Obscure Pokémon anime trivia

[GrookeyFan77]

Pikachu is a mouse. Meowth is a cat. Cats chase mouse, Team Rocket chases Pikachu. Pretty commonly known, right?

You know what else kills mice?

Snakes(Ekans)
and Poison(Koffing).

Now that I think about it Meowth is Tom and Pikachu is Jerry

 

[RileyXY1]

Now that I think about it Meowth is Tom and Pikachu is Jerry

Even weirder: their national Pokedex numbers have the same two digits, but reversed. Pikachu's is 25 and Meowth's is 52.

 

[CyberKitten05]

In the Hebrew dub of SM, Bewear has been referred to as female from the very beginning, wayyy before her gender was officially confirmed when Stufful returned.

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

The only Pokemon in Ash's Alola team that doesn't have a weakness to the Ground-type is Rowlet. In fact, Rowlet's type makes him the only actual hard counter to Ground-types in Ash's Alola team. Additionally, half of them are also weak to Fighting.

Similarly, the Sinnoh team is notably vulnerable to the Ice-type, since all but three of them (Pikachu, Buizel, and Infernape) are weak against Ice, and three of them actually have a x4 weakness (Torterra, Gliscor, and Gible). Interestingly, all the x4 vulnerable to Ice members of Sinnoh are part-Ground.

Interestingly, despite its overall lack of type diversity, the Kalos team avoids vulnerability to one single type to the extent that the two above mentioned teams do, though half of it is weak to Electric. EDIT: this is wrong, as two thirds of the Kalos team (Greninja, Hawlucha, Noivern, and Goodra) are weak to Fairy.

Finally, the current Journeys team has half of its members sharing a weakness to the Fairy-type and the other half sharing a weakness to Ground.

 

[Enzo]

Interestingly, despite its overall lack of type diversity, the Kalos team avoids vulnerability to one single type to the extent that the two above mentioned teams do, though half of it is weak to Electric.

Actually, since Greninja is part Dark, Hawlucha is part Fighting, Goodra is pure Dragon and Noivern is half Dragon, 4 members (or 2/3) of his Kalos team are weak against Fairy.

And it's also interesting that 4 out of his Unova team are weak against Flying;

- Pignite, part Fighting
- Snivy, Grass
- Leavanny, Bug/Grass (a whooping 4X weakness)
- Scraggy, part Fighting

And is also funny that 2 members of this team (Krookodile and Palpitoad) also struggle Flying types due to them being part Ground. So since Oshawott and Unfezant are neutral against it, Boldore is his only resist against it.

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

Actually, since Greninja is part Dark, Hawlucha is part Fighting, Goodra is pure Dragon and Noivern is half Dragon, 4 members (or 2/3) of his Kalos team are weak against Fairy.

And it's also interesting that 4 out of his Unova team are weak against Flying;

- Pignite, part Fighting
- Snivy, Grass
- Leavanny, Bug/Grass (a whooping 4X weakness)
- Scraggy, part Fighting

And is also funny that 2 members of this team (Krookodile and Palpitoad) also struggle Flying types due to them being part Ground. So since Oshawott and Unfezant are neutral against it, Boldore is his only resist against it.

Oops! Forgot to add the Fairy thing for Kalos.

Also, I didn't count Unova team's weakness to Flying because I include Pikachu in all of them, so with him adding a total of nine Pokemon, that's less than half the team that has a Flying weakness.

 

[swiftgallade46]

with him adding a total of nine Pokemon, that's less than half the team that has a Flying weakness.

With Pikachu that makes ten, but yes only 4 are weak to Flying

 

[Enzo]

The only Pokemon in Ash's Alola team that doesn't have a weakness to the Ground-type is Rowlet. In fact, Rowlet's type makes him the only actual hard counter to Ground-types in Ash's Alola team. Additionally, half of them are also weak to Fighting.

Similarly, the Sinnoh team is notably vulnerable to the Ice-type, since all but three of them (Pikachu, Buizel, and Infernape) are weak against Ice, and three of them actually have a x4 weakness (Torterra, Gliscor, and Gible). Interestingly, all the x4 vulnerable to Ice members of Sinnoh are part-Ground.

Interestingly, despite its overall lack of type diversity, the Kalos team avoids vulnerability to one single type to the extent that the two above mentioned teams do, though half of it is weak to Electric.

Finally, the current Journeys team has half of its members sharing a weakness to the Fairy-type and the other half sharing a weakness to Ground.

Hey I just noticed something else too!

Ash's Johto team also suffers from having an severe weakness to Ice just like his Sinnoh team:

- Bayleef, Grass
- Phanpy/Donphan, Ground
- Noctowl, part Flying

Johto is only better cuz no one of these 3 Pokémon have 4X weakness tho.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Hey I just noticed something else too!

Ash's Johto team also suffers from having an severe weakness to Ice just like his Sinnoh team:

- Bayleef, Grass
- Phanpy/Donphan, Ground
- Noctowl, part Flying

Johto is only better cuz no one of these 3 Pokémon have 4X weakness tho.

His Kalos team is weak to Ice as well

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

JN065 marks the first time that Ash has defeated a regional Champion and the first appearance of a Goodra other than the one owned by Ash.

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

To date, no Pokemon has ever been knocked out by indirect damage (by that I mean things such as Poison/Burn status, Hail/Sand, or Recoil). Every battle is always decided by someone landing a hit with an offensive move. The closest that indirect damage has ever come to knocking a Pokemon out is in instances where status moves are depicted as offensive moves, such as Brandon's Dusclops's Will-o-wisp, or that one time that Squirtle being put to sleep was ruled out as a KO.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Here are some about the music of the Pokemon anime, which I absolutely love.
1. In America, for the OPs, there were only studio bands performing. Walk Off the Earth broke this streak with the Journeys opening "The Journey Starts Today".
2. In Japan, the themes are mostly made by solo singers. But one time, the pop punk band Whiteberry made a cover of the first Japanese OP, "Mezase Pokemon Master". I like the Whiteberry versio much more than Shoko Nakagawa's Alola version, but Rika Matsumoto's original version is the absolute best.
3. The American OPs tend to lean towards rock, especially in the early 2000s (Unbeatable, This Dream, Believe in Me) days of Pokemon. The Japanese ones were much more varied, but with many rock-based songs appearing in the 2000s more (Spurt!!, Mezase Pokemon Master-Whiteberry version, The RIvals, Saikou Everyday). During the last Unova part, most of Kalos, and some of Alola, the OPs (and many EDs) took on a different "J-pop-light rock" vibe. (Summerly Slope, Getta Ban Ban, Kirakira, Kimi no Bouken).
(Also, my personal favorite Japanese OP is Kimi no Bouken. Favorite American OP is It's Always You and Me, purely from nostalgia reasons (I grew up with BW). Favorite Japanese ED is Kaze no Message (my favorite Pokemon song total). Favorite American ED is the ED version of the Kalos remake of the original theme.)

XYZ is totally hard rock

 

[RafaSceptile]

To date, no Pokemon has ever been knocked out by indirect damage (by that I mean things such as Poison/Burn status, Hail/Sand, or Recoil). Every battle is always decided by someone landing a hit with an offensive move. The closest that indirect damage has ever come to knocking a Pokemon out is in instances where status moves are depicted as offensive moves, such as Brandon's Dusclops's Will-o-wisp, or that one time that Squirtle being put to sleep was ruled out as a KO.

is Destiny Bond not considered indirect damage?

 

[Jewel the Quaxly]

is Destiny Bond not considered indirect damage?

Destiny Bond was used in AG in the episode, Shocks and Bonds by Katie's Misdrievius. It led to Glalie getting knocked out.

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

is Destiny Bond not considered indirect damage?

I'm not sure, actually. A Misdreavus used it to KO Ash's Glalie during the Hoenn League, so if DB falls into the indirect damage umbrella, I guess that'd be the one time such a thing happened.

 

[ehh123]

To date, no Pokemon has ever been knocked out by indirect damage (by that I mean things such as Poison/Burn status, Hail/Sand, or Recoil). Every battle is always decided by someone landing a hit with an offensive move. The closest that indirect damage has ever come to knocking a Pokemon out is in instances where status moves are depicted as offensive moves, such as Brandon's Dusclops's Will-o-wisp, or that one time that Squirtle being put to sleep was ruled out as a KO.

I can understand why. From a narrative perspective, it's more satisfying to see a Pokemon deliver a final blow to end the fight than the opponent finally fainting to the status effect said Pokemon implemented a few minutes ago.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

That's true, which is why I said "most of Kalos". It's a really great song, that captures the climax of the Kalos journey (and of the anime itself, in my opinion)

I also believe that XYZ was the end.

 

[Ricbolog]

Even though the first series of the english dub is currently known as "Pokémon the Series: The Beginning", the Limited Edition Collection DVD set released in Australia and New Zealand back in 2016 bore instead the name of "Pokémon the Series: Kanto and Orange Islands". This was probably done as it included the Kanto episodes from "Advanced Battle" and "Battle Frontier".

 

[PaperSplash]

Jeremy Blaustein, the brother of the late Maddie Blaustein and best known for translating the original Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, provided the majority of translation work for the TPCi dub of the anime up until the end of XYZ, through Z. Pang America and iQiOi Co., Ltd., the companies he worked at at the time.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

The hairstyles that Grookey makes with honey on Goh’s hair are references to Ash’s previous Kalos companions, Bonnie, Serena (short hair) and Clemont.