Ecruteak City

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Ecruteak City エンジュシティ Enju City "A Historical City"

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Map description A city that even now bears the marks of its history.

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Connecting locations ← Route 38 Ecruteak City Route 42 →   Route 37 ↓

Location Location of Ecruteak City in Johto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Ecruteak City in Gold and Silver

Ecruteak City (Japanese: エンジュシティ Enju City) is an old-fashioned city located in northern Johto, situated in the woods between tall Mt. Mortar and the open fields near Johto's western shores.

As with many of the larger cities in the Pokémon world, Ecruteak has a Pokémon Gym, led by Morty, who specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon and hands out the Fog Badge to those who defeat him.

Ecruteak is known as a historical and mythical city; fittingly, its buildings all feature traditional Japanese architecture, while the tallest building in the city, and perhaps all of Johto, is the ten-story Bell Tower in the city's northeast corner, built nearly a millennium before the events of the games. The city is known as being a centerpoint of the Legendary Pokémon native to the Johto region, with the great Ho-Oh once being said to have roosted atop the Bell Tower, and having created three Legendary beasts of the Pokémon who perished when the Brass Tower burned down.

Slogan

Generation II

A Historical City Where the Past Meets the Present (Japanese: むかしと　いまが　どうじに　ながれる　れきしの　まち The city where present and past concurrently flow in history.)

Generation IV

A Historical City (Japanese: れきしが　ながれる　まち The city where history flows.)

Places of interest

Ecruteak Dance Theater

The Ecruteak Dance Theater is where the Kimono Girls dance and battle. The director will give the player the HM for Surf in Generation II, after defeating the Kimono Girls, and in Generation IV, after defeating a rude Team Rocket Grunt. Each of the five Kimono Girls has an evolution of Eevee: Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Espeon, and Umbreon. In Generation II, the player can freely choose their order of facing Kimono Girls. In Generation IV, the player battles them in a fixed order, having to defeat all five consecutively.

Promotional artwork by Midori Harada for HeartGold and SoulSilver

Ecruteak Gym

Main article: Ecruteak Gym

The Ecruteak Gym is the official Gym of Ecruteak City. It is based on Ghost-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Morty. Trainers who defeat him receive the Fog Badge.

In Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player cannot challenge Morty, the Ecruteak Gym Leader when they first arrive in Ecruteak City, as Morty has gone with his friend Eusine to the Burned Tower, searching for signs of the Legendary beasts. When the player awakens Raikou, Entei, and Suicune in the Burned Tower, Morty returns to the Gym, allowing for him to be challenged.

The Ecruteak Gym is designed as a sort of maze, where one wrong step off the right path will send a challlenger back to the beginning. In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Gym has an invisible path leading to Morty and passing several Trainers. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the path is visible but the Gym is largely shrouded in darkness. Flames light up certain points in the path, including around Trainers, but once the player defeats a Trainer, their light will go out.

Burned Tower

Main article: Burned Tower

Burned Tower
It was destroyed by a mysterious fire.
Please stay away, as it is unsafe.

The sad remains of this once-great tower, in the northwestern corner of the city, are all that is left after a fire engulfed it 150 years before the events of the games. It was once as majestic as the Bell Tower to the east, with the two towers representative of where Pokémon awakened and where they slept.

According to some legends, Lugia once perched on this tower; however, others place Lugia as always living in the Whirl Islands. Three Legendary beasts make their home in the basement of the tower, given new life after it burned down by Ho-Oh, who once perched atop the Bell Tower. The player's rival, exploring the area, will challenge the player a third time when they arrive here.

Ecruteak City's Bellchime Trail in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, featuring part of the Barrier Station and Bell Tower as well

Barrier Station to Bell Tower

Barrier Station to Bell Tower
No Trespassing by the Unworthy

The Barrier Station to Bell Tower is a grand, red-roofed gatehouse located in the north of Ecruteak City, at the end of the city's wide main street. This gate houses three Sages, collectively called the Wise Trio (Japanese: ３にんしゅう group of 3 men). It serves to prevent the player proceeding to Bell Tower until they have the Fog Badge. In Pokémon Crystal, the three Sages battle the player before allowing passage. Past the station is Ecruteak's Bellchime Trail and Bell Tower.

Bellchime Trail

Main article: Bellchime Trail

Bellchime Trail is a short path in the northeast of Ecruteak City connecting it to the Bell Tower. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is a separate save location within Ecruteak City; in Pokémon Gold and Silver, it was unnamed and part of the same map as Ecruteak City's main area.

Bell Tower

Main article: Bell Tower

A majestic tower to the east, the Bell Tower is where Ho-Oh was once said to roost. With the Rainbow Wing, the player is able to prove to Ho-Oh that they are a pure-hearted person who will bring Pokémon and people back into harmony with one another.

On the first floor, Suicune lingers in Pokémon Crystal, awaiting the player's arrival with a Clear Bell.

Demographics

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Ecruteak City's population is 31, making it the third-largest city in Johto.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Ecruteak City's population is 44, making it the fourth-largest city in Johto, behind Goldenrod City, Violet City, and Olivine City.

Poké Mart

Generation II
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Potion $300	Super Potion $700
Antidote $100	Parlyz Heal $200
Awakening $250	Burn Heal $250
Ice Heal $250	Revive $1500

Lower cashier (Generation IV)
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball7 Badges $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion5 Badges $1200
Max Potion7 Badges $2500	Full Restore8 Badges $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel7 Badges $700

Upper cashier (Generation IV)
Air Mail $50	Heal Ball $300
Net Ball $1000

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Hyper Potion	In the corner by the water in the northeast (hidden)	G  S  C
	Rare Candy	South of the water in the northeast (hidden)	HG  SS
	Hyper Potion	In the empty plot in the middle of the city (hidden)	HG  SS
	Ether	On the burned logs east of the Burned Tower (hidden)	HG  SS
	Ultra Ball	In a lamp post near the western gate (hidden)	HG  SS
	HM03 (Surf)	Reward from old man for defeating the Kimono Girls	G  S  C
	HM03 (Surf)	Reward from old man for saving the Dance Theater from the Team Rocket Grunt	HG  SS
	Itemfinder	Gift from the Cooltrainer in the house east of the Gym	G  S  C
	Dowsing MCHN	Gift from the Ace Trainer in the house east of the Gym	HG  SS
	Clear Bell	Reward for defeating the Kimono Girls	HG
	Tidal Bell	Reward for defeating the Kimono Girls	SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Poliwag	G		S		C		Surfing	15-24	90%
Poliwhirl	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	10%
Fishing
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	80%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
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
Poliwag	HG			SS			Surfing	10-25	90%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Surfing	15-25	10%
Fishing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	93%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Headbutt
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	12-17	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	12-17	50%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	15-17	30%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	15-17	30%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	12-14	30%
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 II

Ecruteak Dance Theater

Trainer	Pokémon
Kimono Girl Naoko コウメ Koume Reward: $1224	Flareon♂ Lv.17 No item
Kimono Girl Sayo サクラ Sakura Reward: $1224	Espeon♂ Lv.17 No item
Kimono Girl Zuki タマオ Tamao Reward: $1224	Umbreon♂ Lv.17 No item
Kimono Girl Kuni スモモ Sumomo Reward: $1224	Vaporeon♂ Lv.17 No item
Kimono Girl Miki サツキ Satsuki Reward: $1224	Jolteon♂ Lv.17 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Barrier Station to Bell Tower

Trainer	Pokémon
Sage GakuC モウカイ Mōkai Reward: $1024	Noctowl♂ Lv.32 No item
	Flareon♂ Lv.32 No item
Sage MasaC タイソウ Taisō Reward: $1024	Noctowl♂ Lv.32 No item
	Jolteon♂ Lv.32 No item
Sage KojiC エイセン Eisen Reward: $1024	Noctowl♂ Lv.32 No item
	Vaporeon♂ Lv.32 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Ecruteak Dance Theater

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $480	Koffing♂ Lv.12 No item
After earning the Rising Badge
Kimono Girl Zuki タマオ Tamao Reward: $4560	Umbreon♂ Lv.38 No item
Kimono Girl Naoko コウメ Koume Reward: $4560	Espeon♂ Lv.38 No item
Kimono Girl Miki サツキ Satsuki Reward: $4560	Flareon♂ Lv.38 No item
Kimono Girl Sayo サクラ Sakura Reward: $4560	Jolteon♂ Lv.38 No item
Kimono Girl Kuni コモモ Komomo Reward: $4560	Vaporeon♂ Lv.38 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

In the anime

In the main series

Ecruteak City in the anime

Ecruteak City in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Ecruteak City first appeared in A Ghost of a Chance and From Ghost to Ghost, when Ash and his friends arrived there for Ash's next Johto Gym battle. On their way, they encountered a street artist and Firebreather named Infernando, who tried to sell them a "Treasure Detector", but they declined the offer. When James later encountered him as well, he gladly bought the detector with the money he had been supposed to spend for food.

Meanwhile, Ash and his friends wandered into the Burned Tower, mistaking it for the Ecruteak Gym. After they experienced some trouble with the local Ghost Pokémon, Morty arrived at the site and cleared everything up, then informed the group that the place was in fact once called the Tin Tower, a nestling ground for the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh. When the tower burned down during a fight over Ho-Oh's power, the Rainbow Pokémon fled, never to be seen again, even though a new Tin Tower was built nearby in hopes that this would someday happen. Upon seeing a picture of Ho-Oh, Ash instantly recognized it as the mysterious Pokémon he saw on the day he started his journey, although Morty didn't seem to believe him. After dealing with Team Rocket trying to steal Pikachu once again, Ash and Morty agreed to have a Gym battle. The battle was conducted during the next day, where Ash, using his Noctowl as his ace, managed to pull through and win himself the Fog Badge. Morty also admitted that Ash might have indeed seen Ho-Oh like he claimed.

In Trouble's Brewing, before heading to Olivine City, Ash and his friends encountered the Kimono Sisters. The youngest of the sisters, Sakura, struck a friendship with the group, and wondered if she should start traveling with them. Eventually, however, she decided to train on her own before embarking on her own Pokémon journey.

In Espeon, Not Included, Ash and his friends returned to Ecruteak City on their way to Mahogany Town, and encountered the Kimono Girls again, finding out that Sakura had evolved her Eevee into an Espeon. By the end of the episode, Sakura finally embarked on her own journey to collect Badges. In For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, the group met Eusine, a friend of Morty's and a pursuer of the Legendary Pokémon Suicune. Upon finding out that Ash had seen Suicune, he accused him of lying and tried to challenge him to a battle, but the match was interrupted when Bug Pokémon started going wild around the city due to Team Rocket having stolen and accidentally broken one of the four Crystal Bells. While dealing with the trio of thieves, the group came face to face with Suicune itself. Eusine attempted to battle the Legendary beast, but the Aurora Pokémon easily escaped by using Roar on Eusine's Alakazam.

In Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, Ecruteak City was the current location of Drew, Harley, and Solidad. In An Egg Scramble!, it was featured in Lyra's presentation of the Johto region during the Johto Festival.

In Finding a Legend!, Ash and Goh visited Ecruteak City to investigate the Ho-Oh sightings made there. However, it turned out that the sighted "Ho-Oh" was just a disguised Fearow belonging to a boy named Chad, who desperately wanted his grandfather Jaye to see Ho-Oh so that he could regain his fate of its existence. With Goh's advice, they started climbing the Bell Tower, but they were caught in illusions created by a Misdreavus and a Stantler until Goh caught them. At the top of the tower, they started waving Jaye's Rainbow Wing around and calling for Ho-Oh to appear. Though their calls didn't seem to work, the Rainbow Wing started glowing in response to a rainbow appearing in the sky. When they started to leave, Jaye managed to get a view of Ho-Oh flying in the distance, though the others didn't see it.

Gallery

Pokémon Center	Ecruteak Gym	Bell Tower	Burned Tower	Kimono Sisters' teahouse

In Pokémon Generations

Ecruteak City in Pokémon Generations

Ecruteak City in the past in Pokémon Generations

Ecruteak City made a brief appearance in The Adventure, where Red's Pikachu attacked a trio of wild Wooper swimming in a river. However, since they were Ground-type Pokémon, Pikachu's Thunder Shock didn't hurt them at all. The Wooper then counterattacked with Mud Shot just as Lugia flew by, knocking Pikachu into the air.

Ecruteak City reappeared in a major role in The Reawakening. Eusine was seen visiting the Burned Tower, all the while going through the story of how the tower originally burned down, killing the three nameless Pokémon that Ho-Oh then resurrected in the form of the Legendary beasts. Unexpectedly, Suicune showed up, allowing Eusine to look at itself for a few seconds before leaving. Despite the encounter being very brief, Eusine felt hopeful that the Legendary beasts were probably starting to regain their faith in humanity.

In the manga

Ecruteak City in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Ecruteak City debuted in Quilava Quandary, where the entire city was caught up in a giant earthquake. Jasmine, who was on her way to meet the Day-Care Couple at Route 34, got caught up in the devastation and ended up getting trapped in rubble. In Ampharos Amore, Gold and Silver noticed the light sent up by Jasmine's Amphy and rescued her, also coming to realize that the earthquake had been caused by a trained Pokémon. The Pokémon in question was revealed to be a Piloswine used by a group of Team Rocket members, including the two Rocket Executives Carl and Sham. With their combined efforts, Gold and Silver were able to defeat Team Rocket and force them to retreat. It was later revealed that Team Rocket had destroyed the city in an attempt to make Ho-Oh appear.

The city was later rebuilt under Jasmine's supervision. In Buzz Off, Butterfree!, Yellow was revealed to have unintentionally released the Legendary beasts from their imprisonment at the Burned Tower's basement during the rebuilding project.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Gold traveled there to ask Morty about Lance's whereabouts, with Silver arriving shortly after to get Morty's help in locating the Plates scattered around Johto. Unexpectedly, the Ecruteak Gym was attacked by Arceus, and Gold started pursuing it while Silver headed out to collect all the Plates.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

In Gold and Black VS Team Rocket, Gold and Whitney arrived in Ecruteak City and attended the Pokémon Summit, a battle event held at a dome built on the former site of the Burned Tower. However, the event was interrupted by an attack by Team Rocket. Fortunately, the three Legendary beasts appeared and prevented Team Rocket from destroying the dome, although the event was still cancelled due to this incident.

In A Promise Given to Miltank, Gold attempted to challenge Morty, but he refused to let Gold into his Gym with only two Badges. After Gold had gotten the Plain Badge from Whitney, he tried to challenge Morty again, only to find out that he was leaving the Gym for a while and thus was unable to battle him. As such, Morty chose to give Gold a Fog Badge for free and told him to keep it at least until they could have a proper Gym battle.

Trivia

The screenshot of Old City in the fan book

• During the pre-release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, Game Freak's Official Fan Book of Pocket Monsters (Japanese: ポケットモンスター公式ファンブック) from 1997 hinted at a location containing traditional Japanese buildings called Old City (Japanese: オールドシティ). This was likely a prototype of Ecruteak City.
• An unused house in Olivine City features an NPC that claims that a pharmacist in Ecruteak made medicine for her Pokémon. As the pharmacy is actually in Cianwood City, this suggests that it was originally planned for Ecruteak City during the development of Pokémon Gold and Silver.
  • Unused early maps of Ecruteak City also hint at the Magnet Train running through it as well, possibly instead of through Goldenrod City. The reason they may have considered this could have to do with the fact that Kyoto, the city that Ecruteak City is based on, is an intermediate stop on the real-world Tokaido Shinkansen, which inspired the Magnet Train.
• The soundtrack of HeartGold and SoulSilver reveals that the kanji for Enju is 縁寿, meaning "longevity of a relationship".
• Due to the fact that the burning of the Brass Tower has eyewitnesses that the player can talk to, this would make some residents over 150 years old.
• In the French localization of Pokémon Crystal, the Wise Trio are named Ken, Shuu and Raoh, referencing the manga Fist of the North Star.
• A painting of Ecruteak City is on display in the Lumiose Museum in Pokémon X and Y.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	エンジュシティ Enju City	From 縁寿 enju (longevity of relationship), 槐 enju (Japanese Pagoda tree), and 臙脂色 enji-iro (cochineal red)
English	Ecruteak City	From ecru and teak
German	Teak City	From Teak
Spanish	Ciudad Iris	From iris (a flower whose color ranges from blue to purple)
	Ciudad Ecruteak*	From its English name
French	Rosalia	From rose (rose; pink)
Italian	Amarantopoli	From amaranto (amaranth or its reddish-rose color) and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean	인주시티 Inju City	From 인주 (印朱) inju (red stamping ink)
Chinese (Mandarin)	緣朱市 Yuánzhū Shì*	From 緣 yuán (affinity) and 朱 zhū (vermilion)
	圓朱市 / 圆朱市 Yuánzhū Shì* 园朱市 Yuánzhū Shì* 天使市 Tiānshǐ Shì*	Transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 朱 zhū (vermilion). Transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 朱 zhū (vermilion). From 天使 tiānshǐ (angel), possibly a misinterpretation of the Japanese name as ange (French for angel)
Chinese (Cantonese)	緣朱市 Yùhnjyū Síh*	From 緣 yùhn (affinity) and 朱 jyū (vermilion)
	圓朱市 Yùhnjyū Síh*	Transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 朱 jyū (vermilion).
Polish	Ecruteak* Miasto Ecruteak*	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Ecruteak	From its English name
Swedish	Ecruteakstaden	From its English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Enju	Transcription of its Japanese name

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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