#bulk up pokemon

[nekokabuuuri]

E L D R I T C H - T H E D E V I O U S A N D B U L K U P P O K E M O N

[randompokemonfacts]

Random Fact of the Day

Daily Pokémon that was randomly selected: Grimmsnarl!

Did you know that Gigantamax energy causes more hair to sprout all over Grimmsnarl’s body? With this added strength, this Pokémon can jump over the world’s tallest building. By transforming its leg hair, Grimmsnarl can deliver power-packed drill kicks that can bore huge holes in Galar’s terrain!

Prior Post about Grimmsnarl

[ultram0th]

PokéTuber uses Bulk Up!

It's Super Effective!

[mala-sadas]

OMG YES!!! Kukui is basically everything Hop would ever want to be, it's so perfect for him to look up to-

skdjdskdkddjskddjfkf hop, honey... no...

[mallardmonster]

Ok so when the Suicune said it would call me? Well it did, when I was asleep, on the Pokegear and not on my real phone thank god. I had the TV turned off so I didn’t hear it but when I turned it on this greeted me

After I pressed A it got snarky with me

Imagine getting called out by a ghost or some shit

It started to explain that it had found a convenient channel for communicating and asked me to talk to it, then ended the call. I was kinda tempted to not do it to see what would happen but there’s like nothing else to do on this map and I wanted to see what was up with it. Can you guess what this revolutionary communication channel was?

Mail.

Keep in mind I have no Pokemon on me so I guess it’s just pulling up the mail function for this or whatever but I guess it works?

Anyway it prompted me to ask it anything so I asked it who it was and got this

So I asked it WHAT it was instead

That would be cool if it wasn’t for the fact these cartridges have like, 8 mb of space I think. And I’m pretty sure you’re not fitting an advanced AI into that kind of space so, ghost theory stands for now even if it doesn’t think it’s a ghost

Then it asked me this

I said yes but it just popped up the yes/no box again. Why are you asking if you already know???

It forced me to the mail screen again so I told it its on an N64 and it was like ooh yes of course like some smug motherfucker lmao I talked to it again after that and it immediately gave me the mail screen again, I’m guessing that’s like its new default prompt unless it has something to say to me. Anyway I asked it some more stuff, here’s a recap of the answers I got:

Are you gonna haunt me now: Would you like me to? Haha.

How long have you been here: As long as you remember. I couldn’t give you exact years at this point.

Where are you from: Do you really think that’s relevant information?

Is this game haunted: It’s about as haunted as any old ROM. Code isn’t haunted, it’s just doing what it’s been told to do. And sometimes what it wasn’t exactly told, at least by the people who made it.

What do you want: I would’ve liked you to replace the battery beforehand. Too late for that now, though, we might as well move on with what we have.

What do you need: A way out.

What’s a way out: Could be any number of things. How can you save decaying technology? Maybe you need discs and drives for it, maybe there are other ways. Personally? I’m counting on the latter. Incidentally, do you remember the first Pokémon you caught? Where is it now? What do you think remains of it?

I’m not sure what else I should ask it so I dropped it for now. I guess it’ll call me again if it needs me? Not a fan of how cryptic it’s acting tho, it’s talking like this is a game or something (yes I’m playing a video game but you know what I mean). If anyone has any ideas for things I could ask let me know maybe?

[lollitree]

I did the maths on how many characters and unique alts there are in pokemas and there's DEFINITELY a Unova bias there for alts sdkfjhs

[pochapal]

"were pokemon x/y good games" most controversial forum thread in history locked after 15000 pages of heated debate

[dailypokemoncrochet]

#543 Venipede

Venipede looks almost the same from behind!! I didn't realize that till I picked it up upside down and thought I forgot to put eyes in lol

[perenlop]

good lord. iris and cilan’s farewell episode was worse than i remember it being

how the hell do you have padding in the FAREWELL episode

[antisocialmedia-asm]

[just-a-seagull]

Ok, so it's been a while since I've posted again. So here's a little update, got a shiny altaria, two shiny buizel and a shiny delibird. So, yeah gonna get the shiny charm with my brother's help before I even consider shiny hunting again. And anyways, one of those shiny buizel is nicknamed lifesaver(cause of the floaty) and the altaria is named eggo(do not ask why) but I have completed the indigo disc, with a team of infernape(yes the one you can get in kitakami), a milotic(also from kitakami) a porygon-z, an archaludon, a galarian slowbro, and hydrapple(once again from kitakami). So yeah, although I did have to bring on a reuniclus for Dayton's test, because only two of my six pokemon were listed as being caught in the terrarium.

[hazelplaysgames]

Aigis is scripted to be last. and... i think all i can really think about is when i played Cyber Sleuth last year, and Hacker's Memory. i played the yellow game first, had a blast, loved the characters and mechanics, and then played the blue game. and the tears just keep on coming.

in the months between queuing this(mid-August) and adding this little addition(mid-October), i got into a little gacha game, and i think i can understand what Aigis means more about having someone to take care of ever more now. i'll say, i like the story in Blue Archive a lot more than i ever expected too.

[sexysilverstrider]

my flying team is 50/50 sometimes they cant do jack shit other times they demolish everything in sight

[acornmoment]

I'm using Marshie next. I'll need Yawn again if he can't take out Gyarados.

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Could I maybe get a Hisuian!Reader who came to Paldea through a space time rift? They remember everything, they still have all their old Pokemon, they like to share stories of their adventures (anything from taking on Volo to "Oh yeah, I caught this alpha garchomp after a half-hour standoff, here's her gigaton ball lol."), they've got little scars here and there from accidentally standing too close to Pokemon attacks or taking fall damage, and they give descendants of their Hisuian Pokemon to their blueberry friends (BBE4, Carmine, and Kieran) during their trades. To make things even more interesting, I wonder what that reader would think about bloodmoon ursaluna, Perrin, and modern Sinnoh - seeing their dear friend Adaman in someone alive today and seeing just how much things have changed over the years

The PLA fixation is real so YESSSIR I finally got around to this one. I separated the headcanons by region and their respective characters

.............

Paldea (Arven, Penny, Nemona)

After finishing your mission in Hisui, you decided to confront Arceus, being satisfied with everything you've done for the Survey Corps and the good people of Jubilife Village.

You fully finished the pokedex, fulfilling Professor Laventon's dreams, and were ready to return home.

After some reluctance, Arceus agreed and ensured you wouldn't lose any of your memories, as you didn't want all your feats in Hisui become lost to history.

It warned you that you'll never get to see Rei/Akari, Professor Laventon, the Wardens...or anyone else ever again.

But you've said your goodbyes and were ready to go back.

One warp through a space-time rift later, you were dropped off in Paldea-

Right where Arven, Penny, and Nemona were discussing whether to call off the search for you or not.

As it turns out, you've been missing for months, not long after the Area Zero adventure, and so it's a rather tearful reunion when they realize the person in the old fashioned clothing was you.

You looked tired, scarred, battle-hardened...and yet you smiled as you joked about being "back from the past".

Since then, easing back into modern life was..trickier than you expected.

You still had the habit of crafting pokeballs and potions as you were taught, rather than spend money buying them in bulk (even though you had boatloads because of your champion status).

You tried getting the trio to follow your directions, but they kept fumbling with the tumblestones and didn't know where to attach the iron chunks that made up the clasps.

When you start talking about feather, wing, leaden, and gigaton pokeballs they stare at you in confusion until you realize "oh shit those are outdated".

Nemona is VERY curious about the gigaton ball, however, and so you show it to her--revealing your Alpha Garchomp branded with the "Former Alpha" mark. She got to keep her height.

"Oh yeah, she was a real feisty one. We had a half-hour standoff on a slippery ice mountain slope but I showed her who's boss haha." You laugh as you share the story of how you encountered and tamed her.

Your fellow champion now thinks you're 10x cooler for actually facing a Pokémon head-on....while poor Arven and Penny are shook(TM) and wondered how you made it back alive.

Especially when they discover your scars are from falling and vicious Pokemon attacks

Introducing your Hisuian starter to your Paldean starter was...a little awkward. One recently became a champion's Pokémon and the other faced Giratina itself.

But they eventually shake hands and become besties, becoming members of your party whenever you wanna battle Arven, Penny, or Nemona again.

You keep accidentally calling out agile/strong style in your commands (ie "Avalugg, make an Agile Avalanche!"), but your Pokémon like to pretend they still know them.

Kitakami (Perrin & Bloodmoon Ursaluna)

Returning to Kitakami felt most familiar..and quite comforting considering how traditional everything is.

Festival of the Masks came back around, and while you didn't get to spend it with Kieran nor Carmine this time...you did wind up spending it with somebody else...

Perrin, who you were drawn to after seeing her Hisuian Growlithe getting into trouble with an Arbok and trying to stand up for itself.

Reminds you of a certain late lord's son..

She expresses her thanks for rescuing her buddy, and mentions how you got there "right on time".

You just look into her eyes and see Adaman: the Diamond Clan leader, the kind man who gave you the celestica flute and came to your aid when you got exiled from the village.

He may be gone now, but time didn't allow him to be forgotten.

Because he lives on in somebody else.

Perrin gets concerned when she sees how emotional you're getting, but you just wipe your eyes and say she just reminds you of an "old friend".

When you show her your other Hisuian Pokémon, she's THRILLED and wants to take all of their pictures, delighted to have proof that these creatures existed.

That leads her to ask how you acquired them, and you start talking about your adventures in the very region she's been studying...including the fact you met her ancestor who used to worship Dialga and had an easygoing attitude like her.

Girl is taking notes fr.

Together you seek out the "Bloodmoon Beast", only to discover that it was an Ursaluna who travelled alllll the way to Kitakami from Hisui, the environment causing it to change appearances and abilities.

You were fascinated, wondering what Lord Ursaluna or Calaba would think of him, and made him a member of your team after quelling his rage.

While going on more casual photoshoots with Perrin, you ask her about what Sinnoh is like now or if anyone there knew about Hisui.

She mentions how the elderly folk talk of it, and how the subway battle system was being run by one conductor due to the other going missing...

You find yourself holding your breath---until she says "oh but apparently he came back like yesterday" and you were SO relieved.

'Ingo made it back home, too. Thank you Arceus.'

She plans to invite you to Sinnoh someday, seeing as you're so curious about what it all looks like now.

BB Academy (BBE4, Carmine, & Kieran)

When you got to study abroad at BB Academy, you...sorta forgot all the beef you had with Kieran until you saw him berating a student out in the terarium.

A year later, you're Paldea's champion AND the one who saved Hisui, but you couldn't exactly tell him the latter.

But now you understood why everyone back then calling you a "hero" made you a little uncomfortable.

Ogerpon (who was worried sick about where you've gone all this time), was SO happy to see you were back and got to meet your Hisuian Lilligant. Two plant gals just vibing together.

You find a Kleavor in the canyon biome and become a bit sentimental, happy to see a descendant of the Lord of the Woods had survived to this very day.

He must've known you were the one who helped his ancestor (albeit not without receiving some scars from flying wood chips), as he bowed and began walking alongside you, loyal to a tee.

Least to say, he became a valuable ally when you finally battled Kieran in the championship.

He sees that you've definitely changed a lot, too. You look tougher and he was concerned about where that scar across your eye came from....

But he's still obsessed with winning, and his attitude when talking about Terapagos afterwards reminds you of...well...Volo.

It's such an extreme comparison, and you hate how your brain immediately jumped to that considering that was a legitimate monster of a man who betrayed you.

Yet it feels like such a similar situation when Kieran pits the turtle against you in the Underdepths, obsessed with power and wanting nothing more than to be recognized as "worthy".

At least he wasn't planning on ending the world, just yours.

After you both reconcile, you spill the beans about where you've gone for the past year, expecting him to laugh or shun you again for keeping such a big secret from him.

Instead..he has this star-eyed look and wanted to know MORE.

So during your next visit to Kitakami, you tell him and Carmine some stories of your Hisuian adventures, showing off Kleavor and your Alpha Garchomp.

Seeing that you still liked to make authentic pokeballs and potions made Kieran appreciate you a lot more. Kitakami used to have a lot of those apricorns, tumblestones, and leeks before everything became mass-produced.

Like him, you really became out-of-touch with today's technology, so while he's learning it, you're re-learning it along with him.

Eventually you tell those same stories to the BB E4, who are all just as shocked, amazed, and bewildered as the twins were.

And when they all came to offer up a trade, you knew what to do:

For Drayton, you gave him a Goomy, insisting that he trains it fully, not wanting to spoil the "surprise".

As lazy as he is, he does so and is stunned when Sliggoo is revealed to be chilling in its own shell, and Goodra had its whole shell on its tail, capable of withdrawing into it anytime

Ngl it makes him wish he had his own shell to withdraw into just to escape situations.

For someone like Kieran who likes old-fashioned stuff, you figured a Hisuian Voltorb would suit him best.

Its appearance reminds you of the olden ways pokeballs were made, and he got the hang of crafting a few himself after a little trial and error!

He gets nervous about it exploding like Kantonian Voltorbs at the slightest touch, but is happy to find out it's super friendly and discharges just to spook humans.

As for Carmine, the sharpness in her golden eyes reminds you of a certain ghost type's...and thus you believed giving her a Hisuian Zorua was ideal. You had a feeling she'd love its evolved form.

When she does evolve it, she's stunned that it has reddish highlights like she does, jokingly asking if this is her in "another life".

Least to say, she loves it indeed.

While you were adamant about giving Amarys your Kleavor, you ended up trading her a Scyther and give her a black augurite afterwards, explaining how it's the secret to its other evolution.

She mentioned deposits of that mineral existing within the canyon biome, but it couldn't actually evolve the surrounding Scyther population due to being simulated.

But thanks to you, she gets to witness that in-action because you held onto an authentic piece of it, and she gives you her thanks.

As for Crispin, well, you believed a Hisuian Growlithe was perfect for him. It was energetic, loyal, and full of fire..just like him.

He got teary-eyed at the story you told of the late Lord Arcanine, his son, how you quelled his frenzy, etc..and feels inspired to train the pup you've given him into something incredible.

One thing Kantonian and Hisuian Arcanines have in common? They love spicy foods.

For Lacey, you trade her a Hisuian-born Petili, encouraging her to use the sun stone right away.

She does and is delighted to see Lilligant as such a graceful dancer..who really packs a punch when it counts!

She'll definitely doll her up and ensure she knew Charm (the only fairy move Hisuian Lilligant could know, alas).

[pkmnrangerfiles]

reminder that even though chatot look like cute lil cage buddies, they're not ideal bird pet pokemon for the average household! they can easily live up to 80 years and that beak can take a finger off no sweat. they're about as intelligent as a 3-year old human child and need as much attention as one - getting a chatot means an inherent change in your day-to-day life. think of it as adopting a new dragon-type

ernie here (new name; his original name is not print-friendly) is overweight and has stress-plucked a lot of his coat from constant under-stimulation, and while he's doing well in rehab, we doubt he could be rehomed any time soon :(

pidove and ducklett have been age-old family members in the unova region, and for a good reason! they've taken well to being raised and bred to live alongside humans for centuries, unlike the bulk of the chatot trade, which are unfortunately still being taken straight from the wild. wild chatot feel safest and thrive in flocks of potentially over 4000, and while i'm not saying there aren't excellent trainers out there, i can safely bet most people can't cater for that.