Things you never noticed in Pokemon.

[DT3055]

In R/B/Y any attack that did set amount of damage ignored the type chart completely. Was playing yellow a few weeks ago and someone seismic tossed my gengar xD.

Also in first gen dragonair has no real weakness to dragons since the only dragon move in the game always deals 40 dmg and ghosts were weak to other ghost type attacks but the only ghost attack that dealt variable damage was lick (which lickitung couldnt learn wtf!)

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

The Goldenrod City gym layout forms a Clefairy.

Well holy shit.

Also, Golurk can learn Fly. Don't know how though.

Golurk is a Ghost-type pokemon. Guess what most ghosts can do?

In addition to this, Garchomp is often depicted as being able to fly (although very close to the ground) and yet, it cannot learn Fly. Also, the pokedoex mentions its astouding speed, but Garchomp cannot learn Mach Punch, Quick Attack (or any other version of this move), Air Cutter, Air Slash and cannot possess the ability Levitate.

After you finish the story in Black/White, if you go to Dragonspiral tower and fish there you will eventually find Dratinis. HOWEVER, only Dratini's level 55 and higher know the move Outrage.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Really?

I always thought that when you use the same element on a pokemon, that it's always going to bw not very effective

Normal on Normal. Neutral.
Fighting on Fighting. Neutral.
Ghost on Ghost. Super Effective.
Ground on Ground. Neutral.
Flying on Flying. Neutral.
Bug on Bug. Neutral.
Dragon on Dragon. Super Effective.

The rest, I believe, are Not Very Effective.

WAIT WHAT?

I didn't know that ghost worked on ghost. At least not in the first 3 generations

Here's the site I go to when I need to do checking against the various types and whatnot:

http://pokemondb.net/type

You do not know how many times that chart saved both me and my pokemon's fourth point of contact.

 

[Voulan]

The gym leader in Cianwood City in G/S/C is named Chuck, and he uses the fighting type.

I wonder who that could be a reference to?

 

[The]

I've never noticed that the Pokemon have better health care than the humans until now.

 

[him over there]

I've never noticed that the Pokemon have better health care than the humans until now.

Which is to say they even have healthcare. Which is apparently so good the nurses encourage them to get hurt so they can see them again.

 

[The]

I've never noticed that the Pokemon have better health care than the humans until now.

Which is to say they even have healthcare. Which is apparently so good the nurses encourage them to get hurt so they can see them again.

But that's okay. Trainers don't get hurt. They only white out if they lose a match.

 

[him over there]

I've never noticed that the Pokemon have better health care than the humans until now.

Which is to say they even have healthcare. Which is apparently so good the nurses encourage them to get hurt so they can see them again.

But that's okay. Trainers don't get hurt. They only white out if they lose a match.

Am I the only one unsure of what "whiting out" even means? Also it's messed up how the pokemon seem to be far less affected by each other and the elements yet realistically they could destroy buildings if they simply tried.

 

[Marik2]

Really?

I always thought that when you use the same element on a pokemon, that it's always going to bw not very effective

Normal on Normal. Neutral.
Fighting on Fighting. Neutral.
Ghost on Ghost. Super Effective.
Ground on Ground. Neutral.
Flying on Flying. Neutral.
Bug on Bug. Neutral.
Dragon on Dragon. Super Effective.

The rest, I believe, are Not Very Effective.

WAIT WHAT?

I didn't know that ghost worked on ghost. At least not in the first 3 generations

Here's the site I go to when I need to do checking against the various types and whatnot:

http://pokemondb.net/type

You do not know how many times that chart saved both me and my pokemon's fourth point of contact.

Ah thanks a bunch for that.

Been awhile since I got back into pokemon, and quite a few things have changed

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I used to think Commander Saturn was a girl.

 

[this account is gay]

The breeding center in Silver and Gold is on Route 34. I laughed quite a bit when I realized that.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

In the anime, Jesse and James are named after Frank and Jesse James. In the Japanese version they are called Musashi and Kojiro, after the two famous rival swordsman (Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro).

 

[geK0]

Seriously! I would have never guessed this! My entire childhood has been turned upside down!

 

[Innegativeion]

*snip*

...I...I don't get it.

Anyway, as for mine:

Notice how the precious metal "platinum" has little to do with diamonds and pearls, which are commonly considered jewels, other than, you know, being precious.

Well, Giratina's name was derived from Girasol, a kind of opal. My bet's on executive meddling leading to the more appealing name of "Platinum Version".

And I'm also willing to bet someone was high off their ass when they passed up platinum for "Crystal Version" back in the old generation II days.

 

[Leemaster777]

The Goldenrod City gym layout forms a Clefairy.

Spoiler

Here's a good one from the Pokemon Trading Card game video game.

If you played the GBC Trading Card game, you probably met up with this dude, Imakuni:

You know who this guy is? He's the dude who sings the Japanese version of the old gen 1 Pokerap. Seriously:

 

[geK0]

*snip*

...I...I don't get it.

Krabby is based off a crab! *mind blown*

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I used to think Commander Saturn was a girl.

Wait....what?

Commander Saturn is a dude?

 

[Nadia Castle]

Replayed Pokemon Yellow quite recently and suddenly had my mind blown when I saw the spaceship in the museum is the actual one from the moon landing in 1969. Does the Pokemon universe have some unknown connection to our own?????

 

[SD-Fiend]

What do they eat if they don't kill pokémon? And why has nobody documented the medical marvel of hundreds of twin sisters in the pokémon universe? Why does Ash say he wants to catch em' all, but the never catches any?

1. they do. you'll see attempts to kill or eat pokemon in the manga,anime and games.
2. it's not all that special apparently. it seems that they mostly look the same but it's partially just due to the uniform. My only guess is that the genes are just that dominant, if you're exposed their *ahem* genetic material long enough your hair'll turn blue/pink/ you'll grow a mustache.
3. marketing of course. If they didn't say it then then only compeletionists would care

 

[Innegativeion]

Replayed Pokemon Yellow quite recently and suddenly had my mind blown when I saw the spaceship in the museum is the actual one from the moon landing in 1969. Does the Pokemon universe have some unknown connection to our own?????

You mean, other than it being exactly like our own but with pokemon (and all they entail) instead of animals, and different land masses (and all that entails)?