Line #11 EldritchAbomination/Pokemon


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6	''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is full of [[OurMonstersAreWeird weird and wonderful creatures]], ranging from [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter the cuddly]] to [[{{NightmareFuel/Pokemon}} the creepy]], [[EldritchAbomination but there are a few that stand head and shoulders above the rest]]:
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10	[[AC:AdorableAbomination]]
11	* Mew is a feline BadassAdorable who possesses on its genes the DNA of '''every Pokémon''', including legendaries, mythicals and presumably the Ultra Beasts too. This has led fans to believe that Mew is either A. Arceus' template for creating other mons B. Arceus' genetic codex C. The Pokémon of which every other mon has evolved from.
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13	[[AC:AngelicAbomination]]
14	* Arceus itself, who, despite being widely thought as the ''Pokémon'' equivalent of {{God}} (who has [[EldritchAbomination/MythologyAndReligion His own extensive entry]]) is actually closer to [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Azathoth]], considering it created the universe "with its 1000 arms" then went to sleep for a few billion years. ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' also suggests that the physical form we see in the games is just a tiny shard of Arceus's being, and that it is far more than that.
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16	[[AC:AnimalisticAbomination]]
17	* Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza are ancient, slumbering entities responsible for the environment, they're millions of years old, and when the former two are awoken, they start to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Expies of the Behemoth, Leviathan, and Ziz, who are cosmic horrors on their own, they may very well be Pokémon [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Great Old Ones to the Creation Trio's Outer Gods.]]
18	** In the ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishMaker'' movie, the villain Butler attempts to create a Groudon using Jirachi's wish-granting powers. The result is a [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Meta_Groudon bizarre tentacled horror]] that ''looks'' like Groudon, but it's pretty easy to tell it's ''not''. Whereas Groudon's arrival dries out the water and expands the continent, this thing absorbs people and pokemon using its tentacles while draining the life essence of everything around.
19	* Malamar is a Cthulhumanoid with mind controlling powers that can affect both humans and Pokémon, and uses them for their own control (which is implied have [[BeenThereShapedHistory affected multiple important events in Pokémon history]]) It's attacks involve [[ConfusionFu violating or ignoring the rules of physics]], and their designs are suposed to evoke Lovecraft vibes. You know they're creepy when they are continuously portrayed as being knowingly evil and sadistic(a trait normally reserved for legendary pokemon, mythical pokemon, or creepy pokedex entries).
20	** This is taken further in the anime, where a group of Malamar attempt to ''[[OmnicidalManiac use a flesh-eating virus to kill everything that isn't a Malamar]]''. When their plan fails, they escape by travelling to the future.
21	* The Aura trio, introduced in ''X and Y'', are all quite eldritch in their own ways:
22	** Xerneas is a magical deer-like fairy creature that spreads life everywhere. That sounds good but it literally spreads life like a plague, cursing everyone with [[WhoWantsToLiveForever inmortality]]. If you are a Marvel fan this may remind you of the Cancerverse, [[EldritchLocation a universe where death has ceased to be and life is consuming everything, including other realities]]. That's what would happen if Xerneas wasn't balanced by Yveltal. In the movie it acts on a BlueAndOrangeMorality and while not antagonistic, doesn't appear as friendly as you'd think a life angel should be.
23	** Yveltal is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Death. It looks like a [[GiantFlyer 20ft tall demonic vulture/bat with black veins all over]]. Also, when it dies, it turns into a cocoon and kills everything in the area by absorbing its life force, like some kind of twisted caricature of a phoenix. It's awakening also kills everything near it, an can turn whole forests and jungles into deserts. The worst part is that Yveltal needs to exist to keep Xerneas from cursing all existence, so one of the most threatening and demonic Pokémon is a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]].
24	** Zygarde is a [[TheWormThatWalks colony of semi-independent lifeforms that form together into different shapes]], which normally are spread out all over the region, [[GaiasVengeance only coming together to defend the ecosystem from threats.]] The individual parts of Zygarde resemble oversized single-celled organisms, most of which are not sentient except for a few cores that act as Zygarde's brains. When it has 10% of its cells merged, it looks like a dog, at 50% it looks like a giant snake, and at 100% it looks like a giant humanoid with four wings that have mouths on the ends. [[BenevolentMonsters Although despite its otherworldly biology, it is actually a very friendly creature.]]
25	* The Treasures of Ruin from ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' used to be valuable but mundane objects, gifted by an eastern merchant to an evil Paldean king. After years absorbing the king's negative feelings, the objects came to life and wrecked the castle in a single night, until they were stopped by a coallition of powerful Pokémon and mages and [[SealedEvilInACan trapped in chambers]]. They cause mayhem, destruction, and bad luck merely by existing, so unlike Absol, they ''are'' magnets for chaos. Their bodies are made of vegetal matter (Wo-Chien), snow (Chien-Pao), rocks and clay (Ting-Lu), and fire (Chi-Yu), and to add to their weirdness, [[NonStandardCharacterDesign they don't look like Pokémon at all, but rather mythical animals, which makes them look even more off,]] and the games even imply they [[DarkIsNotEvil aren't evil,]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil but intoxicated by negative emotions.]] [[ArtifactOfDoom Oh, and the real Pokémon are the ''objects'', not the animal.]]
26	** Wo-Chien represents the Taowu and looks like a snail made of leaves and mud with wooden tablets spiraling on its shell and is the AbstractApotheosis for resentment.
27	** Chien-Pao represents the Qiongqi and looks like a snow leopard with sword-fangs and is the AbstractApotheosis for hatred.
28	** Ting-Lu represents the Taotie and looks like a rocky deer with a bowl on its head and is the AbstractApotheosis for fear
29	** Chi-Yu represents the Hundun and looks like a fish made of fire that can levitate, has beads for eyes and is the AbstractApotheosis for envy.
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31	[[AC:BotanicalAbomination]]
32	* The Trevenant line is a line of {{Treants}} that have the [[WasOnceAMan spirit of a kid]] [[DeathOfAChild who died near a small log]] inside of them. While Phanthump is just a CreepyCute ghost with a wood helmet, Trevenant is [[GaiasRevenge the protector of Kalos' forests]], which it can [[GreenThumb control by using its roots as a nervous system to connect itself to trees.]] While protective of the resident Pokémon of the forest, it will violently attack any intruders, specially lumberjacks, who try to destroy the forest, by somehow both [[IAmAHumanitarian devouring]] [[LifeDrain them]] and [[AndIMustScream trapping them on the forest forever]].
33	--> [[GreenThumb It can control trees at will.]] [[GaiasVengeance It will trap people who harm the forest,]] [[AndIMustScream so they can never leave.]]
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36	[[AC:DigitalAbomination]]
37	* The Porygon line is a very odd one. In its debut generation, Porygon was stated to be the first artificial mon ever created [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness (although that was retconned later)]]. The line looks like digital models for bird creatures, but they're actually [[HardLight solid digital code]] that can change their typing by modifying themselves, or completely become ones and zeroes again to travel through {{Cyberspace}}. They're also TheNeedless, meaning they don’t require nourishment or rest, and [=Porygon2=] is stated to have a StarfishLanguage that only others of its kind can understand. Oh, and both can potentially travel through space, (and it's even implied that time travel is inside their capabilities too).
38	** If Porygon and [=Porygon2=] are uncanny in their own right, Porygon-Z is a perfect example of a DigitalAbomination. It evolves to this new weird form by holding a Dubious Disc, a not so subtle allegory for Internet piracy, and a flaw in this extra-official update has turned it into a glitching mess of a mon that is constantly twitching and phasing in and out of existence. And while Porygon and [=Porygon2=] are both theoretically able to travel to space but can't properly do so, Porygon-Z is a DimensionTraveller who can teleport from one dimension to another. Fittingly, while the Hisui entries for Porygon and its evolved form express curiosity and perplexion, Porygon-Z's expressess '''fear'''.
39	-->A curious item induced this evolution. The Pokémon's offensive capabilities have greatly increased, but the strangeness of its behavior has magnified in equal measure. This worries me.
40	* [[GlitchEntity Missingno.]] and its [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Glitch_Pokemon glitchy ilk]] are [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation popularly]] thought of as this by the fandom. They fracture reality by their very presence (music, graphics, and save data are twisted), possess bizarre dimensions ('M is 23 feet tall, and Missingno. itself is ''more than three thousand pounds''), and if exposed long enough, the protagonist's mind shatters entirely (the game crashes). As essentially junk data given form, to the player character they might as well be PrimordialChaos.
41	** [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Female_symbol The glitch Pokémon]] whose name is only represented as a female symbol gets a special mention. It has an endless cry that actually sounds like a bizarre twisted song, its base stats are second only to [[CrystalDragonJesus Arceus]], it looks like [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas]], and finally, it ''weighs 3 tons and is 80 feet tall''. This Pokémon is so eldritch that if sent to battle, even the battle menu will be covered by a black glitch screen.
42	** In a way, the Generation 1 glitch pokemon are the truest eldritch abominations in the franchise, and possibly in all of gaming. Many of them have unpronouncible names, and their appearance is usually completely incoherent. Say what you will about every other pokemon and most other creatures ever added to a game, but they were at least designed by a game designer to serve a narrative purpose. The glitch pokemon, meanwhile, are things genuinely not meant to exist, only attainable if you break outside the intended confines of reality, and who can actually damage the functions of the game itself.
43	** The Bad Egg, [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique which you can get]] [[NoFairCheating by cheating.]] [[TheVirus They can turn other Pokémon into Bad Eggs.]] They're actually ''playable.'' And when they hatch... all you see is an egg, and then the game freezes. [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Did the player]] GoMadFromTheRevelation?! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiohXNWjFwM This theory]] suggest they're actually ''[[CosmicEgg Arceus Eggs]]''!! who has his own entry above.
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45	[[AC:DraconicAbomination]]
46	* Dialga and Palkia, Arceus' first creations, are [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Space and Time personified]] as [[DraconicAbomination dragons]] (indeed, time started flowing with Dialga's creation), and their dominion over them is absolute. Their battle in ''Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai'' had so much power being thrown around that each of their attacks were damaging reality.
47	** Their Origin forms are even more powerful than their modern ones and appear like kirins with draconic and knightly influences, and are deliberately designed to be reminiscent of Arceus.
48	* Giratina, another one of Arceus' "children" is the AnthropomorphicPersonification for antimatter, looks like [[MixAndMatchCritters a chimera of a dragon, a centipede, a coral snake and a tarantula]], is able to [[HorrifyingTheHorror completely counteract both Dialga and Palkia]], lives in [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Distortion_World the Distortion World]] (A dimension [[EldritchLocation where time and space do not work like they should]]) and can travel to different universes and warp reality. There's ''a good reason'' why people compare it to Yog-Sothoth.
49	** Its Origin form looks like a demonic snake and ups the insectoid traits to make it look like a CosmicFlaw.
50	* [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Reshiram and Zekrom]] used to be a single entity that were split in two by the fight between the two founders of Unova. Their fight for ideals vs. truth destroyed the whole region. Not only do they operate under heavy BlueAndOrangeMorality, since it's even been suggested that they're respectively the AbstractApotheosis for truth and ideals, but their legends even subtly imply that they're alien. Reshiram looks like a [[DinosaursAreDragons feathered dinosaur with an]] [[AngelicAbomination angel motif]], while Zekrom looks vaguely inorganic. By the way, Zekrom's [[ShockAndAwe electric powers]] are so great that it caused [[BrownNote adjacent electric type mons to malfunction.]]
51	** And that's not even getting into Kyurem, [[NonHumanUndead what remains of the original union between Reshiram and Zekrom]], and it's the literal AbstractApotheosis for the wuji, or void. It's a [[UndeadAbomination withered dry husk]] with a vague [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyvern-like appearence]], but to repair itself it can [[FusionDance absorb one of the two tao dragons]] and become a technorganic being that repairs its missing body parts with ice, with some of the highest stats in the game, which I remind you are just two thirds of what they once were. If they somehow were able to absorb the other dragon, they would probably surpass even [[{{God}} Arceus!]]
52	* ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' introduces us to a monster that may top the Ultra Beasts and Necrozma in terms of wrongness, [[spoiler:Eternatus, the source of the Dynamax phenomenon and one of the most terrifyingly powerful Pokémon in the series. For one thing, it's ''gigantic'': its normal form alone is already longer than previous record-holder Wailord, and its Gigantamax (or rather, ''Eternamax'') form is an astounding '''328 feet''', dwarfing any other creature in the game. In terms of design, its base form resembles a skeletal dragon composed of what looks like crystals; as for its Eternamax form, it most closely resembles a serpentine UFO with an immense claw reaching down to attack the player. And then there's its role in the story: the entity fell to Earth inside a meteorite 20,000 years ago, and the mere action of it awakening triggered a phenomenon called the Darkest Day, where the sky turned black and Pokémon began to grow to massive sizes; it took the combined efforts of Zacian and Zamazenta to defeat it, and even then they could only [[SealedEvilInACan contain it]] ([[LeakingCanOfEvil mostly]]) inside the meteorite it originally landed in. In the present day, [[BigBad Chairman Rose]] semi-accidentally releases the thing in an attempt to solve Galar's future energy crisis, bringing about another Darkest Day and nearly destroying the entire region in the process.]] Bonus points for being one of the most classically Lovecraftian Pokémon in the series; it's not evil or malevolent, it's just something that absolutely, positively does not belong in this world, and is utterly ignorant of and apathetic towards the damage its presence causes.
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54	[[AC:GeneticAbomination]]
55	* Mewtwo is a human made case: A being made of Mew's DNA (Ergo, the DNA of hundreds of mons) who can channel enough psychic power to defeat legendaries and was for a long time seen as the most powerful legendary ever. Its [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Mega-Evolved forms]] are so powerful that they even upstage '''[[{{God}} Arceus Itself]]'''. And if the Berserker Gene from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' really is derived from Mewtwo, that means mere strands of its DNA are enough to drive any Pokémon ''[[PsychoSerum completely]] [[AxCrazy insane]].''
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57	[[AC:HumanoidAbomination]]
58	* While Gardevoir is generally depicted as being a gentle and motherly Pokémon, there is something about them that seems quite... off. For starters they are in the Amorphous egg group, meaning it was considered to more in common with Tynamo and Mismagius than Human-like mons like Hariyama or Gothitelle. Of course, it was later added to the Human-Like egg group,They also hold such psionic powers that they are able to casually bend the laws of gravity to move themselves and can see into the future. Furthermore, their [[RealityWarper reality bending abilities]] are so great that they can distort dimensions and create small black holes through sheer will. It seems the resident SelfFanservice mon is actually a HumanoidAbomination holding enough power to end planet Earth as we know it! [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu Of course, this may make her even more attractive to some...]]
59	* Deoxys is an extraterrestrial being which was born from the mutation of an alien virus. It can change its form and power at will, it appears as nothing short of a [[StarfishAliens Starfish Alien]], and its motives and nature are completely and utterly incomprehensible by humans. It somehow takes control of a meteor to travel to the Hoenn region for... ''whatever'' reason. Cozmo suspects it's not inherently malevolent, but that's all that can be said.
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61	[[AC:UndeadAbomination]]
62	* The [[Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu manga]] has the Black Fog, a demonic giant Haunter that has been using for centuries its Dream Eater to drain people's souls and attempts to kill the protagonists. Haunter is already a somewhat spooky pokemon, so imagine one that has lived for centuries, grown to an unnatural size, has historically been worshipped as a god, and is so powerful that a normal pokeball stands no chance against it.
63	* Banette has an origin so bizarre that it wouldn't be out of place in ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': It's born from the rage an abandoned doll feels when it is forgotten [[AluminumChristmasTrees (Which is derived from animism)]], and [[EmotionEater feeds on its grudge and hatred]] which it keeps on its interior. It can use that hatred to use itself as a voodoo doll and lay horrendous curses, and similarly to Gengar, it looks for it's previous owner.
64	** It's mega is even nastier: [[BrownNoteBeing Its rage is so big that it curses literally everything in the vicinity, including you.]]
65	* [[LethalJokeCharacter Shedinja]] is born when a Nincada evolves and leaves its exoskeleton behind. Somehow, that exoskeleton has life of its own. It's a hollow husk with dry eyes, wings made of ripped skin and a hole on its back. Said hole sucks the souls of those who stare at it and uses them to fuel Shedinja. [[OhCrap Now where does the player look when they are using Shedinja?]]
66	* Dusknoir is a vessel for the Spirit World, and has a connection to it through its antenna. It works as the GrimReaper of the Pokémon world, guiding souls to the Afterlife, although sometimes it accidentally KILLS living souls. Oh, and it feeds partially on them too. Even still, Dusknoir is probably one of the most [[BenevolentAbomination noble ghost types.]]
67	* Spiritomb looks like a misty swirl with a SlasherSmile and is a fusion of 108 souls [[SealedEvilInACan trapped inside a statue for 500 years due to some horrible deeds]] [[NoodleIncident that have never been specified.]] Unfortunately, its prison isn't perfect and [[LeakingCanOfEvil the result of the fleeing souls creates Spiritomb]]. Furthermore, the Ghost/Dark combo didn't have weaknesses until the Fairy type was added. It's worse in the anime, where anyone [[DemonicPossession possessed by one of Spiritomb's spirits]] will begin causing mischief and it further implies that over time they would have joined the HiveMind as well.
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69	[[AC:Others]]
70	* The adorable Pikachu imitator known as Mimikyu is clearly lovecraftian, as its true form underneath its Pikachu cloak is so horrifying that [[BrownNote seeing it can cause death from fright]]. Unlike some ghost types, it is unclear if it was ever alive in a different form. In the anime, Meowth of Team Rocket ''temporarily died'' as a result of seeing it, ''twice''. [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm When you get a glimpse at it, you only see a shadow with glowing eyes.]]
71	* Unown. While a JokeCharacter individually, they become a powerful reality-warping HiveMind in large enough groups. They live in another dimension, but often appear in inexplicable ancient ruins, and their very presence messes with your in-game radio, creating incredibly creepy radio transmissions. Oh, and Arceus uses them to make a new Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGold/SoulSilver]]''.
72	** Their Eldritch status is played up for all it's worth in the third Pokémon movie, ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} Spell of the Unown]]''. Unlike most of the other Pokémon seen in the series, which at least follow ''some'' sense of logic, the Unown seem to be... well, unknowable. Their motivations for doing what they do throughout the movie are all a big mystery from beginning to end, and that’s assuming they even ''have'' motivations for what they do. These are beings that have reality warping powers nearing that of Arceus itself, but unlike Arceus, they don’t appear to possess anything even resembling humanity, or even sapience.
73	** Unown's resemblance to written language, and the fact Arceus was able to create another Dialga/Palkia for you from Unown, seems to imply that Unown are the underlying source code ''that writes reality itself.''
74	** It’s possible that the Unown are the metaphorical “1,000 arms” of Arceus, as mentioned above.
75	* Darkrai is the living embodiment of nightmares and able to induce nightmares on hapless victims. Interestingly, the event where you can find Cresselia (Darkrai's "good dreams" counterpart) involves interacting with an [=NPC=] named Mr. Eldritch, whose son has fallen victims to Darkrai's endless nightmares. Its morality is also subject to flip-flops; in the mainline games it is depicted as a good-natured monster with a severe case of PowerIncontinence, and as such it lives under self-imposed exile to avoid wreaking havoc. In the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Mystery Dungeon: Explorers]]'' games, it is a textbook [[TheSociopath sociopath]] and an OmnicidalManiac that wants to plunge the world into an eternal nightmare. Its ''VideoGame/PokeparkWii'' self is instead [[WellIntentionedExtremist somewhere in between]].
76	* Hoopa is easily one of the most Eldritch Pokémon in existence. Its Confined form looks like a [[AdorableAbomination cute and ]][[OurImpsAreDifferent mischievous little imp]] that has rings that can be used as portals. Problem is, that's the [[SealedEvilInACan ''confined'' form]]. Hoopa Unbound is a six meter tall [[OurDjinnAreDifferent humanoid djinn]] [[BizarreAlienBiology with six floating arms and a black hole on its stomach.]] Now it has multiple rings that can use to [[RealityWarper bend dimensions and travel to other realms]], and the anime shows it can summon legendaries through it. Same anime also shows Hoopa Unbound giving a [[CurbStompBattle smackdown to]] [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Reshiram,]] [[DraconicAbomination Zekrom]] and [[WorldsStrongestMan Regigigas]], and it could only be stopped by an alliance between some of the most powerful legendary Pokémon.
77	* The Ultra Beasts from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', a group of mysterious and extremely dangerous beings who are a threat to humans and Pokémon alike. To signify that they simply don't ''belong'' in the world of the games, [[NonStandardCharacterDesign they look bizarre and abstract in comparison to everything else]] and, quite distressingly, several of them seem to [[TheBlank lack a face]]. To make matters worse, on the official website, they are ''not'' classified as Pokémon, despite the fact that this takes place in a world where ''every previous entry'' is considered a Pokémon. [[spoiler:It turns out they ''are'' Pokémon, but they come from different universes, which explains their bizarre characteristics. They can be caught, battled with, and befriended in Pokémon Refresh like any other. Another Pokémon "family" that's thought to also be Ultra Beasts are Cosmog and kin, since they can also create the same kind of wormholes to other worlds, and they also share the Ultra Beasts' trait of all of their base stats being prime numbers. In an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, normal PokéBalls have great difficulty with recognizing them as Pokémon at all, making it almost impossible to catch them without using the specially made Beast Balls, which, in turn, nearly can't catch normal Pokémon.]]
78	** Symbiont ([[spoiler:Nihilego]]) is a giant shape-shifting, emotionless jellyfish monster made of a glass like material whose movements resemble those of a young girl. It produces venom that can [[HatePlague cause insanity in people touched by it]], [[spoiler:which is what happened to the BigBad of ''Sun and Moon'', Lusamine. During the final battle, Lusamine [[FusionDance fuses with a Nihilego]], turning them into [[OneWingedAngel an even more eldritch form]]]]. And strangely, despite its jellyfish-like appearance, it is [[spoiler:a Rock/Poison type and can't even learn any Water-type moves]]. Its native environment is an EldritchLocation that resembles the dark depths of the ocean, except that it isn't underwater.
79	** Absorption ([[spoiler:Buzzwole]]) and Beauty ([[spoiler:Pheromosa]]) resemble [[InsectoidAliens sexy humanoid insects]], the former resembling a [[TestosteronePoisoning hilariously muscular and masculine]] mosquito, and the latter a [[NoodlePeople skeletal]] and feminine cockroach. These happen to be the ''least'' eldritch of the Ultra Beasts, since they at least resemble familiar animals, but they still are very weird in the context of Pokémon because [[NonStandardCharacterDesign their design seems to be in a different art style than most Pokémon]] and because sexy humanoid insects are [[OurMonstersAreWeird a very bizarre and rarely seen creature design]] even by the standards of most other works that have a lot of weird monsters. Absorption's native environment is a jungle with impossibly large, vaguely humanoid trees. Beauty's native environment is a desert with strange crystal rocks.
80	** Lighting ([[spoiler:Xurkitree]]) appears to be a living mass of electrical cables arranged in a vaguely humanoid shape, or possibly a Christmas tree. Unlike other AnimateInanimateObject Pokémon, it isn't cute, having a spiky head with [[TheBlank no face.]] And as the Ultra remakes reveal, [[spoiler:the ones you fight and catch are implied to be mere ''babies'', with the fully grown ones being the size of skyscrapers (making them theoretically among the largest Pokémon to exist), as its home world appears to be entirely covered in Xurkitree of varying sizes]].
81	** Blaster ([[spoiler:Celesteela]]) looks like a cross between a woman and a spacecraft, with giant rockets for arms [[FloatingLimbs that are not visibly connected to its body]]. It also is said to have plant-like biology, even though it looks almost nothing like a plant. [[spoiler:When you catch it, it turns out to be a Steel/Flying type, but it learns a lot of Grass-type moves and almost no Flying-type moves.]] Its native environment is an alien world covered in craters. [[spoiler:On top of that, we learn that apparently Celesteela grow out of the ground like bamboo.]]
82	** Blade ([[spoiler:Kartana]]) looks like a tiny swordsman made out of paper. Despite its small size, it is [[AbsurdlySharpBlade absurdly sharp. As in, sharp enough to cut through anything from solid gold to solid stone and beyond]]. Its behavior is also worth mention: it lives to slice whatever it can. As shown in the anime, Kartana's speech is actually backwards English and always the same phrase jumbled up. "Once again, I cut a worthless object." It goes around Alola repeating these words after slicing up whatever durable objects it finds and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking giving Furfrou brilliant haircuts]]. Its home dimension is a forest with a zen-garden attended by trainers who seem to revere the samurai Ultra Beast.
83	** Glutton ([[spoiler:Guzzlord]]), which provides the page image, is a demonic and draconic {{Cephalothorax}} with an enormous mouth and two tongues that [[TooManyMouths also have mouths on them]] and [[NestedMouths another mouth in the back of its main mouth]], and also a smaller head on top of its head with NoMouth. Like a black hole, it is a BigEater and an ExtremeOmnivore, and the entirety of the matter it consumes is converted to energy so it never poops. In the Ultra remakes, the player can find them in an [[AnotherDimension alternate dimension]] that appears to be [[spoiler:[[AfterTheEnd a post-apocalyptic]] [[AlternateUniverse version of Hau'oli City]] where the planet has mostly been evacuated. The only person you meet there says Guzzlord has been around since long before they were born, implying they're native to that universe, and that they tried bringing them to other worlds when they were evacuating Earth, but their massive appetites made it impossible.]]
84	** Adhesive ([[spoiler:Poipole]]) is a small alien creature with a large insectoid head with three horns on a tiny reptilian body. It evolves into Stinger ([[spoiler:Naganadel]]), which resembles a cross between a dragon and a wasp with three giant syringes for stingers, and [[BizarreAlienBiology houses its brain within its "abdomen" (instead of its head)]] which said stingers are directly connected to.
85	** Assembly ([[spoiler:Stakataka]]) looks like a walking brick tower with an eye on each brick. [[TheWormThatWalks Each brick is actually a separate lifeform, all 150 of them.]]
86	** Burst ([[spoiler:Blacephalon]]) resembles a MonsterClown with a [[NoMouth mouthless spherical head]] that [[LosingYourHead isn't connected to its body]] and that it is able to throw and [[YourHeadAsplode detonate like a grenade]] and [[GoodThingYouCanHeal regenerate]] at the cost of [[CastFromHitpoints half its health]].
87	** [[WordOfGod The creators of Pokémon said in an interview]] that they intentionally broke the regular rules of designing Pokémon when they were designing the Ultra Beasts. They have also said Ultra Beasts are based on the concept of invasive species. [[NonMaliciousMonster Invasive species are not evil]], but they are extremely destructive simply because they are in an place where they are not supposed to be and just doing what is natural for them to be doing.
88	* The humble Staryu and Starmie may qualify. They appear to be ordinary starfish, but it is implied that they may be alien beings of some sort.[[note]]In other words, [[{{Pun}} literal]] StarfishAliens.[[/note]] Despite not being object pokemon or legendary pokemon, they are genderless(Meaning they can't breathe with anyone but Ditto.) Their origin is unknown, and they are constantly broadcasting strange radio waves to parts unknown. Their mere presence is known to cause headaches in those who get near, and being psychic types, they have various powers relating to the mind.
89	* Necrozma is an alien being made out of black crystals that constantly fires lasers by focusing light through its body. Evidence suggests that it may be an Ultra Beast that arrived in the distant past, unlike the others, who only began appearing recently. It's also described as being an extremely vicious Pokémon that attacks its opponents without mercy. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', it can be randomly encountered at Ten Carat Hill: Farthest Hollow after the player has [[spoiler:captured all of the Ultra Beasts]], without any [[GuideDangIt clues or foreshadowing]] aside from a cryptic hint from Looker, making it also a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere. It also becomes the very first Pokémon to be the main villain of a main series Pokémon game (not counting the post-game). It wants to steal the world's light, bringing about TheNightThatNeverEnds, which it already has done to the [[AnotherDimension alternate world]] of the Ultra Megalopolis, so that [[spoiler:it can regain [[OneWingedAngel its true form, Ultra Necrozma,]]]]. It is also revealed that Necrozma is the source of [[spoiler:Z-Crystals and Totem Pokémon]].
90	** [[FromBadToWorse Even worse,]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', it is revealed to have the ability to [[FusionDance merge with]] either Solgaleo or Lunala to become Dusk Mane Necrozma or Dawn Wings Necrozma, respectively, which turns two Pokémon who already were borderline [[AnimalisticAbomination Animalistic Abominations]] into creatures of nightmare with distorted screams.
91	** [[spoiler: Oh, and once it has absorbed enough light it reveals its [[OneWingedAngel ''true'' form]]: Ultra Necrozma, a massive [[DraconicAbomination dragon]]/[[AngelicAbomination angel]] with four wings made of golden crystaline light that is hot enough to melt anything it touches and fires lasers at 18 miles of distance. That being said, it is described as a TorturedMonster because it is in perpetual pain which it can only soothe by stealing the world's light, driving it into a rampage. [[DefeatMeansFriendship But after it is defeated, it can still be caught and befriended by the player like any other wild Pokémon.]]]]
92	* The Pokémon movies have had a tendency to upgrade regular if strong mons [[AdaptationalAbomination into much more weird creatures.]]
93	** It was ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} Spell of the Unown]]'' that solidified Unown as a HiveMind [[MetaFiction metafictional]] group of entities.
94	** ''Anime/PokemonTheMovie2000'' depicts the Legendary Birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, who in the games are quite strong but nothing to marvel about, into avian servants of Lugia whose elemental powers can cause massive amounts of destruction and control the weather like Groudon or Kyogre.
95	** ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'' turns Celebi into one of these, strangely enough. Ironically, this is the same movie that gave Celebi its MemeticLoser status.
96	* ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'' has [[spoiler:the Bittercold, a non-sentient crystalline entity that embodies the negative feelings of all the Pokémon in the world and feeds upon said feelings to strengthen itself (which is a bit of a problem considering [[CrapsaccharineWorld the game's setting]])]]. Pokémon suffocate simply from being near it and it ends up growing powerful enough to threaten the world's very existence.
97	* ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'' has [[spoiler:Dark Matter, which, like the Bittercold, is an embodiment of negative emotions. It is able to possess Pokémon, create shapeshifting minions called Void Shadows, and steal the life force of Pokémon, [[TakenForGranite turning them to stone]]. Unlike the Bittercold, it is sapient and plans to steal all of the world's life force, then hurl it into the sun.]]
98	* The Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'' had [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Alto_Mare_entity.png this unnamed monster]] that Latios and Latias fought against in the backstory.

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