Pallet Town

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Pallet Town (Japanese: マサラタウン Masara Town) is where players of Generation I games, as well as several other notable trainers, start their Pokémon journeys in Kanto. It is based on Machida, Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri's hometown; but its location on the map better corresponds to somewhere in the Shizuoka Prefecture.

The town in the video games is located in western Kanto, nestled between Route 1 to the north and Route 21, a water route, to the south.

Places of interest

Professor Oak's Lab

Main article: Professor Oak's Laboratory

In the southeast corner of town is Professor Oak's Lab. Here, Pokémon trainers just beginning their quest can receive either a Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle from Professor Oak. The exception to this was for Ash Ketchum, who got Pikachu from Oak because he woke up late the day he was supposed to get his Trainer's License.

PC's House

After the PC has left town for the first time, going home and talking to 'Mom' will fully rest/restore all of the PC's Pokémon, just like a Pokémon Center.

Items

Poké Ball (5) (Generation III) - From Oak after he receives his parcel
Pokédex (Generation I & III) - From Oak after he recieves his parcel
Town Map (Generation I & III) - From Daisy after the player obtains his/her starter Pokémon
Potion (Generation I & III) - From PC in the player's house

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Bulbasaur	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Charmander	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Squirtle	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Good Rod	10	50%
	Goldeen	R	B	Y	Good Rod	10	50%
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Super Rod	15	50%
	Tentacool	R	B	Y	Super Rod	15	50%
	Tentacool	R	B	Y	Fishing	10-20	40%
	Staryu	R	B	Y	Fishing	5-10	60%
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 II

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Fishing (Old/Good)	10, 20	?
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Surfing	30-39	90%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Fishing (Super)	40	100%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Surfing	35-39	10%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Fishing (Old/Good)	10, 20	?
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 III

Gift Pokémon

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Bulbasaur	FR	LG	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Charmander	FR	LG	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Squirtle	FR	LG	Oak's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
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.

Fishing

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Old Rod	5	100%
	Krabby	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%(FR)/60%(LG)
	Horsea	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	60%(FR)/20%(LG
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Good Rod	5-15	20%
	Shellder	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Staryu	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Horsea	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Krabby	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	40%
	Gyarados	FR	LG	Super Rod	15-25	15%
	Seadra	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	4%
	Kingler	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	4%
	Psyduck	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	1%
	Slowpoke	FR	LG	Super Rod	25-35	1%
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.

Surfing

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Tentacool	FR	LG	Surfing	5-40	100%
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

FireRed/LeafGreen

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In the Pokémon Special manga

In the Red, Green & Blue chapter Pallet Town is visited in the rounds Glimpse of the Glow, Bulbasaur, Come Home! and The Secret of Kangaskhan for being the hometown of the main character Red and the place where Professor Oak's Laboratory is located. The town also has a forest where Red and Green sees a Mew. Later, the entire townspeople are kidnapped and held hostage in Silph Co. Near the end of the series, it is revealed that Blue also was born in Pallet Town.

In the FRLG chapter of Special, Red and Green are attacked by a Deoxys here.

Trivia

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Pallet Town in Generation I.

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Pallet Town in Generation II.

Aside from Ash Ketchum, other notable trainers who have left Pallet Town include Gary Oak, Gilbert, Red and Green. In the Pokémon Special manga, Pallet Town is famous for being the hometown of many great trainers, including Professor Oak.
- Besides those stated above, there are two other trainers that live in Pallet Town. These are the trainers that began their journey on the same day as Ash Ketchum and received either Bulbasaur or Charmander as their starter Pokémon. It is unknown if they will ever appear in the anime or if they've already appeared but never stated so.
The town's motto is a reference to the color-named cities of Kanto.
Although this town is quite small in the video games, it is shown as a somewhat large town in the anime and manga.
In Generation II, the town's slogan is A Tranquil Setting of Peace and Purity.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マサラタウン Masara Town	May have been taken from 優る masaru, meaning surpass or out rival
English	Pallet Town	A palette is a set of colors, used in various means.
French	Bourg Palette	From bourg, village, and palette.
German	Alabastia	From Alabaster.
Italian	Biancavilla	From bianco white, and villa, estate.
Spanish	Pueblo Paleta	Paleta means palette.
Korean	태초마을 Taecho Maeul
Chinese (Mandarin)	眞新鎮/真新镇 Zhēnxīn Zhèn
Chinese (Cantonese)	純白鎮 Seonbaak Zan

References

Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates

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