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|mapdesc=A deep and sprawling forest that extends around Viridian City. A natural maze, many people become lost inside.{{sup/3|FRLG}}<br>A forest filled with nature and Bug-type Pokémon.{{sup/4|HGSS}}

|japanese_name={{tt|トキワのもり|Tokiwa no Mori}}

|generation={{gen|I}}, {{gen|III}}, {{gen|IV}}

'''Viridian Forest''' (Japanese: '''トキワのもり''' ''Tokiwa Forest'') is a [[forest]] which lies between [[Viridian City]] and [[Pewter City]] in the middle of {{rt|2|Kanto}} with both the north and south entrances of Viridian Forest open to the route. The deep and sprawling forest is said to be a natural maze as many people get lost inside. The trees in the forest are so thick that little light gets in, and because of this the forest is full of {{t|Bug}}- and {{type|Flying}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} that attract {{tc|Bug Catcher}}s and other Trainers.

In [[Generation II]], Viridian Forest no longer exists as a standalone area and has been replaced with a maze of standard trees, containing items and [[Berry]] trees, which is now a part of Route 2. The maze forms roughly the same design as before and the items are placed similarly to those located in Generations I and III. However, in the [[Generation IV]] remakes, the forest is re-expanded into the state of an actual dungeon, with five Trainers added, and with Pokémon similar to that of Pokémon Yellow.

 

[[File:FL Viridian Forest.png|thumb|200px|right|Eyecatch of Viridian Forest from [[Generation III]]]]

Because of its dark and shady environment, Viridian Forest hosts a large array of different {{type|Bug}} Pokémon. They are not particularly powerful, but they will cause [[status ailment]]s such as paralysis and poison. It is advised from sign posts and even from other Trainers that Trainers should buy status ailment healing items such as {{DL|Status ailment healing item|Antidote}} and {{DL|Status ailment healing item|Parlyz Heal}} before entering the forest. Pokémon such as {{p|Caterpie}}, {{p|Weedle}}, {{p|Metapod}}, and {{p|Kakuna}} inhabit trees and [[tall grass]], allowing themselves to stay hidden from predators. Viridian Forest is also one of the locations where Trainers can seek wild {{p|Pikachu}} as well as under-leveled {{p|Pidgeotto}}, making the forest a very exclusive place to find Pokémon. {{tc|Bug Catcher}}s, that own common bug Pokémon such as {{p|Caterpie}} and {{p|Weedle}}, come here in groups from Viridian and Pewter to battle and train.

{{Itemlist|Antidote|In the northeast area of the forest, past a [[Trainer tips]] sign|R=yes|B=yes|display={{DL|Status ailment healing item|Antidote}}}}

{{Itemlist|Potion|In the northeast area of the forest, past a Trainer tips sign|Y=yes|display={{DL|Potion|Potion}}}}

{{Itemlist|Antidote|Left side of the tree near the first NPC ''(hidden)''|R=yes|B=yes|Y=yes|display={{DL|Status ailment healing item|Antidote}}}}

* On a grassless dead-end path south of the exit

* In front of the last Bug Catcher ''(hidden)''|R=yes|B=yes|Y=yes|display={{DL|Potion|Potion}} ×2}}

{{Itemlist|Antidote|

* In the northeast area of the forest, past a Trainer tips sign |FR=yes|LG=yes|display={{DL|Status ailment healing item|Antidote}} ×2}}

* In path of grass east of Route 2 entrance

* In a small area southeast of the final Trainer tips sign

* In the west area of the forest, across from the final Bug Catcher ''(hidden)''|FR=yes|LG=yes|display={{DL|Potion|Potion}} ×3}}

{{Itemlist|Poké Ball|On a [[Tall grass|grassy]] dead-end path north and west of the entrance|R=yes|B=yes|Y=yes|FR=yes|LG=yes|display={{Ball|Poké}}}}

* South of Bug Catcher Stacey ''(hidden)''

* North-west of the Leaf Stone ''(hidden)''|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{DL|Valuable item|Big Mushroom}}}}

{{Itemlist|Blue Flute|Northwest of Bug Catcher Stacey|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{DL|Flute|Blue Flute}}}}

{{Itemlist|Dire Hit|Northeast of Bug Catcher Abner inside the north curve|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{DL|Battle item|Dire Hit}}}}

{{Itemlist|Full Restore|At a dead end after going up some steps south-east of Bug Catcher Abner ''(hidden)''|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{DL|Potion|Full Restore}}}}

{{Itemlist|Leaf Stone|After following some steps in the southwest area of the forest|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{evostone|Leaf Stone}}}}

{{Itemlist|Max Ether|In patch of grass west of southern entrance ''(hidden)''|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{DL|Ether|Max Ether}}}}

{{Itemlist|TinyMushroom|

* East of Bug Catcher Ellis ''(hidden)''

* On a ledge north of the southern entrance ''(hidden)''|HG=yes|SS=yes|display={{DL|Valuable item|TinyMushroom}}}}

{{catch/entry1|016|Pidgey|no|no|yes|Grass|4-8|24%|type1=normal|type2=flying}}

{{catch/entry1|025|Pikachu|yes|yes|no|Grass|3-5|5%|type1=electric}}

{{Catch/entryfl|025|Pikachu|yes|yes|Grass|3-5|5%|type1=electric}}

{{catch/entryhs|011|Metapod|yes|no|Grass|3-5|30%|30%|0%|type1=bug}}

{{catch/entryhs|014|Kakuna|no|yes|Grass|3-5|30%|30%|0%|type1=bug|type2=poison}}

{{catch/entryhs|016|Pidgey|yes|yes|Grass|3-7|0%|15%|0%|type1=normal|type2=flying}}

{{catch/entryhs|025|Pikachu|yes|yes|Grass|4-7|6%|6%|0%|type1=electric}}

{{catch/entryhs|163|Hoothoot|yes|yes|Grass|3-5|0%|0%|80%|type1=normal|type2=flying}}

{{catch/div|forest|Headbutt}}

{{catch/entryhs|163|Hoothoot|yes|yes|Headbutt|3-7|all=50%|type1=Normal|type2=Flying|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|273|Seedot|yes|no|Headbutt|3-6|all=30%|type1=Grass|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|273|Seedot|no|yes|Headbutt|3-6|all=5%|type1=Grass|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|167|Spinarak|yes|no|Headbutt|4|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Poison|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|168|Ariados|yes|no|Headbutt|5-6|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Poison|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|165|Ledyba|no|yes|Headbutt|4|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Flying|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|166|Ledian|no|yes|Headbutt|5-6|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Flying|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|164|Noctowl|yes|yes|Headbutt|5-7|all=5%|type1=Normal|type2=Flying|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|285|Shroomish|yes|no|Headbutt|5-6|all=5%|type1=Grass|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|285|Shroomish|no|yes|Headbutt|5-6|all=30%|type1=Grass|10=k}}

{{catch/entryhs|401|Kricketot|yes|yes|Swarm|3-5|all=40%|type1=bug}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||60|2|013|Weedle||6||010|Caterpie||6|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||70|3|013|Weedle||7||014|Kakuna||7||013|Weedle||7|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||90|1|013|Weedle||9|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Lass.png|Lass||90|2|029|Nidoran♀||6||032|Nidoran♂||6|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||70|2|010|Caterpie||7||010|Caterpie||7|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||60|3|011|Metapod||6||010|Caterpie||6||011|Metapod||6|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||80|2|010|Caterpie||8||011|Metapod||8|||}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RG Bug Catcher.png|Bug Catcher||100|1|010|Caterpie||10|||}}

==Eyecatch==

===In Pokémon Pinball===

In {{g|Pinball}}, Viridian Forest appears on the Red and Blue tables; catchable {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} include {{p|Caterpie}}, {{p|Weedle}}, {{p|Pidgey}}, {{p|Rattata}} and {{p|Pikachu}}.

===In Pokémon Channel===

[[File:Viridian Forest anime.png|thumb|220px|Outline of Viridian Forest as seen in the anime]]

Viridian Forest appeared in multiple episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first shown at the end of ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency]]''. While traveling through the forest, {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} encounter a {{AP|Caterpie|Caterpie}}, and decides to throw a Poké Ball at it to try and capture it.

in ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'', where {{Ash}} caught his first two {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}: {{AP|Caterpie|Butterfree}} and {{AP|Pidgeotto|Pidgeot}}. {{Ash}} effortlessly catches the Caterpie by tossing a [[Poké Ball]] in [[EP002|the last episode]]. Even before the celebrations for Ash catching his first Pokémon could start, he spots yet another Pokémon, a {{p|Pidgeotto}}. Ash uses his {{AP|Pikachu}}, knocking it out, and Ash easily makes his second capture. At the end of the episode, Caterpie starts covering itself with some fluids and becomes brighter and brighter. It then starts to grow, and becomes a Metapod.

The forest was also the setting of the [[EP004|following episode]], where it was the location of Ash's first proper Trainer battle. Ash spots a {{p|Weedle}} and decides to catch it. He uses Pidgeotto against it, but a person dressed as a [[samurai]] arrives on scene. The {{pkmn2|wild}} Weedle escapes and the samurai rebukes Ash for it. The two then engage themselves in a Pokémon battle. Suddenly, a swarm of {{p|Beedrill}} arrive and lift Ash's Metapod away. The samurai takes Ash, Misty and their other Pokémon to a safe place. The next day, the group start their search for Metapod. They soon find it on a tree among many {{p|Kakuna}}. Ash joyously goes to Metapod to take him back in his team and it soon evolves into a Butterfree.

Later in the series, Ash released his {{AP|Pidgeot}} here in ''[[EP081|Pallet Party Panic!]]''. As the gang leave through Viridian Forest, Ash and his friends are attacked by a flock of {{p|Spearow}}. The flock’s leader is a {{p|Fearow}}, which apparently [[Evolution|evolved]] from the Spearow that Ash hit with a rock on [[EP001|the first day of his journey]]. Ash climbs a tree to escape and finds Team Rocket with a flock of {{p|Pidgey}} and {{p|Pidgeotto}} who are in a turf war with the flock of Spearow. Ash sends out {{p|Pidgeotto}} to lead the Pidgey flock against the Spearow flock. In the course of the battle, Ash’s Pidgeotto evolves into a {{AP|Pidgeot}}. Pidgeot and Pikachu team up to defeat the Fearow and its gang. Ash then decides to {{pkmn2|released|leave}} Pidgeot in the forest to look after the Pidgey and Pidgeotto.

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===

Many important people were born here, including [[Lance]], {{adv|Giovanni}}, and {{adv|Yellow}}. It is said that once every few years, a child is born possessing the mysterious powers of the forest. Lance and Yellow both share the power to heal {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} using physical touch as well as the ability to read the minds of Pokémon. In addition, Yellow can also move inanimate objects, namely [[Poké Ball]]s, as well as raise her Pokémon's [[level]]s using the power of Viridian Forest (although this power seems involuntary and temporary). Giovanni has yet to display any special powers.

The forest is first visited in ''[[PS003|The Secret of Kangaskhan]]'' ({{chap|Red, Green & Blue}}) by {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}}. In their search for Pokémon, they encounter a wild {{p|Kangaskhan}} and its baby. Other Pokémon that appear in Viridian Forest are {{p|Kangaskhan}}, {{p|Venomoth}}, {{p|Caterpie}}, {{p|Dratini}} (origin unknown, but definitely not from Viridian Forest), {{p|Golem}} and {{p|Weezing}} (brought by Giovanni), and {{p|Mew}}.

Both [[Pika]] and [[Chuchu]] were revealed to have lived here before their eventual captures.

* In {{v2|Yellow}} and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, [[Wild Pokémon|wild]] {{p|Pidgeotto}} can be found in the forest, most likely to represent [[Ash's Pidgeotto|the events of the anime]]. However, they are [[level]] 9 and 7, respectively; normally {{p|Pidgey}} evolves at level 18.  

* Despite the forest returning as a standalone area in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, the background music is a remix of ''[[Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Music Super Complete#Disc 3|Viridian Forest]]'' (Japanese: {{tt|トキワのもり|Tokiwa no Mori}}) from [[Generation II]], used on {{rt|2|Kanto}}, with Route 2 in HeartGold and SoulSilver given ''[[Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Music Super Complete|Route 3]]'' (Japanese: {{tt|３ばんどうろ|sanban dōro}}) as the background music, which is also used for most other [[route]]s in [[Kanto]] on both Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver. Incidentally, Generation II's version of ''Viridian Forest'', used on Route 2, was in itself a remix of ''[[Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD|Viridian Forest]]'' (Japanese: {{tt|トキワの森|Tokiwa no Mori}}) from [[Generation I]].

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