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Red is the main protagonist in the four part anime special called Pokémon Origins, based off of the Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, FireRed, and LeafGreen games.
Bio
The Pokédex
It starts off with Red and Blue, his rival, going to Professor Oak's lab to receive a PokéDex, PokéBalls, and their first starter Pokémon. Blue lets Red choose first. Red chooses a Charmander because it is a fire type like he is named after. Blue chooses Squirtle. Oak ask them to fill the Pokédex with the 149 known Pokémon and they excitingly take the challenge. Red sees a Pidgey but fails to capture it and finds out that in order to fill the Pokédex he must capture all 149 Pokemon. He then sees and captures his first Pokémon, Rattata. Soon he captures Spearow, Caterpie, and Pidgey. While fighting a trainer, who has a Nidoran♀, he attempts to capture that as well but finds out that he can only capture wild Pokemon and the trainer tells him where he caught that Pokémon. While walking towards that area he finds Blue again and they battle 1 on 1. Blue wins the battle. Afterwards he is confronted by Brock who tells him that Pokemon and their trainers need to grow stronger together and tells him to begin challenge the Gym Leaders.
Gym Leaders
Red heals his Pokémon head to Pewter City and challenges the leader, who appears to be Brock. Brock only uses two of his Pokémon, Geodude and Onix while Red uses 5 of his Pokemon, Charmander, Spearow, Rattata, Metapod, and Nidoran♂. Red ends up winning and receives his first Gym badge. Red bought a "rare" Magikarp from a salesman for $500. He then went through Mt. Moon and got the Helix Fossil and also beat the Team Rocket members there and another at Cerulean City. He was able to take down Misty and Lt. Surge and win his 2nd and 3rd badge. Sometime during this his Charmander evolved into a Charmeleon. He received the TM Dig, the HM Cut, a bike, and an Old Rod during his travels. He had captured 42 Pokemon at this time.
Lavender Town
After traveling through the Rock Tunnel, he had reached Lavender Town. While he was healing up his Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, he overheard stories about ghost in Pokémon Tower. Before heading there, he stops by the Pokémon House as the Nurse requested. He saw many of the abandon Pokemon, including a Cubone, who's mother got killed by Team Rocket and was rescued by Mr. Fuji, the owner of the Pokémon house. Red finds out that Mr. Fuji had gone missing after going into Pokemon Tower and decided to go looking for him. Blue overhears this and decides to go too. Red takes on the ghost with Charmeleon but cannot defeat it. Blue comes and gives Red the Silph Scope, which reveals that the Ghost is Cubone's Mother. Cubone then comes and hugs it's mother, who disappears after, seeing that her son is alright. Red then uses Jolteon to defeat Team Rocket and save Mr. Fuji. Mr. Fuji then gives Red a Pokéflute and a box of unknown gems. Red then sets out to head for the next town on his adventure.
Giovanni
Red and Charmeleon defeated Erika's Vileplume and won the Rainbow Badge. He found a secret Team Rocket base in the same city and infiltrated it. He battled Team Rocket, released all the Pokémon there, and met the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni. He later found a sleeping Snorlax, woke it up, and battled and captured it. He received the Good Rod from the brother of the guy that gave him the Old Rod and used it to capture a Psyduck. Red defeated the ninja Gym Leader Koga and got a 5th Gym Badge. After countless battles, his Charmeleon evolved into Charizard. Red had captured 65 Pokémon at this time. Red and Blue found a woman and helped her escape from Team Rocket. She told them about the Master Ball project and that Team Rocket was using Pokémon as test subjects to experiment on. Red ordered Blue to tell the police while he would storm Silph Co. and free the Pokémon. He again met Giovanni, who battled his Nidoqueen against Red's Charizard and won. Giovanni and the rest of Team Rocket escaped.
The Ultimate Gym Leader
After Saffron City, Red challenged Sabrina and defeated her Alakazam with Haunter. A scientist he freed thanked him and gave Red his Lapras. He beat the Karate Master and won his Hitmonlee. He and Lapras traveled to Cinnabar Island. While there, Red went to Pokémon mansion and read about Mew and Mewtwo. He then battled and defeated Blaine. After hearing that the Viridian City Gym leader returned, the strongest of all the Gym leaders, Red decided to challenge him. He arrived just as Blue finished battling and beating the Gym leader. Red challenged the leader and found out that it was Giovanni. Red declared that he no longer wanted a Gym battle but wanted to fight him for all the things he had done to Pokemon worldwide. Giovanni then grabbed two special Pokeballs and accepted the battle. He used Rhyhorn and defeated Red's Victreebel, Kabutops, Snorlax, and Jolteon. Hitmonlee was able to take Rhyhorn down but it also brought him down as well. Giovanni used Rhydon and Red used Charizard as their last Pokémon. Charizard, despite the type advantage, was able to defeat Rhydon. Giovanni offered Red the badge but Red refused to take anything from the Rocket leader, so Giovanni dismembered Team Rocket so that Red would accept the badge.
The Pokemon League
After making it through Victory Road, Red was able to battle the Elite Four. He used Jolteon, Scyther, Dodrio, Lapras, Persian and Charizard to take them down. Lance was about to announce him Champion but revealed that there was one more he had to fight, Blue, that also deafeated Lance becoming the Champion. Blue sends out Pidgeot first while Red uses Jolteon. Jolteon defeats Pidgeot. Red's Scyther battles Blue's Alakazam and they both get defeated. Blue's Rhyhorn is defeated by Red's Lapras, who is defeated by Arcanine. Red's Dodrio gets defeated by Blue's Exeggutor, but later is defeated by Persian. Jolteon is defeated by Blastoise and Red is down to one Pokemon left, Charizard. Charizard and Blastoise battle it out until the end, in which Charizard wins. Oak then comes and puts Red and his Pokemon in the Hall of Fame.
Mew
Red continues to complete the Pokédex. He captures the Legendary Birds Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres, and once he captured all 149 Pokemon, Blue is majorly injured by an unknown Pokemon and Red sets out to capture it. The Pokemon is revealed to be Mewtwo. Mewtwo defeats all (included the legendary Bird Articuno) but one of Red's Pokemon, Charizard. Charizard and Red are thrown into the water but then the gems Mr. Fuji gave Red made Charizard Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X. Red then used Mega Charizard X to defeat and capture Mewtwo, now having 150 Pokemon captured. He later realizes that Mew was the "father" of Mewtwo so Red then set off to go find Mew, the 151st Pokemon.
Pokémon
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Being Red's first Pokemon, it is his strongest. As a Charmander, he defeated Onix and Starmie despite the type disadvantage. Charmander later evolved into Charmeleon and eventually Charizard. Charizard was eventually defeated by Giovanni with his Nidoqueen. The defeat made Red train his Pokemon harder. Charizard eventually defeated Giovanni's Rhydon, proving stronger than before. Charizard even defeated Blue's Blastoise, Moltres, and Mewtwo. | ||
Charmander -> Charmeleon -> Charizard -> Mega Charizard ♂ |
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After failing to capture a Pidgey, Red battled and captured Rattata, his first Pokemon he captured. Rattata's speed came in handy when he battled Onix, although it was easily defeated. It is unknown what has become of Rattata but it may be possible that it evolved into Raticate, although this is unconfirmed. | ||
Rattata->Raticate? |
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Spearow was Red's second Pokemon captured. Spearow's flying speed came in handy when battling Brock, but it was also easily defeated. It is unknown what has become of Spearow but it is likely that it never evolved due to Red trying to catch a Fearow later on. | ||
Spearow |
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After catching Spearow, Red went to capture Caterpie. Although unconfirmed, it is likely that Caterpie evolved into Metapod because wild Metapod only know Harden while Red's Metapod used Tackle and String shot. It is unknown what has become of Metapod but it is likely that it evolved into Butterfree, although this is unconfirmed. | ||
Caterpie->Metapod->Butterfree? |
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Despite failing to capture his first Pidgey, Red later encountered another and captured it. Although it was never used against Brock, it is likely that it evolved into Pidgeotto and later Pidgeot, although this is unconfirmed. | ||
Pidgey->Pidgeotto?->Pidgeot? |
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It is presumed after the trainer showed where to catch his Nidoran, Red captured this one, although it was the male version. Nidoran♂ assisted Red in defeating Brock's Geodude and weakening his Onix with Double Kick. It is unknown what has become of Nidoran♂, but it is possible that Red evolved it into Nidorino and later Nidoking, however this is unconfirmed. | ||
Nidoran♂->Nidorino?->Nidoking? ♂ |
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Red bought this Magikarp for $500 because the salesman said it was rare and powerful, despite being one of the weakest Pokemon. It is, however, possible that Red evolved Magikarp into Gyarados, although this has not yet been confirmed. | ||
Magikarp->Gyarados |
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Red first used Jolteon, nicknamed Thunders, against Team Rocket and later used it against Giovanni's Rhyhorn, only to be easily defeated. Thunders has a powerfun Thunderbolt and Quick Attack. | ||
Eevee?->Jolteon |
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After obtaining the Good Rod, Red hooked a Psyduck and presumed to have captured it. It is unconfirmed, although possible, that Psyduck evolved into Golduck. | ||
Psyduck->Golduck? |
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While freeing the Pokemon and scientist from Team Rocket, one person gave Red a Lapras. Since then, Red has used Lapras to travel to Cinnabar Island, defeated Lance in the Pokemon league, and capture a Tentacool. | ||
Lapras |
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Red used a Haunter to defeat Sabrina's Alakazam. It is presumed to have evolved into the Gengar that went up against, and defeated by, Mewtwo. | ||
Gastly?->Haunter->Gengar |
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It is unknown how Red got Victreebel, however it is likely he caught either Bellsprout or Weepinbell and evolved it. Victreebel battled Giovanni's Rhyhorn and lost despite the type advantage. | ||
Bellsprout?->Weepinbell?->Victreebel |
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While traveling through Mt. Moon, Red encountered a scientist that refused to share his fossils. After battling him, Red received one of the fossils. While at Cinnabar Island, Red turned the fossil into a Kabuto, which later evolved into Kabutops. Kabutops was used against Giovanni's Rhyhorn, only to be defeated despite it's powerful moves, such as Hydropump and Slash. | ||
Kabuto->Kabutops |
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Red used a PokeFlute to wake up a sleeping Snorlax but then it attacked Red, who defeated and captured it. Red later used it against Giovanni's Rhyhorn with Hyperbeam, only to be easily defeated. | ||
Snorlax |
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Red got Hitmonlee after winning a fight against the dojo master and used Hitmonlee against Giovanni's Rhyhorn and defeated it, although it got knocked out too. | ||
Hitmonlee |
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Red used Scyther against Bruno's Onix and Blue's Alakazam during the Pokemon League. It is believed to be one of his most powerful Pokemon because of this. | ||
Scyther |
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Dodrio was one of Red's most powerful Pokemon, as he used it in the Elite Four against Agatha's Gengar. | ||
Doduo?->Dodrio |
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Not much is known about Red's Persain but it is known to be one of Red's most powerful Pokemon, as he used it in the Pokemon League. Persian is later seen battling a Fearow. | ||
Meowth?->Persian |
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After beating the Pokemon League, Red continued looking for Pokemon to fill his PokeDex. He encountered Fearow and used Persian. Although it is unknown if he caught him, it can be assumed that he did. | ||
Fearow |
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After beating the Pokemon League, Red continued looking for Pokemon to fill his PokeDex. He encountered Arbok and captured it with a Great ball. | ||
Arbok |
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After beating the Pokemon League, Red continued looking for Pokemon to fill his PokeDex. He encountered Tentacool while surfing with Lapras. He was able to defeat and catch it. It may be possible that he evolved Tentacool but this is unconfirmed. | ||
Tentacool->Tentacruel? |
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After beating the Pokemon League, Red continued looking for Pokemon to fill his PokeDex. He encountered Pikachu while traveling in the Viridian forest. Red was excited to see one and quickly caught it. It is unknown if Red decided to evolve Pikachu but it is unlikely as the show is based off the game, in which Pikachu never evolved. | ||
Pikachu->Raichu? |
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After beating the Pokemon League, Red continued looking for Pokemon to fill his PokeDex. He encountered Chansey while in the safari Zone. He was deciding to use either bait or Rock when the Chansey began to leave, to which Red followed and captured Chansey. | ||
Chansey |
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How Red got Rapidash is unknown but it is possible he captured Ponyta and evolved it. He used Rapidash to defeat and capture the legendary Pokemon Articuno. | ||
Ponyta?->Rapidash |
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Red obtained Tauros (most likely from the Safari Zone) and used it against Zapdos. | ||
Tauros |
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On his journey to complete the Pokedex, Red ran into the legendary bird, Articuno. Red used Rapidash to capture him in an Ultra Ball. Articuno was later used against the powerful Mewtwo. However, even a legendary Pokemon could not defeat him. | ||
Articuno |
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On his journey to complete the Pokedex, Red ran into the legendary bird, Zapdos. He used Tauros to battle and capture the legendary bird. | ||
Zapdos |
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On his journey to complete the Pokedex, Red ran into the legendary bird, Moltres. Moltres and Charizard got into a heated battle that ended in Charizard winning. | ||
Moltres |
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Red captured a Slowpoke. His Data was used to see if Blue had seen it attack him, although it was the much more powerful Mewtwo. | ||
Slowpoke |
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Red captured a Slowbro. His Data was used to see if Blue had seen it attack him, although it was the much more powerful Mewtwo. | ||
Slowbro |
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Red captured a Drowzee. His Data was used to see if Blue had seen it attack him, although it was the much more powerful Mewtwo. | ||
Drowzee |
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Red captured a Hypno. His Data was used to see if Blue had seen it attack him, although it was the much more powerful Mewtwo. | ||
Hypno |
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Red captured a Exeggute. His Data was used to see if Blue had seen it attack him, although it was the much more powerful Mewtwo. | ||
Exeggcute |
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Red captured a Exeggutor. His Data was used to see if Blue had seen it attack him, although it was the much more powerful Mewtwo. | ||
Exeggutor |
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After Blue came home from being broken, Red and Oak used his completed Pokedex to try to identify it. When none of the 149 Pokemon looked like it, they deemed it as a new species of Pokemon. Red remembered a book, Dr. Fuji's diary, about them creating a new Pokemon, the son of Mew, Mewtwo. Red then took his strongest Pokemon there (Gengar, Lapras, Articuno, Charizard, and two others, most likely Zapdos and Moltres) to Cerulean Cave. Despite type advantages and legendaries, no Pokemon could defeat it until Red's Charizard mega evolved and took down Mewtwo. Mewtwo was then captured with an Ultra Ball. | ||
Mewtwo ♂ |
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Red had captured all 150 Pokemon, including many that were not stated above. He has not captured Mew but is currently seeking him. | ||
All 150 original Pokemon |
Trivia
- Red caught most Pokémon than any other person seen in anime.