Cinnabar Island: Difference between revisions

|name=Cinnabar Island

|jpname=グレンじま<br>グレンタウン

|image=Cinnabar Island HGSS.png

|imageI=Cinnabar Island RBY.png

The [[Generation I]] games reveal Cinnabar Island to be a technological mecca. The journals scattered about the abandoned {{ka|Pokémon Mansion}} suggest that {{p|Mewtwo}} was cloned here. The scientists at the [[Pokémon Lab]] have the ability to resurrect Pokémon from their [[Fossil]]s. Two years after the events of [[Generation]]s {{Gen|I}} and {{Gen|III}}, as seen in Generations {{Gen|II}} and {{Gen|IV}}, a volcano erupted on the island, destroying everything. The [[Pokémon Center]] was rebuilt, and the Cinnabar Gym has been relocated to the Seafoam Islands.

==Slogan==

==In the anime==

===In the main series===

Cinnabar Island is considered a mere beach resort in the {{pkmn|anime}}. Many {{pkmn|Trainer}}s skip the island entirely or go there for a break from {{pkmn|battle|battling}}. [[Blaine]] runs a hotel for tourists and wears a hippie disguise to hide his real identity as [[Gym Leader]]. His [[Gym]] is located inside of the volcano.

In ''[[EP058|Riddle Me This]]'', {{Ash}} was trying to locate the Gym so he could challenge Blaine. He was told by a man who liked telling riddles that the Gym disappeared when Cinnabar Island became a tourist trap. However, the man eventually told Ash that Blaine built another Gym inside of a volcano. When Ash and {{ashfr}} went in, they learned that the riddler was actually Blaine in disguise. Ash and Blaine battled, but Ash had a series of misfortunes. The first was his {{AP|Squirtle}} being defeated by Blaine's {{p|Ninetales}}. Then, his {{AP|Charizard}} refused to listen to him. Finally, {{AP|Pikachu}} received severe burns caused by [[Blaine's Magmar]] and its powerful {{m|Fire Blast}}. Ash called off the battle, not wanting Pikachu to get injured. In ''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]'', after {{TRT}} had almost destroyed Blaine's Gym (and Cinnabar Island as a result), he agreed to a rematch on his alternate battlefield on top of the volcano. This time, Ash was able to defeat Blaine with the help of his Charizard and its {{m|Seismic Toss}}, earning himself the {{badge|Volcano}}.

===In Pokémon Origins===

Cinnabar Island was visited by {{OBP|Red|Origins}} in the [[Pokémon Origins]] episode ''[[PO03|File 3 - Giovanni]]''. During his visit, he first explored the {{OBP|Pokémon Mansion|Kanto}}, where he discovered [[Pokémon Mansion journals|a journal]] that would [[PO04|later]] help him identify [[Cerulean Cave]]'s mysterious Pokémon as {{p|Mewtwo}}. After exploring the Mansion, Red challenged Blaine to a Gym battle and won, earning the Volcano Badge.

==In the manga==

[[File:Cinnabar Island Adventures.png|thumb|200px|Cinnabar Island in the Pokémon Adventures manga]]

Cinnabar Island debuted in ''[[PS026|Holy Moltres]]'' in the {{chap|Red, Green & Blue}}, where [[Team Rocket]] with their {{p|Gengar}} and {{p|Magnemite}} were trying to hunt down [[Blaine]] because he had quit Team Rocket. He used his {{p|Arcanine}} and {{p|Rapidash}}. When he saw {{adv|Red}} he saved him from the cliff just as Team Rocket let out the {{p|Moltres}} they had captured earlier. Blaine told him to use his Rapidash to get to his lab and restore the [[Old Amber]].

In the {{chap|Yellow}}, {{adv|Yellow}} arrived at Cinnabar Island from the [[Seafoam Islands]]. She saw Blaine training with [[Camper (Trainer class)|Camper Evan]]. Blaine directed Yellow to his lab because [[Brock]] had just called Blaine about a discovery at [[Mt. Moon]]. After that, Blaine and Yellow set off for [[Cerise Island]], leaving Evan and {{tc|Super Nerd|Super Nerd Miles}} on Cinnabar.

==Trivia==

* It was long believed that Cinnabar Island once was the tip of a {{wp|stratovolcano}} or a {{wp|shield volcano}} since no mountain was visible on the island for the first three [[generation]]s. This was changed in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} where a mountain stratovolcano is actually there and can be reached by using {{m|Rock Climb}}, indicating that lack of diverse scenery in the past games was the reason for no mountain being there. However, all map artworks throughout the generations have shown the volcano to be there.

* Cinnabar Island has many glitches associated with it in the [[Generation I]] games, such as the [[old man glitch]], due to programming oversights on the island's coast. There is also {{DL|List of glitches in Generation I|Man on roof|a trick to see a man on the roof}} of the [[Cinnabar Gym|Gym]]. However, both of these glitches were fixed in some regional versions.

* It is the southernmost location in both [[Kanto]] and [[Johto]] that the player can {{m|Fly}} to.

==Name origin==

| Alternate romanization of グレン ''Guren''

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==References==

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