Celadon City

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Celadon City (Japanese: タマムシシティ Tamamushi City) is located in central Kanto. It is the most populous city in Kanto and the eighth most populous in the Pokémon world, surpassing even Saffron City in the east. The city has two entrances, one from the east via , and one from the west via .
Celadon is the main place to spend money in Kanto, through the Celadon Department Store and the Celadon Game Corner. It is the home of the Celadon Condominiums, where residents of the city live, and the Celadon Hotel, where visitors can rest. Celadon is also home to Erika, the city's Gym Leader, and Eusine, the hunter who pursues .
==Slogan==
===Generations I–III, VII===
The City of Rainbow Dreams (Japanese: タマムシ　　の Tamamushi, the color of rainbow dreams.)
===Generation IV===
City of the Rainbow's Colors (Japanese: にじいろの　おおきな　まち The large rainbow-colored town)
== Geography ==
===Overworld===
				
				
==Places of interest==
===Celadon Department Store===
Celadon's department store is the largest building in the city, as well as the largest shop in Kanto. It is located in the northwest corner of the city. The store has two sliding door entrances, and is six stories high, including a rooftop floor.
===Celadon Condominiums===
Celadon Condominiums (known as Celadon Mansion prior to Generation IV) is located next to the Pokémon Center.
In the Generation I games and , the can find a Poké Ball containing an here. Game Freak has an office in this building, where the player can receive a diploma from the lead developer if they have completed their Pokédex.
In , this is where the player obtains the Tea, which is required to enter Saffron City. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the player receives the Tea from Brock in front of the building.
===Celadon Game Corner===
The Celadon Game Corner is located in the southeast of the city. It was originally run by Team Rocket, being known as the Rocket Game Corner while under their management. The Team Rocket Hideout is located underneath it; the staircase to the base is revealed by pressing a switch hidden behind a poster.
In the Generation I to IV games, the Game Corner consists of two adjacent buildings: the Game Corner proper (the larger building on the west) and the Prize Corner (the smaller building on the east). The main building contains the casino itself, where the player can earn Coins; the Prize Corner is where the player can exchange Coins for prizes, including Pokémon, TMs, and other items. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the Game Corner is one building with two entrances; the space on the west side contains the while the space on the east side is just a sitting area.
In Generation IV, there is a man in the Prize Corner building who can tell the player the type of their Pokémon's .
===Team Rocket Hideout===
The Team Rocket Hideout is an underground four-floor-deep complex beneath the Rocket Game Corner. The Rocket Hideout is accessed by pressing a switch behind a poster in the Game Corner in Celadon City. In the Generation , , and games, the player must go into the underbelly of the Game Corner and defeat Team Rocket.
===Celadon Hotel===
The Celadon Hotel is a luxurious hotel building located in the southeastern part of the city. The player is not able to rent a room due to all the rooms being booked. The hotel's layout is remarkably similar to a Pokémon Center. The hotel is closed in Generation II and IV.
In (but not ), there is an in the hotel; it is speculated that this is an oversight that occurred due to the interior of the hotel being created by copying a Pokémon Center's layout, but the code that allows the player to activate the PC at that position was mistakenly not removed.
===Move Tutors===
The man who can only be accessed by Surf gives out in Generation I. In Generation III, he instead offers to directly teach this move to certain Pokémon.
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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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===Fortune Teller===
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, on the left side of the Pokémon Center is a called Madam Celadon with her . For 10,000, Madam Celadon can influence the Nature of wild Pokémon they encounter for the rest of the day. Nature is determined with two questions; the first question determining the Nature's strength, and the second determining its weakness. The following chart describes the possible results.
Nature table 	Nature table 	Nature table 	Nature table 	Nature table 	Nature table 	Nature table
No change ↘ 	No change ↘ 	Which one will you thin out?	Which one will you thin out?	Which one will you thin out?	Which one will you thin out?	Which one will you thin out?
No change ↘ 	No change ↘ 	↓Attack (Red) 	↓Defense (Yellow) 	↓Sp.Atk (Blue) 	↓Sp.Def (Green) 	↓Speed (Pink)
Which flower do you water?	↑Attack (Red) 	Hardy 	Lonely 	Adamant 	Naughty 	Brave
Which flower do you water?	↑Defense (Yellow)	Bold 	Docile 	Impish 	Lax 	Relaxed
Which flower do you water?	↑Sp.Atk (Blue) 	Modest 	Mild 	Bashful 	Rash 	Quiet
Which flower do you water?	↑Sp.Def (Green) 	Calm 	Gentle 	Careful 	Quirky 	Sassy
Which flower do you water?	↑Speed (Pink) 	Timid 	Hasty 	Jolly 	Naive 	Serious
Due to lack of and Abilities, this is the only way to influence Natures in these games.
===Celadon Gym===
The Celadon Gym is the official Gym of Celadon City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Erika. s who defeat her receive the .
The Celadon Gym is a garden full of Trainers. It is impossible to reach Erika without fighting at least one other Trainer and using /Chop Down. In all versions and adaptations of Pokémon, Celadon Gym is consistently rendered as a greenhouse.
				
				
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow===
The population of Celadon City is 81 (70, excluding the guarding the Rocket Hideout and everyone inside the Hideout).
===Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal===
The population of Celadon City is 63.
===Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen===
The population of Celadon City is 82 (72, excluding the Team Rocket members in the Rocket Hideout), making it the largest city in Kanto, beating even its skyscraper-clustered neighbor Saffron City. Celadon City's large population is partly due to the Department store and the Team Rocket Hideout.
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
In , the population of Celadon City is 68.
==Items==
===Flower Bed===
===Celadon Department Store===
===Celadon Condoniums===
===Celadon Game Corner===
===Team Rocket Hideout===
==Pokémon==
In Generations to , wild Pokémon could be found in the pond in the center of the city.
===Generation I===
===Generation II===
===Generation III===
===Generation IV===
===Generation VII===
===Celadon Condominiums===
==Trainers==
===Generation VII===
===Celadon Game Corner===
===Team Rocket Hideout===
==Differences between generations==
Between Generation I and , there have been some little and unnoticeable changes to Celadon City. Mostly, there are only aesthetic changes between building designs. A fountain has been added to the western side of the city. The small pond in the center of the city now has small hints of pollution, with and appearing on rare occasions, as an allusion to the previous generation.
In Generation II, Celadon City has changed quite a bit. Some buildings have been removed and some have been added. There is a café located on the eastern side of town, and the Department Store has been moved to the far western side of town. Over the course of two years, the small pond has grown very polluted; only and can be found there. Like Generation III, Generation IV has the added fountain to the western side of the city. The central pond has been extended southward with a bridge going across it.
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept art from the
==Music==
Games	Song name 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Celadon City Theme	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	Celadon City 	Junichi Masuda	Morikazu Aoki
 	Celadon City Theme	Junichi Masuda	Go Ichinose
 	Celadon City 	Junichi Masuda	Takuto KitsutaGB Sounds: Morikazu Aoki
 	Celadon City Theme	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Pinball===
In , Celadon City appears on the Blue table. Catchable include , , , , , , and .
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Celadon City first appeared in Pokémon Scent-sation!, where and visited it so that Ash could earn his fifth Badge at the Celadon Gym. However, due to him insulting the perfumes at a local store managed by Gym Leader Erika, the Gym Trainers refused to let Ash enter the Gym out of spite. Desperate to earn his Badge, Ash reluctantly teamed up with and snuck into the Gym disguised as a girl named "". Although his disguise was soon found out, Erika still accepted his challenge for a battle, which ended up being interrupted when Team Rocket set the Gym on fire. After the fire had been put out, Erika gave Ash a as thanks for saving her from the flames.
Ash and his friends briefly revisited Celadon City in The Punchy Pokémon after they just left it. Although it is not mentioned in the episode, according to official art for the P1 Grand Prix from the Game Freak website, the P1 Grand Prix takes place in the Celadon City Hall.
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In Chikorita's Big Upset, it was mentioned that Celadon City has a university, where the episode's Nurse Joy studied Pokémon psychology. In Fossil Fools, it was revealed that used to teach there, and Foster was one of his top students.
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In Suffering the Flings and Arrows!, Chloe decided to visit the Celadon Gym in order to attend a Pokémon Flower Arrangement class held by Erika, so that her could meet Erika's . To her surprise, Ash and Goh joined her on the trip as well, with Goh hoping to use it as an opportunity to help his win back his 's love. The class ended up being interrupted by Team Rocket, but Pinsir's efforts in battling the villainous trio and defending Heracross from them proved equally effective in it regaining Heracross's affection.
====Gallery====
	Celadon City Hall
	
===I Choose You!===
In I Choose You!, which is set in an alternate continuity from , was shown challenging and defeating Erika at the Celadon City Gym, earning his third Badge from her.
===Pokémon Origins===
 was briefly seen visiting Celadon City in File 3: Giovanni. After defeating Erika and earning the Rainbow Badge, he followed a "suspicious-looking guy" to a place that turned out to be Team Rocket's secret hideout. There, he released several Pokémon imprisoned by Team Rocket and had his first encounter with the leader of the organization, Giovanni.
===Pokémon Generations===
The Celadon Game Corner briefly appeared in The Chase, showing the International Police raiding the building and arresting several members of Team Rocket.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Like in the , Celadon City has a university, at which Erika teaches in addition to her duties as Gym Leader.
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Celadon City first appeared from Wartortle Wars to Meanwhile...Vileplume!. After being fooled into buying a lot of expensive items, all of which later turned out to be fake, from , encountered her again trying to sell her items to the people of Celadon. Upon noticing Red, she tried to get away with her Wartortle, but was stopped by Red and his Snorlax. When Red later went to spend night at the Celadon Hotel, he was enraged to find out that Green had secretly stolen his and s.
After having an encounter with Team Rocket and , and supposedly recovering his Badges, Red encountered Erika, the Celadon City Gym Leader. She offered to accept Red's challenge for a battle if he caught her an . With the help of , Red soon found an Eevee, but it turned out to be a modified Eevee, capable of changing into its evolutions and back. After catching the Eevee, Red learned from Erika that the Eevee had been tested by Team Rocket, and she had wanted to test Red if he'd be a good ally in a fight against the evil organization.
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In Whacked by Marowak!, ended up in Celadon City after having escaped from Lorelei, and was greeted by Erika and several of her students. , sent to capture Pika by Agatha, then appeared, disguised as Red. He knocked Erika out, overwhelmed Yellow, and tried to escape with Pika, but was stopped by the four "Gym Leaders of Justice". Agatha's then tried to kill Miles to silence him, but was stopped by . Afterwards, Blue and Yellow left to train together at .
Starting from Karate Machop!, Celadon City was attacked by an army of and , sent by Lorelei. While protecting her Gym, Erika found out that the Elite Four were after her Badge. After Yellow defeated Lance at Cerise Island, the Pokémon army lost its strength.
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===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Celadon City appeared in Pikachu Was Kidnapped!!, where and his Pokémon ventured to the Game Corner, winning a lot of Coins. Team Rocket tried to steal , but were stopped by .
===Pokémon Zensho===
Celadon City appeared in PZ05, where visited the city. Originally, he merely followed a pair of s from Lavender Town in order to get a Silph Scope, but after snatching one from the Team Rocket Hideout, he noticed the Gym and decided to challenge it as well. During the Gym battle with Erika, accidentally set Erika's kimono on fire, but saved her by ing off the burning part. Seeing how well Satoshi had raised his Pokémon, Erika gave him a .
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==Trivia==
* Many Gym Leaders have appeared at one point or another within Celadon City. Erika, as its own Gym Leader, resides there, while Jasmine, Falkner, Janine, Maylene, and Crasher Wake stop by at times during . Giovanni also appears here during Generation I and , as the Rocket Boss in the hideout under the Game Corner, while is known to have visited the city to challenge Erika in Generation I and its remakes. and also have visited the city, along with , in the Pokémon the Series episode Pokémon Scent-sation!.
* In the Generation I games, the two s that can be seen in the city remain even after Team Rocket is thwarted by the player at Silph Co. This was changed in .
** However, a pair of grunts in the house near the restaurant remain even after the player has entered the Hall of Fame.
* Celadon City is one of two cities that is more populous than the largest city in its region, the other being Nimbasa City. They are more populous than Saffron City and Castelia City, respectively. This also happens in Sinnoh, but only in where Hearthome City is more populous than Jubilife City.
** Coincidentally, Nimbasa City and Celadon City are both home to the fourth Gyms of their regions.
* In the Japanese version of the Generation I and II games, there are butsudan (Buddhist shrines) in some Celadon City buildings. They return the text "ぶつだん だ……" (It's a butsudan...) in Generation I and "ぶつだん だ…… うーん おせんこうの におい" (It's a butsudan... Hmm, the smell of incense.) in Generation II.
** In the English version, the references to butsudan were removed from the text. Instead, they return the text "It's a sculpture of DIGLETT." in Generation I and "What is this? Oh, it's an incense burner!" in Generation II.
** These objects are absent from the Generation III and IV remakes of these games.
* In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, Celadon City's design is heavily based on the historic in .
* Though it isn't shown in the games, Celadon City is home to the Celadon University. Its alumni include Bill, Celio, Kazuki, and Professor Westwood.https://www.pokemon.jp/special/moyadoga/guide/science.html
** Hammerlocke in Galar is similarly known to have a university that the player cannot visit.
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	タマムシシティ Tamamushi City 	From 玉虫色 tamamushi-iro ( green color of the )
English, Norwegian 	Celadon City 	From celadon (light grayish green color named after the )
German 	Prismania City 	From Prisma (prism)
Spanish 	Ciudad Azulona 	From azulón (azure)
French 	Céladopole 	From céladon and the suffix -pole (city)
Italian 	Azzurropoli 	From azzurro (azure) and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean 	무지개시티 Mujigae City 	From 무지개 mujigae (rainbow)
Chinese () 	玉虹市 Yùhóng Shì 	From 玉虫色 tamamushi-iro (Japanese for iridiscence) or 玉 yù () and 彩虹 cǎihóng (rainbow)
Chinese () 	彩虹市 Cǎihóng Shì 	From 彩虹 cǎihóng (rainbow)
Chinese () 	玉虹市 Yúkhùhng Síh 	From 玉虫色 tamamushi-iro (Japanese for iridiscence) or 玉 yúk (jade) and 彩虹 chóihùhng (rainbow)
Chinese () 	彩虹市 Chóihùhng Síh 	From 彩虹 chóihùhng (rainbow)
Czech 	Seladonové město 	From seladon (celadon) and město (city, town)
Indonesian 	Kota Seladon 	From its English name
Polish 	Pryzmania 	From its German name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de CeladonCidade Celadon	From its English name
Russian 	Селадон-Сити Seladon-Siti 	Transcription of its English name
Swedish 	Celadonstaden 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Tamamushi 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
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
Category:Pokémon Pinball locations
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