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Ash Ketchum started his journey in Pallet Town.

A hometown is a town that a person considers their home. In the core series video games, it is the town that the player's journey begins in.

In the games

In the core series games, the player and their rival will begin their journey in their hometown, venturing onto the first routes from there, encountering the Pokémon Professor, and getting their starter Pokémon. After defeating the Elite Four and Champion, the player will start again from their hometown when the game is next loaded.

The hometown varies with the region the player starts in:

• Kanto: Pallet Town
• Johto: New Bark Town
• Hoenn: Littleroot Town
• Sinnoh: Twinleaf Town
• Unova: Nuvema Town^BW/Aspertia City^B2W2
• Kalos: Vaniville Town
• Alola: Hau'oli Outskirts

Gallery

Regional hometowns
Kanto
	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Johto
	Generation II	Generation IV
Hoenn
	Ruby and Sapphire	Emerald	Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Sinnoh
	Diamond and Pearl	Platinum
Unova
	Nuvema Town, Black and White	Aspertia City, Black 2 and White 2
Kalos
	X and Y

In the anime

Iris's hometown in the anime

Hometowns in the anime are more diverse than in the video games. Main characters (and their rivals) are not always limited to the six towns specified in the video games. Like many of the other settlements in the anime, the hometowns are significantly larger than their game counterparts.

Kanto

• Pallet Town is the hometown to both Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak. Other residents include Professor Oak, Delia, and Tracey Sketchit.
• Pewter City is the hometown of Brock, Forrest, their parents, Lola and Flint, and eight other siblings. Until he met Ash, Brock was the Leader of the Pewter City Gym. While he was Gym Leader, he took care of his brothers and sisters on his own. Solidad is also native to Pewter City.
• Cerulean City is the hometown of Misty and her sisters. She lived there until the age of ten when she decided to become a Water Pokémon master and to get away from her sisters. She returned to Cerulean City later on and became a full-time Gym Leader.
• Frodomar City is an anime-exclusive location that is the hometown of Ritchie. It was mentioned only in the English dub of the anime.

Johto

• New Bark Town is the hometown of Casey, Jimmy, Marina, and Vincent. Professor Elm is also a resident there.
• Ecruteak City is the hometown of Sakura.
• Silver Rock Isle is an anime-exclusive location that is the hometown of Robert.

Hoenn

• Littleroot Town is the hometown of Harrison. Other notable residents include Professor Birch.
• Petalburg City is the hometown of May and Max, their mother Caroline and their father Norman, the Gym Leader there.
• Slateport City is the hometown of Harley.
• Mauville City is the hometown of Tyson. Other notable residents would be the Gym Leader, Wattson, and his assistant, Watt.
• Verdanturf Town is the hometown of Morrison and Timmy Grimm.
• Lilycove City is the hometown of Kelly and Katie.
• LaRousse City is an anime-exclusive location that is the hometown of May's rival, Drew.

Sinnoh

• Twinleaf Town is the hometown of Dawn, her mother Johanna, her rival Kenny, Barry, and Palmer. Other residents include Izzy, Cara, and Sayer.
• Veilstone City is the hometown of Ash's rival Paul and his brother Reggie. Another notable resident is the Gym Leader, Maylene.
• Snowpoint City is the hometown of Dawn's rival Zoey. Another notable resident is the Gym Leader, Candice.
• Celestic Town is the hometown of Cynthia, her grandmother Professor Carolina, and Lila.

Unova

• Nuvema Town is the hometown of Trip and Bianca. Another notable resident is Professor Juniper.
• Striaton City is the hometown of the Gym Leader and friend of Ash's, Cilan. Other notable residents include his brothers, Chili and Cress, and Professor Fennel.
• The Village of Dragons is the hometown of Iris. Another notable resident is its elder.

Kalos

• Vaniville Town is the hometown of Serena, her mother Grace, and her rival Shauna.
• Santalune City is the hometown of Tierno. Another notable resident is the Gym Leader, Viola.
• Lumiose City is the hometown of Clemont and Bonnie, their father Meyer, Clembot, and Trevor.
• The Ninja Village is an anime-exclusive location that is the hometown of the ninja Sanpei and his two brothers, Ippei and Nihei.

Alola

• Hau'oli City on Melemele Island is the hometown of Lana, Lillie, Mallow, and Sophocles. Lana lives here with her younger twin sisters Harper and Sarah while Lillie lives in a mansion just outside the city. Sophocles lives here with his parents. Mallow's father has a cafetaria in the city called the Aina Cafetaria. This is notably different from the games where Hau'oli City is not their hometown.
• Paniola Town on Akala Island is the hometown of Kiawe, making him the only one of Ash's classmates in the anime to have the same hometown as in the games. He lives here on a farm together with his parents and his younger sister.

In the manga

The various series of Pokémon manga follow the games in having their main characters start in Pallet Town, New Bark Town, Littleroot Town, Twinleaf Town and Nuvema Town. There are some characters, though, that have unique hometowns such as Yellow from Pokémon Adventures who was born in Viridian Forest.

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.