Ecruteak Gym

The Ecruteak Gym (Japanese: エンジュジム Enju Gym) is the official Gym of Ecruteak City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Morty. s who defeat him receive the .
==In the games==
===Core series games===
In and Generation IV, the won't be able to challenge the Ecruteak Gym when they first arrive in Ecruteak City. An elderly man will force the player out of the Gym, telling the player that Morty is with Eusine at the Burned Tower, searching for signs of the Legendary beasts. As soon as the player has awakened , , and , Morty will return to the Gym, allowing it to be challenged. The elderly man will then assume his normal position outside the Burned Tower.
In , the Ecruteak Gym has an invisible floor, with an invisible path running through what seems like a dark pit. If the player steps in the wrong place, they will be sent back to the beginning of the path. The Gym Trainers appear to float in the air, standing on the invisible floor. The path to Morty mostly follows each Gym Trainer's line of sight.
In , the Ecruteak Gym has changed significantly. Flames light up some dim patches within the Gym. While there is still one path to Morty, sections are lit up, revealing Trainers that must be battled in order to reach the Gym Leader. In addition, when a Trainer is defeated, the lights will go out at the section where the player is standing on, forcing them to navigate through the dark patch with the help of their memory. As in Generation II, stepping over the edge of the path will cause the player to be sent back to the start.
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===Side series games===
A field based on the Gym appears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle.
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===Spin-off games===
====Pokémon Masters EX====
Artwork depicting the Ecruteak Gym is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The Ecruteak Gym first appeared in From Ghost to Ghost, where Morty was seen teaching a group of children about Pokémon before his Gym battle with . Mostly thanks to his 's and newly learned , Ash was able to defeat Morty and earn himself the .
The Gym reappeared in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, where Morty and his friend Eusine told Ash and the legend of the Legendary beasts. When Ash mentioned that he had seen before, Eusine accused him of lying and challenged him to a battle. However, the battle was interrupted before it could even properly begin, due to a large number of Pokémon attacking the city out of anger of having accidentally broken one of the Crystal Bells they had stolen.
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Ecruteak Gym first appeared in Hello, Lickitung and Really Remoraid, where Lt. Surge arrived at the Gym to ask Morty's help to locate and , who had gone missing after their battle against the Masked Man at the Lake of Rage. Using Gold's cap and goggles and Silver's boot, which the two Pokédex holders had lost during the battle, Morty was able to use his special power to locate Gold and Silver on one of the Whirl Islands.
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Ecruteak Gym reappeared in Pleased as Punch With Parasect, where Gold came to the Gym to ask for Morty's help in finding Lance, who was missing after he had been attacked by Petrel on his way to the Pokéathlon Dome. Morty was able to draw a crude image of what he saw, later leading Gold to the Ruins of Alph, where Lance was hiding.
In Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior, Silver also arrived at the Gym to ask Morty's help to find the 13 remaining Plates. At the Gym, he was confronted by Falkner, Bugsy, and Chuck, who were protecting the place per Morty's request. At first, they were suspicious towards him, but when Silver revealed that had entrusted him with the he had helped Blue to evolve, they allowed him to enter. Before Silver could ask Morty anything, however, appeared and blasted the Gym, destroying it. Despite being weakened by the attack, Morty was able to use his last remaining strength to mark the locations of the Plates on a map, allowing Silver and his to track them down across the region.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Ecruteak Gym first appeared in A Promise Given to Miltank, where tried to enter the Gym in order to challenge Morty. However, since he only had two Badges, Morty refused to let him in. When Gold later returned to the Gym after having received the from Whitney, he was dismayed to learn that since Morty was going to the grand reopening of the Moomoo Farm and then to a month-long conference in Kanto, he was unable to accept Gold's challenge. Because of this, and for feeling he had seen Gold's true strength already, Morty chose to give Gold a free , telling him to keep it at least until he would be able to battle him to see if he could earn it for good.
==In the TCG==
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Ecruteak City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Related articles==
Category:Gyms
Category:Johto Gyms
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