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[[File:Ecruteak City GS.png|220px|thumb|Ecruteak City in Gold and Silver]]

'''Ecruteak City''' (Japanese: '''エンジュシティ''' ''Enju City'') is an old-fashioned city located in northern [[Johto]], situated in the woods between tall [[Mt. Mortar]] and the open fields near Johto's western shores.

Ecruteak is known as a historical and mythical city; fittingly, its buildings all feature traditional Japanese architecture, while the tallest building in the city, and perhaps all of Johto, is the ten-story [[Bell Tower]] in the city's northeast corner, built nearly a millennium before the events of the games. The city is known as being a centerpoint of the [[Legendary Pokémon]] native to the Johto region, with the great {{p|Ho-Oh}} once being said to have roosted atop the Bell Tower, and having created three [[Legendary beasts]] of the Pokémon who perished when the [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]] burned down.

 

 

The Kimono Dance Theater is where the [[Kimono Girl]]s dance and battle. The director will give the player the [[HM]] for {{m|Surf}} in [[Generation II]], after defeating the Kimono Girls, and in [[Generation IV]], after defeating a rude {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}. Each of the five Kimono Girls has an evolution of {{p|Eevee}}: {{p|Vaporeon}}, {{p|Flareon}}, {{p|Jolteon}}, {{p|Espeon}}, and {{p|Umbreon}}. In Generation II, the player can freely choose their order of facing Kimono Girls. In Generation IV, the player battles them in a fixed order, having to defeat all five consecutively.

 

The Ecruteak Gym is the official [[Gym]] of Ecruteak City. It is based on {{type|Ghost}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. The [[Gym Leader]] is [[Morty]]. {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeat him receive the {{Badge|Fog}}.

In {{game|Crystal}} and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the {{player}} cannot challenge [[Morty]], the Ecruteak Gym Leader when they first arrive in Ecruteak City, as Morty has gone with his friend [[Eusine]] to the [[Burned Tower]], searching for signs of the [[Legendary beasts]]. When the player awakens {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, and {{p|Suicune}} in the Burned Tower, Morty returns to the Gym, allowing for him to be challenged.

The Ecruteak Gym is designed as a sort of maze, where one wrong step off the right path will send a challlenger back to the beginning. In {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, the Gym has an invisible path leading to Morty and passing several Trainers. In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the path is visible but the Gym is largely shrouded in darkness. Flames light up certain points in the path, including around Trainers, but once the player defeats a Trainer, their light will go out.

The Barrier Station to Bell Tower is located in the north of Ecruteak City. This [[gate]] houses three {{tc|Sage}}s, collectively called the '''Wise Trio''' (Japanese: '''３にんしゅう''' ''group of 3 men''). It serves to prevent the player proceeding to [[Bell Tower]] until they have the {{badge|Fog}}. In {{game|Crystal}}, the three Sages battle the player before allowing passage.

A majestic tower to the east, the Bell Tower is where {{p|Ho-Oh}} was once said to roost. With the [[Silver and Rainbow Wings|Rainbow Wing]], the player is able to prove to Ho-Oh that he or she is a pure-hearted person who will bring Pokémon and people back into harmony with one another.

Ecruteak City's population is 44, making it the fourth-largest city in [[Johto]], behind [[Goldenrod City]], [[Violet City]], and [[Olivine City]].

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Meanwhile, Ash and his friends wandered into the [[Burned Tower]], mistaking it for the Ecruteak Gym. After some trouble with the local {{t|Ghost}} Pokémon, Morty arrived at the site and cleared everything up, as well as informing the group that the place was in fact once called the [[Bell Tower|Tin Tower]], a nestling ground for the Legendary Pokémon {{p|Ho-Oh}}. When the tower burned down during a fight over Ho-Oh's power, the Rainbow Pokémon fled, never to be seen again, even though a new Tin Tower was built nearby in hopes that this would someday happen. Upon seeing a picture of Ho-Oh, Ash instantly recognized it as the mysterious Pokémon he saw on [[EP001|the day he started his journey]], although Morty didn't seem to believe him. After dealing with {{TRT}} trying to steal {{AP|Pikachu}} once again, Ash and Morty agreed to have a Gym battle. The battle was conducted during the next day, where Ash, using his {{AP|Noctowl}} as his ace, managed to pull through and win himself the {{badge|Fog}}. Morty also admitted that Ash might have indeed seen Ho-Oh like he claimed.

 

 

In ''[[EP226|Espeon, Not Included]]'', Ash and his friends returned to Ecruteak City on their way to [[Mahogany Town]], and encountered the Kimono Girls again, finding out that Sakura had evolved her {{p|Eevee}} into an {{TP|Sakura|Espeon}}. In ''[[EP227|For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!]]'', the group met [[Eusine]], a friend of Morty's and a pursuer of the Legendary Pokémon {{p|Suicune}}. Upon finding out that Ash had seen Suicune, he accused him of lying and tried to challenge him to a battle, but the match was interrupted when {{t|Bug}} started going wild around the city due to Team Rocket having stolen and accidentally broken one of the four [[Clear Bell|Crystal Bells]]. While dealing with the trio of thieves, the group came face to face with Suicune itself. Eusine attempted to battle the Legendary beast, but the Aurora Pokémon easily escaped by using {{m|Roar}} on Eusine's {{p|Alakazam}}.

 

 

===In Pokémon Generations===

 

Ecruteak City reappeared in ''[[PG06|The Reawakening]]''. Eusine was seen visiting the Burned Tower, all the while going through the story of how the tower originally burned down, killing the three nameless Pokémon that {{p|Ho-Oh}} then resurrected in the form of the [[Legendary beasts]]. Unexpectedly, {{p|Suicune}} showed up, allowing Eusine to look at itself for a few seconds before leaving. Despite the encounter being very brief, Eusine felt hopeful that the Legendary beasts were probably starting to regain their faith in humanity.

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Ecruteak City is destroyed by an earthquake in its debut appearance in ''[[PS108|Quilava Quandary]]''. [[Jasmine]] witnesses the incident while on her way through the city to meet the [[Day-Care Couple]]. She falls due to the ground breaking under her. She is later rescued by {{adv|Gold}} and {{adv|Silver}}. The whole city is evacuated, leaving only Gold and Silver in the city. They meet several [[Team Rocket]] grunts and the [[Carl|two]] [[Sham|executives]]. The earthquake is revealed to have been caused by them. The city is later rebuilt, as requested by Morty, with Jasmine supervising the workers. {{adv|Yellow}} sets the [[Legendary beasts]] free in the Burned Tower. {{adv|Crystal}} follows {{p|Suicune}} to the Bell Tower and makes a failed attempt to capture it.

Years later, in ''[[PS444|One Tough Togepi]]'', Gold heads here to meet Morty. The city's surroundings are the first place where {{p|Arceus}} is seen, with {{adv|Crystal}} attempting to capture it.

In [[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys]], {{GnB|Gold}} and [[Whitney]] pass through Ecruteak City in their travels. Ecruteak City is well known for its history and its stories of [[Legendary Pokémon]] that have been passed down through generations. Points of interest include [[Ecruteak Gym]] and the [[Pokémon Summit]], which is held annually at a stadium which was built on the land formerly occupied by the [[Burned Tower]].

[[File:GameFreak 1997 fanbook MC Satoshi.jpg|thumb|150px|The screenshot of Old City in the fan book]]

* During the pre-release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, [[Game Freak]]'s '''''Official Fan Book of Pocket Monsters''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター公式ファンブック''') from 1997 hinted at a location containing {{wp|Japanese architecture|traditional Japanese buildings}} called '''Old City''' (Japanese: '''オールドシティ'''). This was likely a prototype of Ecruteak City.

* An unused house in [[Olivine City]] features a [[non-player character|NPC]] that claims that a pharmacist in Ecruteak made medicine for her {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. As the pharmacy is actually in [[Cianwood City]], this suggests that it was originally planned for Ecruteak City during the development of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}.

** Unused early maps of Ecruteak City also hint at the [[Magnet Train]] running through it as well, possibly instead of through [[Goldenrod City]]. The reason they may have considered this could have to do with the fact that {{wp|Kyoto}}, the city that Ecruteak City is based on, has its own railway system.

* [[Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection|The soundtrack of HeartGold and SoulSilver]] reveals that the {{wp|kanji}} for ''Enju'' is 縁寿, meaning "longevity of a relationship".

* Due to the fact that the burning of the [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]] has eyewitnesses that the player can talk to, this would make some residents over 150 years old.

* A painting of Ecruteak City is on display in the [[Lumiose Museum]] in [[Pokémon X and Y]].

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| From 槐 ''enju'' ({{wp|Styphnolobium japonicum|Japanese Pagoda tree}}), 縁寿 ''enju'' (longevity of relationship) and 臙脂色 ''enji-iro'' (deep red)

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| From ''{{wp|Ecru (color)|ecru}}'' and ''{{wp|teak}}''

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| From ''rosier'', rose

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| From ''Teak''

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| From ''amaranto'', {{wp|amaranth}}

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| From the genus ''{{wp|Iris (plant)|Iris}}''

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| From 인주 (印朱) ''inju'', red stamping ink

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| Alternative reading of its Japanese name. Literally means "Round vermilion city".

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