Cianwood City

Cianwood City (Japanese: タンバシティ Tanba City) is located on the far western edge of Johto, apparently on a totally different landmass than the rest of the region. Due to Cianwood City being at a dead end location in the Johto region, it was not a popular destination. However, in Generation IV, it became a notable destination due to the addition of the located to the west of the city.
Tales of and the s it creates circulate among the sailors that stop in this port town.
==Slogan==
===Generation II===
A Port Surrounded by Rough Seas! (Japanese: あらなみに　かこまれた　うみのまち A sea town surrounded by rough seas.)
===Generation IV===
A Port of Crashing Waves (Japanese: あらなみに　よせる　うみのまち A sea town of crashing waves.)
==Places of interest==
===Kirk's house===
Kirk (Japanese: セイジ Seiji), known as Mania (Japanese: マニア Mania) in Generation II, is a who lives in the house directly south from the Gym. Before the meets him, he is bullied by into giving up one of his Pokémon, implied to be . To prevent Silver from coming back to steal any more Pokémon, Kirk wants to give the player his , nicknamed Shuckie (Japanese: ネッシー Nessie), for safekeeping. This Shuckle has Kirk's Trainer ID number and will act like an in .
If the player returns to Kirk on another day, he will ask for Shuckie back. If the player agrees, he will take it back unless it has high enough friendship (150 in Generation II), in which case he will let the player keep it. Kirk will accuse the player of stealing if they refuse, but this allows Shuckie to be kept regardless of its friendship value.
===Photo Studio/'s house===
In the Generation II games, the Photo Studio (Japanese: タンバしゃしんオヤジ Tanba's photographer) is where pictures of Pokémon can be taken. This is meant to work with the Game Boy Printer peripheral. The can print out their Pokédex or the stats of one specific Pokémon. Mail can also be printed.
In , this is the house of , the Photographer (Japanese: しゃしんオヤジのいえ photographer's house). He has a camera set up outside so the player can take a picture with their party for their Photo Album, which can be seen on the PC. One of Cameron's relatives resides inside the house.
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===Cianwood City Pharmacy===
Cianwood City Pharmacy (Japanese: タンバくすりや Tanba Pharmacy) is a small pharmacy that is over 500 years old. The Cianwood City Pharmacy sells remedies exclusive to the town. Jasmine will ask the to fetch her Ampharos some medicine from there.
After getting the medicine, players can return to the Pharmacy to find that Potions and Full Heals are in stock. If the player goes to Cianwood City before speaking with Jasmine at the Olivine Lighthouse, Potions and Full Heals will be in stock and the SecretPotion will be unavailable.
===Area north of the city===
In the very north of the city, there is a small area with a ledge where will be at a certain point in , . Eusine will appear after it runs away, and will battle the in an effort to prove himself to Suicune.
===Poké Seer===
In only, the Poké Seer lives in a small house at the very north of the city. She can tell where, when, and at which level a Pokémon in the 's party was caught.
===Cianwood Gym===
The Cianwood Gym is the official Gym of Cianwood City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Chuck, whom the will see either lifting a boulder in Generation II or meditating under a in . Trainers who defeat him receive the . Obtaining this Badge is usually the only reason that people travel to Cianwood City. Outside the Gym is Chuck's wife, who will give the player after defeating Chuck.
The Gym guide for the Cianwood Gym is inside the local Pokémon Center rather than the Gym itself. This is played for humor, with the guide claiming that he is afraid of the Gym's tough Trainers.
===Entrance to Cliff Edge Gate===
In , to the west of Cianwood City is an entrance to Cliff Edge Gate, a small cave located between the city and , which leads to the . The entrance is initially blocked but the will be able to go through once Jasmine's Amphy is healed in Olivine City.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal===
In , Cianwood City's population is 19.
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
In , Cianwood City has a population of 27. This makes it an average-sized city. It has little immigration, because of its remote position in Johto. Cianwood City is strongly related to Olivine City, as the only route to Cianwood is via Olivine.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, a was added to the west of Cianwood City, meaning that those heading for the Safari Zone would have to pass through Cianwood City.
==Items==
===Rock Smash===
If the rock contains an item, the game will pick one of the following:
==Pokémon==
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==Trainers==
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
Darren, a Trainer who participated in the Silver Conference, and Horace, Goh's childhood friend, are from Cianwood City.
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Cianwood City first appeared in Machoke, Machoke Man!, where , , and Janina traveled there to get medicine for Jasmine's sick Ampharos. While Janina immediately headed back to Olivine City along with the medicine, Ash and his friends stayed behind for Ash's Gym at the local Gym. They soon met the Gym Leader, Chuck, who agreed to have a Gym battle with Ash. The battle ended in Ash's victory, earning him the . After receiving word from Janina that the medicine had been successfully delivered to Jasmine, Ash and his friends learned about the Whirl Islands from Chuck and his wife and decided to visit them on their way back to Olivine City.
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Cianwood City was mentioned in Zoroark: Master of Illusions, where it was revealed to have a Pokémon Baccer team called the "Cianwood Greens", which was shown having a practice match against the " Reds".
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Cianwood City reappeared in Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!, when Ash and Goh visited the Gym so that Ash could have a World Coronation Series rematch against Bea, who was with Chuck. Although Ash had figured out a way to counter Bea's 's , which had cost him their first match, the match still ended in a draw, resulting in no change to either 's ranking.
====Gallery====
	Cianwood City Pharmacy
	
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Cianwood City appeared in Scrappy Skarmory, where Chuck was seen waiting for the visit of his old rival . When Walker was running late, Chuck saw evidence that he had been attacked on his way to Cianwood. However, Walker was next seen to be unhurt, and joined Chuck in an impromptu battle against his attacker: . They were ultimately unable to defeat and the Legendary Pokémon, which then fled.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
 and traveled to Cianwood City in The Secret Of The Fighting Type Pokémon in order to get the medicine for Jasmine's Ampharos. They encountered the local Gym Leader, Chuck, who agreed to give them the last pack of the medicine if Gold served as a temporary Gym Leader while he recovered from the injuries he had just received in an accident. After Gold had successfully defeated in a Gym battle, Chuck gave him the medicine, which he and Chris sent to Olivine City.
In Farewell To Pikachu?!, Eusine arrived to take away Gold's Pikachu, which he had sent back in time with Bill's Time Capsule. Gold refused to hand Pikachu to him, and the two had a battle to determine who would get to keep it, with Gold eventually winning. After this, however, Black unsealed the monstrous Black Tyranitar in an attempt to catch it, causing it to go on a rampage. It took the combined efforts of the citizens of Olivine and Cianwood City, as well as Gold and Black, to stop the monster's rampage and reseal it inside of Gold's Level Ball.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Cianwood City appeared in Light Up the Lighthouse!!, where and his Pokémon visited it to get the Secret Potion for Jasmine's Ampharos. While they managed to obtain the medicine, ended up losing all but one of the medicine pills on the return trip to .
==Trivia==
* Cianwood City is the only city in the entire Pokémon franchise that takes place on land modeled after .
* Cianwood was the first Gym where the received an official League Badge, due to Saffron City's Fighting Dojo losing its official status before the events of Generations I, , and .
* Unused data that exists in Generation II games suggests that Cianwood City was added late in development.
** Cianwood City is the only settlement without a prototype map.
** There is an unused house in Olivine City, where an NPC mentions a pharmacy in Ecruteak City.
** Goldenrod City has a gate to the west, suggesting was intended to connect to it instead of Cianwood City.
** A Gym existed in the prototype town that became the Lake of Rage.
* and have a reference to Cianwood City. When meeting up with Cynthia after earning the and s, she will give the player a SecretPotion/Secret Medicine. The item's description mentions that it was dispensed by the pharmacy in Cianwood City.
* In Generation IV, if the player has only one Pokémon in their party and PC boxes, a Trainer in the Pokémon Center will give the player a . This event can be repeated so long as the player only has one Pokémon. This is likely a measure to prevent the player from having no means of leaving Cianwood City and rendering the game unplayable.
** This is only possible if player's last surfing Pokémon was traded away or put in the Pokémon Day Care, in which case the player can get stranded in Cianwood City only by using , provided that the Cianwood City Pokémon Center was the last one visited. This is because it is impossible to or transfer the last Pokémon in the party or PC that knows .
** In the Generation II games, this restriction on releasing Pokémon doesn't exist, therefore it is entirely possible to get stranded, unless:
*** A Pokémon that can learn Surf is traded from another game.
*** The player has any Poké Balls, and any or Pokémon that can learn , all of which allow obtaining Pokémon that can learn Surf.
* In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Cianwood City is mentioned to be the hometown of Tomma from the Galaxy Expedition Team's Medical Corps, who gives the player some of his hometown's Secret Medicine for them to complete a request.
==In other languages==
Cianwood City
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	タンバシティ Tanba City 	From 胆礬色 tanba-iro (teal color named after the ) and 波 ha (wave)
English 	Cianwood City 	From cyan and wood
German 	Anemonia City 	From and Seeanemonen ()
European Spanish 	Ciudad Orquídea 	From orquídea ()
Latin American Spanish	Ciudad Cianwood 	From its English name
French 	Irisia 	From , a flower whose color ranges from blue to purple
Italian 	Fiorlisopoli 	From fiordaliso () and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean 	진청시티 Jincheong City 	From 진청 (眞靑) jincheong (azure)
Chinese () 	湛藍市 / 湛蓝市 Zhànlán Shì 	From 湛藍 / 湛蓝 zhànlán / jaamlaam (azure)
Chinese () 	丹波市 Dānbō Shì 	From the Japanese name 丹波 Tanba. Contains 波 bō (wave)
Chinese () 	湛藍市 Jaamlàahm Síh 	From 湛藍 jaamlaam (azure)
Chinese () 	丹巴市 Dāanbā Síh 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Polish 	CianwoodMiasto Cianwood 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Cidade de Cianwood 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Tanba 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Shuckie
{| class="roundy" style="background: #00A7A7; border: 3px solid #009090"	Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese	ネッシー Nessie 	From the , also known as Nessie. Its common depictions and Shuckle have similar silhouettes.	
English 	Shuckie 	Similar to Shuckle 	
German 	Modri 	 	
German 	Nessie 	Same as Japanese name 	
Spanish 	Shucki 	Similar to Shuckle 	
Spanish 	Caparazz 	 	
French 	Nessy 	Same as Japanese name 	
French 	Nessie 	Same as Japanese name 	
Italian 	Shucki 	Similar to Shuckle 	
Italian 	Caratroc 	Shuckle's French name 	
Korean 	네이시 Neissie 	Same as Japanese name 	
Korean 	네시 Nessie 	Same as Japanese name 	
==Related articles==
Category:Johto locations
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations
Category:Cities
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