Hidden Village

Hidden Village かくれ里 Hidden Village
Hidden Village
Region	Kanto
Debut	Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village

The Hidden Village (Japanese: かくれ里 Hidden Village) is a location in the Pokémon world. It is located in between Cerulean City and Vermilion City.

Run by Melanie, the village is a place for Pokémon who have been abandoned by their Trainers. She takes care of them until they are ready to return to the wild.

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

The Hidden Village appeared in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village. Ash and his friends stumbled across it by accident while on their way to Vermilion City. Brock fell off a bridge and was swept away by a river. Melanie rescued him, and she brought Ash and Misty to the village.

Helping to protect the village was a Bulbasaur, who Melanie said it volunteered to guard it. Although it meant well, Bulbasaur was unintentionally causing all the Pokémon to stay in the village since it was so safe. After saving it from Team Rocket, Melanie asked Ash if he wanted Bulbasaur to come with him. Ash agreed and caught Bulbasaur. The group later left the village.

Pokémon seen in the Hidden Village

Oddish	Paras	Weepinbell
Caterpie	Rattata (×2)	Staryu
Magikarp

Caught Pokémon

Ash's Bulbasaur

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, the Hidden Village appears in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure. When Ash and Brock meet A.J. and Samurai after a performance by Duplica and her Ditto, they make plans to visit the Hidden Village, a paradise for lost Pokémon which have been abandoned by their Trainers and is supposedly run by a goddess. Deciding to seek out the Hidden Village in search of high-leveled Pokémon, A.J., Samurai, Ash and Brock head for a bus, however, Pikachu is distracted by a Squirtle shell and is separated from Ash. Remembering that Ash wanted to find the Hidden Village, Pikachu tags along with an abandoned Squirtle, Damian's Charmander, a wild boy named Tommy and his Kangaskhan mother to find the Hidden Village and hopefully reunite with Ash. Jessie and James tag along, hoping to steal rare Pokémon, but they are stopped by Kangaskhan.

When they arrive, it is revealed that the village is protected by Melanie, an ordinary girl, but because of her kindness to the abandoned Pokémon, she is seen by them as a goddess.

Pokémon

Seen in the village

Bulbasaur	Squirtle	Butterfree (×3)	Jigglypuff (×3)
Golem (×3)	Raticate (×2)	Bellsprout	Weepinbell
Slowpoke	Psyduck	Tauros (×4) ♂	Venonat
Oddish

Released

Charmander

In other languages

Related articles

This article is part of both Project Anime and Project Locations, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on locations in the animated series.