Anime
The very first companions to accompany Ash on his journey
Misty and Brock
While in the west, the Gen 1 games were called Red and Blue, the original Japanese versions were Red and ____.
Green
This classic evil team's legacy spanned three generations of games.
Team Rocket
The primary and most popular tier of Smogon competitive play
OU
The evolution of Pokemon's classic mascot, Pikachu
Raichu
The original English-dub theme song, which shares its name with the slogan of the entire series.
Gotta Catch 'Em All!
The first Pokemon ever designed-- as an homage, statues throughout some of the games resemble this Pokemon's sprite.
Rhydon
The original name of the Sinnoh Region-- this region is based on the real-world occurence of the Meiji Restoration.
Hisui
This team structure relies on defensive, passive damage rather than offense.
Stall
This evolutionary line remains the only group of Pokemon to have the Poison/Flying type combination.
The Zubat Line
This pokemon infamously had its only featured episode pulled, due to the widespread seizures the episode caused.
Porygon
A bug in the code of Red and Blue caused the ___ type to have an immunity the ___ type, rather than a weakness.
Psychic; Ghost
This individual canonically split the timeline of the Pokemon games via use of a super-weapon.
AZ
The colloquial term for statistic distribution, move allocation, and other customizable qualities of a competitively-trained pokemon
A pokemon's "set"
These three Pokemon are based on the Japanese proverb, "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour
Excluding the ever-present Pikachu, this pokemon is the only one which remained in Ash's party in the move from Hoenn to Sinnoh.
Aipom
A recent leak of early Generation Two development also revealed the details of this event/unreleased version of the games.
Spaceworld Demo
The earliest known writing system in the Pokemon universe was discovered in this location.
The Ruins of Alph
A group of pokemon with good offensive or defensive synergy, imperative in crafting any competent team
A "core"
This classic pokemon is the only one to have both a Mega Evolution and a regional form.
Slowbro
The month and year of the original anime pilot's release date
April, 1997
Though originally planned to make its debut in the third generation, this pokemon was instead added in the subsequent games, Diamond and Pearl
Gastrodon
These two characters spearheaded research in the Kanto region-- though they once were close, as time passed, they grew estranged.
Samuel Oak and Agatha
This ADV (Gen 3) team style focuses on ignoring spike-stacking through use of Levitate and Flying types.
Superman
This Pokemon holds the record for the greatest number of alternate forms.
Alcremie