Viridian City

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Viridian City トキワシティ Tokiwa City "The City of Evergreen"

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Map description A beautiful city that is enveloped in green year-round.

Viridian City Gym - Kanto Gym #8 Giovanni Giovanni Ground-type specialist Gym Earth Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 2   ← Route 22 Viridian City   Route 1 ↓

Location File:Viridian City.png Location of Viridian City in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Viridian City (Japanese: トキワシティ Tokiwa City) is a small city located in western Kanto. In the Generation I and Generation III games, Team Rocket leader Giovanni serves as Leader of the Ground-specialist Viridian Gym, but the Gym is locked until the player can gain all seven other League Badges. Blue becomes the Gym Leader in the Generation II and Generation IV games and trains a variety of Pokémon.

Three paths, all major, lead from the city center. To the north is Route 2, as well as Viridian Forest, which lies in the middle of the route, leading to Pewter City. To the south is Route 1, which leads to Pallet Town. To the west is Route 22, leading to the Indigo Plateau and the Pokémon League.

Places of interest

Pokémon academy

Main article: Pokémon academy

A Pokémon academy is a school where students and Trainers can learn more about Pokémon. Most beginning Trainers visit at least one of them, and common Trainers who study extensively at these locations are Lasses, School Kids, and Scientists. Much like the Pokémon academy in Violet City, this building, located in the center of Viridian in Generation III only, is dedicated to teaching the basics of Pokémon to inexperienced Trainers. Many Trainers that pass through Viridian fall under this category, making the city an ideal location. In Generations II and IV this school was rebuilt as the Trainer House.

Old man

Main article: Old man (Kanto)

The old man lying down in the middle of the road

There is a grumpy old man that lives in central Viridian City that will not let Trainer's pass through to Route 2, until he has had his coffee for the day. In the original Japanese games, the old man is not grumpy from lack of coffee, but is rather drunk and has passed out in the middle of the road much to the dismay of his grandchild. This is just a barrier in the game, so players will not wander past Viridian City until the player goes to the Viridian Poké Mart and delivers a parcel to Professor Oak.

After that, he starts to lighten up and help the player by teaching them how to catch a Pokémon using a Poké Ball. This is a guide for novice players in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. He will also give the player a Teachy TV in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, which teaches the player a variety of things about battling and catching Pokémon.

He appears again in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver saying that he had his cup of coffee and also tells the player he was once an expert at catching Pokémon. This is a reference to the events that happened three years earlier.

Trainer House

Main article: Trainer House

File:Trainerhouse.png

The Trainer House in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Trainer House replaces the Pokémon academy. On entry, the first floor has a few people and a small desk. The basement is mostly comprised of a large open area with only a desk located at the top of the room and an open battlefield on the lower portion. After the battle, the player cannot re-challenge the Trainers in the basement until the next day.

In Generation II, the Trainer will be the last player he or she has used Mystery Gift with, or in the case the player has never used Mystery Gift with anyone, Cal. If this Trainer is another player that he or she has used Mystery Gift with, their team will consist of whatever Pokémon were in their party at the time of using Mystery Gift, including held items, moves, levels, and stats. Regardless of which Trainer it is, the opposing Trainer's sprite will be of Ethan.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player will initially encounter only Ace Trainer Cal. When the player meets someone in the Pokéwalker and re-syncs it back to the player's game, the Trainer and their Pokémon will appear in the basement. Up to 10 additional Trainers may be encountered in this way. Like Generation II, these Trainers' teams will consist of whatever Pokémon were in their parties at the time of re-syncing with the Pokéwalker, including held items, moves, levels, and stats. Unlike Generation II, if a Pokémon's level is above 50, its level is reduced to 50 like a battle under the Flat Battle rules. Players will earn no EXP or money, but will receive 1 BP for each battle.

Generation II

TRAINER HOUSE
The Club for Top
Trainer Battles

Generation IV

Trainer House
The Club for Top Trainer Battles

Viridian Gym

Main article: Viridian Gym

Viridian Gym in FireRed and LeafGreen

The Viridian Gym is the official Gym of Viridian City. It is based on Template:Type2 Pokémon. The Leader is Giovanni, the head of Team Rocket. Trainers who defeat him receive the Earth Badge. Viridian Gym appears in all games set in the Kanto region. In Generation I and III, when the player makes their first encounter with the Gym, it is locked because of the absence of the Gym Leader. With this acknowledged, the player journeys off onto other Gyms to challenge them. Once this has been accomplished and the player has collected the other seven Gym Badges, the Viridian Gym reopens.

Inside the Gym, the floor uses the same transporting tiles as in the Rocket Hideout. The player must use these tiles to navigate through the Gym to reach Giovanni. In Generation II and IV, Blue takes over the Gym. In Generation II, the Gym is completely remodeled and the tiles are now gone. In Generation IV, the tiles are put back up. The maze of tiles is roughly the same shape of the original Generation II Gym. The colors of the Gym's exterior are based on the colors most associated with the type that the Gym specializes in. Viridian Gym, however, is both green and blue, likely referring to its Gym Leader's name.

In Generation I, a Revive can be found, while a Macho Brace replaces it in Generation III, making it the only Gym with items in it. This is the only Gym to be based on 3 different types throughout the games and anime and the only one to not have a type for a generation. In all generations aside from Generation III, at least one Trainer in the Viridian Gym owned a Rhydon, while in Generation III, all of Giovanni's Pokémon knew Earthquake.

Welcome sign

In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, there's a sign welcoming the player to the city, claiming to be the gateway to the Indigo Plateau.

Generation II

Welcome to
VIRIDIAN CITY,
the Gateway to
INDIGO PLATEAU

Generation IV

Welcome to Viridian City,
the Gateway to Indigo Plateau!

Demographics

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the population of Viridian City is 30.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the population of Viridian City is 34. This shows that Viridian City has grown in size from FireRed and LeafGreen to HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Poké Mart

The Poké Mart is located below the Viridian Gym. In Generation II and IV, it is to the right of the Trainer House.

Generation I
Poké Ball $200	Antidote $100
Burn Heal $250	Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200
Potion* $300

Generation II
Poké Ball $200	Antidote $100
Awakening $250	Burn Heal $250
Full Heal $600	Hyper Potion $1,200
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Revive $1,500
??? Flower Mail $50

Generation III
Poké Ball $200	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Potion $300

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
Steel Mail $50	Net Ball $1000
Heal Ball $300

Items

Item		Location	Games

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%
Poliwag	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Poliwag	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	5-15	100%
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
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
Fishing and Surfing
Poliwag	G		S		C		Surfing	5-14	90%
Poliwhirl	G		S		C		Surfing	10-14	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Poliwhirl	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
Fishing and Surfing
Psyduck	FR			LG			Surfing	20-40	100%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Surfing	20-40	100%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Poliwag	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Goldeen	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Poliwag	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Poliwhirl	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	20-30	40%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	5%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	5%
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
Headbutt
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	3-4 5-7	50%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	3-4	30%
Wurmple	HG			SS			Headbutt	3-4 5-7	20%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-7	30%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-7	30%
Fishing and Surfing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Surfing	5-10	90%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Surfing	10	10%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	93%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
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

Generation I and III

Viridian City is very consistent in the way of layout throughout each generation. There are no notable differences between the Generation I and Generation III games, except for houses being slightly bigger and some buildings repositioned. Trees have become bigger, flowers are more visible, and most other sprites have been upgraded to Generation III standards. Most of the towns residence remain the same, and will tell Trainers the same message. Items that are given out, however, are different from generation to generation.

Generation II and IV

The differences between the Generation II and IV and Generation I and III games are more noticeable. The Pokémon academy seen in Generation III has been replaced with the giant Trainer House, and other buildings were added as well. Within the Trainer House in Generation II, Trainers will battle either Cal, if the player has never used Mystery Gift with anyone, or the last player he or she has used Mystery Gift with. In Generation IV, the player may either battle Cal and up to 10 Trainers who they met on their Pokéwalker.

Trainer Tips

Generation I

TRAINER TIPS
The battle moves
of POKéMON are
limited by their
POWER POINTs, PP.
To replenish PP,
rest your tired
POKéMON at a
POKéMON CENTER!

TRAINER TIPS
Catch POKéMON
and expand your
collection!
The more you have,
the easier it is
to fight!

Generation III

TRAINER TIPS
The battle moves of POKéMON are
limited by their POWER POINTS, PP.
To replenish PP, rest your tired
POKéMON at a POKéMON CENTER.

TRAINER TIPS
Catch POKéMON and expand your
collection.
The more you have, the easier it
is to battle.

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Viridian City appears on the Blue table; catchable Pokémon include Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Nidoran♀, Nidoran♂, Poliwag and Tentacool.

In the anime

Viridian City's Pokémon Center.

Viridian City is first visited in Pokémon Emergency!, when Ash Ketchum takes his injured Pikachu to the Pokémon Center here. When entering the town, Ash is stopped by Viridian City's Officer Jenny, who finds him suspicious, due to the fact he is carrying Pikachu in his arms and not a Poké Ball. While staying overnight at the Pokémon Center, Ash has his first encounter with the Team Rocket trio: Jessie, James, and Meowth. Ash and Pikachu foil their plot to steal all the Pokémon in the Pokémon Center, thus beginning Team Rocket's obsession with capturing Ash's Pikachu.

The outskirts of Viridian City.

A year later, Ash and friends revisit Viridian City. They discover the Viridian Gym, and Ash decides to fight the Gym Leader, but Gary ends up fighting him first (forcing Ash to wait outside due to the one-Trainer-at-a-time policy that Viridian Gym apparently has). After Togepi is carried off by a Fearow, Ash and friends go looking for it, only to find it in the Gym. They then notice that Gary and his girlfriends were badly injured due to Mewtwo's attacks. After Ash fights and wins a difficult and dangerous battle with Team Rocket, the Gym collapses due to Togepi blowing up the stands. Afterwards, Ash and friends leave.

After the Silver Conference, Viridian is once again revisited, only some things have changed. Most notably, the Nurse Joy who worked at the Viridian Center in Pokémon Emergency! had retired, Misty's bike had been fixed, and Misty had to return to the Gym in Cerulean because her sisters were going away for three months. After a battle with Team Rocket, as well as a trio of hired thugs, they leave Viridian City.

Ash later passes through Viridian on the way home after the Ever Grande Conference. Visiting the site of the rebuilt Viridian Gym, circumstances end up bringing him to the battlefield for a friendly one-on-one challenge with the temporary Gym Leader. While he doesn't fight Giovanni, he does end up fighting Agatha of the Elite Four.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Viridian City is first visited in the Bulbasaur, Come Home! round of the Red, Green & Blue chapter when Red and Professor Oak chase the Pokémon that escaped from his laboratory. They enter the abandoned Viridian City Gym and fight with the only current resident of that building, an angry Machoke.

Viridian City made a brief appearance at the end of A Hollow Victreebel and at the beginning of Make Way For Magmar! in the Red, Green & Blue chapter where citizens where asking about where Giovanni had gone.

Trivia

• Its Japanese motto is トキワは みどり えいえんのいろ "Tokiwa is the color of green eternity."
• An anime song of the same name is centered on its status as the location of the final Gym in Kanto.
• It is the only town that is the first visited in the game that has a Gym after the starting location, though the Gym is closed until the other seven Badges have been obtained.
• Its English motto before Generation IV was "The Eternally Green Paradise"

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	トキワシティ Tokiwa City	常磐色 (tokiwa iro) refers to the green color of evergreen trees.
English	Viridian City	From viridian, a blue-green color.
French	Jadielle	From jade.
Czech	Chromové město	Chrom means chrome (chromium), and město means city (or town).
German	Vertania City	From French vert, green.
Italian	Smeraldopoli	From smeraldo, emerald, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Polish	Wertania	From German Vertania.
Russian (ORT)	Вертания	Possibly from German Vertania.
Spanish	Ciudad Verde	Means green city.
Portuguese - Brazil	Cidade de Veridiana	Portuguese adaptation of "Viridian City"
Korean	상록시티 Sangrok Shiti	상록 (sangrok) means evergreen.
Chinese (Mandarin)	常磐市 Chángpán Shì	From the Japanese name.
Chinese (Cantonese)	常青市 Soengceng Si	常青 (soengceng) means evergreen.

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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