Gym Leader Showdown: Johto

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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!

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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!

FalknerJohto - 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.

BugsyJohto - 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.

Johto - WhitneyWhitney

  • 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.

MortyJohto - 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.

ChuckJohto - 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.

JasmineJohto - 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.

PryceJohto - 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.

ClairJohto - 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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476 thoughts on “Gym Leader Showdown: Johto”

  2. I want every gym leader or soon to be gym leaders if the rumors turn out to be true to have an arc and are integrated into the game in a memorable and creative fashion. I loved Black and White because each gym leader truly showed off unique characteristics and Alder was a thoroughly surprising champion who seemed way out of the norm for a champion and was… I guess able to be sympathized with. Each game has allowed gym leaders to be apart of the overall adventure aside from you defeating them and I hope S/M expounds upon the already established grounds.

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    • Yeah it’s time to bring back leaders who add something to the story. I also really like alder as a character, especially in B/W. It’s a shame he was defeated by N though, although it’s good for the story overall that he was.

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      • Alder surprised me and his character was just depressing because no matter how hard he tried to hide his sadness and grief, he just couldn’t do it and even questioned his position and power as a champion. He tried so hard to change N’s view, but knew that it was ultimately up to the player who was the in my opinion, a metaphor for the other half of the yin and yang depending on your version. Truly a great character.

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  4. On the topic of nostalgia, what are your favorite Pokemon games?
    1 – Platinum: first Pokemon game and will always remain my favorite game because it introduced me to an amazing franchise and made me fall in love with fantastical creatures that have captured my heart ever since
    2 – Black and White: the pinnacle of Pokemon story telling, character creation, and an absolutely amazing villainous team that gave us a truly new perspective of the Pokemon world, the games were more innovative and creative than they were given credit for
    3 – HeartGold and SoulSilver: one of the most enjoyable Pokemon games that keeps you chugging along with a great story and an awesome rival to boot
    4 – Black 2 and White 2: again, like its predecessors, B2/W2 had great characters, an interesting rival arc, and amazing story telling and even had a moment where the player was about to be killed by an actual threatening villain/villainous group
    5 – X and Y: the first BIG transition from the norm by Pokemon but lacked what its predecessors had
    6 – Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – fun and a lot of exploration makes this game a thrilling ride

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    • Idk if I can choose! I have a lot of good memories from every game! It might just be easier to rank gens though personally.
      1. Gen 4: D/P got me back into pokemon. I love Sinnoh and HG/SS are just great.
      2. Gen 5: Both games in this gen tell great stories and I made a lot of close friends through these ones.
      3. Gen 1: where it all started! I remember how frustrating it was back then and also watching my sister play.
      4. Gen 3: emerald was truly a bit of a challenge sometimes for a rookie trainer who didn’t play this till after D/P
      5. Gen 2: getting crystal was a great memory and playing it in prep for the remakes was fun
      6. Gen 6: X&Y were…..very weak coming off of gen 5. I love ORAS, and its one of my fav games, but X&Y were supposed to define this gen and they failed on a lot of levels for me

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    • 1: ORAS is in general a good fun game in my favorite reagon with a fun story. My favorite games to replay.
      2: Black and White are amazing games with my favorite music and the best Pokemon story thus far. The game tries so many new things and is brimming with polish and effort.
      3: Red, Blue and Yellow these games are nostalgic but clunky, inconvenient and confusing. Going back to play these games is fun just to see how far the franchise has come and it’s oddly adorable.
      4. X and Y are innovative but bland and a tad lazy feeling. ORAS makes these games look bad. They still have replayability.
      5: Platinum is my favorite gen 4 game because of its better pacing and is more bearable to play.

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        • Ok wow….you have me beat then….I can’t say I’m “seriously” hunting, but I’ve been doing it for over a year now and have less than 100. At least I think. I hunt on two different games so I may have hit 100 , but until I consolidate it’s hard to tell hahaha

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  6. So obviously we never got the two Pokemon that that guy on 4chan said would be in the trailer he was talking about……it certainly puts some doubt in my heart about him.I just thought of one more way Firedman will be proven fake or real and it’ll be real soon. If I remember correctly he also stated that Marshadow will be shown at the end of the new movie with Volcanion and Magearna just like Victini was shown at the end of the Zoroark movie. If in the next number of hours we don’t hear about this Pokemon or hear that it’s a different teaser then we can either confirm that he is fake once and for all. If we start hearing about a Pokemon that is similar (if he gave any description of it, of this Idk) then we can at least gather that some of his info is accurate. Certainly interesting either way. lol

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      • Well it’s possible some of his info were lies, but you have to admit it’s quite strange he was able to accurately predict a video featuring the bond mechanic. I wouldn’t have guessed that would be shown until at least August. Either way I guess we’ll find out soon one way or another. If the Pokemon he was talking about doesn’t appear at the end of the movie then that’s another strike against him for sure lol

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    • OMG if anyone’s ever seen the film The Broken, this drawing gave me a shiver down my spine and my eyes teared a bit. The concept of that movie freaked me out. And this picture reminded me of it.

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  12. whitney all the way. normal types are the best. anyways, aren’t we supposed to be getting some sort of presentation soon?

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  13. >:C Apparently in New York suffered a Nerd Stampede after players began seeing wild Vaporeon in Central Park

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  16. I draw many SM fkmns lately I was show u Komala evolution and Litten mid evolution ….now I have another mid evolution between Litten and Panthster and Popplio final evolution (Male version),but I am not sure I am ready to share the maybe I need to color them first.

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  17. This is off topic but every time a new Pokemon is revealed people always say “These Alola Pokemon are all great! I’m loving their decision to make simplistic designs!”. I know that GF said that, but these designs to me don’t look any more simplistic than Gen 6 Pokemon. They look great, for the most part (I’m looking at you stupid gummy bear!), but are far from the great simplicity that everyone praises, but that’s just my take on them

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  20. Whelp the Pokemon movie it about an hour and 12 minutes in give or take. Whatever there is at the end should be coming in a relative small amount of time. Prepare yourselves people lol

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  22. Guys this is totally not that important but as it’s the fifteenth ( or sixteenth for some) it means Coro Coro must have been released so you’d expect there to be some clearer images of Mimichu and that bear from toy story 3. But I can’t find any one the Internet, any ideas? . I love the ghost fairy type, and the concept for the new Pokemon, but shouldn’t it be ghost electric :/ something like clefairy or togetic would have worked better for that typing IMO ( I also hate pikachu, so overrated)

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  24. Well I guess that sticks a nail in Mr. Firedman. I guess he just got really REALLY lucky with the trailer we got earlier in the week.

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