Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Cerulean City

File:Pokemon FRLG CeruleanCity.png

Cerulean City

Poké Mart
Poké Ball	200
Potion	300
Super Potion	700
Antidote	100
Awakening	250
Burn Heal	250
Parlyz Heal	200
Escape Rope	550
Repel	350

There is much to do in Cerulean City. You will have to battle your Rival, beat a group of trainers, stop Team Rocket from their usual mischievous deeds and of course earn another badge. The way out is blocked by a guard, who will move away after you visit Bill at his house on Route 25.

Rival battle #3

When you go north, attempting to go on the bridge to Bill's house, your Rival will stop you for a fight. After the battle has ended, he will give you a Fame Checker.

Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Money
Rival	Pidgeotto 17	Abra 16	Rattata 15	Rival's Starter 18	288

Your rival can be difficult to defeat, but with good Pokémon you will win. His Pidgey evolved into Pidgeotto and can be defeated with Electric or Rock-type moves. His Abra has no offensive attacks, so use a weaker Pokémon in your party to defeat it for XP. Rattata can be defeated by Low Kick or Double Kick, but beware of Hyper Fang.

Points of Interest

Cerulean City Gym

You might want to wait with the gym battle after you've visited Bill, since Misty can be a tough opponent at this point of the game. After you beat Misty you will be able to teach TM03 Water Pulse, to a Pokémon. You will also be able to use HM01 Cut outside of battle.

Name	1st	2nd	Money
Luis	Horsea 16	Shellder16	64
Diana	Goldeen 19		380
File:Pokemon FRLG Misty.pngMisty	Staryu 18	Starmie 21	2,100

Misty has two Pokémon: Staryu and Starmie. Staryu should be piece of cake, it falls easily to couple attacks and isn't too strong. Starmie is however going to be tough one to beat: it has very powerful stats at this point, its Water Pulse does major damage (and has chance of confusing your Pokémon) and it can heal itself by using Recover.

• If you have Ivysaur, first use Leech Seed and then attack with Razor Leaf. Leech Seed steals HP from Starmie and heals your Pokémon at the same time. You can also use Sleep Powder to put Starmie asleep.
• Pikachu learns Thunderbolt at level 26, which is a powerful Electric-type move. It easily takes Starmie down in one or two hits.
• Wartortle learns a Dark-type move Bite at level 19. Since Starmie is part Psychic type, it's weak against Dark-type moves. Wartortle has decent defenses to take incoming attacks, and he also resists Water Pulse. Similarly, Zubat learns Bite at level 16.
• You can get Magikarp and evolve it into Gyarados at level 20. With Bite it should take one or two hits.
• If you don't own any of these Pokémon, save the gym for later when you have Pokémon leveled up enough. In Leaf Green, you can also catch Bellsprout, which can be found on routes 5 and 6. Fire Red yields Oddish in the same route, which is less powerful, but can still give you a slight edge.

Bike Shop

You may buy a bike from the shop at the southwest corner of the city. However, it costs 1,000,000, which is more money than you are capable of holding. In Vermilion City, you will receive a Bike Voucher that you can exchange in this store for a free bike.

Leaving Town

When you are finally leaving Cerulean from the house where the guard used to be, a Team Rocket Grunt will stop and fight you. When you defeat him he will give you a TM28 Dig.

Name	1st	2nd	Money
Grunt	Machop 17	Drowzee 17	544

Trades

At the house west of the PokéCenter there is an old man who will trade Pokémon with you. You will get a Jynx at the same level as the Poliwhirl you have given. You won't be able to do this trade until much later in the game, after you get the Good Rod or the Super Rod.

Trade	For
Poliwhirl	Jynx

#124 Jynx

There are few Ice Pokemon in Fire Red and Leaf Green, but Jynx is arguably one of the best. With Ice/Psychic types and above average stats, Jynx can become quite the sweeper for your team, holding a stronger defense than Alakazam and better Spc. Atk than Hypno. Unfortunately, while Jynx has a decent moveset with Ice Punch and Lovely Kiss, it learns no Psychic moves on its own, so you'll have to teach it TM's such as Psychic if you want to use it in this way.

Items

• Rare Candy (Hidden behind the house in the north west corner of the city, between two flowers)
• Powder Jar (Given to you by the old man in the right of the two northern houses, but only if you already have at least one berry)
• Fame Checker (Given to you by your Rival after you fight him)
• TM 03 Water Pulse (Given to you by Misty after you beat her)
• TM 28 Dig (Given to you by the TR Grunt after you beat him)