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Hoenn's Grass-type starters, a family of Wood Geckos. They are the [[Fragile Speedster
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: The older two forms are arboreal leaf-raptors.
** [[Raptor Attack]]: ...[[Shown Their Work|And they actually get some things right, such as the inward-facing hands and leafy "feathers".]]
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Mega Sceptile becomes quadruple resistant to Water and immune to Electric, but it also becomes extremely weak to Ice, all as a result of its new Dragon typing.
*[[Fragile Speedster]]: Unlike Jumpluff, the only Grass-type (aside from Shaymin) that can be favorably compared to it in terms of Speed pre-Generation V, Sceptile has very good offensive stats. The problem is, the same can't be said for its defenses. Its Dream World Ability, Unburden, makes it even faster once its held item is used up.
* [[Green Thumb]]
* [[In a Single Bound]]
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]: There's a ''reason'' this species is part of the ''Dragon'' egg group.
**Sceptile actually becomes part Dragon in its Mega Evolved form, even learning Dragon Breath in later generations.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Signature Move]]: [[Blade Below the Shoulder|Leaf Blade]], in Generation III. Also, as a Grass starter, Grass Pledge and Frenzy Plant.
*[[Super Mode]]: Mega Sceptile, who becomes Grass/Dragon, gets its Attack, Sp.Atk, and Speed buffed quite nicely, and gets Lightning Rod to boost its already boosted Sp.Atk further against Electric-types.
* [[Turns Red]]: Like all Grass-type starters, its Grass-type moves are boosted in potency when it's down to 1/3 of its HP, thanks to its Overgrow ability.
* [[Wall Crawl]]
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Hoenn's Fire-type starters, they are based on the cockfighting sport popular in Thailand. Since Roxanne, the first leader, uses Rock-types, some players get discouraged from picking it first. However, it is effective in battles once it evolves, and its Fire/Fighting typing allows it to take down two of the Elite Four as well as the Champion in ''Ruby'' and ''Sapphire''.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Its statistically average Speed is brought to much more formidable levels by its Dream World Ability, Speed Boost, which makes Blaziken faster at the end of each turn.
** [[Mighty Glacier]]: Is this without Speed Boost... well, sort of.
*** [[Glass Cannon]]: Infernape's defensive abilities are '''''very''''' slightly superior to Blaziken's. Infernape is famous for being a [[Fragile Speedster]], so yeah. On the other hand, Blaziken does hit harder than Infernape, even when Infernape is packing ''its'' Dream World ability.<ref>Iron Fist, which boosts the power of punching moves by 20%; this doesn't quite manage to compensate for the gap between Blaziken and Infernape's physical Attack stats</ref>
**** [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: As Speed Boost is a Dream World ability, it limits Blaziken's movepool considerably, making it extremely predictable. But Blaziken can wreck teams with the few strong moves it has access to and the only move it loses that deserves mention is [[Elemental Punch|Thunder Punch]] and Hi Jump Kick deals more damage than a super effective Thunder Punch would.
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: In the Gamecube games, whenever Blaziken uses special attacks like Flamethrower, it does not spit them out. Instead, they come out of its wrists.
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* [[Signature Move]]: [[Hurricane Kick|Blaze Kick]], in Generation III. And as a Fire starter, Fire Pledge and Blast Burn.
* [[Status Buff]]: Obtains '''Speed Boost''' in the fifth generation (and already has Baton Pass, though are sadly incompatible in existing releases), allowing it to compete much better against the 2 other Fire/Fighting starter lines. (Granted, it already blows Emboar out of the water in just about '''every single department''' except for HP... well, except that Emboar can learn a Water-type move. Emboar also has slightly higher Attack, but is too slow to use it.)
* [[Took a Level
* [[Turns Red]]: Blaze boosts the power of its Fire-type moves when it's about to keel over.
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[[Memetic Mutation|People like Mudkip.]]
Hoenn's Water-type starter. It is a Pokémon based on the Mudskipper, with some Axolotl traits as well. Mudkip evolves into Marshtomp as early as level 16 at which point it'll turn into a Water/Ground dualtype pokemon. This is a very solid type both offensively (Water and Ground type attacks tend to be very powerful) and defensively (Water/Ground has only one type weakness).
For the purpose of collecting the gym badges it's a great starter as well, considering that its Water-type takes care of Roxanne and Flannery, and its Ground-type takes care of Wattson.
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Marshtomp and Swampert have a 4x weakness to Grass.
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Swampert is statistically the strongest of the starters, and it's also one of the most useful ones. Unlike every other starter, it has remained consistently popular and useful in the competitive scene since its debut, though it has taken a bit of a hit in usefulness in Generation V.
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* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: The line is of the Ground type from Marshtomp onward; additionally, it has access to numerous useful Rock moves.
* [[For Massive Damage]]: It's a single weakness, but a crippling one:
* [[An Ice Person|An Ice Pokémon]]: Like most Water-types, it can be taught Ice-type moves. This makes its only weakness (Grass) rather difficult to exploit.
* [[Informed Ability]]: Swampert's [[Flavor Text]] regularly states that it can swim as fast as a jet-ski. Its Speed actually isn't that good, nor does it get Swift Swim as a Dream World ability ([[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|which would've made a hell of a lot of sense]]).
* [[Making a Splash]]
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* [[Turns Red]]: Like all starters, its primary Water-type moves get boosted when it's been pushed to nearly its limit, thanks to its Torrent ability.
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A Hyena that inhabits the first few routes in ''Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'' but graduates to [[Com Mons]] in ''Emerald''. Poochyena is somewhat cowardly, running away from foes with its Quick Feet, but Mightyena's fearsome appearance intimidates the opponent, lowering its attack. They are loyal to their Trainers and are popular pets. It should be noted that Poocheyna and Mightyena are the first pure Dark-types to have an evolutionary line (prior to this, the only Dark-types that could evolve were ones that were mixed with another type).
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: They can use Thief, Torment, Taunt, and Swagger. And they're the first pure-Dark types that have an evolution line.
* [[Com Mons]]: In ''Emerald''. [[Averted]] in ''Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'', where they are limited to the first Route, paralleling Sentret's role in ''Gold'' and ''Silver''.
* [[Precious Puppies|Everything's Precious With Hyena Cubs]]: Averted, since they normally steal, torment, and taunt, making them more like [[Hell Hound|Hellhounds]] or [[Angry Guard Dog
* [[I Am Not Weasel]]: Due to their appearance, people often mistake them for wolves. They're actually based off of the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Parahyaena_brunnea_3.jpg Brown hyena].
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Mightyena's pokedex entries state that it will ''never'' disobey the commands of a skilled trainer.
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Respectively a raccoon and a badger, they are curious Pokémon that have the tendency to find things after battles. They also like to take things from other Pokémon using Covet. They seem to have the appetite for Oran and Sitrus berries, since they are often found with them.
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* [[Item Caddy]]: Thanks to Pickup and its item-stealing moves. Can also be used for many HM moves, making it a handy traveling partner.
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: At first glance, Linoone appears to be the typical first route [[Com Mons|common pest]] that is [[Overshadowed by Awesome|outclassed by other normal types]], though Linoone has one the most deadly game-changing strategies if done right. The strategy involves using Belly Drum, which with proper [[Guide Dang It|EV training]] will bring you to exactly 50% health, which in turn activates its held item the Salac Berry thanks to Gluttony. Basically with a lot of luck, you could have a Mon with +6 Attack and +1 Speed plowing through teams like no tomorrow.
** Even better if it's one of those special Linoone with ExtremeSpeed,<ref>evolve a certain Zigzagoon attained from Pokemon Box</ref>
* [[Non-Elemental]]
* [[Rascally Raccoon]]: The aforementioned Pickup ability and stealing moves. Strangely, Linoone's design is more based on a badger. [[Justified]] by the Japanese word for raccoon and badger being roughly the same.
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An unusual Pokémon when it comes to evolution. All Wurmple start as the same species, but random factors in the game lead it down two branching evolutionary paths. Some Wurmple evolve into Silcoon, which in turn evolve into the beautiful, yet vicious Beautifly. Other Wurmple evolve into Cascoon, which in turn evolve into the poisonous moth Dustox.
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* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: Whether your Wurmple evolves into a Silcoon or a Cascoon is based on the personality value, hidden normally, not by gender, stats, time of day, etc.
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Water-Grass-type Pokémon that inhabit the freshwater areas of Routes 102 and 114. They have an affinity for rain and bear lily pads on their heads, which they use to ferry small Pokémon across small bodies of water and to catch rainwater to restore HP.
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* [[Youkai]]: They have some [[Kappa]]-like elements.
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Grass-Dark-type Pokémon (Seedot is pure Grass) that share a habitat with the [[Foil|Lotad line]] and later inhabit Routes 117 and 120. They have an affinity for sunlight. Seedot has minimal offensive abilities, while Nuzleaf is able to learn Extrasensory, which allows it to take down the Fighting-type that they would be weak to.
* [[Action Bomb]]: Exploding acorns/tengus!
* [[Berserk Button]]: Nuzleaf apparently does not like having its nose pinched.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: They have ''no'' honor whatsoever when it comes to fighting.
* [[Foil]]: See Lotad's entry.
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* [[Jerkass]]: Shiftry, according to the 'dex.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: A Shiftry with the Chlorophyll ability becomes this once sunny weather is active.
** [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: However, sunny weather also boosts Fire type moves, incidentally one of Shiftry's weaknesses. Therefore [[Batman Gambit|it can be used against him]].
*** This can go both ways though; if ''the opponent'' is using a strategy involving sunny weather and you have a Chlorophyll Shiftry, switch it in and take advantage of it.
* [[Metal Slime]]: In ''Emerald'', really hard to find.
** There ''is'', however, an in-game trade early in ''Emerald'', in Rustboro City. The problem? The requisite Pokémon, Ralts, is a [[Metal Slime]] itself.
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** Its Japanese, German, and French names are ''Dirteng'', ''Tengulist'', and ''Tengalice'', making this even more obvious.
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Swallow Pokémon that inhabit the early routes of Hoenn. They're not as common in their region as their counterparts Pidgey, Starly, and Pidove are in their regions. They are true [[Determinator
* [[Action Initiative]]: Both of these Pokémon can learn Quick Attack, a weak priority move. However, not only do these birds get STAB from it, but it is boosted by Guts also; and given Swellow's respectable base 85 Attack, a STAB/Guts boosted Quick Attack can really help against faster, weakened opposition.
* [[Always Accurate Attack]]: The ever-present Aerial Ace is a popular move of choice this Pokémon.
* [[Balance Buff]]: Swellow's Special Attack was boosted from a meagre 50 to a far more usable 75 in Gen VII, thus allowing it to use special moves like Boomburst and Hurricane much more effectively.
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: And it's a ''swallow'', too!
* [[Blow You Away]]: Natural Flying-types, and they can have Hurricane as an Egg Move.
* [[Com Mons]]: Subverted. Like Sentret, they look like [[Com Mons]], and you expect them to be common, but nope, they are rare to find.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: With Guts as its main ability, Swellow can turn Poison/Burn/Paralysis into an advantage by effectively doubling its Attack. It also ignores the damage reduction of burns, allowing Swellow to hit at full whack.
* [[Desperation Attack]]: Swellow can learn Reversal, which is useful when it is at low HP and helps it deal with those pesky Rock- and Steel-types that resist its STAB moves.
* [[Determinator]]: What Guts amounts to.
* [[Explosive Instrumentation]]: Like Hurricane, Taillow can learn Boomburst as an Egg move. It is a popular move for Swellow when its Sp.Atk was greatly boosted in Gen VII.
* [[Expy]]: While often compared to Pidgey and Starly, Taillow's evolutionary pattern, Pokédex description, and stat distribution is actually more in line with Spearow. Swellow's stats are more in line with Talonflame's, albeit lesser.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Among the fastest of the starter Flying-types with a base 125 speed, but can't take a hit very well with its 60 HP/Defense and 50 Sp.Def.
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Don't let the anime tell you otherwise, Electric-type attacks DO hurt them.
* [[Game Charger|Game Changer]]: The aforementioned balance buff proved to be one for Swellow; more Swellow users in the competitive scene swap out Guts and Facade for Scrappy and Boomburst instead, bringing it from the pits of NU in Gen VI, up to RU in Gen VII. Getting Hurricane as a egg move definitely helps, too.
* [[Heal Thyself]]: As with almost every other Flying-type, Taillow and Swellow can Roost to heal off any damage it takes.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Not Swellow itself, but rather anything it goes up against that can inflict a burn; doing so will only make Swellow even stronger!
* [[Glass Cannon]]: When affected with a status condition, Guts kicks in and makes their attacks deadly, even if survivability gets even more hindered. Combine with Facade for optimal effect.
** It's endurance did increase a little in Gen VII though, when Burn damage was reduced from 1/8th to 1/16th of its maximum health, so Flame Orb, Guts, Facade, and Roost go together nicely.
* [[Non-Elemental]]
* [[Secret Art]]: Though Aerial Ace was always available via TM40, they are the only ''Ruby & Sapphire'' Pokémon to learn it via level up.
* [[Useless Useful Skill]]: Before Gen VII, neither Taillow nor its evolved form could make proper use of Boomburst due to their low Special Attack, but even then, Swellow with Boomburst was more common than one would expect. Averted in Gen VII where Swellow's aforementioned Balance Buff made Boomburst a fearsome attack when combined with its Ghost-hitting Scrappy ability.
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Water and Flying-type Pokémon that are found everywhere while surfing. Wingull is a [[Fragile Speedster]], learning speed-based attacks like Quick Attack and even Agility, but Pelipper has a much different moveset, learning Hydro Pump and the Stockpile trio, and having a Defense stat of 100 but a Speed stat lower than Wingull.
* [[Balance Buff]]: Pelipper was given a small buff to its Special Attack in ''Sun/Moon'' (85 to 95), but the biggest buff is its access to Drizzle, summoning rain onto the field and powering up its Water-type moves right off the bat (plus, giving it 100% accurate Hurricanes to boot).
* [[Blow You Away]]: Wingull learns more wind-based attacks than Pelipper, though.
* [[Com Mons]]: On water routes.
* [[Flight]]: Pelipper can learn Fly, and it can transport small small Pokémon in its oversized beak.
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Zap it with a well-placed Electric attack [[Book Ends|for massive damage]].
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Oddly, Wingull fits this, but Pelipper doesn't.
* [[Healing Factor]]: Its Dream World ability, Rain Dish, lets it regain health in the rain.
** It also learns Roost, something which an AI-controlled Pelipper tends to spam repeatedly.
** Wingull now has access to the ability Hydration, which heals status ailments in the rain.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Pelipper ''tries'' to be this. Unfortunately, the fact that [[Weaksauce Weakness|Electric attacks will turn it into Hoenn Fried Pelican makes its defensive value questionable]].
*[[Took a Level in Badass]]: Just getting Drizzle in ''Sun/Moon'' and a small SPecial Attack buff saw Pelipper shoot up the competitive rankings, going from PU in Gen VI, to OU in Gen VII, often considered a better rain setter than ''Politoed'' of all Pokémon.
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<small>''Gallade debuts in Generation IV''</small>
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* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Gallade has [[Dual-Wielding|two of them]].
* [[Breakout Character]]: For ''many'' reasons. First of all, Gardevoir was among the strongest and most versitile Psychic to come along since Alakazam (as many of the other Tropes here show), and Ralts could be caught right at the beginning of Ruby/Sapphire. It's was the original [[Cute Monster Girl]] Pokemon, referred to as "the Embrace Pokemon", it's PokeDex entry emphasizing how close it becomes to its trainer... Yeah, easy to see [[Rule 34| where this went]] via [[Memetic Mutation]], and the fact that it was ''not'' an exclusively female Mon only caused the memes to mutate further. GameFreak did little to stem its Breakout Character status, making it Fairy-Type ''and'' giving it one of the best Mega Evolutions in Gen VI.
* [[Confusion Fu]]: Gallade's movepool. Psychic, Dark, Grass, Fighting, Rock, Flying, Bug, Ground...
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Kirlia and Gardevoir, though they can be male.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Kirlia and Gardevoir, despite 50% of them being male. Gallade, with his more masculine appearance, was probably added to fix this.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: The fact that they are in the Indeterminate egg group suggests this. Gen VIII added the whole family to the Human-Like egg group as well.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Gardevoir will protect their trainer, no matter what.
* [[Metal Slime]]: Ralts is rare in every game it can be encountered. Made even more frustrating in that it's the first Pokémon your rival Wally encounters in ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', and ''Emerald''.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Ralts is one of seven Pokémon with lower base stats than the [[Trope Namer]], and Kirlia is the weakest of all non-cocoon evolved Pokémon, but Gardevoir is a bulky alternative to Alakazam, and Gallade is
* [[Mighty Glacier]] edging on [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Both Gardevoir and Gallade have impressive Special Defense and offense (Special Attack for Gardevoir, Attack for Gallade), but only average Speed. Thus, while they're not really ''slow'', it's still pretty easy to outspeed them.
* [[One-Gender Race]]: Gallade can only evolve from male Kirlia.
* [[Power Floats]]: In ''Sword and Shield'', if Gardevoir is in your party when you make a campsite, you'll see it doesn't walk; it seems to use its psychic powers to float.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: All of them are Psychic-types.
* [[Super Mode]]: Gardevoir and Gallade can Mega Evolve, making them stronger and faster. Both receive 40 point boosts to their stronger attacking stats.
** While Gardevoir gets 20 points added to its Attack, Sp.Def, and Speed, Gallade foregoes a Sp.Def buff, and gets 30 points added to its Defense and Speed instead.
* [[Synchronization]]: 2 out of 3 of this family's abilities, Trace (copying the opponent's own ability) and the one which is actually '''called''' Synchronize (passing status effects).
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Gardevoir towards its trainer.
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A [[Metal Slime|very rare]] Pokémon, respectively based on a water-strider and an eye-spotted moth. Surskit is Bug and Water-typed and has a movepool with limited offensive abilities. Masquerain uses its eye-spotted wings to intimidate the opponent and has a natural moveset that is more in line with the likes of other flying insects. This line is notable for having a unique type combination (Bug/Water) removed upon evolution.
* Balance Buff: Masquerain's Sp.Atk and Speed are buffed tremendously in ''Sun/Moon'', receiving 20 points each, taking them from 80 and 60, to a far more serviceable 100 and 80, respectively.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* [[Blow You Away]]: Masquerain
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* [[Making a Splash]]: Surskit
* [[Metal Slime]]: Try to find one outside of a swarm.
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Surskit's unique Bug/Water type combination makes it an interesting catch at first... Only for it to evolve into ''yet another'' generic Bug/Flying type.
* [[Walking on Water]]: Surskit is a water strider.
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Mushroom Pokémon that mainly inhabit forests like Petalburg Forest. They have the Effect Spore ability which sometimes causes [[Standard Status Effects]] on contact. Shroomish is a pure Grass-type that favors more Status Effect moves. Breloom gains the Fighting-type in addition to its Grass-type and gains many effective Fighting-type moves to take advantage of its amazing Attack stat.
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* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: Breloom has some characteristics of dinosaurs, with its head being similar to an ''Pachycephalosaurus'' and its tail resembling an ''Ankylosaurus'' tail.
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Breloom to Flying attacks.
*[[Heal Thyself]]: Though two methods; Leech Seed and Poison Heal.
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]/[[Difficult but Awesome]]: Breloom is a major threat in OU competitive play, yet it has one of the lowest base stat totals in the tier.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Shroomish is useful to a degree, but doesn't do much apart of spreading status and helping against Roxanne, while Breloom is an excellent Pokémon in the main game too.
* [[Mushroom Man]] Or rather, Mushroom Mon!
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Shroomish
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: Spore, Poison Powder and Stun Spore.
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Notorious for its "ability" to stop attacking every other turn, Slakoth isn't very useful besides its high Attack for an early Pokémon. Its evolution, Vigoroth, is all-around great, with solid Attack and Defense and the ability to not fall asleep. Slaking, however, regains the Truant ability, but its ''incredible'' Attack and Defense makes up for it.
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* [[Badass Normal]]: Slaking has stats on par with those of ''[[Olympus Mons|Groudon and Kyogre]]''. Yet it is not a Legendary, it is the fully evolved form of a Pokémon that can be captured in the area prior to the first badge. Oh, and a [[Non-Elemental|Normal type]] as well. Now if only it weren't so damn lazy...
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: Then again, this is a Pokémon we are talking about, it is only normal relatively speaking.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Truant makes you unable to attack every second turn. Can be quite deadly in double battles, but easily stopped by Protect in single battles.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Slaking is this trope incarnate.
** Slakoth not so much, as it is unable to attack every other turn due to its low metabolism. Slaking doesn't attack often for similar reasons, though in Slaking's case it's quite capable of being ferocious - it just exhausts itself too easily.
*** In fact, judging by base stats alone, Slaking reaches the levels of ''Groudon'' and other legendaries. Its laziness (Truant) is the ''only'' thing keeping it back from being a god-like pokemon.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Vigoroth and Slaking, even if the latter stops attacking every other turn. Slaking's base Speed stat is actually rather high, despite what you'd expect.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Slakoth is slightly stronger than the [[Com Mons]], but is killed by its ability. Vigoroth is an all-around solid Pokémon. Slaking hits like a truck, is fast, has loads of HP and decent defenses, and the only thing keeping it out of being [[Purposefully Overpowered]] is its ability.
* [[Non-Elemental]]
* [[Signature Move]]: Slack Off, in Generation III. Afterwards, other relaxed Pokémon got it (not Snorlax, though).
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Another Bug Pokémon with strange evolution, it is meant to be a Cicada with [[Ninja]] elements. Nincada starts out as a Bug/Ground type with a limited moveset. Normally, it evolves into Ninjask, only second to Speed Forme Deoxys as the fastest Pokémon, but if you have an empty slot and any kind of Pokéball, it "splits" into the mysterious Shedinja, which has resistance to any non-super-effective attack thanks to its Wonder Guard ability.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Ninjask
* [[Boring but Practical]]: Like Mew, Ninjask is mostly used for [[Min-Maxing|Baton Passing]] [[Status Buff
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Despite the myriad ways to defeat it, Shedinja can still take down Uber staples Kyogre and Palkia with little trouble.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Nincada
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** [[Glass Cannon]]: It also has decent attack, but abysmal defenses.
* [[Holy Halo]]: Shedinja.
* [[Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]: [[Superpower Lottery|Shedinja is impervious to damage!]] Well, provided that it doesn´t get hit by a attack with the type of one of its [[For Massive Damage|5 weaknesses]] [[The Corruption|or a Shadow move]], [[Geo Effects|Hail, Sandstorm, Stealth Rock, Spikes]], [[The Corruption|Shadow Sky]], [[Standard Status Effects|Poison, Leech Seed, Confusion, Burn]], [[Taking You with Me|Destiny Bond, Perish Song, or Rough Skin.]] [[Overly Long Gag|Or, for that matter]], any non-Fighting/Normal attack from a Pokémon with the [[
* [[Ninja]]: And Ninjask has [[Samurai]] elements as well.
* [[No Biological Sex]]: Shedinja
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* [[Support Party Member]]: Ninjask is a natural-born Baton Passer.
* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: Shedinja is, in every sense of the word, a pure gimmicky [[One-Hit Wonder]]...unless you're stuck trying to catch Kyogre in ''Sapphire'' or ''Emerald'', where his Wonder Guard ability nullifies every single one of Kyogre's attacks (Kyogre doesn't even have indirect attacks like Hail to do the job), leaving him a sitting duck as you whittle away at his health. Same goes for Latios/Latias.
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: You can have ANY kind of ball to get Shedinja, you do not need a Pokeball... In Generation III at least. In Generation IV and V, you ''do'' need a Pokeball.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: While extremely convoluted, there is a technique to change a Shedinja's ability to [[Last Chance Hit Point|Sturdy]] in Triples play. Outside of status ailments, weather conditions, the various [[
* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: Looking into the hole on Shedinja's back is said to cause it to steal your soul.
** The [[Moral Guardians]] [[Dumbass Has a Point|were right!]] Playing [[Pokémon]] ''does'' steal kids' souls!
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Specializing in sound-based moves like Hyper Voice and Uproar, they inhabit caves like Rusturf Tunnel, Victory Road, and Underground Pass. They also are resistant to other sound-based moves thanks to their Soundproof ability.
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* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Whismur's eyes look like crosshairs.
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Bulky Fighting-type Pokémon that also like caves. They have high HP as well as high Attack. They are closely associated with the moves Arm Thrust and Smellingsalt.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
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* [[Wrestler in All of Us|Sumo Wrestler In All Of Us]]
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<small>''Probopass debuts in Generation IV''</small>
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* [[Missing Secret]]: Has Head Smash as one of its Egg Moves in Generation IV. Nothing that can breed with Nosepass can learn it, though. This was fixed in generation V, with the move no longer listed as heritable.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Because of their relation to magnetism, they can naturally learn a few Electric-type attacks.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Probopass is based on what the Moai statues <ref>
* [[Silicon-Based Life|Silicon Based Pokémon]]
* [[Stone Wall]]
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* [[You Will Not Evade Me]]: Learns Block, and all Steel-types are subject to this thanks to the Magnet Pull ability.
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Cat-like Pokémon that are generally weak but are very hard to find anyway. Skitty is closely associated with Assist, which allows it to randomly select a move from one of the party's Pokémon. A Moon Stone evolves it into Delcatty.
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* [[Cute Kitten]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Skitty.
* [[
* [[Metal Slime]]: It only has a 2% encounter rate, tying it with Chimecho.
* [[Joke Character]]: Delcatty ''sucks'' as a fighter, let's leave it at that.
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* [[Signature Move]]: Before Generation IV, Assist.
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The first ever Pokémon to have both the Dark and Ghost types, giving it no immediate weaknesses to any type. It is a gremlin-like creature that subsist on a diet of rocks and minerals. It is exclusive to Sapphire.
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Eat Dirt Cheap]]: Gems are its favorite food. So much so that gems form on its skin, especially in its eyes.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Its type combination (Dark and Ghost) has no weaknesses.<ref>Or rather, it's normally immune to its only weakness. Fighting is super effective against Dark types, but can't hit Ghost-types at all unless Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used first</ref>
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: In ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', Sableye can learn the Prankster ability via the Dream World. This allows it to use non-attacking moves, such as Will-O-Wisp, Recover, and Taunt, among others, first. It's very effective in annoying the opponent and can easily throw a monkey wrench in an enemy's plans. With a proper defensive EV spread, this ghost is far from the weakling it was in previous gens.
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* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Fourth Generation gave Sableye the alternate ability "Stall". With it, an already weak Pokémon gets crippled even further by being forced to attack last (barring exceptional situations).
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
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* [[Soul Power]]
* [[Supernatural Is Purple]]
* [[Took a Level
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Based on the two-mouthed woman in Japanese mythology, it is a pure-Steel type Pokémon, but it strangely leans many Dark-type moves. It's exclusive to Ruby. The big black mouth is actually a pair of horns it uses to look more intimidating.
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* [[Obake]]: Based on the futakuchi-onna (two-mouthed woman).
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Beastlike Pokémon that are Steel and Rock-typed. They have a habit of eating any metal they come across, including those that make up railroads and building frames. Like most Steel and Rock types, their Defense is their strongest stat. Their Attack isn't too bad either, but its Speed is pretty low.
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* [[Extra Ore Dinary]]
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Fighting- and Ground-type attacks.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Slow as it comes, but it has a mammoth 180 Defense stat that lets it shrug off most physical attacks, while also doling it out with its meaty 110 Attack.
**Mega Aggron goes a couple of steps further by buffing its already high Defense to a massive 230, ditches the Rock typing, receiving an Ability that cuts super effective damage by 25%, and a Sp.Def boost to a serviceable 80. Oh, and its Attack rises to 140 as well!
* [[Non-Malicious Monster]]/[[Obliviously Evil]]: A recurring theme in their Pokédex entries is the friction caused between them and humans. For example, Aron occasionally descend from their mountain habitats and start eating steel constructs such as rails and bridges, and Lairon usually clash with humans who attempt to mine the iron ore it usually nest nearby. As for Aggron... "territorial" is an understatement. But while it will viciously attack any intruders upon its territory, it will also work diligently to preserve its territory, and it will work just as diligently to restore its territory if a natural disaster wrecks it. ([[Green Aesop|We humans could learn something from Aggron's example.]])
* [[Stealth Pun]]: A part-Rock type has the Heavy Metal ability.
*[[Super Mode]]: Aggron is capable of Mega Evolving with its Aggronite Mega Stone. With it, its Attack, Defense and Sp.Def increase, gets Filter as its Ability, and sheds its Rock-typing in the process.
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Pokémon that are Fighting and Psychic-typed, probably based on meditating monks. Thanks to their signature Pure Power ability, their Attack is doubled, making the it quite high. They are one of the few Pokémon to learn Hi Jump Kick.
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* [[Psychic Powers]]
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Canine-like Pokémon that are Electric-typed. Typical of the typing, their Speed and Sp. Attack are their best stats, though they're not as good as others.
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* [[Youkai]]: a [[wikipedia:Raiju|Raiju]].
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Considered the Pikachu [[Expy|Expies]] of Hoenn, they are version counterparts of each other. Minun is more common in Ruby while Plusle is more common in Sapphire. Their abilites, Plus and Minus respectively, are meant for double battles, as when both are in play, their Sp. Atk increases.
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* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]
* [[Wonder Twin Powers]]: Their respective abilities, Plus and Minus, only work in conjunction with each other, until Generation V where other Pokémon can have the same ability.
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Two fireflies who are classified as different species, they are respectively male and female versions of each other. Illumise is even able to produce Volbeat. According to the 'dex, Illumise emits a scent that attracts Volbeat, and the Volbeat will fly around the sky in elaborate patterns with its tail glowing to woo the Illumise.
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* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]
* [[Signature Move]]: Volbeat had Tail Glow (that is actually named Firefly Light in Japan) in Generation III. Signal Beam, too, at least before ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''.
* [[Took a Level
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<small>''Budew and Roserade debut in Generation IV''</small>
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|White Haired]] [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Pretty Mon]]: Roserade.
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These poison-typed Pokémon will eat ''anything'' they come across. That includes berries, tires, trash, ''anything''. The digestive juices inside their stomachs will digest anything except itself. They are also able to wield quite a bit of sludge-based attacks.
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* [[Poisonous Person|Poisonous Pokémon]]
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Carvanha is a piranha-like Pokémon that can initially only be found in the river near Mauville City. Sharpedo is a shark-like Pokémon that is pretty easy to find once you get the Super Rod. Their offensive stats and speed are all incredible, but it suffers from low defensive stats.
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* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Piranha Problem]]
* [[Took a Level
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Whale-like Pokémon that are Water-typed and are somewhat based on inflatable objects like beach balls and blimps. Currently, Wailord holds the position of the longest Pokémon in existence. Their HP is rather massive.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: applies to ''both'' members of the evolutionary line, since Wailmer is said to be one of the largest non-evolved Pokémon.
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* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Although the colossal HP can only compensate to a degree for the lackluster defenses.
* [[Required Party Member]]: Alongside Relicanth, was needed to access the Golems.
* [[Signature Move]]: Prior to Generation V, the only Pokémon to learn Water Spout naturally, apart from [[Olympus Mons|Kyogre]].
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Making their home around Mt. Chimney, these camels store magma inside their humps and release them when using Eruption and Lava Plume. Numel are also quite dull, being rather unfeeling to pain (though not as much as Slowpoke). They excel in Attack and Special Attack but lack in Speed. Water-types absolutely wreck them due to their Fire/Ground typing.
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* [[Delayed Reaction]]: Numel only.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[For Massive Damage]]: [[Kill It with Water|Water is its major weakness.]] Mitigated slightly by Solid Rock, but that's still not saying much.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Even more so when Camerupt Mega Evolves, as its Speed is cut in half.
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Signature Move]]: Prior to Generation IV, the only Pokémon to learn Eruption naturally, apart from [[Olympus Mons|Groudon]].
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Also, living in Mt. Chimney is this tortoise that stores coal in its shell. When agitated, it blows out black smoke to disorient the enemy. In battle, it surrounds itself in White Smoke to prevent anyone from lowering its stats. Its defense is its best stat and has average stats everywhere else except for Speed, which is absolutely abysmal.
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* [[Turtle Power]]
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A strange Pokémon if there ever was one: The piglet has no back legs, so it gets around by bouncing on a springy tail, however, the bouncing action preforms an even more vital function: It keeps its heart pumping, so if it stops bouncing, its heart stops and it will die. It also carries a large pearl on its head which apparently amplifies its psychic power. It becomes more normal (for a Pokémon at least) when it evolves into Grumpig.
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* [[Messy Pig]]
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Thankfully, Spoinks don't die when you knock them out!
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: A solid Psychic-
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Spring Coil]]: Spoink has this, and must bounce on it or face death by cardiac arrest.
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* [[Supernatural Is Purple]]: Even though they're Psychic types and not Ghosts.
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This odd Pokémon is a common sight in the ash-covered Route 113. It has two motifs going for it: the patches on a Spinda's face differ from individual to individual, much like a fingerprint. Using an algorithm in the coding, there are over ''four billion'' combinations for face patches. The second motif is that its movepool and abilities [[A Worldwide Punomenon|revolve]] around spining and dizziness. It's not a Pokémon that's going to win battles for you, but it's at least one you aren't likely to forget.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: To [[Smogon]] in particular, but if another Pokémon is compared to Spinda in any way, odds are good that it's not a compliment.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: There are over four billion possible spot patterns, meaning you're not likely to see the same kind of Spinda twice.
* [[Confusion Fu]]: Quite literally, most of its abilities and moves have to do with confusion.
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* [[Master of None]]: Spinda's stats are all equal... and they all suck.
* [[Pandaing to the Audience]]
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: It gets the impressive Contrary Ability from the [[Dream World]], but has no moves that can abuse it. This can be mollified in two ways; one, by knowing the attack- and defense-lowering move [[Took a Level
* [[Signature Move]]: Teeter Dance, before [[Pokémon Black and White|Generation V]] (others could learn it via breeding).
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Its eyes are swirls.
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Based on the antlion, Trapinch is a Ground-typed Pokémon commonly found in the wild in desert areas. It evolves into Vibrava, which gives it an additional Dragon-type and lowers its Attack while primarily raising Speed. Afterwards, it evolves into Flygon, which returns its high Attack.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: They're based on the antlion, but they're not bug-typed.
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* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: In this case, Vibrava and Flygon are draconic ''antlions''.
* [[Status Buff]]: Averted. Despite being a dragon that looks very nimble, it can't learn Dragon Dance or '''any''' buffs beyond Hone Claws.
** Finally played straight; after years of lacking the move, Flygon can now learn Dragon Dance in ''Sun/Moon'' via Move Relearner!
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Sadly appears the case, as Salamence is no longer banned in Generation V. There's Haxorus and Hydreigon, too, and Team Preview makes its scouting moveset moot, which was its one major niche.
* [[You Will Not Evade Me]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Arena Trap]] is essentially the Magnemite line's Magnet Pull, with different limitations.
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Another pair of desert denizens, Cacnea and Cacturne, being based on cacti, are very well adapted for desert life. They use their thorny arms as clubs to batter their opponents, or they can shoot needles to subdue them. They're also noteworthy of having Sand Veil as an ability, which makes them not only more evasive in a Sandstorm, but also immune to its damage. Cacturne takes on a creepy scarecrow-like appearance and becomes a dark-type.
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* [[All Deserts Have Cacti]]: Where you find them.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Cacturne.
* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Cacturne's got good Attack, but its poor Speed and defenses mean that it usually gets knocked out before it can utilize its offensive might. However, [[The Chessmaster|a player who is good at predicting their opponent's next move]] can fully utilize Cacturne's beastly offense by using Sucker Punch to hit hard before the opponent gets to attack, and Focus Punch to hit even ''harder'' if the opponent isn't ''trying'' to attack.
* [[For Massive Damage]]: To Bug-type attacks.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Poor speed, poor defenses, but ''very'' good attack.
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** Fittingly, said Gen V Pokemon is a cactus too.
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Cute blue birds with a cloud theme. Swablu is a regular Normal/Flying type that isn't particularly noteworthy but it does evolve into Altaria, which is a Dragon/Flying type. Its highest stat is its special defense, but ice types still present a problem.
* [[Blow You Away]]
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* [[Weather Control Machine|Weather Control Creatures]]: As of Generation V, some Altaria have the power to <s>normalize</s> make everybody ignore weather when in play.
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Two Pokémon with an intense rivalry that is practically part of their nature. They inhabit Route 114, just outside of Meteor Falls. They are both hard-hitters, both having decent offense.
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* [[Foe Yay]]: Despite being rivals, they can still be bred together.
* [[Foil]]: To each other.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Zangoose is a
* [[Non-Elemental]]: Zangooze
* [[Poisonous Person|Poisonous Pokémon]]: Seviper.
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* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Zangoose
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This pair of Pokémon are living meteorites that fell from space. Both of them resemble stellar bodies: Solrock resembles The Sun while Lunatone resembles The Moon. Solrock is more physically-inclined while Lunatone is specially-inclined. Both are also Rock/Psychic and have a small chance of carrying evolutionary stones (Sun Stones for Solrock, Moon Stones for Lunatone).
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Lunatone's in particular are said to fill anyone with fear.
* [[Silicon-Based Life|Silicon Based Pokémon]]
* [[Solar and Lunar]]
* [[Starfish Alien]]: They're living metorites from space.
* [[Telepathy]]: Solrock can read minds.
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Water/Ground type catfish. They possess the ability to cause earthquakes, and are also said to have a limited ability to predict real earthquakes. Unlike real catfish, Whiscash's tail is horizontal, resembling a sea mammal's tail instead of a fish's.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[Earthquake Machine|Earthquake Creature]]
* [[For Massive Damage]]: To Grass-type attacks.
* [[Legendary Catfish]]
* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Having the same typing as both Quagsire and Marshtomp/Swampert but with less of a movepool (and less useful abilities) result in it getting little love, despite being decent in its own right.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[wikipedia:Namazu
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Crayfish Pokémon that were apparently introduced from overseas. These fiesty Pokémon are resoruceful enough to thrive in any enviroment they're introduced to (as long as there's enough water).
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: what would you expect from the "Ruffian" and "Rogue Pokémon"?
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: Unlike most [[Expy
* [[Giant Enemy Crab|Giant Enemy Crayfish]]: Or crawdad, if you prefer.
* [[Glass Cannon]]
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* [[Signature Move]]: Crabhammer, shared with the Kingler family.
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Clay figurines brought to life by mysterious means, these Pokémon prefer arid ruins and are able to weild a number of elemental attacks. They are based on the "shakōkidogū", a "Spaceman" figurine from the Jōmon period.
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* [[Tron Lines]]: Baltoy.
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Despite being part grass and resembling a plant, this fossil Pokémon is based on a crinoid: a creature related to seastars that are still living in the deep oceans today. It is an extremely slow Pokémon, but it more than makes up for it in its defenses. It is revived from a Root Fossil.
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* [[Palette Swap]]: Mentioned only because of an amusing fact: their "Shiny" forms switch colors with ''each other''.
* [[Prehistoric Monster]]
* [[Stone Wall]]: Practically a ''Diamond'' Wall against special attacks during a sandstorm. Rock-types get their special defense
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Reviving a Claw Fossil will net you this fossil Pokémon. Despite being labeled as an "Old Shrimp", Anorith is based on a creature known as an Anomalocaris, which at one meter long was the largest predator in the early cambrian oceans. When it evolves, it grows legs and vaguely resembles a dinosaur.
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* [[Making a Splash]]: They can learn Water Gun and Aqua Tail.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
** Generation V gives it the power to become a [[Lightning Bruiser]] in the rain via Swift Swim.
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Armaldo is half Anomalocaris, half ''stegosaurus.''
* [[Prehistoric Monster]]
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Anomalocaris is an ancient creature really only mentioned in documentaries and Advanced Placement Paleontology class.
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A weak, little fish that evolves into a mighty serpent. Reminds you of Magikarp, right? It's actually pretty different. First, Feebas is exceptionally rare; it can only be encountered in certain tiles in the Route 119 river (as well as one of the Mt. Coronet underground lakes). Second, it is unique in that it is the only Pokémon that evolves with a contest stat, namely, Beauty. This makes both finding one and evolving one a daunting task.
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* [[Metal Slime]]: The opposite of Magikarp; to find a water tile (not body, TILE) that yields Feebas you'd have to spend several hours or be very lucky. However, once encountered, it is easy to catch. Evolving it, however...
** Averted in Generation V: Feebas is easy to find, there are wild Milotic, and it can be evolved by trading it with an item attached. Thank you, Gamefreak.
**Averted further in ''OR/AS'' where Feebas can now be found '''anywhere''' under the bridge on Route 118. Plus, raising Feebas' Beauty stat is much, much easier thanks to the changes made to the Pokéblocks mechanic.
** Also averted in HeartGold and SoulSilver; grind enough on the Pokewalker, and you'll reach the final route, where Feebas are merely an uncommon occurrance.
* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]: Among Pokémon.
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A tiny Pokémon that seems to resemble nothing more than a floating head. Castform is best known for changing its appearance and typing with the weather: It becomes a fire type under strong sunlight, a water type in the rain and an ice type in a snowstorm. Its most famous move is Weather Ball, a move that can become certain types under certain weather conditions, much like Castform itself.
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* [[Weather Control Machine|Weather Control Pokémon]]: But not automatically like other such Pokémon.
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One of the earliest Pokémon of the third generation games to be promoted, Kecleon is a chameleon that's well known for changing its colors and almost becoming invisible, the only exception is the zig-zagged band of red on its torso. This doesn't factor into the game itself, but its ability comes fairly close. Every time it is hit with an attack, it becomes that attack's typing. Much like the red band, this can be its [[Achilles' Heel]].
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The concept is cool, but considered to be too easily shaken up to be used effectively.
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* [[Invisibility]]: Though an uncooperative stripe on its body will give it away.
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One of two pure ghost families that are caught far into the game, Shuppet and Banette live up to the reputation of ghost types being fairly creepy. Shuppet feed off vengeful emotions and gather where such people live. Banette is more freaky in that it takes on the form of an animate doll searching for the child who discarded it. They have a high attack stat but little else.
* [[Action Initiative]]: Upon Mega Evolving into Mega Banette, it gets Prankster as its Ability, alowing it to get the jump with moves like Will-O-Wisp, Curse,and other non-damaging moves.
*[[Bedsheet Ghost]]: Shuppet, vaguely.
* [[Casting a Shadow]]
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Both Shuppet and Bannette are abandoned children's dolls, reanimated by a grudge against their former owners.
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: Dusclops got an evolution, but Banette didn't. And, unlike Scyther, Scizor, and Pinsir, Dusknoir has higher stats than Banette and Dusclops.
* [[Emotion Eater]]
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* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: They're not so much ghosts as they are discarded toys possessed by an evil force said to be the grudge they've held against being abandoned by their owners.
* [[Soul Power]]
*Super Mode: The Banettite Mega Stone allows Banette to Mega Evolve, boosting all of its non-HP stats (especially its Attack to 165, and Sp.Def to 83).
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<small>''Dusknoir debuts in Generation IV''</small>
Another pure ghost family, Duskull and its kin gathers inspiration from a variety of [[Stock Monsters]], but mostly [[The Grim Reaper]], Mummies and the Cyclops. It has a repuation of relentlessly pursuing their quarry, capturing it and then spiriting it away. It is mostly a defensive monster.
* [[Belly Mouth]]: Dusknoir.
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* [[Soul Power]]
* [[Stone Wall]]
** [[Mighty Glacier]]: Dusknoir is significantly stronger that its preevolutions, but still has a crap HP stat of 45.
* [[Took a Level
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A Pokémon that resembles a sauropod dinosaur, it is somehow able to fly with banana leaves growing from its back and it also grows a beard of bananas on its neck. The origin of this beard is supposedly due to consuming so much fruit that it ended up growing its own. So the old adage "You are what you eat" really does apply to this Pokémon. Most people just use it as a cool ride and a mover of obsticles though. Who doesn't want to ride on a flying banana plant dinosaur?
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* [[Stock Dinosaurs]]: Now [[Recycled in Space|With LEAF WINGS!]]
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<small>''Chingling debuts in Generation IV''</small>
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* [[Psychic Powers]]
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A white furred Dark-type with a very fetching design that proved to be a fan favorite. Absol has a reputation of being a bad omen and seeing one is said to bring doom. How this Pokémon is able to predict such events is not explained, but it showing up is supposed to be a warning that a disaster is imminent (as a result, many people have accused Absol of being doombringers rather than heroes). It has a wicked attack stat, but lacking in other stats.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: It has ''the'' biggest movepool of any non-legendary pokemon besides Smeargle; plenty of OU Pokemon would ''kill'' for Absol's movepool. Due to Absol's stats, however, 90% of the moves it can learn are ''completely useless'' to it.
* [[Bearer of Bad News]]: Absol can predict when and where disasters will happen, and tries to warn people of the danger. However, since this means that Absol is always present when the disaster strikes, this leads to...
** [[Cassandra Did It]]
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* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]
* [[Glass Cannon]]: It has a very high Attack, Swords Dance, a high critical rate ability, and is the strongest priority user in the game, but has mediocre Speed and horrible Defenses.
* [[Sinister Scythe]]: As if ''one'' scythe weren't enough, it seems to feature '''''three''''' sickle-like growths on its body: two on its head, one on its tail. And the two on Absol's head, one looking more blade-like than the other, appear to form a ''yin-yang symbol'' together in their juxtaposition.
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<small>''Froslass debuts in Generation IV''</small>
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* [[Youkai]]: Froslass is based on a Yuki-onna. Glalie itself may be based on the Okubi, a giant head that appears in the sky as omens of doom.
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A family of seal-like Pokémon, Spheal is an adorable Ice/Water type that becomes more Walrus-like as it evolves. It's a bulky Pokémon that works best in Hailstorms. If it has the thick fat ability, it only takes 1/8 damage from Ice moves.
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* [[Stone Wall]]: Hail, Ice Body, and Leftovers can recover 1/8 of Walrein's health in one turn, which can be increased to a ''quarter'' health with Protect stalling. Stallrein is pretty much a requirement for all Hail-based teams.
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If you thought a fish that evolves into an octopus was bizzare, then what about a clam that evolves into two kinds of deep sea eels? Clamperl is an unusual Pokémon that produces a single large pearl in its lifetime, which is then used by the equally unusual Spoink (it's best not to ask how the pearl comes into the possession of Spoink). Clamperl are able to evolve by trading with either a DeepSeaTooth or a DeepSeaScale attaches to it. Huntail is more physically oriented while Gorebyss is specially oriented.
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* [[Seashell Bra]]: Gorebyss, regardless of gender.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Clamperl
* [[Took a Level
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This Pokémon is based on a fish called the coelacanth. Once thought to be extinct but was discovered as a still extant species and the best example of a living fossil. Relicanth displays a similar role and is closely associated with fossil Pokémon dispite not being revived from one. Instead you must either dive into the seas of Hoenn or fish them up in other places in later games. [[Guide Dang It|You need this Pokémon and a Wailord in order to get the three legendary Golems. )and in certain party positions, too.}]]
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* [[Use Your Head]]: Relicanth is one of the few Pokémon that can make use of the devastating Head Smash without any recoil.
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Lots of things can be said about this Pokémon. Very few of them are actually ''good'' though. It is based on a discus fish and is associated with love and romance. Despite being as powerful as many Pokémon that need to evolve twice in order to be useful, Luvdisc has no such benefit. However, the scales that they shed are highly sought after by collectors who will teach moves to your other Pokémon so there may be some consolation to encountering this Pokémon.
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* [[Visual Pun]]: Shiny Luvdisc are literal hearts of gold.
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Bagon is a small dragon Pokémon that constantly dreams of soaring the skies, dispite the fact that it possess no way of doing so. In its frustration, it hurls itself off cliffs or bashes its head against rocks. As a result, its skull is very thick. However, as it evolves, something miraculous occurs: It grows a bony shell around most of its body, and then once it evolves once more, it sheds the shell and the Pokémon realizes its long held dream of flight. Unlike the peaceful Dragonite, this Pokémon is quite ferocious.
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* [[For Massive Damage]]: Ice-type attacks and its own type, just like most of the other Dragons.
* [[Jerkass]]: Salamence has built up a reputation for being an extremely vicious and cruel Pokémon.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Awesome stats all
**Becomes a more terrifying version of this as Mega Salamence, whose Defense is shot up to 130, while becoming faster and can hit slightly harder.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Salamence's wing shape and color scheme are a tribute to ''[[Devilman]]''.
* [[Use Your Head]]: Bagon constantly gets hit on the head in its attempts to fly. This, in turn, has given it a head harder than steel.
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A robotic lifeform, Beldum apparently evolve by fusing with one another: two Beldum are needed for a Metang while two Metang are needed for a Metagross. The first time one might encounter a member of the family was the final battle against Steven Stone, Hoenn's Pokémon champion. However, once you've beaten him, one can go to Mossdeep and a Beldum is waiting for you as a gift. In this state its only move is Take Down, but once you get it to evolve it can learn a wide variety of moves that make it a very formidable Pokémon. This line is famous, not only for their power, but their VERY low catch rate of 3. (Combine that with Beldums recoil-causing Take Down, and you got a Mon thats harder to catch than a non-roaming [[Olympus Mons|''legendary'']].)
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* [[Herr Doktor]]: Metagross draws some inspiration from the classical image of those characters: The cross in its face can be seen as thick frowning eyebows and a moustache.
** [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: A German scientist predatory metallic [[Spider Tank]] with four brains and [[Psychic Powers]]? Why, of course!
* [[Magikarp Power]]: In Generation III when it was first introduced, Take Down was the only move Beldum could learn before evolving into Metang, hampering its ability to battle well. However, later games introduced ways to obtain a Beldum (Pokewalker, Dream World) that could use Iron Head, Zen Headbutt, or both.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: However, it can use Agility and Bullet Punch to turn itself into a [[Lightning Bruiser]].
* [[No Biological Sex]]: The only pseudo-legendary family with this distinction.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Signature Move]]: [[Megaton Punch|Meteor
* [[Super Mode]]: Metagross can Mega Evolve; all of its stats are boosted, in particular, its shaky Speed goes from a paltry 70 to a frightening 110, its Defenses are buffed more than the offensive ones, and it gets Tough Claws to make its already deadly attacks even more powerful.
* [[Spider Tank]]
* [[Use Your Head]]: Besides Take Down, Beldum can only be taught head-based moves for attacking.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Beldum's only attack is Take Down, unless you grab one on the Pokéwalker route Winner's Path.
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The main legendary trio of Hoenn. This group deviates from the previous trios by not being based on any kind of animal. Instead they take on a robotic form. All of them have bodies based inanimate sources, mainly rock, ice and steel. It isn't known how they were made, who made them or why they were made. (In Gen III, that is.) The way to find them is rather complicated and it involves deciphering brallie and following their arbitrary instructions. What is surprising is what materials the Regis were made from: Regirock appears to have been made from rocks all over the world, Regice from antarctic glacial ice and Registeel from metal that isn't off this earth.
* [[Bowdlerization]]: Registeel's sprite had to be changed in the European version of ''Diamond/Pearl'' after some people noticed that its arm was extended in a similar fashion to the Nazi salute; the change was later applied to all versions of the game from ''Platinum'' onward.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Their names are a spelled out indication of which one has which powers:
** [[An Ice Person|An Ice Pokémon]]: Regice.
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* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Regirock is a physically-oriented example, Regice is a specially-oriented ([[A Worldwide Punomenon|and literal]]) example, and Registeel is a defensive [[Jack of All Stats]].
* [[No Biological Sex]]
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Regice is supposed to sound like Regi-ice, but take it with a grain of salt.<ref>Regice actually got ''two'' distinct pronunciations ''in the same season''</ref>
* [[Shout-Out]]: Registeel's cry resembles the famous sound effect used when the ''[[Transformers]]'' transform.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Registeel's stats are more balanced than its brethren, but it can't hit hard from either side.
== Latias and Latios ==
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A pair of legendary dragons that fly all over the Hoenn region after beating the elite 4. Highly intelligent, they have access to a number of abilities, which are further enhanced by an item known as the Soul Dew. Latias are female and are mostly red while Latios are male and are mostly blue. They can use their down to refract light and alter their appearence to take on human forms or become invisible when they desire to.
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* [[Signature Move]]: [[Energy Ball|Mist Ball]] for Latias, [[Power Glows|Luster Purge]] for Latios.
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The main legendaries of the ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', and ''Emerald'' games. Each of them embodies a part of the landscape: Groudon represents the continents, Kyogre represents the oceans, while Rayquaza represents the sky. Long ago, Groudon and Kyogre had a severe battle which almost brought an end to the world via flooding monsoons and raging infernos; luckily, they were calmed by light pouring from the Red and Blue Orbs and entered a deep slumber. Depending on the version, the player must face one of them which has been awakened by Team Magma (Groudon) or Team Aqua (Kyogre) as their mere presence has a great influence on the weather. In ''Emerald'', both are awakened and it is up to the player to awaken Rayquaza and end the feud once more.
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* [[Blow You Away]]: Rayquaza is the sky incarnate.
** [[Wind Is Green]]: Again, Rayquaza.
* [[Conflict Killer]]: As the internal mediator of the trio, Rayquaza is the only one who can calm the two other Pokémon down.
* [[Creation Myth]]
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Groudon. Hell, Groudon is the very ''incarnation'' of the ground.
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* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: Groudon
** [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]/[[Stock Dinosaurs]]
* [[Expy]]: The trio are, in some accounts, based on three legendary beasts of Biblical mythology - Behemoth (land), Leviathan (sea), and Ziz (sky).
* [[Foil]]: Kyogre and Groudon foil each other, and Rayquaza foils both of them. Ironically, in battle Rayquaza tends to get one-shotted by [[An Ice Person|Kyogre]] due to a weakness and is still at a disadvantage against [[Dishing Out Dirt|Groudon]] if one teaches them the appropriate moves.
* [[Flight]]: Rayquaza
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Rayquaza has trouble surviving Ice-type attacks. Too bad Ice-type Pokémon have trouble surviving Rayquaza's attacks.
** Kyogre's boosted Water-type attacks, thanks to its Drizzle ability that causes endless rain. Specifically, a successful Choice Specs-boosted Water Spout is the near equivalent of [[Instant Kill]] on Pokémon.
** Averted for Primal Groudon: after undergoing Primal Reversion, Groudon gains Fire as a secondary type, which usually goes down easily to Water-type attacks, but its ability, Desolate Land, nullifies Water-type moves completely, making it immune to Water instead of doubly weak to them.
** Downplayed for Mega Rayquaza: its unique ability, Delta Stream, neutralises the Flying-type's weakness to where it becomes neutral to Rock, resistant to Electric, and only somewhat vulnerable to Ice.
* [[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]: The opening measure of this trio's battle theme is nothing more than 4 bell chimes, which sounds just like impending doom!.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: Kyogre and Groudon in ''Emerald'', Rayquaza in all three versions.
* [[Land, Sea, Sky]]: Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza respectively
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** [[Mighty Glacier]]: Kyogre and Groudon, on the special and physical sides respectively.
** [[Glass Cannon]]: Rayquaza, who hits as hard as the others on both sides, but takes hits as bad as the others in their weak sides.
* [[Magma Man]]: Groudon. It's a Ground-type, but like Lugia's association with water, it's strongly associated with volcanoes and magma and sunlight (and by extension, [[Playing with Fire|fire]]). The reason why it wasn't given a secondary Fire type was probably to [[Blessed with Suck|not let it be killed too easily by Water-types, especially its nemesis Kyogre]].
** In ''OR/AS'' however, Groudon does now become part Fire-type as a result of Primal Reversion, but its new ability in this form still prevents Water-type moves from doing '''''anything''''' to it.
* [[Making a Splash]]: Kyogre. It's the very representation of the seas.
* [[No Biological Sex]]
* [[Olympus Mons]]: In fact, the first to be treated as such instead of simply "very powerful."
* [[One of These Is Not Like the Others]]: For Rayquaza specifically, it is capable of Mega Evolution, but unlike all the other Pokémon that can do so, Rayquaza does not have a Mega Stone accociated with it; instead, it needs to learn its signature move, Dragon Ascent, in order to do this. This does however, give Rayquaza the advantage of being able to hold other items while in this mode, although this trait resulted in Mega Rayquaza being banned from '''''Ubers''''' of all places; that's how terrifyingly OP this creature was! It was relegated to the AG tier (AG short for "Anything Goes") as a result.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Rayquaza, although rather close to the traditional Chinese version.
* [[Plot Coupon That Does Something]]: This is the generation that introduced Abilities, and it just so happens that all three of their signature Abilities were relevant to the stories of their respective games.
* [[Physical God
* [[Purposefully Overpowered]]: You won't be able to use them in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, and most cups in 3D fighters. In fact, in the metagame, if every Pokémon is allowed to be used, Kyogre and Groudon tend to be number 1 and 2 or 3 (usually competing with Dialga) respectively, and both of them, but especially Kyogre, are ''insanely'' powerful, to the point that things like Quagsire are used exclusively for countering it (Quagsire can absorb Kyogre's Water-type attacks and nullify its popular Thunder, then force it into an Encore. And even ''Quagsire'' can't handle some Kyogre variants, even those that that don't wield Hidden Power Grass-type). Rayquaza is no slouch either, usually sitting above number 10 and having one of the most powerful Dragon-type moves outside of Latios (who is quite viable on the Special side of things with Soul Dew attached). And finally Groudon, who is so versatile you won't be able to guess its full moveset easily, and after proper set-up, becomes one of the, if not ''the'', deadliest sweeper in the games.
* [[Secret Art]]: Along with new forms and new signature abilities, they now have their own signature moves: Groudon gets Precipice Blades, Kyogre gets Origin Pulse, and Rayquaza gets Dragon Ascent (which it needs to learn in order to Mega Evolve).
* [[Signature Move|Signature Abilities]]: Prior to Generation V, the weather-altering abilities Drought and Drizzle were exclusive to Groudon and Kyogre, respectively. However, with the introduction of the Dream World in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', Ninetales and Politoed gained access to these abilities.
** Rayquaza is also one of only two Pokémon to know V-Create (an event-exclusive move), the other one being Victini (whom the move was originally designed for). [[Oh Crap|Yup, 180 Base Power coming off of 150 Base Attack. And even the rain won't save you thanks to Air Lock.]]
** All 3 get new signature abilities with their new forms. Primal Groudon gets Desolate Land, Primal Kyogre gets Primordial Sea, and Mega Rayquaza gets Delta Stream.
* [[Single-Specimen Species]]: One would imagine. Could you picture two of any of these guys running around?
** You do find one of the two(and the third if you trade the other over) in [[Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver]]. Of course this could just mean the Hoenn protagonist wasn't able to hold onto them/it's the Weather Pokemon you didn't catch in Ruby/Sapphire.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: In Japan, "Kaiorga" and "Kyogre" have both been seen.
* [[Super Mode]]: All 3 have more powerful forms; Primal Reversion for Groudon and Kyogre, and Mega Evolution for Rayquaza.
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: Kyogre and Groudon in their respective versions, to an extent. They must be encountered and either defeated or captured to progress with the plot, so they aren't ''technically'' required. Few players will pass on their chance to catch a [[Lost Forever]] [[Game Breaker]], though.
* [[Time Abyss]]: Rayquaza is hundreds of millions of years old. Given they created the seas and land, so would Kyogre and Groudon.
* [[Tron Lines]]: Red, blue (Groudon's are slightly hard to see at times), and yellow. Coincidentally, they represent the main colors used in subtractive color mixing. The patterns are also heavily featured in Emerald's pre-battle cutscenes and on the floor of the ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' remakes'
* [[Weather Control Machine|Weather Control Creatures]]: Played straight by Groudon and Kyogre, and inverted by Rayquaza since it blocks out any weather (but doesn't remove it, so its effects come back into play as soon as Rayquaza leaves the field).
* [[Yin-Yang Clash]]: Groudon vs. Kyogre, requiring Rayquaza to break them up.
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A Pokémon of mysterious power. It lays dormant until a comet comes close to the earth from which Jirachi draws its power from. This comet orbits the earth every 1,000 years and then only for a week. Thus, Jirachi is only active for that single special week. It has the ability to grant wishes during that time.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: All around high stats.
** [[Jack of All Stats]]: Equal stats, as expected of the Mew expy. Accordingly, beating one is pretty much down to luck. It is THE incarnation of [[Luck-Based Mission]] in the competitive metagame (alongside Shaymin-S).
* [[Luck-Based Mission]]:
* [[Make a Wish]]
* [[No Biological Sex]]
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* [[Signature Move]]: [[Brick Joke|Doom Desire]], which is [[Death From Above]].
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A Pokémon from beyond the stars. Deoxys is an hominoid alien that was derived from a space virus that was mutated by a laser of sorts. Depending on the game (and in later generations, certain meteorites), Deoxys can change its appearence and stat distribution.
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Certainly gives off this feel. The fact it's a sentient virus doesn't help.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Three rather creepy [[For Doom the Bell Tolls|bell strikes]].
* [[Master of All]]: with the except of HP, Deoxys had the best stats of any Psychic-type, depending on the forme it takes. It at one point had the highest Attack, Sp.Atk and Speed of '''all''' Pokémon.
** It eventually became outclassed in Attack, Defense, and Sp.Atk when Mega Mewtwo (X and Y) and Mega Slowbro were introduced, but Deoxys still has the best Sp.Def and Speed of all Psychic-types. Even recently, it can now be outsped by the newest of the Regis, Regieleki.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: '''Deoxy'''ribonucleic acid or... DNA.
* [[Multiform Balance]]
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* [[No Biological Sex]]
* [[Power Crystal]]: the source of its powers. Also probably its brain.
* [[Promoted to Playable]]: in this case, "Promoted to Catchable", as Deoxys can be encountered and caught through normal gameplay in ''Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.''
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Purposefully Overpowered]]: Won't see any use in the Battle Tower or in tournaments.
* [[Signature Move]]: Psycho Boost.
* [[Starfish Alien]]: While all Pokémon are theorised to be this, Deoxys is the only Pokémon that is downright proven to be an alien. Well, an alien space virus.
* Strong but Frail: Normal and Attack formes have insane attacking stats in adittion to being lightning quick, but neither can take a hit to save their souls!
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