Starter Pokémon/Trivia


 * In interviews with Junichi Masuda during 2009, he stated that starter Pokémon are the Pokémon from each game that the most work goes into, and usually take significantly more time than other Pokémon in each generation.
 * Two of the three Unova starter Pokémon, and, share the position of the starter Pokémon with the shortest name.
 * The only two Starter Pokémon that are dual-type in their initial form, and, are both.

In the games

 * All starter Pokémon in the core series besides Pikachu have a gender ratio of seven males to one female.
 * Due to this, as well as the way in which gender and Shininess were determined, it was impossible to have a female starter Pokémon in Generation II, as the lowest Attack  a Shiny Pokémon could have was 2, while the highest Attack IV a female Pokémon in that gender group could have was 1.
 * Kanto's starter Pokémon are the only ones to appear in more than one regional Pokédex. They appear in Kanto's, Johto's, and Kalos's.
 * In the core series, when a starter Pokémon is first obtained, all are at level 5. Each knows one physical move (either, , or ) and a stat-altering status move at this level, except for , which has  instead of a Normal-type move. Starting in , the starters also have an attacking move of their type at level 5.
 * All Grass-type starter Pokémon have the Ability, the Fire-type starters have , and the Water-type starters have . Starter Pokémon may have differing Hidden Abilities.
 * is the only unevolved starter Pokémon with a unique base stat total.
 * The lowest base stat of a non-Mega Evolved fully-evolved starter Pokémon is 's, at 56. The highest base stat of a non-Mega Evolved fully-evolved starter Pokémon is 's , at 126.
 * The Pikachu in Pokémon Yellow & Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and the Eevee in Pokémon Let's Go, Eevee! are the only starter Pokémon that cannot evolve in the game in which they are starter Pokémon.
 * The Johto starter Pokémon are the only set of starter Pokémon that remain the same type in all their evolutionary forms.
 * is the only Fire-type starter Pokémon that is not a member of the.
 * is the only Water-type starter Pokémon that is not a member of the.
 * The Kalos starter Pokémon's secondary types in their final forms (Fighting, Psychic, and Dark) almost form another type-advantage triangle (where one type deals 2× damage to and receives ½× damage from another type), only being broken by the Dark type being completely immune to rather than resistant to the Psychic type.
 * Both the primary and secondary types, however, fit a more generally defined triangle that only requires one type to be offensively and defensively advantaged against another. For example, just as Water has the offensive and defensive advantage against Fire, so does Dark against Psychic.

In the anime

 * For DP001, Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia is about the starter Pokémon of Sinnoh. He writes this about them: 「シンオウで　たびがはじまる　ポケモンと」 "In Sinnoh, a journey begins with Pokémon."
 * For BW003, Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster is about the starter Pokémon of Unova. He writes this senryū about them: 「パートナー　みず・くさ・ほのお　まよっちゃう」 "Partner, Water, Grass, Fire, I can't decide."
 * Ash has owned all but one of the Grass-type starter Pokémon:, , , , and . The Grass-type starter from Kalos, , is instead owned by.
 * Each starter Pokémon obtained by a main character was not battled: Ash's Squirtle,  and  chose to join his team, while Ash fought and won against Misty for his . Brock did not battle  to obtain it. May received her  from Professor Oak, Dawn received her  from Professor Rowan, and Lana rescued her  from Team Skull.
 * and are both based on lizards (salamander, gecko). Ash had the final forms of them:  and . Although real salamanders are amphibians, rather than lizards, Charmander can be based upon the legendary creature known as the.
 * and are both based on turtles and were the starter Pokémon of two of Ash's rivals,  and Paul.
 * and are both based on birds (chicken, penguin). They were also both owned by the anime's resident Pokémon Coordinators.
 * Both May and Dawn have a second starter Pokémon from a previous generation with a type disadvantage to their first. These starter Pokémon are both from two generations prior to their owner's introduction, and featured in the anime likely due to the same-generation remakes.
 * In the Diamond and Pearl series, there have been two major appearances of each fully evolved starter introduced in Generation IV: Ash and Paul's Torterra, Ash and Flint's Infernape, and Barry and Kenny's Empoleon.
 * is the only Water-type starter that has ever evolved under Ash's ownership.