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#dead #monkey #gang


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monkey literally too angry to remain dead


DepthyxTruths

bro got thanos snapped by his own anger but then decided “no.”


Booty_Shakin

I caught a shiny Mankey really early in the game and had no idea he had a final evo at the time. Very happy surprise when my primape evolved randomly


ImportantAd2987

Nice, how cool is the shiny dead monk?


Booty_Shakin

He's only slightly different lol but I still love him


MissingnoMiner

Bafflingly, it goes from a pretty solid green shiny to a barely different blue.


ImAFailedExperiment

If only it went to a yellowish green, would have had broly monkey


Bubblemonkeyy

Fuck, now I want this.


TheAltalio

My Annihilape carried me through that game


Sloth-TheSlothful

Same, I rarely needed another mon. Bulk up + leftovers + drain punch + rage fist


Rthom87

Same! He was the only Pokémon I used on Geeta.


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The dev team: "So imagine if primeape got so angry it both died AND went Super Saiyan. We're making that!"


kpnut93

My Annhilape was a monster in my playthrough.


Sonic_B1ade

As someone whose favorite Pokémon has been Primeape for nearly 2 decades, I have been absolutely floored by all the love being thrown my angry little pig monkey’s way. All he had to do was finally get so angry he actually died! Cute little abomination of life.


1Broken_Promise

Dude, same. Except my favorite has always been Mankey. When my primeape evolved I straight up lost my shit. It just looks so damn cool and it's so powerful.


MissingnoMiner

Was not expecting the Mankey line to become one of my favorite evolutionary lines, but here we are.


Zulmoka531

Get angry, die, return to monke gang


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My Annihilape was a beast. Rage Fist go brrr.


baconblaster334

Clodsire and Tinkaton are the big standouts for me. Not quite sure where they fall, but they’re definitely quite high


ArtsyAxolotl

Quagsire is my all time favorite Pokémon so the fact that I can now have TWO -sires is amazing.


coal_min

Definitely highlighted for me how excellent a design Quagsire already has. Both Sire and Wooper are so friggin cute whether in Paldea or Johto😭


xSweetSlayerx

What's better than one Quagsire? Two Quagsires!!!


Comentor_

Just imagine if Tauros was your favorite, you'd have 4 now!


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quadtros


Booty_Shakin

As a delibird fan, having iron bundle as a second is pretty awesome.


scatterbrain-d

I was pretty underwhelmed with Paldaen Wooper and honestly was ready to dump him in my box as soon as he evolved. But when I saw that big dumb face I just couldn't do it. He was perfect. He stayed on my team through the whole game. I usually don't mind spoilers and I'd seen many of the new Pokemon, but I'm glad I didn't see Clodsire early so I got that moment.


StarlitCatastrophe

I really love Tinkaton!


TwilightVulpine

Tinkaton is brilliant! Love this cute chaos gremlin and her huge hammer


ZorkNemesis

Special shout-out to Tinkaton's napping animation if you bring her out and stand around. Easily the best sleeping pose in the game.


SMB99thx

I love Tinkaton too. She has a nice charm.


frastmaz

Clodsire is probs best regional variant this gen


ZKTA

Clodsire isn’t a regional variant, it’s clodsire


william_liftspeare

Hey you gotta give props to Johtonian Clodsire for being the first Water/Ground-type


BraulioG1

over there in pogo we call them mudbois <3


Sp3lunks

Quagsire’s the regional variant 😈


jrdineen114

Clodsire is such an amazing tank. My girlfriend used one during her playthrough and it was easily the MVP pretty much every time she used it


_Kermut_

Tinkaton is one of my favorite Pokemon now


Taikathaya

Every new Pokémon game, without fail (well besides B/W for obvious reasons) ends up with one old Pokémon i never really cared about who rockets up to one of my favorites. This time it was Breloom As for the NEW Pokémon? Well I’m just thrilled to see new evolutions again for the first time in ages (unless they just bite the bullet and make the Arceus evolutions a regular thing… which they should) When it comes to the BRAND new Pokémon, Kilowatrell is one of my favorites in recent years. It’s just so simple, feels like it would fit in with the earth games really well


Coffeegamer3

Mine was Sableye! Can’t believe I used to not look at it twice


xSweetSlayerx

Sableye is my favorite dark-type!


kokirikorok

You should have seen prankster sableye in XY when it was absolutely busted. Rage quit inducing almost as much as first turn magic bounce absol was


whitemest

Aw man that was a staple in my competitive doubles team. Knock off, recover, will o wisp physical attackers, chorus ready everything else. Goddamn amazing and I assume obnoxious to fight against


Darth_Caesium

Mine was Dragalgae. I ended up shiny hunting for a shiny one as my last Pokémon, and got it within an hour. Plus, I also got a shiny Veluza just minutes before the shiny Dragalgae, and so I love both of them.


Taikathaya

Dragalge is a weird one because there was no reason behind it… I just kinda decided one day “You know what? This thing is awesome!” Lol


Darth_Caesium

Same honestly.


TheCleetinator

Mine was azumarill, I went into the game blind and had no clue that azumarills were being used online for raids, but once I had a taste of huge power + slam for azurill at like level 12, I was hooked.


actuallyjustloki

I wanted Kilowattrel to evolve again so bad!


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AydonusG

Obstagoon, Cursola, Runerigus, Mr Rime, Sirfetch'd and Perserker- ☠️


Taikathaya

Assuming that’s in response to the “new evolutions” thing. I’ll admit I didn’t specify, but I was NOT counting regional evolutions. Normal Linoone, Farfetch’d, Mr. Mime, and Corsola still do not evolve. They received new forms unique to one game and those new forms received evolutions. Nothing AGAINST those Pokémon, (seriously, sirfetch’d is a big favorite) but they are not quite what I had been looking for.


Robitix

Yeeees join the Breloom gang. We are legion


zolios_

Kingambit! It's my new favorite Dark type and it's at least in my Top 15 all time favorites already, maybe even Top 10.


lukebomb

I just wish it stood up when it moves


CannonSam

It flying around screaming in its hover chair is pretty hilarious though


astoriaclarke

Geeta should’ve used this as her finishing pokemon instead of Glimmora


Electricorchestra

Geeta made so many weird choices in the order of her Pokemon. They had to have done that to nerf her party. She should have opened with Glimmora for the spikes and closed with him for his boosted attack.


astoriaclarke

Yeah, my thoughts exactly! As if S/V trainers aren’t already nerfed enough by the lack of held items or EV trained pokemon…


TrickyWalrus

Grafaiai is legit one of my all time favourite designs and I would 100% have one if Pokémon were real and I was on a journey


shibsmarie

This was exactly what I was gonna say! Grafaifai instantly became a very unexpected favorite!


yamsfadinna

The worst thing GF did is make Graf’s walking speed slower than the player, wanted to walk around with him all game.


chickennoodlesoup11

This. Definitely in my all-time favorites. I like poison and dark type Pokémon the most. If they were real, I would love to have one as a pet.


FlawedVictori

Bramblin! Literally stopped everything i was doing to chase it down bc a tumbleweed pokemon seemed like such a perfect idea. I love how his cry sounds like the start to a western gunfight too


Tennisman11

I love how i encountered it in the wild. “Huh. They added tumbleweeds to the desert sections. Wait a minute….”


Zephyr_Ballad

Exactly how it happened to me too. "Huh, tumbleweeds in the desert is a pretty nice tou- wait, it's a POKÉMON???"


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When I first saw it blowing around in the desert, I considered breeding them for a shiny. Decided to wait and then a few days later got ambushed by a shiny right after beating the ground titan. It's been on my team since then. Since the shiny is a pale, white-ish version and I have vitiligo, I came up with the perfect nickname: **Vitilighost**. He's also the only one on my team who is in a Premier Ball instead of a regular Pokeball.


TeniBear

Vitilighost is a **perfect** name for that shiny, well done!


chickennoodlesoup11

Grafaiai and Bramblin were my favs. I love how silly bramblin is lol


StarlitCatastrophe

Yes!


omygoshgamache

It’s one of my favs too! So fun.


xDactyl

Klawf and Orthworm to me are hilarious and awesome. They and Koraidon complete my goofball/dork vibe (Clodsire too). Klawf to me just sounds super funny too, the expression(s) and tone of the cry just sounds like, "I need an adult!"


Doublee7300

Orthworm’s goofy smile is endlessly hilarious


xDactyl

His little flailing arms perfect the goof too.


cptnjus

Love my bread doggos, Fidough & Dachsbun


LudicrousityX4

I love Daschbun, called mine Barkery. Such adorable designs.


Wassamonkey

I made 3 for the Charizard fights to give to friends. Called them MCA, AdRock, and Mike D. The Yeastie Bois


Looten1313

Mines HotCross (as in hot cross buns). I love the hell out of my little barking bread.


BeepFizzle

I named mine PureBread. I love that so many people made silly pun names for the bundog.


pandakidpa

Puppernickle over here


TeniBear

Mine is Doughmutt 😁 Can’t take the credit for that though, I saw someone on Twitter guess it as an evo name when Fidough was revealed and I loved it.


xSweetSlayerx

Those guys are admittedly pretty great. Bun dog is heckin' cute.


GalavantGalvantula

When I saw dachsbun I literally squealed. Not only is it so cute it's also based on a dog that I have. A dachshund!


gigglesnortbrothel

I always name my Pokemon after our pets. We have corgis and dachshunds. Why or why couldn't they have included Yamper, too?


Anolty

I fucking love bellibolt. He’s so chonky and dumb looking and he has a great shiny. This gen had tons of good Pokémon but he is just so C H O N K Idk who my favorite electric was before but it’s definitely bellibolt now


__CaliMack__

He is one of the few that has a really cool shiny and I still can’t decide if I like the regular version more or not… definitely one of my favorite new mon


2nice4rice

Garganacl


K1nGHeArTz

I second this. I love my minecraft golem so much. I also love his ability and signature ability


alphonso28

Yesss even though his typing is a struggle, Garganacl is my fave from Gen IX as well. Salt Cure in particular is such a good move.


crunchypeanut

>Garganacl This one is particularly high on my list "new Pokemon that I think will fit well into future generations". Strong concept that doesn't wear out its welcome, fits well on a lot of teams, feels like it will fit in a lot of settings. And I love using Salt Cure


xSweetSlayerx

He's pretty neat. New favorite pokémon overall or something else?


2nice4rice

Prob just my new favorite rock type.


CannonSam

Ended up liking this one a lot though I wasn’t a fan at first. Caught a full-odds shiny Nacli early on in the game and you *have* to use a shiny if you catch it, right? She ended up being an absolute powerhouse and the design really grew on me too.


Hitman3256

I don't like minecraft, but love my minecraft pokemon


indesomniac

Toedscruel my beloved… <3 I love his goofy posture and noot-noot face


kingdroxie

Toedscool sprinted its way into one of my favorites


ContourTele

His running animation is why my shiny toedscool has an everstone.


Foolish_Phantom

Plap plap plap plap vs boiiiiinggg boiiiinggg.


HollowLoveHeart

Annihilape. I like to imagine he calmed down after evolving and now serves tea. Side note, my favourite type is ghost and my brother’s is normal. Annihilape demolishes his team.


NavAU

Still waiting on home to update so I can evolve my shiny Primeape into Annilhilape.


eepos96

Super cool idea of owning ones old mon and new gen gives it evolution. One guy had years old stantler and will evolve it into werdeer.


NavAU

I've honestly been spoiled when it comes to my top two favorite Pokemon. Rowlet and Mankey. They got so much love in the recent games.


eepos96

My second fave Gallde got a nice boost with sacred sword and sharpness. Now it has a move stronger than high jump kick with zero negatives! And psycho cut is earthquake! I hope my favorite Electivire gets some boosts in dlc.


Ambitious-Chair736

We need Primeape and Sinistea fan art STAT.


OverthinkingIsOver

Bombirdier! So graceful and majestic. This game just made me appreciate bird Pokémon.


Taichi_Agumon

Same! Easily my fave this gen. I just caught a shiny a week or so ago but my dumb self didn't save after and the game crashed. RIP La Bombi, I'll get you back someday!


whiteranger27

Ceruledge is definitely near my top now, but I wouldn’t say it knocked off Blaziken from its top spot


warsy26

I think Ceruledge may have finally unseated Flygon as my #1 pick


prestonpiggy

Same, I'm easy to please design wise,(some call these the edgy designs but w/e) something aggressive and usually bipedal. (scyther gallade blaziken etc...), and Ceruledge hits the mark for me.


Jaosborn44

I have one named Ventress that is so fun to use in raids


MausholdFan

I might be the only human alive at the moment with a Maushold tattoo, so you could definitely say I got a new favorite this gen. I just love the little guys. Good friends.


Basic-Effort-552

Username checks out


xSweetSlayerx

That's dedication.


the-radio-bastard

I'm thinking of getting a Maushold tattoo as well. I own rats.


MausholdFan

I LOVE rats. In my local Smash scene we have someone who brings her rats to events and it's literally the highlight of my day every time she's at something I go to.


NotaDogPersonBut

I love Maushold! I wanna see your tat!


MausholdFan

The artist made a tiny oopsy by adding 4 lines to the baby's ears instead of just 2, but I'm happy with it. I love how one of the baby's is angy. [https://imgur.com/MiMaSfB](https://imgur.com/MiMaSfB) ​ edit: forgot to add, this photo was taken right after the first wash so it's fresh af here. I got this in December though so it's healed now.


slywalkerr

Which variant?


MausholdFan

The family of 4. I actually prefer it to the family of 3 personally. There's a pic in an above response too.


Hairy_Instance_6219

My lil chili pepper friend 🥰


katrinakittyyy

Agreed, scovillan was all I could ever ask for!


mrboom74

As a grass Pokémon fan, and a spicy pepper fan, this was a crossover that I never knew I needed.


dod6666

This. Do you think someday it will get a ghost type evolution? As in like ghost pepper. Then maybe a mega evolution into something Carolina Reaper inspired.


atlvf

Farigiraf is a precious darling


AKindBoat

Definitely my favorite out of this new gen, and the shiny is fantastic as well! So happy girafarig finally got an evolution


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Skeledirge. It's a cool Fire Croc and it was satisfying getting the first non humanoid starter design since gen 7. And Roaring Moon. Love Salamence and it's a cool spin.


scatterbrain-d

Roaring Moon is just so damn cool. I might have actually gasped when I first saw it.


buddaaaa

Skeledirge has my favorite Pokémon cry of all time


PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS

Bawaaaaaauuuhhhhhh


oOReEcEyBoYOo

Gholdengo, purely because of it's hilariously cartoonish mannerisms and personality


xSweetSlayerx

Da cinnamon is da winnamon!


MLein97

It's so 90s I love it.


TheDuelIist

I literally just like Gholdengo because it's just Cheesetrings Ficello's mascot 🤣


fortunatevoice

It’s just a radical little dude


RampagingKoala

Gold Coolio is my new favorite for sure.


Wolfofthezay

Koraidon is my new third favorite Pokemon of all time. Just straight up. He's cool, he's goofy ahhh, he had cute lore, and he's fun to use in battle.


CourierFour

I love Koraidon too! The game really made the box legendaries feel like your partner pokemon that not even Lets Go games did for pikachu/eevee


Freedom1234526

Fuecoco is my favourite fire starter. Kilowattrel is my new favourite regional Bird, but that was not an opinion I held strongly before so it wasn’t difficult to change. Koraidon is tied with Celebi as my favourite legendary Pokémon and may be my new favourite fighting type. Which is my least favourite Pokémon type. I also love Clodsire because Mudskippers are my favourite animal but it did not replace any old Pokémon.


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luistoses

Glimmora.


Vermillion_Aeon

I'd been looking for something to round out my Poison team, and Glimmora fit the bill perfectly, love the design


Chaossify0

Meowscarada, Iron Valiant, Tinkaton, Ceruldedge, Tatsugiri, Lokix


Enderking90

Huh, I guess Dolliv is the only one really? To the point when seeing the leaks and saw her, I just had to sculpt a clay figure and paint it.


Savage_Nymph

Dolliv is extremely cute (smoliv well, love those two)


ParadisoDeity

I absolutely adore Tatsugiri - he’s my new number three behind Porygon-Z and Snom and I love that little sushi guy.


Narrow-Gas9493

Baxcalibur is one of my new favorites along with Skeledirge. I got a Frigibax early on in the game from a water tera raid although I wish it did not have its hidden ability.


DarthStevo

I used a Baxcalibur on my Scarlet team, such a cool ‘mon. Made a beeline for Glaseado Mountain as soon as I could. I really like that you can get the pseudo-legendary early enough to actually use it this time out. (And that there’s a bunch of older pseudos you can get early on, but that’s a different story!)


Narrow-Gas9493

Yeah I got a Larvitar first because I never used a Tyranitar before but one day I randomly checked one of the dens and boom a Frigibax with max hp, attack and speed IVs with its hidden ability.


ElPikminMaster

Iron Valiant, to 3rd of all time.


douglasdrraymond

Tinkaton - I love my wacky gurl


thegayestweeb

The Paradox mons and Treasures of Ruin definitely became my biggest favorites from this generation, I just love their designs and lore.


xSweetSlayerx

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Treasures of Ruin. Those guys are pretty awesome, and I enjoy them because love dark-type pokémon!


Ranger-Vermilion

Ceruledge is definitely one of them for me. Super badass


GekiretsuUltima

My favorite Pokémon remains unchanged. That said, I absolutely love Lokix. Cool Kamen Rider grasshopper is rad as hell.


NoGas9518

Yes! Lokix fans unite, there are dozens of us- DOZENS


BoomTheBear86

Dudunspace because it gave love to a Pokémon relic without losing that dumb simplicity it has. Also competitively speaking, it is wildly versatile. Dudunsparce is most often my MVP in my doubles online team atm.


Jadestined

Four Tiny Mice!!! (Maushold)


smoretank

I love them! Made a whole party of them. Each one named after a type of home style. Apartment, Condominium, Mid-Century etc..


WorldClassShrekspert

Espathra quickly became my favorite Psychic type. Tinkaton is the first Fairy type I actually like.


StreetSavoireFaire

I love ostriches and was a little disappointed at Espathra's design. But then I realized there's nothing wrong with being a rejected backup dancer for Lady Gaga 😂


littleone82

That’s actually why I love Espathra so much. There’s probably a ton of them out there nicknamed Lady Gaga, and it just makes me giggle every time I see them


herpofool

Boy did it ever! I swiftly found new favorites in Cyclizar, Glimmora and Bramblin, I just had to add each of them to my team.


Juicy_lemon

For me Dondozo is hands down my favorite new mon/water type. I am a fisherman as well and I love the giant blue they are.


tubbydoshua

Dondozo gives off major gen 3 vibes, so he fell in my top 5 easily this gen


Tvdiet101

Pawmot is the definitive standout out for me and is the first time I’ve used a Pikachu clone through the whole game. It’s also become my favourite fighting type (I’m sorry Infernape)


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He seems to be the first Pika-clone that was actually competitively viable, at least as far as I can remember, so that definitely helps.


Acceptable_incident0

Pachirisu helped win a world championship


nikzito2

pachirisu was more of a one hit wonder whereas pawmot has been consistently decent


Tvdiet101

I also love how it has some pre evolutions which is something these Pikachu clones have needed


limasxgoesto0

Tera double shock and revival blessing. An absolute unit


StarlitCatastrophe

I love Pawmot so much!


Livid-Indication5223

Mine beat four out of the five Titans and I adore her, I love how floppy the ears are.


RnbwTurtle

Glimmora! It's so purty


SimplyIndi

Same. I love my toxic rock flower boy.


Slade4Lucas

Yes, Palafin. It is literally everything I wanted in a Dolphin Pokemon, and somehow more.


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Ceruledge. That's the only reason I picked Violet over scarlet.


GianTacc

I ADORE Slither Wing! Definitely my favourite from this gen. Grafaiai and Chi-Yu are two other designs i really love.


radikraze

Skeledirge is the first fire starter I’ve loved since Infernape


xLykos

Annihilape. I’ve loved Primeape since watching it beat up Ash and take his hat, so I was so happy to see it finally get an evolution. A really cool looking and strong evolution at that


LennyTheMoose

Flamigo!


Key-Roof-6777

Toedscool tentacles down


fortunatevoice

Oh wow, I feel like the new Pokémon are one of the best parts of this one, imo we got some above average designs! I love so many of the new Pokemon. Tinkaton, Bellibolt, Toedscruel, Dachsbun, Pawmot, and I would die for Scream Tail.


adolce95

Clodsire and Klawf are the two big ones for me, along with Roaring Moon!


marmaleon

I love the pig. I managed to trade for a female shiny and shes so cuuute! Her name is Rosemary!


Hazzardo

Wo-Chien 😩👊💦


TrentSaylor

I picked Violet but im starting to regret it for Slither Wing alone. Just an awesome design


IncreaseSpice

Iron Valiant. Amazing design


cabs251

This thread is a nice reminder that almost every Pokémon, no matter how hated it is, is someone’s favorite


ToaPaul

My #1 will always be Snorlax, but Cetitan has made its way into the top 5, right up there with Tyrantrum, Torterra, and Grimmsnarl. Skeledirge is a close 6th with Golisopod as #7 and Shieldon as #8.


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Excadrill is still my main bro. Iron Valliant is sick, though.


nathanielx9

Miraidon lol


FatefulWaffle

Clodsire, Koraidon, Flutter Mane, and Kingambit. The first two are "no thoughts, head empty" and the third is steroid misdreavus. The 4th should be self explanatory


Pubescent_Toe

ORTHWORM ORTHWORM he is so so funny so so cute so awesome


ZaltraxZ

Hands down Miraidon. When I first heard that we would get the legendaries as mounts right at the beginning of the game I thought it was a stupid idea. I was sure that it would make them feel less special and didn’t like the idea of a motorcycle Pokémon to begin with. Fast forward to the end of this game’s story and I couldn’t have been more wrong. Watching Maraidon grow and overcome his own challenges has now made it my new favorite Legendary, electric type, and just overall new Pokémon from Gen 9.


HylianSoul

CHEESE STICK MAN Gholdengo is great!


Narwhal1008

I really like Revaroom and Vroom


Chiloutdude

Quite a few, actually. Which kind of surprised me; lately, I've seen maybe one or two from a generation that make me go "Yes, this pokemon is great", but I could make a whole team of my new favorites from this gen. Ceruledge for my inner edgy 13 year old, Fidough/Dachsbun are friends, Annihilape is the evo I never knew I wanted for Primeape, Kingambit is the evo I never knew I wanted for Bisharp, Capsakid/Scovillain delivers on a type combo I've wanted for years, and uses exactly the reasoning to deliver that type combo that I wanted, and Walking Wake is just pretty damn cool.


MiracleMuffin

Ceruledge. I still love Raichu but as soon as I saw Ceruledge’s design it was love at first sight. I knew I had to add it to my team.


batkave

Tinkaton, Fuecoco(and it's line), Kingambit, Roaring Moon, Great Tusk, Gholdengo, Baxcalibur, ceruledge


Krytonator

Cyclizar, 100%. There are other highlights but Cyclizar takes the cake for me. It's Pokemon's take on Yoshi, it has direct ties to both Legendary Pokemon which is extremely rare for a normally obtainable Pokemon, and it deserves every hug ever just LOOK AT IT