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I'm talking about Ash's Pikachu: obviously he already reached level
314159265kachu (Pun intended; that's not the exact number as I don't know what
level he is).

I forget the reason for this - did he not want to evolve? If so, then why did
he refuse to evolve? And does that mean that evolving is a choice? You can
choose NOT to evolve your pokemon?


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Why didn't Pikachu evolve?


> I forget the reason about this, did he don't want to evolve?

It's pretty safe to guess that part of the selling point of the series is that
Pikachu is "cute". If you let him evolve into Raichu, you've lost this appeal.

So from the author's standpoint, there is no reason to evolve Pikachu. In the
Anime, it was expressed as Pikachu simply not wanting to evolve. (Somewhere in
the episode where Ash takes on Lt. Surge.)

> And is that mean evolve is an option? You can choose NOT to evolve your
> pokemon?

In the games, evolution is almost always optional. In the Anime, it's a bit
unclear.  
But in this case Pikachu evolves by a Thunder Stone - which is completely
optional. If you don't want to evolve, just don't use the stone.


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