Male
Lavender Town
Seen March 6th, 2018
Posted March 6th, 2018
9 posts
5.2 Years
The title says it all. And as the creator, I must share mine, perhaps the most painful, and least likely to happen. So I was playing HeartGold, and there is the point in the game where you run into the Sudowoodo. So I caught it, and then proceeded to go to a Pokemon center to refresh. And guess what? I find a shiny Growlithe! I get all excited, and go to PokeBalls to use right away so I dont have risk of knocking it out. And guess what? Empty PokéBall bag, used them all on the sudowoodo... why random shinies why...

HeroLinik

To this day, he still can't beat Air Man...

Age 25
Male
UK, happy now?
Online now
Posted April 13th, 2023
920 posts
6.1 Years
I've only had one, but I still remember it vividly. It was from UM.

I was doing some EV training in Diglett's Tunnel, trying to work on a Pokemon's speed (can't remember which it was) and I was killing off Zubat when all of a sudden A WILD SHINY ZUBAT APPEARED. As I usually leave my 3DS on mute when I EV train, I totally didn't catch the shiny, and I went in and KO'd it. As soon as I realised, the Zubat was already taking damage. Immediate facepalms and crying followed.

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Cherrim

Age 34
she / her
Toronto
Seen 1 Hour Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
33,052 posts
20.5 Years
Shiny Mightyena used Roar. :(


paired with professor plum.

blue

gucci

Male
United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
I ran into a shiny Spearow in pokemon crystal ON an emulator and I don't recall being able to catch it. D:

Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
Shiny Pidgeotto.

It... well... it whirlwinded me away. Little did I know that it could not whirlwind away Pokemon over a certain level...

The worst thing is that I had a Pokemon over that certain level in my party. Had it switched to it, I would have had two shinies in HeartGold :(

MartyTheGliscor

#472

Age 22
Male
Johto Region
Seen September 18th, 2019
Posted July 25th, 2018
61 posts
5.7 Years
I failed a shiny Nuzleaf in SoulSilver's Safari Zone. Tossed like half of my Safari balls but because of my horrible luck, none of them worked and it fled. Nearly threw my DS at a wall after that...
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Qibli

Motorcycle Dragon

Non-binary
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 2 Weeks Ago
1,794 posts
9.8 Years
It was hoard battle on my Y or OR, that time I encounter a shiny oddish (forgot) and ooof boy I regret that day I killed it because there's no way telling which oddish is the shiny one ooof
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Female
United Kingdom
Seen August 3rd, 2020
Posted June 23rd, 2019
665 posts
7.8 Years
I was trying to spread Pokerus in Ultra Sun and ran into a random shiny Absol however I failed it because it wouldn't go in the ball and it died to hail damage. I also knocked out a shiny Groudon because I forgot it's typing thinking that it was part fire type, needless to say, I was wrong

VPP: yet to hatch. Raise one for yourself at VPP

Nah

Age 30
she/her, they/them
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 5 Hours Ago
15,645 posts
9.5 Years
one time I was doing the Bug Catching Contest on Soul Silver and I ran into a shiny Beedrill

it wouldn't go in the ball before it killed the Pokemon I brought =(
Nah ンン
“No, I... I have to be strong. Everyone expects me to."

Imperator161

Seen February 5th, 2023
Posted July 31st, 2020
1,415 posts
14.7 Years
I was in a segment that required you to have a partner with you (I think it was in White) when I encountered a shiny Skorupi. Unfortunately, since my character is apparently incapable of aiming with a poke ball when there are two Pokemon on the field (I miss Colosseum), I couldn't catch it. The Pokemon I had out wasn't strong enough to take out my partner's Pokemon in one hit (to avoid having to hope that my partner targeted the non-shiny Pokemon on the field), and unfortunately, said partner immediately took out poor Skorupi with a super effective attack.
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Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
Seen 17 Hours Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.5 Years
Quoting this post of mine from 8 years ago, because I'm still bitter about most of these. Especially that last one, even though it was on an emulator, and it wasn't even a great Pokemon.
-The first I saw was a shiny Teddiursa on my Pokemon Gold. I ended up getting a one-hit KO thanks to a critical hit, and I've seen very few Teddiursa (let alone shiny) since then.

[...]

-The third I encountered was a shiny Paras in the Safari Zone on Fire Red. I was fooling around and wanted to see if I could catch a Chansey with only 1 step and 1 Safari Ball left. With my luck, I ran into a shiny Paras, and I didn't want to risk it running away, so I threw my Safari Ball at it right away, with no luck.
-The last one I found a few weeks later was when I was playing Fire Red on VBA. I was just randomly going through it when I was stopped by the old man who teaches you how to catch Pokemon. A Shiny Weedle appeared, and I was quite mad at the fact that I found a shiny on the VBA, and I wasn't able to even catch it!

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Male
Hoenn Region
Seen November 16th, 2020
Posted November 16th, 2020
43 posts
5.2 Years
I bought Pokemon Ultra Moon a week after its release because I was busy with college studies. So, during the day before Thanksgiving break I went to buy the game. One month later I arrived at Poni island and started my shiny hunt on December 24th, 2017. I kept at it for two months, obviously I did not go at it for hours and days. On February 2nd, 2018 I was relaxing at my couch watching YT videos while soft-resetting for Type: Null. Multi-tasking was a big mistake, after a few soft-resets my eye caught an odd coloring scheme of the Pokemon but my fingers reacted to quick before I stopped to take a long look at it. So, it was at that moment that I knew I failed. I stopped and banged my head on my pillow.

The next day, I continued shiny hunting for Type: Null to reclaim it. I was successful to reclaim my shiny Type: Null two days later!!! I was relieved and continued my gameplay onto Poni Grove.

Type: Null is my first shiny fail. xD
Age 33
Male
KY (USA)
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
3,381 posts
18.2 Years
I'm not even a huge fan of the line, but I nearly cried after my first Shiny fail: an exploding Graveler in Pearl. However, it wasn't even half an hour later when I found and captured a Shiny Machoke on the same game and that kind of made up for it.

My most unfortunate Shiny fail happened in Platinum's Great Marsh. I like Quagsire and its Shiny, so I rage-quit when it fled.

More Shiny Fails:

Shiny Scraggy (post-Shiny Charm). I accidentally entered the grass while hatching with Talonflame on X when it appeared in a horde. It ended up getting Burned and, due to the repetitive use of Sand Attack, I wasn't able to target the Shiny with a Poké Ball before it fainted.

I finally chained a Shiny Vulpix in DPPt after several failed attempts. Forgot it had Roar.

Shiny Pidgeotto in LeafGreen used Whirlwind, though this one didn't hurt much since I'd already found a full-odds Shiny Pidgey on another game and was mentally-braced for it since I knew it appeared in the area.


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Fritz

girl power ftw

Age 23
Any
Cyrodiil
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted March 10th, 2023
2,152 posts
6.7 Years
In a playthrough of Souls Silver, i found a shiny Ratata in the Safari Zone. I threw only 1 Pokéball at it, and it fled immediately after breaking out. Hadn't even thrown any bait or mud at it, it was literally on the first turn.

LadyJirachu

Fluffy and Elegant :3

Female
Being adorable xD
Seen July 23rd, 2022
Posted November 5th, 2021
2,498 posts
18.9 Years
Shiny Woobat on pokemon white.

I'll never forget that day. I was training an umbreon, to use in random match ups, and I thought its return attack wouldn't KO it and it'd be weak enough to catch...

Big. Mistake.

....Training a shiny swoobat up woulda been awesome xD; oh well.

LilyGardy

The Flowering Pokemon

Female
Celadon Gym
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted January 28th, 2023
4,476 posts
7.8 Years
Shiny Electrode in the Lost Hotel in X.

*Electrode appears*
Me: Oh, it's blue.
Gardevoir used Hypnosis
Hypnosis missed
Electrode used Self Destruct.
Electrode fainted.

I also had the misfortune of having two Shiny Yellow Riolu's on screen at the same time by SOS chaining. I had to faint one and throw a Timer Ball at the other.
Currently playing - Omega Ruby Grass Monotype

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
It was hoard battle on my Y or OR, that time I encounter a shiny oddish (forgot) and ooof boy I regret that day I killed it because there's no way telling which oddish is the shiny one ooof
Shiny Oddish are actually very easy to spot. Their body in the shiny form is green instead of blue.

I was in a segment that required you to have a partner with you (I think it was in White) when I encountered a shiny Skorupi. Unfortunately, since my character is apparently incapable of aiming with a poke ball when there are two Pokemon on the field (I miss Colosseum), I couldn't catch it. The Pokemon I had out wasn't strong enough to take out my partner's Pokemon in one hit (to avoid having to hope that my partner targeted the non-shiny Pokemon on the field), and unfortunately, said partner immediately took out poor Skorupi with a super effective attack.
I'm guessing it was Bianca's Musharna? Shame on her!
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Imperator161

Seen February 5th, 2023
Posted July 31st, 2020
1,415 posts
14.7 Years
I'm guessing it was Bianca's Musharna? Shame on her!
Yep. I used to see those double battle partners as a fun way to train up weak Pokemon (as you'd get healed after each round), but ever since then, I've tended to plow through them as quickly as possible with a Pokemon who can take out anything my partner might try using.
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TimmyTom

TimmyTom

Male
Seen July 11th, 2018
Posted June 4th, 2018
23 posts
5 Years
I was soft resetting for a shiny treeko and the bastard pocheyena that you can’t even catch was shiny. I had to soft rest on it or knock it out. I let my braver friend handle it for me and gave up on pokemon emerald.
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Mawa

The typo Queen

Age 30
Female
Canada
Seen August 13th, 2020
Posted March 1st, 2020
You guys, your story are painful :(

Maybe it is because I don't have much shinies under my name in my life.. But I hatched 3 and the Treecko was perfect, the Mienfoo was almost perfect and the Foongus was still okay.

My worst one was that Lillipup that I ended up almost knocking because I didn't realized it was a shiny (and I do multitasking so I missed the star in the beginning of the fight). Realized in time, caught it... Worst nature ever. It goes against his strenght. Too bad, if it would have been alright I could use it in that walkthrought (I don't know why I didn't, natures are not important for a casual playing) .
I miiiiight be back?
And why am I not a supporter anymore >.<