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Have you ever stopped your Pokemon from evolving in the video games?

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    The only Pokemon I've stopped from evolving is Chikorita but that was when I was playing Pokemon Silver. I always stopped Chikorita from evolving into Bayleef because I wanted Chikorita to become strong without evolving and Chikorita is my favorite Pokemon I don't care for Bayleef or Bayleef's evolved form.
     

    Euphoric Magikarp

    Magikarp ~<3
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    All the time, if I like it as it is I don't evolve it. Heck sometimes I keep my Caterpie a Caterpie because I hate Metapod and Butterfree.
     

    Shiori-Hikaru

    Classy Pumpkin Cutie
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    Really, the only pokemon I won't let evolve is my Haunter..
    Even though you hav to trade for it to evolve, still, I wouldn't ever let it.
    I just don't like Gengar anywhere near as much..
     

    Smarties-chan

    Should've had that name change
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    This seems more suitable for Pokémon General since this is about all Pokémon games and not just the Advance Generation ones.

    -Moved-
     

    Jacob.McCool

    Stratus-Faction
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    I always let my Pokemon evolve and if i don't i use an everstone
    like I've gave my metang one because i don't like the look of metagross
     

    Anti

    return of the king
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    Only Shroomish in Emerald so I could get my sexy Spore/Sub/HP Ghost/Focus Punch Breloom, still my proudest breeding achievement :)
     

    ErickaVolt

    Born to kill.
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    Yep. It was Piplup because I followed the Pokemon movie. But even though Prinplup or it's evolution is kinda... ugly [no offense Prinplup fans xD].
     

    Vie

    ...
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    I stopped lots of them, because they learn new attacks earlier. and some evolved pokemon are so damn ugly....
     

    Percy Thrillington

    The Mad Hatter
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    Nah, I've never stopped an evolution of any of my Pokémon. It was always my goal to get them to the last of their evolutionary line.
     
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    I know how to stop pokemon evolving if your game system is a Nintendo Gameboy. Just press B.
     

    Sydian

    fake your death.
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    I know how to stop pokemon evolving if your game system is a Nintendo Gameboy. Just press B.

    :|

    Anyway...I only stop my level 66 Dragonair from evolving, just because I really like Dragonair. It's pretty. :3
     
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    I know how to stop pokemon evolving if your game system is a Nintendo Gameboy. Just press B.

    Yes, and who doesn't know that?

    I stop Pokemon from evolving all the time. Once with two Shroomishes on a Ruby file, I evolved one early and kept the other unevolved so I'd eventually have a Mindpuncher and a Sporepuncher (I love both... Breloom rules either way). Quilava in Crystal. My Rhydon's been enevolved for a while, but that's because I can't trade it. I may not evolve it intentionally, though, since Rhyperior is kind of ugly... Does a Dragonair, and Eevee, and a Quilava on PMD count?

    Oh, and one time I kept a Torchic unevolved for a whole playthrough of Sapphire. I finally evolved it when it was somewhere around level 70 two levels in a row, after I'd transferred it to Colosseum. Now it's rotting away in my Diamond PC... >.<
     

    Rye29

    Oh what
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    Why yes, I have stopped my Torchic from evolving on my Ruby. I liked Torchic back then, so I didn't want it to evolve. Later on, I got it up to Lv. 100, but I lost my Ruby and it's lost forever.
     

    MetalMEB

    O_______O
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    I'll mostly do that for the sake of making them learn moves that their evos can't learn. But then of course, I'll evolve them after they learn that move. I only once stopped a Pokemon from evolving because I liked it the way it was -- Squirtle. But I DID evolve it eventually.
     
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    The only Pokemon I've stopped from evolving is Chikorita but that was when I was playing Pokemon Silver. I always stopped Chikorita from evolving into Bayleef because I wanted Chikorita to become strong without evolving and Chikorita is my favorite Pokemon I don't care for Bayleef or Bayleef's evolved form.

    A Chikorita Lover! Why have we not met before? Unfortunately, I cannot answer your Question because my Brother Controls the 2nd Generation. Unless that's Sufficient enough to be a no.

    :t152:
     

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    In Gold, I always kept Gastly from evolving. It was my childhood favorite.
     

    True Justice

    Shichibukai: Bartholomew Kuma
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    The only pokemon I can ever remember from evolving is Drifloon to get it to learn Ominous Wind at an earlier level so I could egg move it into a Castform.
     
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