Cinnabar Gym

The Cinnabar Island Pokémon Gym, Cinnabar Island Gym, or Cinnabar Gym (Japanese: / Guren Island Pokémon Gym or Guren Town Gym) is the official Gym of Cinnabar Island. In Generations II and , it is located at the Seafoam Islands instead, due to the original Gym getting destroyed by . It specializes on . The Gym Leader is Blaine. s who defeat him receive the .
==In the games==
===Core series games===
In Generations I, , and , the Cinnabar Gym's door is initially locked. In order to unlock it, the must first find the from the bottom floor of the . In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, this serves as the prerequisite for challenging the Gym, making this one of the few Kanto Gyms in Generation VII that has no additional prerequisites required for entering.
In Generations II and , Blaine's original Gym on Cinnabar Island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This forced him to relocate to the Seafoam Islands. In Generation II, the Gym consists only of a single small cave, with Blaine being the only Trainer to battle there. In Generation IV, the cave increases in size, the area now has Trainers, and the floor designs is that of a small flame. The only way to get to Blaine is to talk to and battle other Trainers so that they can move to a new position, opening a new path.
In Generation II and , the notice about the Gym being relocated to the Seafoam Islands reads:
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====Gym puzzle====
In Generations I and III, the Cinnabar Gym is a high-tech affair featuring a series of sealed doors. Trivia questions about various Pokémon must be answered to unlock the doors. However, when the player fails to answer a trivia question correctly, a with either a or starts, which serves as an alternative to answering the questions. The questions are:
" Quiz! Get it right and the door opens to the next room! Get it wrong and face a trainer/<sc>Trainer</sc>! If you want to conserve your for the <sc>Gym Leader</sc>... Then get it right! Here we go!
Generation I 	Generation III 	Correct answer
<sc></sc> evolves into <sc></sc>? 	<sc></sc> evolves into <sc></sc>? 	Yes
There are 9 certified <sc>Pokémon League</sc> <sc>Badge</sc>s?	There are nine certified <sc>Pokémon League Badges</sc>?	No
<sc></sc> evolves 3 times? 	<sc></sc> evolves three times? 	No
Are moves effective against ? 	Are moves effective against ? 	No
of the same and level are not identical? 	of the same and level are not identical? 	Yes
TM28 contains <sc>Tombstoner</sc>? 	TM28 contains <sc>Tombstony</sc>? 	No
Even if the player answers the question right, they still have the option to challenge the .
In Generation VII, the Gym is set up like a quiz show studio, with the player having to answer five questions in order to face the Gym Leader. Answering a question correctly will earn the player a Blaine doll, while answering a question wrong will force the player into a Trainer battle against a Super Nerd or a Burglar. Defeating the opposing Trainer will also earn the player a Blaine doll. After the player has collected five Blaine dolls, the battle against Blaine will begin immediately. The questions are:
Question 	Options 	Correct answer
Which of these is the Spitfire Pokémon? 	 	Magmar
How many Badges certified by the Pokémon League are there? 	SevenEight 	Eight
A move used on a Pokémon will be...? 	 	Not very effective
True or false! TM28 contains the move Tombstony. 	TrueFalseWhat's that?! 	False or What's that?!
Challenger <player>, tell me... who are you about to battle?!	BlaineThe Cinnabar Island Gym LeaderA Fire-type Pokémon proA hotheaded quiz masterA moustached old manAn old guy in sunglasses	Any
====Appearance====
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Concept art from the
===Items===
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Blaine has two Super Potions per Pokémon, using them randomly 25% of the time.
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Blaine has a Max Potion and a Full Heal.
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Blaine has two Hyper Potions and a Full Heal.
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===Side series games===
A field based on the Gym appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle and 's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.
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===Spin-off games===
====Pokémon Masters EX====
Artwork depicting the Cinnabar Gym is seen in 's mindscape.
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====Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket====
In Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, the interior of Cinnabar Gym as depicted in can be seen in the illustration of the card.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In , the Cinnabar Gym is located in a chamber inside the Cinnabar Volcano, which is accessed from a secret entrance located next to a hot spring at Blaine's "Big Riddle Inn" and has a battlefield suspended over the lava.
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In Riddle Me This, was trying to locate the Gym so he could challenge the Cinnabar Gym Leader to a . He was informed by a man who liked telling riddles that the Gym was abandoned when Cinnabar Island became a tourist trap. However, the man eventually told Ash that the Gym Leader, Blaine, had built another Gym in a secret location, and later gave him a hint of its location through a riddle. After accidentally discovering the Gym's secret entrance at the riddler's inn, Ash and entered the Gym and found the riddle-telling man himself, who revealed himself to have been Blaine in disguise all along. Ash and Blaine then battled, but Ash suffered multiple misfortunes, with his losing to Blaine's , refusing to battle , and struggling against Blaine's Magmar.
In Volcanic Panic, Ash forfeited the match after Pikachu almost fell in the lava while dodging Magmar's and withdrew to heal his Pokémon's burns. Meanwhile, snuck into the Gym to steal Magmar, but their actions at the heart of the volcano threatened to make it erupt and destroy Cinnabar Island. Ash and his friends assisted Blaine in stopping the eruption, and, as a sign of gratitude, Blaine agreed to have a rematch with Ash. Since the Gym had been destroyed during the incident, the battle instead took place at the summit of the volcano. To Ash's surprise, his usually disobedient Charizard offered to battle Blaine's Magmar. Eventually, Charizard was able to defeat Magmar with , earning Ash the .
The Cinnabar Gym briefly reappeared in a flashback in Bad To The Bone, where Otoshi and his were shown defeating Blaine's Magmar in a Gym battle.
====Gallery====
Abandoned Cinnabar Gym
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
===Pokémon Origins===
The Cinnabar Gym made a brief appearance in File 3: Giovanni, when was seen defeating Blaine and earning himself the .
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
The Pokémon Lab is located inside the dormant Cinnabar Volcano and directly connected to the Cinnabar Gym, working as Blaine's personal laboratory.
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The Cinnabar Gym was first visited by in Holy Moltres, where he revived his Old Amber into an Aerodactyl needed to combat Team Rocket's .
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The Gym reappeared in this arc, where Blaine was seen conducting his search for the missing Red. When arrived on Cinnabar Island in Putting It on the Line...Against Arcanine, he was led to the Gym by a disguised Blaine. They soon received emergency messages from various cities in Kanto, telling them that the Elite Four had launched their attack on the region. Both Blaine and Yellow soon departed for the Elite Four's base of actions on Cerise Island to start a counterattack.
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The Gym appeared again in Double Down Deoxys, where Blaine was visited by Evan and while he was going through an old photo album, with one of the pictures featuring him together with Mr. Fuji in a jungle. Blaine told the two Trainers that he had started feeling pain in his right arm the day before, the same arm which once contained 's cells. Blaine said that the sensation meant that Mewtwo was upset, and deduced that it must be because was on its way from Faraway Island back to the Kanto mainland.
===Pokémon Zensho===
The Cinnabar Gym appeared in PZ08, where entered the Gym. Blaine talked with him about his past work at the , the creation of , and his decades-long desire to . Wanting to help Blaine in achieving his dream, Satoshi offered to help him, but Blaine insisted he'd have to prove his strength by defeating him first. The two had a battle, which ended in Satoshi's victory, earning him the . As a result of the battle, Satoshi's evolved into . Afterwards, the two headed to Seafoam Islands to capture Articuno.
==In the TCG==
The Cinnabar Gym was featured in the TCG as both a Japan exclusive and as a card. The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring the Cinnabar City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game
==Trivia==
* In the Japanese Generation I games, , and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the quiz that asks what move TM28 contains proposes , which can translate into a silly expression such as "Die-Die Beam" or "DIE! Beam", apparently a pun on 's Japanese name, はかいこうせん Destruction Beam.
* The Cinnabar Gym is the only Gym found in different locations between games. It is also one of the Gyms to be located outside a building since it is part of Seafoam Islands in the Generation II games and , with the other one being the Aspertia Gym in .
** It is also the first Gym to be located outside of a town or a city. The second one is the Glaseado Gym in Paldea.
* In the Generation I games and their remakes, it is possible to battle Blaine before battling Lt. Surge, Erika, Koga, and/or Sabrina.
* In Generation III, there's a photo in Blaine's room, featuring him smiling together with Mr. Fuji.
==In other languages==
Tombstoner/Tombstony
Language	Name 	Origin
Japanese	しねしねこうせん Shineshine Kōsen 	Means "Die-Die Beam" or "DIE! Beam"
English 	Tombstoner/Tombstony 	Similar to Japanese name's death motif
French 	<ab>Fosse
Rayon Pouêt-Pouêt</ab> 	<ab>Means "ditch" or "moat"
Means "Beep-Beep Beam"</ab>
German 	<ab>Frosch-Attacke
Hypermegasuperstrahl</ab>	<ab>Means "Frog Attack"
Exaggeration of ""</ab>
Italian 	Pietra Tombale 	Means "tombstone"
Spanish 	Tumbapiedra 	Means "tombstone"
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