Lt. Surge's Raichu

Lt. Surge's Raichu (Japanese: マチスのライチュウ Matisse's Raichu) is Lt. Surge's main Pokémon in and in the .
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Raichu appeared in Electric Shock Showdown, where he was responsible for brutally defeating many opponents, as the Pokémon Center started to get crowded. This happened before entered the Vermilion Gym. Later during Ash's arrival, Lt. Surge sent him out to Ash and . Lt. Surge laughed at Ash for not making evolve, thinking that evolved Pokémon are always better. This infuriated Ash and made Pikachu, also infuriated, want to battle Raichu.
In the , both sides started off with Thunder Shock, but Raichu's turned out to be more powerful, which weakened Pikachu drastically. Raichu then easily hit Pikachu with a combination of and before defeating him with a Thunderbolt. 
Ash returned to the Gym for a rematch after Pikachu was healed. He ignored Lt. Surge's advice on evolving Pikachu into a Raichu. In the rematch, Raichu was able to hit Pikachu with Body Slam but Pikachu was able to use two new attacks, and , which were both learned before the rematch. As Raichu evolved too fast, he never learned any speedy attacks. Pikachu took advantage of this by using his speedy attacks to confuse Raichu. Lt. Surge decided to cancel them by having Raichu use Thunderbolt on the field. However, Pikachu dodged it by using his tail. When Raichu was about to use Thunderbolt again, he ran out of electricity, which gave Pikachu the upper hand. Pikachu finished Raichu off with his tail attack before Raichu made full contact with Take Down. As Ash eventually defeated Lt. Surge in a rematch, it proved to him that evolved Pokémon were not always better.
Raichu reappeared in a flashback in the Japanese version of Pikachu's Goodbye, when Ash was recalling the fun times he had with Pikachu; and in another flashback in Bad to the Bone, where Raichu was defeated in a Gym battle by Otoshi's .
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Both Raichu and Lt. Surge reappeared in a flashback in Pika and Goliath!.
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In Destination: Coronation!, it was revealed that Lt. Surge and Raichu left the Gym in the care of Visquez to go on a journey to become stronger.
====Personality and characteristics====
Raichu's attitude towards Ash's Pikachu almost completely mirrors Lt. Surge's attitude toward Ash. When they first meet Raichu, he didn't have a high opinion of Pikachu. However, after being defeated, Raichu grew to respect him. He was shown to be a powerful battler that often used his strength to the point of cruelty, sending Pokémon after Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. Due to evolving too fast, he never learned any speedy moves, which could put him at a disadvantage against a fast opponent.
====Moves used====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 2: Cubone, Raichu was used by Lt. Surge in his Gym battle against . However, it was defeated off-screen.
===GOTCHA!===
Lt. Surge's Raichu briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the games==
Raichu appears as Lt. Surge's Pokémon in all games he appears in. In , it is his only Pokémon, much as in . In other games it is not his only Pokémon, but it is always present. Lt. Surge's Pikachu that he has in the games is also shown below, since Surge said in Pokémon the Series that he obtained his Raichu as a Pikachu.
===In the core series===
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	Gym battle 	Fighting Dojo rematch
 	 	 	
Pokémon World Tournament	Pokémon World Tournament 	Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!	Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Kanto Leaders Tournament	Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament	Gym battle 	Rematch
 	 	 	
====Traded to the ====
 				 	 	 		 		 	 	 	 	
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Saffron City				(foreign)	Volty	VOLTY		Yellow Shard		Jolly	Surge	Matisse	33038	20/25/18/25/13/31
===Pokémon Stadium series===
Pokémon Stadium 	Pokémon Stadium 	Pokémon Stadium
Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 2
 	 	
Pokémon Stadium 2	Pokémon Stadium 2	
Round 1 	Round 2 	
 	 	
===In the side series===
====Pokémon Masters EX====
Lt. Surge forms a sync pair with Raichu in Pokémon Masters EX.
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====Pokémon Puzzle League====
Raichu is one of Lt. Surge's three Pokémon in .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Lt. Surge's Raichu debuted in Go for the Golbat during Surge's with . 
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In Raising Raichu, Raichu was used to battle the Masked Man. Later, when Surge encountered the Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage, he used Raichu to power up his submarine's underwater laser. However, as the thawed wasn't willing to fight him, but instead trying to break another block of ice at the bottom of the lake, Surge ended up using the laser on the ice block, which turned out to contain some of the gears of and , who had previously fought the Masked Man at the lake.
Raichu was also briefly seen in Hello, Lickitung, where Surge used his sharp tail as a warning for Morty to not to struggle against him, as well as in Yikes, It's Yanma!, where he was seen standing alongside Surge during the introduction of the Kanto and Johto Gym Leaders.
===Pokémon Journeys===
Raichu appeared in a fantasy in Destination: Coronation!.
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Lt. Surge's Raichu only appeared as a silhouette in JBA5 along with its Trainer and the other Kanto Gym Leaders as one of the obstacles Jō must face.
==In the TCG==
Lt. Surge's Raichu has been depicted in in the TCG. The following is a list of cards involving either his Pikachu or Raichu.
* Raichu also appears in the card Secret Mission (Gym Heroes 118).
===Artwork===
 	
Artwork from the	Raichu and
===Merchandise===
====Kuchiba City Gym Deck====
The second wave of decks leading up to the release of were released on July 25, 1998. The first deck focuses on Gym Leader Lt. Surge and his predominantly Pokémon, and is named (Japanese: クチバシティジム マチス). The deck includes 60 main cards, four expansion cards, a coin, a rulebook, and Pokémon Gym Guide.
Product images:
==Trivia==
* All of Lt. Surge's Pikachu and Raichu from Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2 have the exclusive move .
** Raichu has an illegal move combination in Pokémon Stadium 2: Surf can only be obtained as a special move as a Pikachu from Pokémon Stadium, while can only be obtained by .
* Lt. Surge’s Raichu knowing and in is a direct reference to the moveset it uses in the Pokémon the Series episode Electric Shock Showdown.
==References==
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