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Completing a Living Dex With Gens 1 and 2 (Pokémon Red)

A "living dex" is a fan designation for when a player completes the Pokédex and has one of each species in the PC or the party at the same time. It's often considered to be much more difficult and time-consuming than a regular Pokédex because it often involves, for instance, playing the same game multiple times to get multiple copies of a Legendary Pokémon.
With Gen 1, the Legendary Pokémon are not a concern, and with Gen 2, neither is breeding.

The method by which you can get a completed Pokédex with Gen 2 on Japanese Green/International Blue is described here. This page will focus more on requirements specific to a living dex.

Version Exclusives

This is just to note that you will need to trade for multiple version-exclusives, instead of just one. You will need two Ekans, three Oddish, two Mankey, and two Growlithe from your other games.

Mutually Exclusive Pokémon

The real issue with a Gen 1 only living dex lies in the mutually exclusive Pokémon. To have a living dex, you will need all of the following on your file:

If you have access to Pokémon Stadium, you can get all of these by defeating the Elite Four and Rival.

Otherwise, to complete this living dex on Green/Blue alone, you will need at minimum three separate Gen 1 save files and one Gen 2 save file. Your process should look something like this:

  1. Collect Starter #1 and trade it to Gen 2.
  2. Collect Starter #2 and Fossil #1 and trade it to Gen 2.
  3. Collect Starter #3 and Fossil #2. Trade them to Gen 2, breed both Fossils and all three Starters, and return them to Gen 1. Breed Eevee and a Hitmon in Gen 2 and return them.

If you have access to Yellow, the first two steps can be completed in one file on Yellow, making the minimum two.