Cerulean City

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Cerulean City ハナダシティ Hanada City "The Floral Lagoon City"

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Map description A beautiful city with flowing water and blooming flowers.

Cerulean City Gym - Kanto Gym #2 Misty Water-type specialist Gym Cascade Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 24   ← Route 4 Cerulean City Route 9 →   Route 5 ↓

Location Location of Cerulean City in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Cerulean City (Japanese: ハナダシティ Hanada City) is a seaside city located in northern Kanto. It is situated near a sea inlet to the north, with Saffron City to the south, and Mt. Moon to the west. It is home to Misty, the Cerulean City Gym Leader.

The city is one of only two cities in Kanto to have four different routes enter the city, the other being Saffron City. Cerulean is a mid-sized city with a few attractions, including the Bike Shop and the Berry Powder man.

Places of interest

Bike Shop

The Bike Shop in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Main article: Miracle Cycle

In Generation I, the Bike Shop sells Bicycles produced by the company. Designs range from a plain city bike to a fast mountain bike; however, the player can only ever get one: the Bicycle. It can be bought for $1,000,000 or exchanged for a Bike Voucher. As only $999,999 can be held at maximum, there is no way for the player to obtain a Bicycle without a Bike Voucher. The Pokémon Fan Club Chairman in Vermilion City will hand over his Bike Voucher if the player listens to him talk about his Rapidash.

In Generation II, the shop is closed because the owner decided to move the shop to Goldenrod City in the Johto region. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, however, the shop in Kanto is also open, although nothing is obtainable inside. The manager mentions that since all the bicycles have been shipped to Johto for sale, all he has left to sell are inflatable tubes. The That Town, These People radio show profile of Cerulean City mentions this as well.

The name "Miracle Cycle" only appears in the Japanese games. In the English versions, the Miracle Cycle Shops are just called "Bike Shops" and no mention of Miracle Cycle is made at all.

Trendsetter of the Bicycle Boom
Cerulean Bike Main Shop

Cerulean Cave

Main article: Cerulean Cave

On the outskirts of Cerulean City lies Cerulean Cave, also known as the Unknown Dungeon. It is said to be home to "horribly strong Pokémon". The player can capture the level 70 Mewtwo in the Generation I, III, and IV games. Only Trainers who compete and win in the Pokémon League at Indigo Plateau may enter due to the strength of the Pokémon in the cave. Mewtwo lies at the end of the cave, the only one of its species in the game.

Another addition in FireRed and LeafGreen is that Trainers are now required to further prove themselves before entering the cave by completing the quest on the Sevii Islands and restoring the Network Machine to operational status. This stipulation may or may not have been added due to the addition of Wobbuffet to the cave's selection of wild Pokémon, and the old set of requirements that would have allowed players to enter the cave before obtaining the National Pokédex.

In Generation II, the Dungeon has collapsed, but Mewtwo's Berserk Gene has been left behind. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, however, the cave is still open. The Pokégear map mentions that it once collapsed but was rebuilt, and Mewtwo can still be found inside.

Cerulean Gym

Main article: Cerulean Gym

Cerulean Gym in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

The Cerulean Gym is the official Gym of Cerulean City. It is based on Water-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Misty. Trainers who defeat her will receive the Cascade Badge. Other known Gym members include Swimmer Briana, Swimmer Parker, Swimmer Diana, Swimmer Luis, and Picnicker Diana. The Cerulean Gym is designed like an indoor swimming pool, with platforms above the water for the player to walk on. There are no puzzles to solve in this Gym.

Berry Powder man

In FireRed and LeafGreen, there is a man in a cottage in the northern part of town who concocts a variety of medicines from Berry Powder and will exchange Berry Powder for rare and valuable items. When he is first visited, he gives the player the Powder Jar, and will ask the player to make some Berry Powder from the new machine that crushes Berries in the Pokémon Center upstairs. There is also a sign on his wall that keeps a record of pressing-speed ranking the player achieves.

Berry Powder
EnergyPowder 50 units	Energy Root 80 units
Heal Powder 50 units	Revival Herb 300 units
Protein 1000 units	Iron 1000 units
Carbos 1000 units	Calcium 1000 units
Zinc 1000 units	HP Up 1000 units
PP Up 3000 units

Gym Badge man

In Generations I and III, there is a man in a cottage in the northwest corner of the city who will explain exactly what the effects are for each of the eight Indigo League Gym Badges. He also has a small backyard, where a Rare Candy can be found hidden among the flowers.

Burgled house

In Generations I and III, a Team Rocket Grunt stole TM28 (Dig) from its owner, leaving the house a mess. After defeating the Grunt, the player will receive the TM from him. The owner then says that since the TM was stolen, he'll find a way of teaching Dig to Diglett without a TM.

The house is initially inaccessible because a Cerulean Police Officer (Officer Jenny in Yellow) blocks the door. The officer will only move aside from the door after the player talks to Bill at his Sea Cottage on Route 25.

In Generations II and IV, the man is actively fighting against robbers so the situation that occurred to him and his wife three years prior does not happen again. When he learns about the Team Rocket Grunt who stole the Machine Part, he gets upset and claims that he won't even reconsider not reporting the Team Rocket Grunt if he turns out to be the same thief from three years ago.

There's a notice outside the house in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver that reads:

Generation II

There's a notice
here...
Stamp out thievery
and make the city
a friendlier, more
cheerful place!
CERULEAN POLICE

Generation IV

There's a notice here...
Stamp out thievery and make the city
a friendlier, more cheerful place!
Cerulean Police

Demographics

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the population of Cerulean City is 32.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the population of Cerulean City is 33, having increased by one since Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Poké Mart

Generation I and III
Poké Ball $200	Potion $300
Super Potion* $700	Antidote $100
Awakening $250	Burn Heal $250
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Escape Rope* $550
Repel $350

Generation II
Great Ball $600	Ultra Ball $1,200
Full Heal $600	Super Potion $700
Dire Hit $650	Super Repel $500
Surf Mail $50	X Attack $550
X Defend $550

Generation IV - Bottom
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball $1200	Potion $200
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion $2500	Full Restore $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel $700

Generation IV - Top
Air Mail $50	Quick Ball $1000

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Fab Mail	Held by ZYNX, a Jynx the player can obtain in a trade	FR  LG
	Fame Checker	Received from Blue after defeating him	FR  LG
	Powder Jar	Received from an old man in the house second to the right of Cerulean Cave	FR  LG
	Bicycle	Received from Bike Shop Owner in return for a Bike Voucher	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Rare Candy	In the backyard of the Gym Badge man's house (hidden)	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	TM28 (Dig)	Received from Team Rocket Grunt after defeating him	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Berserk Gene	Near where the entrance to Cerulean Cave would have been (requires Surf) (hidden)	G  S  C
	Nugget	Southeast of the entrance to Cerulean Cave (requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Wild Pokémon can be found in the water inside the Cerulean Gym (Generation I only), as well as in the channel along the northwest edge of town.

In the house next to the Pokémon Center, there is a man who will trade his Jynx for a Poliwhirl in Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

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%
Psyduck	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	33%
Krabby	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	33%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	33%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	25-30	70%
Seaking	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	30-40	30%
Gift Pokémon
Bulbasaur	R		B		Y		Gift	10	One
Special Pokémon
Jynx	R		B		Y		Trade Poliwhirl	The same as the Traded Pokémon	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
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	5-14	90%
Seaking	G		S		C		Surfing	10-14	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	55%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%	10%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	10%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
Kingler	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Inside Gym
Fishing
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	100%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	30%	30%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	30%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
Kingler	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	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
Tentacool	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	100%
Fishing
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	84%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	84%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Special Pokémon
Jynx	FR			LG			Trade Poliwhirl	The same as the Traded Pokémon	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
Goldeen	HG			SS			Surfing	5-10	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Surfing	10	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	90%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Headbutt
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-16	50%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-13	30%
Combee	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-16	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.

Trainers

Generation I

Pokémon Red and Blue

If the player chose Bulbasaur:

Blue Cerulean City Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $595

Types: Normal Flying Pidgeotto Lv.18 Gust Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Abra Lv.15 Teleport Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Rattata Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Charmander Lv.17 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --

If the player chose Charmander:

Blue Cerulean City Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $595

Types: Normal Flying Pidgeotto Lv.18 Gust Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Abra Lv.15 Teleport Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Rattata Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Type: Water Unknown Squirtle Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Bubble Water   --       Water Gun Water   --

If the player chose Squirtle:

Blue Cerulean City Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $595

Types: Normal Flying Pidgeotto Lv.18 Gust Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Abra Lv.15 Teleport Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Rattata Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Bulbasaur Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Vine Whip Grass   --

Pokémon Yellow

Blue Cerulean City Yellow Reward: $595

Types: Normal Flying Spearow Lv.18 Peck Flying   --       Growl Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Type: Ground Unknown Sandshrew Lv.15 Scratch Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Rattata Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Eevee Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Reward: $510	Machop Lv.17 No item
	Drowzee Lv.17 No item

Generation III

If the player chose Bulbasaur:

Rival Blue Cerulean City FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $288

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Gust Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Rattata♂ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Abra♂ Lv.16 Teleport Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charmander♂ Lv.18 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Metal Claw Steel   --

If the player chose Charmander:

Rival Blue Cerulean City FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $288

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Gust Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Abra♂ Lv.16 Teleport Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Rattata♂ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Squirtle♂ Lv.18 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Bubble Water   --       Water Gun Water   --

If the player chose Squirtle:

Rival Blue Cerulean City FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $288

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeotto♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Gust Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Rattata♂ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Abra♂ Lv.16 Teleport Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Bulbasaur♂ Lv.18 Tackle Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Vine Whip Grass   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $544	Machop♂ Lv.17 No item
	Drowzee♂ Lv.17 No item

Trainer Tips

Generation I

TRAINER TIPS
Pressing B Button
during evolution
cancels the whole
process.

Generation III

TRAINER TIPS
A POKéMON can be made to hold
an item.
Some items can even be used by
the holding POKéMON in battle.

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Cerulean City appears on the Red and Blue tables; catchable Pokémon include Caterpie, Oddish, Meowth, Psyduck, Mankey, Abra, Bellsprout, Krabby, Goldeen and Jynx.

In the anime

Cerulean City first appeared in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, where Ash decides to challenge the Cerulean Gym.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cerulean City is first visited in the Red, Green & Blue arc in Suddenly Starmie as the place where Misty's mansion and the Cerulean Gym are located. Its streets surround a canal full of boats, resembling Venice. Red and Misty also train here to defeat Team Rocket.

Trivia

• Its Japanese motto is ハナダは みずいろ しんぴのいろ "Hanada is the color of aqua mysteries."
• A School Kid with an Itemfinder/Dowsing MCHN hints at an item outside of Cerulean Cave. In Generation IV, he continues to claim that his device is responding even after the player retrieves the item.
• Prior to Generation IV, its English motto was "A Mysterious, Blue Aura Surrounds It".
• The Gym Badge man is the only character in Generation III to define the Marsh Badge and Volcano Badge as having the effect of allowing the player to use the post-Generation I HM moves Rock Smash and Waterfall outside of battle, since Sabrina and Blaine do not explain it themselves.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハナダシティ Hanada City	縹色 (hanada iro) refers to a light blue color.
English	Cerulean City	From cerulean, a deep blue color.
French	Azuria	From azur, azure.
Czech	Blankytné město	Blankyt means azure, město is city (or town)
German	Azuria City	From Azur, azure.
Italian	Celestopoli	From celeste, light blue, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Polish	Azuria	From German and French Azuria.
Spanish	Ciudad Celeste "Ciudad Azulona" Ciudad Cerulean	Celeste means light blue.
Korean	블루시티 Blue City	블루 is a transliteration of blue.
Chinese (Mandarin)	華藍市／华蓝市 Huálán Shì 花藍市／花蓝市 Huālán Shì *	華藍/华蓝 (huálán) means "magnificent blue", but can also mean "blue blossoms". 花蓝 (huālán) means "floral blue".
Chinese (Cantonese)	淺藍市 Cinlaam Si	淺藍 (cinlaam) means "light blue".
Indonesian	Kota Serulin (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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