Goh's Raichu

Goh's Raichu ゴウのライチュウ Go's Raichu

Goh's Raichu

Debuts in Gotta Catch a What?! Caught at Kanto Evolves in Gotta Catch a What?! Gender Female[1] Ability Unknown Current location In rotation

→ This Pokémon spent less than 1 episode as Pikachu.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pikachu Unknown Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld As Raichu Kei Shindō Casey Mongillo

Goh's Raichu (Japanese: ゴウライチュウ Go's Raichu) is the thirtieth Pokémon that Goh obtained in the Kanto region, and his fifty-ninth overall

History

As a Pikachu

Raichu, as a Pikachu, first appeared in Gotta Catch a What?! living alongside a hoard of other Pikachu and Raichu. She discovered Goh, Ash, and Ash's Pikachu while Goh searched for a Pikachu to capture and quickly became friends with Ash's Pikachu. While bonding, Goh threw a Poké Ball at her and successfully captured her. She proceeds to shock him with Thunderbolt after being called back out.

Soon after, Pikachu discovered a Thunder Stone. She teased Ash's Pikachu by chasing him around with it before giving the stone to Goh. Right after, Team Rocket showed up and began stealing the Pikachu and Raichu, including Ash's. Goh's Pikachu volunteered to save them, and in the process touched the Thunder Stone and evolved into Raichu. With her new strength she freed her friends and joined them in blasting Team Rocket off.

Raichu and Goh

In Healing the Healer!, Goh managed to catch an injured Suicune that a group of Pokémon hunters were trying to capture. After escaping, Raichu helped collect some Berries to help Suicune recover.

In JN070, during a confrontation between Goh's Greedent and Morpeko, Raichu handed the two a large amount of Berries to calm them down. Goh took advantage of this to try to catch Morpeko, but failed. Later, Raichu was seen helping handing food to Goh's other Pokémon, including bringing some to his secluded Drizzile.

In JN073, Raichu joined Goh's Pokémon to help motivate the brass leader of Falinks when it became separated from its troops. Raichu offered everyone Berries and has them work together to act as a temporary replacement for the troops. During the attempts, Raichu used her tail to guide Goh's Cinderace into the group, who was having difficulties. Soon after, they find the missing Falinks.

Personality and characteristics

Raichu feeding the other Pokémon of Cerise Laboratory

In the daily life of the laboratory, Raichu is the Pokémon responsible for feeding the other Pokémon that live there. Raichu is a very docile and friendly Pokémon; whenever she finds some Berries or items she offers them to other people and Pokémon, most notably for Pikachu. Even when they refuse, she is insistent on offering something to them. Raichu has a special affection for Ash's Pikachu, either interacting with him while eating, or giving items specifically to him.

When Team Rocket captured the other wild Pikachu, she volunteered to evolve herself so that she could save them.

As a Pikachu, with Ash's Pikachu

Raichu's knowledge of Berries proved useful when Goh’s newly captured Suicune had been badly injured after an encounter with a gang of Pokémon Hunters.

Raichu is seen as a peacemaker, promptly resolving the conflict between Greedent and Morpeko. This is seen again later when she replenishes their food the next day, though Morpeko had already left the Laboratory. Raichu again uses this skill to help motivate a Falinks by guiding her teammates.

Moves used

Using Thunderbolt	Move First Used In Thunderbolt Gotta Catch a What?!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Artwork

Artwork for "Find the difference"

Trivia

The Thunder Stone Pikachu used to evolve

• Raichu is Goh's first Electric-type Pokémon.
• Raichu is Goh's first Pokémon to evolve by a method other than by gaining experience.
• Raichu is the first female of her species with a visible gender difference.
• Pikachu is the first main character's Pokémon to evolve via an Evolution stone since Brock's Lombre in Once in a Mawile, 741 episodes earlier.

Notes

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu and Raichu.

Goh's Pokémon
On hand:	Cinderace	Inteleon	Grookey
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
With Professor Cerise:	Caterpie	Venomoth	Butterfree	Pinsir	Beedrill	Scizor
	Taillow	Mantyke	Misdreavus	Dewgong	Greedent	Darmanitan
	Golurk	Cubone	Grimer	Farfetch'd	Magikarp (giant)	Heracross
	Raichu	Trapinch	Flygon	Pyukumuku	Aerodactyl	Boldore
	Absol	Panpour	Frogadier
Roaming the world:	Suicune
Released:	Floette	Ninetales	Cyndaquil
Traded away:	Second Pinsir
Given away:	Eternatus	Dugtrio
Status unknown:	Kingdra
Temporary:	Pikachu	Sunflora
For a detailed list of Pokémon currently owned by Goh, see here