Dewford Town Pokémon Gym Leader: Brawly
A big wave in fighting!
Dewford Town Pokémon Gym Leader: Brawly
A big wave in fighting!
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Dewford Gym is a pitch-black maze, with Gym Trainers hiding in the darkness. As Trainers are defeated, the Gym lights up bit by bit. Once Brawly is beaten, the entire Gym lights up completely. In Ruby and Sapphire, Battle Girl Laura cannot be avoided.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Gym is redesigned as a darkened exercise gym with a lit central hallway with conveyor belts that restrict movement. The hallway also contains switches on the floor that momentarily light up the side passages through the rest of the gym when stepped on, giving the player a glimpse of the maze before they attempt it to progress. Once Brawly is defeated, the Gym is permanently lit up.
When defeated, Brawly will give the player the Knuckle Badge as well as TM08 (Bulk Up) as a reward.
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.
Dewford Gym appeared in Brave the Wave, where Ash was seen charging at the Gym, excited to challenge it. Unfortunately for him, he found out that Brawly, the Gym Leader, was off to a surfing practice and would only battle Ash once he was done.
Later, Ash finally got his desired Gym battle, which was set to be a two-on-two battle. First, Ash chose Taillow against Brawly's Machop, but lost the round despite the type advantage. Next Ash used Treecko, which beat Machop, and then went up against Brawly's Makuhita. During the battle, Makuhita suddenly evolved into Hariyama, and proceeded to easily defeat Treecko. Ash was disheartened by this defeat, but Brawly encouraged him to go on.
In Just One of the Geysers, Ash had a rematch against Brawly at his private training spot on a small isle off the coast of Dewford Island, which had a battlefield filled with geysers. With the help of his recently caught Corphish, his diligent training, and some quick thinking to utilize the new battleground to his advantage, Ash was able to defeat Brawly this time around, finally earning him the Knuckle Badge.
Machop was the first Pokémon Brawly used against Ash in both the first Gym battle and the rematch. During the first match, it was sent up against Taillow, and although Taillow kept using Wing Attack and hitting it, Machop kept getting up and eventually managed to knock Taillow out with a Cross Chop. Next, Ash used Treecko which was finally able to defeat it.
In Ash and Brawly's rematch, Machop was again used first. It began to overpower Treecko, but fell to Ash's newly-caught Corphish.
Hariyama first appeared as a Makuhita. During a Gym battle with Treecko, it evolved into Hariyama and defeated Treecko. After helping the group to escape from a violent storm, Ash had his rematch against Brawly. Hariyama was able to defeat Corphish and almost defeated Treecko, but thanks to Ash's strategy, Treecko was able to defeat Hariyama after a fierce battle.
Dewford Gym appeared in Mashing Makuhita and Heavy Hitting Hariyama, when Sapphire faced Brawly in a Gym battle. Using his surfing tactics to avoid Sapphire's attacks, Brawly easily gained the upper hand, especially when his Makuhita evolved into Hariyama. However, by using Chic's Double Kick to bypass Hariyama's Counter, Sapphire was eventually able to defeat Brawly and win the battle, earning herself the Knuckle Badge.
Hariyama is Brawly's first known Pokémon. He debuted as a Makuhita surfing with his Trainer. Later, he evolved in Brawly's Gym battle against Sapphire, but it wasn't enough to win the battle. Since then, he has been used in several other battles.
Machop is Brawly's second known Pokémon. It debuted in Brawly's battle against Sapphire, where it was easily defeated by her Combusken, Chic, and switched out to Makuhita.
Dewford Gym made its only appearance in The Haunted Gym, where a Sableye helped Red navigate through the Gym since it was too dark for him to see.
Trivia
In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the wall behind the right-hand statue behaves like a statue: when the A button is pressed while facing it, it says: "DEWFORD TOWN POKéMON GYM". This was fixed in Pokémon Emerald.
In Generation III, it is possible to postpone this Gym until the player has the Heat Badge, since it is required to challenge Norman. This is no longer the case in Generation VI, where the player needs to beat Brawly in order to gain access to Steven's room in Granite Cave.
Dewford Gym is the only Gym outside of Galar that the player can buy items from. In this case, the player can interact with the Vending Machine in the lobby to buy Fresh Waters in Generation VI.
