The Lore Research Lab

[S2] Ep. 5 - Explaining Starter Pokémon (Part 1)


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Starter Pokémon are the Pokémon players are first introduced to in the core series games. But what is their purpose? Can they generate nostalgia? The Lore Research Lab's duo reunites to discuss at great length what Starter Pokémon are across generations and the first ones introduced in this first part.


Timestamps:

00:53 - Starter Pokémon Origins

26:33 - Starter Pokémon [Generation I-III]

> 27:07 - The Kanto Starters

> 45:16 - The Johto Starters

> 53:54 - The Hoenn Starters


Resources/Pokémon Examples:

- Starter Pokémon 

(NOTE: This provides broad information on Starter Pokémon; the Pokémon references listed below describe them individually. Within the links provided below, you can learn more about their evolutions as well.)

- Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander

- Chikorita, Totodile, Cyndaquil

- Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip


Kammerer, C. F., & Smith, R. M. (2017). An early geikiid dicynodont from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (late Permian) of South Africa. PeerJ, 5, e2913. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2913


(Creator's Note: Refer to Episode 2 discussing Pokémon so this episode will make sense. We do not claim ownership over the products, sources, and images that come from this game; images have been taken from our own games and are solely being used for entertainment purposes.)

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