10 Pokémon That Rarely Ever Appear In The Anime
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With hundreds of Pokémon in the Pokédex, it’s inevitable that some would miss the spotlight.
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As many Pokémon as there are, there are more episodes of the anime, so not all of them can get equal time in the spotlight. Naturally, the most prevalent characters are the ones that are part of Ash’s team, and there are those that lend themselves to being featured more heavily owing to their appearance or natural habitats, such as Wingull and Wailord.
Whether it’s because they haven’t been deemed cute or interesting enough, or because they appeared in a controversial episode that caused seizures, for whatever reason these anime outcasts haven’t found their way into many episodes of the main series.
This article contains spoilers.
10 Victini Has Only Appeared In A Movie And A Pokémon Short
Victini appeared in the Pokémon the Series: Black & White movies and a Pikachu short, Pokémon: Pikachu, What’s This Key? but it has never appeared in the main series of the anime. The Victory Pokémon was introduced in Generation V, so it’s not like there haven’t been opportunities for it to appear. In the movie, Victini shows Ash visions to help him and eats macarons, its favorite food, which it chokes on.
9 Simipour Hasn’t Seen Half As Much Screen Time As Panpour
Simipour’s first appearance was in “Search for the Clubultimate!,” the 71st episode of the Black & White series when it was briefly shown performing a Low Sweep on Simisear. In the next episode, “A Clubsplosion of Excitement!,” Simipour received a bit more screen time as it went up against Ash’s Scraggy, but aside from that, it’s only made brief cameos in three other episodes, considerably less than its pre-evolved form, Panpour.
8 Dhelmise Has Only Appeared In One Episode
Dhelmise debuted in the 40th episode of the Sun & Moon series, “Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!,” when it angrily defended some Mystic Water from Team Rocket and Ash and his friends. Ash and Pikachu fought the Ghost/Grass-type Pokémon, which was eventually defeated by Lana’s Popplio after it used Hydro Vortex. Dhelmise was only introduced in Generation VII, so fans may see more of the Sea Creeper Pokémon in the future.
7 Cryogonal Has Been As Rare As Snow In July
Cryogonal made its first appearance in “Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!,” episode 79 of the Black & White series, when it was used by Brycen in a Gym battle with Ash, being defeated by Ash’s Pignite. Multiple Cryogonal then appeared in the episode “Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!” as well as the fifteenth Pokémon movie Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice.
The Crystallizing Pokémon also appeared in the fourteenth episode of Pokémon Generations, “The Frozen World.” Two main series episodes and brief appearances in a movie and a miniseries are all fans have seen of Cryogonal in the anime.
6 Accelgor Has Had One Major Appearance And Three Minor Ones
The Shell Out Pokémon has only appeared in five episodes in the anime since its introduction in Generation V. Its first appearance was in “The Mighty Accelguard To The Rescue!” under the ownership of motorcyclist Charles. In “Evolution Exchange Excitement!,” Shelmet evolved into Accelgor after it was traded with Professor Juniper’s Karrablast. In the other three episodes, Accelgor only made minor appearances, in a flashback and participating in the Fleurrh City Pokémon Showcase.
5 Volcarona Has Only Appeared In One Movie, One Main Series Episode, And A Miniseries Episode
Volcarona made its debut in the duology Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom and Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram. In the main series, its only appearance came in the 78th episode of the Black & White series, “Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!” when Pokémon hunter Rizzo attempted (and failed) to catch it, thanks to Icirrus City Gym Leader Brycen and his Beartic. The Sun Pokémon also appeared in “The Adventure,” an episode in the miniseries Pokémon Generations.
4 Four Tyrantrum Appeared In One Episode But Otherwise It Hasn’t Been Featured
Introduced in Generation VI, Tyrantrum’s only appearance in the anime was in “The Tiny Caretaker!,” the 87th episode of Pokémon the Series: XY, when four appeared, one of which having evolved from Tyrunt in the second half of the episode. Ash’s traveling companion Bonnie wanted to catch the Tyrantrum that evolved from the Tyrunt she had befriended, but since it was owned by some scientists, she sadly had to say goodbye to the Despot Pokémon.
3 Beheeyem Has Kidnapped Pikachu And Hypnotized People But Not Much Else
Beheeyem debuted in “Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!,” the 45th episode of the Black & White series, when it kidnapped Pikachu, Meowth, and Opelucid City Gym Leader Iris’s Axew amongst other sinister deeds.
In “Capacia Island UFO!,” multiple Beheeyem hypnotized the residents of a town on Capacia Island to aid them in their search for something they’d lost. Apart from these two episodes, the Cerebral Pokémon has made no other appearances in the anime.
2 Slaking Is Too Lazy To Appear In The Anime
Slaking was introduced in Generation III and has since only appeared in 6 episodes of the anime series. It had to wait a while to make its debut, which was in episode 69 of the Ruby and Sapphire series. Slaking’s most recent appearance was in “The Journalist from Another Region!,” the 134th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. 6 episodes in 18 years is a rather low turnout for the Lazy Pokémon.
1 Porygon Was Culled After An Episode It Appeared In Caused Seizures
Porygon was at the center of a major controversy after the 38th episode of the original series aired in Japan on December 16, 1997. 685 children were taken to hospital in Japan as a result of having epileptic seizures from watching the episode. Named the “Pokémon Shock” by Japanese media, the episode caused shares in Nintendo to drop, was parodied in The Simpsons, and created a stigma around Japanese anime.
In the aftermath, Nintendo ordered the episode to be pulled, and it never aired again. Even though it was a scene involving Pikachu that caused the seizures, because Porygon was the main Pokémon in the episode, the Virtual Pokémon bore the brunt of the blame and has since only made brief — and mostly static — appearances in the anime.
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