Po Town
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Location Location of Po Town in Alola. |
Po Town (Japanese: ポータウン Pō Town) is a town situated on Ula'ula Island of the Alola region. It is occupied by Team Skull and houses their base of operations, the Shady House.
Places of interest
Shady House
- Main article: Shady House
Shady House is the base of Team Skull, a dilapidated mansion at the far end of Po Town, where Guzma also stays from time to time.
Pokémon Center
As the Pokémon Center, like the rest of Po Town, is occupied by Team Skull, no operational Poké Mart, Pokémon Center Café, or PC can be found there. A Team Skull Grunt will, however, offer to heal the player's Pokémon for $10 whenever she's asked to. After the player has become Champion, the Grunt, along with her cohort, will offer to sell them a Skull Tank and Team Skull CapUSUM. If the player purchases the clothing, the two Grunts will leave the Pokémon Center, leaving it with no more functional use.
Type | Item | Patterns by availability | Price | |||
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Top | Skull Tank | Custom | $10,000 | |||
Hat | Team Skull CapUSUM | Custom | $10,000 | |||
Demographics
Pokémon Sun and Moon
The population of Po Town is 23. Team Skull primarily inhabits the Shady House and the main road leading to it, with all other buildings being abandoned and inaccessible.
Items
Item | Location | Games | |
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Max Repel | In the southeast corner of the town | S M US UM | |
Rare Candy | In front of the second house north of the Pokémon Center | S M | |
Full Restore ×2 |
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Smoke Ball | On the north side of the third house north of the Pokémon Center, through a hole in the hedge | S M US UM | |
Ice Stone | On the north side of the pool, accessed from the southwest door on 1F of the Shady House | S M US UM | |
Rare Candy | Southeast of the pool, accessed from the southwest door on 1F of the Shady House (hidden) | US UM | |
Big Nugget | From Office Worker Royce for $5,000 after defeating him, after defeating Guzma (daily) | US UM | |
Zygarde Cube
Item | Location | Games | |
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Zygarde Cell | By the red truck southwest of the Shady House in the northNight | S M | |
Zygarde Cell | By the yellow truck southeast of the Shady House in the northDay | S M | |
Totem Stickers
Item | Location | Games | |
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Totem Sticker | On the side of the house on the left side closest to the Po Town entrance | US UM | |
Totem Sticker | On the side of the Pokémon Center | US UM | |
Totem Sticker | Inside the Pokémon Center, on a box to the left of the counter | US UM | |
Totem Sticker | On the Shady House, to the right of the door | US UM | |
Totem Sticker ×3 | On the Shady House, to the right of the pool, accessed from the southwest door on 1F of the Shady House (requires Tauros Charge) | US UM | |
Trainers
After defeating Guzma in the Shady House, none of the Team Skull Grunts will battle the player (unless mentioned otherwise), acting as if they had already been defeated.
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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Office Worker Royce can be battled once per day.
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Layout
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In the anime
Po Town first appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!, where Team Skull watched a television broadcast of the press conference announcing the Alola League at the Shady House prior to Guzma's arrival.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Po Town debuted in the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc. Gladion traveled there after being made a Team Skull Enforcer by Guzma. Shortly after arriving, Gladion was attacked by Plumeria and a group of Team Skull Grunts, who wanted to see if he was skilled enough for the job. Though Gladion proved himself during the battle, his negative attitude angered Plumeria to the point where she refused to accept him as a true member of Team Skull. When Plumeria told Gladion to follow her, Gladion complied, but was momentarily distracted when a Zygarde Core jumped past him.
Later, Ilima, Lana, Kiawe, Mallow, Acerola, and Hau arrived in Po Town to have a talk with Team Skull. Guzma, appearing on the Shady House's balcony, seemed amused by the suggestion, and accepted the offer to talk, if the group could get into the house first. At that moment, the Trial Captains and Hau found themselves surrounded by a group of Ultra Beasts.
The three beasts proceeded to easily best their opponents, but when Guzma noticed that the Captains' Pokémon were still hanging on, he revealed a Cosmog and had it open more Ultra Wormholes to summon more beasts. The group was saved by Gladion, who used his Type: Null to fight the Ultra Beasts, which it did with ease due to its status as a Pokémon specifically created to fight them. Afterward, Guzma was kidnapped by a Nihilego, which dragged him into an Ultra Wormhole with it. The other beasts then broke out of Po Town's barrier, proceeding to cause havoc on the rest of Ula'ula.
Trivia
- This is the only city or town in Alola where the background music doesn't change depending on the time of day.
- In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, one of the Team Skull Grunts found here says that he's from Kalos.
Name origin
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ポータウン Pō Town | From pō (Hawaiian for night) |
English | Po Town | Same as Japanese name |
French | Kokohio | Possibly from hoʻokokōhi (Hawaiian for dark and threatening) |
German | Po'u | Same as Japanese name |
Italian | Poh | Same as Japanese name |
Spanish | Pueblo Po | Same as Japanese name |
Korean | 포마을 Po Maeul | Transliteration of Japanese name |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 魄鎮 / 魄镇 Pò Zhèn | Transliteration of Japanese name. Contains 魄 pò, poetic term for moon |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 魄鎮 Bok Jan | Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name. Contains 魄 bok, poetic term for moon |
Brazilian Portuguese | Vila Pô | Same as Japanese name |
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