Sootopolis City/Manga

Sootopolis City was first mentioned in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt I, where Mr. Briney mentioned how his, Whisko, had sensed multiple earthquakes happening in Sootopolis.

After Maxie awakened and  at the Seafloor Cavern, the two Legendary Pokémon confronted each other in Sootopolis City, where they began a fierce battle with each other. In order to prevent the immense energy resulted by the battle from going out of control, and the Elite Four used the  to contain the energy in Sootopolis City. Due to the containment field created by the titans covering the city everywhere above it, the excess energy from the battle was forced downwards, causing the entire city to rise into the air. Eventually, the battle was stopped by and, bringing the city back down to its proper place.

Zinnia was taken there after Rayquaza rejected her offer to join her in order to destroy the meteoroid headed for Hoenn. Upon 's request, Zinnia agreed to work alongside the Stones, Joseph and Steven, for a solution to avert the impending apocalypse. Eventually a plan was devised, which involved the Hoenn Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Frontier Brains, as well as the Draconids,, and , all standing by at Sootopolis to launch a combined attack towards the meteoroid, while Ruby and would ride Rayquaza into space to strike the meteoroid directly. The plan was executed successfully, saving the Hoenn region from yet another disaster.