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Are the Paradox Pokémon Ultra Beasts?

No seriously, the Paradox Pokémon have a ton in common, such as being a subgroup of Pokémon that aren’t regular Pokemon but aren’t Legendary and Mythical, have a shared connection to the cover legendaries, have a theme around numbers, abilities based around stat boosts, closely tied to the Main Antagonist, and are extra dimensional Pokemon with the Legendary Pokémon being physical/special swaps of each other.

With all those similarities, what if the Paradox Pokémon are just another kind of UB? Each of the UB came from another dimension, alternate timelines can be seen as other dimensions, so perhaps the Paradox Pokémon came from ancient/future versions of the Pokémon world; after all Guzzlord came from a distorted version of Hau’oli city.
 
Are the Paradox Pokémon Ultra Beasts?

No seriously, the Paradox Pokémon have a ton in common, such as being a subgroup of Pokémon that aren’t regular Pokemon but aren’t Legendary and Mythical, have a shared connection to the cover legendaries, have a theme around numbers, abilities based around stat boosts, closely tied to the Main Antagonist, and are extra dimensional Pokemon with the Legendary Pokémon being physical/special swaps of each other.

With all those similarities, what if the Paradox Pokémon are just another kind of UB? Each of the UB came from another dimension, alternate timelines can be seen as other dimensions, so perhaps the Paradox Pokémon came from ancient/future versions of the Pokémon world; after all Guzzlord came from a distorted version of Hau’oli city.
They're likely meant to invoke them superficially but mechanically and literally they aren't, no. You mentioned a lot of really surface level similarities so we may as well point out all the ways they differ too: They focus on a different number scheme, they're based on existing Pokemon, they don't have the Auras, they don't "travel" in the same way, they don't (virtually) require Beast Balls, etc. The visual aethstics are also pretty distinct; a lot of the UBs are based around materials and their color schemes make them pop.

Guzzlord is literally the only point of commonality - since it comes from what seems to be an alternate future of alola rather than distinct other world like the others - and that's probably more on coincidence. It's still a distinct unrelated Pokemon that falls through ultra space and is associated with assorted other mechanics.

I used to think Eternatus was one, it has the similar end point of its cry, its visual style is more in line with them, you can draw a line between how Necrozma (technicallynotaubnotwithstanding) lead to Z Moves and Eternatus lead to maxing, etc but it lacks all the other factors (stats, captures, the aura, the way it travels the exact rhythm of the cry, etc) so it was likely either full coincidence or meant to give a similar vibe (an utterly alien presence who differs visually to emphasize this out of placeness).
So same goes double for the Paradoxes.
 
Are the Paradox Pokémon Ultra Beasts?
They're likely meant to invoke them superficially but mechanically and literally they aren't, no.

R_N pretty much cover it, but I just want to add that moving forward we (or at least Pokemon fan sites like Bulbapedia) are going to need to keep our definitions clear because I doubt this is going to be the last time we see these kind of Pokemon groups.

And while I would say we should come up with an umbrella term, we can't. Because each group already has exceptions to rules. Like most members of the group aren't Legendary Pokemon, they just have very high stats, however we do have a couple of members who are with much higher stats. Also we can't use the "each non-Legendary member has a BST of 570" because each group also has exceptions to that rule! And each group have their own unique exceptions, like Ultra Beasts has members which are part of evolutionary families, while Paradox Pokemon have members which resemble pre-existing Legendary Pokemon but are not Legendaries EVEN THOUGH they have a higher BST than the Legendaries. And finally, both groups also have a Pokemon which seemingly belongs to, or at least is related, to their respective group but their are aspects about them (and it's not officially said) which makes them different enough you can't put them as part of the group with full confidence (admittedly it does feel safer to say Necrozma is an Ultra Beast compared to Terapagos is a Paradox Pokemon, but Terapagos is also a prehistoric Pokemon that thanks to the Terastal Phenomenon has lived to the present and who knows how much of it has changed due to this power; maybe to a similar degree as other Paradox Pokemon).

So we're just going to have to keep note of the origins and lore of these special groups to know. And while its easy now, I'm sure in the future we're going to get some special groups who have similar traits (especially to the Ultra Beasts if they do more extraterrestrial groups).
 
Incidentally it's nice that Koraidon & Miraidon are labeled "Paradox" in the Pokedex rather than the goofiness behind Cosmog's line & Necrozma having to go "not an ultra beast" because they felt the need to draw the line between capital l Legendary and other classifications. As far as official classifications go they're separated & goign to get preferential treatment moving forward but story & dex classification wise those bad boys are still part of the Paradox group.


I wonder if at some point they give a proper nomenclature to all the sub-legends. "Sublegend" is their go-to internally but I don't think it's ever used outside of it, so even though they definitely differentiate between Legendary and Sub-Legendary in how they talk and market certain Pokemon they also just lump them all together sometimes anyway.
 
It's also weird returning to the franchise after skipping the 3DS era and noticing that there is now clearly a line drawn between "legendary" and "mythical" Pokemon, when the only time I could recall those terms being used prior in-game was in DP, which used them interchangeably.
 
It's also weird returning to the franchise after skipping the 3DS era and noticing that there is now clearly a line drawn between "legendary" and "mythical" Pokemon, when the only time I could recall those terms being used prior in-game was in DP, which used them interchangeably.
Up through DP "Legendary" was what the west used to just refer to both events and regular legends, but Japan always split the two ("Phantom" iirc). See also: the way TPCi kept flipflopping on how to refer to Phione lol.
I think the first time "Mythical" was used in the west was Gen 5. Guessing the sheer number of them warranted hewing closer to Japan and made them easier to differentiate for fancier marketing words.

Gen 5 also the first time they just started calling shiny pokemon "Shiny Pokemon" instead of a million different one off words. Shining Pokemon. Differently Colored Pokemon. "Color" Pokemon. "Colored" Pokemon. Alt Color. etc etc. Seems like they wanted to reign in some consistent terminology in general around that point.
 
Are the Paradox Pokémon Ultra Beasts?

No seriously, the Paradox Pokémon have a ton in common, such as being a subgroup of Pokémon that aren’t regular Pokemon but aren’t Legendary and Mythical, have a shared connection to the cover legendaries, have a theme around numbers, abilities based around stat boosts, closely tied to the Main Antagonist, and are extra dimensional Pokemon with the Legendary Pokémon being physical/special swaps of each other.

With all those similarities, what if the Paradox Pokémon are just another kind of UB? Each of the UB came from another dimension, alternate timelines can be seen as other dimensions, so perhaps the Paradox Pokémon came from ancient/future versions of the Pokémon world; after all Guzzlord came from a distorted version of Hau’oli city.

They definitely share some parallelisms which you stated, but that aside, lore-wise they aren't the same thing.
I have seen some people arguing that given how according to what Professor Sada/Turo says in the Crystal Pool in The Indigo Disk, they would be Ultra Beasts by technicality given how they would supposedly come from other timelines and alternate universes (brought in to this one by Terapagos). And, by the way, that's what Ultrabeasts are: creatures from different universes which can be accessed through the Ultraspace (the world that connects every other world).

HOWEVER,
I don't think what Sada/Turo says is 100% real. I'll explain myself. First, this Sada/Turo's theory denies what their AI versions say in 'The Way Home', as they stated Paradoxes came from the past or the future from THIS timeline. This results in a contradiction which shouldn't be overviewed - yet most of the fandom has moved on and believed the past Sada/Turo's theory just because it's over there at The Indigo Disk and serves as a conclusion to SV's storyline.

Now I'll try to explain what I think Paradoxes are, because if we were to believe Sada/Turo, then Paradoxes are a kind of Ultrabeast indeed because of the Ultrabeast's definition I wrote above. This might be just a guess or something intuitive, but I believe Paradoxes are what the Scarlet/Violet's Book is in terms of what happens at the end of The Indigo Disk with the said book: as you may have noticed, Sada/Turo gives it to us, thus making the events of SV's original game impossible as there would not be any Scarlet/Violet book to look for the Herba Mysticas to heal Mabosstiff and the Time Machine wouldn't have had a way to be stopped. Not only that, but we know that the Time Machine needs to be created with the Briar's book (which we give to the professor in exchange for the Scarlet/Violet Book). This whole thing is, well, a paradox.

Now think of Koraidon and Miraidon's names, which are also a paradox because we teach this name to the professor and yet we knew this name because of the professor. I think this is a metaphor to explain what Paradox mons are, not only their names not the weird thing about the book and SV's story existence, but their origins as well: Paradoxes are just mons which shouldn't exist and yet they do, they have NO real origin, they just are generated by Terapagos' teracrystals at a certain point of our timeline (when the first Area Zero expedition came out) and then they disappear because they are brought to the present by the time machine.

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IDK if you have heard about this story, I heard about it and I think this comes from some series in Netflix or HBO but I can't remember where exactly. In this story, a famous musician well known because of their Mozart's interpretations has got access to a time machine and they decide to travel back to when Mozart started his career, in order to befriend him and congratulate him because of their work. Once they get back in time, they try to look for Mozart but they don't find him. That really pissed them off but they still keep on looking for him - and yet they don't archieve it. Eventually, the guy needs to work in order to earn money and subsist, what makes them show the world the pieces of art Mozart had composed. They end up being known as Mozart themself and becomes famous, so this results in a paradox. However, the most disturbing thing is: where did the music sheets come from? This guy had learnt about them at the school in the future; yet, they brought them to the past and used them to become famous. Who wrote the music sheets? - well, this is what happens with Koraidon and Miraidon's names in The Indigo Disk. And this is what I think Paradoxes' origins are too.
 
I don't care what the term is, I just want there to be some sort of term for UB/Paradoxes/etc. Specialty mons, unavailable until lategame or postgame, explicitly more powerful than anything else you might access, unique-but-shared mechanics, likely to vanish or become event-only after the gen is over...TBH, mega-evolutions fall into this category too. I don't know what to call it, but we're definitely approaching enough mons like that to need a term for it.
 
They definitely share some parallelisms which you stated, but that aside, lore-wise they aren't the same thing.
I have seen some people arguing that given how according to what Professor Sada/Turo says in the Crystal Pool in The Indigo Disk, they would be Ultra Beasts by technicality given how they would supposedly come from other timelines and alternate universes (brought in to this one by Terapagos). And, by the way, that's what Ultrabeasts are: creatures from different universes which can be accessed through the Ultraspace (the world that connects every other world).

HOWEVER,
I don't think what Sada/Turo says is 100% real. I'll explain myself. First, this Sada/Turo's theory denies what their AI versions say in 'The Way Home', as they stated Paradoxes came from the past or the future from THIS timeline. This results in a contradiction which shouldn't be overviewed - yet most of the fandom has moved on and believed the past Sada/Turo's theory just because it's over there at The Indigo Disk and serves as a conclusion to SV's storyline.
Per an earlier discussion it's likely that the thing that the AI said was a slight mistranslation. In Japanese it seems to line up with how the Actual professor speaks about it.

If I had to guess they probably misinterpreted it and tried to simplify, but by the time of the end of the DLC they might have gotten a note back clarifying it. Personally I'd have updated the finale's text to go with it if so, but here we are.
 
I don't care what the term is, I just want there to be some sort of term for UB/Paradoxes/etc. Specialty mons, unavailable until lategame or postgame, explicitly more powerful than anything else you might access, unique-but-shared mechanics, likely to vanish or become event-only after the gen is over...TBH, mega-evolutions fall into this category too. I don't know what to call it, but we're definitely approaching enough mons like that to need a term for it.
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Per an earlier discussion it's likely that the thing that the AI said was a slight mistranslation. In Japanese it seems to line up with how the Actual professor speaks about it.

If I had to guess they probably misinterpreted it and tried to simplify, but by the time of the end of the DLC they might have gotten a note back clarifying it. Personally I'd have updated the finale's text to go with it if so, but here we are.
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Here's my post on the topic when it came up in the annoyances thread https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...you-in-pokémon.3512924/page-603#post-10106483

Obviously there's chance of other things. perhaps the machine translation is off, or perhaps the way the localized it the first time *was* the intent and its the second one that wasnt localized properly. But since it does line up with how the real professor speaks, it does seem like possible it was a case of the first lines being misinterpreted to begin with.
 
Paradoxes are just mons which shouldn't exist and yet they do, they have NO real origin, they just are generated by Terapagos' teracrystals at a certain point of our timeline (when the first Area Zero expedition came out) and then they disappear because they are brought to the present by the time machine.
Per an earlier discussion it's likely that the thing that the AI said was a slight mistranslation. In Japanese it seems to line up with how the Actual professor speaks about it.

My theory has always been there's no time travelling, it's just the Terastal Phenomenon reality warping things to the Professor's whims.

Though, reading the more exact Japanese text, now I'm wondering if the Terastal Phenomenon is maybe creating a pocket reality of the Professor's idealized version of the past/future; still no time travel technically, it would be more akin to a science fiction author able to bring things they imagined from their writings to real life (and able to jump into the world of the writings). That would be a bit of relief for the fate of the AIs, they didn't vanish into thin air, but rather were taken to a pocket realm of the Professor's creation; though that itself brings up some horrifying implications.

BTW, another thing to remember: "Paradox" Pokemon is just a term given to them due to their perplexing nature. There does not need to be a definition "paradox" to them necessarily. The Professor we meet at the Crystal Pool had already retrieved the initial Winged King/Iron Serpent and is actively working on the time machine, he did not need Brair's completed version of Heath's book to do that, so the only paradox there is the name of Koraidon/Miraidon. Another thing to note is that the only time "Paradox Pokemon" is seen in the game is the Dex Category for all the Paradox Pokemon, the Professors and AI refer to them as "past/future" Pokemon, Heath and/or the Area Zero Expedition team called them "Monsters of Area Zero", and the Occulture Magazine refers to them as "Enigmas of Paldea".

I don't care what the term is, I just want there to be some sort of term for UB/Paradoxes/etc. Specialty mons, unavailable until lategame or postgame, explicitly more powerful than anything else you might access, unique-but-shared mechanics, likely to vanish or become event-only after the gen is over...TBH, mega-evolutions fall into this category too. I don't know what to call it, but we're definitely approaching enough mons like that to need a term for it.

For UB & Paradox Mons, if we were to come up with a loose umbrella term, maybe "Uber Pokemon" (yes, I know, dangerously approaching "Ubermensch"; damn Nazi ruin everything they touch)? Other possibility is "Exotic Pokemon" if we go by the strict definition of the term.

Though I would be hesitant to add Mega Pokemon to that group. Mega Pokemon & Gigantamax Pokemon fall more in align with the umbrella term "Super Mechanic".
 

This would mean Paradox Pokémon are, in fact, Ultrabeasts, according to my reasoning above. But I really don't think GF would use several different terms for the same thing, nor do they work the same way mechanically as they don't have the Beast Boost ability and the appeal of bringing new Ultra Beasts back would've been huge. There's something else to this but we don't have enough information to clearly conclude something regarding this topic unless we speculate - something we can definitely do as there are lots of things happening in there.

My theory has always been there's no time travelling, it's just the Terastal Phenomenon reality warping things to the Professor's whims.

Though, reading the more exact Japanese text, now I'm wondering if the Terastal Phenomenon is maybe creating a pocket reality of the Professor's idealized version of the past/future; still no time travel technically, it would be more akin to a science fiction author able to bring things they imagined from their writings to real life (and able to jump into the world of the writings). That would be a bit of relief for the fate of the AIs, they didn't vanish into thin air, but rather were taken to a pocket realm of the Professor's creation; though that itself brings up some horrifying implications.

I mean, this would be the imagination theory that has long been debunked even if I really liked it and believed it.
I guess we can still think the professors are lying both in the base game and in the Crystal Pool given how obssessed they are with the past/future thing and how much they go through to make their desires a reality, thus making the time machine an actual dream machine or something similar. However, what debunked this theory wasn't the professor's statements both on Area Zero and the Crystal Pool, but, in my opinion, seeing Terapagos' powers in action - the main reason why I really think Terapagos is a huge missed opportunity.

The only thing Terapagos does apart from causing the Terastal phenomenon, apparently, is bringing mons or humans from alternate timelines or the past or the future inside a mysterious mist. It doesn't have anything to do with dreams (even if its Terastal form heavily ressembles a dream catcher as you may have noticed) nor imagination, unless we were to think different realities are part of the Dream World, which hasn't been implied in the Pokémon's lore whatsoever.

I do think there's something off though, as there are just plenty of things left unanswered. For example, there's no apparent explaination as to why there are only two Koraidon/Miraidon and each one of them seem to be really different from each other. The theory I felt more attatched to used to be the one that said the first Koraidon/Miraidon was the one depicted on the cover of the Scarlet/Violet Book, while the second one was inspired by the more detailed description inside the book, which would present this mon as a fierce and aggressive one. This would've influenced the professor's mind on them and when they brought them from the past/future, which we liked to think was a red herring in the end.

Now and after having played The Indigo Disk, I have been more open to think the key to understand the Terastal phenomenon is in the tera crystals themselves and the radiation they emit, given how in the Blueberry Academy there's a NPC who says the white cubes emit 'infrared' and 'ultraviolet' waves which are the way they managed to create and generate artificial ecosystems that looked as natural ones. I believe this technology (the white cubes) is heavily connected to how tera crystals works based on Briar research, and that may provide an alternate theory to the time machine thing, which would mean Paradox mons were created somehow thanks to being exposed to this radiation, which made them mutate and be more aggressive (in fact, this is one of the first theories the game gives to you as Penny suggests this when seeing the first Paradox mon in Area Zero). This may explain that the first Koraidon/Miraidon wasn't that aggressive too, as the technology and the amount of radiation released in the first place wouldn't have been that developed.
 
The only thing Terapagos does apart from causing the Terastal phenomenon, apparently, is bringing mons or humans from alternate timelines or the past or the future inside a mysterious mist. It doesn't have anything to do with dreams (even if its Terastal form heavily ressembles a dream catcher as you may have noticed) nor imagination, unless we were to think different realities are part of the Dream World, which hasn't been implied in the Pokémon's lore whatsoever.

I never said anything about dreams. Reality warping a person's ambition true isn't the same as making dreams come true aside in a metaphorical sense.

The Terastal Phenomenon has a few things about that cannot be explained with just time powers. Notably, Terastallizing. What does a Pokemon changing Types have to do with time? In addition, note the shape of some of the Tera Crowns when a Pokemon Terastallizes. Flying is a batch of balloons, Rock is a temple, Steel is an axe, Fire is a chandelier, and Electric is a lightbulb. These are not natural things, their manmade objects. But, why would Tera Crowns take the shape of manmade objects? For the Pokemon they have no significance, all the Pokemon cares about is that it changed Type. My theory is that Terastallization is just a limited version of the reality warping power of the Terastal Phenomenon, both trainer and Pokemon want the Pokemon to change Types so it does, however because of the limitation its pre-set Type (though one that can be changed via gathering Tera Shards of a specific Type). As for the Tera Crowns, they're for the trainer's benefit. It's to confirm to the trainer, using symbology a human would recognize, that the Pokemon has indeed changed Type. There could also be a sense of "fair game" with the Tera Crowns, not only does the trainer see if but also the opponent trainer; rules of sport competitions wants to keep things fair for each side thus having the Tera Crown clearly show what Type the Pokemon is now means the trainer can't get an unfair advantage by lying what Type their Pokemon changed to (and this is something only a human would care about, a Pokemon wouldn't care if its getting an unfair advantage, infact in the that would be a huge benefit).

Then there's the Titan Pokemon. Herba Mystica are plants which have been charged with Terastal Phenomenon energy and if a Pokemon (from outside Area Zero or a Tera Raid) eats enough of it they grow gigantic. This doesn't seem to have to do anything with time either. Rather, it could be granting that Pokemon's wishes to be big and strong, in a literal sense.

Finally there's how Ogerpon and Terapagos is able to manipulate the Terastallization giving themselves unique mechanics. Ogerpon's Type depends on its mask and when it Terastallizes it's the mask which changes and increases one of Ogerpon's stats. Terapagos can only be the Stellar Type and gets a new Ability when it Terastallizes into a unique form. Once again, nothing really "time" about any of that.

As to why we get that scene at the Crystal Pool, going over the dialogue of what the Professor says, he reveals that he's having trouble with getting the Time Machine working and he hasn't left the lab in a while. If at that moment of frustration and isolation the Professor began having thoughts of wanting to glimpse or speak with someone from the future who would have the answer, Terapagos was simply taking advantage that the player was at the Crystal Pool thus could grant the Professor's desire and form a connection through time. But here's the thing, and even the Professor notes this as a possibility: the Professor we're talking with isn't the one from out timeline. It's a Professor from an adjacent timeline. "But we found a note from the Professor about the encounter". Yes, the Professor from our timeline encountered a version of us (or another child who they don't know which was able to give him the info and book needed) from another adjacent timeline where similar if not the exact same event took place. It's a form of time travel but one that wouldn't cause a paradox on the timeline we're on (as we're not changing out past). Yes, there's still the "original information" paradox going on, but that could be explained away in a few ways.

Point is, I don't think it's "debunk" that the Terastal Phenomenon is a realty warping power based on one's ideals and ambitions.

For example, there's no apparent explaination as to why there are only two Koraidon/Miraidon and each one of them seem to be really different from each other.

I actually have a theory on why the 'Raidon was the first Paradox the Professor was able to pull and why the second one he pulled was meaner.
While writing this I also came up with a theory why the major Paradox Pokemon were "relatives" of Cyclizar: Heath had a Cylizar which he took down with him and notably helped carry equipment (and probably some team members on occasion). Could, while the version's Professor was trying to summon Paradox Pokemon with their "time machine", open to any one that comes out (therefore not giving the Terastal Phenomenon anything to work off of), they one day had a stray thought that they wished they had a strong and loyal Pokemon companion like Heath's Cyclizar. Well, now with them thinking of a Pokemon, the Terastal Phenomenon combined a Cyclizar with the Professor's vision and made the 'Raidon appear from the time machine.
Note also around this time that Arven was born, so the Professor was also feeling a lot of joy which also seemed to have affected the first 'Raidon. Why do I say this? Because of the second. The Professor was able to summon the second 'Raidon after their spouse left with their son, and it didn't sound like an agreeable separation. Also creating the Professor AI which doubled productivity, these mix of thoughts of feelings (bitterness, ambition, a double of one) came to a head and was finally able to summon that other 'Raidon... except this was meaner and brash.
 
The Terastal Phenomenon has a few things about that cannot be explained with just time powers. Notably, Terastallizing. What does a Pokemon changing Types have to do with time? In addition, note the shape of some of the Tera Crowns when a Pokemon Terastallizes. Flying is a batch of balloons, Rock is a temple, Steel is an axe, Fire is a chandelier, and Electric is a lightbulb. These are not natural things, their manmade objects. But, why would Tera Crowns take the shape of manmade objects? For the Pokemon they have no significance, all the Pokemon cares about is that it changed Type. My theory is that Terastallization is just a limited version of the reality warping power of the Terastal Phenomenon, both trainer and Pokemon want the Pokemon to change Types so it does, however because of the limitation its pre-set Type (though one that can be changed via gathering Tera Shards of a specific Type). As for the Tera Crowns, they're for the trainer's benefit. It's to confirm to the trainer, using symbology a human would recognize, that the Pokemon has indeed changed Type. There could also be a sense of "fair game" with the Tera Crowns, not only does the trainer see if but also the opponent trainer; rules of sport competitions wants to keep things fair for each side thus having the Tera Crown clearly show what Type the Pokemon is now means the trainer can't get an unfair advantage by lying what Type their Pokemon changed to (and this is something only a human would care about, a Pokemon wouldn't care if its getting an unfair advantage, infact in the that would be a huge benefit).
Nitpick here, the object theming isn't necessarily unnatural. In addition to the pure objectmons which appear to have evolved regularly, there's also frequently aspects of IRL artifical stuff that shows up in more animalistic mons, such as Elekid's plug prongs. I think it's also reasonable to say that some of these are in-universe natural representations of types and human society just heavily uses biomimicry when designing things (and can you really blame them with everything mons are easily capable of?).
 
Nitpick here, the object theming isn't necessarily unnatural. In addition to the pure objectmons which appear to have evolved regularly, there's also frequently aspects of IRL artifical stuff that shows up in more animalistic mons, such as Elekid's plug prongs. I think it's also reasonable to say that some of these are in-universe natural representations of types and human society just heavily uses biomimicry when designing things (and can you really blame them with everything mons are easily capable of?).

True, though the Rock one is very clearly a manmade temple. And while we do have Pokemon designed after objects, the designs do try to make the object into or meld with a somewhat believable animal. Normal is a cut gem like Diancie, but it also has metal bracing you see on (manmade) crowns and rings to hold the gems in place (which Diancie doesn't need as its gems are part of its anatomy, as with any Pokemon which have (a) gem(s)). Flying are balloons like Drifloon and Fire is a chandelier like Chandelure, but these Pokemon are Ghost-types who designs can involve objects haunted by spirits (or spirits forming into a familiar shape for whatever reason). Steel is an axe and we've had a few axe-based Pokemon, but the axes were also melded into the Pokemon's design (Haxorus is an extension of its mouth and Kleavor its made of stone) while the Tera Crown is an axe you would see a human using. Electric is a lightbulb and we just got a lightbulb Pokemon, Tadbulb, and comparing them you can see there's no comparison aside silhoutte.
 
Just throwing this in there, but Ultra Beasts aren’t just “Pokémon from different dimensions”

In lore, according to Wicke, they are lifeforms that have been exposed to the light from Ultra Wormholes (later revealed to be Necrozma’s light) and become capable of storing that light within their body as an aura — this is the underlying nature of the Beast Boost ability.

In that regard, Totem Pokémon are probably more closely related to UBs than Paradox Pokémon are, given that the Totems have also become capable of using auras.

Going a bit more into speculative territory, I think the UBs are probably beings that evolved within an environment that was shaped by Necrozma’s light, like Ultra Megalopolis was. Alola only has little pockets of Z-Power (the trial sites) due to that energy following on the coattails of Solgaleo/Lunala whenever they came to visit, but the UB worlds are likely suffused with it. That’s how these very diverse beings on separate worlds in totally different universes all share these specific biological traits — they’ve all been exposed to Necrozma’s light.

One of Ultra Necrozma’s Pokédex entries mentions that “the light pouring out from all over its body affects living things and nature, impacting them in various ways,” and in Ultra Moon, Dulse says, “The light of Necrozma once filled our world. And it did not shine upon us alone. It gave energy to many, throughout Ultra Space.” Thus I get the impression that Necrozma has, in its long life, been to many worlds throughout the Ultra Space network and spent time in those worlds, influencing their environment and the evolution of those worlds’ lifeforms. Whereas (our) Alola is just sort of a microcosm of that phenomenon due to the intrusion of Solgaleo and Lunala.

(I’ve also always been highly suspicious of how the UBs’ worlds are designed with some element that seems to show them literally being born of their environment, like the buds on Kartana’s trees or Celesteela shoots sprouting up from the ground, but frankly it’s too early in the morning where I’m at for my “Guzzlord are actually horrifically mutated power plant workers” theory.)
 
Now and after having played The Indigo Disk, I have been more open to think the key to understand the Terastal phenomenon is in the tera crystals themselves and the radiation they emit, given how in the Blueberry Academy there's a NPC who says the white cubes emit 'infrared' and 'ultraviolet' waves which are the way they managed to create and generate artificial ecosystems that looked as natural ones. I believe this technology (the white cubes) is heavily connected to how tera crystals works based on Briar research, and that may provide an alternate theory to the time machine thing, which would mean Paradox mons were created somehow thanks to being exposed to this radiation, which made them mutate and be more aggressive (in fact, this is one of the first theories the game gives to you as Penny suggests this when seeing the first Paradox mon in Area Zero).

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Just throwing this in there, but Ultra Beasts aren’t just “Pokémon from different dimensions”

In lore, according to Wicke, they are lifeforms that have been exposed to the light from Ultra Wormholes (later revealed to be Necrozma’s light)

Nice to know, I didn't know Ultrabeasts were that connected to Necrozma's light nor their exact origin.
So there we have it! Ultrabeasts and Paradoxes are similar but not the same thing. What they have in common apart from what DreamPrince said is lore wise both are life forms that may have come to life by some kind of radiation (Necrozma's light and teracrystals' infrared/ultraviolet waves). I feel like in Paradoxes' case there's something else into it because of the time machine stuff but at least there are some hints they may be originated in a similar way to that from Ultrabeasts - the key difference would be that Ultrabeasts come from Necrozma's energy and Paradoxes from Terapagos', then.
 
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