History Characters / PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo

* MasterOfNone: Its only stand-out stat is a higher-than-average Attack of 90. Everything else is terrible. Even worse, on their debut generation, Dark was a special type, meaning Crunch, its highest-powered move, ran off its terrible 60 Special Attack.

* StealthPun: Both Taillow and Swellow can learn Aerial Ace. The Japanese name for that move is called "Swallow Return".

* UselessUsefulSpell: In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', they can be bred to know Boomburst, a hugely powerful Normal-type Special Attack, in reference to [[CuteButCacophonic Taillow's]] Pokédex entries. Sadly, their terrible Special Attack means the move is generally wasted on them... until Generation VII, where it was boosted by a good 25 points to make it more usable. 75 special attack may not sound like a lot, but it's notable that it was not uncommon to see Boomburst Swellow even back when its special attack was a mere 50. STAB Boomburst is just that rare and good.

* SupernaturalIsPurple: It's completely purple except for its eyes and gemstones on its body.

* DifficultButAwesome: Breloom has terrible stats outside of its attack and its typing leaves it with several unfortunate weaknesses, but it also has an amazing movepool and all three of its abilities are very useful, meaning that Breloom will be a great Pokémon to use provided that you work around its weaknesses.

* DifficultButAwesome: Breloom has terrible stats outside of its attack and its typing leaves it with several unfortunate weaknesses, but it also has an amazing movepool and all three of its abilities are very useful, meaning that Breloom will be a great Pokémon to have provided that you work around its weaknesses.

* DumpStat: Shedinja has ''three'' stats it has no use for: HP, Defense, and Special Defense. All attacks that aren't negated must do [[ScratchDamage at least one point of damage]], which means that even if Shedinja had the highest possible defensive stats and its opponents had the lowest possible offensive stats, any super-effective attack will still one-shot it. There are only time a few rare times when its defenses can actually be used[[note]]if another Pokémon Baton Passes a Substitute to it, if Shedinja uses Power Trick, if the opponent has the ability Download, or if another Pokémon Transforms into Shedinja[[/note]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Galarian Zigzagoon and Linoone, as well as Obstagoon, take on black-and-white coloration instead of beige-on-white, and are aggressive troublemakers. Galarian Linoone are actually popular with disaffectionate youth because of this trope.

* InformedAbility: It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back. that peering into the hole of a Shedinja (the one Ninjask made bursting from its shell) will allow it to steal your soul. Guess what you glance at every time you throw Shedinja into battle? Bupkis!

'''Treecko to Sharpedo (252-319)''' | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys (320-386)]] | [[[Characters/PokemonWeatherTrio Weather Trio (382-384)]]] -]]

'''Treecko to Sharpedo (252-319)''' | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys (320-386)]] | [[[Characters/PokemonWeatherTrio Weather Trio (382-384)]]] -]]]

'''Treecko to Sharpedo (252-319)''' | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys (320-386)]] |[[[Characters/PokemonWeatherTrio Weather Trio (382-384)]]] -]]]

'''Treecko to Sharpedo (252-319)''' | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys (320-386)]] [[[Characters/PokemonWeatherTrio Weather Trio (382-384)]]] -]]]

[[center: [- [[Characters/{{Pokemon}} Main Character Index]] > [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Pokemon Generation III Families]]>\\

[[center:[[WMG:''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Pokemon}} characters Index]]''' ''([[Characters/PokemonTypes Pokémon Types]], [[Characters/PokemonRecurringArchetypes Recurring Pokémon Archetypes]])''\\
[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]] [[[Characters/PokemonMewDuo Mew Duo]]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ('''Treecko to Sharpedo''' / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]] [[[Characters/PokemonWeatherTrio Weather Trio]]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot to Arceus]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]] [[[Characters/PokemonAuraTrio Aura Trio]]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] [[[Characters/PokemonCosmogLine Cosmog Line]] / [[Characters/PokemonNecrozma Necrozma]]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
'''Pokémon Human Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivals Protagonists and Rivals]] ([[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola Alola]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonProfessors Professors]] | [[Characters/PokemonGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] ([[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTrialCaptainsAndKahunas Trial Captains and Kahunas]] | [[Characters/PokemonEliteFour Elite Four]] | [[Characters/PokemonChampions Champions]]\\
'''[[Characters/PokemonVillainTeams Pokémon Villain Teams]]:''' [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamRocket Team Rocket]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamAquaMagma Team Aqua/Magma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamGalactic Team Galactic]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamPlasma Team Plasma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamFlare Team Flare]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamSkull Team Skull]] / [[Characters/PokemonTeamYell Team Yell]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonFrontierBrainsAndOtherFacilityHeads Frontier Brains and Other Facility Heads]] | [[Characters/PokemonTrainerClasses Trainer Classes]] | [[Characters/PokemonOtherNonPlayableCharacters Other NPCs]] ([[Characters/PokemonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraReconSquad Ultra Recon Squad]] / [[Characters/PokemonMacroCosmos Macro Cosmos]])\\
[[Characters/PokemonLegendsArceus Pokémon Legends: Arceus]]-]]]]]

* CartoonCreature: A cute rabbit-like creature that evolves into a bipedal sound equipment creature with a hippopotamus' face? Sure, let's go with that...

* MagikarpPower: Shroomish is useful to a degree, but it doesn't do much apart from spreading status and helping against Roxanne in the early game, while it evolves into the excellent Breloom at the relatively low level of 23. However, it doesn't learn one of its best moves (Spore) until level ''40-54'' depending on the game, and ''only'' Shroomish can learn it, meaning you need to train Shroomish up until then to get it.

* ShoutOut: Gardevoir and Gallade may be based on Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet. Not only are they both associated with love and emotion, Gallade is all-male while Gardevoir's gender ratio is 50-50, referencing how Shakespeare's plays were originally performed with all-male casts (with males playing the female parts). The knight and ballerina symbolism could reference "The Dance of the Knights", the most famous piece of music from Sergei Prokofiev's adaptation of the story. The horn in Gardevoir's chest may also reference the dagger that Juliet used to kill herself.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Gallade's Japanese name has often been mistakenly rominized as Erlade.

* ElementalPunch: The entire line can learn the three elemental punches, Fire, Thunder and Ice Punch. Only Gallade can take advantage of them, though.