OmegaSmash
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Crabrawler's description in the official site mentions that it's pincers are delicious, so this isn't all that far off.
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Pokémon lore can be very dark and disturbing (or, How TPC killed off Pikachu today)
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Crabrawler's description in the official site mentions that it's pincers are delicious, so this isn't all that far off.
ricard0388
Neo Member
BTW Pokémon has been always pretty dark, the thing is that the anime show is anything but what Pokémon games and the Pkmn Adventures manga really are.
Most of people think that the games are based in the "family friendly anime show", smh.
Most of people think that the games are based in the "family friendly anime show", smh.
From Pokemon X/Y when you enter an "empty office"
EDIT: Also a lot of things in the Sinnoh region are very unsettling or bizarre... I love that region for that =3
Did anything ever come from that?
Soltype
Member
It's a mix, some ideas are bad, but some are just poorly executed.
Sabrina was pretty creepy in the anime. Was going to make people live out their life in a dollhouse.
this episode scared the shit outta me as a kid
From Pokemon X/Y when you enter an "empty office"
EDIT: Also a lot of things in the Sinnoh region are very unsettling or bizarre... I love that region for that =3
As someone who didn't play XY, is there a resolution or explanation for this?
Considering the amount of downright impossible BS that's in a lot of these entries, I believe that, in-universe, there's two Pokédex; one destined for the young'uns that amounts to a bunch of campfire story nonsense, and then the actual, much more boring-yet-accurate Pokédex adults use. Since your player in the Pokémon games is a kid we never see the other one.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Well that's a novel method of reproduction.And then its evolution:
"It can control trees at will. It will trap people who harm the forest, so they can never leave." A never ending cycle
Huge Succeeded
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Half the shit that NPCs say and do in Pokemon X/Y can't be explained or resolved, frankly
I'm pretty sure that Game Freak's Pokemon translators are on quaaludes man
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Yamask
Dead people became Pokémon, nice.
Wait, humans are pokemon? :O
Not afaik. There's an identical NPC with pretty much those same words in ORAS, but other than that there was nothing in the way of resolution for that. Spoooooky.
Nope. It's just the latest in a long line of haunted locations that have no closure. Just like the girl that was killed by Darkrai in Black/White.
Poor Cubone.
Damn...that was sad :[
So does fighting cooks, fish, dogs, etc... Those animals aren't randomly picked to fight, and that they're programmed by their genes or trained to like it doesn't make it any better!
SoundPulse
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woopWOOP
Member
That's pretty spooky
There was also that butler that always appeared on the other end of the huge table in that gen 5(?) ghost mansion. I love those little ghostly bits they sneak in!
My favorite spooky dex entry must be Banette's 'doll out for revenge' description, tho the Pokemon itself is too cute to be creepy
Poor Cubone.
Oh come the hell on dude I didn't need that ;_;
Yeah, I figured that a lot of it is just the Pokemon equivalent of urban myths or folk tales. Which is weird since the Pokedex is meant to scientific research or something? So I guess your idea would solve that, ha ha.
Nah, they just eat the insides. They don't suck out fluids like a mosquito or lamprey.
This is what a hagfish's mouth looks like.
Huntail seems to be based on a gulper/pelican eel, with the lure on its tail, bioluminescent markings, and big mouth.
The OG ghost pokemon line are the originators of pokemon killing people for fun.
Its body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
Its tongue is made of gas. If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes.
and the OG asshole pokemon...
Lurking in the shadowy corners of rooms, it awaits chances to steal its prey's life force.
The leer that floats in darkness belongs to a Gengar delighting in casting curses on people.
Its body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
Its tongue is made of gas. If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes.
and the OG asshole pokemon...
Lurking in the shadowy corners of rooms, it awaits chances to steal its prey's life force.
The leer that floats in darkness belongs to a Gengar delighting in casting curses on people.
I don't know if this will show up but...
Shedinjas hard body doesnt movenot even a twitch. In fact, its body appears to be merely a hollow shell. It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back.
""Oh look at that-- dead"
Shedinjas hard body doesnt movenot even a twitch. In fact, its body appears to be merely a hollow shell. It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back.
""Oh look at that-- dead"
Icyflamez96
Member
No. Pokemon games relly love their out of nowhere haunted places.
Like that empty mansion in the forest in the Sinnoh games or the burned one in Kanto.
OH BOY! It's that time again!
-Drowsee and hypno kidnap children
-Gothorita turns children into her meat puppets for her own amusement at night
-Jynx can hypnotize humans by wiggling her butt
-Gardevoir can create small blackholes to dispose of things that endanger their trainers
-Yamask is the spirit of dead humans, they carry masks with the visage of their human selves
-Drifloon and it's evo, as well as Spiritomb, are made of both pokemon and human souls
-Gothitelle knows when their trainers will die and cry a lot about it
-The stump and the tree pokemon are spirits of children who died lost in forests
-That new sea cucumber pokemon dies when food in the surrounding area is depleated because it won't move to other areas
-Cofragigus likes to encase and mummify people within itself
-If sproinks ever stops bouncing, their hearts stop
-Drowsee and hypno kidnap children
-Gothorita turns children into her meat puppets for her own amusement at night
-Jynx can hypnotize humans by wiggling her butt
-Gardevoir can create small blackholes to dispose of things that endanger their trainers
-Yamask is the spirit of dead humans, they carry masks with the visage of their human selves
-Drifloon and it's evo, as well as Spiritomb, are made of both pokemon and human souls
-Gothitelle knows when their trainers will die and cry a lot about it
-The stump and the tree pokemon are spirits of children who died lost in forests
-That new sea cucumber pokemon dies when food in the surrounding area is depleated because it won't move to other areas
-Cofragigus likes to encase and mummify people within itself
-If sproinks ever stops bouncing, their hearts stop
Even better, as its trainer, you're always looking at its back.
XANDER CAGE
Member
dang...... this is even more twisted than jared leto's joker in the hit movie suicide squad....... fricking scary
sixteen-bit
Member
I don't think Pikachu's dead.
"Although Gorebyss is the very picture of elegance and beauty while swimming, it is also cruel. When it spots prey, this Pokémon inserts its thin mouth into the preys body and drains the prey of its body fluids." AlphaSapphire pokedex entry
Based on the real-life hagfish
Seems to be a gen 3 things, since also this innocent looking thing is some kind of vampire:
Pearl and Diamond entries: When flower fields bloom, it flits around, collecting pollen. Despite its appearance, it is savage. It has an aggressive nature. It stabs prey with its long, narrow mouth to drain the prey's fluids.
Andrefpvs
Member
And I believe the original version of that text implied that Pokémon and humans used to marry.
Something about turning her mom into a doll made her emotionless. Runs a gym to get more power. Then when ash loses she takes brock and misty too. But once she Haunter makes her laugh everything is ok.
It did lead to this gem though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHJCs3S9Lc
Icyflamez96
Member
The repercussions to Pokemon fighting in the Pokemon universe isn't nearly on par to that of the real life equivalents that people normally compare it to. I always thought drawing those relations as if they are seriously just as bad as each other was kinda silly, though I suspect most people do so at least somewhat jokingly.
Oh fuck.
Shedninja really got me as a kid. That pokedex entry deeply disturbed me.
....that ability was amazing so I used it anyways.
Shedinja is such a brilliant concept and design, from its 1HP made feasible via Wonder Guard, to the fact you attain it by literally leaving a spot open in your party when its pre-evo sheds its skin
Pretty much this, games imply that pokemon fighting each other is basically a form of playing, very few entries actually imply actual hostility between pokemon or pokemon species being prey to others.
I love that the fire anteater pokemon is described in its entry as to have developed fire specifically to eat the steel ant pokemon.
I always thought it was interesting when small events in the games reflect info in the pokedex, I recall some of the creepier dex entries being brushed off as folklore in forums every now and then, but then I remember the little girl with a litwcik in BW2 that vanishes after beating her in a battle
Granted, she just went back to the pokemon center because she was really tired, so her Litwick didn't kill her for now
Crabrawler’s pincers are sometimes torn off during its bouts—and they are said to be delicious.
Crabs don't give a fuck
Yeah this and finding the regis were so cook back in the day
What the! Why did it pull off its own arm? And can they grow back?Crabs don't give a fuck
Crabs are adorable.