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Cinnabar Gym
グレンジム Guren Gym
Cinnabar Gym Exterior LGPE.png
Location Cinnabar Island
Gym Leader Blaine
Badge Volcano Badge
Dominant Type Fire
Region Kanto
Cinnabar Gym Battle Environment LGPE.png
Battlefield
Blaine's Gym Leader area

The Cinnabar Island Pokémon GymRBYFRLG, Cinnabar Island GymPE, or Cinnabar GymGSCHGSS (Japanese: グレンじまポケモンジムRGBYFRLG/グレン島ポケモンジムPE Guren Island Pokémon Gym or グレンタウンのジムGSCHGSS Guren Town Gym) is the official Gym of Cinnabar Island. In Generations II and IV, it is located at the Seafoam Islands instead, due to the original Gym getting destroyed by Cinnabar Volcano. It specializes on Fire-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Blaine. Trainers who defeat him receive the Volcano Badge.

In the games

Core series games

Cinnabar Island
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Blaine
The Hot-Headed
Quiz Master!

What does this
sign say?
Cinnabar Gym
Leader: Blaine

Cinnabar Island Pokémon Gym
Leader: Blaine
The Hotheaded Quiz Master!

Seafoam Islands
...Somebody put a notice
under the sign!
The Cinnabar Gym has moved here.
Leader: Blaine

In Generations I, III, and VII, the Cinnabar Gym's door is initially locked. In order to unlock it, the player must first find the Secret Key from the bottom floor of the Pokémon Mansion. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, this serves as the prerequisite for challenging the Gym, making this one of the few Kanto Gyms in Generation VII that has no additional prerequisites required for entering.

In Generations II and IV, Blaine's original Gym on Cinnabar Island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This forced him to relocate to the Seafoam Islands. In Generation II, the Gym consists only of a single small cave, with Blaine being the only Trainer to battle there. In Generation IV, the cave increases in size, the area now has Trainers, and the floor designs is that of a small flame. The only way to get to Blaine is to talk to and battle other Trainers so that they can move to a new position, opening a new path.

In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, the notice about the Gym being relocated to the Seafoam Islands reads:

There's a notice
here...
Cinnabar Gym has
relocated to Sea-
foam Islands.
Blaine

There's a notice here...
The Cinnabar Gym has relocated
to Seafoam Islands.

Blaine


Gym puzzle

In Generations I and III, the Cinnabar Gym is a high-tech affair featuring a series of sealed doors. Trivia questions about various Pokémon must be answered to unlock the doors. However, when the player fails to answer a trivia question correctly, a battle with either a Burglar or Super Nerd starts, which serves as an alternative to answering the questions. The questions are:

"Pokémon Quiz! Get it right and the door opens to the next room! Get it wrong and face a trainerRBY/TrainerFRLG! If you want to conserve your Pokémon for the Gym Leader... Then get it right! Here we go!

Generation I Generation III Correct answer
Caterpie evolves into Butterfree? Caterpie evolves into Metapod? Yes
There are 9 certified Pokémon League Badges? There are nine certified Pokémon League Badges? No
Poliwag evolves 3 times? Poliwag evolves three times? No
Are thunder moves effective against ground element-type Pokémon? Are electric moves effective against Ground-type Pokémon? No
Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical? Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical? Yes
TM28 contains Tombstoner? TM28 contains Tombstony? No

Even if the player answers the question right, they still have the option to challenge the Trainer.

In Generation VII, the Gym is set up like a quiz show studio, with the player having to answer five questions in order to face the Gym Leader. Answering a question correctly will earn the player a Blaine doll, while answering a question wrong will force the player into a Trainer battle against a Super Nerd or a Burglar. Defeating the opposing Trainer will also earn the player a Blaine doll. After the player has collected five Blaine dolls, the battle against Blaine will begin immediately. The questions are:

Question Options Correct answer
Which of these is the Spitfire Pokémon? Magmar
Growlithe
Magmar
How many Badges certified by the Pokémon League are there? Seven
Eight
Eight
A Steel-type move used on a Fire-type Pokémon will be...? Super effective!
Not very effective
Not very effective
True or false! TM28 contains the move Tombstony. True
False
What's that?!
False or What's that?!
Challenger <player>, tell me... who are you about to battle?! Blaine
The Cinnabar Island Gym Leader
A Fire-type Pokémon pro
A hotheaded quiz master
A moustached old man
An old guy in sunglasses
Any


Appearance

Interior
Cinnabar Gym RBY.png Cinnabar Gym GSC.png Cinnabar Gym FRLG.png Cinnabar Gym HGSS.png Cinnabar Gym Entrance LGPE.png
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation VII
Concept artwork
Cinnabar Gym LGPE Concept Art.jpg
Concept art from the Let's Go, Pikachu and Eevee! Super Music Collection

Items

Item Location Games
TM Fire TM38 (Fire Blast) Reward for defeating Blaine  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
TM Fire TM50 (Overheat) Reward for defeating Blaine  HG  SS 
TM Fire VI TM46 (Fire Blast) Reward for defeating Blaine  P  E 

Trainers

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Trainer Pokémon
Burglar
Burglar
Reward: $3240
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.36
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.36
No item
Ninetales Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $900
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.36
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.36
No item
Ninetales Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $850
Ponyta Ponyta Lv.34
No item
Charmander Charmander Lv.34
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.34
No item
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.34
No item
Burglar
Burglar
Reward: $3690
Ponyta Ponyta Lv.41
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $1025
Rapidash Rapidash Lv.41
No item
Burglar
Burglar
Reward: $3330
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.37
No item
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.37
No item
Super Nerd
Super Nerd
Reward: $925
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.37
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.37
No item


Pokémon Red and Blue

Blaine has two Super Potions per Pokémon, using them randomly 25% of the time.



Pokémon Yellow

Blaine has two Super Potions per Pokémon, using them randomly 25% of the time.



Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Blaine has a Max Potion and a Full Heal.



Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Trainer Pokémon
Burglar Quinn
Burglar Quinn
ミノブ Minobu
Reward: $3168
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.36
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.36
No item
Ninetales Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd Erik
Super Nerd Erik
ハジメ Hajime
Reward: $864
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.36
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.36
No item
Ninetales Ninetales Lv.36
No item
Super Nerd Avery
Super Nerd Avery
サダハル Sadaharu
Reward: $816
Ponyta Ponyta Lv.34
No item
Charmander Charmander Lv.34
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.34
No item
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.34
No item
Burglar Ramon
Burglar Ramon
ジンパチ Jinpachi
Reward: $3608
Ponyta Ponyta Lv.41
No item
Super Nerd Derek
Super Nerd Derek
ヨシアキ Yoshiaki
Reward: $984
Rapidash Rapidash Lv.41
No item
Burglar Dusty
Burglar Dusty
ノブオ Nobuo
Reward: $3256
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.37
No item
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.37
No item
Super Nerd Zac
Super Nerd Zac
ノブヒロ Nobuhiro
Reward: $888
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.37
No item
Vulpix Vulpix Lv.37
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


Blaine has two Hyper Potions and a Full Heal.



Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Trainer Pokémon
Scientist Lowell
Scientist Lowell
ヨシロー Yoshirō
Reward: $1600
Arcanine Arcanine Lv.50
No item
Scientist Daniel
Scientist Daniel
ユウゴ Yūgo
Reward: $1600
Ninetales Ninetales Lv.50
No item
Super Nerd Cary
Super Nerd Cary
タカジ Takaji
Reward: $2544
Torkoal Torkoal Lv.53
No item
Scientist Linden
Scientist Linden
タケアキ Takeaki
Reward: $1600
Magmar Magmar Lv.50
No item
Super Nerd Waldo
Super Nerd Waldo
ユウビ Yūbi
Reward: $2544
Numel Numel Lv.53
No item
Super Nerd Merle
Super Nerd Merle
ナガフミ Nagafumi
Reward: $2544
Magcargo Magcargo Lv.53
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.




Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Trainer Pokémon
First question
Super Nerd Erik
Super Nerd Erik
ハジメ Hajime
Reward: $1,800
Charmeleon Charmeleon Lv.45
No item
Second question
Burglar Quinn
Burglar Quinn
ミノブ Minobu
Reward: $3,520
Ninetales Ninetales Lv.44
No item
Third question
Super Nerd Derek
Super Nerd Derek
ヨシアキ Yoshiaki
Reward: $1,800
Magmar Magmar Lv.45
No item
Fourth question
Burglar Dusty
Burglar Dusty
ノブオ Nobuo
Reward: $3,520
Growlithe Growlithe Lv.44
No item
Rapidash Rapidash Lv.44
No item




Rematch



Side series games

A field based on the Gym appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle and Stadium 2's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.

Trainers

Pokémon Stadium
Round 1
Trainer Pokémon
Judoboy
Judoboy
Raticate Raticate Lv.50-100
No item
Primeape Primeape Lv.50-100
No item
Machoke Machoke Lv.50-100
No item
Nidoking Nidoking Lv.50-100
No item
Hitmonlee Hitmonlee Lv.50-100
No item
Machamp Machamp Lv.50-100
No item
Psychic
Psychic
Slowbro Slowbro Lv.50-100
No item
Alakazam Alakazam Lv.50-100
No item
Poliwrath Poliwrath Lv.50-100
No item
Starmie Starmie Lv.50-100
No item
Jynx Jynx Lv.50-100
No item
Hypno Hypno Lv.50-100
No item
Nerd
Nerd
Electrode Electrode Lv.50-100
No item
Snorlax Snorlax Lv.50-100
No item
Golem Golem Lv.50-100
No item
Exeggutor Exeggutor Lv.50-100
No item
Muk Muk Lv.50-100
No item
Cloyster Cloyster Lv.50-100
No item




Round 2
Trainer Pokémon
Judoboy
Judoboy
Marowak Marowak Lv.50-100
No item
Primeape Primeape Lv.50-100
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.50-100
No item
Nidoking Nidoking Lv.50-100
No item
Scyther Scyther Lv.50-100
No item
Machamp Machamp Lv.50-100
No item
Nerd
Nerd
Electrode Electrode Lv.50-100
No item
Gengar Gengar Lv.50-100
No item
Golem Golem Lv.50-100
No item
Exeggutor Exeggutor Lv.50-100
No item
Muk Muk Lv.50-100
No item
Cloyster Cloyster Lv.50-100
No item
Psychic
Psychic
Slowbro Slowbro Lv.50-100
No item
Alakazam Alakazam Lv.50-100
No item
Poliwrath Poliwrath Lv.50-100
No item
Starmie Starmie Lv.50-100
No item
Jynx Jynx Lv.50-100
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.50-100
No item




Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1



Round 2



Spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Cinnabar Gym is seen in Blaine's mindscape.

Blaine & Rapidash
Blaine Mindscape.png

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Cinnabar Gym in the anime
Cinnabar Gym's battlefield in the anime

In the anime, the Cinnabar Gym is located in a chamber inside the Cinnabar Volcano, which is accessed from a secret entrance located next to a hot spring at Blaine's "Big Riddle Inn" and has a battlefield suspended over the lava.

Original series

In Riddle Me This, Ash was trying to locate the Gym so he could challenge the Cinnabar Gym Leader to a battle. He was informed by a man who liked telling riddles that the Gym was abandoned when Cinnabar Island became a tourist trap. However, the man eventually told Ash that the Gym Leader, Blaine, had built another Gym in a secret location, and later gave him a hint of its location through a riddle. After accidentally discovering the Gym's secret entrance at the riddler's inn, Ash and his friends entered the Gym and found the riddle-telling man himself, who revealed himself to have been Blaine in disguise all along. Ash and Blaine then battled, but Ash suffered multiple misfortunes, with his Squirtle losing to Blaine's Ninetales, Charizard refusing to battle Rhydon, and Pikachu struggling against Blaine's Magmar.

In Volcanic Panic, Ash forfeited the match after Pikachu almost fell in the lava while dodging Magmar's Fire Blast and withdrew to heal his Pokémon's burns. Meanwhile, Team Rocket snuck into the Gym to steal Magmar, but their actions at the heart of the volcano threatened to make it erupt and destroy Cinnabar Island. Ash and his friends assisted Blaine in stopping the eruption, and, as a sign of gratitude, Blaine agreed to have a rematch with Ash. Since the Gym had been destroyed during the incident, the battle instead took place at the summit of the volcano. To Ash's surprise, his usually disobedient Charizard offered to battle Blaine's Magmar. Eventually, Charizard was able to defeat Magmar with Seismic Toss, earning Ash the Volcano Badge.

The Cinnabar Gym briefly reappeared in a flashback in Bad To The Bone, where Otoshi and his Marowak were shown defeating Blaine's Magmar in a Gym battle.

Gallery

Abandoned Cinnabar Gym
Former Cinnabar Gym.png

Pokémon used in the Gym

Ninetales
Blaine's Ninetales
Debut Riddle Me This
Voice actors
Japanese Shin-ichiro Miki
English Rachael Lillis

Ninetales was Blaine's first Pokémon used in his Gym battle with Ash. Despite its beautiful looks, Ninetales proved to be an incredibly powerful Pokémon, knocking out Ash's Squirtle with a single attack. Ninetales was recalled when Ash sent out his Charizard.

Ninetales's only known move is Fire Spin.

Rhydon
Blaine's Rhydon
Debut Riddle Me This
Voice actors
Japanese Katsuyuki Konishi
English Katsuyuki Konishi

After Ash chose Charizard in his battle, Blaine countered it by choosing Rhydon. Charizard refused to fight the Drill Pokémon, so Rhydon went up against Pikachu in his place. Blaine doubted the Electric type could defeat Rhydon, but Pikachu used Rhydon's horn as a conductor of electricity that eventually caused its defeat. This battle sparked a now well-known Internet meme in the Pokémon fandom, as Rhydon is usually immune to Electric-type attacks.

Rhydon's known moves are Horn Drill and Fury Attack.

Magmar
Blaine's Magmar
Debut Riddle Me This
Voice actors
Japanese Katsuyuki Konishi
English Eric Stuart
Main article: Blaine's Magmar

Magmar is Blaine's final Pokémon and his powerhouse. In the first battle, Magmar easily defeated Ash's Pikachu. After the battlefield was wrecked due to Team Rocket's influence and damming Cinnabar Island's volcano, Magmar and Ash's Charizard ended up gaining a mutual respect for each other and wanted to test their strengths against one another. This was done in Ash's rematch with Blaine on top of Cinnabar's volcano. However, despite Magmar's incredible power, Charizard managed to come out on top.

Pokémon Origins

Cinnabar Gym in Pokémon Origins

The Cinnabar Gym made a brief appearance in File 3: Giovanni, when Red was seen defeating Blaine and earning himself the Volcano Badge.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Arcanine
Blaine's Arcanine

Arcanine was used in Blaine's Gym battle against Red, but it was defeated.

None of Arcanine's moves are known.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Cinnabar Gym in Pokémon Adventures

The Pokémon Lab is located inside the dormant Cinnabar Volcano and directly connected to the Cinnabar Gym, working as Blaine's personal laboratory.

Red, Green & Blue arc

The Cinnabar Gym was first visited by Red in Holy Moltres, where he revived his Old Amber into an Aerodactyl needed to combat Team Rocket's Moltres.

Yellow arc

The Gym reappeared in this arc, where Blaine was seen conducting his search for the missing Red. When Yellow arrived on Cinnabar Island in Putting It on the Line...Against Arcanine, he was led to the Gym by a disguised Blaine. They soon received emergency messages from various cities in Kanto, telling them that the Elite Four had launched their attack on the region. Both Blaine and Yellow soon departed for the Elite Four's base of actions on Cerise Island to start a counterattack.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

The Gym appeared again in Double Down Deoxys, where Blaine was visited by Camper Evan and Super Nerd Miles while he was going through an old photo album, with one of the pictures featuring him together with Mr. Fuji in a jungle. Blaine told the two Trainers that he had started feeling pain in his right arm the day before, the same arm which once contained Mewtwo's cells. Blaine said that the sensation meant that Mewtwo was upset, and deduced that it must be because Mew was on its way from Faraway Island back to the Kanto mainland.

Pokémon Zensho

Cinnabar Gym in Pokémon Zensho

The Cinnabar Gym appeared in PZ08, where Satoshi entered the Gym. Blaine talked with him about his past work at the Pokémon Mansion, the creation of Mewtwo, and his decades-long desire to capture Articuno. Wanting to help Blaine in achieving his dream, Satoshi offered to help him, but Blaine insisted he'd have to prove his strength by defeating him first. The two had a battle, which ended in Satoshi's victory, earning him the Volcano Badge. As a result of the battle, Satoshi's Charmeleon evolved into Charizard. Afterwards, the two headed to Seafoam Islands to capture Articuno.

In the TCG

The Cinnabar Gym was featured in the TCG as both a Japan exclusive Theme Deck and as a card. The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring the Cinnabar City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game

Cinnabar Gym
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 #
Cinnabar City Gym T [St] Gym Challenge Uncommon 113/132 Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon  
      Guren Town Gym    
Blaine's Last Stand Su Dragon Majesty Rare Holo 58/70 Dragon Storm R 048/053
Hidden Fates Rare 52/68      
Blaine's Quiz Show Su Unified Minds Uncommon 186/236 SM-P Promotional cards   318/SM-P
 


Trivia

In other languages

TombstonerRBY/TombstonyFRLGPE

Language Name Origin
Japanese しねしねこうせん Shineshine Kōsen Means "Die-Die Beam" or "DIE! Beam"
English TombstonerRBY/TombstonyFRLGPE Similar to Japanese name's death motif
French FosseRBYFRLG
Rayon Pouêt-PouêtPE
Means "ditch" or "moat"
Means "Beep-Beep Beam"
German Frosch-AttackeRBYFRLG
HypermegasuperstrahlPE
Means "Frog Attack"
Exaggeration of "Hyperstrahl"
Italian Pietra Tombale Means "tombstone"
Spanish Tumbapiedra Means "tombstone"


Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Boulder Badge
Brock OD.png
Brock
Cerulean Gym Cascade Badge
Misty OD.png
Misty
Vermilion Gym Thunder Badge
Lt Surge OD.png
Lt. Surge
Celadon Gym Rainbow Badge
Erika OD.png
Erika
Fuchsia Gym Soul Badge
Koga OD.png Janine OD.png
Koga Janine
Saffron Gym Marsh Badge
Sabrina OD.png
Sabrina
Cinnabar Gym Volcano Badge
Blaine OD.png
Blaine
Viridian Gym Earth Badge
Giovanni OD.png Blue
Giovanni Blue


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