PIKACHU
Red / Blue
Yellow
It keeps its tail raised to monitor its surroundings. If you yank its tail, it will try to bite you
Pokédex #
Species
Height
Weight
Base Exp
Catch Rate
Growth Rate
Base Stats
Total
260
Stats at a Glance
Pick a level to compare a wild catch, a trainer's version, and a fully raised one.
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Situation
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HP
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Attack
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Defense
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Special
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Speed
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Wild catch
A newly encountered one at this level. |
95-110 | 60-75 | 35-50 | 55-70 | 95-110 |
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Trainer team
What enemy teams usually bring. |
103 | 69 | 43 | 63 | 103 |
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Fully raised
A strong end-of-journey version. |
142 | 107 | 82 | 102 | 142 |
How To Get It
Wild
Fishing
Odds shown per cast.
Special Sources
Trades, gifts, starters, prizes, and one-off encounters.
Starter partner from Professor Oak.
Your Starter Pikachu
Yellow's starter Pikachu reacts to what you do, and its hidden happiness changes the special reaction screen.
| What to know | Details |
|---|---|
| Starting point | It begins at 90 happiness when the adventure starts. |
| What helps | Walking, leveling up, healing items, Gym Leader wins, and teaching TM/HM all make it happier. |
| What hurts | Depositing it, fainting, poison fainting, rough losses, and trading it away drag its mood down. |
| Reaction bands | Its special reaction screen changes again at 50, 100, 130, 160, 200, and 250 happiness. |
| Late-game feel | Once Pikachu is already very happy, the positive boosts become smaller. |
Special Reactions
Yellow gives the starter Pikachu a few extra scenes and special reactions around Kanto.
Fishing rod
Using a rod can trigger the special fish-bubble reaction screen.
Pikachu gets its own sleepy wake-up scene here.
Before you help Bill with the separator, Pikachu reacts to the whole transformed-Pokémon mess with its own scene.
When Bill gets ready to use the separator, Pikachu can get a more startled reaction screen of its own.
The Lavender tower floors can force a frightened reaction.
One fan club visit can trigger a soft heart-filled reaction instead of the normal talk screen.
A later fan club visit can swap in a more excited follow-up reaction for your starter Pikachu.
Status condition
If starter Pikachu is poisoned, paralyzed, or otherwise not feeling well, the talk screen changes too.
Surfing Pikachu
A starter Pikachu that knows Surf unlocks the surfing minigame at the Summer Beach House.
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Summer Beach House | Talk to the Surfin' Dude with your starter Pikachu after it learns Surf. |
| Surf | Pikachu must know this move before the minigame opens. |
| Return visits | Once you qualify, the Surfin' Dude lets you come back and play again. |
Type Matchups
Weaknesses
1
Resistances
2
Immunities
0
No immunities in Pokemon Yellow Version.
Learnset
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Move
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Slot
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|---|---|
| THUNDERSHOCK | Slot 1 |
| GROWL | Slot 2 |
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Move
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Level
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|---|---|
| TAIL WHIP | Lv 6 |
| THUNDER WAVE | Lv 8 |
| QUICK ATTACK | Lv 11 |
| DOUBLE TEAM | Lv 15 |
| SLAM | Lv 20 |
| THUNDERBOLT | Lv 26 |
| AGILITY | Lv 33 |
| THUNDER | Lv 41 |
| LIGHT SCREEN | Lv 50 |
Trainer Uses
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Trainer
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Level
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Slot
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Location
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|---|---|---|---|
| No trainer teams are listed for this Pokémon. | |||