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Red レッド Red
Art from FireRed and LeafGreen
Age	11RBYFRLG 14GSCHGSS 16+B2W2
Gender	Male
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mother
Trainer class	Player character, ChampionRBYFRLG Pokémon TrainerGSCHGSSB2W2
Generation	I, II, III, IV, V
Games	Red, Green, Blue & Yellow Gold, Silver & Crystal FireRed, LeafGreen HeartGold, SoulSilver Black 2 and White 2 Pokémon Stadium, Stadium 2
Champion of	Indigo Plateau
Game animation debut	Pokémon Origins
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Junko Takeuchi
Anime counterpart	Ash Ketchum
Counterpart debut	Pokémon - I Choose You!
Manga counterpart(s)	Red, Red, Red, Red, Ash Ketchum, Satoshi, Shū

Red (Japanese: レッド Red) is the canon name of the player character in the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow and the male choice in their Generation III remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, where his female counterpart is Leaf.

Red is known throughout as the Champion from Pallet Town, as well as the living legend for his defeat of Team Rocket in Kanto during his quest. He is the final opponent in the Generation II games Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, their Generation IV remakes Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, and Pokémon Stadium 2. He's also a participant in the Pokémon World Tournament's Champions Tournament in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

In the games

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Red is introduced as a curious 11-year-old boy from Pallet Town. In the instruction manuals of Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Versions, Red gained an interest in Pokémon after his best friend, Blue, stopped playing with him and became a bully. His adventure begins one day when Professor Oak calls the two to his lab for a choice of a starter Pokémon, the last three Pokémon Oak owns. Blue challenges Red to a battle immediately, to test out his new Pokémon, thinking he will easily beat Red.

After Red has made his way to Viridian City to the north and taken a package back to Oak in Pallet Town, Oak gives Red and Blue each a Pokédex with which to record data on all known Pokémon in the Kanto region. From here, Red and Blue journey across Kanto, collecting Pokémon to build up their teams, and defeating each of the Gym Leaders in turn, with Blue always one step ahead, showing up from time to time to impede Red's progress. Red also comes across a gang of Pokémon thieves, Team Rocket, several times through his journey, defeating a group of Team Rocket Grunts who are trying to steal Fossils from Mt. Moon, a member who is running the Nugget Bridge challenge to recruit for the organization on Route 24, and another lone member who has stolen a TM from a family in Cerulean City. Eventually, Red uncovers a plot by Team Rocket, infiltrating their hideout beneath the Celadon Game Corner and encountering their boss, Giovanni. Defeating him and ousting Team Rocket from Celadon, Red uses the Silph Scope that Giovanni leaves behind to battle Ghost-type Pokémon and save Mr. Fuji in the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town, who is being held hostage by a trio of Grunts. Red soon journeys into Saffron City in the heart of Kanto to find it overrun by Team Rocket, who is attempting to take the recently-invented Master Ball from the Silph Co. President, and defeats Giovanni again, ending the group's plots for the time being.

With seven Badges in hand, Red encounters Giovanni for the final time—this time as the Leader of the Viridian Gym, his final obstacle before the Elite Four of Indigo Plateau. Red defeats him in battle, earning his eighth and final Badge—the Earth Badge—and causing Giovanni to realize that he has no chance at reviving Team Rocket if he cannot defeat Red. He disbands the organization, promising to go into solo training to better himself.

Making it through Victory Road and finally to Indigo Plateau, Red defeats the Elite Four and discovers, to his surprise, that Blue has defeated them before him and is the Champion. Red defeats Blue in the final battle, becoming the Champion himself, but then continues his training, rather than staying at Indigo Plateau. Encountering an offshoot of Team Rocket in the southern Sevii Islands, lead by Executive Archer, Red reveals with his Earth Badge that Giovanni has disbanded the organization, and, though defeated, the group there intends to revive Team Rocket and bring Giovanni back, having already made plans to force Pokémon to evolve with radio waves. Red continues as a wandering Trainer, eventually making his way to the caves of Mt. Silver, where he trains his Pokémon alone.

Eventually, Ethan, Kris, or Lyra arrives at Mt. Silver and challenges Red, identified only as a Pokémon Trainer. If defeated, Red vanishes from Mt. Silver, and returns every time the Elite Four is defeated again by the player of Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, or SoulSilver.

In Black 2 and White 2, Red enters the Champions Tournament of the Pokémon World Tournament.

Pokémon

As the player character, Red can have on his team any of the 151 Pokémon available during Generation I. In Generation III, he can have any of the 386 Pokémon available at that time, though only after the player has obtained the National Pokédex.

When he is encountered as an opponent in Generation II and Generation IV, Red has a set team, based on Generation I in-game event Pokémon, and has the highest leveled trained Pokémon yet encountered in the series, with his Pikachu at level 81 in Generation II and at level 88 in Generation IV.

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, he can be fought in the Pokémon World Tournament's Champions Tournament.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Pokémon Trainer Red Mt. Silver Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokémon Trainer and Professor Red Oak Mt. Silver Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $7700

Type: Electric Unknown Held item: None Pikachu♂ Lv.81 Charm Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Electric   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.73 Mud-Slap Ground   --       Swift Normal   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.75 Amnesia Psychic   --       Snore Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: None Venusaur♂ Lv.77 Sunny Day Fire   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.77 Flamethrower Fire   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Slash Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Blastoise♂ Lv.77 Rain Dance Water   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Whirlpool Water   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Pokémon Trainer Red Mt. Silver HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokémon Trainer and Professor Red Oak Mt. Silver HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $16800

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Light Ball Pikachu♂ Lv.88 Volt Tackle Electric Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Lapras♂ Lv.80 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Brine Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.82 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Venusaur♂ Lv.84 Frenzy Plant Grass Special   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.84 Blast Burn Fire Special   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Blastoise♂ Lv.84 Hydro Cannon Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Red uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles.

Pokémon Trainer Red Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Pokémon Trainer and Professor Red Oak Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Light Ball Pikachu♂/♀ Lv.50 Volt Tackle Electric Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Water Absorb or Shell Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Lapras♂/♀ Lv.50 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity or Thick Fat Held item: Quick Claw Snorlax♂/♀ Lv.50 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Overgrow Held item: White Herb Venusaur♂/♀ Lv.50 Leaf Storm Grass Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: Focus Sash Charizard♂/♀ Lv.50 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Choice Scarf Blastoise♂/♀ Lv.50 Water Spout Water Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Pokémon Trainer Red Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Pokémon Trainer and Professor Red Oak Gym Leader Castle Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

Type: Grass Unknown Held item: Mint Berry Meganium♀ Lv.50-100 Razor Leaf Grass   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: MiracleBerry Feraligatr♂ Lv.50-100 Surf Water   --       Slash Normal   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Bite Dark   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: Focus Band Typhlosion♂ Lv.50-100 Flamethrower Fire   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Dig Ground   --       Type: Electric Unknown Held item: King's Rock Jolteon♀ Lv.50-100 Thunder Electric   --       Bite Dark   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Types: Bug Steel Held item: Quick Claw Scizor♂ Lv.50-100 Metal Claw Steel   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Tauros♂ Lv.50-100 Headbutt Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --