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Escape Rope あなぬけのヒモ Hole-Escape Rope

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The Escape Rope (Japanese: あなぬけのヒモ Hole-Escape Rope) is an item introduced in Generation I. It is used to escape a cave or dungeon. It is one of the many items developed by Silph Co.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Manual activation

Generation I

When used in the overworld while the player is in a cave or dungeon, the player is warped to the last Pokémon Center they healed at (or the player's house if they have never healed at a Pokémon Center).

Generation II onward

When used in the overworld while the player is in a cave or dungeon, the player is warped to the entrance through which the player entered the cave or dungeon. It cannot be used in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

The Escape Rope cannot be used to escape from Turnback Cave. Spear Pillar, the Distortion World, and the Hall of Origin are not treated as caves.

Exchange

In Anville Town, on weekends the player can give a man two Escape Ropes in exchange for a Revive.

Other uses

In Pokémon Crystal and HeartGold and SoulSilver, in the Ruins of Alph, the player requires an Escape Rope to open the hidden room in the northeastern chamber. In Pokémon Crystal, the item is consumed and the player escapes as normal. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the item is not consumed and the player does not move.

Description

Acquisition

In the manga

An Escape Rope in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Hurray for Heracross, Bugsy discovered a puzzle in the Ruins of Alph that read "ESCAPE", prompting him to use an Escape Rope. As a result, the wall collapsed, revealing Suicune.

In the TCG

Escape Rope

Main article: Escape Rope (Plasma Storm 120)

The Escape Rope was introduced as a Pokémon Tool Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era) in the Plasma Storm expansion. It was later reprinted as a Full Art Secret card in the English Burning Shadows expansion (the Japanese To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow expansion).

The Escape Rope allows each player to switch their Active Pokémon with their Benched Pokémon, with the opponent switching first.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 離洞繩 Lèihduhng Sìhng * Mandarin 離洞繩 / 离洞绳 Lídòng Shéng * 脫離洞穴的繩子 / 脱离洞穴的绳子 Tuōlí Dòngxué de Shéngzi * 钻洞的绳子 Zuān Dòng de Shéngzi * Danish Flugtrep Dutch Ontsnappingstouw* French Corde Sortie German Fluchtseil Italian Fune di Fuga Korean 동굴탈출로프 Donggul Talchul Rope Portuguese Brazil Corda de Fuga Portugal Corda de Fuga* Russian Спасательный Канат Spasatel'nyy Kanat Spanish Cuerda Huida Swedish Flyktrep Vietnamese Dây để thoát động

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