#beep porygon

[bagelsbasement]

How does Byte feel about Porygons and Rotoms? Considering what they do with "tech"

"You gotta stop eating my drones maaaan, those things are pricey!"

[rainbowgod666]

THE BOY

Porygon2 isn’t ready to star in a comic yet!

[spiralshells]

Porygon Z/Revavroom. Nickname: Hard Drive. Beep beep vroom vroom

[princess-of-the-corner]

I actually did a thing in a Pokemon roleplay forum game, where my character's Metang would seemingly-randomly beep when talking. And then, when he gained the ability to understand Pokémon, he found it it's because the Metang was swearing near-constantly and his Porygon had hacked the Metang to make them beep whenever they tried to swear.

That's the only time I actually did symbol censoring for swearing in a fic-like medium, all for the bit.

HA!

See that works!

[delance]

Porygon beeps to alert her of a call connecting from a line she hasn't heard from in a long, long time.

"So," Giovanni speaks, the smirk is audible when he speaks, "I heard you're going by 'Delance' now... It's been a while."

Now this is a call she hadn't been expecting, on the long list of unexpected surprises in the last month.

Curiosity had her answering, not nostalgia.

The woman on the other half of the line flipped the geometry of her poryphone up, aiming the camera at herself. The backdrop was overly decorated wallpaper and the dim light of a television screen illuminating her.

In appearance, she hadn't changed much. She had grown some newer age lines around her nose, and her hair had the blueish hue of dye around the center to cover aging roots.

But it had been a good fifteen years since she was last contacted by the man on the line.

"Sakaki Giovanni."

The lace trim of the nightwear sunk off her shoulder as she sat up to get a better look at her caller.

"You are not the last person I'd expect to hear from, but you are certainly up there. Last I heard your reputation was as good as gold."

What did he need a spy for?

"Need me for something, handsome?"

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

offscreen post

//(note: set a few days ago, shortly before this post. mostly under the cut because this got kinda long)

[Concordia knocks on the door to an apartment in Nimbasa. “Be good, Cartwright," she says softly. The phone in her hand beeps in response.

The door is opened by a man with warm brown skin, blue hair, and a cane. He gives a sunny smile. “Connie! Hello! You brought the Porygon?” She holds up the phone and he says, “Good, good. Come inside!”

Connie follows him into a warmly-lit apartment. A Tynamo and a Bronzor watch her curiously. “Sit down for a moment, okay?” Tam says. “I just need to finish cleaning this up.” He gestures to a table where some kind of mechanical device sits, partially disassembled.

Connie sits on the couch, goes to open her texts, then thinks the better of it and sets her phone down.

“Any luck finding manufacturers?” Tam asks.

“No, I am afraid not. I have been somewhat busy these past few days.”

“Huh. You heard what’s been going on in Castelia?”

Unexpectedly to both of them, Concordia bursts into tears.

“Oh, dear Palkia, are you alright?”

“I’m—sorry, sorry, I should not be crying…”

“No, I…think that’s reasonable to be upset about, actually. Can I…” Connie nods, and Tam sits down on the couch next to her.

“I’m sorry,” Connie says again. “I just…everyone I know is terribly upset about this, I have spent two days answering phone calls and trying to comfort people and talking them down from arson—most of my friends are former Plasma members, we are not exactly known for making rational decisions when it comes to Pokémon welfare—my siblings are furious, and I have to keep reminding them to eat and sleep—” Connie puts her head in her hands. “I am so tired, Tam. Everyone needs me to be strong, but I am so tired. And it seems that every time I look away Minskt escalates things to new heights of corruption, and I have to start all over again…”

“Do you, um…do you need a hug?”

Connie nods miserably and lets him wrap his arms around her.

After a moment they break apart. Connie stands up, face a little red.

“We, um. We should get to work on the Porygon thing…”

“Right…right.” Tam stands up as well, rubbing the back of his head. “The scanner’s right back through here… You said you don’t have her Pokéball, right?”

“Yeah, N couldn’t find it…”

A stream of electric light comes out of Connie’s phone and congeals into the form of Cartwright the Porygon. She chirps curiously as Tam leads them into a room lined with worktables and machinery. A 3d printer hums away in one corner.

Tam goes to one of the machines and starts flipping switches. “Arright. My machine’s not connected to the PC network, so we can check her registration data, but if we alter it, it’ll glitch out next time she links to the network. It’s a whole mess and I spend a lot of time sorting out reg data corruption for clients who thought they could change their traded ‘mon’s nickname at home…”

“You can release her, though, right?”

“Oh, yeah, that’ll be no trouble if that’s what you want. Sort of in a legal gray area, but—her trainer’s dead, yeah? And she doesn’t want to go back to the company he worked for?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright, Porygon, come sit here,” Tam says, pressing some buttons on one of his machines. Cartwright hovers down to sit on the table next to it. Tam presses another button, and a beam of light flashes out to scan her. A few seconds later, the machine’s screen lights up with the scanned information. “…Um.”

Connie leans over curiously to see the screen. “Um what?”

“Connie, this Pokémon is legally owned by the company, not by the trainer. I’m all for Pokémon autonomy, but—”

“We cannot send her back," Connie says quickly. "She says they are going to erase her memory if she goes back.”

“I know, I wasn’t going to say we should—” Tam stops. “Erase her memory? That’s awful!”

“Exactly.”

“I—yeah, okay, this is very justified, I just…you understand this is super illegal, right? Are you sure you want to do this, like, right after Castelia’s law enforcement pulls that?”

“We already have the Porygon,” Connie points out. “Might as well be in for an Ampharos as for a Mareep, no? And they will be distracted. This new change will cause more chaos in their ranks than anything.”

“Okay. Yeah, okay.” Tam takes a deep breath and pushes his glasses up. “Pory, you got anything you want to save from your reg data before we delete it?”

Cartwright shakes her head, then vanishes into the machine for a moment. She types across the screen, “Status: ready rready ready! Begin procedure,” and then rematerializes onto the table.

“Okay. Here goes nothing… Wiping registration data now.”]

[ask-spamton-gpory-spamgon]

"A TRACKER? WHO WHO WOULD WANNA TRACK [me] I'LL UH"

"keep an eye out..."

"BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST A BUG! I AIN'T THE MOST UP TO DATE SO PROBALLY JUST NEED A REPAIR THAT'S IT!"

@just-a-bit-digital Seems like I'm not the only one who's suffered from rocket... I like you, us AI have to stick together!

"EH AIN'T WORTH [liking] ME I AIN'T WORTH THE TROUBLE OR THE [sanity] HEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE"

"BUT YEAH WHY NOT AI SHOULD STICK TOGETHER KEEP THE [mama mia] MAFIA AWAY!"

"DOSEN'T MEAN I AM GIVIN YOU ANYTHING FOR FREE! I'VE HELPED A [little sponge] BEFORE FOR FREE AND IT DIDN'T END UP WELL FOR ME!"

[water-pokemon-appreciator]

@team-frustration-admin-rowan

So I have a bunch of these beeping Porygon plushies that I made uh... Want one? Just don't get annoyed by the constant noise

Uhhhh, sure?

[ghetsis-a]

beeps at you

As much fun as it was to watch John's circuits fry when faced with the truth, it was a shame that it entirely corrupted the memories stored within his hard drive. But perhaps there was still use for the machine yet. Perhaps it could be wiped and repurposed. Not as John at all, but a convincing look alike. What would happen if you stuck a Rotom or Porygon in an android, he wondered.

[mage-ical-character-person]

I got Pokémon Violet for Christmas and I thought this would distract me from Storybot hyperfixation. It did not. Thinking about what Pokémon the Storybots would have instead.

Rotom and the Porygon line is an obvious choice for all of them, as they can take it with them both in the outer world and the computer. Also I feel like Professor Laventon investigating Porygon when I try to make sense of what the Storybots are.

Bing would definitely have a Pawmot, because it’s a small electric type with speed as one of its highest stats that evolves by moving around a lot and it learns Revival Blessing which Bing would probably need often. As he is the most likely to get into so so much trouble and injury. He’d probably also have like a Hitmontop and Ponyta. Ponyta because again go fast. And Hitmontop because

Also a Talonflame probably because Talonflame is based on a peregrine falcon and…

Probably also something from either Zigzagoon line, regular or Galarian, as well.

Bo would def have a Galarian Rapidash and at least one of the Nurse Joy esc Pokémon (Chansey, Audino, etc) Probably also at least one Pokémon that evolves by friendship like Togetic, especially because of Togetic’s dex entries

and if Bo isn’t a kindhearted caring individual that deserves to be showered with happiness then who is?

Beep would have a Meganium because the Apatosaurus is her favorite dinosaur and Meganium temperament-wise seems like her kind of Pokémon. Plus Meganium’s scent has a calming effect and Beeps usually the one to stabilize a situation when her teammates are getting riled up or loosing focus. I could also see her with a friendly Psychic type like Espeon.

Bang would have an Orthworn for reasons I’ve previously discussed. Probably also something from the Slowpoke line. He’s a bit spacey, y’know. Xatu and Spinda would also suit him for a similarish reason. Maybe Quagsire or Swinub as well? He’s got Quagsire vibes.

Boop… well it would be funny if he had a Chatot. But Forretress and Grandbull suit him I think. Ursaring because of the grumpy as a grizzly bear thing from the emotions video. I had another idea but it went away.

[a-bit-too-much-of-a-pokemon-fan]

I’ve mentioned that my first Nuzlocke was Platinum. Here’s my winning team.

Zaggy the Flareon

Drae the Gengar

Beep Boop the Porygon-Z

Grund the Electivire

Craig the Hippowdon

Episode4;2 the Pelipper

When I first heard of Nuzlockes several years ago, I thought, "why would anyone do that to themself?" But when I saw Alpharad's Nuzlocke videos, they started to seem kinda fun. I started watching Pokémon Challenges, beginning with his reactions to the Alpharad videos. Between his reactions, commentary, and tier lists, Nuzlockes didn't seem so scary anymore.

In the late spring/early summer of 2022, I had just finished a vanilla run of Platinum. Pchal said that the best game to Nuzlocke first is your favorite/whichever you have the most game knowledge of. So I finally made my choice. I moved all my Pokémon forward to White, wiped the save file, and began my first Nuzlocke. Let's talk about the final gauntlet.

Looking at my team, you might ask, "Cooper, why would you bring in a Flareon? Flareon sucks ass in Gen IV." Yeah, you're right. But I had lost all my other Fire types and really needed some coverage against Aaron's Bug types. Believe me, I went in with several plans and contingencies. I studied each team ahead of me, took note of their weaknesses and non-STAB coverage moves, and made the best possible team out of my remaining Pokémon.

Bear in mind that I lost all but one of my strongest mons in the final Cyrus fight, then lost that one just after. I was scratching the bottom of the barrel. A fair share of that 141 hours came from grinding up a brand new team to level 50 to tackle Volkner, then losing a few on Victory Road and against Barry, and grinding up the stragglers to level 62.

So I took this skeleton crew to the Pokémon League. As I proceeded through the Elite Four, my team sustained heavy losses. One by one, they fell. Zaggy, Drae, and Episode4;2 never saw the light off day again. It was doubly heartbreaking losing Drae. She knew Destiny Bond, which was one of my contingencies for taking down Cynthia’s Garchomp.

Also, because I don't have one original thought in this head, Drae was a reference to Alpharad's FireRed Nuzlocke. His Mankey died, then he named the Ghastly he caught later after it. So Drae was the ghost of Deluxe Rae, the Luxio who I lost to Mars's Purugly early on in the run. (Episode 4;2 is itself a reference to the Alpharad Deluxe let's play of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon).

Back to the Elite Four. I went into the Cynthia fight with only Grund, Craig, and Beep Boop left alive. I had barely made it through on my vanilla run, and that was when I had Giratina on my team and revives. The piano had my heart pounding. She sent Spiritomb out and we started the most thrilling and scary Pokémon battle of my life.

In the end, only Grund and Craig made it out. As I mourned the fallen, my heart swelled with pride. My first ever Nuzlocke, beaten. Just weeks earlier, my three-year-long relationship came to end. It's one thing to gradually fall out of love until it doesn't work anymore. It's another to be the one that has to fall out of love after the breakup. I really, really needed a morale boost.

I owe a lot to Zaggy, Drae, Beep Boop, Grund, Craig, Episode4;2, and everyone who didn't make it to the Pokémon League. Henth the Quagsire, Sun the Monferno, and so many more. Scrungus the Togekiss most of all. Raised from an egg to be the sole survivor of the final battle against Cyrus. Thank you, guys. The victory you delivered me helped me through the hardest summer of my life.

[averagedualies]

Ah, where's the camera on this thing...

Oh, well you are a strange one. Mind giving me your name?

...That was a series of beeps, not a name, squire.

..hm

Would any of you recognize this thing? It appeared out of thin air, from this here "tech brick"

[Image attachment: It's a porygon! It's nuzzling into Iso Padre's hand (?)]

It's a friendly one (not too scared of me I hope)

[bathrobe-hero]

This is another entry for the pokemon workshop writting contests with the promt

"As the night settles and the moon rises, there is something that's not as it seems."

Camping under the moon

It was a full moon, seven months since Abby had started her journey. She had been through a lot and was used to camping out now. The tent was secured just fine with only a bit of wind, the rain had stopped and it wasn't too cold. She and her team had been through a lot worse. Nothing felt wrong. If only Riot would agree.

“You wont fit in the tent please just going into your ball.” But the Arcanine was not listening. All she got back was a huff.

“Come on even Paulo is in his ball. There nothing out there” She could feel the Porygon wriggled in his ball on her belt knocking the ball next to it, the Joltik inside giving a knock back. “Shocky don’t encourage him.”

Something in a bush behind them moved, getting both of there attention.

The bush, moved gently in the wind

“See it was nothing” Abby said as she turned back trying to convince herself it was all ok. Riot however still disagreed, walking up to the bush and sniffing it before letting out a growl. Nothing came out of the bush. It was empty

“It was probably just a pokemon in there earlier. Must have gone to sleep as should we” She held out his pokeball as on offer for him to enter. She wasn't going to force him in if he really didn’t want to.

NAME looked down at it, but decided not to and moved on to sit by the entrance of the tent. Intent on guarding it tonight.

“Well if you insist on staying out tonight. But don’t blame if it starts to rain.” She gave him a sympathetic look, but there was no convincing him that a nice and comfortable ball was going to be better that outside tonight. “Good night then” She gave one last look before heading in. But in doing so, seeing something in the shadows move. “Its just the trees” She whisper to herself.

Abby woke to a noise outside. Movement and lot of it. “Riot? You ok?” There was no response. Sticking her head out side the tent, Riot was no were to be seen. “Riot you there?” It was quite, he had gone somewhere in a rush. “This is not good. Shocky, Paulo I need your help.” She took their pokeballs and let out them. Shocky giving a big yawn and stretch as she woke up, her yellow fur in a ruff sate. Paulo was still asleep. Head down and little snores came out of the Porygon.

“Hey buddy wake up” Abby gave him a gentle shake to wake him. He fidgeted a little but did not open his eyes.

Shocky took this as her chance to wake him and get revenge for knocking her ball. The Joltik leaped onto to him and climbed to his back to let out a small shock.

“BEEEEEP!” Paulo flew off the floor, beeping in alarm as he threw Shocky off and onto the ground, she was giggling to herself. He glared down at her, fully ready to fight her again.

“Hey come on you two don’t fight.” After they stared down each other for a second they both relaxed and were ready to listen to Abby. “So I heard something outside and now Riot is gone.” she was tensing up as she said it. “So we need to go look for him” Both nodded in agreement as Paulo came to her side and Shocky climbing up to her shoulder.

“Thanks” She breathed a sigh of relief “Im guessing he went, This way.” The bush from before had been burnt down leaving only faint embers glowing. Abby got out a torch and turned it on, revealing tracks that could only belong to an Arcanine.

The tracks went on for a while, the occasional burn marks on the surrounding but no other signs of fighting. As if Riot was the only one chasing. The three of them stayed close together not been able to see much further than the torch.

As the way started to become more rocky they started to notice flashes of fire, Riot. Abby started running rover the rocks to get to him

“Riot!” She was sprinting now, almost slipping on the rocks until she could see the Arcanine in an open part, surrounded by what little plant life could grow here on fire lighting the arena. “Are you hurt?”

He looked her way when his name was called, Abby could see he was panting, but had no injuries.

“What’s going on? Were you fighting someone?”

He answer with a flamethrower. It going past Abby and straight for Paulo who had to drop to the floor to doge it.

“What's gotten into you?” She was getting scared, he never acted like this before. Paulo began protesting with more angry beeping flying up to his face. But Riot just ignored him and walk past. “ Riot pleas tell me what wrong. Its ok to….”

She didn’t get chance to finish as Riot tackled her to the ground. “What was that for!” but a second later a boulder landed where she had been, shattering on impact. “W-what!” It took her a second to realise they were under attack. And off in the distance, standing tall was someone, silhouetted by the moonlight standing tall. Its red fur and large white mane lit bright.

“AWWWOOOOOO!” Its howl was deafening. Abby reached for her pokedex, only to realise it wasn’t there. She has left it in the tent in her rush out.“Dam it. Ok we are just going to have to do this blind. Riot, Shocky, Paulo you ready?” They all took up positions ready for a fight. Waiting for it to start.

“Paulo Psybeam!” The Proygon shot out a ray of psychic energy, but it was too far away and the pokmeon simply jump out of the way, the beam passing by harmlessly.

“Riot, Flamethrower. Hit them in the air” The Arcanine go did hit, engulfing them in flame as they hit the grown. Now much closer to them

“Electroweb them Shocky. Don t let them get away!” As the fire stopped, a web of electricity came to tangle the target, trapping them.

“Yeah good work you three” But the celebration didn’t last long the pokemon simply ripped out of the webbing like it was nothing and let of another howl.

“AAWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Even in the night they could all see dark energy forming around its fangs. Faster than before it leaped at Riot. There was no time to react as it crunched down on the Arcanine drawing blood.

“Riot!”Abby panicked. She didn’t have potions they still were back at the tent. Without needing to be told Paulo let off another Psybeam, this time hitting and having them let go. Riot retaliate, knocking them away.

The pokemon let out a nasty snarl as it turned and started running away. An Electro Ball quickly followed but fell short of hitting.

“It ran.” Most pokemon would stay and fight until they get knocked out. “Ah! Riot are you hurt?” The wound looked bad as he limped on the leg that got bit. “We need to get that healed. Come on it will be faster in your ball.” This time Riot had no objections to going in. “Ok you two, stay close they might still be out there.”

Abby started to run back to her tent, trying to be careful not to slip on any rocks as she held Riot pokeball tight. It didn’t occur to her that this was also the way the pokemon ran back.

When they got back to the campsite it was a disaster. There was stuff everywhere. Abbys bag laid open on the floor, its contents scattered everywhere, and the tent had crumbled into a pile, something moving inside.

Putting her finger to her lips to tell the others to stay quiet, she started to tiptoe to her bag, hoping to find a potion in it. Thankfully the bag wasn't damaged, just thrown about. She started to pull the content out to find one. A towel, some food, her pokedex.

“Lycanroc the midnight pokemon. Lycanrocs have an extremely vicious temperament. They will happily sustain injuries for the sake of...” Abby started hitting buttons until to mute it. The moving in the tent stopped, listening to the pokedex.

Shocky jump off Abby and readied herself for another fight with the one now in their tent. Paulo stayed by Abby, without Riot able to fight now he would have to be the one to keep her safe. The lump moved closer to the entrance, sticking it head out to see who was making so much noise.

“Ruff!” The little head shouted.

“Rockruff, the puppy pokemon. This pokemon is popular for young trainers or its easiness to train, but can have a sour mood as it get older” The pokedex lit up again, gaining the attention of the Rockruff, happily looking over at them.

“That isn’t the one who attacked us right? It was definitely bigger” Paulo nodded and beeped in agreement, this wasn't the one who attacked them earlier.

The Rockruff finally got free of the tent, tail wagging and it approached Shock who was trying her best to look big and threatening. As it started to sniff only an inch away Shock let out a small shock to scare it away.

“Raaa!” It shouted in surprised as it jump away, pawing at it stinging nose.

“Shocky stay back! They could be dangerous” Scuttling back the Joltik hid under Paulo for protection.

After the Rockruff stopped rubbing its snout, its look back at them, with caution and curiosity again. Shocky fluffed up threateningly which made it whine in sadness. But it didn’t growl or make any other signs it was angry.

Realising its may actually be friendly, Abby began to approach. Paulo lifted an arm to block her, shaking his head. “Beep.”

“No its ok Paulo, this is just like when we meet Shocky remember?”

Paulo look softened as he did remember how they meet the Joltik. Cold and hungry. Having climbed onto Riot for warmth after stealing some of his food. Lowering his arm to let her pass. He let out was last sound of concern. “Boop?”

“Hey there? What are you doing out here all alone?” She kelt down and held out a hand for it to smell. “Were you looking for food?”

“Ruff!” It happily barked back. Abby got the feeling this could be the meeting of their next pokemon partner. A smile slowly creeping onto her face. “Would you like some of mine?”

The Rockruff started spinning in circles barking “Raf! Ruff! Raf!” Paulo and Shocky watched from the side, still unsure if this was a good idea.

Abby reached for her bag were she found a loose packet of snacks earlier, only to notice something in the shadows moving towards her. Fist glowing with the same dark energy as before. Abby stumbled back away as both Shock and Paulo launched off attacks.

The Lycanroc changed target, hitting Paulo in the face with a sucker punch, knocking the Porygon to the ground.

It now stood between them and the Rockruff, bearing teeth and growling. They stayed there, still. No one daring to move.

The Rockruff finally decided to make a sound. “Raff?” It was enough for the Lycanroc to attack again. Launching forwards with its teeth.

A flash of fire erupted from Riot ball as he came out to take the hit instead of Abby. This time being able to throw the Lycanroc off. Now stood, with Abby behind the Arcanine and the Rockruff behind Lycanroc. They looked at each other, talking without words. Riot looked to me, Lycanroc to her pup. And without looking back left, the Rockruff happily following behind with the snack bag in their mouth.

“Was she just trying to protect her child?” Riot nodded. “And you protected me?” He nodded again. “Oh thank you” She hug him. And while he didn’t have any arms to hug back, he could still lean in. “Well, I think its best we tidied up here a bit now. And find that potion for you.”

They tried there best to put the tent back up, but it wasn't going to stay up like it used too.

“Well its better than nothing.” Paulo shook his head disagreeing. “Yeah, next town we need a new one.” She sighed in defeat, they hadn’t had that one for that long. “But for tonight at lest, do you all want to stay out with me?”

They all cuddles up together, barely fitting in the broken tent. But finally they could rest for the night.

[heritagemaria-evil]

*a beep comes from the left of Maria, it seems to be a smallish robot, painted white and light blue, and looking slightly similar to a porygon*

Oh… your here to Morgana?

*she hugs the robot*

I- I’m glad I’m not alone…

[mysterydungecn]

“Thanks,” Flapple said, eyes perking back up a bit.

“The nearest sto-sto-stop for the Carkol Express is just south of here, in Estr-str-strue Town,” Porygon-Z said, pointing with a flipper. “Though watch out for the tour-our-ourist traps!”

“Also, if you haven’t been to Moonlight Town before, prepare yourself. I still don’t know how to navigate it,” Flapple said, shaking their head.

Porygon-Z spun their head around.“It’s easy! Just fjfjajfjsfjrwipckancapjapjfnlafpqjqupqruxznmcnapajfbwuphfbabajfwupajh1jjfpaj001nsoo10101n0100101101010-”

The glitching continued, before Porygon-Z fell to the ground, eyes dark.

A few beeps and boops later, their eyes lit back up, and they floated back up. “Sorry about that. I’m not exact-act-actly stable.”

He let them speak out of habit, not interjecting and observing while he moved to join them in the conversation. It's... surreal to be able to hear himself making noise. It's incredible to interface with anyone like this again.

Flapple was a shadow pokemon?

Red walked closer.

"I'm sorry that you went through that. I know it's scary. You must have been scared. I'm glad you have kind friends."

He was trying to sign with less fingers than usual as he spoke alongside his words.

"Where can I find the express? I'm here to help. I should get going."

He said it with authority and conviction. There wasn't any question to it. This is exactly why he was in the situation he was in. Nothing for it. He had to find a way home through the purpose he was brought here for.

[daily--piplup]

@typenullexe