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{{City
| name = Lavender Town
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|name = Lavender Town
| japanese = シオンタウン
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|japanese = シオンタウン
| romaji = Shion Town
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|romaji = Shion Taun
| image = Lavender Town HGSS.png
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|image = Lavender Town HGSS.png
| slogan = The Noble Town
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|slogan = The Noble Town<br />{{tt|とうとさの にじむ まち|The town oozing with nobleness.}}
| region = Kanto
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|map = Lavender Town Kanto Map.gif
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|region = Kanto
| routes = ↑&nbsp;North - [[Kanto Route 10|Route 10]]<br/>↓&nbsp;South - [[Kanto Route 12|Route 12]]<br/>←West - [[Kanto Route 8|Route 8]]
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|routes = ↑North - [[Route 10 (Kanto)|Route 10]]<br/>↓South - [[Route 12 (Kanto)|Route 12]]<br/>←West - [[Route 8 (Kanto)|Route 8]]
| map = Lavender Town Kanto Map.gif
 
 
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'''Lavender Town''' is a town in the [[Kanto]] region. Memorial sights are held in the [[Pokémon Tower]] and the House of Memories/Soul House. It is located north of [[Route 10]].
   
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==Description==
'''Lavender Town''' (シオンタウン ''Shion Town'') is a town in [[Kanto]]. Memorial sights are held in the [[Pokémon Tower]] and The House of Memories/Soul House. It is located north of [[Route 10]].
 
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Lavender Town is a town of Kanto which is popular for its Pokémon Tower. It contains a [[Pokémon Center]], a Pokémon Mart, Three Houses and The Pokémon Tower. It has brownish dark ground that might symbolize ghosts and the [[Ghost|ghost Pokémon]] of the Lavender Town. [[Mr. Fuji]] resides in Lavender Town.
   
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==Demographics==
== Areas of Interest ==
 
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{{Empty section}}
=== Pokémon Tower ===
 
[[Pokémon Tower|Pokemon Tower]] plays host to Team Rocket when you first arrive here, but you can't take them on until you recover the Silph Scope. In all six games, the Tower inhabits Channelers and Rocket Grunts. The wild Pokémon encountered are [[Gastly]], [[Haunter]], and [[Cubone]]. A dead [[Marowak]] also appears at the end, but it is uncatchable.
 
   
 
==Areas of Interest==
The tower consists of seven floors that the player ascends until the final floor. On the final floor, [[Mr. Fuji]] is found being held captive by Team Rocket grunts. After battling and losing to the player, the grunts leave, letting Mr. Fuji go.
 
 
===The Pokémon Tower===
 
[[Pokémon Tower]] plays host to [[Team Rocket]] when you first arrive here, but you can't take them on until you recover the [[Silph Scope]]. In all six games, the Tower inhabits Channelers and [[Rocket Grunts]]. The wild Pokémon encountered are [[Gastly]], [[Haunter]], and [[Cubone]]. A dead [[Marowak]] also appears at the end, but it isn't catchable.
   
 
The tower consists of seven floors that the player ascends until the final floor. On the final floor, [[Mr. Fuji]] is found being held captive by [[Team Rocket grunts]]. After battling and losing to the player, the grunts leave, letting Mr. Fuji go.
The Pokémon Tower is the only place that Pokémon can be caught in Lavender Town.
 
   
 
The Pokémon Tower is the only place where Pokémon can be caught in Lavender Town.
=== Radio Tower ===
 
Three years later, the resting place for Pokémon is now converted to a Radio Tower in the same vein as the one in Johto. Some graves are kept Underground, however the majority is changed. This Tower, however, is unable to be explored or entered, due to what happened with the one in Johto. You can get an EXPN Card here to listen to Kanto radio from the receptionist.
 
   
 
===Radio Tower===
=== House of Memories/Soul House ===
 
 
Three years later, the resting place for Pokémon is now converted to a Radio Tower in the same vein as the one in [[Johto]]. Some graves are kept Underground, however the majority is changed. This Tower, however, is unable to be explored or entered, due to what happened with the one in Johto. You can get an EXPN Card here to listen to Kanto radio from the receptionist.
House of Memories in Generation IV, Soul House in Generation II. All graves from the former Pokémon Tower have been imported here. There are chambers here that cannot be accessed. The area is owned by Mr. Fuji.
 
   
=== Name Rater ===
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===House of Memories/Soul House===
 
House of Memories in [[Generation IV]], Soul House in [[Generation II]]. All graves from the former Pokémon Tower have been imported here. There are chambers here that cannot be accessed. The area is owned by Mr. Fuji.
The Name Rater will rate the current Nickname your Pokémon and can change it. If the Pokémon has been traded, he will not change it and say its perfect.
 
   
=== Pokémon Center ===
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===Name Rater===
 
The [[Name Rater]] will rate the current nickname your Pokémon and can change it. If the Pokémon has been traded, he won't be able to change it and say its perfect.
A Pokémon Center is at the upper-right corner of the town.
 
   
=== PokéMart ===
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===Pokémon Center===
 
A [[Pokémon Center]] is at the upper-right corner of the town.
A PokéMart stands either below Pokémon Tower (Generation I, Generation III) or right of the Pokémon Center (Generation II, Generation IV).
 
   
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===Poké Mart===
==== Generation I, Generation III ====
 
 
A [[Poké Mart]] stands either below Pokémon Tower ([[Generation I]], [[Generation III]]) or right of the Pokémon Center (Generation II, Generation IV).
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====Generation I, Generation III====
 
*[[Great Ball]]
 
*[[Great Ball]]
 
*[[Super Potion]]
 
*[[Super Potion]]
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*[[Super Repel]]
 
*[[Super Repel]]
   
==== Generation II ====
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====Generation II====
*Great Ball
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*[[Great Ball]]
*Potion
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*[[Potion]]
*Super Potion
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*[[Super Potion]]
*Antidote
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*[[Antidote]]
*Parylz Heal
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*[[Parlyz Heal]]
*Burn Heal
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*[[Burn Heal]]
*Max Repel
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*[[Max Repel]]
   
==== Generation IV ====
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====Generation IV====
*Poké Ball
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*[[Poké Ball]]
*Great Ball
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*[[Great Ball]]
*Ultra Ball
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*[[Ultra Ball]]
*Potion
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*[[Potion]]
 
*Super Potion
 
*Super Potion
*Hyper Potion
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*[[Hyper Potion]]
*Max Potion
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*[[Max Potion]]
*Full Restore
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*[[Full Restore]]
 
*Revive
 
*Revive
 
*Antidote
 
*Antidote
*Parylz Heal
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*Paralyz Heal
 
*Awakening
 
*Awakening
 
*Antidote
 
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*Max Repel
 
*Max Repel
   
==In the anime ==
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==Appearances==
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===Manga===
Ash, Pikachu, Brock, and Misty travel to Lavender Town in search of Ghost-Type Pokémon to defeat Sabrina. Ash and Pikachu die and their spirits are taken by Gengar, Gastly, and Haunter who wish to play with them. At the end of the episode, Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies and Haunter comes with them to defeat Sabrina.
 
 
====Adventures====
 
[[Red (Adventures)|Red]] passes though while it is raining. Mr. Fuji takes him in when no one else would. He found him while he was paying respects to his deceased [[Doduo]]. Later at Mr. Fuji's house, he tells Red of the cemetery and how people are afraid because they believe it is haunted. He then told him [[Blue (Adventures)|Blue]] passed by months prior.
   
 
Red then went there to investigate and saw hundreds of graves. A [[Golduck|zombie Golduck]] came out of the shadows, followed by other zombies. Razor Leaf does not work, but Vine Whip does, turning them to dust. Soon, more came, under control of a ghost, which would later be revealed as a Gastly. Blue and [[Blue's Charizard|his Charmeleon]] appear and they begin fighting [[Red]]. They are possessed by Gastly, but Red lifts the curse by attacking Gastly. [[Koga (Adventures)|Koga]] then appeared and ordered [[Koga's Arbok|his Arbok]] to spew poison. It did so, but [[Blue]] had his [[Charmeleon]] cut [[Arbok]] in half. Koga, realizing he was in trouble, and fled on [[Koga's Golbat (Adventures)|his Golbat]].
==In the manga==
 
===Pokémon Adventures===
 
Red passes though while it is raining. Mr. Fuji takes him in when no one else would. He found him while he was paying respects to his deceased Doduo. Later at Mr. Fuji's house, he tells Red of the cemetery and how people are afraid because they believe it is haunted. He then told him Green passed by months prior.
 
   
 
====The Electric Tale of Pikachu====
Red then went there to investigate and saw hundreds of graves. A zombie Golduck came out of the shadows, followed by other zombies. Razor Leaf does not work, but Vine Whip does, turning them to dust. Soon, more came, under control of a ghost, which would later be revealed as a Gastly. Green and his Charmeleon appear and they begin fighting Red. They are possessed by Gastly, but Red lifts the curse by attacking Gastly. Koga then appeared and ordered his Arbok to spew poison. It did so, but Green had his Charmeleon cut Arbok in half. Koga, realizing he was in trouble, and fled on his Golbat.
 
 
In the Manga, [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Brock]], and [[Sabrina]] travel here due to reports about a Giant Haunter.
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They work to capture it, however it self-destructs before being captured.
   
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===Anime===
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
 
 
[[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], and [[Misty (anime)|Misty]] travel to Lavender Town in search of {{Type|Ghost}}-type Pokémon to defeat [[Sabrina (anime)|Sabrina]] and her {{Type|Psychic}}-type Pokémon. Ash and Pikachu die and their spirits are taken by [[Gengar (TB023)|Gengar]], [[Gastly (TB023)|Gastly]], and [[Sabrina's Haunter|Haunter]] who wish to play with them. At the end of the episode, Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies and Haunter comes with them to defeat [[Sabrina]].
In the Manga, Ash, Brock, and Sabrina travel here due to reports about a Giant Haunter. They work to capture it, however it selfdestructs before being captured.
 
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==Controversy==
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The background music of Lavender Town has garnered much interest due to some listeners finding it unsettling. An internet rumor stated that the track led to more than 200 Japanese children taking their own lives in the spring of 1996 with other side effects stated to be nosebleeds, headaches, or feeling irrationally angry or emotional. According to this unsettling legend, high pitched binaural beats harmed the brains of children in a way adults were immune to. This fabricated illness was dubbed "Lavender Town Syndrome" and the original story went viral after being spread on general interest websites such as 4chan. Various people have added details to make the story more convincing over time, such as Photoshopping images of ghosts into spectrogram outputs of the Lavender Town music. It somewhat foreshadowed an anime episode "[[TB038: Cyber Soldier Porygon|Cyber Soldier Porygon]]" three years later, which led to epileptic seizures and other conditions for viewers, though the connection is purely coincidental.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*In the first version of ''Pokémon Red and Green'', the music was dubbed the scariest theme tune of its time. This music was only present in ''Red/Green ''and the international releases ''Pokemon'' ''Red/Blue''. When the updated version arrived, the theme was changed slightly to remove frequencies, which was also the case for the Version 1.0 music of the Pokémon Tower.
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*In the first version of ''Pokémon Red and Green'', the music was dubbed the scariest theme tune of its time. This music was only present in ''Red/Green'' and the international releases ''Pokémon Red/Blue''. When the updated version arrived, the theme was changed slightly to remove frequencies, which was also the case for the Version 1.0 music of the Pokémon Tower.
 
*In the House of Memories/Soul House, if you stay there too long in Generation IV, the Pokémon outside of your Party will become sad and eventually angry.
 
*In the House of Memories/Soul House, if you stay there too long in Generation IV, the Pokémon outside of your Party will become sad and eventually angry.
*Interestingly, you need to have the Silph. Scope in order to see the Pokémon in the Tower; without this item, all Pokémon are shown as ghosts.
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*Interestingly, you need to have the Silph Scope in order to see the Pokémon in the Tower; without this item, all Pokémon are shown as ghosts.
*In Pokémon Yellow, if you talk to Pikachu in the Pokémon Tower, it gives a sad face, indicating it is sad at all the dead Pokémon.
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*In Pokémon Yellow, if you talk to Pikachu in the Pokémon Tower, it gives a sad face, indicating it is sad about all the dead Pokémon or scared of the ghosts in the tower.
*The Pokémon Tower in Lavender town is inspired by Japanese graveyards.
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*The Pokémon Tower in Lavender town is inspired by Japanese graveyards.
*In Generation I, there is a glitch that exists where you can flee from the ghost Marowak by means of a Poké Doll, then continue up the Tower, as if the ghost was defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and the Rocket Hideout completely. The glitch was fixed in the Generation III remakes.
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*In Generation I, there is an oversight where you can flee from the ghost Marowak by means of a Poké Doll, then continue up the Tower, as if the ghost was defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and the Rocket Hideout completely. This oversight was later fixed in [[Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]].
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*There is a kid outside the Pokémon Tower. If you interact with her, she will ask if you believe in ghosts. If you say no, she will say that there is a white hand on your shoulder. This has lead to another creepypasta being made, known as Buried Alive, where if you lose the battle, it will show the game over screen with the image of Buried Alive devouring Red into the ground.
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**This is also found in an episode of Pokémon Origins. Somebody asks Red the same question as the little girl in Lavender town and a hard-to-see white hand will show up near Red's shoulder.
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*During October, a remix of the Lavender Town theme was played in [[Pokémon GO]].
   
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==Gallery==
{{Kanto}}
 
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{{Gallery Box|
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lavender town.png {{!}} In ''Red and Blue''
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Lavender Town - Pokémon Center.png {{!}} The Pokémon Center (Gen I)
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Lavender Town - Volunteer House.png {{!}} The volunteer house, where Mr. Fuji resides
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Lavender Town - Mr. Fuji.png {{!}} After meeting Mr. Fuji atop the Pokémon Tower, he will give the player a [[Poké Flute]]
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Lavender Town - Name Rater's House.png {{!}} The name rater's house
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Lavender Town - Pokémon Mart.png {{!}} The Pokémon Mart (Gen I)
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Lavender Town - Pokémon Tower.png {{!}} Entrance to the Pokémon Tower (Gen I)
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LavenderTownRoute8WC.png {{!}} Official watercolor painting of Route 8 and Lavender Town.
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Lavender Town - Pokémon Center (Gen II).png {{!}} The Pokémon Center (Gen II)
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Lavender Town - Pokémon Mart (Gen II).png {{!}} The Pokémon Mart (Gen II)
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Lavender Town - Soul House (Gen II).png {{!}} The Soul House (Gen II)
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Lavender Town - Name Rater's House (Gen II).png {{!}} The name rater's house (Gen II)
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Lavender Town - Radio Tower (Gen II).png {{!}} The Radio Tower (Gen II)
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Lavender Town PE.png {{!}} In ''Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!''
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}}
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==In other languages==
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|Lavandonia
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|Lavanville
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Latest revision as of 14:18, 15 November 2023

Lavender Town is a town in the Kanto region. Memorial sights are held in the Pokémon Tower and the House of Memories/Soul House. It is located north of Route 10.

Description

Lavender Town is a town of Kanto which is popular for its Pokémon Tower. It contains a Pokémon Center, a Pokémon Mart, Three Houses and The Pokémon Tower. It has brownish dark ground that might symbolize ghosts and the ghost Pokémon of the Lavender Town. Mr. Fuji resides in Lavender Town.

Demographics

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Areas of Interest

The Pokémon Tower

Pokémon Tower plays host to Team Rocket when you first arrive here, but you can't take them on until you recover the Silph Scope. In all six games, the Tower inhabits Channelers and Rocket Grunts. The wild Pokémon encountered are Gastly, Haunter, and Cubone. A dead Marowak also appears at the end, but it isn't catchable.

The tower consists of seven floors that the player ascends until the final floor. On the final floor, Mr. Fuji is found being held captive by Team Rocket grunts. After battling and losing to the player, the grunts leave, letting Mr. Fuji go.

The Pokémon Tower is the only place where Pokémon can be caught in Lavender Town.

Radio Tower

Three years later, the resting place for Pokémon is now converted to a Radio Tower in the same vein as the one in Johto. Some graves are kept Underground, however the majority is changed. This Tower, however, is unable to be explored or entered, due to what happened with the one in Johto. You can get an EXPN Card here to listen to Kanto radio from the receptionist.

House of Memories/Soul House

House of Memories in Generation IV, Soul House in Generation II. All graves from the former Pokémon Tower have been imported here. There are chambers here that cannot be accessed. The area is owned by Mr. Fuji.

Name Rater

The Name Rater will rate the current nickname your Pokémon and can change it. If the Pokémon has been traded, he won't be able to change it and say its perfect.

Pokémon Center

A Pokémon Center is at the upper-right corner of the town.

Poké Mart

A Poké Mart stands either below Pokémon Tower (Generation I, Generation III) or right of the Pokémon Center (Generation II, Generation IV).

Generation I, Generation III

Generation II

Generation IV

Appearances

Manga

Adventures

Red passes though while it is raining. Mr. Fuji takes him in when no one else would. He found him while he was paying respects to his deceased Doduo. Later at Mr. Fuji's house, he tells Red of the cemetery and how people are afraid because they believe it is haunted. He then told him Blue passed by months prior.

Red then went there to investigate and saw hundreds of graves. A zombie Golduck came out of the shadows, followed by other zombies. Razor Leaf does not work, but Vine Whip does, turning them to dust. Soon, more came, under control of a ghost, which would later be revealed as a Gastly. Blue and his Charmeleon appear and they begin fighting Red. They are possessed by Gastly, but Red lifts the curse by attacking Gastly. Koga then appeared and ordered his Arbok to spew poison. It did so, but Blue had his Charmeleon cut Arbok in half. Koga, realizing he was in trouble, and fled on his Golbat.

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In the Manga, Ash, Brock, and Sabrina travel here due to reports about a Giant Haunter. They work to capture it, however it self-destructs before being captured.

Anime

Ash, Pikachu, Brock, and Misty travel to Lavender Town in search of Ghost-type Pokémon to defeat Sabrina and her Psychic-type Pokémon. Ash and Pikachu die and their spirits are taken by Gengar, Gastly, and Haunter who wish to play with them. At the end of the episode, Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies and Haunter comes with them to defeat Sabrina.

Controversy

The background music of Lavender Town has garnered much interest due to some listeners finding it unsettling. An internet rumor stated that the track led to more than 200 Japanese children taking their own lives in the spring of 1996 with other side effects stated to be nosebleeds, headaches, or feeling irrationally angry or emotional. According to this unsettling legend, high pitched binaural beats harmed the brains of children in a way adults were immune to. This fabricated illness was dubbed "Lavender Town Syndrome" and the original story went viral after being spread on general interest websites such as 4chan. Various people have added details to make the story more convincing over time, such as Photoshopping images of ghosts into spectrogram outputs of the Lavender Town music. It somewhat foreshadowed an anime episode "Cyber Soldier Porygon" three years later, which led to epileptic seizures and other conditions for viewers, though the connection is purely coincidental.

Trivia

  • In the first version of Pokémon Red and Green, the music was dubbed the scariest theme tune of its time. This music was only present in Red/Green and the international releases Pokémon Red/Blue. When the updated version arrived, the theme was changed slightly to remove frequencies, which was also the case for the Version 1.0 music of the Pokémon Tower.
  • In the House of Memories/Soul House, if you stay there too long in Generation IV, the Pokémon outside of your Party will become sad and eventually angry.
  • Interestingly, you need to have the Silph Scope in order to see the Pokémon in the Tower; without this item, all Pokémon are shown as ghosts.
  • In Pokémon Yellow, if you talk to Pikachu in the Pokémon Tower, it gives a sad face, indicating it is sad about all the dead Pokémon or scared of the ghosts in the tower.
  • The Pokémon Tower in Lavender town is inspired by Japanese graveyards.
  • In Generation I, there is an oversight where you can flee from the ghost Marowak by means of a Poké Doll, then continue up the Tower, as if the ghost was defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and the Rocket Hideout completely. This oversight was later fixed in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • There is a kid outside the Pokémon Tower. If you interact with her, she will ask if you believe in ghosts. If you say no, she will say that there is a white hand on your shoulder. This has lead to another creepypasta being made, known as Buried Alive, where if you lose the battle, it will show the game over screen with the image of Buried Alive devouring Red into the ground.
    • This is also found in an episode of Pokémon Origins. Somebody asks Red the same question as the little girl in Lavender town and a hard-to-see white hand will show up near Red's shoulder.
  • During October, a remix of the Lavender Town theme was played in Pokémon GO.

Gallery

In other languages

Language Name
English Lavender Town
Spanish Pueblo Lavanda
Italian Lavandonia
French Lavanville
German Lavandia
Japanese シオンタウン
Korean 보라타운
Simplified Chinese 紫苑镇
Traditional Chinese 紫苑鎮
Hindi लैवेंडर शहर
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