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Inside the Day Care on Hoenn Route 117

A Pokémon Day Care (Japanese: ポケモン　育て屋 Pokémon Day Care) is a place for Pokémon Trainers to drop off their Pokémon to be raised in the care of other people. Most locations are staffed by a Day-Care Couple, but some are only staffed by a Day-Care Man and one is staffed by the Day Care Lad and his older sister. Pokémon in Day Care gain one experience point per step the player takes. Where it is possible to leave two Pokémon, it is also possible for them to breed and produce Eggs.

Overview

In the core series, leaving a Pokémon at the Day Care is technically free, but withdrawing it will cost $100 plus an additional $100 for each level the Pokémon has gained.

As they level up in the Day Care, Pokémon will not undergo evolution. If a Pokémon reaches a level where it can learn a new move, it will always learn that move; if the Pokémon already knows four moves, its first move will be forgotten and the new move will be placed last. A Pokémon may even forget HM moves, which normally cannot be replaced, while it is in the Day Care.

While the Day Cares in Orre and Kanto can only raise one Pokémon at a time, all other Day Cares can raise two Pokémon at once. If the player leaves two Pokémon of opposite genders and the same Egg Group at a Day Care (or any Pokémon that can breed and a Ditto), an Egg may be produced.

In Pokémon Colosseum, if a Shadow Pokémon is left at the Day Care, it will gradually be purified. In Pokémon XD, however, Shadow Pokémon can no longer be left at the Day Care.

In Generations I and II, when a Pokémon is taken out of the Day Care, its experience will lower to the minimum value for its current level. Also in Generation I, the Day-Care Man will not accept any Pokémon that knows an HM move.

In Pokémon Black and White, the Pokémon Day Care will initially only raise one Pokémon at a time; two Pokémon may be left after the player has received the Bicycle in Nimbasa City. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the Pokémon Day Care isn't accessible until the player has defeated the Pokémon League, as Skyarrow Bridge is blocked until the player has completed the game.

Locations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Missing daycare images; the B2W2 one is slightly different on the inside from BW

Route 5 Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, Yellow One Pokémon	Route 34 Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal Two Pokémon	Route 117 Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Two Pokémon
Route 5 Four Island Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen One Pokémon Two Pokémon		Solaceon Town Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Two Pokémon
Route 34 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Two Pokémon	Route 3 Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 Two Pokémon	Route 7 Pokémon X and Y Two Pokémon
Route 117 Battle Resort Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Two Pokémon in each Day Care		Agate Village Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD One Pokémon

In the anime

A Pokémon Day Care near Nacrene City

Several Pokémon Day Cares have been shown in the anime, in the first five main regions.

• Eggseter in Johto
  • Appeared in Extreme Pokémon!. Races are held here; winners receive Eggs as prizes. Ash received an Egg by winning a race.
• Near Dewford Town in Hoenn
  • This Day Care only has Mudkip Eggs.
• Near Saffron City in Kanto
  • Appeared in May's Egg-Cellent Adventure; May received an Egg from this Day Care center.
• Solaceon Town in Sinnoh
  • Appeared in If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!; owned by Angie's parents.
• Near Nacrene City in Unova
  • Appeared in Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!; Ash received an Egg from this Day Care center.
• Near Driftveil City in Unova
  • Appeared in The Lonely Deino!; owned by Bobby
• Near Humilau City in Unova
  • Appeared in Unrest at the Nursery!; owned by a Principal and Layla

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Day-Care Couple on Route 34 in Johto helped Gold, by letting him train on the Pokémon entrusted to them. This training helped Exbo evolve into Quilava, after which he perseveres harder and accumulates enough experience for Polibo, Gold's Poliwag, to eventually evolve into a Poliwhirl during their stay in Ecruteak City. They also taught him to battle without his billiards cue and goggles, as well as how to exploit type advantages.

At the end of Platinum arc, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum were seen at the Solaceon Day Care with Manaphy and Phione. The Day-Care Couple from Johto also appears, telling the trio about a boy they once knew, having known to affect a Pokémon's personality before hatching.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, the Day-Care Couple are young, as opposed to the usual older couple. In Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!, they invite Gold to a tournament run by the Day-Care Center, and in A Huge Mysterious Tree!!, they give him a Pokémon Egg.

In other languages

Language Title Finnish Päivähoitola French Pension Pokémon German Pokémon-Pension Italian Pensione Pokémon Korean 포켓몬키우미집 Pokémon Day Care Spanish Guardería Pokémon

See also

• Day-Care Couple
• Pokémon breeding

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