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Welcome to the Kanto Region
The Kanto region is visited by players in the first generation of the Pokémon games and can be explored in Generations II, III, IV, and VII. It is located east of Johto, which together forms a joint landmass south of Sinnoh. All the cities in Kanto are named after colors, except for Pallet Town. The original 151 Pokémon of Red/Blue/Yellow can be found in Kanto.
Professor Oak is the resident Pokémon Professor that starts the Pokémon Trainer on their quest by offering the player one of three choices in their first partner Pokémon.
Choose your Starter Pokémon:
#001 – Bulbasaur
It’s hard to be more iconic than the very first Pokémon in the Pokédex. In the anime series, Ash’s Bulbasaur was the third Pokémon to be caught in the Kanto region and his fourth overall. Bulbasaur appears in 215 episodes.
Type: Grass/Poison
Features: Small, mainly turquoise amphibian Pokémon with red eyes and a green bulb on its back. It is based on a frog/toad, with the bulb resembling a plant bulb that grows into a flower as it evolves.
Evolution: Bulbasaur – Ivysaur – Venusaur
Pokédex Entry: A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. The plant sprouts and grows with this Pokémon.
#004 – Charmander
Charmander is an iconic Pokémon beloved by many players of both the card game and video game adaptation. Touted as the toughest starter Pokémon to train in both the game and anime, Charmander has a defiant personally amongst the other loveable characters that simply fall in line with Ash’s orders in the anime. Charmander also is the resounding winner for the first start picks out of the original three on many polls, with Fire type Pokémon arguably being the coolest of the architypes.
Type: Fire
Features: Charmander is a bipedal, reptilian Pokemon. Most of its body is colored orange, while its underbelly is light yellow and it has blue eyes. It has a flame at the end of its tail, which is said to signify its health. Charmander is based on a lizard, however its name suggests it may also have been inspired by salamanders, with in mythology have an affinity with fire.
Evolution: Charmander – Charmeleon – Charizard
Pokédex Entry: Obviously prefers hot places. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.
#007 – Squirtle
Turtle-like Squirtle has been trained by Ash, May, Gary, and Tierno, making it the most popular starter Pokémon. Squirtle can also attribute some of its popularity to being playable in various entries of the video game series Super Smash Bros.
Type: Water
Features: Squirtle is a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon. It has a blue body with purple eyes, a light brown belly, and a tough red-brown shell on its back. It has a long tail that curls into a spiral. Squirtle is primarily based on a turtle, taking inspiration from both land-dwelling and sea-dwelling varieties. The curly tail resembles a crashing wave.
Evolution: Squirtle – Wartortle – Blastoise
Pokédex Entry: After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. Powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.
To choose your starter Pokémon for the Kanto Region, pick one of the tasks for one of the Pokémon below:
1. To choose Bulbasaur as your starter Pokémon, read a book with a green cover (at least 50%)
2. To choose Charmander as your starter Pokémon, read a book with the word “Fire” in it (please provide excerpt and page number).
3. To choose Squirtle as your starter Pokémon, read a book with a body of water on the cover.
Marla's Pokemon Team
Pokémon: Squirtle
Book & Author: Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison
Date Read: 8/12/25
Task: To choose Squirtle as your starter Pokémon, read a book with a body of water on the cover.
How it Fits: Lake Michigan behind hottie
1. #006 – Charizard
Charizard is a fan favorite Pokémon, portraying a disobedient companion to the young Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum in the anime adaptation. Although it looks like a dragon, this Pokémon does not have the Dragon typing. However, it has two Mega Evolutions, available in Generation 6 games and Pokémon Go, one of which replaces its Flying type with Dragon. In 2020, one of the rarest cards, the 1999 ‘Shiny Charizard’ (First Edition Shadowless holographic Charazard #4) sold for over $220,000 USD.
Type: Fire/Flying
Features: This Pokémon is a large dragon-like Pokémon, mainly orange in color, with two large wings. Like Charmander and Charmeleon, it has a flame at the end of its tail. The design of Charizard appears to draw inspiration from dragons of European folklore, with its large wings, horned head, and fiery breath.
Evolution: Charmander – Charmeleon – Charizard
Pokédex Entry: Spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to cause forest fires unintentionally.
To catch Charizard, please do ONE of the following tasks:
1. Read a book with a character that is does not get along with the other characters.
2. Read a popular book (over 200,000 ratings on Goodreads).
3. Read a book from the list Fires in Fiction.
Marla's Pokemon Team
Pokémon: #006 – Charizard
Book & Author: Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo
Date Read: 8/19/25
Task: Read a book with a character that is does not get along with the other characters.
How it Fits: Mike Talbot can be annoying, but there are many other despicable and horrible characters in the book
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Welcome to the world of Pokémon! Originating in Japan and created by by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, what was once a role-playing game for the Nintendo Game Boy has spread to be a world-wide phenomenon. It spans over several different platforms including video games, anime series, manga, a trading card game, and movies.
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2. We will post your first task set around March 31st. Please remember your books cannot be finished before April 1st.
4. For each Pokémon, you will receive a set of three tasks. Complete one task to get your button and your next task. Please fill out your completion posts in the format below. Be sure to post your thread link to the Throw the Poké Ball! (Completions) thread.
5. You may only use books that you have completed AFTER you have received your set of tasks.
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7. This is an open-ended, go at your own pace challenge.
Please read through the General Challenge Guidelines for page restrictions and other challenge rules.
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