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Pokémon General icon

Pokémon General

The home for theories, clubs, polls, and other discussions involving the Pokémon franchise that aren't covered in any of the other boards.

Section Staff: Devalue, Ninetales

Favorite Pokemon

(4 pages)

MVs.C Fan, Oct 3: Ah, my favorites Pokémon aren't a big number, but i want to give my opinion on this post: 1- Bisharp 2 - Garchomp 3 - Staraptor 4- Swampert (and all it's evolution line) 5 - Kirlia (i think i like more than it's final evolution Gardevoir) 6...

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Started by Pokepuffy

🎀 Merchandise

Merchandise Exhibit!

(6 pages)

Venonat in Space, Aug 7: Thanks. Filled out the form. Got one of those automated responses that is like....idk automated, but "something something will forward it to the merchandise team" so idk. Bookmarked the plush on the site. So once a day, I will check back. It's worth...

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Started by colours

Last Pokémon-related purchase you made

(4 pages)

ReKoil, Aug 7: Two Re-Ment Cool Piplup blind boxes. Was hoping to get the Swinub and Piplup one, but got these two: At least there wasn't a duplicate and the two sliding piplups is pretty fun =3 the stingy part is that the shop I got them from is now...

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Started by Sheep

Daily

Daily Article Series: Glaceon Edition

ReKoil, May 24: Idea #1: Probably a pretty basic idea, but how about an informative article of (major) appearances of Glaceon in the games and/or Anime? (or both) For example May's Glaceon in the Anime. Cynthia used a Glaceon there too apparently, though idk how...

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Started by bobandbill

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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Started by Sheep

Most underrated starter Pokemon

Alex_Among_Foxes, Oct 3: Me! Ga! Ni! Um! My big stupid land-locked Loch Ness Monster lookin' arse boy! I LOVE him! And I truly feel like it's a tragically under loved Pokemon.

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Started by PageEmp

Animals that you’d like to see become Pokemon

Adam Levine, Oct 3: I don't know why, but I've specifically been wanting a snow macaque Pokémon for a while now. Munkidori is about the closest we've gotten to one so far, and while I quite like Munkidori because it's funny, it's not quite a "snow" macaque. I think...

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Started by PageEmp

Best starter thread: what are your preferences for each generation?

Alex_Among_Foxes, Oct 3: I'm not sure why, but I feel like I've done something like this before... *shrugs* Whatever, my list: Gen 1. Fire 1, Water 2, Grass 3. Gen 2. Grass 1, Water 2, Fire 3. Gen 3. Water 1, Fire 2, Grass 3. (don' t really like any of them much, but...

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Started by PageEmp

pokemon cards

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Started by zimmermanson

Which IRL place do you think will inspire the Gen 10 region?

Sheep, Oct 3: Oh man, yes please, Australia. Not only because I live here now but also because there is so much diverse wildlife. It would be absolutely perfect.

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Started by CoolKid575

Your positive series opinions

Squirtkipfan01, Oct 2: 1. The new QOL stuff in the newer games are great! 2. Still capable of making pokemon to get super attached to(looking at you ogerpon) 3. Its corny, but i just love the world of pokemon!

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Started by Sheep

What makes you like your Favorite type?

PageEmp, Oct 2: Electric - Many of the mons of that type have great designs or concepts, are really good in battle, and it’s nice to have only one weakness, even if I do think there should be at least one more. Water - My first choice for a starter. I also like...

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Started by Lavender

Do you prefer single or dual-type starters?

PageEmp, Oct 2: No preference for me. I’m fine with single typed starters if there doesn’t seem to be any possible sub typing fitting enough. And at least for say, the Water starters, it’s cool to have only two weaknesses.

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Started by Sheep

Four Stage Pokemon

Squirtkipfan01, Oct 1: They had that and its name was mega evolution. Which they dropped after 2 games(no i dont count the slapdashed inclusions from sun and moon). And even if they did they would give it to pokemon who dont need it like charizard. I guess in short; yeah...

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Started by Devalue

Ask Lot (My Mew poke-sona) - i'm a pikachu-sona now

(12 pages)

popplio25, Sep 29: ''thankyou... i hope I do :< ''

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Started by popplio25

What are some Pokémon that would terrify you if they existed in the real world?

bent1l, Sep 25: I thought there was some part in canon where they clarify that drifloons don't have the strength to lift anyone off of the ground. like they're trying to, but kids end up running around with them thinking they're being playful. maybe I made that one...

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Started by Sweet Serenity

What's your job guys

bent1l, Sep 25: personally I work in an aquarium. don't get excited- I don't get to hang out with the animals. but pokemon definitely had an influence on my career path.

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Started by OfficerJennyWasHere_

What Are Your Pokemon Hot Takes?

(2 pages)

PageEmp, Sep 25: It’s fine if someone doesn’t like inanimate objects mons or any type of mons based on a certain theme or whatnot, but please do not be like “this mon is unusable because it’s an item with eyes”. Don’t immediately claim a mon is immediately worthless...

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Started by ForsetiMaster06

Pokémon that are better unevolved

faf, Sep 25: Aesthetic wise: Scyther (for Scizor, I do think Kleavor is on par tho), Yamper, Murkrow (still love Honchkrow tho!), Rolycoly, and Kirlia (I prefer Gardevoir to Kirlia but prefer Kirlia to Gallade) off the top of my head.

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Started by Sheep

Poll

Favorite evil team?

Alex_Among_Foxes, Sep 24: It's Team Galactic for me. (with Plasma coming in a close second)

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Started by Lavender

Media

Battle against champion cynthia

CoolKid575, Sep 23: Wow this post has been slept on. A whole year and only 1 reply? Anyway you did an absolutely fantastic job; you're clearly a master of the of the instrument.

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Started by pianoten

Which Frontier Brain do you like most?

Outlander, Sep 20: Arcade Star Dahlia from Platinum is easily my favorite. Her battle facility had this really fun randomizer & roulette component to it, and I just love her style.

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Started by Sheep

Least favorite human characters

Lavender, Sep 13: I don't really hate any of them, I find it hard to hate characters for some reason, lol

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Started by Sheep

How do certain Water-type Pokémon survive outside of the water?

Sheep, Sep 8: lol, I just imagine them floating when out of the water and able to survive there with no issues... or at least in the games given that's what it looks like in battle. I know in the anime they aren't usually summoned without a body of water nearby....

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Started by Sweet Serenity

Manga

Favorite Manga

Palamon, Sep 6: Really difficult question for me because I liked pretty much every saga. But, I have a lot of nostalgia for the Sinnoh saga (which started at volume 30). Also, a lot of people don't talk about it, but Magical Pokemon Journey had some fun stuff. I...

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Started by Randomness960

Detective Pikachu

I've just watched this film!

CoolKid575, Sep 4: It was a lot better then I was expecting. Ryme City is a nice chance of pace from the normal anime based movies and the story is reasonably compelling; even if the ending was pretty deus ex machina.

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Started by sabrina_diamond

Lookalikes

SteCisGreendog, Sep 2: Yes, yes, YES, YES!! There are four doppelgangers that I found over the years. Two old, two are very recent. The original female trainer from Crystal has the hairstyle of Tron Bonne from the Mega Man Legends series. Red's growing stoicism and...

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Started by VisionofMilotic

How much do your family know about Pokémon?

Palamon, Sep 1: My mother knows some of the names of the games. My father doesn't know, or care, beyond probably Pikachu, I guess. And my siblings have played Pokemon Go.

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Started by Sheep

Theory

The mystery of the Fire starters. Look to the stars.

Superfox, Sep 1: I think the Chinese Zodiac theory applies for the first 8 generations. Skeledirge is their first departure from it because presumably, they want the franchise to go on for more than 12 gens. So they might just have it so that you CAN make a Chinese...

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Started by deng86

Are genwunners are not existent?

CoolKid575, Aug 31: Agreed, I can understand liking Kanto or FRLG the best; but I genuinely can't see how you could look at the held-together-by-hopes-and-dreams RBY and think they're the pinnacle of the series without being deluded by nostalgia.

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Started by tetrahedronX900

Eliminate one

(2 pages)

faf, Aug 31: your favourite pokemon okay, i'm joking. prolly phione because it just feels like a weaker manaphy and manaphy is cuter.

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Started by Squirtkipfan01

Cutest Pokémon

Sheep, Aug 29: https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/7abcb25d-9553-4159-8c6c-ed391a051d51/dfzfn16-cf4c4a0c-e279-4d8a-a1e6-a052cf43380d.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmU...

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Started by Sheep

Ask team phanlax *now named ''team fluffears''

(3 pages)

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Started by popplio25

Why people think you're too old for..

tetrahedronX900, Aug 24: I'm mean Nintendo switch has weak hardware even though is a handheld console

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Started by tetrahedronX900

The Ultimate chart of your favorite pokemon!

Fact Checking Gardevoir, Aug 24: Neat! Here is mine! Favourite starters, types, cool looks, cute looks, ... so many to choose!

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Started by Lavender

at this very moment, what pokemon move do you think would be useful to you?

(5 pages)

Lavender, Aug 20: Lucky chant, I need shiny luck!

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Started by colours

Just caught A criminal

OfficerJennyWasHere_, Aug 16: It was giovanni

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Started by OfficerJennyWasHere_

Theory

what’s the lore behind the 4 battle gimmicks?

Corveone, Aug 13: I wish they could do this in future gens, but I'm afraid it won't be possible because -unlike Megas- Paradox Pokémon have different learn sets than their original counterparts, so for example Donphan can learn Seed Bomb and Gunk Shot but Great Tusk...

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Started by m6h2m3d

Untitled

Popla9, Aug 13: Hi there, I was wondering if someone could help me. I hope I'm posting in the correct category. Iam visiting my wife's family and she was going through some old stuff and found a album of Pokemon pickers (226/240 complete). Is anyone able to...

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Started by Popla9

all fully evolved pokemon tierlist

Squirtkipfan01, Aug 11: based on...?

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Started by Naggfruit

Question

Devalue, Aug 10: No general tier list threads, no. Could stick a region tier list into the Rate Each Region thread in Pokemon Gaming Central, for example, or a gym leader tier list in the Favorite Gym Leader thread in Pokemon General. Actually found a games tier...

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Started by Naggfruit

What type combinations would you like to see used more

AMP017, Aug 10: I really want a fire/fairy type. There’s so many cool concepts that they could use to make a fire/fairy pokémon and I need one in my life. Also ground/psychic like come on game freak nobody used claydol.

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Started by Adamabbafan

Favorite legendary or mythical Pokémon?

Squirtkipfan01, Aug 8: easy Favorite legendary is Giratina (origin specifaclly) very cool Mythical is Victini, just a simple design i love

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Started by Sheep

News

Which Pokemon

Sweet Serenity, Aug 7: I might say it's Malamar. I also love Sylveon too. It's hard to choose one definitive when the options don't include Starmie.

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Started by fgrfgwg

The ‘woman’ from the Black 2 Lost Item Sidequest is really a crossdressing gay man.

Sweet Serenity, Jul 31: I just don't see how anybody could possibly believe this is true.

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Started by PageEmp

Pokétheories/Headcanons

(2 pages)

Sweet Serenity, Jul 30: I remember having a theory that Erika, the Celadon City Gym Leader that specializes in Grass-type Pokémon, was a lesbian back in the day. In the anime, I recall Erika strongly not wanting males in her gym. In the games, all the trainers in her gym...

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Started by Mintaka☆

How old were you when you first got into the series?

ReKoil, Jul 27: hmmm... about 8 or 9 I think, when it started for me with the Anime and TCG.

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Started by Sheep

Themed teams you like

Explorer of Time, Jul 25: I've done exclusively themed teams ever since I got back into Pokemon, but my favorite, I think, was my mono-Poison playthrough of Crystal. It started off slow but I had a great team with lots of options for status conditions.

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Started by Sheep

The function of a Pokedex

stringzzz, Jul 25: Interesting that the Pokedex has blank entries for various Pokemon until you encounter and catch one, then it somehow knows all about the details on that particular mon. If it's only seen one, how does it know what the others are like, maybe those...

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Started by sabrina_diamond

Would you change anything about your favorite Pokémon?

(2 pages)

TwilightBlade, Jul 25: If I had to pick only one favorite - I would change shiny Latias's mega evolution from green to her original yellow/gold shiny colors. That green is horrendous each time I look at it.

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Started by Sheep

Does anyone know

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Started by FakeNate0

What Pokémon do you consider to be the most beautiful?

(2 pages)

jhonnyontune, Jul 18: I don't know... Maybe Lurantis? Dragonite is also a really beautiful Pokémon, Lilligant, Pikachu... I don't know! A lot of Pokémon are majestic creatures

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Started by Sweet Serenity

What single Pokemon would you have as a pet in real life?

EternalFlame007, Jul 18: My choices are Houndoom/Houndour or Zacian.

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Started by Lavender

PokéDeath

ReKoil, Jul 15: By far the most iconic instance that came to mind: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Marowak_(ghost) "before the player reaches Lavender Town, members of Team Rocket invade the Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of Cubone in...

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Started by Sweet Serenity

What would your four moves be?

Lavender, Jul 14: Transform Psychic Icebeam Electroweb

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Started by Sheep

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Most underrated starter Pokemon

Animals that you’d like to see become Pokemon

Best starter thread: what are your preferences for each generation?

pokemon cards

Which IRL place do you think will inspire the Gen 10 region?

Your positive series opinions

What makes you like your Favorite type?

Do you prefer single or dual-type starters?

Four Stage Pokemon

Ask Lot (My Mew poke-sona) - i'm a pikachu-sona now

What are some Pokémon that would terrify you if they existed in the real world?

What's your job guys

What Are Your Pokemon Hot Takes?

Pokémon that are better unevolved

Favorite evil team?

Battle against champion cynthia

Which Frontier Brain do you like most?

Least favorite human characters

How do certain Water-type Pokémon survive outside of the water?

Favorite Manga

I've just watched this film!

Lookalikes

How much do your family know about Pokémon?

The mystery of the Fire starters. Look to the stars.

Are genwunners are not existent?

Eliminate one

Cutest Pokémon

Ask team phanlax *now named ''team fluffears''

Why people think you're too old for..

The Ultimate chart of your favorite pokemon!

at this very moment, what pokemon move do you think would be useful to you?

Just caught A criminal

what’s the lore behind the 4 battle gimmicks?

Untitled

all fully evolved pokemon tierlist

Question

What type combinations would you like to see used more

Favorite legendary or mythical Pokémon?

Which Pokemon

The ‘woman’ from the Black 2 Lost Item Sidequest is really a crossdressing gay man.

Pokétheories/Headcanons

How old were you when you first got into the series?

Themed teams you like

The function of a Pokedex

Would you change anything about your favorite Pokémon?

Does anyone know

What Pokémon do you consider to be the most beautiful?

What single Pokemon would you have as a pet in real life?

PokéDeath

What would your four moves be?