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 can be difficult to navigate, as it features invisible walls that were installed by Ninja Master Koga. Janine kept these in place when she took over. In addition, she added another layer of difficulty: all the other Trainers in the Gym look exactly like her until talked to.
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.
Fuchsia Gym appeared in only one episode of the anime. Its appearance is based on an old-fashioned Japanese mansion. Located in a forest outside of the main city, the Gym is filled with booby traps, including invisible walls and a horde of explosive Voltorb. Battles take place either inside the mansion or in the courtyard outside.
In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Ash sought out the Fuchsia Gym in order to defeat Koga for his sixth Badge. Before he could find Koga, he found what appeared to be a stray Venonat. After following it into the Gym and finding several Voltorb, Ash and his friends encountered Aya, who revealed the Venonat to be hers. After defeating her, Koga, Aya's brother, appeared and accepted Ash's challenge.
The battle was interrupted by Team Rocket, who wanted to steal all of the Gym's Pokémon. Thanks to Psyduck, and Koga's use of a slanted room, the trio was sent blasting off. Ash and Koga continued their battle outside. With the help of Charmander, Ash defeated Koga and earned his 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.
None of Scyther's moves are known.
In Pokémon Origins
Fuchsia Gym in Pokémon Origins
The Fuchsia Gym was briefly seen in the Pokémon Origins episode 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.
In the manga
Fuchsia Gym in Pokémon Adventures
Fuchsia Gym in Pokémon Pocket Monsters
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
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 had gotten trapped in Koga's Ninja Mansion for a while, encountering both Koga and Aya there.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
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.
In the TCG
The Fuchsia Gym was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards named Fuchsia City Gym.
Related cards 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.
