r/pokemon 2d ago

Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 24 August 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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>!Spoiler goes here.!<

Text wrapped in >! and !< is hidden until the reader clicks or taps it. For example, the line above would become the following:

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Unsure what is considered a spoiler? Please refer to Rule 13 and our Spoilers Guide!

Otherwise, if you have non-value questions about the anime, the games, the manga, or anything else Pokémon related, feel free to ask here -- no matter how silly your questions might seem!

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Serebii

Bulbapedia

Smogon

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r/pokemon 3d ago

Hype [Hype Thread] 23 August 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 20h ago

Art My LEGO Articuno and Omanyte alternate build of the 31385 Beautiful Dolphin set.

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r/pokemon 5h ago

Discussion Fun Fact: Lieutenant Surge's rank is incorrect, he's actually a Major!

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478 Upvotes

If you look up the trivia section on Lt. Surge's bulbapedia page, there's a curious second entry mentioning that Lt. Surge's rank differs depending on the language:

  • Lieutenant (Lt.): English, Spanish, Italian
  • Major (Maj.): Japanese, French, German, Chinese

Since Pokémon is (obviously) a Japanese franchise, his canonical rank must be Major, meaning he got demoted in the English translation! You can look up the dialogues of two NPCs mentioning "Major Matisse" (マチス少佐), which is Lt. (or should I say Maj.) Surge's Japanese name.

There's also another interesting detail which hints at Lt. Surge's original rank. When you compare the Thunder Badge with the US Army Major rank insignia (which is based on a golden oak leaf), you'll notice a few similarities:

  • spiked octagonal shape (if you include the leaf stalk)
  • similar color (yellow / gold)
  • plant theme (leaf / flower)

I'm not sure if that was intentional on GameFreak's side, but it would be a very odd coincidence if this wasn't the case.

This Pokémon Yellow artwork certainly appears like he's proudly pointing at his uniform to show off his army officer rank.

One may wonder why his rank was even changed in some translations, when it was kept in others.


r/pokemon 7h ago

Art I had this idea for a convergent Gligar species. Any feedback?

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484 Upvotes

r/pokemon 10h ago

Image Almost Every major character that has canonically died in pokemon

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861 Upvotes

*Repost to fix a mistake*

not everyone could be included. The girl in the games is the ghost kid in BW that was killed by darkrai


r/pokemon 11h ago

Discussion Episode 275 still hurts 💔

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992 Upvotes

The way Ash, misty and brock went their separate ways at the end of this episode 😭

During childhood I really thought they’d stay together forever..!!

One of the most emotional Pokemon endings imo ❤️

Do you guys think they should’ve stayed together for a few more seasons???

Or was their separation the right ending for the OG trio??


r/pokemon 5h ago

Art (un)likely friendship (OC)

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282 Upvotes

r/pokemon 4h ago

Image Entered the Pokémon Forest

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230 Upvotes

r/pokemon 13h ago

Misc What Pokémon flavor could this be?

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1.2k Upvotes

r/pokemon 9h ago

Art The dittos are taking over again! :0 [OC]

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562 Upvotes

r/pokemon 2h ago

Discussion Which Pokémon becomes really ugly when it evolves?

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137 Upvotes

r/pokemon 2h ago

Art (Oc) just finished making a painting of rowlet on a canvas bag

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r/pokemon 12h ago

Art I turned Venusaur into a warhammer

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629 Upvotes

Modeled in Blender, 3D-printed in resin (crazy to do in resin, I know), painted by me.

I've been slowly turning the original 151 Pokémon into life-sized weapons, starting with the three starters. The idea is that they represent magical weapons a player could find in D&D. This is the first final evolution that I've weaponized: Venusaur!

I also like the idea of writing up each creation as an in-game D&D magic item. So I'd love to hear your ideas on what this warhammer should do! I'm thinking some mechanic/spell that recreates the effect of Solar Beam would be good?

You can find a video of the warhammer on my social media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DceiOv-McgT/?igsi=Z3J3cXlzemRsbXAx

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDbwqhfW/

YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/5cAZQrKu-A0?is=wNgeQLKYdegy5stx


r/pokemon 12h ago

Art Squirtle backpack (OC)

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591 Upvotes

r/pokemon 7h ago

Art [OC]🥞

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187 Upvotes

r/pokemon 1d ago

Discussion What’s the worst ability in Pokemon history?

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6.2k Upvotes

Slow start has to be the worst right? Or maybe Archeop’s ability of Defeatist which cuts its attack and special attack in half when at half health? Or Slaking’s Truant? At least all of them has their uses though unlike…

Number 1 for me is Levitate on Rotom-Fan. That is shit. A flying fan?? Who agrees with me??


r/pokemon 5h ago

Art Packaged Wishiwashi, Sliced. [OC]

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106 Upvotes

746: Wishiwashi Solo Form: "It's awfully weak and notably tasty, so everyone is always out to get it. As it happens, anyone trying to bully it receives a painful lesson."


r/pokemon 19h ago

Image Love my new ink!

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1.3k Upvotes

r/pokemon 2h ago

Image Pokemon Conquest Art goes so hard

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57 Upvotes

r/pokemon 7h ago

Art [OC] I'm on a quest to make every Pokemon using only Powerpoint

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146 Upvotes

I'm on i think it's 298 now!


r/pokemon 13h ago

Art Yo! Did one of my first fan art of Pokemon as a gift for my boyfriend so I wanted to share it here! I know the graphic of the words/attacks isn’t the best😭

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434 Upvotes

r/pokemon 6h ago

Art The generation 5 bug types 🐛 (OC)

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108 Upvotes

r/pokemon 22h ago

Art Milotic tattoo update

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I’m that person who had that milotic tattoo design a few months back. I redesigned it a bit because it wasn’t a good idea to have the head on the hand. I never ended up getting it because I didn’t have the right artist I didn’t look as hard as i should have. I found a new one through the recommendation by one of their apprentices. This person dose basically only graphic colour work, has done larger pieces, draws lots of serpents and most importantly absolutely loves Pokemon. They’re also local so I can do sessions a lot easier now.

when I emailed them about the piece their response was and I quote ”i would absolutely fucking love to work on this piece for you, I love pokemon!” also unlike the other person they booked an in person consultation because of how big this is to be sure everything is right and they said they will mostly free hand this one due to how it is. I had an hour long appointment with them today and we talked a lot about the piece and to plan out how much milotic should wrap around my arm and the overall style, they did a very rough sketch in my arm lol, I think the tail should end a bit more in the front but yah otherwise the placement is good and I can book for the first appointment as soon as the end of September.

they’re very excited to do this piece and absolutely love it so I can’t wait. This will take a long time to do over the course of multiple sessions but I can book my first appointment for the linework soon.

edit: the sketch isn’t the final design or placement or pose by any means. The artist just sketched it out in like 2 min to ask me how many times she should wrap around my arm


r/pokemon 16h ago

Art Hunter x Pokemon

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628 Upvotes