Fuchsia City Pokémon Gym Leader: Koga
The Poisonous
Ninja Master!
Fuchsia City Pokémon Gym Leader: Janine
The Poisonous
Ninja Master
Fuchsia City Pokémon Gym Leader: Koga
The Poisonous Ninja Master
Fuchsia City Pokémon Gym Leader: Janine
The Poisonous Ninja Master
The Fuchsia Gym's puzzle involves a maze of invisible walls, filled with Trainers studying under the Gym Leader. In Generations II and IV, the new Gym Leader, Janine, has added a new level of difficulty into the puzzle by having all the Trainers in the Gym disguise themselves as her until they are challenged or she herself is defeated. In Generation II, the real Janine is located near the west wall, while in Generation IV, she's standing in the middle of the Gym, much like her father before her. In Generation VII, the Gym also has a ledge, and the invisible walls disappear once the Gym Leader has been defeated.
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.
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.
The Fuchsia Gym appeared in The Ninja Poké-Showdown. Its appearance is based on an old-fashioned Japanese mansion. Located in a forest outside of Fuchsia City itself, the Gym is filled with booby traps, including invisible walls, turning and collapsing walls, a slanted room, and a horde of shocking and explosiveVoltorb. Battles take place either inside the mansion or in the courtyard outside.
Ash sought out the Fuchsia Gym in order to defeat its Gym Leader for his sixth Badge. After wandering around the Gym for a while, Ash and his friends met Aya, who challenged Ash to a battle. After Ash had defeated Aya, the Gym Leader and Aya's older brother, Koga, appeared and accepted Ash's challenge for a Gym battle. Although the battle was temporarily interrupted by Team Rocket, who were eventually defeated by Misty's Psyduck, in the end, Ash was able to defeat Koga and earn himself a Soul Badge.
When Ash challenged Koga, Koga sent out his Venonat, which Ash originally underestimated since he had previously defeated his sister's Venonat quite easily but then it instantly evolved into a Venomoth, and proceeded to get the upper hand in its Gym battle with Pidgeotto. The battle was interrupted by Team Rocket, and afterwards, Koga offered to trade Venomoth to Misty for her Psyduck, but she declined.
During Koga's and Ash's rematch, Koga used his Golbat against Ash's Charmander. Golbat eventually lost to Charmander's strong Fire-type moves, winning Ash the Soul Badge.
Koga's Scyther only appeared in a flashback in Bad to the Bone. Otoshi's flashback revealed that he defeated Scyther with his Marowak and obtained the Soul Badge.
The Fuchsia Gym was briefly seen in File 3: Giovanni. Red battled Koga off-screen and won, forcing the Gym Leader to concede his defeat and hand the young Trainer the Soul Badge.
Fuchsia Gym was mentioned in Sunkern Treasure, where it was revealed that while Lt. Surge and Sabrina had returned to their respective Gyms after Team Rocket's supposed downfall, the Gym Leaders of the Viridian and Fuchsia Gyms were currently missing, meaning that those two Gyms were currently empty. In Crossing Crobat, it was revealed that Koga's daughter, Janine, had taken over her father's Gym, although she frequently leaves it in search for both her father and a master for herself.
Fuchsia Gym appeared in Save the Chansey!!, where Red, Clefairy, and Pikachu sneaked into the Gym in order to save a group of Chansey that were being tortured by Koga. When Koga found out about the intruders, he had his Koffing and Grimer attack them, but they were beaten by Clefairy, and the Chansey were saved.
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
Although never actually seen, Fuchsia Gym was mentioned in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure. While accompanying Pikachu (whom Ash had accidentally left behind), a group of other Pokémon, and Tommy to the Hidden Village, Team Rocket got trapped in Koga's Ninja Mansion for a while, encountering both Koga and Aya there.
In the TCG
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Fuchsia City Gym' in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Fuchsia 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.
In Generation I, II, and III, the invisible walls have four white spots at their corners, making them somewhat visible.
In Generations I and III, despite specializing in Poison-types, only two of the six Trainers in the Gym use Poison-type Pokémon. The four Jugglers are all Psychic-type Trainers, and the two Tamers each have a Ground-type, which are ironically two of the types that are strong against Poison types in Generation I. However, Drowzee and Hypno both learn Poison Gas by level up, and Sandslash learns Poison Sting by level up.
