Voltorb and Electrode

Voltorb
The Ball Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 100
Entry: Given its resemblance to poké balls and the fact that it was discovered in a poké-tech laboratory, it is said that an experiment on capture technology had gone wrong, resulting in a poké ball gaining sentience and becoming a voltorb. It is not known whether or not this is true, but thanks to voltorb’s tendency to explode at the drop of a hat, it’s a fun and educational way of teaching first-year mechanical engineering students the value of quality assurance.

Electrode
The Ball Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 101
Entry: The evolved form of voltorb, by battle experience. At four feet tall and almost 150 pounds, electrode is the larger, more explosive evolutionary relative to voltorb. It’s known for congregating near power plants and consuming electricity until it self-destructs, and its speed at that point as well as its sensitivity to literally any possible trigger make it extremely difficult to handle. It is also known for the fact that it is a larger, stronger voltorb, which makes it a fun and educational way of teaching senior mechanical engineering students the value of quality assurance.

Pikachu?

Plusle
The Cheering Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 311
Entry: Contrary to popular belief, not a long-eared pikachu. Its abilities are best used in tandem with minun; otherwise, you have a very cheerful rabbit with the electrical strength of a battery.

Minun
The Cheering Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 312
Entry: Contrary to popular belief, also not a long-eared pikachu. Its abilities are best used in tandem with plusle; otherwise, you have a very cheerful rabbit with the electrical strength of a battery.

Pachirisu
The EleSquirrel Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 417
Entry: Contrary to popular belief, not a long-tailed pikachu. Not to be underestimated. Although its electrical strength by no means rivals the aforementioned pikachu, its tenacity and energy render it intensely difficult to defeat in the hands of the right trainer. Which has made at least one tournament against a certain dragon trainer hilarious to watch. (On the negative side, this also makes pachirisu infestations difficult to control, which is, to be fair, not entirely an issue except for that one time when one noteworthy specimen was responsible for a major blackout in Castelia City.)

Emolga
The Sky Squirrel Pokémon
Type: Electric/Flying
Official Registration #: 587
Entry: Contrary to popular belief, not a flying pikachu. However, just as potentially destructive as one. Fortunately, as buildings provide inadequate surfaces from which to jump off and land, emolga generally prefer sticking to forested areas, as trees are far easier to glide between. Unfortunately, this is of no comfort to anyone who happens to be traveling through the wooded areas of Unova—which is to say, everyone.

Dedenne
The Antenna Pokémon
Type: Electric/Fairy
Official Registration #: 702
Entry: Actually, this one probably is a close relative to pikachu. We’re still doing research into that.

Pikachu

Pichu
The Tiny Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 172
Entry: Trainers take caution—although cute and the first stage in a line of formidable battlers, pichu do not have a full mastery over their electrical powers until evolution. This is not to say that they aren’t that strong. On the contrary: they have the ability to generate voltages on par with their evolved forms. What they cannot do is avoid releasing said voltage when startled, happy, or simply standing in an empty room doing absolutely nothing, and suffice to say, this is why many of the reports of electrocution among Johtonians have to do with this very pokémon.

Pikachu
The Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 25
Entry: The evolved form of pichu, in response to closeness with its trainer. Due to its adorable appearance, its intelligence, and its penchant for doing tricks for treats, pikachu has become an extremely popular choice for a pet. However, should you wish to keep one, never forget that pikachu are still potentially dangerous electric rodents. This is not just a note concerning its ability to generate thousands of volts of electricity, nor is it simply a warning concerning its tendency to release electricity during thunderstorms or upon waking up each morning. It is also a note that this rodent can and will chew through wires if left unattended, and chargers compatible with Leppa-brand laptops run anywhere from ¥3500 to ¥9400 each.

Raichu
The Mouse Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 26
Entry: The evolved form of pikachu, by exposure to thunder stone. A raichu’s tail acts as its grounding wire. When a raichu stores too much electricity in its electrical sacs, it plants its tail and discharges electricity directly into the ground. This is vital to the well-being of an individual raichu, as not only do they gather electricity from their surroundings, but they also grow increasingly aggressive as their electrical stores grow. In that sense, a raichu is much like a drunken relative on Christmas, the sort who gets increasingly offensive the more alcohol he consumes until he needs to be escorted to a safe room to discharge a long and barely intelligible rant. …Not that this writer has seen his father do any of this at any point in his life.

The Zubat Line

Zubat
The Bat Pokémon
Type: Poison/Flying
Official Registration #: 41
Entry: A two-foot-tall eyeless, cave-dwelling bat known for detecting its prey using echolocation and, upon alighting on said prey, latching onto it with inch-long fangs and draining its very life force from its body. Also, given the prevalence of tunnels and caves in every region, at least half of the reason why this writer neither envies trainers nor desires to be one ever again.

Golbat
The Bat Pokémon
Type: Poison/Flying
Official Registration #: 42
Entry: The evolved form of zubat, by battle experience. Travel to deeper caves with larger zubat nests, and you may encounter its evolution, which is little more than a flying mouth full of void and fangs. Those of you who plan on traveling through the Kantonian league circuit should rest assured that golbat only feed on blood until absolutely full, and at that point, they become too lethargic to continue chasing down prey. Also, they are the third most common cave-dwelling pokémon in Kanto, right behind their pre-evolved forms and living boulders.

Crobat
The Bat Pokémon
Type: Poison/Flying
Official Registration #: 169
Entry: The evolved form of golbat, in response to closeness with its trainer. Arguably one of the easier evolutions-by-closeness to achieve, as zubat and golbat, when caught, are typically both astounded and thrilled to find themselves not simply electrocuted or buried under a pile of boulders on a cave floor. As such, despite the fact that it is not exactly famous for it, crobat are notably loyal and protective of their trainers. Which, really, is a good thing, as evolution gives them an extra pair of wings and a growth spurt that enable them to become one of the fastest, stealthiest, and largest flying predators in the pokémon kingdom, and its healthy diet of blood, naturally, never changes.

Ducklett and Swanna

Ducklett
The Water Bird Pokémon
Type: Water/Flying
Official Registration #: 580
Entry: Ducklett is most famous for its cute appearance as well as its tendency to use its feathers to cutely splash water into the faces of their predators in order to escape capture. However, male ducklett are also known for their corkscrew ███████ and their tendency to ████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ████ ██████
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Swanna
The White Bird Pokémon
Type: Water/Flying
Official Registration #: 581
Entry: The evolved form of ducklett, via battle experience. There is an unwritten rule among pokémon that a species’ cuteness or beauty is directly proportional to its bloodlust. Swanna is no exception. On the one hand, its elegant look has cemented its place as a symbol of love and grace to Unovans. On the other, it possesses a viciously territorial streak and will either peck innocent bystanders with its sharp beak or literally blow them away with gusts generated from its strong wings. As it typically makes its home on Unova’s many bridges, attempting to cross said bridges on foot during swanna mating season or ducklett hatching season is highly ill advised. (Unfortunately, both of these seasons take up the majority of the year.)

Editor’s Note: On behalf of Bill and myself, we greatly apologize for this entry. Bill has been warned, and he will make an effort not to do it again. —LH

The Clefairy Line

Cleffa
The Star Shape Pokémon
Type: Fairy
Official Registration #: 173
Entry: Because of its star shape and tendency to appear during meteor showers, it is said that cleffa and its evolved forms originated from either the moon or elsewhere in space. In order to determine if this claim has any grain of truth to it, tests have been proposed by numerous scientists throughout history to determine whether or not cleffa can withstand the extreme conditions of space. However, no test has ever gotten past the proposal stage for two reasons. First, cleffa are listed on the endangered wild pokémon list, making testing with them virtually impossible. Second, shooting a pokémon into the vacuum of space is generally frowned upon by ethics boards.

Clefairy
The Fairy Pokémon
Type: Fairy
Official Registration #: 35
Entry: The evolved form of cleffa, via happiness. Little-known fact about clefairy—they secrete a sticky substance from the backs of their throats that hardens into a crystalline form upon exposure to air. Additionally, their tendency to dance under the light of the full moon is actually an irresistible drive, not simply a behavior some of them enjoy if given an appropriate amount of time and space. Both of these facts make life as a clefairy rather awkward, but on the positive side, their fur is about as soft as velvet, and the ability to hear even the most subtle sounds is a plus. …Not that the writer would know anything about either, of course.

Clefable
The Fairy Pokémon
Type: Fairy
Official Registration #: 36
Entry: The evolved form of clefairy, by exposure to moon stone. Although its pink fur, its rabbit-like ears, and its bouncing gait make it an adorable choice for a pet, this pokémon is not to be underestimated. In truth, clefable possess enough fairy magic to bring down a rampaging hydreigon, and this combined with its extremely acute hearing and its disarmingly soft and cute look make it a vicious predator of dragon-type pokémon. Entire hordes of clefable have been known to take down wandering dragons. Whether this is to feed their expansive clefairy colonies or simply because they enjoy hunting for sport is still a matter of debate.

Girafarig

Girafarig
The Long Neck Pokémon
Type: Normal/Psychic
Official Registration #: 203
Entry: It is said that the bulb at the end of a girafarig’s tail contains its own brain and can function on its own. This is entirely true, and it is highly, highly not recommended to test the validity of this statement, especially by sticking your fingers anywhere near the tail’s “mouth.” Or, for that matter, its hind legs. Actually, come to think of it, when pokémon are concerned, it’s generally a good idea to keep in mind that if it has eyes and teeth and legs, it can and will see you and then proceed to bite you, kick you, or do both at the same time.

Shuckle

Shuckle
The Mold Pokémon
Type: Bug/Rock
Official Registration #: 213
Entry: Shuckle store berries in its shell, where the digestive enzymes excreted by its skin turn these food stores into a thick, syrupy juice. This juice can then be collected and used in a variety of medicines, but if consumed raw, the substance has strongly psychoactive properties and is traditionally used as an aphrodisiac by Johtonians. (As an aside, the writer would also like to state for the record that, no, he does not know this from experience. Even if the administrator of Sinnoh’s storage system insists otherwise.)

Farfetch’d

Farfetch’d
The Wild Duck Pokémon
Type: Normal/Flying
Official Registration #: 83
Entry: A century ago, farfetch’d were hunted to near extinction due to the fact that their meat, combined with their heavily convenient leek, made for a rather tasty delicacy in most cultures. Nowadays, the practice of hunting farfetch’d is highly discouraged, partly for the sake of the pokémon and partly because farfetch’d have adapted keen fighting instincts and will literally challenge and use their leeks to beat into submission anyone who crosses their paths.