Vermilion City

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Vermilion City クチバシティ Kuchiba City "The Port of Exquisite Sunsets"

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Map description A southern city that is bathed in orange by the setting sun.

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 6   Vermilion City Route 11 →

Location Location of Vermilion City in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Vermilion City (Japanese: クチバシティ Kuchiba City) is a city in Kanto.

Situated near a sea inlet to the south, it serves as a popular sea port for ships such as the S.S. Anne. Vermilion Harbor is a home port for many ships. The S.S. Anne sails around the world and returns to Vermilion once a year. The S.S. Aqua sails from Olivine City in Johto to Vermilion Harbor. The Seagallop Ferries sail regularly to all of the Sevii Islands. Aside from the harbor, the other exits to the city are Route 11 and Diglett's Cave to the east. North of the city is Route 6.

Slogan

The Port of Exquisite Sunsets (Japanese, Generations I-III, VII: クチバはオレンジ夕焼けの色 Kuchiba is the color of orange sunsets.; Generation IV: ゆうやけいろのみなとまち The sunset-colored port town.)

Places of interest

Vermilion City is home to the "Lightning American" Lt. Surge, the Leader of the Electric-specialist Gym. The people in the town are careful about pollution, as they are afraid that an infestation of Grimer could occur if the seas were ever polluted, as Celadon City suffers from this in Generations II and IV. Wild Pokémon appear in the sea around the city.

Vermilion is also home to the Fan Club Chairman. He can be found in the Pokémon Fan Club house located just slightly north of the Gym. By talking to him, the player can obtain a voucher for a free bike, the only way to obtain a bike since the price of $1,000,000 is impossible to pay.

Harbor

Hitoshi Ariga artwork of Vermilion Harbor

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: HGSS map

Vermilion Harbor^RBYFRLG or Vermilion Port^GSCHGSSPE (Japanese: クチバ港 Kuchiba Port) is one of the larger docks in the Kanto region, and boats such as the S.S. Anne^RBYFRLGPE, S.S. Aqua^GSCHGSS, and Seagallop^FRLG dock here.

A truck present in the Generation I and III games has also been the source of rumors.

Version	Harbor
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Blue
Yellow
Gold
Silver
Crystal
FireRed
LeafGreen

Pokémon Fan Club

Main article: Pokémon Fan Club

File:Vermilion Fan Club.png

The Vermilion City's Fan Club in FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokémon Fan Club
All Pokémon Fans Welcome!

The Kanto chapter of the Pokémon Fan Club is located in Vermilion. The Pokémon Fan Club is an organization spread throughout the Pokémon world, with at least one Club House in nearly every region. The Fan Club is basically a place for people to meet and chat about their favorite Pokémon and to show off their collections to each other. In general, the members are usually more oriented to unevolved, cute Pokémon.

By talking to the Fan Club Chairman he will start a long talk with the player. He talks about his two favorite Pokémon, Rapidash and Fearow at length and then gives the player a voucher to get a bicycle. In Pokémon Yellow he got a new hobby - taking Pokémon photos. The big photos of his Rapidash and Fearow can be seen on the walls of the clubhouse. He appears again in Generation II and its Generation IV remakes in the same place. Again, he talks about his Rapidash and gives the player a Rare Candy for listening to his story.

Vermilion Gym

Main article: Vermilion Gym

Vermilion Gym

The Vermilion Gym is the official Gym of Vermilion City. Its Gym Leader, Lt. Surge, focuses on Electric-type Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him receive the Thunder Badge. The Vermilion Gym appears in all games set in the Kanto region, appearing much the same in each: the main room is filled with 15 trash cans, and Trainers are scattered about this room. Beyond this room is another, guarded by electric doors in Generation I, and an electric fence in Generation III. The only way to get in the final room in these generations, where Lt. Surge is located, is to find two switches underneath the trash cans. If the first switch was found, but the player incorrectly guessed the second one, the traps would reset. In Generation II, these traps are not turned on. After Lt. Surge is defeated, he will give the player the Thunder Badge, TM34 (Shock Wave) or TM24 (Thunderbolt) in Generation I, and the ability to use Fly outside of battle.

Construction site

In the northeastern part of the city, there is an old man whose Machop is preparing a plot of land for construction of a building. They still have not finished three years after he started in Generation I, as he does not have enough money to begin building. This man's Machop can cause a glitch in Generation II. In Generation IV, the construction site consumes most of the north-eastern side of the city, playing a slightly bigger role in the game; there are many breakable rocks surrounding the building site that conceal many hidden items such as Shards, Heart Scales, and other valuable items.

In-game trade

In one of the houses south and a little east of the Pokémon Center is a girl that wants to trade the player a Farfetch'd for a Spearow. The Farfetch'd will be nicknamed "Ch'ding" ("Dux" in Generation I), and it will be holding a Stick. The OT will be "Elyssa" and its ID will be 08810. The Pokémon's level will be the same as the one that the player traded.

Although the sprite and name of the owner are female, Ch'ding's original Trainer data defines Elyssa as male. In FireRed and LeafGreen, this is undifferentiable from a female original Trainer, but if Ch'ding is traded to Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald or transferred forward to Generation V (via Pal Park and Poké Transporter), the OT name is shown colored blue.

Fishing Brother

In Generations I and III, a man known as the Fishing Guru can be found in Vermilion City who gives away an Old Rod to the player. Later (in Generations II and IV), he is known as the Fishing Dude and claims to be the eldest of the Fishing Brothers.

Sleeping Pokémon notice

There's a notice in Generations I and III near the entrance to Diglett's Cave about a sleeping Pokémon that's blocking Route 12, advising people wishing to go to Lavender Town to detour through the Rock Tunnel instead in the meantime.

Demographics

Pokémon Red and Blue

In Pokémon Red and Blue, the population of Vermilion City is 25 (not including the passengers on the S.S. Anne).

Pokémon Yellow

In Pokémon Yellow, the population of Vermilion City has increased to 26 (not including the passengers on the S.S. Anne). This is because Officer Jenny has been added.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the population of Vermilion City is 30. The increase in population is possibly due to the addition of the harbor building.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Vermilion City has a population of 29 (not including the passengers on the S.S. Anne).

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the population of Vermilion City is 34; the population has increased by five since Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, possibly due to the addition of the harbor building.

Poké Mart

Generation I
Poké Ball $200	Super Potion $700
Ice Heal $250	Awakening $200
Parlyz Heal $200	Repel $350

Generation II
Ultra Ball $1200	Super Potion $700
Hyper Potion $1200	Revive $1500
Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Litebluemail $50

Generation III
Poké Ball $200	Super Potion $700
Antidote $100	Parlyz Heal $200
Awakening $250	Ice Heal $250
Repel $350

Lower cashier (Generation IV)
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion $2500	Full Restore $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
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

Upper cashier (Generation IV)
Air Mail $50	Nest Ball $1000
Dusk Ball $1000	Quick Ball $1000

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Vs. Seeker	Received from the female Ace Trainer at the Pokémon Center counter	FR  LG
	Old Rod	Received from the Fishing Guru	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Max Ether	Five squares south and one square west of the Pokémon Center entrance (hidden)	FR  LG
	Stick	Held by Ch'Ding, a Farfetch'd the player can obtain in a trade	FR  LG
	Bike Voucher	Received from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Pikachu Set	Received from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman	P
	Raichu Set	Received from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman after becoming best friends with partner Pikachu	P
	Eevee Set	Received from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman	E
	Vaporeon Set, Jolteon Set, Flareon Set, Espeon Set, Umbreon Set, Leafeon Set, Glaceon Set, Sylveon Set	Received from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman after becoming best friends with partner Eevee	E
	Max Ether	Five squares east and two squares north of the entrance to the Pokémon Fan Club house, on the house (requires Surf) (hidden)	R  B  Y
	Sailor Set	From the ticket-inspecting Sailor upon showing the S.S. Ticket	P  E
	Full Heal	West of the southern storage container in the land being bulldozed flat by Machop (hidden)	P  E
	Full Heal	In the bush next to the Vermilion Gym (hidden)	G  S  C
	Rare Candy	Received from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman	G  S  C  HG  SS
	HP Up	Received from the man east of the Poké Mart after obtaining all 16 Badges	G  S  C
	Big Pearl	On the sandbar south of the walkway leading to the Vermilion Harbor, accessed from Route 11 (requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Full Heal	In the southeastern corner of the construction site (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	On the second northernmost boat (requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Luck Incense	On the sandbar north of the walkway leading to the Vermilion Harbor (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Pearl ×2	On the sandbar south of the walkway leading to the Vermilion Harbor, accessed from Route 11 (requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	PP Max	Received from the man east of the Poké Mart after obtaining all 16 Badges	HG  SS
	Sticky Barb	In the section of land east of the walkway leading to the Vermilion Harbor, accessed from Route 11	HG  SS
	Lost Item	Received from a member of the Pokémon Fan Club after hearing about Copycat's missing doll	G  S  C  HG  SS

Vermillion Harbor

Item		Location	Games
	Lava Cookie	Far southeast of the truck, in the southeast corner, only accessible while the S.S. Anne is moored (requires Surf) (hidden)	FR  LG
	Revive	At the port, southeast of the truck (requires Sea Skim) (hidden)	P  E
	Iron	Northeast of the S.S. Aqua, in the area below the gatekeeper Sailor, only accessible after taking the S.S. Aqua from Olivine City, on the northern buoy three squares west of the eastern edge (requires Surf) (hidden)	G  S  C
	Iron	Southeast of the S.S. Aqua (hidden)	HG  SS

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Red Shard	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Blue Shard	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Yellow Shard	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Green Shard	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	HG  SS

Found by walking Pokémon

Item		Location	Games
	Pretty Wing	Sometimes found by the player's walking Pokémon from the flower beds near Route 11	P  E

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Squirtle	R		B		Y		Gift	10	One
Farfetch'd	R		B		Y		Trade Spearow	The same as the Traded Pokémon	One
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%
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	10, 15, 20	90%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Krabby	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Horsea	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	5	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.

Harbor

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%
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	10, 15	70%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	10	10%
Krabby	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Staryu	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	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.

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	30-39	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	35-39	10%
Fishing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	20%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	40%
Lanturn	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Special Pokémon
Snorlax	G		S		C		Only one	50	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.

Harbor

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	30-39	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	35-39	10%
Fishing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	20%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	40%
Lanturn	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
Special Pokémon
Farfetch'd	FR			LG			Trade Spearow	The same as the Traded Pokémon	One
Surfing
Tentacool	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	100%
Fishing
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Shellder	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	44%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	4%
Staryu	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
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.

Harbor

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	100%
Fishing
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Shellder	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	44%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	44%
Staryu	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
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
Diglett	HG			SS			Rock Smash	24-37	90%
Shuckle	HG			SS			Rock Smash	32-35	10%
Headbutt
Spearow	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-16	50%
Heracross	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-13	30%
Combee	HG			SS			Headbutt	11-16	20%
Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	30-35	90%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	35	10%
Fishing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	30%
Shellder	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	3%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Chinchou	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	7%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Shellder	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Chinchou	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Lanturn	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Swarm
Wingull	HG			SS			Swarm	35	60%
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
While riding a Flying Pokémon
Pidgey	P			E			Midair	3-56	60%
Pidgeotto	P			E			Midair	3-56	35%
Pidgeot	P			E			Midair	3-56	5%
Gift Pokémon
Squirtle	P			E			Gift	16	One
Persian	P			E			Gift	16	One
Arcanine	P			E			Gift	16	One
Special Pokémon
Geodude	P			E			Trade Geodude	16	Unlimited
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 VII

Pre-Hall of Fame

Pokémon Trainer Mina Vermilion City Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $2,640 1 Bottle Cap

Types: Normal Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Jigglypuff♀ Lv.21 Sing Normal Status   --       Double Slap Normal Physical   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Mr. Mime♂ Lv.22 Psywave Psychic Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Post-Hall of Fame

Trainer	Pokémon
Master Trainer Bird Keeper Moe コウイチ Kouichi	Farfetch'd♂ Lv.70 Swords Dance Fly Feint -
Master Trainer Black Belt Randy タクマ Takuma	Machamp♂ Lv.75 Brick Break Headbutt Bulk Up -
Master Trainer Ace Trainer Carl フジタカ Fujitaka	Krabby♂ Lv.70 Superpower X-Scissor - -

Pokémon Trainer Mina Vermilion City Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $6,600 1 Bottle Cap

Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Mr. Mime♂ Lv.54 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Types: Normal Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Wigglytuff♀ Lv.54 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Types: Ice Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Ninetales♀ Lv.55 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Differences among generations

Vermilion Port in Generation IV

Much has changed from Generation I to Generation III. Most of the city is now covered in grass and sandy patches along the shoreline. The construction site has grown, while the Pokémon Fan Club has been redesigned and expanded. The S.S. Anne's port has also had an archway added to the entrance. In Generation II nothing major has changed, though the city has extended into Route 11 near Diglett's Cave and the Vermilion City port has been redesigned into a building, where the S.S. Aqua transports passengers to and from Olivine City in Johto. Also, Snorlax was also relocated from Route 12 to the entrance to Diglett's Cave. To move it, Trainers had to use a Pokégear tuned to the PokéFlute Channel, as the Poké Flute did not exist in the Generation II games. In Generation IV, the Diglett's Cave is pushed back to Route 11.

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Vermilion City makes two appearances: the Seaside (Red table) and the Streets (Blue table).

In the Red table, called "Vermilion City Seaside", catchable Pokémon include: Pidgey, Ekans, Oddish, Farfetch'd, Shellder and Krabby.

In the Blue table, called "Vermilion City Streets", catchable Pokémon include: Sandshrew, Farfetch'd, Shellder, Drowzee, Krabby and Pinsir.

In the anime

Vermilion City in the anime

In the main series

Vermilion City debuted in Electric Shock Showdown, where Ash battled Lt. Surge for his third Badge. The harbor appeared in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, when Ash, Misty, and Brock boarded the St. Anne.

O has a Pokémon Ping-Pong center, where he is training Dawn's Ambipom, in Vermilion City.

In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Ash and his friends' tour of the Decolore Islands ended at Vermilion City. The city was shown to have a local train station, with Iris and Cilan taking the train to Saffron City in order to board the Magnet Train there. Alexa also bought Cloyster boxed lunches for the two, which is exclusively sold in Vermilion City.

Gallery

Pokémon Center	Vermilion Gym	Vermilion Harbor

In Pokémon Origins

Although Vermilion City was never properly seen in Pokémon Origins, Red recalled having visited it prior to the events of File 2: Cubone. During his visit, he obtained the HM for Cut from the captain of S.S. Anne and earned the Thunder Badge by defeating Lt. Surge at the Vermilion Gym.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Vermilion City in Pokémon Adventures

Vermilion is split into two main areas; the center city and the port. The Kanto Pokémon Fan Club headquarters is located in the center city and the S.S. Anne arrives once in a month in the port. Some of the citizens are Pokéfans and Sailors.

Red, Green & Blue arc

The first visit to Vermilion covers the rounds from Danger: High Voltorb to Buzz Off, Electabuzz!. Here, Red saves the citizens' Pokémon kidnapped by Lt. Surge.

Yellow arc

The Vermilion Harbor is the setting of six rounds beginning with Ekans the Ecstasy through to Breath of Dragonair Part 3. In these chapters, the S.S. Anne sinks to the bottom of the harbor due to the actions of the Team Rocket Elite Trio. Yellow is also told the legend of the harbor by the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman: apparently, four evolutionary stones lie at the bottom of the harbor and never lose their powers of starting a Pokémon's evolution.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Red and Blue flew to Vermilion to board the Seagallop for One Island. The Seagallop returned to Vermilion carrying Blue, Green, and her parents, Lorelei, Ultima, and Professor Oak, at the same time that a Team Rocket airship, that Red was trying to control, was about to crash somewhere in Vermilion. Although Red was able to prevent Forretress aboard the airship from exploding, the aircraft still nearly crash-landed, but thankfully, Mew was able to lower it safely to the ground.

Trivia

• Vermilion City and Cinnabar Island are named after the same color in the English versions of the Pokémon games but not in the Japanese versions, since vermilion (クチバ kuchiba, "decayed leaves") refers to a shade of orange while crimson (グレン guren, "crimson lotus") refers to a shade of red. Vermilion is an orange-red pigment, produced from the orange-red mineral cinnabar. This explains why Vermilion City is colored orange while Cinnabar Island is colored red in the Generation I games when played with the Super Game Boy enhancements enabled on a compatible system or with the Game Boy Color enhancements available in the international releases of Pokémon Yellow (including the Virtual Console release).

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	クチバシティ Kuchiba City	From 朽葉色 kuchiba-iro, the burnt orange color of decayed leaves
English	Vermilion City	From vermilion, a reddish-orange pigment produced from the mineral cinnabar
French	Carmin sur Mer	From carmin (carmine) and the suffix sur Mer (on the sea)
German	Orania City	From Orange
Italian	Aranciopoli	From arancione (orange) and the suffix -poli (city)
Spanish	Ciudad Carmín	From carmín, carmine
	Ciudad Vermilion*	From its English name
Korean	갈색시티 Galsaek City	From 갈색 (褐色) galsaek, brown
Chinese (Mandarin)	枯葉市 / 枯叶市 Kūyè Shì	From 枯葉色 / 枯叶色 kūyèsè, the color of dried leaves
Chinese (Cantonese)	枯葉市 Fūyihp Síh* 秋色市 Chāusīk Síh*	From 枯葉色 fūyihpsīk, the color of dried leaves From 秋色 cāusīk, autumn-colored
Czech	Rumělkové město	From rumělka (cinnabar) and město (city, town)
Norwegian	Vermilion City*	Same as English name
Polish	Orania	From its German name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Vermilion* Cidade de Vermillion* Cidade Vermilion*	From its English name
European Portuguese	Cidade Escarlate	From escarlate, scarlet
Russian	Вермилион Vermilion Орания Oraniya Вермиллион-Сити Vermillion-Siti	From English name From German name From English name
Swedish	Vermilionstaden	From English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Kuchiba	Transliteration of its Japanese name

References

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

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.