Silph Co.

The Silph Co. (Japanese: シルフカンパニー Company), also known as simply Silph (Japanese: シルフ ), is a company headquartered at the Silph Co. Office Building or Silph Co. Head Office (Japanese: シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ビル Company Main Office Building; シルフほんしゃビル Main Office Building; シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ Company Main Office) in Saffron City. The company manufactures a variety of goods, including the Silph Scope, the Master Ball, and the Upgrade.
==Terminology==
===Japanese===
Names used for Silph Co. in the Japanese games:
* シルフカンパニー ( Company)
*: This name is often used in the dialogue by multiple characters in several generations.
*: This name is seen in the Pokémon's summary if it was originally met in this building (including the , as well as any s hatched here).
*: In Generations and (but not in , HeartGold, or SoulSilver), this name is used when the player is entering the Silph Co.
*: In Generation III, the floor number appears when the player enters the floor. Each floor is named as "シルフカンパニー 1F", "シルフカンパニー 2F", etc. The elevator is simply named "シルフカンパニー".
* シルフ ()
*: Sometimes this name is used in character dialogue, such as "おおきく なったら シルフで はたらくと いいよ" ("Come work for <sc>Silph</sc> when you get older!")
*: This name is used in "シルフスコープ", the Japanese name of Silph Scope.
*: This name is used in the Trainer class "シルフのチーフ" (Sylph's Chief), that is found in the Generation I game data but is not seen in-game. This Trainer class was translated as simply "Chief" in English.
* シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ビル ( Company Main Office Building)
*: This name is displayed on the sign at the side of the Silph Co. building, from Generation I to .
* シルフカンパニー ビル ( Company Main Office Building)
*: In Generation VII, the name is written with kanji on the sign.
* シルフほんしゃビル ( Main Office Building)
*: This name is displayed in the Generation I Town Map. This may be a shortened version of "シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ビル", which would not fit in the Town Map due to the limit of 9 characters for each place name.
* シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ( Company Main Office)
*: In Generation III, this name appears with the floor number, on the sign near the stars on each floor. For instance, "シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ 4かい" (Silph Company Main Office 4th Floor).
* Sylph Corpration
*: This name appears in Romaji on the in its official artwork from Generation I.
===English===
Names used for Silph Co. in the English games:
* Silph Co.
*: This name is often used in the dialogue by multiple characters in several generations.
*: This name is displayed on the Town Map in Generation I. From Generation II onwards, Silph Co. is not named in any form of map equipment.
*: This name is seen in the Pokémon's summary if it was originally met in this building (including the , as well as any s hatched here).
*: In Generations and (but not in , HeartGold, or SoulSilver), this name is used when the player is entering the Silph Co.
*: In Generation III, the floor number appears when the player enters the floor. Each floor is named as "Silph Co. 1F", "Silph Co. 2F", etc. The elevator is simply named "Silph Co."
* Silph
*: Sometimes this name is used in character dialogue, such as "Come work for <sc>Silph</sc> when you get older!", "You mistook me for a <sc>Silph</sc> worker?", and "Thank you for saving <sc>Silph</sc>!" in Generations and .
*: Used in the name of Silph Scope.
* Silph Co. Office Building
*: This name is displayed on the sign at the side of the Silph Co., in all generations where this building appears.
* Silph Co. Head Office
*: In Generation III, this name appears with the floor number, on the sign near the stairs on each floor. For instance, "Silph Co. Head Office 4F".
For comparison, the name "Silph Company" is not used in any English core series games.
==In the core series games==
===Headquarters===
The Silph Co. Office Building, based in Saffron City, is an eleven-floor that is effectively a giant maze.
====Generations I, III, and VII====
In Generations , , and , due to Team Rocket having invaded the Silph Co. headquarters in Saffron City, a is initially guarding the front door, preventing entrance into the building. After the has saved Mr. Fuji from Team Rocket at the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town, the guard will have fallen asleep, disappeared, or have been knocked out by Jessie and James, allowing the player to enter the building.
The can navigate the building's interior by using warp panels in order to reach the board room on the top floor. To do this, the player must obtain the , which unlocks Silph's doors like a hotel key, on the fifth floor of the building. During this time, multiple s occupy the building. These Trainers include numerous s, including the four Rocket Brothers/Rocket Sisters and a , who also appears to be a member of Team Rocket, as well as several s who have defected to Team Rocket. The bed at the bottom-left corner of the ninth floor can be used to heal the player's Pokémon without having to leave the building.
On the second floor, a woman hiding from Team Rocket will give away a TM for in Generation I and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. In , she will instead offer to teach the move to one of the player's .
In Generations I and III, will challenge the player to a battle on the seventh floor, while in Generation VII, he challenges both the player and to a battle on the first floor. In Generation VII, Trace stays behind on the seventh floor to stall Archer and give the player time to reach Giovanni.
On the seventh floor, the player can receive a as a from a Silph employee. In the Generation I games, this was the only way to obtain a Lapras. Upon reaching the president's room on the top floor, the player must defeat Giovanni to stop him from stealing the Master Ball. After he is defeated, Team Rocket abandons their plans for Silph and withdraws from the building.
====Generations II and IV====
In Generations and , Silph Co. has increased security, and the is not allowed to enter the upper floors. One of the guards will kindly give the player an Up-Grade for talking to him.
In , the elevator has broken and is unsafe, denying the player access to the upper floors. However, upon defeating , the player can meet the Hoenn League Steven Stone here and receive one of the Hoenn region's first partner Pokémon from him. He will also trade his for a after being interacted with at the Pewter Museum of Science.
Generation IV introduced a logo for the company that appears on the Pokégear and has a statue based on it in the company's building.
====Rotom's Room====
The alternate forms of may also be accessed here in Generation IV via the broken elevator. When Rotom is in the party, the Silph Co. building will be deserted of all people, including . The notebook present in the room indicates that Charon may have had a past connection to the company.
===Russian branch===
In the Generation I games and , Taylor mentions an alleged overseas branch of Silph Co. In the English versions, he states that the branch of the company is "in Russian no-man's-land". In the Japanese versions, he states that the "Ponaya Tunguska branch" () is located "deep in Russia" (). Ponaya Tunguska appears to be a shortened form of the transliterated name of in Japanese ().
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the references to Russia were removed, and the English, Spanish, and Korean localizations further removed the name of the branch itself. In the English version, Taylor instead mentions having been sent "off to the boondocks". In the Japanese version, he still mentions the "Ponaya Tunguska branch" (rendered as when the Characters setting in Options is set to kanji), which was localized into Italian as "Ponayanguska", into German as "Ponayatunguska", and into both Simplified and Traditional Chinese as the "Ponaya Tungus River branch" (波拿耶通古斯河分公司). Ponaya Tungus River appears to be a shortened form of the name of the River.
===Discoveries and inventions===
Within the company, there are three reports of discoveries that serve as in-game trivia for the player, labeled Pokémon Report (Japanese: ポケモン レポート).
In the Generation I games, one report says that only four evolve when traded, referring to , , , and . In and , it instead says that some Pokémon evolve when traded without specifying a number.
Another report states the number of moves that Pokémon can learn, referred to as "techniques" in Generations I and III. This number is over 160 in the Generation I games, over 350 in the Generation III games, and over 200 in the Generation VII games.
A third report informs the player that was created by the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island. In Generation VII, this report instead states that Porygon was created by the research section. 
===Items===
One of the items below is in a different location in the original Red and Green version, and is listed separately. Other items are in the same location.
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===Layout===
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==Music==
Games	Song name 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Silph Co. 	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	Pewter City 	Junichi Masuda	Go Ichinose
 	Silph Co. 	Junichi Masuda	Go Ichinose
 	Pewter City 	Junichi Masuda	Takuto KitsutaGB Sounds: Go Ichinose
 	Silph Co.Pewter City Theme	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
==In spin-off games==
===Super Smash Bros. series===
Silph Co. appears in Saffron City as a playable stage in Super Smash Bros. (called Silf in the Japanese version). The takes place on the roof of Silph Co. and a few smaller surrounding buildings, along with two small moving platforms. This is the home stage of and in the game. 
Certain Pokémon will emerge from the elevator on the Silph Co. building and attack briefly, similar to Pokémon summoned from . Occasionally, , , , and other Pokémon will appear in the background.
===Pokémon Quest===
In Pokémon Quest, the MoBee IV drone was manufactured by Silph Co. When the price of the MoBee IV was reduced, Silph Co also reduced the capacity of its battery. Silph Co. does not appear in the game other than being named in reference to MoBee IV. 
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
According to artwork from the Game Freak website, the P1 Grand Prix is sponsored by Silph Co. and held in the Celadon City Hall.
===Pokémon Origins===
Silph Co. appeared in File 3: Giovanni. Like in the , it was taken over by Team Rocket. Hearing from Silph Co.'s vice-president of how Team Rocket was experimenting on Pokémon in order to accelerate the completion of Master Ball, decided to storm the building. Doing so, he freed all the Pokémon and s that were trapped inside, even obtaining a from one of the Scientists as a thank-you gift. Finally he arrived at the president's office, where he encountered Giovanni. Before Giovanni could escape, Red proclaimed that he would always be out there to stop their plans, irritating the Team Rocket Boss. Wanting to teach Red a lesson, Giovanni challenged Red to a Pokémon battle, which ended with Giovanni's defeating Red's Charizard and wrecking a big portion of the building in the process. Afterwards, Giovanni escaped with a helicopter, leaving before the police could arrive. It was also mentioned that the development of Master Ball was put on hold for a while due to this incident.
===Pokémon Generations===
A photograph of Silph Co. appeared in The Chase, where an International Police agent informed Looker about Team Rocket's failed attempt to take over the building while giving him a report about their attempt to locate Giovanni.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Instead of an office building, the Silph Co. in Pokémon Adventures appears to be more like a typical villain base, having multiple traps and specifically designed rooms set up in case of intruders.
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Silph Co. first appeared in Holy Moltres, where Team Rocket was shown keeping their base inside the building and having managed to capture the three . Later it was revealed that Team Rocket was keeping the kidnapped people of Pallet Town at the building, prompting and to break into the Team Rocket-infested Saffron City and storm the Silph Co. building. also entered the building, although with much more selfish motives.
Inside the Silph Co. building, Red, Blue, and Green were confronted by Team Rocket's commanders: the evil Gym Leaders Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina. During the conflict, the legendary birds were accidentally together by Green's use of the "Badge Energy Amplifier", a device that increases the energy produced by Gym Badges. With their combined efforts, the three Pallet Town Trainers managed to defeat the fusion Pokémon and de-fuse it, allowing the legendary birds to escape. The building collapsed in the ensuing chaos, bringing Team Rocket's plans to an end.
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Two years later in Ponyta Tale, Agatha was seen picking up the Badge Energy Amplifier from the Silph Co. ruins for usage at Cerise Island.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Silph Co. appeared in Finish Off Team Rocket!!, where it was invaded by Team Rocket. Erika's father is the president of Silph Co.
===Pokémon Zensho===
Silph Co. appeared in PZ07, where infiltrated the building to defeat Team Rocket. He soon encountered Sabrina, who also wanted to defeat Team Rocket, and a owned by the company. Satoshi and Sabrina decided to team up against Team Rocket, and used Sabrina's teleportation powers to reach the top floor, where Giovanni was keeping Silph Co.'s president hostage. After defeating Giovanni with Lapras's help, Satoshi obtained the Master Ball from Silph Co.'s president and the from Sabrina, while Lapras ended up joining his team.
==In the magazines==
===Pokémon Power===
In (issue 2, page 3), it is said that Professor Oak invented the Master Ball and licensed its design to Silph Co., and this company's early field tests were said to be promising.
==Trivia==
* Although a logo for the company was not introduced in-game until Generation IV, several possible logos have been seen in previous games. One appeared in early artwork of the Silph Scope on the front of the device, another appeared on the side of the Silph Co. building in Super Smash Bros., and a third appeared on the original Pokégear artwork as a stylized "S".
* In Generation I games, if the player uses the Town Map inside Silph Co., the current place shown by default depends on where the player is:
** "Saffron City" if the player is on the first floor (except the elevator).
** "Silph Co." if the player is on any floor other than the first, or in the elevator.
* In , the elevator on 11F has a bug that causes the player to be layered on its doors upon leaving it. Another quirk occurs as result, which disables the elevator mat's left panel if the player enters the elevator without being on the doors and does not move from that panel afterwards, thus preventing them from exiting without specifically using the mat's right panel. Both these issues were fixed in .
* In the internal data of Generation II games, Silph Co. is found in the list of place names, but this is not referenced in normal gameplay. When the player is inside Silph Co., the Pokégear map displays the current location as Saffron City. In , if an hatches inside Silph Co., the Pokémon caught data is also recorded as Saffron City (in , caught data is not recorded for any Pokémon).
* In the Generation II games and , Maizie mentions that her father works for Silph. Scientist Ross, who can be battled at the Team Rocket HQ, also claims that he used to work for Silph.
* In , if a Forretress with max friendship is traded for Steven's Beldum, then Steven will acknowledge this and describe why he likes Steel-type Pokémon.
* In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! only, after Giovanni has been defeated here, the Silph Co. theme is replaced with the Saffron City theme.
* Silph Co. is the only place where the player battles in , but not in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. Instead, the player joins Trace in a Multi Battle.
* The company logo introduced in Generation IV can be seen on the Normal Uniform in Pokémon Sword and Shield as that type's sponsor. However, the logo does not appear in Poké Jobs or in the list of companies in the credits.
==Name origin==
Silph Co.'s name is a corruption of , a mythological creature.
In Japanese, the company is named シルフ shirufu, which is Japanese for "sylph". However, it has been officially romanized as "", "Silf", and "Sylph".
==In other languages==
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