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Red Gyarados あかいギャラドス Red Gyarados

File:Red Gyarados.png The Red Gyarados in the anime

Debuts in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution Caught at Lake of Rage Evolves in Prior to Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Lance (anime) With Silver (Pokémon Adventures manga)

→ This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Magikarp.

Voice actor Japanese English As Magikarp Not shown As Gyarados Unshō Ishizuka

Red Gyarados (Japanese: あかいギャラドス Red Gyarados) is a term used to refer to a Gyarados that is Template:Shiny2, which is red rather than its usual blue. According to the anime, this is due to the forced evolution; the Magikarp it evolves from retains its red color, having no time to change its scale color to blue. Unlike other shiny Pokémon, the red Gyarados's existence is canon in that it is encountered as part of an event in the Generation II games and their remakes.

In the games

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, the red Gyarados is found in the Lake of Rage. The player has one chance to catch it and the incident triggers the battle against Team Rocket in the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town. When captured or defeated, the red Gyarados drops a Red Scale. While this is the only chance to catch the Red Gyarados in the original games, it will respawn in the remakes after the player defeats Lance and the Elite Four, should the player fail to capture it.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, in the Rocket Warehouse located on Chrono Island, one of the computers displays information about induced evolution using electromagnetic waves, hinting at what occurs to other Gyarados in Generation II's Lake of Rage. This is only an indirect reference to the red Gyarados, since the two events are supposedly independent of each other, despite taking place at the same location and time.

Sightings of a red Gyarados were national news. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl begins with a news report broadcast in Twinleaf Town of Sinnoh, according to which the red Gyarados had eluded detection by a research crew; it is unknown to which point in time this corresponds in the Johto-based games. The player accompanies his/her best friend to Lake Verity in hopes of seeing a similar Pokémon.

While the easiest and most common way to obtain a red Gyarados is at the Lake of Rage in Generations II or IV, any Template:Shiny2 Gyarados will be red, no matter how it is encountered, through evolution of a gold Magikarp or by encountering it with the normal 1/8192 odds. This is the only possible way to get a red Gyarados outside of the Johto-based games without trading.

Starting moves and sprites

Types: Water Flying Held item: None Gyarados Lv.30 Thrash Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Leer Normal   --

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados Lv.30 Bite Dark Physical   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Twister Dragon Special   --

Game	Gold	Silver	Crystal	HeartGold	SoulSilver
Sprite			File:Spr 2c 130 s.gif

In the anime

The red Gyarados was first seen in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage of Innocence. Its voice actor in both Japanese and English is Unshō Ishizuka. It was the result of a Team Rocket plot to induce evolution. The process was successful, but as the evolution was forced, it kept the red coloration it had as a Magikarp. It went on a rampage down a river towards Mahogany Town, but Lance eventually captured and calmed it.

It returned, along with its trainer, Lance, to help out Brock, May and Max during the fight between Groudon and Kyogre in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends.

Lance's Gyarados appeared in Marina's scrapbook and fantasy, along with its Trainer and his Dragonite. However, instead of red, the color of the Pokémon in The Legend of Thunder! was the regular blue. This may have been because the original airing of Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution in Japan was after The Legend of Thunder! already had aired. This may also mean that Lance also possesses another, normally-colored Gyarados.

Moves used

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, the red Gyarados was the leader of a group of Gyarados. When Team Rocket used the Goldenrod City Radio Tower to disturb Pokémon, these Gyarados went crazy. At the end it was caught by Silver. After a battle with the Masked Man, this Gyarados was frozen and remained at the bottom of Lake of Rage until Lt. Surge discovered it. Gyarados was able to free himself and Lt. Surge returned it to Silver.

Moves used

In the TCG

The red Gyarados serves as the basis for the Shining Gyarados card in the Neo Revelation expansion, the Gyarados δ card in the EX Holon Phantoms expansion and the Gyarados card from the L-P Promotional cards.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp and Gyarados.

Lance's Pokémon
On hand:	Dragonite	Gyarados	Hydreigon
Adventures only:	Dragonair (×4)	Aerodactyl	Tyranitar	Horsea	Lugia
Jō's Big Adventure only:	Charizard

Silver's Pokémon
On hand:	Weavile	Kingdra	Honchkrow	Feraligatr	Gyarados
With Giovanni:	Ursaring
Traded:	Polibo	Unknown
Returned:	Snubbull	Tyranitar	Rhyperior
Temporary:	Gyarados (multiple)	Entei