Alamos Town
| Alamos Town アラモスタウン Álamos Town | |
 Alamos Town | |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Debut | The Rise of Darkrai |
Alamos Town (Japanese: アラモスタウン Álamos Town) is an animated series-exclusive location in the Sinnoh region and the setting of The Rise of Darkrai. It is known for the works of architect Godey, which include the Space-Time Towers.
According to promotional maps, Alamos Town is located northwest of Oreburgh City and northeast of Jubilife City, near the Ravaged Path. The main part of the town is on top of a large mesa in the middle of a lake. There is a bridge connecting the mesa to the mainland. The area around Alamos Town is heavily wooded with many hills and plateaus.
Alamos Town is the hometown of Alice, Tonio, and Baron Alberto. Many Pidgey and Rattata can be seen roaming around town, and the local garden is home to a number of wild Pokémon, including the Mythical Darkrai.
In animation
Ash and his friends decided to visit Alamos Town because Dawn wanted to participate in the local Pokémon Contest. However, while on their way there they took the wrong road and ended up on a hill on the opposite side of town, away from the bridge that connects the mainland to the mesa where the town is located. Luckily for them, Alice offered them a ride on her hot-air balloon and later took them on a tour around town.
After getting injured by Dialga's Roar of Time during a battle with it in the Unown Dimension, Palkia fled to Alamos Town to recover. It transported the town to a newly created dimension, which prevented townspeople from leaving, and hid above the Space-Time Towers. Eventually, Dialga found Palkia's hiding and decided to continue their battle, which nearly destroyed the entire town despite Darkrai's efforts to stop them.
It was revealed in Arceus and the Jewel of Life that the two Legendary Pokémon were fighting due to distortions in both Dialga's world and Palkia's world caused by Arceus's imminent awakening. Darkrai tried multiple times to end the battle between Dialga and Palkia, but it was unsuccessful, and their rage only subsided when Ash and Dawn placed the Oración disk on the Space-Time Towers' music machine. After the song soothed them and healed Palkia's shattered pearl, Palkia returned Alamos Town to its proper dimension.
Alamos Town appeared in the "World of Pokémon" intro in Giratina and the Sky Warrior, as well as in a flashback in which Newton Graceland observed the battle between Dialga and Palkia through a portal in the Reverse World. It then made two brief reappearances in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. After observing disruptions in the Time-Space Axis, Sheena and Kevin traveled to Alamos Town and were present at its plateau when Palkia returned the town to its proper dimension. Later on, during the ending credits, a brief update on Alice, Tonio, Baron Alberto, and Darkrai is shown. Alamos Town also appeared in I Choose You!, which is set in a timeline different from the main series.
Places of interest
Contest Hall
- Main article: Contest Hall
Located within the Space-Time Towers, the Alamos Town Contest Hall is unlike many modern buildings that host Pokémon Contests in that it has several rows of seats at stage level in addition to a sloped seating area. It was visited by Ash and his friends while Alice was guiding them around town.
Sporting a dress different from the one she normally wears when competing, as well as white boots and a pink-colored headpiece, Dawn entered the Alamos Contest along with fellow Pokémon Coordinators Allegra, Kai, and Maury. She managed to clear the Performance Stage, but ended up losing a match where her Piplup faced off against Allegra's Infernape in the Battle Stage. It is unknown if she lost at the semifinal or final round, but she and Kai are shown behind Allegra when she is lifting the Alamos Ribbon in celebration of her victory.
Godey's Garden
Godey's Garden, named after its architect Godey, is a park inhabited by many wild Pokémon and Alice's favorite part of town. According to Brock's travel guide, the park was designed with a theme of nature, people, and Pokémon living in harmony. This is reflected in the abundance of greenery and water fountains.
It is the place where Alicia first met Darkrai, after finding it resting underneath a tree after it was attacked by a Roserade, a Kirlia, and a Luxray that were feeling threatened due to its presence. After helping the Pitch-Black Pokémon recover from its injuries and telling it that the park was meant for everyone, Darkrai decided to live there.
It has a play area for Pokémon complete with a playground slide, a seesaw, and swings.
Pokémon Center
- Main article: Pokémon Center
Many Trainers took their Pokémon to the Alamos Town Pokémon Center after Darkrai put them to sleep by using Dark Void to defend itself from their attacks.
Space-Time Towers
- Main article: Space-Time Towers
The town's centerpiece is the Space-Time Towers, which were designed by Godey one hundred years ago. The tower on the right symbolizes time and has angular sculptures that correspond to Dialga's diamond, while the tower on the left symbolizes space and has rounded sculptures that correspond to Palkia's pearls.
The Alamos Town Contest Hall is located in its interior, while outside in between the towers there is a music room equipped with a unique music device where special disks can be placed to allow a song to be played. This makes the towers the world's largest musical instrument.
Gallery
| Space-Time Towers | Contest Hall | Godey's Garden | Pokémon Center |
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Trivia
- The only Shellos that appears in the movie is of the East Sea variety, although Alamos Town is actually on the west side of Mt. Coronet.
- The Darkrai distributed in the United States, as well as the ones distributed in the European countries, had the OT "ALAMOS", a reference to the tenth movie Darkrai's appearance in Alamos Town.
Origin
Alamos Town is modeled after the municipality of Ronda in Andalusia and the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, where both are located in Spain[1].
The cityscape corresponds to the mountaintop city of Ronda with the city divided by the canyon of El Tajo. The bridges of Puente Romano, Puente Viejo, and Puente Nuevo span through El Tajo to connect the two parts of the city.
The architecture of various areas is inspired by Catalan modernism with the Space-Time Towers and Godey's Garden being based on Sagrada Família and Park Güell in Barcelona. Both the basilica and the park were designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, paralleled by the towers and the garden in Alamos Town being designed by Godey and his descendant Tonio. The mountains in the background landscape may be inspired by the mountain range of Montserrat located near Barcelona.
Flamenco dancing is also featured in the film where the dance style originates from Andalusia in Spain.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アラモスタウン Álamos Town | From álamos (Spanish for "poplars") |
| English, German, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish |
Alamos Town | |
| European Spanish, Latin American Spanish |
Pueblo Álamos | |
| French | Alamos | |
| Italian | Álamos | |
| Korean | 아라모스 마을 Álamos Maeul | |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 白楊鎮 Báiyáng Zhèn | From 白楊 báiyáng / baahkyèuhng (white poplar) |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 白楊鎮 Baahkyèuhng Jan | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Cidade Alamos | From its English name |
| European Portuguese | Cidade Álamos | From álamos (poplars) |
| Polish | Miasto Alamos | From its English name |
References
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