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Rules

Pokémon General Rules

Sheep, Jul 2016: POKÉMON GENERAL R U L E S What is this forum about?Welcome to Pokémon General, otherwise referred to as PGen or PG. This section is a catch-all for topics that aren't restricted to any of the other sections alone. If your Pokémon-related...
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🎀 Merchandise

Merchandise Exhibit!

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ReKoil, Nov 3: Some Halloween foxes =3 An Absol & Banette plush: Santa Delibirb plush <3 A Pair of oinkers!
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Favorite Pokemon

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Alex_Among_Foxes, Feb 12: Absol's been my favorite Pokemon since my Nuzlocke of X, I went through most of that run with her as my lead 'mon and was never let down. I liked her so much that I named my dog after her as well. (my Absol's nickname that is lol)
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Last Pokémon-related purchase you made

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Sheep, Mar 25: Some cute merchandise from the Pokémon Center Osaka DX store! New merchandise line is out and we decided to try for some of the random keychain packs. They all look cute. <3
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Daily

Daily Article Series: Glaceon Edition

bobandbill, May 12: Pokémon of the Month: Daily Article Series Glaceon Edition At the start of Daily's launch, we had tried out a series of articles involving Eevee. Articles included nickname suggestions for Eevee (and ratings too), how you should care for Eevee,...
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Media

My YouTube

colours, Mar 2021: hi! just want to let you know that advertising isn't allowed here on the pokecommunity. if you'd like, you can drop the youtube link in your signature. c:
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Post your random Pokemon facts

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PageEmp, Mar 2021: True that, and they changed it in I believe gen6 so that it can stay the same gender upon evolveing. Also: Sacred fire is a physical attack. Apparantly many people still thought it was a special attack. I also don’t get how it is physical, maybe...
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Interesting Lore

ninestarryskies, Mar 2021: I have a theory about this! Much like humans in our world are ascended from common ancestors with certain animals, I think humans in the Pokemon world used to be Pokemon too! There's already a humanlike egg group to support this thought, but i...
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Most underrated Pokémon?

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pkmin3033, Mar 2021: Alomomola. Everyone loves to hate on Luvdisc, but everyone forgets about Alomomola because it isn't Luvdisc's evo like it should be. But it's a PINK SUNFISH. Sunfish are amazing.
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What Pokémon would you hold in your arms/on your shoulder?

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Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Mar 2021: hmm, it would have to be something really light and also comfortable, so I'd think a swablu to keep me warm and maybe block the sun. and then some cool pokemon to keep me cool. but then again an ice type might not do well in the heat so maybe that...
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On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with Pokémon right now?

Devalue, Mar 2021: 4/10. Designed the main storyline for new players. Worries about them quitting halfway through due to a roadblock. Weakens the experience for veteran players, however. Prefers more in-game challenges over self-imposed ones. Complains a bit...
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Manga

Honest reviews on Pokemon Adventures

Sheep, Mar 2021: I never went past the beginning of the Gold saga, and reading this honestly makes me want to catch up. The original saga with Red and co was great - I got addicted and binged it pretty quickly. Plus we had Yellow who I loved. <3 Not sure why I got...
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Detective Pikachu

Questions about Howard Clifford's Arrest and Defeat in the End of Detective Pikachu, the Movie

Thomas Wiencek, Mar 2021: What's up, guys. Today I'm going to be asking you a few questions about Howard Clifford's arrest and defeat as the actual bad guy by the Ryme City Police Department Officers for all his evildoing crimes at the end of Detective Pikachu, the movie....
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Is there anything you'd change about certain Pokémon?

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Squirtlenator, Mar 2021: make Huntail water/dark and 100% male make Gorebyss water/psychic and 100% female give the Totodile line strong jaw as an ability give shell armour to Squirtle and Wartotle and give Mega Launcher to regular Blastoise give Mewtwo the Berserk...
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PokeFans Grotto: Who do you LOVE!!!

Squirtlenator, Mar 2021: https://www.bing.com/th/id/OGC.baf4caeb84778eca8907f9ddcecb862f?pid=1.7&rurl=https%3a%2f%2f38.media.tumblr.com%2f4ce496c0f612e4471f9e972b1589cfc7%2ftumblr_mz1wc0pQqo1tp9ck7o1_500.gif&ehk=0RIESrQpJI93UG8MibF15sNxC91smwzmuYusap6tjNw%3d
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Your top 3 favorite Pokémon of each type (without repeats)

Cubeth, Mar 2021: I suppose this would be the current order for them. Maybe not, tho this whole thing be changing nearly all the time.
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Media

The best Pokemon gifs

Squirtlenator, Apr 2021: https://media.giphy.com/media/duFhrQ49IPoHK/giphy.gif
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Bad news everybody.

colours, Apr 2021: hi there! that's unfortunate re: your channel being terminated. :c however, this doesn't really seem like it's discussing any one thing in particular. if you have your channel back, you're free to advertise it in your signature, but i'm going to...
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What Pokemon do you think should evolve?

pokemon fan person, Apr 2021: mega mightyena would also be awesome
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Pokemon who make you happy?

Saиdmaи, Apr 2021: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur. I never lost any interest in its design. Never got tired of it! I'm actually trying to collect all the valuable trading cards of that evolutionary chain.
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Pokémon you like more than their evolved forms?

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Bellsprout, Apr 2021: off the top of my head whismur, tepig, staryu, ivysaur, wartortle, mudkip, rhydon, and quilava.
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How much do you know about each aspect of Pokémon?

Bellsprout, Apr 2021: My strongest area would be the games because that's the only aspect of Pokemon I've continued with since early middle school. I'm pretty solid on gens 1-4, anything past that starts to get hazy. I only watched the anime up to the end of the orange...
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Media

Rate Every Pokémon - A daily bitesized review podcast!

SammyBloo, Apr 2021: Hey y'all, A friend and I are making a daily review podcast called Rate Every Pokémon. We give each Pokémon a rating out of 10, and mix in fun facts and hot takes along the way. Episodes are ~3 minutes long, with an irreverant tone. We're also...
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Article

Arceus - Our One True Lord and Saviour

bobandbill, Apr 2021: We were busy prepping for this! (But also, we had an article in March anyway, and several in feb - not been that big a break. :<) This is an excellent response, haha. Article worthy in itself tbh!
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Controversial pokemon opinions

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punishedfelix, Apr 2021: Pokemon should have ended after gen 2. And then after gen 4. I mean, I like gen 5 but the later games just don't stick with me. I think people really forget what the first pokemon games were like to experience when they came out. I think there's...
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Media

Opinions on Pokemon Survey

Devalue, Apr 2021: Completed it. Why are you distributing this survey? For fun? For a project?
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Poll

Top 10 Most/Least Popular Pokémon Survey Polls

Thomas Wiencek, Apr 2021: Hello, I'm just wanting to know if you can please go ahead and select these these here to fill out my survey polls which top ten Pokémon by their evolution families you like the best or dislike the worst? Please let me know, thanks. Survey poll...
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Theory

MissingNo. and the Creatures in the Cracks

Mercurybro, Apr 2021: This is a captivating deep-dive into the impact of some of the very quirky features in the first generation of Pokémon games, and a must-read for anyone interested in rom hacking. I hope to read it a few more times.
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Pokémon become real but...

pokemon fan person, Apr 2021: maybe some pokemon can be real but definitely NOT their evolutions
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Now it’s time to discuss...

colours, Apr 2021: im with brendan in that draconite seems like the best sounding one, however im doubtful that's what pokemon game devs would probably go with lol....
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Article

The Truth Behind Arceus

pokemon fan person, Apr 2021: wow, good article!
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If we got an entire generation where all the non-starter creatures were based off inanimate objects...

Bellsprout, Apr 2021: I think a mix is better only because I find there's a greater risk of really bad designs going down that route.
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The place you live in exists in the Pokémon world now

Sheep, Apr 2021: Currently living in Cape Town/western South Africa, so... Wingull Pachirisu Treecko Sizzlipede Pidove Ducklett Deerling Pyroar
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🎀 Merchandise

Pokemon Clothing Collab 25th Anniversary out now with Criminal Damage, London

Sunny Aytan, May 2021: Hey Fellow Poke Community, there is a new Pokemon collab out now by Criminal Damage. It is an official Pokemon collab. Does anyone know if there is a discount code? I downloaded their lookbook from their thread. The website is...
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Pokemon nature logic

Palamon, May 2021: Adamant Chansey, because Chansey has like 5 attack and is also a kind and gentle mom Pokemon... I literally cannot imagine her to be angry, ever. I can't think of anything else, though.
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🎀 Merchandise

New Grassy Gardening plush set

colours, May 2021: you know, i haven't been super huge on snivy but it looks adorable here ;_; and rowlet, too!!
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Started by Sheep

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Pokemon Battle Stop Motion

pokemon fan person, May 2021: sorry that this is a month late but you should put the links of those videos in your signature. a signature is a part under every post you make, like that thing under this post that says: “VPP: tapu bulu”.
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if you had a pokedex entry, what would it be?

ReKoil, May 2021: ReKoil Type: Ice/Fairy Ability: Ice Body Hidden Ability: Ice Scales Species: Returning Pokémon Pokédex Entry: A solitary pokemon. Seldom seen outside of the cave it calls home. It is apparently quite generous to the kindhearted, while...
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There were a few things about Emerald that i didnt like compared to the original RS

faf, May 2021: Locking this since you have reposted this in the correct section~
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Media

'Electric' by Katy Perry

Sheep, May 2021: ojpTpT5i-PI Katty Perry's new song titled Electric, costarring Pokémon, is now out! What do you guys think of it?
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Event

PokeCommunity's Top 50 Favourite Pokemon!

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Devalue, May 2021: Is not surprised by Garchomp. Fared well in other polls. Mentioned a Google and Reddit poll earlier. Grabbed information from both. Notes: - Google Rank: From the 2020 Google poll. Voted once per generation. (Skews the results when...
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🎀 Merchandise

how would you feel about having your own plush dragapult alongside FIFTY dreepy?

Palamon, May 2021: I don't have space for that many Dreepy plush, but I'm sure someone does. But that begs the question, why did Tomy do this? This is a very odd choice for merchandise...
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Worst pokemon species names

Sheep, May 2021: Dwebble being referred to as the 'Rock Inn Pokémon' and Crustle as the 'Stone Home Pokémon' is so strange to me considering how open they are to calling many other Pokémon as animals outright (chinchilla, mouse, bird, turtle, etc).
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Uncommon Favorite Pokemon

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Sheep, May 2021: Yeah, that's one way to look at the difficulty. Pretty much anything is viable. :D Though I admit, my fully unevolved run with some favorites (like Fennekin) was very hard even by the second gym, so that would've required a lot of grinding aha.
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How are single-gender pokemon determined?

Sheep, May 2021: Honestly, I do feel like the staff have reasons for which Pokémon can only be a set gender, even if some of them are hard to figure out. I found this comment on Reddit when researching: Not something I’d have thought of myself. The reasons...
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Why Rhydon Can Learn Surf.

colours, May 2021: this is over seven years old @[email protected] this
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Favorite electric rodent?

Poll
NikolaP, May 2021: Plusle and Minun for me, followed closely by Pachirisu! I remember drawing my own versions of multiplication and division-themed Minun/Plusle relatives when I was young (I'm sure I was less than 10). They had × and ÷ on their cheeks and tails and I...
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2021 Pokémon goals

Figure, May 2021: I have hit most of my shiny goals since it is super easy to get shinies now but I do have one goal I really want to hit! I want to beat Pokemon Platinum, I have never beaten a Sinnoh game. The furthest I have gotten is Fantina because the game just...
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Started by Sheep

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Creatures you barely remember exist

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Megan, Jun 2021: The Spearow line, Gulpin line, Glameow line, Purrloin line, Tympole line, Grubbin line and a bunch of gen 8 mons. This is more of a case of me never using them which is why they all went under my radar until I looked them up.
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*tweets about the shiny I caught*

Megan, Jun 2021: When I still used social media I didn't. Most of my Pokemon experiences I talk about I talk on PC. Here I can at least be sure that people are actually interested in that stuff. ^^"
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What type fossil Pokémon actually were in the past?

ReKoil, Jun 2021: I'd be tempted to say they gained Rock type due to being fossilized. Not really sure how their original typings would be for most, but Lileep/Cradily would definitely be water types instead of Rock. You can fish it up in Sw/Sh and in New Snap...
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Underrated Shinies

Neiratina, Jun 2021: I have a soft spot for teal-colored shinies! Like Koffing, Croagunk and Relicanth ;v; Also Ariados. I was gifted one once named "Candy Legs" and since then it's been one of my favorites.
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What do you call the Pokémon currency?

colours, Jun 2021: i could've sworn that one game had "poké" as an abbreviation for them, so i've been calling them that ever since.
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Your Gym type and Pokemon

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Neb, Jun 2021: I would be a ground type gym leader with a hiking trail themed gym! You’d have to switch from trail to trail in order to avoid gym trainers. If I was the seventh gym leader, my team would be something like this: - Runegrigrus, LV 37 - Camerupt,...
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What team would x character have?

H e a p., Jun 2021: I've seen this trend of "if (insert non-pokemon character here) is a Pokemon Trainer, what will xis team be?" Kind of a thing, and I don't want to remind this thread ever again. 😞
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