I'm a hopeless "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" fanboy, so the first thing that flashed through my mind when I saw Red doing that gesture with the hat was: "Yare yare daze!"
To be honest if you can't kill Red's pikachu in 1 move, it will kill you before you even know it even if it is Lugia, 1 Super Rising Thunder is enough.
shinmasaki said: If it's based on the manga they are
Since gold doesn't have the manga's versions googles and pool stick, and pichu doesn't have golds hairstyle, not to mention that red's hairstyle is diffrent, I say that it's not based on the manga.