Pika

Pika ピカ Pika

File:Red Special.png Red and Pika

Debuts in Wanted: Pikachu! Caught at Pewter City Gender Male Ability Static Nature Sassy Current location With Red

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Pika (Japanese: ピカ Pika) was the fourth Pokémon shown to be obtained by Red in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

History

Red captured Pika at Pewter City, where it was causing havoc at the market, eating the shops' food. After its capture, Red identified it as coming from the Viridian Forest. Pika was initially antagonistic, but throughout their long journey together, he soon became one of Red's closest companions. At one point, he was accidentally traded to Green, who taught him a variety of non-Template:Type2 moves, including Substitute and Toxic.

In the Yellow saga, he was the only one of Red's Pokémon to escape from the Kanto Elite Four, and later joined Yellow to help search for Red. During this time he learned to manipulate the decoy created by substitute into a surfboard, which allowed him to use the move Surf.

He temporarily joined Yellow's team in the GSC saga when Red went to heal himself at Mt. Silver. Along with Yellow's Chuchu, he produced an egg at the Goldenrod Daycare Center. He was, however, later brought to Mt. Silver when he and Gold went there to train.

In the ending to the Emerald saga, it is revealed by Gold that Pika wasn't inside his Poké Ball during the Pokédex owners' petrification, but, instead, able to escape, making this the second time Pika had a near-fatal experience (the first being when he escaped the Elite Four while Red got frozen). Pika is seen wearing Red's hat and using Surf to get to the Battle Frontier to see Red get recovered, while Chuchu is seen using Fly to get to the same destination. Gold uses this sighting to attempt to convince Emerald to wish upon Jirachi for the restoration of the Pokédex owners.

Red relies heavily on Pika, and has used him against many major opponents including Giovanni and legendary Pokémon such as Mewtwo and Deoxys.

Moves used

In the games

Main article: Red's Pikachu (game)

The variation of Red that appears in Generation II has a level 81 male Pikachu, which is his highest-level Pokémon. It was the highest-leveled Pokémon owned by an NPC in the entire series, but has had that title taken away by three of the rival's Pokémon in Platinum after defeating Sinnoh's Elite Four twenty times. It also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, now at level 88, effectively regaining this title.

Trivia

• Although Pika is male, the only Pikachu in Generation IV that can legitimately know Surf are all female, coming from Yellow Forest in the Pokéwalker or Pokémon Battle Revolution. Conversely, the only Pikachu that can have Fly, like Chuchu does, are all male.

Related articles

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

• Red's Pikachu (game)
• Ash's Pikachu

Red's Pokémon
On hand:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Snor	Gyara	Aero
In storage: Nidorino  Diglett  Vee  Sandshrew  Traded away: Scyther  Charizard  Golduck  Machamp  Pidgeot  Porygon  Krabby  Given away: Mewtwo  Status unknown: Bellsprout  Fearow  Nidoqueen  Nidoking (multiple)  Victreebel (multiple)  Weepinbell (multiple)  Bellsprout (multiple)  Exeggcute (multiple)  Parasect (multiple)  Butterfree  Temporary: Blasty  Articuno  Organism No. 2  Chuchu

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.