Lake of Rage

:Not to be confused with the Lake of Outrage, a zone in the Galar region's Wild Area.
The Lake of Rage (Japanese: Lake of Rage), also known as Gyarados Lake (Japanese: Gyarados Lake), is a location in Johto. It is located just north of Mahogany Town, connecting it with , making it the northern-most accessible point of the Johto region. A large lake spans the area of the Lake of Rage, with a few residents living nearby. It is said to be the largest lake in the region. West of the lake lies a labyrinth of trees, which hides a house.
It is said the Lake of Rage was created the last time many got together and stirred up a storm. The crater that remained filled with rainwater and became the Lake of Rage. In the middle of the lake dwells a that had recently became irritable due to the radio waves transmitted by Team Rocket from their hideout in Mahogany Town. The Lake of Rage was considered a dangerous place to go, as the red Gyarados started tipping over boats and scaring swimmers.
==Geography==
The Lake of Rage is located north of . Along the way to the Lake of Rage, the will meet several members of Team Rocket. By ing into the middle of the lake, the player will encounter a red Gyarados. After catching, defeating or fleeing from it, the will receive a Red Scale. Lance, of the Elite Four, will be waiting for the player on the shore afterwards, and will speak of the secret Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town.
In , it rains at the Lake of Rage almost every day. In these games, after shutting down the transmitter at Team Rocket HQ, on Wednesdays the rain stops and the lake's water level drops—different items are accessible and different Trainers appear depending on the water level.
The player can to the Lake of Rage. In Generation II, the player lands in front of the sign; in , the player lands in front of the Fishing Guru's house.
==Places of interest==
===Fishing Guru's house===
There is a house located to the southeast of the lake, where a Fishing Guru resides.
After the transmitter at Team Rocket HQ is shut down, the Fishing Guru requests to see large Magikarp. His greatest dream is to see the world's largest , and he regularly measures those brought to him in order to realize it. If he is shown a Magikarp, he will calculate its size and give the player an Ether/Elixir if it is bigger than the largest one he had seen before.
In Generation II, the initial record is 3'6" (105.3 cm), held by Ralph; in Generation IV, the initial record is 41.9 inches (106.5 cm).
The current record and record holder is displayed on the sign in front of the Fishing Guru's house. In Generation II, the record is first displayed after the Fishing Guru requests to see a Magikarp for the first time; in Generation IV, the record is first displayed after the player breaks the initial record for the first time. As a result, the name of the initial record-holder in Generation IV is not specified.
===Hidden Power house===
There is a house located to the northwest of the lake, within a labyrinth of trees. The path to this house begins on the western side of Route 43. In Generation IV, this house is only accessible when the lake is flooded.
Inside, a man will give the player for locating the reclusive house.
On Wednesdays, Wesley is found near this house, and will give the player a the first time they meet. In Generation IV only, after having met all seven siblings, he gives a every week.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
===Generation II===
===Generation IV===
==Special encounters==
===Generation II===
The Red Gyarados appears here as part of the story. Its IVs are fixed: 0 HP, 14 Attack, 10 Defense, 10 Speed, and 10 Special. As a result, it is always male.
After the battle, it will drop the Red Scale.
===Generation IV===
The Red Gyarados appears here as part of the story. If defeated or run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.
After the battle, it will drop the Red Scale.
==Trainers==
===Generation II===
===Generation IV===
==Layout==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The Lake of Rage, referred to as Lake Rage in the dub, appeared in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage Of Innocence. , , and learned that Team Rocket was conducting experiments at the lake as a part of Project R, which involved forcing Pokémon to evolve. Since the was the only Pokémon in the lake to have been affected by their experiments, Team Rocket captured it for further studying. However, their project ended in a failure when Lance destroyed Team Rocket's research facility at the lake, followed by the Red Gyarados escaping and getting by Lance.
===Pokémon Generations===
The Lake of Rage appeared in The Lake of Rage. Lance had briefly encountered and battled the Red Gyarados before at the lake, motivating him in investigating the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town. After the radio wave generator that had forced to evolve had been destroyed, Lance revisited the lake to see that the Red Gyarados had calmed down.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
The Lake of Rage appeared in JBA4, where Jō defended the Red Gyarados from Ariana and Petrel by having a Multi Battle against them alongside Lance. With his and Gyarados's help, Jō was able to defeat the two s.
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Lake of Rage first appeared in Raise the Red Gyarados, where came to inspect it per Lance's instructions, followed by . The two were soon attacked by a swarm of . Based on the static on their Pokégear screens, Silver deduced that a radio wave was behind the lake's evolving and the Gyarados rampaging. Eventually, Silver managed to locate the source of the radio waves, a Red Gyarados, and proceeded to it with Gold's help, stopping the radio waves. However, they were then approached by the Masked Man.
In Delibird Delivery - 1 and 2, Gold and Silver battled against the Masked Man, with Silver using his newly caught Red Gyarados to command the lake's other Gyarados to attack him. Despite this, however, both Gold and Silver suffered a crushing defeat.
In Raising Raichu and Do-Si-Do with Dodrio, Lt. Surge visited the Lake of Rage to investigate Gold and Silver's disappearance. After investigating a nearby souvenir shop and surviving an encounter with the Masked Man, he dived into the lake with his submarine and found the Red Gyarados in ice, as well as some of Gold and Silver's belongings.
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In Dealing With A Koffing Fit, it was revealed that Team Rocket had caused a swarm of Gyarados to appear at the Lake of Rage. Silver deduced this as one of their methods of announcing their return.
==Trivia==
* Unused debug text in Japanese Crystal spells the lake's name as , with ikari in katakana () as opposed to the usual hiragana (). Additionally, there is a leftover map in Gold and Silver that includes a Pokémon Center, Poké Mart, and even a Pokémon Gym surrounding a lake that is a similar size and shape to the Lake of Rage.
* Sevii Islands in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen is a rearrangement of from Pokémon Gold and Silver, which is shared with the Lake of Rage.
* Even though it is said that Team Rocket's radio signal is evolving all the Magikarp in Lake of Rage, Magikarp can still be found there at any time. Even if the radio signal is being listened to on the Poké Gear, Gyarados do not show up more often.
* In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the red Gyarados is normally only seen in the flooded version of the lake. However, if it is defeated instead of being caught, it respawns after defeating the Elite Four and Champion, but the lake is no longer locked to the flooded version. If the Lake of Rage is visited on a Wednesday when it is not raining after causing it to respawn, the red Gyarados will appear in the low water-level version."I Tested UNCONFIRMED Pokemon Facts" - BlueBoyPhin - YouTube
* Lois makes comments regarding the Red Gyarados and, if talked to after winning the battle, mentions having also seen a pink , which is the actual shiny form of this Pokémon. This dialogue also alludes to the fact this was the first time in the games that shiny Pokémon could be found in the wild.
* In many languages, this lake has the same name as the move . In French, it instead has the same name as the move . In German, it does not share a name with any particular move.
==In other languages==
Lake of Rage
Gyarados Lake
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Johto locations
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations
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