Ecruteak City

Glitch City 故障都市 Broken-Down City "A Historical City Where the Past Meets the Present A Historical City*"

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Location File:MapEcru.gif Location of Glitch City in Johto.

Other generation maps No image available File:Ecruteak.png No image available Gen I Gen II Gen III

Ecruteak City (エンジュシティ Enju City) is an old-fashioned city located in northern Johto, situated in the woods between tall Mt. Mortar and the open fields near Johto's western shores.

As with many of the larger cities in the Pokémon world, Ecruteak has a Pokémon Gym, led by Morty, who specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon and hands out the Fog Badge to those who defeat him.

Ecruteak is known as a historical city; fittingly, its buildings all feature traditional Japanese architecture, while the tallest building in the city, and perhaps all of Johto, is the ten-story Bell Tower in the city's northeast corner, built nearly a millennium before the events of the games. The city is known as being a centerpoint of the legendary Pokémon native to the Johto region, with the great Ho-Oh once being said to have roosted atop the Bell Tower, and having created three legendary beasts of the Pokémon who perished when the Bell Tower's twin, to the west of the city, burned down.

Places of interest

Kimono Dance Theater

The Kimono Dance Theater is where the Kimono Girls dance and battle. The director will give the player the HM for Surf in Generation II, after defeating the Kimono Girls, and in Generation IV, after defeating a rude Rocket Grunt. Each of the five Kimono Girls has an evolution of Eevee: Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Espeon, and Umbreon. In Generation II, the player can freely choose their order of facing Kimono Girls. In Generation IV however, each of the Kimono Girls fight in a synchronized order, and the player must go through multiple battles until all five are defeated.

Burned Tower

Main article: Burned Tower

The sad remains of this once-great tower, in the northwestern corner of the city, are all that is left after a fire engulfed it 150 years before the events of the games. It was once as majestic as the Bell Tower to the east, with the two towers representative of where Pokémon awakened and where they slept.

According to some legends, Lugia once perched on this tower, however, others place it as always having lived in the Whirl Islands. Three legendary beasts make their home in the basement of the tower, given new life after it burned down by Ho-Oh, who once perched atop the Bell Tower.

Promotional artwork by Midori Harada for HeartGold and SoulSilver

The player's rival, exploring the area, will challenge him or her a third time when he or she arrives here.

Bell Tower

Main article: Bell Tower

A majestic tower to the east, the Bell Tower is where Ho-Oh was once said to roost. With the Rainbow Wing, the player is able to prove to Ho-Oh that he or she is a pure-hearted person who will bring Pokémon and people back into harmony with one another.

On the first floor, Suicune lingers in Pokémon Crystal, awaiting the player's arrival with a Clear Bell.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Poké Mart

Generation II Poké Ball $200 Great Ball $600 Potion $300 Super Potion $700 Antidote $100 Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200 Awakening $250 Burn Heal $250 Ice Heal $250 Revive $1500

Generation IV Poké Ball $200 Great Ball $600 Heal Ball $300 Net Ball $1000 Potion $300 Super Potion $700 Antidote $100 Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200 Awakening $250 Burn Heal $250 Ice Heal $250 Revive $1500 Escape Rope $550 Repel $350 Super Repel $500 Air Mail $50

Pokémon

In Generation II

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	65%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	80%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Surf	15-24	90%
	Poliwhirl	G	S	C	Surf	20-24	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.

In Generation IV

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Old Rod	10	5%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Old Rod	10	95%
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Good Rod	20	60%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Good Rod	20	40%
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	93%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	7%
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Surf	10-25	90%
	Poliwhirl	HG	SS	Surf	15-25	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.

Demographics

Ecruteak City's population is 31, making it the third-largest city in Johto.

Layout

File:Ecruteak.png File:HGSS Ecruteak City.png Generation II Generation IV

Trivia

"When my Pokémon got sick, the pharmacist in Ecruteak made some medicine for me."

• An inaccessible house in Olivine City features an NPC that claims that a pharmacist in Ecruteak made medicine for her Pokémon. As the pharmacy is in Cianwood City instead, this house, which must be hacked to enter, may feature either a mistranslation or evidence of the pharmacy being in Ecruteak in beta versions of the games.
  • Early beta maps of Ecruteak suggest that the Magnet Train ran through the city as well, possibly instead of through Goldenrod City.
• The soundtrack CD of HeartGold and SoulSilver reveals that the kanji for Enju are 縁寿 (longevity of a relationship).
• Ecruteak City was the first town/city designed for HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Name origin

Ecru is a beige color, while teak is a type of tree. Enju (槐) is the Japanese Pagoda tree.

In other languages

• Spanish: Ciudad Iris
• Italian: Amarantopoli
• German: Teak City
• French: Rosalia
• Korean: 인주시티

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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.