Raichu
ライチュウ Raichu
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Artwork from FR/LG
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Raichu (Japanese: ライチュウ Raichu) is an Electric-type Pokémon.
It evolves from Pikachu by Thunderstone. It is the final form of Pichu.
Biology
Physiology
Raichu is a rather small bipedal rodent. It's able to run faster on all fours. Like Pikachu, from which it evolves, Raichu has long ears and feet, and stubby arms. Also like Pikachu, Raichu has two horizontal brown stripes on its back. Its long, thin tail has a broad, lightning bolt-shaped end.
Raichu is yellow-brownish in color, with a white belly. Its arms are halfway brown, as well as its feet. The soles of its feet are tan colored. Its bifurcated ears are brown on the outsides and yellow on the insides, and end in a distinctive curl at their bottom-most point. Its cheek sacs are yellow.
Gender differences
A female Raichu has a smaller, blunted lightning bolt at the end of its tail.
Special abilities
Although quite small in comparison to many other Pokémon, Raichu is capable of storing over 100,000 volts of electricity in its body. If Raichu’s electricity sacs are fully charged, its ears will stand straight up. Raichu exudes a weak electrical charge from all over its body that makes it take slight glow in the dark.
Raichu, and its evolution family, Pichu and Pikachu, are the only known Pokémon that can learn Volt Tackle.
Behavior
Raichu is much more aggressive than Pikachu, especially if it has stored too much electricity in its body. It needs to discharge this electricity through its tail into the ground, leading to scorched patches of earth near its nest. However, Raichu can sometimes be timid Pokémon, using Dig to hide or zapping people from fear.
It will constantly electrocute objects, people, and Pokémon until its electricity level is back to normal. When searching for electricity, Raichu will raise its tail to gather electricity from the atmosphere or plant its tail in the ground.
Habitat
Raichu are found in forests and vibrant woodlands.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Much like Pikachu, it's likely that it feeds on nuts, seeds and berries.
In the anime
Major appearances
Raichu was one of the four Pokémon causing trouble for Pikachu and co. in Pikachu's Vacation, along with Marill, Snubbull and Cubone.
Raichu also made a cameo in The Legend of Thunder!. It was one of the Electric Pokémon that were lured by the "Miracle Crystal" that Attila and Hun were using. Raichu tried to be the hero by zapping the crystal, but the attack bounced back to itself.
Lt. Surge, the Gym Leader of Vermilion City, has a Raichu that defeated Ash's Pikachu with its sheer power in Electric Shock Showdown. After discussing evolution with Pikachu to match Raichu's power, Ash used a strategy relying on Pikachu's speed to defeat Raichu the next day.
Other
In Lights, Camera, Quacktion!, a girl named Katrina decided to use her Raichu in the film "Pokémon in Love."
Stage Fight was about a stage show that featured "talking" Pokémon. Kay's Raichu was supposed be a part of these shows, but it had stage fright.
A Raichu named Sugar appeared in Cooking Up a Sweet Story, It evolved from the restaurant owners' missing Pikachu.
Another Raichu appeared in Pika and Goliath!, owned by Sho. It battled against Ash's Pikachu in that episode.
The Pokémon Summer Academy has a very skittish Raichu for its students. It appeared in Camping It Up! where it was trained by Ash.
Another Raichu appeared in DP149.
Minor appearances
A Raichu was seen herding Mareep in Mild'n Wooley.
Raichu is one of the Pokémon that were affected by the crystal in As Clear As Crystal.
Pokédex entries
| This concludes the entries from the original series.
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In the manga
Lt. Surge has a Raichu in Pokémon Adventures.
Satoshi had a Pikachu that chose to evolve into a Raichu to help him defeat the Elite Four in Pokémon Zensho.
A Raichu is a character in Magical Pokémon Journey.
Pokédex entries
| Manga
| Chapter
| Entry
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| Pokémon Adventures
| PS139
| When the electricity accumulated in Raichu's cheeks reach a maximum, its ears will become pointed.*
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In the TCG
- Main article: Raichu (TCG)
In the TFG
One Raichu figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen
| Game
| Pokédex entry
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| I
| Red
| Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high voltage power.
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| Blue
| Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high voltage power.
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| Yellow
| When electricity builds up inside its body, it becomes feisty. It also glows in the dark.
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| Stadium
| Its electrical attacks may reach 10,000 volts. It discharges electricity from its tail, so it is not harmed by its own power.
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| II
| Gold
| When its electricity builds, its muscles are stimulated, and it becomes more aggressive than usual.
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| Silver
| If the electric pouches in its cheeks become fully charged, both ears will stand straight up.
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| Crystal
| If its electric pouches run empty, it raises its tail to gather electricity from the atmosphere.
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| Stadium 2
| When its electricity builds, its muscles are stimulated, and it becomes more aggressive than usual.
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| III
| Ruby
| If the electrical sacks become excessively charged, Raichu plants its tail in the ground and discharges. Scorched patches of ground will be found near this Pokémon's nest.
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| Sapphire
| This Pokémon exudes a weak electrical charge from all over its body that makes it take on a slight glow in darkness. Raichu searches for electricity by planting its tail in the ground.
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| Emerald
| If it stores too much electricity, its behavior turns aggressive. To avoid this, it occasionally discharges excess energy and calms itself down.
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| FireRed
| Its electric charges can reach even 100,000 volts. Careless contact can cause even an Indian elephant to faint.
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| LeafGreen
| Its long tail serves as ground to protect itself from its own high-voltage power.
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| IV
| Diamond
| It turns aggressive if it has too much electricity in its body. It discharges power through its tail.
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| Pearl
| It can loose 100,000-volt bursts of electricity, instantly downing foes several times its size.
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| Platinum
| Its tail discharges electricity into the ground, protecting it from getting shocked.
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| HeartGold
| When its electricity builds, its muscles are stimulated, and it becomes more aggressive than usual.
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| SoulSilver
| If the electric pouches in its cheeks become fully charged, both ears will stand straight up.
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Game locations
In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
| Stat
| Range
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| At Lv. 50
| At Lv. 100
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| 120 - 167
| 230 - 324
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| 85 - 156
| 166 - 306
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| 54 - 117
| 103 - 229
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| 85 - 156
| 166 - 306
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| 76 - 145
| 148 - 284
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| 94 - 167
| 184 - 328
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 90.
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Pokéthlon stats
Type effectiveness
| Weak to
| Resistant to
| Immune to
| Normal effectiveness
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Learnset
Raichu is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.
- Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.
Generation IV
Other generation learnsets: II - III
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| Father
| Move
| Type
| Cat.
| Pwr.
| Acc.
| PP
| Contest
| Appeal
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Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Pachirisu
| Bide
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 10
| Tough
| 2 ♥♥
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Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle
Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
| Charge
| Electric
| Status
| —
| —%
| 20
| Smart
| 0
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Clefairy, Clefable
Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff
Skitty, Delcatty
| DoubleSlap
| Normal
| Physical
| 15
| 85%
| 10
| Tough
| 2 ♥♥
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Clefairy, Clefable
Togetic, Togekiss
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Plusle
Minun
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
| Encore
| Normal
| Status
| —
| 100%
| 5
| Cute
| 1 ♥
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Meowth, Persian
Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
| Fake Out
| Normal
| Physical
| 40
| 100%
| 10
| Cute
| 2 ♥♥
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Dunsparce
Phanpy, Donphan
Zigzagoon, Linoone
Torkoal
Spinda
| FlailHGSS
| Normal
| Physical
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| 100%
| 15
| Cute
| 2 ♥♥
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| Delibird
| Present
| Normal
| Physical
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| 90%
| 15
| Cute
| 0
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Vigoroth
Growlithe
| Reversal
| Fighting
| Physical
| —
| 100%
| 15
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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| Ampharos
| ThunderPunch
| Electric
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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| Aipom, Ambipom
| Tickle
| Normal
| Status
| —
| 100%
| 20
| Cute
| 2 ♥♥
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| Pikachu, Raichu
| Volt Tackle
| Electric
| Physical
| 120
| 100%
| 15
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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| Togetic, Togekiss
| Wish
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 10
| Cute
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Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon
*Indicates a move only available by chain breeding
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- In Pokémon Red and Blue there is a Scientist at the Pokémon Lab in Cinnabar Island that would trade a Raichu for an Electrode. If the player talked to him after the trade, he would mention that the Raichu evolved, which is not possible. This mistake was due to the original translation of the script of the Japanese Blue (in which this person traded a Graveler for a Kadabra) rather than that of Pokémon Red and Green. This error was corrected in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, as the script was retranslated.
- Raichu remains the only Pokémon whose pre-evolution is known and obtainable in a game that it is not: in Pokémon Yellow, Pikachu is the starter, while the only way to obtain a Raichu is by trading one in from one of the other games because that Pikachu refuses to evolve.
- Raichu's FireRed Pokédex entry references an early documentary film by Thomas Edison, discoverer of electricity.
- Several Pokédex entries claim Raichu can discharge up to 100,000 volts. However, its Stadium entry claims it can only discharge up to 10,000 volts. This is likely a translation error due to the way numbers are read in Japanese, where 100,000 literally reads "ten ten-thousands".
Origin
Raichu's legs and long tail are like those of a kangaroo rat.
Name origin
Raichu comes from the combination of 雷 rai, thunder, and チューチュー chūchū, which is Japanese onomatopoeia for squeaking.
In other languages
Related articles
External links
Notes
( Electric )
Body size: 1
(Recharge)
(Recharge ×4)
For other sprites and images, please see Raichu images on Bulbagarden Archives.
