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Rustboro Gym カナズミジム Kanazumi Gym
Location	Rustboro City
Gym Leader	Roxanne
Badge	Stone Badge
Dominant Type	Rock
Region	Hoenn
Battlefield

The Rustboro Gym (Japanese: カナズミジム Kanazumi Gym) is the official Gym of Rustboro City. It is based on Rock-type Pokémon. It is one of the eight official Gyms that form part of the Hoenn League. The Gym Leader is Roxanne. Trainers who defeat her receive the Stone Badge.

In the games

Generation III

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Rustboro Gym is a simple field full of rocky walls and a small amount of members. There are no significant puzzles in the Gym, although Trainers can walk behind the members of the Gym and skip directly to battling Roxanne if they wish to do so.

Generation VI

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Gym is redesigned to look similar to a museum with fossils and other rocks on display. Much like in Generation III, the Gym is a maze where the Trainers lie in wait, with Roxanne waiting at the end. Once again, it is also possible to skip the other Trainers to facing Roxanne.

When defeated, Roxanne will give the player the Stone Badge as well as TM39 (Rock Tomb) as a reward.

Appearance

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $96	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.6 No item
Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $176	Geodude♂ Lv.11 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1500
Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.14 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Nosepass♀ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $160	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $128 Potential Double Battle with Marc	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
Hiker Marc ソウタロウ Sōtarō Reward: $320 Potential Double Battle with Tommy	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $1500

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Oran Berry Nosepass♀ Lv.15 Block Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Tackle Normal   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

First rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $7400

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.32 Protect Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Kabuto♂ Lv.35 Swords Dance Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.35 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Nosepass♂ Lv.37 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Second rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $8400

Types: Rock Water Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Omanyte♂ Lv.37 Protect Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.37 Protect Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Kabutops♂ Lv.40 Swords Dance Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.40 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Nosepass♂ Lv.42 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Third rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $9400

Types: Rock Water Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Omastar♂ Lv.42 Protect Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.42 Protect Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Kabutops♂ Lv.45 Swords Dance Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.45 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Nosepass♂ Lv.47 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Fourth rematch onwards

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $10400

Types: Rock Flying Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Aerodactyl♂ Lv.47 Rock Slide Rock   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.47 Focus Punch Fighting   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Omastar♂ Lv.47 Protect Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Kabutops♂ Lv.50 Swords Dance Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Steelix♂ Lv.50 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Nosepass♂ Lv.52 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $144	Geodude♂ Lv.7 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.9 No item
Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $160	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
Schoolkid Georgia ミキエ Mikie Reward: $200	Geodude♀ Lv.10 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Reward: $1,680

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Nosepass♀ Lv.14 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Harden Normal Status   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM39 (Rock Tomb)	Reward for defeating Roxanne	R  S  E  OR  AS

In the anime

The only appearance of the Gym is in The Winner by a Nosepass. After meeting Roxanne as a teacher in the Pokémon Trainers' School, Ash asks her for a battle. The academy and the Gym are connected in many ways. Most of the matches are filmed, so the students can watch and study actual Gym battles to learn more about them. Also, a few students work in the Gym as interns to gain valuable experience as Trainers. Some of the jobs are to clean the battlefield, film the matches, and be the referees. The battle is an elimination match with each Trainer using two Pokémon. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute Pokémon.

When Ash challenged Roxanne, he used his Treecko and his Pikachu. Even though Treecko was a Grass-type, it was defeated by Roxanne's Geodude because it didn't know any Grass moves. Pikachu, however, defeated Geodude with an up close Thunder attack and defeated Nosepass with an Iron Tail.

Pokémon used in Gym

		Geodude
		Geodude was first seen in Gonna Rule The School!, when Roxanne used it to fight off Team Rocket. In the next episode, Geodude was the first Pokémon Roxanne used in her Gym battle with Ash. Geodude easily defeated Treecko with two Mega Punch attacks despite the type disadvantage and Ash's best efforts, since Treecko did not know any Grass-type moves at the time. Pikachu, however, managed to defeat Geodude with Thunder*. Geodude's known moves are Mega Punch, Rock Throw, and Rollout.
Debut	Gonna Rule The School!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Michael Haigney

		Nosepass
		Main article: Roxanne's Nosepass The next Pokémon Roxanne used in her battle with Ash was her signature Pokémon, Nosepass. Since Pikachu had not much experience in using the move Iron Tail as he had only recently learned it, he was not able to use it effectively against Nosepass. It proved to be a tough opponent for Pikachu. Pikachu eventually managed to perfect his Iron Tail however and was able to defeat Nosepass with it, earning Ash the Stone Badge.
Debut	The Winner by a Nosepass
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Darren Dunstan

In the manga

Rustboro Gym in Pokémon Adventures

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Rustboro Gym appeared in Trust In Each Other!!, where Ash challenged Roxanne to a Gym battle. The battle occurred much like in the anime, with Ash's Treecko first falling to Roxanne's Geodude due to its lack of Grass-type moves. Geodude was then defeated by Pikachu. Pikachu then faced Nosepass, who proved to be a powerful opponent, but eventually even it was defeated, winning the battle for Ash.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Rustboro Gym appeared in Blowing Past Nosepass I and II. Sapphire entered the Gym, looking for a Gym battle, only to find out that the challengers must take a test testing their knowledge on different aspects of Pokémon battling, and cannot challenge the Gym Leader unless they pass. Roxanne will only fight one challenger per week.

Sapphire eventually passed the test with a perfect score, and was allowed to challenge Roxanne. At first, Roxanne's Nosepass had an advantage over Sapphire's Rono, due to its Magnet Pull restricting Rono's movements and preventing it from leaving the battle. Finally Sapphire figured out that since Nosepass can only face north, she could strike it from behind, allowing her to defeat the Compass Pokémon and earn the Stone Badge.

Pokémon used in Gym

		Nosepass
		Main article: Roxanne's Nosepass Nosepass is Roxanne's first known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Sapphire's Rono but lost.
Debut	Blowing Past Nosepass I

Trivia

• In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, one of the exhibits at the Gym features a rock from Kalos's Glittering Cave.

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan

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