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It is NOT Acapulco, it's Aopulco, a pun on it (and a different place).
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'''Porta Vista''' is a location exclusive to the {{g|anime}}. It is located somewhere in between [[Vermilion City]] and [[Maiden's Peak]]. | '''Porta Vista''' is a location exclusive to the {{g|anime}}. It is located somewhere in between [[Vermilion City]] and [[Maiden's Peak]]. | ||
Porta Vista is | Porta Vista is based on {{wp|Acapulco, Mexico|Acapulco}}, complete with beaches, sunny skies and a huge ocean. It is a very popular tourist destination, and it was also the setting for many different adventures in the anime. | ||
[[Brutella]] and [[Moe]] both own restaurants in Porta Vista. {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} had to help rebuild Moe's dock when they crashed their boat into it. Unfortunately for Moe, Brutella's restaurant was more successful and driving his restaurant out of business. With the help of Ash and his friends, Moe was able to bring his business sales back up. In the end, Brutella's restaurant was destroyed by [[Team Rocket]]'s {{p|Gyarados}} submarine. | [[Brutella]] and [[Moe]] both own restaurants in Porta Vista. {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} had to help rebuild Moe's dock when they crashed their boat into it. Unfortunately for Moe, Brutella's restaurant was more successful and driving his restaurant out of business. With the help of Ash and his friends, Moe was able to bring his business sales back up. In the end, Brutella's restaurant was destroyed by [[Team Rocket]]'s {{p|Gyarados}} submarine. | ||
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Porta Vista also holds a beauty contest, in which [[Misty]], [[Delia Ketchum|Mrs. Ketchum]], [[Jessie]] and even [[James]] participated in. | Porta Vista also holds a beauty contest, in which [[Misty]], [[Delia Ketchum|Mrs. Ketchum]], [[Jessie]] and even [[James]] participated in. | ||
It should be noted that in the Japanese versions of both ''[[EP018|Beauty and the Beach]]'' and ''[[EP019|Tentacool and Tentacruel]]'', Porta Vista was actually two different towns ( | It should be noted that in the Japanese versions of both ''[[EP018|Beauty and the Beach]]'' and ''[[EP019|Tentacool and Tentacruel]]'', Porta Vista was actually two different towns (Aopulco and Hatoba Port, respectively.). | ||
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