Celadon City

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Celadon City タマムシシティ Tamamushi City "City of the Rainbow's Colors"

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Map description A rich, rainbow colored city where people and Pokémon gather.

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Connecting locations ← Route 16 Celadon City Route 7 →

Location Location of Celadon City in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Celadon City (Japanese: タマムシシティ Tamamushi City) is located in central Kanto. It is the largest city in Kanto and the eighth largest in the Pokémon world, surpassing even Saffron City in the east. The city has two entrances, one from the east via Route 7, and one from the west via Route 16. Celadon is the main place to spend money in Kanto, through the Celadon Department Store and the Celadon Game Corner. Celadon City is the home of the Celadon Condominiums (called Celadon Mansion prior to Generation IV due to a mistranslation) where residents of the city live and the Celadon Hotel where visitors can rest. Celadon is also home to Erika, the city's Gym Leader and Eusine, the hunter that pursues Suicune.

Places of interest

Celadon Department Store

Main article: Celadon Department Store

Celadon's department store is the largest building in the city, as well as the largest shop in Kanto. It is located in the northwest corner of the city. The store has two sliding door entrances, and is six stories high, including a roof level. In front of it lies a decorative fountain. Here, a receptionist welcomes customers and directs them to a board that describes the store layout. The second floor contains Top-Grade items for Trainers. On the third floor, a man will give away TM18 (Counter) in Generation I, while in Generation III, he becomes a Move Tutor who will teach the move to a capable Pokémon. The fourth floor contains gift people can buy for others. On the fifth floor there is a pharmacy selling Pokémon stat-enhancing items. And finally, on the Rooftop Square, there are some vending machines and a picnic table. A thirsty Trainer will give TMs in exchange for one of the drinks. In Generation I, the Trainer trades TM13 (Ice Beam) for Fresh Water, TM48 (Rock Slide) for Soda Pop, and TM49 (Tri Attack) for Lemonade. In Generation III, the Trainer trades TM16 (Light Screen) for Fresh Water, TM20 (Safeguard) for Soda Pop, and TM33 (Reflect) for Lemonade.

Find what you need at the
Celadon Dept. Store!

Celadon Condominiums

Main article: Celadon Condominiums

Next to the city's Pokémon Center is the Celadon Condominiums (known as Celadon Mansion up to Generation IV due to a mistranslation), where staff members of Game Freak rent a room from an old lady. It is here that players of both the Generation I games and their Generation III remakes can find an Eevee. This is the home of the Game Freak development studio, where the lead developer will give the player a diploma that signifies that they have completed the National Pokédex. In HeartGold and SoulSilver it has been largely renovated, with a brand new elevator system. In floor 3, the member of Game Freak standing in front of the globe gives the player a GB Sounds.

Celadon Condominiums play a more vital role in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. The player must enter the building, where, on the first floor, he/she will encounter an old woman. The old woman will give the player Tea, which he/she must use to enter Saffron City. Also, if the player is pursuing the Fame Checker sidequest, the second floor proves useful as well, providing information about Erika. Going into the Condominiums from the back not only leads the player to Eevee, but to the Know-It-All as well; this NPC provides the player with standard information concerning status changes if the player reads the blackboard.

In Generation II, instead of finding an Eevee, a man will give TM03 (Curse) away to people, however in Generation IV he now gives away the Spell Tag.

Celadon Game Corner

Main article: Celadon Game Corner

Celadon Game Corner

The southern part of the city caters to travelers and tourists. In addition to a hotel and a restaurant, the Game Corner is a popular spot. The citizens take pride in the city's beauty and think the casino is bad for their image. The Celadon Game Corner is one of the six Game Corners in the Pokémon world, and for a time, is run by Team Rocket. The woman at the service desk sells 50 coins for $1000, and 500 coins for $10,000. The option to buy 500 coins is only available in the Generation III remakes.

The only game available is slots, which people in the game say are rigged. There are thirty slot machines in the Game Corner, with eight of them having people already seated at them, one that is labeled "out of order," one labeled "reserved," and one where someone left their keys. Slot machines in the first generation and their third generation remakes consist simply of inserting coins and stopping the reels with the A button.

In the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, the player must go into the underbelly of the Game Corner and defeat Team Rocket. By pushing a button underneath a poster, the player gains access to the Rocket Hideout. A Team Rocket Grunt is guarding the poster in question when the player first approaches it. After being defeated, the Grunt retreats into the base, leaving the poster un-guarded, and enabling the player to approach. Once the player activates a switch behind the poster, the stairs to the hideout will appear.

In Generation II, it is no longer run by Team Rocket. The hideout is not accessible, but people have not forgotten about the terrible events that occurred. In Generation II, a Card Flip game is added, which allows players to place bets on which card a player will flip over. The deck has 24, each one with a number between 1 and 6 and a picture of one of four Pokémon (Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Oddish, or Poliwag). Bets can be placed by single card, by single column, by single row, by a pair of columns, or by a pair of rows.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Game Corner was again no longer run by Team Rocket, but the only game inside the building in the non-Japanese versions is the Voltorb Card Flip Game.

Located right next to the Game Corner is the Rocket Prize Corner, where people can exchange coins for prizes. These prizes include TMs and other rare items. The Celadon Game Corner also trades very rare Pokémon such as Dratini and Porygon in exchange for coins. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, there is a man in this building who will tell the player the type of their Pokémon's Hidden Power.

Generation I

ROCKET GAME CORNER
The playground
for grownups!

Generation II

The Playground for
Everybody——CELADON
GAME CORNER

Generation III

ROCKET GAME CORNER
The playground for grown-ups!

Generation IV

Celadon Game Corner
A Fun Place for Everyone

Team Rocket Hideout

Main article: Rocket Hideout

The Rocket Hideout is a four-floored underground complex beneath the Rocket Game Corner. It is a secret base used by Team Rocket to facilitate and administer their operations. The Rocket Hideout is accessed by pressing a switch behind a poster in the Game Corner in Celadon City. A Team Rocket Grunt is guarding the poster when the player first approaches it. After being defeated, the Grunt retreats into the base, leaving the poster unguarded, and enabling the player to approach. Once the player activates a switch behind the poster, the stairs to the hideout will appear.

In the Generation I and III games, the player must go into the underbelly of the Game Corner and defeat Team Rocket. The player's initial objective is to search for and obtain the Lift Key in order to activate the lift leading to Giovanni. Once battled, Giovanni will flee, leaving the Silph Scope behind.

There are spinner tiles scattered around the place. These tiles, when stepped upon, will whisk the player in the direction of the arrows depicted on them. The player will continue to travel in that direction until they hit a wall, land on another spinner (which will send them in a different direction), or land on a Stopper, a tile only used for that purpose.

Celadon Hotel

The hotel, which is located in the southeastern part of the city, is a luxurious building; the player is not able to rent a room due to the fact that there are no Pokémon allowed in the rooms. A couple is staying there on vacation at the moment; the woman has brought her younger brother, which annoys her boyfriend a bit.

In Generation I, there is an invisible PC in the hotel. This fact is explained by the close resemblance between the hotel and a Pokémon Center. This was less a glitch and more an oversight by the programmers, who may have forgotten to remove the code to activate the PC at that particular point, though the sprite of the PC itself is no longer there. However, it could possibly be a leftover from the prototype design of the hotel itself.

Ken Sugimori's concept art for a hotel that bears resemblance to a Pokémon Center, much like the Celadon Hotel.	The Celadon Hotel in Generation I	The Celadon Hotel in FireRed and LeafGreen

Restaurant

There's also a restaurant in the city. The player cannot eat a meal there, however.

In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, the restaurant hosts an eatathon. In HeartGold and SoulSilver only, Maylene participates in the eatathon.

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The restaurant in Generation I	The restaurant in Generation II	The restaurant in FireRed and LeafGreen

Move Tutor

In Generation III, there is a Move Tutor who will teach Softboiled to certain Pokémon.

Celadon Gym

Main article: Celadon Gym

Celadon Gym in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

The Celadon Gym is the official Gym of Celadon City. It is based on Grass-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Erika. Trainers who defeat her receive the Rainbow Badge.

The Celadon Gym is a garden full of Trainers. It is impossible to reach Erika without fighting at least two other Trainers and using Cut. In all versions and adaptations of Pokémon, Celadon Gym is consistently rendered as a greenhouse.

In the anime, Celadon Gym appeared in Pokémon Scent-sation!. Attached to the Celadon Gym is a perfume shop, run by Erika herself. Ash wanted to challenge Erika to a Gym battle, but the workers at the Gym refused to allow his entry because he had earlier criticized a perfume shop, saying that all they do is turn men into zombies. They kicked him out of the shop for insulting them and when Ash found out that the Gym is where the perfume was manufactured, he was visibly shocked.

Chief reference

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The house with the reference to Chief in FireRed and LeafGreen

In Generation I and FireRed and LeafGreen, there's a house where a Team Rocket Grunt mentions Chief (Japanese: シルフのチーフ Sylph's Chief), an unused Trainer class in the Generation I games. Also, the Grunt says Chief in capital letters, which usually denotes a word of importance in-game.

In Generation I, one of the Team Rocket Grunts incorrectly uses the overworld sprite of a Sailor. This was corrected in FireRed and LeafGreen.

The dialog of the Team Rocket Grunt reads:

Generation I

CHIEF!
We just shipped
2000 POKéMON as
slot prizes!

Generation III

CHIEF!
We just shipped two thousand
more POKéMON as slot prizes
again today!

Demographics

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

The population of Celadon City is 82 (72, excluding the Team Rocket members in the Rocket Hideout), making it the largest city in Kanto, beating even its skyscraper-clustered neighbor Saffron City. Celadon City's large population is partly due to the Department Store and the Team Rocket Hideout.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the population of Celadon City is 68. Celadon City lost its population from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen to Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Since Team Rocket's disband, it may have caused Celadon City to decline.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	PP Up	At the end of the short path beyond the eastern cut-able bush (hidden)	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	PP Up	In the southeasternmost part of the city (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Ether	In the northwesternmost part of the city	FR  LG
	TM18 (Counter)	Received from a clerk on the third floor of the Celadon Department Store	R  B  Y
	TM13 (Ice Beam)	Received from a girl on the roof of the Celadon Department Store in exchange for Fresh Water	R  B  Y
	TM48 (Rock Slide)	Received from a girl on the roof of the Celadon Department Store in exchange for Soda Pop	R  B  Y
	TM49 (Tri Attack)	Received from a girl on the roof of the Celadon Department Store in exchange for Lemonade	R  B  Y
	TM16 (Light Screen)	Received from a girl on the roof of the Celadon Department Store in exchange for Fresh Water	FR  LG
	TM20 (Safeguard)	Received from a girl on the roof of the Celadon Department Store in exchange for Soda Pop	FR  LG
	TM33 (Reflect)	Received from a girl on the roof of the Celadon Department Store in exchange for Lemonade	FR  LG
	TM41 (Softboiled)	Received from the man across the pond	R  B  Y
	Coin Case	Received from a man in the restaurant	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Leftovers	Inside one of the restaurant's trash cans (hidden)	G  S  C
	TM03 (Curse)	Obtained by listening to man's story on the Celadon Mansion's roof at night	G  S  C
	Spell Tag	Obtained by listening to man's story on the Celadon Condominium's roof at night	HG  SS
	Tea	Obtained from an old lady in Celadon Mansion	FR  LG
	TM67 (Recycle)	At the end of the narrow pathway to the north of the city	HG  SS
	GB Sounds	Reward from Game Freak employee for collecting all 16 Badges	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fishing
Magikarp	R		B		Y		Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Poliwag	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	5-20	100%
Poliwhirl	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	23	50%
Slowpoke	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Gift Pokémon
Eevee	R		B		Y		Gift	25	One
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
Surfing
Grimer	G		S		C		Surfing	15-24	90%
Muk	G		S		C		Surfing	15-19	10%
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
Surfing
Psyduck	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	99%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	99%
Koffing	FR			LG			Surfing	30-40	1%
Fishing
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	100%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	99%
Grimer	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	30-40	1%
Gift Pokémon
Eevee	FR			LG			Gift	25	One
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
Surfing
Grimer	HG			SS			Surfing	15-20	90%
Muk	HG			SS			Surfing	15	10%
Headbutt
Spearow	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-20	80%
Heracross	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-17	20%
Combee	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-20	20%
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.

Differences between generations

Between Generation I and III, there have been some minor changes to Celadon City, mostly aesthetic changes. A fountain has been added to the western side of the city.

In Generation II, Celadon City has changed quite a bit. Some buildings have been removed and some have been added. There is a café located on the eastern side of town, and the Department Store has been moved the far western side of town. Like Generation III, Generation IV has the added fountain to the western side of the city. The small pond that isolates the house in the center of the town has been extended southward with a bridge going across it.

Trainer Tips

Generation I

TRAINER TIPS
GUARD SPEC.
protects POKéMON
against SPECIAL
attacks such as
fire and water!
Get your items at
CELADON DEPT.
STORE!

TRAINER TIPS
X ACCURACY boosts
the accuracy of
techniques!
DIRE HIT jacks up
the likelihood of
critical hits!
Get your items at
CELADON DEPT.
STORE!

Generation II

TRAINER TIPS
GUARD SPEC.
protects POKéMON
against SPECIAL
attacks such as
fire and water.
Get your items at
CELADON DEPT.
STORE!

Generation III

TRAINER TIPS
GUARD SPEC. protects POKéMON
from status-reduction moves during
battle.
Get your items at the
CELADON DEPT. STORE!

TRAINER TIPS
X ACCURACY boosts the accuracy of
techniques.
DIRE HIT jacks up the likelihood
of critical hits.
Get your items at the CELADON
DEPT. STORE!

Generation IV

Trainer Tips
Guard Spec. protects Pokémon
from status-reduction moves
during battle.
Get your items at the
Celadon Dept. Store!

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Celadon City appears on the Blue table; catchable Pokémon include Vulpix, Meowth, Mankey, Scyther, Pinsir, Eevee, Porygon and Dratini.

In the anime

Celadon City in the anime

Ash, Misty, and Brock arrive in Celadon City in Pokémon Scent-sation! so that Ash can challenge the Gym Leader, Erika. She initially refuses to battle him due to the fact that he offended her by insulting her perfume, so Ash sneaks into the Celadon Gym disguised as a girl and answering to the name "Ashley". When Team Rocket's interference causes a fire to start inside the Gym, Erika's Gloom is trapped inside. Ash saves the Pokémon despite its stench, and Erika awards him the Rainbow Badge for his courage.

In Chikorita's Big Upset, it is mentioned that Celadon City has a university, where the episode's Nurse Joy studied Pokémon psychology. In a later episode it is revealed that Professor Oak used to teach there, and Foster was one of his top students.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Celadon City has appeared in Wartortle Wars, Tauros the Tyrant!, The Jynx Jinx, A Tale of Ninetales, Blame It On Eevee and Meanwhile... Vileplume! in the Red, Green & Blue chapter of Pokémon Adventures.

It first appeared when Green was trying to sell more counterfeit Accessories by the riverside. When she tried to escape on her stolen Wartortle she was stopped in her tracks by Red's Snorlax. She managed to steal Red's Badges, which Red later found out at the Celadon Hotel next to the Pokémon Center.

On the outskirts of town, Red and Blue crashed into each other, in the process switching Pokémon by accident. The Pokémon were reunited with their owners three days later after finding an Eevee that can change between each of its evolutions.

Like in the anime, Celadon City has a university at which Erika teaches in addition to her duties as Gym Leader.

Trivia

• Its Japanese motto is タマムシ にじいろ ゆめの いろ "Tamamushi is the color of rainbow dreams."
• Many Gym Leaders have appeared at one point or another within Celadon City. Erika, as its own Gym Leader, resides there, while Jasmine, Falkner, Janine, Maylene, and Crasher Wake stop by at times during Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Giovanni, as the Team Rocket Boss, also appears here during Generation I and its remakes in the hideout under the Game Corner, while Blue is known to have visited the city to challenge Erika in Generation I and its remakes. Brock and Misty also have visited the city, along with Ash, in the anime episode Pokémon Scent-sation!.
• Its English motto before Generation IV was "The City of Rainbow Dreams".

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タマムシシティ Tamamushi City	玉虫色 (tamamushi iro) refers to the iridescent colors of the jewel beetle. Jewel beetles reflect a rainbow of colors, most noticeably green.
English	Celadon City	From celadon, a light grayish green color.
French	Céladopole	From céladon and the suffix -pole, meaning city.
Czech	Seladonové město	Seladon mean celadon (a kind of people), město means city (or town)
German	Prismania City	From Prisma, prism.
Italian	Azzurropoli	From azzurro, azure, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Polish	Prizmania	From German Prismania.
Spanish	Ciudad Azulona	From azul, azure.
Korean	무지개시티 Mujigae City	무지개 (mujigae) means rainbow.
Chinese (Mandarin)	彩虹市 Cǎihóng Shì	彩虹 (cǎihóng) means "rainbow."
Chinese (Cantonese)	彩色市 Coisik Si	彩色 (coisik) means "rainbow-colored."
Indonesian	Kota Seladon (Pokémon Pocket Monsters only)	Transliteration from its English name.

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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