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Brock (Japanese: タケシ Takeshi) is the Gym Leader of Pewter City's Gym, known officially as the Pewter Gym. He gives the to s who defeat him in . He specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Brock appears in the Kanto-based games as the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym, which is the first Gym that the challenges on their . He is one of the few truly serious professional Pokémon Trainers in the Pewter City area, and many people respect and admire him. He is quite proud of his rock-hard willpower, and uses to complement this. He rarely laughs or drops his serious demeanor, but when he does, he finds it hard to stop. In his free time, he likes to dig for Fossils in Mt. Moon. In addition to the , Brock gives out in , in , and in .
In Pokémon Yellow, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!, Brock mentions that he is training to become a , a that does not exist in these games. This is a reference to the goal of his . In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Brock decides to postpone this goal to have daily rematches with the player after they have become . In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the player also meets Brock in Celadon City, where he gives the player the Tea required to enter Saffron City. During this encounter, it is revealed that he is obsessed with pretty girls, just like his animated series counterpart.
Three years later, in the Johto-based games, Brock remains the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym, which can be challenged before or after any other Gym (except the Viridian Gym) during the player's travels through Kanto. He is surprised to hear that the player is from the Johto region, and happily accepts their challenge. While he does not give out a TM in , he gives out in .
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after all 16 Badges have been obtained, Brock can be found in Diglett's Cave near Pewter City on any day between noon and 3 PM, and will offer his Pokégear number if spoken to. If he is called on Saturday nights, he will be up for a rematch at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. After his Pokégear number has been obtained, he will reappear in Diglett's Cave every day between 5 PM and 8 PM, and the player can have a photograph taken with him there. If he is spoken to in Diglett's Cave on a Saturday, he will offer to trade a that knows for a .
In , Brock appears alongside the other Gym Leaders of Kanto as an opponent in the Kanto Leaders Tournament at the Pokémon World Tournament. He also participates alongside the other Gym Leaders of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova in the World Leaders Tournament, and other Rock-type experts in the Rock Type Expert Tournament.
===Fame Checker===
This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Brock in .
;Pewter City - Sign
* What does this person do?
:"<sc>Pewter City Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Gym</sc>
:<sc>Leader: Brock</sc>
:The Rock-Solid <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Trainer</sc>!"
;Pewter Gym - Brock
* Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"My rock-hard willpower is evident in even my <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>.
:My <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are all rock hard and have true-grit determination.
:That's right - my <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are all the <sc>Rock</sc> type!"
;Pewter City - Young Man
* What is this person like?
:"There aren't many serious <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> Trainers here.
:They're all like <sc>s</sc>, you know, just hobbyists.
:But <sc>Pewter Gym</sc>'s <sc>Brock</sc> isn't like that, not one bit."
; - Boy
* What is this person like?
:"<sc>Brock</sc> is cool. He's not just tough.
:People like and respect him.
:I want to become a <sc>Gym Leader</sc> like him."
;Mt. Moon - Man
* What does this person do?
:"Hi. I'm excavating for fossils here under <sc>Mt. Moon</sc>.
:Sometimes, <sc>Brock</sc> of <sc>Pewter Gym</sc> lends me a hand."
;Pewter Museum - 
* What is this person like?
:"<sc>Brock</sc> rarely laughs, but is said to be unable to stop if he starts."
;Message from <sc>Brock</sc>
* From: <sc>Brock</sc>
* To: <>
:"In this big world of ours, there must be many tough <sc>Trainers</sc>.
:Let's both keep training and making ourselves stronger!"
===Pokémon===
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Brock has five Full Heals per Pokémon.
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Brock has five Full Heals per Pokémon.
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Brock has a Hyper Potion.
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Diglett's Cave					Hornlette			Passho Berry		Relaxed	Brock		06845	22/31/13/22/9/0
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Brock uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Brock will always lead with his signature Pokémon, .
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====Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!====
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium===
Brock appears in Pokémon Stadium as the first Gym Leader the player faces during the Gym Leader Castle challenge. As usual for Trainers in this game, he also uses Pokémon outside his specialty type. One such Pokémon is a , a reference to Brock's , who also owned one at the time of the game's release.
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===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Brock returns in as part of the Kanto Gym Leader Castle.
During the game's end credits, Brock is seen having a battle with Jasmine at the Olivine Gym.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle League===
The incarnation of appears in Pokémon Puzzle League, which is based on during the Orange Islands arc.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Brock, in his design, forms a sync pair with , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Brock has been a playable sync pair since the game's release, with him joining the at the beginning of the game.
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===Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket===
Brock makes an appearance as a card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's first expansion, . When the player plays this card, they can take a from their Energy Zone and attach it any card named or .
==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In , like later Gym Leaders, Brock appeared primarily as an opponent to Ash Ketchum in his debut episode; unlike later Gym Leaders, he requested to join Ash on his , aiming to be the world's greatest . In doing so, Brock left the Gym in the hands of his father, , who had finally revealed himself to have returned from his journey. Brock advised Ash throughout the Kanto region, then left briefly during the Orange Islands arc to assist Professor Ivy. He returned to Ash's side in Johto, and with brief returns to Pewter City at the end of each series, joined him for his journeys in Hoenn and Sinnoh as well. However, towards the end of , Brock decided to become a and parted ways from traveling with Ash. Despite this, Brock reunites with Ash from time to time, meeting up with him in . More recently, he reappeared in for a four-part special set in Sinnoh and resumed traveling with Ash before returning home.
Brock mainly provides an advisory role to the other main characters of Pokémon the Series, being several years older than the rest of them. His knowledge of Pokémon battles is great, causing him to often referee matches between Ash and others. Brock also fancies himself as something of a ladies' man, though each time he hits on someone he is either rejected outright; pulled away by or Max; or, more recently, bed by his .
===Pokémon Origins===
In Pokémon Origins, Brock is the only Gym Leader to have a key role other than Giovanni. Much like his role in the , Brock is the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym.
Brock is first seen in File 1: Red, watching a Pokémon battle between and . After Red is defeated, Brock talks to Red and teaches him about the basics of Pokémon battling and training.
A calm, eloquent and dignified young man, Brock is presented as both wise and experienced in the field of Pokémon.
 
Later, Red discovers that Brock is the Gym Leader of Pewter City and goes to challenge Brock to earn his first Badge. There, they have a Gym battle in which Brock teaches Red about type matchups and strategy. Brock is shown to have many Pokémon, and selects Geodude and Onix when Red confirms that he has no Badges. This implies that all Gym Leaders have Pokémon of varying strengths in reserve in order to keep each challenge a fair fight. After a lengthy and tough battle, Red eventually defeats Brock by using all of his Pokémon to slowly weaken Brock's Onix until it falls. Having lost the battle, Brock awards Red with the Boulder Badge and . After imparting some final words of wisdom, Brock sends the blossoming Red on his way.
Unlike most other characters in Pokémon Origins, whose designs were based on their designs, Brock's design is more akin to his design.
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====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Brock briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Brock appears in Ash & Pikachu, a based on the . Like in the animated series, he is a traveling companion of alongside .
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
As The Electric Tale of Pikachu is based on the , is a commonly recurring character, although he does not appear in every chapter and he does not travel with and constantly.
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
Brock, along with and , make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of Magical Pokémon Journey. In the bonus chapters, Brock and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the ) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the animated series' canon (such as the use of Poké Balls).
===Movie adaptations===
As Brock has appeared in every movie prior to Pokémon the Series: Black & White, he has appeared in every manga adaptation of it. His team in the manga adaptations are the same as in the films.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Aside from being a Gym Leader, Brock also works as a security guard at the Pewter Museum of Science.
====History====
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Brock debuts in Onix Is On!, though he is mentioned earlier by in Wanted: Pikachu!, who described him as being bored by no one being able to defeat him, or even get past the preliminaries. To gain access to Brock, a Trainer must win several rounds of battles against special Trainers of the Gym, and all of those battles are watched by him from a special room.
Brock is a brave Trainer, and he assists Erika and Misty in their s against Team Rocket. He also gave a after the good Gym Leaders of Kanto battled Agatha's mind-controlling . However, he is also shown to be quick to anger and restless in his search for a good battle, and when discovering that 's Pika, the only remaining Pokémon of his, was disobedient, deemed his wins "dumb luck" and sought for a finisher attack instantly. However, when the boy begins to gain his Pokémon's trust, it chooses to fight for him and defeats his Onix.
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After Blaine figured out that Red must have been at Mt. Moon before going missing, Brock volunteered to search there, since Mt. Moon is closest to Pewter City. He then found a cast of Red frozen in ice there and contacted Blaine. Before all of the information could be exchanged, he found out that Pewter City was under attack by a group of Bruno's that was searching for Brock's , and he left to protect it.
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A few years later, he, along with Erika and Misty, traveled to Johto for the Gym Leader Tournament at the Indigo Plateau, where he faced off against the expert of the newly discovered , Jasmine. He lost the match and later fought against Team Rocket on the Magnet Train.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon in Pokémon Adventures.
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===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Brock appeared as a silhouette in JBA5 alongside his and the other Kanto Gym Leaders.
====Pokémon====
This is a listing of Brock's known Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga:
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Brock debuted in Take Out The Rival Onix!!. Before arrived in Pewter City, got there and took Brock on. However, Brock was brutally strong as he managed to knock Green and his back into a window. The impact caused him to tell Red about Brock's strength. Despite Green's advice, Red decided to go to the Gym anyway. Red noticed Brock's collection of Pokémon he had caught over the years and one of them turned out to be 's cousin, . Brock then came and Red had his first Gym battle with him. Red used Clefairy while Brock used . Clefairy managed to defeat Onix by having it chase its own tail, earning Red the .
Brock reappeared in Clefairy, Form Teacher Of Class 1P!! in a form of a cameo. He was seen wearing his outfit from .
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===Pokémon Zensho===
Brock appears in PZ02 as the first Gym Leader that battled. Initially, was losing against Brock's Onix, but eventually, the small managed to defeat Onix by chopping off its horn, winning Satoshi his first Badge.
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==In the TCG==
Brock has an Theme Deck in the expansion. Its is based on the Pewter Gym.
===Artwork===
 	 	 	
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Artwork from the	Brock wears a "Rocky" Onix shirt	Brock gets frustrated with 's quizzes	Brock's updated art
===Cards===
Brock has an in the expansion. All cards mentioning or featuring Brock or his Pokémon in the Pokémon TCG are listed below.
==In the TFG==
 appears as a rare in the launch set, , of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game.
==Trivia==
* In , all of Brock's are part as well as part .
* Despite being a Rock-type expert, none of Brock's Pokémon in Generation I know any Rock-type moves, only knowing ones. This was changed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
* In Pokémon Yellow, Brock's knows at level 12, despite Onix not learning the move until level 15 in that generation.
* Brock is one of two Gym Leaders not to give the a TM of his specialty type, the other being Falkner. This is only true in Generations I and VII, however, as in FireRed and LeafGreen, Brock's chosen TM changed from to .
* In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock trades the player a Rhyhorn knowing (an Egg Move) in exchange for a . This may be a reference to his , who is a and once owned a Bonsly.
* As seen in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock's Trainer ID number is 06845.
* Out of all of Brock's Pokémon in the core series games, only three do not suffer from a double weakness to : , and .
* In the Pokémon Stadium series, Brock has been shown with several non-Rock-type Pokémon that his animated series counterpart would later come to own, namely in 's Round 2 fight, in 's Round 1 fight, and in Stadium 2's Round 2 fight.
* Brock shares his French name (Pierre) with , the of the Hoenn region.
* According to conceptual art, it can be inferred that Brock wasn't originally planned to be the first Gym Leader in .https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/611129653110026241
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	タケシ Takeshi 	From 竹 take (), 岳 take (mountain peak), 武し takeshi (brave) and 石 ishi (stone)
English, Spanish, Italian	Brock 	From rock
German 	Rocko 	From rock
French 	Pierre 	From pierre (stone)
Korean 	웅 Ung 	From 웅 (雄) ung (manly; heroic)
Chinese () 	小剛 / 小刚 Xiǎo Gāng 	From 剛 / 刚 gāng / gōng (tough; firm)
Chinese () 	小剛 Síu Gōng 	From 剛 / 刚 gāng / gōng (tough; firm)
Indonesian 	Brok 	Similar to his English name
Russian 	Брок Brok 	Transcription of his English name
Thai 	ทาเคชิ Thakhechi 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Takeshi 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==External links==
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==References==
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