Absurd Pokedex Entries

Started by the_fast_reader August 1st, 2019 11:15 PM
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The Pokedex is the source of pretty much everything we know about every Pokemon. It's what gives them "character" and reveal little fascinating (or horrifying, looking at you Spoink) things about them.
But there are some Pokedex entries where you read them and can't help but comment with a "That can't be right".
Most egregious example, Magcargo's Sapphire pokedex entry (and subsequent ones) proudly states that his body is as hot as 18,000 degrees F, or almost 10'000 Celsius.
For reference, the sun's surface is around 9000 F/5000 C.
Magcargo should literally be double as hot as the sun, which is obviously absurd.
Interestingly, his "original" entries from Gold/Silver/Crystal simply state that his body is as hot as lava, which makes much more sense.

What do you think about Pokedex dex entries like this? Do you consider them "canon" even if they are obviously unrealistic/impossible even in the face of Pokemon logic or do you disregard them as just flavor text or just don't care?
Are there other entries that stood out to you like this and made you think about them?
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ahaha i love the magcargo one

Honestly nothing in Pokemon makes sense so the really out there stuff doesn't bother me that bad. There's a pretty funny list of some of the more ridiculous ones in this article though http://www.dorkly.com/post/55702/the-15-most-disturbing-pokedex-entries
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The Pokedex entry that Darumaka's droppings are hot and people use their droppings to warm up their clothes. Like....why....why would anyone want to know that? That's so silly LMFAO.

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The thing about Gardevoir making black holes to protect its trainer is absurd in a lot of senses.

Depending on the size the black hole will either fizzle out in nanoseconds or destroy the solar system, neither of which is helpful.
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Kadabra's FireRed entry:

It happened one morning - a boy with extrasensory powers awoke in bed transformed into Kadabra.
like ?!!

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Prehaps battle speed is different from actual speed, though it is interesting to compare the dex entries with actual stats. It was said Pidgeot flies at mach speeds but before gen6, it had 91 base speed. Slaking has base 100 speed, can that go at mach speeds too?
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