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Which of the following evolutions isn't cannon?
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Which of the following evolutions isn't cannon?
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2. Bafflingly enough.
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Yeah it's fucking bullshit, we all know.
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>>25006931
None. Wartortle -> Blastoise is the only evolution that is cannon. Two of them, in fact.
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>>25006931
would /vp/ be okay if they actually retconned the look of butterfree/venomoth by switching them?
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>>25006999
Of course not, that's a ridiculous idea.
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I can accept people not believing that Butterfree and Venomoth's designs were switched, since that is purely conjecture, but it's laughable that people refuse to acknowledge or even outright deny that Venonat resembles butterfree more than metapod does.
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Gnats don't pupate into butterflies.

Nor moths
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>>25006999
I'd like that.
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>>25007156
>implying venonat is gnat
>implying the english names have any significance
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>>25007163
It's japanese name is Kongpang. Giant apes don't turn into butterflies either.
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I would be 100% fine if Game Freak retconed any of those lines.
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>>25006931
>>25006999
>>25007037
Wait until Game Freak reveal this in conjunction of Digglet's/Dugtrio's full body, Kangaskhan's baby true species, Munna and Tirtouga being retaken Pokemon, etc. as part of #Pokemon20
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2.
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>>25007163
>English-named video game company
>English-named video game
>Most sales in English-speaking countries
>"Only Japanese matters!"
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>>25007231
kongpang refers to insect and the sound of a radar. venonat is just a fuzzy cartoon insect with emphasis on the coumpound eyes typical to bugs

>>25007242
stop. the bugs make sense, the rest doesnt

>>25007270
japanese names were made by the development team. english names were made by the north american localization who doesn't know shit. seaking (the king of the sea) is a fresh water fish. mr. mime can be male and female. kek
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>>25007268
I caught a Luvdisc and gave it Soothe Bell and did all the massages and stuff to try to make it evolve into Alomomola when I was a kid.

Now I feel silly.
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>>25007298
Not to mention
>BEEdrill
>is a wasp
>VESPiquen
>is a bee
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>>25007268
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>>25007242
How many times must the theme behind magikarp and gyarados be explained before you faggots get it
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>>25007342
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>NONE of these are canon
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>>25007427
and this, dragonair's beta design
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>>25007427
Once more please, since I haven't heard it.
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>>25007434
But they are, anon, in a sense. They are all parts of the great tree of life.

What the fuck, not Mew -> Abra
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>>25007257
>retaken Pokemon

???
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GF fucked up right here
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>>25007242
Magikarp and Gyarados even have similar mouths, whiskers and fins you utter retards
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>>25007514
I think he means that old concepts that never made it to the games were reused to create those pokemon.

tirtouga from the turtle in G/S beta concept art and munna from how a female trainer in R/B refers to a pink pokemon with a floral pattern
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>>25007037
I honestly think they switched Butterfree and Venomoth knowing Butterfree is the far superior design and wanting to give it more screentime in the anime/make it more accessible in the game
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>>25007563
they were definately not planning that far ahead in about the anime when making the game.

but everyone can agree that butterfree is the superior design.
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>>25007438
"Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons."
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>>25007242
Consider the following:
Venonat and Butterfree similarity is just a matter of artist's style. By these two evolutionary lines Gamefreak wanted to show how drastically insects' appearance change after metamorphose, so it was not their intention to make butterflies similar to larvae.
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>>25007608
This only supports the Magikarp-Dragonite idea, since Gyarados isn't a dragon
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Why not just retcon Venonat out of existence and just do what they did with Wurmple and just have Metapod evolve into either Butterfree or Venomoth depending on its personality values? Or would that make too much sense for GF to do?
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>>25007617
an asian dragon, dumbass

>>25007616
>Venonat and Butterfree similarity is just a matter of artist's style
>there are people who actually believe this
kek
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>>25007617
Of course it is
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>>25007617
have you never seen a traditional chinese dragon
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>>25007625
>>25007628
>>25007631
Is it part dragon-type in Japan or something? I don't get it
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>>25007641
are you gonna tells us that charizard isnt a dragon because it's not dragon type?
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>>25007646

What emotion is that man trying to convey?
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>>25007641
implying that there arent other pokemon with fucked typing. just because gf didnt make it water/dragon doesnt mean it isnt one. flygon is clearly based on a dragonfly but isnt part bug type.. besides this is about appearance not typing.
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>>25007657
Well, exactly; I wasn't sure how should I feel reading the post I reacted to with the image.
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>>25007616
Oh shit he fainted!
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>>25007656
Why would it be? Its X mega is dragon, but obviously Charizard itself isn't. What next, Aerodactyl is also a dragon because Lance owned one?
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>>25007703
Holy shit, you are much dumber than i could have ever imagined. Please off yourself now so that there is no chance that these genes will be passed down.
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>>25007542
This holy shit how do you faggots not see it
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>>25007703
Charizard belongs to the Dragon Egg Group, so that means it IS a Dragon but doesn't have the type until Mega Evolves into X. It even learns Dragon-type moves.
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>>25007242
All my money on it.
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>>25006931
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>>25007428
>>25007342
>>25007268
>>25007242
You anons surely do it better that Any GF member.

Why all game developer never do they one job?
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>>25007703
So by your logic, Flygon and Golurk cannot fly because they are not Flying type.
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>>25007753
Also in this egg group;
>Ekans
>Arbok
>Treecko
>Grovyle
>Sceptile
>Swablu
>Seviper
>Feebas
>Milotic
>Scraggy
>Scrafty
>Helioptile
>Heliolisk
Pretty retarded to consider those dragons to be honest. Might as well call pidgey a dragon based on some myth from the congo or something
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>>25007774
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>>25007785
I never said that. Don't put words in my mouth
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>>25007810
It's not venomoth, its never been venomoth, and it will never be venomoth. Right now all of you that think caterpie was supposed to turn into venomoth have that literal autistic condition where if something doesnt fit perfectly its not meant to be. Chances are, if the caterpie thing bothers you, this will too.
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>>25007853
cant wait until ken sugimori confirms it to btfo you blind nonbelievers who dont know shit about design
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>>25007867
Go be autistic somewhere else, You know youre wrong, but your brain is literally telling you to fix what it thinks is a problem. Your brain is broken.
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>>25007810
Butterflies and moths have a tendency to look absolutely nothing like their larval forms.
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>>25007882
I'm sorry that you're unable to process unquestionable evidence

I bet you failed art in school

>>25007891
not if they are cartoons
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>>25007810
Does that look like a fucking butterfly to you? It's a moth. You can cry about TEH EYEZ all you fucking want, but it doesn't change the fact that VENOMOTH ISN'T A FUCKING BUTTERFLY.
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>>25007820
It's the same logic. You're saying Pokemon can only be defined by their types.
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>>25007900
except it is. all moths are butterflies anyway

butterfree and venomoth are literally interchangeable in terms of being butterflies or moths or whatever the fuck
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>>25007434
this entire pic is retarded.
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>>25007930
I bet you think Cubone is a baby Kangaskhan.
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>>25007897
Heimlich from A Bug's Life is the exception, not the rule.
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>>25007928
No they aren't you gook fuck.
Butterflies are Beautiful and Moths are Monsterous.
Butterfree is a Butterfly and Venomoth is a Moth.

Fuck off with your Gay Theory headcanon.
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>>25007925
I never said anything remotely similar to the dumb statement you are trying to associate with me.

In fact, saying Charizard is a dragon because he can learn dragon moves is like saying Golurk is a bird because he can learn fly
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>>25007990
>Butterflies are Beautiful and Moths are Monsterous.
what the fuck kind of mnemonic is that
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>>25008001
>all Flying-types are birds
>implying bats are birds
>implying bugs are birds
>implying dandelions are birds
>implying trees are birds
>implying balloons are birds
>implying squirrels are birds
>implying genies are birds
>implying owls are birds
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>>25008033
Okay i don't get this meme with owls not being birds. Can you explain please.
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>>25008033
You're just immune to any sort of analogy that gets thrown your way, aren't you? Obviously non-bird pokemon can learn fly, just as non-dragon pokemon like Lapras, Charizard, and Gyarados can learn Dragon Pulse
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>>25008063
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>>25008076
Thanks, kind anon!
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>>25007427
I don't think Magikarp ~ Dragonite undermines the idea behind the legend though.

If anything they probably started with a bunch of designs and moved them around as more designs came out.

Like this >>25007434 might've been what they sat there looking at and went: "Man a lot of this is fucking stupid".
I really doubt Psyduck ~ Farfetch'd were going to be related.
and no way was Charmeleon anything other than the bridge between Mander and Rizzard
but I can see Butterfree being a lot better for players to encounter early on as a reward for completing a pokevolution than a big ugly looking moth.
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>>25008063

Lur.k
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>>25008113
are you stupid

also look at the dragonair's beta design >>25007436
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>>25008145
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>>25008272
What are you trying to prove here? That all 4 have different colours? Yes they do.
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>>25007434
>Diglett -> Weedle -> Seal
Fuck, I lost it
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>>25008145
>are you stupid

Nigga, read my post.
A fish still turns into a dragon, I ain't sayin nothin else about it.
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>>25008145
>>25008272
I never understood what people is trying to prove on these.
Why are you assuming the change was made at last minute and not in the middle of the design process.

It could have been something like:
> Oh the new magikarp evolution (dragonite) is too cool.
> Yeah, we should use it as a semilegendary, let's just put it in the dratini line and make a new magikarp evolution (gyarados).

I personally think that's not the case and that they were planned as they were relased, but trying to prove it with shit that could have been changed easily is just stupid.
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what have I done
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>>25008639
By colours it looks good, but fuck, that creepy glare from Butterfree is killing me
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>>25007990
>not beautiful
>never seen a lunarmoth
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>>25007434
>Charmelion > Magmar > Golduck
FOR. WHAT. PURPOSE.
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could he still be alive?
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>>25007990
>moth's can't be pretty
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>>25006931
I honestly didn't realize that wasn't Venomoth and thought this was a shitty troll. I'm not convinced that it isn't but it's not for the reasons I originally thought
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>>25008639
okay, see, I actually really really like that venomoth. that;s what I've been wanting all along really.

need to oblong the butterfrees eyes like they originally were though. otherwise they look all bulbous.
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>>25008552
>dragonite
>derps mcgee
>golden barney
>too cool
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>>25007268
no excuse for this one
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>>25007330
>Alomomola when I was a kid
Underage
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>>25007434
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>Posts 3 evolutions as they appear in all official Pokemon canons
>Over 90 comments

There's a a very good chance that Venomoth and Butterfrees places were switched, but it wasn't an accident. Caterpie was probably always meant to be an early mon while Venonat a little later in the game, but seeing as Caterpie would see more use by kids, it had better marketing potential. Thus, it made sense to switch the relatively more monstrous Venomoth with the cuter, infantile Butterfree
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>>25008791
Are you on drugs, faggot?
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>>25008827
He was just saying that if they were switched then chances are it wasn't an accident.
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>>25008827
As a matter of fact I'm inhaling poppers as I'm being fucked by my 45 year old boyfriend, but that's neither here or there.

What exactly is your problem?
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>>25008867
i wrote out this whole post and put it in the wrong thread, but it was meant to be here.
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>>25007428
You know how they could retcon Pokemon evolving into each other like this without adding a middle evolution? The justification in-game could be that they just recently discovered the method of evolution between the Pokemon. That way Luvdisc can finally evolve into Alomomola and Unown into Sigilyph.
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>>25007037
>>25007563
I think it had to do with the typing, Caterpie would be too similar to Weedle if it was a poison type. That makes 2 early game poison bugs. So they stuck Venomoth later in the game and made Caterpie turn into Butterfree instead
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>>25008765
bw=2011
2016

5 years.

13 is still young enough to be kiddish.
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>>25008943
Except it wasn't 2016 the first time someone said it. Now it's just copypasta.
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>>25009014
if its a copypasta, then why is he saying underagefag detected?
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>>25006959
Underrated ghost.
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What would their english names have been if they weren't ever switched?
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>>25009066
Because the replier was a retard.
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>>25008690

Number of head points, is my guess.
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>>25007434
>Fearow doesn't evolve into Moltres or Zapdos if you give it a Fire/Thunder Stone
Would have been really neat.
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>>25008526
>>25008552
Dragonair's beta design shows a clear design connection with Dratini and Dragonite. Magikarp and Gyarados have plenty of design similarities.

Acording to the index numbers Gyarados and Dragonite were both created before Magikarp and Dragonair
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>>25007037
Holy fuck, can we please stop with this shitty meme? Pic related is a common mormon caterpillar, which Caterpie is clearly based on.
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>>25010615
and THIS is a swallowtail butterfly, which the above caterpillars metamorphose into.
Venonat > Butterfree was never intended to happen.
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>>25008690
>>25009565
Plus, he's turning into a duck, since Magmar gets a beak
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>>25010618
also here's a common mormon pupa
I once found a bunch of these on a lime tree in my garden and kept them until they matured - you have no fucking clue how much it blew my 10-year-old mind that I had basically trained my very own team of Caterpies into Butterfrees
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>>25007037
we are yet to postulate an evolutionary path as follows:

caterpie > metapod > butterfree > venonat > venomoth
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>>25010618
Looks like Venomoth.
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>tfw afraid of caterpillars / caterpillar phobia
I'M OUT. THREAD HIDDEN.
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>>25008925
just the designs were switched, not the whole pokemon - typing,moveset,stats,etc
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>>25008943
13 is still not old enough to be posting
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>>25006999
Nope, Venomoth is infinitely better than Butterfree and getting its stats would be absolutely devastating.
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>>25010618
Well to be 100% quite honest with you that butterfly looks closer to Venomoth than Butterfree.
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>>25010618
such venomoth!
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>>25010615
so weedle!
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>>25007434
10/10 would play
tangela > jynx
diglett > weedle > seal
fucking yes

this is some 10/10 tamagotchi tier evo chart
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>>25010812
he meant switching the designs, it's just cosmetic, nothing to do with gameplay
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>>25010792
It was also apparently five years ago.
You're supposed to be old enough to read.
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>>25006999
It's already set in stone. Changing it now would just be weird and not work.
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>>25006959
Underrated post, upvoted
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>>25006959
Octillery is literally cannon aswell
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>>25007621
Venonat's a cool design, that's why.

Certainly more interesting than Venomoth.
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>>25010936
it's such a shame that the coolest part of her design - the cuddly look and radar-like eyes aren't carried over to venomoth

oh wait, there's another flying bug in the game that's cuddly and has radar-like eyes
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>>25008001
>saying Charizard is a dragon because he can learn dragon moves
>>25008069
>non-dragon pokemon like Lapras, Charizard, and Gyarados can learn Dragon Pulse
I never said those things make them dragons. They're dragons because that's what they are. There is no Fish type but that doesn't mean Magikarp is not a fish.

This guy >>25007666 already explained it to you, not sure why you're having trouble understanding.
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>>25007037
>>25007134
nice theory... however, it has already been made public that kakuna and metapod had been mistakenly sprite switched...

>>25007270
since when english people can write POKÉMON with their retarded keyboard ?
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>>25011058
>since when english people can write POKÉMON with their retarded keyboard ?
>what is ´+e
niggér
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>>25011058
>it has already been made public that kakuna and metapod had been mistakenly sprite switched
bullshit. source or gtfo

the only thing that has been confirmed about the weedle line's conception is that weedle was supposed to evolve into a ladybug scrapped pokemon
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>>25011066
ok, take it this way. there is no é in english. don't look further.
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>>25007434
>implying rocks are snakes
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>>25011278
No è, ê, ë, ė, ę, ÿ, ü, û, ù, ú, ô, ö, ò, ó, œ, o, õ, à, á, â, ä, ã, å, ß, ś, š, ł, ž, ź, ż, ç, ć, č, ñ, or ń either, yet I can type them with my qwerty keyboard.
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>>25006959
ayy
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I hate this meme
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>>25010929
Magmortar and Clauncher would like you to ignore the technical distinctions in their arsenal and join your party.
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>>25010652
>>25010823
>>25010831
goddammit fuck you guys
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>>25007608
That's retarded. Dragonite is a dragon as well,
This doesn't mean shit.
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>>25007542
Dragonite has the whiskers too though.
Split evo?
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>>25007242
>hurr hurr gyarados is blue and serpentine so obviously it was supposed to be dratini's final evo!
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>>25013752
stop. see >>25007436
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venonat is so adorable and venomoth looks like shit. ill never forgive gamefreak butterfree would be the perfect evo for it
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>>25007037
Still a shitty mon so who cares
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>>25014579
That line was ruined by Reddit anyway.
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wasn't there another allegedly switched design in gen 1? (not this dumb shit >>25007242)
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>>25006931
Wait, Dragonite doesn't actually look like Barney there. It's almost an acceptable evolution. What happened?
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>>25014948
a lot of gen 1 sprites are really off-model
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>>25007617
I've been reading this. And holy fuck my head hurts
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>>25014901
what?
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>>25008696
Is this pic supposed to challenge that? That moth is ugly af senpai
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>>25014935
You're probably thinking of the thing where Graveler's second pair of arms are transferred to Machamp mid-trade
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>>25015052
that's cute i never heard that one before
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>>25015008
Venomoth's evo line was ruined by Reddit anyway. Need I spell it out for you in black and white or would you rather continue living in blissful ignorance.
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>>25007434
>Cloyster, Lapras
>Nidoran F, Sandshrew
>Dratini, Ekans, Dragonair
>fearow, Moltres
>Drowzee, Rhyhorn
>Gengar, Snorlax
>kabuto, Shellder, Parasect
>Seadra, Gyarados


WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING
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>>25007434
>Chansey to Kangaskhan
>the soft pink body grows a layer of armor and teeth to protect itself, and its egg hatches

FUND IT
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this is worse than gengar being clefable's shadow. kill yourselves
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>>25015298
>Venomoth's evo line was ruined by Reddit anyway
How
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>>25012826
And no mention of Rhyperior? Disturbing.
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>>25008690
The whole pic is just connecting Pokemon that share a single similar body part. For your example, it's (tail on fire)-->(duck bill). For the Diglet one, it's (pink ellipsoid nose)-->(stubby head spike). Chansey, it's (pouch) and so on.
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Also this mix up
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Can you not understand how creatures all designed by the same may look similar for non intentional reasons?
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>>25007928
>>25007990
moths literally are butterflies

also, I'm impressed no one has mentioned the birdowls meme yet
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>>25016403
Flygon's and Salamence's names are mixed up, not the pokemon.
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>>25016403
>>25016534
I wouldnt say mixed up. The thing is Flygon's (the green antlion dragon) japanese name is actually Flygon. So even though bagon > shelgon > flygon was setup for the english localization, having two different pokemon have the same name, one in each language, would be confusing as fuck, even for trademarking purposes
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>>25016403
If anything, this is just a name mixup, not a design one. Salamence and Flygon themselves look fine in their evolutionary lines, just switch their names.
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>>25008113
Can you not tell when someone is being sarcastic?
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>>25008639
You made butterfree look like a gen 3 and up pokemon.
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>>25006999
No because the theory is fucking retarded
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>>25016785
If you cant see how it makes sense then you're the retard
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>butterfree has the same colour scheme, antennae, eyes, feet, and fangs as venonat
>butterfree's head is a fucking venonat sans fur on top of a butterfly body
>"HOW CAN THIS THEORY EVEN EXIST IT MAKES NO SENSE THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO VISUAL SIMILARITY WHATSOEVER"
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>>25008076
>>25008063
>>25008033
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>>25006931
>cannon
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>>25007257
We've seen Dugtrio's full body.

There'snothing under the ground, and the dirt is part of it's body. Diglett/Dugtrio are literally made out of ground.
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>>25017461
Venonat and Butterfree were designed by the same artist, while Caterpie was drawn by someone else.

How hard is this to understand. 'nat and 'free look similar because the same person drew them, like how Mega Houdnoom and Vullaby have the same skull designs.
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>>25017461
This. It's as bad as the people who can't understand why anyone would think Alomomola and Luvdisc should be related because HURR DURR THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH.
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>>25011057
There is no 'fish' type though. But there is a 'dragon' type. Dragonite is a dragon, Salamence is a dragon, Haxorus is a dragon, Charizard is NOT a dragon. Just as Magikarp is a water pokemon, Azurill is NOT a water pokemon
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>>25017534
Why are you unable to distinguish between dragon, the creature, and Dragon, the Pokemon type? Volcarona and Flygon are still flying creatures even though they don't have the Flying type. Pokemon can still be things that aren't their types.
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>>25017654
There are no dragons in pokemon, there are only dragon pokemon, it really is cut and dry.

There is nothing to suggest Gyarados, Charizard, or others are dragon pokemon other than the fact that they 'look like one.' Sudowoodo looks like a tree, but it isn't, Azurill looks like a water pokemon, but it isn't.

And that flying example isn't very good. Flying is something that can be achieved, it's an action, whether it is done by flying pokemon or not, but a pokemon can't just 'be a dragon' by acting like one or otherwise
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>>25017721
>Azurill looks like a water pokemon, but it isn't.
As much as I loved the total type change upon evo, I'm glad that line got a secondary type that, y'know, gives them a reason to be a single line.
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>>25006931
All of them. Evolution is evolutionists hoax.
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still believing this fanfiction
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>>25007797
>>this is a dragon
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>>25018369
That is not a dragon pokemon, it's not even a pokemon. Stop being retarded with your awful analogies
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>>25017721
>>25018501
>being this deluded
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>>25006959
take my upvote
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>>25007342
MIND BLOWN
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>>25018369
>tfw no komodo dragon pokemon
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>>25007516
12/10
Would fuck
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>>25007268
Parallel Evolution
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>>25025273
It's called Convergent evolution
Parallel would imply they evolved the same traits in the same area too
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>>25006951
It would have been too simple
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>>25008881
Why did it turn me on as a kid, to read that it has poisonous sweat
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>>25015052
I like the theory that they exfoliated, that is pretty solid to me
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>>25007242
STOP FUCKING POSTING THAT STUPID GYARADOS DRAGONITE SWAP

GYARADOS IS BASED ON A CHINESE LEGEND AND THEY'RE BOTH CLEARLY FUCKING FISH. THEY EVEN SHARE THE SAME FINS AND WHISKERS, FUCK

AND LOOK AT DRAGONAIR, IT'S SO BLATANTLY SNAKE-LIKE WHICH IS A FUCKING REPTILE, AS DRAGONS ARE TOO.

FUCKING MORON
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>>25007342
Considering the amount of old evos in gen 4 I wonder if they originally intended for this. Then garchomp ended up looking so cool that they couldnt just let it just be an evo for a shitmon that no one cares about. The design was good enough to be the region dragon and so gible and gabite were born instead. Then they made it's type ground and made up some bullshit about it being a jet plane to dodge it's relation to sharpedo as much as possible.
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>>25016558
>megas are first announced
>"mega flygon" is among them
>no one has any idea what is happening
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>>25027149
meant to quote >>25016549 too
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>>25011079
that sounds cool. source?
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>>25007342
I hate all the other ones except this. It also explain the retarded existence of Gible and Gabite. Garchomp also looks more like water/dark or even dragon/dark than he does dragon/ground.

I hate the concept of changing evolutions so much that I will ignore how cool this is even if it might have saved Sharpedo's retarded tailless design.
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>>25028531
Shut up genwuner there is nothing wrong with the newer designs like sharpedo
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>>25028539
I like designs from all gens. Sharpedo is just a bad design though. If you like it it's fine there probably are some pokemon I like that you think have bad designs.
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>>25007810

see this is venomoth in absolute, they even managed to give venomoth the ending tails on the hidwings.

you nubs can bitch all you want, but it is caterpie -> Metapod - > venomoth. GF fucked up.
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Why hasn't somebody just asked masuda in an interview
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>>25028861
This. Just ask one of the higher ups at GF or TPC.
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>>25007434
>Dodrio evolving into Exeggutor isn't canon
No fucking excuse on this one. They really screwed up.
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>>25007703
And Stunfisk isn't a fish. I mean, why would it be? It's not Water-type or anything. And Malamar isn't a squid. That would be stupid.

Dumbass.
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Shitters don't know magikarp and gyarados are based of japanese carp windsocks.
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>>25028894
Not to mention, they're also based on the Chinese mythology of the Dragon Gate, which is even referenced in Pokemon Snap. There are too many intentions on Pokemon's behalf to make the theory believable.
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Is this scenarios so hard for people to believe?

Ken sugimori is sitting at his desk.. Trying to design interesting creatures but nothing he is not having any good ideas...

After scrunching up piece of paper after piece of paper he goes.

'Oh, I know I will go back and have a look at some of the other ones I came up with for some ideas"

Why is that so hard to imagine?
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>>25028410
you're a bad fan if you dont know this.

the concept was later reused for Ledian
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>>25010615
Look at this pic and understand faggot
>>25007810
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Guys what if they just switched how they look and their names but kept the same in moves and type? Butterfree would have all venomoth moves and type and venomoth would not be poison at all. I guess they can't do it because of the anime
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>>25029568
The butterfly in that pic more closely resembles venomoth than butterfree though.
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>>25006931
There's no conspiracy here. Sugimori is a hack who can't design for shit.
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>>25029654
Why don't you draw something better anonymous poster
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>>25007242
Butterfree looks like a butterfly so, being named venomoth wouldn't make sense.
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>>25007434
Why? Just because mew looks similar to rattata, doesn't mean they should be related.
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>>25029688
english names are irrelevant. its japanese name is Morphon, which happens to be a butterfly genus.
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>>25029713
Hi, welcome to the thread, where we've done nothing but ask the same question you just asked, except with Venonat and Butterfree instead.
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>>25029890
you're retarded if you think the similarities of venonat and butterfree are on the same level of rattata and mew
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>>25029930
Where did I say that?
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>>25028906
what is this supposed to mean?
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>>25025242
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>>25030971
>komodo dragon
>water
>not poison
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>>25030971
>not dragon type
>therefore it cannot be based on a komodo dragon
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>>25028531
Wait wait. Sharpedo doesn't have a tail? Dang I always thought it's artwork was in a swimming pose so that the tail was just hidden behind the body.

this fucks me up.
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>>25033178
meant to look like a torpedo
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So are Tauros and Bouffalant too different to be talked about?
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>>25029595
Thats exactly what I'm trying to say
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>>25006931
The first one.
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venomoth looks like shit. butterfree is probably the first contact kids will have with a fully evolved pokemon in the game so it's a good thing it looks nice
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>>25033496
It just comes off as looking like a handicapped shark that was in a horrible accident. It was really progressive of Game Freak to give a Mega to the cripple
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>>25016379
TTP i assume
which is stupid because if they let venomoth be ruined by it then their just autistic
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>>25035807
>TTP
what the hell does that mean?
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>>25036034
he probably meant tpp, twitch plays pokemon
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Fan Fiction: The Thread
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>>25036484
Use your head just once retard
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>>25011278
Would have helped. It's easy to learn but the pronunciations are completely retarded,
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>>25011058
>it has already been made public that kakuna and metapod had been mistakenly sprite switched...
still waiting for a source
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>>25010650
>>25010650
Caterpie --> Venonat --> Metapod --> Butterfree --> Venemoth

>yfw In-Training --> Rookie --> Champion --> Ultra --> Mega
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>>25007434
>rattata > mew
wew lad
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I hate the fact that this thread convinced about this shit. This might be the first fan theory that I actually believe
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>>25006959

/thread

pack it up faggots, time to leave.
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>>25038957
kangaskhan/cubone and caterpie/venomoth/venonat/butterfree are the only fan theories with any sort of credibility
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>>25038173
And they say the NEWER Pokemon are Digimon.
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>>25039221
kangaskhan/cubone
NO
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>>25039221
>>25039934
Kangaskhan's baby is purple. Cubone is brown. Case closed, bring in the dancing lobsters.
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