Pokemon: Every Kanto Gym Leader’s Backstory
When it comes to Pokemon, most people spend the Cobalion's share of their time thinking about the titular creatures themselves, rather than the hundreds upon hundreds of fictional people who coexist with them. And that's fair. We doubt a hypothetical human-focused game would sell nearly as well. A majority of the folks living alongside Pokemon are just inherently less interesting than cute elementally-inclined foxes and angry primordial gods.
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There are standouts. Characters who rise above the din of adorable chirps and fire-breathing antics to become memorable in their own right. And there is no better, or at least no bigger, group of these fine folks than Gym Leaders.
The Pokemon universe is essentially a multiverse, with three major incarnations: the hit TV series, the long-running manga, and of course the games themselves. That means thrice the Gym Leader origin stories, including those whom this article is about: the OGs, the Red & Blue bigwigs, the Kanto gang. Let's peer into this multiverse of madness one badge at a time.
Not much is known about Brock's origins, though locals comment upon the fact that he is one of the few serious-minded trainers in the Pewter City area. Where he drew that interest from, we cannot say, though any young kid who wants to "be the very best," as they say, would have an abundance of strong Rock-type Pokemon to pick between growing up in a place like Pewter.
Brock received an Onix from his father, Flint, on his tenth birthday. He has nine younger siblings, all of whom he took responsibility for when Flint left Pewter City. Such a heavy burden prompts Brock to behave cold and aloof at first, though journeying with Ash, he
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