Signature Items
Light Ball
What is Pikachu?
The Kyūbi no kitsune is a fox yokai that grows up to nine tales the longer they are alive, much like this fire fox.
What is Ninetales?
This physical grass type move started as the Treecko line's signature move, before being available to multiple others a generation later.
What is Leaf Blade?
Charizard, Dragonite, Kingdra, Salamence
What is Charizard?
Dragon types.
Gene Simmons, along with being the bassist/vocalist for KISS, may have served as inspiration for this rock(the music genre not the type) Pokemon.
What is Obstagoon?
Thick Club
What is Marowak?
The Yuki-onna is a yokai that lives in the snowy mountains often tricking travelers with the form of a beautiful woman, serving as the inspiration for this Sinnoh ghost.
What is Froslass?
This move based off a clothesline in professional wrestling was orignally the signature move of Incineroar for one generation before being given out as a TR.
What is Darkest Lariat?
Butterfree, Beedrill, Venomoth, Ariados
What is Butterfree?
Bug Poison types
In a game where the other starters are based on mythology, Napoleon Bonaparte was what inspired this starter in particular.
What is Empoleon?
Soul Dew
What is Latios?
What is Latias?
The tengu is a yokai that takes on various avian characteristic and is almost always portrayed with a specific mask, serving as the origin for this Hoenn grass type.
What is Shiftry?
This powerful psychic type move orignally only used by Deoxys was then given to Lugia once it had been purified in XD Gale of Darkness.
What is Psycho Boost?
Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy
What is Manaphy?
Psychic Mythicals with 100 in each stat
Uri Geller, the psychic most famous for bending spoons with his mind, was not very flattered when discovering he was the inspiration behind this psychic type.
What is Kadabra?
Metal Powder
What is Ditto?
Oni are yokai that are typically depicted as ogres and serve as the origin for many Pokemon, including this little bird.
What is Spearow?
The Creation Trio's signature moves didn't stay signature for very long as not only was Arceus given away with all three moves, but so was a Darkrai.
What is Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, and Shadow Force?
Machamp, Heracross, Lucario, Lopunny.
What is Machamp?
Fighting type that can mega evolve.
Despite this Pokemon's name in english, the real origin of this Pokemon lies in former kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura, also known as the "Demon of the Kick".
What is Hitmonlee?
Lucky Punch
What is Chansey?
Kintaro was a young boy in japanese folklore known for his superhuman strength and being raised by a yama-uba. Believe it or not this serves as inspiration for this baby Pokemon.
What is Smoochum?
This double hitting bug type move was exclusive to Beedrill for 20 years, before being given to various bug types in Black and White.
What is Twineedle?
Duraladon, Corviknight, Perrserker, Copperajah.
What is Perrserker?
Galarian steel types that can G-Max
Koji Nishino is a game designer for Game Freak who was known throughout the office for how much he would eat. He would eat so much in fact that they even designed this Pokemon with him in mind.
What is Snorlax?