Eterna Gym

Eterna Gym ハクタイジム Hakutai Gym
Location	Eterna City
Gym Leader	Gardenia
Badge	Forest Badge
Dominant Type	Grass
Region	Sinnoh
Battlefield

Gardenia's Gym Leader area

The Eterna Gym (Japanese: ハクタイジム Hakutai Gym) is the official Gym of Eterna City. It is based on Grass-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Gardenia. Trainers who defeat her receive the Forest Badge.

In the games

Core series games

Eterna City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Gardenia
Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon!

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl the Eterna Gym consists of a green foyer, past which is a greenhouse room where an indoor forest is arranged in a maze-like pattern. The Trainers of the Gym hide and wait behind trees and natural surroundings, and Gardenia will not accept challenges until all of her students are defeated. Every time a Trainer is defeated, they give a hint about where another foe is. Trainers of the Gym are fond of using status-inducing moves such as Poison Sting, Leech Seed, and Stun Spore.

In Pokémon Platinum, the entire Gym has been redesigned. The Gym now contains four areas with a giant clock in the middle, separating these areas. For every Trainer the player defeats, the hands of the clock move in a certain direction. Once the clock's hands spin to the north, south, east or west direction, the player can walk onto them and progress to other areas of the Gym. A set of sprinklers also turns off, allowing the player to exit the Gym and return later. Gardenia awaits the player in the northern area of the Gym (when the larger hand reaches 12 o'clock).

Appearance

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM86 (Grass Knot)	Reward for defeating Gardenia	D  P  Pt
	TM86 (Grass Knot) ×5	Reward for defeating Gardenia	BD  SP

Trainers

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Caroline リサ Lisa Reward: $240	Cherubi♀ Lv.15 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.15 No item
Aroma Lady Jenna マナエ Manae Reward: $480	Budew♀ Lv.14 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.13 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.15 No item
Aroma Lady Angela ユキノ Yukino Reward: $544	Turtwig♂ Lv.17 No item
Beauty Lindsay ヨウコ Yōko Reward: $952	Roselia♀ Lv.17 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Gardenia Eterna Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $2640

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Cherubi♀ Lv.19 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Growth Normal Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Turtwig♂ Lv.19 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Withdraw Water Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Sitrus Berry Roserade♀ Lv.22 Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Stun Spore Grass Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Caroline リサ Lisa Reward: $272	Cherubi♀ Lv.17 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.17 No item
Aroma Lady Jenna マナエ Manae Reward: $544	Budew♀ Lv.15 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.16 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.17 No item
Aroma Lady Angela ユキノ Yukino Reward: $608	Roselia♀ Lv.19 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Gardenia Eterna Gym Platinum Reward: $2640

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Turtwig♂ Lv.20 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Flower Gift Held item: None Cherrim♀ Lv.20 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Sitrus Berry Roserade♀ Lv.22 Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Stun Spore Grass Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Caroline リサ Lisa Reward: $540	Cherubi♀ Lv.15 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.15 No item
Aroma Lady Jenna マナエ Manae Reward: $780	Budew♀ Lv.14 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.13 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.15 No item
Aroma Lady Angela ユキノ Yukino Reward: $816	Turtwig♂ Lv.17 No item
Beauty Lindsay ヨウコ Yōko Reward: $1,224	Roselia♀ Lv.17 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Gym Leader Gardenia Eterna Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $2,904

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Cherubi♀ Lv.19 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Growth Normal Status   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Shell Armor Held item: Miracle Seed Turtwig♂ Lv.19 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Technician Held item: Sitrus Berry Roserade♀ Lv.22 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Petal Blizzard Grass Physical   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Stun Spore Grass Status   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Gardenia Eterna Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $8,928

Types: Grass Flying Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: Heat Rock Jumpluff♀ Lv.66 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Solar Power Held item: Choice Scarf Sunflora♀ Lv.70 Solar Beam Grass Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Flower Gift Held item: Focus Sash Cherrim♀ Lv.69 Petal Blizzard Grass Physical   --       Solar Beam Grass Special   --       Growth Normal Status   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Poison Heal Held item: Toxic Orb Breloom♀ Lv.68 Focus Punch Fighting Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Substitute Normal Status   --       Spore Grass Status   --       Types: Grass Ground Ability: Overgrow Held item: Life Orb Torterra♂ Lv.68 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Power Herb Roserade♀ Lv.72 Solar Beam Grass Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Grassy Terrain Grass Status   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --

Spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Eterna Gym is seen in Gardenia's mindscape.

Gardenia & Roserade

In the anime

Eterna Gym in the anime

Eterna Gym's battlefield in the anime

The Eterna Gym appeared in The Grass Menagerie!, when Ash challenged Gardenia. After a tough battle, Ash emerged victorious and earned himself his second Sinnoh League Badge.

In Barry's Busting Out All Over!, Barry was revealed to have beaten the Eterna Gym with his Empoleon. He also mentioned how Gardenia had used a Drain Punch-using Cacnea against him, making James very pleased to learn that his former Pokémon was being trained well.

In the anime, the Eterna Gym is modeled like a large indoor garden, complete with trees and grass. Many different kinds of Grass-type Pokémon live there and are taken care of by Gardenia and her helpers. Unlike other Gyms, the Eterna Gym does not have an official battlefield. Instead, Gym battles take place in a large clearing in the middle of the Gym.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Cherubi

Debut	The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chinami Nishimura
English	Michele Knotz

Gardenia's Cherubi was first seen in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! when Gardenia used it to battle Ash's Turtwig in an unofficial battle. It displayed its high speed, however it emerged that Gardenia was just trying to get a read on Turtwig's abilities before she recalled it.

It later appeared during Ash and Gardenia's Gym battle during The Grass Menagerie!, where it was able to outspeed Turtwig's attacks using its high speed and forced Ash to recall it. It then went up against Staravia where Ash was able to blind it using the sunlight and then Staravia was able to knock it out.

Cherubi's known moves are Magical Leaf and Solar Beam, and its Ability is Chlorophyll.

Turtwig

Debut	The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!
Voice actors
Japanese	Miyako Itō
English	Billy Beach

Gardenia's Turtwig was first seen when it battled against Ash's Turtwig and Staravia. It was shown to be great in speed and very powerful. It was untouchable by any of Ash's Pokémon and won the battle. It helped protect the Adamant Orb in A Secret Sphere of Influence!.

In Ash's Gym battle, it used its impressive speed to once again defeat Ash's Staravia. However, it lost to Ash's Turtwig after a fierce battle. Gardenia reappeared in Once There Were Greenfields!, and Turtwig was used in a Tag Battle alongside James's Cacnea, but was defeated by Dawn's Pachirisu's Spark. Nando's Roselia is known to have defeated Turtwig in an earlier battle.

Turtwig's known moves are Leech Seed, Leaf Storm, Bite and Tackle.

Roserade

Debut	The Grass Menagerie!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Sarah Natochenny

Roserade was the final Pokémon used by Gardenia against Ash. It was able to easily knock out Turtwig using a Weather Ball powered by the bright sun. When it went up against Ash's Aipom, it was unable to keep up with the active Pokémon. It was eventually knocked out with a combination of Focus Punch and Swift. It also reappeared in flashbacks in DP048 and League Unleashed!.

Roserade also appeared alongside Gardenia during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Roserade's known moves are Grass Knot, Weather Ball, Magical Leaf, and Flash.

Cacnea

Debut	A Poached Ego!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Michele Knotz

Main article: James's Cacnea

Gardenia first met Cacnea in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!, when it was sent out by James. Gardenia automatically got attracted to it, and she asked it to scratch her back by using Pin Missile.

Later in Once There Were Greenfields, after battling alongside James and Cacnea in a Tag Battle, Gardenia knew that Cacnea had the ability to learn Drain Punch, so she offered to take on Cacnea to help it reach its full potential. After much soul searching James agreed and handed Cacnea over. Gardenia soon helped Cacnea master Drain Punch and she used it in a Gym battle against Barry where it proved to be a strong opponent.

In the manga

Eterna Gym in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

The Eterna Gym appeared in Ring Around the Roserade II, where Platinum challenged Gardenia. Due to the great distance between the two sides, Platinum's Pokémon were unable to reach Gardenia's Cherubi and Roserade, while Roserade was able to use its vines to strike Platinum's Pokémon from underground. Eventually, however, Platinum figured out a way to use Gardenia's strategy to her own advantage, and had her Prinplup use the holes left behind by Roserade's vines to release an underground Blizzard attack at Gardenia's Pokémon, defeating them and earning Platinum the victory.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Cherubi ♀

Debut	Ring Around the Roserade I

Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's Grass Knot (which was more powerful upon Piplup's evolution, since her weight had increased), she used her Blizzard in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at-distance attack.

Cherubi's only known move is Grass Knot, and her Ability is Chlorophyll.

Roserade ♀

Debut	Ring Around the Roserade I

Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's Grass Knot, Prinplup used her Blizzard in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at distance attack, who defeated both.

Roserade's only known move is Grass Knot, and her Ability is Poison Point.

In the TCG

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

Pokémon in Eterna 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	#
Roserade		Rising Rivals		12/111	Bonds to the End of Time		007/090
Turtwig		Rising Rivals		85/111	Bonds to the End of Time		006/090
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Gardenia	Su	Ultra Prism		124/156	Ultra Sun		060/066
					GX Starter Decks		121/131

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner

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