Hi, Bill. I’ve heard that some pokemon have their origins talked about as coming from non-egg sources, sometimes even in the pokedex, but these pokemon can still produce eggs and have offspring of the same species that way. Is it true that, for example, a phantump is the spirit of a dead child, or is it all hogwash?

Well, I’d hesitate to call it hogwash because I don’t want to offend Kaloseans.

But yes, it’s very unlikely that phantump are the lost souls of dead children. The same can be said for all ghost-types, actually.

Now, on the other hand, the thing about exeggutor dropping a “head” and having it grow into another exeggcute is actually true. Sort of. Those really are eggs, but they’re virtually indistinguishable from an exeggutor head. And yes, the exeggutor’s reproductive system is located in the head region, not lower down.

For those of you who could have gone your whole lives not knowing the alien mechanics of exeggutor reproduction … you’re welcome.