![]() Inside the city Pika runs into the one who created the barrier, a Mr. Pika uses his Substitute to get past the barrier and Golduck uses Confusion to pass the information back to their Trainers. In Peace of Mime, Pika teams up with Blue's Golduck in order to break into Saffron City. ![]() Erika is impressed with Pika's resolve and promises not to hurt Eevee anymore. Erika mocks Red for his futile strategy, but Red grins and points out that while Erika and Vileplume were distracted, Pikachu had already reached the machine holding Eevee. Through the petals binding his body Pika releases an energy clone from Substitute, which Vileplume easily defeats. Vileplume then switches to Swords Dance and sends its petals flying straight for Pika, wrapping it up firmly and reducing its health to dangerously low levels. Vileplume starts with Petal Dance, which Pika dodges. In Meanwhile…Vileplume!, Pika battled in Red’s Gym battle against Erika and her Vileplume in his fight to save Eevee. They later traded back, while keeping the serious attitude that Blue installed in them. During his time under Blue's ownership he battles against a Ninetales, using his new Toxic attack to deal massive damage. During the three days that Blue has them he trains them vigorously. In A Tale of Ninetales, Pika is accidentally traded to Blue alongside Poli and Saur. Using his tail, Pika cuts off a huge portion off the cave roof, blocking the cave and allowing Red a chance to escape. Rhydon stomps on Pika before moving in to finish Red, but Pika slides out from underneath Rhydon having charged himself tremendously. The attack successfully knocks out Rhyhorn, but Koga appears and injects a liquid that forces Rhyhorn to evolve into Rhydon. Rhyhorn begins with Rock Throw and manages to bury Pika, only for Pika to recover and fire a blast of electricity, surrounded by electrified debris from the Rock Throw. In Raging Rhydon, Pika participated in Red's first battle against a member of Team Rocket, facing off against a grunt's Rhyhorn. Pika, finally understanding Red a bit, launches a huge electric attack at Onix, which destroys him, earning Red the victory. The rock snake forms a twister before launching himself towards Pika. Brock angrily orders Onix to use his most powerful move, Skull Bash. He then attacks Red, prompting Brock to believe Red's wins before have been nothing but dumb luck. Brock orders his Onix to use Rock Throw on Pika, who dodges every rock except one, infuriating him. During his battle against Brock, Red has no choice but to send Pika in due to Poli and Saur being too tired. In the next chapter, Red attempts to rely on Pika to help him fight the Pewter Gym, only to be refused. Red manages to capture him with help from Saur and attempts to befriend him, but to no avail. Pika had been causing havoc at the market, evading capture with his electric attacks and eating the shops' food. Red first met Pika at Pewter City in Wanted: Pikachu!. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.The bits about why the Pokémon anime had Ash choose Pikachu instead of the usual starters, Squirtle, Charmander or Bulbasaur is especially telling. ![]() The rest of the interview is very interesting and gives Pokémon and Pikachu fans some context to the creation of the franchise's mascot. "There wasn't any problem with its appearances, but it was omitted due to matters surrounding game balance," Sugimori said. When the creators were asked why Gorochu was cut from the Pokémon games, they said it had nothing to do with the appearance of the Pikachu evolution. Unfortunately, no artwork for Gorochu was ever released, leaving Pokémon fans to come up with their own ideas for what Raichu's evolution would look like. "Pika" comes from the onomatopoeia "Pika-Pika" meaning to glitter, and "chu" comes from the sound a mouse makes. "Goro" is a Japanese onomatopoeia to describe rumbling from thunder, "Rai" comes from the Japanese word for thunder. The Pokémon known as Gorochu bared fangs and even had a pair of horns," Nishida said. " It was Pika(chu), Rai(chu), and Goro(chu). ![]() However, the most interesting bit of information comes from the acknowledgment that Pikachu was originally supposed to evolve into Raichu and then again into Gorochu. The interview talks about a number of things including how the Pokémon got its name and what it was modeled after. In an interview for Japanese newspaper Yomiuri - translated by Siliconera - key Pokémon designers Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Koji Nishino spoke about all things Pikachu. Pikachu from the Pokémon series is one of the most recognizable characters in all of media, but it's history could have been different if the creators went through with the original idea to have the electric mouse evolve a second time.
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