Thrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site)

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Thrifty Megamart
Abandoned Site
スーパー・メガやす 跡地
Supermarket Megacheap (Abandoned Site)
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Thrifty Megamart Abandoned Site SMUSUM.png
Map description: The original site of the first Thrifty Megamart store. It is said to have been destroyed by the island's tapu.
Location: Ula'ula Island
Region: Alola
Generations: VII
Alola Thrifty Megamart Abandoned Site Map.png
Location of Thrifty Megamart in Alola.
Pokémon world locations

The Thrifty Megamart (Japanese: スーパー・メガやす Supermarket Megacheap), also referred to as the Abandoned Site (Japanese: 跡地 Abandoned Site), is a location on Ula'ula Island in Alola, located north of Route 14. It is the location of the trial of Acerola.

Trial

The trial begins once the player enters the Thrifty Megamart; however, they can leave at any time, although this will reset the trial. If the player loses the battle against the Totem Pokémon, when they attempt the trial again the back door will remain unlocked; however, if they then leave after this, the trial will be reset. In this trial, Acerola asks the player to investigate the abandoned site using their Poké Finder to take a picture of the Totem Pokémon.

In order to lure the Totem Pokémon out, the player must take photos of several mischievous Ghost-type Pokémon. To find the Ghost-type Pokémon, the player must investigate curious phenomena in the Thrifty Megamart. When the player investigates one of these phenomena, the Ghost-type Pokémon will become visible in the Poké Finder; when the player takes a photo with the Ghost-type Pokémon in the center of the frame, it will spot the player and attack, giving the player no opportunity to submit the photos online. After defeating the Ghost-type Pokémon, what appears to be a Pikachu will run in the direction of the next phenomenon, running towards the back door once the player has defeated Gengar (the last trial Pokémon). After taking photos of the three different trial Pokémon and approaching the back door, the door will be unlocked.

In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon only, after defeating Gengar, what appears to be Acerola will appear in front of the back door, repeatedly telling the player to leave. If the player obeys and leaves, Acerola will be waiting outside, asking if they want to quit the trial. If the player refuses to leave enough times, an option to take a photo appears. If the player takes the photo, "Acerola" will disappear, revealing it to have been nothing but an illusion. After this, the back door will be unlocked.

After entering the back room, the Poké Finder will fire up automatically, and will be reopened automatically if the player closes it or runs out of film (preventing them from leaving without photographing the Totem Pokémon). After taking a photo of the Totem Mimikyu, the player must defeat it in battle.

In the battle with Totem Mimikyu, it will call HaunterSM/BanetteUSUM on its first turn, and call GengarSM/JellicentUSUM if its HP is below 2/3 (if the ally HaunterSM/BanetteUSUM has been defeated). If its HP drops below 2/3 before it has a chance to call an ally, it will call GengarSM/JellicentUSUM first, then call HaunterSM/BanetteUSUM at the first opportunity after GengarSM/JellicentUSUM has fainted. Once an ally is defeated, Totem Mimikyu cannot call it again.

After defeating the Totem Mimikyu, a photo of it is added to the player's Poké Finder, and they automatically leave the building. Outside, the player is greeted by Acerola for completing the trial, who checks their photo and gives them a Ghostium Z as a reward. However, she informs them that the building never had a back room despite the player encountering the Totem Pokémon there. Shortly after she leaves, a Mimikyu can be spotted walking in the background behind the fence. If the player re-enters the building, the door to the back room will have vanished without a trace.

After completing the trial, wild Pokémon will appear in the Thrifty Megamart.

Trial Pokémon

Conveyor belt Shopping cart Dolls
092Gastly.png
Types:
Ghost Poison
Ability:
Levitate
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Gastly/ Lv.30
Curse
Ghost Status
Confuse Ray
Ghost Status
Mean Look
Normal Status
Hypnosis
Psychic Status
093Haunter.png
Types:
Ghost Poison
Ability:
Levitate
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Haunter/ Lv.30
Lick
Ghost Physical
Night Shade
Ghost Special
Sucker Punch
Dark Physical
Hypnosis
Psychic Status
094Gengar.png
Types:
Ghost Poison
Ability:
Cursed Body
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Gengar/ Lv.30
Night Shade
Ghost Special
Shadow Punch
Ghost Physical
Shadow Ball
Ghost Special
Hypnosis
Psychic Status

Totem Pokémon

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Totem Mimikyu Ally Haunter Ally Gengar
Aura: +1 Atk, Def, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, Speed
778Mimikyu.png
Types:
Ghost Fairy
Ability:
Disguise
Held item:
Bag Lum Berry Sprite.png Lum Berry
Mimikyu Lv.33
Play Rough
Fairy Physical
Shadow Claw
Ghost Physical
Astonish
Ghost Physical
Mimic
Normal Status
093Haunter.png
Types:
Ghost Poison
Ability:
Levitate
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Haunter/ Lv.27
Hypnosis
Psychic Status
Sucker Punch
Dark Physical
Night Shade
Ghost Special
Lick
Ghost Physical
094Gengar.png
Types:
Ghost Poison
Ability:
Cursed Body
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Gengar/ Lv.27
Shadow Ball
Ghost Special
Hypnosis
Psychic Status
Night Shade
Ghost Special
Shadow Punch
Ghost Physical

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Totem Mimikyu Ally Banette Ally Jellicent
Aura: +1 Atk, Def, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, Speed
778Mimikyu.png
Types:
Ghost Fairy
Ability:
Disguise
Held item:
Bag Lum Berry Sprite.png Lum Berry
Mimikyu Lv.35
Shadow Claw
Ghost Physical
Play Rough
Fairy Physical
Leech Life
Bug Physical
Slash
Normal Physical
354Banette.png
Type:
Ghost Unknown
Ability:
Insomnia
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Banette/ Lv.32
Screech
Normal Status
Will-O-Wisp
Fire Status
Feint Attack
Dark Physical
Curse
Ghost Status
593Jellicent-Male.png
Types:
Water Ghost
Ability:
Cursed Body
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Jellicent Lv.33
Water Pulse
Water Special
Snore
Normal Special
Spite
Ghost Status
Night Shade
Ghost Special

Geography

The Thrifty Megamart was a supermarket built near Tapu Village. However, the site of the village and the supermarket were grounds held sacred by Tapu Bulu, causing the guardian deity to destroy everything built in the area in a fit of rage. The ruins of the supermarket became overrun by Ghost-type Pokémon, and a new Thrifty Megamart was built at Royal Avenue on Akala Island.

The insides of the ruined shop are filled with cardboard boxes and shopping carts. Some of these boxes are blocking one of the doors, leaving the right door the only way into the supermarket. A Poké Finder spot is located near the checkouts.

Items

Item Location Games
Mimikium Z Mimikium Z Back room, dropped by Mimikyu after following it around the store, after passing Nanu's grand trialNight  US  UM 

Pokémon

Prior to completing the trial, wild Pokémon do not appear in the Thrifty Megamart (except trial Pokémon).

Pokémon Sun and Moon

  Pokémon     Allies     Games     Location     Levels     Rate  
Golbat Golbat
042MS6.png Golbat S M
Walking Walking
29-32 40%
Haunter Haunter
Haunter Haunter
Gengar Gengar
S M
Walking Walking
29-32 40%
Klefki Klefki
707MS6.png Klefki S M
Walking Walking
29-32 15%
Mimikyu Mimikyu
778MS6.png Mimikyu S M
Walking Walking
29-32 5%
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.


Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

  Pokémon     Allies     Games     Location     Levels     Rate  
Golbat Golbat
042MS6.png Golbat US UM
Walking Walking
31-34 20%
Haunter Haunter
Haunter Haunter
Gengar Gengar
US UM
Walking Walking
31-34 30%
Shuppet Shuppet
353MS6.png Shuppet US UM
Walking Walking
31-34 30%
Klefki Klefki
707MS6.png Klefki US UM
Walking Walking
31-34 15%
Mimikyu Mimikyu
778MS6.png Mimikyu US UM
Walking Walking
31-34 5%
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.


Layout

Game Main area (without back room) Back room
Sun Thrifty Megamart Abandoned Site main area without back room SMUSUM.png Thrifty Megamart Abandoned Site back room SMUSUM.png
Moon
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
 

In the anime

Thrifty Megamart in the anime
Thrifty Megamart interior in the anime

Thrifty Megamart appeared in A Battle Hand-Off!, where Nanu made it the trial site for Ash, knowing that Team Rocket were recently sent there by him so that they could find Ash. Upon meeting Team Rocket, Ash was surprised to learn that his trial was against them, but accepted it nonetheless. During the ensuing battle between Jessie's Mimikyu and Ash's Pikachu, which was supervised by Acerola, Mimikyu constantly held the upper hand, until Team Rocket prepared to finish the match with their new Z-Move, Let's Snuggle Forever. The Z-Move failed to defeat Pikachu, who had unexpectedly learned Electroweb, which blocked the attack.

Immediately afterwards, Ash's Electrium Z abruptly transformed into a Pikashunium Z, allowing Ash and Pikachu to perform 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt, defeat Mimikyu, and clear the trial. After Team Rocket was taken away by Bewear, Nanu appeared to check on Ash's trial. Upon learning of his success, he was left with no choice but to finally accept his challenge for a grand trial.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The abandoned Thrifty Megamart in Pokémon Adventures

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

The abandoned Thrifty Megamart first appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart. Acerola took Sun and Lillie there so that the former could complete his second trial. Acerola gave Sun a Mismagius-shaped camera and told him that in order to complete the trial, he had to take a picture of the Totem Pokémon that lived inside the building.

After Acerola left to do other business, Sun and Lillie entered the Thrifty Megamart, only to be surprised by the wild Pokémon that lived inside as well as a variety of objects moving all on their own. After being scared by what was nothing more than a dirty Pikachu doll, Sun discovered what appeared to be another type of Pikachu doll. The "doll" then attacked Sun, revealing its true identity as the Totem of the Thrifty Megamart: Totem Mimikyu. Sun sent out his Torracat, Dollar, to battle Mimikyu, and used Moon's Rotom Pokédex's Poké Finder function to replace the camera that was destroyed when Mimikyu revealed itself.

Due to Mimikyu's speed, Sun was unable to keep up long enough to snap a picture, so he had Dollar use Inferno Overdrive in the hopes that the Z-Move's power would be able to stun Mimikyu long enough to take the shot. While the attack successfully hit, all it did was break Mimikyu's disguise, leaving the Totem itself completely unscathed. Sun realized that Mimikyu kept attacking him instead of Dollar, soon coming to the conclusion that the reason for this was because he had insulted its appearance and mistaken it for a Pikachu. This caused Mimikyu to calm down, allowing Rotom Pokédex to translate its speech, revealing how Mimikyu had made itself look like Pikachu to be liked by people. Sun then asked Mimikyu to join his team, saying that humans wouldn't learn to understand it if it just kept hiding. Mimikyu accepted the offer, and thus, after Rotom had taken a picture of Sun and Mimikyu together and emailed it to Acerola, Sun caught Mimikyu, nicknaming it "Penny". Acerola's reply came almost immediately, confirming that Sun had passed the trial.

In the TCG

The following is a list is of cards mentioning or featuring Thrifty Megamart in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Acerola Su Burning Shadows Uncommon 112/147 Facing a New Trial   047/049
 


Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 超值超市舊址 Chīujihk Chīusíh Gauhjí
Mandarin 超值超市舊址 / 超值超市旧址 Chāozhí Chāoshì Jiùzhǐ
Finland Flag.png Finnish Hylätty Halpamarketti
France Flag.png French Site désaffecté Bradley Prix
Germany Flag.png German Verlassener Schnäppchenparadies
Italy Flag.png Italian Supermarket Affaroni (Edificio Abbandonato)
South Korea Flag.png Korean 슈퍼・메가싸네 철거지 Super Megassane Cheolgeoji
Poland Flag.png Polish Opuszczony Megadyskont Spożywczy
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Mercado Megabarato abandonado
Spain Flag.png Spanish Súper Ultraganga abandonado
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Siêu thị Đại Rẻ


Alola
Melemele Trial Completion.png Akala Trial Completion.png Ula'ula Trial Completion.png Poni Trial Completion.png
Islands
Melemele IslandAkala IslandUla'ula IslandPoni IslandAether Paradise
Settlements
Iki TownHau'oli CityHeahea CityPaniola TownKonikoni CityMalie CityTapu VillagePo Town
Seafolk VillagePokémon League
Routes
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Landmarks
Mahalo TrailTrainers' SchoolHau'oli CemeteryBerry fieldsVerdant CavernMelemele MeadowSeaward CaveKala'e Bay
Ten Carat HillPaniola RanchBrooklet HillMelemele SeaDiglett's TunnelRoyal AvenueBattle Royal DomeWela Volcano Park
Lush JungleMemorial HillAkala OutskirtsRuins of LifeHano Grand ResortHano BeachMalie GardenMount Hokulani
Hokulani ObservatoryBlush MountainUla'ula BeachAether HouseThrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site)Haina Desert
Ruins of AbundanceUla'ula MeadowLake of the MooneLake of the SunneShady HousePoni WildsAncient Poni Path
Poni Breaker CoastRuins of HopeExeggutor IslandVast Poni CanyonAltar of the SunneAltar of the MooneMount Lanakila
Ruins of ConflictPoni GrovePoni PlainsPoni MeadowResolution CavePoni CoastPoni GauntletBattle Tree
Festival PlazaPoké PelagoBig Wave BeachSandy CaveHeahea BeachPikachu ValleyDividing Peak Tunnel
Kantonian GymPoni BeachPlains GrottoTeam Rocket's Castle
Ultra Space
Ultra Deep SeaUltra MegalopolisMegalo TowerUltra JungleUltra DesertUltra PlantUltra ForestUltra CraterUltra Ruin
Ultra Space Wilds


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