Get cut and go to New Bark Town. Have 5 Pokemons in your backpack. Cut your way through to the back side of your own house. Stand in front of the left corner and press A. A dialoge will pop up. You can press yes to take Pikachu with you on your journey.
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Pikachu is not available as a starter in the Gold version. he is only available in the Yellow version only.
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Catch a Pikachu, which you can find on Route 2, and use a Thunderstone on it.
Give Pikachu a Thunder stone and it will evolve into a Riachu. But in Pokemon Yellow, the Pikachu will not evolve. You can get thunder stones easy by mining them in Pokemon diamond and pearl but in soul silver and heart gold you need to buy them with athleet points at the athleet shop
In pokemon fire red, leaf green, red, blue, soulsilver, heartgold, silver, and gold pikachu can be found in Viridian forest. In pokemon Sapphire, ruby, and emerald you can find it in the safari zone