Psyduck
The Duck Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 54
Entry: Whether or not psyduck may also be classified as a psychic-type has been a matter of intense debate for nearly twenty years. On the one hand, psyduck display virtually none of the classic defensive strengths and weaknesses of a psychic-type, thus defying the traditional requirements of the current classification system. On the other, psyduck also display extraordinary psychokinetic ability when under physical duress, and in any case, they don’t really display much in the way of defensive capabilities to begin with.

Golduck
The Duck Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 55
Entry: The evolved form of psyduck, by battle experience. Much like its previous form, golduck are capable of performing incredible feats of telekinesis, especially under physical stress. However, unlike psyduck, golduck are capable of remembering such feats and summoning their psychic abilities at will. One would think this would result in an end to the scientific debate concerning whether or not the psyduck line are dual psychics, but it seems that researchers in Kanto were far more content to point to golduck’s predilection for swimming as proof that it is simply a water-type. This should also explain why those same researchers described gyarados as being water/flying, even though gyarados do not, in fact, possess any flying or wind-bending abilities whatsoever.