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Pika (Japanese:ピカPika) is aPikachu thatRed owns inPokémon Adventures and his thirdPokémon overall. During theYellow arc, Pika traveled withYellow to track down Red after he'd gone missing, making him her third Pokémon overall. As of...Now You Don't, he is atlevel 88, and hisCharacteristic is that he is "strong willed."
History
Red, Green & Blue arc
Red first met Pika atPewter City inWanted: Pikachu!. Pika had been causing havoc at the market, evading capture with his electric attacks and eating the shops' food. Red manages to capture him with help fromSaur and attempts to befriend him, but to no avail. In thenext chapter, Red attempts to rely on Pika to help him fight thePewter Gym, only to berefused. During his battle againstBrock, Red has no choice but to send Pika in due toPoli and Saur being too tired. Brock orders hisOnix to useRock Throw on Pika, who dodges every rock except one, infuriating him. He then attacks Red, prompting Brock to believe Red's wins before have been nothing but dumb luck. Brock angrily ordersOnix to use his most powerful move,Skull Bash. The rock snake forms a twister before launching himself towards Pika. Diving, Red rescues him just in time. Pika, finally understanding Red a bit, launches a huge electric attack at Onix, which destroys him, earning Red the victory.
InRaging Rhydon, Pika participated in Red's first battle against a member ofTeam Rocket, facing off against a grunt'sRhyhorn. Rhyhorn begins withRock 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. The attack successfully knocks out Rhyhorn, butKoga appears and injects a liquid that forces Rhyhorn to evolve intoRhydon. Rhydon stomps on Pika before moving in to finish Red, but Pika slides out from underneath Rhydon having charged himself tremendously. Using his tail, Pika cuts off a huge portion off the cave roof, blocking the cave and allowing Red a chance to escape.
InA Tale of Ninetales, Pika is accidentally traded toBlue alongside Poli and Saur. During the three days that Blue has them he trains them vigorously. During his time under Blue's ownership he battles against aNinetales, using his newToxic attack to deal massive damage. They later traded back, while keeping the serious attitude that Blue installed in them.
InMeanwhile…Vileplume!, Pika battled in Red’s Gym battle againstErika and herVileplume in his fight to saveEevee. Vileplume starts with Petal Dance, which Pika dodges. 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. Through the petals binding his body Pika releases an energy clone fromSubstitute, which Vileplume easily defeats. 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. Erika is impressed with Pika's resolve and promises not to hurt Eevee anymore.
InPeace of Mime, Pika teams up withBlue's Golduck in order to break intoSaffron City. Pika uses his Substitute to get past the barrier and Golduck usesConfusion to pass the information back to their Trainers. Inside the city Pika runs into the one who created the barrier, aMr. Mime. Despite Mr. Mime's evasive attempts, a coordinatedThunderbolt from Pika successfully faints the Barrier Pokémon, lifting the barrier. Pika later battled in Red's fight againstLt. Surge, but was unable to do anything due to insulation he had in his suit.
InLong Live the Nidoqueen?!, Pika was Red's last resort in his battle againstGiovanni. Due to Red having an insulated glove Pika was able to charge up his attack before being sent out, which allowed the two to surprise attack Giovanni andNidoqueen, giving them the victory.
InA Charizard…and a Champion, Pika and Poli helped Saur defeatBlue's Charizard in a brilliant strategy by having Poli's water vapor and Pika's electric energy create a thundercloud that struck a vine shot and wrapped around him by Saur.
Yellow arc
In the chapter, Pika battledBruno and hisHitmonlee. Red attempts to have Pika useThunder Wave on Hitmonlee's knees to immobilize him, but misses due to the fact that Hitmonlee's knees are impossible to locate. After the battle is stopped Red is frozen and Pika was the only one to escape from theKantoElite Four. He managed to find his way back toProfessor Oak's, beaten and wounded.Soon after, a girl by the name ofYellow comes in looking for Pika and tells Professor Oak that Pika is coming with her to look for Red. Yellow quickly heals Pika's wounds and the two set out to find Red. Due to experiencing emotional trauma from the battle Pika suffers minor memory loss and does not remember where to find Red.
InCloystered, Pika helped Yellow in her attempt to escape fromLorelei. She first puts Pika inside hisPoké Ball and then sends him out to spy on Lorelei and her tactics. After being reeled back in, Yellow storms out into the open and has Pika attack withThunder Shock, which renders herCloyster useless. Pika later battled in Yellow's first fight againstLance inBreath of the Dragonair Part 3. Pika launches himself at Lance but Lance throws Pika back to Yellow and has hisDragonairwrap around Yellow, immobilizing her. Pika tries to attack Lance, but stops when Dragonair'sHyper Beam narrowly misses him, although the beam changes direction and hits Pika anyways. Lance then has his Dragonair drop Yellow and wraps around Pika. Yellow tells Pika to use Substitute, and Pika creates a double that attacks Lance but misses. Enraged, Lance has his Dragonair useDragon Rage, and Dragonair blasts Yellow, Pika, and its double, making them fall into the ocean. While underwater, Pika ends up learningSurf, allowing Pika to return to the surface and use Thunderbolt on Lance, causing a giant explosion and causing Lance to disappear.
InPidgeotto Pick-Me-Up, Yellow leaves Kitty with Pika as she goes off to run an errand. After Yellow races off Kitty spots a leaf floating past, and chases after it. The leaf floats over to the edge of the cliff, so Pika chases after Kitty to stop him from falling off the edge. Kitty then chases the leaf and almost runs into a cactus. Pika runs in front of Kitty and blows the leaf away, with then flies off in a gust of wind. Pika finds another leaf and gives it to Kitty when suddenly a herd ofPidgeotto fly past and pick Kitty up in the process. Pika climbs the cliff, and then jumps off and shocks the Pidgeotto. The Pidgeotto drops Kitty, and Pika catches him, with Kitty looking very distressed. They land next to a tree and some flowers, and Kitty eats all the flowers, recovering his health and cheerfulness. The two then promptly fall asleep.
InDouble Dragonair, Pika once again battled Lance. Pika begins by saving Yellow from a pool of lava with Surf. Pika then fires off an attack at Lance, but Lance counters with a powerful Hyper Beam. Yellow follows up by telling Pika to use Thunderbolt onLance's Dragonite, while Lance commands Dragonite to use another Hyper Beam. Eventually Yellow becomes unable to stand up against Dragonite's attacks and has Pika surf in order to create a whirlpool around Lance, attempting to trap him inside. Lance uses Dragonite to fly through the lava and rams into Yellow and Pika. After the hit Lance disappears. During the final fight inThe Legend, Yellow orders Pika to focus his energy into the ultimate attack: MegaVolt, sending a massive blast of electricity into Lance and defeating him. After the battle Pika finally reunites with Red and regains his suppressed memories.
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
InForretress of Solitude Pika is seen next to Yellow's Pikachu,Chuchu, with the two of them getting along well. In thenext chapter Red heads off toMt. Silver in order to treat the wounds he received from the Elite Four. Pika is left with Yellow and Chuchu because he doesn't want him to feel responsible for his injuries. Yellow explains to Pika that she, Chuchu and herUncle will be heading toJohto, and invites Pika to join them. They head off for Johto together.
InPlayful Porygon2, Pika and Chuchu produce anEgg together at theDay Care. During their stay the Day Care is attacked by members of Team Rocket and Pika and Chuchu are forced to flee with their egg. After escaping they are caught by theMasked Man and are held as hostages to intimidateGold. Gold manages to free them and hatches their egg into aPichu, namedPibu. InThe Last Battle XIV, Pika participated in taking downPryce and rescuingCelebi.
InPSs1, Pika goes with Red and Gold to Mt. Silver to help train his son. During the training Pibu is kidnapped and Red and Pika rush after the kidnapper, aPoliwrath andVenusaur. Due to their high level and being the same species as Poli and Saur, Pika has trouble facing his opponents. With encouragement from Red Pika manages to defeat the two and rescue Pibu.
Ruby & Sapphire arc
Pika appeared in a fantasy inRayquaza Redemption II, whenSapphire explained toRuby that the accomplishments of Red and his team inspired her to train to battle.
FireRed & LeafGreen arc
InDouble Dealing with Deoxys, Pika battled alongsideAero as Red's last two Pokémon in his battle against Blue. Red had Aero useTake Down onScizor, which dealt norecoil damage due to hisRock Head Ability. Aero followed up withDragon Claw on Scizor, so Blue switched him out forRhydon. Seeing an opening, Red has Pika attackMachamp with an electric attack. To Red's surprise, the attack is suddenly redirected. Blue smirks and reveals that Rhydon has theLightning Rod Ability, which causes allElectric-type moves to be redirected towards him. Since Pika's Electric attacks had no effect, Pika jumps into the air and delivers anIron Tail onto Machamp's head. The battle then ends in a tie.
InDon't Doubt Deoxys, Pika is used to battle againstOrganism No. 2. Pika attacks with a Thunderbolt, but it fails to do any real damage as Organism No. 2 switched to itsDefense Forme. Pika later attacks with a powerfulThunder, landing a direct hit on the DNA Pokémon's core. While itrecovers Red has Pika use Thunder again, but the attack fail due to Organism No. 2'sPressure. Pika was later nearly killed along with Red's other Pokémon while defending his Trainer from Organism No. 2'sPsycho Boost.
InDistant Relation Deoxys andStorming the Forretress, Pika was seen joining Red's other Pokémon, Blue's Charizard, and Chuchu to take down the tenForretress thatCarr had placed inside theTeam Rocket airship.
Emerald arc
InThe Final Battle III, it is revealed by Gold that Pika wasn't inside his Poké Ball during thePokédex holders' petrification, and was thus able to escape alongside Chuchu. Pika is seen wearing Red's hat and using Surf to get to theBattle Frontier to see Red get recovered, while Chuchu is seen flying with her balloons to get to the same destination (wearing Yellow's straw hat). Pika later learnedVolt Tackle along with his partner and offspring and used it againstGuile Hideout's fakeKyogre, helping to defeat it.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
Pika appeared in a flashback inOne Tough Togepi, where Gold mentions how Lance can control the direction of his Hyper Beams. He also appeared in a flashback inAll About Arceus IX, whenHirō explains that he basedProteam Omega off of Red's team after watching himtrain on Mt. Silver.
Personality and characteristics
Pika was initially shown as hostile, stubborn, and unfriendly. It took untilRed risked his own safety to protect Pika fromBrock's Onix that Pika began to open up to Red. After opening up Pika became one of his closest teammates and is willing to do almost anything for him. On both occasions that he was separated from Red he showed great concern and went to extremes to try and save him. Although more friendly, Pika stills retains some of his aloof personality and will greet others by shocking them. Pika also cares greatly for his mate,Chuchu, and his son,Pibu, and will lose his composure if either of them is in danger. With his tail, Pika can use it like a radar to sense others.
Moves used
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- Note: Toxic was calledTail Strike in theVIZ Media localization.
Moves improvised
| Picture | First Used In | Moves Involved | Partnered With |
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 | The Legend | Thunderbolt | None |
| Description:MegaVolt (Japanese:１００まんボルト1,000,000 Volts) is a ten times stronger version ofThunderbolt used to defeatLance. | |||
Trivia
- Just likeChuchu usingFly as a reference toFlying Pikachu, Pika referencesSurfing Pikachu by using a surfboard toSurf.
- Pika is tied withPlatinum's Empoleon for having used the most moves in the Pokémon Adventures manga, with a total of 12 (13 if the unusedQuick Attack is included).
- Pika is the only Pokémon inPokémon Adventures to have used the moveRage.
- Of all the Pokémon belonging to aPokédex holder, Pika holds the record for the most appearances, at 107 chapters.
- Pika is the only Pokémon Red keeps on hand that has not reached his final form.
- Out of all the Pokémon owned by Pokédex holders, Pika is tied withSilver'sKingdra for having been owned by the most, being under the command of Red, Yellow, andBlue.
- Pika is level 88, the same asRed's Pikachu inPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ピカPika | From ピカチュウPikachu |
| English, French,German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Vietnamese | Pika | FromPikachu |
| Korean | 피카Pika | From 피카츄Pikachu |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 皮卡Píkǎ | From 皮卡丘Píkǎqiū (Pikachu) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 比卡Béikā | From 比卡超Béikāchīu (Pikachu) |
| Thai | ปิก๊ะPika | From ปิก๊ะจูPikachu |
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, seePikachu.
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