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Raging Rhydon

VS サイドン

VS Sidon

Info

Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Route 4 Mt. Moon

Raging Rhydon (Japanese: VS サイドン VS Sidon) is the seventh round of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

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

Red and Misty are at the entrance to Mt. Moon hiding in some bushes from the Team Rocket Grunts. They all have the same purpose, to find the Moon Stone, a rock with a moon-shaped inscription that can enhance a Pokémon's power. They enter the cave, but it is too dark to see anything. Red sends out Pika to illuminate the cave, and the darkness is no longer a problem. Suddenly, Red collides with a Rhyhorn, which turns out to belong to Team Rocket. The Grunts, along with Koga, surround them, and Red challenges Koga to a battle.

Rhyhorn begins with Rock Throw, managing to bury Pika, only for Pika to recover and fire a blast of electricity, surrounded by electrified debris from Rock Throw. The attack successfully knocks out Rhyhorn, but then Koga injects a liquid that forces Rhyhorn to evolve into Rhydon. Misty realizes that her Gyarados was similarly abused, and furious at Koga's nonchalant attitude she attacks the newly evolved Rhydon with her Staryu. Unfortunately, the attack is returned by Horn Drill, pushing Misty against the cave wall and causing her to faint. Rhydon stomps on Pika before moving in to finish Red, but Pika slides out from underneath Rhydon having charged itself tremendously. Using its tail, Pika cuts off a huge portion off the cave roof, blocking the cave and allowing Red a chance to escape with the others.

Outside the cave, Misty regains consciousness, while Red reveals that he pocketed the Moon Stone after Pika collapsed the cave.

Major events

• Red and Misty meet Koga.
• Red obtains a Moon Stone.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see the history page.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

• Koga

Pokémon debuts

• Zubat
• Diglett
• Rhyhorn
• Rhydon

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Misty
• Koga
• Team Rocket Grunts

Pokémon

• Poliwhirl (Poli; Red's)
• Pikachu (Pika; Red's)
• Gyarados (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Rhyhorn (Koga's; evolves)
• Rhydon (Koga's; newly evolved)
• Geodude
• Zubat (×2)
• Diglett (×2)

Trivia

• The evolution of Koga's Rhyhorn into Rhydon is the first evolution shown in the manga. Unlike in the games and anime, the Pokémon transforms instead of glowing.

Edits

• In the VIZ Media first edition print, Misty hits Red accusing him of groping her as a result of him carrying her out of Mt. Moon after they escape. This is changed to her being angry that she's dirty in the second.

Errors

• In the VIZ Media second edition print, Rock Throw is called Rock Blast, and isn't to be confused with the move of the same name introduced in Generation III.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 鐵甲暴龍 (Taiwan) VS 铁甲暴龙 (Mainland China)
Finnish		Red vastaan Rhydon
European French		Rhinocorne/Rhinoféros* À la recherche de la Pierre Lune*
German		Rasendes Rizeros* VS. Rizeros*
Italian		Il furioso Rhydon
Korean		VS 코뿌리
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Rhydon
European Spanish		Contra Rhydon
Thai		VS ไซดอน
Vietnamese		VS Sidon

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.