Pokémon Red and Blue/Route 24-25

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Red	Blue	Yellow
Oddish Abra	Bellsprout Abra	Oddish Venonat Bellsprout Receive in Event: Charmander

After you defeat Misty, you should head north from Cerulean City. Your rival, Blue, who now has four Pokémon, blocks the bridge. So do six members of Team Rocket. If you can defeat them all, you'll receive a valuable Nugget and the freedom to head to the end of this path, where you can meet the world's greatest Pokémon enthusiast, Bill the Pokémaniac!

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Route #24

1	Bug Catcher	140
	Caterpie	LV14
	Weedle	LV14
2	Lass	210
	Pidgey	LV14
	Nidoran♀	LV14
3	Youngster	210
	Rattata	LV14
	Ekans	LV14
	Zubat	LV14
4	Lass	240
	Pidgey	LV16
	Nidoran♀	LV16
5	Jr. Trainer♂	360
	Mankey	LV18
6	Rocket	450
	Ekans	LV15
	Zubat	LV15
7	Jr. Trainer♂	350
	Rattata	LV14
	Ekans	LV14

Route #24 Fishing
(Super Rod)

Psyduck	✓	✓	-
Krabby	✓	✓	-
Goldeen	✓	✓	✓
Seaking	-	-	✓

Route #24 encounters

Weedle	20%	N/A	N/A
Kakuna	20%	N/A	N/A
Pidgey	20%	20%	30%
Pidgeotto	N/A	N/A	2%
Oddish	25%	N/A	30%
Bellsprout	N/A	25%	30%
Caterpie	N/A	20%	N/A
Metapod	N/A	20%	N/A
Venonat	N/A	N/A	8%
Abra	15%	15%	N/A

The challenge of Nugget Bridge

Rival Battle #3

	Pidgeotto Level 18		Abra Level 15
	Rattata Level 15		Gary's Starter Level 17
	Spearow Level 18		Sandshrew Level 15
	Rattata Level 15		Eevee Level 17

Once you've thrown down your rival, you can reclaim Nugget Bridge by besting the six Jr. Trainers blocking your progress.

Choose your weakest Pokémon for the rival battle against his Abra (Red/Blue). All Abra can use is Teleport so it is unable to do damage back to you.

On the other side, Yellow players will find a man (at the yellow A) willing to give a Charmander a good home, while Blue and Red players will only find TM 45 which teaches Thunder Wave. It's a weak skill for winning battles, but good for disabling Pokémon to make them easy to catch.

More interesting is TM 19 in Route 25. You'll need to be crafty to get it: Be at least three squares below the Jr. Trainer number 7 who's blocking it when you cross his line of vision, and he'll abandon his post to come fight you. Immediately after, loop behind him and grab it.

It holds Seismic Toss, which does damage equal to the level of the Pokémon using it to an enemy regardless of their type or defense.

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Route #25

1	Hiker	525
	Machop	LV15
	Geodude	LV15
2	Hiker	595
	Onix	LV17
3	Youngster	225
	Rattata	LV15
	Spearow	LV15
4	Youngster	255
	Slowpoke	LV17
5	Lass	255
	Nidoran♂	LV15
	Nidoran♀	LV15

6	Hiker	545
	Geodude	LV13
	Geodude	LV13
	Machop	LV13
	Geodude	LV13
7	Jr. Trainer♂	280
	Rattata	LV14
	Ekans	LV14
8	Youngster	210
	Ekans	LV14
	Sandshrew	LV14
9	Lass	195
	Oddish	LV13
	Pidgey	LV13
	Oddish	LV13

Route #25 Fishing
(Super Rod)

Psyduck	✓	✓	-
Krabby	✓	✓	✓
Kingler	-	-	✓
Goldeen	✓	✓	-

Route #25 encounters

Weedle	20%	4%	N/A
Kakuna	20%	2%	N/A
Pidgey	14%	14%	30%
Pidgeotto	N/A	N/A	2%
Oddish	25%	N/A	30%
Bellsprout	N/A	25%	30%
Caterpie	4%	20%	N/A
Metapod	2%	20%	N/A
Venonat	N/A	N/A	8%
Abra	15%	15%	N/A

Note: The #4 Youngster on Route #25 is crucial to the performance of the Mew glitch and should be not be challenged until you are ready to perform the glitch. Additionally, the #7 Jr. Trainer on Route #24 can also be used to perform this glitch, depending on which method you choose to use.

Bill, the Pokémaniac

Bill has a problem. Help him out by going to his PC's keyboard and doing what he asks. Yellow players can enjoy some amusing Pikachu antics as well.

	Rocket	525
	Machop	LV17
	Drowzee	LV17

Once he's rewarded you with an S.S. Ticket, exit the cottage and enter again. Check Bill's PC once again for information on four rare Pokémon. When you're done, take the shortcut back to Cerulean City and go to the house that's guarded by a cop. Head on through it and fight the Rocket Team burglar (his roster is in the table to the left). Knock him out and recover the very cool TM 28, containing Dig. Dig is a doubly useful skill that can be learned by Sandshrew, Geodude, and even non-Rock Pokémon like Squirtle, Charmander, Rattata, and a couple of others. In battles, it does a ton of damage, delayed by a turn (during which point you're invulnerable), and you can use it out of battles to escape from dungeons!

While in town, you can sell your Nugget for 5,000 (that's all it's good for) and then cut through the burgled house's yard and head around Cerulean City to the south. You've got a ship to catch.

#69 Bellsprout	#63 Abra
Bellsprouts can thoroughly trash your opponents early in the game, since they get the powerful Wrap skill at level 13 and have the Geodude-beating Grass skill Vine Whip built right in. Their next couple of skills are all Poison, Sleep, and Stun-type stuff, which isn't so great, but if you didn't pick a Bulbasaur early on and you need a Grass-type Pokémon, Bellsprouts are a good choice.	Abras can be difficult. The only thing they know how to do is Teleport, removing them from battle instantly. So if you're lucky enough to see one in the wild, you've got one turn to snag it (unless its Teleport misses, which is rare). You have a couple of options: One is to have a Jigglypuff or Clefairy Sing it to Sleep, which makes it easier to catch and also gives you an opportunity to knock it around a bit while it's dozing, The other is to use Wrap to squeeze it until it's low enough to catch, while keeping it from Teleporting away. But are they worth it? Probably, since Psychic Pokémon are pretty powerful (skills like Psybeam and Psychic give enemies negative conditions like Confuse and do damage at the same time), and even Abra can learn good techniques from TMs to make up for his own temporary inability to attack. At level 16, Abra will turn into a Kadabra, which you can and should immediately trade to a friend to evolve it into a powerful Alakazam.
#43 Oddish
Don't worry if you're playing Red: There may not be any Bellsprouts, but you can get an equally cool Oddish. The initial Absorb skill puts Leech Life to shame, and since it's Grass-typed, one Oddish can take down dozens of Water, Rock or Ground-typed Pokémon, healing as he goes. You need a Leaf Stone to reach the final stage of evolution, but don't do it until he gets his powerful late game techniques Petal Dance and Solar Beam.
#48 Venonat
Currently available in Yellow only, Venonats are quite rare, but hardly worth the trouble. It's just another Poison-Bug thing, albeit one that can learn fairly good Psychic skills later in life.