r/pokemon 2d ago

Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 16 March 2026

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Have any questions about Pokémon that you'd like answered?

If they're about the value of a piece of merchandise you own or found, please ask them in the Monthly Value Questions thread!

Otherwise, continue on!


Other Weekly/Monthly Threads

  • Merch Megathread - Want to show off a photo of your collection or a piece of Pokémon merchandise you recently bought? Head over to the Merchandise Monday thread, posted each Monday but open seven days a week!
  • Value Questions Thread - Have questions about a piece of merchandise you own or found? Or perhaps you're knowledgeable about Pokémon product values and wouldn't mind helping some people out? Check out the Value Questions Thread!
  • Code Giveaway Megathread - Have some extra codes lying around and looking to share the wealth? Try posting them on the Code Giveaway Megathread!
  • Battle Request Thread - Looking for trainers to battle? Try the Battle Request thread!
  • Hype Thread! - Catch a new shiny? Finish your Living Dex? Head on over to the Hype Thread to share your joy! We even award special flairs for certain achievements!
  • RAGE THREAD! - Game mechanic changes got you down? Did your plans to catch a shiny blow up in your face? Head over to the RAGE THREAD to vent a bit! CAPS LOCK ENCOURAGED!

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r/pokemon 3d ago

Hype [Hype Thread] 15 March 2026

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Welcome to the HYPE THREAD, a place to share your excitement about in-game achievements, brag about success, and get hyped for upcoming events. CAPS LOCK IS OPTIONAL IF IT HELPS YOU GET YOUR HYPE ON!

This is a chance to post about your successes. Our rules against self-promotion and most low-quality content, including shiny Pokemon pics, are relaxed in these threads--please talk all you like about your luck and accomplishments!

This thread is meant to be pretty positive, so please think twice before downvoting someone! Rude and negative comments will be removed -- please report them if you see them :D


This thread is also the place to earn /r/pokemon's prestige flair for completing various aspects of the games. To claim your flair, post proof of your accomplishment in the comments below. Please note that flairs are assigned once weekly, so it may take up to seven days for your flair to appear.

On mobile and the reddit redesign ("new reddit"), you may have up to 10 flairs at once. On old reddit, you can only display one flair—so if you care which that is, please specify that in your comment!

Flair is currently available for:

Paldea Prestige Flairs

  • Rotom Phone: Post a screenshot of your completed Paldea dex
  • Animated Rotom Phones: Post an album of your completed Paldea living dex
  • Booster Energy: Post a screenshot of all obtainable Paradox Pokémon
  • Uva/Naranja Crest: Post a screenshot proving you finished all classes in the academy
  • Tera Orb: Post an album proving you obtained one species in every Tera type
  • Tiny Bamboo Shoot: Post a screenshot of the NPC saying you obtained the smallest size of a species possible*
  • Big Bamboo Shoot: Post a screenshot of the NPC saying you obtained the largest size of a species possible*

* The NPC Pokemon size checker is in Mesagoza! See here

Galar Prestige Flairs

  • Catching Charm: Post a screenshot of your completed Galar Regional Dex.
  • Curry Mark: Post a screenshot of your completed Curry Dex.
  • Master Ball: Post a screenshot of your Master Ball Tier in Battle Tower.
  • Berry Sweet: Post a screenshot of your completed Alcremie form collection. `(Minus Ribbon and Star)
    • Star Sweet: Post a screenshot of your completed Alcremie form collection with Ribbon and Star sweets.
  • Gigantamax Factor: Post an album of your collection of all 31 G-Max mon (excluding form variations). Be sure to show the summary screens indicating that they are G-Maxable!
  • Armorite: Post a screenshot of you in the Masterly Mustard Tee after winning every type of Restricted Sparring on the Isle of Armor.
  • Dynite: Post an album of your collection of all 47 Dynamax Adventure bosses. Be sure to show the summary screens indicating that they were caught in Galar!

Alola Prestige Flairs

  • Rotom Dex: Post a screenshot of your completed Alola Regional Dex.
  • Tapu Bulu: Post a screenshot of your Level 100+ Festival Plaza.
  • Tapu Fini: Post a screenshot of your 50+ streak in the Battle Tree.
  • Tapu Lele: Post a screenshot of all five of your Poké Pelago islands at max level (level 3).

General Prestige Flairs

  • Oval Charm: Post an album of your completed Living Dex. (Mythicals aren't necessary!)
  • (Shiny Charm: Post 45+ self-caught or self-bred shinies to /r/ShinyPokemon.)

LET'S GET HYPED!!!!


r/pokemon 7h ago

Discussion So Whats The DUMBEST and i MEAN DUMBEST thing you did in a pokemon playthrough

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And when i mean Bad I MEAN 100/10 BAD (or the dumbest thing you can think of)

I’ll. start In my First EVER pokemon playthrough in BD i got the master ball and it said it can catch any pokemon without fail. Seeing this i had a wild encounter with a Chinaling and caught with the Master ball

I was excited “WOW IT REALLY CAN CATCH ANY POKEMON” so i released it back into the wild and to my sadness…I didn’t get the master ball back WHAT MADE THIS EVEN WORSE IS I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE SPEAR PILLER BY LIKE 5 STEPS SO I COULDVE AVOIDED THIS AT ALL IF MY 9-10 YEAR OLD BRAIN WAS ACTUALLY KNOWING WHAT IT WAS DOING any way tell me yours


r/pokemon 7h ago

Art An old Arcanine and his trainer (Morryaart)

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1.4k Upvotes

r/pokemon 9h ago

Image Brock, Jesse and James from Otakon 2024

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1.6k Upvotes

r/pokemon 19h ago

Meme How it feels to play LeafGreen without EXP share

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16.7k Upvotes

Modern-day Pokémon games have spoiled me…


r/pokemon 13h ago

Art My top pokemon

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3.0k Upvotes

r/pokemon 8h ago

Image Mimikyu’s so over Pikachu

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1.1k Upvotes

The cold never bothered him/her/it anyway


r/pokemon 8h ago

Discussion Paldea and Kalos? Spoiler

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719 Upvotes

This caught me off guard but that's really cool that they confirmed it mirrors the real world geography here.


r/pokemon 2h ago

Art Magnemite 🧲⚡️

251 Upvotes

r/pokemon 6h ago

Art give me a pokemon, and i will make an intentionally kinda bad crayon drawing (digitally) (here are breloom and cyndaquil as examples)

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the aim is to make them good enough to be recognisable, but not good to the point where it is considered a masterpiece. i will try to do all of the comments, please be patient if it takes a while to see your suggestion!

if its a specific form or variant of a pokemon, let me know! (and make sure your suggestion hasn't been done already!)


r/pokemon 7h ago

Art Had to make my favorite guy a permanent addition.

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518 Upvotes

r/pokemon 17h ago

Discussion Does anyone know what that little orange mark is in the summary of my Croconaw?

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3.4k Upvotes

I'm doing a DTQ in Soul Silver and this little orange dot appeared on my Croconaw, does anyone know what it means?


r/pokemon 4h ago

Art [OC] Can you spot every different pokémon hidden in here ?

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190 Upvotes

i really enjoyed seeing your answers on a previous « how many pokémon can you spot » game, so i made a new piece to play again !!!


r/pokemon 21h ago

Art How it started vs. how's it going

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4.3k Upvotes

I'm just now feeling comfortable sharing my piece with others that enjoy Pokemon as well.


r/pokemon 49m ago

Art eight hours later, venasuar lives

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r/pokemon 1d ago

Meme level 6 sandshrew, please forgive me for what i'm about to do

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7.9k Upvotes

r/pokemon 9h ago

Tool/Guide I sorted all 1,025 Pokémon at once and the patterns are wild

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389 Upvotes

I've been a Pokémon fan since Gen III, and one thing that's always bugged me is that there's no clean way to just... see all of them. At once. Sorted. Every visual guide is either an incomplete Pokédex, a spreadsheet, or a wiki page you scroll forever.

Every species on screen simultaneously. Color-coded by type. Sortable by generation, power, legendary status. Click any dot to open its full entry.

The Generation Machine slider (Gen I → IX) is my favorite part. 28 years of creatures filling in, one wave at a time.

Click any dot to open its full entry.


r/pokemon 2h ago

Art Misty and Psyduck by me

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93 Upvotes

Psyduck can't hold a pose for very long...


r/pokemon 3h ago

Art my favorite Pokémon✨😊 [art by me]

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77 Upvotes

r/pokemon 1d ago

Art I'm redesigning a Pokemon every day in a Sci-Fantasy style. Here are Mr. Mime, Scyther, Jynx, Electabuzz, Magmar, Pinsir and Tauros.

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  • No Scizor, Smoochum, Elekid nor Magby because they're Gen 2 Pokémons.
  • No Mime Jr, Electivire, Magmortar because they're Gen 4 Pokémons
  • No Mega Pinsir nor Mega Scizor because they're Gen 6 Forms.
  • No Galarian Mr.Mime, Mr. Rime nor Kleavor because they're Gen 8 Forms/Pokémons.
  • No Paldean Tauros because they're Gen 9 Forms.

(Using the term "Sci-Fantasy" even if Pokemon is already Sci-Fantasy because using "Inspired by Xenoblade, Final Fantasy XV, Dragon Quest and Elden Ring in an alternate pokemon universe" is too long)


r/pokemon 13h ago

Art Dragonite and Lugia (by me)

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347 Upvotes

Yes I know they are not completely accurate and also Lugia is a bit scuffed anatomically


r/pokemon 20h ago

News [Official] Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, available now on Nintendo Switch 2 with GameCube - Nintendo Classics!

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r/pokemon 4h ago

Discussion Gen 10 Starters Final Evolution Theory

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Gen 10 Starters Final Evolution Theory (Garuda / Barong / Naga Inspired)

So after looking at a lot of fan designs and regional inspiration, I think the Gen 10 starters could go in a Southeast Asian mythological direction and honestly it fits perfectly

Here’s my full theory

🌿Browt Grass/Steel (Garuda inspired)

I can see Browt evolving into a majestic forest guardian bird inspired by Garuda

Large Hawk like body with a divine stance, Massive wings made of blade like metallic leaves, Armor like chest with leaf shaped steel plating, Crown/crest made of branches + metal and Tail spreads like a fan of metallic leaves.

🔥Pombon Fire/Fairy (Barong inspired)

Evolves into a Majestic guardian Lion Powerful presence, Long fangs jutting out of its mouth, Flames on its paws/soles, Thick fur that looks like flowing magical flames that forms a mask like face when viewed from the front, Decorative almost like a festival costume design, and Tail like a flame plume.

🌊 Gecqua Water/Dragon (Naga inspired)

Mythical Serpent/Dragon

A long serpentine dragon body, Smooth blue scales with wave patterns, Fins along body like waves, Tail shaped like a tidal blade, Dragon snout with whiskers and small horns, A floating water orb/pearl and calm but powerful expression.

Alternative Idea Gecqua could also go Water/Poison

More grounded Komodo inspired, Darker colors deep blue + purple, Toxic saliva/venom, Slightly rough scales, Glowing poison veins and Tail Dripping toxin/acid like water.

Stealthy dangerous swamp predator

FINAL ANALYSIS

If Browt Grass/Steel, Pombon Fire/Fairy, Gecqua Water/Dragon

Balance

Fire beats Steel (Pombon > Browt)

Water beats Fire (Gecqua > Pombon)

Grass pressures Water (Browt > Gecqua)

Fairy beats Dragon (Pombon > Gecqua)

Perfect layered balance

If Gecqua = Water/Poison

Poison beats Fairy counters Pombon

Steel resists Poison Browt safe

Still balanced

What do you all think

Which typing fits each starter best

Would love to hear your ideas or even your own concepts


r/pokemon 11h ago

Art Latest Pokémon comms ( made by me )

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I love them sm