The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

Started with
Finished the beginning stuff and caught a .
Also caught a in Viridian Forest.
evolved twice while training.
Defeated Rival at Rt. 22 and quickly completed Viridian Forest.
vs : Difficulty: 0/5

* had Confusion
Got to Mt. Moon Pokecenter and got a .
Trained .
evolved after defeating Jessie and James.
Defeated Rival at Nugget Bridge.
evolved in Nugget Bridge.
Got and it evolved to after training.
Got S.S. Ticket from Bill.
vs : Difficulty: 1/5

* used Bite on all his pokemon.

This ends my update.

-Didn't save (or my 'legit' FR copy from Ebay screwed me over...the pain of selling my original :'( ), had to redo Erika -> onwards from last time
-Picked up SURF from Safari Zone
-Now that I have 5 pokemon instead of 3 who engage in battle, level gains have decreased dramatically - the game will be more challenging now! Yay ^-^!
-Taught Krabby SURF
-Picked up STRENGTH from Safari Zone Warden
-Taught STRENGTH to Krabby Wigglytuff Kangaskhan
-Picked up FLY from Route 16
-Taught Pidgeotto FLY
-Taught Snorlax BRICK BREAK
-Obtained bike and defeated the trainers on the Cycle Path
-Pidgeotto evolved into Pidgeot at Lvl36 ^_^!! All team pokemon are now at their highest evolutions :) (Except for my HM Slaves)
-Gave tea to the tunnel guard and arrived at Saffron City
-Defeated Koichi (Fighting Dojo) difficulty: 2/5
-Defeated Koga difficulty: 2/5. Obtained TOXIC
-Taught Wigglytuff TOXIC
-Entered Silph. Co
-Defeated blue difficulty: 1/5
-Defeated Giovanni difficulty: 0/5
-Defeated sabrina difficulty: 4/5. I screwed up and trapped her alakazam into an ENCORE of CALM MIND - took down all of my team but snorlax, and reduced him to 25hp o_O.
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Badges: 6/8

Pidgeot "Hayden" Lvl41
Clefable "Emily" Lvl41
Wigglytuff "Kaitlin" Lvl41
Kangaskhan "Tara" Lvl41
Snorlax "Isaac" Lvl41
Krabby "Owen" Lvl5 (HM Slave)

Pidgeot Lv. 59
Wing Attack|Roost|Fly|U-turn

Girafarig Lv. 59
Crunch|Stomp|Strength|Psychic

Noctowl Lv. 59
Air Slash|Shadow Ball|Extrasensory|Roost

Miltank Lv. 60
Zen Headbutt|Body Slam|Stomp|Milk Drink

Kangaskan Lv. 60
Outrage|Fake Out|Dizzy Punch|Drain Punch

• Started the game and chose
  
  so my rival could have the advantage. Released it as soon as I...
• Caught a
  
  named Beauty hoping it would become a
  
  .
• Kind of upset when Beauty evolved into
  
  but whatever.
• Helped
  
  catch himself a
  
  .
• Went to the Petalburgh Woods and caught myself a
  
  named Botox. I'll switch their names when I get to the name rater.
• Helped the Devon Researcher and Beauty evolved into
  
  .
• Passed through Rustboro to Route 116 and caught a
  
  named Ninja.
• Botox evolved into
  
• Took on the gym multiple times, my only Pokemon with a super effective attack would faint from 1 hit.
• Grinded for what seemed like forever before I finally won.

vs

• After getting the badge I went back to Route 116 then into Rusturf Tunnel and beat the Aqua Grunt.
• Got the Match Call thing and Letter from the Devon guy.
• Headed to the guy with the boat and headed to Dewford Town.
• Took on the gym with no problems.

vs

• Now that I can use Flash I went into Granite Cave where I saved the game for now.

Ninja
Level 13
Nature: Modest
Ability: Compoundeyes
Scratch, Harden, Leech Life, Sand-attack

Beauty
Level 16
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Shield Dust
Tackle, Gust, Poison Sting, Confusion

Botox
Level 17
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Swarm
Harden, Gust, Absorb, Stun Spore

-Beat Green on the ghost tower on Lavender
-Went to Celadon get my eevee.
-Evolved my eevee into my favorite pokémon, Vaporeon.
-Taught Vaporeon Water Pulse. There goes my first TM...
-Got the Silph Scope, leveled a few levels on my vaporeon
-Went to the tower to train a bit with the ghosts and earn a few more levels
-Beat Marowak and learned Aurora Beam as an added bonus. Get ready Erika, here I come.
-Won the PokéFlute, fought against snorlax and defeated it. It gave me some trouble, I captured it for my Strength slave.
-Got the Super Rod, time to do some fishin'!
-Caught a Horsea!
-Went to Vermillion to stock up on pokéballs and fished a Shelder!
-Finally went against Erika, after so many detours... And beat her and her crew with Vaporeon only. Just switched to Gyarados to finish Erika, so that he could earn some Exp.
-Got Fly, caught a Spearow to be my slave.

Stopped the game on Celadon.
Level 27 Horsea
Level 41 Vaporeon
Level 38 Gyarados
Level 40 Blastoise
2 HM slaves: Oddish and Spearow.

Being one of the first two challenges I've ever undertaken, I was well aware that this road ahead of me would be unlike anything I've ever encountered. A true test of my abilities laid at my feet, demanding nothing but calculating strategy and rigorous dilligence. The road would be fraught with danger, and I knew that there would be decisions lying ahead of me that would question the very core nature of my existance. Surprisingly, I encountered the first one far sooner than I had ever expected.

Am I a boy? Or a girl?

This earth shattering inquiry rendered me almost catatonic for ten minutes, but finally I regained my composure and sense of self and developed the insight and quick thinking that I needed to formulate an answer. I checked down my shirt and confirmed that I was, in fact, a girl. The next of these trials was not quite as harrowing, but nonetheless rather important. What was my name? This was of course the opportunity to rename myself however I wished. Given the nature of this challenge, surely it would be appropriate for me to name myself related to ghosts, the paranormal, the undead, the other side. Many dark and dreary names that call to mind thoughts and reminiscences about encounters with those beyond the veil called out to me, all eager to be used as my new moniker... I dismissed them all as cliche hogwash and named myself Muffins. Satisfying the bare minimum requirements for starting my journey, I set out from the moving van with high spirits, eager for my first task.

Said first task was to set my clock. Like a boss. I proceeded to do so before heading off to meet the neighbours at my mother's urging. You know, while she just sat there watching TV. She really ought to get out more, I mean, all that TV is probably why I wound up being named Muffins. So while my mother vegetated and watched Toddlers and Tiaras, I wandered off to meet the neighbours. The friend of my father's that I was supposed to meet wasn't there, and instead I got roped into talking to his wife, who immediately tried to set me up with their son... ew. By the time I had found my rape mace I had been ushered up into his room where, oddly, he wasn't present. Instead, I found a pokeball lying around in the middle of the room. Since it was the only interesting thing there, naturally, I tried to nick it. It was at this point that the boy stormed in, demanding that I get my hands off of his balls. Stop giggling. The conversation veered into small talk briefly when suddenly, the boy, Brendan, dropped this little gem.

"I wasn't expecting you to be a girl. When I heard that you were a talented gym leader's kid, I assumed you were a guy."

I'm not quite sure what, exactly, happened following that statement, I remember brief snippets of angry feminist ranting, maniacal laughter and mad ramblings about Y chromasomes. By the time I came to I was being instructed by Professor Birch to go and meet Brendan at Route 103 - god he's even worse than his wife - so he could "show me how to be a trainer"... ew. Also, for some inexplicable reason, I had a Mudkip named Goober under my care. ...I think maybe my mother's penchant for naming is hereditary.

Goober and I proceeded towards Route 103, slaughtering most anything in our path and only stopping to recuperate at a Pokemon Center was well as receive a complimentary Potion from a PokeMart clerk. How sweet. I then made my way up to see my sexist archnemesis. Surely this would be a harsh battle, Brendan has been raising his pokemon since he was young, and I have just gotten this Mudkip no more than twenty minutes ago, at most. It will be a hard, cruel battle to assert my place in what is appearantly a Man's World and a Man's World only.

About a minute later I was trying to figure out how this stuck up little boy has survived this long with a Treecko four levels lower than Goober. Regardless, I then had to backtrack all the way back home... it begs the question why I couldn't have just waited at home until Brendan came back... Oh yeah Mom would still be watching Toddlers and Tiaras. You know, maybe I should go for a walk. A walk far, far away. I'll just take this pokedex being shoved at me and use it as an excuse to get as far away from this hick town as possible. As I was leaving, my mother flagged me down, apparently wanting to give me... shoes or something. Whatever. Thanks Mom, go back inside and watch TV.

I had little patience for the trainers standing in my way, so when I could, I simply just waltzed on by (not literally mind you, that'd just be silly). I was resting in the pokemon center in Petalburg when I realised that this was the town my father was working in. Considering my father was a much more active figure in my life (at least he has WORK as an excuse to not be a part of it...), I figured I should drop in and say hello... and then kick the **** out of him with Goober. Priorities. Dad was glad to see me, and we had a nice little chat before some boy just barged in demanding a pokemon. ...not sure if I want to sound annoyed or d'aww... Appearantly he's actually sick and lonely and moving away, so I suppose I'll go with a d'aww.

D'awwwwww...

Dad wanted me to escort the sick kid Wally while he caught a pokemon, and since he's the only parental figure I respect, I did. After I finished that up, I was eager to knock my old man down a peg. Unfortunately he wimped out, and told me I needed more badges first. Whatever, I'll just keep going towards the next gym. Goober took care of the few trainers I couldn't just walk past, mostly just a couple of stuck up rich twerps and a bug catcher with a couple of Nincada. Pff, I'll show him how to use Nincada. Upon making it to Rustboro I immediately set off to catch the first pokemon I'd need for my mono ghost type journey. As I said before: Nincada. I was in luck, it was the first pokemon I encountered. I managed to catch it immediately and with great reluctance named it Jimbo. (It appears that it won't respond to "The Great Jimbodini", too much for it to remember.) Goober's services were no longer required, so I sent it off into the PC to go become a Digimon. Goobermon. I like the sound of that... something that concerns me greatly.

Jimbo and I immediately threw ourselves into a training montage of Rocky proportions, unfortunately I could procure the rights to neither "Eye of the Tiger" or "You're The Best Around", so we instead level grinded to the inspiring song "Banana Phone". I doubled back and fought all of the trainers I had previously ignored, as well as caught two other Nincada as reserves, the breeding pair of Margie and Reggie. (Don't tell them they're a breeding pair though. They don't know yet. I plan to pull a Hojo and surprise them with it. : D)

By the time I was done training my future Shedinja army for Rustboro gym, Jimbo was an impressive level. ...the other two were far less impressive. But that's why they take point. Roxanne proved to be a particularly arduous opponent, generally because she kept making her pokemon curl up into the fetal position like little sobbing wusses. Just because I was throwing sand in their face, jeez. My invertebrae pokemon have more backbone than that. Somehow, both Margie and Reggie got flatted by a bawling Geodude, so Jimbo had to step in and show everyone who's boss. A few Hardens made the attacks of those big babies worthless, and a relentless, surgical application of Cuts and Leech Lifes brought both Geodude down. Beating up a pair of cowering rocks with butch arms appearantly made Jimbo figure out how to use Fury Swipes, and once he used up all of his Sand Attacks on Nosepass, he put them to work. It took a couple dozen slashes, but the giant Mario-nosed statue went down like the rest. Muffins One, Hoenn League DICK ALL, BABY!

Current Team:

The Great Jimbodini, Male Nincada at Level 15
Ability: Compound Eyes
Cut
Sand Attack
Fury Swipes
Leech Life

Sir Reginald Barkley the Useless, Male Nincada at Level 9
Ability: Compound Eyes
Scratch
Harden
Sand Attack
Leech Life

Lady Margaret of South Thatcher Who Is Pretty Much Exactly Like Sir Reginald Barkley, Female Nincada at Level 9
Ability: Compound Eyes
Scratch
Harden
Sand Attack
Leech Life

- Started new game - Slavic
- Talked with Prof. Elm and received Totodile - Irwin
- Arrived in Cherrygrove City
- Talked with Mr. Pokemon and received the Pokemon Egg
- Talked with Professor Oak and received the Pokedex
- Challenged by Rival - Xerxes
- Irwin destroyed Chikorita with Rage
- Defeated Xerxes
- Returned to Prof. Elm and received Pokeballs
- Talked to Mom and had her save money
- Caught Spinarak - Aranea
- Caught Ledyba - Red Ranger
- Arrived in Violet City
- Went through the Sprout Tower
- Challenged Sage Li
- Aranea took out both of Li's Bellsprouts with Poison Sting
- Red Ranger beat Li's Hoothoot with Supersonic and Tackle
- Defeated Sage Li and received HM05 - Flash
- Arrived in the Violet City Gym
- Challenged Falkner
- Aranea took down Falkner's Pidgey with Constrict and Poison Sting
- Red Ranger aced Pidgeotto by confusing him with Supersonic, who then proceeded to hurt himself 5 times in a row
- Defeated Falkner and received the Zephyr Badge

- Went through Union Cave
- Arrived in Azalea Town
- Talked to Kurt
- Cleared Team Rocket out of the Slowpoke Well
- Entered the Azalea Town Gym
- Challenged Bugsy
- Aranea took out Metapod with Poison Sting and Kakuna with Constrict
- Red Ranger weakened Scyther with Supersonic and Comet Punch
- Aranea finished Scyther off with Poison Sting
- Defeated Bugsy and received the Hive Badge

- Challenged by Xerxes
- Aranea knocked out Gastly with Night Shade
- Red Ranger took out Zubat and Bayleef with Supersonic and Comet Punch
- Defeated Xerxes
- Red Ranger evolved into Ledian after the battle
- Entered Ilex Forest, chased Farfetch'd and received HM01 Cut
- Used TM02 to teach Red Ranger Headbutt
- Caught Pineco - Alkatraz
- Left the Ilex Forest
- Arrived in Goldenrod City
- Entered the Bug Catching Competition
- Caught Pinsir - Raider
- Came in 2nd Place to a Butterfree
- Entered the Goldenrod City Gym
- Challenged Whitney after being beaten 5 times
- Raider beat Clefairy with Vicegrip
- Alkatraz took out Miltank with a Critical Selfdestruct
- Defeated Whitney and received the Plain Badge

Defeated Rocket Grunt and obtained TM Dig.
Reached Vermillion.
Defeated all the trainers in the route east of Vermillion and S.S.Anne to get Cut.
vs : Difficulty: 0/5
* used Sleep Powder+Confusion combo.
Completed Rock tunnel.
Reached Lavender and quickly went through the route to reach Celadon.
TMed my pokemons a bit.
vs : Difficulty: 1/5
*, and used Psychic,Ember and Ice Beam respectively on 3 of her pokemon.
Saved.

Completed Silph Tower and got Pokeflute.
Completed both the routes to reach Fushchia defeating the Snorlaxes.
Got the Surf and Strength HM.
vs : Difficulty: 3/5
*Mixed efforts from , and .
Defeated everyone in Silph Co.
Completed Fighting Dojo.
vs : Difficulty: 2/5
used Surf on her first 2 and killed Alakazam with Slash.
Completed all the surf routes.
Saved at Cinnanbar.