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I'm making this thread because I'm 99.99% sure I haven't seen one in a LONG time

I thought it might be interesting to compile a large amount of odd, unique or even discriminatory observations about Pokemon (battling, aesthetic, resemblances, names etc.). Well, there isn't much else to say here so I'll start off.

Ferrothorn is, design-wise, possibly the most confusing Pokemon ever created. The best explanation to date is a flattened durian fruit that can climb walls (well done, Bulbapedia!).

Combee can pack together in clumps to sleep and collect honey, but their wings remain intact and undamaged despite their frailty.

Cubchoo's mucus is the raw material behind all of its attacks. Essentially, every move it uses is made of or derived from its snot or the energy it produces!

Looking at Watchog's eyes in its sprite can induce headaches (this is probably just me from staring at Serebii and Arkeis, though).

Klink's shiny form is made of copper.

In Pokemon HeartGold and Soulsilver, Diglett and Dugtrio 'jump' underneath Hurdles and can participate in Lamp Jump and Disc Catch, but their feet are obscured to maintain the mystery of what is underneath. Also, all sprites in B/W never change the position of the ground and rubble surrounding their bodies.

Zangoose while clearly having sharp claws, has never and still doesn't learn the move "Cut".

Regirock's Pokedex states when a part of its body is chopped, it can attach to rocks to heal itself, yet it doesn't have the ability Regenerator or an ability that makes Rock-typed move heal it.

Steelix does not learn Iron Defense despite having a high defense stat and being a steel type.

Whoa! I'm learning a lot of facts here. xd I didn't know that charizard and rhyhorn's cries are the same. it's true: You learn something new everyday.

1.Pokemon and Pulseman

-One of Pikachu's attacks is called "Volt Tackle", which in Japan is called "Voltteccer" and utilizes the same idea of turning into an electrically-charged ball and smashing into an enemy. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Volt Tackle is Pikachu's Final Smash and operates like Pulseman's version of the attack.

-In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the organization 'Team Galactic' ( (ギンガ団, Ginga Dan?, literally “Galaxy Gang” or “Galaxy Brigade” ) may be a reference to Doctor Waruyama's gang of the same name.

-The Gunfish enemy that appears underwater in Stage 6 of Pulseman resembles Remoraid, as they are both combinations of fish and revolver pistols.

-The Pokémon Rotom has a similarly shaped head to Pulseman, and is able to enter electrical devices much like Pulseman. Rotom is also surrounded by a blue electrical aura that resembles Pulseman’s electrical powers. When Rotom is first encountered, it comes out of a television with only static on the screen, similar to how the game Pulseman begins.

-Commander Charon from Pokémon Platinum, who is said to have first discovered the Pokémon Rotom, has a very similar hairstyle to the Doc Waruyama, the character who created Pulseman.

(Pulseman is on Virtual Console)

2 Arbok

-Ekans spells Snake backwards and Arbok spells Cobra with a k backwards

In Generation I games, Arbok had a pair of black stripes in a pattern on its back. This never appeared in any future generation.

The "face" pattern on Arbok's chest has subtle differences between generations

3 Little things

-Marill was dubbed "Pikablu by fans

-Cubone's name for English audiences was originally going to be "Orphon," a reference to how it's orphaned at birth and the Pokedex states that it wears the skull of its dead mother

-Koffing name was going to be Ny for New York's polluted air and Weezing La for Los Angeles' polluted air. and that Koffing and Weezzing were made by Team Rocket

-Kecleon can be Green Purple and Yellow but you can only get the Green
one

-Spinda's has 8,589,934,592 possible pattrens ( that with shinys)

And last Bouffalant signature move Head Charge is called Afro Break in Japan.