Violet Gym

Violet Gym キキョウジム Kikyō Gym
Location	Violet City
Gym Leader	Falkner
Badge	Zephyr Badge
Dominant Type	Flying
Region	Johto
Battlefield

The Violet Gym (Japanese: キキョウジム Kikyō Gym) is the official Gym of Violet City. It is based on Flying-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Falkner. Trainers who defeat him receive the Zephyr Badge.

In the games

Generation II

Violet City
Pokémon Gym
Leader: Falkner
The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon

In Generation II, the Gym structure was very basic. It was very similar to Pewter Gym by layout, a pathway leading directly to the Gym Leader with two Trainers obscuring the way. The path is held on some sort of raised platform, with a seemingly bottomless pit left and right of the path. The path creates an "S" shape as it winds around toward the Gym Leader. At the tips of the "S" there are two Trainers that are both unavoidable. At the end stands Falkner, who will battle any challengers of the Gym. After Falkner is defeated, he will give the player the Zephyr Badge, TM31 (Mud-Slap), and the ability to use Flash outside of battle.

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

Generation IV

Violet City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Falkner
"The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon"

Unlike in Generation II, the Gym is inaccessible until the Sprout Tower is cleared. Trainers will start out on ground level, with a wooden platform at the end that will lift Trainers up to the upper level, where a structure similar to the one in Generation II awaits. The path creates an "S" shape as it winds around toward the Gym Leader. A Trainer waits at each end of the "S", but unlike in Generation II, both Trainers can be avoided by walking on the glass tiles that encircle the field. Falkner waits on a wooden platform in front of the windows at the back of the Gym. After Falkner is defeated, he will give the player the Zephyr Badge, TM51 (Roost), and the ability to use Rock Smash outside of battle.

Appearance

Generation II Generation IV

Trainers

Main series

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Abe ショウタ Shōta Reward: $216	Spearow♂ Lv.9 No item
Bird Keeper Rod ツバサ Tsubasa Reward: $168	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 No item

Leader Falkner Violet Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Falkner Oak Violet Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Held item: None Pidgey♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.9 Tackle Normal   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Gust Flying   --       Struggle Normal   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Abe ショウタ Shōta Reward: $288	Spearow♂ Lv.9 No item
Bird Keeper Rod ツバサ Tsubasa Reward: $224	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.7 No item

Leader Falkner Violet Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Falkner Oak Violet Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $1560
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgey♂ Lv.9 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.13 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Gust Flying Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Side series

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Matt カケル Kakeru Reward: $N/A	Pidgey♂ Lv.50-100 Berry
	Hoothoot♀ Lv.50-100 PSNCureBerry
	Spearow♀ Lv.50-100 Ice Berry
	Natu♀ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Doduo♂ Lv.50-100 Bitter Berry
	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry

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

Types: Normal Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Pidgeot♂ Lv.50-100 Whirlwind Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Stick Farfetch'd♂ Lv.50-100 False Swipe Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Mint Berry Noctowl♂ Lv.50-100 Take Down Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Ice Flying Held item: Bitter Berry Delibird♀ Lv.50-100 Present Normal   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Sharp Beak Fearow♂ Lv.50-100 Drill Peck Flying   --       Swift Normal   --       Mirror Move Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: Burnt Berry Togetic♂ Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Round 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Matt カケル Kakeru Reward: $N/A	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.50-100 Sharp Beak
	Togetic♂ Lv.50-100 PRZCureBerry
	Fearow♀ Lv.50-100 Mint Berry
	Farfetch'd♂ Lv.50-100 Stick
	Noctowl♀ Lv.50-100 Metal Coat
	Murkrow♀ Lv.50-100 BlackGlasses

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

Types: Normal Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Pidgeot♂ Lv.50-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: Scope Lens Charizard♂ Lv.50-100 Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: MiracleBerry Dodrio♂ Lv.50-100 Drill Peck Flying   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Electric Flying Held item: BrightPowder Zapdos Lv.50-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Drill Peck Flying   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --       Types: Ground Flying Held item: Focus Band Gligar♀ Lv.50-100 Metal Claw Steel   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Types: Steel Flying Held item: Quick Claw Skarmory♀ Lv.50-100 Steel Wing Steel   --       Drill Peck Flying   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Mud-Slap Ground   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM31 (Mud-Slap)	Reward for defeating Falkner	G  S  C
	TM51 (Roost)	Reward for defeating Falkner	HG  SS

In the anime

The Violet Gym made its only anime appearance in Fighting Flyer with Fire. The battlefield is on the top of a tall building and is without a roof so that Flying Pokémon can make full use of their abilities.

After saving Pikachu from Team Rocket, Ash challenged Falkner to a battle. The battle got off to a bad start for the young Trainer, but it became better when Ash defeated Falkner's Hoothoot and Dodrio with Pikachu alone. However, the Gym Leader's Pidgeot proved to be too tough for Pikachu. Using Charizard, Ash was able to defeat Pidgeot and earn his first Johto League Badge, the Zephyr Badge.

Trivia

• Falkner is the Gym Leader with the lowest level Pokémon in the games, with a Pidgey at level 7 and a Pidgeotto at level 9 in Generation II. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, this is remedied somewhat, with Pidgey rising to level 9 and Pidgeotto rising to level 13; however, he is still the lowest leveled of all Gym Leaders, with Roark, Brock and the Striaton Leaders having Pokémon at levels 12 and 14 when they are first challenged, and Roxanne having Pokémon at levels 12, 14, and 15.
  • Falkner is the only first Gym Leader of any region to use an evolved Pokémon.

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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