Red

**Red** is the main protagonist in Pokémon Red (Animation Series).

## Personality

At the start of the series, Red was a cheerful young man, eager to learn more about the surroundings of the cities he visited and the people he met. Red strived to be the best and learn from people to improve his skills.

After accidentally causing the death of Blue's Raticate, Red suffered from PTSD and guilt for his actions, being unable to use his Nidoking properly until he needed to. Although Red would overcome this trial and regrow his passion for travelling and becoming a Pokémon Master, he became more reserved and calmer, now thinking strategically about his next moves.

## Biography

### Growing Up

Red was born in Pallet Town and grew up with his mother. His childhood friend was Blue, developing a bit of a friendly rivalry where the two butted heads on the little things. At one point, Blue's older sister Daisy gave them each a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which they both cherished.

### Start of the Journey

After playing on his Super Nintendo for a bit, Red puts on his gloves, jacket, and hat, ready to begin his journey as a Pokémon Trainer. He walked downstairs to meet his mom, who hugged him goodbye as she knew it was time for him to embark on his journey. Red left the house and walked towards Route 1. On the way there, Red walked by Professor Oak's Lab and noticed Blue waiting for his grandfather. Before taking a step into Route 1, Oak stopped Red as it was not safe to travel without a Pokémon. Oak took Red back to his lab, where he explained to him and Blue how the world of Pokémon works. Oak showed the two boys three Poké Balls on the table and gave Red the first pick, much to Blue's annoyance.

Red picked Charmander as his starter, while Blue picked Squirtle as his starter. Afterwards, Blue challenges Red to a fight, using their starters in the lab to begin their journey. Although Squirtle was tough with Tackle and Growl, Charmander managed to win after landing a powerful Scratch attack and knocking the former against a bookcase. Annoyed that he lost, Blue left as Red set off on his journey.

Travelling along Route 1, Red fought off wild Pokémon with Charmander by his side and made it to Viridian City. Red stopped by the Pokémon Center and healed Charmander before going to the local Trainer's School to learn the basics of battling. Also, Red spoke with the locals, learning about different Pokémon and how he could give his team nicknames if he wanted to. However, Red was unable to go further north of the city as an old man blocked the way and hit Red for trying. Red visited the Poké Mart, and the worker gave him a Parcel to take to Professor Oak.

With the day ending, Red returned to Pallet Town and gave Oak the Parcel: a custom-ordered Poké Ball. Suddenly, Blue arrived, and Oak gave them a Pokédex. Before Red left, he took a look at Oak's computer. He noticed a message calling out any Trainer that wanted to take on the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau. Red went home and introduced his mom to Charmander before going to sleep.

The next day, Red visited the Oak home, and Daisy gave him a Town Map. Red returned to Viridian City, where the Old Man apologized for his rude behaviour and showed him how to catch Pokémon by catching a Weedle. After Red stocks up on Poké Balls and Potions, he heads right for the Indigo Plateau. Following the map Daisy gave him, Red travelled through Route 22 in order to reach the Indigo Plateau. However, a Nidoran Male attacked Red, forcing him to call out Charmander for help. The two fought, but Charmander managed to weaken the Nidoran Male enough for Red to capture him. It was successful, and Red went to the Pokémon Center to heal his team. Afterwards, Red trained Nidoran Male against several wild Pokémon before hearing Blue whistling, who did not believe Red could enter the Indigo Plateau with his skills. Red ignored Blue and walked away, but the latter stopped him and challenged him to another Pokémon Battle. Thanks to what he learned from the Trainer School, Red defeated Blue again and reached the Pokémon League Gate, only to find out he could not enter without any Badges. So, Red decided to travel across Kanto and beat the eight Gym Leaders to enter the Pokémon League. Red tried to enter the Viridian Gym but discovered that the door was locked as the Gym Leader was unavailable.

### Pewter City

Red journeyed north and entered the Viridian Forest, using his team to fight off wild Pokémon, along with capturing a Pikachu and any Trainers that challenged him. Before exiting the forest, Red met a man who explained how some trees could be cut down by using Cut, and a boy explained where all the Pokémon come from.

Red eventually made it to Pewter City and learned many things from the locals, such as how Pokémon could disobey Trainers if they were traded, Technical Move discs, and fainting. Red went to the Pewter Museum of Science and looked at fossils of Aerodactyls and Kabutops before heading upstairs and seeing Moon Stones on display. Afterwards, Red left the museum, healed his team, and entered the Pewter Gym.

After defeating the Jr. Trainer, Red faces off against Brock. Upon learning that Brock's Rock-type Pokemon was strong against any attack he had, Red employed a status-weakening strategy by having Pikachu and Nidoran Male weaken Brock's Geodude and Onix's attack and defence stats. The strategy worked, and Red managed to defeat Brock with ease. Brock gave Red the Bolder Badge and told him to come back tomorrow so he can show him how Technical Moves work. Red returned to the Gym and taught Charmander how to use Bide. Afterwards, Brock took Red and Charmander over to see the rest of his Pokémon in the fields, allowing him to record them on his Pokédex. As the day ended, Brock told Red how to get to Cerulean City and to challenge its Gym Leader for the Cascade Badge.

### Mt. Moon

Red travelled through Route 4, battling Trainers and getting Charmander to evolve into Charmeleon. Later that night, Red and the other Trainers tell ghost stories around the campfire, with one Lass telling the group a rumour about how Clefariy and Clefables came from outer space. Red and a few other Trainers go through Route 4 to find a Clefairy, only to get spooked by something popping out of the grass. While the Trainers run away, Red sees that a Jigglypuff came out of the grass.

Before entering Mt. Moon, Red heals up his Pokémon at the Pokémon Center as a gentleman offers him Magikarp for 500 Poké Dollars. Because the man said Magikarp was at level 5 and it was a Water-Type, Red bought the Pokémon from him. Then, Red learned from a few Trainers that he could only keep six Pokémon on his team, and any other captures would be stored on the PC. So, Red deposits his recently caught Spearow and Jigglypuff so he could have more Pokémon to try out on his journey.

Red entered Mt. Moon and was immediately attacked by a Zubat. Red tried using Magikarp but found out how useless the Fish Pokémon was, as all it knew was Splash. Red recalls Magikarp and has Nidoran Male defeat Zubat, evolving into Nidorino in the process. As Red traversed deeper into Mt. Moon, he battled Trainer and wild Pokémon he came across, even capturing a Geodude after tripping over it. As he went further down, Red saw a Team Rocket Grunt whipping a Rattata and a Sandshrew to do his dirty work. Red defeated the Grunt and a couple more through his travels. Red came across some Moon Stones and collected them, along with capturing a Paras and a Clefairy.

Red met a Super Nerd guarding two fossils and battled the latter for them. After winning, Red was allowed to take one, and he took the Helix Fossil. After leaving Mt Moon, Red makes his way to Cerulean City.

### Cerulean City

After resting at the Pokémon Center, Red took some time travelling through the city before going to the Cerulean Gym to challenge Misty. Misty proved to be tougher than he expected as the former's Staryu and Starmie knocked out four of his six Pokémon. Despite getting overwhelmed by Misty's strength, Red regained his composure and called out Pikachu to help him. Pikachu managed to defeat Starmie after using Thundershock to electrify the pool they were in, and Red won the Cascade Badge.

Following the battle, Misty helped Red teach Clefairy how to use Bubblebeam before taking him around the city. Red learned about the different Badges and found a Rare Candy while having a sparing match with Misty. After Misty left to take care of police business, Blue came by and challenged Red to another Pokémon battle. However, Red managed to defeat Blue with ease, only losing Paras to the latter's Ratatta. After the battle, Red went to the Pokémon Center to rest up.

The following day, Red went to the Nugget Bridge in order to get to Bill's House and fought the five Trainers on the bridge. After making it through, Red received a Nugget from the leader of the group, who turned out to be a member of Team Rocket. The Grunt offered Red a chance to join the criminal organization with promises of rising through the ranks, but Red refused and readied himself to fight the Grunt. However, Red saw that the five trainers he had fought earlier were members of Team Rocket as well, and they surrounded him. Fortunately, Misty arrived with Golduck and prepared to help Red fight off Team Rocket. Red used Charmeleon to defeat the leader, whom Misty interrogated for information. After getting the information, Red and Misty walked towards the Cerulean Cave, though they split up as he trained his Pokémon, even catching an Oddish.

Red stored Paras and brought out Oddish, training the latter and getting to understand her moves. After watching Misty's Gym Battle, he visited her house and noticed a magazine cover of her and Lorelei together and a Heyboy magazine featuring the latter. Misty was embarrassed. Red saw that and took him back to Route 24 to train. Late into the day, Misty showed Red how to fish. Suddenly, the lure hooked something big, and Red tried to help Misty reel it in. However, the two fall into the water and stare at each other before hearing a noise coming from the nearby house.

The two check it out and find a Nidorino with hair. The Nidorino explained that something went wrong with his teleporter and asked Red to activate it so he could go back to normal. Red does so, and the Nidorino turns into a young man named Bill, the creator of the Pokémon Storage System. Well into the night, Red looked through Bill's books and noticed a page on Nidoking and Nidoqueen. Bill explains that a Nidorino could evolve into a Nidoking through a Moon Stone, while Misty points out that Clefariys could evolve through the stone as well. As Red had two Moon Stones, he used them to evolve Clefairy and Nidorino, with Bill recording them. After Red celebrated his newly evolved Clefable and Nidoking, Bill decided to give him a ticket to the SS Anne.

As the days passed, Red continued to train his Pokémon and catch any wild ones he came across. However, there was a sense of longing between him and Misty as they clearly grew closer throughout Red's stay at Cerulean City. The next day, Misty shook Red's hand goodbye, but both are clearly miserable having to separate. Suddenly, Misty decides to take the chance and runs back to Red to kiss him. Red and Misty separate after the kiss, happy that they finally got their feelings known.

### SS Anne

Before leaving Cerulean City, Red fought a Team Rocket Grunt for a TM - 28 Dig disc. The person who had it stolen allowed Red to keep it, and the latter taught the move to Geodude. As Red travelled to Vermilion City, his Oddish evolved into Gloom.

After Red boarded the SS Anne, Blue saw him through Captain John's cabin and challenged him to another fight. The fight went back and forth until Red used Nidoking and Blue used Raticate. Nidoking proved to be too much for Raticate, managing to poison the latter with Poison Sting and continued wailing on the Mouse Pokémon. However, things took a turn for the worse when the former threw Raticate overboard and into the sea.

Red and Blue were horrified over what happened as the former raced to Captain John to stop the SS Anne. As Raticate drowned, John stopped the ship and ordered the crew to get Raticate out of the sea. John brought out Poliwrath and had it perform CPR to try and save Raticate. Unfortunately, it was too late: Raticate drowned, and there was nothing Poliwrath could do to revive him. Blue was heartbroken to see his friend die and angrily glared at Red for causing this. Red left to be alone, feeling guilty and heartbroken that he caused Raticate's death. John went to Red and explained how hard sea life can be before leaving an HM-01 disc near his backpack. Left alone, Red popped up his collars in mourning for Raticate's death.

### Vermilion Gym

After leaving the SS Anne, Red decided to put aside the traumatic events that happened and focus his attention on the Vermilion Gym. After healing his Pokémon, Red taught Gloom how to use Cut and had the latter cut down the tree blocking the Gym. Red entered the building and locked himself inside with the Gym Trainers, defeating them with only three of his Pokémon before searching through the trash to find the switches to unlock the main door. Eventually, Red gets the right combination and opens the door to Lt. Surge's room.

Lt. Surge's team was quick thanks to boosting his team with X Speed, and it was clear Red was emotionally struggling in the battle. Despite his best efforts, Red could not shake off the accident, and he imagined Nidoking punching Raticate repeatedly when the former did it to Lt. Surge's Pikachu. Red recalled Nidoking due to the trauma, but when Raichu knocked out the rest of his team, he was forced to bring out Nidoking to win. Thanks to his ground typing, Nidoking was unaffected by Raichu's Electric attacks and defeated the latter with Poison Sting. Accepting defeat, Lt. Surge opened an attaché case and gave Red a Thunder Badge, with him imagining it as him holding Raticate's dog tags. Red got emotional and teared up while Lt. Surge hugged him in comfort.

### Returning Home

Following the battle, Lt. Surge told Red that he must think with a clear head and not let the past overcome his actions, owing to what he learned back in the military. After taking Red through the Diglett Cave, Lt. Surge suggested he head back to Pallet Town and give himself a break. Red returned home and took a break from his journey, eventually coming to a difficult realization regarding Nidoking. Red decided to box Nidoking, realizing he could no longer use his Pokémon properly after what happened on the SS Anne. Despite the struggle of doing so, Nidoking understood his Trainer's tough decision and willingly put himself in his Poké Ball and into Storage.

Days later, Red saw Blue leave for his journey and apologized to Blue for accidentally killing Raticate. Having seen Red's guilt and getting a talk from Daisy, Blue forgave Red and left to resume his Pokémon journey to be the best. Later, Red got a haircut from his mom and a new outfit, ready to resume his journey as well. After making some stops to pick up a TM and HM disc, Red returned to Vermilion City and reunited with Lt. Surge, ready for a new beginning.

### Vermilion City

Under Lt. Surge's mentorship, Red and his Pokémon team trained under the veteran's military drills. Days later, Lt. Surge took Red to Route 11 so he and his Pokémon could showcase the results of their training. Due to the training, Red and his Pokémon team were muscular and threatening to all the Trainers on the route. The results of Lt. Surge's training showed well that not only did Red defeat several Trainers, but he also caught a Drowzee, had Geodude evolve into Gravler, and had Pikachu master Thunderbolt. Afterwards, Red and Lt. Surge headed to the checkpoint to the east and saw a Snorlax sleeping in the middle of the bridge. With the pathway blocked, Lt. Surge showed Red how to get to Lavender Town through Cerulean City. The two walked back to Vermilion City, unaware that a mysterious Pokémon was watching them.

As Red taught Drowzee a Hypnosis-Dream Eater combo, Lt. Surge took him to a local fisherman to receive an Old Rod. However, he found out he could only catch Magikarp. Lt. Surge continued taking Red around Vermilion City, even having the latter trade his Spearow for a Farfetch'd named Dux. Then, Red went into the Pokémon Fan Club building and heard about the President's Rapidash and Fearow. After the long speech, Red received a Bike Voucher for the bike shop at Cerulean City. Later that day, Lt. Surge reseted the locks at the Vermilion Gym, as one of the Gym Trainers told Red how he was a soldier under the former's command. After the Gym was reset, Red proceeded to leave, and Lt. Surge had his Gym Trainers salute the former in respect. Lt. Surge and Red shook hands, with the former reminding him to keep a clear head and never lose what he is on the inside.

Misty came to pick up Red and taught him how to ride a bike through the Underground Trail. After riding downstairs and sneaking in some private time, Red and Misty made it to the Pokémon Daycare Center, where he left Dux and Magikarp behind. Making it to Cerulean City, Red purchased a bike with the voucher and spent the night with Misty. Wanting to show Misty how strong he had been since the last time, Red challenged her to a one-on-one match with Pikachu. Misty accepted Red's challenge, using Golduck to dodge Pikachu's Thunderbolt with Dig and landing a super effective blow. Red lost, but instead of paying with cash, Misty has him pay with a make-out session.

### Lavender Town

The next day, Red had Gloom cut down the tree blocking the pathway to Route 9 and went east. Red travelled through Routes 9 and 10, battling any Trainers that challenged him, and captured a Voltorb. Red entered the Rock Tunnels, having Pikachu use Flash to light up the dark caves. As Red travelled through the Rock Tunnels, he fought more Trainers and captured a Machop. Once Red made it to Lavender Town, he sensed a presence around him and got spooked.

Red rested at a local Pokémon Center, only to feel the same presence he felt when he arrived. The following day, Red found a crowd surrounding the corpse of a Marowak as her baby Cubone cried. People tell Red that Team Rocket was responsible for this tragedy, as they ripped the skulls off the Marowaks for money. Red noticed a young girl ran away with Cubone and followed her back to her place. There, Red sees the Cubone place the skull of its mother on its head, looking sad that Team Rocket could commit a travesty.

Red went to the Pokémon Tower, passing by people mourning their dead Pokémon, and heads upstairs. Once upstairs, Red heard the door creak and a music box thrown at him. After Red winds up the music box, Blue's leitmotif plays, and his rival makes his appearance. After the two pay respect to Raticate, Blue suggests they have another battle. The battle did not last long as both Trainers heard a loud screech from upstairs, and they investigated. A book is thrown towards them, and something writes on the page, telling the two to leave. As the darkness surrounded the two, Red called out Charmeleon to light the place up, only to see a shadow coming towards them. Frightened by the shadow, Red and Blue ran out of the Pokémon Tower and headed towards the Pokémon Center. After a quick heal, Blue suggested that he and Red trade Kadabra and Gravler around so they could evolve their Pokémon. The two make the trade, evolving their Pokémon into Alakazam and Golem respectively. After the rain stopped, the two went their separate ways as Red headed to the west.

### Meeting Leaf

On his way to Celadon City, Red fought more Trainers and evolved his Drowzee into Hypno. Red tried to cross through Saffron City, but he was denied entry by the guard. Instead, Red went through the Underground Tunnels and made his way to Route 7. After capturing a Mankey with Hypno's help, Red entered Celadon City and found another Snorlax sleeping near the checkpoint. Golem failed to move Snorlax out of the way, but Red noticed a tree and had Gloom cut it. Red caught a Doduo and went through the back entrance of the checkpoint, meeting a girl who gave him HM - 02 Fly as a reward for finding her. Returning to Celadon City, Red decided to box Clefable so he could have Doduo on his team as a Flying-Type Pokémon would be useful for his journey. After saying goodbye to Clefable, Red taught Doudo Fly, who successfully mastered it. Afterwards, Red and Doduo flew back to Pallet Town to visit his mom.

Upon arriving at Pallet Town, Red confronted Leaf, who stole Bulbasaur from Professor Oak. Red easily defeated the thief and took her and Bulbasaur back to Oak. After hearing Leaf's story, Red recalled that he saw Team Rocket was at Celadon City, and Oak suggested they go to the police and report the criminals there. Before Red and Leaf left, Red's Mother gave the latter a travel bag and put Red's leaf pin on it. In turn, Red received a fire pin to put on his hat.

### Rocket Gamer Corner

Red and Leaf went to Celadon City and visited the Celadon Mansion. After getting Eevees from the owner, Red and Leaf noticed two Team Rocket Grunts entering Route 7 and followed them. After some training, along with getting annoyed that Leaf stole a Poké Ball to capture a Vulpix, the two returned to Celadon City. They saw Team Rocket discussing the Game Corner and how it was making them a profit, along with the secret switch in the building to enter the Hideout. With this knowledge, Red and Leaf tried to warn the authorities, but they failed as Team Rocket had bribed them into looking the other way. The two got discouraged, but a woman told them not to give up and suggested that they go to the Department Store to buy some Evolution Stones.

Red and Leaf entered the Department Store, Red buying Poké Balls and a TM to teach Charmeleon Mega Punch. As they got to the Evolution Stone area, Red bought one of each for a Fire Stone, Leaf Stone, and Water Stone. He tried giving Pikachu a Thunder Stone, but Pikachu unintentionally shattered the first one; the second one flew out of his hands, and Leaf swiped some money from Red, preventing him from buying a third one. Using his Leaf and Fire Stones, Red evolved Gloom into Vileplume and his recently caught Growlithe into an Arcanine. However, Red decided to leave Eevee be.

The next day, Red and Leaf trained their Pokémon, preparing themselves for their attack on the Team Rocket Hideout. The two discretely pushed the button and entered the Hideout. Immediately, two Grunts attacked, but Red and Leaf quickly defeated them. Then, Leaf took the Grunts' clothes and had herself and Red disguise themselves so they could sneak around the place. The two remained incognito and received packages to take, but Red heard a Marowak cry and saw a Grunt ripping off the latter's skull. Enraged to see that, along with realizing that the package he got was Marowak skulls, Red walked up to the Grunt and sucker punched him in the face as Charmeleon burned the money his partner was counting.

With their cover blown, Red and Leaf went on the offensive and began attacking the Grunts. As Charmeleon and Bulbasaur dealt with the Grunt's Pokémon, two more Grunts appeared and used Koffing to suffocate Leaf with Smog. Red was restrained by one of the Grunts and gets beaten by the other, while the Grunts' Pokémon restrained Charmeleon. Both Red and Charmeleon got pummeled by the Grunt and their Pokémon, and the latter grew enraged to see his Trainer abused. The rage burrowing inside Charmeleon caused something to awaken, and slowly, he began evolving into his next stage. After a primal roar from Red and Charmeleon, the latter knocked away the Pokémon restraining him and completed his evolution to Charizard.

With no Grunts or their Pokémon left to bother them, Red and Charizard proceeded to Giovanni's room after propping Leaf against a wall. Red summoned the rest of his Pokémon, and the seven walked towards Giovanni's room, ready to stop the latter and the Game Corner scheme. Red and Giovanni fought, but he was able to defeat Team Rocket Boss due to the latter using a backup team. After losing, Giovanni gave Red the Silph Scope and tossed him the keys to unlock the prize Pokémon at the Game Corner. Giovanni and Petrel left just as Red collapsed next to Leaf after an exhausting battle.

With their success at driving Team Rocket out of Celadon City, Red took Leaf outside the Hideout and gave the keys to the prize Pokémon over to the International Police, freeing them. Red and Leaf told the International Police and the news everything they learned from their adventures under the Game Corner, all while getting medical treatment for themselves and their Pokémon. The news makes it all the way across Kanto as the bribed police officer is arrested, and Red's Mother and Professor Oak watch in delight. Both Red and Leaf became heroes for their bravery, though he was a bit shy in talking to the press compared to the latter.

### Celadon Gym

As Red and Leaf met up, he gave the latter his Old Rod and explained that he was going back to challenging Gym Leaders for their Badges. Erika, noticing Red's Badge case as she was walking towards them, revealed that she was the Celadon Gym Leader and invited him to challenge her later that day. Red prepared for the challenge, giving Charizard some stat-boosting vitamins and a Rare Candy while telling his mother that he was okay. Then, Red visited the Department Store and bought some healing items, though he and Pikachu were disappointed to learn that all the Thunder Stones were sold out. Afterwards, Red bought a Clefairy Doll after recalling how close Misty was to his own.

Arriving at the Celadon Gym, the Gym Aide rejected his presence as they had a no-boys-allowed policy. Red asked how Blue was able to challenge Erika despite the policy, and the Aide revealed that she had the latter dress up as a girl to enter the Gym. However, Red had Charizard burn the dress and wig with Flamethrower and defeated the Gym Trainer's Pokémon with ease. Eventually, Red approached Erika and woke her up. Erika began talking about the flowers and how good they were, but Red reminded her that he was there to challenge her to a Gym Battle. Erika accepted Red's challenge, but it ended up a one-sided battle on his part, thanks to Charizard. Red easily defeated Erika and won the Rainbow Badge, but he ended up causing a fire in the Gym.

### Return to the Pokémon Tower

Following his victory over Erika, Red left Celadon City to continue his journey, leaving Leaf behind as she was being trained by the former. After crossing through the Underground Tunnel, a mysterious Pokémon known as Mew stole Red's hat and flew off. Annoyed by that, Red had Doduo fly after it. After flying across Kanto, Red confronted Mew at Lavender Town, using Pikachu to blind the former with Flash. Then, Red had Hypno used Hypnosis to make Mew fall asleep so he could capture it. It took three attempts, but eventually, Red captured Mew, and it went into his Storage System. Following the battle, Red felt something on his shoulder and looked behind him, only to find nothing. Then, Red went back to the Pokémon Tower, hoping to find something new with the Silph Scope.

Red walked upwards into the Pokémon Tower and put on the Silph Scope to see what was in front of him. He discovered that the Ghost Type Pokémon were unaffected by Normal Type moves, but they could not hurt Normal Type Pokémon. Later, Mr. Fuji's Granddaughter went up and met with Red, explaining that she was looking for her grandfather. They get to the top level, finding Mr. Fuji surrounded by Team Rocket Grunts. The granddaughter's Cubone noticed something familiar with the spirit that was summoned. The spirit calms down, and Red, through the Silph Scope, sees that it is Cubone's mother, Marowak.

After Mr. Fuji joined Red and his granddaughter, the trio used Golem, Haunter, and Cubone to defeat Team Rocket's Pokémon, with Cubone using Bone Club to defeat a Golbat. Team Rocket retreated as Mr. Fuji sensed that the spirits of the deceased Pokémon were at peace once again. Suddenly, Red felt the presence again and turned around to see Blue's Raticate behind him. Red apologized to Raticate for accidentally killing it on the SS Anne, but the latter forgave him as he saw how the former paid respects to it along with Blue when he first entered Lavender Town. With their spirits at peace, Raticate and Marowak moved on to the other world, all while Red and the Fujis watched on. Later that day, Red and the Fuji's rested at the latter's house, and Mr. Fuji gave him a Poké Flute. Red headed out afterwards, thanking the Fujis for their help as Lavender Town was at peace.

Red biked over to Route 16 and played the Poké Flute to awaken the Snorlax blocking the checkpoint. Snorlax proved to be a tough Pokémon and even knocked out Doduo, Vileplume, and Pikachu when they tried to attack it. But once Snorlax used Rest to heal its wounds, Red used the opportunity to try to catch the Sleeping Pokémon. Before Red could throw a Poké Ball at it, a Great Ball suddenly appeared and captured Snorlax, revealing that Leaf caught it. Despite being annoyed that Leaf stole his capture, Red remembered that there was another Snorlax at Route 12. Red flew to Vermilion City, got an Item Finder from Professor Oak's Aide, and awakened the Snorlax blocking Route 12's crosswalk. With the help of Charizard, Red captured Snorlax and decided to box Golem for the time being so he could train his new Pokémon.

## Pokémon Team

As of *FINAL BATTLE & EPILOGUE*, Red has caught 152 Pokémon. However, this will only focus on the Pokémon Red has used in his journey.

## Milestones

### Badges won

* Bolder Badge
* Cascade Badge
* Thunder Badge
* Rainbow Badge
* Soul Badge
* Marsh Badge
* Volcano Badge
* Earth Badge

## Trivia

* He is the first character to appear in *Pokémon Red*.