Greetings Junglers, Evan here! First of all, you can see I changed the name of the series, because it’s now part of the ongoing Showdown-series. Without further ado: the winner of the Kanto Gym Leader Showdown is Sabrina! She won with a stunning 22% of the votes. Apparently the Psychic-type Gym Leader is a popular choice among our community. Our very, very close runner-up is Misty, also with 22%, followed by Blue (15%). One vote made the difference between Misty and Sabrina!
I’m presenting to you: our next round of the Gym Leader Showdown series. This time it’s Johto’s turn. Who’s your favorite Gym Leader? Vote and let us know why in the comments!
Falkner
- Gym Leader 1
- Flying
- Pidgey and Pidgeotto
- Violet City
- Zephyr Badge
- Mud Slap (Gen 2), Roost (Gen 4)
- Name: Falconer
- Trivia: Falkner is the only male Gym Leader that specializes in the Flying-type.
Bugsy
- Gym Leader 2
- Bug
- Metapod, Kakuna and Scyther
- Azalea Town
- Hive Badge
- Fury Cutter (Gen 2), U-turn (Gen 4)
- Name: Bug
- Trivia: Because Scyther knows U-turn in Gen 4, Bugsy is the only Gym Leader who sends out his signature Pokémon in the first turn.
Whitney
- Gym Leader 3
- Normal
- Clefairy and fucking Miltank
- Goldenrod City
- Plain Badge
- Attract (Gen 2 and 4)
- Name: White
- Trivia: Whitney is the first Johto Gym Leader that uses a Gen 2 Pokémon, which only half of the Johto Gym Leaders do.
Morty
- Gym Leader 4
- Ghost
- Gastly, Haunter, Gengar and Haunter
- Ecruteak City
- Fog Badge
- Shadow Ball (Gen 2 and 4)
- Name: Mortis (Latin for death)
- Trivia: Morty is the only male Ghost-type specialist.
Chuck
- Gym Leader 5
- Fighting
- Primeape and Poliwrath
- Cianwood City
- Storm Badge
- DynamicPunch (Gen 2), Focus Punch (Gen 4)
- Name: Chuck Norris
- Trivia: Chuck’s and Pryce’s lowest leveled Pokémon are both level 27.
Jasmine
- Gym Leader 6
- Steel
- Magnemite, Magnemite and Steelix
- Olivine City
- Mineral Badge
- Iron Tail (Gen 2 and 4)
- Name: Mine or mineral
- Trivia: Jasmine was the first Gym Leader that appeared outside of her home region in the games.
Pryce
- Gym Leader 7
- Ice
- Seel, Dewgong and Piloswine
- Mahogany Town
- Glacier Badge
- Icy Wind (Gen 2), Hail (Gen 4)
- Name: Ice
- Trivia: Pryce’s middle name is Willow, which is his Japanese name’s translation.
Clair
- Gym Leader 8
- Dragon
- Gyarados, Dragonair, Dragonair and Kingdra
- Blackthorn City
- Rising Badge
- DragonBreath (Gen 2), Dragon Pulse (Gen 4)
- Name: Lair
- Trivia: In Gen 2 she owned another Dragonair instead of Gyarados.
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