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The first of the Johto starters, Chikorita and its evolutions are plant dinosaurs with a pure-Grass typing. Despite being at a distinct disadvantage compared to the other starters when going against the gyms in their debut game, their adorable looks still keep them a popular pick.
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Bay leaves are bitter, but Bayleef's necklace herbs are consistently described as spicy.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]
** [[Stock Dinosaurs]]
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* [[Stone Wall]]
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Female Meganium have shorter antennae than males.
* [[Turns Red]]: Overgrow boosts Grass-type attacks when health becomes low.
=== Cyndaquil, Quilava, and Typhlosion (Hinoarashi, Magmarashi and Bakphoon) ===
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** Eruption as well since its line and Camurupt are the only non-Legendary Pokémon to learn it by level.
** They were also most commonly associated with Flame Wheel at first, being one of only two lines to learn it (the other being Growlithe). These days not so much, as just about every Fire line with respectable speed can learn it now.
* [[Turns Red]]: Blaze boosts Fire-type attacks when health becomes low.
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Quilava and Typhlosion.
* [[Wicked Weasel]] / [[Weasel Mascot]]: Both Quilava and Typhlosion are fire-breathing ''badgers''.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Feraligatr's name in French is "Aligatueur", which roughly translates to "Killagator".
** [[Awesome McCoolname]]: And its (much more easily understood) German name is "[[Punny Name|Impergator]]".
* [[Never Smile At a Crocodile]]
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Feraligatr is one of the most useful of the Johto starters, but it is, all in all, an inferior Gyarados.
** They ''do'' get Aqua Jet by breeding, which [[Lightning Bruiser|makes them scary first-strikers with decent physical stats]], and also doesn't have as big of a weakness to Electric-type attacks as Gyarados.
*** In fact, now that Feraligatr has Sheer Force as a Dream World ability, this may well be averted (it will finally be able to distinguish itself better from Gyarados).
* [[Signature Move]]: Yup, Water starter, they get Water Pledge and Hydro Cannon.
* [[Turns Red]]: Torrent boosts Water-type attacks when health becomes low.
* [[Took A Levelof Badass]]: Sheer Force and back on gen 4 its acess to Physical Waterfall and Dragon Dance.
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A pair of owls. In Generation II, they take on the role as [[Com Mons]] during the night, but are nowhere to be seen during the day. Hoothoot is designed with a obvious clock theme and does in fact--appearing otherwise--have two feet. Upon evolving to Noctowl, it takes on a appearance more akin to a "normal" owl. They are often considered to be expies of Spearow and Fearow, since the Pidgey evolution line reprises its role in Generation II.
* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Noctowl as stated in the Pokédex in the ''Silver'' Version.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Blow You Away]]
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Two Ladybug Pokémon, they are both known as Five Star Pokémon due to the five marks on their backs, but chances are that neither would get a five-star rating on their combat abilities. Ledian, however, does use Starlight as energy. It was exclusive to ''Silver'' and its remake, and even then it's only found in the mornings.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* [[Blow You Away]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Ledian.
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* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Has good defenses and excellent Special Attack, but subpar Speed.
* [[No Sell]]: Ghost moves for all three, Togetic and Togekiss ignore Ground moves as well.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: In this world, they're birds that spread joy and harmony.
* [[Stationary Wings]]: The ''Silver''/''SoulSilver'' Pokédex confirmed that Togetic has these.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Togetic was yet another of Johto's bad Pokémon. Then it evolved, and became something with a stat total higher than things like Snorlax or Blissey. And the ability to learn incredibly powerful attacks with status effects which, when combined with the right ability (Serene Grace, if you're wondering), make it incredibly annoying for its enemies. The catch? The aforementioned moves can only be learned by ''re-learning'' them, and in order to do that, you need Heart Scales, which, while not rare, are still annoyingly uncommon outside of the Sinnoh Underground.
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<small>''Yanmega debuts in Gen IV''</small>
Yanma is a Dragonfly Pokémon that can evolve into Yanmega if it knows AncientPower. They can both send shockwaves out when flapping their wings, although Yanmega's are by far more destructive than Yanma's, capable of causing internal damage to its opponents. Yanmega can also carry adult humans while flying. Despite being a powerhouse in story and certainly having the stats to reinforce it, Yanmega suffers from having an [[Achilles' Heel]] against Rock.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Yanmega is seriously powerful, but its severe weakness to Rock makes it lose 50% of its health at the instant it enters the arena if Stealth Rock is up - and in the standard metagame, Stealth Rock ''will'' be set up sooner or later, if not at the very beginning of a match. As a result, if anyone dares use Yanmega around tournament players, it will be [[Non-Lethal KO|rendered unconscious]] very, ''very'' quickly.
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* [[Slippery Soap]]: Their skin works like this.
* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: Quaqsire gets a fair amount of use in ubers for its ability to counter Kyogre fairly easily.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: A fairly solid UU wall for its single weakness, good defensive typing, dual immunities, and access to Recover, a move Swampert lacks. In Gen V, however, Quagsire's Unaware ability lets it ignore stat buffs, making it arguably more popular than Swampert for the ability to [[No Sell]] boosted attacks.
=== Murkrow and Honchkrow (Yamikarasu and Donkarasu) ===
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* [[Blow You Away]]
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Although Honchkrow mixes it somewhat with [[Mighty Glacier]]. Fans did ''not'' like the speed drop.
* [[Gradual Grinder]]: Murkrow, as of Gen V.
* [[The Mafia]]: Honchrow especially evokes images of this. (Seriously, it's either a Mafia don or [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4p_430_s.png a pimp].)
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[No Sell]]: Psychic and Ground moves.
* [[Pimp Duds]]: Shiny Honchkrow are pink instead of dark blue, which, when combined with the "hat" and the tuft of white feathers on the chest, lead to the name [[Fan Nickname|Pimpkrow]].
** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Its overall look and the fact that Honchkrow orders Murkrow (who look like "[[Witch with a Capital B|witches]]") around to do its bidding and takes a large cut of what they've found does nothing to disprove the fact that Honchkrow is based on a pimp.
* [[Ravens and Crows]]
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You would expect that a Pokémon based on the alphabet would be terribly weak, wouldn't you? And you would be correct.
Unown are terribly weak, with horrendous stats and only one single weak move available. However, in large numbers, they become incredibly powerful [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch]] [[Reality Warper|Reality Warpers]]. Although there are 28 variations, you only need to catch one to fill your Pokédex. There is usually some collector guy who wants you to "Catch Them All", with the reward varying by game.
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During Generation IV, a connection between them and [[Pokémon/Characters/Generation IV Families|Arceus]] was heavily implied. The radio signal they emit is seemingly similar to the Azure Flute's melody, and during the Sinjoh Ruins event they're shown to swarm around Arceus as it begins to create a new Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina.
* [[Confusion Fu]]: In a weird sense, the absolute ''only'' thing it has going for it battle-wise, as it's impossible for opponents to know what attack type Hidden Power will be until it's used. However, since most other Pokemon can learn Hidden Power as well, that's still not much.
* [[Cypher Language]]/[[Wingdinglish]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Reality-warping [[Hive Mind]] from [[Another Dimension]]...yeah. The fact that [[God|Arceus]] uses them to create a new [[Physical God|Dialga, Palkia or Giratina]] just adds to this.
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* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: On their tails. Wobbuffet are said to be very protective of them.
** It's implied that the tail is the actual creature and the punching bag is a defensive body.
* [[Joke Character]]: Wobbuffet was one of these at first, before it had Encore and [[You Will Not Evade Me|Shadow Tag]].
** [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Used right, he can punch out gods. Outright banned from official tournaments as well.
* [[Metal Slime]]: While in the games, it's an arguable case with Wynaut (being found only on one elusive island), the anime plays it straight, as Wynaut manage to avoid being seen by most eyes.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Not because of its stats, its because of its (very) odd appearance.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Its stats are nothing to write home about, and it has no evolutions. What it DOES have is a great movepool and access to the normally Legendary-exclusive Serene Grace. This little snake can para-flinch Mewtwo to death if you're lucky!
* [[Metal Slime]]: 1% encounter rate outside of swarms. Made worse in Generation IV, where swarms never occur until you've beaten the Elite Four.
** Fortunately in HG/SS, they're quite easy to find in the Dark Cave if you've got Rock Smash.
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* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: It is, in very specialized situations likely to never happen in actual gameplay, capable of doing the highest amount of damage possible for any Pokémon- a hypothetical amount capping at around ''213 million.''
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Gen IV has Shuckle naturally learn Power Trick, which switches its attack and defense stats. Doing this gives it by far the highest attack stats of any Pokémon. [[Who's Laughing Now?]]
** Everyone else, since its still slow as hell.
** This also means that you can now kill it [[Glass Cannon|just by looking at it funny.]]
* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: Can still learn moves that need super-strength (ex.: Rock Smash) despite being described as having weak and limp muscles.
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* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Its fondness for tree sap.
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: It had trouble distinguishing itself in Generation IV, but gaining Moxie in Generation V allows it to now boost its formidable attack stat with every KO. Given that its Bug and Fighting STABs are strongly anti-metagame, Heracross is seeing some popularity as a scarfed sweeper that grows stronger every time it gets a kill.
** Ironically, Heracross is considered a huge threat during its debut generation and third generation, some actualy Banned it during third gen and for logical reason. It took a level in Badass with the addition of Close Combat and Choice Scarf to the arsenal. However, the metagame around it simply isn't kind to Heracross leading to its downfall.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]
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* [[Glass Cannon]]: Pretty high Attack and Speed, but pitiful defenses compounded by their double weakness to Fighting, a very common type.
** [[For Massive Damage]]: As already mentioned, Fighting moves.
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Pickpocket lets them steal enemy items if they make contact; too bad this forces Weavile to go into battle with no item of its own, and nearly any contact move will just KO it.
* [[Signature Move]]: [[Gondor Calls for Aid|Beat]] [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|Up]], despite being able to be bred into other Pokémon.
** [[Good Bad Bugs]]: Said move was the key in exploiting a bug in the second gen games that would yield a Celebi.
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** [[Full Boar Action]]: Piloswine
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Swinub
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Piloswine is slow but strong, although it can use its Ice Shard to get the jump on unsuspecting opponents.
** [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Mamoswine's base speed is 80, which is quite fast (same as its physical defense)
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Mamoswine is half boar, half woolly mammoth.
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* [[Confusion Fu]]: Due to the above, Octillery has a surprisingly wide movepool. The only types it can't learn a move for are Ghost, Dragon, Flying and Fighting. If you want to raise your Octillery in a Gen IV game and tutor it Bounce, you can cross Flying off the list too.
* [[Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods]]: Octillery is... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|well, guess]]. Averted with Remoraid.
* [[An Ice Person|An Ice Pokémon]]: Despite being pure water-types, Octillery and Remoraid can naturally learn Ice Beam and Aurora Beam.
* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Respectable Attack and Special Attack and a versatile moveset, pathetic Speed. Has a touch of [[Glass Cannon]] too since its defenses aren't impressive either.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Interestingly, Remoraid and Octillery can learn Flamethrower and Fire Blast.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Both Remoraid and Octillery can learn Psybeam and Psychic.
* [[Required Party Member]]: For Mantyke to evolve, it needs to level-up while a Remoraid is in the party.
* [[Signature Move]]: Octazooka, which is exclusive to Octillery via leveling up.
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* [[For Massive Damage]]: You need rock-type attacks.
** [[Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]: When Generation IV had every last person with knowledge of the metagame near obsessed with the move Stealth Rock. Though considering how useless it was considered already, it wasn't hurt much.
* [[Joke Character]]: Yeah, he's down there with Luvdisc.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Its Dream World Ability is Insomnia, which prevents Sleep - Delibird already had the Vital Spirit ability, [[Department of Redundancy Department|which does the exact same thing]].
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* [[Animal Talk]]: Subverted. They communicate using barks other Pokemon species and humans can't understand.
* [[Achey Scars]]: The pain from the burns this Pokemon inflicts never goes away. [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|Supposedly.]]
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: They choose their leader by fighting among themselves.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Can learn Dark Pulse, which goes great with its special attack.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Like real wolves, they tend to get portrayed in a positive light.
* [[Evil Smells Bad]]: The fire is caused by toxins burning in its body. Unsurprisingly, because of this, the flame smells terrible.
* [[Glass Cannon]]
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Long ago, people imagined its eerie howls to be the call of the Grim Reaper.
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* [[Everything's Better with Cows]]: Or not, if it's owned by [[That One Boss|Whitney]].
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Similar to Tauros, only slighty slower and weaker, but with more bulk. And also has trouble with Skarmory.
* [[One-Gender Race]]: Female only.
* [[Signature Move]]: [[Power-Up Food|Milk Drink]], which allows herself and other Pokémon to recover health.
=== Raikou, Entei, and Suicune ===
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The second Legendary Trio, and easily one of the most popular. This trio is based on mythical beasts with characteristics of felines and canines, and their elements correspond to the circumstances of the incident of <s>Brass</s> Burned Tower that took away their previous lives. Raikou is a saber-toothed cat [[Youkai|raiju]], representing the lightning that struck the tower, Entei is a either a Chinese guardian lion or a chow, embodiment of the fire that brought the tower down, and Suicune is a cheetah- or wolf-like qilin which corresponds to the rain that quenched the fire. They are the first of many, ''many'' Pokémon that will flee on sight, which is ''really'' annoying. Special measures must be taken to ensure their capture.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Suicune, as the mascot of ''Crystal''.
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** [[Jack of All Stats]]: Entei, although it wasn't very useful until it got Flare Blitz and ExtremeSpeed.
** [[Stone Wall]]: Suicune
* [[Leitmotif]]: [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Their battle theme]], introduced in ''Crystal''. And in ''HGSS'' we even get a unique remix for each Beast.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Theme Naming]]: The first syllables of their names are the kanji for thunder, fire, and water, respectively.
* [[Metal Slime]]: [[Scrappy Mechanic|Wild Raikou fled! Wild Entei used Roar! Wild Suicune broke free!]]
** [[The Corruption]]: You want one the easy way? [[Pokémon Colosseum|I hope you brought your Snag Machine.]]
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A small green reptile-thing with a bird-like tail, which then builds a cocoon around itself and emerges as a huge, vaguely [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]-ish (or [[Godzilla]]-ish) dinosaur. Its very high attack power, natural bulk and [[Weather Control Machine|its ability to summon sandstorms]] makes it quite useful in battles. Similar to the Dratini line in that it is hard to find and capture, but when fully evolved is [[Magikarp Power|one of the most powerful non-legendary Pokémon in the game]].
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]/[[Jerkass]]: Tyranitar is described as an uncaring and insolent Pokémon that destroys entire landscapes if enraged (and even [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|just to build its nest]]). Don't forget that it is, after all, a Dark-type based on a vicious predatory dinosaur. However, in some forms of canon, [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|there are also]] [[Papa Wolf|accounts of them]] [[Mama Bear|being very protective towards their young]].
** [[Evil Is Cool]]
* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' has shaking grass on Route 15. Wild Tyranitar Appeared!
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=== Lugia and Ho-Oh ===
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Generation II's mascots. They are based on the mythical Japanese rivalry between the dragon and the phoenix. Lugia is a white draconic bird with blue features and handlike wings. Ho-Oh is a phoenix whose feathers are the seven colors of the rainbow.
* [[All Flyers Are Birds]]: Inverted with Lugia. It's supposed to be some sort of bird monster, but it more closely resembles (and is partially based off of) a dragon. It also doesn't act very-bird like considering it prefers to sleep in underwater caves rather than nesting somewhere on land (It did used to perch on the Brass Tower, until it accidentally destroyed it with a storm).
* [[Blow You Away]]: Both are Flying-types and learn Whirlwind, but Lugia's Aeroblast is ''definitely'' worth mentioning.
** [[The Corruption]]: Shadow Blast, a Shadow-type variant of Aeroblast, sharing its pure counterpart's high [[Critical Hit]] ratio as well. Oh, and the Shadow-type is [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|super effective against]] ''everything''.
* [[Code Name]]: "Pokémon X" for Lugia; "XD001" for the Shadow Lugia featured in ''[[Pokémon XD]]''.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Literally]], both of them: Lugia in the second movie ''[[Pokémon: The Movie 2000|Pokémon 2000]]'', and Ho-Oh in the ''first episode'' of the anime series.
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* [[No Biological Sex]]: Though an explicitly female one (Which is shiny and pink) appears in the second set of Mystery Dungeon games (Though still genderless for the purpose of Attract), adding further fuel to the "sex unknown, not non-existent" interpretation for legendaries.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Purposefully Overpowered]]: Like Mew and future event Pokémon, restricted in the Battle tower, cups in 3D fighters, official tournaments, and random Wifi.
* [[Time Travel]]
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]
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