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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 16:32:39 GMT -5
» Pokémon that are based on animals that typically have many babies at once (dogs, pigs, most birds, snakes) lay multiple eggs when it's time to whelp. In contrast, Pokémon that only have one or two at a time (bears, deer) or the "man-made"/object ones (Bronzong, Sigilyph, Cofagrigus Porygon, Weezing, Rotom, Chimecho), typically only have one egg.
» When the Dex says that Cubone "takes the skull of its mother" it doesn't literally mean every mommy Cubone must die. Rather, it means that the shape of the natural bone helmet that Cubone has is inherited through the mother's DNA. If the mother is a Ditto (Cubone or Marowak father) then it is identical to the father's because the Ditto copies the DNA exactly, aside from becoming female in order to make the egg.
» The reason that Nidorina/queen cannot produce eggs is because they are too spiky to mount—if a male tried to breed with them, it would end pretty nastily for him. They probably could produce eggs, in theory, if the trainers in the Pokéworld used artificial insemination, but considering how increasingly human-like Pokemon have gotten personality-wise, that prolly seems a bit weird.
» Not all legendary Pokémon are one-of-a-kind, and in fact all can lay eggs. They just cannot breed in captivity because they need to have special environmental conditions in order for them to produce eggs. Furthermore, many of the major ones (Weather trio, creation trio, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Lunar duo, Yinyang trio) have no natural predators and are typically so long-lived that there's no reason for them to be popping out more eggs than every couple of decades or so. Smaller legends (bird trio, beast trio, Lati twins) might reproduce slightly more often. In Lati's case, Latias can produce Latios eggs.
» I might make this headcanon anime-exclusive: The reason you can carry so many items is that they're all contained in special "item Pokéballs." It explains how Ash and Co can spawn pots and tables anywhere they stop to eat and rest.
» Towns exist between the major ones that you visit in the main series games. We usually just skip over them because it's easier. I actually do sometimes use anime-exclusive locations as places where my human characters grew up/visited at some point during their travels.
» The Bell Tower is still called the Tin Tower.
» Pokédex entries are not infallible, and many of them are probably unproven myths (Sharpedo taking apart an oil tanker, Shedinja stealing the soul of whomever looks into its back hole, Magcargo's body being 18,000° F, Ponyta being able to clear Ayers Rock in one leap, etc.).
» Cubone is not related to Kangaskhan or Missingno in any way, and Missingno is not Kangaskid.
» Missingno and other glitchmons exist in the RP Pokéworld in Glitch City, an area in an unknown part of the world that changes location periodically, like Feebas fishing tiles and the Mirage Tower. They are powerful but can also be defeated by any normal Pokémon. Only some have the power to distort time and space. The reason they don't is that, being an accidental creation of man, they have enough smarts and sense not to be flaunting such abilities everywhere.
» Giratina's Distortion World shares some characteritics with M11's Reverse World. Real-world catastrophes can damage the Distortion World, and Giratina has to fix it; when he does, he helps the natural process of nature healing itself in the real world. A catastrophe in the DW can set the stage for a disaster in the RW. There is lower gravity. And like in the games, time and space are unstable. Relatedly, there are no crystals that let Giratina view the real world, but his ability to make inter-dimensional whirlwinds can be reduced to let him view goings-on in the real world. It is also easier for him to emerge from reflective surfaces in the RW.
» Legendaries can be either gender at will. I call most of them 'he' because it's easier; if I think one is more feminine, I'll say 'she'. Because they have no canon gender, it's silly to get into arguments about how you gender them.
That was kinda long, huh? Heheh. Share your headcanons, too! It might remind me to share ones I forgot about.
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Post by Kris on Sept 9, 2013 16:34:00 GMT -5
I don't have too many headcanons of my own, but I agree with quite a few of yours. I love the idea of animal-based Pokemon having more than one egg at a time, like an actual litter, as well as the one about Cubone and its' mother's skull.
I honestly never thought about why Nidoqueen cannot breed, but that makes total sense!
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Post by Echo on Sept 11, 2013 21:06:54 GMT -5
One of my favorite headcanons is that Ghost-types are actually the spirits of deceased Pokemon of other types. For instance, in his past life, my Sierra's Eclipse was an Alakazam, which explains why he has a touch of telepathy. He doesn't remember his past life, of course, and his spirit grew as normal as a Ghost-type can from a Duskull to a Dusclops to, finally, a Dusknoir.
I still haven't decided in my headcanon if Ghost-types lay eggs of their own species, or if every Ghost Pokemon (and some humans, if Yamask's Pokedex entry is anything to go by!) is the reincarnation of a deceased spirit.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 16:43:12 GMT -5
That's an interesting headcanon, Echo. Maybe if a Pokemon dies without losing the will to live (like, very suddenly), they become Ghost-type Pokemon and grow as a normal ghost-type Pokemon would. If they are just old and lived out their years and are otherwise done with their lives, they just become... spirits... floating around or whatever happens to dead Pokemon.
I think, in that case, the ghost-type Pokemon can probably lay its own eggs and continues to be a Pokemon in its own right.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2013 16:05:12 GMT -5
Whoops I have more headcanons.
» There is no actual Dream World in the Pokemon RPverse. Dream World abilities are extremely rare, though—maybe only about a fraction as rare as shinies, but still. A trainer's best chance of getting one is having a DWF selectively bred by a breeder.
» When a Charmander (and its evos) die, the tail flame goes out. However, dumping water on the tail flame won't kill it.
» Pokémon will eventually evolve on their own without the help of battle experience, but it just takes longer depending on species and is based on the Pokemon's age. Each Pokemon has its own lifespan, some longer than others. Like, Alias is a Torterra but is technically only 3 years old, which is very young for his species. He lacks the babyish behavior and mentality because battle experience has made his mind mature faster. However, if he had an older sibling that never battled with a trainer, said older sibling would be older only by time; more than likely, s/he would still have a more child-like mindset.
» » On that note, even pre-evolved forms of some Pokemon can be sexually mature and lay eggs if they're old enough.
» The PokeDex is less a journal that needs to be filled in with all Pokemon's capture info and more a pocket encyclopedia that gives trainers information on Pokemon they scan with said PokeDex. It not only gives facts but also common myths (like Wartortle having a 10,000-year lifespan) and information on a particular Pokemon when scanned (checking the stats, age, and moves of your Pokemon, among other things). The "gotta catch 'em all" goal" of Pokemon pertains more to game mechanics—notice how any notion of catching them all was lost long ago in the anime.
» There are color/pattern variations for each Pokemon, although they are radically different from actual shiny colorations. Different Pikachu might have differently-shaped ear spots; some Garchomp might have a more brilliant blue or red in their scales than others. But true shiny coloration is still quite rare; there's a difference between a Honchkrow's dusty-red tail feathers vs. another's plain red tail feathers, and a shiny's bright pink feathers in place of black. You see?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2013 19:28:44 GMT -5
Oooh, I have a headcanon! You can actually carry around more than 6 Pokemon if you were so inclined. However, there is an extremely strict rule that battles are to be fought with 6 or less Pokemon. Usually people either have Pokemon specifically used for battles and they have other Pokemon that are companions to the trainer but these Pokemon don't interfere with the battle until there's a definite winner. Many people don't bring more than 6 Pokemon with them just for convenience sake. ....at least that's what I'd like to think.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2013 0:24:24 GMT -5
Actually that's a headcanon of mine, too. The 6 battling Pokemon rule is probably followed universally out of courtesy, sort of like how criminals in Pokemon don't just beat up the protagonist or pull out weapons or fight with all the Pokemon they've got all at once. Courtesy.
Also, I don't think a capture made with six Pokemon in the party is automatically, magically sent to the PC, either. Maybe the Pokeball can't be opened?
In regards to the PC, Pokemon sent to PC storage are converted into energy and data that cannot be copied except by a computer glitch. However, because it is data, it can be corrupted by a computer virus and rendered impossible to withdraw as well as deleted. A pretty dark headcanon, if you think about it. Imagine your PC getting a virus... probably why such PCs aren't used for surfing the internet. <: D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 18:02:02 GMT -5
Oh goodie, headcanons!
I agree with most of the headcanons above (even though I haven't thought about 90% of them).
One that I recently decided is that the height that they give you for a species in the Pokedex is the average height, meaning most individuals will probably be somewhat bit bigger or smaller than the height listed. This would make sense because some people can be taller or shorter depending on their genes; it's possible that you can breed for larger and larger Pokemon if you know what you're doing. (Careless breeding, though, could make your Pokemon terribly un-proportioned and unhealthy.)
I think that Pokemon can also have different kinds of health problems, too. Some dogs can have pinched nostrils making it hard to breathe, and many animals have animal-specific diseases they can catch.
By the way, did you know? Most of the Eeveelutions are the size of Chow Chows, and you're probably taller than your favorite bipedal starter.
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