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she’s spitting facts! take care of yourself or evil can’t prosper!

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Ok not to be really insufferable but I think the thing that’s often lost when people talk about the Pokédex is that it’s assumed it’s genuinely a tool for adults. Like the in game professors describe it as a “high tech encyclopaedia” and that’s taken at face value.

But in Japanese the word used is “図鑑” - “zukan”. This means “picture encyclopaedia”. But what the implication of this is is actually mostly stuff like this:

Like the type of thing you read in primary school! Those big illustrated books that give kids introduction to just simple concepts of biology, or zoology. Full of fun facts that may not be 100% accurate but sure are cool! Not necessarily a robust resource for adults.

I’m not saying “zukan” is never used to refer to something a bit more high level. A little search around and I did find zukans that seemed targeted at older people, but honestly I noticed some of these had negative reviews like “there’s no furigana in this! This is too hard for my kid!”. So that to me suggests the connotation is very much like. Kids encyclopaedia.

So my point is when the Pokédex says bonkers stuff like:

It’s more akin to children’s encyclopaedia publishing a “fun fact” that’s just like…could be theoretically true but only if you simplify a bunch of stuff.

Anyway my point is

a) the Pokédex is a resource specifically for grade-school age children

b) Professor Oak is one of those professors that at some point diverted most of his time into children’s science communication.

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First words~

Jules didn’t stop yelling “Wobbuffet” for weeks much to Jessie’s dismay. Jessie and James were still very proud that her first word was such an advanced one

Uncle Meowth helped Jean learned how to speak. Their first word was “Rocket”, just like him!

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old man charizard...

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Every single person who thinks Chikorita is forgetable is a little bitch. Chikorita grew up in a world against her, where the first two gyms were out to murder her and 6 out of 8 of the whole damn country is a gym she’s not even remotely effective against. Chikorita had to struggle to get by and if you forgot her inspiring determination to Triumph in a world meant to destroy her it’s because you didn’t have the will to help her succeed.

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DELIA KETCHUM APPRECIATION POST ALSO THIS SCENE ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMBS BEHIND. PIKA.. SOFT… 🥺

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that post about gym leaders tweeting that rock and ground are the same type is funny but do you think this has ever been like a point of contention for biologists in the pokemon world. like the way the fairy type wasn’t discovered until recent years and was misclassified as normal type for most of history. do you think professors in the pokemon universe argue over whether certain pokemon have been mistyped or if certain types may actually not exist at all

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What Pokémon region are you from?

So it’s pretty simple, Whichever series was out when you were 10 years old is where your from.

This chart will help everyone out

In 2007 I had turned 10 so the game series that was out was diamond and pearl, which means that the region I started my journey in is Sinnoh!

Reblog with what region you start your journey in and what starter you picked.

Anyway I’m from Sinnoh and my starter is turtwig.

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just learnt weird al made music for pokemon happy anniversary pokemon

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munchlax is pretty hot

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making sure my prized thoroughbred horse grows up healthy and strong by feeding him six cups of instant ramen every night

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One last ball drop to ring out the year: masterball hot chocolate bomb with a mischievous homemade marshmallow inside 🎊✨

Cheers to a Happy Mew Year! 🥂

While this may not have been the fluffiest pokemon to make into a marshmallow, I think they turned out so cute and happy! Hopefully they bring some luck for a better 2021 🎉

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time to take a nap in gengars mouth

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Pokemon Palette Color Collection ~ Green ~ (kitan club)

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miss that very specific period of early pokemon marketing where they weren’t QUITE married to pikachu being their main mascot yet so they just sort of threw a bunch of other c tier pokemon on everything they could to see what would stick

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this shit sucks. wish bulbasaur was real .