Fuchsia City
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| Fuchsia City | |
| セキチクシティ Sekichiku City |
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| Behold! It's Passion Pink! | |
| Location Info | |
| Region | Kanto |
| Connecting Routes | Route 19 (South) Route 15 (East) Route 18 (West) |
| Gym Info | |
| Leaders | Koga(Generation I) Janine(Generation II) |
| Badge | Soulbadge |
| Type | Poison |
Fuchsia City (セキチクシティ Sekichiku Shiti?, Sekichiku City in the original Japanese) is a fictional city located in southeast Kanto, a region in the Pokémon world. The town's motto is "Behold! It's Passion Pink!".
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[edit] In the video games
[edit] Residents
Residents of Fuchsia City include Warden Slowpoke, Safari Zone owner, the grandfather of Bill (the inventor of the Pokémon PC), and Koga and Janine, the local Gym Leaders. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, it is also home of the Move Deleter, who has the ability to make Pokémon unlearn any move, including HMs.
[edit] Pokémon Gym
Fuchsia City is home to Koga, head of the Pokémon Gym in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Fire Red, and Leaf Green. He is replaced by his daughter, Janine, in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. In either case, the gym's interior is a confusing maze of invisible walls. Koga (or Janine) awaits challengers in the center of the maze, clearly visible to challengers as they attempt to navigate the maze. Both leaders specialize in Poison-type Pokémon.
[edit] Safari Zone
Fuchsia City is home to the Safari Zone, a large national park where Pokémon trainers are able to catch rare Pokémon. In the Safari Zone, a trainer pays $500 in order to get 30 special Safari balls and 600 steps (500 in the original games) to explore the zone with. The Safari Zone is also the gateway to accessing Glitch City in Pokémon Red and Blue.
The Safari Zone is different from a wild area. The player cannot battle the Pokémon that live there. Instead, they must throw rocks to stun wild the Pokémon bait to entice them, or Safari Balls to capture them. While capturing Pokémon this way is more difficult, the Safari Zone is the sole place to capture a number of rare Pokémon, including Dratini, Kangaskhan, Pinsir, Scyther, and Tauros. You are allowed to use your Pokémon to Surf, use Sweet Scent, and do other appropriate Overworld Tricks.
Often, important items are lost in the Safari Zone, including the HM03 Surf, Technical Machines, and the Warden's gold false teeth.
[edit] Warden Slowpoke's house
Warden Slowpoke is rather troubled when the player first meets him in R/B/Y. He dropped his gold teeth deep in the Safari Zone making his words unintelligible. If the player can find his gold teeth he will be rewarded with the HM04 Strength. In Warden Slowpoke's Garden, there is a small but very special pond. In Pokémon Yellow and later, it is the only place in the games to catch a wild Gyarados and this saves the player of the painstaking process of evolving a Magikarp. They are, however, very rare compared with the many Magikarps and Goldeens present. It is generally better to evolve a Magikarp, however, as it has better stats when it evolves.
[edit] Fuchsia City Zoo
Outside the Safari Zone is a small Pokémon Zoo (the only Zoo to be featured in the Pokemon games, to date). It is seen in almost all of the continuities and if the player has a look it can fill his/her Pokédex (the Pokédex data that is received is similar to what one would normally get if they had encountered the Pokemon in battle, but not captured it). The Pokémon in the zoo are Slowpoke, Chansey, Lapras, Voltorb, Kangaskhan, and Kabuto or Omanyte (depending on which of the 2 Fossils in Mt. Moon the player choses).
The Safari Zone and Fuchsia Zoo were all closed, with the Pokemon missing in Gold/Silver/Crystal. This due to the fact that Warden Slowpoke had gone on vacation. The missing Zoo Pokemon may have been with Warden Slowpoke on vacation.
Due to its close proximity to the Safari Zone and the fact the Pokemon in the Zoo went missing in G/S/C. It can be assumed that Fuchsia City Zoo is run, owned, and operated by the Safari Zone & Warden Slowpoke.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Fuchsia City is the southern end of the Cycling Road, which starts off at Celadon City in central Kanto. Route 15 leads into the city from the east, route 18 from the west, and the beach of route 19 is in the south. In the first-generation games, it also houses the first Pokémart to stock Ultra Balls, the most powerful Poké ball the player can purchase.
Fuchsia City is also a location in Pokémon Pinball (on the blue table) where the player can catch Magikarp, Goldeen, Kangaskhan, and Exeggcute.
In FireRed/LeafGreen, the house to the left of the Pokèmon Center is home to the Move Deleter, who wasn't originally there in the past games (but is a welcome addition).
[edit] In the anime
In the anime, Ash and his friends get lost on their way to the Fuchsia City Gym, which is hidden in the middle of nowhere. They decide to enter an oriental-looking building to ask for directions but are met with traps such as fake mirrors, invisible walls, pits, and many Voltorb. This is the gym. They follow a Venonat and eventually find Aya, another girl that catches Brock's eye, and who is Koga's younger sister and one of his students.
Ash, Misty, and Brock overcame the traps in the Gym and Ash was finally able to challenge Koga. Their match was interrupted when Team Rocket tried to steal Koga's large supply of Voltorb, although they had raided the gym with the intent of getting Poison-type Pokémon. Team Rocket was stopped by Misty's Psyduck, and Ash and Koga had a rematch. Ash triumphed and won the Soul Badge.
In the anime, Battle Pike is located near Fuchsia.
[edit] In the manga
Red visits the Safari Zone in Chapter 21, "VS. Nidoking", in Pokémon Adventures. In this chapter, he catches a wild Nidoqueen.
[edit] Demographics
The population of Fuchsia City is 25.
[edit] See also
| Pokémon regions and locations | |
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| Kanto: | Pallet Town | Viridian City | Pewter City | Cerulean City | Vermilion City | Celadon City | Lavender Town | Fuchsia City | Saffron City | Seafoam Islands | Cinnabar Island | Indigo Plateau |
| Johto: | New Bark Town | Cherrygrove City | Violet City | Azalea Town | Goldenrod City | Ecruteak City | Olivine City | Whirl Islands | Cianwood City | Mahogany Town | Blackthorn City | Mt. Silver | Silver Town |
| Hoenn: | Littleroot Town | Oldale Town | Petalburg City | Rustboro City | Dewford Town | Slateport City | Mauville City | Verdanturf Town | Fallarbor Town | Lavaridge Town | Fortree City | Lilycove City | Mossdeep City | Sootopolis City | Pacifidlog Town | Ever Grande City |
| Other: | Orange Islands | Sevii Islands | Orre | Fiore | Sinnoh |
