Pelipper can learn Shock Wave. I honestly can't think of any reasoning behind this, unless it WANTS to have Me First used on it.
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Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations
- Thread starter Kurona
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Well, technically Aerodactyl is not a bird either, but a reptile, so at least that parts makes sense.
Deoxys can't learn Meteor Mash except through an event.
But it can learn punching moves such as Power-Up Punch, Drain Punch, and Focus Punch. It can even learn the elemental punches :/
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It's more about the origin of Deoxys than its appendages.
And worst Event ever. It was the Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Sign one where its a multiplayer mission which you need at least two people for (and it needed to be local wifi), only the leader of the mission got the Deoxys, and depending on what Forme Deoxys was defeated it depends on the moves you got. To get Meteor Mash (which was the one advertised, BTW) you needed to get Attack. "Well I'm sure the other Forms got a special move to, right"? Defense yes, Normal and Speed no. And even then Defense's special move is Detect which is just a copy of Protect which it learns via TM. SO if you were being fair not only would you need to play the mission for as many times as there was people helping you get the Deoxys since they probably also wanted their's BUT if you caught Deoxys in the wrong Forme you'd have to play through the mission again! Oh and I think it was like a 2.5 star mission or however they ranked a mission's difficulty which meant I hoped you were playing the pat missions enough so that you leveled up enough! WORST EVENT EVER!
Comets may not be meteors but they're still objects in space. The point is Deoxys, an alien (or more specifically a virus from space) doesn't learn a space-related move despite space being its natural habitat. Clefairy is able to learn it, so why not Deoxys?
While they did choose it because it sounded cool, they also did mean for it to be a reference to a comet. The biggest clue it its description:
While in the Japanese version it's probably "comet" instead of "meteor", still I doubt the description changes so they're clearly referencing the gaseous ice ball flying through space. In addition Meteor Mash could be considered the signature move of the Beldum family (or Metang and Metagross since they have limbs) and in addition to a super computer they too have space themes to them. Beldum looks space shuttle-like, Metang brings to mind UFOs, and Metagross looks like a those spider walking mechs aliens love to use in movies.
The other Pokemon who can learn Meteor Mash include Clefairy (a Pokemon often said to be an alien), Deoxys (a Pokemon who is an alien), and Jirachi (who while not an alien is connected to space and the Tanabata festival). Oh and Rock Star Cosplay Pikachu but that's because it sounds cool.
Though let's be fair here, if Deoxys should be able to learn Meteor Mash then the Beldum family should be able to learn Cosmic Power.
I know I'm late to the reply party, but this does kinda concern the current topic of Meteor Mash Deoxys as well. This is the case of the move's name not actually representing what physically happens with the attack. Brave Bird has nothing to do with avian-like species, it's basically a aerial dive-bomb. Bats are capable of quick dives when catching airborne insects.Wait, Zubat gets BRAVE BIRD?
Do you already see a Zubat doing THIS?
Oh Gamefreak. You always seem to surprise me.
Cresselia~~
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EVERY Pokemon that can learn TMs can learn Toxic, which means every Pokemon (aside those who can't learn TMS, and even then maybe...) must has some sort of venom gland.
Or they just like to carry around vials of poison wherever they go.
Just in case.
Cubone and Marowak are literally holding a bone, Mandibuzz has a bone used as a hair bow and for whatever reason Lucario can create a bone out of aura (and no other Pokemon can use their elements to create magic bones, but oh well). Smeargle is the only Pokemon that can learn it who doesn't have bones feature as part of the design (or a reason given through the anime and manga). Regardless Smeargle can learn every move besides Chatter so it's clearly an anomaly. Plus chances are Smeargle just hardens its tail and hits the opponent with it.
I like to think Smeargle literally draws its attacks into existence. How? I don't know, but when I image Smeargle using any attack other then sketch I see the attack looking like it's a drawing instead of made out of what element it is.
I don't know about you, but I'd love to see Smeargle sobbing while it slowly draws a picture of an explosion.
...You monster.
I'm guessing you'd also like to see him draw cosmic dance, or, AHH, I CAN'T THINK OF A FANCY TERM!!! Okay, so be it: or Final Gambit!
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I actually wonder how a Pokemon would feel when you order them to use Explosion/ Final Gambit/ Healing Wish... etc.
What makes them willing to sacrifice themselves anyway?
What makes them willing to sacrifice themselves anyway?
Seriously though, since the Pokemon isn't dying (they're just exhausting all their energy in one final super move) they probably think its just a last ditch effort to win or help in winning the battle. In the wild if these could naturally learn these moves (like Voltorb) they're perfectly happy with just using it whenever they want and there's no trainer to use a Revive or take the to the Pokemon Center, they'll need to find a safe place and spend a day recuperating. At most they may get annoyed if the trainer commands them to do it when they don't need to (like in Dorkly's video any attack from Voltorb probably would have knocked out that Pidgey), but they do it anyway either because they trust in their trainer, if the trainer is going to make such a silly decision they don't want to be in a battle, or decide if they need to go out they'll do so in a bang.