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Remoraid Lake (Japanese: テッポウ池 Teppouo Pond) is a location in Johto exclusive to the anime. It appeared in The Light Fantastic and is located in between Ecruteak City and Olivine City.
Remoraid Lake is a dried up lake that sits on top of Remoraid Mountain. It is dried up because of the actions of the Ancient Colossal Tree Tribe, which were there centuries ago. They loved the Remoraid that lived in the lake, and were also known as the Remoraidians. Near the mountain are the Ancient Colossal Tree Tribe ruins which come from the tribe cutting down all the trees from nearby forests and mountains, for miles around, in order to create a magnificent city. After all the trees were cut down, the lakes and rivers dried up and the earth turned to dust. The Remoraidians left because of lack of food and water, but the Remoraid stayed and burrowed into the lake bed. Ash, Misty, Brock, Team Rocket and Gan Gogh walked up to the lake bed to investigate some mysterious Rainbow lights that appeared above the lake and found a gigantic ice pillar in the center of the lake bed. They later found out that the Remoraid use Water Gun every twelve years to fill the lake enough to swim around in and also, along with Ice Beam, to make the ice pillar even bigger. When the sun melts the ice pillar, the water vapor created from the melting ice refracts the sun light and creates the Rainbow lights as well as flooding the nearby lakes and rivers. The Remoraid are also adept at avoiding capture; should one be targeted with a Poké Ball, the entire school will surround it, causing the Ball to fail, as a Poké Ball will not work on more than one Pokémon at once. The Remoraid swim away to replenish their water supply and return, with hopes to bring back the green to the surrounding area. One of the rivers leads to an underwater lake right below the Pokémon Center in which Nurse Joy uses for water at the center.