Before And After
A silly name for a small yellow pokemon, the official name of a small purple pokemon.
What is Flash(Rat)ata?
Ground, Rock, Ice
Super effective on 4 different types?
Everyone knows Ghost and Normal are mutually immune, but these two different types were mutually super effective against one another.
What are Bug and Poison?
Due to a quirk of the programming, using a pokemon weak to this type can make the fight against Loreli annoying, and Lance way easier!
What is Psychic?
Don't believe anyone saying you need a certain other pokemon around, to become this evolved pokemon, its previous form just needs to reach level 37.
What is Slowbro?
What is Parlyz (Heal)ix Fossil?
Horsea, Vulpix, Nidorina
What are pokemon obtainable through the Celadon Game Corner?
If you even wanted a chance of hitting a one-hit-KO move what you needed is greater this than your target!
What is speed?
You can trade this item to one person for a TM, or to another for the ability to progress through the game, meaning you can softlock yourself if you're reckless!
What is Fresh Water/Soda Pop/Lemonade?
Despite the dex claiming that this pokemon starts out with one tail, even at the lowest level possible they always have more than that.
What is Vulpix?
An item to make it easier to hit, a regal pokemon with a boring design.
What is X Accura (cy/sea)king?
Vermilion City, Indigo Plateau, Route 4's Pokemon Centre
What are places you can obtain Magikarp?
This badge raised your pokemon's speed, not that you would know going off what the game tells you.
What is the Soul Badge?
This item, if used correctly, can be used to skip the Rocket Hideout.
What is the PokeDoll?
Considering Sleep Talk wasn't even in gen I, is it any wonder the rumours that this pokemon could use its signature move while asleep turned out to be false?
What is Abra?
To get from Rock Tunnel to Cerulean City on foot one must pass through here, A pokemon known for both fire and ghost attacks.
What is Route (Nine)tails?
Confuse Ray, Flamethrower, Pound
What are moves with "100%" accuracy?
These 2 moves are super effective against psychic-types...starting in gen II. Before that, they did nothing to 'em, for different reasons!
What are Bite and Lick?
Using this mechanic, which was definitively expected for the player to be able to do, one can bypass two huge areas, both located in towns with gyms!
What is trading with other cartridges? (trading in pokemon with Cut and Surf to skip the SS Anne and Safari Zone, respectively)
Luckily for Geodudes and Gravelers, this pokemon can't actually melt boulders.
What is Charizard?
A gym leader with a couple (arguably dubious) pieces of evidence suggesting they're gay, a pokemon who drains the fluids from its prey
What is Eri(Ka)butops?
Red, Professor Oak, The Ghost of Pokemon Tower
(And no it's not that none of them can be caught)
What are characters with confirmed family ties?
Unlike every other damaging move which can inflict a non-volatile status condition, this move COULD status a pokemon of its type.
What is Twineedle?
Don't sweat this 85 power move's downside, since it's programmed in a way that makes it almost meaningless!
What is High-Jump Kick?
In a rare case of the dex underselling, this pokemon is said to boast an impressive 8 knots (15 km/h rounded up)! Or maybe it's lying about Onix, who who has the same base speed, being able to go 80 km/h.
What is Dewgong?