Cerulean City

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Cerulean City (Japanese: ハナダシティ Hanada City) is a seaside city located in northern Kanto. It is situated near a sea inlet to the north, with Saffron City to the south, and Mt. Moon to the west. It is home to Misty, the Cerulean City Gym Leader.
The city is one of only two cities in Kanto to have four different routes enter the city, the other being Saffron City. Cerulean is a mid-sized city with a few attractions, including the Bike Shop and the Berry Powder man.
==Slogan==
===Generations I-III===
A Mysterious, Blue Aura Surrounds It (Japanese: ハナダは　みずいろ　しんぴのいろ Hanada is the color of aqua mysteries.)
===Generation IV===
The Floral Lagoon City (Japanese: はなさく　みずの　まち The town of bursting water.)
== Geography ==
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==Places of interest==
===Bike Shop===
In the Generation I games and , the Bike Shop sells Bicycles produced by the company. Designs range from a plain city bike to a fast mountain bike; however, the can only ever get one: the Bicycle. It can be bought for 1,000,000 or exchanged for a Bike Voucher. As only 999,999 can be held at maximum, there is no way for the player to obtain a Bicycle without a Bike Voucher. The Pokémon Fan Club Chairman in Vermilion City will hand over his Bike Voucher if the player listens to him talk about his .
In Generation II, the shop is closed because the owner decided to move the shop to Goldenrod City in the Johto region. In , however, the shop in Kanto is also open, although nothing is obtainable inside. The manager mentions that since all the bicycles have been shipped to Johto for sale, all he has left to sell are inflatable tubes. The That Town, These People radio show profile of Cerulean City mentions this as well.
The name "Miracle Cycle" only appears in the Japanese . In the English versions, the Miracle Cycle Shops are just called "Bike Shops" and no mention of Miracle Cycle is made at all.
In Generation VII, the shop is replaced with the home of the Bike Maniac, who collects different kinds of Bicycles, such as Mach Bikes and Acro Bikes. He doesn't sell or give away any of them.
===Cerulean Cave===
On the outskirts of Cerulean City lies Cerulean Cave, also known as the Unknown Dungeon. It is said to be home to "horribly strong ". The player can capture the level 70 in the Generation , , and games. Only s who compete and win in the Pokémon League at Indigo Plateau may enter due to the strength of the Pokémon in the cave, although in Generation IV, the player must also defeat all of Kanto's Gym Leaders in order to gain access. Mewtwo lies at the end of the cave, the only one of its species in the game.
Another addition in is that Trainers are now required to further prove themselves before entering the cave by completing the quest on the Sevii Islands and restoring the Network Machine of the Pokémon Network Center to operational status. This stipulation may or may not have been added due to the addition of to the cave's selection of wild Pokémon, and the old set of requirements that would have allowed players to enter the cave before obtaining the National Pokédex.
In Generation II, the Dungeon has collapsed, but Mewtwo's Berserk Gene has been left behind. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, however, the cave is still open. The Pokégear map mentions that it once collapsed but was rebuilt, and Mewtwo can still be found inside.
In Pokémon Stadium 2, the map displays the Cerulean Cave as part of the Cerulean City.
===Cerulean Gym===
The Cerulean Gym is the official Gym of Cerulean City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Misty. s who defeat her will receive the . Other known Gym members include Briana, Swimmer Parker, Swimmer Diana, Swimmer Luis, and Diana. The Cerulean Gym is designed like an indoor swimming pool, with platforms above the water for the player to walk on. There are no puzzles to solve in this Gym.
				
				
===Berry Powder man===
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, there is a man in a cottage in the northern part of town who concocts a variety of medicines from Berry Powder and will exchange Berry Powder for herbal medicine and vitamins. When he is first visited, he gives the player the Powder Jar, and will ask the player to make some Berry Powder from the new machine that crushes Berries in the Pokémon Center upstairs. There is also a sign on his wall that keeps a record of pressing-speed ranking the player achieves.
===Gym Badge man===
In Generations I and III, there is a man in a cottage in the northwest corner of the city who will explain exactly what the effects are for each of the eight Gym Badges. He also has a small backyard, where a Rare Candy can be found hidden among the flowers.
===Dontae's house===
There is a residential house located to the west of the Pokémon Center.
In Pokémon Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, this house belongs to Dontae and his wife. In Generation I and III, Dontae will offer to trade the player his for their . In Generation II and IV, he is satisfied with the Pokémon he has received from trades over the years.
In , this house belongs to a girl who is taking care of an , , and . If the player's Pikachu's friendship is 147 or higher, she will offer to give the player her Bulbasaur.
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the girl once again inhabits the house. She will give the player a Bulbasaur if they have caught at least 30 Pokémon.
===Burglarized house===
In Generations I, III, and VII, a stole the TM for from its owner, leaving the house a mess. After defeating the Grunt, the player will receive the TM from him. The owner then says that since the TM was stolen, he'll find a way of teaching Dig to without a TM.
The house is initially inaccessible because a Cerulean (Officer Jenny in and Generation VII) blocks the door. The officer will only move aside from the door after the player talks to Bill at his Sea Cottage on .
In Generations II and IV, the man is actively fighting against robbers so the situation that occurred to him and his wife three years prior does not happen again. When he learns about the Team Rocket Grunt who stole the Machine Part, he gets upset and claims that he won't even reconsider not reporting the Team Rocket Grunt if he turns out to be the same thief from three years ago.
A notice outside the house in Generation II and reads:
===Move Tutor===
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, a in the Pokémon Center will teach the player's exclusive moves.
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==Demographics==
===Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow===
In , the population of Cerulean City is 27.
===Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal===
In , the population of Cerulean City is 24. The decrease in population is due to the Bike Shop moving to Goldenrod City.
===Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen===
In , the population of Cerulean City is 32.
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
In , the population of Cerulean City is 33, having increased by one since .
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
===Flower Bed===
==Pokémon==
Wild Pokémon can be found in the water inside the Cerulean Gym (Generation I only), as well as in the channel along the northwest edge of town.
In the house next to the Pokémon Center, there is a man who will trade his for a in and .
===Generation I===
===Generation II===
The Pokémon listed below appear only in if surfing or fishing inside the Cerulean Gym.
===Generation III===
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==Trainers==
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==Trainer Tips==
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==Music==
Games	Song name 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Cerulean City Theme	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	Pewter City 	Junichi Masuda	Go Ichinose
 	Fuchsia City Theme 	Junichi Masuda	Go Ichinose
 	Cerulean City 	Junichi Masuda	Takuto KitsutaGB Sounds: Takuto Kitsuta
 	Cerulean City Theme	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
==Artwork==
Concept art from the
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Pinball===
In , Cerulean City appears on the Red and Blue tables; catchable Pokémon include , , , , , , , , and .
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Cerulean City first appeared in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, where decided to challenge the Cerulean Gym. At the Gym, he found out that and the other two s from Pallet Town had already beaten the Gym. As their only remaining after those challengers was a , the Sensational Sisters were ready to give Ash the without a , until appeared, revealing herself to be one of the Cerulean Gym Leaders as well. Ash and Misty started a Gym battle, but just when Ash was about to win, busted their way into the Gym, interrupting the battle. After Team Rocket had been defeated, the Sensational Sisters decided to give Ash the Cascade Badge as thanks for saving the Gym.
In The Misty Mermaid, Misty reluctantly agreed to help her sisters in a new underwater ballet performance at Cerulean City. However, in the middle of the act, Team Rocket appeared again, once more trying to steal the Gym's Pokémon. A battle between Ash and company and Team Rocket ensued, during which Cerulean Gym's evolved into a . Once the situation was solved and Ash and company prepared to leave, Misty left her and at the Gym, the latter due to her sisters' request.
====Pokémon Chronicles====
Several Pokémon Chronicles episodes have mostly focused on the Cerulean Gym and Misty. In A Date With Delcatty, Cerulean City was revealed to have a container port, the Cerulean Marine Stadium, and a lighthouse.
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In Alola, Kanto! and When Regions Collide!, Ash, , Misty, , and visited Cerulean City to visit the Cerulean Gym and teach Ash's Alolan friends about Gyms and Pokémon Leagues. To experience a Gym battle, and had an unofficial Gym battle against Brock, while and had a battle against Misty. After these battles had been called off with no clear winner, requested to have a serious battle against Brock, while Ash issued a similar challenge to Misty. During these battles, Brock and Misty demonstrated their new ability to use Mega Evolution by Mega Evolving their and , respectively. Kiawe lost his battle against Brock, while Ash managed to defeat Misty.
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===Pokémon Origins===
Cerulean City was seen briefly in File 2: Cubone, where recalled having visited the city during his . During his visit, he managed to retrieve the stolen TM for from a member of Team Rocket and earn the by defeating Misty at the Cerulean Gym.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
Cerulean City briefly appeared in the beginning of The Discovery when entered Nugget Bridge on her way to Cerulean Cave.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Cerulean City was first featured in Suddenly Starmie as the place where Misty's mansion and the Cerulean Gym are located. Its streets surround a canal full of boats, resembling . After spending a night at the mansion, and Misty trained at the Gym together for a while in order to be able to fight Team Rocket more effectively. Before departing, Red received a from Misty.
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Starting from Karate Machop!, Cerulean City was attacked by an army of Pokémon, sent there by Agatha. Misty, while protecting her Gym, found out that the Elite Four were after her Badge. After defeated Lance at Cerise Island, the Ghost army lost all of its strength.
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
Cerulean City appeared in Play Misty For Me. After defeating at the Pewter Gym, traveled to the Cerulean Gym in order to earn his second Badge. At the Gym, challenged Ash into getting past her and retrieving his from her in order to get the Badge. At first, Ash's Pokémon proved unhelpful in the given task, but his evolving into changed things in his favor, allowing him to eventually succeed and receive the from the Misty's sisters.
===Pokémon Zensho===
Cerulean City appeared in Cerulean City, where visited the city. Shortly after his arrival, he saved the bike shop from a , before heading to the Gym. However, before Satoshi could even properly start a battle with Misty, another Team Rocket Grunt attacked the Gym with a . Satoshi defeated the Gyarados, receiving a Cascade Badge from Misty as thanks.
==Trivia==
* In Generations and , a with an Itemfinder/Dowsing MCHN hints at an item outside of Cerulean Cave. However, his machine will keep responding even after the player has picked up the item.
* The Gym Badge man is the only character in Generation III to define the and as having the effect of allowing the to use the post-Generation I HM moves and outside of battle, since Sabrina and Blaine do not explain it themselves.
* In and Generation III, when talked to, a girl will command her to use or , or to punch. However, while Slowbro learns Withdraw by leveling up and can be taught a , Slowbro is unable to learn SonicBoom by any legitimate means.
** In and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the girl owns an instead, commanding it to use either , Sonic Boom, or , all being moves that Electrode can learn.
* In Generation II, Cerulean City shares its music with , , and , instead of with Fuchsia City (which uses the Celadon City theme instead), like in all of the other games.
* In Generation I, it is possible to skip and by defeating Misty and trading over a Pokémon that knows . In Generation III, this is prevented by having the disobedient Slowbro block the cuttable tree south of the city until the player has received the S.S. Ticket from Bill at the Sea Cottage.
* In Generation III, the house to the left of the Poké Mart contains an old man watching TV, noting there is nothing interesting on it. Dummied-out text in the debug build shows he would have had more dialogue, as switching on NEWS1 in the debug build changes his dialogue to wishing someone would tell him about stuff directly.
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ハナダシティ Hanada City 	From 縹色 hanada-iro (light blue color of )
English, Danish 	Cerulean City 	From (deep blue color)
German 	Azuria City 	From Azur (azure)
Spanish 	Ciudad Celeste 	From celeste (light blue)
Spanish 	Ciudad Cerulean 	From its English name
Spanish 	Ciudad Azulona 	From azulón, azure
French 	Azuria 	From azur (azure)
French 	Céruléan 	From its English name with accents added
Italian 	Celestopoli 	From celeste (light blue) and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean 	블루시티 Blue City 	From blue
Chinese () 	華藍市 / 华蓝市 Huálán Shì 	From 華藍 / 华蓝 huálán (magnificent blue)
Chinese () 	花藍市 / 花蓝市 Huālán Shì花田市 Huātián Shì 	From 花藍 / 花蓝 huālán (floral blue)From the alternative reading of its Japanese name 花田 Hanada (flower field)
Chinese () 	華藍市 Wàhlàahm Síh 	From 華藍 huálán (magnificent blue)
Chinese () 	淺藍市 Chínlàahm Síh 	From 淺藍 chínlàahm (light blue)
Valencian 	Ciutat Celest 	From celeste (heavenly)
Czech 	Blankytné město 	From blankyt (azure) and město (city, town)
Hungarian 	Azúrkékváros 	From azúrkék (azure) and város (city)
Indonesian 	Kota Serulin 	From its English name
Polish 	AzuriaCerulean City 	From its German nameFrom its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de CeruleanCidade Cerulean 	From its English name
European Portuguese 	Cidade de CeruleanCerulean City 	From its English nameSame as English name
Romanian 	Orașul Cerulean 	From its English name
Norwegian 	Cerulean byCerulean City 	From its English name
Russian 	Церулин-Сити Tserulin-SitiАзурия AzuriyaЛазурный город Lazurnyy gorod	From its English nameFrom its German nameFrom лазурный lazúrnyj (azure) and город gorod (city)
Swedish 	Cerulean CityCerulean staden 	From its English name
Turkish 	Cerulean Şehri 	From its English name
Ukrainian 	Лазурне Місто Lasurne Misto 	From лазуровий lazúrovyj (azure) and місто misto (city)
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Hanada 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Kanto locations
Category:Red, Blue and Yellow locations
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations
Category:FireRed and LeafGreen locations
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations
Category:Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! locations
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