Art from FireRed and LeafGreen
moto is known throughout as the Champion from Pallet Town, as well as the living legend for his defeat of Team Rocket in Kanto during his quest.
Information
Name: Fire
Japanese Name: ファイア Fire
First appearance: Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Age: 11FRLG
Gender: Male
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Hometown: Pallet TownFRLG
Region: KantoFRLG
Relatives: MotherFRLG
Trainer class: Pokémon Trainer, player characterFRLG
Generation: III, IV (SSBB)
Games: FireRed, LeafGreen
Colosseum (when linked with Pokemon FRLG)
zumaridi, zamaradi (when linked with Pokemon FRLG)
XD (when linked with Pokemon FRLG)
Super Smash Bros Brawl (as Pokemon Trainer)
Champion of: Indigo PlateauFRLG
Game uhuishaji debut: Pokémon Generations (The Challenger)
English voice actor: Michele Knotz (SSBB)
Japanese voice actor: Tomoe Hanba (SSBB)
Game counterpart: RedRGBYCSCHGSSB2W2
anime counterpart: moto (from Pokémon Generations)
Counterpart debut: Pokémon Generations (The Challenger) (same as game uhuishaji debut)
manga counterpart(s): Red (character in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire from Pokémon Pocket Monsters)
In the games
moto is introduced as a curious 11-year-old boy from Pallet Town. His adventure begins one siku when Professor Oak calls moto and his rival, Green (Blue's video game counterpart), to his lab for a starter Pokémon. moto has a choice of a Bulbasaur, Charmander, au SquirtleFRLG. Depending on the Pokemon that moto chooses, Green will choose the Pokémon that has a type advantage over itFRLG. Green challenges moto to a battle immediately to test out his new Pokémon, thinking he will easily beat Fire.
After moto has made his way to Viridian City to the north and taken a package back to Oak in Pallet Town, Oak gives moto and Green each a Pokédex with which to record data on all known Pokémon in the Kanto region to fulfill Oak's dream of creating a full guide on all Pokémon in Kanto. From here, moto and Green journey across Kanto, collecting Pokémon to build up their teams, and defeating each of the Gym Leaders in turn, with Green always one step ahead, inaonyesha up from time to time to impede Fire's progress.
moto also comes across a gang of Pokémon thieves, Team Rocket, several times through his journey. He first encounters them trying to steal fossils within Mount Moon. A member who is running the Nugget Bridge challenge to recruit for the organization on Route 24; and another lone member who has stolen a TM from a family in Cerulean City. Eventually, moto uncovers a plot kwa Team Rocket, infiltrating their hideout beneath the Celadon Game Corner and encountering their boss, Giovanni. Defeating him and ousting Team Rocket from Celadon, moto uses the Silph Scope that Giovanni leaves behind to battle Ghost-type Pokémon and save Mr. Fuji in the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town, who is being held hostage kwa Team Rocket. moto soon journeys into Saffron City in the moyo of Kanto to find it overrun kwa Team Rocket, who is attempting to take the recently-invented Master Ball from the Silph Co. President, and defeats Giovanni again, ending the group's plots for the time being.
With seven Badges in hand, moto encounters Giovanni for the final time—this time as the Leader of the Viridian Gym, his final obstacle before the Elite Four of Indigo Plateau. moto defeats him in battle, earning his eighth and final Badge—the Earth Badge—and causing Giovanni to realize that Pokémon battles are about having fun, not business. He disbands Team Rocket, promising to go into solo training to become a better Trainer.
Making it through Victory Road and finally to Indigo Plateau, moto challenges the Indigo League. First, he defeats the Elite Four and discovers, to his surprise, that Green has defeated them before him and is therefore the Champion of Kanto. moto defeats Green in the final battle, becoming the Champion himself, but then continues his training, rather than staying at Indigo Plateau. Encountering an offshoot of Team Rocket in the southern Sevii Islands, lead kwa Executive Archer, moto reveals with his Earth Badge that Giovanni has disbanded the organization, and, though defeated, the group there intends to revive Team Rocket and bring Giovanni back, having already made plans to force Pokémon to evolve with radio waves.
After returning to Kanto from the Sevii Islands, moto catches the Legendary birds: Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. He learns of Mewtwo, the only Kanto Pokémon he has not caught. moto makes his way to Cerulean Cave, where he finds and catches Mewtwo. With that, moto has completed the Kanto Pokédex. Then he completes his National Pokédex if he caught all 386 Pokémon.
moto did not appear in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, but his video game counterpart, Red, continues as a wandering Trainer when Red wears Fire's clothing ubunifu rather than his trademark Red/Green/Blue/Yellow ubunifu when Red appears in Pokémon HeartGold, au SoulSilver. Eventually, Red, who wears Fire's clothing, making his way to the caves of Mt. Silver, where he trains his Pokémon alone. In the process, he becomes so distant from the people close to him that he does not even talk to his mom via phone anymore.
Eventually, Ethan, au Lyra arrives at Mt. Silver and challenges Red, who wears Fire's trademarked cothing design, identified only as a Pokémon Trainer. If defeated, Red vanishes from Mt. Silver, and returns every time the Elite Four is defeated again kwa either Ethan, au Lyra in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Also, moto didn't appear in Pokémon Black 2 and Black 2 and like in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Red (Fire's video game counterpart) will wear Fire's clothing design. Some time later, Red, who wears Fire's design, has been shown to finally come back into public life, as he enters the Champions Tournament of the Pokémon World Tournament in the Unova region.
Pokémon
As the player character, moto can have on his team any of the 386 Pokémon available during Generation III in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, though only after the player has obtained the National Pokédex.
Optional names
Game:
FireRed
LeafGreen
Japanese:
ファイア Fire
レッド Red
リーフ Leaf
グリーン Green
カモン Kamon
ケイ Kei
ケン Ken
サトシ Satoshi
サトル Satoru
シゲキ Shigeki
シゲル Shigeru
ジャック Jack
ジャン Jean
ジョン John
タカオ Takao
タカシ Takashi
タケヒロ Takehiro
ツネカズ Tsunekaz
テツオ Tetsuo
トオル Tōru
ヒトシ Hitoshi
ヒロアキ Hiroaki
ヒロキ Hiroki
マサオ Masao
English:
Fire
Red
Leaf
Green
Ash
Gary
Geki
Hiro
Jak
Janne
Jon
Jonn
Kamon
Karl
Kay
Kaz
Kene
Max
Oscar
Ralph
Roak
Toru
Taylor
Tosh
French:
Fire
Red
Leaf
Green
Ayrton
Damien
Davy
Franck
Greg
Kamel
Loris
Mael
Mario
Max
Polo
Ralph
Tom
Tosh
Vince
Yan
Zack
German:
Feuer
Rot
Blatt
Grün
Bert
Chris
Daniel
Gerd
Hans
Helge
Jack
Jan
John
Jon
Ralf
Rolf
Sven
Tobi
Udo
Uli
Uwe
Italian:
None
Spanish:
Guefo
Joro
Jaho
Verte
Álvaro
Bosco
Candel
Floren
Furio
Juan
Juanma
Juno
Lerio
Llamín
Marino
Max
Morel
Ner
Rafa
Ral
Rodi
Silvio
Toilo
Ver
In the Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
moto himself appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, named only as "Pokémon Trainer", with a team consisting of Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard. Rather than fighting himself, like the other human characters, moto sends his three Pokémon into battle, switching between them in order. He is voiced kwa Michele Knotz in the English version and 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba in the Japanese version.
In other games
moto makes an appearance in both Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. While he does not appear in the games' Story Mode, he is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed au LeafGreen cartridge, katriji ya is used, with a male player character chosen. He can take on the Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles. moto also made a brief appearance in the debut trailer of Pokémon Battle Revolution, having a Double Battle against Leaf, using a Deoxys in its Attack Forme and a Wailord. Despite this, he didn't appear in the final cut of the game.
In the TFG
moto appears as a common Trainer figure in the launch set kwa the name of Red, inayofuata Quest, of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game. A recolor of the original moto figure whose name was Red named Green, aptly colored with green clothes, appears as a Trainer figure in the Groundbreakers expansion.
Counterparts
In the games
Red is Fire's video game counterpart. Red (Japanese: レッド Red) is the canon name of the player character in the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow.
Red is known throughout as the Champion from Pallet Town, as well as the living legend for his defeat of Team Rocket in Kanto during his quest. He is the final opponent in the Generation II games Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, their Generation IV remakes Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, and Pokémon Stadium 2. He is also a participant in the Pokémon World Tournament's Champions Tournament, who wears Fire's clothing, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
Red did not appear in the Generation III remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen despite Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are the remakes of Pokémon Red and Green where it takes place in Kanto as moto instead taking Red's place. Like moto after Red, Red repise the same role in Generation I as moto did in his Generation III Kanto counterpart except that Red can only have on his team any of the 151 Pokémon available during Generation I compared to moto whose having the ability to have any of the 386 Pokémon available at that time in Generation III. Because of this, Red is considered a Generation I trainer while moto is a Generation III trainer.
This will make Generation III the only generation that Red did not appear in even in the Generation III remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
In the anime
While moto did not appear in Pokémon Origins, his video game counterpart, Red, had a direct counterpart that appeared as the main character of the Pokémon Origins mini-series, which takes place in a separate continuity. This counterpart shared Red's name, in-game role, and Fire's ubunifu from FireRed and LeafGreen. Red is voiced kwa Bryce Papenbrook in the English version and 竹内順子 Junko Takeuchi in the Japanese version.
Another direct counterpart of Red also appeared in Pokémon Generations. Like Pokémon Origins, Red shared Red's name, in-game role, and Fire's ubunifu from FireRed and LeafGreen. He first appeared in The Adventure, where he captured a Pikachu in Viridian Forest, and went on to experience various other adventures with his Pikachu across other regions, encountering various wild and Legendary Pokémon. Because Red doesn't appear in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the writers gave Red a Vs. Seeker much like Fire's.
moto makes his anime debut in Pokémon Generations as he appeared briefly at the end of The Challenger, having just defeated the Elite Four at Indigo Plateau and preparing to challenge Green, which is also his anime debut, for the title of the Champion. Surprisingly he has yet to have his Pokémon owned at the end of The Challenger and his name has yet to be revealed despite moto was his name.
Like in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, moto is not heard speaking during his appearance briefly at the end of The Challenger.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
While moto didn't appear in the Pokémon Adventures manga, Red did wear Fire's cothing as Red is Red's direct counterpart in Pokémon Adventures.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A character in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire named Red who is a rival of Red and is much stronger than him. This character is based on Fire's appearance in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Trivia
moto is the only original male playable trainer that originally debut in a remake which happens to be Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, a Generation III remake.
moto is the only male player character to have both male and female counterparts.
moto is the only male player character to have a different male counterpart.
Despite many people call Fire, Red, moto is not Red as Red and moto are both different characters. This was true for Blue and Green.
moto and Green are the only different characters that do not have a Bulbapedia page. Possible due to moto and Green merged to Red's and Blue's page respectively making moto and Green confusing for not having their own pages in Bulbapedia.
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Green sarcastically calls him a "chatty gossip".
Despite the ellipses before the battle, like in Generation I where Red appears in, when moto was talking to Copycat in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the dialogue is the following:
<Player>: Hi!
Do wewe like POKéMON?
<Player>: Uh, no, I just asked you.
<Player>: Huh?
You're strange!
COPYCAT: Hmm? Quit mimicking?
But, that's my inayopendelewa hobby!
Similarly, after giving Copycat a Poké Doll and having her teach Mimic to a compatible PokémonFRLG in return, like after Red gives Copycat a Poké Doll receiving TM31RGBY, another brief chatter ensues if the player talks to her again:
<Player>: Hi!
Thanks for earlier!
<Player>: Pardon?
<Player>: Is that fun to mimic my every move?
COPYCAT: wewe bet!
It's a scream!
This implies that moto is speaking, although it could be that Copycat has nothing to mimic, so she is making up words.
Much like there is minimal information on Red's father along with his his anime counterpart's father, Ash's father, Fire's father is mentioned only briefly when examining an SNES at the Celadon Department Store in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
In other languages
Language Title
European French Fire
German Feuer
Italian Fuoco
Korean 화재 Hwajae
European Spanish Guefo
