#Pokemon not part of an evolutionary line

[botherbug]

Farfetch'd stimboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[some-zer0]

They got that matching bowtie drip

[marywoodartdept]

Designing a Pokemon

Stepping outside her comfort zone, Nicola tried her hand at drawing creatures for a project that called for illustrating a three part Pokémon evolutionary line. This learning process included watching movies and lots of sketching #MarywoodArt #Animation

For my Animation for the Illustrator class, we were tasked with designing a three part Pokémon evolutionary line. To prepare, we watched the first Pokémon movie, Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back. Technically, there are three segments to this movie: Pikachu’s Vacation (which was added later and appears unrelated to the main plot), Origin of Mewtwo (which was also added later), and…

[justiisms]

"Pokémon are caught in Pokéballs but some trainers let theirs roam without them ever going back into their ball after they're caught... Plus there's an entire category dedicated to ghost types which is full of incredibly mischievous Pokémon... Hmm..." *yuma is mumbling to himself as he stares at the book of death before his gaze flickers towards shinigami! he wonders if it's just a string of coincidences or if most spirits end up developing a bizarre sense of humor...*

("Hmm hmmm~?") Shinigami is curiously hovering over Yuma's shoulder as he looks at her book, wondering what he's mumbling about!

("Heh, I guess I do look like a partner Pokemon, huh? I mean the basically was my 'pokeball' before you released me. I'd be the cutest and most powerful Ghost-type, wouldn't I?! Plus you know you wuuuv me for my adoringly mischeviousness, Master~!") She coos, teasingly nuzzling against him~ ("Thouuugh I'll always prefer being a Death God. Reaping souls and haunting you forever is just too much fun!")

[yanderes-galore]

Yandere Iron Valiant with trainer Darling Concept?

It's a bit difficult as there isn't any PokeDex entry I can go off of. So this is speculation on my part. Sorry for image quality, it's a close up of a Pokemon card... couldn't find good official art.

Overprotective! Iron Valiant with Trainer! Darling

(FT. Gardevoir or Gallade)

Pairing: Platonic (With Rivalry Elements)

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Overprotective behavior, Violence, Implied murder, Blood, Clingy behavior, Forced/Dubious companionship.

Iron Valiant is a Future Paradox Pokemon that appears to have combined features of a Gardevoir and Gallade.

They are robots that we can assume were meant to act as guardians for humanity in the future.

Perhaps you caught this Pokemon once it was sent to the present?

Or... since they are a robot... you helped fix them up?

Granted, any major injury/damage can't be fixed perfectly... but you try your best.

I like to imagine Pokemon Violet's Paradox Pokemon are more robot than Pokemon.

Which means, When you fix the robot they register you as their new master.

Pokeball or not, this Iron Valiant follows you around like a maid or butler.

Technically they're both.

Imagine if you already had a Gardevoir or Gallade in your care?

They'd be so confused about their robotic counterpart.

Even more so if your new Iron Valiant tried to replace them.

Y'know what, to prevent all these Overprotective Pokemon concepts from feeling the same... you have either a Gardevoir or Gallade as your Pokemon partner.

Imagine if your Iron Valiant saw your original Pokemon partner as inferior.

They are far superior, a combination of the best parts of the evolutionary line.

Why do you still care for these... biological creatures?

Your Gardevoir/Gallade often gives you concerned looked, seeing how the glowing pink eyes of the robot scan them up and down.

You can try to make them get along... but your Iron Valiant is often the problem.

You can order them... but there's always tension between them and your original Pokemon partner.

Your robotic partner always judges your partner, glaring at them with glowing pink irises.

For the most part, they're behaved.

Although... your current Pokemon partner probably won't stick around for too long.

What I mean by that is... You Iron Valiant may just get rid of your Gardevoir/Gallade.

After all, why do you need them?

Unlike robots... they can die.

With a robot partner you'll always be safe.

So... that means your current partners are inferior...

Which means your Iron Valiant will exterminate them for you.

Imagine waking up one day and all your partners are gone.

You're looking everywhere... but they're just gone.

However, when you call for your Iron Valiant... they respond.

With an excited beep or two, the run up to you with a happy gaze...

Covered in blood.

You stay silent... staring...

They don't seem to care.

If you try to run, they'll follow.

You can't escape them... you're trapped...

After all, they're superior!

Their master only deserves the best.

[pokemonshelterstories]

Since Furret has only been found in two regions without human intervention, including Sentret, and even then not being found in many areas, would that classify it as endangered with such a low known population? If not, what does it take for a Pokémon species to be classified as endangered?

Question my friend had when I brought Furret up, I still haven't answered him.

sentret and furret are by no means endangered! they have a very specific set of environments that they live in, but in those environments, they're plentiful. being categorized as endangered requires specific conditions set by the IUCN (ranging from extreme population decrease to a limited number of known adults of the species); the main indicator is that the species needs to maintain a certain level of genetic diversity. keep in mind too that "species" refers to all members of an evolutionary line e.g. burmy, mothim, and wormadam are the same species. although furret themselves aren't particularly common in the wild, sentret can be found in a wide number of regions, and even sometimes have mass outbreaks in regions where they aren't native.

to be honest, very few species of pokemon are actively facing endangerment currently. several species previously considered endangered, such as lapras and eevee, have now seen population booms. of the top of my head, one of the more threatened species right now is farfetch'd. this is partly due to overhunting and partly due to development destroying the land where their primary food source- leeks- grows. corsola numbers are also in decline because of a combination of climate change and the introduction of invasive mareanie in some of their native territories. a few other pokemon who have always had naturally low numbers, like kangaskhan, are monitored closely, but seem to be maintaining a stable population.

by the way, if you're interested in learning more about the conservation status of pokemon in your area, i highly recommend reaching out to your local ranger station! part of our work as rangers is to educate and promote conservation efforts, and your local rangers will be able to direct you to ways you can support your local wildlife.

[songue85]

Songue85 plays... a Pokémon Emerald Nuzlocke

I'm doing it vanilla, following Da Basic Rules, you know,

You can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in any area;

If you fail to catch this Pokemon for any reason then you may not attempt another capture;

You must nickname any Pokemon.

plus 'Dupes Clause' for Rule 2 (If first PKMN found in Route is a copy of one I previously caught or part of evolutionary line of a previously caught 'mon, I may ignore it).

It's been quite a long time I've done a Nuzlocke, getting myself ready for a hardcore run. Currently training in the first Routes.

Recent catches:

Torchic ♀ named Chicktita;

Poochyena ♀ called Darlene; and

Wurmple ♂, Biff, recently evolved to Silcoon.

(I had caught another Wurmple ♂ before, Bufford, but he evolved and died due to a Marill crit'ing it, so new route, caught Biff, because I can catch repeats or just ignore them.)

Will post screenshots later.

[sdv-confessions]

I am so SO tempted to send in an ask about each character in Stardew and what kind of Pokémon they’d have but. I am going to admit. It would be long. And probably in parts.

And I wouldn’t be able to do it until I get home from vacation at the end of February anyway.

But. I will say. Sam? Any Pokémon that has a music theme (think Meloetta, Whismur line, Toxel line, even Jigglypuff!) would be a great fit for him. Shane and Alex? You CANNOT convince me these sports fans do not have Passimian and/or Cinderace (Alex absolutely has both). Jas would have Fairy-Types, but likely the first ones in their evolutionary line (Flabébé I think would be a good fit in particular). Sebastian has to have at least one Porygon, maybe multiple. Maru? Electric or Steel-Types would fit (Rotom, Varoom and it’s evolution, Duraludon and it’s evolution, and Miraidon I think would all work for her) and I think she’d love a Minior. And Robin? If she doesn’t have a Trevenant I’d be shocked.

Anyway enjoy the rambling’s of a person who has been awake for 15 hours and going to awake for a minimum of 14 more.

i did a pokemon type poll series a while ago

i think the results are pretty accurate except sebastian should've been dark instead of ghost (which others have said too)

also i got a confession at that time that said sam and seb would both have toxtricity but different versions

thank u for sharing!!

[sunflowertrick]

found something in the academy library! its a bit similar to something ive already posted but here it is anyways.

[A photograph of an older book regarding the individual research work of Naranja Academy professors. The top of the page displays the Naranja Academy crest, an image of the Galaxy Team logo is displayed in line with the text. The text reads as follows; "Orion ------, a biology professor at Naranja Academy, became a Galaxy Team's Survey Corps member during an extended research trip in the Hisui region. While incredibly vocal about his disdain for the methods utilized by the Survey Corps, Orion's most influential and documented work occurred while working alongside them."]

[The new paragraph is featured alongside illustrations taken from field notes, showing the Hisuian variants of Zorua, Sneasal, and Decidueye. They each have labeled parts and names, though the handwriting is difficult to read. It is titled 'A sample of Orion's field notes.' The text beside the illustrations reads; "Orion's work into the evolution of regional forms was critical to furthering the study of Pokemon biology, and the creation of early pokedexes. His research is the first record of many evolutionary patterns unique to the Hisui Region, and-"]

[The rest of the page seems to have been ripped.]

as far as i know this is the most there really is about what he did since it has the notes and stuff even if theres a part of it missing.

[mattapparentlystumbltourneys]

Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 1-G

Propaganda below

Kotora/Raitora propaganda:

to this day we still don't really have a proper quadrupedal tiger pokemon. pretty much every pokemon is either anthropomorphic (like incineroar) or a hybrid with another type of cat. also they're so round.. just look at them. and the worst part is. they were cut TWICE.. they were most famously cut from gold and silver when the spaceworld demo leaked several years back, but a somewhat more recent leak shows that they were planned for red and green too, at some point. since then, this evolutionary line has never come back, and with the shinx line filling the "electric type feline" niche, i fear we will never see them make an official debut…

Virgilus propaganda:

There's something funny how Umineko (a vn with SO many more female than male characters) scrapped Virgilius and gave his name to one woman and his design inspirations to another. No boys allowed.

[izzieg3987]

Fire Types

Cinderace (F)

Percy got Cinderace as a Scorbunny from Professor Magnolia at the start of her Galar journey. She learned that her accent was a Galarian accent and she got her accent from her mother, which meant that she was from Galar. This meant that Percy was at least Part Galarian, so she wanted to learn about her roots by having a complete journey in Galar.

Shiny Alolan Marowak (M)

Percy was searching for an Alolan Marowak on her Alola vacation after she saw one dancing on Poketube and she found one in Wela Volcano Park on Akala Island. He and his friend Braixen are very popular in Pokemon Contests for their Fire Dance.

Kantonian Rapidash (F) (Flare)

Percy and Flare met when the Fire Horse Pokemon just came out of her egg as a Ponyta. She imprinted on Percy, so naturally, Flare followed her wherever she went. Now Flare adores her trainer, the others not so much, she has a very fiery temper (pun intended). She didn't get her name till she met her mate Sylas.

Shiny Kantonian Ponyta (M) (Theo)

Theo is the eldest of the Ponyta twins, he's a very competitive young pony also he is very protective of his younger twin sister Winona. He likes running on grasslands and sugar cubes.

Hisuian Typlosion (M)

Typhlosion was given to Percy by Professor Elm as a Cyndaquil at the beginning of her Johto adventure. He evolved into a Quilava in Johto but reached the end of his evolutionary line in Hisui as he evolved into the Hisuian variant of his kind thanks to the energy emanating from Mount Coronet.

Pyroars (M&F) (Davina and Dante)

Dante was the leader of their pride once, he had the brightest and the most beautiful mane but he wasn't the best fighter. No, that title solely belonged to his mate Davina, who was a fighter through and through. But when a younger and stronger male Pyroar stepped up they had to leave their pride and ended up in The Friend Safari, where Percy caught them. Her first target was Dante because his beautiful mane and noble appearance were amazing for contests but to catch him she had to get past Davina to do that and that's exactly what she did. She wouldn't separate them anyway, they were a mated pair after all.

Shiny Charizard (M)

Percy caught Charizard as a Charmander in the Charicific Valley Natural Reserve during her Johto journey. He was just a Charmander at the time, the runt of his clutch. He was weaker than his brothers and sisters. They used to bully him a lot both because of his unusual looks and for being weak. But then came Percy, she was up to the challenge of training him *Que the lengthy training montage*. She did manage to get him to the point that he was able to beat the first of his siblings who evolved into a Charmeleon. Seeing that Percy's training regiment was the best one working for him, he joined her. He is cold to everyone but his trainer, in whose hand he turns to putty.

Shiny Braixen (F)

Percy caught Braixen from the Friend Safari too. She was searching for a Fennekin because she liked their sly and mischievous nature, but what made Percy pick this particular Fennekin was because of her unique coloring. If you couldn't picked up by now Percy certainly has a fondness for the strange and unusual. Braixen is one of her Contest Pokemon, after she learned how to dance with fire, she and Marowak became a duo. 

Arcanine (M)

Percy caught him as Growlithe in the Volcanic Cave in Sinnoh. He got separated from his littermates and got lost. Long enough for it to get hungry, but then he smelled something delicious from the depths of the cave and followed his nose. Which is how he found Percy, she was camping and making dinner when suddenly this little Growlithe came in whimpering while giving her Lillipup eyes and you know what they say if you give scraps to a stray it will never leave you.

Skeledirge (M)

Percy chose Fuecoco at the beginning of her Paldea journey because she knew that he would eventually evolve into Skeledirge who was a semi-ghost type. She also named the little bird resting on top of his head Sonata. He likes to sing lullabies to the baby Pokemon.

Ceruledge (F)

She is one of Percy's knights. She, Aegislash, Escavalier, and Iron Valiant trained under Sir Wikstrom of Kalos' Elite Four in the Castle of Chivalry to learn how to protect their queen better. She and the rest of the knights are very loyal and protective of their queen, like how Sebek is with Malleus, only quieter.

@queenofdahlias4life

Can you guys tell that I run out of ideas for some of them?

[botherbug]

Kangaskhan Stimboard!

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Pokemon not part of an evolutionary line #2

[ringtownrangerlark]

Class: Evolution and Age

Hello everyone! I'm Ranger Lark, feel free to just call me Lark, I use he/they pronouns. And this here is my partner, Sedge- she/her. I'm hear to teach about evolution, particularly some common misconceptions about it, and how it can be different across different Pokemon species.

Now, some of you may already be familiar with evolution. Especially those of you with more experience training and battling. How many of you have had a pokemon evolve?

Now, many people think of evolution as a developmental stage- like a baby growing into an old person. This is actually a common misconception! Most unevolved Pokemon are fully adults!

Now, there are some species for whom evolution is a necessary part of the life cycle. This is especially common in bug types. Female combee need to evolve into Vespiqueen, for example, to reproduce. And as a scientific term, the category of "Baby" pokemon, including pokemon like Magby, Budew and Mantyke, doesn't just mean young or newborn pokemon. It refers to pokemon that are incapable of breeding at that stage of evolution.

Now, the belief that evolution is a growth stage goes hand in hand with the misconception that evolution is necessary for every pokemon. And that's just not true! Most wild pokemon live perfectly healthy and full lives without ever evolving. Here are some photos of elderly but unevolved pokemon! [IDs in Alt]

So if evolution isn't about growing up, why do pokemon evolve? Well, that's going to be different for every species! For a lot of pokemon, evolution is only necessary as a kind of battle-form, for pokemon that deal with threats frequently. For example, in the Olive Jungle of my homeland in Fiore, you can find squads of Treecko, with one or two Grovyle, and very rarely any Sceptile. The evolved grovyle act as protectors for the rest of the group, and the rest of the Treecko live their lives without needing to fight many wild pokemon, and not evolving.

This is why evolution is so common among the pokemon who belong to trainers! Evolution is adapted primarily for battling, or similar high-need situations. So a pokemon who is frequently battling and competing in gyms is very likely to evolve, because it simulates an environment in which the high energy cost of evolution is worth the strength benefits. For the vast majority of wild pokemon, they're not in combat enough to need that boost.

Rockruff are another great example of a species using evolution for a specific niche. Rockruff and lycanroc packs are actually families. There are usually two lycanroc parents- 'Alphas', to use the outdated term- and their children. The most successful packs often have a mix of forms, one day and one night lycanroc, so the young are protected around the clock. As long as there's a leader, the rockruff won't evolve. They are actually able to hormonally suppress and delay evolution for this purpose. It's only when a rockruff goes out to seek a mate and start its own pack- or takes over as leader from their elderly parent- that a rockruff will evolve into a lycanroc. The biological evolution comes with taking the ecological role.

So if a pokemon isn't evolved, that doesn't mean it's underdeveloped or unhealthy. When you see an evolutionary line like Chikorita, Bayleef, and Meganium, try not to think of the stages as "Baby", "Teenager", "Adult". It's often a lot more like "Baker", "Martial Artist", "Soldier". All three are adults, they just have different jobs and specialties, with different experience with defense and battle. Any questions?

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@adventures-on-foster-island

[pokemon-ash-aus]

Thank you for the lecture Professor Peach! Honestly you brought up some really interesting points I'd never even considered when thinking of those Paradoxs so thank you for talking to us about them

To move away from the frustration of Paradoxs do you have any theories on pokemon that might have shared ancestors in the past actually rooted in science and logic and not fiction? Or any pokemon that make sense in their evolutionary root/changes via type change ect

Peach: Not so much rudimentary typings, but I do have a confusion over Gendered evolution.

Peach: Now, take note- as a Two, and partial Mew, Gender doesnt really process in our bodies the way it does in other pokemon, so its always a fascination to me when it evolves into pokemon

Peach: I understand Nidorans, two gendered speicies usually offset by the visual differences between them. I dont doubt that there is an intersex species that takes on both visuals or maybe just one or the other.

Peach: But then we have gendered evolutions like the Ralts line. Why are males only able to evolve into Gallade? Do they create a certain pheremone- do they have a certain dna strand that allows them to evolve that Gardeviors dont? But if that's the case, why can they still evolve into Gardeviors?

Peach: Why does the Bounsweet line only consist of females? Was the an advantage? Or do we as a species cant differentiate the difference between male and female. Are they even gendered? Is it entirely possibke that we're applying gender on this pokemon simply because it makes us uncomfortable to not label a living pokemon as nongendered?

Peach: Why are some males unable to evolve at all? Like the Salazzle line or the Combee line? The females are such a low probability of even hatching, so you would presume that the males would be able to evolve in order to protect the colonies better. Do they have a seperate reproduction that we arent aware of just yet?

Peach: "Why does the reproduction matrer so match? That seems sort of inappropriate." Fuck you, I'm a biologist, thats the shit i look at! That's how species survive! But it doesnt seem to make sense that there is such a low female to male hatching rate unless there was a reason for it!

Peach: But here's the catch- cause i know the fucking answer and yall are about to sit down and fucking listen to me!

Peach: Species that are male dominated are primarily due to the environment around them- these are species that are strained in some way or another. Its literally pokemon that are so stressed that Males WILL be geneteically produced more because it makes more sense. This is especially true to those that are environmentally stressed.

Peach: And Female dominant species are usually because they have a certain chromosone within their body that can alternate between producing an equal 50/50 to a more skewed 80/20 for females!

Peach: But then that does bring the question, why do we have Fully female species and fully male species.

Peach: My biggest bet so far is that we're missing something important. We're missing a crucial part within the sex of pokemon that produces all male and all female species!

Peach: Wait, i was talking about evolving- FUCK

Peach: Evolving is an entirely different branch that im not super adversed in, but ive prodded other professors about it so hopefully we come up with something to replicate or figure out why it happens the way it does!

Peach: I wonder if there's the possibility of multiple genders within a pokemon that we arent aware of and we're only looking at the base level in comparisons to humans... I dont know i'll look into it!

Peach: Peace!

[monsoon-of-art]

Sorry if this bothers you, but I've been thinking about how PokeRus would handle single gender pokemon who's trainer is an incompatible one. It's established they remain whatever they identify as, so my solution is two-fold:1) Turn into a different part of the evolutionary line if applicable (Guy w/ vespiqueen becomes a combee) 2) Break the single gender convention of the species (Girl w/ tauros becomes a female tauros). They're not meant to be normal pokemon anyways and tend to go "off-model"

That's absolutely what would happen! Gender is a construct rarely followed in the wild anyway

[pokemontaxonomy]

WHAT IS THIS BLOG:

Each reasonable evolutionary line will be given a binomial. I'll try to give Pokemon real world genuses, and list a closest mundane (real-world) animal, when reasonable. Regional variants (ie Alolan Raichu) are subspecies, and will thus be given a trinomial.

What Pokemon calls "evolution" - an organism changing its physical form (and common name) as it reaches a new phase of its life - is instead considered metamorphosis here. Each Pokemon that has an evolutionary line is given an extra name, which labels its place in the line - (α) for first stage, (β) for second stage, (γ) for third stage. For divergent trees, each member that shares a stage will be given a unique extra name for this tag. I'll mainly go by a Pokemon's fully evolved form for its binomial, and its base form for divergent evos.

Similar apparent species separated by gender (ie Latios and Latias, the Nidorans) are considered one species with extreme sexual dimorphism. Deceased versions of other species (ie Phantump or Yamask to humans, Hisuian Zoroark to Zoroark, and Spiritomb to 108 assorted individuals) are considered members of their original species. Non-biological pokemon (ie Porygon), GMOs (ie Mewtwo), and chimera (ie Dracovish) are not considered distinct species; aliens (ie Deoxys), deities (ie Arceus), LUCAs (ie Mew), and glitches (ie Q ◣) are not part of Earth's tree of life (or preceed even domains, for Mew) and cannot be sorted as part of it.

Finally, I'll note that I'm not going by the traditional definition of a species - a population whose members can interbreed and produce fertile offspring - because the way Pokemon breeding works is weird and would likely mean all Pokemon are a single highly diverse species. Each Pokemon can be in up to two Egg Groups. Pokemon that share an Egg Group can interbreed - for example, Skitty (a cat) and Wailord (a whale) share Field - with the child a member of the mother's species with some stats (and in some cases moves) inherited from the father.