of a Dewgong on top of it. On the inside, the gym is equipped with a large aquarium and swimming pool.
Another view of the battlefield
It first appeared in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City. Ash was heading there so he could earn his Cascade Badge. Misty kept telling him not to go to Cerulean, and he soon discovered why she tried to stop him; her three sisters, Violet, Lily and Daisy, were the Gym Leaders. However, they had turned the battlefield into a performance hall for their water acrobatics shows. Incapable of giving Ash a proper Gym battle, they were about to simply give Ash the Badge when Misty intervened. She challenged Ash to a battle in her capacity as an official Gym Leader, but it was interrupted by Team Rocket. In the end, Daisy gave Ash the Cascade Badge, saying that if it weren't for him, the Gym would have been destroyed.
The Gym's next appearance was in The Misty Mermaid. While on the way to the Viridian Gym, Misty's Horsea had become sick. Realizing the Gym was nearby, Misty decided to go and see if they could make Horsea feel better. The Dragon Pokémon felt better immediately. However, the sisters made Misty participate in one of their water ballet shows. During a Team Rocket battle, the Seel the Sensational Sisters had in their first appearance evolved into Dewgong and saved the Gym. Before leaving, Misty left her Horsea and Starmie at the Gym, hoping one day to come back for them.
The Gym also played key roles in several Pokémon Chronicles episodes. In Cerulean Blues, the Gym was in danger of being shut down. Misty, who was recently named Gym Leader after her sisters won a trip around the world, was successfully able to fix it up and stop it from getting shut down. In the process, she earned a Gym Gyarados's trust. In The Blue Badge of Courage, Sakura challenged Misty to a Gym battle and won her own Cascade Badge. Casey visited the Gym in A Date with Delcatty, and Misty and Daisy's two Luvdisc, Caserin and Luverin, were stolen by Butch and Cassidy in Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing.
Cerulean Gym in Pokémon Origins
In Pokémon Origins
Cerulean Gym was briefly seen in the Pokémon Origins episode File 2 - Cubone, when Red recalled of having a tough battle with Misty, but eventually emerging victorious, thus earning the Cascade Badge.
In the manga
The Cerulean Gym debuted in Suddenly Starmie!, where Red and Misty trained together for a few days to improve their skills in order to fight Team Rocket. After the training was complete, Misty gave Red a Cascade Badge.
Pokémon
These are the Pokémon shown in the Gym.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Cerulean Gym in Pokémon Pocket Monsters
In Pokémon Pocket Monsters, the Cerulean Gym only appeared in Obtain the Moon Stone!! where Red and his Pokémon fought Misty in order to obtain the Moon Stone she had with her. In the manga, the Cerulean Gym is depicted in a very traditional Japanese architectural style.
In the TCG
The Cerulean 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 Cerulean City Gym.
Trivia
- In the English Generation I games, the Gym guide here refers to Pokémon of the Grass type as "plant Pokémon". In the English versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, he instead mentions "Grass-type Pokémon". In the Japanese versions of the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, he mentions the Grass type itself, calling it the "Plant type" (Japanese: しょくぶつタイプ).
- Prior to Pokémon Crystal, it was possible to catch wild Pokémon inside the Gym by fishing in the water. This makes the Cerulean Gym the only Gym where it is possible to catch wild Pokémon inside the facility itself.
- Cerulean Gym is the only place in any Pokémon game where it is possible to battle swimming Swimmers without Surfing.
- In the Generation II games, the player can walk along the path around the edge of the Gym and use Surf to go directly to Misty, bypassing all Trainers lying along the normal path.
- In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player brings a Togepi inside the Gym, it may begin to cry softly when the player talks to it. This is a reference to Misty's Togepi in the anime.
- In Generation II, it is possible for the player to pick up the Machine Part from the Gym before learning of its location from the Team Rocket Grunt on Route 24. This is no longer the case in Generation IV, where the player must defeat the Grunt in a battle in order to make the Machine Part obtainable.