Red (Pocket Monsters)

Red (Japanese: レッド Red) is the protagonist of Pokémon Pocket Monsters. He is based on from the original . His full name is Isamu Akai (Japanese: 赤井 勇 Isamu Akai), which contains the Japanese word for "red" (赤 aka).
==In the manga==
===History===
====PM series====
=====Kanto=====
Red first appeared in Introducing the Pokémon Clefairy!!. He was on his way to see in order for him to begin his Pokémon Journey. On his way to his lab, Red encountered a giant and a violent male . Red headed to the lab after Clefairy defeated Nidoran♂ by accident. After chose his Pokémon, Red noticed that Clefairy followed him to the laboratory. He chose to travel with Clefairy because he finds his antics amusing. Red is then given a Pokédex from Professor Oak and is sent on a quest to find out more about Pokémon.
In Bring Down the Powerful Opponent Onix!!, Red and Clefairy meet Brock outside the Pewter Gym. Red goes inside and tours around Brock's collection. During the Gym Battle, Red used Clefairy against Brock's Onix when Clefairy noticed his cousin trapped. Red won when Clefairy drew a picture of himself on Onix's tail and then smashes a falling pillar on it. Red is rewarded the and the from Brock's collection which was Clefairy's cousin that was trapped. Pikachu was willing to join Red on his adventures and zapped him, which did not make Red happy.
In Obtain the Moon Stone!!, Red learned of a Moon Stone from Clefairy in order to properly evolve him. He went to Cerulean City to get the Moon Stone that Misty had. However, in order to do that, he had to battle her. He did so using his Clefairy and managed to defeat her . With the battle won, Misty rewarded him the Moon Stone but a flew off with it. Red chased after it and Green joined him since he wanted to find Mew himself.
In Search for the Mirage Pokémon Mew!!, Red and Green arrive at an abandoned water mill. Inside, Red and the others notice a secret room that Pikachu found hidden under the floorboards which contained a hidden laboratory. A man in the form of a leopard named Bill appears and introduces himself to Red and the gang. Bill's wife, who was the Mew and the one responsible for taking the Moon Stone explains to them about how one of the experiments caused them to be that way forever. Red and the group watch Bill and his wife change back into humans thanks to the Moon Stone and one of the machines. However, Bill's human appearance was too hideous for Red and Green so they ran away from him and the lab.
In Great Success in the Mountains or the Seas!?, Red went to the Vermilion City Pokémon Center. He noticed Green by a computer, getting his Pokédex evaluated by Professor Oak. In contrast to Red catching only three Pokémon, Green caught 50. As a result, Red gets punched by a boxing glove coming from the computer for punishment of his lack of progress. He left the Pokémon Center and went to a fishing spot. He bought an Old Rod for 350 yen. While fishing, the group hear a voice from the S.S. Anne and some people nearby tell him that his name is Lt. Surge. Red went onboard the ship, thinking how he could use the 500 Pokémon Lt. Surge caught to complete the Pokédex. Instead, Lt. Surge wanted to take Red's Pokémon to add to the collection. As a result, both of them battle. Unfortunately, Clefairy accidentally whacked Lt. Surge's in the ship's cannons, causing the ship to explode.
In Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!, Red met in a mansion that he was in. When Red told him that he came to get rid of them, they had a battle. Red warned Clefairy about using hypnotism. Despite Haunter successfully hypnotizing Clefairy, Haunter accidentally slammed itself against a wall. Even though Red had the upper hand, Haunter's evolution into , caused Clefairy problems. Using the Silph Scope that Clefairy stole from Blue, Red was able to defeat him. Despite getting rid of the Ghost Pokémon, the impact of the battle caused Blue's item collection to get destroyed, much to Blue's ire.
=====Johto=====
With Clefairy revealed to have survived the missile launch, Red and his Pokémon go to New Bark Town and meet and who have gotten and , respectively.
====PMRS series====
He continued his journey in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, the sequel to Pokémon Pocket Monsters that took place in Hoenn. In Let's Go Catch The Dumpling Thief!!, Red met some monks who accuse Clefairy of stealing dumplings. As they found the real thief, a , Red goes searching for it and during the middle of the search, Clefairy destroys the monks's . During the parade, Red watches on as Clefairy became the taiko substitute. In Littleroot Town, he reunited with Professor Birch at a fishing lodge and challenges him to various contests, in which Professor Birch wins them all.
In There's Someone More Important Than Clefairy?!, Red met a depressed Norman who was drinking a lot and Norman revealed to him that his became and swallowed the . Clefairy fell in a deep sleep and Red tried to wake up Clefairy by yelling into him. As Clefairy fell asleep, Slakoth woke up and became energetic. Red watched on as Slakoth prevented Clefairy from getting the badge. With the Balance Badge taken out of Slakoth's body, Red and his Pokémon get chased out of the Gym.
====PMDP series====
Red went to the Sinnoh region in .
====PMHGSS series====
Red returned to Johto in . In PMHGSS01, Red competed in the Pokéathlon where Professor Elm and his Sudowoodo were in charge of. During the Pokéathlon, Red's Pokémon does some various competitions there.
====PMBW series====
Red went to the Unova region in . In PMBW01, Red noticed some Pokémon he hasn't seen before. A goes up to him, Clefairy, and Pikachu and told the three that they are in Unova. Patrat advised the trio to go to Professor Juniper's lab and ran off when Clefairy gave it a tiny berry despite hoarding a pile of bigger berries. Inside the lab, Professor Juniper congratulated Red for being the thirtieth person to come to her lab for being a Trainer. As Professor Juniper brought out a box containing , , and , Red wondered which one he wanted but did not get a chance to choose as those three were already reserved three Trainers. Professor Juniper tells him that he already has an adorable Pikachu. However, Red and Clefairy attempt to get Professor Juniper to change her mind but Professor Juniper saw what they were doing and did not work. Red and his Pokémon leave the lab after Clefairy gets beaten up easily by the Unova first partners. In the forest, the trio became disappointed about Professor Juniper not giving them a Pokémon but Red stated that he'll have to find some new ones himself.
In PMBW02, Red went to a restaurant in Striaton City as Clefairy suggested to him to go there. He meets the three waiters, Cilan, Chili, and Cress who were also the Gym Leaders of the Striaton Gym. As Clefairy failed to get the brothers to fight each other, they challenged Red to a Gym Battle where Cilan went first by using , followed by Cress and Chili with and respectively. As the three use their attacks, Clefairy made some tea using their attacks.
In PMBW03, Red battled a using Pikachu and as Red had trouble knowing what he said, the battle could not be finished since Darmanitan's Trainer had to go watch Team Plasma give out a speech. As Red still had trouble knowing what Pikachu told him, N comes by and told him what Pikachu was actually saying. Red then tried proving himself that he could understand Pokémon language similar to N by having Pikachu speak slower but that did not work. Red uses Clefairy's tape that he recorded of N talking to a Purrloin and Red was able to understand what Pikachu was saying. As Clefairy sold copies of his CD containing N's speech, Red and Pikachu became shocked about that. However, it did not work out when Clefairy woke up from his dream.
====PMXY series====
Red traveled to the Kalos region in .
====PMSun Moon series====
Red traveled to the Alola region in .
====Pocket Monsters Aniki====
Red traveled to the Galar region in Pocket Monsters Aniki.
===Character===
Unlike his main rival, Red doesn't catch a lot of Pokémon. He has two (later three) favorites, which he keeps outside their Poké Balls. He has caught several others, including , but never uses them in battle.
===Pokémon===
====On hand====
This is a list of Red's known Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters manga:
			
====Known====
=====Traded away=====
====Released====
=====Befriended=====
=====Temporary=====
=====Status unknown=====
======Pokémon at the baseball match======
Red participates in a baseball match with . It is unknown if those Pokémon belong to him.
		 	
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======Pokémon at the curry-cooking competition======
These Pokémon are seen with Red during the curry cooking competition with . It is unknown if these Pokémon belong to him, nor is it known if the Diglett or Onix are the same ones from the baseball game.
			
			
=====Borrowed=====
=====Escaped=====
===Achievements===
====Badges obtained====
Red has obtained the following badges:
* (Bring Down the Powerful Opponent Onix!!)
* (Fierce Battle Between Clefairy and Clefable)
* (There's Someone More Important Than Clefairy?!)
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Red appeared in Lights, Camerupt, Action as the lead in a movie along with his and .
====Pokémon====
	
====Voice actors====
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	赤井 勇 Isamu Akaiレッド Red 	His surname contains the Japanese word for "red" (赤 aka).From Pokémon Red game.
English 	Red 	From Pokémon Red game.
Chinese ()	赤井 勇 Yǒng Chìjǐng小智 Xiǎo Zhì 雷特 Léitè 	Same as Japanese name.Same as 's Chinese name.Transliteration of Japanese name.
Chinese ()	赤井 勇 Yúhng Chekjéng小智 Síu Ji 小赤 Síu Chek 	Same as Japanese name.Same as 's Chinese name.From his surname (赤 aka)
Indonesian	Ali 	Similar to main protagonist's dub name in .
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