Sandgem Town

Sandgem Town (Japanese: マサゴタウン Masago Town) is a town in the Sinnoh region. The town notably has sandy terrain to the south, the beginnings of . The beach, part of , is in close proximity to the town itself.
Professor Rowan's laboratory is located here. It is also the hometown of or , depending on the 's gender. The little sister of Dawn or Lucas gives information about mass outbreaks she sees on television. It is the first location in Sinnoh where Poké Balls are able to be purchased. The town smells of the salty scent of the sea.
==Slogan==
Town of Sand! (Japanese: The sandy town connected to the ocean.)
==Places of interest==
===Pokémon Research Lab===
The Lab lies right next to the western entrance into Sandgem Town. Professor Rowan works here along with two assistants, one of whom is the father of Dawn/Lucas. It is here that the Professor gives the player their Pokédex.
===Professor's assistant's house===
Professor Rowan's assistant, (if the is male) or (if the player is female), lives in the house nearest the town's southern exit. Inside, after the player has obtained the National Pokédex and entered the Hall of Fame, the assistant's younger sister will inform the player of any mass outbreaks.
===Pokémon Center===
Sandgem's Pokémon Center is located right next to the Pokémon Research Lab, and is the first Pokémon Center the player will encounter on their journey. It provides an essential place for Trainers from the neighboring routes to stop and rest. A sign outside reads:
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl===
The population of Sandgem Town is 25.
==Poké Mart==
The Poké Mart is next to the northern exit, and is the top-right most building of the town. The Poké Mart has a sign outside which reads:
==Items==
==Trainers==
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/ can be battled once per day on weekends in front of Professor Rowan's laboratory during the post-game.
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=====Initial team=====
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Before Version 1.1.0, Empoleon had instead of Torrent as its Ability.
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Before Version 1.1.0, Torterra had instead of Overgrow as its Ability.
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Before Version 1.1.0, Infernape knew , and instead of Earthquake, Flare Blitz and Acrobatics. It also held a Choice Scarf instead of a White Herb.
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=====After entering the Hall of Fame 10 times=====
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept art from
==Appearance==
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld (Day) 	マサゴタウン (昼) 	Sandgem Town (Day) 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld (Night) 	マサゴタウン (夜) 	Sandgem Town (Night)	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When encountering 	ライバル 	Rival 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Inside the Lab 	けんきゅうじょ 	The Pokémon Lab 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When Professor Rowan entrusts the Pokédex	オープニング 	Introduction 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When following Lucas/Dawn 	連れて行く 	Hurry Along 	Junichi Masuda	Hitomi Sato
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Sandgem Town first appeared in Following A Maiden's Voyage!, where left her home in Twinleaf Town and headed to Professor Rowan's Research Lab in order to obtain her first Pokémon. However, by the time she got there, Yuzo and the other assistants informed her that two out of the three first partner Pokémon— and —had fled after a fight over some Pokémon food.
Dawn then decided to go looking for them on a nearby forest, where she found Piplup trapped in a web created by a . She managed to rescue him while Chimchar was taken to the lab by Rowan's . Back in the lab, Dawn chose as her partner saying that their together had already began. After that, Rowan gave her a Pokédex and six s and she left for .
In Two Degrees of Separation!, Officer Jenny took to Rowan's lab after he told her that his was missing. There, Rowan explained that Dawn had placed a call to him earlier saying that she had rescued a Pikachu from a trio of Pokémon thieves and taken it to a Pokémon Center. Ash called the Pokémon Center immediately, but Nurse Joy said Dawn had just left to find Pikachu's . Upon hearing that, Ash decided to go out and meet with Dawn.
In When Pokémon Worlds Collide!, after being reunited with Pikachu and his long-time , Ash returned to Rowan's lab, accompanied by Dawn. There, Dawn shared her plan of entering the Jubilife City Pokémon Contest and Ash said he intended to challenge the Sinnoh Gyms. They agreed to journey together and were about to hit the road when Paul appeared and challenged Ash to a three-on-three battle. Ash accepted and the battle took place just outside the lab, with Ash using his recently , , and Pikachu while Paul used his , , and . The hard-fought battle ended in a draw, upsetting both Ash and Paul. Ash requested another battle, but Paul turned him down and left.
In DPS01, after spending some time at home following her narrow defeat at the Sinnoh Grand Festival, Dawn decided to travel to the Hoenn region to compete in Pokémon Contests there. However, she was torn between beginning anew with only Piplup by her side or taking the with her. Seeing this, Johanna suggested that she visited Professor Rowan and asked for his advice. Dawn listened to her mother and rode a bike to Sandgem Town. When she explained the issue to Rowan, he said that a girl named Shinko was having trouble making decisions as well.
Dawn went to talk with Shinko and learned that the girl was unsure about which Pokémon she should start her journey with. When a fight broke out between Piplup and Chimchar, which resulted in them escaping from the lab, both Dawn and Shinko went out to search for them. They found the two caught in an Ariados's web and proceeded to rescue them, but the Ariados was soon joined by its friends. Dawn called out her Pokémon to help, but the swarm of Ariados tied them all up with . In a turn of events, Dawn's evolved into and scared the Ariados off with its newly learned attack. After that, Dawn and Shinko headed back to the lab, where Dawn announced that she would take all of her Pokémon to Hoenn as she realized there is still so much more she can do with them, while Shinko decided to study some more before making her big decision.
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In The Gates of Warp!, Dawn was in Sandgem Town, preparing for her next Contest, when Piplup was unexpectedly taken away by someone who looked exactly like Dawn and disappeared through a mysterious portal. Dawn called Ash and Goh to help her, only for another portal to soon appear near them and a different kind of Team Rocket trio to come through it and steal Ash's Lucario and Goh's Inteleon. Dawn and Goh pursued them through the portal, winding up in an version of Sandgem Town. As Team Rocket was nowhere in sight, they decided to visit Dawn's home in Twinleaf Town to figure out where they were. In the next episode, the alternate Team Rocket trio stole Pokémon reverted into s by a time reversal from the alternate Sandgem Town's Pokémon Center.
==In the manga==
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In Stagestruck Starly, the daughter of the Berlitz family, , left her family's mansion in Sandgem Town to fulfill the family tradition of making herself a copy of the family crest at the summit of Mt. Coronet. Due to a mishap, her intended bodyguards, Paka and Uji, had their mission description swapped with and 's comedy contest prize of a bicycle ride in Sandgem Park, causing the two bodyguards to wait at the park until Extreme Luxio, when they realized something was wrong and left to find their client.
Meanwhile, Mr. Berlitz, Platinum's father, met with Professor Rowan at his laboratory. They discussed about various subjects, including Pokémon Evolution, form differences, and Platinum, before departing for a conference in Canalave City in A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium.
In Well Met, Weepinbell, arrived at Platinum's home estate on his way to Lake Verity. The Berlitz family's butler, , initially mistook Diamond for an intruder and attacked him, until Diamond revealed that he was Platinum's friend. After saving Roseanne from a swarm of sent by Team Galactic, Diamond resumed his journey, deciding to stop by at Twinleaf Town along the way to get some new clothes to replace the ones destroyed by the Yanmega.
In Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia V, the estate appeared briefly due to the distortion in time and space caused by and 's battle at the Spear Pillar.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Sandgem Town appeared in In Search of the Legendary Pokémon Dialga!!, where Professor Rowan took Hareta and Mitsumi to recover at the Pokémon Center there after their encounter with a . Rowan then told Hareta about his and Mitsumi's goal to find the Legendary Pokémon . Excited by the prospect of meeting a Pokémon like Dialga, Hareta decided to tag along with Mitsumi on her quest, receiving a Pokédex from Rowan before departing.
==Trivia==
* The town's English name was first revealed via dialog in Home is Where the Start Is!.
* This is the first town that contains a Lab that wasn't in a player's hometown.
* In-universe, Sandgem Town appears to be named after the Sandgem Flats.
** Given the location of Lake Verity, Sandgem Town seems to have been settled off to the east of the Sandgem Flats rather than on it.
* In , if the chose , 's rematch team after the player has entered the Hall of Fame 10 times consists of fully evolved members of 's team, with the exception of being replaced with .
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	マサゴタウン Masago Town 	From 真砂 masago (fine sand)
English 	Sandgem Town 	From sand and gem
German 	Sandgemme 	From Sand and Gemme (gem)
Spanish 	Pueblo Arena 	From arena (sand)
French 	Littorella 	From littoral (coastal)
Italian 	Sabbiafine 	From sabbia fine (fine sand)
Korean 	잔모래마을 Janmorae Maeul 	From 잔모래 janmorae (fine sand)
Chinese () 	真砂鎮 / 真砂镇 Zhēnshā Zhèn 	From the Japanese name 真砂 Masago and contains 砂 shā (sand)
Chinese () 	真砂鎮 Jānsā Jan 	From the Japanese name 真砂 Masago and contains 砂 shā (sand)
Polish 	Sandgem 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Sandgem 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thị trấn Masago 	Transcription of Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Sinnoh locations
Category:Diamond and Pearl locations
Category:Platinum locations
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl locations
Category:Towns
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