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[nikoldragonne12]

Pokemon headcanons (part 1): Butch's Hitmontop and his height

Did anyone else notice how small Butch's Hitmontop is in comparism to other members of his species?

According to pokédex, Hitmontops should be 140 cm tall, although I think that's an error and correct height is most likely 100 - 110 cm, as no Hitmontop in the anime was taller than Ash (who's supposed to be 140 cm, as well.)

But while rewatching the anime (in Japanese dub), I noticed that this one Hitmontop is actually smaller than he should be.

In the following screenshot, you can see him standing next to Houndour whose height should be 80 cm. Because Houndour is a quadrupedal pokémon, we can assume its height is calculated at the withers. This would mean that Butch's Hitmontop is only 80 cm tall.

I also checked the Side Stories/Chronicles and again, this Hitmontop is still about the same height as Houndour (at the withers), which means it's not an error (as I thought at first).

Yet if you look at Hitmontops Chigusa and Bea own, you can clearly see how much bigger they are.

Chigusa's Hitmontop is probably around 100 or 110 cm tall - Bulbasaur should be 70 cm according to pokédex, although I believe it's more likely 60 cm (again, Ash's height wouldn't match), but if you try to use its height, Chigusa's Hitmontop is almost (but not completely) as tall as 2 Bulbasaurs.

Bea's Hitmontop is, in my opinion, as tall as Chigusa's: if we compare him to Hawlucha, we can see a smaller height gap. And the pokédex says that Hawlucha should be as tall as Houndour (meaning 80 cm).

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Based on how Ash's Noctowl eventually grew (it got bigger in Journeys), at first I thought that Butch's Hitmontop may also grow bigger, eventually, but then I got a different idea...

What if Ash's Noctowl was just a late-blooming, while Butch's Hitmontop has his height permanentely? Hear me out:

There are people among us who are either taller or shorter than what we consider average, so why couldn't apply this to pokémon?

Personally, I like to imagine Butch's Hitmontop being naturally abnormally small since hatching, when he was still Tyrogue. Think of it as if you are only 150 cm tall but the average height in your country is 165 cm.

Not gonna lie, the topic in this post actually ties well with my other headcanon I have planned for this specific pokémon.

Stay tuned if you wanna find out more!

And if you have any thoughts to this topic, feel free to share it in the comments.

[pokestudentjune]

Ooc post, my universe headcanons >:)

A little comment, but a lot of my headcanons honestly stem from @/prof-peach 's account, so feel free to check them out! Literally my biggest inspiration and I've been stalking her pokeon content for well over 5+ years before finally joining rotomblr!

Meat is eaten, but its lab grown. Eating actual pokemon is usually frowned upon in many developed areas, but is still practiced within less developed areas or for cultural reasons.

Speaking of meat, different regions and different towns specialize in developing different meat kinds, and is a prime source of economy. e.g. Unova is the only place that sustainably produces bouffalant meat, whilst other regions often use tauros, miltank, or even camerupt meat.

Grass pokemon are also eaten, but also not really. Theres actual vegetables to be grown and eaten, so not many people go out of their way to try and consume a live grass pokemon.

Its not uncommon for people to eat fruits, leaves, or other products produced by grass type pokemon, but people also eat unfertilized buds or undeveloped cuttings of some grass type pokemon. Plant abortion!

cont. below

Gym challenges are not equal to wild pokemon battles. Theyre of course still very valid ways to develop battling skills, and are not only targetted towards less experienced trainers, but they're within a controleld environment with opponents who are trained to not severely hurt the battler. Wild pokemon often attack with non restricted power and are more unpredictable, which is why its not easy for people who are frequent gym challengers to transition into a ranger position. Ranger life isn't for everyone!

Pokemon are animals, but also not really. All pokemon are sentient, but not all pokemon are versed in human life, and may never fully grasp it even when living amongst them. Trained pokemon pick up on human language over time, but wild pokemon don't always understand.

All pokemon can learn to understand the common human tongue, but not all can learn to speak it. Being able to communicate effectively to humans is often shown within more intelligent psychic type pokemon or pokemon known to exhibit psychic abilities, and even then this communication is through telepathy usually. Other extremely intelligent pokemon have been shown to communicate through typing/writing/drawings, and many people have taught their feline and canine pokemon communication through predetermined buttons.

Different breeds/variants outside of the regional ones exist. There are different breeds of pokemon frequently shown within more domesticated species such as felines, canines, bovines, and equines. Exampes include show bred delcatty to emphasize specific features such as fur length or height, or work-rapidash, bred to be bigger, heavier, and sturdier than your standard wild breed. (Just added this for fun morphology diversity!)

Grass types are probably the pokemon type with the most variants, as plant families are so big. Sometimes, this variation can affect typing as well. For exampe, a pokemon with an aquatic plant gene/variant has a higher chance of exhibiting a water typing. On the other hand, if a pokemon showcased a lily gene/variant, theres a chance that it will exhibit a poison typing, as lillies are generally toxic to people and other pokemon.

Sometimes wild pokemon will simply have slight appearance changes based on the environment they're living in, but not nearly as drastic as regional variants. Sometimes some butterfree exhibit slightly different patterns depending on the area they're found, but not always as drastic as vivillion.

Genetics are always weird though, there can be a bunch of different factors behind how and why a pokemon looks a specific way.

Various drastic size differences exist within pokemon. Pokemon can be very very tiny, and are usually unable to be caught by pokeballs for this reason. Its also morally looked down upon to use them in battle, these tiny guys belong to the environment and local ecosystem.

When it comes to crossbreeding/hybrids, when two different pokemon of the same egg group produce offpsring, there is a 90% chance the offspring will be born true, also known as whatever species the mother is. The offpsring may still exhibit some species traits from the father, such as slight color/tone difference, a particular type resistance, abilities/moves, fur/limb length, etc. Though this is still somewhat uncommon.

Sometimes though, that 10% kicks in, and the offspring appear to be roughly around a 40/50 split between father and mother, of course taking on the primary appearance/species of the mother. This can cause a drastic change in moveset, but also the typing. Sometimes the typing of the parents override's the standard pokemon's type, or the build of the pokemon simply cannot accomodate the usual standard typing.

[undrsk0re]

Hear me out,

Lillie having medical knowledge

[wildflowercryptid]

now that i've played the epilogue, i'm back on my gay shit.

[soulsilvers]

how grand oak's spore spreading (my only conclusion considering the name "grand" tbh...) looks as of 2025, now pictured with my headcanon looks for eveyone!

EDIT: it has come to my attention that i, the supposed oak family understander, have left out samson omfg mango do better <3

[parasolladyansy]

Where do Ansys pokemon stay when theyre not in her party?

In her Boxes, which is much more pleasant than one would think:

This is my HC of what it’s like for our Pokémon in Boxes - little artificial biomes where our Pokémon can live comfortably while we’re running around with our chosen teams of 6! ouo

I think a common confusion about Pokémon is that the Poké Ball isn’t what shrinks them down to “pocket size” - it’s the Pokémon themselves that have that ability (hence “Pocket Monsters”). Poké Balls are supposed to be comfy little homes for them as well - a good way to compare Balls to Boxes may be “apartments to buildings”, while Boxes to our Storage servers are like “buildings to complexes”. ^o^

Way back in the day Boxes were pretty simple spaces, but it got comfier with the invention of Wallpapers - I’ve always tried to match the Pokémon to a Box with a Wallpaper that would suit them best (& when I run out of room, I just change the Wallpaper of another Box lol).

⬆️ My most used Wallpapers of course, hehe

I also like the idea that Pokémon can go visit other Boxes, too - change of pace, visit a friend, etc. ^_^

So yeah! They just hang out in here most of the time, all nice & comfy. Most (caring) Trainers would check in on their friends regularly - for Ansy, it’s most times she opens her Boxes (which is often, especially since Boxes became portable). When they can, let them out to stretch. >u< Of course, if customs in certain Regions don’t allow certain Pokémon out, they’ll have to stay in their Box - can’t risk disrupting the Regional environment after all!

If you like this idea, feel free to use it! I like the idea of all of our Pokémon being happy while stored in Boxes 🩵

[pokemonblack3white3]

She watched them all grow up does anybody else ever think about that

[overchromatic]

Just curious but can you draw Kieran hanging out with Juliana and Florian?

I'm so sorry but the only dynamic i can imagine these three having is Juliana being stuck as the third wheel and wishing she wasn't there.

[gen4grl]

a nap in the sun

[thatssomegoodsoup]

hey!! if ur up for the request, could you plz do Arven x reader hcs? thanks!! :D

Sure!

Reader is 15-16!

Arven x Reader HCs

You two bake & cook together, and are the best chefs at Naranja/Uva Academy

You petsit Mabosstiff when Arven's busy

You two try to sit next to each other in class

^ I feel like y'all would pass notes to one another.

You help Arven with his homework.

After Arven learned the truth of what happened to his mom/dad in Area Zero, you consoled him.

When you two grow up, you two own a restaurant together

Arven gets flustered really easily

Nemona makes jokes about the two of you

95% of your dates are picnic dates

[then0rthernstar]

Dump!

I don’t have much stuff as of now but I have a doodle I did for Lance’s HC design and a edit + a doodle of my sona & sunflora.

I do have a question about Silver that I will reply eventually, because I want to do some doodles for it.

[3lsmp]

i think etho and oshawott would be cute..... or gem and serperior...... take your pick.......

littol beaver guy

[touloserrrr]

Pokemon LGBTQIA+ headcanons since we need more representation

The Brave Olivine Gang

Can I just say how silly of a protag Liko is?

cool hat

I am so proud of this silly for going outside in one of the last episodes I watched

He gives off the same bi vibes as Drayton

She’s gay and proud

This is what happens when you make Nurse Joy gay

He’s the cool gay uncle!! We basically got an entire episode about his divorce cos he and his ex-husband disagreed on the life choices their child (Alcremie) made😔 (ik that wasn’t the take away of the episode, but that summary is silly)

No labels, just the coolest man to exist

[wildflowercryptid]

how carmine finds out florian's got a thing for kieran

[smthleon]

NORMAN IS REDS FATHER THEORY.

i briefly spoke about how I saw Red & may as siblings before in old posts. but I felt like I needed to introduce this to the plate 2 show what goings on in my sick and twisted mind.

BUT IM CURIOUS, what do yall think..

(ignore how I forgot 2 mention hgss.)

[teriiblog]

Too embarrassed to post on my main art blog so it's going here. Hey guys this is my silly lil selfship/oc x canon w Kabu. Her name is Amarie she used to be a contest coordinator in Hoenn!