Appendix:Red and Blue walkthrough/Section 5

Cerulean City

You made it to Cerulean City... and now you're trapped. You won't be able to leave the city until you beat Misty at the Gym, and your rival (who is waiting on the bridge to Route 24.

A Rare Trade

In the house next to the Pokémon Center, an old man is willing to trade his Ice/Psychic-type Jynx for your Poliwhirl. You probably won't have one yet since you don't have a rod, but this is the only Jynx in the game (luckily he doesn't trade it to anyone else).

Gym Badge Man

In the northwest house is a man who will explain every effect of the eight Indigo League Gym Badges.

Bike Shop

Finally, you can move faster than on foot - too bad the price tag is a whopping $1,000,000! Your wallet can't carry that much cash, so you'll have to track down a Bike Voucher somewhere...

Something Shady

You won't be able to enter the house behind the Gym yet, since it is blocked off by a police officer. It seems that Team Rocket is looking for trouble again, having stolen a valuable item from the people living here. After you visit the Sea Cottage to the north, you'll be able to enter the home (and exit through a hole in the back wall to leave the city).

Cerulean Gym

Gym #2 specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon, so you'll want to bring a Grass- or Electric-type. If you chose Charmander, it's going to have a rough time here, so you may want to venture off to Route 24 to catch an Oddish (Red) or a Bellsprout (Blue) to help take on the Gym.

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Now that you've defeated Misty and won the Cascade Badge, all of your Pokémon at Lv 30 or below will always obey you (even those you got in a trade), and you can use Cut outside of battle once you get HM01. Misty also presents you with TM11 (BubbleBeam) as a prize. After her defeat, heal up and head north to Route 24.

Route 24

As soon as you head for "Nugget Bridge", you rival appears. He taunts you like usual, and then it's time for the second rival battle! Let your weakest team member fight his Abra; since the only move it has is Teleport, it can't do any damage.

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After you beat him, there are sixteen Trainers between Cerulean City and the Sea Cottage; luckily you can backtrack to the Poké Center to heal up as necessary. In addition to the bugs from Viridian Forest, you can also find Pidgey, Oddish, Bellsprout, and Abra here. Abra can only Teleport at first, but they evolve into the stronger Template:Type2 Kadabra soon enough.

Once you manage to beat all five Trainers on the bridge (and the Rocket grunt in disguise), you'll get a Nugget (worth $5,000 - good for quick cash) for your efforts!

Now that you've gotten past the bridge, you can turn left and battle a Jr. Trainer♂. If you're after an Abra, a good strategy is to have your Jigglypuff or Clefairy sing to it so it can't teleport away. Pick up TM45 (Thunder Wave) on the northern ledge. Thunder Wave is a non-damaging move, but causes paralysis, which is helpful when trying to capture new Pokémon. Turn east towards Route 25.

Route 25

Nine Trainers left between you and Bill's Sea Cottage!

When you see the Trainer standing in a line of trees with an item ball behind him, make sure to be at least three spaces away from him when you cross his line of sight. Since you can't cut the tree down yet to get the item ball, you'll have to lure him to battle you. After that battle, you can pick up the TM19 (Seismic Toss) that was blocked off. Seismic Toss inflicts damage equal to the user's level, regardless of the battlers' Attack or Defense - not a bad move to have!

Sea Cottage

Bill's got a problem: he screwed up an experiment and combined his DNA with a Pokémon's! It's not permanent though, so when he steps into the machine, use his PC to help him out. Now that he's human again, he give you an S.S. Ticket as thanks. This ticket lets you board the luxury cruise ship, S.S. Anne, that's docked in Vermilion City. Vermilion City is also the location of Gym #3. Before you leave Cerulean Cape, step outside of Bill's house... and walk right back inside. Check out his PC to view his favorite Pokémon, the Eevee family (this also gives you four new pages of data in your Pokédex). Now take the shortcut south of the cottage to backtrack to Cerulean City.

Cerulean City, again!

Stop in the Poké Center if needed, then get ready to hit the road again!
Now that the police officer has moved out of the way, you can finally enter the home that was robbed by the Rockets. Besides the obvious signs of a break-in, the intruder also left a gaping hole in the wall as an escape route. Step through the hole, and you're jumped by a Rocket.

Since you've shown that Rocket that you're no pushover, he gives up the TM28 (Dig) to you before running off. A handy TM, since using it in a cave lets you return to the entrance. Now it's time to head south, you've got a ship to catch!

Route 5

Pokémon Daycare

Having trouble getting your weaker team members into battle for experience? Then you've come to the right place! The man inside will accept one of your Pokémon at a time to raise for you while you're away. Whatever you choose to leave with him will gain 1 EXP for every step you take (if you bought the $500 Magikarp near Mt. Moon, this is a good way to raise it). The downside is that he'll make any decisions for you; he may delete a skill you like, or ignore a new move altogether. He will charge you $100 for every level your Pokémon gained to return it.

The tall grass near the ledges is home to a new Pokémon for each version; Mankey in Red, and Meowth in Blue. You can't get through the guardhouse to Saffron City yet, so take the Underground Path to Route 6. The woman at the northern exit will offer to trade her Nidoran♀ for your Nidoran♂ if you're interested.

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