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* Zygarde is widely mocked due to the fact that, despite clearly being designed in the vein of similar "third legendaries" like Giratina, Rayquaza, and Kyurem, it never received a spotlight game or [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter any meaningful expansion on its original concept of a protector against natural disasters,]] with its new formes ended up being shunted into ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' as a plot-irrelevant CollectionSidequest. It doesn't help much that in its debut appearance, it was basically just a strictly worse Garchomp due to lacking its signature move and ability. The anime did reduce a bit of this status but it still sticks with it. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', more specifically in the Crown Tundra DLC, it took back a bit of ground since it becomes the hardest Dynamax Legendary to fight. Twelve years down the line, however, Zygarde ''finally'' shed this reputation with the announcement of ''Pokemon Legends Z-A'', giving it its long-overdue spotlight game at a time where most people were expecting a Unova remake--before long, people were reworking the old memes mocking Zygarde to be about its triumphant return to form.
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* Zygarde is widely mocked due to the fact that, despite clearly being designed in the vein of similar "third legendaries" like Giratina, Rayquaza, and Kyurem, it never received a spotlight game or [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter any meaningful expansion on its original concept of a protector against natural disasters,]] with its new formes forms ended up being shunted into ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' as a plot-irrelevant CollectionSidequest. It doesn't help much that in its debut appearance, it was basically just a strictly worse Garchomp due to lacking its signature move and ability. The anime did reduce a bit of this status but it still sticks with it. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', more specifically in the Crown Tundra DLC, it took back a bit of ground since it becomes the hardest Dynamax Legendary to fight. Twelve years down the line, however, Zygarde ''finally'' shed this reputation with the announcement of ''Pokemon Legends Z-A'', giving it its long-overdue spotlight game at a time where most people were expecting a Unova remake--before long, people were reworking the old memes mocking Zygarde to be about its triumphant return to form.
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** Crowned Zamazenta receives this treatment due to being designed as a defensive-oriented counterpart to Zacian, yet lacking the tools to excel in this role in Ubers, and at one point, being ranked lower than its Hero of Many Battles forme in the viability ranking[[note]]This is no longer case as its Hero forme has been unranked with its Crowned forme finding its niche as a Yveltal check after Zacian's banned to AG[[/note]]. To add insult to injury, Zamazenta received a {{nerf}} to both its stats and its Dauntless Shield ability despite being nowhere near as overwhelming as Zacian was, and Regidrago's Dragon's Maw remained intact but Regieleki's Transistor got {{nerf}}ed, showing that exceptions can be made but not for Zamazenta.
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** Crowned Zamazenta receives this treatment due to being designed as a defensive-oriented counterpart to Zacian, yet lacking the tools to excel in this role in Ubers, and at one point, being ranked lower than its Hero of Many Battles forme form in the viability ranking[[note]]This is no longer case as its Hero forme form has been unranked with its Crowned forme form finding its niche as a Yveltal check after Zacian's banned to AG[[/note]]. To add insult to injury, Zamazenta received a {{nerf}} to both its stats and its Dauntless Shield ability despite being nowhere near as overwhelming as Zacian was, and Regidrago's Dragon's Maw remained intact but Regieleki's Transistor got {{nerf}}ed, showing that exceptions can be made but not for Zamazenta.
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** Quite a few Pokémon start off as competitive mainstays or outright {{Game Breaker}}s, but due to PowerCreep or outright nerfs, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen start to tumble out of their once-lofty positions]], which invariably causes this. Tauros, for instance, was considered the scariest Pokémon outside of Mewtwo and Mew in the first generation, but the many axes taken to its stats, its Normal typing, and its main moves caused it to decline all the way to the ignominious tier of ZUBL in Gen IX (as in, it was banned from the lowest available tier and is nonviable in any higher tier). This creates a lot of jokes about them having peaked in high school, abruptly getting fired from their once-stable jobs, or getting clowned on by Pokémon they were once considered far superior to.
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** Quite a few Pokémon start off as competitive mainstays or outright {{Game Breaker}}s, but due to PowerCreep or outright nerfs, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen start to tumble out of their once-lofty positions]], which invariably causes this. Tauros, for instance, was considered the scariest Pokémon outside of Mewtwo and Mew in the first generation, but the many axes taken to its stats, its Normal typing, and its main moves caused it to decline all the way to the ignominious tier of ZUBL in Gen IX (as in, it was banned from ZU, the lowest available tier and is nonviable tier, in any higher tier).Gen IX. This creates a lot of jokes about them having peaked in high school, abruptly getting fired from their once-stable jobs, or getting clowned on by Pokémon they were once considered far superior to.
