LaRousse City
| LaRousse City ラルース LaRousse | |
 Sky view of LaRousse City | |
| Region | Hoenn |
| Debut | Destiny Deoxys |
LaRousse City (Japanese: ラルース LaRousse) is an anime-exclusive city located in the Hoenn region and was the setting for the seventh Pokémon movie, Destiny Deoxys, and makes a cameo in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew . It is a technologically advanced city with moving walkways and a large presence of "Blocky" robots. The city's main power source seems to be its windmills. The most famous attraction in LaRousse is the Battle Tower.
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Location
According to the promotional map handed out with Destiny Deoxys Japanese release, LaRousse City is located in northern Hoenn, near Fortree City.
Geography
The city is located at the confluence of two rivers in northern Hoenn. The city mainly lies on an island, including the huge park, the Battle Tower, and most of the business districts.
On the shores of the river, presumably mainland Hoenn, lies more areas of the city, though not much. Access to the island is via monorail, which wraps around the island, and a bridge over the northern part of the island.
In the TCG
In the Movie Promo set of Pokémon Trading Card Game, there are cards containing Pokémon from LaRousse City. The cards on the following list all belong to LaRousse.
| Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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| LaRousse's Plusle |  |
- | - | Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Space Fissure's Deoxys | 004/019 |
| LaRousse's Minun | |
- | - | Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Space Fissure's Deoxys | 005/019 |
| LaRousse's Munchlax |  |
- | - | Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Space Fissure's Deoxys | 006/019 |
| PCG-P Promotional cards | 020/PCG-P |
Trivia
- LaRousse City is also the hometown of May's rival, Drew.
- This is the second time a movie-made city was based off a real city outside of Japan.
- LaRousse City was one of the first movie settings to feature a highly-efficient, eco-friendly city; now a recurring theme in the Pokémon franchise. It is implied in the seventh movie that the city relies heavily on wind turbines and other alternative energy sources, which create a healthy, non-polluting environment.
Origin
LaRousse is based on Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Chinese (Taiwan) | 拉魯斯市 Lālǔsī Shì | 拉魯斯 is the transliteration of its Japanese name. 市 means city. |
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