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Do you nickname your Pokémon?

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AaronOnPokemon

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    This is a big topic. Do you nickname your Pokémon and if so what do you call them.

    Me personally never nickname my Pokémon. I think it looks a lot better with there original names.
     
    AaronOnPokemon said:
    This is a big topic. Do you nickname your Pokémon and if so what do you call them.

    Me personally never nickname my Pokémon. I think it looks a lot better with there original names.
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    I dont nickname my Pokemon either.
    I agree with you AaronOnPokemon they look better with There Original Names.
     
    nicknames is just added content, dont have to take it seriously, usually the nicknames just mean something to you.
    i laugh though when i see stuff like sex used extrasensory, or your dad used double team
     
    For me, it really depends. I named my Arbok "Lucifer" and my Gyarados "Hydra"
    I tend to only name pokemon that have some sort of relevence to my fanfiction.
     
    I nickname some of them, but not all of them. After I EV-trained a Luxray I renamed it to Ortcel (Electron backwards without the N or the first E) so I didn't confuse it with my other non-trained Luxray. I also nicknamed my Whiscash "Bubba" because it seemed fitting, and my Rotom "Fork."
    Oh, the Heracross I got off of the GTS still has its original name...it's from Germany so its name is "Skaraborn" with the male symbol, I ended up liking that more than Heracross.
     
    I never nickname... unless im doing some challenge where im posting what happens, and i always come up with the same names, mainly Dijon and Mauve. but for normal playthroughs i just am not bothered.
     
    Yeah ... I'm a girl, I name things. :P Besides, the default names are all in CAPS. I don't like that.
    I try to use something appropriate and obvious so I know what they are when I'm getting them out of the PC - I'll often turn the game off and forget about it for months, so I can't go off memory. ><

    When I run out of deities and other mythological ... personalities (Morpheus the Hypno, Persephone the Venusaur, Loki the Ninetales) I go to historical figures and then just random words that seem appropriate. :P
     
    i mean they are your pokemon =/ thats why you nickname them,
    i never nicknamed until i went competitive then i realized that nicknames are the one piece of your pokemon that is really you
    azelf=cakes4dayz
    heracross=punchbuggy
    magnezone=chicmagnet
    swampert=riptide
    shaymin=sephiroth
    gengar=UnderUrBed
    Plus i like being unique in my names, i don't call my cat "kitty" or something, i give it a name, just like my pokemon
     
    Oh, and I usually name my Hitmonchan "Jackie" and my Hitmonlee "Bruce." :P
     
    I have to name everything. I also have this weird instinct to name every Oddish I catch "Spoon". I don't know how that started, but I somehow just end up with an Oddish named Spoon on every game I own. I love naming Pokemon their French or German names. On my Emerald file, I have Arcko the Sceptile. Arcko is French for Treecko, but the French name for Sceptile is Jungko if I recall. Doesn't sound as appealing. Lektrobal the Electrode (can't remember if it's Voltorb or Electrode's German name though) and Simsala the Alakazam are also nice. But sometimes I go with stupid names, like SuperIgloo the Aggron. I usually just name a Pokemon the first thing that comes to mind though.
     
    I'll rename a Pokemon if it turns out the name I chose isn't fun to yell out in my head when I'm encouraging it to beat another 'mon to a pulp. :P

    I had a Nidoking that had some appropriate, gender-specific name to differentiate him from my Nidorina, but it was annoying and hard to pronounce, so now his name is "Boy." XD
    My three-headed Dodrio is "Ego" - "Id" was too short and "Superego" was too long. ^^;

    The starter always gets an easy, cutesy name if I plan on using it, though. Liz, Sparky, Bubbles.

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    Lektrobal the Electrode (can't remember if it's Voltorb or Electrode's German name though) and Simsala the Alakazam are also nice.
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    Nahaha, like sim sim sala bim?
     
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    I don't nickname my Pokemon, unless they look hilarious and I need to give them a comedic name. Usually, however, I like Nintendo's clever names for them.

    Although I can't help laughing when I battle over Wi-Fi and I run into people who nickname their Blastoise "Condom" and have it learn "Protect" then overuse the move until it "fails."
     
    Frozzd said:
    Although I can't help laughing when I battle over Wi-Fi and I run into people who nickname their Blastoise "Condom" and have it learn "Protect" then overuse the move until it "fails."
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    ...

    Admit it.

    Those people are you, aren't they. :P
     
    i love nicknaming my pokemon, every pokemon i train has to be nicknamed. i mean some of the names of pokemon are cool but i'd prefer to give my pokemon names that i come up with. i guess i just wanna feel like my pokemon are special in their own way. i named my aerodactyl "Fidget" (i have no idea why i just liked the way it sounded lol)
     
    Every pokemon that I am going to put into my party has to be nicknamed.

    The names I pick are typically the first ones that come to mind when I see the pokemon, such as my Butterfree (Paprika) and my Beedrill (Oracle). Those nicknames are exclusive only to those two pokemon, however. If I were to ever catch a different Caterpie -> Weedle -> Butterfree, I wouldn't automatically name it Paprika again, since it's not the same pokemon.
     
    I Only nickname pokemon if I am using that pokemon in training, I usually nickname Totodile Toto or Croco Bulbasaur Saur and my Lvl 100 Armaldo on Emerald is nicknamed Claw.
     
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