The Silph Corporation (Japanese: シルフカンパニー Silph Company) is a company in many versions of the Pokémon franchise. They are the manufacturers of many tools, including the Silph Scope, which allows the user to view spectral entities, and have headquarters in Saffron City. They are also speculated to run the Poké Marts in Kanto and possibly Johto and the Sevii Islands as well.
Geography
Company overview
Receiving the Master Ball from the President
Silph Co. is the leading manufacturer of Pokémon technology. It is this company that produces the Poké Balls used by trainers to capture Pokémon, and they are constantly looking for ways to improve upon them. Their status made them a target in the Generation I storyline, in which Team Rocket orchestrated the takeover of their headquarters in Saffron City. The player, though, will arrive just in time to take on the mission of driving them out of the city, and the President of Silph will reveal afterwards the top-secret development Team Rocket was after: the Master Ball, which can catch any Pokémon without fail.
Headquarters
Silph Co. from the Generation III games
The Silph Co. Head Office Building is an eleven-floor skyscraper that is effectively a giant maze. In the games, the player must navigate using warp tiles in order to reach the board room on the top floor. The player must find the Card Key, which unlocks Silph's doors like a hotel key, on the fourth floor of the building in order to do this. All the while, the player must battle through numerous Team Rocket grunts, including the Rocket Brothers, and one Juggler.
Then the player must return to the third floor, open the doors in the center-left of the floor, and use the warp tile to the far left to be taken to the room with a further warp tile that leads to board room. The player's rival waits in that room and the player must face him before continuing on. After he has been beaten, the other person in the room will give the player a Lapras, an extremely rare Pokémon that cannot be obtained any other way in Generation I.
After this, the player may continue on to the board room to face Giovanni for the Master Ball. After rescuing Silph, the player is free to explore the building and talk to the employees.
In Generation II, Silph Co. has increased security, and the player is not allowed to enter the upper floors. One of the guards, however, will kindly give the player an Up-Grade for talking to him, which will allow a Porygon to evolve through a trade into Porygon2. In Generation IV's HeartGold and SoulSilver, one of the Hoenn region's starter Pokémon may be obtained here towards the end of the game. The alternate forms of Rotom may also be accessed here in Generation IV, and the notebook present in the room Rotom's appliances can be found in indicates that Charon may have had past connection to the company. Generation IV also introduced a logo for the company that appears on the PokéGear and has a statue based on it in the company's building.
Discoveries and inventions
Pokémon Reports
It's a Pokémon Report!
Some Pokémon have been confirmed
to evolve when they are traded.
It's a Pokémon Report!
Over 350 Pokémon techniques have
been confirmed.
It's a Pokémon Report!
Pokémon Lab created Porygon,
the first virtual-reality Pokémon.
Manufactured items
Below is a list of all the known items that are manufactured by Silph Co.:
Items
Generations I and III
Generations II and IV
Pokémon
Generation I
| Pokémon
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| Lapras
| R
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| Third floor
| 25
| Only one
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| 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.
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Generation III
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| Lapras
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| Third floor
| 25
| Only one
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| 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.
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Generation IV
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| Games
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| Levels
| Rate
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| Treecko
| HG
| SS
| Sliph Co.
| 5
| Only one
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| Torchic
| HG
| SS
| Silph Co.
| 5
| Only one
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| Mudkip
| HG
| SS
| Silph Co.
| 5
| Only one
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| Beldum
| HG
| SS
| Silph Co.
| The same as the Traded Pokémon
| Trade Forretress
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| 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.
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Trainers
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Eighth floor
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Tenth floor
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Rival
If the player chose Bulbasaur:
 1440
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If the player chose Charmander:
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If the player chose Squirtle:
1440
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Giovanni
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Layout
| Version
| 1st floor
| 2nd floor
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In Super Smash Bros.
- Main article: Saffron City (stage)
Silph Co. appears in Saffron City as a playable stage in Super Smash Bros.. The battle takes place on the roof of Silph Co. and a few smaller surrounding buildings, along with two small moving platforms. This is the home stage of Pikachu and Jigglypuff in the game.
Certain Pokémon will emerge from the elevator on the Silph Co. building and attack briefly, similar to Pokémon summoned from Poké Balls. Occasionally, Pidgey, Fearow, Butterfree, and other Flying-type Pokémon will appear in the background. Following is a list of Pokémon that appears and the attacks that they use:
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Venusaur is impervious; it cannot be KO'd by any means. It deals 14% if touched and will attack with Razor Leaf, each leaf dealing 3% damage and stunning a character if they hit.
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Charmander can be KO'd by stronger attacks, including Pikachu's Thunder. Charmander does not damage upon contact, but will shoot flames at anyone in its range, dealing 3% per hit.
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Electrode is invincible and cannot be hurt by any attacks. After a short time it explodes and deals 30% damage, as well as KOing those with higher damage.
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Chansey is the easiest Pokémon to KO. Unlike other Pokémon, Chansey heals 5% damage on contact. Chansey creates eggs, which can be used as either throwing or healing items.
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Porygon is impervious and cannot be KO'd by any means. It deals 25% when it appears and 15% on contact thereafter.
Trivia
- Oddly enough, among the Grunts and Team Rocket scientists in Silph Co. is Juggler Dalton, who attacks the player like any grunt, exclaiming that kids shouldn't be here. He battles the player with a Kadabra and a Mr. Mime. After the battle, he says that it's a long way to his boss, indirectly referring to Giovanni, which hints that Dalton is associated with Team Rocket (though is clearly not a grunt). He is also the only Team Rocket member not belonging to Team Rocket or Scientist Trainer classes.
Name origin
It is speculated that Silph Co.'s name is derived from the sylph, a mythological creature.
In other languages
- Spanish: Silph S.A.
- Italian: Sliph SpA
- German: Silph Co.
- French: Sylphe SARL
See also
