Red's Pikachu (Pocket Monsters)
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Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウ Pikachu) is a Pokémon that belongs to Red and is Clefairy's cousin in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga and related manga series. Along with Clefairy, he is one of Red's closest Pokémon.
History
With Brock
When Brock was a Pokémon Trainer, he caught Pikachu along with various other Pokémon and added Pikachu to his collection. Later, when Brock became a Gym Leader, Pikachu was one of the Pokémon that was displayed in the Pewter Gym, where Pikachu officially made his debut.
After Red drags Clefairy into the Pewter City Gym to face Brock's Onix, the two had learned of Brock's collection and that Clefairy's cousin Pikachu was also a part of it. The news had enraged Clefairy and had given him the courage to face Onix in battle, which Clefairy later wins by drawing his picture onto Onix's tail, causing Onix to chase after its tail and become dizzy, and is finished off as Clefairy smashes a fallen pillar on its head. By winning the battle, Pikachu was granted freedom from Brock's collection and joined Red's team.
With Red
PM series
Kanto
After Red got Pikachu from Brock's collection, he went camping with Red and Clefairy. As Red and Clefairy were fighting over a piece of fish that Clefairy was saving for the next day, it went inside Pikachu's mouth and was eaten whole. Clefairy grabbed Pikachu and used him as a fishing rod despite Red warning them not too since Pikachu's electricity could harm the fish. True to Red's word, Pikachu's electricity zapped the whole lake and several fish went flying out. Later, he went chasing after a Mew who took the Moon Stone from Red.
Pikachu evolved into a Raichu in Clefairy Finally Evolves?!, but had later devolved back into a Pikachu in the same chapter.
Johto
Pikachu continues his travels with Red and Clefairy in Johto.
PMRS series
In Something Happened!! Let's Go After Pikachu!! of the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire series, Ruby finds Red's Pikachu and wanting one for himself, decides to steal Pikachu away by bribing Clefairy with food and swapping Pikachu with a Poké Ball containing his Treecko. Clefairy panics when Red and his Tyrogue return, and goes to great lengths to try to disguise Treecko as Pikachu and to lie about Pikachu's actual location. While Clefairy leaves to go retrieve Pikachu himself, Treecko tells Red the truth about what really happened, and the other three leave to also get Pikachu back. Clefairy manages to find Ruby's house and distracts him while dressed in a half-woman and half-man disguise. While Ruby is distracted by confusion, Red and Treecko breaks through the house's window and rescues Pikachu from Ruby's possession.
PMDP series
In Pocket Monsters DP, Pikachu goes to the Sinnoh region.
PMHGSS series
In Pocket Monsters HGSS, Pikachu returns to the Johto region.
PMBW series
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Pikachu traveled to the Unova region along with Red and Clefairy where he crashed into a bush. After Pikachu brushed himself off, he noticed some unseen Pokémon and a Patrat told him that he arrived in Unova.
Personality and characteristics
Unlike most Pokémon in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga series, which are capable of speech, Red's Pikachu unusually cannot speak, and instead uses pantomime to communicate. Pikachu is often shown to be the opposite of his cousin Clefairy. While Clefairy is typically rude and full of dumb ideas, Pikachu is much more intelligent, well-behaved and generally more capable. This has sometimes been the source of rivalry between the two Pokémon, leading to fights.
According to Clefairy, Pikachu shocks people to show when it's happy, a fact that Red is not too fond of.
Moves used
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In the anime
Pikachu appeared along with Red and Clefairy in the anime episode Lights, Camerupt, Action!. The three characters appeared in one of Ash's favorite films. Much like in the manga, it appears to be the only Pokémon around that isn't able to talk.
Trivia
- 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's inability to speak human language in a world where other Pokémon can is similar to the Pikachu from the manga Magical Pokémon Journey and its sequel, Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu and Raichu.
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