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{{Infobox location
|image=Melemele Island.png
|type=yellow
|location_name=Melemele Island
|japanese_name=メレメレ{{tt|島|じま}}
|translated_name=Melemele Island
|location=Northwest [[Alola]]
|region=Alola
|map=Alola Melemele Island Map.png
|mapsize=250px
|generation={{Gen|VII}}
}}
'''Melemele Island''' (Japanese: '''メレメレ{{tt|島|じま}}''' ''Melemele Island'') is the northwestern of the four major islands of [[Alola]]. {{p|Tapu Koko}} is the island's [[Guardian deities|guardian deity]].

==Trials==
Melemele Island has one trial for the [[island challenge]], leading to a grand trial with [[Hala]].

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{yellow color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{yellow color dark}}" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}; color:#{{yellow color dark}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color2|{{yellow color dark}}|Trial Captain}}<br><small>Japanese</small>
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}; color:#{{yellow color dark}};" | Location<br><small>Japanese</small>
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}" | {{color2|{{yellow color dark}}|Type}}
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}" | {{color2|{{yellow color dark}}|Totem Pokémon}}
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color2|{{yellow color dark}}|SOS Battle|Ally Pokémon}}
|-
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:VSIlima.png|x120px|Ilima]]<br>{{color2|{{normal color dark}}|Ilima}}<br><small>{{color|{{normal color dark}}|イリマ Ilima}}</small>
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" rowspan=2 | {{color2|{{normal color dark}}|Verdant Cavern}}<br>{{color|{{normal color dark}}|<small>茂みの洞窟<br>Verdant Cavern</small>}}
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" rowspan=2 | {{tcolor|Normal|{{normal color dark}}}}
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | [[File:735Gumshoos.png|120px|Gumshoos]]<br>{{pcolor|Gumshoos|{{normal color dark}}}}{{sup/7|S}}
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | [[File:734Yungoos.png|120px|Yungoos]]<br>{{pcolor|Yungoos|{{normal color dark}}}}{{sup/7|S}}
|-
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | [[File:020Raticate-Alola.png|120px|Alolan Raticate]]<br>{{pcolor|Raticate|{{normal color dark}}|Alolan Raticate}}{{sup/7|M}}
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | [[File:019Rattata-Alola.png|120px|Alolan Rattata]]<br>{{pcolor|Rattata|{{normal color dark}}|Alolan Rattata}}{{sup/7|M}}
|}

====Grand trial====
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background:#{{yellow color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{yellow color dark}}" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}; color:#{{yellow color dark}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color2|{{yellow color dark}}|Island Kahuna}}<br><small>Japanese</small>
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}" | {{color|{{yellow color dark}}|Location<br><small>Japanese</small>}}
! style="background:#{{yellow color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color2|{{yellow color dark}}|Type}}
|-
| style="background:#{{fighting color light}}; color:#{{fighting color dark}};" | [[File:VSHala.png|x120px|Hala]]<br>{{color2|{{fighting color dark}}|Hala}}<br><small>ハラ Hala</small>
| style="background:#{{fighting color light}}; color:#{{fighting color dark}};"| {{color2|{{fighting color dark}}|Iki Town}}<br><small>リリィタウン<br>Liliʻi Town</small>
| style="background:#{{fighting color light}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{tcolor|Fighting}}
|}

==Locations on Melemele Island==
* {{rt|1|Alola}}
** [[Ten Carat Hill]]
* [[Melemele Sea]]
* [[Iki Town]]
** [[Mahalo Trail]]
** [[Ruins of Conflict]]
* [[Hau'oli City]]
* {{rt|2|Alola}}
** [[Hau'oli Cemetery]]
** {{al|Berry fields}}
** [[Verdant Cavern]]
* {{rt|3|Alola}}
** [[Melemele Meadow]]
** [[Seaward Cave]]
** [[Kala'e Bay]]

===Anime-exclusive locations===
* [[Clawmark Hill]]
* [[Pokémon School]]

==In the anime==
[[File:Melemele Island anime.png|thumb|250px|Melemele Island in the anime.]]
Melemele Island serves as the main setting for the {{series|Sun & Moon}}, due to it being the location of the [[Pokémon School]]. It is first introduced in ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', where {{Ash}} and his mother {{Delia}} arrive to deliver a [[Pokémon Egg]] to [[Samson Oak]]. While there, Ash finds out about the Pokémon School, and decides to stay behind and attend it, while learning that the island's [[guardian deity]], {{DL|List of recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}}, has taken a special interest in him.
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==Origin==
Melemele Island's real-life counterpart is the Hawaiian island of {{wp|Oahu}}. Golden yellow is the island's official color<ref>[http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0016_0005.htm Official island colors]</ref> and the {{wp|Sida (plant)|ʻIlima}} is its official flower<ref>[http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0016.htm State flower and individual island flowers]</ref>.

===Name origin===
Melemele is Hawaiian for yellow.

==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{yellow color}}|bordercolor={{yellow color dark}}
|zh_yue=美樂美樂島 ''{{tt|Méihlohkméihlohk Dóu|Melemele Island}}''
|zh_cmn=美樂美樂島 / 美乐美乐岛 ''{{tt|Měilèměilè Dǎo|Melemele Island}}''
|cs=Ostrov Melemele
|da=Melemele-øen
|fr=Mele-Mele
|de=Mele-Mele
|hu=Melemele Sziget
|it=Mele Mele
|fi=Melemele-saari
|ko=멜레멜레섬 ''Mellemelle Seom''
|no=Melemeleøya
|pl=Wyspa Melemele
|pt_br=Ilha de Melemele
|ru=Остров Мелемеле ''Ostrov Melemele''
|es=Melemele
|sv=Melemele-ön
}}

==References==
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{{Alola}}<br>
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[[Category:Sun and Moon locations]]
[[Category:Islands]]

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