Eterna Gym

The Eterna Gym (Japanese: ハクタイジム Hakutai Gym) is the official Gym of Eterna City. It is based on. The Gym Leader is Gardenia. s who defeat her receive the.

Pokémon Diamond and 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, , and.

Pokémon Platinum
In, the entire Gym has been redesigned. The Gym now contains four areas with a giant clock in the middle, separating these areas. For every the undefined 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).

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

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

In the, the Eterna Gym is modeled like a large indoor garden, complete with trees and grass. Many different kinds of 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.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The Eterna Gym appeared in Ring Around the Roserade II, where challenged Gardenia. Due to the great distance between the two sides, Platinum's Pokémon were unable to reach Gardenia's and, 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 use the holes left behind by Roserade's vines to release an underground  attack at Gardenia's Pokémon, defeating them and earning Platinum the victory.

Pokémon used in Gym
Pokémon-Arena von Ewigenau Gimnasio Pokémon de Ciudad Vetusta Arène de Vestigion Palestra di Evopoli ハクタイジム 百代道館