Plan vu du dessus d'Azuria dans Or HeartGold et Argent SoulSilver : le Pont Pépite doré au nord, l'entrée de la Caverne Azurée dans la falaise au nord-ouest, de l'autre côté de l'eau

Cerulean City: Misty, the Cascade Badge and Mewtwo's Cave

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Cerulean City is, first and foremost, Misty's city. Sitting where four Kanto routes meet, it brings together a Water-type Gym, the entrance to the cave where Mewtwo lurks, a Bike with a price tag nobody can pay and a prominent place in the anime.

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Cerulean City, where four Kanto routes meet

Cerulean City is a Kanto city built at the junction of four routes. Route 24 heads north across Nugget Bridge, Route 5 runs south, Route 9 heads east and Route 4 reaches the city from the west. The city's northwest corner leads to Cerulean Cave.

You explore it in Red and Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver and Crystal, then in FireRed and LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver and Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee. Its waterways can be crossed with Surf, and water encounters vary by version: Horsea and Krabby in FireRed and LeafGreen, Goldeen and Seaking in Gold, Silver and Crystal as well as in their remakes.

Its French name, Azuria, comes from azure blue, and every translation sticks to shades of blue: Cerulean City in English, Ciudad Celeste in Spanish, Celestopoli in Italian, Hanada City in Japanese. Musically, the city shares its theme with Fuchsia City in the first generation; Gold, Silver and Crystal take that track away from both of them in favor of Viridian City's, before HeartGold and SoulSilver give it back to them in a remixed version.

The Cerulean City Gym and the Cascade Badge

The city's Gym is one of Kanto's eight Gyms and specializes in the Water type. Its Gym Leader, Misty, gives the Cascade Badge to those who beat her, in every game where Cerulean City appears. In Red and Blue, she defends her title with Staryu and Starmie.

Cerulean City is also a stop where the rival blocks the player's path . Blue takes you on there in Red, Blue and Yellow, then in FireRed and LeafGreen, where he also gives the player a Fame Checker. In Let's Go, it's Trace who takes over.

Misty in front of a large seashell, facing the hero and Pikachu, at the end of the pool in the Cerulean City Gym in Let's Go
In Let's Go, Misty waits for challengers at the end of the pool in her Water-type Gym, where the Cascade Badge is won.

Cerulean Cave, Mewtwo's lair

Northwest of Cerulean City lies Cerulean Cave, home to formidable Pokémon. Among them is Mewtwo; in Red and Blue, only Trainers who have conquered the League are allowed inside.

You can explore it in every game the city appears in, except Gold, Silver and Crystal. In those three games, a Berserk Gene lies in the water not far from the old entrance, and you need Surf to reach it. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it's a Nugget you find on the nearby cliff, again thanks to Surf.

In Let's Go, catching Mewtwo has a little epilogue: Trace waits for the player outside the cave and gives them three Escape Ropes. Green, the Trainer you first battle inside the cave, then offers a daily rematch in town.

🧬 Mewtwo watches over Cerulean Cave: find it in our Mewtwo collection.

The Let's Go hero, Pikachu on his shoulder, at the stone entrance to Cerulean Cave by the water, with a character in a green uniform standing nearby
In Let's Go, the entrance to Cerulean Cave, Mewtwo's lair, opens at the water's edge, northwest of Cerulean City.

Miracle Cycle, the herb shop and the fountain

South of the city, the Miracle Cycle shop poses a riddle. In Red, Blue and Yellow as well as in FireRed and LeafGreen, the Bike costs a million, while the hero's wallet tops out at 999,999 Pokémon Dollars. The workaround goes through Vermilion City: the Chairman of the Pokémon Fan Club provides a Bike Voucher, which the shopkeeper exchanges for the bike.

The shop then takes on a new look. Closed in Gold, Silver and Crystal because it has moved to Goldenrod City, it reopens in HeartGold and SoulSilver, though you can't leave with a bike. In Let's Go, the premises now house a bike fan's home: its owner shows off his collection without parting with a single one, but gives five Heart Scales to anyone who has taken the time to look at everything.

Some places exist in only one version. The herb shop in FireRed and LeafGreen sells medicinal herbs that no other shop carries, and its old owner gives you a Powder Jar. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Cameron photographs the player and their Pokémon in front of Nugget Bridge on Thursdays and Sundays. Let's Go adds a fountain where you can toss 50 or 500 Pokémon Dollars to strengthen the bond with your partner Pokémon, and a partner move tutor in an animal tamer's outfit who teaches Zippy Zap to your Pikachu partner, or Bouncy Bubble, Buzzy Buzz and Sizzly Slide to your Eevee partner.

Inside the bike fan's home in Cerulean City in Let's Go: red and blue bikes lined up, a green bike hanging on the wall, the heroine and Eevee facing a man seated on a sofa
In Let's Go, the old Miracle Cycle premises house a bike fan's home, whose owner shows off his collection without parting with a single one.

Team Rocket, gifts and trades in Cerulean City

Team Rocket is lurking around town. In Red, Blue and Yellow as well as in their remakes, a house in Cerulean City has been burgled, and the Grunt you battle in town hands over a TM once defeated: TM28 in the first- and third-generation games, TM10 Dig in Let's Go. In Gold, Silver and Crystal as well as in their remakes, another Grunt admits to stealing a part from the Power Plant; beaten on Nugget Bridge, he reveals where the Machine Part is: in the Gym itself.

In Yellow as in Let's Go, Cerulean City even offers aBulbasaur. In Yellow, Melanie, who takes in injured or sick Pokémon at her home, entrusts it to the player on two conditions: holding the Cascade Badge and having a Pikachu that is very attached to you. Let's Go sets a different rule: you must have caught at least thirty Pokémon.

The in-game trades are worth a look. In Red and Blue as well as in FireRed and LeafGreen, an old man gives up his Jynx in exchange for a Poliwhirl: no other method lets you get one in these versions. In Let's Go, a girl at the Pokémon Center will trade her Alolan Rattata, as many times as you like, for a Rattata from Kanto.

Cerulean City in the anime

In the first season, Ash Ketchum discovers the city in the episode "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City" (EP007), with his second Badge in his sights. He comes back in "The Misty Mermaid" (EP061) so that the Horsea belonging to Misty, his traveling companion, can have a bigger pool.

Misty later takes center stage again in special episodes that follow her adventures: "Cerulean Blues", "A Date with Delcatty" and "The Blue Badge of Courage". These episodes show a city that's about more than its Gym: a business district, shopping streets, a lighthouse watching over a pier and even a gigantic baseball stadium.

The city also makes a brief appearance in Pokémon Evolutions: at the start of the eighth episode, "The Discovery", Green crosses Nugget Bridge on the way to Cerulean Cave.

Cerulean City on the bank of a river spanned by the golden Nugget Bridge, at the foot of wooded hills, in Pokémon Evolutions
Pokémon Evolutions briefly shows Cerulean City and its Nugget Bridge in its eighth episode, "The Discovery".

Cerulean City at a glance

Feature Detail
Region Kanto, at the junction of Routes 4, 5, 9 and 24
Games Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, their remakes and Let's Go
Gym Water type, Gym Leader Misty
Reward Cascade Badge
Nearby location Cerulean Cave, Mewtwo's lair
Trade Jynx for Poliwhirl (Red, Blue, FireRed, LeafGreen)
Oddity A Bike priced at a million, obtained in exchange for a Bike Voucher
In the anime EP007 and EP061, then special episodes centered on Misty

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What type of Pokémon does the Cerulean City Gym use?
    The Water type. Its Gym Leader, Misty, gives the Cascade Badge to Trainers who beat her.
  • Where is Cerulean Cave?
    Northwest of Cerulean City. Mewtwo hides there, and the cave is off-limits only in Gold, Silver and Crystal.
  • How do you get the Bike in Cerulean City?
    In Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed and LeafGreen, it costs a million, a sum you can't reach: you first need to get a Bike Voucher from the Chairman of the Pokémon Fan Club in Vermilion City.
  • How do you get a Bulbasaur in Cerulean City?
    In Yellow, Melanie gives it to you if you hold the Cascade Badge and your Pikachu is very attached to you. In Let's Go, you just need to have caught at least thirty Pokémon.
  • In which episode does Ash arrive in Cerulean City?
    In "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City" (EP007), where he comes for his second Badge.

In short

Cerulean City packs a lot in for a Kanto city: Misty's Gym, Mewtwo's cave and a Bike nobody can afford. The anime made it the home of one of Ash's very first traveling companions, which keeps it alive well beyond the games.

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