Petalburg Gym

The Petalburg Gym (Japanese: トウカジム Touka Gym) is the official Gym of Petalburg City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Norman. s who defeat him receive the .
==In the games==
===Core series===
Between the entrance and Gym Leader Norman are a series of rooms, each containing a Trainer. In order to access these rooms, all of the first four Badges must be obtained first; otherwise, the doors will be locked. The Trainers have special methods of battling, as displayed on the doors leading to their rooms. They include the One-Hit KO Room, Accuracy Room, Attack Room, Defense Room, Speed Room, Recovery Room and either Zero Reduction Room or Confusion Room. Once three rooms in a row are completed, they can access the Gym Leader Room with Norman. In and Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, all seven Trainers in their respective rooms use items in the battle, whereas in , the strategy of these Trainers is dependent on the moves of their Pokémon.
When defeated, Norman will give the player the as well as or as a reward. Also, in Pokémon Emerald, Wally's father will then enter Norman's room and lead the player to Wally's house.
After the player enters the Hall of Fame, the Gym's guide disappears, and Norman appears at the first room of the Gym like he did earlier in the game. In Pokémon Emerald, Norman will return to the furthest room back if he is ready to rebattle the player.
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Norman uses two Hyper Potions.
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Norman uses two Hyper Potions in the Gym battle and three Full Restores in the rematches.
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======First rematch======
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======Second rematch======
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===Spin-off games===
====Pokémon Masters EX====
Artwork depicting the Petalburg Gym is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In addition to housing the battlefield, Petalburg Gym is also home to Norman, his wife Caroline, and his children and Max, as well as the Gym assistant . A greenhouse is also on the Gym's property. The various Pokémon at the Gym are housed in the greenhouse when they're not battling. 
It is Max's dream to one day succeed his father as Gym Leader, and he approaches this goal through learning battling strategies.
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The Petalburg Gym first appeared in There's no Place Like Hoenn, where and reached the facility, with Ash intending to battle Norman and win his first Hoenn League Badge. However, when Norman learned that Ash only had with him, he declined the Gym battle, as challengers needed three Pokémon to have an official battle. He did agree to an unofficial battle, which Ash lost. It was also at the Petalburg Gym where Ash first met May's younger brother Max, who joined him and May on their .
In ZigZag Zangoose!, Nicholai was mentioned to have visited the Petalburg Gym. After telling Norman and Caroline that he was friends with their children, he had been treated to a meal before having a Gym battle with Norman, which Nicholai had lost.
The Gym's next major appearance came in Love, Petalburg Style, when Ash and returned to Petalburg City. In Balance of Power!, Ash had his official Gym battle against Norman. This time, with the help of his and , Ash defeated the Gym Leader and earned the .
 left her and at the Gym before heading to the Kanto region in The Right Place and the Right Mime. 
Following Ash's conquest of the , May and Max headed back to Gym in Home is Where the Start Is!, with May soon departing again to head to Johto, while Max stayed at the Gym to help take care of his father's Pokémon using the skills he had learned from .
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Greenhouse
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Petalburg Gym appeared in Distracting Dustox, where 's called Norman to inform him that their son had run away from home. Hearing this, Norman decided to find his son himself.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
The Petalburg Gym appeared in There's Someone More Important Than Clefairy?!. and visited it after seeing a flying out of there, and found Norman, who was feeling down due to his having gotten stuck inside his . Clefairy managed to retrieve it, but then refused to return it to Norman, much to his anger.
==Trivia==
* The Petalburg Gym is similar to Kanto's Viridian Gym, in the sense that it was the first Gym the can reach, but cannot be challenged until the player has collected a certain amount of Badges.
** Also, both cities housing said Gyms, Petalburg City and Viridian City, are followed by a route ( and ) split into sections by the regional forests of Petalburg Woods and Viridian Forest, respectively, and leading to the first Gym, the Rustboro Gym and Pewter Gym, which are also both facilities that the player can challenge.
* Due to the structure of the Gym, the Petalburg Gym is the only Gym in where the player cannot face a pair of s in a Double Battle.
==Related articles==
Category:Hoenn Gyms
Category:Gyms
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