Creature · #25
Pikachu
Your partner. Yellow gives you Pikachu at level 5 instead of a starter choice, it walks behind you on the overworld, and it is the only Pokemon in Generation I with a real recorded voice (Ikue Otani, the anime voice actor). Turn around and talk to it to read its mood - Yellow is the only Gen 1 game with a happiness system, and it exists purely for this Pikachu. It refuses the Thunder Stone and can never become Raichu, and it cannot be released.
Generation I base stats: HP 35, Attack 55, Defense 30, Special 50, Speed 90. Generation I has a single Special stat, used for both special attack and special defense.
Evolution: Evolves into Raichu (Thunder Stone; starter refuses)
How to get in Yellow: Starter only (L5, Pallet Town) — no wild Pikachu in Yellow
Measurements
Profile
- Total Stats
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Has Type
Which elemental type or types something has. ONE relationship serves creatures, characters and moves — the old schema had a many2many on one model and a plain many2one on another, which could not be queried together. "Show me everything Fire" is now one query.
Learns at Level
A move that arrives by levelling up, and the level it arrives at.
| Learns at Level | Level |
|---|---|
| Tail Whip | 6 |
| Thunder Wave | 8 |
| Quick Attack | 11 |
| Double Team | 15 |
| Slam | 20 |
| Thunderbolt | 26 |
| Agility | 33 |
| Thunder | 41 |
| Light Screen | 50 |
Knows from Start
A move the creature already has when you get it.
Taught by TM
A move a Technical Machine can teach this creature. A separate relationship from levelling up because the method changes what the relationship MEANS, and the guide already renders them as separate sections (design SS4.4).
Taught by HM
A move a Hidden Machine can teach this creature.
Found At
Where something is met, and how. Characters are here as well as creatures: the guide records where Professor Oak stands and where each Gym Leader is fought.
| Found At | Encounter Method | Encounter Level | Encounter Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallet Town | Gift | 5–5 | 100 % |
Evolves Into
The next stage of an evolution line. NO trigger, level or item attributes: that data does not exist in this guide today and a transform does not invent it.