Why Was Red On Mt Silver? - Pokemon Theory

Me personal theory is that Red was told by Sabrina that a trainer as strong as him would one day appear at Mt. Silver, so Red went to train there. This would make sense as Sabrina says in the games that she saw a vision of us but didn’t expect our power.

My headcanon is quite simply that Red was not cut out to be the public figure that the championship title demanded. Once he was champion, there was no avoiding the attention, so he went to the only place that nobody else would reach him, at least for three years. Then some damn kid found him and ruined that hiding spot too.

One funny theory that I really like on why Red is holed up in Mt. Silver is because of his Snorlax. It needs more food than one kid could feasibly deal with, so he lives in it's native mountain habitat where it can just feed itself.

In Gen 1, Oak mentions that the Pokedex writes itself. It's possible that Mew and Mewtwo were simply unaccounted for until Red encountered them, catching Mewtwo first followed by Mew. The previously-existing Pokemon could have had their orders defined by Oak or other researchers, since they were more well-known and better-documented. In the manga, Red goes to Mt. Silver to recover in some special hot springs there, after having been frozen in ice for a long period of time. That never happened in the games, though, so that reason isn't relevant there. My personal theory is that he was looking for rare Pokemon (possibly Mew but idk), and/or maybe he released Moltres there recently (you can find Moltres in Mt. Silver in HGSS).

Isn't the area just around Red in Mt.Silver one of the only areas in the original games where you can catch a wild Pupitar? Personally I think it's as simple as this: Red never stopped being himself, he's still on his own PkMn journey, and we're bumping into him while he's out there looking for a pupitar to eventually add Tyranitar to his team.

I’m personally subscribed to the theory that Red went there to look for Mew and also to make sure he’s ready to battle the challenger Sabrina told him about (Ethan/Kris or Lyra)

What’s also something of a small reference to Mew and Mt. Silver is the movie Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, where according to Bulbapedia, the Tree of Beginning where Mew lives is located far north of the Kanto region and it happens to be a mountainous area too.

i love how in the battle tree he just stands there lifelessly. my head cannon isn't that red is mute, but he has severe social anxiety and doesn't know how to act normal around other humans. which could explain why he is so good at pokemon training. he struggles to develop bonds with humans so he develops them with his pokemon.

I don't think Red having an Espeon is a reference to manga Red's eevee; namely, because the reason manga Red's eevee evolved into Espeon was because he had an Espeon in GSC - it only appears as Espeon during the GSC arc, in the second or so volume no less, well after GSC was out. It's more likely to me that the Espeon (both in the games and manga) is meant to be the Celadon Mansion Eevee, which they evolved into one of the new GSC Eeveelutions to show off the mechanic.

Let's not forget that Nugget Bridge is where you can catch Mew. Which might explain why there's a Rocket recuter just hanging around there. He's actually waiting for a trainer to refuse hus offer, that would be a sign of a pure hearted person. Something required to see Mew.

Red was training. Because the pokemon on Mt. Silver are very strong compared to other location on Johto and Kanto Region. Since he was the champion on both region, he got the access there so he won't let the chance slide. As for why he was disappear after the battle was most likely he knew what the Gold/Silver/Crystal MC is good enough as the champion, so he went to travel the world and to train his pokemon and challenge more strong trainer.

I remember when Guyana was mentioned back in the day as the habitat of Mew. My whole family is from Guyana, so I was surprised to hear them mention Guyana since most people have never heard of it 😅 My friends and I still laugh about how Guyana is technically a canon part of the Pokémon world (though it’ll probably get retconned if it hasn’t already).

The manga outright says Red was on Mt Silver because he was healing an injury he got fighting the Elite Four. Sabrina had the same injury and told him about the hot springs on top of Mt Silver that she used to heal in.

I like the mew theory and I think it checks out. I used to think he was up there because he was waiting for a worthy challenger. But I don’t think he found Mew I think he passed the torch to you since you defeated him or he decided Mew is not showing up and went somewhere else.

I am having a blast with these latest videos and theories about the earlier generations. I missed these kinds of old school theories. And they are new and fresh as well. Keep up the great work Toby.

Worth mentioning in the manga that red was sent to the peaks of the mountain to heal from being petrified. Not that there's anything to assume the one in the games was gravely injured, but still. Still the manga reflects the games very frequently.

This actually makes so much sense!!! another well crafted theory and again, being by the locations that inspire the pokemon world just add so much more quality to the video!!

I personally headcanon it's because he was overwhelmed from the fame he received as champion and just wanted to live peacefully. Just like Pedro Araujo's series on him.

Love your videos man! Glad you’re still uploading pokemon videos!

I just want to say that the funniest reason why Red would be on Mt. Silver is that is the only place he could feed his snorlax.