Red Gyarados

Red Gyarados あかいギャラドス Red Gyarados

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Debuts in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution Caught at Lake of Rage Evolves in Prior to Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution [[{{{secondevoep}}}]] Gender Unknown* Ability Unknown Current location With Lance (anime) With Silver (Pokémon Adventures manga)

→ [[{{{secondevoep}}}|→]] This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Magikarp and 0 episodes as Gyarados.

Voice actor Japanese English As Magikarp Not shown As Gyarados Unshō Ishizuka As Gyarados {{{java3}}}

Red Gyarados (Japanese: あかいギャラドス Red Gyarados) is a term used to refer to a Gyarados that is Shiny, which is red rather than its normal blue. According to the anime, this miscoloration is due to the forced evolution; the Magikarp it evolves from retains its red color, having no time to change its scale color to blue. Unlike other shiny Pokémon, the red Gyarados's existence is canon in that it is encountered as part of an event in the Generation II games and their remakes.

In the games

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Encountering the Red Gyarados in HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, the red Gyarados is found in the Lake of Rage. The player has one chance to catch it and the incident triggers the battle against Team Rocket in the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town. When captured or defeated, the red Gyarados drops a Red Scale. While this is the only chance to catch the Red Gyarados in the original games, it will respawn in the remakes after the player defeats Lance and the Elite Four, should the player fail to capture it.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, in the Rocket Warehouse located on Chrono Island, one of the computers displays information about induced evolution using electromagnetic waves, hinting at what occurs to other Gyarados in Generation II's Lake of Rage. This is only an indirect reference to the red Gyarados, since the two events are supposedly independent of each other, despite taking place at the same location and time.

Sightings of a red Gyarados were national news. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl begins with a news report broadcast in Twinleaf Town of Sinnoh, according to which the Red Gyarados had eluded detection by a research crew; it is unknown to which point in time this corresponds in the Johto-based games. The player accompanies his/her best friend to Lake Verity in hopes of seeing a similar Pokémon.

While the easiest and most common way to obtain a red Gyarados is at the Lake of Rage in Generations II or IV, any Shiny Gyarados will be red, no matter how it is encountered, through evolution of a gold Magikarp or by encountering it with the normal 1/8192 odds. This is the only possible way to get a red Gyarados outside of the Johto-based games without trading.

Starting moves and sprites

Types: Water Flying Held item: None Gyarados Lv.30 Thrash Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Leer Normal   --

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados Lv.30 Bite Dark Physical   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Twister Dragon Special   --

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Red Gyarados sprite from Gold	Red Gyarados sprite from Silver	Red Gyarados sprite from Crystal	Red Gyarados sprites from HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the anime

The red Gyarados was first seen in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage of Innocence. It was the result of a Team Rocket plot to induce evolution. The process was successful, but as the evolution was forced, it kept the red coloration it had as a Magikarp. It went on a rampage down a river towards Mahogany Town, but Lance eventually captured and calmed it.

It returned, along with its trainer, Lance, to help out Brock, May and Max during the fight between Groudon and Kyogre in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends.

Lance's Gyarados appeared in Marina's scrapbook and fantasy, along with its Trainer and his Dragonite. However, instead of red, the color of the Pokémon in The Legend of Thunder! was the regular blue. This may have been because the original airing of Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution in Japan was after The Legend of Thunder! already had aired. This may also mean that Lance also possesses another, normally-colored Gyarados.

Moves used

File:Gyarados Hyper Beam.png Using Hyper Beam	Move First Used In Hydro Pump Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution Hyper Beam † Rage of Innocence
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Red Gyarados and Silver in HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

This red Gyarados was shown to be the leader of a group of Gyarados. When Team Rocket used the Goldenrod City Radio Tower to disturb Pokémon with their evolution-inducing waves, these Gyarados went crazy. At the end he was caught by Silver with Gold's aid. After a battle with the Masked Man where even his Hyper Beam attack was futile, this Gyarados was frozen and remained at the bottom of Lake of Rage until Lt. Surge discovered him. Gyarados was able to free himself and Lt. Surge acquired and returned him to Silver following a brief battle between the former Team Rocket triad and itself.

The same Gyarados was then seen participating in Silver's brief search for Entei with Gyara, then traded to Blue, and again in the FireRed & LeafGreen arc, where he fought a losing battle against Sird's Banette.

Moves used

File:Gyarados DragonBreath Adventures.png Using DragonBreath	Move First Used In Hydro Pump Raise the Red Gyarados Hyper Beam Delibird Delivery - 2 Whirlpool Water-Riding Kingdra DragonBreath Flames From Entei Fire Blast Viridian in the Heart Rest Viridian in the Heart
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the TCG

The red Gyarados has served as the basis for three cards in the TCG, each known by different names. The following is a list of cards based on the red Gyarados.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	English Expansion	English #	Japanese Expansion	Japanese #
Shining Gyarados		44		Neo Revelation	65/64	Awakening Legends	-
Gyarados δ		-		EX Holon Phantoms	102/110	EX Holon Phantoms	08/52
Gyarados		-		HeartGold & SoulSilver	123/123	L-P Promotional cards	004/L-P

Trivia

• Red Gyarados is the only one of Silver's Water-type Pokémon that did not evolve, as it was caught already in its final stage, unlike Feraligatr and Kingdra, who were received in their initial stage.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp and Gyarados.

Lance's Pokémon
On hand:	Dragonite	Gyarados	Hydreigon
Adventures only:	Dragonair (×4)	Aerodactyl	Tyranitar	Horsea	Lugia
Jō's Big Adventure only:	Charizard

Silver's Pokémon
On hand:	Weavile	Kingdra	Honchkrow	Feraligatr	Gyarados
With Giovanni:	Ursaring
Traded:	Polibo	Unknown
Returned:	Snubbull	Tyranitar	Rhyperior
Temporary:	Gyarados (multiple)	Entei

Lt. Surge's Pokémon
On hand:	Raichu
Adventures only:	Electabuzz	Magnemite	Magneton	Voltorb	Electrode	Zapdos
	Raikou
Pocket Monsters only:	Kingler	Poliwhirl	Horsea	Seel