Palmpona

Palmpona (Japanese: リーフタウン Leaf Town) is an animated series-exclusive location in Johto. It is located between Azalea Town and Goldenrod City. It was featured in Tricks of the Trade.

Palmpona リーフタウン Leaf Town
Palmpona
Region	Johto
Debut	Tricks of the Trade

The town's biggest attraction is the Pokémon Swap Meet, where hundreds of Trainers come to trade Pokémon with others. Benny attended in the hopes of trading his Wobbuffet for another Pokémon. He reached his goal when Jessie accidentally traded her Lickitung for the Psychic Pokémon.

Another big attraction is the "Run of the Tauros" tournament to see who has the strongest Tauros. Ash had his Tauros sent to him from Professor Oak in order to compete in the competition. He was able to defeat the champion, and afterwards many people offered to trade him their Pokémon for his Tauros. Ash declined all the offers.

Trivia

Origin

Palmpona appears to be named after Pamplona in Spain, which is famous for its annual Running of the Bulls competition. There is also a town in southern California called Pomona, where a large swap meet is held several times a year.

References

Animated series-exclusive locations in Johto Alto Mare • Arborville • Battle Park • Big Town • Bloomingvale • Bluefinland • Blue Lagoon • Blue Moon Falls • Blue Point Isle • Bonitaville • Catallia City Charicific Valley • Coastline Gym • Colossal Tree Tribe ruins • Diglett Village • Dragon Holy Land • Eclipse Castle • Eggseter • Exceed Testing Center • Florando Greenfield • Happy Town • Ho-Oh Shrine • I.S.S. Raspberry shipwreck • Inland City • Kasado City • Lake Lucid • Lake of Life • Lake Slowpoke • Len Town Marine Pokémon Laboratory • Marion Town • Maroon Town • Megi City • Mochew City • Mount Quena • Ogi City • Ogi Isle • Onix Tunnel • Palm Hills • Palmpona Pokémon Jujitsu Academy • Pudgy Pidgey Isle • Red Rock Isle • Remoraid Mountain • Rikishii Town • Scarlet City • Secret Garden • Silver Rock Isle • Silver Town Slowpoke Temple • Snowtop Mountain • Sunflora Lodge • Transit Town • Way Away Island • Whitestone • Wobbuffet Village • Woody Park • Yellow Rock Isle Animated series-exclusive location templates Kanto • Orange Islands • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh • Unova • Decolore Islands • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea • Kitakami • Other

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