Medali (Japanese: チャンプルタウン Chanpuru Town) is a town in the Paldea region, located at the base of Glaseado Mountain's Dalizapa Passage and West Province (Area Three), as well as being located not far from the Zero Gate, the entrance to the Great Crater of Paldea and, by extension, Area Zero.

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Medali Gym - Paldea Gym #5
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West Province (Area Three)
 
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Location

Location of Medali in Paldea.

The town is known for hosting a variety of restaurants and food vendors, the most prominent being the Treasure Eatery.

Because of the Gym's specialized type, the people of this town tend to walk around accompanied by Normal-type Pokémon.

Places of interest

Medali Gym

Main article: Medali Gym

The Medali Gym is the official Gym of Medali. The Gym Leader is Larry, who specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.

Medali (East) Pokémon Center

A Pokémon League representative at this Pokémon Center asks the player to defeat five Pokémon Trainers in West Province (Area Three) for an item reward.

Treasure Eatery

Main article: Treasure Eatery

The Treasure Eatery is a restaurant located in Medali. The Gym battle against Larry is held here. After defeating Larry, the player can also come here to change their Pokémon's Tera Type by speaking to the cook and giving her 50 Tera Shards of the desired type. Every Pokémon except Ogerpon and Terapagos can have their Tera Type changed.

Chains

Artisan Bakery

Main article: Artisan Bakery

Artisan Bakery is a chain store that sells various sandwich ingredients and picks. It has one location in Medali, along the southern row of buildings by the southern entrance of the town.

Chic Kebab

Main article: Chic Kebab

Chic Kebab is a vending cart chain that sells grilled foods which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, in a small plaza behind the amphitheater.

Deli Cioso

Main article: Deli Cioso

Deli Cioso is a chain store that sells various sandwich ingredients. It has one location in Medali, along the southern row of buildings by the southern entrance of the town.

Every Wich Way

Main article: Every Wich Way

Every Wich Way is a restaurant chain that sells sandwiches which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, in a singular building straight across the street from the Treasure Eatery.

Gastronomie en Famille

Main article: Gastronomie en Famille

Gastronomie en Famille is a restaurant chain that sells fancy dishes which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, along the row of buildings closest to the Medali (West) Pokémon Center.

Go-For-Broke Grill

Main article: Go-For-Broke Grill

Go-For-Broke Grill is a restaurant chain that sells various savory dishes which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, along the row of buildings closest to the Medali (West) Pokémon Center.

Jade Palace Garden

Main article: Jade Palace Garden

Jade Palace Garden is a restaurant chain that sells various savory dishes which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, along the row of buildings closest to the Medali (West) Pokémon Center.

Kanto Crepes

Main article: Kanto Crepes

Kanto Crepes is a vending cart chain that sells sweet crepes which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, in a plaza straight across the street from the Treasure Eatery.

Seabreeze Café

Main article: Seabreeze Café

Seabreeze Café is a restaurant chain that sells light fare which provide Meal Powers. It has three locations in Medali: one next to the Medali (West) Pokémon Center, and one on either side of the middlemost street of the town.

Seafood Fresco

Main article: Seafood Fresco

Seafood Fresco is a restaurant chain that mostly sells various seafood dishes which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, in a singular building east of the southern entrance of the town.

Smoochurro

Main article: Smoochurro

Smoochurro is a vending cart chain that sells different types of churros which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, stationed next to the amphitheater.

Sugar-N-Ice

Main article: Sugar-N-Ice

Sugar-N-Ice is a vending cart chain that sells ice cream cones of various flavors which provide Meal Powers. It has three locations in Medali: one in a small plaza behind the amphitheater, and two in a plaza straight across the street from the Treasure Eatery.

Sure Cans

Main article: Sure Cans

Sure Cans is a chain store that sells sandwich ingredients, mostly fruits and vegetables. It has one location in Medali, along the southern row of buildings by the southern entrance of the town.

Sushi High Roller

Main article: Sushi High Roller (Paldea)

Sushi High Roller is a restaurant chain that primarily sells sushi dishes which provide Meal Powers. It has one location in Medali, along the row of buildings closest to the Medali (West) Pokémon Center.

Vending machines

There are several vending machines located across town:

  • Next to the Medali (West) Pokémon Center
  • By the southern entrance of the town (×2)
  • Across the street from the Medali (East) Pokémon Center, by the warehouse
Vending machines


Poké Mart

Poké Mart Cashier


Items

Item Location Games
Leftovers SV Leftovers By a lamppost in the area enclosed by buildings  S  V 
X Attack SV X Attack On a corner, near a flowerbed next to Medali (West) Pokémon Center  S  V 
TM Psychic SV TM074 (Reflect) On a small space behind the Gym  S  V 
Hyper Potion SV Hyper Potion Behind the Cyclizar parking lot  S  V 
Full Restore SV Full Restore By the building west of the Treasure Eatery  S  V 
Normal Tera Shard SV Normal Tera Shard Behind the Treasure Eatery  S  V 
Premier Ball SV Premier Ball On the rooftop of the Treasure Eatery  S  V 
Rare Candy SV Rare Candy On the rooftop of one of the buildings that form the enclosed area  S  V 
X Sp. Atk SV X Sp. Atk On the rooftop of the building next to Medali (West) Pokémon Center  S  V 
TM Normal SV TM132 (Baton Pass) On the rooftop of the building beside the Gym  S  V 
Amulet Coin SV Amulet Coin Medali (East) Pokémon Center; from the Pokémon League representative after defeating five Trainers in West Province (Area Three)  S  V 

In animation

Medali in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Medali first briefly appeared in a flashback in Flying Pikachu, Rising Higher and Higher!, where a younger Friede was seen meeting his former teacher, Lucca, at the Treasure Eatery.

In The Terapagos I Don't Know, it was revealed that Dot would have to battle Larry at Medali for her second Tera Training test. Due to it being the closest of their respective destinations, Liko, Roy, and Dot decided to head there first. They arrived in the city in the next episode, where they assisted the owners of the struggling Anything Goes Café restaurant and its mascot Pokémon, Kingambit.

In Dance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!, Dot had his test battle against Larry, during which her Quaxly evolved into Quaxwell. Although she still lost the match, Larry gave a positive review on her performance, allowing her to pass the test. In the following episode, the trio changed into winter clothes and headed off to Glaseado Mountain for Liko and Roy's respective test battles.

Gallery

Anything Goes Café Treasure Eatery Medali Gym

Biri-Biri

Medali's amphitheater was briefly featured in the music video for Biri-Biri.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Medali in Pokémon Adventures

Scarlet & Violet arc

Medali first appeared in PASV17, where Penny was seen at the Treasure Eatery, remotely observing Clive's discussion with Team Star over at Schedar Squad's Base via one of her Rotom Phones, when another group of Team Star Grunt entered the restaurant. Belonging to a group of delinquent students who had joined Team Star just to benefit from being part of the winning team, they took the two of the team's five bases being raided as a sign of what could be coming and decided to initiate a plan to raid the remaining bases themselves in order to take control of Team Star. Overhearing this conversation through one of her Rotom Phones, Penny attempted to leave, but was spotted by the Grunts, who realized she had been eavesdropping. Before they could do anything to her, however, Larry came to return Penny's Rotom Phone to her, feeling that since he has all three of his daily meals at the restaurant, it'd be a big inconvenience for him if the ruckus caused it to be closed down temporarily. The Grunts tried to attack Larry, but were swiftly defeated, allowing Penny to get away, though the leading Grunt decided to secretly follow her.

In PASV19, Violet and Arven stopped by at the Treasure Eatery to feed themselves before they'd head to the Asado Desert to fight the Quaking Earth Titan. However, upon entering the restaurant, they learned from the staff that the place was closed after they had lost contact with their junior since he left to get ingredients from Porto Marinada by crossing through the Asado Desert. Hearing this, Violet offered to help, as he was already planning to go fight the Quaking Earth Titan anyway. Based on his words, Larry recognized Violet as the person who was rumored to have defeated the Stony Cliff, Open Sky, and Lurking Steel Titans. Wanting to gauge Violet's strength to see if he was indeed as strong as the rumors said he was, he challenged Violet to a battle while introducing himself as the Gym Leader of Medali.

Although Violet was reluctant to waste time by challenging Larry, the Gym Leader made sure Violet didn't flee and registered for the Gym mission. In PASV20, once he had completed the mission, Violet and Larry's battle started at Treasure Eatery's indoor battlefield. Thanks to Violet having taught useful moves to his Pokémon using TMs, he was able to defeat Larry, who rewarded him with a Gym Badge and gave him his blessing to go fight the Titan. In PASV21, immediately after Violet and Arven had left, Larry was joined by the rest of the Elite Four and Geeta. While they had come based on a message from Team Star regarding how they had been attacked, the four of them could tell that the Team Star Grunts had attacked first. They then discussed about Scarlet Koito, how she had infiltrated Uva Academy despite not being a real student there, and how history teacher Raifort had hired her to hunt down the treasures of ruin.

In PASV23, Geeta invited Nemona to an urgent meeting at the Medali Gym, where she arrived in PASV25. Geeta and the Elite Four questioned Nemona on what she knew about Scarlet, with Nemona telling them everything she knew and how Scarlet needed Miraidon to be at full power and was thus helping Violet in fighting the Titan Pokémon. Hearing this, Geeta told Nemona that she would personally like to encourage Scarlet to continue challenging Gyms, which Nemona was happy to hear and agreed to tell Scarlet when she could. Behind Nemona's back, Geeta intended to use this as an opportunity to continue monitoring Scarlet, planning to inform the rest of the Paldean Gym Leaders about this.

Gallery

Treasure Eatery Medali Gym

Trivia

Origin

Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Paldea

Medali may correspond to the Castilian-Leonese capital of Valladolid with the town's landscape being possibly inspired by the architecture surrounding the Plaza Mayor and Valladolid Cathedral.

It may also be inspired by Mérida with its Roman Theatre.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese チャンプルタウン Chanpuru Town From チャンプルー chanpurū (Okinawan stir fry dish; Okinawan for "jumble")
English, Polish,
Brazilian Portuguese
Medali From medley[1] and possibly Mérida
German Mesclarra From mescla (Galician for "mixture") and possibly Navarra (Navarre)
European Spanish,
Latin American Spanish
Pueblo Mestura From mestura (Galician for "mixture") and possibly Extremadura
French Mezclamora From mezcla (Spanish for "mixture") and possibly Zamora
Italian Mesturia From mestura (Galician for "mixture") and possibly Asturias
Korean 참푸르마을 Champureu Maeul Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese (Traditional) 錦匯鎮 Jǐnhuì Zhèn / Gámwuih Jan From 什錦 / 什锦 shíjǐn / sahpgám (assorted) and 匯 / 汇 huì / wuih (to gather together)
Chinese (Simplified) 锦汇镇 Jǐnhuì Zhèn

References

  1. NPC: "This is Medali! Kind of sounds like “medley,” right? A fitting name for a town with such a mix of people and things!" (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)

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