

In the Pokemon video-games inside a Gym, aside from the Gym Leader there are a
bunch of trainers and generally you need to fight at least one to get to the
Gym Leader.

In the anime, I have seen so far none of the gyms shown follow the same format
but I've only seen up to Diamond and Pearl when Palkia and Dialga are
summoned.

I am wondering if in the anime or any manga, there is a Gym which follows the
same format as that from the games, where the challenging trainer has to face
a gauntlet of trainers before they face the Gym Leader?


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Are there any gyms in the Anime/Manga where the Pokemon trainer has to first fight other trainers?


Well, generally speaking, no, Ash has never fought any other trainers in the
gym, and you'll probably never see it, because technically speaking, when you
watch the anime, you've seen just about how long it takes for a battle to take
place, which is usually a whole episode. Ranging from when the Pokemon looks
beat but then gets back up, or there's another fight also going on at the
current moment, they still take about a whole episode per battle. If you tried
including the other trainers in the gym, then that could maybe at an extra 3
episodes per part of the series that ash gets to a gym. Also, the only time
you would've seen the other trainers was in that animation of _pokemon
origins,_ where they added the mega stone to go with the Charizard. Even then,
you didn't really see ash fight the other trainers in Brock's gym, you just
saw them.

Hope this helped, \- Matt


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The _Pokémon Adventures_ manga series does sometimes include the other
trainers and puzzles in the gyms. In _Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl
Platinum_ , Lady Berlitz usually does battle the other gym trainers and
complete the puzzles of the gym, however it is usually glossed over. Instead,
the manga usually focuses on Diamond and Pearl as they try to catch a glimpse
of Lady's progress since they are barred from entering the earlier gyms. For
instance, in volume 2, Lady Berlitz visits Gardenia's gym. On page 13, the
guard statue explains that Lady Berlitz has to defeat four trainers hidden in
the forest maze and then make her way to Gardenia. On page 15, after getting
kicked out of the gym, Diamond and Pearl find a window to watch the gym
challenge and discover that Lady has already reached Gardenia:

> It's amazing, Pearl! Lady got through the maze already and beat all of the
> preliminary trainers! She's already facing Gardenia!  
> -Diamond, _Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl Platinum_ Volume 2, pages
> 14-15

Some later gym puzzles, such as the math problems in Fantina's gym, were shown
more explicitly.

Likewise, in the _Black and White_ chapter, gym puzzles were shown. At the
first gym, the puzzle was to step on a switch representing the Pokémon type
that was effective against the Pokémon type on a series of curtains. When
Bianca interrupted Black's gym challenge by stepping on an incorrect button,
the three gym leaders agreed to a three-on-three battle if Cheren and Black
helped her out and the three of them made it through the curtains.


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