Lt. Surge's Raichu

Lt. Surge's Raichu マチスのライチュウ Matis's Raichu

File:Surges Raichu.png Lt. Surge's Raichu

Debuts in Electric Shock Showdown Caught at Unknown Evolves in Prior to Electric Shock Showdown Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Lt. Surge

→ This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Pikachu.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pikachu Not shown As Raichu Urara Takano

Lt. Surge's Raichu (Japanese: マチスのライチュウ Matis's Raichu) is Lt. Surge's main Pokémon in the anime and games.

In the anime

Raichu made its appearance in Electric Shock Showdown, when Surge used it to battle Ash's Pikachu. Its voice actress in both Japanese and English is Urara Takano.

Surge laughed at Ash for not evolving Pikachu, thinking evolved Pokémon are always better. With its powerful Thunderbolt attack, Raichu easily defeated Pikachu.

However, Ash eventually defeated Surge in a rematch, proving him that evolved Pokémon are not always better. As Raichu evolved too fast, it never learned any speed attacks. Pikachu took advantage of this by using its speed attacks to confuse Raichu. Pikachu also dodged Raichu's powerful Thunderbolt attack by using its tail.

Lt. Surge's Raichu's attitude towards Ash's Pikachu almost completely mirrors Lt. Surge's attitude toward Ash. When they first meet Raichu doesn't have a high opinion of Pikachu, but after being defeated grows to respect Pikachu.

Both Raichu and Lt. Surge reappeared in Pika and Goliath! in a flashback.

Moves used

Using ThunderShock	Move	First Used In
File:Lt. Surge's Raichu Thunderbolt.png
	ThunderShock	Electric Shock Showdown
	Mega Punch	Electric Shock Showdown
	Mega Kick	Electric Shock Showdown
	Slam	Electric Shock Showdown
	Body Slam	Electric Shock Showdown
	Thunderbolt	Electric Shock Showdown
Take Down	Electric Shock Showdown
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

In the games

Raichu appears as Lt. Surge's Pokémon in the player's Gym battle against him in all games he appears in. In Pokémon Yellow, it is his only Pokémon, much as in the anime. In other games it is not his only Pokémon, but it is always present. Lt. Surge's Pikachu that he has in the games is also shown below, since Surge said in the anime that he obtained his Raichu as a Pikachu.

Pokémon Red, Green and Blue

Types: Electric Unknown Pikachu Lv.21 ThunderShock Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Growl Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --

Types: Electric Unknown Raichu Lv.24 Thunderbolt Electric   --       ThunderShock Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Growl Normal   --

Pokémon Yellow

	Types: Electric Unknown
Raichu Lv.28
Thunderbolt Electric   --       Growl Normal   --       Mega Punch Normal   --       Mega Kick Normal   --

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

	Types: Electric Unknown Held item: None
Raichu♂ Lv.44
Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Quick Attack Normal   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Pikachu♂ Lv.18 Shock Wave Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --

Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Raichu♂ Lv.24 Shock Wave Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First match

	Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None
Raichu♂ Lv.51
Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --

Second match

	Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None
Raichu♂ Lv.60
Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --

Pokémon Stadium

Round 1

Types: Electric Unknown Raichu Lv.50 Thunder Electric   --       Surf Water   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --

Types: Electric Unknown Pikachu Lv.50 Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Agility Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Surf Water   --

Round 2

	Types: Electric Unknown
Raichu Lv.50
Thunderbolt Electric   --       Surf Water   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

	Types: Electric Unknown Held item: Miracle Berry
Raichu♂ Lv.50
Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Surf Water   --

Round 2

	Types: Electric Unknown Held item: Focus Band
Raichu♂ Lv.50
Surf Water   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --

In the TCG

Lt. Surge's Raichu has been depicted in in the TCG. The following is a list of cards involving either his Pikachu or Raichu.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Lt. Surge's Raichu		32		Gym Heroes	28/132
Lt. Surge's Raichu		38	H	Gym Challenge	11/130
Lt. Surge's Pikachu		15		Gym Heroes	81/130
Lt. Surge's Pikachu		10		Gym Challenge	84/130
Lt. Surge's Raichu		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	53/141

Trivia

• All of Lt. Surge's Pikachu and Raichu from Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2 have the exclusive move Surf.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu and Raichu.

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