Secret Medicine ひでんのくすり Secret Medicine

Sprite fromPokémon Legends: Arceus

Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Key items Generation IV Key items Generation V Key items Generation VI Key items Generation VII Key items Generation VIII Key items (BDSPLA)

TheSecret Medicine (Japanese:ひでんのくすりSecret Medicine), calledSecret Potion untilPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and formatted asSecretPotion prior toGeneration VI, is aKey Item introduced inGeneration II.

Terminology

English

InGeneration II, the name of this item was rendered in all-caps like other item names: "SECRETPOTION". This fits the 12-character limit for item names in early games. The appearance of this item was unknown at the time due to the lack of item sprites.

InGeneration IV, this item name was written as "SecretPotion" due to all-caps being no longer used. The item name still included the word "Potion" even though this generation introduced the sprite for this item, revealing it to be a pouch of pills instead of a liquid substance like thePotion,Super Potion,Hyper Potion, orMax Potion.

FromGeneration VI untilPokémon Sword and Shield, this item was named "Secret Potion" (with a space). However, this is only found in the game data and not seen in normal gameplay, since this item is not obtainable in those games.

InPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, this item was renamed to "Secret Medicine".

Japanese

In Japanese, this item has been consistently named 「ひでんのくすり」 (Secret Medicine), despite the name changes in English over the generations.

This item name includes the Japanese word 「くすり」 (Medicine), which does not indicate exactly what kind of medicine is it. For comparison, this word is also used in the Japanese names of thePotion,Super Potion,Hyper Potion,Max Potion, andFull Restore, which are usually depicted as substances stored in spray bottles, as opposed to the Secret Medicine which is depicted as a pouch of pills.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Pokémon Gold, Silver,Crystal,HeartGold, and SoulSilver

The Secret Potion is given toJasmine in theOlivine Lighthouse to cure a sickAmpharos namedAmphy. Afterwards, she returns to theOlivine Gym, allowing theplayer to challenge her.

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl,Platinum,Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl

The Secret Potion^DPPt/Secret Medicine^BDSP heals the headaches of a group ofPsyduck who are blocking the way onRoute 210, allowing the player to continue through the route.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

The Secret Medicine is an item that plays a role inRequest 32: "The Headache-Stricken Psyduck". Martia of theDiamond Clan asks the player to return with a cure for the headaches ailing a group ofPsyduck blocking a house in theDiamond Settlement. Tomma of the Medical Corps gives the player the medicine to complete the request.

Description

Modern

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Acquisition

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Ash,his friends, andJanina traveled toCianwood City inMachoke, Machoke Man!, where they intended to buy the Secret Potion soSparkle the Ampharos could be healed. Janina took the medicine back toOlivine City on an Express Ferry, while Ash and friends explored theWhirl Islands before returning to the mainland.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

The Secret Potion appeared inSuffering Psyduck, where Cynthia used it to cure the Psyduck on Route 210 from their headache.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Gold received the Secret Potion fromChuck inThe Secret Of The Fighting Type Pokémon. It wasthen sent to Olivine City to heal Amphy. According to Chuck, the pharmacy that sold the medicine closed down ages ago, making his sample of it the only remaining one.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Red and his Pokémon went toCianwood City inLight Up the Lighthouse!! in order to get a Secret Potion from a pharmacy. When they went in the pharmacy, the owner gave it to them after telling them a tale. While at sea,Clefairy lost it, but took one of the pills prior to it getting lost. When Clefairy later ate the pill when their ship was approaching the unlighted Olivine Harbor, he started to glow, saving the ship from crashing.

Trivia

• This is the only item from earlier games whose sprite was introduced inPokémon Diamond and Pearl.

In other languages

See also

• List of Key Items in Generation II
• List of Key Items in Generation IV
• List of Key Items in Generation VIII

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