Which small yellow Electric-type mouse is the mascot of the Pokémon franchise?
Answer : Pikachu
Pikachu is number 25 in the Pokédex and became the emblem of the franchise, thanks to the animated series and Pokémon Yellow.
Questions and answers: Pokémon
Revise Pokémon: here is a selection of questions of every level, with the answer and an explanation. To test yourself without seeing the answers, play the quizzes.
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Which starter Pokémon from Pokémon Red and Blue is a Fire type?
Answer : Charmander
Charmander has a flame at the tip of its tail and evolves into Charmeleon, then Charizard; it faces Bulbasaur (Grass) and Squirtle (Water).
Which item is used to catch wild Pokémon?
Answer : Poké Ball
A Poké Ball holds the captured Pokémon, and there are many variants such as the Great Ball, the Ultra Ball and the Master Ball.
What is the name of the young trainer who travels with Pikachu in the animated series?
Answer : Ash
Ash comes from Pallet Town and dreams of becoming a Pokémon Master; his first companion is Pikachu, who at first refuses to stay in a Poké Ball.
Which Pokémon does Pikachu evolve into when exposed to a Thunder Stone?
Answer : Raichu
Raichu, number 26 in the Pokédex, is the evolved form of Pikachu; Pichu is its baby form, introduced later in the series.
What is the name of the electronic encyclopedia that records the Pokémon a trainer has met?
Answer : Pokédex
The Pokédex stores data on every Pokémon seen or caught, and completing it is a major goal of the first games.
Which huge Pokémon, famous for sleeping almost all the time, sometimes blocks the trainer's path in the games?
Answer : Snorlax
Snorlax is a Normal type that spends its time eating and sleeping; in the games it blocks a path until you wake it with the Poké Flute.
What is the name of the villain team that Jessie, James and Meowth belong to in the animated series?
Answer : Team Rocket
Team Rocket appears right from the 1996 games; in the animated series, the trio tirelessly tries to steal Ash's Pikachu.
Easy
How many different Pokémon are there in the first generation?
Answer : 151
It stops at Mew; the second generation, with Pokémon Gold and Silver, added 100 new Pokémon to reach 251.
Which type are Fire-type attacks super effective against?
Answer : Grass
Fire is super effective against Grass, Ice, Bug and Steel, but not very effective against Water, Rock, Dragon and other Fire-type Pokémon.
Which professor gives young trainers from Pallet Town their first Pokémon?
Answer : Professor Oak
Professor Oak studies Pokémon in Pallet Town and gives the hero a starter Pokémon; Elm, Rowan and Sycamore succeed him in later regions.
In which region are Pokémon Red and Blue set?
Answer : Kanto
Kanto is inspired by the real Japanese region of the same name; Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh appeared in later generations.
Which Pokémon is number 1 in the National Pokédex?
Answer : Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur, a Grass and Poison type, opens the Pokédex; it evolves into Ivysaur and then Venusaur.
How many different evolutions does Eevee have in the first generation?
Answer : 3
Eevee becomes Vaporeon with a Water Stone, Jolteon with a Thunder Stone or Flareon with a Fire Stone; more evolutions came in later generations.
Caterpie evolves into Metapod, then into which Pokémon?
Answer : Butterfree
Butterfree, a Bug and Flying type, is the final form of Caterpie; Weedle follows a similar path to become Beedrill.
Which type of Pokémon does Brock, the first Gym Leader in Kanto, use?
Answer : Rock
Brock runs the Pewter City Gym with Pokémon such as Geodude and Onix; Water and Grass moves are effective against them.
Medium
Which Pokémon evolves into Gengar when it is traded with another player?
Answer : Haunter
Gastly evolves into Haunter by level, then Haunter becomes Gengar only through trading; Kadabra, Machoke and Graveler work the same way.
What are Charizard's two types?
Answer : Fire and Flying
Despite looking like a dragon, Charizard is a Fire and Flying type; it does not have the Dragon type, except under one of its Mega Evolutions.
In which year did the very first Pokémon games come out in Japan?
Answer : 1996
Pocket Monsters Red and Green came out on the Game Boy in Japan in February 1996; North America received Red and Blue in 1998.
Which legendary Pokémon of Kanto is a Fire and Flying type?
Answer : Moltres
Moltres forms the trio of legendary birds of the first generation with Articuno (Ice and Flying) and Zapdos (Electric and Flying).
Which two new types appeared with Pokémon Gold and Silver?
Answer : Dark and Steel
The Dark and Steel types were added in the second generation to rebalance the game; the Fairy type only arrived with the sixth generation.
Which member of Team Rocket speaks human language in the animated series?
Answer : Meowth
Meowth learned to talk and walk on two legs to impress one of its own kind, and it follows Jessie and James in their schemes.
How many Gym badges are needed to challenge the Pokémon League in Kanto?
Answer : 8
The eight badges open the way to the Pokémon League, where you then have to beat the Elite Four and the Champion.
In which Kanto town does Pokémon Tower stand, a place of remembrance for departed Pokémon?
Answer : Lavender Town
Lavender Town is known for Pokémon Tower, a place of remembrance filled with Ghost-type Pokémon such as Gastly and Haunter.
Hard
Which childhood hobby of Satoshi Tajiri inspired the idea of Pokémon?
Answer : Collecting insects
As a child, Satoshi Tajiri loved collecting insects; he wanted to share that joy of hunting and trading with children who grew up in cities.
Which Japanese studio developed the original Pokémon games?
Answer : Game Freak
Game Freak, founded in 1989, develops the main games of the series, while Nintendo publishes them on its consoles.
Which artist made the official illustrations of the first Pokémon and directed their visual design?
Answer : Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori has signed the official Pokémon illustrations since 1996; other Game Freak artists, such as Atsuko Nishida, designed some Pokémon.
Which company published the Pokémon Trading Card Game in English starting in 1999?
Answer : Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast launched the card game in English in 1999; its management later passed to Pokémon USA, which became The Pokémon Company International.
What is the famous glitch Pokémon of Red and Blue with corrupted data called?
Answer : MissingNo.
MissingNo. is a placeholder Pokémon whose data is missing from the game; it appears through a specific manipulation and can alter the save file.
Which type of Pokémon is immune to Electric-type attacks?
Answer : Ground
Ground-type Pokémon take no damage from Electric attacks, which makes them formidable opponents for Pikachu or Raichu.
How many Pokémon types existed in Pokémon Red and Blue?
Answer : 15
The first generation had 15 types; Dark and Steel arrived with the second, then Fairy with the sixth, bringing the total to 18.
Which of these Pokémon evolves using a Moon Stone?
Answer : Clefairy
Clefairy becomes Clefable with a Moon Stone; Jigglypuff, Nidorina and Nidorino evolve the same way.
Expert
Which Grass and Psychic Pokémon, resembling a many-headed palm tree, appears in the first generation?
Answer : Exeggutor
Exeggutor is the evolution of Exeggcute through a Leaf Stone; its Alolan form, a Grass and Dragon type, appears with the seventh generation.
Which Pokémon was quietly added at the very end of the development of the first games, without being in the original plan?
Answer : Mew
Mew was added late in development by a Game Freak programmer, in space freed up by debugging tools; it cannot be obtained normally in the games.
Who composed the music of Pokémon Red and Blue?
Answer : Junichi Masuda
Junichi Masuda, a member of Game Freak, composed the music of the first games before becoming one of the main leaders of the series.
In Pokémon Red and Blue, which starter Pokémon does the rival choose if the player picks Squirtle?
Answer : Bulbasaur
The rival always takes the starter with the type advantage: Bulbasaur against Squirtle, Charmander against Bulbasaur and Squirtle against Charmander.
Which of these Pokémon exists only as a female?
Answer : Chansey
Chansey is always female, just like Kangaskhan, whereas Tauros, Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan exist only as males.
In which Kanto location can you face Mewtwo in Pokémon Red and Blue?
Answer : Cerulean Cave
Cerulean Cave, near Cerulean City, is only accessible after beating the Pokémon League; it holds high-level Pokémon and Mewtwo at the very end.
Before it became a studio, what was Game Freak the name of?
Answer : A video game fanzine
Satoshi Tajiri started Game Freak as a fanzine devoted to arcade games in the early 1980s; the company was only founded in 1989.
Through which magazine was Pokémon Blue first offered by mail order in Japan?
Answer : CoroCoro Comic
Pocket Monsters Blue, released in late 1996, was first sold by mail order through CoroCoro Comic magazine, which strongly supported the series.