Vaniville Town
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Vaniville Town (Japanese: アサメタウン Asame Town) is a small town located in the southeastern portion of the Kalos region. Vaniville Town is the starting location for the Kalos player character. It is the hometown of Calem and Serena. To the north is Route 1.
Slogan
A town whose flower is about to bloom. (Japanese: これから 花開く 町 A town whose flower is about to bloom.)
Places of interest
Player's house
- Main article: Player's house → Kalos
The player's house is in the center house in a townhouse type dwelling in Vaniville Town. The player has just moved here from a region far away. The player's mother lives here, and is usually cooking something in the kitchen. This is where the player receives a Town Map, and the first change of clothes. The house has two stories; the top floor is the player's bedroom, complete with a bed, TV, Wii U, PC, a mirror where the player changes out of their pajamas at the beginning of the game, and a few drawers. The player's PC was given by their dad, and it contains Adventure Basics.
The first floor is the kitchen, living room, and mom's room. The kitchen has a pot on the stove and a sink, while the living room has a large, curved, flat screen TV upon a mantle, a fireplace, and a couch; the player's mom's Fletchling stays in the living room. The last room is the player's mom's room, this room containing a window, bed, china closet, and a night stand with a picture.
After entering the Hall of Fame and the Parade in Lumiose City, the player returns here. The outside consists of a stone path to the center of Vaniville Town, with the player's mom's Rhyhorn sleeping on a mat with a beach ball. The house property is surrounded by a brick wall, with the entrance to Vaniville on the left and the player's rival's house on the right. There is a mailbox on the wall. The pillars that open the wall to the path have Poké Balls on them.
Serena/Calem's house
Serena/Calem's house is also two levels. The first level is the living room, with a table, china cabinet, and TV. There is also a kitchen with a stove, sink, refrigerator, and a few cabinets. Upstairs is the second level, which contains Serena/Calem's room. There is a bed, mirror, TV, desk, and a bookcase. The house is to the right of the player's. It is the last house on the right part of the row.
The outside is a stone path leading to the center of Vaniville. The property is surrounded by a brick wall, with the player's house in the left and the boundary of Vaniville Town to the right. There is a mailbox on the wall. The pillars that open the wall to the path have Poké Balls on them.
Demographics
Pokémon X and Y
The population of Vaniville Town is 9 (not counting the player or Serena/Calem), making it the smallest town in Kalos.
Items
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Running Shoes | Automatically obtained at the start of the game | X Y |
| Town Map | Gift from mom after getting the Pokédex | X Y | |
| Potion | Gift from mom after getting the Pokédex | X Y | |
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Holo Caster | Automatically obtained after getting the Town Map and Potion | X Y |
Pokémon
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5 | One | ||||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||||
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: XY
Vaniville Town is the hometown of Serena, her mother Grace, and her rival Shauna. The town first appeared briefly in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, where it started off at Serena's home while she was woken up by Fletchling in her bedroom. In the next episode, Serena was forced to train for Rhyhorn racing under the watchful eye of Grace, though the Rhyhorn kept jumping around and throwing Serena off. Later, Serena and her mother watched the news on TV about a boy and a rampaging Garchomp on Prism Tower. In A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, Serena's home reappeared as she chose which attire when she headed to Professor Sycamore's lab to choose her first partner Pokémon.
Serena's home reappeared in several other episodes, where her mother, Fletchling, and Rhyhorn were seen cheering for Serena as she competed in Pokémon Showcases.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Vaniville Town is the hometown of X and Y, as well as their friends Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor.
As a child, X had won the championship of a Junior Trainer Tournament, causing him to receive a lot of attention from the media. Eventually the pressure of being stalked by reporters and paparazzo led to X locking himself in his room, refusing to come out, despite Y's constant attempts to make him do so.
X & Y arc
Vaniville Town first appeared in An X-cuse to Come Out and Play. Worried about his friend X, Trevor had called Professor Sycamore for help, and he had agreed to send him a set of the three Kalos first partner Pokémon, hoping they would cheer X up. However, as soon as the package containing the first partner Pokémon and Pokédexes arrived, Xerneas and Yveltal suddenly appeared in the middle of the town and started fighting each other, destroying the whole settlement. During the chaos, Trevor lost Fennekin and one of the Pokédexes, Shauna lost her Furfrou, and Team Flare attempted to steal X's Mega Ring. X and his friends survived the disaster, and, with their hometown in ruins, set off on a journey together.
Later it was revealed that Team Flare, in order to hide the truth about the fight between the two Legendary Pokémon, had made up a cover story about an unexplained explosion destroying Vaniville Town, and imprisoned every single citizen of Vaniville Town at their headquarters in Geosenge Town to prevent them from outing the truth to the world. Alexa had also witnessed the destruction, but the photographs she had taken of the incident were destroyed by her boss, the Lumiose Press editor-in-chief, who was allied with Team Flare and even attempted to silence the reporter herself until she was saved by X and his friends.
At the end of the arc, the quintet of friends returned to Vaniville, and Y tearfully reunited with her mother Grace. Three months later, X moved into a newly-rebuilt house in Vaniville, and thus removed the tent he had lived in during his journey from Y's Rhyhorn's back.
Trivia
- Vaniville is the only hometown of a player character that Ash does not visit in the anime.
Name origin
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | アサメタウン Asame Town | From 朝芽 asame (morning bud; name of a fine incense) |
| English | Vaniville Town | From vanilla and ville (common suffix in town names) |
| German | Escissia | From skizze (sketch) and possibly the French esquisser (sketch) |
| Spanish | Pueblo Boceto | From boceto (sketch) |
| French | Bourg Croquis | From bourg (market town) and croquis |
| Italian | Borgo Bozzetto | From borgo (village) and bozzetto (sketch) |
| Korean | 조아마을 Joa Maeul | From 조아 (朝芽) joa (morning bud) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 朝香鎮 / 朝香镇 Zhāoxiāng Zhèn | From 朝 zhāo (morning) and 香 xiāng (fragrance) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 朝香鎮 Jīuhēung Jan | From 朝 jīu (morning) and 香 hēung (fragrance) |
| Polish | Vaniville | From its English name |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Cidade de Vaniville | From its English name |
| Vietnamese | Thị trấn Asame | Transcription of its Japanese name |
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