Which Starters are Canon (Johto)?

[Pokeplayer150]

Hey, guys! So here's my second poll; for those who don't have context on this, my first is in the link below:


http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f313/starters-canon-kanto-169055/

With that, please respond or vote and I leave off with my thoughts, see ya!

Ethan: Cyndaquil

Silver: Totodile

Kris/Lyra: Chikorita

 

[Oshakpop]

I'd go with the manga counterparts, so yes, Lyra: Chikorita, Ethan: Cyndaquil, Silver: Totodile

 

[Jukain]

The games have no example for this. What the other sources put them as varies.

 

[Lysson]

Manga kinda has it as Ethan with Cyndaquil and Silver with Totodile. I can't really see Silver having any of the other starters anyway.

 

[BlackButterfree]

I actually started really thinking about this for all the generations after seeing framed Sugimori art of Yveltal with Serena, and Xerneas with Calem for sale on the pokemoncenter.com shop like an hour ago. So I decided to scour Bulbapedia and the official game sites for artwork that would definitively answer this.

The Shiny Pokémon artwork has Ethan with Croconaw, while the Ruins of Alph artwork show him with a Totodile. Meaning that Kris/Lyra would have Cyndaquil and thus Silver has Chikorita. There is absolutely no artwork of Lyra with any starters, nor is there any of Kris (she does canonically have a Misdreavus, however) or Silver (who canonically has a Houndoom, which he never uses in-game...).

 

[Envoy]

It's hard for me to see Silver with a Chikorita. I think Totodile (or Feraligatr, at least) matches his aggressive personality the best. Meaning Ethan would get Cyndaquil and Lyra would have Chikorita.

 

[Dennis Jansen]

Ethan: Cyndaquil

Silver: Totodile

Lyra: Chikorita

 

[Sakuraa]

Pokemon Adventures (and my own personal preference of what looks most fitting) is what drives my choices for this group.

Ethan-Cyndaquil
Lyra-Chikorita
Silver-Totodile

 

[Muur]

Because of the anime Jimmy/Ethan with Cyndaquil and Lyra with Cikorita.

 

[Steffie]

Thanks to my starter choice, Lyra/ Kris with Chikorita. Silver with Cyndaquil and Ethan with Totodile.