History Characters / PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys

* NiceGirl and NiceGuy: Latios and Latias are consistently portrayed as being some of the most benevolent and helpful legendary Pokémon in the franchise, unlike many others which live by BlueAndOrangeMorality, are indifferent and/or obliviously destructive, or are full-on [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], if not outright malevolent.

* NiceGirl and NiceGuy: Latios and Latias are consistently portrayed as being some of the most benevolent and helpful legendary Pokémon in the franchise, unlike many others which live by BlueAndOrangeMorality, are indifferent and/or obliviously destructive, or are full-on EldritchAbominations.

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!!!Ball Whale Pokémon, Float Whale Pokémon

!!!Numb Pokémon, Eruption Pokémon

!!!Coal Pokémon

!!!Bounce Pokémon, Manipulate Pokémon

!!!Spot Panda Pokémon

!!!Ant Pit Pokémon, Vibration Pokémon, Mystic Pokémon

!!!Cactus Pokémon, Scarecrow Pokémon

!!!Cotton Bird Pokémon, Humming Pokémon

!!!Cat Ferret Pokémon, Fang Snake Pokémon

%%* {{Foil}}: To each other.

!!!Meteorite Pokémon

!!!Whiskers Pokémon

!!!Ruffian Pokémon, Rogue Pokémon

%%* OneHitKO: Naturally learns Guillotine.

!!!Clay Doll Pokémon

!!!Sea Lily Pokémon, Barnacle Pokémon

!!!Old Shrimp Pokémon, Plate Pokémon

!!!Fish Pokémon, Tender Pokémon

!!!Weather Pokémon

!!!Color Swap Pokémon

!!!Puppet Pokémon, Marionette Pokémon

!!!Requiem Pokémon, Beckon Pokémon, Gripper Pokémon

!!!Fruit Pokémon

!!!Bell Pokémon, Wind Chime Pokémon

!!!Disaster Pokémon

* AwesomeButImpractical: Due to the reworking of critical hits in Gen VI, Super Luck Absol can be used as CriticalHitClass, as detailed below, but remains slow and relatively frail, and the strategy is incompatible with Mega Absol, since it loses the Super Luck ability.

!!!Snow Hat Pokémon, Face Pokémon, Snow Land Pokémon

!!!Clap Pokémon, Ball Roll Pokémon, Ice Break Pokémon

!!!Bivalve Pokémon, Deep Sea Pokémon, South Sea Pokémon

* CombatPragmatist: Huntail naturally gets a few Dark-type moves through level-up such as Sucker Punch, Feint Attack, and Crunch.

* PsychicPowers: Gorebyss can naturally learn a few Psychic-type attacks through level up such as Confusion, Amnesia, and Psychic, though it's not Psychic-type. Clamperl's pearl is also said to amplify psychic power, and [[VoodooShark somehow]] it comes into the possession of the Psychic-type volcano-dwelling Spoink.

!!!Longevity Pokémon

!!!Rendezvous Pokémon

!!!Rock Head Pokémon, Endurance Pokémon, Dragon Pokémon

!!!Iron Ball Pokémon, Iron Claw Pokémon, Iron Leg Pokémon

!!!Rock Peak Pokémon, Iceberg Pokémon, Iron Pokémon

!!!Eon Pokémon

!!!Wish Pokémon

!!!DNA Pokémon

* {{Foil}}: To Magikarp and Gyarados. Gyarados is intimidating and vicious, Milotic is beautiful and serene. Gyarados is more offensively oriented, Milotic is more defensively oriented. [[ComMons Magikarp takes practically no effort to find]]; Feebas is intensely frustrating.

* MagikarpPower: Even if it's slightly more useful than Magikarp due to being able to learn [=TMs=] and egg moves, you aren't going to get anywhere with Feebas. [[LightningBruiser Milotic]], on the other hand...

* JokeCharacter: 70 stats all around, it's not going to do much. The embarrassing thing is that outside of stats, Castform has a fantastic movepool and an ability that lets it be flexible on many weather-focused teams. It might be played around with for a little while before being put back in the PC.

* TookALevelInBadass: Became the only user of the rare and powerful ability Protean outside the Greninja line in Gen VI. This effectively gives Kecleon STAB on '''everything''' and the ability to control its typing as it wishes, although it's still held back by mediocre stats in everything but Special Defense and an only passable physical attack, so it's unlikely to supplant Greninja as the most popular user of Protean any time soon.

%%* LivingToys: Ignoring the fact that they're Ghost type.

** Absol can be encountered on the upper levels of Mt. Coronet in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'' (which you first enter as you're trying to stop Cyrus from attempting to destroy and remake the universe) and in the next generation, it can be encountered on Unova Route 13 in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', which is near the Giant Chasm, which houses Kyurem and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 is attacked by Team Plasma 2 years later]]. In other words, Absol ''does'' appear at sites where disaster will appear, as the Dex stated. That it lives on mountains ties in to its ''Sapphire'' and ''Sun'' Pokédex entries, which state it tends to stay in the mountains most of the time.
** In ''X & Y'', Absol appears at Route 8. Doesn't sound like a case of foreshadowing, but this is the first route you enter in Coastal Kalos, where the Team Flare plot kicks off not long after, and is not too far from Geosenge Town, [[spoiler:where the Ultimate Weapon and Xerneas/Yveltal are located]].
** In the original ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' as well as their remakes, Absol first shows up on Route 120, right before Team Magma/Aqua steal their orb and summon Groudon/Kyogre.
** In ''Sun and Moon'', Absol is catchable in the Tapu Village, not long before [[spoiler:Team Skull kidnaps Lillie and Nebby for the Aether Foundation]]. Since Tapu Village is in ruins by the time you reach it, it is also likely that it appeared before the residents there to warn off the village's impending destruction.

A weak, little fish that evolves into a mighty serpent. Reminds you of Magikarp, right? It's actually pretty different. First, Feebas is exceptionally rare; [[ScrappyMechanic it can only be encountered in certain tiles in the Route 119 river (as well as one of the Mt. Coronet underground lakes)]]. Second, it is unique in that it is the only Pokémon that evolves with a contest stat, namely, Beauty [[note]]in games without contest statistics, Feebas can instead be evolved by holding a Prism Scale during trading[[/note]]. This makes both finding one and evolving one a daunting task, though as the Generations have gone by, Feebas has become much less frustrating to find and evolve.

* PuzzleBoss: Before you can battle it on Birth Island in ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' and ''Emerald'', you need to chase and interact with [[SinisterGeometry a moving black triangle]] in a specific way to make it emerge. One wrong move, and it resets the pattern.

Water-type Crayfish Pokémon that were apparently introduced from overseas. These feisty Pokémon are resourceful enough to thrive in any environment they're introduced to (as long as there's enough water). When Corphish evolves, it gains the Dark type and becomes viciously territorial and willing to challenge anyone, tossing out any other Pokémon in its area.

* CombatPragmatist: What would you expect from the "Ruffian" and "Rogue Pokémon"? Its Hidden Ability Adaptability boosts its Dark attacks even further.

* DishingOutDirt: Rock-type.

* DishingOutDirt: Part Rock-type.

* HealThyself: Milotic learns Recover via level-up.

* WolverineClaws: Zangoose possess these types of claws, ready to rip apart Seviper with.

* PlayingWithFire: It's a Fire-type that eats coal to fuel its internal flame.

%%* WolverineClaws: Zangoose.

* CommonplaceRare: Despite being the Hoenn region's answer to Magikarp, they're much, ''much'' rarer, often being harder to find in the Generations that they appear in. The saving grace is that they're extremely easy to catch once you do find them:

** ''Diamond'', ''Pearl'', and ''Platinum'' maintains the 50% chance of hooking up Feebas, though they're now found in the basement of Mt. Coronet. In ''4 tiles out of 528''. Even worse? The tiles now change every single day. And this wasn't rectified in ''Brilliant Diamond'' and ''Shining Pearl'', making them just as difficult to get there. The only other way is to walk with the Pok&eacutewalker... as a rare encounter in one of the routes, which is unlocked after acquiring the National Pok&eacutedex and holding 200,000 Watts. Have fun.

** ''Scarlet and Violet'''s ''Teal Mask'' DLC hide the fish in an out-of-the-way cavern in Oni Mountain, located in a slightly out-of-the-way pool inside. Feebas like to hide under the water for a bit as well, making them hard to detect as well. And unlike ''Sword and Shield, there's no catchable overworld Milotic this time [[note]]There is a mandatory fight against a wild Milotic in the DLC's campaign... but you're unable to catch it[[/note]]. Much like ''Sword and Shield'' though, they can spawn in Tera Raid Battles.

* PsychicPowers: They both learn Future Sight via level up, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration since they can predict earthquakes.]] Whiscash can get Zen Headbutt from the Move Relearner and Move Tutors. This is also reflected in their ability Anticipation, which allows them to sense if a foe has a Grass-type or self-destruction move.

* WeakAgainstMagic: Its Defense is only okay, but its Special Defense is abysmal.

* CommonplaceRare: Despite being the Hoenn region's answer to Feebas, they're much, ''much'' rarer, often being harder to find in generations that they're in. The saving grace is that they're extremely easy to catch once you do find them.
** ''Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'''s Feebas are only available in Route 119. Doesn't seem so bad, except they spawn in 6 tiles... out of the available 400. And they're randomly generated at the start of each playthrough. At the least, once you find the tile, it's a 50% chance of hooking them up with any rod. ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'' changes the spawn rate to 5%, though they can now be found on any of the tiles. Even better is that there is a hidden way to guarantee Feebas encounters, making them extremely easy to encounter. [[labelnote:How?]]Fish underneath the bridge in the route. Doing so will allow Feebas to spawn 100% of the time with ''any rod''.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Black'' & ''White'', as well as their sequels, is an outlier in that Feebas is actually fairly simple to obtain. Feebas is a post-game encounter via fishing on rippling tiles in Route 1, and it's a fairly common encounter. Even better is that Milotic, who you have to trade to evolve otherwise, can be found as well, though they're much rarer at a 5% chance.
** ''Sun'' & ''Moon'' makes Feebas an encounter in Brooklett Hill (after the trial's completion), though it's a 1% encounter. Fishing in bubbling spots increases the chances to... 5%. The ''Ultra'' games slightly rectified this by increasing the bubbling spot chance to 10%, but it won't lessen the amount of Magikarp, Goldeen, and Basculin you have to sift through to find the fish.
** ''Sword'' & ''Shield'' puts Feebas in Route 2, with a 1% encounter rate when fishing. The mitigating factor here is that Milotic is an overworld spawn, thus allowing access if you can catch it and breed it. The ''Isle of Armor'' DLC does put Feebas in Ballimere Lake, though its encounter rate is only slightly better at 5%. Thankfully, there's the option of catching them in Max Raid Battles.
** ''Scarlet'' & ''Violet'''s ''Teal Mask'' DLC hide the fish in an out-of-the-way cavern in Oni Mountain, located in a slightly out-of-the-way pool inside. Feebas like to hide under the water for a bit as well, making them hard to detect as well. And unlike ''Sword'' & ''Shield'', no overworld Milotic this time [[note]]There is a mandatory fight against a wild Milotic in the DLC's campaign... but you're unable to catch it[[/note]]. Much like ''Sword'' & ''Shield'' though, they can spawn in Tera Raid Battles.

* DevelopersForesight: Because Contests aren't in Generation V, ''X and Y'', or Generation VII, and neither is the ability to raise Condition, the Prism Scale was introduced in order to allow Feebas to evolve anyway. Conditions still exist but aren't visible, so Feebas with maximum Beauty, when transferred from earlier games, will still evolve upon level-up. This gives Feebas the interesting distinction of being the only Pokémon with two different ways of evolving into the same Pokémon.

* InformedAttribute: Several Pokédex entries describe it as having rainbow scales that change color based on the angle you view them. This has never been portrayed in the games or anime, they've always just kept Milotic with static colors instead.

* DishingOutDirt: A Rock-type based on the elusive coelacanth.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: They're based on the antlion, belong in the Bug Egg Group, and learn some Bug-type moves. Oddly, they’re not Bug-types - though one does show up on Aaron of the Sinnoh Elite Four's remake team in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl]]''.

* GlassCannon: Trapinch has a shockingly high Attack stat for an unevolved Pokémon, but its other stats are at the standard levels (read: not very good) and its speed is among the bottom three of the franchise.

* PurposelyOverpowered: Deoxys is tied with Primal Groudon and Mega Rayquaza for the fourth-highest unmodified Attack stat and tied with Primal Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza for the second-highest unmodified Special attack stat in its Attack Forme and has the second highest Speed stat in its Speed Forme. It's also banned from the Battle Facilities and most real life tournaments.

* SecretCharacter: Only available via special Nintendo events and cannot be obtained via normal gameplay. Averted in ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'', where it's the FinalBoss of the Delta Episode and can be caught in normal gameplay and is required to complete the Hoenn and National Pokédex. Despite this, Deoxys is still considered a Mythical Pokémon (a Deoxys captured in those games will have the "fateful encounter" text just like the rest).

** A Generation V event gave it [[StatusBuff Nasty Plot]], which doubles the user's Special Attack stat. Attack Forme has the second highest Special Attack in the franchise and a powerful move in Psycho Boost. Do the math.
*** Additionally it can also learn the move in normal gameplay via TR63 in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl]]''.

* WorldsStrongestMan: Up until Generation VI, Deoxys's Attack Forme had the highest Attack and Special Attack stat in the game. Only 3 Pokémon (Mega Mewtwo X, Mega Heracross and Kartana) has a higher Attack stat and only 1 Pokémon (Mega Mewtwo Y) has a higher Special Attack stat. And the former two and Mega Mewtwo Y cannot use a held item to boost their Attack/Special Attack even further, while Deoxys can.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: They're based on the antlion, belong in the Bug Egg Group, and learn some Bug-type moves. Oddly, they’re not Bug-types - though one does show up on Aaron of the Sinnoh Elite Four's remake team in BDSP.

* GlassCannon: Trapinch has shockingly high Attack for an unevolved Pokémon, but its other stats are at the standard levels (read: not very good), and its speed is among the bottom three of the franchise.

* DiskOneNuke: The shiny event Beldum[[note]]with its Mega Stone[[/note]] given from November 21, 2014, through January 14, 2015, is ''hilariously'' good. With its two [=STAB=] moves (Iron Head and Zen Headbutt), it can reliably sweep the first two gyms by itself. Many players also seem to resort to SaveScumming to get a good nature, and then Super Train it to make it even ''more'' powerful. As the cherry on top, it also knows Hold Back, which leaves the target at one HP instead of knocking it out, making it very useful for catching Pokémon thanks to its high Attack and defenses.

* PurposelyOverpowered: Deoxys is tied with Primal Groudon and Mega Rayquaza for the fourth-highest unmodified Attack stat in Attack Forme, and has the second highest Speed stat in Speed Forme. It's also banned from the Battle Facilities and most real life tournaments.

* SecretArt: Psycho Boost, an extraordinarily powerful Psychic attack the lowers the user's Special Attack by 2 stages each time it's used. Lugia also knows the move in ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' after purification.
* SecretCharacter: Only available via special Nintendo events and cannot be obtained via normal gameplay. Averted in ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'', where it's the FinalBoss of the Delta Episode and can be caught as normal, and is required to complete the Hoenn and National Pokédex. Despite this, Deoxys is still considered a Mythical Pokémon (a Deoxys captured in those games will have the "fateful encounter" text just like the rest).

* TemporaryOnlineContent: For a long time, it was only available via real life Nintendo events and would be unattainable after they were over outside of hacking. However, ''OR/AS'' ascends it to the spot of FinalBoss, allowing players to catch it normally (while also making it necessary to complete the Pokédex, unlike other Mythicals).

** An event gave it [[StatusBuff Nasty Plot]], which doubles the user's Special Attack stat. Attack Forme has the second highest Special Attack in the franchise and a powerful move in Psycho Boost. Do the math.

* VersionExclusiveContent: In Generation III, Deoxys's forme is based on what game it's currently in, with no way of changing it outside of trading. ''Ruby/Sapphire'' uses the Normal Forme, ''[=FireRed=]'' uses the Attack Forme, ''[=LeafGreen=]'' has the Defense Forme, and ''Emerald'' added the Speed Forme. Future gens would let any version access all four formes.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Up until Generation VI, Deoxys's Attack Forme had the highest Attack stat in the game. Only Mega Mewtwo X, Mega Heracross and Kartana beat it and the former two can't use a held item to boost their Attack even further.

* ActionBomb: Glalie can be taught Explosion by TM. Between Refrigerate giving Explosion same-type attack bonus points, as well as its 30% power boost to all moves that benefit from it (not to mention that unlike Normal, nothing is immune to Ice), Explosion used by Mega Glalie is sure to cause massive damage. In fact, it's the fourth-strongest single attack in the game[[note]]after Explosion from Lickilicky holding a Choice Band, Explosion from Silvally holding a Choice Band, and Explosion from Alolan Golem with Galvanize holding a Choice Band[[/note]] with a better offensive typing than the first three.

** Glalie's Pokédex entry in ''Ruby'' (and ''Omega Ruby'', for obvious reasons) states that its body is made of rock, which it hardens with an armor of ice. Guess what type it doesn't have, and is in fact ''weak'' against (and would still be weak against even if it ''did'' have it)?
** Some Dex entires also claim that Glalie's ice body will never melt, even with fire. You only get one guess as to what one of its primary weaknesses in the games is.

** Froslass can learn Destiny Bond, and she's also the third-fastest user of the move (only Mega Houndoom and Mega Gengar are faster), which is quite handy.

** Speed Forme is already the [[FastestThingAlive second fastest Pokémon]], yet you can teach it [[StatusBuff Agility]] to make it ''even faster''.

* WorldsStrongestMan: Up until Generation VI, Deoxys's Attack Forme had the highest Attack stat in the game. Only Mega Mewtwo X, Mega Heracross, and Kartana beat it, and the former two can't use a held item to boost their Attack even further.

* BlushSticker: Spoink sports a pair.

* {{Fartillery}}: Grumpig can learn Belch through move reminders.

* PigMan: Grumpig is a humanoid pig.

* MasterOfNone: Spinda's stats are all equal... and they all suck.

* MakingASplash: Water-type.

* ShownTheirWork: Much like the real coelacanth, Relicanth's body is filled with fat, do it can survive the crushing water pressure of their deep sea environment.

* GuideDangIt: No trainers in ''Ruby & Sapphire'' use a Chimecho. Combine that with how it only appears as a 2% encounter in off-the-road grass at the top of Mt Pyre, an area the player only has to visit once, and there is effectively no chance of learning it ''exists'', bar the gap in your Pokedex. The remakes amend this somewhat by adding one to a trainer team in Mossdeep Gym, at least allowing the player to be made aware of it.

* PandaingToTheAudience: Based on the qinling panda (a subspecies of the giant panda).