Strangely typed moves

[Rosehip]

Signal Beam, Silver Wind, and U-Turn all being Bug-type. WHAT?!

Hmm, how about I try to piece together things. Signal Beam sounds at the very least Electric-type (I'm thinking like wifi stuff), though it could make sense when we think of an insect's antennae and how they send signals, or maybe bee/wasp social behaviour. Silver Wind...well, I see it as this giant moth thing throwing its particles at you with wind. I just have to remember that these bugs aren't tiny anymore aha. U-Turn has to be the one I'm unsure of. Wasps do like to sting multiple times, so..

Amnesia being Psychic.

Psychology, as amnesia is a state of memory loss. I don't get why memory loss boosts your defenses, but whatever I suppose.


As for how I feel about the topic, the move Techno Blast sounds like it should be Electric-type. Maybe I've been listening to too much EDM, I dunno. Same with Flash Cannon, I don't get how it's Steel-type. Whenever I think "flash of energy", my mind leaps to electricity.

 

[Dewmonic Abyss]

I have yet to see why Rest is a psychic move. I feel like Normal makes more sense. Is it not normal to rest? I mean, if it was more along the lines of meditating, then yeah, but it's literally just the Pokemon falling asleep. xD

 

[5qwerty]

shouldn't psycho cut be dark or something? just think of a psychotic man with a knife, that's pretty dark and/or evil.

Yeah, Rest being Psychic is kind of weird. Maybe it's a special type of rest? You are getting rid of your poison/burn/paralysis by sleeping.

 

[L'Belle]

Why is mist an ice type move?

 

[pryce10]

Why are Bite and Crunch Dark? Is it because biting is bad? Or perhaps the inside of a mouth is dark?

because biting and crunching via mouth is a foul play and not an honourable warrior would do.
Most dark type moves ( like Night slash) are based on a concept of combat pragmatist- in which a user would do anything especially dirty tactics- to win.

 

[Adam Levine]

Let me guess- Belch is Poison-typed because burping is disgusting.

As for Confide, why is it a Normal move, rather than a Dark move, using that logic?

And why is Chatter Flying?

 

[Bluephoenix97x]

WHY is MIrror Move Flying-Type?

 

[Mab]

WHY is MIrror Move Flying-Type?

It's Parrot Mimicry in Japanese, apparently, so it makes a bit of sense.

 

[Hikamaru]

And why is Chatter Flying?

I guess it was because Chatot (who is the only user of said move) is a special attacker and Game Freak wanted some kind of Flying STAB move on it, along with fitting its gimmick of partly being based on a parrot.

One move I never understood the typing of was U-Turn. There's nothing lore-wise that suggests why it's a Bug-type move.

 

[PageEmp]

Rest being a Psychic move....why? Is it because sleeping relaxes the mind so it's Psychic? If not I don't get it. I can understand pretty much every other move being a certain type but Rest being Psychic...I dun get it.