"Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow" - Mystery Sort Quiz

Answer: Evolves with a Stone

Eevee is one of the clear examples of stone evolution across all the "Pokemon" games, inevitably being able to take on any typing depending on how you choose to work with it. In the original games, however, this was limited to a choice of three options. If you didn't want to keep Eevee as its normal type, you could evolve it to Flareon with a Fire Stone, Vaporeon with a Water Stone, or Jolteon with a Thunder Stone.

In these games, Eevee can be found in Celadon Mansion, and you can buy the stones from the Department Store in Celadon City.

Answer: Evolves with a Stone

Grass Pokemon Bellsprout, who only appears in "Pokemon Blue" of these three games, evolves into Weepinbell at level 21 and then sits there without evolution unless you use a Leaf Stone to push it onward to become Victreebel, a grass/poison-type that resembles a pitcher plant.

It's actually worth it to hold off a bit on evolution as while Victreebel will see a stat improvement, Weepinbell learns new moves up until level 49 (and both draw from essentially the same TM list)

Answer: Evolves with a Stone

A bivalve Pokemon with water-typing, Shellder can be found anywhere you can use the Super Rod throughout Kanto, and unless you use a Water Stone you won't be able to aid him in evolving to his second form, Cloyster, whose stats enhance drastically upon evolving. Similar to many other stone-evolved Pokemon, Cloyster doesn't learn all too many moves, so amassing ice-type attacks on Shellder might be the play until you're ready. Cloyster is, otherwise, not catchable; you have to evolve Shellder (or trade) to get him.

Answer: Evolves with a Stone

One of the small handful of early Pokemon to evolve with a Moon Stone, Jigglypuff is the earliest Pokemon in its evolution chain to appear in "Red", "Blue", and "Yellow", appearing close to Mt. Moon in the early cases and around Saffron City in "Yellow". Over time, Jigglypuff has been a Pokemon that has seen updates to its form and lineage. Though it evolves into Wigglytuff, later Generations introduced an earlier form, Igglybuff, who evolves into Jigglypuff as a Friendship Evolution. Further, Jigglypuff's typing was changed in "Pokemon X/Y" from Normal to Normal/Fairy.

Answer: Can learn Metronome

A fighting-type Pokemon who evolves into Primeape at level 28, Mankey seems like the exact type of Pokemon not to use Metronome. In fact, the's able to learn it using TM35, taking on the normal-type, chaotic attack drawing on the entire game's move list.

It might be more surprising to note that in "Red" and "Yellow" (it couldn't be caught in "Blue"), most of Mankey's moves were normal-type. It only learned Low Kick and Seismic Toss by levelling up.

Answer: Can learn Metronome

Smack-dab between Abra and Alakazam in the evolutionary sequence, Kadabra is a psychic-type Pokemon that you'd be apt to see facing off against one of Saffron City's gym leaders (Sabrina). Most of its learned moves will be psychic in nature, but a handful of normal abilities also come along at varying levels. Like other Pokemon, it can learn Metronome, taking a shot in the dark with attacks of any type.

Answer: Can learn Metronome

The last evolution in its line, Clefable is the result of a Moon Stone-levelled Clefairy and it's one of the stronger normal-types you'll encounter in Kanto. Although capable of learning TM35, Clefable is one of the very few Pokemon that can evolve to learn the technique. In later generations, Clefable would become a fairy-type Pokemon.

Answer: Can learn Metronome

Perhaps a surprising entry into this bucket, Electabuzz learns Metronome from TM35. It wouldn't make it its only normal-type move, however, even if this Pokemon is significantly more inclined towards electric-type attacks like ThunderShock, ThunderPunch, and (yes) Thunder. Electabuzz doesn't evolve (or act as a later evolution) in "Red", "Blue", or "Yellow". In fact, you can only catch it in "Red", specifically at the Power Plant.

Its baby form, Elekid, was introduced in Generation II; its later form, Electivire, was introduced in Generation IV. Only the latter could learn Metronome, still from a TM.

Answer: Can not be caught in "Yellow"

One of the earlier Pokemon to encounter in Viridian Forest en route to Pewter City, Weedle evolves at level 7 into Kakuna and at level 10 into Beedrill, acting as a basic bug-type Pokemon that really needs a bit of help to get to a suitable form. Weedle, like Caterpie, is found in both "Pokemon Red and Blue", but in "Yellow", you'd need to trade him in. Only Caterpie (which you can boost up to Butterfree) will be in those Viridian Forest paths, and it's not a bad Pokemon to catch to face the rock-types at the coming gym.

Answer: Can not be caught in "Yellow"

There is clear reasoning behind this omission from the catchable roster in "Yellow", and it all has to do with the "Pokemon" TV show. While the player starts with Pikachu at Professor Oak's lab, Meowth remains a fixture on Team Rocket's side. Every time the player faces Jessie and James along the game's main route, they'll end up fighting a Ekans/Arbok, a Koffing/Weezing, and a Meowth.

Otherwise, a player can catch one in "Pokemon Blue" (but not "Red").

Answer: Can not be caught in "Yellow"

Another Pokemon with a good reason not to see capture in "Yellow", Raichu is the obvious evolution of Pikachu, and the game attempts to ensure faithfulness to the "Pokemon" TV show by sticking you with a stubborn starter who refuses to evolve. You'll still encounter a Raichu in battling Lt. Surge, but you'd otherwise need to level up a different Pikachu from another game (with a Thunder Stone) and trade it in.

In "Red" and "Blue" it can be found, naturally, in the Cerulean Cave or, in the latter, in the Power Plant.

Answer: Can not be caught in "Yellow"

A bipedal fire-type Pokemon who may be considered a companion to Electabuzz in terms of the game's treatment of it, Magmar is only found in the Cinnabar Island Pokemon Mansion towards the later stages of the game, and even then, you can only catch it in "Pokemon Blue". Later generations had Magmar evolve from Magby at level 30, and even later ones had it evolve into Magmortar when holding a Magmarizer. Complicated? Well, they've got to shake it up somehow!

Answer: Used by the Elite Four

Evolving from Slowpoke at level 37, Slowbro is a rare early water/psychic-type in the "Pokemon" series, and one that's seen numerous updates over the years to have subsequent branching evolutions. In "Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow", Slowbro can be found quite easily at the Seafoam Islands (and, in all but "Yellow", using the Super Rod on some Routes).

It also ends up being used by Lorelei, who uses ice-types as an Elite Four member.

Answer: Used by the Elite Four

As a Pokemon collector, you get the chance to get either Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan from the Saffron City Fighting Dojo (in all three games), but in battle, you'll undoubtedly face off against this punching Pokemon in the second round of the Elite Four as you go head-to-head with Bruno, whose specialty is fighting-types. Hitmonchan is able to get a number of punch-specific attacks (as opposed to Hitmonlee's kicks), some of which are type-specific (like Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, and Fire Punch). Despite this, he's a fighting-type through and through.

Answer: Used by the Elite Four

Evolving from Zubat at level 22, Golbat is found in all three games featured here including on Victory Road, where you'll come across the Elite Four at the end of the game. It's an interesting Pokemon to face off against in the third Elite Four battle-- the one against Agatha-- since the specialty to encounter there is ghost-type. Golbat isn't ghost-type (it's poison/flying), but it does utilize the ghost-type move Confuse Ray, which it can learn while still a Zubat at level 21.

Answer: Used by the Elite Four

Dragonair, the middle-evolution sandwiched between Dratini and Dragonite near the end of the Pokedex, is a rather hard-to-find dragon-type Pokemon, and that's exactly the specialty of the final member of the Elite Four, Lance, who recurs as an Elite Four member in "Ruby/Sapphire" and "Sun/Moon". Dragonair can only be caught in "Yellow" (in the Safari Zone, while fishing, though rarely), otherwise you'd need to evolve up from Dratini, which can be caught in all three.