Grant

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Grant (Japanese: ザクロ Zakuro) is an who is the Gym Leader of Cyllage City's Gym, known officially as the Cyllage Gym. He specializes in . He gives the to Trainers who defeat him.
==In the core series games==
Grant appears in Pokémon X and Y as a Gym Leader. Trainers who defeat Grant will receive the , along with . He excels at a variety of sports, such as bike racing and mountain climbing. According to the television show Gym Freaks, he is a trendsetter and very fashionable, with his hairstyle of rolling stones apparently being popular with young people. It also states that he cuts down on his eating to keep his weight down, but appears to miss the opportunity to eat sweets because of this.
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=====Battle Chateau - Blue Writ of Challenge=====
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=====Battle Chateau - Red Writ of Challenge=====
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=====Battle Chateau rematch=====
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===Gym Freaks===
:April: "Hello! It's time for Gym Freaks, your source for the hottest news about hot Gym Leaders in Kalos. So... I'm now in front of the Cyllage City Gym! ... Whoa! Grant has arrived! He's good looking! So good looking! Lean yet muscular. Fascinating! That hairstyle of rolling stones into your hair is very popular among young people now! Grant is not only a Gym Leader but also a leader in fashion! Oh... He went inside the Gym... That's all for the on-site report. Good-bye for now, everyone."
:April: "Hello! It's time for Gym Freaks, your source for the hottest news about hot Gym Leaders in Kalos. So... I'm now in front of the Cyllage City Gym! ... Whoa! Grant has arrived! He's good looking! So good looking! Lean yet muscular. Fascinating! But I know that he cuts down on his eating to keep his weight down! I saw him longingly looking at sweets in front of a café. He's so cute! Oh... He went inside the Gym... That's all for the on-site report. Good-bye for now, everyone."
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Grant forms a sync pair with and its evolved form in Pokémon Masters EX. Grant became a playable sync pair since the game's release. 
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept artwork from Pokémon XY
===Sprites and models===
 	
VS portrait from 	VS portrait from
 	
Overworld model from	icon from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Grant debuted in Breaking Titles at the Chateau!, where and met him at the Battle Chateau. He was promoted to the rank after his won a battle against Viola's . He was initially described as a "strong" Trainer, but he later revealed that he was actually the Cyllage City Gym Leader, making Ash even more excited about his upcoming Gym with him.
In Climbing the Walls!, Grant accepted Ash's Gym challenge after the latter arrived at the Cyllage Gym. Unlike most Gym Leaders, he allowed Ash to use his entire team against him while he would only be using two Pokémon. After some hard battles, Ash emerged victorious and Grant awarded him the , telling Ash that he would like to battle him at the Battle Chateau sometime.
He reappeared in a fantasy in A League of His Own!, when Ash was talking to Everett about the Gym Leaders that he had defeated in Kalos for him to be able to compete in the Lumiose Conference.
In A Towering Takeover!, Grant was seen in the Kalos Canyon, watching Lysandre's broadcast from Lumiose City. In Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!, Grant and Tyrunt were among those who helped destroy the Giant Rock.
He reappeared in a flashback in Till We Compete Again!.
====Character====
Grant cannot resist scaling walls, including the wall of the historic Battle Chateau, simply for the challenge that climbing offers. He has built the Cyllage Gym with his rock-climbing hobby in mind, and readily challenges his opponents to scale the difficult rock walls up to the battlefield to test them. Grant believes that rock climbing offers a person, quite literally, a different perspective and access to a state of . He draws on his clarity of mind for strength and concentration during his Gym battles. He considers his team of Pokémon to be what he refers to as a "wall", or a difficult challenge to overcome, using their incredible jumping abilities and to truly test his opponents.
Grant is good friends and has a rivalry with Viola, the Santalune City Gym Leader.
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====Achievements====
=====Battle Chateau=====
Grant achieved the following ranks in Battle Chateau:
* (prior to Breaking Titles at the Chateau!)
* (Breaking Titles at the Chateau!)
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Grant briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Grant debuted in Charging After Electrike. He was first seen in Cyllage City, helping Clemont find Pokémon to power the Prism Tower during a blackout. After witnessing , a famous racer, being found and taken away by several s, the two were left wondering what happened. In Shooting Frogadier, Grant found the Cycling Road in ruins after a helicopter was forced to make a crash landing. He got into an argument with the pilot, Cassius, but eventually calmed down after Cassius agreed to pay for the damages.
In Quilladin Stands, Grant arrived in Laverre City alongside Valerie and Olympia to visit Korrina, who was recuperating from injuries she sustained in a battle with Team Flare. They soon left to have a meeting with the other Kalos Gym Leaders to decide on how to deal with Team Flare. In Pyroar Breathes, , , , and joined the Gym Leaders and traveled to Geosenge Town to confront Team Flare. Shortly after they arrived, the group witnessed the ultimate weapon emerging from underground like a flower bud. To prevent the weapon from blooming, the Gym Leaders and Y used their bodies to keep the petals in place by force but were met with interference by Bryony. The ultimate weapon eventually fired anyway, but the combined efforts of the Gym Leaders and their allies successfully weakened the weapon enough to make it unable to take any innocent lives. Using her newly-obtained , Xerxer, Y tried to destroy the ultimate weapon, but was interrupted by Malva and her . Due to Xerneas and Yveltal being evenly matched, Xerosic announced that Lysandre ordered a ceasefire. Xerxer confirmed this and retreated, taking Y and the others with it.
In Pinsir Glares, Ramos revealed that Team Flare blamed the destruction caused by the ultimate weapon on the Gym Leaders and the Vaniville children. and his friends were advised to keep out of the public's eye while the Gym Leaders helped rebuild the damaged areas. In Xerneas Gives, Grant, Ramos, Valerie, Olympia, and Wulfric helped stop Team Flare's attempt to reactivate the ultimate weapon by defeating a group of Grunts that were stationed around Cyllage City. After Team Flare was fully defeated, Grant and his allies met with X and his friends at Lumiose City to congratulate them on their victory. 
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==In the TCG==
Grant was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion and the English expansion, with artwork by kirisAki. It was also released as a and in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by Hideki Ishikawa. It allows the player's Pokémon to do 30 more damage to the opponent's Active Pokémon during the turn. Additionally, if it is in the player's discard pile, they can discard two other cards to return it to their hand.
==Trivia==
* Grant's Japanese Leader title is .
* Grant is the only Kalos Gym Leader who does not use a fully evolved Pokémon outside of the Battle Chateau.
** In the games, Grant is also the only Kalos Gym Leader who doesn't use a Pokémon introduced before Generation VI.
* In , Grant made his debut exactly five (aired) episodes before his Gym battle against , with the aforementioned Gym battle episode being the first to have its air date moved forward due to the postponement of the episode intended to air before it. Coincidentally, Grant shares this trait with Burgh.
* Grant is the only single Gym Leader who uses Pokémon with identical levels in a Gym battle.
* Grant shares his Italian name with Wally: they both go by the name of Lino.
* Grant is the first Gym Leader to not be battled first in a region.
** Grant is also the first Gym Leader not to have a Pokémon belonging to the evolutionary line.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ザクロ Zakuro 	From 石榴 zakuro (), which contains the character 石 ishi (stone)Matsumiya's Twitter
English, BrazilianPortuguese 	Grant 	From and pomegranate
German, Spanish,Italian, French	Lino 	From the genus (flax)
Korean 	자크로 Jakeuro 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	查克洛 Chákèluò 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	查克洛 Chàhhāklok 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	則琥洛 Jākfúlok 	Transcription of his Japanese name. Possibly from 琥珀 fúpaak (amber).
Vietnamese 	Zakuro 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Game characters
Category:X and Y characters
Category:Animation characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Rock-type Trainers
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