Pokémon/Gym Leaders/Johto

Below is a list of gym leaders from the Johto region in the Pokémon series of video games, anime, and manga. They all first appeared in Pokémon Gold and Silver, and made later appearances in Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2, the Johto Journeys, Johto League Champions and Master Quest seasons of the Pokémon anime, and in the Gold, Silver and Crystal series of the Pokémon Adventures manga. They will also make an appearance in the upcoming games Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Each of these gym leaders is in charge of a Pokémon Gym. In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal their main role is as one-off, more-difficult Pokémon trainers that the player has to defeat to progress through the game and face the Elite Four. In Pokémon Stadium 2, they serve much of the same role, however they stay in the "Gym Leader Castle" instead of their own gyms. In the Pokémon anime, each of them poses to Ash a challenge to overcome or a task to complete before he earns the badges he needs to go on to the Johto Pokémon League championships. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, they mainly serve as supporting characters which helps, compete, and battle against enemies alongside Gold, Silver and Crystal; also, most of Johto Gym Leaders faced a battle against Suicune.

Falkner (ハヤト, Hayato in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Zephyr Badge, and resides in Violet City. He is an expert on Flying types. Falkner's right eye is always covered up by his hair. He is the only first gym leader in the Pokémon games not to deal with Rock-type Pokémon, unlike Brock, Roxanne and Roark. Falkner's main Pokémon differs depending on the series; while in the Pokémon anime is a Pidgeot, in the Pokémon Adventures manga is a Skarmory.

His English name may be based on the word falconer, "one who trains falcons" while his Japanese name, Hayato, may be a reference to hayai, meaning swift.

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Falkner's title is "The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon". He inherited his rather simplistic gym full of bird cages from his father, who is never seen but apparently on the road. It could be said that in the games, there is a small amount of rivalry between him and his father. Falkner is always thought of as cool and handsome but his father is said to be more so.

Falkner battles using his father's bird Pokémon, and aspires to be the greatest bird master, but his low-level Pidgey and Pidgeotto will likely pose little threat to the player's team, due to their low levels. He hands over the Zephyr Badge and TM31(Mud-Slap) when defeated.

In Round One of Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader Castle, the player must defeat Falkner's Pidgeot, Fearow, Noctowl, Togetic, Farfetch'd and Delibird. In Round Two, the only Pokémon he retains is his Pidgeot but it is now joined by a Charizard, Dodrio, Zapdos, Gligar and Skarmory.

Falkner meets Ash Ketchum after Falkner's Hoothoot foils an attempt by Team Rocket to steal Ash's Pikachu. After returning Pikachu, he and Ash battle for the Zephyr Badge. Despite Ash's Charizard's wing being badly damaged, he defeats Falkner's Hoothoot, Pidgeot, and his surprisingly high-jumping Dodrio. During their battle, Falkner's many students cheer for him and chant in unison. His gym is very tall and spiral shaped and he battles on the very top of it.

In Pokémon Adventures, Falkner is actually a police officer who takes over the Violet City gym after the disappearance of his father, the former gym leader. He interrogates Gold for information after Silver steals Professor Elm's Totodile; later, Gold helps him capture a Skarmory, with which Falkner passes the Gym Leader Exam. His father has a friendly, if competitive, rivalry with Chuck, and fights alongside him when the two are defeated by Suicune. Falkner's other Pokémon are a Pidgeotto and a Noctowl. He defeats Janine due to a forfeit on her part as she believed to have seen her father in the audience.

Bugsy (ツクシ, Tsukushi in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Hive Badge, and resides in Azalea Town. He is an expert on Bug-type Pokémon. Bugsy is a researcher of bug Pokémon whose main Pokémon is a Scyther.

His name derives from the word bug.

In in Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Bugsy's title is "The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia". His research on bug Pokémon has made him an authority on them. Bugsy discovered the move Fury Cutter in his research, and gives it out to the player as TM49 in addition to the Hive Badge when defeated.

Bugsy's signature Pokémon is a Scyther, but his team also contains a Kakuna and a Metapod. His gym is very forest-like in appearance, with trees and grass growing inside.

Bugsy appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader Castle. His team in Round One includes a Butterfree, a Beedrill, Weepinbell and Pupitar. In Round Two, he has a Raticate, a Sudowoodo, a Quagsire, and a Heracross. Bugsy also uses Scyther and Pinsir in both rounds.

In Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Bugsy will have a rematch party with Shedinja, Vespiquen, Pinsir, Heracross, Yanmega, Scizor

In the anime, Bugsy is a fairly nondescript gym leader whose gym is a large greenhouse dome with a forest-like interior. His motto is "Whoever learns the rules of the Bug Pokémon learns to rule the Bug Pokémon", and his signature Pokémon is Scyther, which he has specifically trained to counter fire Pokémon. His other Pokémon are a Spinarak that specializes in String Shot, and a particularly hard and hard-hitting Metapod, which is the only Metapod ever seen in the anime using damaging moves like Tackle.

When Ash challenges Bugsy's Pokémon Gym, Ash's relatively inexperienced Cyndaquil fails to defeat Spinarak. Ash's Chikorita succeeds, but in turn is defeated by Bugsy's Metapod. Pikachu finishes off Metapod, and in the end, Cyndaquil comes back to defeat Scyther, winning Ash the Hive Badge.

In Pokémon Adventures, Bugsy is an androgynous-looking (so much so that Gold hit on him when they first met) archaeologist investigating the Ruins of Alph and the Symbol Pokémon. His signature Pokémon is a Heracross, supplemented with a Metapod. He later acquires a Kakuna and Scyther. He also has a special method of catching Pokémon, one which was invented by him and Kurt, the Poké Ball master. Bugsy has an external capture net attached to his Poké Ball, so when he traps the Pokémon inside the capture net it is automatically sucked into the Poké Ball. If the Pokémon manages to escape from the Poké Ball, it will still be trapped inside the external capture net and thus will still be unable to break free completely. However, when Bugsy faces Suicune his efforts to fight the legendary Pokémon head-on fail as his Heracross's strength falls to the much-stronger Suicune. Eventually Bugsy tries to use the capture net method to capture Suicune, but Suicune manages to break Bugsy's net for the first time, and escapes. Later, he is defeated by Sabrina in the Gym Leaders' Challenge.

Whitney (アカネ, Akane in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Plain Badge, and resides in Goldenrod City. She is an expert on Normal types. Whitney's signature Pokémon is a Miltank, and in all other series she has a Clefairy, or a member of its evolutionary line, belongs to her team.

Whitney's name in English means white islands. It was probably chosen because "white" relates to being without color and therefore plain and normal. Her Japanese name, Akane, can be taken to mean madder (a type of plant) or deep red (possibly related to her hair color).

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Whitney's title is "The Incredibly Pretty Girl". Although she's a beginner in Pokémon battles, her talent attracted the Pokémon League to choose her as a Gym Leader. Her gym is filled with other young girls like herself, who use cute Normal-type Pokémon like Meowth. The blocks inside her gym are shaped like a Clefairy.

Whitney doesn't like trainers who are too serious in battle. In her gym battle, she uses a Clefairy and a Miltank. When Whitney is defeated, she throws a temper tantrum and cries, but after drying her eyes and blowing her nose she will get over her loss and give the player the Plain Badge alongside the TM45 (Attract).

She later appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader Castle. Her line-up in Round One includes a Clefable, a Wigglytuff, a (somewhat uncharacteristic) Gloom, a Dodrio and a Stantler. The second time the player faces her, in Round Two, she has a Persian, a Donphan, a Tauros, a Golduck and a Mr. Mime. She also uses Miltank in both rounds.

in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Whitney will have a rematch party with Bibarel, Lickilicky, Clefable, Girafarig, Delcatty, Miltank

Whitney is the niece of a Miltank farmer, and has the unique ability to always take the right path to wherever she needs to go; as long as she has no idea how to get to her destination, this is also noted for her clumsiness. She ends up leading Ash and his friends on a wild goose chase through Goldenrod City, ending at the Goldenrod Galleria, before Ash realizes that she is the gym leader.

They battle, but after defeating her Nidorina and Clefairy, Ash's Pokémon turn out to be no match for Whitney's Miltank. After working at Whitney's uncle's farm for a bit and foiling a Team Rocket scheme, he earns a rematch with Whitney, where Pikachu outmaneuvers and knocks out her Miltank.

Plain Badge's name is a pun in English, as Whitney lives on a rural Midwestern-esque farm, and is also a trainer of Normal-type Pokémon.

In Pokémon Adventures, Whitney is an actress who is good friends with DJ Mary (to whom she gave a Smeargle). She met Gold while performing at the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City, but the two clashed and ended up competing against each other in a bike race. Whitney isn't a strong Gym Leader, according to Suicune, and is the one of two Johto Gym Leaders (along with Pryce) that Suicune doesn't challenge for the right to be its partner in the fight against the Mask of Ice. In the end, she was the first to realize that Pryce was the villain known as the Mask of Ice. Whitney has a Cleffa and Igglybuff who work together to stun and confuse enemies to set them up for Miltank's attacks. At one point she also has a particularly mischievous Smeargle, but she gives it away. She faces Misty at the Pokémon League and loses due to a Hyper Beam from Starmie.

Morty (マツバ, Matsuba in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Fog Badge (Phantom Badge in Japanese language versions), and resides in Ecruteak City. He is very mysterious, owing to his nature as a trainer of Ghost Pokémon. In all series he appeared, Morty owns a Pokémon from the Gastly evolutionary familly.

Appropriately, his name comes from the Latin word mors, mortis, which means "death".

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Morty's title is "The Mystic Seer of the Future". His gym has dark pit, and the trainers whose stands inside appear to float over it. The player must navigate along the invisible floor to reach Morty and challenge him. Only in Pokémon Crystal, Morty joins Eusine in the Burned Tower to study what are said to be legendary Pokémon: Entei, Raikou and Suicune.

In his gym battle, Morty uses Gastly, a pair of Haunter and a Gengar. When defeated, in addition to the Fog Badge, Morty gives out TM30 (Shadow Ball).

Morty also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2. He has, along with his Gengar, an Ariados, a Sudowoodo, a Marowak, a Girafarig and a Noctowl when challenged in Round One. When faced again in Round Two, Morty maintains his Gengar, but add to his team an Exeggutor, a Lapras, a Misdreavus, a Granbull and a Mantine.

in HeartGold and SoulSilver, He will have a rematch party with Drifblim, Dusknoir, Sableye, Mismagius, and a pair of Gengar

Morty (and later, Eusine) is one of few people who is knowledgeable on Ecruteak City history. He knows quite a bit about the origins of Ho-Oh, Entei, Raikou and Suicune. However, he is too afraid of secret information slipping out to tell anyone except Ash and his friends. Morty also teaches classes about battling techniques and caring for Pokémon.

When Ash faced him in a gym battle, his Gastly defeated Ash's Pikachu but lost to Cyndaquil, which was later outdone by Morty's Haunter; putting Ash in a tight spot. However, Ash defeated Morty's Haunter and Gengar using Noctowl's newly learnt Confusion attack.

In Pokémon Adventures, he is an item finder, using his powers as a psychic clairvoyant to locate lost objects and Pokémon and see objects at a distance. When Team Rocket attacks Ecruteak City, Morty is out of town but later assists in its reconstruction. His dream is to one day be able to see Ho-Oh. The rainbow Pokémon's power is so great, it blocks Morty's abilities. He and Lt. Surge finish in a draw due to his Misdreavus' Destiny Bond.

Chuck (シジマ, Shijima in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Storm Badge, and resides in Cianwood City. He is an expert on Fighting types. His signature Pokémon in all series he appeared is a Poliwrath. Chuck is the first gym leader not to wear a shirt, making him similar to Bruno of the Elite Four, as he only wears his martial arts trousers and belt.

His name may have come from the verb form of the word chuck, which means to throw something. It may also be derived from the latter part of the word "nunchuck" (nunchaku), which is the name of a popular kung-fu weapon. Another theory is that he is named after renowned martial artist Chuck Norris.

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Chuck's title is "His Roaring Fists Do the Talking". Chuck's gym has many boulders around, and the player must solve a puzzle involving them in his gym before challenging him. When challenged, he intimidates his opponent before battle by telling how his Pokémon "will crush stones and shatter bones," then lifts and tosses a boulder. Then he realizes that the player means a Pokémon battle, not a fighting battle.

In his gym battle, Chuck uses a Primeape and a Poliwrath. After defeated he gives out the Storm Badge and TM01 (DynamicPunch) to the player. He also vows to train 24 hours a day. Also, his wife standing outside the gym gives the player HM02 (Fly) and thinks that her husband should do more training, since he was getting "a little chubby".

Chuck appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader Castle. When challenged in Round One and Round Two, he keeps a Poliwrath, a Sandslash and a Hitmonchan in his team; however in Round One he also uses a Primeape, a Machoke and a Granbull, and in Round Two, an Ursaring and (somewhat unusuals) Hypno and Ampharos.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Chuck is will have a rematch party with Medicham, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Primeape, Poliwrath, Breloom

Chuck is fanatically devoted to physical fitness, and is unusually positive-minded and emotional sharing these qualities with his Machoke, who he shares a very close bond with. Despite owning the Cianwood Gym, he prefers to train on the beach, often sparring with Machoke, even encouraging it to use submission on him. He teases his wife (and is teased right back), and has a tendency to break out into tears. His wife seems to share his general goodwill and positive outlook; she ends up commissioning Team Rocket to help with the chores and feeds them generously, under the impression that they are students come to study at the gym. Chuck chides Ash and his friends for being out of shape, after wearing them out on a long hike to his gym.

In the ensuing battle, Pikachu turns out to be no match for his buff Poliwrath, but Ash's Bayleef defeats both his Poliwrath and his Machoke.

In Pokémon Adventures, Chuck is more of a meditative martial artist, and considers personal martial arts training to be an important part of Pokémon training. He trained Blue (Pokémon) to be a Pokémon trainer, after being introduced to Blue by Professor Oak. Blue would later go on to defeat Chuck at the Pokémon League Tournament, demonstrating clearly that he had learned his lessons well. Chuck is a friendly rival of Falkner's father, and aids him in a battle against Suicune, a battle they end up losing despite working together. His team consists of Poliwrath, Primeape, Machamp, Hitmonlee and Hitmontop.

Jasmine (ミカン, Mikan in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Mineral Badge (Steel Badge in Japanese), and resides in Olivine City. She is an expert on Steel types, with her signature Pokémon being Steelix. Jasmine also owns an Ampharos which lights the Olivine Lighthouse. She seems in her teens and qiute pretty for her age, with waist length brown hair and a unique dress style.

Her English name derives from "mine" as in a mineral cave

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Jasmine's title is "The Steel-Clad Defense Girl". The player is unable to fight her immediately, as she is busy taking care of her sick Ampharos (named "Amphy") at the Olivine Lighthouse. First, the player must get special medicine from the pharmacy in Cianwood City and give it to her. A villager in Olivine City says that she used to train Rock types, such as Onix, before the discovery of Steel types.

The Olivine City Gym is probably the most simply designed Pokémon Gym in Johto. It consists of one straight, fairly short boulder-lined walkway leading up to a small set of steps onto a raised stone platform. For this reason, and possibly due somewhat to Jasmine's shy nature, she appears to be the only member of her gym, accompanied only by a pair of Magnemite and her Steelix. After she is defeated, she gives out Mineral Badge and TM23 (Iron Tail).

In Pokémon Stadium 2, the player must battle her twice. In Round One, she has a Magneton, Forretress, Steelix, Skarmory, a Mantine and a Corsola. In Round Two, other than Steelix, she has a totally new line-up of Blastoise, Rapidash, Slowbro, Scizor and Stantler.

She appears in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl; when she apparently came to Sinnoh region to make herself stronger. She gives the player HM07 (Waterfall) after the 8th Gym Leader, Volkner, is defeated. Jasmine also appears as an opponent in the Master Rank Pokémon contests, with a Steelix named "Rusty".

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she will have a rematch party with Bronzong, Skarmory, Empoleon, Metagross, Magnezone, Steelix

In the anime, Jasmine's Ampharos, named "Sparkle", is used to light the way over the shore but it has become ill. She asks Ash to fetch her medicine from Cianwood City, and Ash and his friends retrieve the medicine and send it back with one of Jasmine's students, Janina.

Several weeks later, Ash and his friends return from the Whirl Islands and Ash challenges Jasmine to a Gym battle. Ash's Pikachu defeats Jasmine's Magnemite but is defeated by Steelix. However Ash's Cyndaquil came through and beat Steelix with great difficulty, earning Ash his Mineral Badge.

Unlike her other incarnations, the anime Jasmine is a far more confident girl, especially during her second appearance, where she makes an entrance via summoning her Steelix as she herself somersaults off the cliff she is standing on then landing on her Steelix. Later, during the Gym match, she appears to be anything but meek since she doesn't hestiate to tell Ash she will not make the battle easy for him.

In Pokémon Adventures, Jasmine is caught in an earthquake caused by Team Rocket while traveling through Ecruteak City, and when she climbs the Tin Tower to get away from the shaking she gets caught in some rubble. Using Ampharos to send off a distress flare, she catches the attention of both Gold and Silver. The two boys try to rescue her, but Ampharos does it successfully, leaving the young rivals trapped in the tower.

Jasmine later recovers. At the Pokémon League Tournament, she fights against and defeats Brock. She covers her Steelix in rubble to make it look like an Onix, thinking that the newly-discovered Steel Pokémon would be too horrifying for people to see. Jasmine once specialized in Rock-type Pokémon before Crystal and Professor Oak discovered Steel-type Pokémon. Her two Togetics are the parents of Gold's Togepi.

Pryce (ヤナギ, Yanagi in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Glacier Badge, and resides in Mahogany Town. He is an expert on Ice types. His signature Pokémon is Piloswine.

Pryce's name may be derived from the word ice.

Pryce's title is "The Teacher of Winter's Harshness" in Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal. An elder Pokémon trainer, Pryce, the winter trainer, has seen and suffered much in his lifetime. He's trained Pokémon for some 50 years, and the Pokémon he battles with have been with him since before the player was born. As stated in the games, the secret behind Pryce's power is his meditation under a waterfall daily, which strengthens his mind and body.

His Gym is covered in a ice floor, and the player must resolve a floor puzzle in order to reach Pryce. Also, the player can only access Mahogany's Gym after the events involving Team Rocket in the Lake of Rage. Pryce uses a Seel, a Dewgong, and a Piloswine in his Gym battle, in which Piloswine is his strongest Pokémon. Upon his the defeat, Pryce gives out the Glacier Badge and TM16 (Icy Wind).

Pryce also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader Castle. When faced in Round One, he has a Cloyster, an Ursaring, a Donphan and a Jynx, along with his Piloswine and Dewgong. In Round Two, only Pryce's Piloswine is kept, adding Tentacruel, Hitmontop, Quagsire, Girafarig and an Articuno to his team.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he will have a rematch party with Abomasnow, Dewgong, Walrein, Glalie, Froslass, Mamoswine

Pryce first appears as a cold and abrasive man who believes that Pokémon are for battling and nothing more, as a result of an incident from his youth. After he and his Piloswine had been badly burned by a Magmar during a storm, his beloved Piloswine disappeared and Pryce believed it to have abandoned him. When he encounters with Ash, the two of them are trapped into an underground and they come across a frozen Piloswine, which turns out to be Pryce's. Realizing that it had tried to find healing herbs for him, Pryce reconciles with his reunited Pokémon and turns over a new leaf, once again seeing Pokémon as friends.

Afterwards, Pryce battles Ash having his Dewgong defeated by Cyndaquil and Piloswine by Pikachu. Ash then receives the Glacier Badge.

In Pokémon Adventures, it is revealed that Pryce is actually the leader of a newly resuscitated Team Rocket under the guise of the Mask of Ice, with the intent of controlling time. Half of the Mask of Ice's body is composed of ice, while the other half is Pryce sitting in a wheelchair, explaining why he retains no damage when his lower half is attacked. He is able to shoot ice because of the Swinub sitting in his lap. He was the only Johto Gym Leader other than Whitney who was not challenged by Suicune, due to his connections with Team Rocket. He has various types of Pokémon, but is known mostly as an Ice-type user. He owns a particularly powerful Delibird to supplement his Swinub, as well as a special Lapras, whose parents were killed in an icy wasteland years ago. The sadness of the Lapras prompted Pryce to research methods of controlling and reversing time so he could go back to save his Lapras' parents. He was also rumored to have had connections with Team Rocket much earlier. While facing Gold, he says that he lied about his Pokémon just being tools to him, as he really believes they should be loved, and be symbols of love as well. But thanks to Celebi, who played a song his childhood friends had written for him, Pryce became happy again, and fell into the clouds of time to save Gold and his Pichu. He defeats Erika in the Gym Leaders competition.

Clair (イブキ, Ibuki in original Japanese language versions) is in charge of the Rising Badge, and resides in Blackthorn City. She is an expert on Dragon types. Lance, the head of the Kanto Elite Four, is her cousin, and she once trained with him for the Elite Four. Her signature Pokémon in all series is a Kingdra.

Her English name derives from lair as in the lair of a dragon.

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Clair's title is "The Blessed User of Dragon Pokémon". Descending from a long line of Dragon-type trainers, Clair is very arrogant, speaking of herself as "the world's best dragon master". She claims she can hold her own even against the Elite Four.

She owns three (In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she owns Gyarados and two Dragonair) Dragonair, but her powerhouse Pokémon is Kingdra. Her only known loss had been to her cousin, Lance. She also refuses to accept the player is better than her, unless he/she passes the "dragon user challenge.

In the Gold and Silver versions, Clair gives out the Rising Badge after the player finds a Dragon Fang in the Dragon's Den. In the Crystal version, earning the badge instead involves navigating the Dragon's Den, entering the shrine at the center and successfully answering Clair's grandfather's, who lives inside the Dragon's Den, questions about Pokémon Raising. She hands over the badge when her grandfather threatens to tell Lance about her reluctance. In both games, in addition to the Rising Badge, she also gives TM24 (Dragonbreath) to the player.

In the first battle with her in Pokémon Stadium 2 Gym Leader Castle, Clair has an Arcanine, a Rhydon, a Lapras, a Dragonair, an Ampharos and her signature Kingdra. For the second battle, she discards her Dragonair, Arcanine and Lapras for Charizard, Nidoking and Gyarados.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, she will have a rematch party with Dragonair, Gyarados, Charizard, Aerodactyl, Kingdra, Dragonite

After Ash Ketchum and his friends arrive at Blackthorn City, they discover a Dratini and a Gyarados in a river. Afterwards, they meet Clair and follow the Dratini for some time, and end up freeing it from Team Rocket. Later, Dratini evolves into a Dragonair, much to Jessie's dismay. Clair performs the Dragon Fang ritual at a ceremony, then faces Ash in a Gym Battle, which is interrupted when Team Rocket steals the Dragon Fang. Ash, Clair and Team Rocket all end up in the Dragon Holy Land, where Team Rocket tricks a Dragonite into helping them. Luckily, Liza and Ash's Charizard arrive to save the day.

In Ash's Blackthorn Gym battle, Snorlax and Pikachu defeat Clair's Kingdra and Gyarados, respectively, while Ash's Charizard helps him to earn the Rising Badge by beating her Dragonair.

Clair also appeared in the next episode, in which she helped Ash get his badges back as they were stolen by Team Rocket.

In Pokémon Adventures, Clair is one of the first to meet Suicune and she is outclassed quickly by its use of Mist to create a reflection of itself.

Later, she challenges Blaine at the Gym Leaders' Challenge, in the hope that Blaine would know what became of her cousin Lance after Blaine and Lance's battle at Cerise Island the year before. Despite a Team Rocket attack which traps all the Gym Leaders on a bullet train, she forces Blaine into fighting their duel. However, Blaine quickly wins, relying on his Entei's powerful attacks. This victory is the tiebreaker in the Gym Leaders' Challenge, giving the win to the Kanto Gym Leaders with four wins, three loses and one draw.