If I Was a Pokémon Gym Leader 

Imagine Michael actually getting his own grass type gym and you see the gym leader doing *PHOTOSYNTHESIS* while you enter

Don’t we all wish that we could be real life gym leaders with real Pokémon? No? Just me? Alright then.

Mikey’s Rare League Card: “Mikey was absent during the Second Darkest Day since he was visiting his relative, who is an aspiring Grass Type Gym Leader in Hoenn. He also has revealed that he was inspired by Piers’ Toxtricity’s in Spikemuth, and also loved how it looked since he was a child. This love of Piers’ preferred rocker, Toxtricity also influenced Mikey’s Gyms puzzle. His influence on Double Battles was inspired by watching Raihans Gym Battles.”

Me entering Mikey’s Galar gym with a level 85 Excadrill: it’s showtime

Michael: “Lets assume I’m a minor league Gym Leader-“ Me: “So you’re a DLC rival, too. Got it.”

“YOU DON'T GET TO BE CHAMPION WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO SPAM FULL RESTORES"

I like how Michael as the final gym leader, with a mega sceptile as his ace, and a full team of 6 pokemon, gives you the Tree badge when defeated.

I like how you make your gyms disability friendly with elevator type things in the grass gym and visuals with the music in the electric gym. That’s a nice thing to do.

micheal: Describing the different stratiges of a double battle me: sweating because I only use fly ,bounce and muddy water

If only we can all be in the Pokemon world and be Gym leaders

I appreciated the "if I had to limit myself to only Hoenn Pokemon" bit, being someone who also started in Hoenn and only really knows about Pokemon from Unova and below.

"JJ Watt also has the number 99 on his jersey" And watts are a unit of **electricity** btw :)

"Lets just pretend winona died in a flying accident..." ~ Micheal 2020

"Let's just pretend.. she died in a flying accident.". Everyone: *ಠ_ಠ*

Toxtricity is meant to be the players ace. Thats why they give it to you after the first gym, along with some candies. Plenty of time to train it up, along with a lot of time to recognize its potential and easily become a favorite

"While the rural atmosphere doesn't fit the electric-type." Allister's Ghost Gym at a place not related to ghosts at all in Pokemon Shield : *"Nervously Sweating"*

Michael: makes grass gym Me: Here comes Sceptile

As someone in a wheelchair, I appreciate you thinking to include elevators.

I think I would be a poison type gym leader. It’s my favorite type and has very low representation in the gym department. I’m thinking a chemistry lab with smog that blocks your view and causes you to bump into trainers. You need to activate fans to open the door to the leader

Honestly, for the Galar gym I was expecting one of your Pokémon to have the ability drizzle or the move rain dance so that thunder would never miss. For example, rain dance on Lanturn and thunder on Vikavolt

“Died in a flying accident” damn! 😂

The gym also would have a signboard- MILTANK IS BANNED bringing miltank can result in severe paralysis or poisoning - MICHAEL

I decided to try to think of what kind of gym leader I'd be, and I ended up with a much more detailed idea than I expected, and I'm quite satisfied. I would be a fire-type gym leader in Unova, specifically during the events of Black and White 2. My gym would be located in Driftveil City, thus replacing Clay. The story would be that Clay was remodeling his gym and accidentally dug into a dormant volcano, causing said volcano to erupt and ruin the gym. Because it was so far underground, the damage to the city would be minimal, but the environment would have changed. The cold storage would be gone and replaced with a hot spring. Clay would have to retire due to injuries he sustained from the eruption, and later on, I would come along and rebuild the gym with a volcanic motif. The layout of the gym would be several platforms in the middle of a pool of lava, with trainers having to cool down sections of lava to make bridges. There would be a big volcano in the middle which would occasionally shake. The theme around my gym is subversion of expectation. My personality, both irl and as a gym leader, is very quiet and reserved, which I think would be an amusing irony for a fire-type specialist, since all the others who had appeared by B2W2's release (Blaine, Flannery, and Chili) are incredibly energetic, so a fire-type gym leader who's calm would be the opposite of what the player would expect, and my gym would reflect that. Trainers would be told that the volcano in the middle of the gym might erupt if they take too long, but it never actually will. As a gym leader, I imagine I'd have an odd (and strictly platonic) friendship with Roxie, since we're both new to the gym leader lineup yet our personalities are basically polar opposites (I'm a quiet person and she literally sings in a band). We'd want to include Cheren in our circle of friends, but he would initially be hesitant and refuse, though he'd eventually come around. My team would consist of Darmanitan (my ace that has it's hidden ability letting it become fire/psychic, the latter being my other favorite type), Heatmor, Volcarona (Alder's no longer champion in B2W2 so it wouldn't overlap with him), and Chandelure. I'd add either Arcanine or Ninetales in challenge mode depending on version as a reference to them being exclusives in other games, and both in the Pokemon World Tournament. Keeping with the volcano motif, the badge I give out would be the Igneous Badge, and in line with the long, thin style of Unova's badges, it would be shaped like a long, thin volcano peak with lava flowing out of the top and down the sides.

Not a bad Electric Gym idea. I might suggest giving Vikavolt Mud Shot instead of Thunderbolt, to cover its two weaknesses of Fire and Rock. Another possible Electric Pokémon could be Heliolisk, so it could abuse Parabolic Charge for healing, and use either Grass Knot or Surf for Ground coverage.

Michael: We'll just pretend she died in a flying accident! Everyone: Long silence

So who’s gonna tell him that there’s a real tree house city you can stay in? Oh fine, I’ll do it. Hey Michael, there’s a place called “Finca Bellavista Treehouse Community” in Costa Rica.

Mikey: *names his badge the "tree badge"* Forest badge name: am I a joke to you?

7:50 this reminds me of the electric type gym puzzle in pokemon brick bronze

"I know Winona already has a gym there but as i said no restriction so lets just pretend she died in a flying accident" - Michael 2020 Lel RIP Winona

Tropius: *Flaps wings majestically* Michael: It's beautiful!

does anyone else wants to make their own gym after watching this

3:35 yes, lanturn is a lot useful, i had it in my sword playthrough, it helped me a lot because water is weak to electric, and so the pokemon and trainer AI bases on this type match the whole battle, but lanturn has the ability to heal himself if you use electric against him. for everyone: if you happend to catch the pre-evolution of lanturn, chinchou, or lanturn, keep it in the team, it is useful, a lot

Me after seeing Michael's Electric Team: *laughs in Water Absorb Quagsire*

Michael: *strolls into gym* I want this Gym leader: confused screaming

Here would be my Gym and Type Specialty for each region. I don't care if I use a type that is used by another major boss since the Johto region set precedent for that with Clair and Lance, Bruno and Chuck, Koga and Janine, and Will and Sabrina. Same will apply to ace Pokémon. If I use a type already used by a Gym Leader, just assume I replaced them by either beinh their predecessor or being worthy of the role. I'll also explain the Gym Puzzle. Kanto: I would be a Ground Type Gym Leader, replacing Giovanni and after successing Blue. My team would be Sandslash, Marowak, Dugtrio, Nidoking, and my ace, Rhydon. The puzzle would involve using Dig on a Pokémon in order to navigate up and down between different layers of the Gym and access the room I lay in, seperated from the rest of the first floor. The Gym Badge would remain as the Earth Badge, but changed to be a faultline splitting a piece of the PokéEarth, emblematic of the TM I give you, Earthquake. Johto: For Johto, I would be an Ice Type Gym Leader, taking over after Pryce retires. My team would consist of Dewgong, Sneasel, Cloyster, Jynx, and either Piloswine or Mamoswine depending on which Johto games are used. The Gym Puzzle would be the same as Pryce's since I feel like he'd enjoy having me keep it the same. The Gym Badge would remain the same but the TM I'd give you would be either Ice Beam in a Gen 2 Johto game or Avalanche in a Gen 4 Johto remake game. Hoenn: For Hoenn, I would be a Poison Type Gym Leader. The team would be Muk, Roselia or Roserade depending on which version of Hoenn is used, Weezing, Crobat, and the ace, Seviper. The Gym Puzzle would involve mixing chemicals in order to correctly make the chemical formula shown on the screen. A customary Perodic Table will be provided. The badge would be known as the Chemical Badge and be shaped like a flask with bubbling chemicals inside. The TM you receive would be Sludge Bomb. Sinnoh: I would be a Dark Type Gym Leader using Spiritomb, Absol, Drapion, Honchkrow, and my ace, Weavile. The Gym Puzzle is simple. Its like Koga/Janine's Gym but completely in the dark. The badge is known as the Void Badge and is simply a black hole imprinted on a badge. The TM you receive is Payback, used by the slower Dark Type on my team such as Spiritomb and Honchkrow. Unova: For Unova, I would be a Fighting Type Gym Leader, using Scrafty, Toxicroak, Heracross, Lucario, and Mienshao as the ace. The Gym Puzzle would involve running on treadmills to open up secret pathways where you must test your strength both by defeating a trainer and by having your Pokémon punch one of those miniature punching bags used to test your strength that you see in many arcades. These will only open up the way to the main path is you hit them with the Pokémon in your party with the highest Attack stat AT THE TIME. Its not based on base Attack stats, but on who in your party at that moment has the highest attack. The badge would be the Combat Badge and be shaped like a black belt in martial arts. The TM received is Drain Punch. Kalos: I would be a Dragon Type Gym Leader with a very powerful team of _all Psuedos, all with Steel Type coverage moves._ Do I care about balance? No. Do I care about levels? Also no. The team would be Dragonite, Goodra, Salamence, Garchomp, and the ace is the Pokémon of peak perfection, Hydreigon. I will not use a Mega because... I mean, just look at my team, I wouldn't need one. Besides, Mega Garchomp is too slow anyways so why bother with it over regular Garchomp? As for the puzzle, it'd be a test of navigating a castle lair with several traps, trainers, and the occasional chase scene and historical reference. The badge would be the Castle Badge and the TM you receive is Dragon Pulse. Alola: For Alola, I would be the new Dark Type Kahuna, taking over for Nanu. The new team would be Alolan Muk, Zoroark, Honchkrow, Pangoro, and the ace, Weavile (I like to believe Nanu would keep his team in retirement but if not, I'd make Krookodile the ace). Kahunas don't have puzzles, so one will not be used here. Of course, the Island Emblem and Z Crystal received would remain the same. Galar: Like with Kalos, I'd be a Dragon Type Gym Leader, taking over after Raihan becomes Champion. My team would also be simular to Kalos since it'd be consisting of all Psuedos and all with Steel Type coverage. The team would be Goodra, Salamence, Dragonite, Dragapult, and a Dynamaxing Hydreigon as the ace because Hydreigon is better than all of the Gigantamax Forms and better than any Pokémon in general. Plus, given Raihan's preference for Sandstorm and him being the Champion, I feel like he'd use Tyranitar, Dracovish, Garchomp, and Kommo-o alongside his Flygon and Gigantamax Duraludon as a Champion anyways. As for the Gym Puzzle, its simply a gauntlet of Gym Battles where the trainer you face uses Dragon or Dragon-like Pokémon who can use the four main elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. As for the Champion's Cup, my team would be the same but with Garchomp added on. The Gym Badge would be the same but instead of receiving a TM, you receive five copies of a TR since I feel like you'd deserve it after beating five Psuedo Legendaries. The TR would be Outrage.

I'd probably be a Steel Type gym leader since my dad's a welder and I love him. The most powerful pokemon in my team would probably be Aegislash, I hear he's pretty powerful from a competitive standpoint plus I think it would be befitting to have a sword pokemon in a Steel Type gym.

"I just thought it wouldnt be right to not have my second favorite pokemon of all time on my gym team for a type that it is" *zebstrika cries*

Michael: The goggles are to shield my eyes when flying Also Michael: She died in a flying accident! I don't think that's a safe place to go flying about

Personally, I would be a dark type leader with a gym similar to that of Fortina in Platinum. I love the flashlight mechanic and that people can choose how many trainers to fight. The puzzle however would be with turning on lights in a certain order, which count as flashlight areas, and if a trainer looks at you while in the area, no matter the distance, it would cause a battle.

My dream team as a gymleader would be Hippowdon, Mamoswine, Galarian Stunfisk, Gastrodon, and Dugtrio as a one-on-one gym leader.

“died in a flying accident? Lol where’s the kid friendly Michael? 🤣🤣 Sidenote: Vikavolt actually can learn flash cannon to deal with its rock weakness.

Michael: 'makes an electric gym' Rilaboom with High Horsepower: Oh yes, it's all coming together

Anyone else think it would be cool to see Michael do a Sword or Shield play through using his electric gym team? No? Just me? Ok

I feel like my home region would be Johto, and hometown would be Ecruteak. I’ve loved both that region in general, and that town specifically, for a long time. Really wish HeartGold and SoulSilver could’ve come out when they started using 3D graphics, I’d love to see the portrayal.

There are 3 races: Those who say it’s should be called a photosynthesis badge, Those who say it’s should be called a growth badge and... Those who don’t care and let the gym leader decide

Micheal, I really appreciate your inclusion and thought of disabled people in your ideas. It makes me feel really welcome, not to mention not many people have that kind of thing in mind most of the time. Love your gym leader concepts!

Imagine if you have MandjTV as your last gym leader, then your team was: Filled with Grass, Ground, Rock and Fire types

Dont know if anyone noticed but its cool that the #99 of his jersey is from JJ Watt, Watt is his surname, and his Gym type specialty is Electric.

“Lets just pretend she died in a flying accident” Everyone: Uhhhhhhhh no “It was also her altaria” Everyone: 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

"Double Battles are more fun than Single Battles" VGC Fans: *happy noises* Smogon Fans: *_TRIGGERED_*

I actually really like these two gyms! An Electric Type Gym Leader using Toxtricity?! A Grass Type Gym Leader using Tropius and Breloom?! What more could you want from those?

I feel like I'd be either a fire or dark type gym leader with my Ace being Mega Houndoom since it's both and also one of my favorite pokemon. My gym would probably be a very hellish looking one with pillars of fire jutting out from pathway frequently. Also probably some very Slayer-esque artwork along the walls everywhere you go. As for the puzzle, I like the idea of a quiz game thing like what fellow fire trainer Blaine did, but with more heavy metal music trivia, and only trivia from the most brutal and evil of bands (or at least as evil and brutal as I can get for Pokemon) like Slayer, Black Sabbath or Cannibal Corpse if I can get away with the last one (they aren't really the most evil or brutal, but I of course needed to come up with more mainstream things that normal people would've heard of). For fire: Mega Houndoom, Delphox (because everyone knows that witchcraft is evil incarnate), Chandelure, Volcarona, Salazzle and Turtonator. A nice compilation of beastly and devilish looking fire types. For dark: Mega Houndoom, Obstagoon, Grimmsnarl, Spiritomb, Skuntank (an offensive counter to fairies that wanna try beating me with the power of Jesus) and Malamar. Another set of evil and devilish dark types...and Obstagoon I guess. Though how can I have a heavy metal gym of darkness without him?

Gym: Fairy Puzzle: Indoor Playground (Slides,tubes,ladders) Team:Clefable, Granbull, Gardevoir, Hatterene (G-MAX), Whimsicott, Togekiss. City: (Made Up) FairyBlossom City. Region: Galar

Gym: Water Puzzle: Go underwater in like a deep sea pool and search for pearls that you will have to solve a puzzle with at the end. Team: Final Gym Leader so Relicanth, Gyarados, Toxapex, Wailord, and Swampert City: Lilycove or Sunyshore Region: Hoenn or Sinnoh

Michael: no restrictions Legendaries: am I a joke to you Edit: omg I’m highlighted yay I love this channel

I would be a Steel type because it is my favorite type, I would have a Metagross, Aggron, Alolan Dugtrio, and Corvinight

Gym type: Flying Gym puzzle: A skydiving maze that forces you to battle trainers to progress. Team: Butterfree, Cramorant, Xatu, Noctowl, Drifblim and Corviknight (GMAX) City: Aeropolis City Region Galar Gym placement: 6th gym. Gimmick: Every pokemon would be affected by tailwind throughout the battle and you would need to play a minigame when defeating a trainer to do a trick and get help for the next trainer.

“Suggesting that I am one of the final gym leaders” **literally picks the very first gym we fight against** So then- EVERYONE IS VERY STRONG

I’d probably use Psychic types to set a mysterious tone of my character, and the gym gimmick is portals Team: - Alakazam (Damage) - Wobbuffet (Tank) - Reuniclus (Damage) - Gallade (Fighting coverage for Dark types) - Mr Rime (Ice type coverage) - Metagross (S T R O N K)

Honestly Nuzzle is ridiculous. It has 100 accuracy, deals 20 damage, and auto-paralyzes the hit pokemon. It's a severely souped-up thunder wave.

i love how your gym leader cared about the people in wheel chairs and built a elevator

Michael: JJ Watt is my favorite professional football player and my gym type is electric Me: heh heh... JJ W A T T

I just wanted to say that as someone hard of hearing, I really appreciate the thought of light-based puzzles accompanied by sound. Most people wouldn’t think about it at all, thank you

I would like to see another sword and shield play through with the electric type team he made.

1:30 ALSO his last name is WATT for electric types!

Gym Type: Ghost Region: Kalos Town: Geosenge Town after the events of the ultimate weapon's attack. Hovering above the crater and accessible after defeating Olympia. Gym position: 8th gym Team (Assuming pokemon from gen 7 are allowed) Dusknoir (Lvl 58) Shadow Sneak, Ice Punch, Will-o-wisp, Hex Gengar (Lvl 58) Dark Pulse, Hex, Toxic, Dazzling Gleam Chandelure (Lvl 58) Flamethrower, Hex, Energy Ball, Psychic Froslass (Lvl 58) Ice Beam, Hex, Hail, Thunderbolt Mismagius (Lvl 58) Hex, Will-o-wisp, Energy Ball, Dazzling Gleam Decidueye (Lvl 60) Spirit Shackle, Leaf Blade, Swords Dance, Acrobatics Puzzle: a pitch black maze where you light lanterns using HM5 Flash to light the way until you find me TM: TM77 Hex Badge: Spectre Badge

If I was a gym leader, mine would be in Hoenn. It’s my favorite region. My jersey number would be #12. If Wallace/Juan wasn’t there, I’d be a water type gym leader. If I were the last gym leader, I’d do a double battle (since it’s the games they’re introduced in) and have 5 Pokémon (no specific order) Level 40 Lanturn with the moves Rain Dance, Thunderbolt, Thunder, and Dive Level 41 Crawdaunt with the moves Crabhammer, Knock Off, Vise Grip, and Rain Dance Level 41 Gyarados with the moves Rain Dance, Twister, Thunder, and Bite Level 42 Ludicolo with the moves Surf, Giga Drain, Ice Beam, and Rain Dance Level 43 Swampert (I’m allowing starters, Gardenia had a Turtwig, and also Swampert is my favorite Pokémon tied with Mudkip) with the moves Surf, Earthquake, Protect, and Ice Beam They’d be easier in omega ruby and alpha sapphire But, I also like galar since it was the first region I played, and since I want to be unique, I’d be an electric type gym leader and the last gym leader. (Flying was a close second) I’d have Pinchurchin, Jolteon, Raichu, Boltund, and (Amped) Toxtricity (who I GMax). I won’t go into moves because that’ll take too long.

I’ve done a lot of thinking about this exact topic, I realized that water is my favorite type, my team would be: Sharpedo, Cloyster, Wishiwashi, Clawitzer, Lanturn, and Dynamax Wailord.

I find it funny that the number 99 in the galar gym is from JJ Watt, as a Watt is a measurement of measurement for electricity and energy. I like the subtle connection there

I would be: -A bug Type gym leader -A Eeveelution Gym leader

Mikey considering hard of hearing people in a fictional theory that technically doesn’t need any technical explanations actually was pretty cool. I’m hard of hearing and found that super nice

I'd have a bug-type gym and double battles, like you, so my team would consist of Orbeetle to set up a psychic terrain for my next Pokemon, Dottler. The rest of my team would be Pinsir, Scizor, Araquanid to deal with fire types, and finally have shiny Escavalier as my ACE. (full team shiny)

Michael' gym leader strategy: Trust me I'm an engineer

I’m surprised he didn’t say about his last name being Watt and he’s talking about an Electric gym for his league number

I think it would be awesome if there were 8 TCG Gyms of the best trainers in each country and you have to get all the badges from them to compete in tournaments. That would be awesome.

You seem to have thought about this quite a bit and put your passion into this. Love your ideas and your vids man! 🤟

Mikey: "my gym would be the 8th gym. Also mikey: * puts his gym in the third town. Edit: I never played gen 1 or know much about it, so I didn't know about Giovanni.

Michael:my type is grass type Everyone: wonder what his ace is?

Hey Michael, I just wanted to thank you your lets plays and videos like this help give me ideas for playthroughs, this video and the dark team video gave me the inspiration to do a full monotype team of my favorite type through pokemon y. I don't make videos I just play for fun but I wanted to thank you anyway ✌

I got to be a grass type gym leader on a big pixelmon server once. It was pretty fun and I honestly miss how satisfying it was to surprise people with a strong grass team

“No electric types, my gym will fix that” Mike Will Get It Done 2020

So the number 99 was worn by J.J. “Watt”, eh?

The facts you said anything about edm music makes ya that much dopee!!!

Since the DLC areas came out after the release of this video, I wonder if his gym team/champions cup line up would have changed at all?

Michael: the sparkles are to much. Him 5 seconds later: The yellow eyes make me look more anime. Sparkles are a key detail in anime. Make up your mind Gosh dang it.

Mikey: "I always liked tree houses like the Ewok houses and the Freedom Fighters base from Avatar." Katara: *slowly unsubscribes*

Just came to watch this again after the latest MandJTVPlays vid and I love how almost the entire team of six made it into the Galar team

I just realized the number 99 and JJ Watt also apply to the electric theme because of his last name “Watt.” As in a wattage, gigawatts, and all that other fun electronic stuff

Here's a tip to make your team extra brutal: pair Toxtricity with regular Rotom, and run Helping Hand + Boomburst.

Gym: Ground Puzzle: Mine Pokémon: G-Max Sandaconda, Rhyperior, Seismitoad, Golurk, Flygon, Galarian Stunfisk Region: Galar

Michael here: Double battles are funnier and require strategic thinking and Protect Michael in the hardest gym leader video: Raihan's battle is the hardest because you're not ready for that and moves like Protect or Follow me are useless in 99% of the battles you're having in the game

My gym team is: B2W2 replacing clay, basically clay drilled to deep and found underground lava(yes ik not realistic) and I'm a fire type gym leader. 3 pokemon (like clay). My lead would be a Magmar then a camerupt and finally my ace Volcerona. This would be a sunny day team so water doesnt ruin the whole team.

Which Winona Headcanon from Micheal is yours A: Winona dies in flying accident Or B: Winona moves up to Elite 4 Member

If I were to be a gym leader, this will how it goes: Location: nacrene city in unova region Badge: prehistoric badge Type: Rock Team: Cradily (sandstorm, giga drain, ancient power, rock tomb) Omastar (sandstorm, surf, ancient power, water pulse) Archeops (sandstorm, acrobatics, ancient power, dragon claw) Rampardos (sandstorm, head smash, zen headbutt, ancient power) Tyrantrum (sandstorm, ancient power, dragon pulse, draco meteor) Aurorus (hail, blizzard, ancient power, freeze dry) Challenge: (decipher the ancient symbols) (there are three books in each room, one will contain the answer so choose wisely. Find the right book on the said decipher) first room will be the unown symbols, decipher these symbols, decipher it wrong, you will challenge the trainer. Second room is deciphering hieroglyphics, and last room will be the gym leader's room, in order to battle me, you need to answer a certain riddle that I adore so much.

8:27. I ADORE how He thinks about the Others when designing his Gym.

The game should have made the Hammerlocke Gym Leaders version exclusive (Dragon for Sword, Electric for Shield or vice versa). Especially since doing so would subtly foreshadow the Galar Titans in the Split Decision Ruins in the Crown Tundra.

Me as a gym leader: *_mEtaPOd, uSe HarDEn!!!!!!!_*

me: meets mikey as grass gym leader mikey: PHOTOSYNTHESIS PHOTOSYNTHESIS!

I always wonder how the gym leaders get paid being one

12:13 why did i think 'Mikey Rober' just then? 🤣😂