Blackthorn City
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Blackthorn City Gym - Johto Gym #8
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Blackthorn City (Japanese: フスベシティ Fusube City) is located in northeast Johto.
Pokémon Trainers often come to Blackthorn City in order to win the Rising Badge from Clair, the Blackthorn Gym Leader, who specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
Many famous Dragon-type Trainers, including Clair and Lance, come from Blackthorn City.
According to a resident in Blackthorn, most Trainers in the city end up being Dragon-type specialists. This could be because of the Dragon's Den in the area and because the local Gym Leader is a Dragon-type Trainer.
Slogan
A Quiet Mountain Retreat (Japanese, Generation II: やまあいに たたずむ しずかな まち A quiet city standing among the mountains.; Generation IV: しずかな やまあいの まち The town of quiet mountains.)
Places of interest
Move Deleter and Move Tutor
A house is located in the southern part of the city, to the left of the Poké Mart.
In Generation II, the Move Deleter lives here, alone. For no charge, he will make a Pokémon forget a move it knows. This is the only way for a Pokémon to forget HM moves. In order to delete an HM move, the player must first have another Pokémon with that same move in order for it to be deleted. The Move Deleter's service can be used to delete moves exclusive to Generation II, so that Pokémon can be traded to a Generation I game via the Time Capsule.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the move deleter shares his house with Johto's Move Reminder, who will teach a move the Pokémon was previously able to learn in exchange for a Heart Scale. There are also two Move Tutors: one who will teach Draco Meteor to Dragon-type Pokémon, and another who will teach Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon to the fully-evolved Grass-, Fire-, and Water-type starter Pokémon, respectively. Like the move deleter, the tutors do not charge for their services.
Dragon's Den
- Main article: Dragon's Den
A clan of masters of Dragon-type Pokémon have lived in the city for generations. The masters built the Dragon's Den, a cavern with an underground lake that contains a shrine to Dragon Pokémon, as well as the elders of the Dragon clan. The entrance is located behind the Gym, across a small pond, while the main cavern seems to be located underneath the city itself.
Many strong Trainers can be found within the cavern. The Master of the Dragon User Clan is located here, and he will quiz the player on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. Correct answers will be rewarded, in Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, with a Dratini that knows ExtremeSpeed. Silver can be found here, contemplating his training some days of the week, and Clair will visit to reward the player with the Rising Badge she refused to award in the Gym, as well as TM24 (DragonBreath)GSC or TM59 (Dragon Pulse)HGSS.
It is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave, and then it must be traversed to finally obtain the Rising Badge. Clair and Lance appear for a Tag Battle if the player and rival have already battled at Mt. Moon.
Ice Path
- Main article: Ice Path
The Ice Path is the only way into the town from the north. Route 45 is also reachable from the south of Blackthorn, but the steep mountain path means it can be used as an exit only. It is known for its numerous ice puzzles, which vary in size and difficulty. The Ice Cave is famous for its rare Jynx, but it has many other Pokémon as well. It is the only place in Johto where wild Swinub, Jynx and Delibird can be caught.
Santos
- Main article: Week Siblings
Santos can be found in the city on Saturdays. When the player encounters him for the first time, he'll give out a Spell TagGSC or Soft SandHGSS, and then a Snooze Ribbon all other times after the first encounterHGSS.
Demographics
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Blackthorn City's population is 27.
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Blackthorn City's population is 40. This high number is due, in part, to the Gym.
Poké Mart
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Items
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Spell Tag | From SantosSa | G S C | |
Soft Sand | From SantosSa | HG SS | |
Snooze Ribbon | From SantosSa | HG SS | |
Effort Ribbon | House northeast of Pokémon Center | HG SS | |
Bitter Berry | Held by Don, a Rhydon player receives in a trade | G S | |
Smoke Ball | Held by Doris, a Dodrio player receives in a trade | C HG SS | |
Pokémon
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5-19 | 100% | |||||||||
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10 | 15% | |||||||||
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10 | 85% | |||||||||
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20 | 65% | |||||||||
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20 | 35% | |||||||||
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40 | 70% | |||||||||
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40 | 10% | |||||||||
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40 | 20% | |||||||||
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The same as the Traded Pokémon | One | |||||||||
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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. |
Generation IV
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2-20 | 100% | ||||||||||
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10 | 5% | ||||||||||
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10 | 95% | ||||||||||
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HG | SS |
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20 | 40% | ||||||||||
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20 | 60% | ||||||||||
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HG | SS |
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40 | 93% | ||||||||||
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40 | 7% | ||||||||||
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The same as the Traded Pokémon | One | ||||||||||
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. |
Trainer Tips
Generation II
TRAINER TIPS
A POKéMON holding
a MIRACLEBERRY
will cure itself
of any status
problem.
Generation IV
In the anime
Blackthorn City first appeared in the episode Beauty is Skin Deep, after Ash, Brock, and Misty witnessed an age-old ritual performed by Clair. In the following episode Ash took part in his Gym battle, but it was interrupted by Team Rocket. They chased the villains through the Dragon's Den to the Dragon Holy Land. Here, Ash reunited with his Charizard. In Better Eight Than Never, Clair and Ash started their battle over, and Ash managed to earn his Rising Badge.
In the Best Wishes series, it was mentioned in Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!, as the plane Dawn took to Johto went there.
Iris visited Blackthorn City in SS028. During her visit, she found out that a Gible had been causing damage on the town by chewing off bits of benches, fountains, and such. Later, after saving Gible from falling off of a clock tower, Iris found out that Gible had wound up into the city by accident, and offered to take it away. She then met Clair, and together they took Gible to Dragon's Den. After Iris's battle against Clair at the Blackthorn Gym, Gible appeared again, showing that it wanted to come with Iris. Accepting the offer, Iris then caught the Land Shark Pokémon with a Poké Ball.
Trivia
- The song Sevii Islands: Four & Five Islands is a remix of the song Azalea Town from Generation II, shared with Blackthorn City, that is played on Four and Five Islands in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- In the English versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver, if the Dratini in one of the houses is interacted with and the Coin Case is used immediately afterward, a a glitch will be triggered. This causes the Coin Case's display to change to "Which move?he pp of" permanently, unless the game is rebooted without saving.
- Blackthorn City is similar to that of Unova's Opelucid City in Pokémon Black and White, with the fact that both of these cities house the final Gym of their respective regions (which is Dragon-type in both cases) and are the tenth cities that the player encounters.
- There is an error on the Trainer Tips sign in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. It says that wild Pokémon appear regularly when walking and not running through tall grass, when it is in fact the opposite.
- There is likely a missing word in the first line, and could have been meant to read as: "Wild Pokémon will appear less regularly if you don't run, but walk quietly in the tall grass."
Effects on walking Pokémon
- Outdoor: The walking Pokémon occasionally stares intently at the mountain.
- Dragon's Den: Dragon-type Pokémon would suddenly howl. In the main cave, the walking Pokémon becomes more caution. Also, Water-type are incredibly happy as it is all wet, while Rock-type Pokémon like to roll around.
- Blackthorn Gym: Before the walking Pokémon gets sent back to the Poké Ball, they would behave differently because of the lava's heat.
- Entei constantly roars.
- Fire-type Pokémon enjoy the heat.
- Ice-type Pokémon become eager.
- Dragon-type Pokémon feel very composed and confident.
- Pokémon of other types are bowed and nervous as it is very hot.
Name origin
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | フスベシティ Fusube City | From 燻色 fusube-iro (smoke black color) and 燻べる fusuberu (to smoke). May also be from 伏辺山 (Fusube-yama), a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture. The individual components of its name can be roughly translated as "to hide" and "surrounding area." |
English | Blackthorn City | From blackthorn, a type of plant closely related to the plum |
French | Ébènelle | From ébène, ebony |
German | Ebenholz City | From Ebenholz, ebony |
Italian | Ebanopoli | From ebano (ebony) and the suffix -poli, meaning city |
Spanish | Ciudad Endrino Ciudad Espina Negra* |
From endrino, blackthorn Literally black thorn |
Korean | 검은먹시티 Geom'eunmeok City | 검은먹 geom'eunmeok means black ink stick. |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 煙墨市/烟墨市 Yānmò Shì | From 煙 yān (smoke) and 墨 mò (ink). Both of which are associated with the color black. |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 煙墨市 Yinmak Si | Same as the Mandarin name. |
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