First partner Pokémon

Starter Pokémon are the Pokémon with which the player can begin the game. In the normal series, each one starts out at level 5 with two basic moves: one attack and one attack to lower the opponent's stats. These moves are generally weak moves. The three starters are almost always of three specific types: Fire, Water, and Grass. The rival picks the starter that has a strength against the player's starter.

Starters, with versions listed:

Normal Starters

Kanto

In Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Green, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Professor Oak will bring trainers to his lab to give them one of the following to begin their journey with:

Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle

The player's rival will then pick the type-advantaged starter, and the remaining Pokémon will sit in the Poké Ball on Oak's desk for the rest of the game.

In Pokémon Yellow, Oak instead gives out:

Pikachu

The Pikachu is the same one that attacked the player when they ventured onto Route 1 that Oak caught, which will be the only choice the player gets.

The player's rival will get an Eevee from Oak, which will evolve into one of its three Generation I evolutions depending on the outcome of the battles between the player and the rival.

During the adventure, the player will be able to get the original three Kanto starters through special events not present in the earlier games.

Johto

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and in Pokémon Crystal, Professor Elm will have an errand for the player to run, and will give them one of the following for protection on this errand, which they will then keep:

Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile

A thief will then take the Pokémon with the type advantage over the player's choice and become their rival, leaving the remaining Pokémon with Professor Elm for the remainder of the game.

Hoenn

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and in Pokémon Emerald, after Professor Birch is rescued from a Poochyena (R/S) or Zigzagoon, (E) he allows the player to keep the Pokémon they chose to rescue him with, either:

Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip

The player's neighbor, Brendan or May, already has his or her starter, which is always the one with the type advantage. Wally starts with Ralts; he seeks Norman's assistance in catching his first Pokémon.

Sinnoh

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Professor Nanakamado will give the player one of the following when they return from Trust Lake after the Mukkuru attack:

Naetle	Hikozaru	Pochama

The player's in-game neighbor will choose the one that weakens the player's choice, and the NPC who is the other-gender choice will have the Pokémon weakened by the player's choice.

Special Starters

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon:

Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle	Pikachu	Meowth	Psyduck	Machop	Cubone

Eevee	Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile	Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip	Skitty

In this game, instead of the player choosing a Pokémon to train at start, depending on his choices on a test, he IS one of these Pokémon.

Orre

In Pokémon Colosseum:

Umbreon	Espeon

A first for the Pokémon games, these starter Pokémon come as a pair as to represent the Double-Battle system, and are also different in that they are in the player's possession right at start of play. Umbreon is at level 26, knowing the TM moves Taunt and Snatch, as well as Bite which is otherwise only available through breeding at such a level. Espeon is at level 25, knowing the TM moves Return and Reflect.

In Pokémon XD:

Eevee

This starter Pokémon is also in the player's possession right at the beginning. It is at level 10, knowing Bite which is again unique for this level. At an early point in the game, the player is offered one of five evolutionary items, Water Stone, Thunder Stone, Fire Stone, Moon Shard and Sun Shard, to make the Eevee evolve into any of its (then) five evolutions.

Fiore

In Pokémon Ranger:

Plusle	Minun

Another game in which players have no choice which Pokémon they start off with, this time it is determined by the gender of the selected character.