Goldenrod Gym

Goldenrod Gym コガネジム Kogane Gym
Location	Goldenrod City
Gym Leader	Whitney
Badge	Plain Badge
Dominant Type	Normal
Region	Johto
Battlefield

The Goldenrod Gym (Japanese: コガネジム Kogane Gym) is the official Gym of Goldenrod City. It is based on Normal-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Whitney. Trainers who defeat her receive the Plain Badge.

In the games

Generation II

Goldenrod City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Whitney
The Incredibly Pretty Girl!

In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Goldenrod Gym is a maze of flowers and ornaments in the shape of a Clefairy. The player must navigate their way around the pink-floored Gym by going around the wall of pretty flowers first then entering the middle section. The Trainers in the Gym are hard to avoid and most of them must be battled in order to reach Whitney. Whitney will be located in the middle of the Gym where she can be challenged to earn the Plain Badge.

When Whitney is defeated, she throws a temper tantrum and cries, but after drying her eyes and blowing her nose she will get over her loss and give the player the Badge.

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

Generation IV

Goldenrod City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Whitney
"The Incredibly Pretty Girl!"

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, many aesthetic changes have been made to the Goldenrod Gym. The layout of the Gym remains the same, however the outer part of the Gym has been raised to form a platform above the rest of the Gym. The middle section of the Gym remains at ground level. Players must navigate their way around the raised platform, battle Trainers and walk through an arch below one of the platforms to reach Whitney.

Like in Generation II, after being defeated, Whitney throws a tantrum and cries, but soon calms down and gives the player the Plain Badge.

Appearance

Generation II Generation IV

Trainers

Main series

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer	Pokémon
Beauty Victoria アケミ Akemi Reward: $1496	Sentret♀ Lv.9 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.13 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.17 No item
Beauty Samantha ナオコ Naoko Reward: $1408	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
Lass Carrie ミカ Mika Reward: $432	Snubbull♀ Lv.18 No item
Lass Bridget アスカ Asuka Reward: $360	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 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 Whitney Goldenrod Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Goldenrod Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $2000
Type: Normal Unknown Held item: None Clefairy♀ Lv.18 Encore Normal   --       DoubleSlap Normal   --       Mimic Normal   --       Metronome Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: None Miltank♀ Lv.20 Stomp Normal   --       Attract Normal   --       Milk Drink Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer	Pokémon
Beauty Victoria アケミ Akemi Reward: $896	Sentret♀ Lv.9 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.13 No item
	Sentret♀ Lv.16 No item
Beauty Samantha ナオコ Naoko Reward: $896	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
	Meowth♀ Lv.16 No item
Lass Carrie ミカ Mika Reward: $272	Snubbull♀ Lv.17 No item
Lass Cathy アスカ Asuka Reward: $240	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 No item
	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.15 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 Whitney Goldenrod Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Goldenrod Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $2280

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Clefairy♀ Lv.17 DoubleSlap Normal Physical   --       Mimic Normal Status   --       Encore Normal Status   --       Metronome Normal Status   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Scrappy Held item: Lum Berry Miltank♀ Lv.19 Rollout Rock Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Milk Drink Normal Status   --

Side series

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Lois Reward: $N/A	Teddiursa♂ Lv.50-100 PSNCureBerry
	Marill♀ Lv.50-100 Mystic Water
	Meowth♂ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Phanpy♂ Lv.50-100 Soft Sand
	Poliwag♂ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry
	Snubbull♀ Lv.50-100 Pink Bow
Beauty Rita Reward: $N/A	Aipom♀ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Mareep♂ Lv.50-100 Magnet
	Diglett♂ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry
	Ponyta♀ Lv.50-100 Charcoal
	Remoraid♀ Lv.50-100 Berry
	Sentret♂ Lv.50-100 Bitter Berry

File:S2 Leader Whitney.png Gym Leader Whitney Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Type: Normal Unknown Held item: PRZCureBerry Miltank♀ Lv.50-100 Stomp Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Bide Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Mint Berry Clefable♀ Lv.50-100 DoubleSlap Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: PSNCureBerry Wigglytuff♀ Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Ice Punch Ice   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: Bitter Berry Gloom♀ Lv.50-100 Petal Dance Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Burnt Berry Dodrio♂ Lv.50-100 Drill Peck Flying   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Ice Berry Stantler♂ Lv.50-100 Take Down Normal   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Swift Normal   --

Round 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Lois Reward: $N/A	Furret♂ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Porygon Lv.50-100 Magnet
	Dugtrio♂ Lv.50-100 Bitter Berry
	Jumpluff♀ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry
	Corsola♀ Lv.50-100 Focus Band
	Aipom♀ Lv.50-100 MiracleBerry
Beauty Rita Reward: $N/A	Pikachu♂ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Togetic♂ Lv.50-100 Burnt Berry
	Clefable♀ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry
	Wigglytuff♀ Lv.50-100 Bitter Berry
	Azumarill♂ Lv.50-100 PSNCureBerry
	Delibird♂ Lv.50-100 Berry Juice

File:S2 Leader Whitney.png Gym Leader Whitney Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader and Professor Whitney Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Type: Normal Unknown Held item: King's Rock Miltank♀ Lv.50-100 Stomp Normal   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Milk Drink Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Persian♂ Lv.50-100 Rage Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: BrightPowder Golduck♂ Lv.50-100 Surf Water   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Cross Chop Fighting   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: MiracleBerry Mr. Mime♀ Lv.50-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Meditate Psychic   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Focus Band Tauros♂ Lv.50-100 Stomp Normal   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Ground Unknown Held item: Quick Claw Donphan♀ Lv.50-100 Flail Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       AncientPower Rock   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM45 (Attract)	Reward for defeating Whitney, after she calms down	G  S  C  HG  SS

In the anime

Goldenrod Gym appeared in A Goldenrod Opportunity. Ash challenged Whitney to a battle for the Plain Badge. She accepted his challenge. Initially, it appeared that Ash was going to win the battle easily. After quickly defeating her Clefairy and Nidorina, he only had one more to go. That all changed when Whitney sent out her Miltank. She defeated all three of Ash's Pokémon consecutively.

Ash had an informal rematch with Whitney in the following episode, A Dairy Tale Ending. Although the battle took place on Whitney's Uncle Milton's farm and not at the Gym, Whitney gave Ash the Plain Badge for defeating her.

In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Goldenrod Gym in Ash and Pikachu

In the Ash and Pikachu manga, Ash challenges Whitney for the Plain Badge at Goldenrod Gym in The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling. When Ash begins his battle with Whitney, the referee tells him that the area below the arena is a smelter which is so hot that it would cause death to anyone who fell there. Later, when Ash and Psyduck actually do fall down, Whitney reveals that there isn't really a smelter, instead, it is an illusion created by a 3D hologram and the only thing below is water.

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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Trivia

• The border of the maze makes it look like a Clefairy.