Ecruteak City

Ecruteak City is a city in the Johto region. It's the city that Giratina picked long ago to hold Tamamushi, the Bug Plate. The Mokusetsu previously visited this city in search of the Plate.

Plate
In ancient times when Arceus created its special move, "Omnipotent Purēto Scatter", it had Giratina pick out several cities and towns around the world to hide all 17 Plates. Ecruteak City was one of these locations. The Plate that was hidden here was Tamamushi, the Bug Plate.

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Division A
After leaving New Bark Town in Episode 14, Casey expresses that she can't wait to arrive in Ecruteak City because there's a baseball field there she used to go to with her father and grandfather. She talked about how baseball, along with her love of yellow and black, runs through her family.

In Episode 15, Alain, Ash, Dawn, Casey, and Lyra arrived in Ecruteak City. They went straight towards the baseball field. On the way, Ash saw a burned building and asked about it, followed by Lyra, Casey, and Alain explaining about how that used to be the Brass Tower, but after getting burned down, it earned the nickname, The Burned Tower. Alain explained the legend of Entei, Raikou, and Suicune being created here and revived by Ho-Oh, who used to perch at the top of the other tower here, Tin Tower.

When arriving at the baseball field, Casey becomes melancholy as she misses the older days when things were better. The rest of them (except Alain) cheer her up by starting a baseball game with her.

While playing, they hear a nearby commotion in the city. They run to see Archie vandalizing the area and threatening citizens. He tied up a girl to a chain link fence since she was behind on her tax money. He told her to stay there and watch the destruction of Ecruteak city and then said he'd kill her afterwards. When he left, Ash ran up to free her. Alain told her to get to safety and the girl, whose name was Bianca, asked Ash for his name, thanked them all, and left.

This infuriated Casey, who took out her Poké Ball and sent out her Beedrill to stop Archie, despite Alain screaming at her not to do this. She commanded Beedrill to attack, but Archie caught it in mid-air. Casey ran up to him, worried, followed by Archie declaring that she broke the Tekiyoku law, since Pokémon aren't allowed to use moves. He then stabbed and killed the Beedrill, to Casey's dismay.

Alain and Ash then ran up to her and revealed themselves to Archie. Casey held up a baseball bat to threaten Archie, leading him to realize she must have fond memories of the nearby baseball field. He runs to the field with the intent of destroying it. The others tried to run after him, but they were intercepted by The Iron-Masked Marauder, who just appeared.

In Episode 16, a fight ensued between Ash and Alain against the Marauder. During this, however, Archie had poured a jerrycan around the field and lit the fuel on fire, igniting the field. The baseball field burned, making Casey cry deeply. The fight continued, with Archie joining in. Alain and Ash ended up being successful and caused the enemy to retreat.

After the fight, Alain found the Bug Plate in the taped-off Burned Tower. When this happened, a glow emerged from the tower, as three silhouettes took form inside. Before Alain could get close, the silhouettes rose in the air and disappeared. Then, Ho-Oh appeared and flew overhead in the city. After this, miraculously, Casey's Beedrill came back to life, completely healed. Alain deduced that finding the Bug Plate must be associated with Pokémon life.

Suddenly, everyone realized that Dawn was missing. After looking around for her briefly, Archie and the Marauder came back, with Dawn held hostage. They demanded the Bug Plate, saying they'd kill Dawn otherwise. Alain angrily gave up the Bug Plate to the enemy, who freed Dawn. They then left the city, with Alain too weak from the fight to go after them. Alain dismissed Casey and Lyra from the group. He then angrily yelled at Dawn for a bit, and even Ash expressed how disappointed he is at her, causing her to cry. They left the city to spend the night in Cianwood City before heading to Blackthorn City for the next Plate.

Division B
Much later in the series, in Episode 30, Division B of the Mokusetsu made it to Ecruteak City as their second destination traveling as their own division. Zoey, Barry, and Kenny arrived here to help clean up in the city from the damages caused by Archie and The Iron-Masked Marauder. They found a volunteer group led by a woman named Sayuri Priscilla, who was happy to have them help out.

While cleaning, Division B was approached by Bianca, who recognized Zoey from another news segment she filmed relatively recently with Alain. Bianca recognized Alain from the segment because he was in Ecruteak City when she was freed by Ash after almost being killed by Archie. Zoey confirmed that she was on the news and that Alain was here before. Bianca asked if Zoey knew someone named Ash. Zoey said yes, but that he's somewhere else traveling with Alain to get the Plates. This disappointed Bianca, but she stayed around to talk with them as they clean, since she's with the volunteer group as well.

In Episode 31, while still cleaning, Barry started having a flashback. He thought of 3 years ago at Sinnoh Academy. He remembered when he, Zoey, and Paul were still friends. A math exam was approaching and Barry and Zoey wanted Paul to study with them. He refused. After learning that he liked a certain ice cream bar from the grocery store, Hailey's, Barry and Zoey worked to retrieve one more for him after the store closed down yesterday. Paul was grateful for this and ended up studying with them afterwards. Back in the present, Barry smiled to himself from the flashback. Zoey saw him and then smiled to herself also.

In Episode 33, Barry, Zoey, Kenny, and Bianca started a video call with Division A. They checked on them and was introduced to the latter's new traveling companions: Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, and Lillie. Bianca was happy to finally speak to Ash again, but he didn't remember her, which saddened her. She reminded him that he untied her from a fence when he was in the city previously, and this jogged his memory. After more conversation, the call ended as Division B wished Division A luck as they go to get Hi no Tama in Paniola Town, Alola.

In Episode 36, the next day on Wednesday, August 29th, Division B did a video call from Ecruteak City with Division A, who's in Hau'oli City in Alola after successfully getting the Fire Plate in Paniola Town. Specifically, Barry started the call, pestering Alain, since the others were getting water before they started volunteering again at noon. Soon, Kenny, Zoey, and Bianca arrived to join the call. Barry expresses that he saw a recent broadcast from the Tekiyoku and saw that they updated their logo. He says he wants the Mokusetsu to have a logo. Despite Alain's initial disapproval of this, Barry proceeded to end the call to go make one. He starts another call with Division A to show the logo he only sketched in a few minutes. It earns approval from everyone.

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Trivia

 * Ecruteak City is named after "ecru", a light beige color, and "teak", a tropical hardwood tree native to south Asia.
 * Ecruteak City is based on the city of Kyoto.