Ratty

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Ratty ラッちゃん Ratchan

Debuts in Drat That Dratini! Caught at Viridian Forest Evolves in Can’t Catch Caterpie? Gender Male Ability Unknown Nature Hardy Current location With Yellow

→ This Pokémon spent 17 chapters as Rattata.

Ratty (Japanese: ラッちゃん Ratchan) is the very first Pokémon that Yellow caught in the Pokémon Adventures manga, and the only one she didn’t release until Kitty.

History

One day, the young Yellow wandered alone into the Viridian Forest. Red happened across her as she was being attacked by a rampaging Dratini, Red saved her, and then noticed she had no Pokémon. He loaned her Pika, and under his instruction, she battled two wild Rattata, catching the second.

Remembering Red’s words, Yellow raised Ratty with a kind and gentle heart, and he became her first deeply trusted Pokémon friend. He used aided her and Bill in escaping from the Elite Four member Lorelei, and helped finish off the Super Nerd who attempted to take away Pika in Celadon City.

While they trained with Blue, Ratty evolved into a Raticate, much to Yellow’s shock and initial dismay. She had not known about Pokémon evolution (or very much about Pokémon at all, aside from her fondness for and empathy with them) prior to this training. By morning, she had recovered from the trauma and declared that “it doesn’t matter what it looks like! Ratty is Ratty!”, and it would not bother her anymore. Nevertheless, the experience influenced her and after learning about the evolution cancel feature of the Pokédex, she kept the rest of her team unevolved until she lost it.

Shortly after evolving, Ratty gnawed the sinking S.S. Anne in two to help Yellow defeat Ken, Al, and Harry. He remained with her throughout her quest to find the missing Red and defeat the Elite Four, fighting with her against Lance in the final battle on the Legendary Pokémon’s back high above Cerise Island.

She still carries him with her and he was at level 25 as of the end of her adventure in Johto.

Moves used

Using	Move	First Used In
	Hyper Fang	Raging Rattata
	An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
	Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

Trivia

• In both English and Japanese, his nicknames are diminutive terms of endearment for “rat”.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Rattata and Raticate.

Yellow's Pokémon
On hand:	Ratty	Dody	Gravvy	Omny	Kitty	Chuchu
Released:	Seadra
Borrowed:	Pika	Slowpoke	Mewtwo