5th Gen received this tepig in a gts trade

[nitaant]

level 1

hasty

solar beam
overheat
tackle
flamethrower

pokemondb shows these moves as tm and not as egg moves. it actually shows no fire moves at all in tepigs egg moves

is this a hacked pokemon or is pokemondb not right

 

[Hikamaru]

I think the Tepig's parents knew the TM moves (everything except Tackle in this case). If the parents know a TM move, it can get passed onto its offspring but they could have also taught the moves to it prior to the trade. Your Tepig's pretty much legitimate so yeah nothing to get worried about.

 

[nitaant]

yeah considering i needed it for my fresh run through of x and traded a random audino i caught for it im quite happy. useless nature but the moves are solid and i wouldnt be able to get this pokemon otherwise

anyone know why this game has some strange typing and behavior?

Gyarados is flying/dragon yet his moveset and living environment is all water and part dragon. gyarados is flying but can learn no flying moves including fly. what the hell is the point of this?

 

[She_Delphox]

anyone know why this game has some strange typing and behavior?

Gyarados is flying/dragon yet his moveset and living environment is all water and part dragon. gyarados is flying but can learn no flying moves including fly. what the hell is the point of this?

Well I don't know exactly why the types of Pokemon are sometimes... strange :3 But, Gyarados is Water/Flying. I don't exactly know why he would be Flying, maybe he is a resemblance of some sort of fish-kites you see in Japan (carps), and he can't learn Fly indeed (even though I understand your part and it's a Flying type move). The only Flying type move it may learn (I believe trough breeding) is Bounce. Gyarados does resemble a Dragon, he does evolve out of a "fish" Magikarp, he therefore can learn Dragon type moves. I do agree on your part, I too, think Gyarados would have been better off as a Water/Dragon type but this may be due to the earlier games it was introduced in (in the Gen.1 games for example. It may also have a mythological explanation, there are lots of large dragons in Mythology that for example, rule different parts of the earth and sometimes roam the skies :) Sometimes there is more to the creatures the eye can't see or you might think ;)

There are other Pokemon with weird types/movesets. Like Natu for example, eventhough it has wings and resemblances a Bird, it cannot learn Fly (I think due to the fact it's so tiny, but i.e. Pidgey can learn Fly so it's a bit odd). Magikarp can't learn ANY TM move and eventhough Charizard was Fire/Flying in the Gen.1 games, it couldn't learn Fly either (in later Gen. games this was changed).

So, maybe it is possible this would change in the future, like they did in Gen.6 just now with adding the Fairy type to some existing Pokemon, but who knows, we just have to wait and see then :)

 

[Jellicent♀]

Well, your question was answered, but next time you need some help, please just use the Fifth Generation Quick Questions thread, instead of making a new thread all together, and be sure to make the questions about the Fifth Gen.

Closed.

 

[nitaant]

wait what i really want to know is why in the flying hell psyduck with the word PSY in it and with psychic attacks and with it holding its head all the time is not a psychic time or even part psychic. might have made sense if they wanted some kind of build up and made golduck psychic but jesus christ even he isnt

 

[Sydian]

Don't forget to lock your threads, Jelli! Also nitaant, he's already linked you to where you can ask your questions, no need to pop back up in here asking about things. If you want to make a topic about that Psyduck thing though, try Pokemon General. I was just wondering that myself the other day, now that you mention it.

Actually locked this time.