Po Town

Po Town ポータウン
Pō Town
"You're in Team Skull Territory Now!"
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A town barricaded with tall walls that seem to reach the sky. It is occupied by Team Skull.
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Po Town
 
Route 17
 
Location
Alola Po Town Map.png
Location of Po Town in Alola.

Po Town (Japanese: ポータウン Pō Town) is a town situated on Ula'ula Island of the Alola region. It is occupied by Team Skull and houses their base of operations, the Shady House.

Places of interest

Shady House

Main article: Shady House

Shady House is the base of Team Skull, a dilapidated mansion at the far end of Po Town, where Guzma also stays from time to time.

Pokémon Center

As the Pokémon Center, like the rest of Po Town, is occupied by Team Skull, no operational Poké Mart, Pokémon Center Café, or PC can be found there. A Team Skull Grunt will, however, offer to heal the player's Pokémon for $10 whenever she's asked to. After the player has become Champion, the Grunt, along with her cohort, will offer to sell them a Skull Tank and Team Skull CapUSUM. If the player purchases the clothing, the two Grunts will leave the Pokémon Center, leaving it with no more functional use.

Demographics

Pokémon Sun and Moon

The population of Po Town is 23. Team Skull primarily inhabits the Shady House and the main road leading to it, with all other buildings being abandoned and inaccessible.

Items

Item Location Games
  Max Repel In the southeast corner of the town  S  M  US  UM 
  Rare Candy In front of the second house north of the Pokémon Center  S  M 
  Full Restore ×2
  • In front of the second house north of the Pokémon Center
  • From the Team Skull Grunt by the pool, after defeating Guzma
 US  UM 
  Smoke Ball On the north side of the third house north of the Pokémon Center, through a hole in the hedge  S  M  US  UM 
  Ice Stone On the north side of the pool, accessed from the southwest door on 1F of the Shady House  S  M  US  UM 
  Rare Candy Southeast of the pool, accessed from the southwest door on 1F of the Shady House (hidden)  US  UM 
  Big Nugget From Office Worker Royce for $5,000 after defeating him, after defeating Guzma (daily)  US  UM 
  Skull Tank From the female Team Skull Grunt in the Pokémon Center for $10,000, after becoming Champion  S  M  US  UM 
  Team Skull Cap From the female Team Skull Grunt in the Pokémon Center after buying the Skull Tank, after becoming Champion  US  UM 

Zygarde Cube

Item Location Games
  Zygarde Cell By the red truck southwest of the Shady House in the northNight  S  M 
  Zygarde Cell By the yellow truck southeast of the Shady House in the northDay  S  M 

Totem Stickers

Item Location Games
  Totem Sticker On the side of the house on the left side closest to the Po Town entrance  US  UM 
  Totem Sticker On the side of the Pokémon Center  US  UM 
  Totem Sticker Inside the Pokémon Center, on a box to the left of the counter  US  UM 
  Totem Sticker On the Shady House, to the right of the door  US  UM 
  Totem Sticker ×3 On the Shady House, to the right of the pool, accessed from the southwest door on 1F of the Shady House (requires Tauros Charge)  US  UM 

Trainers

After defeating Guzma in the Shady House, none of the Team Skull Grunts will battle the player (unless mentioned otherwise), acting as if they had already been defeated.

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Trainer Pokémon
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,088
  Spinarak Lv.34
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,088
  Grimer
Alolan form
Lv.34
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,120
Double Battle with the following Grunt
  Raticate
Alolan form
Lv.35
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,120
Double Battle with the previous Grunt
  Golbat Lv.35
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,088
  Fomantis Lv.34
No item
  Salandit Lv.34
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,120
  Wimpod Lv.35
No item


Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Office Worker Royce can be battled once per day.

Trainer Pokémon
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,152
  Spinarak Lv.36
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,152
  Trubbish Lv.36
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,184
  Drowzee Lv.37
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,184
Double Battle with the following Grunt
  Raticate
Alolan form
Lv.37
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,184
Double Battle with the previous Grunt
  Golbat Lv.37
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,184
  Ekans Lv.37
No item
  Salandit Lv.37
No item
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,184
  Fomantis Lv.37
No item
  Mareanie Lv.37
No item
After defeating Guzma
 
Team Skull Grunt
Reward: $1,280
  Scraggy Lv.40
No item
 
Office Worker Royce
ノブユキ Nobuyuki
Reward: $1,600
  Elgyem Lv.40
No item
  Metang Lv.40
No item


Layout

Game Before defeating Guzma After defeating Guzma
Sun    
Moon
Ultra Sun    
Ultra Moon
 

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting Po Town is seen in Nanu's mindscape.

Nanu & Alolan Persian
 

In the anime

 
Po Town in the anime

Po Town first appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!, where Team Skull watched a television broadcast of the press conference announcing the Alola League at the Shady House. The Shady House made several further appearances in later episodes.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

Po Town debuted in Flash and Cosmog's Secret. Gladion traveled there after being made a Team Skull Enforcer by Guzma. Shortly after arriving, Gladion was attacked by Plumeria and a group of Team Skull Grunts, who wanted to see if he was skilled enough for the job. Though Gladion proved himself during the battle, his negative attitude angered Plumeria to the point where she refused to accept him as a true member of Team Skull. When Plumeria told Gladion to follow her, Gladion complied, but was momentarily distracted when a Zygarde Core jumped past him.

In A Raid and Po Town, Ilima, Lana, Kiawe, Mallow, Acerola, and Hau arrived in Po Town to have a talk with Team Skull. Guzma, appearing on the Shady House's balcony, seemed amused by the suggestion, and accepted the offer to talk, if the group could get into the house first. At that moment, the Trial Captains and Hau found themselves surrounded by a group of Ultra Beasts.

The Ultra Beasts proceeded to easily best their opponents, but when Guzma noticed that the Captains' Pokémon were still hanging on, he revealed a Cosmog that he had in his possession and had it open more Ultra Wormholes to summon more UBs. The group was saved by Gladion, who used his Type: Null to fight the Ultra Beasts, which it did with ease due to its status as a Pokémon specifically created to fight them. He demanded Guzma to tell him who had given him the Cosmog, but Guzma refused to answer. Afterward, Guzma was kidnapped by a Nihilego, which dragged him into an Ultra Wormhole with it. The other UBs subsequently broke out of Po Town's barrier, proceeding to cause havoc on the rest of Ula'ula.

While the Captains and Gladion headed out to help the people of Ula'ula and stop the Ultra Beasts, Sun and Moon, who had followed the Captains to Po Town, stayed behind to collect Zygarde Cells. The two were soon approached by Looker and Anabel from the International Police, who wanted to ask them questions regarding the Ultra Beasts. After they had agreed to pay Sun six million yen for his information, he told them everything about the Ultra Beasts he saw. Not much after Anabel had sent Looker out to identify and locate the Ultra Beasts, the three Trainers were attacked by a Blacephalon. Their attempt at catching it failed, but they were saved by the appearance of Tapu Bulu, who blew it away. While Sun completed his job of delivering a Mirage Berry to Tapu Bulu, Anabel thought about a certain man hiding somewhere in Alola, who could be able to create a Poké Ball capable of catching Ultra Beasts.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Po Town 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 #
Po Town St Burning Shadows   121/147 Darkness that Consumes Light   051/051
 


Trivia

Origin

Name origin

Language Name Origin
Japanese ポータウン Pō Town From (Hawaiian for night)
English Po Town Same as Japanese name
German Po'u Same as Japanese name
Spanish Pueblo Po Same as Japanese name
French Kokohio Possibly from hoʻokokōhi (Hawaiian for "dark and threatening")
Italian Poh Same as Japanese name
Korean 포마을 Po Maeul Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 魄鎮 / 魄镇 Pò Zhèn From the transcription of Japanese name and 魄 pò / bok (poetic term for moon)
Chinese (Cantonese) 魄鎮 Bok Jan
Brazilian Portuguese Vila Pô Same as Japanese name


Boss: Guzma (Masters)
Administrator: Plumeria (Masters)
Notable members: Gladion (Masters)
Lower members: Team Skull Grunts
anime only:
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Former members: Punk GuyPunk Girl
Locations: Po TownShady House

[[Category:Team Skull}}


Alola
       
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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