Pokémon Anime
In the original series, Ash saw this Legendary Pokémon flying overhead on the very first day of his journey—before it was even officially introduced.
Ho-Oh
This held item boosts the power of a Pokémon’s first successful move, but locks them into it until they switch out.
The Choice Band.
In Pokémon Ranger, you don’t throw Poké Balls — instead, you use this tool to calm and capture Pokémon.
The Capture Styler
Its brain cells multiply continually until it dies. As a result, it remembers everything.
Alakazam (SoulSilver)
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, this Elite Four member attempts to wipe out humanity, believing the world belongs solely to Pokémon.
Lance (Yellow Arc)
In Kanto, this is the first Pokémon Ash actually catches himself using a Poké Ball.
Caterpie
This Pokémon generation introduced the Fairy type to the games.
Generation VI (X and Y).
This Pokémon side game features a storyline where the player must unite feudal warlords and Pokémon to bring peace to the Ransei region.
Pokémon Conquest
The spirits it absorbs fuel its baleful fire. It hangs around hospitals waiting for people to pass on.
Lampent (Black/White 2)
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, these three Gym Leaders are secretly high-ranking Team Rocket members.
Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina.
+100 Bonus for Blaine (fugitive).
What is the name of the Pokémon League tournament Ash won in the Alola region, marking his first official regional championship victory.
The Manalo Conference. 50 bonus points if you can name Ash's final opponent.
This in-game facility lets trainers battle high-level trainers after beating the main story.
+50 bonus points if you can also name the game it was first introduced in.
The Battle Frontier, introduced in Pokémon Emerald.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, this character reveals themselves to be a manifestation of the player's own future regrets.
Grovile
Lures prey with the sweet aroma of honey. Swallowed whole, the prey is melted in a day, bones and al
Victreebell (Yellow)
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, this Gym Leader uses a whip to discipline their Pokémon — a trait removed from the anime.
Sabrina (note that cooltrainers in her gym also use whips).
This long-running voice actress provided the original Japanese voice for Pikachu in both the anime and movies.
Ikue Ōtani - 100 bonus points if you can name the characters she voices in One Piece & Zatchbell.
This region is notable for having no previous-generation Pokémon in the wild until post-game content.
Unova (Black & White).
In the original Pokémon Snap, this evo 3, famous Pokémon only appears if the player knocks a specific Pokémon into a lava pool.
Charizard; you knock Charmeleon into a lava pool, triggering it's evolution.
When it knows it can't win, it digs the claws on its legs into its opponent and starts the countdown to a big explosion.
Mega Metagross (Ultra Moon)
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, this trainer was kidnapped as a young child, as revealed by Professor Oak. Name the trainer, the Pokémon that took them, and the organization behind the kidnapping.
Green, Ho-Oh, the Elite Four.
+100 points for naming all three answers.In the infamously banned episode “Electric Soldier Porygon,” this Pokémon—not Porygon—was responsible for the flashing lights that caused seizures in viewers.
Pikachu - the flashing lights were the missiles destroyed by Pikachu's Thunderbolt.
In Pokémon Black and White, this city’s Gym is unique because its leader changes depending on the game version.
Opelucid City - its Gym Leader is Drayden (Black) or Iris (White) depending on the version.
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, this Cipher admin is never fought directly, but is revealed through cutscenes to be one of the original masterminds behind the Shadow Pokémon project.
+100 bonus points if you can name his false identity.
Evice - the main villain from Pokémon Colosseum, they appear in the background lore of XD as the architect of Cipher’s rise.
In Pokémon Colosseum you first meet him as Es Cade, the mayor of Phenac City.
If you feel a cold chill run down your back, it means this Pokémon is approaching. There is no escaping. Give up.
Gengar (Sun)
This character, introduced under a false name in the Pokémon Adventures manga, hides their gender from the others and was canonically the second character to use Red's Pikachu in battle.
Yellow, also known as Amarillo del Bosque Verde. She's introduced as a boy, but is revealed to be a girl much later in her arc.