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Pokemon types that make you go 'Wait WUT?'
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post Jun 16 2011, 06:58 AM
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At first I was surprised that Golett and Frillish were Part-Ghost.

Until I read the Pokedex.


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post Jun 16 2011, 08:15 AM
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I used to think Mienshao was Fighting/Psychic because of its appearance. And that Elgyem and Beheeyem were ghost-type since Elgyem was found in that tower with all the Litwicks (forgot the name). And that Dwebble and Crustle were part water-type...




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post Jun 16 2011, 09:23 AM
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When I was a kid, I could have SWORN that Machop was part ground type. I have no clue why though |D

Also, why isn't Mawile Steel and Dark type? It's the deceiver Pokemon! That just screams "Dark type"! On that note, it being steel type at all doesn't make much sense.

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post Jun 17 2011, 12:45 PM
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QUOTE(Matt Cat @ Jun 10 2011, 07:41 AM) *
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The fact that Gyarados is part flying instead of part dragon really baffles me.

It's based on a Chinese legend about a carp that jumps over a waterfall and gains the ability to fly, or something like that.

The fact that it doesn't learn fly contradicts the legend though; that's the part that baffles me more than the cosmetic side of it. It does look remarkably like one of those Chinese Dragons, yes, but I don't recall any of those being able to take to the air -- unless I missed something? *shrugs*

I would've added the legend, but I forgot what it was after I first heard of it.

He didn't finish the legend. The carp transforms into a flying dragon and goes wreck havoc on a nearby village. As a punishment the gods take away the dragon's ability to fly, hence Gyarados' typing. And Chinese dragons actually fly without wings (at least in everything where one appears).


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post Jun 18 2011, 12:41 PM
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I always thought Tangela was part water type. I have no clue why. And I never understood why a lot of Flying types are part normal.
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post Jun 18 2011, 06:45 PM
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QUOTE(Khall @ Jun 15 2011, 01:27 AM) *
why the hell is lucario a steel type?


it has a steel spike


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post Jun 18 2011, 06:50 PM
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For the longest time, I always thought Shellder and Seel were part Ice due to their evolutions.

I think a couple other Pokemon that baffled me at first were:
  • Emboar being part Fighting. Not only did it baffle me, it ticked me off to no end. <__<
  • Relicanth. At first I thought it was a pure Water type, and when I found out its history I was like "Why can't it be classed as a fossil Pokemon and make it exceptionally hard to find?"
  • Drapion as Poison/Dark. Would have thought Bug/Poison like its pre-evo. Completely flipped me for a loop. I like the typing, but I was so confused at the time.
  • Haxorus. Could have thought it'd be Rock/Dragon or Bug/Dragon, but it turns out to be pure Dragon. Strangest thing I'd ever heard of.
  • At first I thought Cofagrigus was going to be part Steel, but when I learned about its pure Ghost typing I was kinda glad. Other than the lack of Toxic immunity, it kind of made sense.
  • Serperior. I would have thought that beautiful creature would have had a second typing. Was kind of disappointed.
  • Pansage line, Pansear line and Panpour line. Would have thought Normal/*insert type here* for all of them, or at least their evolutions. They just screamed Normal to me.

That's all I got right now. Locations of some confused me though, like Stunfisk (Who's WEAK to water) only being found IN the water. It was like "What are you doing. By the looks of this you can't even swim. Stupid fish."


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post Dec 10 2011, 05:21 AM
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Lanturn, he's water and electric. Is he like an eel or something O__O
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post Dec 10 2011, 11:40 AM
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I would have to say Gyarados being a flying type was surprising.


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post Dec 10 2011, 11:49 AM
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QUOTE(Kazyx @ Jun 18 2011, 05:50 PM) *
[*]Drapion as Poison/Dark. Would have thought Bug/Poison like its pre-evo. Completely flipped me for a loop. I like the typing, but I was so confused at the time.

I was confused to when I first saw it. Plus Aaron was using it, and I thought that it would be a Bug-Type because he's a Bug-Type Trainer. Sure surprised me.


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post Dec 17 2011, 12:48 PM
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I thought Mewtwo was Dark type at first.......
On another note,HOW IN THE %&^%^$ WORLD CAN GOLETT LEARN FLY?!?!?!?!


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post Dec 17 2011, 01:06 PM
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When Lucario was first revealed I thought he was dark/fighting. Tynamo/Eelektrik/Eelektross surprised me because I presumed they were part water as well.

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post Dec 18 2011, 02:38 PM
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Uh, surfskit {..epic spell fail} is like bug and water.
and like no.
>:u those don't go together.


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post Dec 19 2011, 07:00 AM
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QUOTE(Dragon of time @ Dec 17 2011, 06:48 PM) *
On another note,HOW IN THE %&^%^$ WORLD CAN GOLETT LEARN FLY?!?!?!?!


Well, in-built jet packs immediately comes to mind. "GOLETTE, USE FLY!" Golett: *Takes superman pose and farts fire like there's no tomorrow*

But yeah. Emoboar. I love the thing to death, but THREE fire/fighting starters in a row is too much. For the longest time, I could've sworn that Noctowl and Stanler were part psychic types, that Baltoy/Claydol were part rock, and I was pretty peeved that Gyarados didn't know how to use fly.


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post Dec 19 2011, 01:57 PM
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QUOTE(Trueblade Mia @ Dec 10 2011, 12:21 PM) *
Lanturn, he's water and electric. Is he like an eel or something O__O


He's actually an anglerfish. Lanturn's just a lot prettier. (I've actually eaten an angler. Tasted good.)

Anglers have a little "fishing-rod" they have on their forehead, but they don't emit electricity like electric eels do. Instead, they only emit light that draws small fish to them. ...With those teeth, who needs electricity?

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Actually, the fact that the Golett line can learn Fly is a direct shout-out to that movie, The Iron Giant. Scroll down to Shout Out in the New Pokémon Tropes folder on this page and enlighten yourselves.

And I agree with the posters who find Mawile being Steel-typed weird. Even if you look at its inspiration (the Japanese futakuchi-onna), it still doesn't make sense. unsure.gif


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QUOTE(Dark Heart @ Dec 11 2011, 02:40 AM) *
I would have to say Gyarados being a flying type was surprising.


This.

I really didn't notice this until now. I really thought it was part dragon? Someone did mention why its part flying on page 1 of the thread, but still since it can't learn fly it kind of defeats the purpose...

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QUOTE(Tekno @ Jun 17 2011, 12:45 PM) *
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The fact that Gyarados is part flying instead of part dragon really baffles me.

It's based on a Chinese legend about a carp that jumps over a waterfall and gains the ability to fly, or something like that.

The fact that it doesn't learn fly contradicts the legend though; that's the part that baffles me more than the cosmetic side of it. It does look remarkably like one of those Chinese Dragons, yes, but I don't recall any of those being able to take to the air -- unless I missed something? *shrugs*

I would've added the legend, but I forgot what it was after I first heard of it.

He didn't finish the legend. The carp transforms into a flying dragon and goes wreck havoc on a nearby village. As a punishment the gods take away the dragon's ability to fly, hence Gyarados' typing. And Chinese dragons actually fly without wings (at least in everything where one appears).


I heard it was because the programmers were going to make it Dragon, but they decided they just wanted the Dratini family to have that type.

The type that surprised me was Litwick's Ghost typing. It doesn't look like a ghost.


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1. Gyarados should have dragon. IT IS A DRAGON. Also i thought it could learn fly until a little wwhile ago (2 months?) -_-.gif
2. Arceus's multitype, Like, You'd think the default type would be somethin better, Not normal -_-.gif
3. Giratina. Y U NO DARK?
4. Lucario and the whole metal thing
5. Palkia confuses me, Y U WATER?
6. Chinchou, I thought it was an advantage in battle tower when it was a water only battle, send in chinchou, Thunderbolt, Ďnsert water pokemon here" Fainted.
7. Audino. Would thought to be physic? But only normal.
8 the pan's Y U NORMAL TILL EVOLVE?.

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The fact Lugia is NOT a water type baffles me. I mean, it lives underwater!
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