Littleroot Town

Littleroot Town (Japanese: Mishiro Town) is located in southwestern Hoenn. It is where s of the Hoenn-based games start their Pokémon journeys. Hoenn's region-exclusive professor, Professor Birch, has a laboratory in the town that he uses for research on Pokémon.
The only exit of the town is north, which leads to and Oldale Town beyond. A person will block off this exit until the player has met / in the house opposite the player's own.
==Slogan==
A town that can't be shaded any hue. (Japanese: A town that can't be shaded any hue.)
==Places of interest==
===Professor Birch's Lab===
In the southwest corner of town is Professor Birch's Laboratory. Here, Pokémon Trainers just beginning their quest can receive either a , , or from Professor Birch. Instead of obtaining the player's first partner Pokémon here, the player must gain it on while saving Professor Birch during the storyline. Professor Birch's assistant often looks after the laboratory by himself because Professor Birch likes doing field work instead of being inside his laboratory. Professor Birch's house is also located in the northeast (if player character is male) or northwest (if player character is female). In , the player can use the cardboard boxes in Birch's lab to change 's .
===Player's house===
This is the house where the player lives before beginning their journey. The game begins with the player moving into Littleroot from the Johto region aboard a moving truck. The male character lives in the house on the left, while the female character lives in the house on the right. The player's lives here, while Norman, the player's father, drops by and stays a while. After the obtains their first partner Pokémon on Route 101, going home and talking to their mother will fully restore all of the player's Pokémon, just like a Pokémon Center.
There are two levels, the first being a living room and kitchen area, while upstairs on the second level is where the player's bedroom is located. In Generation III, it contains a clock that the player must set at the start of the game to keep track of the time, a Nintendo GameCube with a Game Boy Advance hooked up to it as a controller, and a PC to store items and . A Potion is stored in the PC and can be withdrawn as soon as the player first uses it. The rug can be decorated with . In Generation VI, the clock is set to the correct time automatically by interacting with it, the GameCube has been replaced by a Wii U with a GamePad, there is no PC, and no dolls can be placed into the room.
The TV found here is the only one in Hoenn to detail the current broadcast, specifically a movie on TV wherein two men are dancing on a big piano keyboard.
===Rival's house===
 lives in the house on the left, while lives in the house on the right. The rival's house is similar to the 's house. As the rival is the son/daughter of Prof. Birch, it is also his residence.
==Role==
===Delta Episode===
During the Delta Episode, immediately after the player resumes the game after entering the Hall of Fame for the first time, the player's parents are talking about their upcoming plans. Despite already buying a Pair of Tickets to see a star show in Mossdeep City, Norman has to be at the Petalburg Gym that day, so he is unable to go. When the player goes downstairs, Norman gives the player the Pair of Tickets, and suggests they invite their neighbor / to go with them.
Upon stepping outside, Zinnia meets the player for the first time and briefly introduces herself.
Upon entering /'s house, the player's neighbor exclaims that Zinnia has stolen their Key Stone; despite their attempt to battle her, Zinnia's Pokémon were too strong. The player's neighbor then mentions that Zinnia has said "'s next".
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire===
In , Littleroot Town's population is 8 (excluding the and the rival). This makes it the smallest town in Hoenn.
===Pokémon Emerald===
In , Littleroot Town's population is 9 (excluding the and the rival).
===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire===
In , Littleroot Town's population is 8 (excluding the and the rival).
==Items==
==Pokémon==
===Generation III===
In , Professor Birch hands the one of the Johto first partner Pokémon after completing the regional Pokédex.
==Appearance==
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	ミシロタウン 	Littleroot Town 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld 	ミシロタウン 	Littleroot Town 	Go Ichinose 	Shota Kageyama
 	When encountering Zinnia	悠久を継ぎし者たち 	The Heirs to Eternity	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In , Littleroot Town is a waterfront location, complete with a port, and is shown as quite a large town with mainly tall buildings and towers. In , it didn't have a Pokémon Center, but one was later revealed to have been built there in .
Professor Birch's laboratory is located in the forested outskirts of Littleroot Town. The site consists of a main arch-shaped building and two smaller, separate structures on either side. The separate structure on the right includes a spare room where Ash watched Pikachu recover overnight.
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In the leadup to the Silver Conference, and met , who mentioned that he was from Littleroot Town, in Pop Goes the Sneasel.
Littleroot Town first appeared at the very end of Hoenn Alone. Upon arrival into Littleroot Town's port, Jessie indicated that she had been to the town sometime before and referred to it as "the city whose colors will never change", though she didn't elaborate further.
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In Get the Show on the Road!, Ash met Professor Birch and here for the first time while trying to save his from an electrical overcharge it had received during a recent encounter with . Ironically, Team Rocket also ended up accidentally curing Pikachu while trying to capture him with their electricity-absorbing mecha. May had traveled from her home in Petalburg City to Littleroot to choose a first partner Pokémon from Professor Birch. She eventually chose .
Littleroot Town's port was seen again in A Six Pack Attack!. At the end of the episode, Ash and boarded a boat from the port towards Fortree City.
Ash and used the port to leave Hoenn for Kanto in The Scheme Team.
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In Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!, Sawyer revealed that he had received his from Professor Birch in Littleroot Town.
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In Goodbye, Friend!, Ash and Goh traveled to Littleroot Town to document the migratory patterns of the in the area. Seeing how well his enjoyed its time with the local Pokémon, Goh almost ended up it there, but changed his mind at the last moment before departure.
====Gallery====
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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 and his family moved from Johto to Littleroot Town in Creeping Past Cacnea, although Ruby ran away from home as soon as the moving had been completed, intending to win every in the Hoenn region as a protest to his father's demands to have him do training instead of Contests.
Like the rest of southern Hoenn, Littleroot Town was flooded following 's awakening in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon III.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
Littleroot Town appeared in I Won't Let You Lead!!. and his Pokémon challenged Professor Birch to various contests at a fishing hole located there, and lost them all.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Littleroot Town in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* As Hoenn coincides with , the location of Littleroot coincides with the city of .
* The movie playing in the player's house is most likely , as it has a famous scene where the main character (played by ) dances on a giant piano keyboard with his boss (played by ).
* Littleroot Town is the first starting town, in the games, to:
** Only have one exit out of town.
** Not be surrounded by a body of water.
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ミシロタウン Mishiro Town 	Possibly from 未 mi (not yet) and 白 shiro (white)
English, Danish 	Littleroot Town 	From little and root
German 	Wurzelheim 	From Wurzel (root) and the town suffix -heim (home)
Spanish 	Villa Raíz 	From villa (small town) and raíz (root)
Spanish 	Pueblo Raíz Chica 	From raíz (root) and chica (small)
French 	Bourg-en-Vol 	From bourg (market town) and envol (takeoff)
Italian 	Albanova 	From alba nuova (new dawn) and possibly alba (Latin for white)
Korean 	미로마을 Miro Maeul 	From a contraction of its Japanese name or 미로 (迷路) miro (labyrinth)
Chinese () 	未白鎮 / 未白镇 Wèibái Zhèn 	From its Japanese name
Chinese () 	未白鎮 Meihbaahk Jan 	From its Japanese name
Norwegian 	Littlerootby 	From its English name
Polish 	LittlerootMiasto Littleroot 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de LittlerootCidade de Radícula 	From its English nameFrom radícula (litte root)
Russian 	Литтлрут Таун Littlrut TaunГород Литлрут Gorod Litlrut	Transcription of its English nameFrom its English name
Swedish 	Littlerootstaden 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thị trấn Mishiro 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
Category:Towns
Category:Hometowns
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