Pewter Gym

The Pewter Gym (Japanese: ニビジム Nibi Gym) is the official Gym of Pewter City. It is based on. The Gym Leader is Brock. s that defeat him receive the.

Other known members include s Jerry and Liam, Edwin,  (Brock's father), Lola (Brock's mother), and Forrest (Brock's brother).

In the games
Pewter Gym appears in all set in the Kanto region, appearing much the same in each: a small building with a  inside, one or two Trainers, and the Gym Leader, Brock, waiting at the back of the Gym, stading on plain floor or a large stone pedestal. In the Generation I games and their remakes, if the undefined tries to leave Pewter City to before earning the Boulder Badge, a boy standing at the route entrance will lead them to the front of the Gym.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the player show a Grass- or Pokémon from their party to the gym guide in order to be allowed to challenge the Gym. The Pokémon shown can then be removed from the party without incident, and the player can challenge Brock and his Trainers without any Grass- or Water-type Pokémon if they so desire.

A field based on the Gym also appears in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿's Gym Leader Castle and 's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.




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In the main series
The Pewter Gym was first seen in Showdown in Pewter City in the. It is a stone building apparently set apart from the rest of the city. waits inside in the dark for challengers, sitting on a stone pedestal as he does in the ; however, unlike in the games, no other Trainers have been seen as part of the Gym aside from Brock's family. The battlefield is littered with jagged rocks and boulders, and a balcony along the edge above provides spectators a spot to watch Gym battles. Despite being a Rock-type Gym, the building has sprinklers for fire safety, which uses to gain an advantage against.

The Gym is an important part of Brock's family, and Brock, his brothers and sisters, and his parents live in a large house behind the Gym. Brock's father,, was the Gym Leader before Brock, and Brock inherited the Gym as part of his family responsibilities when his parents left. While Brock was a strong, respected Gym Leader, he did not like being one, and only did it as an obligation to his family. When Flint came back, Brock returned the title of Gym Leader to him, and left to travel with Ash and pursue his own dream of becoming a.

When Brock's mother, Lola, returned, the Gym was turned into a combination and Rock-type Gym, and the battlefield was redecorated, including the addition of a pool in the middle. However, Brock returned in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together! and was shocked to see how his mother has changed. Both he and his younger brother Forrest take pride in the Gym's strong reputation as a Rock-type Gym. He battled his mother to restore the Gym to being only Rock-type again.

It was subject to a second remodeling attempt in Grating Spaces. At that time, a storage room was seen where the Gym keeps many Poké Balls, presumably containing different Rock-type Pokémon. In its subsequent appearances, the Gym's name has been removed from the entrance.

While traveling with Ash, Brock kept Pokémon he owns but does not currently have on his party at the Gym. He has had his, , , , and  at the Gym. Flint's is also kept at the Gym, and Lola keeps her many  Pokémon there.

Pewter Gym was featured in SS025, where the Gym was going to be closed down after Brock lost to a Nurse Joy who was an employee of the Pokémon Inspection Agency. After winning a battle against Forrest, Nurse Joy allowed the Gym to stay open, with Forrest as its official Gym Leader. The Gym is notably cleaner than in its previous appearance, with all paintings removed. In addition, the battlefield has more pointed rocks while the area around it is a blue shiny floor, possibly to reflect Lola's penchant for water. However, the Gym had a bad paint job and the Rock Pokémon nearly drowned in the pool, which per the Pokémon Inspection Agency's standards of cleanliness, safety, and coolness in Cerulean Blues, should have resulted in the Gym being shut down.

In Pokémon Origins
The Pewter Gym appeared in File 1: Red, when went to challenge it on the suggestion of Brock, whom he didn't know being the Gym Leader until meeting him at the Gym. After battling Brock's Geodude with his for a while, Red was adviced by Brock to use a Pokémon with a better, prompting Red to switch to his , whose super effective  was enough to defeat Geodude. Brock then switched to his Onix, which defeated Nidoran♂ with, and then proceeded to defeat Red's , , and as well, but not before the Metapod had managed to land a  on the Rock Snake Pokémon. Red was then forced to switch back to his Charmander. Thanks to Metapod's String Shot, Charmander was able to outspeed Onix and defeat it with, winning the match for Red and earning him the and.

Like all Gyms in Pokémon Origins, this Gym has scoreboards featuring each Trainer's current Pokémon and their remaining. The Gym's battlefield's design is based on that of.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Pewter Gym appeared in Play Misty For Me, where entered the Gym and challenged, eventually beating the Rock-type Gym Leader.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Pewter Gym appeared in Onix is On!, where both and  challenged the Gym for the Boulder Badge, with both of them eventually beating the Gym Leader.

Each challenger who wishes to battle Brock must first defeat several rounds of Gym Trainers. The outside of the Gym has the default design, but the inside consists of a boxing ring where the Trainers battle, a space for the crowd around it, and a room with windows where Brock can watch the battles.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Pewter Gym appeared in Bring Down the Powerful Opponent Onix!!. and discovered Brock's collection of Pokémon and that Clefairy's cousin,, was a part of his collection. After Clefairy beat Brock's Onix in a battle, Brock gave Pikachu to Red, along with a Boulder Badge.



In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Pewter Gym appeared in Pewter City, where challenged Brock. Despite his being at a type disadvantage, Satoshi eventually won by having Charmander cut off Onix's horn, earning the young Trainer his first Badge.

In the TCG
The Pewter Gym was featured in the TCG as both a Japan exclusive TCG Nivi City Gym (Theme Deck) and as a card. The following is a list of cards named Pewter City Gym.

Trivia

 * Despite being a Rock-type Gym, all the Pokémon encountered here in Generations and  share the Ground-typing, but not Rock-typing.

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