Greetings Junglers, Evan here, also known as Haxford! This article is the first of a series called Gym Leader Showdown. In this series I’ll name the different Gym Leaders we’ve met during our Pokémon journey, along with some basic info on them. At the end of each article there will be a poll, which will determine which Gym Leader is the very best of each region. After that, all the winning Gym Leaders will battle against each other to see what Gym Leader is the top favorite. Let’s start!
Brock
- Gym Leader 1
- Rock
- Geodude and Onix
- Pewter City
- Boulder Badge
- Bide (Gen 1), Rock Tomb (Gen 3), Rock Slide (Gen 4)
- Name Inspiration: Rock
- Trivia: Brock’s Pokémon don’t know any Rock-type moves in Gen 1.
Misty
- Gym Leader 2
- Water
- Staryu and Starmie
- Cerulean City
- Cascade Badge
- Bubblebeam (Gen 1), Water Pulse (Gen 3 and 4)
- Name Inspiration: Mist
- Trivia: Misty is the only female Water-type specialist.
Lt. Surge
- Gym Leader 3
- Electric
- Voltorb, Pikachu and Raichu
- Vermillion City
- Thunder Badge
- Thunderbolt (Gen 1), Shockwave (Gen 3 and 4)
- Name Inspiration: Electrical surge
- Trivia: Lt. Surge is probably from Unova since it’s based on the USA.
Erika
- Gym Leader 4
- Grass
- Victreebel, Tangela and Vileplume
- Celadon City
- Rainbow Badge
- Mega Drain (Gen 1), Giga Drain (Gen 3 and 4)
- Name Inspiration: Erica genus, a plant
- Trivia: Erika is the only Kanto Gym Leader with the same Japanese as English name.
Koga
- Gym Leader 5 (Gen 1 and 3)
- Poison
- Koffing, Muk, Koffing and Weezing
- Fuchsia City
- Soul Badge
- Toxic (Gen 1 and 3)
- Name Inspiration: Koga-ryu, a school of ninjutsu
- Trivia: Koga is also an Elite Four-member in Johto.
Janine
- Gym Leader 5 (Gen 2 and 4)
- Poison
- Crobat, Weezing, Weezing, Ariados, Venomoth
- Fuchsia City
- Soul Badge
- Toxic (Gen 2) or Poison Jab (Gen 4)
- Name Inspiration: Ninja
- Trivia: Janine is the only Gym Leader who has not appeared in the anime.
Sabrina
- Gym Leader 6
- Psychic
- Kadabra, Mr. Mime, Venomoth and Alakazam
- Saffron City
- Marsh Badge
- Psywave (Gen 1), Calm Mind (Gen 3), Skill Swap (Gen 4)
- Name Inspiration: Brain, or the teenage witch
- Trivia: Sabrina is the only Gym Leader in Gen 1 that uses a Pokémon not of her specialized type.
Blaine
- Gym Leader 7
- Fire
- Growlithe, Ponyta, Arcanine and Rapidash
- Cinnabar Island
- Volcano Badge
- Fire Blast (Gen 1 and 3), Overheat (Gen 4)
- Name Inspiration: Blaze and flame
- Trivia: Blaine is the only Gym Leader whose Gym is in two different locations.
Giovanni
- Gym Leader 8 (Gen 1 and 3)
- Ground-type
- Rhyhorn, Dugtrio, Nidoqueen, Nidoking and Rhydon
- Viridian City
- Earth Badge
- Fissure (Gen 1), Earthquake (Gen 3)
- Name Inspiration: Geo (Giovanni also means gift from God)
- Trivia: Giovanni is the only Gym Leader that’s also the leader of a criminal organization.
Blue
- Gym Leader 8 (Gen 2 and 4)
- No type specialization
- Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, Gyarados, Exeggutor and Arcanine
- Viridian City
- Earth Badge
- Trick Room (Gen 4)
- Name Inspiration: After the game
- Trivia: Blue is the only Gym Leader who uses a full team of six Pokémon.
[poll id=”99″]
X — EVAN
Lt Surge! I can’t vote tho
Blaine.
All day. Every day.
Fire Type Gym Leader, Island Gym, interesting puzzle, coolest gen 1 gym leader in the anime, best anime Gym Leader Fight, Charizard vs Magmar (look it up if you haven’t seen it).
Uhh now we got male models writing articles? How does PJ know all these people ;~;
I think Haxford is a regular on here. Idk I see him pop up when the news gets poppin
well dammmmmmnnnnnnn
Damn it ia
Because I ain’t got no life
Ohhhh you. I know this account, didnt recognize you without the haxorus
Same here, well I got laid off a month ago and trying to find a new job now…. :(:
Omg that’s me
yeeess
Misty cuz who doesn’t miss Misty
This is in game though.
Definitely team Sabrina!
Come on she was the first to start the “psychic types are mellow” plus she is strong and she used an OP type and alakazam. And the those green glowing bracalets are so awesome. Definitely the best.
Mellow
Mashmellow
Fairy/Fighting
The Overstruffed Pkm
“They defend their young with their lives, though docile their thick arms are strong enough to snap trees”
Also amazing job on these articles. These mods you hired are amazing (you new mods are amazing). Definitely doing a good job on keeping us occupied!
finally I found it !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HBO7d9HBIw
Fucking Sawyer, hate his guts. Tool of a trainer.
He got Clawitzer and Slaking
Wow!
Still no match for Ash though. Gonna fly through to the final
I feel Hawlucha will go down to Slaking
Pikachu will beat Clawitzer
Ash-Greninja will beat Mega Sceptile
Me don’t know rest
Doesnt matter. Leaked info already clarified Ash will win and battle Alain in the final xD
I know
I would also like to add, according to PWT in Unova(best aftergame thing ever), each trainer has a different signature Pokemon, these are those of Kanto gym leaders:
Brock-Onix
Misty-Starmie
Lt. Surge-Raichu
Erika-Viieplume
Janine-Venomoth
Sabrina-Alakazam
Blaine-Arcanine
Giovanni-Rhyperior
Giovanni
A trainer worthy of my extremely limited respect
Giovanni was the original final boss and final gym for many
Did you know in the Manga Giovanni is such an expert on Ground types he’s even written a book on them “Secrets of the Earth” and he was the first person to discover Rhydon could evolve further
Sabrina, always.
And wasn’t Brock dark skinned?
Sabrina <3 (Sadly though, it won't let me go through with my vote, like I click vote and it just doesn't' go through???)
I think you’re using Chrome. Maybe you can use a different browser just to vote, while I will check what’s wrong.
Yeah, but if I use my main one (Opera, which I use Chrome for this cause Opera fucks up a lot) it still has that problem.
Welp, Internet Explorer leggo
Not the case. I use Chrome on mobile and it works just fine. It’s just anytime I’m trying to vote from my laptop.
I use FireFox and for a couple years now for some reason it wont register my vote anymore. LOL It used to but not anymore.
Always happens to me
Heyyy! Hanford is writing articles now! 😀 that’s awesome and what a great one at that. (Also *o* holy cow you’re gorgeous! Lol)
My pick was Lt. Surge because his Raichu in the anime is top notch.
Thanks so much! 🙂
Will you be continuing this over time with all the regions?
I will, there will be a poll every week 🙂
Dang. For some reason I can never participate in any polls on this site. Neither the one on the side nor the article will work for me. :/
Same here, I tried w/a different browser as well
I’m using Chrome, but it has always worked in the past. It wasn’t until the last poll (with Grubbin/Pikipek/Yungoos) that I couldn’t participate.
I’m using Chrome too, and the polls haven’t been working for me for a while
I would make an excellent Gym Leader or Villainous Team Leader
It’s kind of obvious from my avatar, but BLUE!
Misty, duh <3 I used to idolize her Starmie.
THAT THING NEEDS TO FUCKING DIE!!!!!!!!!!
SO MANY HOURS GRINDING TO BEAT THAT OP THING AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
Starmie, Raichu, and Alakazam were just evil back in the day.
Okey, I’ve been thinking about getting Pokemon go, is it any good?
It’s not even working for me.
For the first/second day, I kept getting signed out, but last night through right now, it’s kept me on, so maybe try it again?
If not, then I dunno what to do then
I say it’s pretty good, I’ve definitely been going on some walks around my neighborhood, so es all good.
Sadly, my area is a gated community so there’s no Pokestops or Gyms, so I’ve just been catching Pokemon really xD but es all good, it’s what I want to do anyways
Yeah, I live in a really small town so I’m wondering if there will be any in my area but if catching Pokemon is fun enough, I think I’ll give it a try 🙂
It’s definitely worth a try at least, since it is a free app. You can always delete it later if you don’t like it
It’s good if you have a car and the ability to travel around your area. I’m getting the game when I get a 6S!
I’d say a car isn’t necessary if you live close to a town.
A bike would probably be the most optimal for this game. You can stop/go as needed and can tag Pokestops without rushing (can confirm; missed so many stops yesterday while my coworker was driving around town because we were going too fast ;_; )
Definitely worth downloading regardless of how populated of an area you live in. Like others have said, your own form of transportation helps a lot (but don’t catch and drive). I’ve been really enjoying it.
I love it, and many people seem to as well. It can be time consuming, but on the bright side it is exercise, provided you don’t just drive.
I highly recommend it!
I don’t have it yet (when you’re the only one in the squad who doesn’t have a smartphone). Went to a friend’s (surprising right, I actually have friends outside the internet!) house yesterday with some other friends, and they were all playing it. We walked around the neighborhood catching pokemon, returning back to the house, and going out again and again. I’d say it’s probably a lot more exciting that way, than going out alone searching.
Throughout the day, there were multiple complaints of the servers crashing, probably due to high traffic. That seems to be the only real complaint though.
Misty because she’s sexy! Why else? I guess Sabrina is kinda hot too. Pokemon has me in a pickle! Anyways, the first wave of S/M plushes are coming on November 18th! They look cute! rf.
I want them all.
Am I the only one not thinking with my privates
No, since I chose Sabrina cause she’s bamf.
She was my role model when I was younger, even though I never really made it to her gym (I was a dumb, confused child since they never hint at you where to go next)
Nope
I find Erika more sexy that those two to be honest.
I go for Blue/Gary. 😀
Off topic but I wanted to share my fan made next Super Smash bros. roster hope you like
But my favorite Gym leader is Blaine for his riddles and Brains (Besides Flannery is the hottest gym leader)
This roster suuuuuuuucks
How how does it suck?
My dream roster is Smash 4’s with Banjo Kazooie, Shovel Knight, Quote, Skull Kid, Midna and Sceptile
Oh right I forgot Shovel Knight I combined some of my wants with popular choices I heard
I just ran into a random shiny tentacool! 😀 Tentacruel is one of my favorite water types too :))))))))
Nice 😀
I wasn’t even paying attention either, as I was watching tv. Some guy was getting run over by a horse on a funniest videos type show and then I hear this ping and look back over and there’s a shiny!
That really reminds me of my recent random shiny in my Y Wedlocke. I was training in Route 14 when a shiny Skorupi showed up.
at first I was just like ‘lol wat.’
You caught it, right??!
Yeah I did, I named it Kalma, a Finnish underworld goddess (my naming theme for my Wedlocke is mythologies/gods and goddesses
Shiny Drapion is pretty cool too so that’s a plus 🙂
Yeah, and plus, it’s my first time getting a shiny during a Nuzlocke so I’m pretty stoked.
I mean sure I’ll be sad if someone dies in my playthrough, but if I can replace it with Kalma, I think that would be kind of awesome
Yeah, just don’t release it 😉
I don’t release any of my Pokemon during a Nuzlocke anyway (I like keeping them and saving them in Bank for memories) so it’ll definitely be saved for sure
Oh, good good. It would hurt my heart if you released it haha
In what Go?
No, AS! Trying to get too 1000 secret flags so I was surfing near the weather institute.
Oh cool
*Dr.Flamerson’s Laboratory-11:20 am* success another invention complete! I give you the Synchro Porter! this lovely machine will solve the ultimate mysteries of Synchro evolution! I will test this machine with the assistance of My Pokemon Charizard and we’ll see how the mighty have Synchro evolution Will Go. now if someone ever so kindly the throw the switch and will begin the test.
Ok
*pulls the switch clean off and throws it at your head*
*the machine starts the spark and make cool machine like sounds,while the switch bops on the professor’s head* Ow! X-x
*Taking the opportunity*
*Earthen body checks the machine destroying it*
*the machine was a wreck but out from the wreckage came a boy who similarities to Charizard X,the synchronization is complete.*my head.-_x *looks in a mirror and sees some perfect results from the synchronization* yes my intention was a success i am synchronize!
*realizing word can’t get out*
*Earthen forces a hole to open up in the ground and grabs hold of you and throws both ourselves into the depths of the earth*
*seeing the situation the synchronized boy use the power of Dragon Rush and a combination of Dig to fly out of the depths of the earth super fast like a jet*
Also that Lt. Large trivia is speculation rather then fact
A better blurb was, “Electric types saved his life in a war”
That’s why I used the word ‘probably’ 🙂
Like I’ll probably beat you within an inch of your life
Wow, great :/
Wow! Great! 😀
Oh crap, I didn’t see the picture oops
I haven’t even been able to get on ONCE! It always said that every time I tried to log on. I just deleted the damn app. :C
I mean, they are a lot of people on the app at a time, so I expected server issues from the start. It’s gotten better now really, considering in the first two days, it logged me out every once in awhile while today I haven’t been logged out since last night
I spoke too soon xD I just got logged out and servers are down.
But my point still stands, somewhat since this is the first time since yesterday it did that
Hopefully Arceus is kind to me and I can actually make a profile without the dang message popping up every time, “Unfortunately Pokemon Go cannot load.”
That’s so weird, I just got on a minute or two ago, caught a Weedle and evolved one to a Kakuna, so I dunno what is going on
Hopefully you’ll get on soon! :3
I was .1 kilometers away from hatching my egg and it kicked me off.
Did you get on with your e-mail or with your Pokemon Trainer Club?
I am able to log on with my e-mail but I can’t with my Pokemon Trainer Club… And my Pokemon Trainer Club is the team and game I want to play with!
Sabrina is the best! Her design is awesome, she is super creepy in the anime and she uses Psychic types. Best of the Kanto reigon
That’s one think that always bugged me
Sabrina’s father told ash to go find a Ghost type to battle her but all the ghosts aka Gastly’s line are part poison and weak to psychic….
Mainly just comes down to gen one design issues
If we’re talking about original games, then they weren’t dual typed.
They were always Ghost/Poison
Even in in RB? Not FR or LG. RB didn’t have dual typing. Bulbasaur was just plain grass in the original games lol
I just checked they are duel typed so they were Ghost Poison
Since, Yellow is part of gen 1,then yes but I have the physical copy of red and it’s single type. The only thing I can think is that they updated the “3DS version”?
Oh I checked Serebii under Green, Red, Blue
What are you smoking, red and blue SO had dual typing
Go replay them. Yellow started the dual typing but RB were single. GSC gave ivs and two new types. RSE gave us natures.
I just looked they are dual typed Bulbasaur is Grass/Poison
Are you playing the DL version for the 3DS?
Yes but first I choose yellow and I checked Serebii for info
Okay, because my hard copy for the GBC shows single types and my brother just out in his Yellow and his Venusaur his dual typed…so confused!
And why not Bug there were at least 10 bug and only three Ghost
well they still had ghost type moves which were super effective against psychic, and I mean, yeah there are bug types but they had very few moves that could do much back in gen 1
Only Night Shade and Lick