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** ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'': There's a similar, tiny cave right next to Fortree City in Ruby and Sapphire called the "Scorched Slab" that only exists to house a single TM. Hatching Pokémon in it will list it as a separate birth location, à la the above cathedral. While even the tiniest bodies of water elsewhere will contain Pokémon who attack when surfing or fishing, you cannot catch ANYTHING in the relatively large body of water you enter this cave in. It was widely believed that this cave would gain significance in ''Pokémon Emerald'', but it remained as useless as ever.

*** Rumour has it that the Scorched Slab is a homage to the tale of Amaterasu, and that cave represents the one the goddess hid herself in the myth. And that would be the reason for having TM11 (Sunny Day) there.

*** The remake ''[[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' makes the Scorched Slab a larger dungeon, adds a few [[Com Mons]], and gives it a bigger purpose: There is a rock blocking the way down to the lowest level that you need Strength to move. Do so early in the game and go down and you'll find...nothing. Just a big, empty ominous cavern, suggesting it's just another example of this Trope. {{spoiler|However, if you go to the Scorched Slab after dealing with Kyogre/Groundon, you'll find Flannery down there looking for Heatran, and if you go to the bottom level then, you'll find a portal that leads to Heatran itself.}}

** A rom hack of the Generation 3 games had a similar truck, which would reference the original rumor if examined. There was also a patch of grass in ''Gold and Silver'', similar to the one near Pallet, only accessible by wallhacking; there ''were'' actually Celebi in there.

** There were many [[Urban Legend of Zelda|weird theories]] about Dark Caves and what happens if you walk through them without using Flash. As with many similar [[Image Board]] [[creepypasta]]s, they were made up from start to finish.