#pokémon classification

[pokeherps]

Hi in what WORLD is shuckle considered a herpmon??

i loosely consider shuckle a turtle. almost every pokedex entry describes shuckle’s rock as a shell, and while it’s used as a storage place all that means is that there’s a bit of space in there somewhere. it’s shell is still generally considered a part of its body and it pulls its head and limbs inside for protection. there have been a few instances of shuckle being found without shells but they’re always injured from being without the protection anyway, so it’s very difficult to tell if the act of becoming separated from the shell is what causes any of the injuries. also, they hatch with their shells so they must at least grow with them in the egg, and shuckle shells generally all look pretty similar.

anyway they resemble a turtle enough for me to count them as a herpmon. it being a bug type doesn’t discount its physical similarities and pokémon classification is a clusterfuck anyway so it’s easier for us to go purely off of resemblance.

[aether-foundation-offical]

I assume you….study hybrids….as well. Are we a….divine threat? Or a threat….in general….to you?

— @pkmn-ken

We would never classify someone as a threat without reason! Unless you ever give us a reason there is no point in wasting storage on classifying you.

[fierykitten2]

I believe the only reason Walking Wake and Iron Leaves aren’t classified as Mythicals (and Gouging Fire, Iron Boulder, Raging Bolt and Iron Crown aren’t classified as Legendaries) is because they’re Paradox Pokémon which if I’m right are classified separately. Koraidon and Miraidon only get a pass because they’re the Box Legends

[mazzystar24]

Bae you’re so real for this and you’re absolutely right like the people calling Eddie a bad dad confuse me deeply

Also Imma add:

some of y’all never experienced mental illness and it shows

some of yall didn’t grow up with bad parents and it shows

[realpokemon]

Gengars have triangle shaped ears so therefore cat pokemon

see this is why the whole "creature type" classification is complete bullshit. like what is the point of filing pokémon as """cats""" besides making youngster trainers believe it's just as safe to keep a glameow at home as a pyroar or a gengar or whatever. they don't even behave similarly?

[pokemontrainer-jamie]

Question for the biologists:

What goes into a Pokémons type classification? Like what makes a Dragalge more of a Poison/Dragon type as opposed to it's pre-evolutions Poison/Water typing? When a Floette fuses with it's flower to become a Florges, why doesn't it gain the Grass type? Why are Pokémon like Pyroar, Heliolisk and Farigiraf part Normal type? Are their elemental and psychic abilities just not as strong as other Pokémons? Does that warrant a whole secondary typing to signify that?

[starryoak]

Basic Pokémon Worldbuilding Headcanons

Decided to write down my base worldbuilding assumptions about the Pokémon World, in case anyone else would like to share them;

Pokemon types are not fully a human-made classification system, but rather a metaphysical property of a Pokémon’s aura, the same aura that Lucario and many other Pokémon manipulate; the ‘frequency’ of their type is unique to them, and the combination of types makes its own unique ‘frequency’, much like coordinates on a chart with 18 different axiis on both sides.  This means that classification was first made and named by psychic humans who could sense them, until humans developed machinery for proper classification. The formal classification of a type is conditional on being detectable by modern technology, which is why the Fairy type remained unclassified for years, as it was very similar to Normal type in makeup.

This energy is also how Pokémon can be contained in Pokeballs and transferred electronically; Pokemon are naturally capable of converting from energy to mass and back again, though the exact mechanics of this transformation only became known in the 90’s as advances in science allowed the Pokémon Storage System to come into existence.

Psychic humans, of course, as we know, exist. Up to 5-10% of the population is some form of psychic, the extra 5% having psychic potential of some manner that, while not offering powers of any kind, makes them extra vulnerable to psychic effects or attacks.

This fact mixes explicit canon with my own headcanons; evolution for Pokémon is a process entirely separate to aging or the biological meaning of evolution in our world. Pokémon evolve for a variety of factors that are often connected but not always related to aging; if their territory is suited for them and would not support their larger evolution, many Pokémon simply choose not to evolve, leading to strange (for humans) sights like encountering elderly Treecko. As Grovyle are significantly larger than their prevolution, the Treecko would have had to leave his family behind to seek new territory, so it simply never did. Evolution is not the process of aging for Pokémon, though it’s often intimately connected with it, most Pokémon are fully capable of reaching maturity and breeding prior to their final evolution, so many simply choose not to do so for their own reasons. 

The act of evolution consumes a large amount of energy in a short period of time; this is the cause of the glowing light seen in the anime and some games, while others feature large bursts of swirling wind, the method of energy dispersal can vary, but all evolution causes some form of sudden energy discharge.

The process that is described in our world as natural evolution, and this is explicitly canon, does occur to Pokémon, though often it can be much more rapid than in our world. For example, and this is implicitly (though not explicitly) canon, Electrode and Voltorb’s species was originally a species of Apricorn mimics; this is implied by the Temple of Sinnoh’s statue of the original Lord Electrode, which has no dividing line between the upper and lower halves. As Pokeballs came into existence, they pivoted to mimicking them instead.

Pokémon breeding is more complicated than canon presents, obviously, but the base premises the game uses, of “Egg Groups”, is fundamentally still correct. Pokémon reproduce in different ways based on their species, but all Pokémon capable of breeding are in some form capable of laying eggs, often with the more mammalian Pokémon simply being ovovivaparous, giving live birth to their young, but still having eggs inside their bodies rather than placentas.  Under stress or other conditions that make it more favorable, often these Pokémon can choose to lay their eggs rather than develop them internally. Despite most technically being capable of doing so, most Pokémon simply do not choose to breed outside their species, and in fact, interbreeding between species in the wild is a likely sign of a disturbed ecosystem.  Obvious incompatibilities due to size can be overcome through artificial insemination, and Pokémon breeders often use these technologies to help create more effective battlers. As in canon, male Pokémon pass on very little to their offspring. To elaborate on that fact, male Pokémon pass on their aura to their child more than genes, and this leads to the influence of the father on a Pokémon expressing themselves subtly, often offering the capabilities to learn moves that may not be natural to their offspring. Very occasionally the father’s genes will express themselves in minor physical differences to an average member of the species, but this is very rare and usually very subtle.

Pokémon that are not biological in nature and/or in the No Eggs Discovered egg group tend to reproduce in their own unique ways, but due to unknown reasons, speculated upon wildly by scientists, usually still produce some form of egg in the process of reproduction.  For example; Magnemite and its family reproduce by two or more Magnemite collecting magnetic minerals together into a roughly egg-shaped ball, which eventually solidifies into a Magnemite egg. This type of reproduction is common to most Pokémon in the Mineral egg group. Most Ghost types are capable of natural reproduction, despite their appearances, and simply collect energy together during reproduction that coalesces into an egg once a male Pokémon has provided their aura.

[oceandiagonale]

VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION:

If Gene had a Pokémon nature & characteristic, what would it be? Asking for fun art reasons...

[ ID: A screenshot of a list of all Pokemon natures + their affected stat changes and flavor likes/dislikes, and a screenshot of all Pokemon characteristics and their associated IVs. ]

I was sitting on this ask for a while because I wasn't sure whether to judge his actual characteristics or his actual stats/likes/dislikes.

Like, he doesn't exactly have great Defense or HP or Attack, and his Speed is mid. He could be Adamant, but then his Special Attack (which throwing balms/Pokeballs could count as) would be low, or he could be Brave or maybe Modest, but he likes Sweet and Spicy foods. His characteristic could be Strong willed, but he famously doesn't have great defenses.

(What classification IS he, anyways? A glass cannon, maybe? In Miitopia he's a mage and he'd be a Pawmi in any new PMD, definitely a ranged attacker at the very least. And considering how often he's dealing with Lysandre, his Special Attack should be high, I think.)

I was leaning towards Adamant with the characteristic Often lost in thought, but that doesn't make sense since his Sp.A. would be down 10% but also still somehow be the highest stat he has.

Final answer: Hardy + Often lost in thought, OR if we're going for more interesting stats, Modest + Often lost in thought.

[would-this-pokemon-be-a-friend]

Would Slowpoke or Slowbro be good pets? I think they're so cute!

[I’ve already covered slowpoke, so I’ll link that one at the bottom of this post!]

Slowbros would indeed make a pretty good pet to some very specific owners, but it’s difficult to give them a blanket recommendation for a few reasons. Let’s have a little test: can you tell already what one of the more significant issues is?

Their size! Five feet tall?! Woah! This was surprising to me as I was reviewing the data on slowbros. As you may already know, slowbros evolve from slowpokes when the latter is bit on the tail by a shellder, another aquatic pokémon species (Red/Blue, Yellow). The individual’s slowbro classification is entirely reliant on this symbiotic relationship, as if the shellder is shed the pokémon reverts back to a slowpoke (Yellow). Clearly, the presence of this shellder allows the slowbro to grow significantly larger. Unfortunately, this is likely to be an issue in the way that it interacts with the other affects of this symbiosis.

Let’s clear something up real quick: I’ve said a few times now that the relationship between the slowbro and the shellder is symbiotic. It’s complicated. While at first glance it appears that the shellder is a parasite, as it feeds off of the fluids contained in their host’s tail as well as their leftover food (Red/Blue, Crystal). However, when you observe the slowbro, you find that they have become stronger and more powerful as a result of this relationship. Since the shellder prevents the slowbro from using their tail to fish on the shore like a slowpoke, it pushes the slowbro to become a more proactive hunter (Ruby Sapphire). While slowpokes are known to be pretty dull-witted, in slowbros’ case their shellders’ bites stimulate their brain, giving this species an occasional boost in intellect (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum). These effects have led to slowbros being better able to protect themselves from threats, which is a benefit to their survival. They don’t feel pain from the bites of the shellder, as the shell-like pokémon’s venom has an intense numbing effect (Silver). This is great for battle, but not the best when it comes to the slowbro’s overall health and well-being. In the end, both the slowbro and the shellder seem to benefit from their relationship.

So what does this all mean for slowbros’ pet compatibility? Well, their ease of care is significantly lower than a slowpoke’s. While you won’t need to feed the shellder, since it receives all the sustenance it needs from its host, you will need to provide the slowbro with some aquatic space to exercise. While you may not want to provide your pet with live prey to hunt, you will want to provide them space to move around to that they don’t become restless or out of shape. Given their size, providing this space may be beyond some owner’s means.

Given slowbros’ lack of pain sensation due to the venom of their shellders, you will really need to keep an eye on your pet’s health. A slowbro might not be able to let you know if they are injured or not feeling well, since they don’t experience any pain sensation. A slowbro’s healthcare needs may be higher than a lot of pokémon pets.

Slowbros, while more fit and dangerous that slowpokes, aren’t significantly more dangerous. They make use of many psychic-type special moves, which, while they may be inconvenient or even painful, are unlikely to be lethal. The chances of a slowbro attack are pretty low, however, so long as both they and their shellder feel happy, healthy, and unthreatened.

Keeping a slowbro as a pet is far from impossible, but in most cases a different pet might be a better choice. I’d recommend a slowpoke over a slowbro to most owners.

The Slowpoke Post:

[pokeherps]

accepted species list

our accepted species list was created because of the ambiguity of pokémon classification and variation in what is considered reptilian and amphibian. we restrict our intake to these species because our expertise is in those areas only and we want to give the best care possible to our pokémon.

notes:

if not all of an evolutionary line is considered reptilian or amphibian but part of it is, then all of that evolutionary line is accepted regardless of the individual species classification.

In a branching evolutionary line, only the branch that contains the reptilian or amphibian pokémon is accepted (eg vaporeon and eevee are accepted, but leafeon is not).

all dragon types are accepted regardless of individual species classification. if part of an evolutionary line has the dragon typing then the whole evolutionary line is accepted.

if you have a species that is not on the list but could conceivably fall under either the reptilian or amphibian category, send an ask/dm and we will look at it on a case by case basis.

pokémon species we accept:

Charmander / Charmeleon / Charizard

Squirtle / Wartortle / Blastoise

Ekans / Arbok

Poliwag / Poliwhirl / Poliwrath / Politoed

Slowpoke / Slowbro / Slowking

Onix / Steelix

Exeggute (Alolan) / Exeggutor (Alolan)

Horsea / Seadra / Kingdra

Magikarp / Gyarados

Lapras

Eevee / Vaporeon

Dratini / Dragonair / Dragonite

Totodile / Croconaw / Feraligatr

Wooper / Quagsire / Clodsire

Shuckle

Treecko / Grovyle / Sceptile

Mudkip / Marshtomp / Swampert

Lotad / Lombre / Ludicolo

Torkoal

Trapinch / Vibrava / Flygon

Swablu / Altaria

Seviper

Feebas / Milotic

Keckleon

Bagon / Shelgon / Salamence

Turtwig / Grotle / Torterra

Gible / Gabite / Garchomp

Croagunk / Toxicroak

Snivy / Service / Serperior

Tympole / Palpitoad / Seismitoad

Sandile / Krokorok / Krookodile

Scraggy / Scrafty

Tirtouga / Carracosta

Axew / Fraxure / Haxorus

Druddigon

Deino / Zweilous / Hydreigon

Froakie / Frogadier / Greninja

Skrelp / Dragalge

Helioptile / Heliolisk

Goomy / Sliggoo / Goodra

Noibat / Noivern

Salandit / Salazzle

Turtonator

Drampa

Jangmo-o / Hakamo-o / Kommo-o

Sobble / Drizzile/ Inteleon

Chewtle / Dreadnaw

Applin / Flapple / Appletun

Silicobra / Sandaconda

Toxel / Toxtricity

Dracozolt / Dracovish

Duraludon

Dreepy / Drakloak / Dragapult

Fuecoco / Crocalor / Skeledirge

Tadbulb / Bellibolt

Cyclizar

Frigibax / Arctibax / Baxcalibur

Restricted species we will accept (but literally how did you get it in the first place):

Rayquaza

Latias

Latios

Dialga

Palkia

Giratina

Reshiram

Zekrom

Kyurem

Zygarde

Type:Null / Silvally

Guzzlord

Naganadel

Eternatus

Regidrago

Koraidon

Miraidon

[pokemonranch]

Do you wanna hear something completely bonkers insane?

Because of the limitations of modern Pokémon classification systems, technically Maushold counts as a human.

BEHOLD

A HUMAN MAN

[pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop]

Smoliv, Dolliv, & Arboliva

Smoliv (#928)

Oleavita parvita

General Information: Smoliv the Olive Pokémon, these tiny grass-types store nutrients in the olives on their heads they use to keep themselves sustained for up to a week if resources are scarce. They will squirt this bitter oil at foes to deter them. 

Smolivs are only a foot tall (0.3 M) but are surprisingly heavy and weigh a solid 14.3 pounds (6.5 kg), which is more than a lot of house cats. 

Habitat: Smolivs are a domesticated species that live in orchards in human habitats. They love warmer climates, especially around the Mediterranean Sea.

Life Cycles: Smolivs are born in the late Spring in clutches of several hundred, when they then spend the next several months of their lives struggling to survive against predation until they reach their first evolution, Dolliv. Since Smoliv oil is bitter and unpalatable to humans, orchard Smolivs are typically left alone to fend for themselves until they evolve, at which time they begin receiving attention from the farmers.

While Smolivs are technically capable of reproduction, they are unlikely to, for all members of their family prefer Dollivs or Arbolivas as mates because they’re stronger and more capable. A Smoliv will only ever reproduce in captivity or under extreme circumstances.

Behavior: Smolivs are timid creatures—a justifiable disposition, since lots of things eat them. They’re social creatures that love the company of others of its kind or its family, but do not necessarily require the company of another Pokémon.

Diet: Photosynthesis. If unavailable, giving them olive oil (or similar) will work, too.

Conservation: Least Concern

Relationship with Humans: Smolivs have been raised/grown by humans for thousands of years. The Smolivs themselves are not the evolutionary stage of interest, rather the Arbolivas are, but one cannot have domesticated Arbolivas without first having domesticated Smolivs.

For all this time, Smolivs have made excellent and popular starter Pokémon for new trainers. While Smolivs are weak and timid, they do grow into beautiful, useful, and powerful Arbolivas, and each stage of the Smoliv evolutionary tree is suitable for children and families.

Classification: The species epithet, “parvita” is a diminutive form of “parvus” (small, little). In total, their species name means “small living olive.”

Dolliv (#929)

Oleavita bibranchia

General Information: Dolliv the Olive Pokémon, and the evolved form of Smoliv. The oil in their olives have sweetened only a little, but remains bitter and unpleasant to most, which they will consume as nutrients when resources are scarce or utilized as a weapon against foes.

Dollivs average at 2 feet tall (0.6 M) and 26.2 pounds (11.9 kg).

Habitat: Dollivs live in warmer climates, preferably mediterranean-like regions but not exclusively. They can be found in the same regions that grow olives, and are originally from Europe.

Life Cycles: When a Dolliv’s olives mature, it becomes ready to leave the orchard it grew up in and go on its own journey. Often, they return to the orchards of their birth but many do not, either because they found a new home for themselves or because they didn’t survive the journey. This burning desire to travel is how the evolutionary line disperses its population. This is a normal part of a Dolliv’s life and it cannot be fought—preventing a Dolliv from leaving will only leave it anxious and depressed and is considered neglect. Many trainers can work with this by simply allowing their Dolliv to travel with them on their own journeys—this seems to work as an excellent compromise, and thus Dollivs are highly recommended to be on a traveler’s team.

Behavior: Dollivs are curious creatures with a deep yearning to travel. They have no set personality, but most prefer the companionship of others if available.

Diet: Photosynthesis. If insufficient, a trainer could feed it olive oil or something similar and that’ll work, too.

Conservation: Least Concern

Relationship with Humans: Dollivs have been raised by humans for thousands of years in grand olive orchards where their olives have supplied humanity with invaluable resources. But Dollivs need to travel or they become unhappy, anxious, and depressed, so it has become custom on many orchards to lend their Dollivs out to willing trainers who are traveling as part of their journey, for them to be returned to the orchard when the Dolliv is ready to return. Of course, some of these Dollivs choose to stay with their trainer friend, but many do actually return home as Arbolivas.

Classification: Dollivs are in the genus Oleavita which is a combination of “olea” (Olive) and “vita” (life).

Evolution: Dollivs evolve from Smoliv at level 25.

Arboliva (#930)

Oleavita oleavita

General Information: Arboliva the Olive Pokémon, and the final evolution of Smoliv. This Pokémon is capable of shooting its oils at foes, dealing painful amounts of damage in the process.

Arbolivas average at 4’7 feet (1.4 M) tall and weigh about 106.3 pounds (48.2 kg).

Habitat: Arbolivas live in Mediterranean climates in olive orchards.

Life Cycles: Once an Arboliva finally evolves from a Dolliv, it takes on a more stoic nature and a desire to protect and care for those weaker than itself in its orchard/family/group. While Smolivs and Dollivs are both capable of reproduction, it is overwhelmingly the Arbolivas in the orchard that make the babies, which are born in the hundreds each Spring. While the eggs incubate/germinate in the early months of Spring, the parent Arboliva(s) will defend its eggs vigorously and fiercely, but upon hatching the Arboliva allows its babies to learn the ways of the world the hard way—though, don’t take this as neglect, for they will still teach the younglings all that they can teach them, and will still defend them from predators when the opportunity arises, but alas even an orchard of Arbolivas cannot possibly watch over every Smoliv or Dolliv all the time.

Behavior: Arbolivas are caring and patient with wisdom to share to younger Pokémon. They make great additions to any family or garden. While not stellar parents, they are decent guardians to an orchard and can be relied upon. Best to pair them with friends or other species with stronger guardianship tendencies. In terms of family dynamics and parental urges, Arbolivas are more along the lines of “wise, caring, well-intended, wine aunt who isn’t nearly as concerned about child safety as perhaps she should be.”

Diet: Photosynthesis, though olive oil or even some mashed potatoes would work in a pinch, too.

Conservation: Least Concern

Relationship with Humans: Arbolivas have been domesticated/cultivated by humans for thousands of years for their nutritious and highly useful olives. They are raised in grand orchards with many other Pokémon, and are known to be very gentle, caring, and patient with children. An Arboliva has seen many things in the world by the time they are ready to return home and settle down, and they are happy to pass on knowledge and wisdom to children and young Pokémon, or even share stories with each other. They are not utilized as guardian Pokémon, but they do make great additions to any team of orchard caretakers.

Arbolivas are full substitutes for olive trees in this world.

Classification: Arbolivas are the namesake species of the genus Oleavita oleavita.

Evolution: Arboliva evolves from Dolliv at level 35.

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[bestanimatedmovie]

Tumblr's favorite animated movie, Round 1!

Classification round | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4

Round 1:

Results overview

A Monster in Paris vs Sailor Moon R: The Movie

A Silent Voice vs Shaun the Sheep Movie

A Troll in Central Park vs Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods vs Lu Over the Wall

Astro Boy vs Ferdinand

Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest vs Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion

Barbie & the Diamond Castle vs The Great Mouse Detective

Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus vs My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper vs Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena

Barbie Princess Charm School vs Turning Red

Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero vs Robots

Batman Ninja vs Barbie Fairy Secret

Belle vs 101 Dalmatians

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children vs The Princess and the Goblin

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie vs All Dogs go to Heaven

Chicken Run vs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time vs Green Snake

Despicable me vs Wreck-it-Ralph

Fantastic Mr Fox vs Wendell & Wild

Fantastic Planet vs Anomalisa

Gnomeo & Juliet vs Ernest & Celestine

Home on the Range vs A Goofy Movie

Hoodwinked! vs Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

Ice Age vs WALL-E

In This Corner of the World vs We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem vs The Tale of John and Marie

Isle of Dogs vs Weathering with You

James and the Giant Peach vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Klaus vs Summer Wars

Kubo and the Two Strings vs Bambi

Liz and the Blue Bird vs Tekkonkinkreet

Madagascar vs Encanto 

Mary and Max vs The Sea Beast

Monsters vs Aliens vs Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks vs Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

Night on the Galactic Railroad vs Metropolis

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island vs Star☆Twinkle Precure the Movie: Wish Upon a Song of Stars

Paprika vs The Secret of Kells

ParaNorman vs Suzume

Penguins of Madagascar vs The Sword in the Stone

Persepolis vs The Garden of Words

Phineas and Ferb: The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension vs Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

Planet Hulk vs Zombillenium

Pocahontas vs The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Pokémon Heroes vs Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

Porco Rosso vs Meet the Robinsons

Quest for Camelot vs Digimon Adventure: Our War Game

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas vs The Nightmare Before Christmas

Spookley the Square Pumpkin vs Kirikou and the Sorceress

Tales of the Night vs Stormy Night

Tehran Taboo vs Emesis Blue

The Adventures of Tintin vs Bee Movie

The Book of Life vs The Aristocats

The Boy and the Beast vs Waltz with Bashir

The Brave Little Toaster vs Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

The Breadwinner vs Millennium Actress

The Congress vs The Legend of Hei

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen vs Ringing Bell

The Jungle Book vs Wolf Children

The LEGO Batman Movie vs Kung Fu Panda 2

The Lego Ninjago Movie vs Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride vs Watership Down

The Little Prince vs Loving Vincent

The Pagemaster vs Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

The Phantom Tollbooth vs The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Secret World of Arrietty vs 9

The Thief and the Cobbler vs Felidae

The Wind Rises vs Brother Bear

Tokyo Godfathers vs 5 Centimeters per Second

Trolls World Tour vs Promare

Unicorn Wars vs Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Whisper of the Heart vs Batman: Under the Red Hood

[randomtheidiot]

Things in the Pokémon anime that mildly amuse me. (Part 1)

As of E23 of Indigo League, the main character and his fluffy rodent thing are both ghosts possessing their own corpses. It is never brought up again.

All of the main three Indigo League characters have at least one absent parent.

Through the power of fourth movie Celebi’s time travel bullshit, Professor Oak was childhood friends with Ash, yet berates him and compares him unfavorably to his own grandson throughout all of Indigo League.

Humans can use magic such as psychic powers and aura. This never gets explained.

Real animals are referenced constantly in Pokémon classifications and it is never explained why. Similarly, every recurring character in Indigo League knows what a mongoose is.

The ability Battle Bond canonically hurts the trainer, and if the Pokémon faints, you faint. Had Game Freak implemented this feature into the games, the ability would be completely unusable.

Team Rocket have a better relationship with Ash than his own unnamed father, who (according to a book with no official English translation) walked out on his teen pregnant mother after they were together for a year.

Kiawe is in the same class as Ash despite being at least 15 while Ash is a perma-preteen at 10 years old.

There are two Mews and two Mewtwos. It is never explained why outside of “Game Freak somehow lost the rights to the first Mewtwo.” That doesn’t explain the second Mew.

The Pokémon characters eat meat. It is never explained where this meat comes from.

On an unrelated note, Pokémon are sapient.

The main character has Jedi powers and he can see dead people with them. I couldn’t make this up if I tried.

People are probably a weird species of Pokémon that lost their fantasy bullshit powers. Some did not, but most did.

Mimikyu almost kills several people just by being naked. Just like your mom.

Somehow Professor Burnet gets pregnant and has a baby but none of the other characters can age.

Trip is from Unova. Trip hates people from Kanto. Kanto is based off Japan and Unova is based off New York. Trip is a racist New Yorker who hates Asian people. The fact that he’s blond with blue eyes while Ash has dark hair and eyes does not make this better.

“Arceus and The Jewel of Life” is a real movie and not just a Benadryl-induced hallucination I had when I was eleven years old.

There are a million identical people named Joy who have a career in medicine and they’re all siblings. There are a million identical people named Jenny who have a career in the police force and they’re all cousins. Apparently, nobody has ever thought to name their daughters something else.

Meowth is a talking cat who got a job in organized crime. Nobody in his organization questions this. Giovanni knowingly hired a talking cat for reasons unclear.

[belamew]

Type talk all over my dash, so!

Classifying Pokémon with a type factors in a lot of different variables

Environment. A Pokémon, most commonly water, ice, and grass gain those typings because of how their bodies have adapted to suit those environments.

Living body. A Pokémon's body is literally composed of the type. Common with grass, ground, and steel types. It's not just be suited for the environment, but MADE from the environment.

Natural ability. There's "natural moves" and "competitive moves". A Pokémon's classification often stems from their natural abilities.

Competitive ability. A type stemming from the moves they are able to learn at the side of a trainer.

A Pokémon's typing doesn't strictly stem from just ONE of these points. They intersect and correlate with one another.

This is also why Pokémon typing isn't as strict as we are led to believe in basic 101 classes. We limit to typing Pokémon by only two, their main typing and their secondary typing. There's plenty of Pokémon that could technically be classified with a different secondary type, have a third typing added on, or be reclassified altogether.

This is why you'll see me arguing over Ninetales' typing! It's pyschic powers are a natural ability and innate to their very being, but for some reason these old geezers absolutely refuse to update their typing to fire-psychic 😭

[ammonitetheartist]

FAKEMON TIME HHEHEHEEEHE

First up: Apparotia!

It’s based on the conspiracy theory that birds aren’t real/are spy drones created by the US government

Classification: Phantasm Pokémon

Type: Ghost/Normal

Ability: Deceptive Wing (gives immunity to Ground moves and gives S.T.A.B. to its Flying moves)

Signature Move: Phantom Cloak (raises its own accuracy by one stage and lowers that of the opposing by one as well - if there are other Apparotia on the field, they’ll get the same buffs)

Lore: It’s made up of ghostly mist that formed the shape of a fairly average-looking bird Pokémon (save for the eerie blue eyes).

They constantly survey their territory and stealthily scout out areas for potential future real estate. When doing this, they enter stealth mode, becoming invisible save for their blue eyes and the red tips of their antenna-like feathers, which glow. These glowy bits signal their presence to other Apparotia in the area, and when a potential threat passes enters the area, the first Apparotia to spot it will rapidly blink the red feather tips to alert the others.

The name pulls from:

- apparition

- maybe apparatus? bc the whole spy-drone thing

- parotia (the bird it’s based on)

ID under the cut

[Image ID: A drawing depicting several sketches of Apparotia, a fan species of Pokémon. Apparotia is a black bird with six antenna-like feathers protruding from its head, with red tips. Its eyes are wide and blue, looking directly at the viewer. At the top of its head are orange feathers, and its chest feathers are orange with a blue and white eye-like marking. Its head feathers, wingtips, and tail feathers are wispy and fade into transparency. A layer of white feathers adorn the underside of its wings.

To the left of the colored fullbody sketch is an uncolored version of the same sketch, in gray linework. At the top is a small sketch of what the wing would look like outstretched. All the faded, wispy feathers in the sketches are labeled ‘wispy bits’. End ID]