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The homes of notable people, such as the {{player}}, are identified with signs saying whose home it is. Early on, these signs were the same as all other signs, but as graphical improvements were made, they began to change; in [[Generation IV]], notable houses are mostly marked by mailboxes.
The homes of notable people, such as the {{player}}, are identified with signs saying whose home it is. Early on, these signs were the same as all other signs, but as graphical improvements were made, they began to change; in [[Generation IV]], notable houses are mostly marked by mailboxes.


In addition to these physical signposts, a small text box will appear in the top corner of the screen in every game since {{game|Crystal}} with the same information.
In addition to these physical signposts, a small text box will appear in the top corner of the screen in every game since {{game|Crystal}} with the information for the player's current location.


==In the anime==
==In the anime==
[[File:Route 201 anime.png|thumb|200px|left|{{rt|201|Sinnoh}}: [[Sandgem Town]] to [[Twinleaf Town]]]]
[[File:Route 201 anime.png|thumb|220px|A signpost in the anime]]
Signposts have been used in the {{pkmn|anime}} since the [[original series]]; notably, {{Gary}} scrawled on a sign with the words "''Gary was here! {{Ash}} is a loser!''" The first time a route marker was shown was in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.
Signposts have been used in the {{pkmn|anime}} since the [[original series]]. One was first seen in ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]'', where {{Gary}} had vandalized a sign on {{rt|4|Kanto}} to read "''Gary was here! {{Ash}} is a loser!''"
 
In ''[[EP117|Don't Touch That 'dile]]'', a sign stating [[New Bark Town]]'s name and slogan was seen outside the town itself.
 
In ''[[EP142|A Shadow of a Drought]]'', {{TRT}} found a signboard inside the [[Slowpoke Well]] that told the old folktale of {{p|Slowpoke}} saving [[Azalea Town]] from a drought centuries earlier. In the same episode, {{an|Brock}} read a sign in Azalea Town, informing {{ashfr|the group}} about the drought Azalea Town was suffering from.
 
The first time a route marker was shown was in ''[[DP001|Following a Maiden's Voyage!]]'', specifically for {{rt|201|Sinnoh}}.
 
Another route marker appeared in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]'', this time for {{rt|202|Sinnoh}}.
 
A route marker appeared on {{rt|205|Sinnoh}} in ''[[DP150|Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!]]''.
 
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