Pallet Town

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Pallet Town (Japanese: マサラタウン Masara Town) is where players of Generation I games, as well as several other notable trainers, start their Pokémon journeys in Kanto. It is based on Machida, Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri's hometown; but its location on the map better corresponds to somewhere in the Shizuoka Prefecture.

The town in the video games is located in western Kanto, nestled between Route 1 to the north and Route 21, a water route, to the south.

Places of interest

Professor Oak's Lab

Main article: Professor Oak's Laboratory

In the southeast corner of town is Professor Oak's Lab. Here, Pokémon trainers just beginning their quest can receive either a Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle from Professor Oak. The exception to this was for Ash Ketchum, who got Pikachu from Oak because he woke up late the day he was supposed to get his Trainer's License.

Player's House

In Generations I and III, this house is where the player lives before beginning their journey. The player's mother lives here, and after the player has left town for the first time, going home and talking to her will fully rest/restore all of the player's Pokémon, just like a Pokémon Center.

Rival's House

In Generation III, the sister of the rival in his/her house will help the player to comb his/her Pokémon. The Pokémon's happiness will be raised.

Items

Generations I and III

• Potion: Retrievable from PC in the player's house
• Poké Ball (×5)^FRLG: Obtained from Oak after he receives his parcel

Key items

• Pokédex: Obtained from Oak after he recieves his parcel
• Town Map: Obtained from Daisy after the player obtains his/her starter Pokémon

Pokémon

Generation I

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
	Bulbasaur	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Charmander	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Squirtle	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
Surfing and Fishing
	Magikarp	R	B	Y	Old Rod	5	100%
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Good Rod	10	50%
	Goldeen	R	B	Y	Good Rod	10	50%
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Super Rod	15	50%
	Tentacool	R	B	Y	Super Rod	15	50%
	Tentacool	R	B	Y	Super Rod	10-20	40%
	Staryu	R	B	Y	Super Rod	5-10	60%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation II

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Surfing	30-39	90%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Surfing	35-39	10%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Chinchou	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	20%
	Shellder	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	10%
	Chinchou	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	40%
	Shellder	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	30%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Lanturn	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	10%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation III

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Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
	Bulbasaur	FR	LG	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Charmander	FR	LG	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Squirtle	FR	LG	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
Surfing and Fishing
	Tentacool	FR	LG	Surfing	5-40	100%
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Old Rod	5	100%
	Horsea	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	60%
	Krabby	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	60%
	Krabby	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%
	Horsea	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%
	Shellder	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Staryu	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Horsea	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Krabby	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Gyarados	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	15%
	Seadra	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	4%
	Kingler	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	4%
	Psyduck	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	1%
	Slowpoke	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	1%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Generation I

Pokémon Red, Green and Blue

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If the player chose Squirtle: Template:PartyHeader Template:PartyBody11 Template:PartyFooter

Pokémon Yellow

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Generation III

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If the player chose Squirtle: Template:PartyHeader Template:PartyBody31 Template:PartyFooter

Trainer Tips

FireRed/LeafGreen

In the Anime

Pallet Town is the home town of the main character Ash Ketchum and his rival Gary Oak. As in the games, Professor Oak's Laboratory is located in Pallet Town.

In the Pokémon Special manga

In the Red, Green & Blue chapter Pallet Town is visited in the rounds Glimpse of the Glow, Bulbasaur, Come Home! and The Secret of Kangaskhan for being the hometown of the main character Red and the place where Professor Oak's Laboratory is located. The town also has a forest where Red and Green sees a Mew. Later, the entire townspeople are kidnapped and held hostage in Silph Co. Near the end of the series, it is revealed that Blue also was born in Pallet Town.

In the FRLG chapter of Special, Red and Green are attacked by a Deoxys here.

Trivia

• The town's motto is a reference to the color-named cities of Kanto.
• The town's Japanese motto is マサラは まっしろ はじまりのいろ.
• In Generation II, the town's slogan is A Tranquil Setting of Peace and Purity.
• Aside from Ash Ketchum, other notable trainers who have left Pallet Town include Gary Oak, Gilbert, Red and Green. In the Pokémon Special manga, Pallet Town is famous for being the hometown of many great trainers, including Professor Oak.
  • Besides those stated above, there are two other trainers that live in Pallet Town. These are the trainers that began their journey on the same day as Ash Ketchum and received either Bulbasaur or Charmander as their starter Pokémon. It is unknown if they will ever appear in the anime or if they've already appeared but never stated so.
• Although this town is quite small in the video games, it is shown as a somewhat large town in the anime and manga.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マサラタウン	May have been taken from 真っ新 (massara), meaning brand new.[1]
English	Pallet Town	A palette is a set of colors, used in various means.
French	Bourg Palette	From bourg, village, and palette
German	Alabastia	From Alabaster
Italian	Biancavilla	From bianco white, and villa, estate
Spanish	Pueblo Paleta	Paleta means palette.
Korean	태초마을
Chinese (Mandarin)	眞新鎮/真新镇
Chinese (Cantonese)	純白鎮

References

• Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates
• [1] - Yahoo! Dictionary definition massara

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