Cinnabar Gym

Cinnabar Gym グレンジム Guren Gym
Location	Cinnabar Island
Gym Leader	Blaine
Badge	Volcano Badge
Dominant Type	Fire
Region	Kanto
Battlefield

Blaine's Gym Leader area

The Cinnabar Island Pokémon Gym^RBYFRLG, Cinnabar Island Gym^PE, or Cinnabar Gym^GSCHGSS (Japanese: グレンじまポケモンジム^RGBYFRLG/グレン島ポケモンジム^PE Guren Island Pokémon Gym or グレンタウンのジム^GSCHGSS Guren Town Gym) is the official Gym of Cinnabar Island. In Generations II and IV, it is located at the Seafoam Islands instead, due to the original Gym getting destroyed by Cinnabar Volcano. It specializes on Fire-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Blaine. Trainers who defeat him receive the Volcano Badge.

In the games

Core series games

Cinnabar Island
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Blaine
The Hot-Headed
Quiz Master!

What does this
sign say?
Cinnabar Gym
Leader: Blaine

Cinnabar Island Pokémon Gym
Leader: Blaine
The Hotheaded Quiz Master!

Seafoam Islands
...Somebody put a notice
under the sign!
The Cinnabar Gym has moved here.
Leader: Blaine

In Generations I, III, and VII, the Cinnabar Gym's door is initially locked. In order to unlock it, the player must first find the Secret Key from the bottom floor of the Pokémon Mansion. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, this serves as the prerequisite for challenging the Gym, making this one of the few Kanto Gyms in Generation VII that has no additional prerequisites required for entering.

In Generations II and IV, Blaine's original Gym on Cinnabar Island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This forced him to relocate to the Seafoam Islands. In Generation II, the Gym consists only of a single small cave, with Blaine being the only Trainer to battle there. In Generation IV, the cave increases in size, the area now has Trainers, and the floor designs is that of a small flame. The only way to get to Blaine is to talk to and battle other Trainers so that they can move to a new position, opening a new path.

In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, the notice about the Gym being relocated to the Seafoam Islands reads:

There's a notice
here...
Cinnabar Gym has
relocated to Sea-
foam Islands.
Blaine

There's a notice here...
The Cinnabar Gym has relocated
to Seafoam Islands.

Blaine

Gym puzzle

In Generations I and III, the Cinnabar Gym is a high-tech affair featuring a series of sealed doors. Trivia questions about various Pokémon must be answered to unlock the doors. However, when the player fails to answer a trivia question correctly, a battle with either a Burglar or Super Nerd starts, which serves as an alternative to answering the questions. The questions are:

"Pokémon Quiz! Get it right and the door opens to the next room! Get it wrong and face a trainer^RBY/Trainer^FRLG! If you want to conserve your Pokémon for the Gym Leader... Then get it right! Here we go!

Generation I	Generation III	Correct answer
Caterpie evolves into Butterfree?	Caterpie evolves into Metapod?	Yes
There are 9 certified Pokémon League Badges?	There are nine certified Pokémon League Badges?	No
Poliwag evolves 3 times?	Poliwag evolves three times?	No
Are thunder moves effective against ground element-type Pokémon?	Are electric moves effective against Ground-type Pokémon?	No
Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical?	Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical?	Yes
TM28 contains Tombstoner?	TM28 contains Tombstony?	No

Even if the player answers the question right, they still have the option to challenge the Trainer.

In Generation VII, the Gym is set up like a quiz show studio, with the player having to answer five questions in order to face the Gym Leader. Answering a question correctly will earn the player a Blaine doll, while answering a question wrong will force the player into a Trainer battle against a Super Nerd or a Burglar. Defeating the opposing Trainer will also earn the player a Blaine doll. After the player has collected five Blaine dolls, the battle against Blaine will begin immediately. The questions are:

Question	Options	Correct answer
Which of these is the Spitfire Pokémon?	Magmar Growlithe	Magmar
How many Badges certified by the Pokémon League are there?	Seven Eight	Eight
A Steel-type move used on a Fire-type Pokémon will be...?	Super effective! Not very effective	Not very effective
True or false! TM28 contains the move Tombstony.	True False What's that?!	False or What's that?!
Challenger <player>, tell me... who are you about to battle?!	Blaine The Cinnabar Island Gym Leader A Fire-type Pokémon pro A hotheaded quiz master A moustached old man An old guy in sunglasses	Any

Appearance

Interior

Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation VII

Concept artwork

Concept art from the Let's Go, Pikachu and Eevee! Super Music Collection

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM38 (Fire Blast)	Reward for defeating Blaine	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	TM50 (Overheat)	Reward for defeating Blaine	HG  SS
	TM46 (Fire Blast)	Reward for defeating Blaine	P  E

Trainers

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer	Pokémon
Burglar Reward: $3240	Growlithe Lv.36 No item
	Vulpix Lv.36 No item
	Ninetales Lv.36 No item
Super Nerd Reward: $900	Vulpix Lv.36 No item
	Vulpix Lv.36 No item
	Ninetales Lv.36 No item
Super Nerd Reward: $850	Ponyta Lv.34 No item
	Charmander Lv.34 No item
	Vulpix Lv.34 No item
	Growlithe Lv.34 No item
Burglar Reward: $3690	Ponyta Lv.41 No item
Super Nerd Reward: $1025	Rapidash Lv.41 No item
Burglar Reward: $3330	Vulpix Lv.37 No item
	Growlithe Lv.37 No item
Super Nerd Reward: $925	Growlithe Lv.37 No item
	Vulpix Lv.37 No item

Pokémon Red and Blue

Blaine has two Super Potions per Pokémon, using them randomly 25% of the time.

Blaine Cinnabar Gym Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $4653

Type: Fire Unknown Growlithe Lv.42 Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Agility Psychic   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ponyta Lv.40 Tail Whip Normal   --       Stomp Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.42 Tail Whip Normal   --       Stomp Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.47 Roar Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Take Down Normal   --

Pokémon Yellow

Blaine has two Super Potions per Pokémon, using them randomly 25% of the time.

Blaine Cinnabar Gym Yellow Reward: $5346

Type: Fire Unknown Ninetales Lv.48 Flamethrower Fire   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.50 Stomp Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Take Down Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.54 Flamethrower Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Take Down Normal   --

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Blaine has a Max Potion and a Full Heal.

Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $5000

Types: Fire Rock Held item: None Magcargo♂ Lv.45 Curse ???   --       Smog Poison   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Magmar♂ Lv.45 ThunderPunch Electric   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Sunny Day Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.50 Quick Attack Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer	Pokémon
Burglar Quinn ミノブ Minobu Reward: $3168	Growlithe♂ Lv.36 No item
	Vulpix♀ Lv.36 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.36 No item
Super Nerd Erik ハジメ Hajime Reward: $864	Vulpix♀ Lv.36 No item
	Vulpix♀ Lv.36 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.36 No item
Super Nerd Avery サダハル Sadaharu Reward: $816	Ponyta♂ Lv.34 No item
	Charmander♂ Lv.34 No item
	Vulpix♀ Lv.34 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.34 No item
Burglar Ramon ジンパチ Jinpachi Reward: $3608	Ponyta♂ Lv.41 No item
Super Nerd Derek ヨシアキ Yoshiaki Reward: $984	Rapidash♂ Lv.41 No item
Burglar Dusty ノブオ Nobuo Reward: $3256	Vulpix♀ Lv.37 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.37 No item
Super Nerd Zac ノブヒロ Nobuhiro Reward: $888	Growlithe♂ Lv.37 No item
	Vulpix♀ Lv.37 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Blaine has two Hyper Potions and a Full Heal.

Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $4700

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Growlithe♂ Lv.42 Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None Ponyta♂ Lv.40 Stomp Normal   --       Bounce Flying   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.42 Stomp Normal   --       Bounce Flying   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.47 Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer	Pokémon
Scientist Lowell ヨシロー Yoshirō Reward: $1600	Arcanine♂ Lv.50 No item
Scientist Daniel ユウゴ Yūgo Reward: $1600	Ninetales♀ Lv.50 No item
Super Nerd Cary タカジ Takaji Reward: $2544	Torkoal♂ Lv.53 No item
Scientist Linden タケアキ Takeaki Reward: $1600	Magmar♂ Lv.50 No item
Super Nerd Waldo ユウビ Yūbi Reward: $2544	Numel♂ Lv.53 No item
Super Nerd Merle ナガフミ Nagafumi Reward: $2544	Magcargo♂ Lv.53 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 Blaine Cinnabar Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $7080

Types: Fire Rock Ability: Flame Body Held item: White Herb Magcargo♂ Lv.54 Overheat Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flame Body Held item: White Herb Magmar♂ Lv.54 ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Overheat Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: White Herb Rapidash♂ Lv.59 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Overheat Fire Special   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Trainer	Pokémon
First question
Super Nerd Erik ハジメ Hajime Reward: $1,800	Charmeleon♂ Lv.45 No item
Second question
Burglar Quinn ミノブ Minobu Reward: $3,520	Ninetales♂ Lv.44 No item
Third question
Super Nerd Derek ヨシアキ Yoshiaki Reward: $1,800	Magmar♂ Lv.45 No item
Fourth question
Burglar Dusty ノブオ Nobuo Reward: $3,520	Growlithe♀ Lv.44 No item
	Rapidash♂ Lv.44 No item

Gym Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $7,680

Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Magmar♂ Lv.47 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Low Kick Fighting Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Rapidash♂ Lv.47 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Ninetales♀ Lv.47 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Arcanine♂ Lv.48 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Blaine Cinnabar Gym Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $13,680

Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Magmar♂ Lv.56 Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Rapidash♂ Lv.56 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Drill Run Ground Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Ninetales♀ Lv.56 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Solar Beam Grass Special   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Flareon♂ Lv.56 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Arcanine♂ Lv.57 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --

Side series games

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

Trainers

Pokémon Stadium

Round 1

Trainer	Pokémon
Judoboy	Raticate Lv.50-100 No item
	Primeape Lv.50-100 No item
	Machoke Lv.50-100 No item
	Nidoking Lv.50-100 No item
	Hitmonlee Lv.50-100 No item
	Machamp Lv.50-100 No item
Psychic	Slowbro Lv.50-100 No item
	Alakazam Lv.50-100 No item
	Poliwrath Lv.50-100 No item
	Starmie Lv.50-100 No item
	Jynx Lv.50-100 No item
	Hypno Lv.50-100 No item
Nerd	Electrode Lv.50-100 No item
	Snorlax Lv.50-100 No item
	Golem Lv.50-100 No item
	Exeggutor Lv.50-100 No item
	Muk Lv.50-100 No item
	Cloyster Lv.50-100 No item

Blaine Gym Leader Castle Stadium

Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50-100 Slash Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.50-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Dig Ground   --       Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.50-100 Agility Psychic   --       Stomp Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Horn Drill Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Magmar Lv.50-100 Body Slam Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Normal Unknown Clefable Lv.50-100 Flamethrower Fire   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Type: Normal Unknown Kangaskhan Lv.50-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Surf Water   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Round 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Judoboy	Marowak Lv.50-100 No item
	Primeape Lv.50-100 No item
	Raticate Lv.50-100 No item
	Nidoking Lv.50-100 No item
	Scyther Lv.50-100 No item
	Machamp Lv.50-100 No item
Nerd	Electrode Lv.50-100 No item
	Gengar Lv.50-100 No item
	Golem Lv.50-100 No item
	Exeggutor Lv.50-100 No item
	Muk Lv.50-100 No item
	Cloyster Lv.50-100 No item
Psychic	Slowbro Lv.50-100 No item
	Alakazam Lv.50-100 No item
	Poliwrath Lv.50-100 No item
	Starmie Lv.50-100 No item
	Jynx Lv.50-100 No item
	Magneton Lv.50-100 No item

Blaine Gym Leader Castle Stadium

Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50-100 Slash Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Fire Unknown Magmar Lv.50-100 Body Slam Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Fire Unknown Rapidash Lv.50-100 Stomp Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Toxic Poison   --       Horn Drill Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Chansey Lv.50-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Softboiled Normal   --       Minimize Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Type: Grass Unknown Tangela Lv.50-100 Double Team Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Bug Grass Parasect Lv.50-100 Double Team Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Gym Leader Blaine Kanto Gym Leader Castle Stadium 2

Type: Fire Unknown Held item: King's Rock Rapidash♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Agility Psychic   --       Stomp Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Ninetales♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Dig Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Types: Bug Grass Held item: Quick Claw Parasect♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Slash Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: MiracleBerry Flareon♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Take Down Normal   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: Focus Band Octillery♀ Lv.50-100 Octazooka Water   --       BubbleBeam Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Psybeam Psychic   --       Types: Fire Rock Held item: PRZCureBerry Magcargo♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Round 2

Gym Leader Blaine Kanto Gym Leader Castle Stadium 2

Type: Fire Unknown Held item: King's Rock Arcanine♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Mr. Mime♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: MiracleBerry Chansey♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Counter Fighting   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Focus Band Clefable♀ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Moonlight Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: Quick Claw Vileplume♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: BrightPowder Moltres Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Steel Wing Steel   --

Spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Cinnabar Gym is seen in Blaine's mindscape.

Blaine & Rapidash

In the anime

Main series

Cinnabar Gym in the anime

Cinnabar Gym's battlefield in the anime

In the anime, the Cinnabar Gym is located in a chamber inside the Cinnabar Volcano, which is accessed from a secret entrance located next to a hot spring at Blaine's "Big Riddle Inn" and has a battlefield suspended over the lava.

Original series

In Riddle Me This, Ash was trying to locate the Gym so he could challenge the Cinnabar Gym Leader to a battle. He was informed by a man who liked telling riddles that the Gym was abandoned when Cinnabar Island became a tourist trap. However, the man eventually told Ash that the Gym Leader, Blaine, had built another Gym in a secret location, and later gave him a hint of its location through a riddle. After accidentally discovering the Gym's secret entrance at the riddler's inn, Ash and his friends entered the Gym and found the riddle-telling man himself, who revealed himself to have been Blaine in disguise all along. Ash and Blaine then battled, but Ash suffered multiple misfortunes, with his Squirtle losing to Blaine's Ninetales, Charizard refusing to battle Rhydon, and Pikachu struggling against Blaine's Magmar.

In Volcanic Panic, Ash forfeited the match after Pikachu almost fell in the lava while dodging Magmar's Fire Blast and withdrew to heal his Pokémon's burns. Meanwhile, Team Rocket snuck into the Gym to steal Magmar, but their actions at the heart of the volcano threatened to make it erupt and destroy Cinnabar Island. Ash and his friends assisted Blaine in stopping the eruption, and, as a sign of gratitude, Blaine agreed to have a rematch with Ash. Since the Gym had been destroyed during the incident, the battle instead took place at the summit of the volcano. To Ash's surprise, his usually disobedient Charizard offered to battle Blaine's Magmar. Eventually, Charizard was able to defeat Magmar with Seismic Toss, earning Ash the Volcano Badge.

The Cinnabar Gym briefly reappeared in a flashback in Bad To The Bone, where Otoshi and his Marowak were shown defeating Blaine's Magmar in a Gym battle.

Gallery

Abandoned Cinnabar Gym

Pokémon used in the Gym

Ninetales

Debut	Riddle Me This
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Rachael Lillis

Ninetales was Blaine's first Pokémon used in his Gym battle with Ash. Despite its beautiful looks, Ninetales proved to be an incredibly powerful Pokémon, knocking out Ash's Squirtle with a single attack. Ninetales was recalled when Ash sent out his Charizard.

Ninetales's only known move is Fire Spin.

Rhydon

Debut	Riddle Me This
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

After Ash chose Charizard in his battle, Blaine countered it by choosing Rhydon. Charizard refused to fight the Drill Pokémon, so Rhydon went up against Pikachu in his place. Blaine doubted the Electric type could defeat Rhydon, but Pikachu used Rhydon's horn as a conductor of electricity that eventually caused its defeat. This battle sparked a now well-known Internet meme in the Pokémon fandom, as Rhydon is usually immune to Electric-type attacks.

Rhydon's known moves are Horn Drill and Fury Attack.

Magmar

Debut	Riddle Me This
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Eric Stuart

Main article: Blaine's Magmar

Magmar is Blaine's final Pokémon and his powerhouse. In the first battle, Magmar easily defeated Ash's Pikachu. After the battlefield was wrecked due to Team Rocket's influence and damming Cinnabar Island's volcano, Magmar and Ash's Charizard ended up gaining a mutual respect for each other and wanted to test their strengths against one another. This was done in Ash's rematch with Blaine on top of Cinnabar's volcano. However, despite Magmar's incredible power, Charizard managed to come out on top.

Pokémon Origins

Cinnabar Gym in Pokémon Origins

The Cinnabar Gym made a brief appearance in File 3: Giovanni, when Red was seen defeating Blaine and earning himself the Volcano Badge.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Arcanine

Debut	File 3: Giovanni

Arcanine was used in Blaine's Gym battle against Red, but it was defeated.

None of Arcanine's moves are known.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Cinnabar Gym in Pokémon Adventures

The Pokémon Lab is located inside the dormant Cinnabar Volcano and directly connected to the Cinnabar Gym, working as Blaine's personal laboratory.

Red, Green & Blue arc

The Cinnabar Gym was first visited by Red in Holy Moltres, where he revived his Old Amber into an Aerodactyl needed to combat Team Rocket's Moltres.

Yellow arc

The Gym reappeared in this arc, where Blaine was seen conducting his search for the missing Red. When Yellow arrived on Cinnabar Island in Putting It on the Line...Against Arcanine, he was led to the Gym by a disguised Blaine. They soon received emergency messages from various cities in Kanto, telling them that the Elite Four had launched their attack on the region. Both Blaine and Yellow soon departed for the Elite Four's base of actions on Cerise Island to start a counterattack.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

The Gym appeared again in Double Down Deoxys, where Blaine was visited by Camper Evan and Super Nerd Miles while he was going through an old photo album, with one of the pictures featuring him together with Mr. Fuji in a jungle. Blaine told the two Trainers that he had started feeling pain in his right arm the day before, the same arm which once contained Mewtwo's cells. Blaine said that the sensation meant that Mewtwo was upset, and deduced that it must be because Mew was on its way from Faraway Island back to the Kanto mainland.

Pokémon Zensho

Cinnabar Gym in Pokémon Zensho

The Cinnabar Gym appeared in PZ08, where Satoshi entered the Gym. Blaine talked with him about his past work at the Pokémon Mansion, the creation of Mewtwo, and his decades-long desire to capture Articuno. Wanting to help Blaine in achieving his dream, Satoshi offered to help him, but Blaine insisted he'd have to prove his strength by defeating him first. The two had a battle, which ended in Satoshi's victory, earning him the Volcano Badge. As a result of the battle, Satoshi's Charmeleon evolved into Charizard. Afterwards, the two headed to Seafoam Islands to capture Articuno.

In the TCG

The Cinnabar Gym was featured in the TCG as both a Japan exclusive Theme Deck and as a card. The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring the Cinnabar City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game

Cinnabar Gym 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	#
Cinnabar City Gym	T [St]	Gym Challenge		113/132	Challenge from the Darkness
					Guren Town Gym
Blaine's Last Stand	Su	Dragon Majesty		58/70	Dragon Storm		048/053
		Hidden Fates		52/68
Blaine's Quiz Show	Su	Unified Minds		186/236	SM-P Promotional cards		318/SM-P

Trivia

• In the Japanese Generation I games, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the quiz that asks what move TM28 contains proposes しねしねこうせん, which can translate into a silly expression such as "Die-Die Beam" or "DIE! Beam", apparently a pun on Hyper Beam's Japanese name, はかいこうせん Destruction Beam.
• The Cinnabar Gym is the only Gym found in different locations between games. It is also one of the Gyms to be located outside a building since it is part of Seafoam Islands in the Generation II games and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, with the other one being the Aspertia Gym in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
  • It is also the first Gym to be located outside of a town or a city. The second one is the Glaseado Gym in Paldea.
• In the Generation I games and their remakes, it is possible to battle Blaine before battling Lt. Surge, Erika, Koga^PE, and/or Sabrina.
• In Generation III, there's a photo in Blaine's room, featuring him smiling together with Mr. Fuji.

In other languages

Tombstoner^RBY/Tombstony^FRLGPE

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	しねしねこうせん Shineshine Kōsen	Means "Die-Die Beam" or "DIE! Beam"
English	TombstonerRBY/TombstonyFRLGPE	Similar to Japanese name's death motif
French	FosseRBYFRLG Rayon Pouêt-PouêtPE	Means "ditch" or "moat" Means "Beep-Beep Beam"
German	Frosch-AttackeRBYFRLG HypermegasuperstrahlPE	Means "Frog Attack" Exaggeration of "Hyperstrahl"
Italian	Pietra Tombale	Means "tombstone"
Spanish	Tumbapiedra	Means "tombstone"

Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Brock	Cerulean Gym Misty	Vermilion Gym Lt. Surge	Celadon Gym Erika
Fuchsia Gym Koga Janine	Saffron Gym Sabrina	Cinnabar Gym Blaine	Viridian Gym Giovanni Blue

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