Sootopolis City

{{Mergefrom|Cave of Origin|date=October 2006}}
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| align="center" colspan=2 style="background:#ccf;" | <font size="+1">'''Sootopolis City'''</font>
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| align="center" colspan=2 | '''ルネシティ'''<br>''Rune City''
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| align="center" colspan=2 | ''A tiny island in the blue sea.''
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| align="center" colspan=2 style="background:#eef;" | Location Info
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| [[Region]]
| [[Hoenn]]
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| align="center" colspan=2 style="background:#eef;" | Gym Info
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| valign="top" | [[Gym Leader|Leaders]]
| [[List of Hoenn Gym Leaders#Wallace|Wallace]] ([[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]])<br>[[List of Hoenn Gym Leaders#Juan|Juan]] ([[Pokémon Emerald]] and [[Pokémon (anime)|anime]])
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| ''Badge''
| Rainbadge
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| ''Type''
| Water
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'''Sootopolis City''' ('''Rune City''' ルネシティ; ''Rune Shiti'') in the original Japanese version) is a [[fictional city]] in the [[Pokémon]] series of games. It is located in the [[Hoenn]] region. One can only enter the city the first time from underwater. Sootopolis is built in the cone of an extinct [[volcano]]. The last Gym is located here, as well as the Cave of Origin.

==In the video games==

In [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]], you go to Sootopolis City when the weather in [[Hoenn]] is too hot or when it's raining hard (depending on the version). The goal is to find and defeat [[Groudon]] (in Ruby) or [[Kyogre]] (in Sapphire). In [[Pokémon Emerald]], there are many more tasks to do. You go there when it is raining, and set off to the [[Sky Pillar]] to find [[Rayquaza]], which then fights off the other two, and Sootopolis City is much safer. You get to see the only in-game cutscene in all the Pokémon RPGs for Gameboy Color and Advance so far.

==Major characters==
===Wallace===
Wallace is the Gym Leader of the Sootopolis City Gym in Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire. Wallace is a self-proclaimed artist who uses Water Pokémon, the strongest being his Lvl. 43 [[Milotic]].

===Juan===
'''Juan''' is the Gym Leader of the Pokémon Gym in Sootopolis City in [[Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]] version. Like Wallace in the [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby/Sapphire]] versions, Juan uses Water-type Pokémon. In fact, three of his five Pokémon are the same (save for level change) as Wallace's original Gym battle team. He is Wallace's old mentor, and is filling in for him while he is champion.
In the Japanese version, his name is Ardan.

==Sootopolis City in the anime==
[[Image:AG110-Juan.jpg|thumb|right|Juan in the Anime]]

In the anime, Juan is the last Gym Leader that Ash has to battle. His Gym is very stylish, especially compared to the swimming pool of the [[Cerulean City]] Gym. The Gym battle goes over two episodes.
:In Part One, they have a double battle, which ends when one Pokémon is knocked out.
:Part Two is a standard 3 vs. 3 battle.

==Demographics==
Like Mossdeep City, Sootopolis is very large in size, but has a smaller than expected population. The population of Sootopolis is only 25, which is mostly because the majority of the builidings in the city are uninhabited

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