Castelia Gym

Castelia Gym ヒウンジム Hiun Gym
Location	Castelia City
Gym Leader	Burgh
Badge	Insect Badge
Dominant Type	Bug
Region	Unova
Battlefield

The Castelia Gym (Japanese: ヒウンジム Hiun Gym) is the official Gym of Castelia City. It is based on Bug-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Burgh. Trainers who defeat him receive the Insect Badge.

In the core series games

	Castelia City Pokémon Gym Leader: Burgh "Premier Insect Artist"

Pokémon Black and White

Before being able to challenge the Gym, the player must help Burgh recover Bianca's stolen Munna from Team Plasma.

The Castelia Gym is designed like a huge beehive. It contains many small hexagonal rooms, several of which are cut off by walls of honey, which are at first barricaded by gates. There are buttons which are placed in the center of most of the rooms, and if certain buttons are stepped on, they trigger the gates to descend. However, a few buttons make Trainers who battle the player appear instead. The player is able to walk through the walls of honey once these gates are gone, allowing them to venture through the Gym and battle Burgh. The Gym is also decorated with pictures painted by Burgh himself. The room in which Burgh stands is slightly different to the previous rooms. The hexagonal room leads to a set of stairs, which leads up to a platform on which Burgh stands.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Initially, Clyde will be blocking the Gym entrance, preventing the player from entering in Burgh's absence. He won't move until Burgh returns to the Gym after the player has helped Hugh to defeat Team Plasma in the Castelia Sewers.

The Gym's interior has been redesigned. The Gym is now made up of multiple levels of silk, and the player must travel through silk cocoons to go between the different levels, battling Harlequins along the way, eventually making their way to the top floor, where Burgh is. The top floor is filled with colored paint on the floor, and Burgh's paintings are hung around the room. After reaching Burgh's room, the player is able to jump down a hole on the left side that leads to the bottom of the Gym.

Appearance

Version	Main room	Top floor
Black
White
Black 2
White 2

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Harlequin Jack ジャック Jack Reward: $640	Sewaddle♂ Lv.20 No item
	Venipede♂ Lv.20 No item
Harlequin Kerry ケリー Kerry Reward: $640	Sewaddle♂ Lv.20 No item
	Dwebble♂ Lv.20 No item
Harlequin Rick リック Rick Reward: $672	Sewaddle♂ Lv.21 No item
Harlequin Louis ヨウスケ Yōsuke Reward: $640	Venipede♂ Lv.20 No item
	Sewaddle♂ Lv.20 No item

Leader Burgh Castelia Gym Black and White Reward: $2760

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Swarm Held item: None Whirlipede♂ Lv.21 Poison Tail Poison Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Rock Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Dwebble♂ Lv.21 Smack Down Rock Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --       Types: Bug Grass Ability: Swarm Held item: None Leavanny♂ Lv.23 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       String Shot Bug Status   --       Protect Normal Status   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Harlequin Clarence キハチ Kihachi Reward: $640	Sewaddle♂ Lv.20 No item
	Sewaddle♂ Lv.20 No item
Harlequin Jack ジャック Jack Reward: $640	Combee♂ Lv.20 No item
	Swadloon♂ Lv.20 No item
Harlequin Gary ケリー Kerry Reward: $608	Sewaddle♂ Lv.19 No item
	Combee♂ Lv.19 No item
	Dwebble♂ Lv.19 No item
Harlequin Anders アキオ Akio Reward: $640	Dwebble♂ Lv.20 No item
	Swadloon♂ Lv.20 No item

Easy Mode/Normal Mode

Leader Burgh Castelia Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2640/$2880

Types: Bug Grass Ability: Leaf Guard Held item: None Swadloon♂ Lv.20/22 String Shot Bug Status   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Dwebble♂ Lv.20/22 Smack Down Rock Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Rock Polish Rock Status   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Types: Bug Grass Ability: Swarm Held item: Sitrus Berry Leavanny♂ Lv.22/24 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Cut Normal Physical   --       String Shot Bug Status   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --

Challenge Mode

Leader Burgh Castelia Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $3120

Types: Bug Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Dwebble♂ Lv.24 Rock Polish Rock Status   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Shelmet♂ Lv.24 Acid Poison Special   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Curse Ghost Status   --       Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Karrablast♂ Lv.24 Endure Normal Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Types: Bug Grass Ability: Swarm Held item: Sitrus Berry Leavanny♂ Lv.26 GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Struggle Bug Bug Special   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Fresh Water	From Clyde at the entrance	B  W  B2  W2
	TM76 (Struggle Bug)	Reward for defeating Burgh	B  W  B2  W2

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Castelia Gym Gym is seen in Burgh's mindscape.

Burgh & Leavanny

In the anime

The Castelia Gym is a lilac building with huge glass windows on the walls and roof and a plant pattern above the front door. It is surrounded by skyscrapers and trees on Castelia City's Gym Street. Leading to the front door are camouflage tiles, while the inside is a botanical garden containing trees from Pinwheel Forest, with a path going through the vegetation to the sand-covered battlefield. Bug Pokémon such as Sewaddle also reside here in the garden. Around the battlefield is more foliage, with two big propagators on its sides.

Ash and his friends arrived at the Gym in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! in order for Ash to challenge Burgh to a Gym battle. During the battle, Ash's Sewaddle evolved into a Swadloon. Eventually, Ash emerged victorious and earned himself the Insect Badge.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Dwebble

Debut	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyomi Asai
English	Tom Wayland

Dwebble was the first Pokémon that Burgh chose to battle Ash in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!. It defeated Ash's Tepig easily, but was knocked out by Ash's Sewaddle. Burgh says that its shell is much lighter than a normal Dwebble's, making it more agile.

Dwebble's known moves are Dig, Protect, X-Scissor, and Rock Wrecker.

Whirlipede

Debut	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	Marc Thompson

Whirlipede was the second Pokémon that Burgh chose to battle Ash in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!. It put up a hard fight against Sewaddle, and its SolarBeam caused him to evolve. Despite the type advantage, Whirlipede was defeated by Ash's newly evolved Swadloon.

Whirlipede's known moves are Poison Sting, Steamroller, Iron Defense, and Solar Beam.

Leavanny

Debut	Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chiaki Takahashi
English	Erica Schroeder

In Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, Leavanny was used in a Gym Battle against Ash and his Swadloon and won easily. It later disabled Pikachu with String Shot and dominated the battle until Pikachu used Leavanny's Leaf Storm to cut free from the threads and bombarded it with all of his attacks. It was ultimately defeated.

Leavanny's known moves are String Shot, Protect, Leaf Storm, and Hyper Beam.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The Castelia Gym in Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

The Castelia Gym appeared in Big City Battles and The Case of the Missing Pokémon, where it was challenged by Black. The Gym puzzle was specifically crafted for Black's Gym challenge as one of Burgh's artworks.

After making his way through the walls of honey, Black started his battle with Burgh. He was at first unwilling to use Tep due to White not wanting to let it evolve. As such, he resorted to Brav and Tula instead. In the end, Black was left with only Tep against Burgh's Dwebble, which kept striking the Fire Pig Pokémon with super effective Smack Downs. Just when it seemed like Tep had lost, it suddenly evolved into a Pignite, defeating Dwebble and earning Black the Insect Badge.

After the battle, Iris brought an unconscious Bianca to the Gym, realizing that one of her Pokémon had been stolen. Using Pignite's sensitive sense of smell, the group then departed the Gym to find the culprits.

• 
  Interior of the Gym
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  Battlefield

Pokémon used in the Gym

Whirlipede

Debut	The Mystery of the Missing Fossil

Whirlipede was the first Pokémon that Burgh used to battle Black. It was used to battle against Black's Brav but was easily defeated by an Air Slash.

Whirlipede's only known move is Pursuit, and its Ability is Poison Point.

Dwebble

Debut	Big City Battles

Dwebble was the second Pokémon that Burgh used to battle Black. It fought against Black's Brav and defeated it with a combination of multiple Smack Downs and the poison status. After Black sent out Tula, Dwebble was replaced with Leavanny, but was sent back into battle after Leavanny and Tula knocked each other out, where it was used to battle Black's Tep. After evolving into a Pignite, Tep defeated Dwebble, giving Black the victory.

Dwebble's only known move is Smack Down, and its Ability is Sturdy.

Leavanny

Debut	Big City Battles

Leavanny was the third Pokémon that Burgh used to battle Black. It fought against Black's Tula. Although it managed to pin Tula down with its silk, allowing it to easily knock it out, Leavanny fell afterwards due to being poisoned.

Leavanny's known moves are Leaf Blade and Struggle Bug*, and its Ability is Chlorophyll.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring the Castelia Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related Cards 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	#
Sewaddle		Noble Victories		1/101	Psycho Drive		006/052

Trivia

• In Black and White, this is the only Gym which Cheren defeats before the player.
• In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the Castelia Gym is briefly mentioned by Brassius when interacting with him at Blueberry Academy. He mentions how he visited it and traveled between different levels through silk cocoons, referencing the Gym's Black 2 and White 2 design.

Origin

Castelia Gym's interior design in Black 2 and White 2 may be based on the interactive sculptures of contemporary artist Ernesto Neto.

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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