Dewford Gym

Dewford Gym first appeared in Brave the Wave, where Ash was seen charging at the Gym, excited to challenge it. Unfortunately for him, he found out that Brawly, the Gym Leader, was off to a surfing practice and would only battle Ash once he was done.

Later, Ash finally got his desired Gym battle, which was set to be a two-on-two battle. First, Ash chose Taillow against Brawly's Machop, but lost the round despite the type advantage. Next Ash used Treecko, which beat Machop, and then went up against Brawly's Makuhita. During the battle, Makuhita suddenly evolved into Hariyama, and proceeded to easily defeat Treecko. Ash was disheartened by this defeat, but Brawly encouraged him to go on.

In Just One of the Geysers, Ash had a rematch against Brawly at his private training spot on a small isle off the coast of Dewford Island, which had a battlefield filled with geysers. With the help of his recently caught Corphish, his diligent training, and some quick thinking to utilize the new battleground to his advantage, Ash was able to defeat Brawly this time around, finally earning him the Knuckle Badge.

Pokémon used in the Gym

		Machop
		Machop was the first Pokémon Brawly used against Ash in both the first Gym battle and the rematch. During the first match, it was sent up against Taillow, and although Taillow kept using Wing Attack and hitting it, Machop kept getting up and eventually managed to knock Taillow out with a Cross Chop. Next, Ash used Treecko which was finally able to defeat it. In Ash and Brawly's rematch, Machop was again used first. It began to overpower Treecko, but fell to Ash's newly-caught Corphish. It reappeared in a flashback in Which Wurmple's Which?. Machop's known moves are Cross Chop and Karate Chop.
Debut	Brave the Wave
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Wayne Grayson

		Makuhita → Hariyama
		Main article: Brawly's Hariyama Hariyama first appeared as a Makuhita. During a Gym battle with Treecko, it evolved into Hariyama and defeated Treecko. After helping the gang to escape from a violent storm, Ash had his rematch against Brawly. Hariyama was able to defeat Corphish and almost defeated Treecko, but thanks to Ash's strategy, Treecko was able to defeat Hariyama after a fierce battle.
Debut	Brave the Wave
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Maddie Blaustein

• In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the wall behind the right-hand statue behaves like a statue: when the A button is pressed while facing it, it says: "DEWFORD TOWN POKéMON GYM". This was fixed in Pokémon Emerald.
• In Generation III, it is possible to postpone this Gym until the player has the Heat Badge, since it is required to challenge Norman. This is no longer the case in Generation VI, where the player needs to beat Brawly in order to gain access to Steven's room in Granite Cave.
• Dewford Gym is the only Gym outside of Galar that the player can buy items from. In this case, the player can interact with the Vending Machine in the lobby to buy Fresh Waters in Generation VI.

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan

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