Re: Pokemon Fun Facts!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:43 pm
Reshiram is the only fire type to not be weak to Water.
Of all Primary versions (the ones usually listed first in thier groups: Red, Gold, Ruby, FireRed, Diamond, and HeartGold) only Diamond and Ruby do not have a Fire type on the cover
Magby's evolution line is the only non-starter Fire type line to be a 3 stage evolution line
Ghost types have no attacks with below 100% accuracy, they all either have 100% accuracy or are "never miss" moves (I just made your Ghosts happy Senna XD)
There are only 18 Ghost types...fewer then any other type (I just made your Ghosts sad Senna >_>)
All Ghost types that have a weakness to Ground due to secondary type have the Levitate ability
Normal types have the most moves (152). 10 of them have 100 power or more...more then any other type. 77 of them do no damage...more then any other.
Every gen has introduced Normal types beginning with the letters C T and S
Bibarel is the only Dual typed Normal type to be weak to Fighting
There are no Fighting type moves that hit both targets in a Double Battle
Fighting has been the secondary type of at least one unique type combo in every gen so far (Poliwrath, Heracross, Breloom and Toxicroak are examples) (Secondary=The second type listed for a Dual typed pokemon)
As of the second Gen, Fighting types (along with Bugs) are one of only 2 type pairings to have the same reaction to each other (they both resist each other) The other pairing is Normal and Ghost who are immune to each other.
None of the Flying type pokemon have Flying as thier Primary type (Primary= the first type listed for a Dual typed Pokemon)
All Pokemon with a 4x weakness to Rock are half Flying type
Every Generation so far has had a Flying type Legendary (Though for 4th gen, this is true for Shaymin's Sky Form...a Grass/Flying type)
Acid is one of 3 Poison Type moves that can't Poison the opponent. It is the only damage dealing Poison type move that is like this. Notably, all non-poisoning Poison type moves have Acid in thier names (Acid Armor, Acid and Gastro Acid)
Qwilfish and Seviper are the only Standalone poison types
Croagunk and Toxicroak are the only Poison types with a 4x weakness
Ground type attacks are supereffective against the most types: 5. This is shared with Fighting types.
Every Generation has had at least one Ground type whose name starts with the letter G (Golem, Gligar, Groudon and Garchomp are examples)
Every generation except the 1st gen has 2 Pure ground types (2nd gen: Phanpy and Donphan, 3rd Gen: Trapinch and Groudon, 4th gen: Hippopotas and Hippowdon)
No Physical Rock type move is 100% accurate. All Special Rock type moves are 100% accurate
The Rock type, along with the Grass type, has the most weakness when not Dual typed: 5. Coincidentally, Rock type attacks are supereffective against 4 of Grass type's weaknesses (Poison being the exception)
Regirock is the only standalone pure Rock type
All Bug types are breedable. Every other type has at least one baby or legendary which are unbreedable.
In all 3 stage bug type evolution lines, the 2nd stage is a cocoon.
Kakuna is the only Dual typed Cocoon (Bug/poison). The others are pure Bug.
If you consider both Attacking and Defending, Steel types are the only ones to have non-neutral interactions with all 17 types.
All Steel Type moves consist of 2 words
Skarmory is the only non-legendary dual typed Steel pokemon that has no evolution line.
With 92 species, Water type is the most numerous of all types.
Every generation has introduced Water/Flying types (1st gen: Gyarados, 2nd gen: Mantine, 3rd gen: Wingull and Pelipper, 4th gen: Mantyke)
Every generation has had a Water type version mascot for one of thier main games. (1st gen: Blastoise for Blue, 2nd gen: Suicune for Crystal, 3rd gen: Kyogre for Sapphire, 4th gen: Palkia for Pearl)
Grass type has been paired with every type it is super effective against (Rock, Ground, Water)
1st gen is the only one without a Grass/Flying type
There is at least one Pokemon with each of the possible type combos that grass is 4x effective against (Rock/Ground, Rock/Water, Ground/Water) This is shared with Flying and Water.
All dual typed Electric pokemon have a type combo unique to the Pokemon itself or its evolution line
Zekrom is the only Pokemon to be doubly resistant to Electric type
Electric type is the least used type in dual typings with only 7 Pokemon being dual typed with Electric being one of the types. 3 of the pokemon belong to the only 3 stage dual typed electric evolution line (Magnemite's line), 2 belong to the only 2 stage dual type electric evolution line (Chinchou's) and the last two are available only once in the games they appear in (Zapdos and Rotom).
Psychic type is the type most used by Legendaries. Every generation has had at least 2 psychic type legendaries (1st gen: Mewtwo and Mew, 2nd gen: Lugia and Celebi, 3rd gen: Latias, Latios, Jirachi and Deoxys, 4th gen: The Pixie trio and Cresselia)
Psychic type is the only one to share its name with a move and a trainer class.
There are currently only 3 legendary pokemon that do not learn at least one Psychic type move via level up: Regirock, Heatran and Phione
Except for Dragon type, all types weak to Ice have been combined with Ice on at least one Pokemon (Flying, Grass and Ground)
In the first gen, there were more Ice types that were weak to Electric then ones weak to Fire. This is due to the large amount of Water/Ice types in that gen.
Ice types have the second lowest number of resistances: 1 (it resists only itself). The lowest is Normal type with 0
In the 1st gen, there was only 1 Dragon type move: Dragon Rage.
There are only 11 Dragon type moves, fewer then any other type. Also there is only 1 non-damaging dragon type move (Dragon Dance), also fewer then any other type
Dragon type is one of two types that will never be 4x effective against anything due to being super effective against only one type (itself). The other is Poison (only effective against Grass). Also Dragon types have only 1 type resist them: Steel.
There are no Dark type attacks with power over 80.
Dark Void is the only Dark type move without 100% or better accuracy
The Dark type is the only one to not be in every generation (there aren't any Dark types in the Kanto pokedex)
Of all Primary versions (the ones usually listed first in thier groups: Red, Gold, Ruby, FireRed, Diamond, and HeartGold) only Diamond and Ruby do not have a Fire type on the cover
Magby's evolution line is the only non-starter Fire type line to be a 3 stage evolution line
Ghost types have no attacks with below 100% accuracy, they all either have 100% accuracy or are "never miss" moves (I just made your Ghosts happy Senna XD)
There are only 18 Ghost types...fewer then any other type (I just made your Ghosts sad Senna >_>)
All Ghost types that have a weakness to Ground due to secondary type have the Levitate ability
Normal types have the most moves (152). 10 of them have 100 power or more...more then any other type. 77 of them do no damage...more then any other.
Every gen has introduced Normal types beginning with the letters C T and S
Bibarel is the only Dual typed Normal type to be weak to Fighting
There are no Fighting type moves that hit both targets in a Double Battle
Fighting has been the secondary type of at least one unique type combo in every gen so far (Poliwrath, Heracross, Breloom and Toxicroak are examples) (Secondary=The second type listed for a Dual typed pokemon)
As of the second Gen, Fighting types (along with Bugs) are one of only 2 type pairings to have the same reaction to each other (they both resist each other) The other pairing is Normal and Ghost who are immune to each other.
None of the Flying type pokemon have Flying as thier Primary type (Primary= the first type listed for a Dual typed Pokemon)
All Pokemon with a 4x weakness to Rock are half Flying type
Every Generation so far has had a Flying type Legendary (Though for 4th gen, this is true for Shaymin's Sky Form...a Grass/Flying type)
Acid is one of 3 Poison Type moves that can't Poison the opponent. It is the only damage dealing Poison type move that is like this. Notably, all non-poisoning Poison type moves have Acid in thier names (Acid Armor, Acid and Gastro Acid)
Qwilfish and Seviper are the only Standalone poison types
Croagunk and Toxicroak are the only Poison types with a 4x weakness
Ground type attacks are supereffective against the most types: 5. This is shared with Fighting types.
Every Generation has had at least one Ground type whose name starts with the letter G (Golem, Gligar, Groudon and Garchomp are examples)
Every generation except the 1st gen has 2 Pure ground types (2nd gen: Phanpy and Donphan, 3rd Gen: Trapinch and Groudon, 4th gen: Hippopotas and Hippowdon)
No Physical Rock type move is 100% accurate. All Special Rock type moves are 100% accurate
The Rock type, along with the Grass type, has the most weakness when not Dual typed: 5. Coincidentally, Rock type attacks are supereffective against 4 of Grass type's weaknesses (Poison being the exception)
Regirock is the only standalone pure Rock type
All Bug types are breedable. Every other type has at least one baby or legendary which are unbreedable.
In all 3 stage bug type evolution lines, the 2nd stage is a cocoon.
Kakuna is the only Dual typed Cocoon (Bug/poison). The others are pure Bug.
If you consider both Attacking and Defending, Steel types are the only ones to have non-neutral interactions with all 17 types.
All Steel Type moves consist of 2 words
Skarmory is the only non-legendary dual typed Steel pokemon that has no evolution line.
With 92 species, Water type is the most numerous of all types.
Every generation has introduced Water/Flying types (1st gen: Gyarados, 2nd gen: Mantine, 3rd gen: Wingull and Pelipper, 4th gen: Mantyke)
Every generation has had a Water type version mascot for one of thier main games. (1st gen: Blastoise for Blue, 2nd gen: Suicune for Crystal, 3rd gen: Kyogre for Sapphire, 4th gen: Palkia for Pearl)
Grass type has been paired with every type it is super effective against (Rock, Ground, Water)
1st gen is the only one without a Grass/Flying type
There is at least one Pokemon with each of the possible type combos that grass is 4x effective against (Rock/Ground, Rock/Water, Ground/Water) This is shared with Flying and Water.
All dual typed Electric pokemon have a type combo unique to the Pokemon itself or its evolution line
Zekrom is the only Pokemon to be doubly resistant to Electric type
Electric type is the least used type in dual typings with only 7 Pokemon being dual typed with Electric being one of the types. 3 of the pokemon belong to the only 3 stage dual typed electric evolution line (Magnemite's line), 2 belong to the only 2 stage dual type electric evolution line (Chinchou's) and the last two are available only once in the games they appear in (Zapdos and Rotom).
Psychic type is the type most used by Legendaries. Every generation has had at least 2 psychic type legendaries (1st gen: Mewtwo and Mew, 2nd gen: Lugia and Celebi, 3rd gen: Latias, Latios, Jirachi and Deoxys, 4th gen: The Pixie trio and Cresselia)
Psychic type is the only one to share its name with a move and a trainer class.
There are currently only 3 legendary pokemon that do not learn at least one Psychic type move via level up: Regirock, Heatran and Phione
Except for Dragon type, all types weak to Ice have been combined with Ice on at least one Pokemon (Flying, Grass and Ground)
In the first gen, there were more Ice types that were weak to Electric then ones weak to Fire. This is due to the large amount of Water/Ice types in that gen.
Ice types have the second lowest number of resistances: 1 (it resists only itself). The lowest is Normal type with 0
In the 1st gen, there was only 1 Dragon type move: Dragon Rage.
There are only 11 Dragon type moves, fewer then any other type. Also there is only 1 non-damaging dragon type move (Dragon Dance), also fewer then any other type
Dragon type is one of two types that will never be 4x effective against anything due to being super effective against only one type (itself). The other is Poison (only effective against Grass). Also Dragon types have only 1 type resist them: Steel.
There are no Dark type attacks with power over 80.
Dark Void is the only Dark type move without 100% or better accuracy
The Dark type is the only one to not be in every generation (there aren't any Dark types in the Kanto pokedex)