Pokémon Gold and Silver/Route 3

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Red	Blue	Yellow
Jigglypuff Purchase in Pokémon Center: Magikarp		Sandshrew Purchase in Pokémon Center: Magikarp

After you receive the Boulder Badge, other Pokémon trainers will see you as a worthy opponent. No fewer than eight trainers wait to challenge you along Route #3. You'll have a tough struggle getting through them all, but you'll emerge from Route #3 a more powerful (and richer) trainer than ever. Stock up on Poké Balls to capture some more Pokémon in the wild too.

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Route #3

1	Lass	File:Pokébuck.png135
	Pidgey	LV9
	Pidgey	LV9
2	Bug Catcher	File:Pokébuck.png100
	Caetrpie	LV10
	Weedle	LV10
	Caterpie	LV10
3	Youngster	File:Pokébuck.png165
	Rattata	LV11
	Ekans	LV11
4	Bug Catcher	File:Pokébuck.png90
	Weedle	LV9
	Kakuna	LV9
	Caterpie	LV9
	Metapod	LV9

5	Lass	File:Pokébuck.png150
	Rattata	LV10
	Nidoran♂	LV10
6	Youngster	File:Pokébuck.png210
	Spearow	LV14
7	Bug Catcher	File:Pokébuck.png110
	Caterpie	LV11
	Metapod	LV11
8	Lass	File:Pokébuck.png210
	Jigglypuff	LV14

Route 3 encounters
Pidgey	48%	48%	N/A
Spearow	48%	48%	40%
Jigglypuff	4%	4%	N/A
Rattata	N/A	N/A	20%
Sandshrew	N/A	N/A	20%
Mankey	N/A	N/A	20%

On the way to Mt. Moon

There are eight disgruntled Pokémon trainers between Pewter City and the entrance to Mt. Moon, but they're pretty easy to avoid (by staying out of their direct line of sight). Still you may need the EXP: Mt. Moon is tough.

At the Mt. Moon Pokémon Center, you can pick up a black market Magikarp for File:Pokébuck.png500. As for wild Pokémon, Jigglypuffs are only decent in Red or Blue, but Yellow players shouldn't move on without a Sandshrew in tow.

#39 Jigglypuff	#27 Sandshrew
Jigglypuffs, even more ridiculously cute in Yellow, have a ton of HP, but very few good techniques. They can use a wide variety of powerful TM's, however, so if you put some time into it, these Puffs can kick some tail.	This Ground-type Pokémon doesn't learn anything particularly exciting but he's tough on defense and makes a good all-around fighter that's virtually impervious to Rock-type attacks. And you'll be facing a lot of those in the very near future.
#129 Magikarp
The thing about Magikarps is that they're totally, completely horrible. They come with only one technique, Splash, and it does absolutely nothing. Magikarps can't learn any TMs or HMs and they don't even learn an attack until Level 15! BUT if you can get one to Level 20, it will evolve into Gyarados, an incredible Flying-type, Water-type dragon with a ton of HP that learns the strong Dragon Rage technique at level 25! So either stick your 'Karp at the top of your roster to level him up, or drop him in the Day Care Center when you get to Route #5. If you can't afford him now, don't worry about it: You can fish for one anywhere once you get a Rod.