Viridian City

If you were looking for the song, see Viridian City (song).

Viridian City トキワシティ Tokiwa City

The Eternally Green Paradise

Connecting routes   ↑ Route 2   ← Route 22 Viridian City   Route 1 ↓

Gym info (Gen I and III) Leader: Giovanni Type: Ground Badge: Earth Badge

Gym info (Gen II and IV) Leader: Blue Type: Various Badge: Earth Badge

Location of Viridian City in Kanto

Viridian City (Japanese: トキワシティ Tokiwa City) is a small city located in western Kanto. In the Generation I and Generation III games, Team Rocket leader Giovanni serves as Leader of the Ground-specialist Viridian Gym, but the Gym is locked until the player can gain all seven other League Badges. Blue becomes the Gym Leader in the Generation II and Generation IV games and trains a variety of Pokémon.

Three paths, all major, lead from the city center. To the north is Route 2, as well as Viridian Forest, which lies in the middle of Route 2 south of Pewter City. To the south is Route 1, which leads to Pallet Town. To the west is Route 22, leading to the Indigo Plateau and the Pokémon League.

Places of interest

Pokémon Academy

Main article: Pokémon Academy

A Pokémon academy is a school where students and Trainers can learn more about Pokémon. Most beginning trainers visit at least one of them, and common trainers who study extensively at these locations are Lasses, School Kids, and Scientists. Much like the Pokémon Academy in Violet City, this building, located in the center of Viridian in Generation III only, is dedicated to teaching the basics of Pokémon to inexperienced trainers. Many trainers that pass through Viridian fall under this category, making the city an ideal location. In Generation II this school was rebuilt and tuned into the Trainer House.

Trainer House

Main article: Trainer House

A unique attraction in Generation II-era Viridian is the Trainer House, a location where trainers from far and wide can battle one trainer per day. On entry, the first floor has a few people and a small desk. Speaking to the woman behind the desk enables entry into the lower basement, where a lone trainer can be found. This trainer will either be Cal, if the player has never used Mystery Gift with anyone, or the last player he or she has used Mystery Gift with. If it is Cal, his team will consist of the final forms of all three Johto starter Pokémon at level 50, namely Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr. If it is another player that has been Mystery Gifted with, their team will consist of whatever Pokémon were in their party at the time of Mystery Gifting, including held items, moves, levels, and so on. No matter what, however, the opponent trainer's sprite will be of Gold.

Viridian Gym

Main article: Viridian Gym

Viridian Gym in FireRed and LeafGreen

The Viridian Gym is the official gym of Viridian City. It is based on Ground-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Giovanni, the head of Team Rocket. Trainers who defeat him receive the Earth Badge. Viridian Gym appears in all games set in the Kanto region. In Generation I and III when the player makes their first encounter with the gym, it is locked because of the absence of the Gym Leader. With this acknowledged, the player journeys off onto other Gyms to challenge them. Once this has been accomplished and when the player has collected the remaining seven Gym Badges, the Viridian Gym reopens.

Inside the Gym, the floor uses the same transporting tiles as in the Rocket Hideout. The player must use these tiles to navigate through the Gym to reach Giovanni. In Generation II, when Blue takes the place of the Gym Leader, the Gym is completely remodeled, and the tiles are now gone. The Gym has no junior trainers. After Blue is defeated, he will give the player the Earth Badge.

Poké Mart

Generations I and III	Generation II
Item Price Balls Poké Ball 200 Medicine Antidote 100 Burn Heal* 250 Parlyz Heal 200 Potion 300	Item Price Balls Poké Ball 200 Medicine Antidote 100 Awakening 250 Burn Heal 250 Full Heal 600 Hyper Potion 1,200 Parlyz Heal 200 Revive 1,500 Other items Flower Mail 50

Items

Generation I

• TM42 (Dream Eater): In the lower left hand corner after cutting a bush.
• Potion: Inside a bush in the upper left hand corner.
• Oak's Parcel: From the shopkeeper at the Poké Mart.

Generation III

• Potion: Inside a bush in the upper left hand corner.
• Oak's Parcel: From the shopkeeper at the Poké Mart.
• Teachy TV: Obtained from old man who teaches the player how to catch a Pokémon.

Pokémon

Wild Pokémon can be found in a pond located in southeast Viridian City.

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
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%
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Super Rod	5-15	100%
	Tentacool	R	B	Y	Super Rod	15	50%
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

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing and Fishing
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Surfing	5-14	90%
	Poliwhirl	G	S	C	Surfing	10-14	10%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	65%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	70%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Poliwhirl	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

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing and Fishing
	Psyduck	FR	LG	Surfing	20-40	100%
	Slowpoke	FR	LG	Surfing	20-40	100%
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Old Rod	5	100%
	Poliwag	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	60%
	Goldeen	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%
	Poliwag	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Poliwhirl	FR	LG	Super Rod	20-30	40%
	Gyarados	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	15%
	Psyduck	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-35	5%
	Slowpoke	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-35	5%
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 IV

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing and Fishing
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Surfing	5-10	90%
	Poliwhirl	HG	SS	Surfing	10	10%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Old Rod	10	95%
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Old Rod	10	5%
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Good Rod	20	60%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Good Rod	20	40%
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	93%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	7%
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.

Trainer Tips

Red and Blue

• The battle moves of Pokémon are limited by their power points, PP. To replenish PP, rest your tired Pokémon at a Pokémon Center!
• Catch Pokémon and expand your collection! The more you have, the easier it is to fight!

FireRed and LeafGreen

In the anime

Viridian City's Pokémon Center.

Viridian City is first visited in Pokémon Emergency!, when Ash Ketchum takes his sick Pikachu to the Pokémon Center. They head to the Viridian City Pokémon Center to be healed. When entering the town, Ash is stopped by Officer Jenny, who finds him suspicious, due to the fact he is carrying Pikachu in his arms and not a Poké Ball, but Ash confirms his identity with his Pokédex, Jenny then rushes Ash to the Pokémon Center. As Pikachu is treated, Ash feels crestfallen and calls home. His mother tries to encourage him, but he still feels downtrodden. He is then called by Professor Oak who is surprised that he reached Viridian so soon. Ash then tells him about the Ho-Oh he saw earlier. Oak feels that he is lying because many trainers have never seen that Pokémon even after searching for it during their whole life. Meanwhile, two 'wanted' posters are revealed, showing the pictures of two 'Most Wanted criminals', Jessie and James of Team Rocket. The two trouble makers spot the posters and swear vengeance on Viridian for putting up wanted posters of them. Their ally Meowth is then revealed to be their Pokémon.

The outskirts of Viridian City.

While Pikachu is being treated, Team Rocket attack the Pokémon Center with the intent of stealing the Pokémon inside. The Center's Nurse Joy tries to transfer all Pokémon to the safety of the Pewter City Pokémon Center, because it is an emergency. Team Rocket use their Ekans and Koffing to wreck havoc in the Center. However, just then Pikachu somehow manages to revive itself and along with the other Pikachu from the Center's back-up power generator, ThunderShock Team Rocket away.

Officer Jenny arrives too late as Team Rocket manages to escape in their Meowth shaped balloon. They agree that Pikachu would make a great gift for their boss and decide to steal it when the chance comes.

Ash leaves Viridian City and heads for the Viridian Forest with a revived relation with Pikachu and Misty in tow.

Sometime later, Ash and friends revisit Viridian City. After they note that the Viridian Pokémon Center has been rebuilt since the events of their last visit, they then discover the Viridian Gym. Ash decides to fight the Gym Leader, but Gary ends up fighting him first (forcing Ash to wait outside due to the one-trainer-at-a-time policy that Viridian Gym apparently has), and after Togepi tries to comfort him, he embraces it, thinking that it was Pikachu until realizing his mistake. After realizing it, he throws Togepi up into the air in surprise, which causes Togepi to bounce off of a flagpole into a Fearow's mouth. Afterwards, Ash and friends try to search for Togepi in the city, not realizing that Team Rocket found it first where it landed on them (literally). After returning, they find Togepi in the Gym, and then notice that Gary and his girlfriends were badly injured due to Mewtwo's attacks. After Ash fights and wins a difficult and dangerous battle with Team Rocket, the Gym collapses due to Togepi blowing up the stands. Afterwards, Ash and friends leave.

After the Silver Conference, Viridian is once again revisited, only some things have changed. Most notably, the Nurse Joy who worked at the Viridian Center in Pokémon Emergency! had retired, Misty's bike had been fixed, and Misty had to return to the gym because her sisters were gone for three months. After a battle with Team Rocket, as well as a trio of hired thugs, they leave Viridian City.

Ash later returns to Viridian and, after learning of Viridian Gym having been rebuilt, he goes to challenge the Gym Leader for kicks. While he doesn't fight Giovanni, he does end up fighting Agatha of the Elite Four.

In the Pokémon Special manga

Viridian Ciy is first visited in the Bulbasaur, Come Home! round of the Red, Green & Blue chapter when Red and Professor Oak chase the Pokémon that escaped of his laboratory. They enter the abandoned Viridian City Gym and fight with the only resident of that building, an angry Machoke.

Differences between generations

This are no notable differences between Generation I and Generation III games, except for houses being slightly bigger and some buildings repositioned. The differences between Generation II and Generation III games are more noticeable. The Pokémon Academy seen in Generation III has been replaced with the giant Trainer House in Generation II, and other buildings were added as well.

Gallery

Viridian City in Generation I

Viridian City in Generation II

Trivia

• Its Japanese motto is トキワは みどり えいえんのいろ.
• An anime song of the same name is centered on its status as the location of the final Gym in Kanto.
• It is the only town that is the first visited in the game that has a Gym, though the Gym is closed until the other seven Badges have been obtained.

In other languages

References

• Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates

Kanto Gym: Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Celadon City Fuchsia City • Saffron City • Cinnabar Island • Viridian City Towns: Pallet Town • Lavender Town League: Indigo Plateau Routes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 Landmarks: Professor Oak's Laboratory • Viridian Forest • Diglett's Cave • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave • Cerulean Cape Rock Tunnel • Power Plant • Cycling Road • Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park • Seafoam Islands Pokémon Mansion • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.