Red's Pikachu (Pocket Monsters)

Pikachu ピカチュウ Pikachu

File:Isamu Akai Pikachu.png Pikachu

Debuts in Take Out The Rival Onix!! Caught at Pewter City Evolves in Clefairy finally evolves?! Gender Male Ability Unknown Nature Unknown Current location With Isamu

→ This Pokémon spent an unknown number of chapters as Raichu.

Pikachu is a Pokémon that belongs to Isamu Akai. He is the cousin of Clefairy and one of the only Pokémon in the manga who cannot talk, instead relying on pantomime to communicate. Pikachu is often shown as an opposite of Clefairy because he is intelligent and makes everything much better than his cousin. Because of this, Clefairy and Pikachu are sometimes shown as rivals.

Trivia

• Pikachu appeared along with Isamu and Clefairy in the anime episode Lights, Camerupt, Action!. The three characters appeared in one of Ash's favorite films.
• Pikachu and Clefairy are stated to be cousins. This is actually possible according to video game canon as Pikachu and Clefairy both belong to the Fairy egg group. However, this was not known when the manga was originally published, as Pokémon Gold and Silver had not been released yet.
• Pikachu has evolved into Raichu. However, because Pokémon can devolve in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga series, he has since devolved back to the Pikachu stage.

Related articles

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

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Red's Pokémon
On hand:	Clefairy	Pikachu	Conkeldurr
Other:	Machamp	Articuno	Tauros	Kingler	Venusaur	Rattata
	Jigglypuff	Primeape (×2)	Cubone	Dragonite	Pidgey	Arcanine
	Larvitar	Scyther	Slugma	Alakazam	Shiftry	Ditto
Befriended:	Lapras	Mew
Seen in a baseball match:	Diglett	Golem	Slowbro	Magneton	Farfetch'd	Gastly
	Onix	Chansey	Tangela	Snorlax	Jynx
Seen in a curry cooking competition:	Blastoise	Diglett	Rapidash	Onix	Scyther	Exeggutor
	Eevee	Voltorb
Status unknown:	Gastly	Haunter	Exeggcute (×2)	Miltank	Snubbull
Traded away:	Togepi
Released:	Tyrogue
Temporary:	Mew	Torchic	Treecko	Clefable	Raichu	Hitmontop
Borrowed:	Meowth	Togepi
Escaped:	Unnamed Bug