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>be the first gym
>leader is "out of town"
>trainer comes back several times over the course of his journey
>every time it's a different excuse
>the leader is sick, the leader is on vacation, the leader is busy jerking off
>finally it's the end of the game, there's only one gym left to conquer
>the first gym
>trainer finally makes it inside
>there is no puzzle, just an endurance battle with no items allowed on either side
>dozens of trainers with high level mixed type pokemon
>you have to have a balanced team and keep making the correct attack type choices
>going outside the gym resets it, and you have to start again
>no xp gain until after you make it all the way through
>get to the end
>gym leader heals your pokemon
>this is his team
>they're all level 75
>he only has four pokemon at first
>if you beat those, you have a double battle with his sylveon and glaceon
>they're level 100
>if you win, you're rewarded with the Tenacity Badge, $100,000 and the Close Combat TM
>several characters will remark from now on about you having defeated the gym
it's an optional gym but nobody tells you that. you don't need the badge to enter victory road.