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What Pokémon do you think/know are descended from tyrunt and tyrantrum? I’ve heard people say tyranitar, but is this myth?

It is indeed a myth, I’m afraid. Tyranitar is actually more of a dragon-like pokémon, and thus, it’s more related to pokémon such as charizard, haxorus, and so on.

However, believe it or not, tyrantrum and all other dinosaur-like pokémon are actually ancestors of avians. It’s a long and complicated subject, actually, but suffice to say, the archen line serves as a sort of “missing link” in the evolutionary family tree between ancient dinosaurs and modern-day bird-like pokémon. So to answer your question in the simplest way possible, according to both fossil records and DNA evidence, the closest living relative of tyrantrum is not tyranitar but rather … torchic.

But more broadly, pretty much every bird-like pokémon is descended from dinosaur-like pokémon such as tyrantrum. Perhaps not entirely directly, but nonetheless.

Also, as an aside, it’s important to note that aerodactyl is not related to either of these (dinosaurs or birds). Rather, it occupies another genus altogether, which it shares with … no known species of pokémon, actually. It’s quite fascinating.

rewriting my ask. a friend of mine izzz thinking about getting a murkrow, but i know that they collect shiny thingzzz. i juzzzt want to know if it would try and steal something like, say, a shiny red plazzztic device or something along thozzze lines. juzzzt asking for a friend though. yeah.

It’s possible that it would, but the thing about murkrow is that they’re also highly intelligent and easy to train. If that shiny, red plastic thing was sentient and if its owner trained their murkrow to leave that shiny, red plastic thing alone, then the shiny, red plastic thing and the pokémon living inside it won’t have much to worry about.

Best of luck, friend!

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.

Bill I’ve got an odd problem. My Lucario and Greninja seem to be fighting for my Gardevoir’s attention despite none of them being in the same egg group?

Get the gardevoir a mate of her choosing. That usually works.

In all seriousness, this sometimes happens with male pokémon, and there are several ways you can resolve this. You can get the gardevoir a mate as noted above, you can neuter your lucario and greninja (although this can be trickier for the latter), you can mediate, or you can simply train your pokémon to refocus their anger towards more a productive means (such as battling) while also teaching them to resolve their differences peacefully. The most extreme solution is to get a mate for everyone, as not only does this double the size of your team and thus double its needs, but also, this could encourage them to, ah, set aside their differences, so to speak. Which could be worse. So only use this method if the above several don’t seem to resolve things, anonymous.

You may be wondering why I’m not addressing the egg group issue. The truth is, simply, egg groups only refer to the logistics of both the act of mating and the production of a viable egg. Pokémon themselves, at the risk of putting things crudely, don’t care about group boundaries and may attempt to copulate with anything that they consider to be an attractive pokémon.

You’re welcome.

Why are some eeveelutions more canine, some more feline, some more vulpine, etc.? It’s certainly more interesting than having them all be the same but recolored for type, but why did nature do that one?

In most cases, it’s a product of adaptive evolution. Each eeveelution possesses the traits it has because those better equip it for the specific niche it serves. For example, the more “feline” vaporeon looks the way it does because it’s meant to have a certain sense of agility as it glides through the water and chases after fish. By contrast, the more “canine” jolteon possesses dog-like traits because their hunting-style is more dog-like (and also because their thinner muzzle makes it easier for them to sniff out and dig out the eggs that form a staple of their diets). Additionally, the more “vulpine” flareon actually looks the way it does for a combination of both: as it hunts for small rodents on its own, it needs both agility and sharper senses. That and its puffier coat, which some say also make it look vulpine, is better at keeping its body from overheating, as strange as that is to say. 

Alternatively, in certain cases, certain traits were simply bred into the species—meaning, breeders carefully controlled the parentage of eevee to ensure that they possess certain traits upon evolution, as in the case of the more cat-like espeon, the more dog-and-rabbit-like sylveon, and the more fox-like umbreon. (Of course, it’s worth it to note that fox-like adaptations have always benefited umbreon in the wild as well, so breeders didn’t exactly have to do much to get a more vulpine umbreon.)

As for leafeon and glaceon, they’re a bit of both too. They’re both vulpine, yes, but leafeon was bred to be that way, whereas glaceon essentially adapted to be that way on its own (as their fox-like characteristics make it easier for them to fish).

Hello Mister Bill! I’m the anon from quite a while ago with the problem hugging my affectionate Gengar, Noir. I’m happy to say that I’ve built up enough of a tolerance to hug him for a whole three minutes at a time now! What you suggested with the pecha extract worked great, so from the bottom of our hearts, me and Noir thank you for your help!

You’re very welcome, anonymous! Glad it helped and that you’re able to a hug a very deserving pokémon.