Mahogany Town (Japanese: チョウジタウン Chōji Town) is a small town in northern Johto where ninjas once resided in what eventually became the Team Rocket HQ. There are three exits out of town. To the west is Route 42, to the east is Route 44, and to the north is Route 43, which leads directly to the famous Lake of Rage.
Pokémon Trainers must come to Mahogany Town in order to win the Glacier Badge from Pryce, the Mahogany Gym Leader who specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. Mahogany is a quiet, relaxed town, and has no Poké Mart. Instead, there is a shop used by Team Rocket as a base. After Team Rocket is defeated, it is converted into a store run by a little old lady.
When the town is first entered, there is a man blocking the eastern exit to Route 44 and the Ice Path who wants to sell the player a RageCandyBar. In Generation II, he will disappear after the player obtains seven Johto Badges. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, because the RageCandyBar is a Key Item, the man will then say that the player needs to see the attractions in the town and the surrounding area, and he will continue to block the eastern exit until the player has defeated Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower.
Slogan
Welcome to the Home of the Ninja!GSC or Home of the NinjaHGSS (Japanese: ようこそ にんじゃの さとへ Welcome to the home of the ninja.)
Places of interest
Just a Souvenir Shop
Lance discovering the secret staircase in the souvenir shop
In lieu of a Poké Mart in Mahogany Town is a small shop in the middle of town which is known as Just a Souvenir Shop (Japanese: おみやげやさん souvenir shop) in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. It is a convenience store that sells supplies necessary for Pokémon training. The shop is run by a creepy old man who seems very suspicious. However, the shop is actually just a front for the Team Rocket HQ, whose hideout is accessible by a stairway concealed under a gold cabinet. After Team Rocket is run out of town, the old man abandons the shop, which is later occupied by an old lady who sets up a small shop selling items that "nobody else has".
Inside the little store are tables of random assortments of items. On the northern wall stands a giant gold cabinet, which conceals an entryway to an underground base. When the cabinet was moved by Lance, the secret entrance was discovered, and remains uncovered when the old lady runs the store. The counter is located on the western side of the shop, where the shopkeeper serves various items. There is also a calculator and a radio on the counter of the shop.
Outside the shop, the old lady's granddaughter sits and promotes the store. She claims that her grandmother sells stuff that nobody else has; however, in HeartGold and SoulSilver, nothing that her grandmother sells is unique to the shop. Only in Generation II does the old lady sell the RageCandyBar, a unique item that can only be bought from a salesman blocking the way out of Mahogany before the events of Team Rocket and the old lady after they are run out of town. While inside, the old lady, who makes whistling noises with her false teeth, serves people with items similar to those which a Poké Mart would sell.
Just a Souvenir Shop
Nothing Suspicious about It
No Need to Be Alarmed
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Team Rocket HQ
- Main article: Team Rocket HQ
The Team Rocket HQ is the headquarters and a hideout for Team Rocket, located beneath the heart of Mahogany Town, and the entrance is located under a cabinet in the souvenir shop. The hideout was originally used as a base for ninjas that once resided here; however, after the ninjas left, Team Rocket used the headquarters as a power source to send out high-frequency sound waves, which disturbed the Pokémon in Mahogany Town, Lake of Rage, and other surrounding locations, and affected their evolution patterns. It is also the source of the problems occurring at the lake, involving the appearance of a red Gyarados.
The upper floor of the base contains Persian statues with security cameras in their eyes—walking past one triggers two Team Rocket Grunts to battle the player until they deactivate the cameras using a switch in the center of the area. The far left hallway bypasses most of the Persian cameras, but the floor is booby-trapped with Koffing, Voltorb, and Geodude, which battle the player and have a tendency to Selfdestruct. The second floor contains the generator room where six Electrode power the radio transmitter. The room is locked and requires a password to open. The third floor contains workstations, and a passage back onto the second floor leads to the rear of the hideout where the main office is located. The office is also locked and requires two passwords to open.
Mahogany Gym
- Main article: Mahogany Gym
The Mahogany Gym is the official Gym of Mahogany Town. It specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Pryce. Trainers who defeat him receive the Glacier Badge. Pryce cannot be challenged the first time the player arrives in Mahogany Town. A man is blocking entry to the Gym: he will only leave once Team Rocket has been defeated at their headquarters and the Gyarados at the nearby Lake of Rage have been calmed.
In the Generation II, in order to get to the leader, one must correctly navigate an ice maze; in Generation IV games, the maze has been completely changed, now comprising several rooms. After Leader Pryce is defeated, he will give the player the Glacier Badge and an Ice-type Technical Machine. This varies from generation to generation: TM16 (Icy Wind) will be given in Generation II, and TM07 (Hail) is given in Generation IV.
Demographics
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Mahogany Town's population is 14.
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Mahogany Town's population is 26, which makes it the third-smallest town in Johto.
Items
Walking Pokémon effects
When interacting with walking Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokémon may occasionally show an altered mood specific to this location.
- Mahogany Gym: Grass-type Pokémon are unhappy because of the cold.
- Team Rocket HQ: The walking Pokémon becomes more cautious.
- B1F: The walking Pokémon is hostile to the Persian statues, especially when the player stands next to them. It occasionally hears a strange noise.
- B2F: The walking Pokémon becomes more nervous. Voltorb and Electrode occasionally tremble and shake.
- B3F: The walking Pokémon occasionally gets a bit of a zap.
In the anime
Main series
Mahogany Town in the
animeThe outskirts of Mahogany Town appeared in Rage of Innocence, where the rampaging Red Gyarados was approaching the city, but the city was saved when Pryce had his Dewgong freeze the river, forcing Gyarados to turn around.
In As Cold as Pryce, Ash and his friends arrived in Mahogany Town in order to have a Gym battle with Pryce. However, Pryce was unwilling to accept Ash's challenge. The reason was explained to be that since Pryce had lost his Piloswine when he was younger, he had grown bitter and distant to Pokémon. After Ash and his friends helped Pryce find his Piloswine, which had been frozen in ice for all these years, Pryce accepted Ash's challenge.
Ash's Mahogany Gym battle with Pryce took place in Nice Pryce, Baby!. The final round of the battle took place between Ash's Pikachu and Pryce's Piloswine, but in the middle of the battle, Pryce forfeited the match, seeing that Piloswine was getting tired and not wanting his old friend to get hurt too much. As such, Ash was then rewarded with the Glacier Badge.
Gallery
Pokémon Generations
Mahogany Town appeared in The Lake of Rage, where Lance was seen breaking through the secret door inside the souvenir shop, and finding the entrance to the Team Rocket HQ from behind it. He was soon joined in his raid of the villainous team lair by Ethan. Lance eventually managed to destroy Team Rocket's radio wave generator, thus ending their plan of forcing Pokémon to evolve.
In the manga
The souvenir shop in Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Pokémon Adventures
The Mahogany Town souvenir shop, which is located near the Lake of Rage in this canon, appeared in Raising Raichu, where Lt. Surge inspected it while trying to find out more about Gold and Silver's recent disappearance. Hearing sounds coming from underground, he had his Raichu blast a hole in the floor, finding a Team Rocket facility and the organization's new leader, the Masked Man. Using a pack of Houndour commanded by his own Houndour, the Masked Man immobilized Lt. Surge and threatened to kill him, but he managed to escape by releasing all of his Electrode from their Poké Balls and having them all use Self-Destruct simultaneously.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Mahogany Town first appeared in Stop the Strange Sonic Sound!!. After encountering the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage, Red and his Pokémon investigated Mahogany Town and found a Team Rocket machine that was causing the Pokémon to go crazy. They also encountered Giovanni, who had a CD that contained the sound the machine was using.
In Ice World, Red encountered Pryce and had a Gym battle against him. Clefairy was able to defeat Pryce's Swinub with his gag moves, but was tackled away by Piloswine, who was angered by Clefairy's Piloswine costume.
Trivia
Name origin
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Name
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Origin
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| Japanese
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チョウジタウン Chōji Town
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From 丁子色 chōji-iro (tan color produced from cloves)
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| English
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Mahogany Town
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From mahogany, referring to both the tree and the reddish-brown color named after it
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| German
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Mahagonia City
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From Mahagoni (mahogany)
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| Spanish
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Pueblo Caoba
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From caoba (mahogany)
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| Ciudad Cedro*
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From cedro (cedar)
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| French
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Acajou
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From acajou (mahogany)
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| Italian
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Mogania
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From mogano (mahogany)
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| Korean
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황토마을 Hwangto Maeul
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From 황토 (黃土) hwangto (ochre)
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| Chinese (Mandarin)
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卡吉鎮 / 卡吉镇 Kǎjí Zhèn*
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Possibly from 卡吉色 kǎjí-sè (khaki)
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卡吉市 Kǎjí Shì*
乔基镇 Qiáojī Zhèn*
长治镇 Chángzhì Zhèn*
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Possibly from 卡吉色 kǎjí-sè (khaki)
Transcription of its Japanese name
From the Japanese name 長治 Chōji
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| Chinese (Cantonese)
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卡吉鎮 Kāgāt Jan*
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Possibly from 卡吉色 kāgāt-sīk (khaki)
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| 卡吉市 Kāgāt Síh*
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| Norwegian
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Mahoganyby
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From its English name
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| Polish
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Mahogany*
Miasto Mahogany*
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From its English name
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| Brazilian Portuguese
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Cidade de Mahogany
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From its English name
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| Swedish
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Mahoganystaden
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From its English name
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| Vietnamese
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Thị trấn Chouji
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Transcription of its Japanese name
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