Tubeline Bridge
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| Map description: | A sturdy steel bridge that won't budge an inch when trains cross it. | |||
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| Location: | Between Route 8 and Route 9 | |||
| Region: | Unova | |||
| Generations: | V | |||
 Location of Tubeline Bridge in Unova. | ||||
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The Tubeline Bridge (Japanese: シリンダーブリッジ Cylinder Bridge) is a very large bridge in the Unova region between Route 8 and Route 9.
Single Trains from the Battle Subway can be seen passing below the bridge.
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In the games
In Pokémon Black and White, Ghetsis is encountered during the initial story, when the player enters the area for the first time.
In Black 2 and White 2, the bridge is closed due to undergoing testing involving the bridge's capacity until after the player enters the Hall of Fame. Part of a small sidequest occurs where if the player has given a man in an orange shirt a Fresh Water at Skyarrow Bridge and Driftveil Drawbridge, then they will meet up with the same man here. Should the player give him another Fresh Water, then he will become rehydrated and dash to the Village Bridge.
Items
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TM43 (Flame Charge) | From a Battle Girl running on the bridge | B W B2 W2 |
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EnergyPowder | From a Scientist inside the Route 8 gate | B2 W2 |
Trainers
Pokémon Black and White
On Friday nights, after encountering Ghetsis here, a Biker gang who call themselves the Black Empoleon takes over the Tubeline Bridge. After beating Jeremy, the leader, he becomes so impressed he renames his gang after the player's lead Pokémon. However, they still will not leave until the end of the night.
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Black & White arc
The Tubeline Bridge appeared in Decisions, Decisions and School of Hard Knocks, where Black faced a series of training sessions set up by Brycen. While Black's Musha, Costa, and Tula trained by battling Brycen's three Vanillish, Black was tasked with having Bo free him from Cryogonal's ice chain. As the bridge was from time to time rocked by the bypassing subway trains, proper aiming was difficult.
While Black was training, Brycen talked with Drayden about if they should give Black the Light Stone, as Team Plasma had stolen the Dark Stone, and the Light Stone seemed to have chosen Black as its hero.
After Black managed to free himself from the ice chain, his next test was to get past the Black Empoleon bike gang. With Tula dealing with the rest of the gang, Musha dealing with the gang leader Jeremy's bike, and Costa dealing with Jeremy himself, the bike gang was soon taken down. In defeat, they renamed their gang "the Black Tirtouga".
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Tubeline Bridge in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Wailmer | 
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Dragons Exalted | 
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25/124 | Dragon Blast | 
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011/050 |
| Wailord |
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Dragons Exalted | 
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26/124 | Dragon Blast | 
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012/050 |
| Feebas |
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Dragons Exalted | 
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27/124 | Dragon Blade |
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010/050 |
| Sealeo |
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Dragons Exalted |
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30/124 | Dragon Blade |
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013/050 |
| Altaria | 
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Dragons Exalted |
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84/124 | Dragon Blade |
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036/050 |
| Braviary | 
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Dragons Exalted | 
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112/124 | Dragon Blade | 
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047/050 |
| Trubbish | 
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Plasma Storm |
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63/135 | BW-P Promotional cards | 135/BW-P | |
| Gurdurr | 
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Plasma Storm |
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80/135 | Cold Flare |
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035/059 |
| Mawile | 
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Plasma Freeze |
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80/116 | Thunder Knuckle |
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037/051 |
Trivia
- According to an in-game model on either end of the bridge, the Tubeline Bridge draws inspiration from the Forth Railway Bridge, a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland.
- However, the official artwork for Unova shows a different design for the bridge.
In other languages
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