First partner Pokémon

Starter Pokemon, or Starters are the first Pokemon that a trainer gets to keep. In each generation of Pokémon games, a set of starter Pokémon are available for new trainers to choose from, usually in sets of three; the types that make up these sets are Fire, Grass, and Water. Pokémon Yellow is the sole exception to date, with Pikachu as the only starter.

Kanto starter Pokémon

Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle

Yellow Version

Pikachu player only	Eevee rival only
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Johto starter Pokémon

Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile
File:Chikorita.png	File:Cyndaquil.png	File:Totodile(III).png

Hoenn starter Pokémon

Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip
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Sinnoh starter Pokémon

Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup
File:387Turtwig O.png	File:390Chimchar O.png	File:393Piplup O.png

Unova starter Pokémon

Snivy	Tepig	Oshawott
File:Tsutaaja.png	File:Pokabu.png	File:Mijumaru.png

Trivia

• With the exception of Pikachu and Eevee, all Starter Pokemon are the same types: Grass , Fire, and Water.
• All Grass type starters possess reptile like attributes and each have a type of plant on their bodies which grows bigger through evolution.
• With the exception of Piplup and Oshawott, all Water type starters are based on cold-blooded animals.
• Most Fire type starters have an open flame on their body, except for Torchic and Tepig, which only have flames on their final evolutions.
• Most Fire type starters' final evolutions consist of two types. the only exception is Typhlosion.
• Ash caught all the Grass type starters.
• Ash caught and evolved all Fire type starters except Torchic.
• All the starter Pokémon have a common color on their bodies. Fire starters have red, Water starters have blue, and Grass starters have green.
• Bulbasaur is the only 1st stage of a starter to have 2 types.
• Ash has captured all three starters from Kanto and Johto. This trend was temporarily broken in Hoenn when he only captured Treecko, while May has Torchic and Brock has Mudkip. In Sinnoh Ash captured Turtwig and caught Chimchar after Paul released it, while Dawn started with Piplup. In Unova, Ash's starter catching trend has returned seeing as how in the first recent episodes he has captured the new starters, Oshawott in 003, Tepig in 004 and Snivy in 007.
• Ash has captured all known Starter Pokemon, with the exceptions of Eevee, Torchic, Mudkip and Piplup.
• Oshawott is the only unova starter that does not have 5 letters in its name.