Saffron Gym

Saffron Gym ヤマブキジム Yamabuki Gym
Location	Saffron City
Gym Leader	Sabrina
Badge	Marsh Badge
Dominant Type	Psychic
Region	Kanto
Battlefield

The Saffron Gym (Japanese: ヤマブキジム Yamabuki Gym) is the official Gym of Saffron City. It is based on Psychic-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Sabrina. Trainers who defeat her receive the Marsh Badge.

In the games

The Saffron Gym is a maze of warp tiles and nine rooms. Seven of these rooms contain Trainers (only four in Generation II and IV), while the other two hold Sabrina and the entrance. A field based on the Gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle.

At some point prior to the Generation I games, both Sabrina's Gym and the Karate Master's Fighting Dojo laid claim to the status of being an official Indigo League Pokémon Gym. Due to the type advantage that the Gym's Psychic-types had over the Dojo's Fighting-types, Sabrina easily won the challenge and became the official Gym Leader of Saffron City.

Appearance

File:Saffron Gym HGSS.jpg Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Trainers

Pokémon Red and Blue and Yellow

Trainer	Pokémon
Psychic Reward: $330	Slowpoke Lv.33 No item
	Slowpoke Lv.33 No item
	Slowbro Lv.33 No item
Psychic Reward: $340	Mr. Mime Lv.34 No item
	Kadabra Lv.34 No item
Channeler Reward: $1140	Haunter Lv.38 No item
Psychic Reward: $380	Slowbro Lv.38 No item
Channeler Reward: $1020	Gastly Lv.34 No item
	Haunter Lv.34 No item
Channeler Reward: $990	Gastly Lv.33 No item
	Gastly Lv.33 No item
	Haunter Lv.33 No item
Psychic Reward: $310	Kadabra Lv.31 No item
	Slowpoke Lv.31 No item
	Mr. Mime Lv.31 No item
	Kadabra Lv.31 No item

Sabrina Saffron Gym Red, Green, and Blue Professor and Professor Sabrina Oak Saffron Gym Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $4257

Type: Psychic Unknown Kadabra Lv.38 Disable Normal   --       Psybeam Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Mr. Mime Lv.37 Confusion Psychic   --       Barrier Psychic   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       DoubleSlap Normal   --       Types: Bug Poison Venomoth Lv.38 PoisonPowder Poison   --       Leech Life Bug   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Psybeam Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Alakazam Lv.43 Psybeam Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Psywave Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --

Sabrina Saffron Gym Yellow Professor and Professor Sabrina Oak Saffron Gym Yellow Reward: $4950

Type: Psychic Unknown Abra Lv.50 Teleport Psychic   --       Flash Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Kadabra Lv.50 Psybeam Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Kinesis Psychic   --       Psywave Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Alakazam Lv.50 Psybeam Psychic   --       Psywave Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --

Pokémon Gold and Silver and Crystal

Trainer	Pokémon
Medium Rebecca トミコ Tomiko Reward: $1400	Drowzee♀ Lv.35 No item
	Hypno♀ Lv.35 No item
Psychic Jared タクミ Takumi Reward: $1120	Mr. Mime♂ Lv.32 No item
	Exeggcute♂ Lv.32 No item
	Exeggcute♂ Lv.35 No item
Medium Doris ケサコ Kesako Reward: $1440	Slowpoke♀ Lv.34 No item
	Slowbro♀ Lv.36 No item
Psychic Franklin ヒロ Hiro Reward: $1184	Kadabra♂ Lv.37 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.

Leader Sabrina Saffron Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Sabrina Oak Saffron Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $4800

Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.46 Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Swift Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Mr. Mime♀ Lv.46 Barrier Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.48 Recover Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer	Pokémon
Psychic Cameron カオル Kaoru Reward: $660	Slowpoke♂ Lv.33 No item
	Slowpoke♂ Lv.33 No item
	Slowbro♂ Lv.33 No item
Psychic Tyron イサミ Isami Reward: $680	Mr. Mime♂ Lv.34 No item
	Kadabra♂ Lv.34 No item
Channeler Stacy キリエ Kirie Reward: $1216	Haunter♀ Lv.38 No item
Psychic Preston ヒロム Hiromu Reward: $760	Slowbro♂ Lv.38 No item
Channeler Amanda フミカ Fumika Reward: $1088	Gastly♀ Lv.34 No item
	Haunter♀ Lv.34 No item
Channeler Tasha ホタル Hotaru Reward: $1056	Gastly♀ Lv.33 No item
	Gastly♀ Lv.33 No item
	Haunter♀ Lv.33 No item
Psychic Johan カズヤ Kazuya Reward: $620	Kadabra♂ Lv.31 No item
	Mr. Mime♂ Lv.31 No item
	Slowpoke♂ Lv.31 No item
	Kadabra♂ Lv.31 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Sabrina Saffron Gym FireRed and LeafGreen Leader and Professor Sabrina Oak Saffron Gym FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $4300

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Kadabra♂ Lv.38 Psybeam Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Soundproof Held item: None Mr. Mime♀ Lv.37 Barrier Psychic   --       Psybeam Psychic   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Venomoth♀ Lv.38 Psybeam Psychic   --       Gust Flying   --       Leech Life Bug   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.43 Psychic Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer	Pokémon
Medium Rebecca トミコ Tomiko Reward: $2160	Bronzor Lv.45 No item
	Hypno♀ Lv.45 No item
Psychic Jared タクミ Takumi Reward: $1440	Mr. Mime♂ Lv.42 No item
	Exeggcute♂ Lv.42 No item
	Exeggcute♂ Lv.45 No item
Medium Darcy ケサコ Kesako Reward: $2208	Slowpoke♀ Lv.44 No item
	Slowbro♀ Lv.46 No item
Psychic Franklin ヒロ Hiro Reward: $1504	Kadabra♂ Lv.44 No item
	Girafarig♂ Lv.47 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.

Leader Sabrina Saffron Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Sabrina Oak Saffron Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6600

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.53 Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Skill Swap Psychic Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Filter Held item: None Mr. Mime♀ Lv.53 Mimic Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Skill Swap Psychic Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Alakazam♂ Lv.55 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Skill Swap Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM46 (Psywave)	Reward for defeating Sabrina	R  B  Y
	TM04 (Calm Mind)	Reward for defeating Sabrina	FR  LG
	TM48 (Skill Swap)	Reward for defeating Sabrina	HG  SS

In the anime

Saffron Gym appeared in two episodes of the anime. It is an unusual dome-shaped building that also an institute for the study of PSI phenomenon.

It first appeared in Abra and the Psychic Showdown. Ash and his friends found their way to the Gym after getting trapped by Team Rocket. Ash challenged Sabrina to a battle, to which she offered an unusual request; if he lost, he and his friends would have to play with her.

Sure enough, Ash lost and was forced to play with Sabrina. She shrunk him and the others down to the size of dolls and nearly knocked them over with a ball. They were saved by Sabrina's father, who told Ash that if he really wanted to defeat Sabrina, he would have to get a Ghost-type Pokémon from Lavender Town.

Ash took his advice and returned two episodes later in Haunter versus Kadabra with a Haunter he picked up. However, when he went to challenge Sabrina, it was nowhere to be found. Ash was about to be turned into a doll, like Brock and Misty, when Sabrina's father appeared once again to save him.

Once more, Ash went to challenge Sabrina with his Haunter. It disappeared again, but reappeared halfway through the battle with Kadabra and Pikachu. After making Sabrina laugh, all of her spells were broken, and Ash received his fourth Badge.

In the TCG

The Saffron 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 Saffron City Gym.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Saffron City Gym	T [St]	Gym Challenge		122/132	Challenge from the Darkness

Trivia

• For unknown reasons, the Saffron Gym is the fourth Gym in the anime, but the sixth Gym in the games.
  • However, in the Generation I and Generation III games, it is possible to defeat Sabrina before obtaining any more than three Badges, as it is accessible through Vermilion City.
• The connections between the teleporters in the Gym is the same in all generations, though Generation IV adds a one-way teleporter from Sabrina's room to the entrance room.

Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Brock	Cerulean Gym Misty	Vermilion Gym Lt. Surge	Celadon Gym Erika
Fuchsia Gym Koga Janine	Saffron Gym Sabrina	Cinnabar Gym Blaine	Viridian Gym Giovanni Blue

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