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The Eterna Gym (Japanese: ハクタイジム Hakutai Gym) is the official Gym of Eterna City. It is based on Grass-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Gardenia. Trainers who defeat her receive the Forest Badge.
In the games
Eterna City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Gardenia
Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon!
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl
The Eterna Gym consists of a green foyer, past which is a greenhouse room where an indoor forest is arranged in a maze-like pattern. The Trainers of the Gym hide and wait behind trees and natural surroundings, and Gardenia will not accept challenges until all of her students are defeated. Every time a Trainer is defeated, they give a hint about where another foe is. Trainers of the Gym are fond of using status-inducing moves such as Poison Sting, Leech Seed, and Stun Spore.
Pokémon Platinum
In Pokémon Platinum, the entire Gym has been redesigned. The Gym now contains four areas with a giant clock in the middle, separating these areas. For every Trainer the player defeats, the hands of the clock move in a certain direction. Once the clock's hands spin to the north, south, east or west direction, the player can walk onto them and progress to other areas of the Gym. A set of sprinklers also turns off, allowing the player to exit the Gym and return later. Gardenia awaits the player in the northern area of the Gym (when the larger hand reaches 12 o'clock).
Appearance
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Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.
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Lass Caroline リサ Lisa Reward: $540
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Beauty Lindsay ヨウコ Yōko Reward: $1,224
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In the anime
The Eterna Gym appeared in The Grass Menagerie!, when Ash challenged Gardenia. After a tough battle, Ash emerged victorious and earned himself his second Sinnoh League Badge.
In Barry's Busting Out All Over!, Barry was revealed to have beaten the Eterna Gym with his Empoleon. He also mentioned how Gardenia had used a Drain Punch-using Cacnea against him, making James very pleased to learn that his former Pokémon was being trained well.
In the anime, the Eterna Gym is modeled like a large indoor garden, complete with trees and grass. Many different kinds of Grass-type Pokémon live there and are taken care of by Gardenia and her helpers. Unlike other Gyms, the Eterna Gym does not have an official battlefield. Instead, Gym battles take place in a large clearing in the middle of the Gym.
Pokémon used in the Gym
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The Eterna Gym appeared in Ring Around the Roserade II, where Platinum challenged Gardenia. Due to the great distance between the two sides, Platinum's Pokémon were unable to reach Gardenia's Cherubi and Roserade, while Roserade was able to use its vines to strike Platinum's Pokémon from underground. Eventually, however, Platinum figured out a way to use Gardenia's strategy to her own advantage, and had her Prinplup use the holes left behind by Roserade's vines to release an underground Blizzard attack at Gardenia's Pokémon, defeating them and earning Platinum the victory.
Pokémon used in the Gym
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Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's Grass Knot (which was more powerful upon Piplup's evolution, since her weight had increased), she used her Blizzard in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at-distance attack.
Cherubi's only known move is Grass Knot, and her Ability is Chlorophyll.
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Ring Around the Roserade I
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Roserade ♀
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Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's Grass Knot, Prinplup used her Blizzard in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at distance attack, who defeated both.
Roserade's only known move is Grass Knot, and her Ability is Poison Point.
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In the TCG
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Eterna City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.