Red (Pokémon)
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| Red | |
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 Red, as seen in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen |
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| Japanese name | Red |
| First appearances | |
| Game | Pokémon Red and Blue |
| Anime episode | Inspiration for Ash Ketchum. |
| Pokémon Adventures chapter | Chap. 1, “A Glimpse of the Glow” |
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| Preferred Pokémon type | Pokemon Battles |
| Occupation | Former Kanto Pokémon League Champion, later retired Pokémon trainer |
Red is a name used to refer to two related, but distinct, fictional characters in the Pokémon franchise, the protagonists of the series in their respective media.
Ash Ketchum, the main character of the anime, is loosely based on Red, but is a distinct character.
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[edit] Red in the video games
The literally silent protagonist of Pokémon Red and Blue and its later remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, has several default names, one of which is "Red". Others include "Ash" and "Jack". (In Blue Version, the default names are switched: Blue is the protagonist and Red is the rival. Or in the Japanese versions, Red and Green, the hero is Green and the rival is Red, or switched, depending upon which version you play.)
His adventure begins one day when Professor Oak calls the two of them to his lab and gives them each a choice of Pokémon. Blue challenges Red to a Pokémon battle as soon as they get their Pokémon. A bit later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives them each a Pokédex, and sends them on a journey to fulfil his dream of capturing every type of Pokémon.
Red travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating Gym Leaders. His rival Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede his progress. When Red eventually reaches the Elite Four, he finds that Blue has beaten him to a milestone yet again and has become the league champion. Red defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the champion himself.
Red's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is Team Rocket, an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Red clashes with Team Rocket many times in his quest. After he successfully foils the group's plan for world domination, disbanding the organization and overthrowing its leader Giovanni, the organization is no more. Although there are a few remaining members, many who appeared and were defeated by Red on Chrono Island in Generation III, would try to band together in Johto to try and revive the group.
By the Generation II games, Red is no longer the Champion and Lance has taken his place. Red's title is simply "Pokémon Trainer" in this Generation. He trains constantly on Mt. Silver and doesn't say anything to any trainers he may come across. When Gold or Kris meets Red in Mt. Silver, Red has the strongest party of Pokémon (with static levels) an NPC opponent has ever had in the series.
Red also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 as the last trainer players face in the combined Gym Leader Castle, after the defeat of all of the others.
[edit] In the anime
Red does not usually appear in the anime, although he was the basis for the character of Ash Ketchum. Despite this, in the episode Lights, Camerupt, Action!, Ash recalls seeing a movie about Red and his Pokémon. Red's Clefairy eats a Teddiursa, causing its mother to furiously attack the Clefairy, as Ash (in the theater) laughs his head off. This has, so far, been the only appearance of Red in the anime. It is depicted of Red from a spinoff manga Pokémon Pocket Monsters which continued with Pokémon Pocket Monsters R-S on the journeys of Red, Clefairy and Pikachu.
[edit] Red in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Red is a fictional Pokémon trainer and the protagonist of the first saga. Red starts off in Pallet Town as an aspiring trainer, and gets a Bulbasaur (later evolves into Ivysaur) and a Pokédex from Professor Oak. He also has a Poliwhirl (later evolves into Poliwrath) which he has known since childhood that evolves into a Poliwrath, and uses these two Pokémon on his adventure. He later captures a mischievous Pikachu, and, after working to gain its trust, it becomes one of Red's top three Pokémon. Red wears a red jacket, black undershirt (white in G/S/C saga), a red and white cap, a black bandanna around his right knee (from the Yellow chapter onward), and blue jeans. Antagonists include his rival, Oak’s grandson Blue, who was granted Charmander; Green, another Pokémon trainer from Pallet Town, who stole a Squirtle from Professor Oak; and Team Rocket, an organization bent on world domination through Pokémon.
[edit] Red's journey in the Pokémon Adventures saga
While trying to catch a mischievous girl named Green who stole his gym badges (Blue in the original version), Red discovers information on Team Rocket: They are trying to clone the rarest Pokémon in the world, Mew, as part of a plan to create an unstoppable Pokémon called Mewtwo. Green wants to meet Mew and capture it for profit. She meets Mew when battling Team Rocket, but she can only snap a quick picture of it before it leaves. Eventually, Red is obliged to team up with Blue and Green in order to beat Team Rocket’s Elite, Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina. After that, he saves a young girl from an attacking Dratini, and helps her catch a Pokémon of her own, a Rattata. Red faces off against the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni, alone and manages to defeat him.He then goes head to head with Blue in the Pokémon League, emerges victorious, and thus attracts the attention of the Elite Four. Red does not appear often in the Yellow saga, as he has been kidnapped by the Elite Four and frozen in a block of ice. When he did finally manage to escape, rescued by Giovanni, he seeks out his allies. Yellow, the young girl he rescued two years ago, is instead the main character in this series. Even after the battle is won, Red has no idea that Yellow is actually a girl In the G/S/C saga, Red has matured quite a bit. He has also changed his black shirt into a white one, and wears his baseball cap forward now. Both Yellow and Misty seem to be interested in him romantically, making him slightly uncomfortable. Red finds out Yellow’s true gender near the end of the saga, but has been in close touch with her before then. Red’s main goal before he helps with the fight against the Mask of Ice is to find the mysterious hot springs in Mount Silver, in order to cure the numbness he still carries from the ice trap one year ago. This caused him to turn down the Viridian City Gym Leader position he was offered. In the FR/LG saga, Red teams up with Blue and Green to rescue Professor Oak, who has been kidnapped and taken to the Sevii Islands. While there, he encounters Team Rocket and the new Beast Warrior Trio, Oca, Jaguara, and Storc, as well as the evil psychic Pokémon, Deoxys. After losing disgracefully to Deoxys and Team Rocket, Mewtwo appears, and helps Red, Blue, and Green face Team Rocket and the empowered Deoxys, because Red's team of six is now critically injured,and are all on the brink of death. During the process, he temporarily trades his party Pokémon Venusaur, which is too injured to keep on fighting (since that the Pokémon Center is destroyed), for Blue’s roster Charizard, making the title of FireRed and LeafGreen (in original version). He then manages to defeat Giovanni and Deoxys once and for all,but in return was petrified by the energy blast released by the final assault against Storc and Deoxys along with Blue, Green, Yellow,and Silver.
However, all is not lost. As of now, Red and his companions stand petrified in the Battle Frontier due to being carried by sea, and the remaining Holders are struggling to defeat Guile Hideout and recapture Jirachi so they can wish for the revitalation of the teenagers.
[edit] Maturing
Over the course of the sagas, Red has gotten more mature and has changed his personality and also his clothes.
[edit] Red's Current Party Pokemon
Pika (Pikachu, Male); Level 88
Poli (Poliwrath, Male); Level 80
Charizard (Male) Level 89
Lax (Snorlax, Male); Level 89
Gyara (Gyarados, Male); Level 84
Aero (Aerodactyl, Male); Level 85
Mewtwo (Mewtwo, Male); Level ??
[edit] Appearance in other games
An unnamed male Pokémon trainer who looks exactly like Red from Generation III is a playable character in the Wii title Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is only referred to as "Pokémon Trainer", making it unclear if it's actually supposed to be him or simply modeled after him. The trainer holds a Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard which he uses to fight the other characters directly while he stands in the background issuing commands. All of the Pokémon share the same damage meter and must be changed out during the course of the battle to prevent fatigue. Their final smash is Triple Finish, a combo of the moves Solar Beam, Fire Blast and Hydro Pump. [1]
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