Starter Pokémon

Starter Pokemon, or Starters are the first Pokemon that a trainer gets to keep. In each generation of Pokémon games, a set of starter Pokémon are available for new trainers to choose from, usually in sets of three; the types that make up these sets are Fire, Grass, and Water. Pokémon Yellow is the sole exception to date, with Pikachu as the only starter.

Trivia

 * All type Starters are based off of the Chinese Zodiac: Charmander is the Dragon, Cyndiquil is the Mouse, Torchic is the Rooster, Chimchar is the Monkey, and Tepig is the Boar.
 * With the exception of Pikachu and Eevee, all Starter Pokemon are the same types:, , and.
 * All type starters possess reptile like attributes and each have a type of plant on their bodies which grows bigger through evolution.
 * With the exception of Piplup and Oshawott, all type starters are based on cold-blooded animals.
 * Most type starters have an open flame on their body, except for Torchic and Tepig, which only have flames on their final evolutions.
 * Most type starters' final evolutions consist of two types. the only exception is Typhlosion.
 * Ash caught all the type starters.
 * Ash caught and evolved all type starters except Torchic.
 * All the starter Pokémon have a common color on their bodies. starters have red,  starters have blue, and  starters have green.
 * Bulbasaur is the only 1st stage of a starter to have 2 types.
 * Ash has captured all three starters from Kanto, Johto, and Unova. This trend was temporarily broken in Hoenn when he only captured Treecko, while May has Torchic and Brock has Mudkip. In Sinnoh Ash captured Turtwig and caught Chimchar after Paul released it, while Dawn started with Piplup. In Unova, Ash's starter catching trend has returned seeing as how in the first recent episodes he has captured the new starters, Oshawott in 003, Tepig in 004 and Snivy in 007.
 * Ash has captured all known Starter Pokemon, with the exceptions of Eevee, Torchic, Mudkip and Piplup.
 * Oshawott is the only Unova starter that does not have 5 letters in its name.
 * Treeko is the only Hoenn starter that doesn't have "cute eyes"in any evolution form.
 * Grass starters are always released and created before any other starter, fire is always second and water is third.
 * In Sinnoh, Empoleon, Infernape, and Torterra all have a super effective typing against the other.Example:Infernape is partly fighting and Empoleon is steel.
 * In Johto, the starters stay Fire, Grass and water types the whole time. They never get a new typing.