#technically Ash would be considered a were since he shifts into a new pokemon at night

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Just a Question or something i see no one talking about.

(( for recap in the real world there been scary stories or legends of werewolves ))

So what would the pokemon version of a werewolf. ?

Were-lucario. ? Were-lycanroc. ? Were-mancectric. ? Or maybe.Were-rockruff. ?

Idk but what would be a person that turn into a pokemon cannie groups. Like were pokemon?

See, i dont think there's one specific version of "Were" Pokemon, and i truly believe it's based on the Regional Dog or the most common ones that can get out of hand.

Arcanine seems to be the most common in Kanto

Houndour in Johto

Mightyena for Hoenn

**Luxray for Sinnoh

Unova would get Stoutland

Kalos would get Furfrou

Alola would have *Midnight Lycanroc

Galar would have Boltund

And Paldea would have Daschbund

But Justice! I hear you say. Why does each region have a different pokemon when some of them overlap? Why is it all dog pokemon? And Why these guys? Why aren't they more intimidating pokemon?

Were-*Wolf* you said, not a Lycanwere or any other. Wolf. And yes, not all of these pokemon are wolf, but there isnt many /wolf/ pokemon and dogs are the next best things! This, this and i do see dog pokemon biting more humans than any other species

Not all of these dogs are intimidating. Well, to us yeah. But in universe they're bound to be more feral and a lot more dangerous than the average werewolf. Not to mention, they dont outright TURN into wolves, its an almalgamation of wolf/Human that is distorted into a monster. Hence why, the intimidation of the dog itself doesn't matter. But how the warped Were looks while still identifying as the main species.

And yes! Some of the dogs overlap other regions, and to that i say that the interlacing species is fine! Those weres DO appear there, but the most common ones are the ones naturally residing there or have a higher population count.

The legendaries of were's gets a bit perverted throughout the regions. Some of them reign them as demons, and others reign them as some sort of good omen. It's very uncommon that you'll get the same meaning of the werewolves and how to cure them.

The only common thing is that they get bit in the full moon.

*Midnight Lycanroc is specific because Werewolves are known to shift during a full moon only, whoch takes out Midday and Dusk form Lycanroc. Thus also perpetuating Midnight Lycanrocs already terrible reputation.

**Luxray is the only acception because I cannot find a Dog pokemonn native to Sinnoh!