Kanto Route 16

Kanto Route 16 １６番道路 Route 16

Map description The northern starting point of Cycling Road.HGSS Links to the north side of Pokémon Road. A route that is always bustling.PE

Required for navigation CutRBYGSCFRLGHGSS Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb BicycleRBYGSCFRLGHGSS Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations Route 16 Celadon City →   Route 17 ↓

Location Location of Route 16 in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Pokémon world routes ← Route 15       Route 17 →

The Snorlax blocking the way to Route 16

Route 16 (Japanese: １６番道路 Route 16) is a route located in central Kanto. It connects Celadon City in the east to Route 17 to the south.

Route description

Main path

Like Route 18 at the southern end of Cycling Road^{RBYGSCFRLGHGSS}/Pokémon Road,^PE Route 16 runs directly east-west for its entire length.

Five paces outside Celadon, a cuttable tree blocks a passage leading to the north half of Route 16. Trainers with a Pokémon that can use Cut^{RBYGSCFRLGHGSS} or the Secret Technique Chop Down^PE can get past the tree. Several paces west of this spot, Route 16 narrows before widening just east of a gate. Before Generation VII, Trainers are forced to board their Bicycle or, in the event that they do not own a Bicycle, are forced to return east to Celadon. In Generation VII, Trainers can pass through without a Bicycle, as Cycling Road is now Pokémon Road.

In Generations III and VII, one of Professor Oak's assistants is present at this station, giving Trainers who have collected data on at least 40 Pokémon an Amulet Coin^FRLG or 30 Ultra Balls.^PE West of the station, Route 16 becomes part of Cycling Road^{RBYGSCFRLGHGSS}/Pokémon Road.^PE

Now on the bike path, the remainder of the route is filled with Bikers possessing mostly Poison-type Pokémon before Generation VII. Near the middle of the group, Route 16 turns south for a short distance before becoming Route 17 north of Route 17's grassy area.

Northern half

The northern half of the route proceeds directly north of the cuttable tree before turning west at the lone patch of grass on Route 16. In Generation III only, just west of this patch are a pair of Trainers. Five paces west of the grass is the north half of the gate.

On the other side of the station, which does not require Trainers to ride a bike in this area in any Generation, the only item of interest before Generation VII is a house, used as a secret resort, owned by a reclusive Trainer. In exchange for keeping her whereabouts a secret, she will give Trainers HM02 (Fly)^RBYFRLG or TM14 (Fly).^PE A pair of men are found here in Generation IV; the elder of the two will teach the player a trendy phrase. In Generation VII, the outside of this area also has two Punk Guys and a Roughneck.

The route terminates in a dead end just west of the house.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Leftovers	Where Snorlax was sleeping (hidden)	FR  LG
	PP Up	In the patch of tall grass in the northeast area of the route (requires Chop Down)	P  E
	HM02 (Fly)	From the girl in the house in the northwest area of the route (requires Cut)	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	TM14 (Fly)	From the girl in the house in the northwest area of the route (requires Chop Down)	P  E
	Amulet Coin	From Professor Oak's aide at the gate after catching 40 different Pokémon	FR  LG
	Ultra Ball ×30	From Professor Oak's assistant at the gate after catching 40 different Pokémon	P  E
	Super Potion	Southwest of the southern gate	P  E
	Great Ball ×3	Directly west of the southern gate	P  E
	Awakening	On the north side of the southern gate (hidden) (daily)	P  E

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	R		B		Y		Grass	18, 20, 22	30%
Rattata	R		B		Y		Grass	23-24	25%
Raticate	R		B		Y		Grass	23, 25	5%
Raticate	R		B		Y		Grass	25-26	5%
Spearow	R		B		Y		Grass	20, 22	40%
Spearow	R		B		Y		Grass	22-23	30%
Fearow	R		B		Y		Grass	24	5%
Doduo	R		B		Y		Grass	18, 20, 22	25%
Doduo	R		B		Y		Grass	22, 24, 26	35%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fearow	G		S		C		Grass	27,29	40%	40%	0%
Fearow	G		S		C		Grass	27,29	45%	40%	0%
Grimer	G		S		C		Grass	26,28	50%	50%	0%
Grimer	G		S		C		Grass	26-28	0%	0%	80%
Muk	G		S		C		Grass	30	5%
Murkrow	G		S		C		Grass	28	0%	0%	10%
Murkrow	G		S		C		Grass	29	0%	0%	15%
Slugma	G		S		C		Grass	27	5%
Slugma	G		S		C		Grass	29	0%	5%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation III

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	FR			LG			Grass	18, 20, 22	30%
Raticate	FR			LG			Grass	23, 25	5%
Spearow	FR			LG			Grass	20, 22	30%
Doduo	FR			LG			Grass	18, 20, 22	35%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fearow	HG			SS			Grass	27, 29	40%	40%	0%
Grimer	HG			SS			Grass	26, 28	50%	50%	0%
Grimer	HG			SS			Grass	26-28	0%	0%	80%
Muk	HG			SS			Grass	30	5%
Murkrow	HG			SS			Grass	29	0%	0%	10%
Slugma	HG			SS			Grass	27	5%
Headbutt Group A
Spearow	HG			SS			Headbutt	26-27	50%
Heracross	HG			SS			Headbutt	26-27	30%
Combee	HG			SS			Headbutt	26-27	20%
Headbutt Group B
Spearow	HG			SS			Headbutt	29-30	80%
Combee	HG			SS			Headbutt	29-30	20%
Special Pokémon
Plusle	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	26-27	20%
Minun	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	28	20%
Shinx	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	26-28	40%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation VII

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pidgey	P			E			Grass	31-36	20%
Pidgeotto	P			E			Grass	31-36	20%
Rattata	P			E			Grass	31-36	15%
Raticate	P			E			Grass	31-36	15%
Doduo	P			E			Grass	31-36	25%
Dodrio	P			E			Grass	31-36	5%
Rare Spawns
Chansey	P			E			Grass	31-36	-
While riding a Flying Pokémon After becoming Champion
Pidgey	P			E			Midair	3-56	60%
Pidgeotto	P			E			Midair	3-56	35%
Pidgeot	P			E			Midair	3-56	5%
Rare Spawns
Charizard	P			E			Midair	3-56	-
Articuno	P			E			Midair	3-56	-
Zapdos	P			E			Midair	3-56	-
Moltres	P			E			Midair	3-56	-
Dragonite	P			E			Midair	3-56	-
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Special encounters

Generations I and III

A Snorlax appears here on the first visit. The Poké Flute must be used in order to battle it.

Generation I	FireRed and LeafGreen
Type: Normal Unknown Snorlax Lv.30 Headbutt Normal   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Rest Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity or Thick Fat Held item: Chesto Berry Snorlax♂/♀ Lv.30 Headbutt Normal   --       Yawn Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Snore Normal   --

Generation VII

A Snorlax appears here on the first visit. The Poké Flute must be used in order to battle it. If run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.

Type: Normal Unknown Mega Stone: None Snorlax♂/♀ Lv.34 Yawn Normal Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --

Trainers

Generation I

Trainer	Pokémon
Biker Reward: $580	Grimer Lv.29 No item
	Koffing Lv.29 No item
Cue Ball Reward: $700	Machop Lv.28 No item
	Mankey Lv.28 No item
	Machop Lv.28 No item
Cue Ball Reward: $725	Mankey Lv.29 No item
	Machop Lv.29 No item
Biker Reward: $660	Weezing Lv.33 No item
Cue Ball Reward: $825	Machop Lv.33 No item
Biker Reward: $520	Grimer Lv.26 No item
	Grimer Lv.26 No item
	Grimer Lv.26 No item
	Grimer Lv.26 No item

Generation III

Trainer	Pokémon
Northern half (requires Cut)
Young Couple Lea & Jed カホとジン Kaho and Jin Reward: $1624	Rapidash♂ Lv.29 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.29 No item
Main path
Biker Lao キンジ Kinji Reward: $580	Grimer♂ Lv.29 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.29 No item
Cue Ball Koji テツロウ Tetsurō Reward: $672	Machop♂ Lv.28 No item
	Mankey♂ Lv.28 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.28 No item
Cue Ball Luke テル Teru Reward: $696	Mankey♂ Lv.29 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.29 No item
Biker Hideo カツハル Katsuharu Reward: $660	Weezing♂ Lv.33 No item
Biker Ruben ジュン Jun Reward: $560	Weezing♂ Lv.28 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.28 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.28 No item
Cue Ball Camron クニオ Kunio Reward: $696	Mankey♂ Lv.29 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.29 No item
Rematch
Biker Ruben ジュン Jun Reward: $960 After becoming Champion	Weezing♂ Lv.48 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.48 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.48 No item
Cue Ball Camron クニオ Kunio Reward: $1176 After becoming Champion	Primeape♂ Lv.49 No item
	Machoke♂ Lv.49 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Generation VII

Trainer	Pokémon
Northern half (requires Chop Down)
Punk Guy Lao キンジ Kinji Reward: $1,008 3 Poké Balls	Onix♂ Lv.36 No item
	Muk♂ Lv.36 No item
Roughneck Koji テツロウ Tetsurō Reward: $1,008 3 Poké Balls	Raticate♂ Lv.36 No item
	Rhyhorn♂ Lv.36 No item
	Koffing♀ Lv.36 No item
Punk Guy Hideo カツハル Katsuharu Reward: $1,008 3 Poké Balls	Arbok♀ Lv.36 No item
	Fearow♂ Lv.36 No item
Main path
Camper Ruben ジュン Jun Reward: $700 2 Great Balls	Psyduck♀ Lv.35 No item
	Psyduck♂ Lv.35 No item
After becoming Champion
Master Trainer Ace Trainer Jay ユウダイ Yūdai	Snorlax♂ Lv.75 Reflect Facade Rest -
Master Trainer Youngster Cid テツジ Tetsuji	Lickitung♂ Lv.70 Fire Blast Blizzard Thunder Disable
Master Trainer Bird Keeper Howie マサユキ Masayuki	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.70 Air Slash Headbutt Agility -

Differences among generations

Route 16 in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Generations I and III

Only few minor changes are visible between these generations. In Generation III, trees are added above the north road and the gates are closer to each other. Also, the east sign is moved to the center fence.

Generation II

The route was shortened by half in Generation II. Also, every Trainer was removed from the route and the gate on the northern path was eliminated. The recluse Trainer is no longer present and may have moved to Route 28. The sign is also moved to the north fence.

The amount of grass was also reduced.

Generation IV

In Generation IV, the route increased in length slightly and due to this had its layout tweaked. The route starts out as a straight path exiting Celadon City and then turning south and going down a longer path with the cut-able tree from all previous generations leading to the side path on the left side of the end of the main path. The path then turns west again and up two sets of stairs into the gate. Like Generation II, there are no Trainers to be found and the gate on the northern path was eliminated. Some hills with trees are added to the route as well to create a 3D approach.

In the anime

Route 16 in the anime

Main series

Original series

Route 16 appeared in The Bridge Bike Gang, being the location of Sunnytown. Ash and his friends traveled there through Cycling Road to deliver a medicine to the local Pokémon Center. Although a gang of Bikers tried to stop them at first, they decided to accompany the group to their destination after hearing about their mission.

In the manga

Route 16 in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Route 16 in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

Route 16 first appeared in Tauros the Tyrant, where Team Rocket attacked Green there, trying to get back a floppy disk she had stolen from them, which contained vital information about Mew, required to track down the elusive Pokémon. In the end, Green managed to trick Team Rocket by having her Ditty transform into a copy of Team Rocket's Tauros and having it then command Team Rocket's other Pokémon to attack their Trainers, making her getaway in the confusion.

The route appeared again in The Jynx Jinx. After Green and Red had managed to track down Mew with Green's Silph Scope, Team Rocket showed up in order to catch Mew for themselves. However, thanks to Red distracting Team Rocket with Poli, Mew was able to counterattack and knock out the evil team members and their Jynx before escaping. This didn't bother Green, however, as she had managed to catch a valuable photo of Mew during the incident.

The route appeared once more in A Tale of Ninetales. While leaving Celadon City, Red bumped into Blue, who was chasing his recently obtained and still untamed Porygon, causing both Trainers to drop their Poké Balls. Later, when Red tried to save two women from a group of rampaging wild Pokémon, he found out that his Pokémon had been swapped out with Blue's during the earlier confusion. During the time Red spent with Blue's Pokémon, he only managed to catch two new Pokémon: a Krabby and a Diglett. He later re-encountered Blue when he was trying to catch a wild Ninetales with Pika. When Red sent out Blue's Machoke to defend himself from Ninetales's attacks, the Superpower Pokémon suddenly evolved into a Machamp, subduing the Fox Pokémon. Both Red and Blue threw their Poké Balls simultaneously at the wild Fire-type, and although Red's Ball hit it first, Blue claimed it for himself under the excuse that his Pokémon had been the one weakening it. Afterwards, Red and Blue returned their own Pokémon to each other.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Route 16 appeared in Get the Flying Machine!!.

In the magazines

Pokémon Power

In Pokémon Power (issue 4, page 3), there is a short news article about the Snorlax sleeping on this route. According to the article, Snorlax is hibernating and settled in for the winter, and it is blocking the traffic by sleeping on the "center lane" of this route.

Trivia

• In Generations I and III, Route 16 technically has the second-largest gate after the Pokémon League Reception Gate, it being a theoretical two-way intersection outside of Celadon City.

See also

• Cycling Road (Kanto)

Kanto
Settlements Pallet Town • Viridian City • Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Lavender Town Celadon City • Saffron City • Fuchsia City • Cinnabar Island • Indigo Plateau Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 Landmarks Professor Oak's Laboratory • Viridian Forest • Diglett's Cave • Pewter Museum of Science • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) • Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7–8) • S.S. Anne • S.S. Aqua • Sea Cottage • Rock Tunnel Power Plant • Cycling Road/Pokémon Road • Team Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Magnet Train • Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park GO Park • Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion • Cinnabar Lab • Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls Access to Sevii Islands • Johto

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