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'''Red's Pikachu''' (Japanese: '''レッドのピカチュウ''' ''Red's Pikachu'') is the sole [[starter Pokémon]] in {{game|Yellow}} for {{ga|Red}}; it is based on [[Ash's Pikachu]] from the [[Pokémon anime]], which Yellow Version is loosely based on. As of {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, it is the highest-leveled Trainer-owned Pokémon in the main series games.

Pikachu first appears along the outskirts of {{rt|1|Kanto}}, where [[Professor Oak]] will encounter and {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} it. The player receives Pikachu after they go into Professor Oak's laboratory and attempt to take the starter {{p|Eevee}}, which {{ga|Blue}} will take instead.

After battling against Blue for the first time, the Pikachu will choose to stay out of its [[Poké Ball]] and [[walking Pokémon|follow the player]] around unless it faints, is [[Pokémon Storage System|put into storage]], or is traded. If the player decides to speak to Pikachu, a small image of its current emotion will pop up. The image also shows how much the Pikachu [[friendship|likes]] the player. This makes Pokémon Yellow the first game to show Pokémon friendship, which would become more prominent in [[Generation II]]. Pikachu's friendship does not have many uses in the game, however it is vital if the player wishes to receive a Bulbasaur in [[Cerulean City]]. Besides showing Pikachu's emotions and friendship, the image can also show several other events, such as when Pikachu learns {{m|Thunderbolt}}.

Pikachu has several in-game events where it can show an emotion other than how happy it is. They include:

*If talked to right after losing to Blue in the Pokémon Lab, it will turn its back to the player.

*If Pikachu is affected by a [[status condition]], it will appear weak or in pain. If it is asleep, it will appear asleep when talked to.

*If Pikachu has just learned Thunder or Thunderbolt, it may shock the player if talked to.

*If talked to right after catching a Pokémon, it will make a V with its fingers to represent victory.

*If talked to after trying to give it a Thunderstone, Pikachu will shake its head in refusal.

Although Red doesn't use his Pikachu when battled in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]], it still makes a cameo appearance during the game's end credits, battling {{ga|Blue}}'s {{p|Eevee}}.

Red's challenge at Mt. Silver returns in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. He still uses Pikachu in these games; it is now level 88. This again makes it the highest level Trainer-owned Pokémon in the series, a title it lost to {{ga|Barry}}'s starter Pokémon on the release of {{game|Platinum}} only a year before.

In the final battle, it is holding a {{DL|Stat-enhancing item|Light Ball}}, while it knows the four moves used by [[Ash's Pikachu]] most often prior to the release of the games.  

Red can be battled in the [[Champions Tournament]] of [[Pokémon World Tournament]] in {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}. He uses his Pikachu as his signature Pokémon once again in the battle, though it varies in gender.

Red's Pikachu appears at the end of ''[[JBA6|The True Road to Becoming the Strongest!!]]'', though it debuted as a cameo in the end of [[JBA5|the previous chapter]].

*Red's Pikachu likely inspired, at least partly, the concept of any Pokémon [[walking Pokémon|following the player outside its Poké Ball]] in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.

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