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Do you nickname your pokemon?

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I've probably nicknamed a few of my Pokémon in the past, but ever since then, I haven't done it in a long time. I tend to forget the names I give my Pokémon, and then I end up calling them out by their original names. So, I really don't bother doing it much anymore.
 
I do nickname my Pokemon, mainly after my friends/people I know/people I know from various internet sites. It's kinda funny, telling them: heeey, you're my *insert random Pokemon here* in my *insert random Pokemon game here*! It's kind of a nice little thing to do, and I'm usually not very good with nicknames, so it's more convenient that way.
 
Birdofprey9470 said:
Breloom, Female- Mushi (Idk its a mushroom and i think thats a japenese girl name.)
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Just a heads up,Mushi means bug and it's not a name(not one I know at least)

Anyways,hardly ever.If i do it's because i'm in a challenge and/or want to recognize them(like Fly for a pokemon,to remind me that that pokemon is a Fly Slave),ETC.
 
I do. I've just started a Nuzlocke and my team so far is:
Polo the Tepig
Macbeth the Lillipup
Venezia the Pidove
Artemis the Pansage
Max the Woobat
I also had a Patrat named Brutus, but he died. :(
 
i will never ever ever nickname my pokemon i see it as pointless
 
I want to be able to nickname, but I suck with names. I named my Regice "Impossible" because it was impossible to catch. >.<
 
Gastly---Pooter
Starter---Peanut
Hitmonlee---Raphael
Kabutops---Shredder
Otherwise, I'll usually pick a theme. Like I once went with all ninja turtles, or I'll go with greek gods, or I'll just pick ice cream flavors. My Chocolate Beedrill was a beast.
 
I haven't in the past, but I plan on doing so in the near future.
Mainly, I will nickname them on their looks.
 
I did when I first started playing (like a pikachu named zipzap or a squirtle named shellshock) but then thinking of new names became annoying so I stopped before getting my second game.
 
I have never nicknamed my Pokémon. I usually come up with fail nicknames and then a few days later I don't like it. Although when trading, I won't nickname the Pokémon.
 
No, there came a point it just felt silly. Like most nicknames ended with a y tagged on the end.

I like to see their actual names too....like in the anime Ash doesn't nickname his pokemon.
 
I nickname the ones that become heroes for me, that almost end up holding a special place in my heart :P. I don't nickname legendaries but I also like to nickname the ones that I think look cool and decide to use, like Houndoom and Ninetails that I name 'Apocalypse' and 'Inferno' respectively.
 
Until Black, I generally named about 20-25% of my Pokemon, only if I could think of good ones. I always had the names, as well as my own characters' names, in all capitals because I thought it looked better.

In Black, I decided to ditch the whole capitals thing, and I decided to nickname every single Pokemon I caught. It's kind of surprising how relatively easy it becomes to come up with decent nicknames after a while. Not necessarily funny, but just ones that fit or at least sound like the Pokemon's actual name. This rule I set does not apply to Pokemon from my other games or from other people. I'm not sure if I'll continue that rule with subsequent Pokemon games.
 
Impo said:
I did that in Pokemon Blue!
But I stopped that after I gave one surf....

"IMPO rode ____!"

....yeah, that was a shock
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Lulz :3

smurf said:
i will never ever ever nickname my pokemon i see it as pointless
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You are a heartless person. Mr. FluffyMuggins will never be your friend. Now if only I knew whom Mr. FluffyMuggins was...

I'm actually going to make a little booklet where I'll right down my "official" nickname of every Pokemon of every gender. I started it... but I'm too lazy to finish :|

If I can't think of something for a nickname, I go to Google Translate and translate a bunch of words that go along with the Pokemon, then I mush them together to make a name.

Ex;
Dewgong/Seel - Female: Dewdrop
Whismur/Loudred/Exploud: Amp
Munna/Musharna: Dream

Pansear: Monuego
Panpour: Monagua
Pansage: Monierba
Sandile/Krookodile/Krokorok: Corenid

 
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