Cerulean City/Places of interest/Burgled house

In Generations I, III, and VII, a stole the TM for  from its owner, leaving the house a mess. After defeating the Grunt, the player will receive the TM from him. The owner then says that since the TM was stolen, he'll find a way of teaching Dig to without a TM.

The house is initially inaccessible because a Cerulean (Officer Jenny in  and Generation VII) blocks the door. The officer will only move aside from the door after the player talks to Bill at his Sea Cottage on.

In Generations II and IV, the man is actively fighting against robbers so the situation that occurred to him and his wife three years prior does not happen again. When he learns about the Team Rocket Grunt who stole the Machine Part, he gets upset and claims that he won't even reconsider not reporting the Team Rocket Grunt if he turns out to be the same thief from three years ago.

A notice outside the house in Generation II and reads: