Thered Gyarados (Japanese:あかいギャラドスRed Gyarados) is a term used to refer to aGyarados that isShiny, which is red rather than its usual blue. According toPokémon the Series, this is due to the forcedEvolution; theMagikarp it evolves from retains its red color, having no time to change its scale color to blue. Unlike most Shiny Pokémon, the red Gyarados's existence iscanon in that it is encountered as part of an event in theGeneration II games andtheir remakes.
Artwork ofEthan encountering the red Gyarados forPokémon Day 2022
InPokémon Gold, Silver,Crystal,HeartGold, and SoulSilver, the red Gyarados is found in theLake of Rage. It, along with otherMagikarp at the lake, were forced to evolve byTeam Rocket'sRadio broadcast. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, this Gyarados has predeterminedIVs, with an Attack IV of 14 and IVs in its other stats of 10, resulting in an HP IV of 0. While battling the red Gyarados, if the player usesRoar,Whirlwind, orTeleport, the moves will fail every time. Once captured or defeated, the red Gyarados drops aRed Scale. While this is the only chance to catch the Red Gyarados in the original games, it will respawn in the remakes after the player defeatsLance and theElite Four, should the player fail to capture it.
Sightings of a red Gyarados were national news.Pokémon Diamond, Pearl,Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl begins with a news report broadcast inTwinleaf Town ofSinnoh, according to which the Red Gyarados had eluded detection by a research crew; it is unknown to which point in time this corresponds in theJohto-based games, although they happened the same time. The player accompaniestheir best friend toLake Verity in the hopes of seeing a similar Pokémon. InPokémon Platinum, this reference was removed, but a cameraman in theBattle Zone comments he filmed it, and claims it was "award winning".
While the easiest and most common way to obtain a red Gyarados is at the Lake of Rage in Generations II or IV, anyShiny Gyarados will be red, no matter how it is encountered, through Evolution of a gold Magikarp or by encountering it with the normal 1/8192 odds. This is the only possible way to get a red Gyarados outside of the Johto-based games without trading.
Due to its popularity, there have also beenevent distributions andWild Area News updates centered around the Shiny Gyarados and its unevolved counterpart, Magikarp. The following is a listing of them in chronological order.
The red Gyarados was once again made available to catch for theLunar New Year 2020 event that occurred on January 24, 2020. The event ended on February 3, 2020.
The red Gyarados appears inPokémon Shuffle, being one of the fifteen Shiny Pokémon in the game. It appeared in aPokémon Safari during its tenth release. The event lasted from June 21, 2016, to July 5, 2016, and again from June 20, 2017, to July 4, 2017. The red Gyarados also appears in thecompetitive stage move-limited events 3DS and mobile as aMega Gyarados.
The red Gyarados is referenced in aGreat Challenge, where a Pikachu can be caught wearing a red Gyarados costume during the event Pikachu Appears. The event lasted from June 20, 2017, to July 4, 2017, and again from October 17, 2017, to October 24, 2017.
The red Gyarados debuted inTalkin' 'Bout an Evolution, where it was revealed to have been created byTeam Rocket'sProject R atLake Rage as a forcedEvolution of a regular-coloredMagikarp. By the end of the episode, Team Rocket managed to capture the red Gyarados and began transporting it totheir headquarters for further studying. At the beginning of thenext episode, however, it escaped and began rampaging around, threateningMahogany Town. In the end,Lance battled andcaught the red Gyarados. It has since then made further appearances under his ownership.
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InThe Lake of Rage,Lance and hisDragonite battled the red Gyarados in a flashback. Its appearance was what inspired Lance to investigate theTeam Rocket HQ. Later, afterTeam Rocket's radio wave generator had been destroyed, Lance witnessed the red Gyarados calming down and diving back into the depths of the lake.
This red Gyarados was the leader of a group of Gyarados. WhenTeam Rocket used the Goldenrod City Radio Tower to disturb Pokémon with their Evolution-inducing waves, these Gyarados went crazy. At the end he was caught bySilver withGold's aid. After a battle with theMasked Man where even his Hyper Beam attack was futile, this Gyarados was frozen and remained at the bottom ofLake of Rage untilLt. Surge discovered him. Gyarados was able to free himself and Lt. Surge acquired and returned him to Silver following a brief battle between the former Team Rocket triad and himself.
Ariana andPetrel were responsible for the appearance of the red Gyarados, which went on a rampage inJBA4;Jō attempted to stop it by battling it with hisTotodile. When Gyarados got tired, Jō tried feeding it someBerries, but Gyarados was still angry. Later, when Jō and Lance were in aDouble Battle against Ariana and Petrel, the red Gyarados returned to assist them. Jō fed it another berry and managed to win it over. It joined Jō's side and took over for Totodile. During the battle, it finished Ariana'sGloom off with Twister.
The red Gyarados has served as the basis for many cards in the TCG, each known by different names. The following is a list of cards based on the red Gyarados.
Red Gyarados Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats.
Description: Large-sized, Red Confetti Holofoil, Black-backed Coin featuringMegaGyarados released within later shipments of theWave SlasherTheme Deck May 2, 2016
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The red Gyarados was released as apin for the TCG.
The official release of theRage of the Broken Heavens expansion also saw numerous card sleeves and deck boxes become available to purchase.
Deck case: TheMega Gyarados Deck Case (Japanese:デッキケース メガギャラドス) has the capacity to store up to 180 cards (or 90 cards in sleeves) and comes with 2 dividers for organization. The case itself features the focal Pokémon of the expansion—aShinyMegaGyarados, its roar parting the sea.
Accessory cases: Participating Pokémon Centers and Pokémon Card Gym venues gave away 1 of 2 exclusive accessory cases (Japanese:小物ケース) at random to customers who purchased 2 Rage of the Broken Heavens booster boxes in a single transaction. One case features Shiny Mega Gyarados and the other featuresEspeon. The cases can be used to store TCG essentials such as damage counters, status counters, coins, and dice.
Rage of the Broken Heavens Aeon Limited Special Pack
Numerous items of merchandise were made available on January 1, 2016. One of these was theRage of the Broken Heavens Aeon Limited Special Pack (Japanese:「破天の怒り」イオン限定スペシャルパック), which was only available to purchase atAEON brand stores across the country. The pack contains 4Rage of the Broken Heavens booster packs and a competition record book for players to document their activity during 2016.
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BREAKpoint Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of portfolios for theBREAKpoint expansion in February 2016. The 4-pocket portfolio features theGreninja andLuxray artwork from the expansion's booster packs, while the 9-pocket portfolio features the booster artwork ofShinyMegaGyarados andMegaScizor.
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BREAKpoint Pin Blisters
Two differentBREAKpoint Pin Blisters were released on February 17, 2016. They feature eitherShinyMegaGyarados orMegaScizor. Each blister contains three BREAKpoint booster packs in addition to thepin.
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Shiny Mega Gyarados Collection
TheShiny Mega Gyarados Collection was released on February 24, 2016. The collection contains four booster packs from recent expansions, a promotionalShinyGyarados card, a figure of ShinyMegaGyarados, and aTCGO code card. Like previous figure boxes, this product was not sold in Europe, being replaced by theShiny Mega Gyarados Box.
The Shiny Mega Gyarados Collection was replaced in Europe by theShiny Mega Gyarados Box and was released on February 24, 2016. It features promotionalShiny cards ofGyarados andMagikarp, aJumbo M Gyarados-EX card, three booster packs of recent expansions, and a code card for theTCGO.
Deck boxes: Each deck box can hold a full 60-card deck and come with 2 dividers for card organization.
Shiny Mega Gyarados Deck Box
Playmats: Each neoprene single-player playmat provides a surface for people to play the TCG.
Shiny Mega Gyarados Playmat
Sleeves: Each pack contains 65 card sleeves.
Shiny Mega Gyarados Sleeves
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Turbo Colisão Boosters
The Turbo Colisão Booster packs were released along with the Theme Decks on April 8, 2016, featuringGreninja,Luxray, MegaScizor, and Shiny MegaGyarados. They were also available inside blisters.
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