You may be pleased to know that braixen get their sticks after evolution and that these aren’t parts of their bodies. I say you may be pleased because giving a newly evolved braixen a good stick is an excellent way to gain their approval and strengthen the bond between the two of you. (Wild ones may find sticks on their own or receive them from fellow braixen or delphox.) Of course, it also may be a bit of a hassle because may Ho-oh have mercy on you if that stick is broken or misplaced, but nonetheless, it’s a great bonding tool.
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What happens to a zweilous’s second head when it evolves? Do both its heads become the hydreigon’s hands? Are the hand-heads conscious like the main head?
Evolution is a bit more complex than it looks, I must admit. During evolution, pokémon convert themselves to an energy state and reform into the shape best suited to maximize their power. In zweilous’s case, their heads first merge, then split back apart so that the pokémon operate on one central brain but maintains their ability to attack with multiple mouths. It’s the best of both worlds, essentially.
In other words, the central head is the merger of both of zweilous’s heads, but the hands do in fact have rudimentary intelligences themselves, as they contain fragments of both original brains.
Numel and Camerupt
Numel
The Numb Pokémon
Type: Fire/Ground
Official Registration #: 322
Entry: True to its species designation, this small, camel-like pokémon is known for its dense nature; it doesn’t notice when it’s been hit until much later. Of course, this pokémon’s body is also a walking cauldron containing magma that reaches temperatures in excess of 2200 degrees Fahrenheit, so even if it fails to notice when it’s being hit, that doesn’t necessarily mean hitting it is a good idea.Camerupt
The Eruption Pokémon
Type: Fire/Ground
Official Registration #: 323
Entry: The evolved form of numel, by battle experience. The “volcanoes” on this camel-like pokémon’s back are actually bone protrusions with direct connections to camerupt’s magma reservoirs. Said reservoirs are normally the source of camerupt’s fire-based abilities, but every ten years—or whenever camerupt is angered—these volcanoes erupt, spewing super-heated molten magma dozens of feet into the air. How can this pokémon’s volcanoes erupt with such force, without harming their camerupt host? That is an excellent question, reader! The answer is [CONTENT TO BE INSERTED WHEN THERE ACTUALLY IS AN ANSWER]
Mega Camerupt
The Eruption Pokémon
Type: Fire/Ground
Official Registration #: 323+
Entry: The advanced form of camerupt, via cameruptite. It is perhaps unsurprising that mega evolution boosts most of camerupt’s capabilities, including both offensive strength (in both forms) and defensive abilities (also in both forms). It is, after all, a creature capable of triggering mini volcanic eruptions from its back in its base form; the extra energy merely disturbs its inner magma enough to strengthen the force of these eruptions. Yet despite how dangerous and utterly destructive mega camerupt can be, its considerable drop in speed, combined with its general shape, have caused the internet to refer to it as “volcano roomba,” because no force of devastation is too cute for the internet, apparently.
Are elgyem and beheeyem really from other worlds? What about cleffa or lunatone & solrock, and what about deoxys? Is this proof of extraterrestrial life? Could there be another world out there that evolved pokemon, and could it be habitable for us???
Of these, deoxys technically is from space but not from another world. It’s simply an extraterrestrial virus that mutated after exposure to certain types of radiation in space. (We know this via computer simulations and a digital analysis of samples taken from an inactive deoxys core.) Of course, the specific origins of said virus aren’t known, but it’s likely it simply came to be on the surface of an asteroid.
As for the others, that entirely depends on which theories you follow, as this is actually a matter of heated debate among scientists—particularly when it comes to the cleffa line. The most popular theory states that the elgyem line is indeed extraterrestrial in nature, as its appearance in Unova was abrupt and confined to one area.
Regarding cleffa, if it had indeed been extraterrestrial, it came here thousands if not millions of years ago, as clefairy colonies are well-established and often ancient (albeit extremely difficult to find). And lunatone and solrock are thought to either be sentient meteorites or mutated (and thus inactive) evolution stones, depending on whom you ask in the scientific community.
Personally, though, and in regards to your last question, I believe that even if these pokémon didn’t actually come from space (although I also admit that I believe they did), statistically speaking, there’s no doubt there are inhabitable worlds out there—and, perhaps, extraterrestrial pokémon. It simply wouldn’t make sense for there to be a great vastness that only developed one instance of life, to be frank.
How come shellos are considered the same species despite having different colors and traits depending on habitat, but latios and latias are considered different species? Is it just based on the sounds they make?
Unlike Latias and Latios (or male and female nidoran, for another example), every breed of shellos is genetically similar enough to be considered the same organism. The only reason why the two known varieties look like that is because they adapted to their respective waters to do so, but neither adapted so drastically that they created an entirely new species.
In other words, it really comes down to genetics, anonymous.
Bill, some Pokemon is raiding my garbage cans. Every. Single. Night. I once caught a glimpse of it, and it appeared to me like a canine Pokemon with four legs. How should I go about capturing this thing, and what should I do with it when the job is done?
Well, that depends. “Canine pokémon” is a bit of a broad category. It could be anything from a houndour to a zigzagoon (the latter of which can sometimes be mistaken for a canine in low-light settings). You could always hire a professional trainer to figure out what it is and catch it for you, but if you wish to take care of the issue yourself, I would recommend using a nocturnal pokémon or one otherwise suited for nighttime battling, such as hoothoot or houndour. Which one would work best depends entirely on the species of your visitor. Try to get a better look at it to figure out what type of pokémon you’re dealing with. When you’re ready to battle your visitor, approach it with stealth to avoid driving it away, then battle and catch it normally. You may wish to use a dusk ball, which works best in low-light environments.
Afterwards, what you do with it is up to you, but if you wish to release it, do so in a wooded area, not a park. If you live in an urban environment, this pokémon may adapt well to a home, though, so you might be able to keep it if you take it to a pokémon center for a check-up first.
Otherwise, there are pokémon-proof garbage can lids if you wish to avoid fighting this at all. Alternatively, consider composting edible refuse if you can, rather than simply throwing it out.
Pinsir
Pinsir
The Stag Beetle Pokémon
Type: Bug
Official Registration #: 127
Entry: A large, beetle-like pokémon native to the dark forests of Kanto and Kalos. Pinsir attacks by gripping their prey within their giant, thorny pincers and pulling until their victims are torn in half. While this is a terrifying tactic indeed, it should be rather interesting to note that pinsir lack the strength to open their pincers again, which means this pokémon may be easily defeated simply by holding its pincers shut. This is about as comical on the battlefield as one would think, especially when basic-level grass-types with Vine Whip are involved.
Mega Pinsir
The Stag Beetle Pokémon
Type: Bug/Flying
Official Registration #: 127+
Entry: The advanced form of pinsir, via pinsirite. Contrary to popular belief, pinsirite only slightly boosts pinsir’s capabilities. That is to say, all pinsir have wings; it’s simply that pinsirite and mega evolution strengthen those wings enough to fly. Which is of course may be of some comfort to anyone who might have tested the validity of the above entry regarding a depowered pinsir and, more specifically, its jaw strength. Or in other words, should you have tried testing the claims mentioned in the entry concerning non-mega pinsir, at the very least, when the subject in question abruptly flies at you, the result will only slightly hurt.
Heracross
Heracross
The Single Horn Pokémon
Type: Bug/Fighting
Official Registration #: 214
Entry: A massive, beetle-like pokémon first discovered in the Johto region. Known for its massive horn, heracross are capable of valiantly defending their territories and beloved honey trees by slipping said horn beneath an enemy and flinging them away. However, despite this habit, heracross are normally docile pokémon; it’s only when eating honey—its favored food—that a trainer should beware of being attacked. Interestingly enough, despite its absolute love for honey, it is not a good idea to offer it some in an attempt to establish a rapport with it. Rather, this is an excellent way to guarantee that the heracross you’re attempting to befriend will slam its horn into your stomach, lift you up, and throw you directly into a tree before taking the entire pot of honey for itself.
Mega Heracross
The Single Horn Pokémon
Type: Bug/Fighting
Official Registration #: 214+
Entry: The advanced form of heracross, via heracronite. As it turns out, the above-mentioned strategy for befriending heracross does not benefit from the bonds between trainer and pokémon required to activate mega evolution. Rather, what does benefit from a heracross’s mega evolution is its strength, which means that, should you offer a mega heracross in Johto a pot of honey, it is very likely you will wake up a day later in Kanto.
Kanto Starters III: Squirtle
Squirtle
The Tiny Turtle Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 7
Entry: One of three pokémon traditionally offered to new trainers at the beginning of their journeys in Kanto. As the most defensive of the three starters, squirtle is born with a shell that hardens to a rock-hard consistency as it grows older. It also has the ability to retract its softer head and limbs into this shell in order to protect itself as it uses its array of bubble- and water-jet-based attacks. That having been said, one of the most common questions posed about squirtle is “what does it look like without its shell,” and in order to answer all of them in one fell swoop, the writer would like to remind the general internet that a squirtle’s shell is actually an adapted ribcage and thus, a squirtle without its shell would look rather unfortunate.Wartortle
The Turtle Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 8
Entry: The evolved form of squirtle, by battle experience. Legend has it that healthy wartortle may live up to 10,000 years. This, of course, is not true; rather, it is a euphemism for two things. First, it refers to the wartortle’s resilience, particularly in the case of its shell. Upon evolution, a wartortle’s shell hardens and continues to harden, and much of wartortle’s battle style hinges on the use of its shell as both its armor and its shield. A battle-experienced wartortle will always sport a plethora of scratches across its rock-hard shell. As for the second point to the legend, it simply refers to humans’ inability to tell reptilian pokémon apart, as well as the wartortle’s general apathy towards being confused with its abundance of cousins and blood relatives.Blastoise
The Shellfish Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 9
Entry: The evolved form of wartortle, by battle experience. Blastoise tend to be extremely proud of its muscular bulk and water cannons, to the point where much of its battle techniques hinge on either throwing its weight at an opponent or drowning them with high-powered jets of water. When it comes to the latter, its aim is deadly accurate, and a well-trained blastoise is capable of shooting a target up to 160 feet away. Additionally, despite the fact that they lose their feather-like ears upon evolution, it should be noted that blastoise generally have excellent hearing. For example, if a blastoise whose trainer happens to be a researcher’s grandson is standing more than soccer field’s length away from said grandson right at the moment that another researcher advises him on specialized diets for blastoise that no longer participate in battling circuits, that young, well-meaning researcher should be aware that he can still be shot with a Hydro Pump from halfway across the laboratory’s preserve.
Mega Blastoise
The Shellfish Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 9+
Entry: The advanced form of blastoise, via blastoisinite. Upon mega evolution, this pokémon gains a considerable boost in power, largely due to the addition of a massive, third cannon jutting out of its shell. It should be noted that this cannon exists strictly to add firepower to this pokémon’s arsenal, enabling it to use the hidden ability Mega Launcher, and not because the entire species is “overcompensating for something.”
Kanto Starters II: Charmander
Charmander
The Lizard Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 4
Entry: One of three pokémon traditionally offered to new trainers at the beginning of their journeys in Kanto. Many people believe that out of the three, charmander are the hardest to raise. This is a fairly understandable statement. Charmander are naturally energetic, and their fire element means they don’t do well against Pewter or Cerulean’s gyms. More importantly, however, charmander are considered a challenge to raise because of the flame at the tip of their tails. A physical representation of charmander’s health and emotions, this flame must be meticulously kept, not only because allowing it to become extinguished would kill the host charmander but also because it is an actual flame that will react to Kanto’s abundance of fields full of dry, tall grass just about as well as you think it would.Charmeleon
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 5
Entry: The evolved form of charmander, by battle experience. Charmeleon are thought to be merciless, bloodthirsty pokémon that will attack foes with their sharp claws and intense flames. This is not necessarily true. While some charmeleon are indeed that aggressive, the vast majority of them are actually simply outgoing. It just so happens that the flame on a charmeleon’s tail grows hotter and taller whenever its host is excited, and charmeleon itself is a very excitable pokémon. As for the note concerning its claws, evidently, a charmeleon’s first instinct upon accidentally setting its new friends on fire with its tail is to smack the flames in an attempt to smother them with their hands. It’s just that charmeleon also unfortunately forget that they have claws, so their attempts to help are often not particularly helpful.Charizard
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Flying
Official Registration #: 6
Entry: The evolved form of charmeleon, by battle experience. Stories throughout Europe tell of ancient charizard flying on giant wings and using its flame breath to burn the countryside, the peasants, and the people in their thatched-roof cottages. Only heroes brave enough and with water-types strong enough were able to vanquish this threat and bring peace to the land. Of course, the validity of these claims are debatable. While charizard’s preferred fighting style is indeed a combination of flying over its opponents and breathing flames that reach temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees, historical evidence seems to point to the notion that the stories concerning giant charizard terrorizing the countryside were made up by bored young men who would have liked to think they were braver, funnier, and more attractive than they actually were.
Mega Charizard X
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Dragon
Official Registration #: 6+
Entry: The advanced form of charizard, via charizardite X. Upon mega evolution using charizardite X, the fire that burns within this pokémon gains mystical properties that in turn imbues it with an affinity for the dragon element, rather than flying. This same process leaves charizard with the appearance of something fresh from a heavy metal album cover; thus, the answer to the age-old question about base charizard’s flying-type is, in the words of the author’s Sinnohan counterpart, because “charizard isn’t normally rad enough.”
Mega Charizard Y
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Flying
Official Registration #: 6+
Entry: The advanced form of charizard, via charizardite Y. In contrast to charizardite X, charizardite Y keeps charizard’s affinity for the flying type intact but heavily boosts its affinity for fire instead. It does this by granting charizard a number of unique traits, including extra wings to fan its flames, healthier flame sacs, and most importantly, Drought, the very ability that Groudon used to dry up the seas and create continents. So if for trainers who have ever wanted to wield the literal power of a god in the body of a dragon bred to be as loyal and intelligent as a pet dog … charizardite Y can be found in a number of specialty jewelry shops in Kalos and Hoenn.
The Pokédex According to Bill 