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Orange Archipelago オレンジ諸島 Orange Islands

A complete map of the Orange Islands in relation to Kanto and Johto

Introduction Pokémon anime Professor Professor Ivy First partner Pokémon None Regional Villains Team Rocket

League Pokémon League Orange League League Location Pummelo Island

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Anime Series Original series (The Beginning) Season(s) Adventures in the Orange Islands (2)

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Anime map of the Orange Islands

The Orange Archipelago (Japanese: オレンジ諸島 Orange Islands), more commonly known as the Orange Islands, is a large chain of tropical islands located south of Kanto and Johto.

In the anime

The Orange Islands were likely developed as the setting for a filler arc while the next generation of games was still under development. According to a map released with The Rise of Darkrai, they are located around the same area as New Island and the later-introduced Sevii Islands, with the latter also existing in the games, unlike the anime-original archipelago.

Pokémon Trainers come here to participate in the Orange League, but its tropical climate also attracts many tourists. One effect of the climate is the presence of alternately colored Pokémon. The Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys of the archipelago dress in slightly different attire than those of the other regions, and some appear to have tans. Most of the scattered islands in the archipelago are named after types of oranges or other various citrus, and many are deserted.

Ancient texts identify the central region of the archipelago as the source of all the waters of the world and possibly the origin of life.

Locations

Image	Name	Debut	Location	Areas of interest
	Valencia Island	A Scare in the Air
	Tangelo Island	The Lost Lapras		Pokémon Park
	Mikan Island	Fit to be Tide		Mikan Gym
	Mandarin Island North	Pikachu Re-Volts
	Sunburst Island	The Crystal Onix
	Pinkan Island	In the Pink
	Fukuhara Island No. 4	Shell Shock
	Kinnow Island	Bye Bye Psyduck		Pokémon Showboat
	Unnamed island	The Joy of Pokémon
	Navel Island	Navel Maneuvers		Navel Gym
	Seven Grapefruit Islands	Snack Attack!
	Moro Island	A Shipful of Shivers		Ghost ship
	Golden Island	Meowth Rules!
	Murcott Island	Tracey Gets Bugged
	Unnamed island	A Way Off Day Off
	Mandarin Island South	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		Yambera Trovitopolis
	Trovita Island	Misty Meets Her Match!		Trovita Gym
	Fairchild Island	Bound for Trouble
	Shamouti Island	The Power of One
	Fire Island	The Power of One
	Lightning Island	The Power of One
	Ice Island	The Power of One
	Unnamed island	Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
	Cleopatra Island	Charizard Chills
	Ascorbia Island	The Pokémon Water War
	Butwal Island	Pokémon Food Fight!
	Kumquat Island	Pokémon Double Trouble		Kumquat Gym
	Rind Island	The Wacky Watcher!
	Unnamed island	The Stun Spore Detour
	Pummelo Island	Hello, Pummelo!		Pummelo Stadium
	Tarroco Island	Viva Las Lapras
	Hamlin Island	The Underground Round Up

League

Main article: Orange League

Only four Orange League Badges are required to participate in championship competition, held on Pummelo Island. Unlike Gyms in other regions, the Orange League requires participants to complete challenges for the leaders of the Orange League, the Orange Crew.

Compared to the Gym Leaders of the other regions Ash has visited, the challenges set by the Orange Crew are not restricted to a building serving as the Gym, with Danny's tasks involving a mountain while Cissy and Rudy had a portion of their challenges involving the ocean. Only Luana hosted hers in a Gym arena although this was an extension to her hotel.

Orange League
Anime-exclusive		Region: Orange Archipelago
Gym Leader Japanese	Location Japanese	Challenge	Prize
Cissy アツミ Atsumi	Mikan Island ナツカン島 Natsukan Island	Water Gun target test Surfing race	Coral-Eye Badge
Danny ダン Dan	Navel Island ネーブル島 Navel Island	Climb mountain (to qualify) Freeze a geyser race Build a Toboggan Toboggan race	Sea Ruby Badge
Rudy ジギー Ziggy	Trovita Island ユズ島 Yuzu Island	Target test Same-type Pokémon battle	Spike Shell Badge
Luana ルリコ Ruriko	Kumquat Island リュウチン島 Liǔchéng Island	Double Battle	Jade Star Badge
Supreme Gym Leader Drake ヘッドリーダー ユウジ Head Leader Yūji	Pummelo Island カンキツ島 Kankitsu Island	Full Battle	Winner's Trophy Honor at the Palace of Victory

In the manga

The Orange Islands in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

The Orange Islands were featured from The Orange Islands to Pikachu's Plan, adapting several events of Ash's adventures in the archipelago, including his captures of Lapras and Snorlax, his Gym battle with Rudy, and his Full Battle against Drake. Unlike in the anime, where he traveled with Misty and Tracey, he mostly travels around the archipelago alone in this adaptation, with Tracey not appearing at all. His main motivation for traveling there, the GS Ball, is also absent.

Pokémon Newspaper Strip

In Pokémon Newspaper Strip, this location is mistakenly referred to as "Orange Island" when it is mentioned in an object-matching puzzle: "Four Pokémon took a plane to Orange Island and got their baggage mixed up!"

Trivia

• The region is only called the Orange Archipelago three times, twice in Pallet Party Panic and once in The Lost Lapras. It is otherwise exclusively referred to as the Orange Islands.
• The Orange Archipelago is the only place where Ash competed in a Pokémon League that did not appear in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, although it was mentioned in Ride, Lapras, Ride!.
• The Orange Archipelago shares several notable similarities with the Alola region, which was introduced six generations later:
  • Both are tropical archipelagos.
  • Both feature regional form Pokémon.
  • Instead of traditional battle-based Gyms, the regions focus on other kinds of challenges.
  • Entering the local Pokémon League in both regions requires defeating four notable Trainers on four different islands.
  • Ash has won the local Pokémon League on both archipelagos.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 橘子群島 Gwātjí Kwàhndóu * 香橙群島 Hēungcháang Kwàhndóu * Mandarin 橘子群島 / 橘子群岛 Júzǐ Qúndǎo * 柑橘群岛 Gānjú Qúndǎo* Danish Orange Øhav Orangeøerne* Dutch Orange Islands Finnish Orange-saaret French Archipel Orange Îles Orange German Orange-Inseln Hindi Orange Islands Icelandic Orangeeyjurnar Appelsínueyjurnar* Italian Arcipelago Orange Isole Orange Korean 오렌지제도 Orange Jedo Norwegian Orange-øyene Orange Islands* Polish Wyspy Pomarańczowe* Wyspy Pomarańczy* Wyspy Oranżowe* Pomarańczowy Archipelag/Archipelag Walencja* Portuguese Brazil Ilhas Laranja Portugal Ilhas Laranjas Russian Оранжевые острова Oranzhevye Ostrova* Острова Орендж Ostrova Orendzh* Spanish Islas Naranja Swedish Apelsinöarna Apelsinskärgården* Orange-öarna* Oranga öarna* Tamil Orange Islands Telugu Orange Islands Turkish Portaklal Adaları

Orange Archipelago
Inhabited islands Ascorbia • Butwal • Golden • Hamlin • Kinnow • Kumquat • Mandarin N. Mandarin S. • Mikan • Moro • Murcott • Navel • Pummelo • Shamouti Sunburst • Tangelo • Tarroco • Trovita • Valencia Deserted islands Cleopatra • Fairchild • Fire • Fukuhara No. 4 Grapefruit • Ice • Lightning • Pinkan • Rind Unnamed islands Unnamed island (EP092) • Unnamed island (EP098) Unnamed island (EP110) • Unnamed island (PK04) Settlements Trovitopolis • Yambera Landmarks Ghost ship • Palace of Victory • Pokémon Showboat • Pummelo Stadium

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