In the main series
Major appearances
Wilbur, guardian of Pudgy Pidgey Isle, helped to teach a Pidgey named Orville how to fly in Fly Me to the Moon. Nearly all the other Pidgey on the island were too large for flight.
Other
Pidgey first appeared in Pokémon - I Choose You!. Ash tried capturing it, but failed because Pikachu would not obey him.
A flock of Pidgey appeared in Pallet Party Panic, where they were attacked by a flock of Spearow and a Fearow. The flock reappeared in a flashback in Fighting Flyer with Fire.
Casey has a Pidgey, which appeared in The Double Trouble Header. It was used in Casey's battle against Ash, where it was defeated by Charizard.
Multiple Pidgey were featured in Carrying On! as mail-Pidgey, owned by Malachi and his grandfather. One of them was named Ken, and it was rescued by Ash and his friends after it was attacked by a wild Fearow.
Professor Oak captured a Pidgey just before Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?. He used it to blast off Team Rocket.
Minor appearances
Pidgey are frequently seen in the background of many episodes flying in flocks of ten or more. Sometimes, they appear in town centers or fields nearby to Ash and friends, and usually fly away because of any local disturbance. Their appearances range from seemingly any anime episode as well as movies.
A Pidgey figure is stored inside Ash's Voltorb clock as seen in Pokémon! I Choose You!, and pops out when the alarm went off and the clock opened.
A Pidgey appeared in a fantasy in The School of Hard Knocks and Dig Those Diglett!.
A Pidgey appeared in Electric Shock Showdown, under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer.
A Pidgey appeared in Battle Aboard the St. Anne and Pokémon Fashion Flash.
A Pidgey was seen in a Pokémon Center in Sparks Fly for Magnemite.
A Pidgey appeared in Clefairy Tales, where it fell asleep after Jigglypuff sang.
Multiple Pidgey were among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral.
A Pidgey appeared in All Fired Up!.
Multiple Pidgey made brief cameo appearances in The Power of One, Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, Hatch Me If You Can, Destiny Deoxys, The Rise of Darkrai, Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Arceus and the Jewel of Life, and Zoroark: Master of Illusions
Mandi used multiple Pidgey to perform magic tricks before his battle in Round One - Begin!.
Multiple pink Pidgey resided on the Pinkan Island in In the Pink.
Ralph and Emily were both shown in a flashback to have once owned one Pidgey each in Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?.
A Pidgey fell asleep after Jigglypuff sang in Tunnel Vision.
Trixie has multiple Pidgey, which are used in her circus in Love, Totodile Style.
A flock of Pidgey appeared in The Apple Corp!, where they were shocked by the gang of Pichu after trying to steal apples from an orchard.
In The Poké Spokesman, Simon claimed to have met a Pidgey, an Oddish, and a Rattata, which could talk, as seen in a flashback.
A flock of Pidgey appeared in the wild in The Legend of Thunder!.
Two Pidgey were among the Pokémon seen in a forest outside the Ice Path in EP250.
Several Pidgey were among the inhabitants of the Dragon Holy Land in Fangs for Nothin'.
In Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, two Pidgey can be seen having a wash in a drinking basin. Flocks of them were also populous throughout Alto Mare.
Three Pidgey were among the Pokémon that were having trouble with the Haunter from the area they lived in. Pikachu and Meowth managed to drive the Haunter away.
A Pidgey was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainers' School in Gonna Rule The School!.
Multiple Pidgey appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Also, one appeared in the opening sequence of the movie.
A Pidgey appeared in The Saffron Con as a Pokémon owned by a Coordinator that was taken by Team Rocket.
Team Rocket mistook a Pidgey for a Ho-Oh in Battling the Enemy Within.
A Pidgey appeared in One Big Happiny Family! in Jessie's fantasy.
Three Pidgey appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1). Two additional Pidgey appeared in the follow-up episode.
A Pidgey appeared in Coming Full-Festival Circle!.
Multiple Pidgey appeared in Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!.
Three Pidgey appeared in The Dream Continues!.
Multiple Pidgey appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Pidgey appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, A Jolting Switcheroo!, and Awakening the Sleeping Giant.
Multiple Pidgey appeared in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!.
Two Pidgey appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
Two Pidgey made a cameo appearance at the beginning of The Cave of Mirrors!.
A Performer's Pidgey appeared in a video in Performing with Fiery Charm!.
Three Pidgey made a brief appearance in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!, where they were scared by Ash's Talonflame.
A Pidgey appeared in A Watershed Moment! in a flashback.
A Pidgey appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel as one of the Pokémon residing at Nebel Plateau.
A Pidgey appeared in Loading the Dex! as a silhouette that Rotom Pokédex brought up.
Multiple Pidgey appeared in I Choose You!. Ash attempted to capture one. Later on, they were among the Pokémon that were under the control of Marshadow.
Two Pidgey appeared in Alola, Kanto!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other in a photo taken by Rotom.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Entry
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EP001
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Pidgey
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Ash's Pokédex
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Pidgey is a Flying Pokémon. Among all the Flying Pokémon, it is the gentlest and easiest to capture. A perfect target for the beginning Pokémon Trainer to test his Pokémon's skills.
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EP001
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Pidgey's attacks
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Ash's Pokédex
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Pidgey's Gust power creates tornadoes. It also has a Sand-Attack.
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In Pokémon Origins
Red encountered a Pidgey in File 1: Red. Using his Charmander, Red tried battling it, but it managed to get away.
Another Pidgey appeared later in the same episode, where it was shown getting registered in Red's Pokédex.
In Pokémon Generations
A Pidgey appeared in Ecruteak City in The Reawakening.
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Professor Oak owns a Pidgey in the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Pidgey appeared in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In ...But Fearow Itself!, a frozen Pidgey was pictured by Bill in his explanation about how to stop a Flying Pokémon.
The Safari Zone's tour guides are automated robotic Pidgey, called Pidgebots, as first seen in Long Live the Nidoking.
In Pidgeotto Pick-Me-Up, two Pidgey, along with a Pidgeotto, kidnap Yellow's Caterpie.
Crystal captured a Pidgey on her way to Professor Elm's Lab in Three Cheers for Chikorita.
A Pidgey appeared in Querulous Qwilfish, aiding the construction of the Battle Tower.
Another Pidgey appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to help in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Trainer's Pidgey appeared in Clobbering Claydol.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
In Prologue: Pallet Town, a flock of Pidgey swarmed Satoshi, but he was saved by Professor Oak's Charmander.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Red caught a Pidgey off-screen in The Pokémon Banana League (Part 1).
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
- Main article: Gold's Pidgey
Gold's first capture on his journey was a Pidgey, which later evolved into a Pidgeotto.