The Hoppip Line

Hoppip
The Cottonweed Pokémon
Type: Grass/Flying
Official Registration #: 187
Entry: A light, weed-like pokémon native to the Johto region. Thanks to its low body weight, it needs to anchor itself to the ground or other hoppip to avoid being blown away by even the gentlest breezes. Trainers of this pokémon should be aware of this tendency, less because of the dangers drifting pose to a hoppip and more because watching novice trainers frantically chase their hoppip across mountainous fields is a source of great entertainment to Johtonians.

Skiploom
The Cottonweed Pokémon
Type: Grass/Flying
Official Registration #: 188
Entry: The evolved form of hoppip, by battle experience. Because of its tendency to open its flower and float as close to the sun as possible on warm, sunny days, skiploom is considered to be a symbol of summer in its native region of Johto. Of course, it should also be noted that skiploom close their blossoms and drop harmlessly (to them, anyway) out of the sky as the temperature decreases and days grow shorter, so conversely, skiploom-induced concussions have become a symbol of autumn in the same region.

Jumpluff
The Cottonweed Pokémon
Type: Grass/Flying
Official Registration #: 189
Entry: The evolved form of skiploom, by battle experience. Jumpluff travel in groups, controlling their puff-like appendages even in the fiercest winds to change direction and fly over great distances. As temperatures rise, jumpluff clouds shift and begin migrating northward, only to arrive in the Johto region just as spring sets in and the jumpluff mating season begins. Thus, in Johto, one knows all-too well that spring has arrived when spores produced by mating jumpluff trigger one’s seasonal allergies. Johtonians, naturally, try not to think about this too much.