Gym guide

The Gym guide is a title in the core series Pokémon games belonging to at least seven characters, each corresponding to a different region. In each case, the guide is usually found at the front of each Pokémon Gym, ready to offer tactical advice to novice s. He congratulates the upon defeating the Gym Leader, and offers more advice for the player's . He can occasionally be sarcastic.
Some Gym guides do not stay inside their gyms. The Celadon Gym guide is never seen in his Gym, and instead appears at the Rocket Game Corner, where he plays the slot machines. Similarly, the Cianwood Gym guide is found in the city's Pokémon Center instead of the Gym. The Petalburg Gym guide will vanish after the has defeated Norman, and, in Generation II only, the Cinnabar Gym guide will arrive after Blaine has been defeated.
In the Kanto-based games, there is a guide for the Indigo Plateau as well as for each Gym.
Some games reveal the Gym guide's name:
* In Unova, he is given the name Clyde (Japanese: ガイドー Gaidō) and if the player talks to him before challenging the Gym Leader of any Unova Gym, he will give a Fresh Water. At the , , , , , and Nacrene Gyms, he approaches the player and gives the water, rather than requiring the player to approach him to receive it.
* In Alola, he is given the name Jim Gyde. He only appears in the Kantonian Gym, making him an unofficial Pokémon League staff member as it is an unofficial Gym.
* In Galar, he is given the name Dan (Japanese: ダンペイ Danpei) and is a referee who reports the player's results to the Pokémon League HQ. Dan appears at the start of every Gym Mission to explain the player's objective, except in Spikemuth, where he is replaced by a .
==In the core series games==
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
The role of the Gym guide in the games are primarily replaced by and battle judges, who referee Gym s and other Pokémon League matches.
====Pokémon Journeys: The Series====
Dan, the Galarian Gym guide, first appeared in Flash of the Titans!, where he refereed the World Coronation Series battle between and at Wyndon Stadium, from the top of his . Unlike the games, his name was formatted as (Japanese: ダンペー Danpē).
In The Climb to Be the Very Best!, Dan refereed Leon's unofficial match with .
In Toughing It Out!, Dan refereed the battle between Leon and Raihan.
In Aim For The Eight!, Dan refereed the match between Ash and Raihan.
From Curtain Up! Fight the Fights! to Partners in Time!, Dan refereed the Masters Eight Tournament matches.
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===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
In Assistant, Dan talked to Oleana at Wyndon Stadium.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In the , the "Sunflora Sister" is responsible for guiding Trainers who wish to have a battle with Brassius. In Artazon, she met with and gave her the Gym Test of gathering as many as possible.
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===Pokémon Journeys===
Dan appeared in Toughing It Out!, playing the same role as he does in the animated series.
==In the TCG==
Gym guides were introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game with Dan 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 Hitoshi Ariga. It allows the player to draw two cards then play Rock-Paper-Scissors against the opponent to draw two more.
==Names==
Clyde
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ガイドー Gaidō 	From ガイド gaido (guide)
English 	Clyde 	Rhymes with guide
German, French, Italian	Guido 	Similar to his Japanese name
Spanish 	Conse 	From consejo (advice)
Korean 	가이든 Gaideun 	Similar to his Japanese name
Dan
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ダンペイ Danpei (games)ダンペー Danpē (anime) 	From 断定 dantei (judge)
English, BrazilianPortuguese	Dan 	Similar to his Japanese name, also from the given name Dan (either meaning "he judged", or diminutive of Daniel, meaning "God is my judge")
German 	Stuart 	
Spanish 	Paco Legiado 	From colegiado (referee)
French 	Guido 	From guide
Italian 	Cicerone 	From
Korean 	단정 Danjeong 	From 단정 (斷定) danjeong (judge)
Chinese () 	鄧培 / 邓培 Dèngpéi 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	鄧培 Dahngpùih 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==Trivia==
* In Johto-based games a character with the Gym guide's overworld sprite appears in the Dark Cave and gives the player Black Glasses, an item powering up moves, which is the only type that doesn't have a Gym or Gym Leader who would specialize in it in those games.
* In the internal game data for the Generation VI games and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the Gym guide is referred to as Danpei. This name was not used in-game for the Gym guide until Pokémon Sword and Shield.
* In the internal game data of Pokémon Sword and Shield, Dan is classified under an unused Trainer class of (Japanese: リーグしんぱんいん League Referee). This unused title appears as untranslated Japanese text in the English version.
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