I've been more or less playing Pokémon for the majority of my life. As a kid, I would borrow my (begrudging) older brother's DSi and play White 2 on his save file. As I got older, I did the same thing with one friend's numerous different Pokémon games, but it wasn't until I played Shield that I actually had my own save file. It's also, so far, the only Pokémon game I've ever beaten (though I have yet to play any of the post-game). I also adored the anime as a kid, and would watch it whenever it was on. (I also played a few games of TCG with that aforementioned friend.)
Recently, I got bit by the Pokébug and decided to pick up the games again. And, being who I am, I went all the way to the beginning; this page will detail my journey to beat (and perhaps even complete) Pokémon Red.
| BOULDER | CASCADE | --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
SEEN: 43
OWN: 20
I name every Pokémon I catch, so I will also add the name of the first Pokémon of each type to enter my dex, along with a short blurb about them.
Anything with '---' in the name slot is a Pokémon I have seen, but not caught. There are also some spacers I haven't seen either, to keep the placement consistent for future additions.
| 004 | CHARMANDER | BUSTER | 005 | CHARMELEON | BUSTER | --- | --- | --- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My starter. Named after a number of bulldogs, probably. | Caught through evolution. | --- | ||||||
| 007 | SQUIRTLE | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | ||||||
| 010 | CATERPIE | CABERNET | 011 | METAPOD | CABERNET | 012 | BUTTERFREE | CABERNET |
| Status moves out the wazoo. Also, Confusion is cracked. | Caught through evolution. | Caught through evolution. | ||||||
| 013 | WEEDLE | PONTIFICAT | 014 | KAKUNA | PONTIFICAT | 015 | BEEDRILL | PONTIFICAT |
| It's short for "pontificate". | Caught through evolution. | Caught through evolution. | ||||||
| 016 | PIDGEY | WIFFLEBALL | 017 | PIDGEOTTO | WIFFLEBALL | --- | --- | --- |
| Plastic balls of hate. | Caught through evolution. | --- | ||||||
| 019 | RATTATA | RATTATA | 020 | RATICATE | --- | 021 | SPEAROW | --- |
| I accidentally skipped the naming screen. I've been mentally calling it "nameless one". | --- | --- | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | 023 | EKANS | CENTURION | --- | --- | --- |
| --- | I wanted a name that started with an 's' sound, but none of them satisfied me until I came up with Centurion. | --- | ||||||
| 025 | PIKACHU | PIZZAZZ | --- | --- | --- | 027 | SANDSHREW | --- |
| Not to be confused with "Pizzas". | --- | --- | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | 029 | NIDORAN♀ | NANCY | --- | --- | --- |
| --- | Small and cute, like a rodent. Are nidorans rodents...? | --- | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | 032 | NIDORAN♂ | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | 035 | CLEFAIRY | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 039 | JIGGLYPUFF | SOFTSERVE |
| --- | --- | Named after one of the many foods it resembles. | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | 041 | ZUBAT | ZOUP | --- | --- | --- |
| --- | Delicious zoup. | --- | ||||||
| 043 | ODDISH | ODSBODKINS | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Its name comes from the Lemon Demon song Gadzooks. | --- | --- | ||||||
| 046 | PARAS | PALLAS | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Named for one of the best animals ever. | --- | --- | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | 050 | DIGLETT | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | 056 | MANKEY | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 063 | ABRA | MAX MAGIC |
| --- | --- | One of PF.Magic's few creations aside from Petz, so obscure it doesn't have a Wikipedia article. | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 066 | MACHOP | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 069 | BELLSPROUT | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | 074 | GEODUDE | GRUNGLER | --- | --- | --- |
| --- | check it out guys, i'm the grungler | --- | ||||||
| 079 | SLOWPOKE | --- | --- | --- | --- | 081 | MAGNEMITE | --- |
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| 088 | GRIMER | --- | --- | --- | --- | 090 | SHELLDER | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | 095 | ONIX | --- | 096 | DROWZEE | DRUMROLL |
| --- | --- | Drumroll, please! | ||||||
| 100 | VOLTORB | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 100 | VOLTORB | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 109 | KOFFING | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| --- | --- | --- | 116 | HORSEA | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 118 | GOLDEEN | --- | --- | --- | --- | 120 | STARYU | --- |
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| 121 | STARMIE | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 151 | MEW | MOO | ||||||
| Found under the truck. ;) | ||||||||
