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#217
Pokémon Trivia: Mind-Blowing Facts & Secrets
What is up, guys! PokeStroke here back with another one. We are stepping away from the visual guessing games today and diving deep into some crazy Pokémon trivia. I had to fix a few things from the last one (shoutout to the community for keeping me in check and correcting my lore!), but we are still talking real-life origins, weird coding glitches, and hidden secrets you probably didn't know! As always, a massive shoutout to Nicotendo64—hope you and your boyfriend are doing great and your shiny hunts are absolutely glowing! Test your ultimate Pokémon IQ with this one. GL & HF!
Grid: 17×17
Clues: 15
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Pokémon Trivia: Mind-Blowing Facts & Secrets — Crossword #217 • Grid 17×17 • Clues 15 • Author: @PokeStroke
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- 3. This notorious villainous team's grunts actually hold whips in the original Pokémon Red and Green games to force Pokémon to battle, a detail completely removed from later versions and remakes
- 4. A girl standing outside Mt. Moon in the original Red and Blue games mentions a chunky, pink Pokémon with a floral pattern, foreshadowing this Generation 5 Psychic-type over a decade early
- 7. Before Pikachu became the global face of the franchise, this pink, moon-loving Pokémon was originally intended to be Ash's main starter and the ultimate series mascot
- 10. This Kanto Electric-type Gym Leader is famously referred to in the classic games as "The Lightning American"
- 12. This punching-focused Fighting-type was named in the English localization as a direct tribute to a legendary martial arts movie star
- 13. The famously useless move Splash is actually called "Hop" in Japanese, which perfectly explains why it can be legally used by non-water creatures like this floating pink weed Pokémon
- 14. Due to a specific math quirk in the Generation 3 coding, one in three female Azurill would unexpectedly change this biological trait when evolving into Marill
- 15. According to a very popular fan theory, the three types that are super effective against Psychic-type Pokémon—Dark, Ghost, and this creepy-crawly type—were chosen because they represent the most common human phobias
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- 1. In the classic Pokémon anime, this Rock-type Gym Leader is known for keeping his eyes completely closed almost all the time, a facial trait shared with Sabrina's signature Pokémon, Abra
- 2. The signature move of this mantis-like Bug/Flying type Pokémon, False Swipe, was mistranslated in some early localizations, leading kids to think it was actually a bug-type attack
- 5. Despite not having the stats or actual lore of a deity, this majestic Fire-type dog's official Pokédex category is literally "The Legendary Pokémon"
- 6. This item was originally meant to be a skateboard in the Generation 2 development beta before the creators decided to change it to something you pedal instead
- 8. According to Ken Sugimori, this Ground and Rock-type beast with a horn on its head was the very first Pokémon ever designed
- 9. When this tadpole Pokémon evolves into Poliwhirl, the distinctive swirl pattern on its belly completely reverses its direction
- 11. This iconic, heavy-sleeping Generation 1 Pokémon was actually physically modeled after real-life Game Freak planner Koji Nishino
