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Frost
THE POWER IS ON!
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:29 am Posts: 1581 Location: Purple Ranger
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Basically, as the thread's title says, what Pokemon do you think is the most forgettable? And by "forgettable," I mean the one you can never remember until somebody randomly says its name and you're just kind of like, "Oh, yeah, that thing. I totally forgot it existed!" Not the one you hate or think is ugly.
Personally, I can recall every single Pokemon, but if I had to pick one that's completely forgettable, my choice would be Qwilfish. Qwilfish doesn't evolve from or into anything, doesn't have any particularly good stats, doesn't have a unique ability or typing, and doesn't learn any particularly worthwhile moves. (It does learn Spikes, but it's one of the rarest Spikers in the game.) And, being a pufferfish, it's not a particularly exciting design on an aesthetic level. That's not a good thing when 20% of the Pokedex is comprised of other, more memorable Water Pokemon.
Barely any in-game characters use one in the video games and few real-life players use one on Wi-Fi or shoddybattle. It's also one of those Pokemon that you need to go out of your way to actually get (e.g. it's a swarming Pokemon in G/S/C; it's not in R/S/E/LG; you can't get it in FR until the Sevii Islands; and it's a rare post-National Dex fishing Pokemon in D/P/P). It really hasn't had that many significant anime appearances, if any at all, and it hasn't had a lot of TCG cards. Basically, there really isn't anything about it that makes you go, "Damn, I really need to have a Qwilfish on my team!" I mean, hell, a lot of people don't even care enough to spell its name correctly. "Quilfish" anyone?
Now what are yours?
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Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:19 pm |
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Kurushel
Gym Leader
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:28 am Posts: 508
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The moment I saw this thread, I instantly thought "Sunflora. That's the one I ALWAYS forget about."
Pretty funny considering I like Sunkern. Sunkern are cute D:
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Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:22 pm |
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Frost
THE POWER IS ON!
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:29 am Posts: 1581 Location: Purple Ranger
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"FABULOUTH!"
Try forgetting Sunflora now, Kurushel! :O
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Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:43 pm |
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EvilPenguin
Gym Leader
Joined: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:46 am Posts: 1553
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stfu frost, qwilfish is adorable and awesome in every single way
i would say (after browsing the psydex for a while) that dewgong would be the winner if it werent for frost (lol actually going to seafoam islands until you wanted articuno), but because of that i have to say corphish and crawdaunt. Seriously, how hard are they to get. You have to use rods in obscure places to get them - petalburg, rt. 102, rt. 117 (albiet 117 has the breeding center), and celestic. Seriously, how many times have you said "Hm, I think I'll go fish next door to Cynthia's grandma, then maybe learn about the legends of sinnoh"? Hell, how many of you even knew there was water in celestic?
I dont count ash having a corphish in the anime as being notable because lol people watching the anime
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Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:56 pm |
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Krisp
Lite Four
Joined: Sun May 29, 2005 6:21 pm Posts: 3471
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Dammit Frost, you stole my idea, I was going to say Qwilfish.
Swalot is most forgettable to me. I scrolled through a list of Johto Pokemon and came to the conclusion that pretty much all of them are important (ones that stick out are Qwilfish, Stantler, Dunsparce). I proceeded to Hoenn, until I came to Swalot and Gulpin. I don't like a lot of Hoenn Pokemon, but this particular type of Pokemon doesn't even strike me as boring...just non existent. It's not frequently encountered in the games (no idea about the anime), isn't very useful, and is one of the worst types. What's even worse is when I was trying to imagine what it looked like, I just...couldn't. All I could remember was the "IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER" Swalot Flaming_Wuzzle had as his avatar a few years ago.
Haha, damn, I tried GOOGLING for that avatar and got this.
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child911
Pokemon Trainer
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:05 am Posts: 26
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I'd say dunsparce.
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:32 am |
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lordtomato
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:09 am Posts: 408 Location: In his imagination, imaginating things.
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I  Qwilfish. X(
For me, I'd say Stantler.
I mean, hwat?!?!? Tis a deer that hypnotizes. Very plain for a pokemon without any really super special characteristics. It's normal even for a pokemon. (haha)
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Dargad
Bug Catcher
Joined: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 21
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I'd have to say  .
 is reasonably cool, but I always forget that it comes from a pinecone... until I see Pineco and think "Oh, that's right. This thing exists..."
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:40 pm |
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lions song
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:04 pm Posts: 69 Location: TEAM ROCK-OUT.. er.. ROCKET HQ
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I say  . Doesn't have the unique typing of 'wrath, and the movepool is lacking for a water type. I've never actually trained one, just evolved a few for the Pokedex, in GSC and DP.
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:46 pm |
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Kurushel
Gym Leader
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:28 am Posts: 508
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Frost wrote: "FABULOUTH!"
Try forgetting Sunflora now, Kurushel! :O
Flamboyant 'flora...
First Fire/Grass type? :p
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:59 pm |
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Shade2075
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:45 pm Posts: 83
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Shuckle Personally have a strong hate relationship with this one but ever since my gold version died it was the last thing I thought of until running into one on emerald the other day.
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:20 pm |
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jirachiX
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:24 am Posts: 93 Location: *gone.*
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{rattata} always forgets about him...
Because I never visited Pallet Town ever.... flew there..
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sN0wBaLL
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Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:03 am Posts: 3827 Location: Singapore
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Alternative evolutions tend to be quite overlooked for me... Slowking, Politoed, just to name a few I can think of. Probably because I still have a preference for their other evolution. The appeal of Poliwrath, for instance, is its part Fighting typing which makes it more versatile compared to Politoed, which is just another generic Water type. Qwilfish strangely does appeal to me. I've used it once back for in-game play back in GSC, but not yet in the Advance Generation games.
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:31 am |
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Dyvius
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:35 am Posts: 85
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my most forgettable pokemon...
prob sunkern, i just can't keep that one in my head, it just does not click!
either that or Kingdra, they are impossible to get without FR and the scale, but you rarely see one in abttle either.
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:23 am |
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DarkMegaMan
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:39 pm Posts: 335 Location: Sitting on a chair
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Pineco, Fortress, Qwilfish, Politoed, Relicanth, Castform, and Sunkern.
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:26 am |
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Dyvius
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:35 am Posts: 85
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the guy posting right before makes good choices.
i just about agree with him.
But Relicanth's Battle Tower usage has broken his forgetful ness. Every fifth person has one and it always has Liechi Berry, Amnesia, Ancientpower, and Surf the last move is unknown, cause i KO it before then.
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Electrike!
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Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:29 pm Posts: 123 Location: What, you want directions or something?
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I always forget Masquerain. Also, I tend to forget not fully evolved Pokemon because I spend a lot of time with competitive battling.
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:08 pm |
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flygon tamer
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Joined: Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:20 pm Posts: 143 Location: Hiding in that dark corner of the room, waiting for you to drop your gaurd.
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Electrode.
I can remember every singe other pokemon(including voltorb) just fine, but damnit electrode, you just aren't memorable.
Edit:oh yeah, Jirachi too
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:33 pm |
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lawa001
Pokemon Trainer
Joined: Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:05 pm Posts: 31
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um...  (its very random)
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:06 pm |
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Kruggeikarp
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:15 pm Posts: 228 Location: Earth
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Octilery.
No body said octilery.
Know why?
Everyone forgot it.
It's the most forgettable ever.

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Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:28 pm |
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Dargad
Bug Catcher
Joined: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 21
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Kruggeikarp wrote: Octilery.
No body said octilery.
Know why?
Everyone forgot it.
It's the most forgettable ever.

Nobody named Magikarp. Does it mean we all forgot about Magikarp? Should we conclude that Magikarp is the most forgettable?

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Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:27 pm |
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ClawsonExperience
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:43 am Posts: 85 Location: Lancashire, England
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I'd say
Even though I adore Beldum and Metagross, Metang just always slips my mind. Same with
Gible and Garchomp are fine, just not Gabite.
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:40 am |
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Jebediah719
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Joined: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:03 pm Posts: 33
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Masquerain. I can never remember this one, probably because I would never use it.
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:26 pm |
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Cactuar
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Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:08 pm Posts: 636 Location: Getting Jirachi off wi-fi...100 times
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Heh... the one's I find forgettable are Ariados, Furret, and Lanturn. (All johto)
I think johto pokemon are forgotten because we don't have a 3/4 gen game for that, and the pokemon are sort of outclassed by the newer ones...
And we all remember magikarp because it's just plain terrible, but it actually holds the record for highest lv wild pokemon and it evolves into gyarados so it is remembered pretty well.
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:00 pm |
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Kruggeikarp
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:15 pm Posts: 228 Location: Earth
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Dargad wrote: Kruggeikarp wrote: Octilery.
No body said octilery.
Know why?
Everyone forgot it.
It's the most forgettable ever.

Nobody named Magikarp. Does it mean we all forgot about Magikarp? Should we conclude that Magikarp is the most forgettable?

Ho ho ho, anyone who got excited when they were handed an old rod and fished out the splash-happy result will never forget the infamous Magikarp. 
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