Violet Gym

Violet Gym キキョウジム Kikyō Gym
Location	Violet City
Gym Leader	Falkner Walker (former, Adventures only)
Badge	Zephyr Badge
Dominant Type	Flying
Region	Johto
Battlefield

The Violet Gym (Japanese: キキョウジム Kikyō Gym) is the official Gym of Violet City. It is based on Flying-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Falkner. Trainers who defeat him receive the Zephyr Badge.

In the games

Generation II

Violet City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Falkner
The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon

In Generation II, the Gym structure is very basic. It is very similar to Pewter Gym in layout, a pathway leading directly to the Gym Leader with two Trainers obscuring the way. The path is held on some sort of raised platform, with a seemingly bottomless pit left and right of the path. The path creates an "S" shape as it winds around toward the Gym Leader. At the tips of the "S" there are two Trainers that are both unavoidable. At the end stands Falkner, who will battle any challengers of the Gym. After Falkner is defeated, he will give the player the Zephyr Badge, which allows the use of Flash outside of battle, as well as TM31 (Mud-Slap).

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

Generation IV

Violet City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Falkner
The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon

Unlike in Generation II, the Gym is inaccessible until the Sprout Tower is cleared. Trainers will start out on ground level. A wooden platform at the end that will lift Trainers up to the upper level where a structure similar to the one in Generation II awaits. The path creates an "S" shape as it winds around toward the Gym Leader. A Trainer waits at each end of the "S", but unlike in Generation II, both Trainers can be avoided by walking on the glass tiles that encircle the field. Falkner waits on a wooden platform in front of the windows at the back of the Gym. After Falkner is defeated, he will give the player the Zephyr Badge, which allows the use of Rock Smash outside of battle, as well as TM51 (Roost).

Appearance

Generation II Generation IV

Trainers

Core series

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Abe ショウタ Shōta Reward: $216	Spearow♂ Lv.9 No item
Bird Keeper Rod ツバサ Tsubasa Reward: $168	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 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 Falkner Violet Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Held item: None Pidgey♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.9 Tackle Normal   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Gust Flying   --       Struggle Normal   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Abe ショウタ Shōta Reward: $288	Spearow♂ Lv.9 No item
Bird Keeper Rod ツバサ Tsubasa Reward: $224	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 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 Falkner Violet Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $1560
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgey♂ Lv.9 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.13 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Gust Flying Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Side series

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Matt カケル Kakeru Reward: $N/A	Pidgey♂ Lv.50-100 Berry
	Hoothoot♀ Lv.50-100 PSNCureBerry
	Spearow♀ Lv.50-100 Ice Berry
	Natu♀ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Doduo♂ Lv.50-100 Bitter Berry
	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry

File:S2 Leader Falkner.png Gym Leader Falkner Johto Gym Leader Castle Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Types: Normal Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Pidgeot♂ Lv.50-100 Whirlwind Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Stick Farfetch'd♂ Lv.50-100 False Swipe Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Mint Berry Noctowl♂ Lv.50-100 Take Down Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Ice Flying Held item: Bitter Berry Delibird♀ Lv.50-100 Present Normal   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Sharp Beak Fearow♂ Lv.50-100 Drill Peck Flying   --       Swift Normal   --       Mirror Move Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Burnt Berry Togetic♂ Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Round 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Matt カケル Kakeru Reward: $N/A	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.50-100 Sharp Beak
	Togetic♂ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry
	Fearow♀ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Farfetch'd♂ Lv.50-100 Stick
	Noctowl♀ Lv.50-100 Metal Coat
	Murkrow♀ Lv.50-100 BlackGlasses

File:S2 Leader Falkner.png Gym Leader Falkner Johto Gym Leader Castle Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Types: Normal Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Pidgeot♂ Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: MiracleBerry Dodrio♂ Lv.50-100 Drill Peck Flying   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Ground Flying Held item: Focus Band Gligar♀ Lv.50-100 Metal Claw Steel   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: Scope Lens Charizard♂ Lv.50-100 Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Steel Flying Held item: Quick Claw Skarmory♀ Lv.50-100 Steel Wing Steel   --       Drill Peck Flying   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Electric Flying Held item: BrightPowder Zapdos Lv.50-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Drill Peck Flying   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM31 (Mud-Slap)	Reward for defeating Falkner	G  S  C
	TM51 (Roost)	Reward for defeating Falkner	HG  SS

In the anime

The Violet Gym made its only anime appearance in Fighting Flyer with Fire. The battlefield is located at the top of a tall building and lacks a roof so that Flying Pokémon can make full use of their abilities.

After saving Pikachu from Team Rocket, Ash challenged Falkner to a battle. The battle got off to a bad start for Ash, but he improved when he managed to defeat Falkner's Hoothoot and Dodrio with Pikachu alone. However, the Gym Leader's Pidgeot proved to be too tough for Pikachu and ultimately defeated him. After switching to Charizard, Ash was able to defeat Pidgeot and earn his first Johto League Badge, the Zephyr Badge.

Pokémon used in Gym

Hoothoot

Debut	Fighting Flyer with Fire
Voice actors
Japanese	Yūji Ueda
English	Yūji Ueda

Hoothoot was the first Pokémon sent out in the Gym battle between Falkner and Ash. Hoothoot managed to defeat Ash's Chikorita with ease, but was quickly defeated once Ash brought out his Pikachu. Hoothoot was also sometimes seen outside of its Poké Ball with Falkner when not in battle.

It reappeared in a flashback in Why? Wynaut!.

Hoothoot's known moves are Tackle and Peck.

Dodrio

Debut	Fighting Flyer with Fire

Dodrio was the second Pokémon Falkner sent out to battle Ash's Pikachu. At first Dodrio seemed to have the upper hand. When Pikachu tried to attack, Falkner ordered Dodrio to fly - much to Ash's surprise - and Dodrio jumped high in the air. Ash then decided to use that method himself, and ordered Pikachu to dodge Dodrio's Tri Attack by jumping to the air. From above, Pikachu used Thunder, knocking out Dodrio and winning the round.

Dodrio's known moves are Agility, Fury Attack, Drill Peck, and Tri Attack.

Pidgeot

Debut	Fighting Flyer with Fire
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Megumi Hayashibara

Pidgeot appeared in Fighting Flyer with Fire. When Team Rocket tried to steal Ash's Pikachu, Falkner used Pidgeot to get Pikachu back and send them blasting off again. Falkner later used it in a Gym battle against Ash. It was able to defeat a weakened Pikachu with a single Whirlwind attack.

It was then put up against Ash's Charizard in the final round of the battle. With its impressive speed and power, Pidgeot was able to gain the upper hand and injure Charizard making it unable to fly. But with Ash's support and inspiration, Charizard was able to fly again.

Unfortunately, things still looked bad as Pidgeot used Agility to keep dodging Charizard's attacks and attack from behind. Ash luckily had Charizard turn back and use Fire Spin trapping Pidgeot. It then finished it off with Seismic Toss making Ash the victor.

It reappeared in a flashback in All That Glitters!.

Pidgeot's known moves are Whirlwind, Agility, Wing Attack, and Quick Attack.

In the manga

Violet Gym in Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga

Violet Gym appeared in Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!!, where Jō challenged Falkner. It didn't take long for Jō's Totodile to defeat Falkner's Pidgey, earning the young Trainer his first Badge.

Violet Gym in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Violet Gym was first mentioned in Sunkern Treasure, where Falkner told Gold that after his father, the previous Violet Gym Leader, had gone missing, he had started training hard in order to pass the Pokémon Association's test and become the new Gym Leader of Violet City. In Smeargle Smudge, Falkner successfully passed the test and became an official Gym Leader.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Violet Gym in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Violet Gym appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!! and The Legendary Pokémon Appears!, where Gold faced Falkner in a Gym battle. Unlike what Gold had heard, Falkner used Pidgeot instead of Pidgey and Pidgeotto, because they had been badly injured during Falkner's previous Gym battle against Black. With some clever tactics, Gold's Totodile was able to defeat Pidgeot.

However, just when it seemed like Gold had won, the Legendary Pokémon Articuno suddenly appeared. Falkner explained that the Violet Gym was originally built as a resting place for Articuno, and it only came there once every four years. Even against this overwhelmingly powerful opponent, Gold refused to surrender. As he cursed his lack of an Electric-type Pokémon, a Pikachu suddenly appeared from the time tunnel that had appeared above the Gym, and joined Gold's side in the battle against the Legendary bird. Falkner then opened the Gym's roof, giving Articuno a more suitable environment to battle in.

Violet Gym in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Although Pikachu initially refused to listen to Gold, it soon began to obey him. With Totodile's help, Pikachu was able to deal heavy damage on Articuno with Thunder. Although the Freezing Pokémon wasn't knocked out, it then left the battle, choosing not to fight anymore. According to Falkner, this meant that Articuno had admitted its defeat, meaning that he had lost the battle. As his prize, Gold then received the Zephyr Badge.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Violet Gym first appeared in The Gym Challenges Begin!!, where it was closed when Red was about to enter it. It reappeared in PMHGSS05, where Red and Falkner had a rematch.

Trivia

• Falkner is the Gym Leader with the lowest level Pokémon in the games, with a Pidgey at level 7 and a Pidgeotto at level 9 in Generation II. This remains true in HeartGold and SoulSilver, where his Pidgey is now level 9, while no other Gym Leader's party levels fall beneath level 10.
• Violet Gym is the only Gym in the Stadium series to solely use Pokémon of the Gym's specialty type.

Gym Leaders of the Johto region
Violet Gym Falkner	Azalea Gym Bugsy	Goldenrod Gym Whitney	Ecruteak Gym Morty
Cianwood Gym Chuck	Olivine Gym Jasmine	Mahogany Gym Pryce	Blackthorn Gym Clair

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