Mahogany Town

Mahogany Town (Japanese: チョウジタウン Chōji Town) is a small town in northern Johto where s once resided in what eventually became the Team Rocket HQ. There are three exits out of town. To the west is , to the east is , and to the north is , which leads directly to the famous Lake of Rage.
Pokémon Trainers must come to Mahogany Town in order to win the from Pryce, the Mahogany Gym Leader who specializes in . Mahogany is a quiet, relaxed town, and has no Poké Mart. Instead, there is a shop used by Team Rocket as a base. After Team Rocket is defeated, it is converted into a store run by a little old lady.
When the town is first entered, there is a man blocking the eastern exit to and the Ice Path who wants to sell the a RageCandyBar. In Generation II, he will disappear after the player obtains seven Johto Badges. In , because the RageCandyBar is a Key Item, the man will then say that the player needs to see the attractions in the town and the surrounding area, and he will continue to block the eastern exit until the player has defeated Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower.
==Slogan==
Welcome to the Home of the Ninja! or Home of the Ninja (Japanese: ようこそ　にんじゃの　さとへ Welcome to the home of the ninja.)
==Places of interest==
===Just a Souvenir Shop===
In lieu of a Poké Mart in Mahogany Town is a small shop in the middle of town which is known as Just a Souvenir Shop (Japanese: おみやげやさん souvenir shop) in . It is a convenience store that sells supplies necessary for Pokémon training. The shop is run by a creepy old man who seems very suspicious. However, the shop is actually just a front for the Team Rocket HQ, whose hideout is accessible by a stairway concealed under a gold cabinet. After Team Rocket is run out of town, the old man abandons the shop, which is later occupied by an old lady who sets up a small shop selling items that "nobody else has".
Inside the little store are tables of random assortments of items. On the northern wall stands a giant gold cabinet, which conceals an entryway to an underground base. When the cabinet was moved by Lance, the secret entrance was discovered, and remains uncovered when the old lady runs the store. The counter is located on the western side of the shop, where the shopkeeper serves various items. There is also a calculator and a radio on the counter of the shop.
Outside the shop, the old lady's granddaughter sits and promotes the store. She claims that her grandmother sells stuff that nobody else has; however, in , nothing that her grandmother sells is unique to the shop. Only in Generation II does the old lady sell the RageCandyBar, a unique item that can only be bought from a salesman blocking the way out of Mahogany before the events of Team Rocket and the old lady after they are run out of town. While inside, the old lady, who makes whistling noises with her false teeth, serves people with items similar to those which a Poké Mart would sell.
===Team Rocket HQ===
The Team Rocket HQ is the headquarters and a hideout for Team Rocket, located beneath the heart of Mahogany Town, and the entrance is located under a cabinet in the souvenir shop. The hideout was originally used as a base for ninjas that once resided here; however, after the ninjas left, Team Rocket used the headquarters as a power source to send out high-frequency sound waves, which disturbed the Pokémon in Mahogany Town, Lake of Rage, and other surrounding locations, and affected their evolution patterns. It is also the source of the problems occurring at the lake, involving the appearance of a red Gyarados.
The upper floor of the base contains statues with security cameras in their eyes—walking past one triggers two s to battle the player until they deactivate the cameras using a switch in the center of the area. The far left hallway bypasses most of the Persian cameras, but the floor is booby-trapped with , , and , which the and have a tendency to . The second floor contains the generator room where six power the radio transmitter. The room is locked and requires a password to open. The third floor contains workstations, and a passage back onto the second floor leads to the rear of the hideout where the main office is located. The office is also locked and requires two passwords to open.
===Mahogany Gym===
The Mahogany Gym is the official Gym of Mahogany Town. It specializes in Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Pryce. s who defeat him receive the . Pryce cannot be challenged the first time the player arrives in Mahogany Town. A man is blocking entry to the Gym: he will only leave once Team Rocket has been defeated at their headquarters and the Gyarados at the nearby Lake of Rage have been calmed.
In the Generation II, in order to get to the leader, one must correctly navigate an ice maze; in Generation IV games, the maze has been completely changed, now comprising several rooms. After Leader Pryce is defeated, he will give the player the and an Ice-type Technical Machine. This varies from generation to generation: will be given in Generation II, and is given in Generation IV.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal===
In , Mahogany Town's population is 14.
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
In , Mahogany Town's population is 26, which makes it the third-smallest town in Johto.
==Items==
==Walking Pokémon effects==
When interacting with walking Pokémon in , the Pokémon may occasionally show an altered mood specific to this location.
*Mahogany Gym: Pokémon are unhappy because of the cold.
*Team Rocket HQ: The walking Pokémon becomes more cautious.
**B1F: The walking Pokémon is hostile to the statues, especially when the player stands next to them. It occasionally hears a strange noise.
**B2F: The walking Pokémon becomes more nervous. and occasionally tremble and shake.
**B3F: The walking Pokémon occasionally gets a bit of a zap.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The outskirts of Mahogany Town appeared in Rage of Innocence, where the rampaging Red Gyarados was approaching the city, but the city was saved when Pryce had his freeze the river, forcing Gyarados to turn around.
In As Cold as Pryce, and arrived in Mahogany Town in order to have a Gym battle with Pryce. However, Pryce was unwilling to accept Ash's challenge. The reason was explained to be that since Pryce had lost his when he was younger, he had grown bitter and distant to Pokémon. After Ash and his friends helped Pryce find his Piloswine, which had been frozen in ice for all these years, Pryce accepted Ash's challenge.
Ash's Mahogany Gym battle with Pryce took place in Nice Pryce, Baby!. The final round of the battle took place between Ash's Pikachu and Pryce's Piloswine, but in the middle of the battle, Pryce forfeited the match, seeing that Piloswine was getting tired and not wanting his old friend to get hurt too much. As such, Ash was then rewarded with the .
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===Pokémon Generations===
Mahogany Town appeared in The Lake of Rage, where Lance was seen breaking through the secret door inside the souvenir shop, and finding the entrance to the Team Rocket HQ from behind it. He was soon joined in his raid of the villainous team lair by . Lance eventually managed to destroy Team Rocket's radio wave generator, thus ending their plan of forcing Pokémon to evolve.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Mahogany Town souvenir shop, which is located near the Lake of Rage in this canon, appeared in Raising Raichu, where Lt. Surge inspected it while trying to find out more about and 's recent disappearance. Hearing sounds coming from underground, he had his blast a hole in the floor, finding a Team Rocket facility and the organization's new leader, the Masked Man. Using a pack of commanded by his own Houndour, the Masked Man immobilized Lt. Surge and threatened to kill him, but he managed to escape by releasing all of his from their Poké Balls and having them all use simultaneously.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Mahogany Town first appeared in Stop the Strange Sonic Sound!!. After encountering the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage, and his Pokémon investigated Mahogany Town and found a Team Rocket machine that was causing the Pokémon to go crazy. They also encountered , who had a CD that contained the sound the machine was using.
In Ice World, Red encountered Pryce and had a Gym against him. was able to defeat Pryce's with his gag moves, but was tackled away by , who was angered by Clefairy's costume.
==Trivia==
* In , the top of the radio transmitter can be seen next to the shop, poorly hidden in a fake tree. After defeating Team Rocket, the tree is removed and the transmitter is broken.
** Also in these , in front of the eastern watch tower, the very top point of the tree in front is missing.
* Mahogany Town is the only location with an Gym where there's no at any time. Snowbelle City, Snowpoint City, Circhester, and Glaseado Mountain all have constant snow, while Icirrus City has it during the .
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	チョウジタウン Chōji Town 	From 丁子色 chōji-iro (tan color produced from )
English 	Mahogany Town 	From , referring to both the tree and the named after it
German 	Mahagonia City 	From Mahagoni (mahogany)
European Spanish 	Pueblo Caoba 	From caoba (mahogany)
Latin American Spanish	Pueblo Mahogany 	From its English name
Latin American Spanish	Ciudad Cedro 	From cedro (cedar)
Latin American Spanish	Ciudad Caoba 	From caoba (mahogany)
French 	Acajou 	From acajou (mahogany)
Italian 	Mogania 	From mogano (mahogany)
Korean 	황토마을 Hwangto Maeul 	From 황토 (黃土) hwangto ()
Chinese () 	卡吉鎮 / 卡吉镇 Kǎjí Zhèn 	Possibly from 卡吉色 kǎjí-sè ()
Chinese () 	卡吉市 Kǎjí Shì乔基镇 Qiáojī Zhèn长治镇 Chángzhì Zhèn 	Possibly from 卡吉色 kǎjí-sè (khaki)Transcription of its Japanese nameFrom the Japanese name 長治 Chōji
Chinese () 	卡吉鎮 Kāgāt Jan 	Possibly from 卡吉色 kāgāt-sīk (khaki)
Chinese () 	卡吉市 Kāgāt Síh 	Possibly from 卡吉色 kāgāt-sīk (khaki)
Norwegian 	Mahoganyby 	From its English name
Polish 	MahoganyMiasto Mahogany 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Cidade de Mahogany 	From its English name
Swedish 	Mahoganystaden 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thị trấn Chouji 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
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