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Kaylow34 January 30th, 2017 6:12 AM

If legendary Pokemon had genders?
 
What would you say?

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Male
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Female
Entei = male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Male
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Female
Registeel - Male
Regirock = Male
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Female
Deoxys = Male
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Female
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Male
Regigigas = Male
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Male
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Female
Cosmoem = Female
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

Lunar January 30th, 2017 11:41 AM

Mew is such a tough one, I can see it being both male and female. Also, I see Phione as female too tbh

AliceBlaze January 30th, 2017 1:31 PM

Here are my thoughts:
Articuno - Female
Zapdos - Male
Moltres - Male
Mewtwo - Male
Mew - Female
Raikou - Male
Entei - Male
Suicune - Female
Lugia - Male
Ho-Oh - Female
Celebi - Female
Regirock - Male
Regice - Male
Registeel - Male
Kyogre - Female
Groudon - Male
Rayquaza - Male
Jirachi - Male
Deoxys - Male
Uxie - Male
Mesprit - Female
Azelf - Male
Dialga - Male
Palkia - Female
Regigigas - Male
Giratina - Male
Manaphy - Male
Darkrai - Male
Shaymin - Female
Arceus - Male
Victini - Male
Cobalion - Male
Terrakion - Male
Virizion - Female
Reshiram - Female
Zekrom - Male
Kyurem - Male
Keldeo - Male
Meloetta - Female
Genesect - Male
Xerneas - Male
Yveltal - Female
Zygarde - Male
Diancie - Female
Hoopa - Female
Volcanion - Male
Tapu Koko - Male
Tapu Lele - Female
Tapu Bulu - Male
Tapu Fini - Female
Solgaleo - Male
Lunala - Female
Nihilego - Female
Buzzwole - Male
Pheromosa - Female
Xurkitree - Male
Celesteela - Female
Kartana - Male
Guzzlord - Male
Necrozma - Male
Magearna - Female

Flowerchild January 30th, 2017 1:32 PM

yup, agreed with most of the ones in the OP. I'm indecisive about Necrozma and Phione though.

Flowerchild January 30th, 2017 1:36 PM

ALSO sending this over to PGen because it's not really game specific

moved

blue January 30th, 2017 3:00 PM

yah, for example meloetta is most definitely female.

i really do think they should assign specific genders to at least some legendaries.

Mawa January 30th, 2017 8:03 PM

I don't have time to list them all but...

Articuno and Moltres are female, and Zapdos is a male.
Raikou and Entei are male, Suicune is female.
Mew is female while Mewtwo is male.
Kyurem,
Ho-ho is male, Lugia is... I don't know? I think female.
The Regis are male.
Latios and Latias' names are pretty much describing what we are supposed to think.
Weather trio are all male.
Cobalion and Terrakion are male, and Virizion is female.
Xerneas is female and Yvetal is male. The chromosomes.

AliceBlaze January 31st, 2017 1:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colours (Post 9560632)
Isn't it odd how Latias, Latios, and Cresselia are the only legendaries that have a specific gender to them? Unless I'm forgetting about more, but those are the ones that come to mind.

Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus have a specific gender too. All three of them are male.

Kaylow34 February 1st, 2017 6:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AliceBlaze (Post 9560994)
Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus have a specific gender too. All three of them are male.

Yes. I listed all of them as a group as male.

Ducolamia February 1st, 2017 2:30 PM

I agree with all of them minus Cosmog and Cosmoem. Personally, they will always be male in my eyes. I get the youngster vibe from them(especially considering how energetic Cosmog is)

AliceBlaze February 2nd, 2017 12:20 AM

I'd say Cosmog and Cosmoem would have either gender depending on which legendary they evolve into.

Guest123_x1 February 3rd, 2017 1:10 PM

I think most legendary Pokémon would probably be 50/50 Male/Female, except for certain ones that appear as a certain gender; e.g. Meoletta would be 100% female, and Deoxys would be 100% male.

TOM, The Amazing Tyranitar February 3rd, 2017 8:18 PM

I do agree that Diancie and Meloetta should be female.

moon February 4th, 2017 4:30 AM

Can we say "feminine" and "masculine" instead of female and male? Because I really never mind what gender/sex pokémon are these days, but they sure can look more or less feminine regardless (: I guess it's just a question on what terms one likes to use though.

Nah February 4th, 2017 2:03 PM

There's some that could just remain genderless/sexless really

Like I'm not sure how one assigns that to a block of ice
http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/regice.gif

Bobbylicious February 4th, 2017 10:30 PM

I'd say 50/50 for all of them except for a select few; mainly counterparts:

Cresellia: female
Darkrai: male
Tapu Bulu/Koko: male
Tapu Lele/Fini: female
Lunala: female (think this was confirmed in the SM dex tho?)
Solgaleo: male (think this was confirmed in the SM dex tho?)

All the rest I can literally see being 50/50

Kaylow34 February 8th, 2017 5:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colours (Post 9563498)
I'm so confused as to what gender Hoopa would be. ._. Although Unbound looks male...

I think both would be male...

porygoing November 13th, 2017 4:43 AM

Can't be fifty-fifty?

PockeyRade February 25th, 2018 9:27 AM

I typically see most legendary Pokémon as male, with exceptions (Moltres, Mewtwo, The Lake Trio, Palkia and Lunala), while I see Darkrai, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Genesect, Hoopa(Unbound), Volcanion and Marshadow as males and the rest as females for mythicals. Legendaries and mythicals with specified genders don't count.

colours May 1st, 2018 8:47 PM

it'd be hilariously difficult even in a hypothetical to guess what genders the Regi Trio + Regigigas would be.

While most other legendaries kinda-sorta have feminine and/or masculine characteristics, the Regi Trio really are something else in being impossible to guess.

Enpatsu Shakugan May 1st, 2018 8:53 PM

I wish people would give reasons for their choices. Like why is Suicune female while the other two are not?

I'm glad legendaries are genderless though. It means there are less of them.

thunderlight May 3rd, 2018 1:46 AM

Yeah I agree. I think when they created Pokemon, they created the gender too

SunDust May 17th, 2018 9:50 AM

Hmmm I'd say:

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Male
Entei = male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Female
Ho-oh = Female
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Female
Registeel - Male
Regirock = Male
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Female
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Male
Deoxys = Female (those hips don't lie)
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Male
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Female
Giratina = Male
Regigigas = Male
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Male
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Female
Cosmoem = Female
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

FloatWailord November 15th, 2019 7:57 PM

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Female
Entei = Male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Female cuz its elegant
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Genderless
Registeel - Genderless
Regirock = Genderless
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Female
Deoxys = Male
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Female
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Female
Regigigas = Genderless
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Female
Arceus = Male
Victini = Female
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Depends on which one ur talkin bout
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Diancie = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Depends on game
Cosmoem = Depends on game
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Depends on game

Sheep September 24th, 2020 4:45 PM

a lot of people seem to headcannon mew as a girl, i feel like the only one who sees it as more of a young playful boy haha! same with most of the other small legends/mythicals. looking at this list... I think most of them I headcannon as boys, except the few obvious female ones like virizion and xerneas.

Sonata September 25th, 2020 12:40 AM

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Female
Entei = male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Female
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Hermaphrodite
Registeel - Hermaphrodite
Regirock = Hermaphrodite
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Female
Jirachi = Female
Deoxys = Hermaphrodite
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Male
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Male
Regigigas = Hermaphrodite
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Male
Arceus = Hermaphrodite
Victini = Female
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Female
Cosmoem = Female
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Female
Tapu Koko = Male
Tapu Lele = Female
Tapu Bulu = Male
Tapu Fini = Female
Magearna - N/A

Fairy September 25th, 2020 5:08 AM

All I know is that Celebi, Magernea, Diancie, and Jirachi should all be a cheeky girls. (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

Percy September 25th, 2020 5:21 AM

Manaphy is definitely a girl for me
I remember that movie with May and Manaphy and I was like, "aw, they make a great mom/daughter combination" and later they would say "wow, so manaphy is the prince of the sea" and my mind will just pause and twirl for a second hahaha

Palamon September 25th, 2020 2:01 PM

I don't think many of the legendary Pokemon "scream" a gender, so for those, I'll do gender ratios I think they'd be instead.

Articuno: 50/50 male to female gender ratio
Zapdos: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Moltres: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Mewtwo: 50/50 male to female since the anime had two Mewtwos, one with a male voice, another with a female voice.
Mew: 100% female, since Mew is known to have been "pregnant" before, so it's obvious it'd better suit female than male.
Entei: starter gender ratio (87% chance of being male)
Suicune: 75% chance female to 25% male gender ratio
Raikou 87% chance of being male gender ratio/starter gender ratio
Ho-Oh: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Lugia: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Celebi: male. Shiny one is female.
Registeel: sexless or genderless. Probably both.
Regirock: sexless/genderless.
Regice: sexless/genderless.
Groudon: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Kyogre: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Rayquaza: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Jirachi: gonna have to say male for this one, since PMD had one that was considered "male". So.
Deoxys: nonbinary virus from space.
Uxie: male
Mespirit: female
Azelf: female
Diagla: genderless/sexless
Palkia: genderless/sexless
Giratina: genderless/sexless
Regigas: genderless/sexless
Phione: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Manaphy: male. (Since it's the prince of the sea)
Darkrai: 50/50 male to female gender ratio
Shaymin: female.
Arceus: sexless/genderless.
Victini: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Cobalion: 87% chance male gender ratio
Terrakion: 87% male gender ratio
Virizion: 75% female/25% male gender ratio.
Zekrom: 87% male gender ratio
Reshiram: 75% female/25% male gender ratio
Kyurem: genderless/sexless
Keldeo: male, probably.
Meloetta: female.
Genesect: sexless/genderless. It was engineered, so.
Xerneas: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Yveltal: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Zygarde: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Diance: female, as it's described as a "princess" in the movie.
Hoopa: female. Idk why but Hoopa's always seemed like a mischievous girl to me.
Volcanion: 50/50 male to female.
Cosmog: sexless/genderless
Cosmeom: sexless/genderless
Solgaleo: sexless/genderless
Lunaala: sexless/genderless
Necrozma: sexless/genderless
Tapu Koko: male
Tapu Lele: female
Tapu Fini: female
Tapu Bulu: male
Magearna: genderless/sexless
Marshadow: genderless/sexless.
Zeraora: genderless/sexless.
Meltan: genderless/sexless
Melmetal: genderless/sexless.
Zacian: 50/50 male to female gender ratio
Zamazenta: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Eternatus: genderless/sexless.
Zarude: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.

Simply Dunsparce September 25th, 2020 7:51 PM

I'm dividing this into tiers

Has In-game Gender
Latias -Female
Latios - Male
Cresselia - Female
Heatran - Variable
Tornadus - Male
Thundurus - Male
Landorus - Male
Kubfu - Variable
Urshifu - Variable

High Probability
Mespirit - Female
Azelf - Male
Darkrai - Male
Cobalion -Male
Terrakion - Male
Virizion - Female
Keldeo - Male
Meloetta - Female
Diancie - Female
Tapu Koko - Male
Tapu Lele - Female
Tapu Bulu - Male
Tapu Fini - Female
Cosmog -Variable
Cosmoem - Variable
Solgaleo - Male
Lunala - Female
Buzzwole - Male
Pheromosa - Female
Celesteela - Female
Kartana - Male
Magearna - Female

Kinda
Mewto - Male
Celebi - Female
Jirachi - Female
Manaphy - Female
Phione - Female
Xerneas - Female
Yveltal - Male
Hoopa - Male
Nihilego - Female
Guzzlord - Male
Blacephalon - Male
Marshadow - Male
Zacian - Male
Zamazenta - Male
Calyrex - Female

Could Realistically Be Either
Mew
Uxie
Shaymin
Victini
Type: Null
Silvally
Poipole
Naganadel

Probably Doesn't Have One
Regice
Regirock
Registeel
Deoxys
Regigigas
Arceus
Genesect
Zygarde
Volcanion
Xurkitree
Necrozma
Stakataka
Meltan
Melmetal
Regieleki
Regidraco

Looks Enough Like An Animal For Me To Not Be Confident About Guessing
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Raikou
Entei
Suicune
Ho-Oh
Lugia
Groudon
Kyogre
Rayquaza
Dialga
Palkia
Giritina
Reshiram
Zekrom
Kyurem
Zeraora
Eternatus
Zarude

Zettai September 28th, 2020 4:14 PM

In my personal opinion, it should work as follows:
1. The legends have canonical genders, or gender ratios.
2. They have a "legend status" marker in the code so the daycare is like "uuhhhh this is a myth I will not take it" and thus you cannot breed it. Aside from certain ones like Lugia and such which have been shown to be in quantities greater than one.

As for my personal list, (F/M)
Articuno = 70/30
Zapdos = 35/35
Moltres = 30/70
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = 50/50
Entei = Male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Intersex
Ho-oh = 25/75
Lugia = 75/25
Celebi = Female
Regice = Nil
Registeel = Nil
Regirock = Nil
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Female
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = 50/50
Deoxys = 55/45
Uxie = 95/5
Mesprit = 95/5
Azelf = 95/5
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Female
Giratina = Female
Regigigas = Male
Shaymin = 50/50
Darkrai = 40/60
Manaphy = 50/50
Phione = 50/50
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = 45/55
Cosmog = 100/0, 0/100 (In the respective moon or sun universe.)
Cosmoem = 100/0, 0/100 (In the respective moon or sun universe.)
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

Allen303 October 1st, 2020 2:39 AM

I remember that in jhoto journeys lugia had a kid she must be a female

Decent April 15th, 2022 4:03 PM

My thoughts!
Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Both (Just a species that went extinct)
Entei = Male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Male
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Female (Had a kid)
Celebi = Female
Regice = Genderless
Registeel - Genderless
Regirock = Genderless
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Male
Deoxys = Male
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Female
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Female
Regigigas = Genderless
Shaymin = Both, there is a whole field of them
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Male (He’s the prince of the sea)
Phione = Female
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The genies= Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Male
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Both cause multiple
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Diancie = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Either
Cosmoem = Either
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

Mintaka☆ April 15th, 2022 5:51 PM

What a topic! I used to be a big believer in assigning genders to the Legendaries that don't have one, but nowadays I'm not so sure. I'll just jot down the ones I can still think of.

Considering how there are multiples of the Legendary birds (and Lugia in the anime), I honestly think those could be either gender like Heatran. Same for certain Mythicals like Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Shaymin, Victini, Marshadow, Zeraora and Zarude - as well as Type: Null and Silvally as artificial creations, and the Ultra Beasts. Meloetta, Diancie and Magearna (at least in personality, because she's an automaton) are always female in my mind, and Mewtwo, Ho-oh, the Legendary Beasts, Rayquaza, the Swords of Justice, Manaphy, Darkrai, Hoopa and Volcanion are always male. The rest, I haven't thought of.

Now, there are also a few whom I think are truly genderless, or at least have a gender beyond our understanding. Those would be the Regis, Deoxys, Arceus, Kyurem, Necrozma, Meltan/Melmetal and Eternatus.

moon April 15th, 2022 10:40 PM

They're asexual due to game mechanics (and maybe lore?) but they can probs be gendered still. It's just that the game doesn't bother differing between sex and gender ^^ Generally I think one can think of the legendary pokémon in whatever way they want, it doesn't really matter. Zekrom might be a badass girl while Reshiram an elegant boi. Or vice versa.

Nah April 16th, 2022 5:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starwalker (Post 10493246)
Zekrom might be a badass girl while Reshiram an elegant boi.

Funny thing is that's probably more accurate to the design basis of the two than what the common perception is

In the Gen V games it's presented as truth/ideals since that's a lot easier to make work for a (Pokemon) narrative, but what the Tao trio is really based off of is yin and yang (in the Japanese versions, Zekrom and Reshiram's species names are the Black Yin Pokemon and the White Yang Pokemon). And while yin and yang represent a lot of things, as far as I know two of the things yin represents is femininity and the moon (which in at least two cultures has long been a feminine symbol). Yang represents masculinity and the sun (which in at least two cultures has long been a masculine symbol).

but like you said, we're talking about fictional creature pixels and it's not really a big deal what people view each one as, but it's a fun thing to bring up

ReKoil April 16th, 2022 10:05 AM

Virizion = Female to me.
Tapu Lele & Tapu Fini = Female
Tapu Bulu & Tapu Koko = Male
Spectrier = Female
Glastrier = Male

For the rest of the genderless Legendaries idc either way.


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