Red and Blue's Pokémon

Pokémon Red and Blue introduced the first 151 Pokémon to the American audience. From Bulbasaur to Mew, Americans loved every single creature, instantly shooting the Pokémon franchise into success. And even though Clefairy was meant to be the star of this series, our favorite electric mouse took over and is now the mascot of the entire series. Let's give the first generation a round of applause.

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	#001 Bulbasaur Is cool
	#002 Ivysaur
	#003 Venasaur This Pokémon is the mascot of Pokémon Green Version, which was released only in Japan.
	#004 Charmander The Charmander family has a flame burning on the tip of its tail. If the flame is put out, the Pokémon dies.
	#005 Charmeleon
	#006 Charizard This Pokémon is the mascot of Pokémon Red Version.
	#007 Squirtle
	#008 Wartortle
	#009 Blastoise This Pokémon is the mascot of Pokémon Blue Version.
	#010 Caterpie
	#011 Metapod METAPOD used HARDEN! METAPOD used HARDEN! METAPOD used HARDEN!
	#012 Butterfree
	#013 Weedle
	#014 Kakuna KAKUNA used HARDEN! KAKUNA used HARDEN! KAKUNA used HARDEN!
	#015 Beedrill
	#016 Pidgey
	#017 Pidgeotto
	#018 Pidgeot
	#019 Ratatta
	#020 Raticate
	#021 Spearow
	#022 Fearow
	#023 Ekans Ekans is "Snake" backwards.
	#024 Arbok Arbok is "Kobra" backwards... Close enough.
	#025 Pikachu If this is your first time seeing this one, then get out of the rock you're living under. This elecreical mouse Pokémon is quite possibly the most popular of them all. If you want one of your own, be ready for a tedious search; Pikachu are very rare. Snoop around in the Viridian Forest or the Power Plant. Some time after the release of Red, Blue, and Green, the Yellow version was released, and Pikachu was its mascot. The Pikachu you obtain in Yellow is special. One thing you'll notice is that it follows you around so you can see it on the overworld. It will never enter its Pokéball, perhaps because it is claustrophobic. Rather than the regular cry, Pikachu is given a voice actor for the Yellow version (the same voice who did Pikachu in the anime, of course). Furthermore, this Pikachu cannot be evolved into Raichu without trading it to another version first. Otherwise it'll just reject the Thunder Stone like a spoiled five year old child rejects broccoli. You can also talk to it to check how it currently feels about its trainer. Pikachu from the Viridian Forest and Power Plant do not exist in the Yellow Version. The one you obtain in Yellow is one of a kind.
	#026 Raichu
	#027 Sandshrew
	#028 Sandslash
	#029 Nidoran (female)
	#030 Nidorina
	#031 Nidoqueen
	#032 Nidoran (male)
	#033 Nidorino
	#034 Nidoking
	#035 Clefairy
	#036 Clefable
	#037 Vulpix
	#038 Ninetails
	#039 Jigglypuff
	#040 Wigglytuff
	#041 Zubat Wild ZUBAT appeared! This Pokémon appears in pretty much every cave you have to trek through in the game. And usually its encounter rate is pretty high, so try not to be too annoyed by the constant appearances of the annoying Zubat (unless you were smart enough to buy some Repels). You'll be seeing it in the later games too. All of them. Ugh.
	#042 Golbat
	#043 Oddish
	#044 Gloom
	#045 Vileplume
	#046 Paras
	#047 Parasect
	#048 Venonat
	#049 Venomoth
	#050 Diglett Diglett, Dig, Diglett Dig... There's a dungeon called Diglett's cave that's full of these guys. How convenient too- that dungeon's located near the Verlimon Gym. Diglett is a speedy ground type Pokémon who has an advantage over the electric type, which, of course, is what the Verlimon Gym happens to be in love with. Better yet, walk in with its evolved form, Dugtrio if you want to add insult to injury.
	#051 Dugtrio Trio, Trio, Trio.
	#052 Meowth Meowth is very popular in its homeland, Japan. One move that this cat is well known for is Pay Day. When it hits the opponent, coins scatter everywhere, and at the end of the battle, the player picks it up as a small amount of usable money. This could be useful to you, but I advise against doing this; it's really bad for the economy.
	#053 Persian
	#054 Psyduck
	#055 Golduck
	#056 Mankey Is Charmander your starter? Or are you playing Yellow with Pikachu? If you said "yes" to any of these, take a trip to the grassy area to the left of Viridian City. This pig/monkey hybrid is a fighting type Pokémon. If you don't have a starter that works against Brock in the first gym, your pal Mankey has fighting type moves that shatter rock type Pokémon.
	#057 Primeape Primeape is mad. Whether it's because you looked it in the eye or because the Colts didn't win the Superbowl, it is always angry. Sometimes it can be mad enough to beat up its own trainer, but don't worry: that never actually happens in the games.
	#058 Growlithe
	#059 Arcanine
	#060 Poliwag
	#061 Poliwhirl
	#062 Poliwrath Give Poliwhirl a water stone, and... Congratulations! Your TADPOLE evolved into SUPER TADPOLE! ...Why they didn't think of a frog Pokémon until the next few games, I'll never know. But don't get the wrong idea. Poliwrath ain't a bad Pokémon, no sir. Upon evolution, Poliwrath gains a fighting type to go along with his water type. Now you have some new resistances, but also new weaknesses such as psychic and flying type attacks, so get used to that.
	#063 Abra An elusive psychic type Pokémon. By elusive, I don't mean RARE. These things are easily found in the grass. However, Abra is prone to teleporting as soon as it encounters you. This is bad because as soon as you weaken it, it'll run away before you can throw your Pokéball of choice. You could throw a ball as soon as you see it, but then it'll be healthy enough to escape. Try putting it to sleep instead to buy yourself enough time to weaken it. In fact, sleeping alone ups your chances of trapping it in the ball, so no need to hit it too hard.
	#064 Kadabra Abra Kadabra... Abracadabra! Hah, that's clever.
	#065 Alakazam Probably one of the meanest Pokémon of the generation. It has really high special and speed, meaning it can sweep out a lot of its opponents before it takes any damage. But with that kind of offense comes a rather frail defense, as Alakazam has very poor HP and defense. Make sure you use Barrier or something else to buff yourself up, or else any bulky pokemon that can take one hit could snap you like a twig. Otherwise, this Pokémon is pretty cool, but it doesn't evolve from Kadabra by leveling or use of in-game items. You need to trade your Kadabra with another player to trigger the evolution. I hope you have a Link Cable!
	#066 Machop
	#067 Machoke
	#068 Machamp Like Kadabra and other Pokémon, Machoke will only evolve by trading. Machoke becomes this; a four armed Pokémon.
	#069 Bellsprout
	#070 Weepinbell
	#071 Victreebel
	#072 Tentacool
	#073 Tentacruel
	#074 Geodude
	#075 Graveler
	#076 Golem
	#077 Ponyta
	#078 Rapidash
	#079 Slowpoke
	#080 Slowbro
	#081 Magnemite
	#082 Magneton
	#083 Farfetch'd Poor little bird. Late in the game, he's not that useful because his stats are poor by comparison to your enemies' Pokémon, and Farfetch'd does not have an evolved form. But if you want its Pokédex entry, you can obtain it in a trade from one of the NPC trainers. Sadly, that Farfetch'd already has a nickname, and if you don't like the name "DUX," you won't be able to rename it because Pokémon obtained in trades can't be renamed.
	#084 Doduo
	#085 Dodrio
	#086 Seel
	#087 Dewgong
	#088 Grimer
	#089 Muk
	#090 Shellder
	#091 Cloyster
	#092 Gastly The Pokémon Gastly and its two evolved forms are the ONLY ghost type Pokémon in the game (until Gold and Silver). None of them happen to be pure ghost type either. The Gastly family is entirely ghost/poison. Why poison? Gastly is some sort of cloud of poison gas. Is it even undead? Did something die to become this Pokémon? The answer is probably yes, as Gastly and Haunter loom about in a tower where prayers are offered to deceased Pokémon.
	#093 Haunter
	#094 Gengar The biggest and baddest of the ghost types. Gengar is a powerful Pokémon that may not be able to take a lot of hits, but it has very nice special and speed for blowing things up. There's a catch, though. Ghost type moves rely on the Pokémon's physical attack stat for power. Gengar doesn't have a lot of attack. For that reason, don't teach him Shadow Ball. Try other things. Oh, and before I forget, it's another Pokémon obtained via trade evolution. Better get that Link Cable.
	#095 Onix
	#096 Drowzee
	#097 Hypno
	#098 Krabby
	#099 Kingler
	#100 Voltorb See that item ball on the ground? Don't touch it- oops, too late. It was actually an electric Pokémon Voltorb in disguise and now it's attacking you! A number of the item balls in the Power Plant are actually Voltorbs in hiding, so be ready for a fight at all times. You might want to consider making him another one of your guns in your arsenal, though- his evolved form Electrode could prove useful.
	#101 Electrode Electrode sits upon the throne with the words "Fastest Pokémon" engraved on it. It may be kinda weak on the defensive side, but with Electrode's high speed you probably won't be bothered by it much. Imagine the strategies you could pull off with this speed... perhaps you could throw it on an annoying Gym Leader's Pokémon and paralyze it with Thunder Wave. Or just mess with the enemy using Explosion, which defeats the user while dealing lethal damage to the enemy. These guys can be jerks in the wild though. Their unrivaled speed often prevents you from escaping them, and they might decide to use Explosion.
	#102 Exeggcute
	#103 Exeggcutor See that sprite? It was reused for one of the later games.
	#104 Cubone
	#105 Marowak
	#106 Hitmonlee There are two Gyms in Saffron City. One of them allows you to obtain your choice of two fighting type Pokémon, Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan. Most people prefer Lee, not only because of his somewhat superior stats, but also his cool design. Can your legs spring out like a coil? Didn't think so.
	#107 Hitmonchan Personally, I would advise against choosing Hitmonchan. Its stats aren't as great as those of Hitmonlee's. It learns elemental punches such as Fire Punch, but those aren't really that useful since they rely on Hitmonchan's Special stat for power. Hitmonchan doesn't have the best Special stat on the block, by the way. An interesting note though, he punches faster than the speed of a shifting eye. If only that helped him in gameplay...
	#108 Lickitung
	#109 Koffing
	#110 Weezing
	#111 Rhyhorn Rhyhorn's as dumb as a rock. It's also pretty slow. But this Pokémon makes up for it with nice Attack and Defense. But he's not invincible, of course. His low Special leaves him wide open to Pokémon like Kadabra, so watch out. Also bear in mind Rhyhorn's types- ground and rock. One water or grass type move and it's lights out for Rhyhorn.
	#112 Rhydon Raise your Rhyhorn to level 42 and its horn turns into a drill. Rhydon is slow, but strong. Just watch out for those special-based attacks.
	#113 Chansey It's called Chansey because catching one is all up to chance. Why is that? Chansey's one of the rare Pokémon located in the Safari Zone, and its catch rate is rather low. It's annoying to capture, but it's worth it, trust me. Chansey has a ludicrous amount of HP. And on the overworld, its move Softboiled can heal other Pokémon in your party, making it a useful team player. Healing other Pokémon requires Chansey's own HP, but it has plenty to spare. Mass Potion buying on the other hand does make this rather pointless, but don't forget that Softboiled also heals Chansey's HP when battling.
	#114 Tangela
	#115 Kangaskhan
	#116 Horsea
	#117 Seadra
	#118 Goldeen
	#119 Seaking
	#120 Staryu
	#121 Starmie
	#122 Mr. Mime
	#123 Scyther
	#124 Jynx
	#125 Electabuzz
	#126 Magmar
	#127 Pinsir
	#128 Tauros
	#129 Magikarp Wow, what a worthless piece of junk. Magikarp is most likely the weakest Pokémon of them all. The only move it starts with is Splash, which literally does nothing. Nothing at all. It DOES learn Tackle later on, but it's not that strong of a move, and poor Magikarp has some rather lowly attack power. Why do you have this thing in your party?
	#130 Gyarados Magikarp evolves into THIS at level 20. If you manage to raise a Magikarp for that long, then congrats! Gyarados is a rather powerful Pokémon, so one could say that raising it is worth the wait. Just keep it away from those electrical Pokémon. Gyarados is a water and flying type, and one electric type attack will knock it down like a tower of playing cards.
	#131 Lapras
	#132 Ditto One of the most unique Pokémon. Ditto was built for one purpose only- being a copycat. This Pokémon's only move is Transform, which turns the user into the form of its opponent. Ditto copies not only shape, but also types and moves! Ditto is kinda frail though, so if you have this little blob in your party, be sure that he'll survive the first hit.
	#133 Eevee An interesting fellow, this Eevee. This Pokémon can evolve into one of three other Pokémon. Give it a Water/Thunder/Fire Stone and it'll become Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon, respectively. Choose wisely- there's only one Eevee in this game. You can get yours for free within the Celadon Mansion.
	#134 Vaporeon
	#135 Jolteon
	#136 Flareon
	#137 Porygon Porygon is the first Pokémon in existance that is completely artificial. Yup, this Pokémon is all just coding (well they're ALL coding but you get the idea). Furthermore, they haven't been released into the wild. If you want your own, you'll need to purchase it from the Celadon Game Corner. Here's the catch- you can only pay in coins provided by the Game Corner, and not the game's normal currency. Using the slot machines you'll have to work up to a whopping 9,999 coins for just one Porygon, unless you have enough money to buy all the coins. I hope you can line up the 7's on the slots, otherwise you are going to go insane.
	#138 Omanyte At the end of Mt. Moon you will be offered to pick up either a Helix Fossil or a Dome Fossil. Near the end of the game, you'll be able to take those fossils to a laboratory at Cinnabar Island to turn the fossil you picked into a Pokémon. If you pick the Helix Fossil, you will obtain this Pokémon, Omanyte.
	#139 Omastar
	#140 Kabuto If you pick the Dome Fossil instead, you will obtain a Kabuto.
	#141 Kabutops
	#142 Aerodactyl In an area of the Pewter City museum, you can pick up an item called an Old Amber. Take it to Cinnabar's lab and it'll be made into your very own Aerodactyl.
	#143 Snorlax Eat. Sleep. Repeat. This is a day in the life of the hibernating Pokémon, Snorlax. Two of these are blocking your way to Fushcia City. They're napping right in the middle of the road, and you can't walk around it because it's so fat. To get them out of the way you need to obtain a Pokéflute to wake it up. This, however, makes it angry and it will battle with you. This is your chance to catch one of your own! Don't mess up- you only get two shots at catching a Snorlax (there's two of them, remember?), and after that you won't see one again. It makes a good party member; a popular strategy used by trainers is walling the enemy with Snorlax's massive HP and healing it with Rest if its HP is getting low.
	#144 Articuno
	#145 Zapdos
	#146 Moltres
	#147 Dratini
	#148 Dragonair
	#149 Dragonite
	#150 Mewtwo Okay, so you beat the Elite Four of Indigo Plateau and now you're a stud. Oh yeah! Now you'll be allowed in that one cave in Cerulean City, where you can find one of these. Behold; the level 70 Mewtwo, the "final boss" Pokémon. Don't worry if he sweeps away all your Pokémon the turn they're sent out. That's perfectly normal. Mewtwo is a clone of the elusive Mew generated by human scientists. Mewtwo is meant to be an exact copy, but the result was an atom bomb in the form of a Pokémon. Awesome. So, Mewtwo's stats are off the charts. Even worse, he's psychic type, which didn't have a lot of weaknesses back in the day. Of course, there's the bug type that can sorta hurt him, but Mewtwo's otherworldly offenses will send anything flying. And of course, it's another one-chance-to-catch Pokémon. Don't let up, now! Remember that Master Ball you obtained from Sliph H.Q.? Save it for this Pokémon. Otherwise, I wish you luck.
	#151 Mew The last Pokémon before the later generations came. So what did Gamefreak do to make the final Pokémon so special? First of all, at this point you cannot get your own Mew in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow and Green (without cheats or glitches, anyway). To get a legit Mew, you had to obtain it from some sort of event that put Mew's data into your game. But the fun doesn't end there. Mew is actually one of the most fun Pokémon to use. No, not because you feel proud to own something so rare. Mew is capable of learning any TM or HM provided to it. Want a HM slave? Or something that can Selfdestruct? It's your call, and that's why Mew is so awesome. With the right moveset, you could make it a powerful addition to the team if you wanted to be unfair.

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