Pokémon Red and Blue/Cinnabar Island

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Red	Blue	Yellow
Clone in Cinnabar Lab Aerodactyl and Kabuto or Omanyte

One of the Pokémon research centers on Cinnabar Island has been destroyed. A genetically engineered Pokémon broke free of its cage and escaped, demolishing the lab in the process. Luckily for you, the cloning facility is safe and sound. You'd better be careful as you walk the creature's back trail—be sure to read any literature you might find to learn about this doomed experiment.

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Cinnabar Island

Poké Mart
Ultra Ball	File:Pokébuck.png1200
Great Ball	File:Pokébuck.png600
Hyper Potion	File:Pokébuck.png1500
Max Repel	File:Pokébuck.png700
Escape Rope	File:Pokébuck.png550
Full Heal	File:Pokébuck.png600
Revive	File:Pokébuck.png1500

Route #21 Fishing

Tentacool	-	-	✓
Shellder	✓	✓	-
Goldeen	✓	✓	-
Horsea	✓	✓	-
Staryu	✓	✓	✓

Pokémon Lab

Don't let its small size trick you—there are loads of opportunities in Cinnabar Island.

The traders in the Lab won't give you the greatest deals (in Yellow: Golduck for Rhydon, Growlithe for Dewgong, and Kangaskhan for Muk; in Red/Blue: Raichu for Electrode, Venonat for Tangela, Ponyta for Seel), but the scientist in the next room will make a better offer: TM 35 (Metronome) for free. This fun but unreliable skill dishes out various special attacks at random.

The scientist in the last room will take your fossils and turn them into Pokémon. Give your fossil and the Old Amber to the scientists here. He claims the process will take a while, but if you simply leave the building and come right back he'll be finished. You will receive living examples of prehistoric Pokémon.

An island paradise?

Not quite. The gym is locked up tight. The key to the front door is in a nearby building. Once you've found a way in it's possible to avoid confrontation, but it'd be wise to fight all of Blaine's underlings to gain experience. So where to look? Rumors say that the genetically engineered Pokémon known as Mewtwo was created in a facility on the island. Why not have a look in the Mansion?

Trainer Battle 7: BLAINE

Blaine's Gym

	BLAINE	File:Pokébuck.png4653
	Growlithe	LV42
	Ponyta	LV40
	Rapidash	LV42
	Arcanine	LV47
	BLAINE	File:Pokébuck.png5346
	Ninetails	LV48
	Rapidash	LV50
	Arcanine	LV54

4	Burglar	File:Pokébuck.png3690
	Ponyta	LV41
5	Supernerd	File:Pokébuck.png1025
	Rapidash	LV41
6	Burglar	File:Pokébuck.png3330
	Vulpix	LV37
	Growlithe	LV37
7	Supernerd	File:Pokébuck.png925
	Growlithe	LV37
	Vulpix	LV37

Blaine's Gym

1	Burglar	File:Pokébuck.png3240
	Growlithe	LV36
	Vulpix	LV36
	Ninetails	LV36
2	Supernerd	File:Pokébuck.png900
	Vulpix	LV36
	Vulpix	LV36
	Ninetails	LV36
3	Supernerd	File:Pokébuck.png850
	Ponyta	LV34
	Charmeleon	LV34
	Vulpix	LV34
	Growlithe	LV34

Blaine is not just blowing smoke when he says his Pokémon are hot stuff. In order to snuff out his threat, attack with Water or Ground-type Pokémon. Your creatures may sustain burns during the battle, so keep a supply of Burn Heal on hand just in case.

You can avoid most of the Junior Trainer battles by answering a few simple questions. Check the Spoiler box below for the answers, but it's better to fight them for the cash and free EXP. Not that you'll really need it for Blaine; He has some fairly tough Pokémon on his side, but Water-type Pokémon are plentiful, and you can teach the Fire-soaking Surf attack to each and every one of them.

He's a bit tougher in Yellow, so it's recommended to use Rock-types like Aerodactyl and Golem, since they're better at surviving Arcanine and Rapidash's brutal Take Down attacks. If you manage to put a damper on Blaine's fiery team, he'll reward you with the Volcano Badge and TM 38, which contains Fire Blast. The badge will boost of all your Pokémon's special attacks.

Blaine's Gym answers

In order, YES, NO, NO, NO, YES, NO.

#141 Kabutops	#139 Omastar
The scientist in the Pokémon Lab will turn the Dome Fossil into a level 30 Kabuto, which evolves into a hardcore Kabutops at level 40. If only Kabutops was half as cool as he looked! Stats-wise, this guy's tough. But except for Slash (level 39) and Hydro Pump (level 53), he doesn't have much in the way of skills. And Rock/Water is a kind of lame mix of types, especially since he doesn't actually learn any Rock techniques.	If you took the Helix Fossil in Mt. Moon, you'll get an Omanyte, which will evolve into Omastar at level 40. Like Kabutops, Omastar is a mix of Water and Rock types, without many good skills. Omastar's Special and Defense stats are a bit higher (Kabutops excels in Attack) but both are equally unexciting in most respects.
#142 Aerodactyl
If you didn't get the Old Amber by entering the Pewter City museum through the back door, Fly there and do it now. The scientist in the Pokémon Lab can clone your Amber into a spiffy new Aerodactyl, one of the best Pokémon in the game. Aerodactyl is strong, tough, and incredibly quick. His attacks are kind of weak, but if you teach him Fly he'll be able to do some damage with that until he gets the astonishingly powerful Hyper Beam at Level 54. He's great against Blaine's Fire beasts, but as a Rock/Flying Pokémon, he's somewhat vulnerable to Electric and extremely weak to Water. So you may not want to bring him to Seafoam Island and the Power Plant.