Santalune Gym

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Santalune Gym ハクダンジムHakudan Gym

Location	Santalune City
Gym Leader	Viola
Badge	Bug Badge
DominantType	Bug
Region	Kalos

Battlefield

TheSantalune Gym (Japanese:ハクダンジムHakudan Gym) is the officialGym ofSantalune City, and is the first Gym theplayer challenges inPokémon X and Y. It is based onBug-type Pokémon. TheGym Leader isViola.Trainers that defeat her receive theBug Badge.

In the core series games

Geography

The first room of the Gym resembles a gallery, and it displays many of Viola's photographs. Sliding down the rope in the center of the room takes the player to the room below, which is large, dark, and has many giant plants growing in it. Several Trainers await challengers in this room, standing on wooden platforms that are linked together by a giant spiderweb. The player may walk on this spiderweb to navigate the room, though there are several darker sections that cannot be stepped on. Although there are many paths leading to the end of the room, a series of large water droplets will mark out the quickest route that the player can take while facing as few Trainers as possible.

After defeating Viola, who resides on a large, wooden platform towards the back of the room, the tent behind her will pull back to reveal a staircase that leads to a hidden passage. This passage opens out behind one of the photographs in the first room, which will slide back into place once the player has left.

Overworld

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Generation VI Exterior	Generation VI Interior 1F	Generation VI Interior B1F

Environments


Generation VI VS Pokémon Trainer	Generation VI VSGym Leader

Trainers

Trainer

Pokémon


	Youngster David マサオMasao Reward:$240

	Ledyba♂	Lv.10
	No item


	Youngster Zachary ドニDoni Reward:$240

	Spewpa♂	Lv.10
	No item


	Lass Charlotte ミクMiku Reward:$216

	Kakuna♂	Lv.7
	No item

	Combee♀	Lv.9
	No item

Leader

Viola

Santalune Gym

X and Y

Reward:
$1,920

Surskit♀Lv.10

Types:

Bug

Water

Ability:

Swift Swim

Held item:

None

Vivillon♀Lv.12

Types:

Bug

Flying

Ability:

Shield Dust

Held item:

None

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM83 (Infestation)	Reward for defeating Viola	X Y

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: XY

The Santalune Gym first appeared inA Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!, whereAsh challenged Viola to a Gymbattle, but lost after he couldn't outwit herSurskit's ice battlefield strategy. The Gym reappeared inBattling on Thin Ice! for Ash'srematch, in which he defeated Viola.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Surskit

Voice actors
Debut	A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!
Japanese
English	Eileen Stevens

Surskit is Viola's first known Pokémon. It was first used against Ash'sPikachu in their first Gym battle. Surskit defeated Pikachu by freezing the battlefield with Ice Beam, which prevented him from moving properly and left him unable to escape Surskit's Signal Beam. Next, it foughtFletchling, who quickly defeated Surskit due to its ability to fly. InBattling on Thin Ice!, Surskit battled Pikachu again in a rematch, where its previous tactics failed due to Pikachu using his tail to balance himself on the ice. It was eventually defeated by Pikachu'sThunderbolt.

Surskit returned inBreaking Titles at the Chateau! where it battledGrant'sOnix but lost.

It was seen in flashbacks inA PokeVision of Things to Come! andComing Back into the Cold.

Surskit's known moves areProtect,Ice Beam,Signal Beam,Sticky Web, andBubble Beam.

Vivillon

Voice actors
Debut	A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!
Japanese	Aya Endō
English	Eileen Stevens

Vivillon is Viola's second known Pokémon. It was first used against Ash in their first Gym battle. It was sent out to battleFletchling after it had defeated Surskit. It won the battle by using Psychic to trap Fletchling in Surskit'sSticky Web, leaving it defenseless to Vivillon's Solar Beam. InBattling on Thin Ice!, Vivillon faced Fletchling again in a rematch, where it beat Fletchling again by hitting it with Sleep Powder, leaving it defenseless to Solar Beam once more. Then it foughtPikachu, where Vivillon was defeated after its wing was frozen by the ice surrounding the Gym, hindering its ability to fly and leaving it an easy target for Pikachu'sThunderbolt. It was seen in a flashback inTo Catch a Pokemon Smuggler!.

Vivillon's known moves arePsychic,Gust,Solar Beam, andSleep Powder.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

X & Y arc

The Santalune Gym debuted inThe Aegislash Agenda, whereViola invitedX and his friends to stay at the Gym for a night. Viola also challenged X to a battle, which ended in X's victory. During the group's stay,Celosia mind-controlledShauna with herHonedge in an attempt to steal X'sKangaskhanite, but thanks toKorrina arriving to help the group, theTeam Flare Scientist was eventually forced do retreat empty-handed.

InZygarde Agitated, Viola metAlexa at the Gym to discuss the possibility of Team Flare attempting to use theultimate weapon again after the first firing had failed to take any lives.

InMagearna Moves, X andY had aHolo Caster call withTrevor from the Santalune Gym.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Vivillon

Debut	Kangaskhan...Kangascan't

Vivillon is Viola's first known Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer in Santalune City. Later, it facedX'sKanga in the Santalune Gym, where it lost. It has a Meadow Pattern.

Vivillon's known moves areSupersonic andPowder.

Trivia

Two of the photographs that appear in the first room of the Gym are titled "To Be Evolved" and "Nectar's Siren Song", and feature aMetapod and aButterfree, respectively.
Lass Charlotte's name, combined with the design of the Gym puzzle, could be areference toCharlotte's Web.
InPokémon the Series, the Gym is based onChâteau de Fontainebleau.