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National Dex #069- Bellsprout
The Flower Pokémon
JP: Madatsubomi
Type: Grass/Poison
Abilities: Chlorophyll, Gluttony(HA)
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A modern depiction of Bellsprout. Its body is very plantlike, with a thin stemlike body, wiry root legs, and wide leaf arms. It's head is a yellow bell shape with beady black eyes and round, donut-like lips in a pale pink. An older watercolor style depiction of Bellsprout. Its body is much more curved and plantlike with its arms much closer to its root legs.
August 30, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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National Dex #066- Machamp
The Superpower Pokémon
JP: Kairiky
Type: Fighting
Abilities: Guts, No Guard(Gen IV+), Steadfast(HA)
Alternate Forms: Gigantamax Machamp
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Machamp, a massive, muscular humanoids with a dominantly grey-colored body, light brown ridge crests atop its head, a yellow-colored mouth, sharp-looking reddish eyes with white sclera, and a trunks-like coloration on its hip and crotch area. Two of its most prominent features are its four muscular arms and the metallic-looking belt wrapped around its waist. Machamp in a retro, watercolor style menacingly lunging towards the 4th wall as if attacking.
June 17, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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National Dex #067- Machoke
The Superpower Pokémon
JP: Goriky
Type: Fighting 🥊
Abilities: Guts, No Guard(Gen IV+), Steadfast(HA)
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Machoke, a muscular reptile-like Pokémon with quite the muscular body, from its thick arms, massive chest, and shapely legs. Its head is visibly dinosaur-like with the long snout, fangs, and three distinct head plates. It has sharp, reddish eyes, human-like hands and feet, and a speedo-like marking on its groin area. It has a wrestler-style belt on with a gold buckle with a visible "P" on it. Older watercolor art of Machoke with much more stubby appendages and a much shorter snout. the arm protrusions are visibly squarish too.
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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National Dex #066- Machop
The Superpower Pokémon
JP: Wanriky
Type: Fighting 🥊
Abilities: Guts, No Guard(Gen IV+), Steadfast(HA)
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Modern art of Machop. A humanoid, child-sized dinosaur like creature with toeless feet, short legs, a thick tail, human fists, and three reptilian head plates. Its has wide, orange-red eyes a short snout with slit nostrils, and a lack of teeth. Its body is covered in grey skin and its head plates are a light, sandy brown. Older watercolor art of Machop with a much more dinosaur-looking appearance.
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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National Dex #065- Alakazam
The Psi Pokémon
JP: Foodin
Type: Psychic
Abilities: Synchronize, Inner Focus, Magic Guard(HA), Trace (Mega)
Alternate Forms: Mega Alakazam
Related items: Twisted Spoon
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Modern game art of Alakazam with its fox-like upside down pentagram head, sharp eyes, bushy dragon-like moustache, and mustard yellow body with three fingers and toes that each end in a white claw. It has dark brown upper body, shoulder, forearm, and knee armor. It also holds two silvery spoons. Older game art of Alakazam. Note how much bigger the head is to the body, which probably falls in line with some dex entries about how its brain continuously grows.
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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National Dex #064- Kadabra
The Psi Pokémon
JP: Yungerer
Type: Psychic
Abilities: Synchronize, Inner Focus, Magic Guard (HA)
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More modern game art of Kadabra doing a pretty nice looking pose raising its spoon in the air and giving you an intense sideye. From this angle, you can really see how massive the fox-like tail is relative to its tiny lower body and chunky upper body armor. You can also see the gradient of its moustache, and the segmentation of their limbs. Older art of Kadabra posing in a dynamic way. The spoon and its fingers are front and center while it hides a mot of its body. it has more of a reptilian vibe from this view.
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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National Dex #063- Abra
The Psi Pokémon
JP: Casey
Type: Psychic 👁️
Abilities: Synchronize, Inner Focus, Magic Guard(HA)
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Modern game art of Abra, with its signature golden shell and skin, brown "upper armor", beige snout and inner ears, and a single tail band in a similar color to their upper body. It has shoulder pads and both its ands and feet have three digits and a lot of their outer appendages look like armor. Once could say it looks fox-like, similar to a possim, or even and alien from a series like Dragonball. Older watercolor art of Abra. It's body looks much bigger in this illustration and it looks like its really fast asleep. Notice also there are less segments on its fingers.
September 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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National Dex #062- Poliwrath
The Tadpole Pokémon
JP: Nyorobon
Type: Water/Fighting 💧🥊
Abilities: Water Absorb, Damp, Swift Swim (HA)
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Modern game art of Poliwrath with its blue skin, angry eyes, mouth-like belly and thicker legs and arms. Its white glove-like hands now have separate fingers but it retains its evolutionary line's internal belly swirl. Older watercolor art of Poliwrath. This illustration gives him a greyish, kind of mottled skin color but everything seems to be retained even in the more modern depictions.
September 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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National Dex #061- Poliwhirl
The Tadpole Pokémon
JP: Nyorozo
Type: Water
Abilities: Water Absorb, Damp, Swift Swim (HA)
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Modern game art of Poliwhirl, featuring its blue body, signature white "mittens" and belly swirl wtih two nostril holes above, big shiny black eyes, and roundedfeet on thin legs. It's very frog-shaped, yet has a mascot-like quality to its overall design Older Poliwhirl game illustration with a much larger belly space. The color of its skin is alos a but more mottled and grey, but that could just be an effect of the watercolor style.
September 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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National Dex #060- Poliwag
The Tadpole Pokémon
JP: Nyoromo
Type: Water💧
Abilities: Water Absorb, Damp, Swift Swim (HA)
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Poliwag, a tadpole Pokémon which has developed enough to gain two, round, floppy legs. It has light indigo or deep blue skin with a white colored belly. Its two large eyes are black and shiny with white sclera, has round, puffy pink lips, and a long tail muscle with a white fin. There is a black-colored swirl in the middle. Older watercolor art of Poliwag with a much more spaced out expression and a greyer color scheme, possible just a muddier color from the art medium.
September 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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National Dex #059- Arcanine
The Legendary Pokémon
JP: Windie
Type: Fire (Kantonian)🔥, Fire/Rock (Hisuian)🔥🪨
Abilities: Intimidate, Flash Fire, Justified (Kanto HA), Rock Head (Hisui HA)
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Arcanine, a large quadrupedal canine Pokémon. Its muscular body is covered in bright orange fur with dark stripes on the legs, sides, and back. It has fluffy tan fur on its head, chest, tail, front elbows, and back ankles. Its sharp eyes peek between its muzzle and head fur with two, long diamond shaped ears popping beside them. it has two white fangs and three toes on all its four feet. Some retro watercolor art of Arcanine looking fierce and baring its fangs at some unseen foe.
August 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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National Dex #058- Growlithe
The Puppy/Scout Pokémon
JP: Gardie
Type: Fire (Kantonian)🔥, Fire/Rock (Hisuian)🔥🪨
Abilities: Intimidate, Flash Fire, Justified (Kanto HA), Rock Head (Hisui HA)
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Modern game art of Arcanine with its small, quadrupedal and round body in orange with with black stripes on its legs and back. Its has round ears, determined eyes, and a small coal-black nose. It has fluffy tan fur in a small tuft on top of its head, muzzle, chest, underbelly, and tail. Its back legs have 3 toes but its front legs only have two pointy white claws. Retro watercolor game art of Growlithe with a much squatter body, shorter legs, and a tinier head. The hair tuft and tail also seem smaller.
August 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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National Dex #057- Primeape
The Pig Monkey Pokémon
JP: Okorizaru
Type: Fighting 🥊
Abilities: Vital Spirit, Anger Point(Gen IV), Defiant(HA)
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Modern game art of Primeape with its round body covered in messy, light cream-colored fur, pig-like snout, cat-shaped ears, sharp eyes, and four fleshy brown arms and legs with only two toes and fingers (like socks and boxing gloves). Each limb inexplicably has black metal cuffs on both ankles and wrists. There is a near constant vein popping on one side of its head between one of its eyes and ears (usually the right side). Older watercolor art of Primeape with stubbier looking limbs. More older art of primape with much rounder looking toes and a much more boxing glove-like pair of hands. Anime illustration Primeape with a similar pose to the modern art.
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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National Dex #056- Mankey
The Pig Monkey Pokémon
JP: Mankey
Type: Fighting🥊
Abilities: Vital Spirit, Anger Point(Gen IV), Defiant(HA)
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Modern game art of Mankey, with a scruffy ball-shaped body, thin and long arms and legs, a skinny tail, sharp eyes, with orange-red irises, a light pink pig snout, and sharp ears. It's body is a light cream colored tone and the hands, legs, inner ear and tail tip are covered in a light brown color. Retro watercolor art of Mankey with its signature pose, readily spreading its arms and legs to pounce and attack. More retro art of mankey in a different pose. Its paws are oddly cat shaped and it has a bit of a bulb at the end of its tail tip similar to Mew. Mankey art for the anime that copies the original official game art pose.
August 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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National Dex #055- Golduck
The Duck Pokémon
JP: Golduck
Type: Water 💧
Abilities: Damp, Cloud Nine, Swift Swim(HA)
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The modern Golduck design with the sharp beak, sharp claws, a much more well-muscled body and an overall confident appearance. Its has cream-colored webbing between its feet and fingers, has a similarly colored beak, a dark blue over the entirety of its body, and a noticeable red shpere on its forehead. Its spiky head crest and long tail are something to note too. An anime illustration with a noticeable greener body color compared to the games. A retro watercolor illustration of Golduck with noticeable less body musculature and shape. Another retri watercolor illustration of Golduck, this time looking like its having a nice swim.
June 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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National Dex #054- Psyduck
The Duck Pokémon
JP: Koduck
Type: Water💧
Abilities: Damp, Cloud Nine, Swift Swim(HA)
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A modern illustration of Psyduck with its plump body, three-fingered hands and short arms, and a short but thick tail in its signature yellow color. It's bill and webbed feet are a cream-colored. Its eyes are wide white ovals with tiny, beady pupils. It has three distinct strands of black hair on its head. Dreamworld art of Psyduck looking towards us from their side. Retro watercolor style art of Psyduck. Not a lot has changed about its overall design. More retro art of Psyduck, this time sitting on the floor looking a little more upset than usual, probably because of a massive headache.
June 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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National Dex #053- Persian
The Classy Cat Pokémon
JP: Persian
Type: Normal(Kanto)⚪, Dark(Alola)😈
Alternate Forms: Alolan Persian
Abilities: Limber/Technician(Kanto), Fur Coat/Technician(Alola), Unnerve(HA Kanto), Rattled(HA Alola)
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Modern game art for Persian, a lithe predator feline with cream colored fur, sharp eyes, and a shiny round red gem on its forehead. It has two round ears lined with black, six thick whiskers, a small black nose, twin fangs, and tiny paw claws peeking out. It has a long tail that ends in a tight curl. Dreamworld art of Persian, sitting on its hind legs yet still looking menacing. Retro watercolor art of Persian looking like its moving forward carefully. More retro watercolor art of Persian doing a little sit, its tiny feet peeking out of its fur and thigh.
May 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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National Dex #052- Meowth
The Scratch Cat Pokémon
JP: Nyarth
Type: Normal(K.)🔘, Dark(A.)😈, Steel(G.)🔩
Alternate Forms: Alolan Meowth, Galarian Meowth, G-max Meowth
Abilities: Pickup/Technician(K.+A.), Unnerve(HA K.+G.), Rattled(HA A.), Pickup/Tough Claws(G.)
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Meowth is a cat Pokémon with cream body fur, pointy black ears, thin arms that end in puffy 3-fingered paws, and multiple thick whiskers around its cheeks and forehead. Its long feet and tail end in toasted brown fur, with golden, oblong-shaped coin (its most iconic detail) stuck to its forehead. Dream World Meowth art facing forward at you. A retro watercolor illustration of Meowth with visibly smaller eyes and a fatter, squatter body. Another retro watercolor Meowth with a completely different shape and visibly shorter legs.
May 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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National Dex #050- Diglett
The Mole Pokémon
JP: Digda
Type: Ground(Kanto)⛰️, Ground/Steel(Alola)⛰️🔩
Alternate Forms: Alolan Diglett
Abilities: Sand Veil, Arena Trap(Kanto)/Tangling Hair(Alola), Sand Force(HA)
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A modern illustration of Diglett, a brown, mound-shaped creature with two shiny oblong eyes, a single pink nose, and a ring of dirt obscuring the rest of its body underground. Dreamworld illustration of Diglett with chunkier lines. Retro watercolor Diglett illustration Another retro watercolor Diglett from a different angle.
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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National Dex #049- Venomoth
The Poison Moth Pokémon
JP: Morphon
Type: Bug/Poison 🪲☠️
Abilities: Shield Dust, Tinted Lens (Gen IV+), Wonder Skin (HA)
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Venomoth, a moth-like pokemon with a three-pronged head, large glass-like eyes with black pupils, and fang-shaped mandibles. The head and its spherical thorax have a similar violet color, while its fangs and legs have an off white tone. Its abdomen is oblong with zigzagging fuzz lines. Its wings are a lavender color with visible veins and small tails on the bottom pair. A retro watercolor illustration of Venomoth with a slightly more muddy-looking palette. An early anime model of Venomoth. A side view of the anime model, giving viewers a good look at its overall body side profile.
April 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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National Dex #048- Venonat
The Insect Pokémon
JP: Kongpang
Type: Bug/Poison 🪲☠️
Abilities: Compound Eyes, Tinted Lens (Gen IV+), Run Away (HA)
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Modern 2D of Venonat art. It has a round, fluffy, pompom-like body colored a nice, charming purple. Two white cotton bud-shaped antenna pop up near the top of its head between its two round, magenta-colored eyes. Each eye has an arrangement of darker colored dots across it, looking like pink strawberries or strainers. Close to the bottoms of its eyes is a small, shiny, round pink mouth which has two little white fangs on both sides. Further below the mouth are two, tiny, beige-colored, hands with three fingers. At the bottom of its puffball body, are two comically long feet with two tiny toes that look like a pair of beige tabi socks. A much older retro art of Venonat in watercolors. Its body much smaller, but everything else described in the first picture is pretty much the same. A front-facing retro illustration of Venonat also in watercolor, the dots in the eyes are visibly darker like the holes on a mic or on a mesh. the anime model of Venonat with oddly mismatched feet and hands that are a lot more flesh toned than in the game art.
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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National Dex #047- Parasect
The Mushroom Pokémon
JP: Paras
Type: Bug/Grass 🪲🍃
Abilities: Effect Spore, Dry Skin(Gen IV+), Damp(HA)
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Modern art of Parasect, with is peculiar smile, cloudy eyes, light reddish pink cap with oblong-shaped yellow spots, large pincers, and spider-like legs. Its body is visible underneath and looks flat while being a similar orange to its head, legs, and pincers. An older watercolor version illustration of Parasect with a smaller head and a much redder mushroom. Parasect watercolor drawing with a smaller body, no mouth, and a different angle of their claws. There's also leg segmentation. I guess this was supposed to show how mismatched the bodily growth was due to the mushroom taking over most of the nutrition? Anime Parasect with the silly chunky lines and a silly grin. the mushroom also seems to have a definite edge.
February 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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National Dex #046- Paras
The Mushroom Pokémon
JP: Paras
Type: Bug/Grass 🪲🍃
Abilities: Effect Spore, Dry Skin(Gen IV+), Damp(HA)
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Retro watercolor art of Paras from the older games. While it does have the glassy stare of a creature who is getting the life sucked out of it, and mandibles that look like tiny weapons, its kinda cute in its own way, like a weird Mario enemy. More retro art of a Paras springing into action, probably at the behest of its mushrooms. A more modern take on the lowly paras, the coloring seems softer and makes it look almost harmless. Anime drawn Paras looking extra chonky.
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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National Dex #045- Vileplume
The Flower Pokémon
JP: Ruffresia
Type: Grass/Poison 🍃☠️
Abilities: Chlorophyll, Effect Spore(HA)
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Dreamworld Vileplume art where it looks like its tipping its flower like a hat. Retro watercolor style Vileplume art. More watercolor Vileplume art with much darker colors. More modern depiction of Vileplume with its massive flower tipped diagonally to the side.
February 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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National Dex #044- Gloom
The Weed Pokémon
JP: Kusaihana
Type: Grass/Poison🍃☠️
Abilities: Chlorophyll, Stench(HA)
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Your typical Gloom, with its round, blueberry-colored body, stubby arms, and floppy lil feet. It's eyes are constantly, sleepily closed and its thick purple lips are always drooling with nectar. Atop its head is its crowning glory: four brown sphere-shaped buds with white speckles and curly, hair-like leaves that have wilted due to the growth of new plant parts. A more retro-looking art of Gloom with watercolors and a larger bud. There are brown pollen particles around it too. A much more lively retro water colored Gloom picture with more vibrant shades. Another lively Gloom, this time dreamworld art, with a smile on its face. It looks like it's rushing someplace in a hurry.
December 24, 2024 at 6:39 AM