Red's party in the Generation II games is based heavily on in-game events from the Generation I. Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise, and Pikachu are available in all iterations of the original Kanto plot. Espeon could have been obtained as an Eevee in Celadon City, and Eevee notably serves as Blue's starter in Pokemon Yellow. Lapras is given away by a Silph Co. employee, and two Snorlax are required to be caught or defeated in order to travel to Fuchsia City. Furthermore, in the Generation II games, only the Snorlax that was previously blocking Route 12 (now blocking the entrance to Diglett's Cave) is available to the player, suggesting that Red defeated it and caught the one blocking Route 16. His party in the Generation II games also matches that of Red in the Pokemon Adventures manga during his venture to Mt. Silver, although Pokemon Adventures' Red borrowed Charizard and Blastoise temporarily from the characters Blue and Green, as he didn't own those Pokemon.