Talk:Raichu (Pokémon)

Surf

So how exactly do I teach it surf? Something tells me it's possible somehow, but how? I can't do it through the HM, but I know it's possible somehow as it is somewhere in the page. 13:05, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Evolve a surfing Pikachu. tc26 13:10, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

You need a special, surfing Pikachu, then you evolve it. I think they were given out at an event before Takoto タコト| サソデイ = 愛 15:43, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

You can obtain a Pikachu with Surf by clearing Pokémon Battle Revolution and Mystery Gifting it to Diamond or Pearl. ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:45, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Could this be worth noting in the trivia section of this article? I'm not watching the other article since I'm not very interested in pre-evolved Pokémon up to Hoenn. (Rhydon and Magmar interest me though, as they were fully evolved before generation IV) TheBlazikenMaster 16:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Lt. Surge's Raichu Pic

I think that there's gotta be a pic of Lt. Surge's Raichu in the anime section. So I'll put the pic from the "Lt. Surge's Raichu" page on the anime section of the page.--DRAGONBEAST^X 18:11, 23 January 2009 (UTC).

Okay, something a little confusing happened to the page with the anime pics. I'm not sure but I think the original pic was Lt. Surge's Raichu. It was then replaced by Ash's Summer School Raichu. I then put Lt. Surge's Raichu to be along with the Ash's Summer School, making 2 pics in the anime section. Someone(I don't remember who it was.) replaced Ash's Summer School Raichu, leaving by Lt. Surge's Raichu to on there just like it originally was. Couldn't we have 2 pics? Or is 1 enough?--DRAGONBEAST^X 04:39, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

One is enough, but two can be inserted but that isn't necessary.--FF(edits-talk) 04:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Should Ash's Summer School Raichu replace Lt. Surge's Raichu. Force Fire, you did put the template saying the pic is unsatisfactory....... so?--DRAGONBEAST^X 04:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

You can if you want to, it's just episode pics were you have to get permission.--FF(edits-talk) 04:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay....... so, I'll replace Lt. Surge's Raichu with Ash's Summer School Raichu.--DRAGONBEAST^X 04:50, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

*nods*--FF(edits-talk) 04:54, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Gotta admit, now that I compare the two pics, the pic with Lt. Surge's Raichu really is kinda "unsatisfactory"...... now the section's pic is all good, the Summer School one looks more than satisfactory.--DRAGONBEAST^X 05:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

It was jpg, and still blurry though, changed it so it features only Raichu.--FF(edits-talk) 05:04, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Force Fire, you got an even CLEARER pic, wow, very good pic!--DRAGONBEAST^X 05:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

thx :P--FF(edits-talk) 05:07, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Pokemon Yellow

I'm almost positive Raichu were catchable in the Power Plant in yellow Lego3400 03:36, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm completely positive you're wrong. Cerulean Cave in RBG. —darklordtrom 05:46, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

by cheating don't you? --kyokencl 12:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

If you cheat then anything's possible. D: —darklordtrom 08:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Obtainable trivia

the trivia fact "Raichu remains the only Pokémon whose pre-evolution is known and obtainable in a game that it is not: in Pokémon Yellow, Pikachu is the starter, while the only way to obtain a Raichu is by trading one in from one of the other games because that Pikachu refuses to evolve." seems to also apply for Umbreon and Espeon in FireRed LeafGreen as Eevee is known and obtainable but these evolutions are not. I think it might be a wording problem because I think the original trivia poster meant to say that "Raichu is known in the native pokedex, it`s pre-evolved form is obtainable AND the method to evolve is typical for that region but is unobtainable without trading" but that sounds a little over-specific to me -- D558 21:39, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

But you don't find out about Espeon until you get to the Battle Tower on the Sevvi Islands, and that's even only after you unlock trading with games other than FR/LG. R.A. Hunter Blade 02:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Yea I understand that but the trivia fact never mentions anything like "yet it is still in the native pokedex" or "is known in the native pokedex and should be obtainable due to its pre-evolutions availability but isn`t" -- D558 09:11, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

If we keep adding qualifiers the trivia gets less notable. I've removed it. —darklordtrom 04:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I didn't mean to sound so fussy about it, I did get what the trivia was trying to say, but anyways, this brings up a question; Would this count as a contribution from me? (not that I think I will ever get enough to get one of those marks on my user page) -- D558 09:39, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Contributions are purely your edits to any page. How you get the recognition for edit count is by having one of the highest number of edits to mainspace pages, pages that don't have "User" or "Talk" in the title. But none of this should be about trying to get something to throw up on your page. It should be about improving the Pedia instead of making yourself look good. R.A. Hunter Blade 04:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I never implied I was in it for "making [myself] look good." I was merely curious since I saw one recently. -- D558 20:41, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm just making sure. We have a bunch of people who edit just to get that thing for their page. Some state it outright after they join when they're editing a talk page, and some don't say anything for a while, and then it comes out. It's also a reminder to everybody who does think that editing is a sort of contest to see who's best. R.A. Hunter Blade 19:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)