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Pallet Town is a location introduced in Generation I.
Description[]
Pallet Town is a small town in the Kanto region. It is the first setting of various games in the Pokémon franchise as well as Pokémon the Series. In the anime, the hometown of the protagonist, Ash and his rival, Gary Oak, and also his mother, Delia Ketchum. Since it has a population of eight residents, Pallet Town is the smallest town in the entire Kanto region. Other characters originating from Pallet Town throughout Pokémon media include Leaf, Chase, Elaine, Trace, and Professor Oak.
The town has a local laboratory where Professor Oak studies Pokémon. Both the player and their rival each receive their first partner Pokémon here.
The other two locations are the player's house, where the player lives and begins their journey, and their rival's house, where their rival lives.
Pallet Town has two neighboring locations. To the south is Route 21, a water route, which is inaccessible unless the player has a Pokémon who can use Surf outside of battle. To the north is the main route, Route 1, which is the first area the player can visit outside of Pallet Town.
The main trading city is the nearby Viridian City, as there is no Poké Mart or Pokémon Center in the town. However, the player's mom can heal their Pokémon once the player has received their Pokédex from Professor Oak.
Pokémon[]
Surfing[]
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tentacool | G/S/C | 15-24 | 90% |
 | Tentacruel | G/S/C | 20-40 | 10% |
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tentacool | FR/LG | 5-40 | 100% |
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tentacool | HG/SS | 15-25 | 90% |
 | Tentacruel | HG/SS | 15-25 | 10% |
Fishing[]
Generation I[]
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Magikarp | R/B/Y | 5 | 100% |
Generation II[]
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magikarp | G/S/C | 20 | 35% |
| Tentacool | G/S/C | 20 | 35% |
 | Chinchou | G/S/C | 20 | 20% |
 | Shellder | G/S/C | 20 | 10% |
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinchou | G/S/C | 40 | 40% |
| Shellder | G/S/C | 40 | 30% |
| Tentacruel | G/S/C | 40 | 20% |
 | Lanturn | G/S/C | 40 | 10% |
Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version[]
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Magikarp | FR/LG | 5 | 100% |
Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version[]
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magikarp | HG/SS | 20 | 60% |
| Tentacool | HG/SS | 20 | 30% |
 | Chinchou | HG/SS | 20 | 7% |
 | Shellder | HG/SS | 20 | 3% |
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinchou | HG/SS | 40 | 60% |
| Shellder | HG/SS | 40 | 30% |
| Tentacruel | HG/SS | 40 | 7% |
 | Lanturn | HG/SS | 40 | 3% |
Trees[]
Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version[]
| Pokémon | Games | Level | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hoothoot | HG/SS |
| 50% |
 | Pineco | HG/SS | 2-3 (group 1) | 30% |
 | Wurmple | HG/SS |
| 20% |
 | Spinarak | HG | 5-6 (group 2) | 30% |
 | Ledyba | SS | 5-6 (group 2) | 30% |
Items[]
| Item | Games | Location/method | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Town Map | R/B/Y/FR/LG | From Daisy Oak after obtaining the Pokédex |
 | Town Map | P/E | From Mom after obtaining the Pokédex |
| Sportswear | P/E | From Trace's sister after the Parcel is delivered | |
Appearances[]
Anime[]
Pokémon the Series[]
Pallet Town, as depicted in the anime
In the anime, Pallet Town is portrayed as a quiet, rural town near the mountains, with extensive crops and a few buildings. It is the hometown of Ash and Gary. Professor Oak's Laboratory is now located on top of a hill and has a wind turbine behind it. Professor Oak's Laboratory is where Ash deposits all his previous Pokémon (up to the ones he caught at Kalos). Pallet Town has a local airport, unlike the games, as well as a local radio station, as seen in "Journey to the Starting Line!".
Pallet Town is introduced in the very first episode of the anime, "Pokémon - I Choose You!" It is shown to be a nearby area of various locations, such as the Xanadu Nursery, featured in "Make Room for Gloom".
Whenever Ash concludes his journey in a region, he and Pikachu return to Pallet Town before starting another journey in a new region. This first occurs in "Gotta Catch Ya Later!" when Ash concludes his journey in Johto; in "Home Is Where the Start Is!", when Ash concludes his journey in Hoenn; and "Memories Are Made of Bliss!", when Ash concludes his journey in Sinnoh.
In Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Goh and Chloe went to Pallet Town at a younger age to participate in Professor Oak's Summer Camp.
In the film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, Pallet Town is the starting location, much like in "TB001: Pokémon - I Choose You!".
Pokémon Origins[]
In Pokémon Origins, Pallet Town first appears in "File 1: Red". Since the anime is based on the games, Pallet Town is where both Red and Blue originate from and where they choose their first partner Pokémon from Professor Oak at his laboratory before starting their journey.
In "File 4: Charizard", Red returns to Pallet Town, having completed the Pokédex, and informs Professor Oak that he has done so. Red then learns that Blue has been injured by an unknown Pokémon in Cerulean Cave, later revealed to be Mewtwo. In the ending, Red returns to Pallet Town again a second time, this time with Blue, and Oak congratulates both of them for completing the Pokédex.
Manga[]
Pokémon Adventures[]
Pallet Town is the hometown of Red and Blue, as well as where Professor Oak's Laboratory is located.
Red, Green & Blue Chapter[]
Pallet Town first appears in "A Glimpse of the Glow", where Red catches a Nidorino, demonstrating his profession as a Pokémon Trainer to the children to show them how to capture a wild Pokémon. There is a nearby forest, unlike the games, where Team Rocket Grunts try to capture Mew as well as where Red and Blue battle it.
In "Kalling Kadabra", Red returns to Pallet Town, only to discover that the inhabitants have all been kidnapped by Team Rocket over to Silph Co. in Saffron City.
In "Just a Spearow Carrier", it is revealed that Green is also from Pallet Town, or rather where she was born before being kidnapped by Ho-Oh as a toddler.
FireRed and LeafGreen Chapter[]
In "FRLG002: Return to Pallet Town," Red and Blue are invited back to Pallet Town by Professor Oak. Both of them are attacked by an invisible Deoxys outside of his laboratory, but it disappears. Both characters each obtain a Tri-Pass and Fame Checker from the laboratory and continue their journey with them.
In "Going Green", it is revealed that Oak was not at the laboratory during the second chapter because he had been kidnapped by Orm.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters[]
In Pokémon Pocket Monsters, Pallet Town is first seen in "PPM001: Introducing the Pokémon Clefairy!!." When Red and Blue are called over by Professor Oak to go to his laboratory and choose their first partner Pokémon. Blue chooses Charmander, but Red decides to partner with the Clefairy he encountered in a meadow nearby.
Pocket Monsters Zensho[]
In Pocket Monsters Zensho, a faithful adaption of the games Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version, Red and Blue start their journey in Pallet Town.
Profiles[]
In-game dialogue[]
- "Player is playing the NES! . . . Okay! it's time to go!" - NES, Pocket Monsters Green
- "Player is playing the SNES!...Okay! It's time to go!" - SNES, Pokémon Blue
- "Right. All boys leave home some day. It said so on TV. Prof. Oak, next door, is looking for you." - Mom, Pokémon Blue
- "I'm raising Pokémon too! When they get strong, they can protect me!" - Female in front of house, Pokémon Blue
- "Hi Player! Rival is out at Grandpa's lab." - Daisy, Pokémon Blue
- "Technology is incredible! You can now store and recall items and Pokémon as data via PC!" - Man in front of Prof. Oak's Research Lab., Pokémon Blue
- "Prof. Oak is the authority on Pokémon! Many Pokémon trainers hold him in high regard!" - Female inside Prof. Oak's Research Lab., Pokémon Blue
- "Hey! Wait! Don't go out! It's unsafe! Wild Pokémon live in tall grass! You need your own Pokémon for your protection. I know! Here, come with me!" - Prof. Oak, Pokémon Blue
- "This Pokémon is really energetic!" - Player Choosing Pokémon, Pokémon Blue
Trainer Tips[]
"Press START to open the MENU."FRLG
Trivia[]
- If the player presses A on the TV in the living room of the player character's house, the message log will say "Four boys are walking on a railroad track", which is a reference to the movie Stand By Me, based on the book by Stephen King. However, if the player character is female in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee, it will instead say "A girl with pigtails is walking down a yellow brick road" which is a reference to The Wizard of Oz movie.
- The town name comes from the word "palette", a range or selection of colors used in art. This is possibly a reference to how the majority of major settlements in Kanto are named after colors.
- The Japanese motto is "Pallet is the color of pure white beginnings."
- In Generation I and II, when the player character enters Professor Oak's lab, the background music changes to Oak's lab theme while in Generation IV, once the lab is entered, the music does not change as the Pallet Town theme keeps on playing in the lab with the PokéGear radio being the only available place where Professor Oak's lab theme can be heard.
Gallery[]
| Characters · Pokédex | |
| Settlements |
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| Pokémon League | |
| Routes | |
| Tunnels and Mountains | |
| See also | |
| Regions | |