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== Anime and Movies ==
* [[Pokémon
* ''[[Pokémon:
* ''[[Pokémon:
* ''[[Pokémon 3
* ''[[Pokémon
* ''[[Pokémon Heroes
* ''[[Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker
* ''[[Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
* ''[[Pokémon: Lucario and The Mystery of Mew
* ''[[Pokémon Ranger and The Temple of The Sea
* ''[[Pokémon:
* ''[[Pokémon: Giratina and The Sky Warrior
* ''[[Pokémon: Arceus and
* ''[[Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions
* ''Victini and The Black/White Hero''
* ''Kyurem VS The Swords Of Justice''
* ''Genesect and The Legend Awakened''
* ''Diance and The Cocoon Of Destruction''
* ''Hoopa and The Clash Of Ages''
* ''Volcanion and The Mechanical Marvel''
* ''Pokemon: I Choose You!''
* ''The Power Of Us''
== Main Video Game series ==
* ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue
* ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver
* ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
* ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White
* ''[[Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
* ''[[Pokémon X and Y/YMMV|X and Y]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Sun and Moon/YMMV|Sun and Moon]]''
* ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon''
* ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield/YMMV|Pokémon Sword and Shield]]''
== Spinoff games ==
* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
* ''[[Pokémon Ranger
* ''[[Pokémon Snap
* ''[[Pokémon Stadium
* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum
* ''[[My Pokémon Ranch
* ''[[Hey You, Pikachu
* ''[[Pokémon
* ''[[Pokémon Channel/YMMV|Channel]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Go/YMMV|Go]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Conquest/YMMV|Conquest]]''
== Manga ==▼
* ''[[Pokémon
* ''[[
▲== [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Pocket Monsters (manga)]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Zensho]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' (aka ''"Pokémon Adventures"'')
* ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
* ''[[How I Became a Pokémon Card]]''
* ''[[Magical Pokémon Journey]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Golden Boys]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]]''
* ''[[Phantom Thief Pokémon 7]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Re BURST]]''
== Stage production ==
* ''[[Pokémon Live/YMMV|Pokémon Live!]]''
== Fanfic/Other unofficial works ==
* ''[[Pokémon:
* ''[[Black Adventures
* ''[[Char Cole
* ''[[Generation 2021
* ''[[Guardians of Pokémon
* ''[[
* ''[[Pokémon Master
* ''[[Pokémon-X
* ''[[Pokémon: Storm Clouds
* ''[[Pokémon Quartz/YMMV|Pokémon Quartz]]''
* ''[[Poke Wars/YMMV|Poké Wars Series]]''
* ''[[The Quest for
* ''[[We Are All Pokémon Trainers (Roleplay)/YMMV|We Are All Pokémon Trainers]]''
* ''[[A Miscellaneous Tale of Night and Day/YMMV|A Miscellaneous Tale of Night and Day]]''
* ''[[Bulbagarden the Fanfic/YMMV|Bulbagarden the Fanfic]]''
* ''[[Challenger/YMMV|Challenger]]''
* ''[[The Darkness Within/YMMV|The Darkness Within]]''
* ''[[Experiment 117/YMMV|Experiment 117]]''
===A-E===
▲=== YMMVs that apply to the franchise as a whole: ===
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Basically, anyone who talks about Poké Balls.
** In fact, in ''HeartGold and SoulSilver'', when the player first meets Kurt, he says, "(Player), eh? You want me to make some balls for you?"
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** [[Memetic Mutation|Professor Oak]] [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6z4egUJh61qz8e06.bmp came].
** Magmar and especially Magby's Japanese names: Boober and Booby, respectively! Of course, it was ''MEANT'' to reference birds like the [[wikipedia:Blue Footed Booby|Blue-Footed Booby]], but... [[Freud Was Right|well...]]
*** And Magmortar is '''Boo''b
** The fur in between Reshiram's legs is rather...suspicious and quite an unfortunate design choice.
*** Not just Reshiram. Quite a few Pokémon have a tuft of fur between their legs, like Blaziken and Beartic.
*** White Kyurem gets a few of Reshiram's characteristics... but ''not'' that suspicious placing of fur.
** The move Harden could make a few people with dirty minds giggle
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Variation and played straight. ''[[
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: NPC trainers and the player character can easily be twisted into [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] with regards to their interactions:
** You're wandering down a road miles away from home, your Pokémon are weak, possibly paralyzed or poisoned, several are knocked out, you're out of healing items and are desperately looking for a Pokémon center to heal your Pokémon but don't know your way around the area. As you struggle onward another trainer spots you and immediately challenges you to a battle, giving you no chance to back down and having no regard for the safety and well-being of your '[[Mons]].
** But then, the reverse. You see a trainer looking down the road and talk to them to challenge them to a battle. They only have one or two Pokémon five levels lower than yours, and depending on their dialogue said Pokémon may be freshly caught, or the trainer is on a losing streak, or is just out for a stroll. They may also be a young child or an old man or lady. You proceed to crush their Pokémon, take their money as spoils of victory, and leave them alone in the middle of nowhere while you continue on to find another trainer to do the same to. You do this in pursuit of obtaining the Gym Badges and being a Pokémon Champion, something which in-universe, especially in ''[[Pokémon Black and White
* [[Americans Hate Tingle|Americans Hate Jynx]]: Looking like a parody of [[Unfortunate Implications|black]][[Once-Acceptable Targets|face]] acting will do that.
** The series has different Pokémon names for the Japanese, English<ref>with the English names used everywhere outside of Japan, France, Germany, Korea and China</ref>, French, German, Chinese and Korean versions, with all characters and locations having different names in each translation as well. Generally, these localizations are well-liked by each of their target audiences. However, [[Canada, Eh?|French-speaking Quebecers]], who generally grew up with the English games and a Quebec French dub of the anime that used the English names, are prone to have somewhat negative opinions of the French games and TCG (which are imported from France, and use their localizations). Similarly, Latin Americans play the English games, and are critical of Spanish character and location names (used in Spain), with some Latin American users on Pokéteca (the Spanish Bulbapedia) causing an uproar over the use of said Spanish names on the wiki rather than the English ones.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: In Generation IV, fan-favorite starter Pokémon Blaziken was outclassed competitively by the less popular starter Infernape. In Generation V, Blaziken's Dream World ability, Speed Boost, not only reversed this, but brought its usefulness to almost [[Game Breaker]] levels.
** Dragonite never gets the spotlight as well, and suffer the same case as Blaziken with Salamence. Come generation 5 giving Dragonite 2 new useful moves and a new ability that practically allows it to survive most attacks thrown at it at full health. It goes from outclassed pseudo-legendary that nearly dropped to UU to a frightening beast that occasionally appear in top five most used pokemon of OU after the metagame has been properly formed and is considered as the hardest threat to handle out of sheer unpredictability. To say that the Dragonite fans are pleased would be an understatement.
** The ''[[
* [[Badass Decay]]: Persian was a threat in the early years of the franchise, but, after Slash failed to land critical hits 100% of the time, its overall mediocre stats showed.
** Alakazam (and the Psychic-type in general) has become progressively less threatening with each generation.
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*** Tauros and Snorlax. And HOW. They gone from the King of the metagame they were in, and the latter has been considered as the most dominant and influental pokemon in existence. Both falls rather hard. To put it simply, theres tons of litteral [[Badass Normal]] that suffers this trope.
* [[Base Breaker]]:
** Dragonite is one of the most popular Pokémon ever (by way of being a [[Badass Adorable]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]] and Lance's signature Pokémon), scoring high in popularity polls<ref>taking overall results into account, it more or less comes second behind Charizard and ''maybe'' a few others</ref>. However, it has also drawn ire for being a randomly cuddly and orange dragon that evolves from a slender, elegant blue serpent, for standing out from other pseudo-legendaries (which generally follow a theme of "ferocious, [[Badass]], predatory fantastic creatures"), and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|for its oddly]] [[Barney and Friends
** Pignite and Emboar, for being the third Fire/Fighting starter evolutions in a row.
** Oshawott's design was highly polarizing when it was first revealed, but its evolution, Dewott, showed the emergence of samurai-like qualities and was rather widely well-received. Then their final stage, Samurott, was revealed, whose unexpected incorporation of sea lion qualities into its shogun motif promptly re-broke the base; being an apparent quadruped undermined many fans' expectations of a shell-sword wielding samurai. As it turns out, the shell armor on either its forelegs ''do'' contain swords which Samurott uses in combat, somehow still without being bipedal - artwork portrays it as using a sword in one limb while standing on the other three.
** Zoroark was deliberately designed to be an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] by copying many of Lucario's traits, which works for some and [[Creator's Pet|not]] for others.
** As a powerful version mascot legendary, Reshiram is quite popular, but [[Your Mileage May Vary|some]] find its design to be rather silly.
*** To a slightly greater extent, Dialga and Palkia. Although all box legendaries are popular overall, the creation duo seems to have fewer devoted fans because they just plain look ''weird'' compared to the others.
** Even [[Series Mascot]] Pikachu is not immune. Outside of its intended demographic of young children, it has a huge number of fans who love the thing to death, but also has a legion of haters who criticize its [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|overexposure]] and [[Tastes Like Diabetes|saccharine cuteness]]. An IGN Pokémon popularity poll placed Pikachu in a surprising ''48th place'' out of all creatures in the series (to be fair, IGN's demographic consists mostly of young adult male gamers).
*** It has gotten worse since the introduction of Generation V, with Pikachu getting more screen time and media exposure than any other [[Mon]] when it's not even catch-able in the main games of the generation.
** Conkeldurr. While it's an ''extremely'' powerful and useful Pokémon (even competitively), it's generally viewed as (and possibly [[Gonk|designed to be]]) ''extremely'' ugly.
*** Its pre-evolution, [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gurdurr_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Gurdurr] may even be more widely hated, because it's just as hideous, if not more, than Conkeldurr, and it's a common annoyance in caves when you're looking for a rare Pokemon or have run out of repels.
** Ash, Ash, ASH. Either he's a lovable kid character and your revered childhood hero, or an immensely annoying [[Idiot Hero]] [[
* [[Big "What?"]]: {{spoiler|[http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/May_issue_of_CoroCoro_magazine_leaked '''300''' Pokémon in addition to the original 156 Unova Pokémon are now available]}}. If this happens to be true, then it may turn into something [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].
** Also reaction to the situation like throwing 20+ Ultra Balls at paralyzed Zapdos that is put to red HP and ''all'' fail, and then Poké Ball catches it.
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** The fanbase is hugely divided over which generation is best, and with every new addition to the series, [[Ruined FOREVER]] is in full effect.
** Even playing the games divides the fans. Either [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|you play competitively and are "taking the game too seriously"]], or [[Scrub|you play for fun and "can't understand the subtle mathematics of the game"]].
** Believe it or not, on places like [[Deviant ART]] and [[YouTube]], the fanbase is extremely divided over whether [[Pokémon (
* [[Character Tiers]]: A heavily present feature in the metagame, and kind of necessary, given that for all of Game Freak's tweaks and additions, some Pokémon still clearly have it better than others. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031114541/http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/ Most communities make an effort to organize the tiers thoughtfully, at least.]
* [[Complete Monster]]: There are a few examples all over the franchise. The video games have Ghetsis in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' and [[Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|it's sequel]], Darkrai in the second set of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' games, Purple Eyes in the third ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' game, and the Cipher masterminds of ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'' and it's sequel ''XD: Gale of Darkness''. The anime
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: [[Pokémon
* [[Demonic Spiders]]:
** It's difficult (if not impossible) to flee from wild Pokémon with high Speed stats without a special item or ability.
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** The Rock-type move "Rollout" hits 3-5 turns in a row and doubles in power every time it hits (85% of the time). Rock is one of the best offensive types, inflicting an additional double damage against the (very common) Flying and Bug types, and resisted only by the (less common) Ground, Fighting, and Steel types.
** Watchog. The entire genus is a walking middle finger to Nuzlockers.
* [[Die for Our Ship]]: Has [[Die for Our Ship/Anime and Manga/Pokémon|its own subpage]].
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Naturally]], the series is full of these.
** Charizard is one of the most recognized and popular Pokémon [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|in the Western world]], having nabbed 1st place in the IGN popularity poll mentioned above (indicating that it could be the most popular Pokémon among the older male fandom).
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*** [[Base Breaker]]: Yeah, it reached a point where people cannot stand the yellow rodent.
** Meowth, probably because of its appearance in the anime. Almost the same case as Pikachu, but toned down quite a bit.
** Jigglypuff was popular enough to get an appearance in the ''[[Super Smash Bros
** Eevee and its many evolutions are very popular.
*** Especially Glaceon. It's like an Ice-type Espeon, except that it's a LITERAL [[Mighty Glacier]].
** Lugia is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more popular than its counterpart Ho-Oh.
** Blaziken in Gen III, much like Charizard in Gen I.
*** [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: In Gen IV, fan-favorite Blaziken was outclassed competitively by newcomer Infernape in both speed and versatility. Come Gen V, Blaziken's Dream World ability, Speed Boost, and a large damage buff to the previously spoony Hi Jump Kick attack, and it's able to ''easily'' surpass Infernape in physical offense capabilities.
*** Blaziken's always been stronger than Infernape, but Infernape's way faster. Speed is crucial in the metagame, so Blaziken usually wound up on the sidelines.
** Mudkip. [[Memetic Mutation|Everyone liek Mudkipz.]]
** [[Panthera Awesome|Shinx/Luxio/Luxray]]
** Lucario. Became the unofficial mascot of Gen IV by way of [[Popularity Power]], in part thanks to the 8th movie and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
** Ludicolo has been one ever since it was solidified as Miror B's (a darkhorse in his own right) signature Pokémon.
** Gardevoir is a [[Rule 34]] magnet and would often place high in popularity polls.
** All of the pseudo-legendaries ([[Badass Adorable|Dragonite]], [[Tyrannosaurus Rex|Tyranitar]], [[Jerkass|Salamence]], [[Spider Tank|Metagross]], [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Garchomp]] and [[
** In the first Gen, there were only two useful Bug-types: [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Ninja raptor mantis]] Scyther and Pinsir, the former becoming a pretty big darkhorse. Scyther eventually got an evolution, [[Samurai|Scizor]], which is [[Awesome Yet Practical]] and built on Scyther's already-huge popularity.
** A LOT of fans wish [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Joltik]] was the most well-known Electric-type.
** Golurk is a freaking [[Humongous Mecha]]!
** And Braviary is A TRUE AMERICAN EAGLE.
** Snivy and his evolutionary family. Also known as "Smugleaf".
** Zekrom, ever since ''Black'' and ''White'' were released stateside<ref>i.e. this seems to be more of a case of [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]], although Game Freak has been trying to push Zekrom's popularity in Japan too</ref>. Similar to Lugia, ''White'' has been reported to sell more copies than ''Black'' in [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|North America]] (and some other places), most likely due to the second cover-art mascot being one of the most [[Badass]] Pokémon ever according to many fans.
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** Genesect, prehistoric insect-turned-cyborg weapon of mass destruction.
** Scrafty is also a very well-liked Pokémon from Generation 5. It looks cool, has an interesting theme, and is uniquely useful in competitive play; it and Scraggy (its previous form) are the only dark/fighting types, which means they're the only fighting type Pokémon immune to psychic attacks, and they get STAB on two very useful types. Scrafty's possible abilities are also very good. Moxie increases its attack every time it defeats an enemy, making it a good sweeper. Shed Skin has a chance of removing a status effect, so it's great for a defensive set.
*** The official Nintendo 2011 Black and White tournament gave out a fairly decent Scrafty as a nod to its popularity as a team fighter.
** On the anime side of things, Jessie and James definitely qualify. You'd be hard-pressed to find young adults of a certain generation who don't remember their signature motto.
* [[Ear Worm]]: ''Many'' of the tunes.
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: It has not only [[Pokémon
** Compare the Venonat and Caterpie lines. Now think about the 1st gen butterflies getting their sprites mixed up.
** The resemblance between Cloyster's and Gastly's faces has spawned tons of theories about early game concepts that might have been dropped, such as Gastly being a Cloyster's ghost or evolutionary relative. The fact that Gastly comes after Cloyster in the Pokédex only adds fuel to the fire.
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** Despite no actual indication in game<ref>Seriously, there's no actual evidence to prove it, and many of the copy-pasted items that made it a meme often misquote the game or make up stuff whole cloth</ref> and having been ripped to shreds on many a forum, a small band of "fans" are still insistent that the Gen I rival's Raticate died. And that you killed it.
*** Above "troper" fails at impartial reporting. Why would it need evidence, it's a theory about why he no longer has a Raticate. Isn't the pokemon disappearing evidence itself?
===F-J===
* [[Fan Dumb]]: Expect lots of this, due to the massively [[Broken Base]].
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Genesect is commonly referred to on 4chan as Dennis.
* [[First Installment Wins|First Generation Wins]]: ''Red'' and ''Blue'' started Pokémania, and if you're too young to remember the [[The Nineties|late '90s]], it was ''huge''. The other games are still among the most popular of their respective consoles (Diamond and Pearl has 16 million copies sold as opposed to ''Red'', ''Green'' (Japan) and ''Blue'''s 20), but when the ''Pokémon'' games are mentioned, the originals are what first comes to mind and are the most iconic, [[Nostalgia Filter]] or not.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: [http://pokemymon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/tumblr_lj0ct9o92p1qzxegjo1_1280.png This]{{Dead link}} is packed full of it.
** Poison Sting seems out of place in Sandshrew's learnset, until you realize that shrews have venomous saliva to some degree.
** Gengar's shape seemed familiar, didn't it? It's Clefable's <s>shadow</s> corrupted, malevolent ghost!
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*** Considering that Cyrus isn't actually emotionless and is just incredibly repressed, the grunt uniforms can be seen as more of a kink than anything else. Although they're still Fridge Brilliance considering that they look like something out of a 1980s music video, and if you go off the release dates of the games, Cyrus would have been born in either 1979 or 1981.
**** If you think about it, the little dresses the female Galactic Grunts wear are actually quite short and tight- if it wasn't for those leggings they would show quite a bit of skin.
**** Team Plasma grunt uniforms don't look terribly sensual, either, being full suits of armor. Then again, N is [[Not Good
***** Unlikely. A better for the uniform choices of Team Plasma would be along the lines of [[Rule of Symbolism]] or [[Faux Symbolism]] as they are claiming to be [[Animal Wrongs Group|attempting to liberate pokemon from their unworthy trainers]]. What better costume to support this message than that of a knight in shining armor?
*** Evice and Greevil are both old men who likely have ground their sex drives into dust (Greevil, having two sons, can actually claim this as an excuse). Cipher Peons are dressed head to toe in Stormtrooper armor, even their faces.
** The Pokédex seems incredibly inaccurate and generally [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|over-the-top]] to the point of unrealism. Which would make sense, considering that Professor Oak got a bunch of 11-year-olds to fill the Pokédex for him!
** Psychic is the power of the mind - yet it's weak to Ghost, Bug, and Dark. That's a rather odd set of weaknesses, right? Probably gameplay... but wait a second. Bugs, Ghosts, and Darkness/Evil are actually common phobias!
** The Fighting-type is strong against the Dark-type, "lighting up" the dark with their ''[[Hot-Blooded|burning hot PASSIOOOOOOOON!!]]''
*** The moves Focus Blast and Focus Punch, known respectively in Japan as ''Kiaidama'' ("'''Fighting Spirit''' Bullet") and ''Kiai Panchi'' ("'''Fighting Spirit''' Punch"), seem especially representative of this, with the latter move having the highest base power of all existing Fighting-type moves (150 Power).
** Why does the move [[Kamehame Hadouken|Aura Sphere]] happen to be ''Fighting''-type? "[[Street Fighter|HADOUKEN!]]"
* [[Game Breaker]]:
** It's suggested that you check which Pokémon (usually legendaries) are not allowed in competitive battling circles before entering a battle.
** Of the Psychic-types that dominated Generation 1, Alakazam was the head (excluding Mewtwo).
** Long before Garchomp centralized generation 4's metagame, Curselax broke generation 2 in half the same way. Snorlax is still pretty powerful, and is one of 4 Pokémon to have always been considered OU (Along with Gengar, Starmie, and Zapdos, although in the latest Gen it and Zapdos are beginning to get [[Overshadowed
** Mewtwo. Chansey or another Mewtwo. Those are the only two first generation Pokémon that had any chance against the most used moveset in the first gen. Even after the nerf, it is still one of three Pokémon that do not have any surefire counter.
*** Mewtwo now learns Psystrike, a special move that does physical damage. Chansey is no longer effective at walling him.
** Mew. It is in the Uber tier, after all. [[Overshadowed
** Latias was allowed in the standard metagame for some time, and was incredibly durable and damaging thanks to Calm Mind. When it eventually got banned, the resulting power vacuum let Salamence become so dominating that it ended up banned, too.
** Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza. All three of them, and to an unquestionable degree to boot - even at level ''1'', the former two's ability to automatically induce an endless weather condition alone was enough to make teams built around sun or rain insurmountable to teams that weren't.
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Vulpix and Ninetales. They're literally Firefox!
* [[It's the Same, Now It Sucks]]: All of the [[Updated Rerelease|updated rereleases]] and [[Video Game Remake|remakes]] (and to a lesser extent, the first titles in any given generation) have run into a certain amount of these complaints.
===K-O===
* [[Memetic Molester]]: Online interpretations of Drowzee/Hypno lean towards either pedophilia or murder. ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers (Video Game)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' doesn't help.▼
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Team Rocket's Giovanni, Team Galactic's Cyrus, Team Plasma's Colress, and the Aether Foundation's Lusamine are fine examples. Lysandre, the boss of Team Flare, has entered this trope in anime and manga adaptations as opposed to the [[Smug Snake]] [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]] status he held in his game(s).
* [[Member Berries]]: One of the biggest recurring criticisms of the sixth generation of ''[[Pokémon]]'' and beyond is them being far too reliant on [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Kanto-era]] nostalgia pandering.
** ''[[Pokémon X and Y]]'' was particularly lousy with this, doing things such as making a Pidgey your mandatory first wild Pokémon encounter instead of one of the Kalos region's original [[Com Mons]], Santalune Forest having the exact same layout and encounter table as Viridian Forest (with a few newer Pokémon thrown in to spice things up), and Professor Sycamore forcing you to pick one of the original three Kanto starters a little after you pick a Kalos starters. Guess which starters get Mega Evolutions? Not the Kalos starters, that's for sure. Most of the legendary Pokémon you encounter are also Kanto legendaries: you chase down one of the legendary birds in the postgame, and Mewtwo is living in a cave in Pokémon Village despite there being no logical reason for it to do so aside from nostalgia pandering. While far from the biggest complaint levied at the game, these references were viewed as awkwardly shoehorned-in and detracted from the Kalos region's unique atmosphere.
** ''[[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]'' ran afoul of Kanto-flavored Member Berries in a different way: the introduction of Alolan forms for older Pokémon. The concept was and still is celebrated for breathing fresh air into old Pokémon by giving them different typings, movepools, and even stat spreads to play around with. But once it became clear that the only Pokémon that would be getting Alolan forms were Kanto Pokémon, they caught a lot more flack for being indicative of Game Freak playing favorites and crippling a mechanic with a ton of potential. Not helping matters is the fact that they're accompanied by the introduction of Professor Oak's similar looking relative Samson Oak, and the protagonist being a Kanto native instead of anywhere else. {{spoiler|Lillie traveling to Kanto so she can start her Pokémon journey}} also caught flack for similar reasons.
** ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield]]'' would take a few steps back from the Kanto pandering... mainly because Gen 8 dedicated an ''entirely different game'' to it by giving ''Red and Blue'' their second pair of remakes in the form of ''[[Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee]]'' which is basically the same games, but tailored to new players and ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' fans with a few references to ''Yellow'' here and there. But even with the ''Let's Go'' games doing the brunt of the Kanto pandering, Champion Leon in ''Sword and Shield'' having a Charizard as his star Pokémon instead of a powerful Galar Pokémon still caused a lot of players to roll their eyes.
▲* [[Memetic Molester]]: Online interpretations of Drowzee/Hypno lean towards either pedophilia or murder. ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers
* [[Memetic Sex God]]: Several 'Mons, as well as some of the characters.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: [[Pokémon
* [[
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWTJRLW6uRM critical HP bleeping alarm]. However, in ''Black and White'', it was changed by a new battle theme, with the alarm remixed into the tune, which is slightly more appealing to the ear.
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The sound of a Poké Ball locking shut around a new Pokémon, especially when it's a legendary, as well as the [[Fanfare]]/ditty [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhif3fo6oCU that immediately follows it].
** Landing a "[[For Massive Damage|super effective]]" hit on another Pokémon, especially when the target Pokémon has a [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|double weakness]] to the move it is resisting and/or when a [[Critical Hit]] is factored into the damage as well.
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yQXQRAOs80 sound that plays] at Pokémon Centers when Pokémon are being [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiW4ii0rnNM restored to full health] by the nurse.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Enough to [[Pokémon
** [[Nightmare Retardant]]
*** One Pokédex entry estates that Drifloon tries to kidnap children, but that Drifloon are much too light and weak to actually carry the children away.
** Giratina's cry, as well as the fact that it seems to be based on the antithesis of Arceus.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: You thought getting that National Diploma in White was hard? WRONG! Achieving feat known commonly as Living Pokédex is much harder. It requires to have all species ''at once'', usually in Boxes and in National order. Now how the hell are you going to get all these [[Pokémon Red and Blue
===P-T===
* [[Periphery Demographic]]: Outside its obvious target demographic, it is also quite popular with young adults that were kids in [[The Nineties|the late 1990s]] when the series was introduced, as well as with [[Otaku]] and JRPG fans in general. It can also be [[Your Mileage May Vary|argued]] that ''Pokémon'' has been the greatest influence on Internet culture out of all mega-media-franchises, considering its popularity on [[Image Boards]] and the number of [[Fountain of Memes|memes]], videos and fan tributes that the franchise has spawned.
* [[Rescued
** Pidgeot also got Tailwind, which gave it brief notability until it was made available for a lot more Flying Pokémon in ''HeartGold'' and ''SoulSilver''.
* Dragonite, in gen 3, its [[Overshadowed
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Oh yes. There's a new main series or spin-off game coming out? Ruined forever. There's new details about that upcoming game? Ruined forever. New Pokémon? Ruined forever. ''Rumors'' about the new game? Ruined. ''FOREVER''. Yet despite being '''ruined FOREVER''' about a zillion times with each new installment, the series somehow manages to keep going strong. [[Fan Dumb|Go]] [[Hate Dumb|figure]].
** Worth noting that there is quite a [[Silent Majority]]. Many of them simply just like the franchise as is and don't feel the need to scream about it. Or if they don't like certain spinoffs or anime things, they just don't buy them.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Bidoof/Bibarel. Neither were particularly liked, due their rather generic designs and being both [[Com Mons]] and [[Goddamned Bats]].
** [[Rescued
** Mr. Mime, Jynx, Probopass and Garbodor are all generally hated by the fandom because of their rather disturbing and unorthodox designs, compounded with the fact that they're useless in competitive play. Despite fans considering Conkeldurr and the Kami trio to be similarly ugly, they get off more lightly because they happen to be [[Awesome Yet Practical]].
*** Ambipom, despite being similarly useful in competitive play, has no such luck, due to being a [[Gone Horribly Wrong|horridly failed attempt]] at [[Ugly Cute]] - it's probably one of the [[Gonk|Gonkiest]] designs in the franchise, especially because of its [[Freud Was Right|disturbingly phallic fingers]].
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*** Also, not everyone can even access them - for example, if you use WPA (and have no idea how to/are not allowed to change this), you're out of luck, since DS Wi-Fi only accepts WEP. Your only hope is to visit a friend that has it.
** Poison draining a Pokémon's HP on the field. Nerfed in Generation IV, where it can't actually faint a Pokémon, only leave them at one HP, and removed entirely in Generation V.
* [[Sidetracked
** [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-040510.php The Game Corners].
** Pokémon Contests and the Pokéathlon have this effect as well. Since both pull different kinds of stats from the Pokémon and have different methods of gameplay than the usual battle, you can easily find yourself partaking in them for hours once you get the hang of it.
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*** Despite resembling eggs, they are more characteristic of plant seeds or coconuts, but still.
* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: Some [[Tournament Play|competitive players]] mock people who play with their favorite monsters and insist that the series [[Serious Business|isn't for kids.]]
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: Each new generation of games adds many new features and otherwise fixes design flaws.
* [[That One Attack]]: Bullet Punch and U-Turn for Scizor.
** Volt Switch from Rotom-W, which is usualy combined with Scizor's U-Turn.
** Stealth Rock. A move so good that it defines the entire metagame of fourth generation.
** Gen IV buffed Dragon-type moves: Outrage was boosted from 90 base power to 120, and from a Special attack to Physical. Draco Meteor, a new addition, was nearly unresistable move that deals massive damage. [[Hope Spot|it drops the attacker's special attack by two stage]] but it can switch, anyway. It can be learned by every Dragon-type, and is partially the reason why Latios, Latias, and Salamence were claimed broken.
* [[That One Boss]]: The legendary 'mons and several gym leaders.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: You won't be too hard pressed to find people who stubbornly claim that [[Fanon Discontinuity|there are only 151 Pokémon]], or that Gold and Silver was the only good sequel. There aren't quite so many people who claim that the third generation was the last good generation, but it might be because they were able to transfer their Mon from one game to the other, something Gold and Silver couldn't do with Ruby and Sapphire.
* [[Tier
** Blissey stops pretty much any special-based attacker from doing its job, and is quite omnipresent.
** Poor, poor Flareon.
** Garchomp is scrappy enough to get him banned in two generation in a row, due to its stats, typing, and evasion ability.
** On low-high tier ends(yes you read it right, low-high tier) theres Electivire and Umbreon back in gen 4. Both are claimed to be too weak in OU yet Noobs used them so much that it become OU where they cant compete. Especialy the former thanks to [[Hype Backlash]](Electivire is a good pokemon on its own right with good stats and coverage, and ability that make it a good partner to Gyarados, much like Jolteon making it seems to be a huge threat. Unfortunately, Super Effective is not same as a KO. And Electivire lacks a powerful STAB move and unlike Gyarados, lacks good stats buffing move as well, combined with fragility means it cant set up anyway). It was so bad that one generation after that, the case is still commonly brought up amongst competitive player.
===U-Z===
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Mr.Mime, Jynx, etc.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Oh boy. You wouldn't ''believe'' the amount of controversy Jynx sparked in the U.S. Let's just say that's the reason why she has a purple and not a black face today.
** [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4d_379.png Registeel's DP sprite] looks like he's ''literally'' [[Putting
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: Although often thought of as male (mostly because of its telepathic voice in the anime and in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee''), Mewtwo is officially "genderless" ([[You Keep Using That Word|which means "doesn't have a sex" in Pokémon terms]]). This applies to most legendaries as well (even the ''very'' female-looking Meloetta).
** For the most part, this only affects a couple of abilities and attacks (most dealing with infatuation), along with breeding purposes. Perhaps mons like Mewtwo simply aren't impressed by love?
** Mew. Like Mewtwo. While it doesn't speak, its cute, pink design and the fact that it is referred to as "giving birth" is enough (completely reasonably) to cause a large number of fans to think of it as female. (A small number of fans also think of it as male due to the masculinity of its clone and also due to its [[Koichi Yamadera|voice actor]].)
** Chikorita. The most feminine-looking of the starters, but they have the standard gender ratio of seven males to one female.
** Like Mewtwo, genderless Darkrai is often referred to as male because of its telepathic voice in the anime, and because its counterpart Cresselia is female. Even the [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Darkrai_(movie_10) dubbers of the 10th movie] were not immune, although [[Knight of Cerebus|Darkrai]] is clearly labeled as male (along with other legendaries) in the ''[[
** Despite the fact that some legendaries have genders (and can be female), Meloetta, the most feminine-looking Legendary ''of all time'', is genderless like most other legendaries.
** Despite their names, Slowbro, Kingler, Goldeen, Seaking, and Mr. Mime can be of either sex, but since they were introduced before the introduction of gender mechanics, it can't really be helped. Slowking, Kingdra, and Slaking, however, were introduced alongside or after gender mechanics. Though Slaking was saved - at least somewhat so - for those who recognised the pun behind the name.
*** Some of those can be blamed on [[Dub
** Eevee is often referred to as a girl, at least partially due to its name, as is anything it evolves into, despite seven-eighths of them being male. Glaceon is particularly feminine in appearance.
** Reshiram and Zekrom are genderless, but both of them have masculine voices in the anime, which undoubtedly means they'll be referred to (and thought of) as male. Adding to this confusion, both of them are also thought of as female on occasion; Reshiram has a feminine design according to [[Word of God]], while Zekrom has wide hips and "cleavage" and also represents ''yin'', which is feminine in mythology (although the latter is being mitigated by Game Freak attempting to [[Rated "M" for Manly|show that Zekrom is the manliest Pokémon ever]]).
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** Team Rocket is based off of the Yakuza in the Japanese version. In the other versions, they are based off of the more locally recognizable Italian Mafia stereotype, even down to the boss being named "Giovanni".
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