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Video Playthrough Link (Goldenrod City, Routes 35-37, to Ecruteak City):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0E8PnSbA5o

Video Playthrough Link (Burned Tower, Ecruteak City Gym, & Olivine City
Lighthouse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0IMjwjGPO8

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|Violet City|
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Now that Sudowoodo has damaged your Pokémon, heal at the Pokémon Center. You can
also now deposit Togepi and withdraw Sudowoodo to have it on your team.

If you focused on just leveling up your starter, your lineup might look like
this:

Level 31 Feraligatr
Level 20 Sudowoodo
Level 14 Drowzee
Level 12 Nidoran
Level 10 Spearow
Level 6 Bellsprout

If you balanced leveling up your Starter and Raticate:

Level 25 Raticate
Level 25 Starter Evolution
Level 20 Sudowoodo
Level 20 Eevee
Level 8 Bellsprout
Odd Egg

Now, head back west onto Route 36, then go northwest onto Route 37.

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|Route 37|
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Pokémon found in Route 36 & 37:

#016 Pidgey
#017 Pidgeotto
#029 Nidoran (F)
#032 Nidoran (M)
#037 Vulpix (Silver only)
#058 Growlithe (Gold only)
#163 Hoothoot
#165 Ledyba (Silver only, morning only)
#167 Spinarak (Gold only, night only)
#234 Stantler

Items found in Route 36 & 37:

Blk Apricorn
Blu Apricorn
Hard Stone
Ice Berry
Red Apricorn
TM08 Rock Smash

First, you're battling some twins. If you start using your Sudowoodo here, Rock
Throw is the best move, but Low Kick can be a good alternative fighting move.

Twins Ann & Anne
Level 16 Jigglypuff (259 EXP)
Level 16 Clefairy (232 EXP)
You get: 320G

The bike shop calls again. Apparently, you can keep the bicycle because you
raised sales. Look at you, you're such an amazing salesman. We salute your
marketing efforts. Now, head up to fight the Psychic.

Psychic Greg
Level 17 Drowzee (370 EXP)
You get: 544G

Head back south of the Twins, then go east to the three apricorn trees. You may
want to clear your items at the Ecruteak City Pokémon Center before you grab
those items, so let's head to sunny Ecruteak City.

If it's Sunday, you can also find Sunny of Sunday here and she'll give you a
Magnet item.

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|Ecruteak City|
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Enter the Pokémon Center. You will be unable to move for a second, making you
wonder if you have managed to freeze time. Alas, you do not have that ability
yet. Sad times. It's actually because Bill is getting his Pokémon healed. He's
finished adjustments on his Time Capsule, allowing you to trade Pokémon between
the Red/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal games. But you'll need to have
caught something like 151 Pokémon first in Gold/Silver/Crystal before you can
actually make the trade.

Heal at the Pokémon Center, and empty your small backpack of all your berries,
apricorns, and unused TMs into the PC. Make sure you CLEAR one Pokémon spot in
your team so that you can accept a free new Pokémon. Now, bike your way back
down to Route 37. Grab the apricorns you didn't grab earlier (Red, Black, and
Blue Apricorns). Then, keep biking down Route 36, through the National Park, and
through Route 35 back to Goldenrod City. With your newfound biking skills, I
think you should be ready for the Tour de France in no time.

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|Goldenrod City|
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Head to the southwest portion of the city and enter Bill's house. Now that
you've babysat a Togepi, he will give you an Eevee to take care of. I personally
think Eevee should be named Eevily. What a fantastic name, if I do say so
myself. Eevee can evolve into five other Pokémon: Jolteon (with a thunder
stone), Flareon (with a fire stone), Vaporeon (with a water stone), and Espeon
and Umbreon (based on high friendship and time of day - Espeon in the day,
Umbreon at night). Now, head back north onto Route 35.

If you focused on just leveling up your starter, your lineup might look like
this:

Level 31 Feraligatr
Level 20 Eevee
Level 20 Sudowoodo
Level 14 Drowzee
Level 10 Spearow
Level 6 Bellsprout

If you balanced leveling up your Starter and Raticate:

Level 25 Raticate
Level 25 Starter Evolution
Level 20 Sudowoodo
Level 20 Eevee
Level 8 Bellsprout
Odd Egg

If you are building a balanced team, you could have Sudowoodo and Eevee exchange
experience points for a while from now on, until the fourth gym. In any case,
ride all the way back up to Ecruteak City, and don't get lost. Use the Pokegear
if you need to. There isn't a GPS in this game.

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|Ecruteak City|
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Items found in Ecruteak City:

HM03 Surf
Itemfinder
TM30

You've reached Ecruteak City with an Eevee this time! Congratulations! Actually,
this isn't a prize booth, as much as you want it to be one. With your new Eevee
with you, enter the Dance Theater just above the Pokémon Center. Talk to the
creepy old man near the door and he will tell you that if you defeat all five
Kimono Girls, you will get a gift. I mean, he's creepy, but the challenge is
still worth your while.

Head up the left side of the stage and battle the girl in green. It's time to
take on every Eevee evolution, one by one. The first is Flareon, a fire type.

Kimono Girl Naoko
Level 17 Flareon (720 EXP)
You get: 1224G

The girl in blue has Espeon, the psychic evolution to Eevee.

Kimono Girl Sayo
Level 17 Espeon (717 EXP)
You get: 1224G

Next is the girl in red, who has Umbreon, the dark evolution to Eevee.

Kimono Girl Zuki
Level 17 Umbreon (717 EXP)
You get: 1224G

The one that's next to the right in blue has Vaporeon, the water evolution to
Eevee.

Kimono Girl Kuni
Level 17 Vaporeon (714 EXP)
You get: 1224G

The final Kimono Girl has Jolteon, the electric evolution to Eevee.

Kimono Girl Miki
Level 17 Jolteon (717 EXP)
You get: 1224G

Now, talk to the same old man again. You'll get HM03 Surf for your efforts. You
can have almost any water type Pokémon learn it, plus a few others. But not
Magikarp. That fish just flops all over the place. Teach HM03 Surf to any
Pokémon that can learn it, because it's one of the best water moves for battle
and you can use it in the overworld.

Leave the house and then head southwest to the gym. Once you see it, go to the
building to the right of it and talk to the man inside. He will give you
Itemfinder if you answer Yes to his question. It's amazing how many items you
can get in this game just by hearing people blather on about themselves and just
say Yes.

Heal at the Pokémon Center, then head to the northwest part of Ecruteak City and
into the Burned Tower. I suggest bringing at least 3 Escape Ropes, 3 Repels, and
10 Great Balls with you.

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|Burned Tower|
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Pokémon at the Burning Tower: 

#019 Rattata
#041 Zubat
#109 Koffing

Equipping the TM Rock Smash will give you the HP Up at the northeastern part of
the floor, but is it really worth it to use up that TM this early? Think about
your future. Head left and all the way around the spiral and you will now fight
your rival in a battle. He's gonna get pwned again by your superior lineup. He
has a Magnemite now, but you have two extra Level 21+ Pokémon.

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|Rival                                      |
|Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP)                 |
|Level 18 Magnemite (342 EXP)               |
|Level 20 Zubat (231 EXP)                   |
|Level 22 Bayleef/Quilava/Croconaw (673 EXP)|
|You get: 1,320G                            |
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Use anything other than normal and fighting moves against Haunter. Magnemite's a
steel type, so fire moves are good, while normal moves are bad. Fighting moves
like low kick help. Rock throws are great against Zubat. Against his starter
evolution, you can use the highest-powered move from your highest level Pokémon
that isn't the type of your Pokémon. Piece of cake. I love cake.

Your rival says, after losing to you, “There’s no challenge in it.” After your
victory, you can grab a HP Up by dropping down the northwest hole.

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|Ecruteak City|
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Heal your Pokémon just before entering the Ecruteak City Gym. You'll probably be
around 4 1/4 to 5 hours into the game. Pat yourself on the back for your
commitment to fighting with fictitious pixelated creatures. Good job!

If you're focusing on only leveling up your starter, your lineup should look
something like this:

Level 33 Starter Evolution
Level 20 Sudowoodo
Level 20 Eevee

If you're building up a more balanced lineup, it may look something like this:

Level 21 Sudowoodo
Level 21 Eevee
Level 25 Starter Evolution
Level 26 Raticate

Let's enter the gym now. Go straight up to fight Trainer 1. Every trainer will
use Ghost type Pokémon, meaning that you can't use any normal or fighting moves
from your Raticate or Eevee. So, you'll have to lean into using your starter
evolution and potentially Sudowoodo (rock throws). Your Pokémon will get licked
by ghosts. I hope your Pokémon likes the experience because it will get licked a
bunch of times.

Sage Ping
Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP)
Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP)
Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP)
Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP)
Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP)
You get: 512G

Now head exactly TWO steps right, then FOUR steps up to fight Trainer 2. Doing
just about anything else will make you fall off the platform. Keep those rock
throws going against Grace.

Medium Grace
Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP)
Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP)
You get: 800G

Talk to Grace again and basically, the path is the zig-zag. You must face every
trainer before you face the gym leader. Go three left, 2 up to Trainer 3.

Sage Jeffrey
Level 22 Haunter (594 EXP)
You get: 704G

Time to take on the final trainer before Morty. Go right 3, then up 2. As a test
of what's to come, this is almost the same lineup as the gym leader, except
Morty has higher levelled and stronger Pokémon.

Medium Martha
Level 18 Gastly (360 EXP)
Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP)
Level 20 Gastly (406 EXP)
You get: 800G

You can move up two squares to get past the platform to get to the gym leader.
But consider healing at the Pokémon Center before fighting the gym leader. I
guess you don't have to, but you're reading this guide and if you're not
following suggestions, why are you here? Oh, sorry, I digress. To get back, fall
off the path anywhere and it'll drop you back to the gym entrance.

Heal at the Pokémon Center and then return to the gym, then take the zig-zag
path back to Morty. Save before you fight Morty in case you lose and want to
re-try the battle quickly. Talk to Morty, and he'll reference some kind of
vision of legendaries. I don't know what he was talking about, as I wasn't
really listening. He's kind of boring.

Battle time - let's go! You'll want to beware of Pokémon that can use Hypnosis
to put your Pokémon to sleep, and then eat its dreams. If you picked Chikorita,
this could be a more challenging fight where you might need some assistance from
your Sudowoodo or other Pokémon.

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GYM LEADER MORTY
Level 21 Gastly (427 EXP)
Level 23 Haunter (567 EXP)
Level 25 Gengar (1017 EXP)
Level 23 Haunter (621 EXP)
You get: Fog Badge, 2,300G, & TM30 (Shadow Ball)
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Strategy VERSUS Gastly: You can always use your same-type attack from your
starter evolution. Alternatively, a single rock throw from Sudowoodo should and
would down Gastly.

Strategy VERSUS Haunters: Use the same-type attack from your starter evolution
or use two rock throws from Sudowoodo. 

Strategy VERSUS Gengar: Gengar is really nasty because it has Hypnosis and then
Dream Eater to cap on it, but do as many rock throws from Sudowoodo as you can
before you pull out your starter evolution. Use the same-type attack from your
starter evolution to finish off Gengar.

Phew, you won. That's pretty good, considering how many times you got cursed.
Half of the League has fallen to you. All Level 50 and below Pokémon obey you,
and now you can use HM03 Surf out of battle. TM30 Shadow Ball is a really good
ghost move you can equip on a ghost Pokémon, but keep in mind that it's a
one-use item.

Now that you can equip and use HM03 Surf, you should equip it on every water
Pokémon that can use it. It's a 95 power move, making it one of the best attacks
you can use during the game playthrough. Surf is also a great move to use in the
overworld to get across bodies of water. And once you have HM03 Surf, you can
also go back to Union Cave on a Friday to catch a Level 20 Lapras (see Section
36 of this guide).

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