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eroguron0nsense · 4 months
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Straw Hats Pokemon League AU
I don't think I'm the first to do this by any means but here we go! I started thinking of how I'd make a One Piece AU in a Pokemon game format. I tend to play fairly fast and loose with the way the teams are structured; I like the thing they did in Gen 9 where gym leaders get a Pokemon not from their assigned type to terastallize but I would also like to see more gym leaders oriented around certain themes or gimmicks than just mono typing. These are not even remotely balanced and the few that have some strategy like Nami's can go wrong super easily; they're very very vibes-based. The region’s an archipelago, and all the crew members are friends who live and work on separate islands. I’ve always liked regions in Pokemon with lots of islands and water and I just feel like One Piece settings could translate well to that. 
Grass Gym Leader Usopp– The Usopp pirates are his gym trainers/pupils, and you fight him after going through a puzzle full of funny carnivorous plants like those on the Boin Archipelago (ideally there's a quiz format involved and if you get an answer wrong you get attacked by, like, a low level wild bellsprout or carnivine). This one could honestly have been more strategically developed although Shiftree and Sudowoodo were absolutely necessary because a long-nosed creature based on a tengu and a fake tree with an identity crisis are perfect for Usopp. He loves his status conditions and is generally very annoying to go up against Initial team: Lotad, Bonsly, Nuzleaf Rematch Team: Shiftree, Sudowoodo, Amoongus, Ludicolo, Tangrowth, Vileplume Normal/Doctor?? Gym Leader Chopper–This was a difficult choice honestly! I thought about making him a fighting specialist for the kung fu point, but ended up choosing this instead. He's a very young GP and gym leader on a winter island, and he has to split his time between doing house calls with Kureha and his League obligations and the poor boy is *stressed*. Marowak is there because Chopper and his backstory give me Cubone/Marowak vibes. The Sawsbuck is actually not there because of its deer associations; it’s a springtime/cherry blossom Sawsbuck because of Hiriluk’s cherry blossoms, I thought of giving him a Stantler but I think one deer is probably enough for him Initial Team: Spring Deerling, Stufful, Marowak Rematch Team: Mega Audino, Spring Sawsbuck, Blissey, Bewear, Marowak, Alomomola Weather (??) Gym Leader Nami–specializes in double battles with her cast form. Lives on an island kind of similar to Cocoyasi, and she's got her own lighthouse and meteorology lab up on a hill surrounded by tangerine trees. This is extremely strategically fucky and near impossible to program into something functional but I wanted to give her every kind of weather power and Pokemon that could adapt to every field change and hack weather balls at people. Nojiko and Genzo hang around. Currently training a Hippopotas gifted to her by Vivi and working on Sandstorm strategies Initial Team: Castform (Sun), Snover, Ninetales, Castform (Snow) Rematch Team: Castform (rain), Pelipper (drizzle), Ninetales (Drought), Abombasnow (snow warning), Castform (sun), Castform (snow) Ghost Gym Leader Brook–Brook is a touring rock star whose gym is on a barge with a kinda spooky ambiance; the Rumbar pirates work there as live musicians and there's a bar and a big stage set up for concerts. They pull up around the twin capes looking for Laboon around the same time as the player reaches there and are very distressed when he can't find him at first. I kinda debated giving him a toxtricity like Rhyme in SV but that's been done before and Frosslass kinda plays into his ice attacks, so I'm kind of leaving it open ended. His gym's located near the twin capes, and he's a former rock star who's slowed down a bit and taken some time off his career to look more actively for Laboon, who went missing in this world instead of being left behind. Laboon is a Wailmer Brook met years ago that later joins his team after they reunite, by which point he's evolved into a Wailord. Initial Team: Duoblade, Dusclops, Houndstone Rematch Team: Aegislash, Dusknoir, Wailord (Laboon), Polteageist, Frosslass or Toxtricity, Houndstone
Steel Gym Leader Franky– Franky's gym is also on board a ship he built, and he's docked outside a kinda high tech water seven sort of crazy artificial floating island structure. It's very much like water seven–Iceberg and Paulie run the show–and the Franky Family are his gym trainers. I threw in Alolan dugtrio because of the hairstyles and revavroom for the Kurosai FR-U. Metagross is there because I like him having a psychic type to link him to Robin (they're married and live together on Franky's custom houseboat). I thought of giving him a Magnezone but Franky with a Tinkaton just seems very funny and weirdly well-suited to his character Initial Team: Alolan Dugtrio, Excadrill, Revavroom Rematch Team: Alolan Dugtrio, Excadrill, Revavroom, Metagross, Probopass, Tinkaton
Psychic Gym Leader Robin–I tried to give Robin a few Pokemon that were more weird lore/ancient ruin themed without being actual legendaries to fit with her being an archaeologist. She spends a lot of time doing field work (Clover is the region's Pokemon Professor and her mentor; it even plays into the plant naming scheme) on a protected island full of ruins that looks kind of like Skypeia. I'd love for this world to have some ancient lore for her to research and make regular story appearances without the kind of tragedy we get in canon. Initial Team: Medicham, Duosion, Sigilyph, Claydoll Rematch Team: Bronzong, Medicham, Beeheyem, Reuniclus, Sigilyph, Claydoll
Water Gym Leader Jinbei–Honestly it was a bit hard making this one feel uniquely suited to Jinbei? Palafin suits his character best imho, but it was difficult choosing fish that ween’t tied in some other way to other existing fishmen characters. There's no whale sharks yet either :p That being said, Jinbei is a ship captain who works with both the Pokemon League and the Sun Pirates, and brings the player to a Fishman Island equivalent underwater town, giving you either a dive TM or something equivalent to navigate underwater and opening up a whole bunch of new areas for the player to explore. Initial Team: Wishiwashi, Palafin, Swampert, Omastar Rematch Team: Wishiwashi, Palafin, Swampert, Omastar, Dondozo, Tatsugiri
Fire/Kicking??/Culinary-themed Gym Leader Sanji–I feel a bit bad I gave Sanji so many starters when I generally try to avoid that for gym leaders but there's just not that many Pokemon with blaze kick and it's a necessity for him! You meet as he's soft-opening his restaurant in the All Blue equivalent, and going through some growing pains striking out on his own from Zeff (who’s very supportive of his boy's dreams but bad at expressing it). I threw a Clawitzer in because I thought I should give him a seafood item, and Siebold (one of the few Pokemon chefs) has one as his ace in X/Y. His team can kinda be split into kicking pokemon (Cinderace, Blaziken, Tsareena) and food Pokemon (Arboliva, Clawitzer, Garganacl). Zeff has a Stoutland, and the only reason I gave him one is because it more or less has his facial hair. Initial Team: Cinderace, Blaziken, Garganacl, Tsareena Rematch Team: Cinderace, Blaziken, Garganacl, Tsareena, Arboliva, Clawitzer
Zoro is the Champion and Luffy is the final boss, but I'll save them and my chosen Elite 4 members for another time. I'm not going to try and build an evil team, but suffice to say since I'm trying to make this AU a bit more lighthearted, everyone lives and they're all doing good
Edit: Link to Part 2–Elite 4, Champion, Final Boss Teams
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green-jack · 11 months
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Chapter 2
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So Diglett is now a Clefairy (whose portrait is really cute imo).
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I didn't mention it in the last post, but I really do like Dusknoir's portraits.
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Chatot is now a Rhydon.
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This screenshot is so funny to me. I love it.
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Thanks to @jsab-fujii for the team name ideas!
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I love that Dusknoir just gets back up
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So now we can see the changes to the Pokemon in the guild. I could be wrong, but it looks like:
Wigglytuff -> Crobat Chatot -> Rhydon Sunflora -> Beautifly Diglett -> Clefairy Bidoof -> Prinplup Loudred -> Vileplume (forgot to get a screenshot from the cutscene) Chimecho -> Glameow Corphish -> Magby Croagunk -> Staryu Dugtrio -> Donphan
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I love that the text got cut off, that made me chuckle.
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This dungeon was awful
Drenched Bluff -> Huge Expanse
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This Torkoal used Explosion.
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There were so many traps, and of course, I stepped on an Explosion trap after picking up an item.
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As you can tell from Grovyle learning Psychic here, I was almost completely out of PP for my moves. And Dusknoir was out of attacking moves, and was stuck using Spider Web and Acupressure.
And Grovyle got hungry on the final floor, but I didn't have any food items he could eat, so he started to lose HP quickly. This wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that I stepped on a Warp trap, and was warped. Thankfully, it was just to a corner of the room with the stairs, but still, I almost had to redo the dungeon.
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That dungeon was actually so stressful.
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You don't say
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I just think this last screenshot is funny, just seeing Dusknoir like that.
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gay-charizard · 29 days
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Alright so im hyped for pokemon za already, so im just gonna start placing bets/wants now
Putting it under the read more just for the people that dont care
Starters
Piplup
Chikorita
Fennekin
Im guessing these three, mostly because i dont think theyre gonna give any new mega forms to pokemon that already have them (unless its fuckin charizard) and i think theyre gonna want a diverse spread from a couple gens. Im also guessing that theyre not gonna want anything new, so sv starters are out and i think swsh starters are on thin ice. Sinnoh starters are a definite, considering its the only older gen that doesnt have any megas and hasnt been used in legends arceus. I just picked piplup bc theyre my favorite :)
New megas (no reasons, just vibes)
Azumarill
Crawdaunt
Vespiquen
Pangoro
Dodrio (give them 4 heads itd be funny)
Vileplume/bellosom
Ninjask/shedinja (i feel like they could do something creative here, but big doubt theyre gonna)
Aegislash (hyper popular, very memorable, shown in the trailer, prob getting one)
Exploud
Crobat (bro aint got a single new form in any game they need some love)
Clawitzer (kinda already looks like a mega honestly, i just want to see what theyd do)
Rhyperior
Tyrantrum
Aurorus
Hawlucha
Lapras (suprised they didnt have one to begin with honestly)
Flygon (they fucking deserve it give it to them)
Goodra
Bisharp (if kingambit doesnt come back, idk maybe kingambit gets one)
Klefki (they better just stack a couple together like a magnemite itd be funny)
Ludicolo (bro just vibes, they wouldnt care if they got one or not, theyd just keep vibing)
Chandelure
Sandslash
Noivern
Hydreigon
Dragonite
I literally just went through the kalos dex and just wrote the ones that would sound cool, im not expecting any of these to get in lmao.
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subjectsix · 1 year
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What kind of Pokémon do you think the Control characters would have?
OOOO [rubs hands together] THIS IS MY STUFF
Okay, so I'm gonna try and limit myself to 2-4 per person. I'm assuming they won't have their whole 6 pokemon team, and just some with them in the Bureau or travelling with them.
Jesse Girafig seems like a fair, albeit a bit unusual, pick for Jesse in my eyes. Maybe a Blaziken, or a Growlithe? Umbreon fits well too. I like the idea of her having smaller pokemon that are easy to travel with though, so Blaziken, Growlithe, and Umbreon feel like a good spans of her personality and style.
Dylan Absol and Hypno both feel like viable options for Dylan. Espurr is kind of the funny meme answer, but fairly fitting I think. I can see him having a Wooper or Gilgar from childhood.
(There's no way Mewtwo could ever be on his team or similar, but I think he'd find Mewtwo relatable.)
Emily I can see her with a Froslass, Reuniclus, and Togepi! Togepi and Reuniclus fit her more scientific and excitable part of her personality-- a pokemon like Froslass (or maybe Gallade or Mawile) would fit the more elegant in.
Darling Sudowoodo. In a bowtie. Also a Quagsire! They just seem like they'd fit his personality.
Marshall Luxray and Nidoking, especially a Luxray. The kind you'd basically associate with her constantly, because her Luxray is nearly always with her.
Trench A Grovyle and a Scizor feel fitting for him. Stantler too. Grovyle and Scizor just fit his demeanor-- seems tough, but fairly friendly. Stantler I can't really explain... it just seems to fit him well.
Arish Scraggy. No explanation, just vibes. As well as Poochyena and Croagunk. Maybe a Croconaw?
Ahti Golduck :) and maybe also a Psyduck. Quirky janitor who has a lot more going on with him than meets the eye (and ocean associations?) Heck yeah man
Langston I remember @fbcbreakroom suggested Klefki for him once, which feels so fitting! I also think it would be very funny to give him a Rotom, especially in "fridge" mode.
Underhill Breloom, Vileplume, and Parasect. And a Granbull! The first three all relating to her area of study, and the Granbull just being Her Pokemon. I mean, look at them!
BONUS: Theodore Ash Jr Sableyes! Tell me you wouldn't be shocked if you went to the Foundation and found hoards and hoards of Sableyes. This guy would befriend them.
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heinousactszx · 2 years
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top 5 fave grass pokemon
it's so hard for me to do straight up rankings but here's 5 that i absolutely love
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roselia has such a nice design, it's so serene yet it has some sharp points to it, just like an actual rose. it reminds me a lot of a clown tbh, and i love that it's barely bigger than your head
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vileplume. does any other pokemon have a name that rolls off your tongue so well? say it out loud, it's satisfying.a mainstay of any of my kanto playthroughs, It's got that more subtle creepiness a lot of gen I pokemon have, look at that smile peering at you from under that parasitic flower. imagine that under a real rafflesia
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sleep tight
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I was just talking about breloom with a friend the other day. what a weird but fun direction to take a mushroom pokemon. I like it's beaky mouth, and the fact that it actually fights at a distance by stretching its arms out. not to mention that anime episode where the gang ran into one that was REALLY PISSED
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This one I like just for the weird factor. The fact that kartana is as tiny as roserade yet has a bigger attack stat than deoxys attack is just inherently funny. using paper instead of a living plant to represent the grass type is also a novel way to approach the type. plus, the dev notes on kartana are fun too
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little origami man lives by code of bushido, film at 11
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This should come as no surprise to anyone who follows me, but maractus is one of my favorite pokemon ever, definitely the pokemon on this list that deserves more attention. it's such a cute little cactus as a nice contrast to the meaner cactus pokemon we have, and i love that it has flowers just like actual cactuses do while fashioning some of the thorns into claws on its hand. plus, the way it has to hop to get around is adorable.
i just wish it wasn't so hopelessly underpowered. definitely a primo candidate for a regional variant/regional evolution. we got a spanish region coming up, how about a prickly pear maractus that dances flamenco?
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14: What is your favorite battle you have ever had?
Hands down, the most interesting battle I've ever had was in the semifinals of the Lily of the Valley Conference. My opponent and I had both been holding back for every match before then, both understanding the value of surprise, but that wasn't an option in this one. I think all of our Pokémon used a full four moves (as limited by League rules), and all but one of their Abilities came into play at some point.
Her Audino in particular was a rough spot for us; his Ability was Regenerator, he knew Wish and Simple Beam, and only one of my Pokémon had a Fighting-type move registered for that battle, so he kept coming in to heal a teammate, and was responsible for Briar's Ability never activating, even if she was the one to take him out in the end.
We did lose, but it was a close match, much closer than the finals, so I'm not upset about losing, only about the tournament structure. I should call her up, see how she's doing these days.
Now, while that was my favorite battle, the most viscerally satisfying one was what followed immediately afterwards, in the loser's battle for third place. The other fellow relied mainly on Toxic, with most of his Pokémon being fairly bulky and having some means of self-healing. He did have a Lucario, which he used to clean up, and deal with any Poison or Steel-types, but he only made it as far as he did through luck, never changing his strategy.
Since I knew exactly how his team fought, and had a ready-made counter on my side, I just went with a setup sweep. Briar had her Ability nullified in the last battle, and it had never been activated before, so most people, including him, thought that it was something useless.
Needless to say, it was not. She completely ignored the initial Toxic, and let his Vileplume get off an Ingrain, taking the opportunity to use Swords Dance twice. Then, she proceeded to one-shot each and every one of his six Pokémon with Acrobatics. Looking back, it was more than a bit rude, but at the time, I thought it was really funny. And the kid (well, teen) was trying to trash-talk me for losing to a girl, so he got what he deserved.
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eleccy · 7 months
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AA4 Pokemon AU
I wanna put together a Pokemon AU for AA4 but they were never lawyers. Just Pokemon trainers.
Here's what Pokemon I think everyone would have and their trainer classes.
Apollo - Pokemon Trainer:
Pidgey -> Pidgeotto -> Pidgeot
Kristoph - The Pokemon Professor:
Persian, Dragonair
Arcanine - Vongole
Phoenix - Weird Guy/Former Gym Leader?:
Grimer (he has a secret team that will sweep the fuck out of you. I think he should battle Kristoph at some point)
Trucy - Magician:
Fletchling (I have literally no other reason for this other than that I think the contrast of Fletchling's red would look gorgeous next to Trucy's blue outfit and I think it'd be so cute)
Buneary
Olga Orly - Waitress/Dealer/Team Rocket??:
Raticate
Winston Payne - Gym Leader (the first one Apollo encounters):
Magikarp
(Originally Winston is quite cruel, insulting Magikarp for its uselessness.
Apollo tells him to try to be nicer.
"Nice? Kid, I've been doing this for twenty years! I know what I'm doing! Kids today…"
His gym is actually a no-type gym, not a water gym.)
Shadi Enigmar - Still in hiding:
Alakazam
(Zak is never killed here.)
The Judge - ??? he would be so useless here because they're not lawyers lol. He's retired. He has Voltorb, it's a bald joke
Klavier - Rock Star:
Dragonite
Big Wins - Mafia Boss/Baker:
Hariyama
Little Plum - Mafia Boss/Baker:
Vileplume
Wocky Kitaki - Gangster:
Sneasel
Guy Eldoon - Restauranteur/Doctor:
Dachsbun "Spoon"
Chansey
Pal Meraktis - Doctor:
Chansey
Alita Tiala - Nurse:
Staravia
Alita looks so much like Winona, a flying type Gym Leader. I would have to give her only Flying types like Wingull.
Ema Skye - Forensics:
She probably has Trubbish to help her dig through the trash.
Wesley Stickler - Student:
Magnemite
Lamiroir - Singer:
Wigglytuff
Romein Letouse - Bodyguard:
Machoke - I feel like Machokes would be used in the security business
Daryan: 2nd guitar
Toxitricity - was going to give to Klav but it seemed to fit him better
Vera - Artist:
Mareep (when young) -> Flaaffy (this is another headcanon where I have no real reason but I think it would look really cute with her character design)
Teddiursa (because of the teddy bear sketchbook) - It's funny if it evolves into Ursaring and then is very overprotective of her like a Papa Bear
Drew Misham - Artist:
Smeargle
I still haven't decided what Machi, Valant and Brushel might have
Edit: Machi probably has Jigglypuff, Valant has a Psyduck, and Brushel has... Zubat? idk
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vylequinnewriting · 3 years
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re: the Pokemon ask- I want to say you're a fire type, but also whenever I see your username I think "vileplume" (that flower pokemon) so...
I used to really like fire types as a kid (though I picked water starters) but I kind of drifted away from them. Now Vileplume, that's a love that hasn't faded. It just looks so goofy! Easily one of my favorites.
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kisekiii25 · 3 years
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Empires SMP members and what pokemon i think they would have :)
Or Pixl's twitter post about pokemon teams finally forced me to finish this incoherent mess of a list.
Note: the asterisk (*) indicates when a pokemon is shiny!
Fwhip
Lycanrock (Day)
Lycanrock (Mid)
(mans got two huskies i just had to put these good bois in his team.)
Crobat
(A bat pokemon for a bat boi, kinda debating to give him a shiny charizard tho.)
Sabeleye
Gigalith
(refers to his deepslate redstone obssession.)
Umbreon
(i just feel like he'd have one to be honest.)
Geminitay
Espeon
(I lied actually i gave fwhip an espeon because i want them to match lol).
Audino
(peace and healing! also refers to her apocathery in her empire.)
Mismagius
Hatterene
Delphox
(witch and mage inspired pokemon for the wizard!)
Lunatone
(refers to the moon in her wizard tower.)
Mythical Sausage
Corviknight
(refers to the many ravens that he has in his disposal.)
Pangoro
(it's the general!)
Mudsdale
(from Pixl's take on what Sausage's team would be, plus it ties in with the bit where they compare Sausage with Donkey from Shrek.)
Growlithe/Arcanine
(Bubbles! plus these bois are really fast and will tie in Sausage now being able to go hyperspeed.)
Gallade*
(A mix between assassin! sausage and warlock! sausage cause i have no space left-)
Aggron
(The man is iron rich he's definetely getting a steel type pokemon.)
Pearl
Serperior
(refers to Pearl's whole dripleaf motif in her empire.)
Golduck
Cramorant*
(Ducks! plus Cramorant's shiny form is orange which is perfect for Pearl.)
Venasaur
Florges (Orange)
(grass types for the farmer girl!)
Stoutlant
(Bingo! :D)
Smallishbeans
Roserade
(with Roselia being based on the rose and the azalea plant it fits rather well.)
Sudowoodo
Golurk
(terracotta soldiers my beloved.)
Driftblim
(refers to the hot air balloon littered everywhere in his empire.)
Leafeon
(evolves nearby a moss rock, he is the king of moss.)
Cacturn
(probably refers to his bloodlust and cacti are also found in mesa biomes.)
Ldshadowlady
Primarina
(It just fits her ^^)
Vaporeon*
Quagsire*
(i picked quagsire because it is based of an axolotl and the both shiny variants are colored pink/magenta which refers to her two axolotl bodyguards!)
Lapras
(helps her transport stuff across the ocean.)
Jellicent
Cursola
(with her placing soul fire lanterns all over the place i just had too give her a couple of ghost types.)
Pixlriffs
Alakazam
(It just fits him honestly.)
Mandibuzz
(a bird that symbolize death and saw a post about Pixl's messenger bird are vultures and just had to put it on his team.)
Flygon*
(I just think they're neat.)
Copperajah
Bronzong
(He is the Copper King he's gotra have these two.)
Alolan Exeggutor
(its a funny image to have especially how tall this lad is lmao.)
Jimmy
Whiscash
(Someone said Jimmy with a Whiscash and i latched unto that idea.)
Barraskewda
(it looks like a little cod boi mixed with an arrow lol.)
Wishiwashi
(@gardenergulfie pointed out wishiwashi envokes jimmy vibes so its here now :D)
Politoad
(swamps have frogs in them so i gave Jimmy a frog boi.)
Gyarados*
(ever since the cod statue turned into red gyarados i had to put this on his team.)
Marshstomp
(he is in a swamp, plus slight seablings connection kek)
Joey Graceffa
Liepard
(Joey has a villager that's retextured as a humanoid leopard, it was meant to be.)
Archeops
(referencing his soon to be earth temple and his pretty wings. plus it is a fossil which ties with the Lost empire well.)
Toucannon
(refering to his air temple and heck it is a jungle bird. fun fact Toucannon's shiny has the colors of the bi flag on its beak.)
Incineroar
Toxapex
(thanks to @loutier for reminding me of gen7 pkmn lol, again it refers back to the fire temple and the dark typing for his bussiness with the demon.)
(The water temple reference and i really have no other reason than that lol.)
Galarian Slowking
(With Joey's latest episode this just fits perfectly for him.)
Katherine
Liligant
(It just screams Katherine vibes honestly.)
Gardevoir
(in reference to her being the protector of the Overgrown.)
Galarian Rapidash
(It fits the whole empire's aethestic so well.)
Vileplume
Lurantis
(referencing the Katherine is a chaotic evil post because it is funny.)
Whimsicott
(its horns are shaped like a sheep and that was enough to convince me.)
Shubble
Breloom*
Shiinotic*
(Mushroom lads for the mushroom queen!)
Lycanrock (Day)*
(Shubble's dire wolf :D)
Sawsbuck (Fall)
(It will fit with the cottagecore aesthetic plus the leaves on its horns are pretty.)
Meganium
(I just want her to have a Meganium tbh.)
Parasect
(decay and the reality that mooshroom cows are in a parasitic relationship with mushrooms-)
Scott Smajor
Ampharos
(Sheep theme because wool farm and I would see the Ampharos hanging around Scott's enchanting tower.)
Wyndeer
(This is a new one but look it up it totally screams Scott Smajor.)
Alolan Ninetales
Froslass
(It just fits the snowy aethestic.)
Altaria*
(Could have been an owl but the fluffiness just convinced me.)
Aurorus
(again ice types for the ice boi but with the added rock typing.)
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irenespring · 2 years
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@lorata​ I made your Victors pokemon trainer cards. Forgive the not-entirely-accurate-to-character sprites as there were not that many options.
Victors. + explanations:
Lyme:
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Pokemon (left to right, starting with top row): Garchomp, Banette, Gigalith, Nidoqueen, Steelix, Tyranitar
Justification: Absolutely resents the “women must have cute/pretty pokemon” trend and goes for giant fuck-you dragons and monsters... except for banette (second pokemon going clockwise from the upper left). Because she learned banettes were just cast away toys by stupid kids who didn’t want them anymore and fuck that bullshit she’ll train a banette and kick everyone’s ass and that will show them, won’t it?
Brutus (forgive the sprite there were no better options, I swear):
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Pokemon: Primeape, Machamp, Golem, Bastiodon, Rhyperior, Tyrantrum
Justification: What’s wrong with good, solid rock and fighting types that look like they’re here to fight and then just do that? Absolutely fucking nothing. Why people feel the need to get all creative about it is beyond him. 
Misha:
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Pokemon: Gorebyss, Goodra, Mightyena, Salazzle, Mawile, Gyarados
Justification: She thought it would be funny to train pokemon that could be very strong but didn’t look “scary” in the traditional sense and then kick everyone’s ass.  Then she found a guy selling magikarp and decided what would be even funnier would be to kick everyone’s ass with some useless gaping fish on her team and she would be so strong it would be okay to have a dud. When magikarp evolved into gyarados aka a giant dragon she found that even more hilarious because oh fuck she’s going to beat up so many people.
Devon:
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Pokemon: Alakazam, Slaking, Ampharos, Jigglypuff, Morelull, Swablu
Justification: Once he got a few very strong, very poweful pokemon, he decided he was entitled to a few fluffy and sweet pokemon if that’s what made him happy. The trick is that secretly each of his smaller pokemon have powerful abillities to manipulate an opponent’s mental state.
Enobaria:
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Pokemon: Crobat, Sharpedo, Seviper, Absol, Toxicroak, Gliscor
Justification: She likes Devon, she does, but she doesn’t understand his emotional pokemon decisions. She’ll bond with her pokemon after she makes sure they can split someone in half.
Emory:
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Pokemon: Arcanine, Dewgong, Ursaring, Dragonite, Manectric, Lilligant
Justification: She tried to type-balance her team with simple enough pokemon that she understood. Then she invested her energy and grew attached to them. When they started actually winning against the flashier trainers she secretly felt very vindicated.
Claudius:
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Pokemon: Ninetales, Arbok, Dusknoir, Cherrim, Vileplume, Golurk
Justification: He actually managed to catch two pokemon before he went to residential and got some more “respectable” pokemon to fit his image. He found ninetales when it was a vulpix and he followed it around because fire type=warm and eventually he realized it would stay of its own volition if he gave it some of the food he stole. He is very tired of the “such a beautiful pokemon for such an ugly boy” because fuck off, honestly. The other story is even more embarrassing: he found cherrim as a cherubi because from behind it looked like food. It turns out it was not food, and he got a facefull of paralysis dust. He regrets telling Misha this.
Petra:
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Pokemon: Rapidash, Talonflame, Infernape, Magmortar, Chandelure, Typhlosion
Justification: Her entire life people have been telling her to “type-balance” but honestly that seems like a waste of time. And in a life or death situation, her current team works pretty well. Can people do treason while on fire? In her experience, no.
Nero:
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Pokemon: Clefairy, Eevee, Chatot, Flabebe, Sandshrew, Jumpluff
Justification: He can do enough damage by himself, he will keep his harmless, fluffy pokemon thank you very much. At least this way, he gets regular hugs.
Ronan:
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Pokemon: Houndoom, Boltund
Justification: He has his hounds and is just fine with that now. You kids have fun.
Adessa (my sprite options were extremely limited on this one):
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Pokemon: Roserade, Gardevoir, Scizor, Aggron, Corviknight, Froslass
Justification: If it is stately and capable of terrifying the general populace, Adessa will train it to greatness. 
Callista: 
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Pokemon: Purugly, Persian, Delcatty, Meowstic, Luxray, Pyroar
Justification: If it is a cat she will have seven, please and thank you.
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What are everyone’s teams in your Pokemon au? Do you have a plot set out or is it a more causal au?
Oooooh this is a fun one
You'd better fucking BELIEVE we have a plot set up, I have poured so much effort into the Pokemon au
Okay, so: when it comes to teams, I decided that everyone should have at least one legendary Pokemon in their party as a way to be faithful to the ace monster concept, but it wasn’t until much later into the au that I realized I’d failed to do that with Sora’s team, which led to a very fun plot point involving his secret 7th Pokemon he keeps in his box
Teams under the cut because it’s gonna be a long one, boys
Yuya has: Groudon, Sandshrew, Popplio, Hippopotas, Aipom, and Ekans
In his box, he’s got Phanphy, Charmander, Politoad, Ducklett, Liepard, Skorupi, and Lycanroc (Midnight form)
I wanted him to have as many Pokemon as he could that reminded me of the monsters in his deck, and since Yuya is a coordinator in this au instead of a regular trainer, it just felt right that he’d have a lot of different partners he could swap out for various contests
Also I’m mad that there isn’t a legendary dragon that looks like Odd Eyes, so I had to give Yuya Groudon instead, making him the only Yu boy in this au to not have a legendary dragon type Pokemon
Yuto has: Eternatus, Bisharp, Aegislash, Aggron, Lucario, and Shadow Rider Calyrex
Okay listen, I know I was supposed to only give everyone One legendary Pokemon, but with Calyrex I feel justified because it looks So Much like it could be one of Yuto’s Phantom Knights, I mean
Just look at it
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Yuto gets to have two legendaries to make up for Arc-V killing him off so early into the show
Aside from this guy, the rest of Yuto’s team just felt like it should be comprised of steel types ow the edge so that’s what I gave him. His Pokemon are as edgy as he tries to appear to be and that is enough to amuse me.
There also weren’t exactly many good Pokemon equivalents of his archetype, so I made do with what I had.
Yugo has: Latios, Scizor, Claydol, Porygon 2, Ponyta (Shiny), and Sudowoodo
Yugo was honestly so hard to come up with a team for because all his Speedroid cards are just like... toys and stuff for the most part, so I agonized over what I should pick for him for a Long time. In the end, I feel like I got close enough to his general aesthetic with the Pokemon I picked.
(His Ponyta is there because of Speedroid Horse Stilts, and while it is a shiny, the dumbass has no idea about it, and thinks he just happened to get a special blue horse that was born a little differently- he never claimed to be smart.)
He also deadass thought Sudowoodo was a grass type for the longest time. Rin had to be the one to tell him it wasn’t. 
“Yugo. Sudowoodo? It sounds like pseudo? As in fake wood?”
“Ohhhhh is that what its name means? Wow Rin you’re so smart.”
No Yugo you’re just exceptionally stupid.
Yuri has: Naganadel, Seviper, Victreebel, Toxicroak, Vileplume, and Roserade
For the most toxic of battlers, I felt it only necessary to give Yuri an all poison type team. I included an even mix of plants in there to tie into his Predaplant deck, Seviper for the snake eye vibes, and Toxicroak... just feels right, you know. I couldn’t find any other poison plant themed Pokemon that seemed like they’d fit his vibe, so he gets a poison frog instead.
Yuzu has: Meloetta, Sylveon, Meowstic (Female), Gardevoir, Florges, and Jigglypuff
I tried to stick with Pokemon that had very feminine vibes for Yuzu, since her deck is comprised of pretty singing ladies, so Meloetta and Jigglypuff in particular feel very fitting in that regard.
Serena has: Cresselia, Delcatty, Glameow, Lopunny, Persian, and Pyroar (Female)
The moon vibes with Cresselia felt perfect for Serena, and as for the rest of her team, all cats and a bunny to pay homage to her Lunalight deck ^^
Rin has: Celesteela, Mismagius, Hatterene, Glaceon, Froslass, and Chimecho
Her team vibes with the witch part of her Wind Witch deck, at least for Mismagius and Hatterene. Glaceon, Froslass, and Chimecho are there due to the etymology of her name, where possible meanings of it include “cold” and “bell”, which I thought was pretty cool, no pun intended.
Ruri has: Galarian Articuno, Pidgeot, Noctowl, Chatot, Altaria, and Unfezant (Male)
Some softer birds for the soft bird girl, for the most part. I liked the thought of her team being all birds like her Lyriluscs, and just... yeah. They’re all very friendly birds that Ruri’s bonded pretty closely with. Also I made sure she had Galarian Articuno for no reason other than it is purple like her, and I think that’s all the reason I need.
Gong has: Kartana, Machoke, Samurott, Golisopod, Hariyama, and Conkeldurr
Gong was really easy to assign a team to- just had to find as many samurai themed Pokemon as possible, and fill in the rest with really strong fighting types, like Machoke, Hariyama, and Conkeldurr.
Shingo has: Type: Null, Dusclops, Misdreavus, Spiritomb, Decidueye, and Cramorant
With Shingo, I tried to go for Pokemon that had the same vibes as some of his Abyss Actors, and I think Dusclops is the best example of this. Tbh I am very proud of giving him a Type: Null because Type: Null is an amalgamation of other Pokemon, something that was created in a lab to be a fighting machine. There’s nothing natural about Type: Null, and it’s kind of terrifying to Yuya specifically, who’s always viewed Pokemon as creatures to befriend. This experiment created purely to kill... unnerves him, and serves as a very good foil to his beliefs when it comes to Pokemon.
And they were narrative foils
Oh my god they were narrative foils
On a sillier note, I chose Cramorant purely because of this quote from its bulbapedia page: “Cramorant are also rather unintelligent as they can't remember which Pokémon they fight in mid battle, but never forget Trainers that they trust. However, they try to attack their Trainers if they steal food from them.”
I just thought the idea of Shingo having this dumb bird that occasionally pecks at him over food would be funny tbh, gotta dunk on the rival at least a little bit.
Sora has: Banette, Vanillish, Swirlix, Stufful, Litleo, and Buneary
In his box, he has a Guzzlord
I feel like Sora’s team is very straightforward, as it’s a mix of sweets themed Pokemon, and Pokemon that represent monsters in his deck- Stufful for Flufflal Bear, Litleo for Fluffal Leo, and Buneary for Fluffal Rabbit. Guzzlord... is relevant later on in the plot after shit goes down, that’s all I’ll say for now.
Masumi has: Diancie, Sableye, Corsola, Aurorus, Tyranitar, and Lycanroc (Dusk form)
Gem Knight girl deserved to have a bunch of good rock type Pokemon, and Diancie is like. The best possible legendary I could have given someone like her lol, the crystal aesthetic is just perfect for her. Not much to say here honestly, I just really vibed with these specific rock types and thought they’d make a good team for her.
Yaiba has: Zeraora, Kecleon, Pangoro, Scyther, Purugly, and Stantler
So I actually threw this list together just now because I realized Masumi was the only member of her trio to have a full team, and that just wasn’t right. I tried to base this team off the XX-Sabers as well I could, but it was a little hard with how many humanoid cards Yaiba has. With his legendary, I actually chose it based off this monster right here! 
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I think they’ve got similar enough vibes aesthetically for Zeraora to fit him. Scyther is based on Emmersblade, Kecleon on Ragigura, Stantler on Garsem, Purugly on Gardestrike, and Pangoro... Honestly, it just makes me think of Yaiba himself when I look at him. I think they’d get along well.
Hokuto has: Deoxys, Espeon, Grumpig, Starmie, Lunatone, and Malamar
Psychic type Pokemon just sort of felt right for him to have, considering that his deck is based on constellations and has an overall space theme to it. Not sure why that translates over to psychic in my brain, but you know what, it looks right, I love this team for him, and I’m not gonna question it.
I especially think Deoxys makes a good legendary for him considering it is literally a space alien, and Hokuto’s whole thing is space, so yeah, he gets to have the space alien.
Shun has: Galarian Moltres, Skarmory, Fearow, Dodrio, Staraptor, and Talonflame
Pretty straightforward team I feel- it’s all birds of prey for the Raid Raptor boy, and I just thought the Galarian version of Moltres was neat. Makes me think of his Blaze Falcon since they’re both black and red.
Dennis has: Hoopa, Mr. Mime, Delphox, Zoroark, Alakazam, and Hawlucha
Hoopa seemed like a very good legendary for Dennis to have, given his deck archetype and all, he just kind of looks like a little circus dude. Its unbound form makes me think about the swap Dennis has when it gets revealed that he’s actually been a double agent the whole time, and the play gloves finally come off.
The rest of his team... I feel like they speak for themselves. I tried to give him Pokemon that matched up with his deck archetype, so there’s Delphox to rep the fire themed monsters, Mr. Mime because it just fits Dennis’ general personality- and I love the thought of those two being friends and just copying each other’s theatric poses. Chaotic dynamic duo.
(Also: Zoroark's ability letting it disguise itself as another Pokemon is just another parallel to Dennis pretending to be one of the good guys at first, and I love it)
Shinji has: Buzzwole, Beedrill, Vespiquen, Ribombee, Kricketune, and Leavanny
I tried to give the bee man all the bees I could, but there are only so many bee Pokemon out there 😔 I knew the rest of his team had to be insect types to make up for it, so I picked Kricketune because he is just... a friend... a musical buddy who definitely gets along well with the kids. Leavanny is just a bug mom who also helps patch up the kids’ clothing when they get tears in them, which I just love the idea of. Sweet bug mom whose dex entry talks about how they sew for other Pokemon looks after her trainer’s kids when she’s not battling.
Buzzwole: witness the fitness
Throwback to the Smash Bros mains lmao 
Crow has: Murkrow, Braviary, Starly, Swellow, Pikipek, and Corviknight
Bunch of birds for my Blackwing user... This team was partially picked out by June, and it was mostly meant for the Other Pokemon au, but I don’t really see a reason to change his team here. Crow is the one person without a legendary on his team, which makes me sad, but there really isn’t a legendary bird out there that fits his vibes, so as much as I wanna give him a legendary, he will have to make do without one. Sorry Crow.
Hoo... that’s finally all the teams down. Now I can talk about the plot! So, as I briefly mentioned in a previous post (I think), this particular au is inspired by Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum! It’s the era where contests really became a big thing, which is perfect for a lot of these characters because it’s easy to translate dueltaining over to coordinating in this world. Much like in canon, Yuya aspires to be as great a coordinator as his dad was, and strives to entertain people the way Yusho could. He’s not much for battling, and far prefers getting to show off his Pokemon’s talents in contests than anything. 
Academia is going to play the role of Team Galactic in this au, which is incredibly fitting with their mission in canon: to remake the universe in their leader’s image. In this case, with Leo Akaba taking on the role of Cyrus, his intent is, presumably, to either destroy the universe that took his daughter from him, or create a new one where she can live once again, no matter the cost.
Sora being a key member in Team Galactic is a very big part of the plot in this au: his mission was to capture one of the lake legendaries, Uxie, since Leo needed all three of them for his plan to remake the universe, but things don’t exactly go well for him, and he ends up losing his battle against Uxie, resulting in all of his memories being locked away, and essentially making him a blank slate.
Side note: the Galactic grunt haircut reminds me a lot of Sora, I mean just look at it
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Practically same bangs as him, just add an upturned ponytail and you’ve got my son.
This post is getting very long... but I will add one last plot related thing to it before I go: Uxie can erase memories, Mesprit can erase emotions, and Azelf can erase willpower. All three of these lake legendaries play a very important role in the plot, due to being the keys to Leo Akaba’s plans to remake the universe. Sora was touched by Uxie, effectively doing away with all memory he has of being in Team Galactic. Yuya ends up touched by Mesprit in an attempt to save them, and subsequently loses his emotions as a result. Riley?
Riley had been affected by all three of them before the plot began, which is why she is the way she’d been in Arc-V: Emotionless, unable to remember anything about her past except for those brief, fleeting flashes of memory when put into certain situations she’d experienced before, and without any will of her own. She’s so dependent on her older brother because she quite literally has no clue what to do with herself without being told to, and needs orders to function.
Hoo, if you’ve made it all the way to the end of the post, congratulations! I think this is the longest one I’ve made... ever lmao. I hope you guys found it enjoyable! If anyone wants to know more about certain aspects of this au, feel free to ask! I look forward to talking about it more c:
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epicspheal · 3 years
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I just noticed Pokemon has a lack of parasites in it's setting. I think we need more. =) One parasite I would like to see is a parasite like Lavos from Chrono Trigger. XD
Hi there! I’m going to put the discussion of this under the keep reading tab just because parasite talk TW: real life parasites discussion, real life bug discussion
Pokemon does have a few parasites with Nihilego being the most famous one. But also let’s not forget the Paras and Parasect line which are both taken over by the parasitic mushroom on their body. Not to mention the parasitic relationship between Shellder and Slowbro and Slowking. And interestingly enough, both Gloom and Vileplume are based off of a parasitic plant from the genus Rafflesia.
So we do have a few Pokemon based off of parasites. However they don’t tend to design Pokemon based completely off of parasites like protozoa and helminthes like the Lavos creature you mentioned (the exception being Gloom and Vileplume as they are directly based off of the parasitic plant). I think that’s because if you’ve ever looked at a picture of a parasite they are usually pretty unnerving. I think that’s why it took so long for us to get even a mosquito and cockroach based Pokemon because both of those insects are often seen in a very negative light. And even then they tried their best to give both Buzzwole and Pheremosa funny or beautiful properties to make them less unnerving for players. 
So while I won’t say it’s out of the realm of possibility to get a Pokemon that’s design is more like say a heartworm or tapeworm (I could definitely see that as a potential legendary in a future game) the Pokemon design team may be wary of  making such a Pokemon as of now.
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the-worm-man · 4 years
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Shovel Knight X Pokemon AU
@tvitrickster gave me the idea. 
There’s a lot here so it’s under a read more. Also there’s a few spoilers so beware
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Okay. Digging Bros. Diglett would help Shovel Knight break blocks and dig up treasure.
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Again, digging bros. But Black Knight is only slightly different from Shovel Knight so he gets a slightly different diglett.
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You might think Plague Knight would have a poison type, but Cyndaquil is much better for him imo. They look similar AND Cyndaquil is a built-in Bunsen Burner!
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Specter Knight would get Dusknoir because they’re both cool looking ghosts.
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 Please don’t make me explain why Sheild Knight has a Sheildon
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I though King Knight having a Magikarp partner would be both funny and fitting because he talks a big game but is honestly the easiest guy to beat in the main game. 
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Polar Knight and Beartic are a match made in heaven. Look at them. They even have matching beards.
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Anchor Shot buddies! Treasure Knight and Dhelmise would work very well together imo. 
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Mole Knight and Heatmor were made for each other. I mean, just look at them. 
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Tinker Knight has Golurk because he needs a humongous friend to reach the high shelves. Also Golurk is a powerhouse and Tinker Knight has a mech.
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Thought about giving Propellor Knight Barraskewda but I needed to give somebody Corviknight. 
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Phantom Striker flies and has lightning powers. So does Vikavolt. Also Phantom Striker is my favorite knight and Vikavolt is my favorite Pokemon so this was just self care
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The Baz gets a rat.
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Reize has a Scyther because they look like they would be friends and fight well together.
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Mona gets a vileplume because they would be a dynamic poisonous duo. Look at those two they would have so much fun together
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Mr. Hat has a Hatterene because hats. 
The last one is a Spoiler for Specter of Torment, stop reading if you haven’t played the game yet :/
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Luna had a Scizor because Reize has a Scyther. Luna is Reize’s dad so they would definitely have the same thing.
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pkmnsdarkqueen · 4 years
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All Karen ships rated (update)
Original here 
I did this like a few months after making this account, and I thought it’d be fun to go back and re look at my ratings
Also since this one isn’t a dare to rate EVERY ship I am cutting out the protag/companion section since they’re all underaged and the original ratings reflected thus wiht them all being a no. Also getting rid of ones where she’s with a pokemon. 
Finally I’m gonna add some ones I like to the very end
strike through=my side commentary, trying to be funny italicized=if asked I’d be down to rp it mostly just to see how/it it’d work bold=ship name and who in it to help you find a certain ship highlights=they are grouped up, again in case you want to find that one ship * by ship name=Super random ships I find kinda wild ! by ship name=Dramatic change to original rating
ships on ‘never ending romance’ website. 
Karen w/ a Villian:
! 180Shipping - Karen & Shelly -2 bad a ladies over here kicking butt and being fashionable heck yes, but also Karen is an awful swimmer so let the cute romance ensue 8/10
*AphoticShipping - Saturn & Karen-Karen would find it fun to mess with from time to time, and maybe could work. 5/10
*AtrociousShipping - Karen & Mars-I mean possible, but also Mars is really kinda child like so Karen may just want to protect her instead. 4/10
BarghestShipping - Karen & Lavana-I feel like it’d be like shipping Karen with a cheerleader…an evil cheerleader. 2/10
! DarkIntentionShipping - Giovanni & Karen-Tbh yeah I like it. Just depends though because again she grew up with Silver who she is like a mom (or older sis some days) to, so that would have to be worked out. Plus she’s kinda miffed he left Silver from seeing how much it hurt him. But also hateship to romance, basically I’ve been giving this one more thought and it could be heckin cute. 9/10
*IcePinkShipping - Karen & Lovrina-No too whinney and arrogant for Karen. 0/10
***ImperiousShipping - Hunter J & Karen-Oh dear gosh no, haaaard no, And before you ask about Twist!verse they’d be both too emotionally closed. -50/100
! KariShipping - Courtney (Magma) & Karen- Been thinking about this one too and the more i think about it the less I see it. Both are too closed/awkward. 1/10
LiaisonShipping - Petrel & Karen-Kinda cute in a way with them balancing each other out. It’s like obvious psycho with subtle psycho, and seems fun. 8/10
! PaybackShipping - Archer & Karen- Briefly had a little shipping with this and tbh really enjoyed it. If in an au just the dynamic of the couple in 101 Dalmatians would be these two. In main verse you could have them sneaking the romance and such to not get caught. Also evil Karen? Or good Archer? 9/10
PerishSongShipping - Proton & Karen-He’s a bit reactive for her, and cocky though maybe she’d balance him out? 5/10
! StrangeloveShipping - Domino & Karen-…I dunno why she makes me think of sailor moon, but she does Evil Karen? then ye this could work and be fun, maybe Twist!verse would even work. 8/10
TenebrousShipping - Ariana & Karen-I find it funny the team Karen was vaguely a part of, and now is a part of her life she works so hard to distance from is the one she’s shipped with ALOT. Oh and Galactic of all things is second most common for some reason. Also eh on this one. Ariana has that mom vibe, and Karen distances herself from that usually. 3/10
Karen w/ gym leader:
*BerthierShipping - Cress & Karen-I dunno because he seems like a 16 year old teen to me, but their personalities would work, so maybe. 5/10
BittersweetShipping - Karen & Whitney-Hm I can think of some interesting plots with Karen’s early elite four days as when they meet. Not sure what they’d have in common though. 4/10
! BracknellShipping - Gardenia & Karen-Karen likes grass tyoes and Gardenia has that somewhat wild side that Karen likes I can see them spending late nights camping after exploring all day. 8/10
***ChalcedoniteShipping - Karen & Roxanne-Isn’t she like 16? Also I feel Karen would just see her as a spunky kid 0/10
! CockroachShipping - Burgh & Karen-Can we appreciate the name please…..Ok cool. Ok but Karen trying to learn how to paint the normal way and showing Burgh how to do spray paint work or paint a motorcycle? Look I think they’d be cute. 8/10
! ColdNightShipping - Candice & Karen-Yes, double yes. Candice talking about the pressure of having the meeting point of dialgia, palkia, and giratina so close plus the regi temple, and lake acuity. Like the pressure of keeping all of these legendary places safe is alot of pressure. Then Karen knowing about ho-oh and wanting to keep them safe, anyways they can bond ina . cool way. 10/10
*DarkActShipping - Brycen-Man & Karen-Not Brycen, Brycen-Man. I really dunno because I feel like it’d be too close to the Masked Man for her to be comfortable. 2/10
DarkalleyShipping - Volkner & Karen-Hmmmmm maybe, but also I feel Volkner needs a more high energy person, so 3/10. As the toxic relationship their a part of in some hallmark like plot though 10/10
DarkGaleShipping - Karen & Winona-A possibility, but I kinda see them as friends just chillin watchin clouds. 3/10
*DarkHarvestShipping - Cilan & Karen-Didn’t know Karen was popular with the trio, but ok. Anyways if he’s alot like he is in the anime thats gonna be a hard no. otherwise, eh maybe? 4/10
DarkMarshShipping - Karen & Sabrina-Friends I think. Like they’d be comfortable around each other, but no spark in that way. 1/10
ElectricDarknessShipping - Elesa & Karen-I sort of want it just because while Karen dresses nice she is a tomboy meaning the clashes about fashion or manners would be great. 8/10
FightNightShipping - Karen & Maylene-If they were in the plot of a secret fight club, a hard yes. Otherwise, I don’t see it. 1/10
GabbroShipping - Brock & Karen-I want to see Brock do his whole freak out just to write Karen’s way to shoot him down. After all romance takes awhile for, and if aggressive is your first interaction it scares her. Though he does stand down after being rejected so she’d respect that, and maybe think about giving a chance. 5/10
GothShipping - Clair & Karen-Popular yes, but I like the Cynthia, Karen, Clair girl squad dynamic so much more. 2/10
ImpShipping - Karen & Valerie-Karen being vastly confused but fascinated by the antics of Valerie sounds cute.  7/10
InsectQueenShipping - Karen & Viola-The plots would be cute knowing Karen’s quirks with cameras. 8/10
LamentShipping - Flannery & Karen-Idk due to lack of things to connect on overriding if personalities would work. 3/10
LiptonShipping - Jasmine & Karen-I wanna say no cause I think she’d be too sweet for Karen, but also yes because she can get super intimidating and tiny Jas actually wearing the pants in their relationship sounds interesting 5/10
**MortelleShipping - Fantina & Karen-Naw…to much flash and show for Karen, but maybe contest mentor. Also Karen has a vendetta against Amity Square for it’s selectiveness of ‘cute pokemon’. 0/10
! NightsongShipping - Falkner & Karen-The name of this ship is amazing, but Falkner is like one of those characters who gets shipped aorund with EVERYONE like really it’s kinda ridiculous and I’m tired of him just beign thrown at everyone 2/10
! PaintedLadyShipping - Bugsy & Karen-How is this one not for Burgh?  Yeah no he’s just too much like a kid. 0/10
RafureShipping - Erika & Karen-…can their Vileplume’s fall in love instead? I’m 10/10 for that. Between them 2/10
RiddlesInTheDarkShipping - Blaine & Karen-…Eh…or we could not, and maybe they just are friends. I don’t really see romance blooming there. 0/10
SchwarzFlashShipping - Lt. Surge & Karen-Them both having PTSD? Maybe helping each other? I mean I wouldn’t mind giving it a shot. 7/10
ScotopiaShipping - Karen & Skyla-Maybe too much spunk like Rosa, but Karen would admire her determination. 4/10
SilkShipping - Janine & Karen-No pls. I see Karen as her unofficially adopted big sis, and find that adorable. 0/10
! UnderworldShipping - Morty & Karen- So far this has proven to be a hard no, and tbh I kinda like it better that way.  0/10
***WhiteMoonShipping - Pryce & Karen-Even in a verse he wasn’t The Masked Man imma give this a hard no. 0/10
Karen w/ an elite:
AphroditeShipping - Koga & Karen  -He’s like her dad…so…no. -50/10
BadRomanceShipping - Grimsley & Karen-Bad romance is a good title cause I feel it’d be a rough start. 10/10
*BlackGlacierShipping - Glacia & Karen-Tbh not sure if they have much at all in common. 1/10
BlackiceShipping - Karen & Lorelei-Ok maybe because they have some similarities, but tbh I like the older gal pal bond alot. 5/10  
DarkEliteShipping - Sidney & Karen-A more punk relationship in this elite match-up, but I could see it working. 10/10
DarkKnightShipping - Wikstrom & Karen-Again the title tho! I mean yeah I think I could see it from her finding him quirky, but in a good way. Although they have wildy different aesthetics so it’d depend on interpretations. Right now I do love the dynamicKaren has with a Wikstrom account.  8/10
DelilahShipping - Bruno & Karen-Eh maybe? I like the uncle and niece bromance they have tho. 4/10
! DementiaShipping - Lucian & Karen-I feel like they’d either clash or hit it off with no inbetween. I Still stand by this but I think they’d everntually fall for each other.  9/10
DisownShipping - Agatha & Karen-NOOOOO don’t make Gma relationship sexy! -50/10
! HellaFineEliteShipping - Karen & Malva- Ok so came back, and yeah I could see it, but depends on interpretations again because they could just more easily spark into a fight or if the first interaction went sour not give it another shot. 5/100
IntuitiveShipping - Siebold & Karen-Actually had a rp with them shipped, was Twist!verse tho giving Siebold that rescuer mentality which helped. In general though I kinda want to see it. 7/10
LambentShipping - Flint (elite) & Karen-Hm. Maybe? Like, ok the dynamic personality helps, but also would be a slow burn. 5/10
MasakudoShipping - Will & Karen- I love it in some ways, but I also feel as though they’ve see so much of each other’s absolute worst sides it wouldn’t work. ???/10
! NightmareShipping - Karen & Phoebe-Eh they’d be good friends but I can’t see them really hitting it off as far as things they have in common. 3/10
NoWeaknessShipping - Karen & Shauntal-Ok bumbling dork sounds cute, and her defending from Grimsley’s teasing sounds cute, and great now I find this cute. 8/10
RhymeShipping - Aaron (elite) & Karen-…ArE thEsE tWo ONly ShIPpeD cAUsE thEiR NAmEs RhYmE?! Jokes on you because imagine them working out together, or exploring the woods, or yeah let’s ship this! 8/10
ShootingStarShipping - Drake (Orange) & Karen-Hm, I mean I would like to see it before going anywhere with it. 4/10
SuckerPunchShipping - Marshal & Karen-…I see it more than Bruno, but also feel as though they could clash some how personality wise. I’d like to see a plot for it though. 4/10
TerrifyingShipping - Caitlin & Karen-They both have awful sleep schedules so I feel like trying to get a time they’re both awake would be a problem, and personality wise would clash. 1/10
Karen w/ a champion:
BoadiceaShipping - Cynthia & Karen-I like the best friend bond a thousand times better, but I see the appeal 7/10 BumpShipping - Steven Stone & Karen-If you asked me when I started this account I would of said,”in what world?” Now after having various interaction with multiple accounts I’m like 10/10 DreamTeamShipping - Alder & Karen-Eh…yes…and no? Like he did hit on Cynthia and she has qualities like her, so could maybe work.  6/10 NeoEliteShipping - Lance & Karen-Like yeah I can see it. It’d take flippin forever with Karen being a royal butt most of the time while adjusting to elite life, and then after that they’re both closed off with emotions so it’s take awhile. 10/10 I hate that my prediction was correct
Karen w/ a minor GAME npc:
BoxVirusShipping - Brigette & Karen-Could be interesting, but I’m not sold all the way 3/10 CassiaShipping - Karen & Sina-Very random, and tbh I say no because of what little they would connect on 0/10 ChicoryShipping - Cheryl & Karen-Cheryl is so sweet. I feel too sweet because Karen needs someone that will argue with her when she needs redirecting 0/10 ClosestShipping - Karen & Zinnia-I mean the rebellious streak, the slightly odd behavior? Karen would find it intriguing, and if the move was made she wouldn’t oppose it. 9/10 ! DarkMagicShipping - Eusine & Karen-Better watch out Morty, Ms. Steal Ya Dude is ova here! Yeah no no, they can only clash. Even without Morty beign the catalyst these 2 would clash. 0/10 DarkServiceShipping - Darach & Karen-Heh…the name alone tho. x3 (i am mature I swear) Ok kinda random, but possible. She isn’t one to look down on someone due to social status. 5/10 ! DarkShadowsShipping - Ingo & Karen -Him and his bro are so easy to ship to me, and yes she’d find his quirks cute while dragging him out of his shell while he’d keep her grounded. 10/10 DarkSpecterShipping - Riley & Karen-Like ok yeah, the mysterious vibe combined with a strong goal. I can see it. 7/10 ! GigabyteShipping - Bill & Karen-idk, Karen may not be a big science person but she finds it kind of interesting to listen to. Could work. 5/10 KurumiShipping - Karen & Lisia-Comin for ya girl Wallace! Tbh tho idk because I could see them having a cute mentee relationship if Karen did competition with the twist in dynamic of her mentor being younger. As for romance 3/10 NoirShipping - Karen & Marley-Karen’s inner thoughts as a person. Like could work, or maybe too similar. 3/10 SeventhJugglerShipping - Juggler (Trainer class) & Karen-Lol the title tho, like seventh juggler!? Boi has no name! I mean ok, sure. I love a relationship that keeps both parties guessing, and if Karen can handle WIll I think she’d be down to handle a second clown. XD 8/10
Karen w/ a minor ANIME/MOVIE npc:
BahamarShipping - Karen & Olesia-Don’t get at all, and I think she’s barely an adult 0/10 CamdenShipping - Karen & Michelle-Would make more sense with Lance 1/10 DarkMotherSocietyShipping - Delia & Karen-Why does everyone want ash’s mom? Also no. 0/10 DetoxicationShipping - Karen & Sakura-Aw naw, wholesome friendship. 0/10 FavoriteShipping - Lawrence III & Karen-Karen in twist!verse, yes. A hard yes. 10/10 Otherwise…eh…maybe? 5/10 GothicDJShipping - Karen & DJ Mary-Enemies 10/10, mostly Karen’s side. With her reporting on Karen’s past, and asking invasive questions wanting a scoop for her show. Romance -50/10 HazyShipping - Karen & Solidad-She’‘s down to earth, and I think her groove may fit well w/ Karen 6/10 LiminalShipping - Sir Aaron & Karen-Can we please just agree this is Riley but in his mega form? 7/10 MorriganShipping - Karen & Moria-I have no idea where this one came from, and I’m eh. 1/10
Karen w/ a Frontier brain:
AshikoShipping - Greta & Karen-Eh, I don’t see anything really 1/10 CapriShipping - Dahlia & Karen-Idk why I feel like they’re the same person, but I do, and eh. 4/10 DarkLuckShipping - Karen & Lucy-Her and Brock tho…also I feel like they’d fall into awkward silences often. 2/10 YorShipping - Brandon & Karen-Maybe as vigilantes together, that’d be a fun plot. Shipping though Idk. 4/10
TCG Characters: (All 0)
TaladasShipping - Felicity & Karen-Another news personality, but also with theatrics and I just don’t see it. 0/10 DarknessEnergyShipping - Mark & Karen-Not much on this guy. It’s a no cause she’s see him as a child, but look him up. 0/10 MoonSugarShipping - Karen & Mint-No iz too child, and also look the kid up. 0/10
OTHER MANGA Characters:
DarkGirlShipping - Karen & Rug-Turns out this is a real person, and not an actual rug. My bad. Also no she’d likely take the girl in as a mentee though. 0/10 MephistoShipping - Karen & Pauline-….eh. 1/10 RosarioShipping - Daisy (Cerulean) & Karen-I feel like it’s a possibility, but I’m not jumping full on board. 4/10
Karen and multiple people: (All are gonna be a no romantically because I don’t see Karen being poly, but I’ll give plot ideas)
DarkPathShipping - Brycen-Man, Grimsley, Sidney & Karen-Brycen is random….? Unless they do a movie where they’re all the bad guys and him as the ultimate villain maybe? Movie idea, 10/10.
DuskShipping - Karen, Houndoom & Skuntank-I can see Karen with a skunktank, and Garnet teaming with one for a double battle would be cool. 10/10
DystopianDarkActShipping - Brycen-man, Cyrus, Karen & Marley-Brycen-Man is everywhere with Karen, and I don’t know why…also sort of random combination…based on the name maybe a plot with them in a dystopian world. For some apocalypse theme plot though 10/10  
EcostasisShipping - Flint (elite), Volkner, Candice, Karen & Sabrina-So the name is about extra bone formation….people that should all join team skull? Ooooor lab experiment plot? I guess 7/10
ElitismShipping - Falkner, Morty, Will, Clair, Karen & Whitney-I feel like the title is implying them thinking they’re better than everyone. I see none of this from any of these people, and am confused. 0/10
EsotericShipping - Grimsley, Sidney & Karen-YAAAAS DARK SQUAD! The name does suit them, and I don’t need to list any plots they easily make their own. 100/10
FrostingShipping - Dawn, Karen & Lovrina-Pulling from all the verses here, and all I see is a gal pal adventure. An odd adventure. KInda down tho. 5/10
HaremTaroShipping - Gold (Special), Crystal, Jasmine, Karen, DJ Mary & Whitney-I’ve never watched the anime this one is referring to so ???/10
HeolstorShipping - Falkner, Morty & Karen-There is no meaning behind the name, but maybe they’d be good camping buds. 7/10
IndigoLeagueShipping - Bruno, Koga, Lance, Will & Karen-As really super good friends, heck ye! Imagine a prank war plot now! 10/10
JohtoHaremShipping - Jimmy (Kenta), Karen, Marina (Johto), DJ Mary, Sakura & Whitney-….Due to the title there is clearly only one intention for this, and please no. -1000/10
KinkShipping - Erika, Karen & Sabrina-If you’re kink is having a good time pokemon battling! C’mon they’d be another awesome girl squad! :D (The things I do to keep sex talk at a pg-13 level). As buds 10/10
KuroyukihimeShipping - Princess Allie, Candice & Karen-Karen would want to punt the princess. Plot of her and Candice babysitting this child, and holding each other back from strangling her 9/10
LooseShipping - Cynthia, Jessie, Karen & Misty-…As a Gal pal squad that sounds awesome, and I want them all stuck bonding in a high school detention together. You got sporty chic (Misty), Delinquente (Karen), Theater kid (Jessie), and Miss Perfect (Cynthia) 10/10
LoyalMaskShipping - Carl, Will, Karen & Sham-I WANT TO WRITE OR RP THIS CREW SO BADLY! AH! Like, PLEASE! 1000/10
MaskedChildrenShipping - Carl, Silver (Special), Will, Blue (female), Karen & Sham-AGAIN! I WANNA WRITE THIS CREW! Not as much as the LoyalMask, but I LOVE DIS CREW! Fear the children! 10/10
MaskedGirlsShipping - Blue (female), Karen & Sham-Evil girly child squad sounds great! 10/10
MatsuriShipping - Morty, Agatha & Karen-I am imagining Agatha mentoring both of them, and they’re competing to be stronger. Don’t know past that, but sounds interesting 8/10
MidnightGardenShipping - Gardenia, Karen & Roxanne-I actually want them to start a gardening group that only meets at night. Sounds fun tbh, and could have some quirky fluff plots. 8/10
NewLookShipping - Elesa, Karen, Sabrina & Shelly-Them all shopping together sounds amazing. For each other would be interesting, but for another person sounds like absolute chaos, and I love it. 10/10
QuirkyMoonSugarShipping - Greta, Karen, Mint & Whitney-lot of verses here. Um yes definaley all quirky, dunno how their dynamic would be though. 2/10
ShadowedShipping - Clair, Cynthia & Karen-Again gal pals. 10/10
SororityShipping - Flannery, Karen & Lily (Kanto)-Them in a sorority maybe fun. I’m sorta down 6/10
ThreatOnAlertShipping - Grimsley, Morty, Alexa (XY), Dahlia & Karen-Is this a group of the most paranoid people because if so yeah I agree. 10/10
XenonDarkActShipping - Brycen-Man, Paul, Wallace & Karen-Another movie with them all as bad guys maybe? Idk how Paul would fit tho so 8/10 ShitennouShipping - Aaron (elite), Bruno, Drake (Hoenn), Flint (elite), Grimsley, Koga, Lance, Lucian, Marshal, Sidney, Siebold, Wikstrom, Will, Agatha, Bertha, Caitlin, Drasna, Glacia, Karen, Lorelei, Malva, Phoebe & Shauntal (gen infinite)-…Ok so this is basically everyone, and sure yeah let’s make em all buds. Down w/ that. I’d like giant team up, but am not writing all of that alone. 10/10
Karen with….Karen….????: (I had no idea where to fit this in.)
PerkyGothShipping - Karen & herself-She would know what herself needs to hear, so good, but also she likes different things, and may get bored. I suppose it depends on portrayal. ???/10
Other ships 
BlackCatDog Shipping - Karen & Nanu They were shipped for a bit and I still think it’s a cute possibility. If nothing else just them talking about their pasts would be interesting. They’ve both been through alot. 8/10
MoonFlare Shipping - Karen & Lysandre If I could only choose 1 ship for Karen it’d be this one. I just really like the parallels that they have with each other, and how both of them have compassion for the opposite sides but due to roughly a similar reason. I’d have to go into alot to explain all that though. Basically I just really like how opposites attract here cause they’d both have to grow. 10/10
Aqua Moon shipping - Karen & Archie Again Karen’s awful around water and I just think these two would have a blast interacting with each other. They’d also both be able to have serious moments too,a nd could even talk about what it was like to leave Rocket. Also I have a really awesome idea for Deity!Verse. 8/10
BlackPaint Shipping - Karen & Mina  This combines Karen and art like with the Burgh ship, plus fairy shenanigans like with Valerie, and also the punk but soft vibe both of these gals bring to the table. I love it 10/10
MoonHearts Shipping - Karen & Sonia Sonia trying to figure out how to scientist, and Karen trying to figure out how to elite, and them both being dorks. I love it! 8/10
MoonHive - Karen & Professor Juniper Juniper being science nerd but also super deep and philosophical and just her and Karen spending late nights talking about anything and everything sounds cute. 7/10
NightWatchers - Karen & Looker Ye they’d picker sometimes and yes Karen’s bar might become a problem, but what if they have to work together and spy shenanigans ensue with these dorks insisting to themselves they need to stay professional. Cute af. 10/10
BlackSmog Shipping - Karen & Tabitha  Tbh I could see it. I’m not as firmly sold as some others but I can see it working. Besides Karen doesn’t care if someone’s an ex criminal or has humble beginnings. so ye could work! Although she’d def want to get Tabitha to work out with her. 6/10
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Quick! Top 10 best James TeamRocket episodes of all time and why are they good?
OH GOOD ASK TELLY. im actually gonna just to top 5 because i have too many feelings and putting them all in one ask makes me anxious haha.
5. DP153/The Treasure is All Mine! - bruh they really gave an homage to my favourite episode of pokeani smack dab in the middle of DP. god i lov this ep. i can’t believe they acknowledged james’ backstory in such detail so so late in the series and so far after his initial episode. mostly i love this episode because we actually get to see a lot of bby james living his life as a kid and it drops the BOMB that he actually did have feelings for his ex fiancee at one point, incredibly shallow ones that rode entirely on the fact that he thought she was pretty, and OH BY THE WAY SHE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE JESSIE BUT NO ROCKETSHIPPING BRO. i have too many feelings about this. also growlie was there i love growlie. also finally got jessie in disguise as jessebelle why’d that take so long??? i mean probably because the writers aren’t cruel enough to do that to james but yknow.
4. AG147/Sweet Baby James - god i just watched this episode for the first time in japanese and it’s so good. it’s so fucking good. i think my favourite thing about this episode is that it lets you know there were at least two more people looking out for james in his childhood. so he had them and his growlithe, which is a comforting thought. every time he starts talking abt his childhood i black out from heartbreak lol. i love this whole arc of the anime because james’ chimecho is arguably his favourite pokemon of all time and when he finally gets one he helicopter parents it to an extent that it’s kinda virtually useless from a story perspective (hence why it got written out so quick) and despite his obsession with protecting it from harm, it ends up getting so sick it can’t travel with him anymore. so even though it’s not explored there’s this underlying lesson he has to learn that no matter how much he loves something he can’t protect it from everything, and i think it would’ve been really cool if they had explored that more because in a way james is kind of perpetuating a cycle in how he was treated (sheltered, stifled, and locked away) on the closest thing he has to a child of his own. only instead of out of control and abuse, he makes that mistake out of love. again none of that is expanded upon in the episode, but this episode lays the GROUNDWORK for it, and i love that. it’s also really good how devoted he is to staying by its side, how easily he truces with team twerp and turns on his teammates for wanting to rob his estate & fuck everything up, and just how good of a person he is in this episode, owning up to his lies and staying true to himself. i rly think this episode is the rawest we ever get james? like this is him at heart, no facades, no fronts, just james as he is. i love that. i love him.
3. SM058/Fighting Back the Tears! - This episode belongs more to Mareanie than it does to James but upon rewatching it a few times I just gotta say: its good. Esp on a second rewatch. Mareanie does a lot of Questionable Things in the beginning of this episode u don’t understand until you know her backstory, and then once you do it hits twice as hard. Her and James have so many moments of quiet love together, talking one on one, and the way he speaks to her is with so much softness in his voice it quite literally rots my teeth out of my skull. There’s a lot of subtle callbacks to James’ own backstory that I’m downright ANGRY weren’t explored (Mareanie and James have the same backstory. They were both wronged by their first love and found a second chance in a partner who resembles those first loves. Despite being a direct parallel, THIS IS NEVER MENTIONED OR DISCUSSED??? POKEANI???) Oh and there’s whump & h/c. James is deathly poisoned at one point and his friends are at his bedside looking after him while he deliriously makes poor life choices. Also James fights a tentacruel w/ his bare fists. Also there’s a slutty bisexual crown of thorns starfish in this episode. a+. good episode. 
2. DP146/Dressed for Jess Success! - i’ll do the horny part first: fetish brain like sick girl oughghhghhhg jessie hot sexy. K ANYWAYS this is my second fave episode of all time. mostly for horny reasons but theres a lot of good shit happening that isn’t that. despite only ever posting abt jessie when i liveblog this episode it’s actually an episode about james and meowth and jessie doesn’t do much besides scream at her tv while on a lot of cold medicine. this episode is fucking hysterical to me because james is really really good at being in disguise as any old rando, melts into roles perfectly, and overall never sees any of that as a burden--but the SECOND he has to act as the literal woman he has spent the last 10+ years of his life with he freezes up and is like “I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING??? HELP” like he can’t fathom it. that is so fucking funny. like is he scared he’s gonna come home and jessie’s gonna shove him in a closet and scream at him for being ooc. the other thing thats good about this episode is james spends like 10 minutes slinking around the contest hall like “ughghghg im not a fucking coordinator meowth lets lose” and he then proceeds to eviscerate not only the competition but the literal heroine as well, i mean he just EVISCERATES dawn. he has almost full points when he beats her and she has NONE. he humiliates the poor girl. and he gets the loudest cheers the MC has ever heard. loud enough that jessie yells at him fsdghfsg “i don’t like that you as me got more applause than i as me!!!” LIKE JAMES IS SECRETLY A REALLY GOOD COORDINATOR... CAN WE PLEASE GET MORE OF JAMES IN CONTESTS. fuck i love this episode. did i mention jessie’s hot 
1. EP048/Holy Matrimony! - Like dude do I have to say any more about this episode... beyond being the quintessential Backstory Episode it has one of the most pivotal rocketshipping moments in it. The black comedy is so fucking good and makes you feel all kinds of weird for laughing and that is my favourite feeling of all. There’s a vileplume AND a growlithe, like thats a wombo combo of good pokemon. Everyone in the dub of this ep is blitzed off chaotic energy. Rachael Lillis does a steel magnolia accent for like 20 mins & they named her character after a biblical figure who gets eaten by wild dogs. I’m p sure Eric Stuart transcends his mortal form to make New Noises. This is the least objective part of this list because this is my favourite pokemon episode and I will take NO feedback or constructive criticism.
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For scientific reasons, which trainers would be best buddies? Which ones would be rivals? What kind of lives would they live? What regions would they live in? I’m sorry for all the questions, but I’d like your opinion
okay, here we go! the current guide to the Apex Legends Pokemon Trainer AU!
Bangalore
Typhlosion (Partner), Braviary
From Kanto
Her family was originally military, but she and one of her brothers ended up running a fire-type gym after an incident
When Natalie and Octavio came along to challenge the gym, after talking with them she realised they all had parents that had placed very specific expectations on them and decided to tag along on their journey to broaden her horizons
She and Octavio, both challenging gyms, have a friendly rivalry going on
Bloodhound
Gallade (Partner), Corviknight, Luxray
From Johto
A very mysterious character with a preference for honourable pokemon
Gibraltar and Ajay have no idea of this trainer’s background, but they’re always grateful for the assistance Bloodhound lends
They and their pokemon make a team of talented trackers, and it makes Gibraltar and Ajay’s jobs of finding and helping pokemon and people stuck in natural disasters much easier
Still, they are dedicated to Arceus above all else
Crypto
Rotom (Partner), Dedenne
From Sinnoh
idk i’ll decide on his story when he gets released in game
Caustic
Wheezing (Partner), Vileplum, Dustox
From Galar
He’s a scientist that wanted to develop the use of poison types but his work was deemed unethical and thus he was fired
however he found that a number of shady organisations were very interested in his work, and so he continued his research
His Wheezing is not a Galarian form despite Alexander being from Galar - it didn’t mesh with his evil scientist aesthetic
Gibraltar
Hariyama (Partner), Aegislash, Aggron
From Alola
His parents were Pokemon Rangers, and he grew up to follow in their footsteps - usually a ranger has just the one partner pokemon, but Aegislash and Aggron just never really left his side
He met his partner pokemon the same day he decided to become a pokemon Ranger; he and his boyfriend got caught in a mudslide, and when his parents came to the rescue, a Makuhita - a pokemon known for it’s tenacity - decided it would try to help
Lifeline
Absol (Partner), Togetic, Chansey
From Unova
When she found out her parents were making some deals with some dodgy organisations, she left the life of wealth she lead in urban Unova in favour of doing humanitarian work with pokemon around the world
Her team consists of pokemon that’d help in rescue situations (Absol can predict natural disasters, Togetic is said to bring good fortune and happiness, Chansey shares its eggs with those who are injured)
Was close friends with Octavio as children, but they grew apart as their paths diverged in adulthood. She still supports his pursuits, though, and he regularly donates to the charities she works with
Gets on well with Gibraltar, they’ve worked together on a number of occasions - Makoa specialises in dealing with the overarching issue, while Ajay helps any injured people or pokemon.
Mirage
Zoroark (partner), Vulpix, Mime Jr, Mawile
From Hoenn
His older brothers all left to go on their pokemon journeys years before he did. Elliott and his mother worked together on holographic tech for entertainment purposes, taking inspiration from the various pokemon that used illusions
He wanted to go on his own journey, but didn’t want to leave his mother alone. His mother’s Zoroark had an egg though, and she gave it to Elliott. The Zorua that hatched from it became his partner.
Most of his pokemon come from the fact that he’s a big softie at heart. Vulpix are known to feign injury to fool enemies and escape, which he thought was really cool. Mime Jr was practising its mimicking skills, Elliott complimented it, and it just completely forgot what it was doing it was so happy and so Elliott immediately took it under his wing. Mawile looks cute but it’s also terrifying and will kick your ass and Elliott just had to have it
He generally takes the route of a battle trainer, but he entered a pokemon contest once on a whim and completely dominated, much to Zoroark’s glee
One day while travelling through Johto he ran into an Espurr - a pokemon with a creept stare that wasn’t native to the region - that scared the shit out of him. He’d never admit it, but the fact that its trainer saw so easily through his pokemon’s illusions also kinda intimidated him
In Unova, he came across the same Espurr, except now it had evolved into a Meowstic. Similarly, his Zorua had now evolved into a Zoroark. He challenged the trainer to a battle and found her psychic type pokemon were at interesting match against his pokemon that specialised in trickery.
The match was observed by some really tall, lanky, excitable guy with an Ambipom and a Cubone. The three trainers coincidentally spent the night at the same pokecentre, and they just didn’t really part ways in the morning.
Also one time when he was drunk, Elliott was flirting with someone and that trainer’s Gourgeist attacked him. It was funny, and the trainer apologised, but he’s also lowkey been afraid of the entire evolutionary line ever since (Wraith and Pathfinder found out when one day, while they were at a pokecentre, Elliott turned around, saw a Pumpkaboo, and screamed)
Octane
Linoone (Partner), Zebstrika
From Unova
He grew up as a rich kid in urban Unova, but with busy CEOs for parents, he often found himself bored
As a kid, a Zigzagoon caught his attention while on a business trip with his family, and he ended up catching it
He and the pokemon got along famously, and when it evolved into a Linoone - the rushing pokemon - he found his taste for adrenaline evolving alongside it
He began to grow distant from his childhood friend Ajay at this time, but he still recognised how important her work was so he supports her whenever he can
Now he partakes in gym battles, the occasional contest (usually due to a friendly rivalry between him and one Elliott Witt), and regular death defying stunts with his high speed pokemon team
He lost his legs in an accident involving a race and a misuse of pokemon moves
He’s got a good few fans as a result of the videos he makes, but he can always count on Ajay, Natalie, and Anita to keep him grounded
He’s got a knack for convincing people to take a risk - it’s how he got Natalie and Anita to go on their own journeys to find what they want from life
Pathfinder
Ambipom (Partner), Cubone
From Unova
He was an orphan with a desire to see the world (and maybe find out the story behind his birth parents along the way)
His first pokemon was an Aipom whose mobility he admired greatly. He has a Cubone because he found it crying and, as an orphan himself, he cared deeply for its loss
He isn’t quite sure what he wants from life, but being a pokemon professor and learning about the world sounds pretty good to him
Near the start of his journey, he was staying in a pokecentre and ended up being the referee for a pokemon battle
When morning came, those two same trainers looked a little lost (though they’d never admit it), and as he himself was brilliant with directions, he ended up offering to show them around the region
But they ended up sticking together long after that
Wattson
Morpeko (Partner), Plusle, Minun, Luxio
From Kalos
Worked closely with her father researching ways in which electric types and people can work together and how those relations could be utilised
She and her father raised an unruly Shinx that was very uncooperative, but one day it accidentally electrocuted her (causing the scar on her face), and it was the guilt it felt that caused it to finally clean up its act
When he passed away, she inherited her father’s Electabuzz. At first, she wouldn’t necessarily consider the pokemon a part of her team, but more of a family member that still assists in her work, though this changed when she started her journey
(shoutout to @gayneflynt @wraithofthevoid for their ideas)
Met Octavio when he was participating in a competition at an arena she had previously done work on. Her father had just passed, and Octavio convinced her that she should give going on a pokemon journey a go to try and fill the void that had been left behind
She met Anita when Octavio was challenging a gym. Anita, sister of the gym leader, got to talking with the pair, and decided to tag along on their journey
Wraith
Gothitelle (Partner), Meowstic, Abra
From Johto
She has amnesia, and woke with nothing but a psychic type pokemon leaning over her in an abandoned lab
Gothitelle is particularly protective of her, as a pokemon that can predict the future and can become aware of their trainer’s lifespan. This was the pokemon fawning over her when she awoke with no memory
Abra can read minds and sense danger, teleporting away when it feels threatened. Sometimes Wraith wishes she had the same ability - the two felt a kinship and it joined her team. She caught Espurr because it’s the restraint pokemon - she personally felt restrained by her lack of memories - and she was kinda fond of how weird and creepy it sorta was
The Espurr scared the shit outta one trainer she met while she was still in Johto - to be fair, it was staring at him weirdly
She ran into him again in Unova. Her Abra - despite being terrified of everyone they met - never once tried to teleport away from him, so in the morning when he invited her to join him and some makeshift tour-guide, on a whim she said yes
All of her pokemon seemed happy with the decision, so she decided that maybe she should stick around in this trio
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