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The '''Whirl Islands''' (Japanese: '''うずまきじま''' ''Whirlpool Islands'') are a small archipelago located between the mainland of [[Johto]] and [[Cianwood City]], on {{rt|41|Johto}}. Beneath the sea, a maze of dark caves sprawl, with explorers able to travel between the four islands with some amount of difficulty. Deep within these caves, {{p|Lugia}} can be found once the {{player}} has obtained the [[Silver Wing]] and [[Tidal Bell]]{{sup/4|SS}}.

As explained in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|Pokémon SoulSilver}}, the Whirl Islands used to be one large island. At some point in time, there were two countries fighting over the island. Lugia, the guardian of the island, got upset and cast lightning bolts to tear the island into four pieces. It then disappeared into the deep end of the waterfall basin, longing for the invisible trust between people and Pokémon to manifest once more.

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Rumors circulate that families of {{p|Lugia}} reside there. A mother Lugia and her baby, {{jo|Silver}}, were sought by [[Dr. Namba]] and did, in fact, reveal themselves.

===={{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}====

The Whirl Islands first appeared in ''[[PS142|Really Remoraid]]'', where [[Morty]] was able to locate {{adv|Gold}} and {{adv|Silver}} there at [[Lt. Surge]]'s request. The two [[Pokédex holder]]s had been brought to the islands by {{DL|Legendary beasts (Adventures)|Entei}} to recover after they had been defeated by the [[Masked Man]] at the [[Lake of Rage]]. After dealing with a herd of {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Sandslash}}, Gold and Silver were attacked by {{DL|Tower duo (Adventures)|Lugia}}. {{adv|Crystal}}, having arrived at the islands as well, soon joined the other two Trainers in their battle against Lugia. Gold was eventually able to lodge Lugia's mouth open with his {{wp|cue stick}}, thus preventing it from using {{m|Aeroblast}} anymore. During the battle, the Pokédex holders' [[Exbo|three]] [[Silver's Feraligatr|starter]] [[Megaree|Pokémon]] evolved simultaneously. Although Crystal came close to {{pkmn2|caught|catching}} Lugia, the {{i|Poké Ball}} that she had tried to use on it turned out to be empty. As the group's [[Pokédex]]es' tracking functions couldn't find Lugia either, they came to realize that [[Masked Man|someone else]] had managed to capture Lugia before Crystal's Poké Ball made contact with it.

Later, Silver traveled to a secret chamber in the Whirl Islands. In order to access it, he needed to use all the different {{type|Water}} [[HM]] moves to get past the natural obstacles protecting its entrance: his {{TP|Silver|Gyarados}}'s {{m|Whirlpool}} to calm down a raging whirlpool, his {{p|Kingdra}}'s {{m|Waterfall}} to split up the waterfall covering the entrance, and his {{TP|Silver|Feraligatr}}'s {{m|Surf}} to ride across the pool of water in front of it. In the chamber, he encountered its owner, [[Lance]], whom he returned the {{p|Tyranitar}} he had borrowed from him to, after which he demanded information about the Masked Man's plans from him. Using the clues at his disposal, Lance was able to figure out that the Masked Man's goal was to control {{adv|Celebi|time itself}}.

===={{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}====

* In [[Generation II]], the player needs to go down a waterfall if they want to find {{p|Lugia}}, which can be done without the {{m|Waterfall}} [[HM]] move. In [[Generation IV]], the Waterfall HM move is required to go down waterfalls, but the layout of this cave is somewhat different and doesn't require going through any waterfalls in the first place.

* In {{3v|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, a guest at [[Hotel Grand Lake]] by [[Lake Valor]] mentions a {{p|Lugia|silver-colored Pokémon}} at Whirl Islands.