Fuchsia City

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Fuchsia City セキチクシティ
Sekichiku City
"Happening and Passing City"
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Map description
A historic village that has become new.
Fuchsia City Gym - Kanto Gym #5
Koga
Koga
Poison-type
specialist Gym
Soul Badge
Soul Badge
Fuchsia City Gym - Kanto Gym #5
Janine
Janine
Poison-type
specialist Gym
Soul Badge
Soul Badge
Fuchsia City Gym - Kanto Gym #5
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Route 18
Fuchsia City
Route 15
 
Route 19
 
Location
Kanto Fuchsia City Map.png
Location of Fuchsia City in Kanto.
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Gen I Gen II Gen III

Fuchsia City (Japanese: セキチクシティ Sekichiku City) is a city located in southwest Kanto. Its most distinguishing features are the Safari Zone in the Generation I and III games and the Poison-type Gym. Koga is the Fuchsia City Gym Leader until his daughter Janine takes over in the Generation II and IV games.

Route 15 leads into the city from the east, Route 18 from the west, and the beach of Route 19 is in the south.

Bill's grandfather lives in Fuchsia City. In the anime, the Battle Pike is located near the city.

In Generation II, the Safari Zone is closed down. In the Generation IV remakes, Pal Park replaces the closed-down Safari Zone.

Places of interest

Safari Zone

Main article: Kanto Safari Zone

The Safari Zone is a special Pokémon preserve where Trainers can enter to capture certain types of Pokémon. It is owned by the Warden.

For $500, the player will receive 30 Safari Balls. With a large area to cover, Trainers must plan out their destination so as to arrive in time to capture all the Pokémon they want.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it: catching Pokémon here, as in all Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: Throw a Safari Ball, throw Bait, throw a Rock, and run away. Throwing Bait makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch; while throwing a Rock does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run.

During Generations I and III, however, a sweepstakes is taking place to find a hidden house deep in the Safari Zone, called the Secret House. The winner of the sweepstakes receives HM03 (Surf). During Generations II and IV the Safari Zone is not open. In HeartGold and SoulSilver only, the Kanto Pal Park takes its place.

SAFARI GAME
POKéMON-U-CATCH!

Safari Zone Warden

Main article: Baoba
 
Safari Zone Warden unable to speak clearly

Safari Zone Warden Baoba is the man in charge of the Kanto Safari Zone. His house is located on the south-eastern side of the city. He lives in a cottage next to the Pokémon Center. The locals of Fuchsia nicknamed the Warden "Slowpoke" because he has a vacant look similar to that seen on a Slowpoke. He's actually very knowledgeable about Pokémon, which should only be natural as taking care of the Safari Zone Pokémon is part of his job. He has a collection of rare Pokémon Fossils. He has recently lost his false teeth in the Safari Zone and became unable to speak clearly. If the protagonist of the Kanto Generation I or Generation III games returns his teeth to him, he'll give them HM04 (Strength). Wild Pokémon appear in the city in a pond behind the Warden's house.

He also runs a promotion in the Safari Zone. Pokémon Trainers who find the Secret House on the grounds are given HM03 (Surf). It's probable that he's friends with Koga, as the Gym Leader patrols the grounds of the Safari Zone to keep things safe. Koga's daughter, Janine, also trains just outside of the Safari Zone.

In Generation II, the Warden has left on a trip, so the Safari Zone has been shut down and most of the exclusive Pokémon have been moved to adjacent Routes. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, however, the park's closing led to the opening of a Pal Park. It's also in these games that his name is revealed to be Baoba. Wishing to maintain the Safari Game, Baoba opens another Safari Zone in Johto.

SAFARI ZONE
WARDEN'S HOME

Move deleter

A Move Deleter resides in a house in Fuchsia City, in Generation III, that cannot be accessed in Generations I, II, or IV, next to the city's Pokémon Center. He is a very forgetful man that lives alone in a house next to the Pokémon Center in the city. For no charge he will make a Pokémon forget a move it knows, provided that the move is not the only move which that Pokémon knows. He is the only way for a Pokémon to forget HM moves such as Cut or Fly.

Pokémon Zoo

A Pokémon zoo is located in Fuchsia City, just outside the Safari Zone. However, it is closed, like the Safari Zone, in Generations II and IV. There are Pokémon on display, including Chansey, Lapras, Voltorb, Kangaskhan, and Slowpoke. In addition, the Fossil that the player "shares" with the Super Nerd in Mt. Moon appears here as well. It will be a Kabuto if the player chose the Helix Fossil, and an Omanyte if the player chose the Dome Fossil.

Generation I

POKéMON PARADISE
SAFARI ZONE

Generation III

POKéMON PARADISE
SAFARI ZONE

In Generation II only, there's a notice outside the Safari Zone Office informing that it is closed until further notice.

There's a notice
here...
SAFARI ZONE OFFICE
is closed until
further notice.

Also exclusive to Generation II is a sign within the Pokémon Zoo warning people to avoid littering.

No littering.
Please take your
waste with you.

Berries

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, a Juggler that is found near Pal Park will hand out three different types of Berries each time a shard is traded. The types of berries given to the player depend on the shard's color. There is another Juggler that will trade a shard for Berries in Violet City.

Shard Berry Set Berries
  Red Shard E   Persim   Razz   Pomeg
  Blue Shard F   Bluk   Kelpsy   Cornn
  Yellow Shard G   Pinap   Grepa   Nomel
  Green Shard H   Wepear   Hondew   Durin

Fuchsia Gym

 
Fuchsia Gym
Main article: Fuchsia Gym

The Fuchsia Gym is the official Gym of Fuchsia City. It is based on Poison-type Pokémon. In Generations I and III, the Gym Leader is Koga. However, by Generations II IV, the Gym Leader's duties had been taken up by Koga's daughter, Janine. Trainers who are victorious at this Gym may receive the Soul Badge. The Fuchsia Gym can be difficult to navigate, as both Koga and Janine have installed invisible walls. Janine has added a further step to the puzzle, as the other Trainers in the Gym all look like her. A field based on the Gym also appears in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle. If playing the Generation I games on a normal Game Boy, the walls are invisible. However, when using a multi-colored palette on the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance or Game Boy Advance SP, these walls are exposed.

Demographics

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Fuchsia City is an average-sized city and has a population of 35.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Fuchsia City has a population of 36; the population has increased by one since Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Poké Mart

Generation I and III

Generation II

Generation IV - Bottom

Generation IV - Top

Items

Item Location Games
  Good Rod From the Fishing Guru's brother  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
  HM04 (Strength) A gift from the Safari Zone Warden after giving him his Gold Teeth  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
  Rare Candy Inside the Safari Zone Warden's house, behind a boulder  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
  Max Revive Inside the Safari Zone Warden's garden (hidden)  FR  LG 
  Burnt Berry From a Berry tree located in the northern area  G  S  C 
  Red Apricorn From an Apricorn tree located in the northern area  HG  SS 
  Nugget Near the flower boxes in the northeast area (hidden)  HG  SS 

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Fishing
  Magikarp
R B Y
  Fishing
Old Rod
5 100%
  Poliwag
R B Y
  Fishing
Good Rod
10 50%
  Goldeen
R B Y
  Fishing
Good Rod
10 50%
  Krabby
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
15 25%
  Goldeen
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
15 25%
  Seaking
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
23 25%
  Magikarp
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
15 25%
  Magikarp
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
5-15 90%
  Gyarados
R B Y
  Fishing
Super Rod
15 10%
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
Surfing
  Magikarp
G S C
  Surfing
10-24 100%
Fishing
  Magikarp
G S C
  Fishing
Old Rod
10 100%
  Magikarp
G S C
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 90%
  Gyarados
G S C
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 10%
  Magikarp
G S C
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 70%
  Gyarados
G S C
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 30%
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

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Surfing
  Psyduck
FR LG
  Surfing
20-40 100%
  Slowpoke
FR LG
  Surfing
20-40 100%
Fishing
  Magikarp
FR LG
  Fishing
Old Rod
5 100%
  Poliwag
FR LG
  Fishing
Good Rod
5-15 60%
  Goldeen
FR LG
  Fishing
Good Rod
5-15 20%
  Magikarp
FR LG
  Fishing
Good Rod
5-15 20%
  Goldeen
FR LG
  Fishing
Super Rod
15-25 40%
  Seaking
FR LG
  Fishing
Super Rod
20-30 40%
  Gyarados
FR LG
  Fishing
Super Rod
15-25 15%
  Psyduck
FR LG
  Fishing
Super Rod
15-35 5%
  Slowpoke
FR LG
  Fishing
Super Rod
15-35 5%
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

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Fishing and Surfing
  Magikarp
HG SS
  Surfing
10-20 100%
  Magikarp
HG SS
  Fishing
Old Rod
10 100%
  Magikarp
HG SS
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 97%
  Gyarados
HG SS
  Fishing
Good Rod
20 3%
  Magikarp
HG SS
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 70%
  Gyarados
HG SS
  Fishing
Super Rod
40 30%
Headbutt
  Hoothoot
HG SS
  Headbutt
26-34 65%
  Hoothoot
HG SS
  Headbutt
21-23 50%
  Spinarak
HG SS
  Headbutt
21-23 30%
  Ledyba
HG SS
  Headbutt
21-23 30%
  Wurmple
HG SS
  Headbutt
21-23, 26-34 20%
  Tangela
HG SS
  Headbutt
26-34 15%
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.


Differences among generations

Three years from Generation I and III to Generation II and IV, the city has changed quite dramatically. The Pokémon Zoo has closed down, transforming the northern half of the city into a grassy plain, only accessible by the use of Cut. There is also a small area in the northwestern part of the city, that contains a Burnt Berry. In Generation II, Warden Slowpoke has left on a trip, so the Safari Zone has been shut down and most of the exclusive Pokémon have been moved to adjacent routes. In Generation IV, the Safari Zone is replaced with Pal Park instead, with a replacement Safari Zone now found in Johto.

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Fuchsia City (misspelled Fuchia) appears on the Blue table; catchable Pokémon include Venonat, Exeggcute, Kangaskhan, Goldeen and Magikarp.

In the anime

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While Ash won the Soul Badge at the Fuchsia Gym, it was located outside of Fuchsia City itself. As such, Fuchsia City did not appear in the anime at all until Time Warp Heals All Wounds.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

In the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash and Brock travel to Fuchsia City in The Human Race and the Pokémon Race. They arrive during the Nomads Independence Day festival, where they are reunited with Misty.

Ash participates in the Fuchsia Free-For-All Race on behalf of Lara Laramie.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Fuchsia City made a brief appearance at the end of Meanwhile... Vileplume! in the Red, Green & Blue arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Trivia

  • Its Japanese motto is セキチクは ピンク はなやかな いろ "Sekichiku is the color of pink flora."
  • In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Janine can be found behind one of the zoos saying she is training to become the Gym Leader. Her name in the Fame Checker is erroneously listed as "Charine" in the English versions.
  • Its English motto before Generation IV was "Behold! It's Passion Pink!"
  • Fuchsia City resembles Jaipur (commonly referred to as the "Pink City"), as both are named for the color of buildings in the city.
  • In Generation I, if the player cheats to access the area with the Pokémon in the pens and talk with them, the Pokémon will answer "!" instead of their cry. This is because they don't have a talk event defined so the games provide placeholder text as a replacement.
  • Starting from Pokémon Yellow, wild Gyarados can be caught by fishing in the lake next to the Warden's house. This may be a reference to EP035, where Misty fishes up a Gyarados in the Safari Zone.
  • Fuchsia City did not appear until Time Warp Heals All Wounds in the Battle Frontier saga despite the Gym appearing in the original series.

Name origin

Language Name Origin
Japanese セキチクシティ Sekichiku City 石竹色 (sekichiku iro) refers to the pink color of China pink flowers.
English Fuchsia City From fuchsia.
French Parmanie From parme, a kind of purple.
German Fuchsania City From Fuchsinrot, fuchsia.
Italian Fucsiapoli From fucsia and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Polish Parmania From French Parmanie.
Spanish Ciudad Fucsia
Ciudad Fuchsia
From fucsia.
Korean 연분홍시티 Yeonbunhong City 연분홍 (yeonbunhong) means "light pink."
Chinese (Mandarin) 淺紅市/浅红市 Qiǎnhóng Shì 淺紅/浅红 (qiǎnhóng) means "light red."
Chinese (Cantonese) 淺紅市 Cingung Si 淺红 (cingung) also means "light red."



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