TheLost Hotel (Japanese:荒れ果てホテルDesolate Hotel) is a former hotel in northernKalos.
The legendaryRoller Skater "Twirling Whirlwind" (also "the Dancing Whirlwind"; Japanese: 踊るつむじ風Dancing Whirlwind, also ダンシングトルネードDancing Tornado) can be found here. He is only accessible once the player knows the first fourroller-skating tricks, and he will teach theplayer the fifth and final trick.
On the east side of the room north of the south hall
In the far southwestern corner
If one of these trash cans is shaking, a Pokémon or an item can be found inside it.
The trash can west of thePunk Couple will contain a Pokémon or item every day, while the remaining four trash cans may only contain a Pokémon or item once a week, onTuesdays. On Tuesdays, only three of those four trash cans will shake, while the last will remain empty. Both types of trash cans also contain different Pokémon and items (meaning, even on Tuesdays, the daily trash can will contain the same types of Pokémon and items as it does every other day).
Once a Pokémon or item has been found in a trash can, that trash can will not shake again for the rest of the day. Exactly what will be in a trash can is not set until it is opened, sosoft resetting may yield a different item or Pokémon each time.
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.
Ash andhis friends arrived at the Lost Hotel inRotom's Wish!, deciding to stay over for a night because of a rainstorm. Upon entering, they saw that the hotel was in a dilapidated state. They soon found out that the hotel had its own battlefield and decided to check it out. They quickly found the battlefield, where they saw the hotel's owner,Mantle, defeating a Trainer and hisPangoro in a battle with hisKrookodile.
After the battle was over, Ash and his friends were shocked to learn that Mantle was forcing the Trainers who lost to him to hand him their Pokémon. Ash tried to protest to this, only to be almost forced into a battle where the ownership of hisPikachu would've been at stake. Luckily, the group managed to escape, thanks to the distraction caused by aRotom. In a storage room, Rotom entered a TV and showed the group that ten years earlier, during the hotel's opening day, the original owner of the place,Weston, had been challenged to a battle for the hotel's ownership by Mantle. Weston's Rotom had been scared by Mantle's Krookodile and escaped, leading to Mantle declaring himself winner by default. Weston was downgraded to a mere concierge, with Rotom hiding from him out of shame.
Ash and his friends understood that something needed to be done to fix things, butClemont protested that they would need atime machine for that. Hearing this, Rotom led the group into an elevator, transforming it into a time machine and sending the group ten years back in time. Just when Mantle was about to declare himself winner by default, Ash and his friends protested and demanded a five-minute timeout to get Rotom back. After reuniting Weston with Rotom, the group came up with a plan to give Rotom a chance to beat Krookodile. Using the various devices in the storage room, Rotom was able toForm Change into its Wash, Frost, and Mow Rotom forms, using the super effectiveHydro Pump,Blizzard, andLeaf Storm attacks to defeat the Intimidation Pokémon. When Mantle and his thugs tried to use force to get their way, Pikachu and Rotom usedThunderbolt on them and put them into submission.
Having secured the hotel's future with Weston as its owner, the group was returned to the present. There they discovered that the hotel was now in much better shape, with Mantle and his thugs now working for the hotel. In the hotel's ten-year anniversary party, the group overheard Weston thanking his nameless heroes from ten years before for saving the hotel. To their utter surprise, the group discovered a photo of themselves with Weston ten years earlier in the entrance hall, proving that they indeed had just traveled back in time.
The Lost Hotel first appeared inPinsir Glares, whereX,Y, and their friends went there to rest and hide after foilingTeam Flare's plan to kill everyone in theKalos region with theultimate weapon. They also encounteredSiebold, who cooked a meal for the group. Soon after, Y hadShauna cut her hair, andGurkinn gave her aMega Ring.
InHawlucha Attacks,Blue visited the Lost Hotel to inform Gurkinn,Diantha, andRamos about X and Y's group having left to meet up withProfessor Sycamore inAnistar City, conveying them Y's apology about their unannounced departure and assuring them that they would be safe, as he had told hisCharizard andRhyperior to escort them to their destination.
