Blackthorn City

Blackthorn City (Japanese: フスベシティ Fusube City) is a city located in northeast Johto. It is home to the Blackthorn Gym, led by the Gym Leader Clair, who specializes in .
==Geography==
Blackthorn City is a large city with a fairly small population and two exits. To the north is the Ice Path, and to the south is Route 45, Johto's longest vertical area that connects to the southernmost points of the region. In Generation IV, a river from Route 45 crosses over into Blackthorn itself. According to a resident in Blackthorn, most residents hailing from the city end up being Dragon-type specialists (such as Clair and Lance) perhaps due in-part to the Dragon's Den. Due to its overall location within Johto, Blackthorn is depicted as a mountainous region, with many ledges that the player can only traverse on their way down.
In Generation II, all of the houses in Blackthorn had distinct black grooves, including buildings such as the Gym and Pokémon Center. Grass only grows in the top half of the city, and it connected directly to Route 45 by a small path.
In Generation IV, the city appears completely different. The area now has uniquely designed houses with what appears to be straw rooves, although buildings such as the Gym and Pokémon Center now appear the same as the rest within the region. Its overall layout is far more jagged than in Gold and Silver, complete with new obstacles such as broken tree trunks and large pointed stones, a stark contrast to the smoother stones that are now littered throughout the area. Grass and flowers now grow all throughout the edges of the city, especially when closest to the water. Frost appears to creep in from the entrance to the Ice Path, which tints the grass a lighter green before transitioning into the darker color seen throughout Blackthorn. Both due to the further height elevation and accompanying river added in Generation IV, a wooden bridge now connects the city to Route 45.
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===Environments===
 	
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==Points of interest==
===Blackthorn Gym===
The Blackthorn Gym is the official Gym of Blackthorn City. It specializes in Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Clair. s who defeat her receive the . It will be closed prior to Team Rocket's defeat because Clair is training in the Dragon's Den. After being defeated, Clair is so outraged by her defeat that she refuses to hand over the Rising Badge, forcing the player to go to the Dragon's Den before the Badge can be acquired.
	
	
===Dragon's Den===
A clan of masters of Pokémon have lived in the city for generations. The masters built the Dragon's Den, a cavern with an underground lake that contains a shrine to Dragon Pokémon, as well as the elders of the Dragon clan. An Ace Trainer in the Pokémon Center claims that it's a special cave for Gym Leaders to train themselves. The entrance is located behind the Gym, across a small pond, while the main cavern seems to be located underneath the city itself. It is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave, and then it must be traversed to finally obtain the .
Besides the strong s that dwell within the cavern, the Master of the Dragon User Clan can be found here, and he will quiz the on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. Correct answers will be rewarded, in , , and , with a that knows . and Clair will visit to reward the player with the she refused to award in the Gym, as well as or .
In Generation IV, Clair and Lance appear for a Multi Battle if the player and have already battled at Mt. Moon. Following this, Silver can be found here, contemplating his training on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
 	 	
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===Santos===
Santos can be found in the city on Saturdays. When the player encounters him for the first time, he'll give out a Spell Tag or Soft Sand, and then a all other times after the first encounter.
	
	
===In-game trade===
In Gold and Silver, the player can trade a female to obtain a holding a Bitter Berry
In Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver, the character trades the player a holding a Smoke Ball instead.
 	
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===Move Deleter and Move Tutor===
The Move Deleter can be found in a house to the left of the Poké Mart. For no charge, he will make a Pokémon forget a move it knows. The Move Deleter's service can be used to delete moves exclusive to Generation II, so that Pokémon can be traded to a Generation I game via the Time Capsule.
In , the move deleter shares his house with Johto's Move Reminder, who will teach a move the Pokémon was previously able to learn in exchange for a Heart Scale. There are also two Move Tutors: one who will teach to Pokémon, and another who will teach , , and to the fully evolved -, -, and first partner Pokémon, respectively. Like the Move Deleter, the tutors do not charge for their services.
	
	
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
==Pokémon==
===Generation II===
===Generation IV===
==Slogan==
===Generation II===
A Quiet Mountain Retreat (Japanese, やまあいに　たたずむ　しずかな　まち A quiet city standing among the mountains.)
===Generation IV===
A Quiet Mountain Retreat (Japanese, しずかな　やまあいの　まち The town of quiet mountains.)
==Trainer Tips==
===Generation II===
===Generation IV===
==Walking Pokémon quotes==
Walking Pokémon can have reactions unique to Blackthorn City. Any quote below where the area says "anywhere" requires interacting with the Pokémon.
Games	Pokémon 	Area 	Quote
 	Any Pokémon	Anywhere	"Your Pokémon is staring intently at the mountain peak."
Dragon's Den and Blackthorn Gym within Blackthorn City also have their own quotes.
==Music==
Games	Song Name 	Composition	Arrangement
 	Azalea Town	Gō Ichinose	Gō Ichinose
 	Azalea Town	Gō Ichinose	Shota KageyamaGB Sounds: Go Ichinose
==Development==
As of at least the Spaceworld 1997 demo, Blackthorn City did not exist, as the entire map did not resemble the final design for Johto at all. Another map from earlier in development was left in the final release of Gold & Silver, as well as Crystal, as Map 2A:4C34.
This (and the larger map of Johto from this time period) shows that the Ice Path was not in the games until later in development, with an entrance to the city in the west from and Mahogany City. Additionally, the Dragon's Den does not appear to be present, though the overall idea for a vertically-oriented map seems to have been planned for some time. It's possible that the tower on the rightmost side of the map was related to Clair's eventual challenge before plans were changed, as the Blackthorn Gym is still present, just in the southeast of the map instead. Grass occupies the majority of the map layout unlike in the final, where it is relatively sparse compared to the dirt and rocks around the area, which are also missing in this build. Blackthorn's buildings also lack their unique roof designs at this time.
Map 2A:4C34 as found in the files of the final game
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Blackthorn City first appeared in Beauty is Skin Deep. and witnessed an age-old ritual performed by Clair at the Riverhead Falls, a waterfall that is also the source of Blackthorn's main river. In the following episode, Ash took part in his Gym , but it was interrupted by 's theft of the Dragon Fang. They chased the trio through the Dragon's Den to the Dragon Holy Land. Here, Ash reunited with his . In Better Eight Than Never, Clair and Ash restarted their battle, and Ash managed to earn his .
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In Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!, the plane was taking to Johto to compete in the Wallace Cup was mentioned to make a stop in Blackthorn City.
 visited Blackthorn City in BWS02. During her visit, she found out that a had been causing damage on the town by chewing off bits of benches, fountains, and such. Later, after saving Gible from falling off of a clock tower, Iris found out that Gible had wound up into the city by accident, and offered to take it away. She then met Clair, and together they took Gible to the Dragon Holy Land. After Iris's battle against Clair at the Blackthorn Gym, Gible appeared again, showing that it wanted to come with Iris. Accepting the offer, Iris then the with a .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Blackthorn City first appeared in Debonaire Dragonair, where Clair was seen at her Gym before heading to Dragon's Den, where she encountered and battled .
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In One Way or Another, Iris revealed that Blackthorn City, also known as the Village of Dragons, was her hometown. It was also where she had first met Drayden, who had brought her to the Unova region to train.
==Trivia==
* The song Sevii Islands: Four & Five Islands is a remix of the song Azalea Town from Generation II, shared with Blackthorn City, that is played on Four and s in .
* In the English versions of , if the in one of the houses is interacted with and the Coin Case is used immediately afterward, will be triggered. This causes the Coin Case's display to change to "Which move?he pp of" permanently, unless the game is rebooted without saving.
* Blackthorn City is similar to that of Unova's Opelucid City in , with the fact that both of these cities house the final Gym of their respective regions (which is in both cases) and are the tenth cities that the encounters.
* There is an error on the Trainer Tips sign in . It says that wild Pokémon appear regularly when walking and not running through tall grass, when it is in fact the opposite.
** There is likely a missing word in the first line, and could have been meant to read as: "Wild Pokémon will appear less regularly if you don't run, but walk quietly in the tall grass."
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	フスベシティ Fusube City 	From 燻べ色 fusube-iro (smoke black color)
English 	Blackthorn City 	From black and
German 	Ebenholz City 	From Ebenholz ()
European Spanish 	Ciudad Endrino 	From endrino (blackthorn)
Latin American Spanish	Ciudad Espina Negra 	From espina (thorn) and negra (black)
French 	Ébènelle 	From ébène (ebony)
Italian 	Ebanopoli 	From ebano (ebony) and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean 	검은먹시티 Geomeunmeok City 	From 검은 geomeun (black) and 먹 (墨) meok (ink stick)
Chinese () 	煙墨市 / 烟墨市 Yānmò Shì 	From 煙 / 烟 yān / yīn (smoke) and 墨 mò / mahk (ink)
Chinese () 	煙墨市 Yīnmahk Síh 	From 煙 / 烟 yān / yīn (smoke) and 墨 mò / mahk (ink)
Polish 	BlackthornMiasto Blackthorn	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Cidade de Blackthorn 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Fusube 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Johto locations
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations
Category:Cities
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