20 Pokémon Who Were Betrayed By Their Types
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Just because a Pokémon was assigned a specific type doesn’t mean that type is right. Here’s some that Nintendo got completely wrong.
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There comes a time in every person’s life where they must face the hard truths and realities in this world. Some of those realities are that the Pokémon you love may not represent the Pokémon you believe them to be. It’s not that bad though when you consider that Pokémon is really not for us adults. Even though I feel like most of the people who are actually into Pokémon are adults.
But what kind of world would this be if there wasn’t disappointment? If Charizard was actually a dragon and all was right in the world where people were well fed, mosquitos didn’t exist, and the Kardashians were poor. Adversity and dismay are what make the good times better. They’re what make Ash Ketchum a super special little guy we all want to punch in the face. But we can only afford to replace so many broken televisions.
There are some Pokémon that don’t really fit their assigned types, and then there are a few that are a flat out disrespecting slap to the reproductive organs. There’s nothing any of us can do about it since the Pokémon games are only getting easier and our list of responsibilities in life is growing longer, cutting away our time to catch them all. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get a job at a gaming website and complain about the subtle betrayal that has been laid upon my dear Gyarados. You’ll always be a dragon in my heart.
20 Charizard: The Flying, Fire-Breathing Lizard
What it is: Fire/Flying
What it should be: Fire/Dragon
This one is pretty obvious. The problem with Charizard is that in no way shape or form is this thing not a dragon. It looks like a dragon more so than most of the Dragon-types and it breathes fire. It’s understandable that the developers didn’t want gamers having such a powerful type as their starter, for early game balancing. But it’s not like anyone chooses Bulbasaur or Squirtle anyway, so who cares?
Still, if they just made Blastoise part steel-type since he has guns popping out his back, then you got all three original starters with some hardcore beastmodery. This point is useless since they’ll never make Charizard into what he truly is. So he’s left to sit outside next to Gyarados peeping through the window of the dragon party watching all the fun they’re having being dragons.
19 Palkia: Master Of Space And Condensation
Well now, didn’t Palkia get the short end of the creation trio stick. Dialga is a unique type Steel/Dragon which means he has very few weaknesses. And Giratina is a Ghost/Dragon so that’s pretty cool. But for some reason, Palkia is the master of Space and he’s a Water/Dragon. Why is this dude not Psychic? He’s even purple/pinkish. I know my colors.
Palkia totally got screwed over out of the three of these dragons. Think about it. He’s the master of Space. Dialga is the master of time. So where did this water and steel stuff come from? Okay, so steel is great and all but it doesn’t really represent time. But Water DEFINITELY doesn’t represent space. Palkia should have been a Psychic or even Dark. But no, Palkia was betrayed and destined to be a complete and utter nerd.
18 Gyarados: Not A Dragon, And Can’t Fly
So this one is a double whammy. First of all, how the heck Gyarados not a dragon? Where Charizard is straight out of European dragon folklore, Gyarados is straight out of East Asian. So instead of him being the water dragon that he truly is, he’s a Water/Flying dragon that can’t fly and doesn’t learn any good flying attacks.
Okay, so maybe it makes sense that Gyarados doesn’t sail through the air like Falkor or Shenron, but wait a second. No, it doesn’t make sense. He should fly. He’s a dragon. In the anime, Magikarps that evolve in the wild have to hop over the “dragon gate.” How many insults can Gyarados endure?
17 Stantler: The Non-Ice Reindeer
What it is: Normal
What it should be: Ice/Normal
Stantler is totally a reindeer. Or a caribou. Either way, they live in cold places in real life and even in the Pokémon world they’re found in the cold spots with Abomasnows and Sneasels. So why are these losers not Ice-type?
It’d be awesome to have an Ice deer in the game. Add some Santa Claus hats and whatnot. They have the other Elk-like Pokémon, Sawsbuck, and he’s Grass-type since he lives in forests and woods. It would have been cool to have a deer-like Pokémon that was Ice-type and represented the tundra-dwelling quadrupeds.
16 Doduo And Dotrio: Flightless Nerds
What it is: Normal/Flying
What it should be: Normal/Dark
This Pokémon should be Dark-type because ostriches are evil. The fact is ostriches don’t fly. They’re literally in a species subset of flightless birds. So why does this dude have a Flying-type attached to him? You wouldn’t make a penguin Pokémon Flying-type, would you? Oh wait, no, you just make him water/steel type for absolutely no reason. Looking at you, Empoleon.
Now, the argument we’d accept for this would be that in the Donkey Kong Country games you have Expresso the Ostrich and he can sort of fly. But the only time you ever used his wings was in the bonus levels where you’d climb up the cliff wall then jump off to zigzag back down to the ground to get as many bananas as possible. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you’re a terrible person who never played Donkey Kong Country and you probably hate freedom.
15 Drampa: What Even Is A Normal Dragon?
What it is: Normal/Dragon
What it should be: Holy/Dragon *See entry #1*
Hey, everyone, we got Drampa here, the normal dragon. You know as opposed to Charizard the most normal dragon out there that isn’t even a dragon. More like a reptile-bird that breathes fire. Cool. Yeah, super cool. What the heck is this thing anyway? Because to me, it looks like Falkor from The Neverending story. And there was nothing normal about that thing.
Let’s think for a moment about what Falcor actually was. He was, like, a dog-dragon thing right? That’s cool, I guess. But he had a mixture of scales and fur, sort of like this Drampa abomination. This thing shouldn’t be a normal dragon, it doesn’t make any sense. It should just die, even with its awesome high special attack stats. I hate that I don’t hate everything about this thing.
14 Flygon: Not A Bug
What it is: Ground/Dragon
What it should be: Bug/Dragon
Flygon is a personal favorite of mine. He looks super hardcore and has a pretty good move set. I just don’t understand how he is considered a Ground-Dragon. When he evolves into Flygon/Vibrava from Trapinch he gets wings. So wouldn’t he at least become a Flying/Dragon since he no longer chills with the ground? But worst of all, isn’t that dude a bug? Look at him.
He closely resembles a dragonfly. So having this fella be a Bug/Dragon wouldn’t be too far of a stretch and it’d be a pretty tough combination as far as weaknesses go. My main issue is that the other Dragon/Ground Pokémon out there is Garchomp, and he’s a straight up monster-beast in battle. There hasn’t yet been a Bug/Dragon-type and this was the missed opportunity for us to have it.
13 Marowak: Not A Ghost… Yet Dead
What it is: Ground
What it should be: Ground/Ghost
This is available for debate. I remember in the anime that Cubone wore the skull of its dead mom because it was afraid of life without mom. One would assume that its mother is a Marowak. But here’s where it gets tricky. If Marowak is Cubone’s mom or parent, then what the heck is Marowak wearing on his head? But no, that couldn’t make sense if Marowak were to become a Ghost Pokémon. Because then Cubone would only be evolving into death.
So here’s my take on it: Cubone is actually a baby Kangaskhan that took its mom’s skull after it died and then when it overcame its grief then evolves into a Marowak. So maybe Marowak isn’t a ghost because it’s just a grown-up Cubone that’s no longer crying about its dead mom. Actually, never mind, the Alola form of Marowak is Fire/Ghost so this thing just makes absolutely no sense to me at all.
12 Krookodile: Doesn’t Live In The Water
What it is: Ground/Dark
What it should be: Water/Dark
Yo, crocodiles and alligators live in the water. Pretty much most of their lives, just like hippos(see Hippowdon entry #4). So what’s the deal with this Pokémon being a Ground/Dark-type? Yeah, I get the dark type since he’s a crook. I get what words mean and all that jazz. But why not make him Water-type?
This is just a weird scenario where the Pokémon creators wanted to mess with our brains. I guess you could say that gators and crocs spend some time on the ground, but that huge tail and mostly fish diet shouts Water-type. But who cares about this dude anyway. He’s a loser and doesn’t even have good attacks. I mean, he has a high attack stat, but is way weak to so many common types that you can’t justify his use in a real master team. Stick to the sewers, bro.
11 Ninetails: Not Mystical Enough To Be Psychic
What it is: Fire
What it should be: Fire/Psychic
Ninetails has some garbage stats. Not their fault. But then that means it’s not my fault for never using the thing. But the problem is within the description of the Pokémon itself. The description says something along the lines that Ninetails perfectly understand human speech and can live up to 1000 years due to the energy stored in each of its nine tails. Each tail is said to hold a different mystical power.
Too bad Ninetails sucks with its baby stats. A Pokémon with that cool of a backstory should definitely have a high special attack and be part Psychic. But it’s fine to have super cool looking Pokémon that only chumps use. Right? If you like Ninetails, you’re a chump. There. I said it.
10 Noctowl: Has Psychic Powers… Isn’t Psychic
What it is: Normal/Flying
What it should be: Psychic/Flying
This one isn’t that much of a problem. It being a Normal/Flying type is all right and makes plenty of sense. It looks like an owl and doesn’t really have many characteristics that make it seem like a Psychic-type. Except for the fact, the 90% of the moves it learns are Psychic-type moves. Someone wake me from this nightmare of silliness.
But like I said, this one isn’t much fo problem. I consider the fact that Psychic Pokémon have strong attacks and if there are too many Psychic Pokémon, then there won’t be enough diversity. But still, what the point of having an owl Pokémon that has mystical qualities and learns mostly Psychic attacks but isn’t a Psychic. I know every time I see an owl in real life and we lock eyes that it’s reading my mind and forcing me to think of the embarrassing moments of my past. I hate owls. Eagles are cooler.
9 Lugia: Guardian Of The Seas? Just Kidding
What it is: Psychic/Flying
What it should be: Psychic/Water or Dragon/Water or Flying/Water
In the game Pokémon Silver, Lugia is represented as the Guardian of the Seas. You all know what the sea is. Or in other words… the ocean. So why, pray tell, is this dude not represented with some Water? He even learns Water-type moves.
Lugia is considered the opposite to Ho-oh, the firebird legendary. So if I were to guess, maybe they didn’t want the two legendaries to have such unbalanced types against one another. Meaning that they didn’t want Lugia to be able to pwn Ho-oh any time they met in battle. What I’ll never understand is why they even make this dude Guardian of the Seas and not have him lathered in liquid.
8 Florges: This Thing Isn’t Grass
What it is: Fairy
What it should be: Grass! OBVIOUSLY!
Now, I don’t know much about this Pokémon because they’re from the more recent generations and I’m too poor to afford a 3DS or whatever the handheld console is called these days. I’m saving my money for when they make a Pokémon game that’s built on the GTA engine. Running around the streets of Kanto murdering people with my Gyarados and summoning Draco meteor on my rival’s family home. Yup, let’s get it done, y’all.
But this Pokémon up here, Florges, looks like a plant. In fact, it even comes in five different colors, similar to that of a flower. Which, if you haven’t ever been told, is also a plant. Its name is Florges, for Pete’s sake. That has to be a translation of the word flower in some language. Maybe Elvish? Also, who the heck is Pete?
7 Gengar: Why Are You Poisonous?
What it is: Ghost/Poison
What it should be: Ghost or Ghost/Dark
Just look at that face. That thing’s evil. This is a personal opinion regarding Gengar that I feel he shouldn’t be Poison. For starters, poison Pokémon kind of suck and their weaknesses don’t really stack well with Ghost-type. That’s the personal portion. I’d rather my Gengar just be a ghost that eats dreams rather than having the added weaknesses.
Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, but I find that Gengar is superior to Alakazam in a few ways. Yeah, they are both glass cannons, but if you were to drop the Poison-type from Gengar he’d end any Alakazam ever. Alakazam can take those spoons and go eat out of the toilet when Gengar is done. Gengar gets nerfed by being part Poison.
6 Shroomish: Nothing About You Makes Sense
What it is: Grass
What it Should be: Psychic/Poison
Not that all mushrooms are poisonous, but the true fact of the matter is that mushrooms aren’t plants. They’re a totally different species of flora altogether. They’re a fungus. And the majority of mushrooms that exist in nature are poisonous to humans. Humans being the only real species on this planet hat actually matter, therefore this should be brought to attention. So why not make the dude poisonous? Even Foongus is grass/poison. What is going on here?
Now what I’d really like to see is Shroomish be a Psychic/Poison-type to mirror the magic mushrooms from Florida. Now that’d be some realistic Pokémon scenario. And you could even have Shroomish lose his Psychic powers when he turns into Breloom, thus making him into a fighting mushroom that fought off the intensity of hallucinations.
5 Solrock: The Sun Pokémon Not Made Of Fire
What it is: Rock/Psychic
What it should be: Fire. Maybe Fire/Rock
It’s a sun Pokémon that isn’t fire type. Let’s think for a moment what the defining trait of the sun happens to be. It’s a ball of fire. No one would bat an eye at Lunatone being Rock/Psychic because it’s a moon Pokémon. The moon does some sketchy tricky stuff. But its counterpart, our homie Solrock, is clearly meant to represent a Sun.
This is a missed opportunity to have an awesome Rock/Fire-type Pokémon in the mix. I’ll never understand why they don’t get a bit more creative with some of the type choices assigned to some of these Pokémon. As if they made Lunatone and Solrock simply because they wanted Psychic rocks. That’s cool and all, but whats the point of not being realistic. I want my Pokémon to be realistic!
4 Hippowdon: Apparently, Hippos Live In Sand
What it is: Ground
What it should be: Water/Ground
Last time we all checked, Hippos live in the water. There’s even a brewing company where I’m from back in NJ called River Horse where they have a hippopotamus as their mascot. River. Horse. The key word is river. Which is a body of water. Trust me, I looked it up on the internet. It doesn’t make sense to have this dude be a Ground-type.
If you want to go ahead and say that he’s a hippo that lives in the sand then, yeah, that’s all fine and dandy. But it still won’t make sense. There’s no logical explanation for why this Pokémon isn’t a water-type. Even if they roll around in mud, hippos spend most their lives in the water. Let’s go, Pokémon people. Get with the program. Stop lying to yourselves.
3 Psyduck: Why Even Call Them That?
What it is: Water
What it should be: Psychic/Water
*[Pokémon creators meeting]* “Hey, bros, let’s make a duck Pokémon that is super clumsy and has psychic abilities but not make it a psychic type” *[Another creator]* “But of course, let us name it Psyduck”.
This one makes absolutely no sense and is basically undeniable. Maybe they didn’t want too many Psychic-types in the original group or maybe they thought to have a psychic duck named Psyduck was too perfect. Even in the anime, they’ve got Psyduck doing telekinesis type stuff and having intense headaches from all its psychic powers. This is a mistake as glaring as the Charizard and Gyarados not being dragons. It’s flat-out inexcusable. Good thing Psyduck and Golduck are garbage and should really be called Psysuck and Goldsuck.
2 Gothitelle: “It’s Not A Phase, Mom”
What it is: Psychic
What it should be: Psychic/Dark
It’s goth. How much darker to you need to be to be considered a Dark-type Pokémon? How many times does Gothitelle have to scream at its parents, “You’ll never understand me!” or “It’s not a Phase!” to be considered what she actually is: a goth? And not like the cool g oths from centuries ago and the Gothic era of art and architecture. We’re talking about the misunderstoods who run around in all black clothes.
We can only imagine that the reason they kept this nerd as Psychic-type is that it’s a version exclusive and opposite to the Solosis evo-team. To make this type choosing even more ridiculous, goth-bro is even the version exclusive to Pokémon Black. Yeah. Black. This should be a Dark/Psychic. Please, someone, explain this to me right now.
1 Anything They Turned To Fairy
Why was Fairy even introduced? It’s dumb-sauce. Why couldn’t the addition to the game have been ‘Holy’, ‘Light’ or ‘Mystic’- type? Holy would have been awesome and would have enhanced the entire game’s lore. The thing that makes me the most angry is Pokés like Snubull and Mr. Mime getting turned into fairy-type for absolutely no reason. Please, someone, explain to me how a bulldog Pokémon isn’t Normal-type based on a dog but Stoutland and his Lillilup crew are simply normals based on Shihtzus. Is it because Snubull is pink? I’m still holding out for Holy Pokémon. Holy Dragons, Holy Bugs, Holy Fighting. Now that’d be awesome and make a lot more sense!
Hope you enjoyed the list because I know I did. These things have been on me and my friend’s minds for years. Pokémon is filled with greatness and we can’t expect perfection.
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