Why Red went to Mt. Silver?

dimitri1337

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    Soo i've been playing Pokemon for soo long,and looking for anwser,but sadly didn't find any specific anwser.

    Soo,can somebody tell me why Red went to Mt. Silver and after defeating him,where he goes? Is he starting a new journey?
     
    Here is what "Bulbapedia" says about "Red" during his time on Mt. Silver.
    https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_%28game%29

    "...Red continues as a wandering Trainer, eventually 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, Kris, or Lyra arrives at Mt. Silver and challenges Red, identified only as a Pokémon Trainer. If defeated, Red vanishes from Mt. Silver, and returns every time the Elite Four is defeated again by the player of Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, or SoulSilver..."

    I feel like the interesting aspect of this notation about "Red" while on Mt. Silver, was the mentioning of how he went out of his way to separate himself from other people and even kept himself out of contact with his family and friends... he must have had some serious issues with people in general. Very mysterious loner.
     
    Maybe the whole defeating Team Rocket in Kanto thing traumatized him after all? And after he beat the E4, he could finally relax and the dark thoughts caught up with him. ;; poor Red.
     
    He was looking for mew to complete the dex
     
    I always got the vibe from Red that he was trying to escape from people and society and he used collecting every pokemon and being the best trainer as an outlet for that. I don't think it was about being traumatized by Team Rocket, I think that his character was constantly being disappointed by human society, plus since throughout his whole adventure, nobody really helps him do anything. Other than being helped out in the very beginning by his mother and the professor, and then afterwards being abandoned to his own devices, plus all of the people who came around to him and demanded that he should either solve the problem or give up on his goal. I could understand him wanting to escape, and considering how tough and determined of a trainer he represents, it would make sense that he would feel comfortable in a hostile pokemon environment where humans barely ever dare adventure into. I think Red has always felt more comfortable around pokemon than he does around people.

    I also think it's totally logical that he might have decided to hang out on Mt. Silver in hopes that Mew might show up there... not sure where the idea that Mew would appear specifically at the peak of Mt. Silver came from, but Mt. Silver is considered the mysterious mountain that is mostly unexplored and only the best trainers are rarely allowed inside, plus there are a few pokemon that only appear inside that mountain (until the future games came out) so it's as good a place as any other to be searching for one of the rarest pokemon within the entire storyline.
     
    I was thinking about Red a while ago and how he's lacking all kinds of characterization in the games. While you could say that he's the player's avatar in the first games, that doesn't aply in the sequels anymore, as you're now taking the role of Gold. Red being on top of the most dangerous area of all Jotho and Kanto combined, standing in the sun, having the stronges team and more importantly: refusing to talk to you, or anybody, kind of lead me to one possibility: Red's a jerk

    While in gen 1 Green/Blue seems to be the jerkish rival who always picks on Red, we never actually know, why he's behaving like that. It is possible, that Red himself acted the same way, resluting in both of them trying to best the other one.
    One reason why Oak thought of Red being that super nice and polite neighbor kid could just be, because he always played the nice guy in front of adults.

    So, why is he standing on top of Mt Silver? Because he considers himself to be superior to everybody else, which he shows by climbing on top of the assumably highest mountain, where he looks down upon all the other people, who have to look up to him. Beating him, just triggers his rivalry behavior, resulting in him training more and returning when he feels capable of taking you on.

    Or it could just be a reference to what happens to the player when he gets beaten: he returns to the Poke Center.
     
    Well since Red is obviously my favorite character from Pokemon ANYTHING I am happy to see this discussion.

    In my opinion Red does what we all had a choice in doing in the older games which is go of with your favorite team of six and train constantly to become the very best that they (your Pokemon) and you can become. Think about it. Red defeated everyone. And when the Johto region opened up he probably went through and challenged them as well (Hence how his Eevee became an Espeon). After all that he is drawn to the area that you are towards the end: Mount Silver. Here the strongest Pokemon roam and it gives him a chance to bond with his partners and become the best. In my opinion I dont think Red cared much for filling the pokedex more so than actually seeing and battling against strong pokemon and understand them. Which leads to him understanding his team of 7 (7 because Lapras and Espeon switch back and forth) better.

    From a philosophical stand point Red stands atop Mount Silver to symbolize reaching the plateau. He was and is the greatest trainer that ever lived so what is the best way to prove that you are the Champion and the best? Beat the man that did it all before you. He beat Team Rocket without Lance. He couldn't communicate with other people on the road like you can with the Poketch. So the battle with him is a symbol to decide which journey made the better trainer.
     
    Maybe because it make him look cool? lol.
    It's probably one of my very favourite Pokemon game moments. Loner = Bad ass.
     
    He was fed up of being called 'Ash' and so went for some alone time in the hills :333.

    From a philosophical stand point Red stands atop Mount Silver to symbolize reaching the plateau.
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    Or that ^^
     
    My thought has been that he literally went out and did everything there was to do in his region. He completed the pokedex and became champion, beyond that there really wasn't anything to do. You could say he could of went to other regions, but i remember reading that at the time gsc was planned to be the last generation of Pokemon. So perhaps he just felt bored, like there was nothing left. Add in some soul searching with that.
     
    Crack theory:
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    ...Although I think he just happened to be training at the top at the time when you get there. I doubt he spent two whole years there without ever leaving. And he just went there to train. Mt Silver is closed to all but the best trainers after all, and he was the best of them all, the Champion. Of course he'll train there!

    As for him not speaking - well, I think it was a great design choice. He was, for many players anyway, yourself - you were playing as Red, the silent protagonist, in the Kanto games. What better final boss than yourself? But that's why he can't say anything, because that'd be giving him characterisation.
     
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