#kantonian ponyta

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Galarian Ponyta/Rapidash Fun Facts

Though lone Galarian rapidashes will often flee when confronted by humans, they become extremely aggressive when their foals are involved, and are prone to lashing out in a very dangerous way. This behavior likely developed in response to the ancient practice of hunting Galarian ponytas for their horns, which were said to have magical healing properties. Though this practice has been outlawed for centuries and is no longer commonplace, Galarian rapidashes are still fiercely protective of ponytas; for this reason, visitors to the Glimwood Tangle that hope to catch a member of the line are encouraged to seek out solitary specimens rather than scouting for herds.

Galarian ponytas are both capable of sensing the intentions of humans, and very wary of approaching anyone that is actively seeking them out-- another result, most likely, of Galar’s ancient horn-hunting practice. Because of this, it’s often said that they, paradoxically, can only be found by those that aren’t looking for them.

Galarian ponytas or rapidashes with Kantonian ancestry display unique coloration, with coarse manes that take on hues ranging from sparkling orange to magenta. This “sunset mane” is considered highly desirable by some due to its unique beauty, and has resulted in several breeding operations with a focus on breeding between the two subspecies. However, these crossbred equines often seem to lack STAB for one or even both of their types (or any type, for that matter), a common issue faced when crossbreeding different varieties of the same species-- making them inferior battlers when compared to their standard Galarian or Kantonian counterparts.

Though Kantonian rapidashes are capable of reaching higher galloping speeds, Galarian rapidashes are much more prolific jumpers, and at times seem to “glide” short distances when jumping-- a feat no doubt aided by the Psychic energy stored in their hair and feathered fetlocks!

The hair of the Galarian ponyta line can glow for weeks or even months after falling out, depending on the psychic power of the specimen in question. It’s not uncommon for trainers to turn any discarded locks of hair into temporary keychains due to their colorful, sparkling qualities.

Due to their relatively small size, emotional intelligence, and their ability to easily understand the needs of their trainer, Galarian ponytas make for absolutely stellar service animals-- as would Galarian rapidashes, if not for their significantly larger stature.

Like many Fairy-types, the Galarian ponyta line possesses a powerful sweet tooth! Though feeding them exclusively sweet foods is certainly not recommended, an occasional snack of fruits, berries, or even sugar cubes will easily pacify most foals. They’re also very partial to mint.

Galarian ponytas and rapidashes are known to greatly enjoy soft music of the classical variety. One recent viral video features a small herd of them approaching a harp player in the woods, the latter of whom remained totally unaware of their equine audience for the entire duration of the herd’s stay-- the performer in question apparently only noticed their presence when editing the footage the next day.

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[This is part of a larger poll! Pick your favorite, 1 Pokémon from each chain will advance to the bracket rounds!]

(yes regional variants are going to be part of the polls! Form changes sadly will not be. Variants will show up in their respective generations!)

[dsfreaks9900]

I was debating about sharing these, but might as well. These are the first fakemons that I made, around summer 2017 (No, the first one isn’t Shiny Kantonian Ponyta, even though it really looks like it though 😂). Their names are Gallofreeze, Frostomp, and Snowkey respectively. I made these Pokémon to debut in my first Pokémon fanfiction that I was making at the same time, and was raised by one of the main characters of that story. This was during a time period where my love for Ponyta and Rapidash REALLY started to take off, and I wanted to reflect that with a new, made-up Pokémon for my story.

Now, it’s been quite a long time since I’ve done anything for that story, so I don’t exactly remember all the details for them, but I do remember writing them to be incredibly powerful, so I decided to just consider them a pseudo-legend line. And I think they were Ice/Fairy type, too, with a made-up ability that was basically the freeze equivalent of Flame Body. I think I even made a signature move for them, too.

But now I should probably explain why all three of them look pretty much like glorified Shiny Kantonian Ponyta. Despite their manes being made of fire, the fire itself was actually meant to be cold. I first got this idea from Ultimate Big Chill from Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, where one of his attacks was spewing cold fire to freeze his target. At the time, I thought that it would be a neat idea to integrate that into a Pokémon, and while I still like the concept that I came up with 5 years ago, their designs, uh, kinda suck, which is why at some point I would love to redesign them. Oh, and in the story they could speak fluent human language just like Meowth from Team Rocket. And no, it was never explained in the story.

Pretty much ever since I took down my first fics a few weeks ago, I was thinking about these fakemons and want to redesign them as an attempt of bringing back my first fic, redone from scratch. I’m thinking about making a video going over the redesign, and showing the process of creating it, but I have no idea how I would be able to even do such a thing.

Funny enough, I was reminiscing about this last night with @flock-of-feral-plague-doctors, and I remember him making his own version of Gallofreeze and Snowkey. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen those designs, but I do remember liking them A LOT. Just thinking about all of this makes me feel nostalgic, but also cringe at the same time due to how crappy my first fic was. And yet, despite that, I feel like redesigning my first ever fakemons would be a nice way of bringing back something that I was once proud about, if that makes any sense at all.

I’m probably just blabbering nonsense at this point, but this has been something that I’ve wanted to share for so long, and I just didn’t know how to or even wanted to do so. Frankly, I’m surprised I didn’t do this sooner, but better late than never I guess. I’m sure that once I do sit down to do the redesign videos, more and more memories of these fakemons will flow back to me. The good ones especially.

[realpokemon]

anyone else have a weird ponyta girl in their class or was that just me

the thing that baffled me is that the kantonian ponyta girls were always like RABID at war with the galarian ponyta girls. like shouldnt you be on the same team

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[startistdoodles]

Random question: What's your opinion on the Ponyta evolution line and do you like the Kantonian forms or Galarian forms more? I'm more partial to them as the originals because their shinies are beautiful but that's just my bias :3 ~Strike anon~

I don’t really have any strong opinions about them since I’ve never used them on my teams xD But I do prefer the Galarian forms; the Kantonian ones kinda suffer from … First Gen Syndrome in my opinion ^^; I’m glad they revisited them 👍

[critterbitter]

(Shh, i know rental pokemon aren’t a thing in BW2, but counterpoint: i refuse to speedrun the nimbasa poke team. And also i REALLY want to draw galarian and kantonian ponyta.

I like to imagine rental pokemon are pokemon who sign a contract to competitive sports, and in return for their cooperation they get free exp, items, and even tms. Thinking about how pokemon mystery dungeon teams work, mmm.)

Black City my beloved! It’s a perfect place to hang if you love competitive pokemon battling.

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asking out of curiosity, but how common would each of these variants be?

(Link was being dumb, sorry…)

Hello!

The Purebred (Kantonian breed in this case) is the most common of this list and is found anywhere Rapidash and Ponyta is found (except for Galar where the Galarian breed is found instead).

The Vog is the least common, only being found in captivity. The only region where Wooloo and Dubwool are native alongside Ponyta and Rapidash is Galar. The Vog breed is born to a Kantonian mother, not a Galarian one.

Ion Storm isn't common, but it's not rare either. Neither of the parent pokemon are commonly found together in the wild but they are seen together occasionally.

Hanabi is a "spring" father exclusive and so the rarity changes depending on what region your in. In some regions, a sawsbuck/deerling's form changes depending on the time of year. In other regions, it depends on where it's found.

The Pahoehoe is common-ish? Mudsdales and Mudbrays are not typically found in the same environment in a region but have been known to mingle.

The Destrier breed is the second most common breed on this list. In some places, the Destrier breed may even be more common than the standard breed!

(///ooc: I found the post this art came from! Here's the post for those curious!)

-Prof. V. Maple.

[pokemonshelterstories]

I just moved from Kanto to Galar and. omg the Ponyta are so much cuter here. but I just wanted to know how their manes turned from fire to multicolored hair that feels like clouds.

it's the other way around, really. ponyta were in galar long before they were brought to kanto, where the presence of active volcanoes and a more mountainous environment made the evolution of fire-resistant genes and harder, more durable hooves advantageous.

there are some who theorize that deliberate crossbreeding with growlithe and arcanine are what eventually led to galarian ponyta mutating the fire type gene, which then suppressed its fairy type secondary typing upon evolution to rapidash! unfortunately, though, ancient records only depict the kantonian variant, so it's hard to say.

[masterqwertster]

Because it's been rolling around in my head for a while thanks to the Indigo Disk DLC release...

Bells Hells Pokémon Teams!

These are all vibe based, limited to the six Pokémon teams, and everyone gets at least one Legendary and Shiny. Some will be evolutionary lines because I could see them coming into the campaign unevolved.

Chetney

Stoutland- received as a Lillipup when Chet was a kid, this majestic old dog is his oldest companion. I think Stoutland speaks nicely to Chetney having a pretty normal life before he became a werewolf. Aslo, Chet can ride his Stoutland around, which is fun

Phantump- met as Chet trained in the Bramblewood, this spirit of a child in a tree stump/wood fell in love with Chetney's toy carving. Chet loves the joy this Pokémon feels with every project

Snover/Abamasnow- this tree Pokémon was caught during the Icelost years that Chet was present for in Tal'Dorei

Banette- Chetney is worried about his toycraft becoming obsolete, and this Pokémon is an abandoned toy. Also Chet talked about letting his grudges stew before werewolfdom

Lycanroc (Midnight Form, Shiny)- it's a Pokémon with something like the classical wolfman-werewolf shape, so werewolf vibes, baby! Caught after Chet got lycanthropy, shiny because it matches Chet's original color scheme

Zacian- look, it's a wolf that's set to shank a bitch. Tell me that doesn't vibe with Chetney

Orym

Sirfetch'd- Flying-type with a sword and shield, obviously meant for Mr Sword and Shield of the Air Ashari

Honedge/Doublade/Aegislash- Orym's memento of his husband that always travels with him is Will's sword, so the ghost sword(and later sword/shield combo) makes sense for Oym

Comfey- friendly cute flowers for Mr Druidcraft gifts

Pidgey/Pidgeotto/Pidgeot- the normal-est bird for the normal-est guy. Yet capable and more striking the further down the line they get

Appletun (Shiny)- got it in Byroden as a reminder to enjoy life and pie. Also, little guy solidarity. Shiny because green apple for Orym who wears green

Shaymin- more friendly flowers for Orym, and the Sky Form is a little fighter like him

Fearne

Darumaka- Fearne needs a fire monkey to mirror Little Mister and this is the round fire monkey shaped like the Little Mister plush

Braixen/Delphox- fire Pokémon with a bit of a witch aesthetic for the fire girl of the Witchy Bitches

Impidimp- a Fairy-type with a mischievous streak for our mischievous fey

Skiddo/Gogoat- for the goat-ness of being a faun and a little druidic Grass-type

Gloom/Vileplume (Shiny)- for Fearne's love of poisonous flowers. And shiny because it's green and orange, which are Fearne's colors

Moltres- a burning phoenix Pokémon that Fearne worries will take on the Galarian Form that her Bad Future Self had

Imogen

Mudsdale- workhorse for the farmgirl who loves horses

Ponyta (Galarian)- cute unicorn pony with Psychic typing (not Galarian Rapidash because I think it's ugly)

Blitzle/Zebstrika (Shiny)- the Electric-type "horse" (zebras are close, okay?) Pokémon for our storming electrical Horse Girl. And shiny because Zebstrika is purple when shiny

Hattrem/Hatterene- Imogen's witch Pokémon. It's Psychic-type and sensitive to emotions, making it sort of like her mindreading

Elgyem/Beheeyem- Psychic-type and kind of alien-ish and said to mess with people's heads, this Pokémon showed up to Imogen after her Exaltant powers awakened

Spectrier- Legendary horse that comes in Imogen's two colors: purple and red

Laudna

Rattata (Alolan)- to mirror Pâté. Potentially shiny as the deep red and black are Laudna's colors

Mimikyu (Shiny)- a broken doll-like Pokémon for a person who feels like a broken doll. And shiny makes it a pale black and white like Laudna

Mismagius- Laudna's witch Pokémon, and ghostly of course (Also collar gems like Delilah?)

Leavanny- a bit of a crafter Pokémon and protective of kids

Meowth (Galarian)- the Alolan Meowth and Kantonian Persian are the kind of Pokémon I could see noble ladies having, so Laudna decided to catch her own Meowth... and ended up with a scrungly Galarian one. But she loves them anyways

Marshadow- it's shadow theme matches Laudna's Shadow Sorcerery. And Laudna does spend time trying to copy the Ladies of Whitestone...

FCG

Togepi/Togetic/Togekiss- Pokémon that are about bestowing happiness, because that's all FCG wants for their friends. Possibly not enthused by Togekiss being so bird-like, while Togetic is definitely on the edge of comfortable

Happiny/Chansey/Blissey- classic Pokémon Center helper and healers line for the cleric

Porygon/Porygon 2/Porygon-Z- artificial Pokémon for the artificially made person. The bird-ish shape might weird FCG out a bit

Fidough/Dachsbund- obtained after they got their oven installed, this Pokémon helps FCG with his baking endeavors

Iron Thorns- secret Aeorian rage-mode Pokémon since Future Paradox Pokémon look like robots and Tyranitar, which Iron Thorns is based off of, is known for raging around (also reflects Ashton having a Tyranitar a bit)

Magearna- a man-made clockwork Legendary for the Aeormaton

Ashton

Golett/Golurk (Shiny)- a rock person Pokémon for an actual rock person. And they're also powered by mysterious energies. Probably Ashton's original Pokémon. Shiny for green glow lines

Tyranitar- acquired as a Larvitar in Bassuras and a point of pride to have fully evolved given the reputation of such a Pokémon in that city

Tinkaton- also caught in Bassuras as a Tinkatink. It's a Pokémon with a big hammer and the evolutionary line would probably be semi-common in the scrap heaps of Bassuras (Also the Corviknight hunting as a get rid of birds that FCG fears/hates)

Growlithe/Arcanine(Hisuian)- for Ashton's strong loyalties. Possibly acquired after attempting to absorb the Spark of Rau'shan for the Fire/Rock typing, or just had since a kid from Hishari

Cosmog- suddenly appeared after Ashton got galaxy-brained because it's a little galaxy guy from another (higher?) dimension. It's Ashton's innocent baby who doesn't know how to stay in the damn pokéball and not reveal his soft side

Regigigas- this is the big titan Pokémon, hauling continents and shit. Not to mention that the Slow Start ability reflects how Ashton had a titan shard for twenty years before they really got it to do anything spectacular

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[lovenpeace-pkmn]

A question for Galarians: What was it like when you found out Kantonian Ponyta are on fire?

[quillpokebiology]

Could we have mudbray facts? My uncle has a bunch of them and is training them to pull these old-timey buggies and herdics (small ones so they can be used to the feeling of pulling a cart when evolved) and I've been interested in adopting one from my uncle.

Mudbray Facts

(Art by Naoyo Kimura)

-The scientific name for Mudbray is “Equus lutulatus” which roughly translates to “Mud-bearing horse”

-Mudray are equines and their closest relatives are Zebstrika and Rapidash

-Mudbray are able to regurgitate mud, which they apply to their hooves so they can walk on terrain without slipping. Mudbray will also feed this regurgitated mud to their young

-Mudbray will also apply the mud to the rest of their bodies to cool off and to hide from predators

-They're incredibly social and live in herds. Having a lone Mudbray can be very bad, as they're more prone to anxiety and depression

-The most common Mudbray breed is the Hinny breed, and they have [Kantonian] Ponyta/Rapidash fathers

-Mudbray fur is known to have a very rough feeling and is hard to comb

-An important thing for Mudbray trainers to know is to never approach these pokemon from behind. This can startle them, and they will reflexively kick, which can launch you quite a distance

-Mudbray are able to walk just a couple hours after hatching

-Mudbray sleep standing up by locking their legs to hold them in place. This is called ‘stay apparatus’

-While Mudbray populations in thr wild are low, their numbers are slowly increasing due to added protection laws

-Uaing the mud they stick on their feet, Mudbray are able to climb straight up a mountain (not many prefer to climb this way, but they can)

[ranger-rai]

Any interesting facts about Galarian Ponyta? I love them so much!

Hmmmm let's see.

I feel like I've both talked a lot about them and not at all.

I know a thing or two from Kantonian Ponyta because they were a big part of our "Fire Type Restoration" plan a few years ago here in sinnoh.

If you didn't know, sinnoh used to be severely lacking in Fire Types, causing an imbalance in our ecosystem, but when I was brought on, this became one of our first big missions to do.

Ponyta are some of the fastest land pokemon around, naturally outpaced by Rapidash.

Their Galarian counterparts are actually significantly slower but are actually more powerful.

When I say powerful, I mean they have a lot of stored powers, which in a one on one battle of power, the galarian forms would actually be more likely to win.

But in physical strength, Kantonian is much stronger.

It's actually said that Kantonian Ponyta and Rapidash are able to determine worthy trainers and can choose not to burn them when they ride.

Their Galarian versions have a method of this, as they can actually sense the desires, strength, kindness, basically worthiness of a trainer, and pull it out, truly judging someone.

If a Galarian Rapidash chooses a trainer, it means they judged you worthy and will trust you with their lives.

They also expect you to do the same.

These pokemon are incredibly noble, and it's very amazing to see the bonds they forge.