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** ''[[https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Rectified_Anonymity Rectified Anonymity]]'' showed what would happen if an abusive trainer had a Gardevoir that's still loyal to it. The results are not pretty.

** Gardevoir looks feminine, but can be both genders. And its/"her" Pokedex entry suggests that it/"she" will always watch over its/"her" trainer, even if it meant endangering it/"herself." Acccording to Bulbapedia, Gardevoir wasn't intentionally designed to look female. It was supposed to be based on GuardianAngels. Many depictions of angels are supposed to be androgynous and even have male pronouns, yet modern depictions make them appear very feminine. Gardevoir's design reflects how exactly angels are often depicted in real life.

** Gardevoir looks feminine, but can be both genders. And its/"her" Pokedex entry suggests that it/"she" will always watch over its/"her" trainer, even if it meant endangering it/"herself." Acccording to Bulbapedia, Gardevoir wasn't intentionally designed to look female.

* The Whismur line has Soundproof as their main ability, despite having MakeMeWannaShout powers. However, it's possible that they scream so much that they [[NecessaryDrawback deafen themselves]]. Loudred's ''Sapphire'' entry even states that it goes temporarily deaf after shouting.

** Groudon is capable of learning Thunderbolt and Thunder. While lighting is generally more associated with storm clouds, it can also form in ash and debris clouds from volcanic eruptions, since all you need is a bunch of tiny particles rubbing against each other to create a charge.

** One its possible abilities is Super Luck, allowing it to crit more easily. Flavor-wise, the ability normally implies the Pokémon being BornLucky and thus more prone to getting lucky hits on opponents. However, Absol's precognition allows it to predict the opponent's movements and hit them where it hurts more easily, which makes it ''look like'' it's getting disproportionately lucky to the untrained eye.

** Hoenn having more water and surf routes than any other region and the amount of land and water more even than most other regions can be explained by Kyogre and Groudon fighting for dominance over the region.

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* Gardevoir looks feminine, but can be both genders. And its/"her" Pokedex entry suggests that it/"she" will always watch over its/"her" trainer, even if it meant endangering it/"herself." Acccording to Bulbapedia, Gardevoir wasn't intentionally designed to look female.
* Gardevoir has the misfortune of being named in the Japanese world as ''Sirknight''. You wouldn't call a feminine-looking Gardevoir as "Sir," nor do they have anything in their appearance (but maybe in their nature) that would suggest them as knightly. Fast forward three generations later with the introduction of the Fairy type, and Gardevoir is rehauled to be a dual Psychic/Fairy type. Fairies notably are the bane of the Dragons' existence, being strong against Dragons and immune to their attacks. Now, what is the specialty of knights in fiction? ''Slaying dragons''.
** Bonus points: Gardevoir, as a Psychic type, are weak to Dark types. When the Fairy type was introduced, Gardevoir gained ground against Dark types. Now what does this say about knights? Even if you use every trick in the book, every cheap shot you could hit him with, knights will ''eventually find a way to combat you and defeat you''. As for Fighting types? Well, one should learn that [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight bringing fists to a sword fight is very much not recommended]].
** And why is Gardevoir so protective of its trainer? Because when it's a much weaker Ralts, or even a Kirlia, its trainer would be protecting it. Once it becomes a more powerful Gardevoir, [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe it can finally protect the trainer who protected it]].

* Why did Milotic evolve using the Beauty stat at first? It's because "dry" Pokéblocks/Poffins promote the Beauty Stat, and those are preferred by Pokémon with a Modest nature. The Modest nature is valued among Special Attack specialists such as Milotic because it raises the Special Attack stat and reduces the Attack stat (which likely won't be used anyway). It's a nod by the developers that your efforts are better focused encouraging a Pokémon's strongest stat.

* Dark-types are usually cruel, but Absol warns people of disasters before they happen. The 'Dex says that since they were easy scapegoats for the disasters, people hunted them down. In order to protect themselves, they [[CombatPragmatist developed more vicious moves]], which is why they're Dark-typed. But they [[ChronicHeroSyndrome never dropped their old habits]].

* One of Absol's possible abilities is Super Luck, allowing it to crit more easily. Flavor-wise, the ability normally implies the Pokémon being BornLucky and thus more prone to getting lucky hits on opponents. However, Absol's precognition allows it to predict the opponent's movements and hit them where it hurts more easily, which makes it ''look like'' it's getting disproportionately lucky to the untrained eye.

* Kyogre has type advantage over Groudon, when they're supposed to be equals in strength... except they ''aren't'' supposed to be equals in strength: In their battle years ago, Kyogre created the ocean, while Groudon created the landmasses. Now, what is there more of on Earth's surface, continent or sea?

** Absol have a few Psychic-type moves in their natural learnsets, most notably Future Sight. Absol have the ability to sense oncoming disasters, which can be counted as precognition, a kind of psychic power. It learning these psychic moves in general, and Future Sight in particular, is a reflection of its natural psychic abilities.

** Furthermore, the Pokédex was created by ''humans''. Because people thought Absol was causing disasters instead of warning people of them, it was classified a Dark/Evil type.
*** ...Except that classification by type in natural (based on actual, obiectively common features) and not artifical (based on subjective features considered common by humans), as evidenced by all Pokemon of the same type sharing common strenghts and weaknesses (unless they're neutralised by an ability or secondary type). Absol isn't classified as a Dark type because humans consider it evil - [[ShapedLikeItself it's classified as a Dark type because it IS a Dark type.]]

* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife in action here. Combusken has been described on this site as somewhat... phallic, and it's kinda true. Combusken also happens to be a 3-foot-tall ''chicken'' that, like all starter Pokémon, is primarily male. In other words... [[StealthPun it's a giant cock]]. For bonus points, it learns Peck, making it... a pecker.

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