Tall grass

Tall Grass is an environmental feature appearing in every core series game of the Pokémon franchise. Pokémon supposedly leap out of the tall grass. Tall Grass typically appears in routes and areas lacking any human civilization, but some towns and cities have had Tall Grass as well.
Tall grass is always the first form of wild Pokémon encounter location seen in every game (assuming one doesn't count the water south of Pallet Town in Kanto). Often, the first "route" is designed to force the player to battle at least one wild Pokémon on the way to the second town. Tall grass is not, however, the most abundant location for finding Pokémon in every game.
In Generation I, II, and III, tall grass can be cleared by using the move Cut; doing so will clear a 2-by-2 square (in Generation III it's a 3x3 square or, with the Hyper Cutter Ability, a 5x5 square) of it, which will grow back once you leave the route.
In Generation V, sometimes the grass begins to rustle, and rare Pokémon such as Audino will appear in this tile, even if Repel is active.
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