Red (Pokémon Trainer)

Red is a silent protagonist in the Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen whose dream of defeating Pokémon League would be followed later by several other characters in future games.

Story


After his friend, Blue stopped playing with him, Red, being 11-year-old, started to be interested in Pokémon. One day, Professor Oak calls both and gives them the choice of selecting one of three starter Pokémon. Moments later, the professor gives both a PokéDex, and gives them the mission to complete it with all species of Pokémon, which had been Oak's dream from long ago.

While Red advances through Kanto, collecting Pokémon and defeating Gym Leaders to compete in the Pokémon League against the Elite Four, his rival Blue seems to be always one step ahead. The main conflict Red must face is Team Rocket, a group of criminals who want to steal Pokémon and related objects to cause trouble. Red later finds Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket he'd faced twice, is the last gym leader he must face before continuing his way. After being defeated once again, Giovanni decides to leave Team Rocket and the group apparently splits forever.

Red becomes the champion of the Pokémon League after beating Blue, and nothing is heard about him until some time after.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Red's story continues through the Sevii Islands, where he aids Celio, a man attempting to make communications reach the Hoenn region, by recovering pieces of Ruby and Sapphire, needed for the machine Celio had been preparing to work. While he is there, he finds remaining Team Rocket grunts, who are presumably the ones who rejoin it into Neo Team Rocket in Pokémon Gold and Silver.

After these events, not much is heard of Red, and by the time the Pokémon Trainer Gold reaches the League, Red is no longer the champion, but one of the previous Elite Four, Lance. Red's mother can be found living in Pallet Town still, but about three years have passed since her son left home. In the final part of the game, however, Red can be found in Mount Silver, standing in the very last room, probably training. He, however, does not have the rank of Pokémon Master here.

Super Smash Bros.
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Red made his debut in Brawl, appearing as Pokémon Trainer who battles with Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard, using one at a time and able to change them at anytime. He is one of the four playable characters from the Pokémon series in Brawl and has a trophy of himself as well as one for each of his Pokémon. Though his design reveals he is Red, the game talks about it as a Pokémon trainer in general, and does not specify about any.