Mistaken Evolutions

[Caprizant]

Sorry if there's already a thread on this.

Have you ever seen a recently revealed Pokémon that you assumed was an evolution of another?

I know I wasn't alone in thinking Alomomola was a Luvdisc evolution.
I also thought Drapion was a Gligar evolution when it was first revealed, for whatever reason.

 

[Meyneth]

I think we all thought the Alomomola and Luvdisc thing, I feel that If Gen V could have had past pokes before the elite 4 it would have happened.

 

[Feenie]

I would've thought that Plusle and Minum(Or however you spell those) were pre-evolutions of Pikachu, somehow. XD

 

[Peachy]

I was almost positive Bouffalant was a Tarous evo.

 

[Caprizant]

I was almost positive Bouffalant was a Tauros evo.

I thought it was too. I was ready to call it the next Probopass. Give it some stylish hair and it's a whole new Pokémon

 

[Xenidal]

I once thought that Tauros was Pinsir's evolution... bear with me, as I was really young, but the reason being that Tauros directly follows Pinsir in the Pokédex, as well as them both having horns.

I thought that Zoroark evolved from Zorua... they look and act way too similar to not be related at all.

I saw this fan prediction drawn before Zoroark was revealed (he was just a silhouette). I don't remember if I saw this before or after I knew what Zoroark looked like... but this was incredibly believable. It matches the silhouette, not to mention that Lucario was quite popular so it would make sense. (I actually like his design more than the real one)

And I thought that Raichu evolved into something, due to the trader in Cinnabar lab saying, "That Raichu you traded me went and evolved!"

 

[Almonds]

I thought that Zoroark evolved from Zorua... they look and act way too similar to not be related at all.

Zoroark IS an evolved form of Zorua.

 

[Envoy]

Wait, how come nobody has mentioned the misconception that Heracross was the evolved form of Pinsir yet?

 

[Xenidal]

I thought that Zoroark evolved from Zorua... they look and act way too similar to not be related at all.

Zoroark IS an evolved form of Zorua.

My bad (I've never owned one). Okay, then that is a new "mistaken evolution". I didn't think that the 2 were related, lol

 

[yourlilemogirl]

i used to think that Hitmonlee evolved into Hitmonchan xP (this was before their lines were officially linked with a common pre-evo though)
As well as assume that Carvanha evolved into Sharpedo, who then evolved into Garchomp :c

On the other end of the spectrum, i about flipped a gasket when i found out that Trapinch evolved into Vibrava, or that Surskit evolved into Masquerain!

 

[Almonds]

I haven't mistaken the evolutionary line itself, but I once thought Pikachu could evolve into Raichu by leveling up to 20 or 25, and that the thunderstone is just used to speed up things.

 

[Saiga]

I haven't mistaken the evolutionary line itself, but I once thought Pikachu could evolve into Raichu by leveling up to 20 or 25, and that the thunderstone is just used to speed up things.

I once thought something similar to the opposite... I thought elemental stones could evolve any Pokemon of the same type as the stone early.

 

[Winterdaze]

I thought that Arbok evolved into Seviper waay before 4kids made the same mistake. I also thought that Eevee evolved into Espeon and Umbreon via the Sun and Moon stones.

Oh, and it took me forever to realise that Bellossom was even related to Gloom, probably had something to do with them looking nothing like one another.

 

[VirtualAnomaly]

It took me awhile to figure out that Alomomola wasn't an evolution of Luvdisc.

I also thought that Arbok evolved into Seviper, and I thought Gyarados evolved into Milotic for awhile I was 9 though.

 

[Faye Scarlet]

Luvdisc and Alomomola are the only ones I really thought of recently. :< Why you do this, GF, why.

 

[The Outrage]

Hitmonlee --> Hitmontop
Hitmonchan --> Tyrogue (thought Tyrogue was bigger)

I somehow managed to work out Remoraid --> Octillery even though I had never caught one.

 

[GatoRage]

I thought Heracross was a Pinsir evo at some point.

 

[reshikrom]

I though that somehow Salamence evolved into Rayquaza.....I was only 6,though.

 

[ange]

I remember I was really confused about if Farfetch'd and Doduo was related by evo or not. I mean, they were beside eachother in the dex, had similar colors, were both birds but yet.. looked so different haha. I also thought Dunsparce evolved into Gligar, and that Latios/Latias was somehow related to Lugia.

I also remember I had a hard time believing Politoed was an alternate evolution of Poliwhirl.

 

[Zeb]

When I was young, I thought Farfetch'd evolved into Doduo and then into Dodrio. I think this was because they were next to each other in the pokedex and because I collected the stickers/sticker album, and in that pokemon who evolve into each other had "joined" stickers (I can't think of another way to describe it) and Farfetch'd's sticker was joined to Doduo's... Silly people who made it misleading me.