History Characters / PokemonGenerationIXSprigatitoToEspathra

Said to be charcoal that came to life, Charcadet resembles a tiny knight and is willing to fight opponents stronger than itself. When exposed to the Auspicious Armor, it evolves into the Fire/Psychic type Armarouge, which is incredibly loyal and shoots fireballs out of its ArmCannon. When exposed to the Malicious Armor, it evolves into the Fire/Ghost type Ceruledge, which cuts its enemies to pieces without mercy.

A line of Poison/Normal types who use their poisonous saliva to mark their territories.

Bramblin is believed to be a soul that couldn't move on to the afterlife, and was blown across the desert until it became entangled with a tumbleweed and turned into a Pokémon. It evolves into Brambleghast, which uses its branches to absorb life energy from its prey.

* AlwaysAccurateAttack: It can learn Magical Leaf naturally, which never misses, can be taught Aura in Sphere by TM, and its signature move Flower Trick is also one.

* AlwaysAccurateAttack: It can learn Magical Leaf naturally, which never misses, can be taught Aura Sphere by TM, and its signature move Flower Trick is also one.

* FasterThanTheyLook: Bellibolt is quite rotund, usually rather sedate, but can be quite fast when it wants to be, as demonstrated by Iono getting bowled over by her excited Bellibolt in its reveal trailer. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation It doesn't get to take advantage of this trait during battles, however, as it only has a below average 45 speed.]]

* SquishyWizard: Kilowattrel has a high Special Attack and Speed stats, but poor Defenses.

* BizarreAlienLocomotion: Both Brambling and Brambleghast traverse the world entirely by rolling, typically first flipping their body to its side, using their branches like the spokes of a wheel. Their floating eyes at the same time reorient to be horizontal as they proceed on their way.

* CriticalStatusBuff: When Klawf is below half HP, its Anger Shell ability will boost its offensive stats and speed at the cost of lowering its defenses.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Its SecretArt, Spicy Extract, lowers the defense and increases the attack of its target by two stages. Turning another Pokémon into a physical GlassCannon is [[{{Pun}} a flavorful concept]], but the main game doesn't have many Double Battles where the attack boost can be used, and the two-stage defense drop is overshadowed by Screech, which reduces physical defense without having to worry about the victim being suddenly stronger.

* ThePowerOfTheSun: Scovillain is tailor-made to be the peak sun abuser. Its unique Grass/Fire typing gives it STAB on Solar Beam, which requires sun to be effective, as well as Fire moves that receive a 50% power boost in the sun. Chlorophyll doubles its speed in sun, it has access to the sun-empowered Growth to boost both attacking stats, and it has equally high attacking stats allowing it to run whatever kind of offensive set it wants in the sun. As a bonus, because of said Grass/Fire type, it can worry less about incoming sun-boosted Fire attacks since they deal neutral damage instead of being doubled.

* MagikarpPower: Flittle is weak even by early-game Pokémon standards; it has paper-thin defences and mainly learns physical moves even though its Special Attack is much higher. When it evolves into Espathra, its HP, special attack, and speed drastically increase.

* SuperSpeed: According to its ''Violet'' Dex entry, Espathra can run at speeds greater than 120 mph. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration This isn't just flavor text]], as its Hidden Ability is Speed Boost, which increases its speed at the end of every turn.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Once Floragato becomes Meowscarada the leaves around its neck have become a flowing cape and collar, the markings on its face has grown out to form a mask, and the dark fur on its feet have expanded and now look like thigh-high boots. The rest of its body is covered by just its normal light green fur though, giving it this look.

* PaletteSwap: Heavily downplayed; in their shiny forms, the entire line have purple eyes instead of red, and in Floragato and Meowscarda's cases, a purple bulb and a purple collar, respectively.

* ClimaxBoss: As is tradition, one of your rivals takes one of the starters you didn't take and uses it as their ace Pokémon throughout the game. Specifically, if you chose Sprigatito as your starter, then Nemona will use the Quaxly line in her battles with you (including as the final opponent of the Victory Road storyline). If you chose Fuecoco, then Clavell, taking a page from [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Professor Kukui]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Leon]], will use Quaxquaval as his ace Pokémon in his role as the penultimate opponent of the Starfall Street storyline while he gauges whether or not you're strong enough to take on Cassiopeia.

* SecretArt: Quaxquaval is the only Pokémon that can learn Aqua Step, which deals physical Water-type damage while also boosting the user's Speed.[[note]]Like Torch Song, it has 80 base power and 10 PP.[[/note]]

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Pure Bug-typed Pokémon that stand at 0.3 and 1 meters respectively.

* RecurringElement: Fulfills the role of the Pikaclone of Gen IX, being an Electric-type Mouse-like Pokémon with spots on its cheeks.

* MeaningfulName: Maushold's Japanese name Ikkanezumi literally means "family of mice".

* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Like Swirlix, Slurpuff, Milcery, and Alcremie, Fidiough and Dachsbun are Fairy-type Pokémon that look like confections.

** Although not the primary reference, Fidough is a few letters off from "Filo Dough" a type of dough used in Middle Eastern and Balkan pastries.

** Japanese: Pupimocchi mixes "Puppy" and "mochi", a popular Japanese rice confection. Bowtzel combines "Bow wow," the English Onomotopoeia for a dog's bark, with "Pretzel."

* LostInTranslation: Maushold's SecretArt, Population Bomb, suffers a double whammy of this. It's boosted by Sharpness because its Japanese name, Nezumizan, can be written to mean "Mouse Cut", and despite its English name said move is not affected by Bulletproof, which normally block bomb moves such as Seed Bomb and Syrup Bomb.

* RodentsOfUnusualSize: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as they're rather small, but a foot tall is still far above the average height for actual mice.

* WeakButSkilled: Maushold's offensive stats are below average at best, but Population Bomb has the potential to be one of the hardest-hitting attacks in the game, especially if it's paired up with Maushold's Hidden Ability, Technician.

* QuackingUp: Quaxly is a duckling with a teal pompadour-like crest and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]].

* BlessedWithSuck: Their Mycelium Might ability lets them ignore the opponent's ability with their status moves, letting them perform feats like putting a Pokémon with Vital Spirit to sleep, or setting Spikes against a foe with Magic Bounce. The catch? Not only do Pokemon with Vital Spirit or Insomnia not STAY asleep due to their abilitie's innate properties, it causes them to always go last when using these moves, [[ObviousRulePatch preventing Toedscruel from using its good base 100 speed to get the jump on foes with Spore]], and also hampering its role as a support Pokémon in general.