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- "Hey, kid! What do you think you're doing here? You won't live long in combat! Not with your puny power! I tell you, kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war! They zapped my enemies into paralysis! The same as I'll do to you!"
- — Lt. Surge, Pokémon Red, Blue, LeafGreen and FireRed
Lt. Surge serves as the Gym Leader at Vermilion City's Gym. He holds the Thunder Badge for the trainers that can defeat him, and specializes in Electric type Pokémon.
Appearance
Personality
Biography
Games
Lt. Surge first appeared in the original Pokémon games, as the Vermilion City Gym Leader. He would later be in Pokémon Gold and Silver in the same position. Again, he appeared in the Red and Blue remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, with an updated appearance.
Manga
Anime
Lt. Surge, in the anime
Ash battled Lt. Surge, using Pikachu against Lt. Surge's Raichu, but lost. However, deepening their bond and training hard, Ash and Pikachu managed to defeat Lt. Surge in a rematch.
Origins
Sprites
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Fame Checker
-Vermilion City - sign
- What does this person do?
"Vermilion City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Lt. Surge
The Lightning American!"
-Vermilion Gym - Lt. Surge
- Favorite kind of Pokémon?
"I tell you, kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war!"
-Vermilion Gym - Gentleman Tucker
- What is this person like?
"When I was in the Army, Lt. Surge was my strict CO.
He was a hard taskmaster."
-Vermilion Gym - Gentleman Tucker
- What is this person like?
"Lt. Surge was always famous for his cautious nature in the Army."
-Vermilion Gym - Sailor Dwayne
- What is this person like?
"Lt. Surge installed the traps in the Gym himself.
He set up double locks everywhere."
-Vermilion City - Pokémon Journal
- There’s a rumor...
"Lt. Surge is rumored to have been a pilot while home in America.
He used the electricity generated by Pokémon to power his plane."
-Message from Lt. Surge
From: Lt. Surge
To: [Player]
"Hey kid!
You electrified me in our battle!
I didn’t know that there were gutsy trainers like you.
It made me change my mind about you!"
Pokémon
Games
Red, Green, and Blue
| File:RB 100 front.png Voltorb 
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 Pikachu
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 Raichu
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| Lv. 21 | - | Lv. 18 | ♂ | Lv. 24 | ♂
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| Ability: Unknown | Ability: Unknown | Ability: Unknown
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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| - | Thundershock | Thunderbolt | |||||
| - | Thunder Wave | Thundershock | |||||
| - | Growl | Thunder Wave | |||||
| - | Quick Attack | Growl | |||||
Yellow
 Raichu
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| Lv. 28 | ♂
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| Ability: Unknown
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| Item: None
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Gold, Silver, and Crystal
 Electabuzz
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 Electrode
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Electrode
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 Magneton 
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 Raichu
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| Lv. 44 | ♂ | Lv. 40 | - | Lv. 40 | - | Lv. 40 | - | Lv. 46 | ♂ |
| Ability: Unknown | Ability: Unknown | Ability: Unknown | Ability: Unknown | Ability: Unknown | |||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | |||||
| - | Screech | Explosion | Zap Cannon | ThunderPunch | |||||
| - | Double Team | Swift | Lock-On | Thunder | |||||
| - | Swift | Double Team | Double Team | Light Screen | |||||
| - | Explosion | Screech | Swift | Quick Attack | |||||
FireRed and LeafGreen
| File:FRLG 100 front.png Voltorb
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 Pikachu
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 Raichu
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| Lv. 21 | - | Lv. 18 | ♂ | Lv. 24 | ♂
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| Ability: Soundproof | Ability: Static | Ability: Static
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| Item: None | Item: None | Item: None
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| - | Shock Wave | Shock Wave | |||||
| - | Thunder Wave | Quick Attack | |||||
| - | Double Team | Thunder Wave | |||||
| - | Quick Attack | Double Team | |||||
HeartGold and SoulSilver
 Electrode
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Electrode
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 Electabuzz
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 Magneton
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 Raichu
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| Lv. 47 | - | Lv. 47 | - | Lv. 53 | ♂ | Lv. 47 | - | Lv. 51 | ♂ |
| Ability: Static | Ability: Soundproof | Ability: Static | Ability: Sturdy | Ability: Static | |||||
| Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | Item: None | Item: None | |||||
| - | Charge Beam | Shock Wave | Shock Wave | Shock Wave | |||||
| - | Double Team | Low Kick | Double Team | Double Team | |||||
| - | Screech | Light Screen | Supersonic | Thunder Wave | |||||
| - | Self-Destruct | Quick Attack | Mirror Shot | Quick Attack | |||||
Raichu
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 Manectric
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 Magnezone
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Electrode
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 Pachirisu
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 Electivire
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| Lv. 60 | ♂ | Lv. 52 | ♂ | Lv. 52 | - | Lv. 52 | - | Lv. 58 | ♂ | Lv. 56 | ♂ |
| Ability: Static | Ability: Static | Ability: Magnet Pull | Ability: Static | Ability: Pickup | Ability: Motor Drive | ||||||
| Item: None | Item: Pinap Berry | Item: None | Item: None | Item: None | Item: Sitrus Berry | ||||||
| - | Natural Gift | Thunderbolt | Thunder Wave | Quick Attack | Thunderbolt | ||||||
| - | Discharge | Magnet Rise | Double Team | Sweet Kiss | Ice Punch | ||||||
| - | Thunder Wave | Double Team | Thunderbolt | Super Fang | Cross Chop | ||||||
| - | Overheat | Mirror Shot | Explosion | Discharge | Earthquake | ||||||
Stadium
Stadium 2
Trivia
- Lt. Surge's name is a play on the word "surge", as in an electrical surge, since he is an Electric-type trainer.
- There are several references to Lt. Surge being in the military in the video games (possibly the American army or Air Force). It is said he was Gentleman Tucker's commanding officer in the army during an unspecified war, where his life was saved by Electric-type Pokémon. There is also a rumor that he was a pilot, while in America, who used Electric-type Pokémon to power his plane.
- Lt. Surge's Pokémon are slightly higher leveled in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver than in the Generation II games.
- Lt. Surge seems to be proof that the Pokémon series started out in a setting similar to the real world. Seeing as the Kanto region in Pokémon Red and Blue is named and modeled after an actual Japanese prefecture, he too is from a real world location: the United States of America. Unova is based on an area in the United States of America. A man in black who is found in the Pokémon World Tournament wonders if Lt. Surge was originally from Unova.
- Lt. Surge shares many similarities to the Street Fighter character Guile due to the fact that they are both muscular blonde Americans who were part of the military. Also Lt. Surge's attire in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is incredibly similar in appearance to Guile's main attire in the series.
- In the anime and in Pokémon Yellow his Raichu can use Mega Kick, which Raichu cannot learn.
- Lt. Surge is the only Gym Leader to have only one Pokémon (in Pokémon Yellow).
- In the manga, he is one of the 3 Team Rocket execute gym leaders (others 2 are Koga and Sabrina).
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