ITT: stupid shit we used to believe when we were younger
>rock resists rock
>noctowl is a psychic type
>golduck is a psychic type
>lopunny is a fighting type
>torkoal is fire/rock
>>24660950
I was a real autist and didn't understand why Water should be weak against Grass so I proved the game wrong by steamrolling every Grass type with my Blastoise's Hydro Pump or Surf
>>24660950
alright, let me rephrase it
>noctowl is a psychic/flying type
>golduck is a water/psychic type
>>24660950
>ice resists ground
>>24660950
>>>torkoal is fire/rock
wait what the fuck, it isn't? also, here's another one:
>lugia is, somehow, flying/psychic/water
>>24660950
>mfw i found out Glalie wasn't part Dark
>>24660950
i though poliwrath was water/psychic
the game was filled with water/psychic mons and because it learned hypnosis i thought it was just one more water/psychic
i also thought golduck was water/psychic too obviously
>>24660950
>All trade evo pokemon will evolve when you beat the E4 with them at high enough l;evel
>nuggets have some use other than to be sold
>fling changes type when using various evolution stones
>you could move the truck next to SS anne for a master ball underneath
>>24660950
>Weepinbell evolved into Bellsprout because of that one league episode
>>24660950
I used to equip my Luvdisc with a Soothe Bell, trying to make it evolve to alomomola when i was a kid
>>24661006
lugia is one of the most confusing pokémon typing-wise for me
It looks like it could be dragon or water but instead it's flying psychic
also gligar looks like a bug-type
>Nosepass' foot was his mouth in gen 3
>Thought you could get Blaziken in GSC
>Thought you could go to Johto in FRLG
>>24661186
>kid
>alomomola
I used to think Pokémon could devolve. Back then, I saw an episode of the anime which already had Charizard. The next day or so I saw an older episode on TV which featured Charmander still unevolved.
>thought you could get kecleon in GSC
>thought shiny kecleon was purple
thanks anime
>>24661206
there was an episode where a slowbro devolved into slowpoke
>>24661198
it's an old post made by a tripfag
>thought Pokemon was ever good
>>24660950
I don't think the Noctowl or Golduck ones are stupid. It's their Pokedex entries plus the anime that caused people to think that. Especially when the first form of Golduck is called PSYduck, and Hoothoot looks like a little like a Psychic-type.
>>24661212
i think there are some dex entries that say if you pull off the shellder itis extremely painful
I used to believe that Pokémon would break out once they reach level 100 and attack you, continuing on to steamroll your team, because they are so powerful.
>>24661198
Gen 5 was 5 years ago.
>>24661258
Wait a minute... Oh you're right.
I thought for a very long time that Grass resisted Fighting.
Tangela was the only pure Grass type in Gen 1, the others were almost all Grass/Poison or Grass/Psychic and thus resisted Fighting because of their second typing. I seldom used Fighting moves on pure grass types in future generations, so I never realised that Grass doesn't resist until a few years ago.
>>24660950
I didn't think Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres were legendary, just fairly uncommon.
>>24660950
I always thought the sun was following me when riding in a car.
I thought moves such as Tail Whip helped increase your chances of catching a wild Pokémon.
Fighting can beat Ghost.
Mewtwo was corrupted by MissignNo.
Red and Ash are father and son.
>>24660961
>Blastoise
My nigga
>>24661016
This fucked me up too, couldn't believe that shit
>>24661231how dare U
>>24660950
Pressing the A button increased the chances of catching the 'mon whenever the Pokeball moved at the same time
I believed pretty much every "cheat" I read about on the internet. I can't believe those cheat sites published all those false rumors that were started on playgrounds around the world.
>>24660950
>Macargo evolves into Torkoal
>>24661517
>>24661525
And I only thought of this because of their placing in the RSE dex and their similar appearances.
I thought using Fire type moves on fire type Pokemon in team battles would fuel them and make them stronger
I thought that once a Fire type got to a high level water moves would evaporate and turn to steam around them
I thought that using beam moves in team battle would make them combine, like using Flamethrower and Thunderbolt would create an electric stream of fire that would whip lightning and pop flames off when it hit Pokemon
I thought that not using certain pokemon would make them weak in battle, so I put level 36 Pokes against the E4 and thought I lost because I didn't love my Pokemon enough
I thought I could telepathically talk to my Pokemon and encourage them in battle, so I would think things like "You can do it Umbreon, we just need one more hit you can make it."
I thought Brock was black
I thought all of the things in the anime could happen in the game
I thought that if you used Water Gun on Onix with Squirtle and then switched to Pikachu Thundershock would be super effective
I thought Pinken Berries were in a secret island in the games
The anime really fucked me over
I also thought Pokemon didn't poop because I never saw their buttholes
>>24661191
>Thought you could go to Jhoto in FRLG
We should have, best chance to make these game stand out
>>24660950
>Grass is weak to Psychic
venemoth is some combination of bug/poision/flying/psychic
>Lugia is a flying type only
>>24661625
I can't handle all this anime logic
>>24661189
According to ELO hell, Gliscor is Flying/Bug/Poison/Dark/Ground/Dragon.
I don't remember exactly what but there was something involved with the SS Anne and getting a blue Pikachu called Pikablu.
>>24661817
Anime had a Surfing Pikachu with blue eyes
>>24661500
It does nigga. You just gotta believe
>>24660950
I used to think psychic was strong against ghosts because of the ghastly line
>Rock being immune to Electric
Thanks to the shittyBRanime dub and almost of the rockmons being ground types in gen 1
>>24662008
Was just about to put this. It wasn't only until recently I learned that electric can hit pure rock types and for neutral damage too. And I have been playing since Red/Blue.
>>24661938
Yep this.
>>24660950
> 16
>Thinks he's an adult now
>>24660950
i literally still make all of these assumptions sometimes
thread should be >things GF did initially and then changed
man mine were dumb..
>bug was weak to ice
>dark resisted poison
>fire types had a 1/50 chance of being frozen
>the reason there was no day/night cycle in gen 3 Hoenn was due to Groudon's presence, and I had to catch it to bring back the night
>>24660950
>Grass is weak to psychic
>Slowbro evolves into Slowking
>>24662008
FUCKING THIS. I didn't learn otherwise until Red's Pikachu nailed my Tyranitar with Thunder in Gold version.
>>24661231
Lol i remember when i had pkmn blue i trained a slowpoke and a shelder together to get a slowbrah
Turns out Lugia isn't a water type.
I'm still disappointed.
I thought stat changes were permanent
I often would reset if the opponent used shit like tail whip 3 or so times in a row
>>24661209
I'm still pissed shiny kek isn't purple, that's bullshit
>>24661625
>I thought that using beam moves in team battle would make them combine, like using Flamethrower and Thunderbolt would create an electric stream of fire that would whip lightning and pop flames off when it hit Pokemon
That actually sounds really cool
>>24662148
>slowbro evolves into slowking
this
>>24662190
Didn't they do something like that in with the pledges?
Also:
>If I beat Norman 99 times in Emerald he would give me a ticket to go to an island to catch deoxys
I thought there was a hidden lv. 50 Ghost-type in RSE's Abandoned Ship that could revive it into a ghost ship.At least ORAS had Spiritomb
oh my nards this thread is filled with fucking idiots
>>24663403
Not everyone was qualified for Yale when they were children like you were, Einstein.
>>24661231
>it is extremely painful
For Mew
>>24661186
not this meme again.
>>24661625
well, I mean, Brock is black, technically, isn't he?
>>24660950
In Generation 1 I used to believe Ghost types were super effective against Psychic-types.
>Walking around Ruins of Alph (GSC) with a certain team composition and checking statues (similarly to Vermillion Gym puzzle) would unlock a secret pokemon.
>It's just an empty hall with Unowns.
I'm disappointed to this day.
>Despite not being a Water type, Lugia has occasionally been depicted as a Water-type in the Trading Card Game.
Oh so that's where I got it form.
>>24664276
I got it from the movie desu
>>24660950
>when we were younger
>>lopunny
wew lad
>>24664281
D/P was 9 years ago.
I thought torkoal was some kind of short smoke gnome. I saw the holes as its eyes and that its head was an arm holding a ring of smoke. I was also really confused that it had three legs.
I was a lazy reader so I'd read Meganium as Meganearium.
>>24660950
>In RBG and RSE, you had to pick the starter that corresponded to the colour of the game's boxart mon.
I actually restarted Sapphire halfway through the game because I thought I had to choose Mudkip instead of Treeko.
>mfw I realised I had made a stupid decision when arriving at Oldale
I thought the only thing that mattered was type effectiveness, so I only put as many different types of attacks on my pokemon as possible. My Scizor even had HP Psychic.
>great ball is better than ultra ball
>all fighting types are the same, unless they have a secondary type
>In Crystal you could find both Giovanni, and Mew in Rockets hideout under Mahogany
My brother also had a big infobook during gen1 that said evolutionary stones let a pokemon evolve -faster- implying you could use thunderstone on Electrode or magnemite etc
>>24660950
>First Pokemon game was Colosseum
>Thought choosing release would put Duking's Plusle in my party
>Thought "[Pokemon]'s [stat] rose!" was referring to the effect looking like a blooming rose
>Attacked my own team multiple times because I thought it was how I went to the next Pokemon's menu
>Gave Pokemon Pokeballs because I thought they would throw them for me
>>24661625
>I thought I could telepathically talk to my Pokemon and encourage them in battle, so I would think things like "You can do it Umbreon, we just need one more hit you can make it."
autism
>>24660950
The worst one I had, was I thought that growl, leer, tail whip etc permanently lowered your stats
>Get PKRS
>Don't know what it is, but a bunch of pokemon has it
>decide it's a disease and i should get rid off all pokemon that has it
>released all pokes with PKRS
>>24664357
I don't understand, if you had already played for a while, how could you not have realized it didn't matter?
>>24660998
>ice resists grass
why is being swinub suffering?
Lugia is flying/water.
>mfw I realized stat raising/lowering had absolutely no effect on catch rate
>>24661016
Its not??????
>Leaf Storm has ~50% accuracy
>Overheat has 100% accuracy
I still believe it because it's actually true.
>>24662148
>Eviolite on Slowbro works
>>24664644
This.
>>24660950
>>noctowl is a psychic type
>>golduck is a psychic type
I still get these wrong all the time
>>lopunny is a fighting type
well it kind of is, now
Oldfag cross-boarder here
>Thought Azumarill was an evolution to Pikachu using a water stone when his image leaked in the US before Gen 2 was a thing; his name was Pikablu
>Thought pressing A raised your chances of catching Pokemon, but you had to have a certain timing
> Great Ball > Ultra Ball
>Thought you could get Mew by an elaborate series of events that culminated in moving the truck by the SS Anne; it you did a step wrong the truck wouldn't move, so I thought I fucked it up forever.
>Lugia: What type is it?
>Thought all status moves were a waste of time and I could just pound everyone into submission
>Got stuck in Blue because I couldn't find the TM for cut; thought it was glitched since I didn't have a Pokemon that could use it
>Had a huge crush on Professor Oak
... Captcha, I assure you cereal IS food.
>>24667593
Lonon?
I mean Lumiose?
>>24660950
>Pressing a after throwing a pokeball makes it more likely to catch
>pressing a on poison moves makes them more likely to poison
I still do this.
>ice is super effective against water
seriously, why the fuck not?
>pokeballs have 10X catch rate on legends
>great balls have 10X catch rate if the mon is at 51% HP
>pressing B and up on the d-pad timed perfectly makes any pokeball have masterball catch rate
i still kinda believe the first 2 though
>>24667593
>Great Ball > Ultra Ball
This is actually true in certain cases. Great Balls use a different formula for catch rate calculation.
i thought pinsir evolved into heracross and I remember thinking cloyster evolves into gastly when I looked at the r/b instruction booklet
>>24661625
>I also thought Pokemon didn't poop because I never saw their buttholes
>>24660950
U.S. got the green remake while Japan got a blue remake
>>24664306
That's kinda cool actually.
i thought electric was weak to fire for the longest time because i didn't know magnemite was part steel.
>>24661189
>Literally the diving pokemon
>always associated with water
>lives at the bottom of the sea or island
>still isn't a water type
>Threw away my Gold because I thought my game was broken because the exp bar wasn't moving
>Realized you can't go past level 100
I still can't seem to remember that poison is weak to psychic.
To this day I think flying is weak to fire
I always just think of how flammable feathers must be
>>24661625
>I thought that once a Fire type got to a high level water moves would evaporate and turn to steam around them
You weren't entirely wrong.
I still think Ice is weak to Ground.
>>24668003
Its not?
Wait what
>>24661681
don't forget fighting type sempai. It learns sky uppercut by level.
>>24668019
Nope, just rock.
>>24661329
This killed me.
>ground is weak against ground
>lugia is a water type
>delcatty was introduced in gen 4
>pokemon contests were similar to the anime
>>24664284
During my very first playthrough I thought that stat lowering had permanent effect, even outside of battle. Got really mad each time wild Rattata lvl 4 used Tail Whip and ruined my mons.
>used to think moves got stronger the more you used them
>they did, but that's because the more you used them, the more damage you did, the more kos you got, the more exp you got, the more levels you got, the more stat points you got
>>24661151
Wait, what? Which episode?
A stat lowered in battle is permanent for the rest of the game
Thought Solrock was Fire/Rock
Because of bad translation in my native language i thought that moves like dragon dance rose stats like it was just a partial level up, Not a multiplier. Maybe I was just a tard kid; I redeemed mysel during diamond and pearl age
>>24668163
>StupidSexyArchie.png
>>24667593
Yeah but for the main game status moves are actually bullshit. You can beat the game no sweat by only using your starter and spamming decent attack moves
>>24660950
>lopunny is a fighting type
well, i bet you don't feel as stupid now...
>>24664364
what's up wolfpack
