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[[File:Pallet Town anime.png|thumb|220px|{{Ash}} started his journey in [[Pallet Town]]]]
A '''hometown''' is the town that, fittingly, a person calls their home. In the games, it is the town that the player's journey begins in.
A '''hometown''' is a town that a [[Human|person]] considers their home. In the [[core series]] {{pkmn|games|video games}}, it is the town where the {{player}}'s {{pkmn|journey}} begins in.


==In the games==
==In the core series games==
In the main series games, the player will begin their journey in their hometown, venturing onto the first routes from there, encountering the Pokémon professor, and getting their [[starter Pokémon]]. After beating the [[Elite Four]] and [[Champion]], the player will start again from their hometown when the game is next loaded.
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 [[first partner Pokémon]]. After entering the [[Hall of Fame]], the player will start again from their hometown when the game is next loaded.


The hometown has varied with the region the player starts in:
The hometown varies with the region the player starts in:
*[[Generation I]]: [[Pallet Town]]
* [[Kanto]]: [[Pallet Town]]
*[[Generation II]]: [[New Bark Town]]
* [[Johto]]: [[New Bark Town]]
*[[Generation III]]: [[Littleroot Town]]
* [[Hoenn]]: [[Littleroot Town]]
*[[Generation IV]]: [[Twinleaf Town]]
* [[Sinnoh]]: [[Twinleaf Town]]
* [[Unova]]: [[Nuvema Town]]{{sup/5|BW}}/[[Aspertia City]]{{sup/5|BW2}}
* [[Kalos]]: [[Vaniville Town]]
* [[Alola]]: [[Alola Route 1|Hau'oli Outskirts]]
* [[Galar]]: [[Postwick]]
* [[Paldea]]: [[Cabo Poco]]
 
===Gallery===
{| style="border:3px solid #ADA1C9; background:#D5CFE3; text-align:center; {{roundy|15px}}"
! colspan="5" | Regional hometowns
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{kanto color dark}}; background:#{{kanto color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{kanto color dark}}|Kanto}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Pallet Town RBY.png|120px|link=Pallet Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Pallet Town FRLG.png|120px|link=Pallet Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Pallet Town PE.png|120px|link=Pallet Town]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| [[Generation I]]
| [[Generation III]]
| [[Generation VII]]
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{johto color dark}}; background:#{{johto color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{johto color dark}}|Johto}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:New Bark Town GSC.png|120px|link=New Bark Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:New Bark Town HGSS.png|120px|link=New Bark Town]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| [[Generation II]]
| [[Generation IV]]
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{hoenn color dark}}; background:#{{hoenn color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{hoenn color dark}}|Hoenn}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Littleroot Town RS.png|120px|link=Littleroot Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Littleroot Town E.png|120px|link=Littleroot Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Littleroot Town ORAS.png|120px|link=Littleroot Town]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| {{2v2|Ruby|Sapphire}}
| {{v2|Emerald}}
| [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and<br>Alpha Sapphire]]
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{Sinnoh color dark}}; background:#{{Sinnoh color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{Sinnoh color dark}}|Sinnoh}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Twinleaf Town DP.png|120px|link=Twinleaf Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Twinleaf Town Pt.png|120px|link=Twinleaf Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Twinleaf Town BDSP.png|120px|link=Twinleaf Town]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}
| {{v2|Platinum}}
| [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl|Brilliant Diamond and<br>Shining Pearl]]
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{unova color dark}}; background:#{{unova color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{unova color dark}}|Unova}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Nuvema Town {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: n}} mod 4}}|0=Winter|1=Spring|2=Summer|3=Autumn}} BW.png|120px|link=Nuvema Town]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Aspertia City {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: n}} mod 4}}|0=Winter|1=Spring|2=Summer|3=Autumn}} B2W2.png|120px|link=Aspertia City]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| [[Nuvema Town]],<br>{{2v2|Black|White}}
| [[Aspertia City]],<br>{{2v2|Black|White|2}}
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{kalos color dark}}; background:#{{kalos color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{kalos color dark}}|Kalos}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Vaniville Town XY.png|120px|link=Vaniville Town]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| {{pkmn|X and Y}}
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{alola color dark}}; background:#{{alola color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{Alola color dark}}|Alola}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Player House SM<!--Alola Route 1 SM-->.png|120px|link=Alola Route 1]]
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Player House USUM<!--Alola Route 1 USUM-->.png|120px|link=Alola Route 1]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}
| {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{galar color dark}}; background:#{{galar color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{galar color dark}}|Galar}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Postwick Player house SwSh.png|120px|link=Postwick]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| {{pkmn|Sword and Shield}}
|-
! rowspan="2" class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #{{paldea color dark}}; background:#{{paldea color light}}; width:80px" | {{color2|{{paldea color dark}}|Paldea}}
| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #ADA1C9; background:#E7E4ED; padding:10px" | [[File:Cabo Poco SV.png|120px|link=Cabo Poco]]
|- style="font-size:80%"
| {{pkmn|Scarlet and Violet}}
|}
 
====Concept art====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{galar color dark}}; background:#{{galar color}}; font-size:80%"
|style="{{roundy|5px}} border:2px solid #{{galar color dark}}; background:#{{galar color light}}"| [[File:SwSh Concept Sketch Hometown.jpg|x200px]]
|style="{{roundy|5px}} border:2px solid #{{galar color dark}}; background:#{{galar color light}}"| [[File:Hometown SwSh Concept Art.jpg|x200px]]
|-
|Concept sketch for {{color2|000|Pokémon Sword and Shield}} drawn by {{color2|000|Shigeru Ohmori}}<ref>Shea, Brian (October 4, 2019). "[https://www.gameinformer.com/gallery/2019/10/04/exclusive-pokemon-sword-and-shield-concept-art-gallery Exclusive Pokémon Sword And Shield Concept Art Gallery]." ''Game Informer.''</ref>
|Concept art for {{color2|000|Pokémon Sword and Shield}} drawn by {{color2|000|James Turner}}<ref>[https://james-turner-42.squarespace.com/pokemon/ Pokémon — James Turner]</ref>
|}


==In the anime==
==In the anime==
===Pallet Town===
[[File:Village of Dragons.png|thumb|250px|{{an|Iris}}'s hometown in the anime]]
Pallet Town is the home town to both [[Ash Ketchum]] and [[Gary Oak]]. Other residents include [[Professor Oak]], {{Delia}}, and [[Tracey Sketchit]].
Hometowns in the {{pkmn|anime}} are more diverse than in the video games. Main characters and their rivals are not always limited to the towns specified in the 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}} and {{Gary}}. Other residents include {{an|Professor Oak}}, {{Delia}}, and {{Tracey}}.
* [[Pewter City]] is the hometown of {{an|Brock}}, [[Forrest]], their parents [[Lola]] and {{ka|Flint}}, and {{Brocksib|eight other siblings}}. [[Solidad]] is also a resident of Pewter City.
* [[Cerulean City]] is the hometown of {{an|Misty}} and [[The Sensational Sisters|her sisters]] {{an|Daisy}}, {{an|Violet}}, and {{ka|Lily}}.
* [[Vermilion City]] is the hometown of [[Goh]] and [[Chloe]].
* [[Roy]]'s [[Roy's hometown|hometown]] is an unamed island that is home to him and [[Roy's grandfather|his grandfather]].
* [[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 {{an|Casey}}, {{jo|Jimmy}}, {{jo|Marina}}, [[Vincent]] and [[Lyra (anime)|Lyra]]. [[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 {{ho|Robert}}.
 
===Hoenn===
* [[Littleroot Town]] is the hometown of {{jo|Harrison}}. Other notable residents include [[Professor Birch]].
* [[Petalburg City]] is the hometown of {{an|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 {{ho|Tyson}}. Other notable residents would be the Gym Leader, [[Wattson]], and his assistant, {{an|Watt}}.
* [[Verdanturf Town]] is the hometown of [[Morrison]] and [[Timmy Grimm]].
* [[Lilycove City]] is the hometown of {{ho|Kelly}} and {{ho|Katie}}.
* [[LaRousse City]] is an anime-exclusive location that is the hometown of May's rival, [[Drew]].


===Pewter City===
===Sinnoh===
[[Pewter City]] is the hometown of [[Brock]], [[Forrest]], their parents, [[Lola]] and {{an|Flint}}, and {{Brocksib|eight other siblings}}. Until he met Ash, Brock was the [[Gym Leader|Leader]] of the Pewter City Gym. While he was Gym Leader he was taking care of his brothers and sisters. [[Solidad]] is also native to Pewter City.
[[File:Palmer and Johanna.png|thumb|260px|{{tc|Tower Tycoon}} Palmer and [[Top Coordinator]] Johanna, two notable people of Twinleaf Town]]
* [[Twinleaf Town]] is the hometown of {{an|Dawn}}, her mother [[Johanna]], her rival {{si|Kenny}}, {{an|Barry}}, and his father [[Palmer]]. Other residents include [[Izzy and Cara|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]].


===Cerulean City===
===Unova===
[[Cerulean City]] is the hometown of [[Misty]] and her [[The Sensational Sisters|sisters]]. She lived there until the age of ten when she decided to become a {{t|Water}} Pokémon master and to get away from her sisters. She returned to Cerulean City later on and became a full-time Gym Leader.
* [[Nuvema Town]] is the hometown of [[Trip]] and {{an|Bianca}}. Another notable resident is [[Professor Juniper]].
* [[Striaton City]] is the hometown of {{an|Cilan}} and his brothers [[Chili]] and [[Cress]]. Another notable resident is [[Fennel]].
* The [[Village of Dragons]] is the hometown of {{an|Iris}}. Another notable resident is its {{OBP|elder|Village of Dragons}}.


===New Bark Town===
===Kalos===
New Bark Town is the home town of {{an|Casey}}, {{jo|Jimmy}}, {{jo|Marina}}, and [[Vincent]]. [[Professor Elm]] is also a resident there.
* [[Vaniville Town]] is the hometown of {{an|Serena}}, her [[mother]] {{kal|Grace}}, and her [[rival]] {{an|Shauna}}.
* [[Santalune City]] is the hometown of {{an|Tierno}}. Another notable resident is the Gym Leader, [[Viola]].
* [[Lumiose City]] is the hometown of {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}}, their father [[Meyer]], and {{an|Trevor}}.
* The [[Ninja Village]] is an anime-exclusive location that is the hometown of [[Sanpei]] and his two brothers, [[Ippei]] and [[Nihei]].


===Frodomar City===
===Alola===
[[Frodomar City]] is an anime exclusive location that is the hometown of [[Ritchie]]. It was mentioned only in the English dub of the anime.
* [[Hau'oli City]] on [[Melemele Island]] is the hometown of {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}}. This is notably different from [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|the games]] where Hau'oli City is not their hometown. Lana lives here with her younger twin sisters [[Harper and Sarah]] and her parents while Lillie lives in a mansion just outside the city with her butler [[Hobbes]]. Sophocles lives here with his {{TP|Sophocles|parents}}. Mallow and [[Abe|her father]] run a restaurant near the city called [[Aina's Kitchen]].
* [[Paniola Town]] on [[Akala Island]] is the hometown of {{an|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 [[Paniola Ranch]] together with [[Rango|his]] [[Sima|parents]] and his [[Mimo|younger sister]].


===Petalburg City===
===Paldea===
[[Petalburg City]] is the hometown of {{an|May}} and [[Max]], their [[Caroline|mother]] and their father [[Norman]], the Gym Leader there. Max has since returned to his hometown in preparation for his own Pokémon journey.
* [[Cabo Poco]] is the hometown of [[Liko]], her father [[Alex]], and her mother [[Lucca]].  


===LaRousse City===
==In the manga==
[[LaRousse City]] is an anime exclusive location that is the hometown of May's rival, [[Drew]].
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 {{adv|Yellow}} from [[Pokémon Adventures]] who was born in [[Viridian Forest]].
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===Slateport City===
==References==
[[Slateport City]] is the hometown of [[Harley]].
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===Twinleaf Town===
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Twinleaf Town is the hometown of {{an|Dawn}}, {{si|Kenny}}, and {{an|Jun}}.  Other residents include Dawn's mother, [[Johanna]].


===Veilstone City===
[[Category:Hometowns|*]]
[[Veilstone City]] is the hometown of Ash's rival [[Paul]] and his brother [[Reggie]].
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===Snowpoint City===
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[[Snowpoint City]] is the hometown of Dawn's rival [[Zoey]].
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 2 April 2024

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

Ash started his journey in Pallet Town

In the core series 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 first partner Pokémon. After entering the Hall of Fame, the player will start again from their hometown when the game is next loaded.

The hometown varies with the region the player starts in:

Gallery

Regional hometowns
Kanto      
Generation I Generation III Generation VII
Johto    
Generation II Generation IV
Hoenn      
Ruby and Sapphire Emerald Omega Ruby and
Alpha Sapphire
Sinnoh      
Diamond and Pearl Platinum Brilliant Diamond and
Shining Pearl
Unova    
Nuvema Town,
Black and White 		Aspertia City,
Black 2 and White 2
Kalos  
X and Y
Alola    
Sun and Moon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Galar  
Sword and Shield
Paldea  
Scarlet and Violet

Concept art

   
Concept sketch for Pokémon Sword and Shield drawn by Shigeru Ohmori[1] Concept art for Pokémon Sword and Shield drawn by James Turner[2]

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 towns specified in the games. Like many of the other settlements in the anime, the hometowns are significantly larger than their game counterparts.

Kanto

Johto

Hoenn

Sinnoh

 
Tower Tycoon Palmer and Top Coordinator Johanna, two notable people of Twinleaf Town

Unova

Kalos

Alola

Paldea

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.

References

  1. ↑ Shea, Brian (October 4, 2019). "Exclusive Pokémon Sword And Shield Concept Art Gallery." Game Informer.
  2. ↑ Pokémon — James Turner
  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.
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