You'll need to trade for it from Pokemon Red, Blue, or Yellow.
You have to go to the Kanto Region.
Lighten up, nerd!
you can't find a Charmander, you have to get a Charmander by trading a pokemon to a person that has a Charmander.
bulbasaur, squirtle and charmander are all great to start with, but i find charmander the strongest. charmander is also the best for obtaining suicune
Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur. You are always given them, you don't find them!
The only way to obtain a Charmander in Generation II (Gold, Silver, Crystal) is to trade one from another game.
You can't find Mew in Pokémon Silver.
you go to the cave in cinnabar and you move around clicking until u find charmander, it may take 4 to 5 hours to find, well it did for me
you get charmander as a starting Pokemon
you have to start with charmander, and suicune roams the region after beating the elite four
Because Platinum the region is Sinnoh, you can't get Charmander. On Heart Gold and Soul Silver, you can go to Johto and Kanto. But no Sinnoh for Platinum.
you will have to trade it im afraid. From red/blue/yellow, once the time capsule is working