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Sceptile (Pokémon)

2015-02-03T17:24:27Z

CTBMC: /* Trivia */ A bit off-topic, but a true fact.

{{PokémonPrevNextHead | species=Sceptile | type=grass | prevnum=253 | nextnum=255 | prev=Grovyle | next=Torchic }}
{{Pokémon Infobox |
name=Sceptile |
jname=ジュカイン |
tmname=Jukain |
forme=2 |
mega=Sceptilite|
ndex=254 |
hdex=003 |
fbrow=131 |
abrow=243 |
obrow=144 |
opbrow=035 |
typebox=2 |
type1=Grass |
form2type1=Grass |
form2type2=Dragon |
species=Forest |
height-ftin=5'07" |
height-ftin2=6'3" |
height-m=1.7 |
height-m2=1.9 |
weight-lbs=115.1 |
weight-lbs2=121.7 |
weight-kg=52.2 |
weight-kg2=55.2 |
abilityn=dm |
ability1=Overgrow |
abilitym=Lightning Rod |
abilityd=Unburden |
egggroupn=2 |
egggroup1=Monster |
egggroup2=Dragon |
eggcycles=21 |
evtotal=3 |
evsp=3 |
expyield=239 |
oldexp=208 |
lv100exp=1,059,860 |
gendercode=31 |
color=Green |
catchrate=45 |
body=06 |
pokefordex=sceptile |
generation=3 |
friendship=70 |
}}
'''Sceptile''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ジュカイン''' ''Jukain'') is a {{type|Grass}} Pokémon.

It [[Evolution|evolves]] from {{p|Grovyle}} starting at [[level]] 36. It is the final form of {{p|Treecko}}. It can [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolve]] into '''Mega Sceptile''' using the {{DL|Mega Stone|Sceptilite}}.

==Biology==
[[File:Sceptile wall.png|thumb|left|250px|Sceptile climbing a wall]]
Sceptile is a reptilian, bipedal Pokémon. Its neck is somewhat long, and it has two crests on its head. It has semicircular, yellow eyes with red rims. Its lower jaw and a belt-like band across its waist are also red. Along its back, it has two lines running down the middle and two rows of yellow nodules that are described as seeds. Its tail is shaped similar to that of a palm tree's branch. Both of its long arms have two sharp, elongated leaves and three claws. These leaves allow it to use its former [[signature move]], {{m|Leaf Blade}}.

As Mega Sceptile, its head crests become more pointed and a round portion missing from the middle. Red marking surround its eyes, which become smaller and more narrow. The yellow seeds down its back grow larger. The last pair of seeds turns red, while the pair above it turns orange. Red stripes encircle the base of tail and run across its lower belly. The leaves on its wrists become more pointed, and the upper ones have red tips and half-circles cut out of the middles. Covering its chest and shoulders are plates of leaves similar to those that form its tail. Mega Sceptile's tail grows longer and develops a red stinger at the tip. Mega Sceptile can cut off a portion of its tail to fire it like a missile at an opponent.<ref name= "Mega">http://www.pokemonrubysapphire.com/en-us/pokemon/starter-pokemon/starter-pokemon</ref>

Sceptile is a {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Forest Pokémon|jungle}} Pokémon. The seeds contain nutrients, which are said to be able to revitalize trees. It is capable of leaping freely from branch to branch. While it has the ability to slice down thick trees, it is known to care lovingly for the plants in the forest. This Pokémon regulates its body temperature by basking in sunlight.

==In the anime==
[[File:Ash Sceptile.png|thumb|left|220px|Sceptile in the anime]]
[[File:Mega Sceptile ORAS Trailer.png|thumb|left|220px|Mega Sceptile in the anime]]
===Major appearances===
====[[Ash's Sceptile]]====
{{Ash}}'s {{p|Grovyle}} evolved into Sceptile in ''[[AG161|Odd Pokémon Out]]''.

====Other====
Sceptile first appeared in ''[[AG128|Shocks and Bonds]]''. {{ho|Tyson}} was using the Forest Pokémon to battle an {{p|Aggron}} during the [[Hoenn League]].

A Sceptile that can [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolve]] into Mega Sceptile appeared in ''[[SS031|Mega Evolution Special II]]''.

===Minor appearances===
Another Sceptile appeared in ''[[DP174|Last Call — First Round!]]''. It was used with a {{p|Blaziken}} in a coordinator's appeal.

A Sceptile appeared in the opening scenes of ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]''.

===Pokédex entries===
{{Animedexheader|Emerald}}
{{Animedexbody|AG161|Sceptile|Ash's Pokédex|Sceptile, the Forest Pokémon. Its arms are equipped with razor-sharp leaves, and it moves lightly through tree branches in order to attack its enemies.}}
{{Animedexfooter/Pokémon|''Advanced Generation''|Emerald}}

==In the manga==
[[File:Emerald Sceptile.png|thumb|Sceptile in Pokémon Adventures]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
{{main|Emerald's Sceptile}}
Like most other starter Pokémon, Sceptile has made its only notable appearance in possession of {{adv|Emerald}}, being picked as his final battling member for his {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Factory}} challenge, which it won after a tough fight. Once he deduced it was no rental Pokémon, but one smuggled in by a third party, he took it into his possession and used it to challenge the [[Battle Pyramid]], [[Battle Arena]], [[Battle Palace]], and [[Battle Dome]] challenges, in which only the latter its team failed to win, due to Emerald making a last-minute decision to switch out his party of Sceptile, {{p|Sudowoodo}}, and {{p|Dusclops}}, feeling that its newly recovered memories and affection for its teammates when under [[Professor Birch]]'s care would slow it down. It was able to learn the ultimate Grass-type attack {{m|Frenzy Plant}} and helped defeat [[Guile Hideout]]'s giant, fake Kyogre.

===In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga===
[[Rald]] has a Sceptile which is one of his main Pokémon. It first appeared in ''[[CBF1|Enta Arrives at the Battle Frontier!]]''.

==In the TCG==
{{main|Sceptile (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=grass}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=III}}
{{Dex/Gen|gen=III}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Ruby|t=fff|entry=The leaves growing on Sceptile's body are very sharp edged. This Pokémon is very agile - it leaps all over the branches of trees and jumps on its foe from above or behind.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Sapphire|t=fff|entry=Sceptile has seeds growing on its back. They are said to be bursting with nutrients that revitalize trees. This Pokémon raises the trees in a forest with loving care.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Emerald|t=fff|entry=In the jungle, its power is without equal. This Pokémon carefully grows trees and plants. It regulates its body temperature by basking in sunlight.}}
{{Dex/Entry2|v=FireRed|v2=LeafGreen|entry=The leaves on its forelegs are as sharp as swords. It agilely leaps about the branches of trees to strike.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Gen|gen=IV}}
{{Dex/Entry3|v=Diamond|v2=Pearl|v3=Platinum|entry=The leaves that grow on its arms can slice down thick trees. It is without peer in jungle combat.}}
{{Dex/Entry2|v=HeartGold|v2=SoulSilver|entry=It agilely leaps about the jungle and uses the sharp leaves on its arms to strike its prey.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Gen|gen=V}}
{{Dex/Entry2|v=Black|v2=White|t=FFF|entry=The leaves that grow on its arms can slice down thick trees. It is without peer in jungle combat.}}
{{Dex/Entry2|v=Black 2|v2=White 2|t=FFF|entry=The leaves that grow on its arms can slice down thick trees. It is without peer in jungle combat.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Gen|gen=VI}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=X|t=FFF|entry=The leaves that grow on its arms can slice down thick trees. It is without peer in jungle combat.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Y|entry=It agilely leaps about the jungle and uses the sharp leaves on its arms to strike its prey.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|t=FFF|v=Omega Ruby|entry=The leaves growing on Sceptile’s body are very sharp edged. This Pokémon is very agile—it leaps all over the branches of trees and jumps on its foe from above or behind.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|t=FFF|v=Alpha Sapphire|entry=Sceptile has seeds growing on its back. They are said to be bursting with nutrients that revitalize trees. This Pokémon raises the trees in a forest with loving care.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}

===Game locations===
{{Availability/Header|type=Grass}}
{{Availability/NA|gen=III}}
{{Availability/Gen|gen=III}}
{{Availability/Entry2|v=Ruby|v2=Sapphire|t=fff|t2=fff|area=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Grovyle}}}}
{{Availability/Entry1|v=Emerald|t=fff|area=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Grovyle}}}}
{{Availability/Entry2/None|v=FireRed|v2=LeafGreen}}
{{Availability/Entry1/None|v=Colosseum}}
{{Availability/Entry1/None|v=XD|link=Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness}}
|}
|}
{{Availability/Gen|gen=IV}}
{{Availability/Entry2/None|v=Diamond|v2=Pearl}}
{{Availability/Entry1/None|v=Platinum}}
{{Availability/Entry2|v=HeartGold|v2=SoulSilver|area=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Grovyle}}}}
{{Availability/Entry1|v=Pal Park|color={{locationcolor/light|forest}}|link=Pal Park|area={{DL|List of Pokémon by Pal Park location|Forest}}}}
|}
|}
{{Availability/Gen|gen=V}}
{{Availability/Entry2/None|v=Black|v2=White|area=[[Poké Transfer]], {{pkmn2|Event}}}}
{{Availability/Entry2/None|v=Black 2|v2=White 2|area=[[Poké Transfer]]}}
|}
|}
{{Availability/Gen|gen=VI}}
{{Availability/Entry2/None|v=X|v2=Y}}
{{Availability/Entry2|v=Omega Ruby|v2=Alpha Sapphire|t=FFF|t2=FFF|area=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Grovyle}}}}
|}
|}
{{Availability/Footer}}
====In side games====
{{SidegameAvail
|type=Grass
|pinballrs=Evolve from {{p|Grovyle}}
|trozei=Endless Level 8 Forever Level 57 Pair Trozei [[Mr. Who's Den]]
|md=Evolve from {{p|Grovyle}}
|ranger=[[Jungle Relic]]
|md2=[[Mystery Jungle]] (B1-B29)
|ranger2=[[Oil Field Hideout]]
|ranger3=[[Oblivia Ruins]] [[Forest Temple]] (Mission 5: Pidgeotto and the Switch Path)
|rumble2=Treetops: [[Sun-Dappled Bank]] (Post-ending)
|conquest=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Grovyle}}
}}

====In events====
{{eventAvail/h|type=grass}}
{{eventAvail|{{gameabbrev3|BW}}|JR Kyushu Train Station Sceptile|Japanese|Japan|50|March 17 to April 1, 2012|link=List of local Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation V#Sceptile}}
|}

===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{BaseStats|
type=grass|
HP= 70 |
Attack= 85 |
Defense=65 |
SpAtk= 105 |
SpDef= 85 |
Speed= 120 }}

=====Mega Sceptile=====
{{Base Stats|
type=grass |
type2=dragon |
HP=70 |
Attack=110 |
Defense=75 |
SpAtk=145 |
SpDef=85 |
Speed=145 }}

====Pokéathlon stats====
{{Pokéthlon
|type=Grass
|Speed=4
|SpeedMax=4
|Power=4
|PowerMax=5
|Technique=4
|TechniqueMax=5
|Stamina=2
|StaminaMax=4
|Jump=3
|JumpMax=4
}}

===Type effectiveness===
=====Sceptile=====
{{TypeEffectiveness|
type1=grass|
Normal= 100 |
Fighting=100 |
Flying= 200 |
Poison= 200 |
Ground= 50 |
Rock= 100 |
Bug= 200 |
Ghost= 100 |
Steel= 100 |

Fire= 200 |
Water= 50 |
Grass= 50 |
Electric= 50 |
Psychic= 100 |
Ice= 200 |
Dragon= 100 |
Dark= 100 |
Fairy= 100}}

=====Mega Sceptile=====
{{TypeEffectiveness|
type1=grass|
type2=dragon |
Normal= 100 |
Flying= 200 |
Fighting=100 |
Ground= 50 |
Rock= 100 |
Bug= 200 |
Poison= 200 |
Ghost= 100 |
Steel= 100 |
Fire= 100 |
Grass= 25 |
Electric= 0 |
Psychic= 100 |
Water= 25 |
Ice= 400 |
Dragon= 200 |
Dark= 100 |
Fairy=200|
notes=yes
|lightningrod=yes
|newelectric=¼}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|XY|ORAS|xy=n}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|Start|Start|Leaf Storm|Grass|Special|130|90|5||'''|Beautiful|6|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|Start|Start|Night Slash|Dark|Physical|70|100|15|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|Start|Start|Pound|Normal|Physical|40|100|35|||Tough|4|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|Start|Start|Leer|Normal|Status|—|100|30|||Cool|2|1}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|Start|Start|Absorb|Grass|Special|20|100|25||'''|Clever|4|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|Start|Start|Quick Attack|Normal|Physical|40|100|30|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|6|5|Absorb|Grass|Special|20|100|25||'''|Clever|4|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|11|9|Quick Attack|Normal|Physical|40|100|30|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|N/A|13|Mega Drain|Grass|Special|40|100|15||'''|Clever|2|3}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|N/A|16|Fury Cutter|Bug|Physical|40|95|20|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|17|18|Pursuit|Dark|Physical|40|100|20|||Clever|2|1}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|29|23|Leaf Blade|Grass|Physical|90|100|15||'''|Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|35|28|Agility|Psychic|Status|—|—|30|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|43|33|Slam|Normal|Physical|80|75|20|||Tough|4|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|N/A|36|Dual Chop|Dragon|Physical|40|90|15||''|Tough|2|1}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|51|39|Detect|Fighting|Status|—|—|5|||Cool|1|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|16|45|X-Scissor|Bug|Physical|80|100|15|||Cool|2|1}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|59|51|False Swipe|Normal|Physical|40|100|40|||Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|N/A|57|Quick Guard|Fighting|Status|—|—|15|||Cool|2|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|67|63|Leaf Storm|Grass|Special|130|90|5||'''|Beautiful|6|0}}
{{learnlist/levelVI|23|69|Screech|Normal|Status|—|85|40|||Clever|3|0}}
{{learnlist/levelf/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|form=mega}}

====By [[TM]]/[[HM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|XY|ORAS|xy=n}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM01|Hone Claws|Dark|Status|—|—|15|||Cute|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM02|Dragon Claw|Dragon|Physical|80|100|15||''|Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM05|Roar|Normal|Status|—|—|20|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM06|Toxic|Poison|Status|—|90|10|||Clever|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM10|Hidden Power|Normal|Special|60|100|15|||Clever|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM11|Sunny Day|Fire|Status|—|—|5|||Beautiful|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM15|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5|||Cool|4|4}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM17|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10|||Cute|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM20|Safeguard|Normal|Status|—|—|25|||Beautiful|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM21|Frustration|Normal|Physical|—|100|20|||Cute|2|3}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM22|Solar Beam|Grass|Special|120|100|10||'''|Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM26|Earthquake|Ground|Physical|100|100|10|||Tough|2|1}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM27|Return|Normal|Physical|—|100|20|||Cute|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM28|Dig|Ground|Physical|80|100|10|||Tough|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM31|Brick Break|Fighting|Physical|75|100|15|||Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM32|Double Team|Normal|Status|—|—|15|||Cool|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM39|Rock Tomb|Rock|Physical|60|95|15|||Clever|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM40|Aerial Ace|Flying|Physical|60|—|20|||Cool|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM42|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20|||Cute|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM44|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|10|||Cute|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM45|Attract|Normal|Status|—|100|15|||Cute|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM47|Low Sweep|Fighting|Physical|65|100|20|||Clever|2|3}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM48|Round|Normal|Special|60|100|15|||Beautiful|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM52|Focus Blast|Fighting|Special|120|70|5|||Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM53|Energy Ball|Grass|Special|90|100|10||'''|Beautiful|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM54|False Swipe|Normal|Physical|40|100|40|||Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM56|Fling|Dark|Physical|—|100|10|||Tough|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM62|Acrobatics|Flying|Physical|55|100|15|||Cool|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM68|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5|||Tough|4|4}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM70|Flash|Normal|Status|—|100|20|||Beautiful|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM75|Swords Dance|Normal|Status|—|—|20|||Beautiful|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM78|Bulldoze|Ground|Physical|60|100|20|||Tough|2|2}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM80|Rock Slide|Rock|Physical|75|90|10|||Tough|2|2}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM81|X-Scissor|Bug|Physical|80|100|15|||Cool|2|1}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM86|Grass Knot|Grass|Special|—|100|20||'''|Cute|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM87|Swagger|Normal|Status|—|90|15|||Cute|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM88|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10|||Cute|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM90|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10|||Cute|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM94|Rock Smash|Fighting|Physical|40|100|15|{{sup/6|XY}}||Tough|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM94|Secret Power|Normal|Physical|70|100|20|{{sup/6|ORAS}}||Clever|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM96|Nature Power|Normal|Status|—|—|20|||Beautiful|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM98|Power-Up Punch|Fighting|Physical|40|100|20|||Tough|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|TM100|Confide|Normal|Status|—|—|20|||Cute|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|HM01|Cut|Normal|Physical|50|95|30|||Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|HM04|Strength|Normal|Physical|80|100|15|||Tough|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tm6|HM06|Rock Smash|Fighting|Physical|40|100|15|{{sup/6|ORAS}}||Tough|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tmf/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|form=mega}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|XY|ORAS|xy=n}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|357|Tropius}}{{MSP|459|Snover}}|Bullet Seed|Grass|Physical|25|100|30|*|'''|Cool|1|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|024|Arbok}}{{MSP|143|Snorlax}}{{MSP|158|Totodile}}{{MSP|159|Croconaw}}{{MSP|160|Feraligatr}}{{MSP|246|Larvitar}} {{MSP|247|Pupitar}}{{MSP|248|Tyranitar}}{{MSP|295|Exploud}}{{MSP|336|Seviper}}{{MSP|371|Bagon}}{{MSP|372|Shelgon}} {{MSP|373|Salamence}}{{MSP|387|Turtwig}}{{MSP|388|Grotle}}{{MSP|389|Torterra}}{{MSP|445|Garchomp}}{{MSP|559|Scraggy}} {{MSP|560|Scrafty}}{{MSP|621|Druddigon}}{{MSP|633|Deino}}{{MSP|634|Zweilous}}{{MSP|635|Hydreigon}}{{MSP|696|Tyrunt}} {{MSP|697|Tyrantrum}}{{MSP|713|Avalugg}}|Crunch|Dark|Physical|80|100|15|||Tough|1|4}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|111|Rhyhorn}}|Crush Claw|Normal|Physical|75|95|10|*||Cool|1|4}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|032|Nidoran♂}}{{MSP|033|Nidorino}}{{MSP|034|Nidoking}}|Double Kick|Fighting|Physical|30|100|30|||Cool|2|1}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|334|Altaria}}{{MSP|371|Bagon}}{{MSP|372|Shelgon}}{{MSP|373|Salamence}}{{MSP|633|Deino}}{{MSP|634|Zweilous}} {{MSP|635|Hydreigon}}{{MSP|704|Goomy}}{{MSP|705|Sliggoo}}{{MSP|706|Goodra}}|Dragon Breath|Dragon|Special|60|100|20||''|Cool|2|3}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|104|Cubone}}{{MSP|105|Marowak}}{{MSP|258|Mudkip}}{{MSP|259|Marshtomp}}{{MSP|260|Swampert}}{{MSP|409|Rampardos}}|Endeavor|Normal|Physical|—|100|5|||Tough|2|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|459|Snover}}{{MSP|460|Abomasnow}}|Grass Whistle|Grass|Status|—|55|15|||Clever|2|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|001|Bulbasaur}}{{MSP|152|Chikorita}}{{MSP|387|Turtwig}}|Grassy Terrain|Grass|Status|—|—|10|*||Beautiful|3|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|253|Grovyle}}{{MSP|254|Sceptile}}{{MSP|357|Tropius}}{{MSP|387|Turtwig}}{{MSP|388|Grotle}}{{MSP|389|Torterra}}|Leaf Storm|Grass|Special|130|90|5||'''|Beautiful|6|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|001|Bulbasaur}}{{MSP|002|Ivysaur}}{{MSP|003|Venusaur}}{{MSP|387|Turtwig}}{{MSP|388|Grotle}}{{MSP|389|Torterra}}|Leech Seed|Grass|Status|—|90|10|||Clever|1|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|152|Chikorita}}{{MSP|153|Bayleef}}{{MSP|154|Meganium}}{{MSP|357|Tropius}}|Magical Leaf|Grass|Special|60|—|20||'''|Beautiful|2|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|258|Mudkip}}|Mud Sport|Ground|Status|—|—|15|||Cute|2|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|152|Chikorita}}{{MSP|153|Bayleef}}{{MSP|154|Meganium}}{{MSP|333|Swablu}}{{MSP|334|Altaria}}{{MSP|357|Tropius}}|Natural Gift|Normal|Physical|—|100|15|||Clever|1|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|694|Helioptile}}{{MSP|695|Heliolisk}}|Razor Wind|Normal|Special|80|100|10|||Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|001|Bulbasaur}}{{MSP|002|Ivysaur}}{{MSP|003|Venusaur}}{{MSP|152|Chikorita}}{{MSP|153|Bayleef}}{{MSP|154|Meganium}} {{MSP|357|Tropius}}{{MSP|387|Turtwig}}{{MSP|388|Grotle}}{{MSP|389|Torterra}}|Synthesis|Grass|Status|—|—|5|||Clever|1|0}}
{{learnlist/breed6|{{MSP|001|Bulbasaur}}{{MSP|002|Ivysaur}}{{MSP|003|Venusaur}}|Worry Seed|Grass|Status|—|100|10|||Clever|2|0}}
{{learnlist/breedf/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|form=mega}}

====By [[Move Tutor|tutoring]]====
{{learnlist/tutorh/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|XY|ORAS|xy=n}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Dragon Pulse|Dragon|Special|85|100|10||''|no|yes|Beautiful|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Drain Punch|Fighting|Physical|75|100|10|||no|yes|Tough|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Dual Chop|Dragon|Physical|40|90|15||''|no|yes|Tough|2|1}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Endeavor|Normal|Physical|—|100|5|||no|yes|Tough|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Focus Punch|Fighting|Physical|150|100|5|||no|yes|Tough|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Frenzy Plant|Grass|Special|150|90|5||'''|yes|yes|Cool|4|4}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Giga Drain|Grass|Special|75|100|10||'''|no|yes|Clever|1|4}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Grass Pledge|Grass|Special|80|100|10||'''|yes|yes|Beautiful|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Iron Tail|Steel|Physical|100|75|15|||no|yes|Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Low Kick|Fighting|Physical|—|100|20|||no|yes|Tough|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Outrage|Dragon|Physical|120|100|10||''|no|yes|Cool|6|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Seed Bomb|Grass|Physical|80|100|15||'''|no|yes|Tough|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Snore|Normal|Special|50|100|15|||no|yes|Cute|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Synthesis|Grass|Status|—|—|5|||no|yes|Clever|1|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Thunder Punch|Electric|Physical|75|100|15|||no|yes|Cool|4|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor6|Worry Seed|Grass|Status|—|100|10|||no|yes|Clever|2|0}}
{{learnlist/tutorf/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|form=mega}}

====By a prior [[evolution]]====
{{Learnlist/prevoh/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|xy=n}}
{{Learnlist/prevo6|252|Treecko|||||Giga Drain|Grass|Special|75|100|10|'''|Clever|1|4}}
{{Learnlist/prevof/6|Sceptile|Grass|Grass|3|form=mega}}

===Side game data===
{{Sidegame|
type=grass |
ndex=254 |
pinballrs=Evolve |
Trozei=yes |
rarity=Rare |
Dungeon=yes |
body=1 |
rate=Evolve |
area=Overgrown Forest |
P1=Witness how sharply my {{m|Leaf Blade|leaves}} cut! |
P2=It seems my HP has fallen to half already. |
P3=I fear the worst... Even my leaves grow blunted... |
PL=I've leveled up! My leaves are sharper edged now! |
Partner=no |
Ranger=yes |
group=Grass |
assist=Grass |
field=Cut |
fieldpower=3 |
loop=8 |
MinEXP=100 |
MaxEXP=160 |
browser=Sceptile slashes with the leaves on its arms. It will cut anything that can be cut. |
Dungeon2=yes |
body2=1 |
rate2=-12 |
iq=D |
Ranger2=yes |
group2=Grass |
assist2=Grass |
field2=Cut |
field2power=3 |
browser2=It dashes about quickly while shooting leaves to attack. |
Ranger3=yes |
group3=Grass |
assist3=Grass |
field3=Cut |
field3power=4 |
browser3=It launches leaf blades around itself. |
rumble2=yes|
rumble2attack=4|
rumble2defense=3|
rumble2speed=4|
Conquest=yes |
ConquestAtk=3 |
ConquestSpd=5 |
ConquestDef=3 |
ConquestHP=3 |
ConquestRange=3 |
ConquestMove={{m|Leaf Storm}} |
ConquestAbility1={{DL|List of Abilities in Pokémon Conquest|Overgrow}} |
ConquestAbility2={{DL|List of Abilities in Pokémon Conquest|Mountaineer}} |
ConquestAbility3={{DL|List of Abilities in Pokémon Conquest|Sprint}} |
ConquestEvo=Evolves from {{p|Grovyle}} when its Speed is 118 or higher |
ConquestLink='''[[Magoichi]]''', {{DL|List of Pokémon Conquest characters|Murashige}}, {{DL|List of Pokémon Conquest characters|Takakage}}, and {{DL|List of Pokémon Conquest characters|Yatarō}}
}}

===Evolution===
{{Evobox-3
|type1=Grass
|no1=252
|name1=Treecko
|type1-1=Grass
|evo1={{bag|Rare Candy}} {{color2|000|Level|Level 16}}
|no2=253
|name2=Grovyle
|type1-2=Grass
|evo2={{bag|Rare Candy}} {{color2|000|Level|Level 36}}
|no3=254
|name3=Sceptile
|type1-3=Grass
}}

===Sprites===
{{Spritebox/Header|type=Grass}}
{{Spritebox/NA|gen=III}}
{{Spritebox/3|ndex=254}}
{{Spritebox/4|ndex=254}}
{{Spritebox/5|ndex=254}}
{{Spritebox/6/2FormsORAS|ndex=254|form1=M}}
{{Spritebox/Footer|254|Sceptile}}

==Trivia==
* No other Pokémon have the [[List of Pokémon with unique type combinations|same type combination]] as Mega Sceptile.
* Mega Sceptile has the highest {{stat|Special Attack}} and {{stat|Speed}} stats and base stat total all {{Type|Grass}} Pokémon.
* Sceptile is the only fully evolved single type Hoenn [[starter]], though in [[Generation VI]] it can temporarily gain a secondary {{t|Dragon}} typing through [[Mega Evolution]].
* Sceptile has two traits which make it unique among fully evolved [[starter Pokémon]].
** It has the lowest {{stat|HP}} base stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
** It is the lightest fully evolved {{type|Grass}} starter Pokémon.
* Sceptile and its pre-evolutions are the only Grass-type Pokémon that belong in the {{egg3|Dragon}}.
* 'Skeptile' is also the name of a famous member of the game creation site Sploder. His avatar has a blue hood and his art shows him to change colours and emotions: green when happy, blue when neutral and red when angry.

===Origin===
{{bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Treecko, Grovyle and Sceptile}}
Appearance-wise, this Pokémon resembles the {{wp|dinosaur}} known as ''{{wp|Dilophosaurus}}''. The orbs of nutrients on its back may be based on the fact that many {{wp|legume|leguminous plants}} have nitrogen stored in nodes on their roots.
The Treecko line's appearance and mannerisms are also strongly derived from {{wp|Uroplatus|leaf-tailed geckos}}.

====Name origin====
Sceptile may be a combination of ''{{wp|reptile}}'' and ''{{wp|Sceptridium}}'' (referring to its fern-like tail) or ''{{wp|sectility|sectile}}'' (referring to the sharp blades growing on its body). It may also derive from ''{{wp|sceptre|scepter}}'' (from its title as "King of the Forest") or ''{{wp|scissors}}'' (referring to the blades on its wrists).

Jukain may derive from 樹海 ''jukai'' (abundant leafage).

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=grass|type2=grass
|ja=ジュカイン ''Jukain''|jameaning=From {{tt|樹海 ''jukai''|dense woodland}}
|fr=Jungko|frmeaning=From ''jungle'' and ''gecko''
|es=Sceptile|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Gewaldro|demeaning=From ''{{tt|Gewalt|force or power}}'', ''{{tt|Wald|forest}}'', and ''{{tt|drohen|to threaten}}''
|it=Sceptile|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=나무킹 ''Namuking''|komeaning=From {{tt|나무 ''namu''|tree}} and ''king''
|zh_yue=蜥蜴王 ''Sīkyihkwòhng''|zh_yuemeaning=Literally "Lizard king"
|zh_cmn=蜥蜴王 ''Xīyìwáng''|zh_cmnmeaning=Literally "Lizard king"
}}

 

==Related articles==
* [[Ash's Sceptile]]
* [[Emerald's Sceptile]]

==Notes==
<references/>
==External links==

{{PokémonPrevNextFoot | type=grass | prevnum=253 | nextnum=255 | prev=Grovyle | next=Torchic }}
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{{Project Pokédex notice}}

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Ashachu

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{{unknown name}}
{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Electric|
ball=None|
pokemonname=Pikachu |
nickname=Ashachu|
jnickname=サトチュウ|
tmnickname=Satochu|
image=[[File:Ashachu.png|200px]] |
caption=Ashachu |
location=Not caught |
prevonum=025|
gender=Male|
epnum=EP241|
epname=Hocus Pokémon|
current=Returned to [[Ash Ketchum|human form]] |
java1=[[Rica Matsumoto]] |
enva1=[[Veronica Taylor]] |
}}
'''Ashachu''' (Japanese: '''サトチュウ''' ''Satochu'') is a [[fanon]] term used to describe [[Ash Ketchum]] as a {{p|Pikachu}}.

In the episode ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', Ash and friends encounter a witch named {{jo|Lily}} who claims to be able to make a spell that allows the user to think like a Pokémon. Ash, Brock, and Misty all try to help her complete the spell. At the end of the episode, the spell is put onto Ash. Instead of literally being able to read a Pokémon's mind (as predicted), the spell turned him into a Pikachu, because of an accident on Lily's behalf. The spell was not permanent, and Brock notes that it did what Lily intended: Ash was thinking exactly like a Pikachu as he was in the mind of one.

While this is mainly used in relation to his transformation in ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', it is often brought up in hopes for future possibilities, as Ash changed back into his normal appearance at the beginning of [[EP242|the following episode]].
Also, as a Pikachu, Ash retains his hat, eyes, some hair, and even voice. It is unknown if Ashachu is able to attack, as there wasn't a battle going on in the video while Ash Ketchum was transformed.

==Trivia==
* Ash was the first {{pkmn|Trainer}} in the {{pkmn|anime}} to be transformed into his Pokémon. Later, [[Baron Alberto]] would transform into a {{p|Lickilicky}} during the events of ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]''.

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Bulbapedia talk:Manual of style/Archive 1

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== Evolution Chain Standardisation ==

The references to how a Pokémon evolves and into what creature is unstandardised across every species article. I propose that we create a section for each species page with the evolutionary chains of that particular species. Such standardisation would make navigation simple, as well as a give a way to describe exactly how the Pokémon evolves in each case.

: The style used at the {{p|Beldum}} article series is the standard. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 21:02, 25 December 2005 (CST)

::And for forked evolutions (such as {{p|Poliwhirl}}) see the {{p|Clamperl}} family.[[User:User142|User142]] 00:11, 26 December 2005 (CST)

:::That's only for the two-way forks with two or three-stage chains. For Eevee, use vertical layout - Eevee on one row, the rest on the next row.

== Real people Japanese names==
What is the policy regarding names of Japanese real people?

There doesn't appear to be one, so I will show a proposal.

As we all know, in Japan the last name goes before the given name, BUT in the U.S. the names are usually switched.

So to reflect both naming orders, I would like to use this convention:

"Junichiro Koizumi (Japanese: 小泉純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō, born January 8, 1942)"

Now, with historical figures, there is usually no need to repeat the Japanese order unless macrons are involved:
"Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); 徳川家康"

Also I would like to have a page on here that explains Japanese naming conventions.

[[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] 12:35, 7 January 2006 (CST)

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Perhaps [[Misty's Togetic|Misty's Togepi]] and [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]] should be at the top of each episode's Pokémon list along with [[Ash's Pikachu]] and [[Meowth (Team Rocket)]], as they (have) appeared in every episode their trainers made an appearance in since their capture (with the exception of Togepi, which evolved and left). --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 00:27, 18 September 2005 (CDT)

:It's hard to say yes or no to these cases. Pokeani gives those two their own articles. The same argument could potentially apply to [[James's Chimecho]]. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:13, 18 September 2005 (CDT)

:I'd argue that they do deserve to be named simply on the basis that they are featured, and they all do play a significant role in the anime in general. [[User:Evkl|evkl]] 08:03, 18 September 2005 (CDT)

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For things both in the games and in the anime, do we want something like what I've done for [[Bill|Bill's page]] to be the standard? If so, should we incorporate that setup into the Manual of style?

~Evan

== Individual Pokémon vs. Pokémon species? ==

That seems to be the best, if not most thorough, format.

I have another issue to bring up, though. Do you think it's important to define the difference between individual Pokémon and Pokémon species in the Manual of Style? For instance, EVs, IVs, and so on are characteristics of individual Pokémon, while base stats, types, and so on are characteristics of Pokémon species. If so, perhaps an article called "Pokémon specie" might be created, and links in articles referring to Pokémon species, not individual Pokémon, might lead to it. It could look like this:

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A Pokémon specie is a "kind" of [[Pokémon]], such as {{p|Bulbasaur}} or {{p|Zubat}}. Pokémon of certain species can change into some other species by [[evolution|evolving]], such as a Bulbasaur evolving into an {{p|Ivysaur}}.

Oftentimes, a specie's name can refer to an individual Pokémon of that species instead. For instance, "Bulbasaur is a Grass-type" refers to the Bulbasaur specie, but "Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip" refers to a single Bulbasaur. In the [[National Dex|National ID]] system, they are numbered from 1 to 151.

Initially when the [[Pokémon Red|Red]], [[Pokémon Green|Green]] (in Japan only), [[Pokémon Blue|Blue]], and [[Pokémon Yellow|Yellow]] versions were released, there were 151 Pokémon species.

When the [[Pokémon Gold|Gold]], [[Pokémon Silver|Silver]], and [[Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]] versions were released, 100 more species were added, making a total of 251.

When the [[Advanced Generation]] games were released, 135 more species were added, making a total of 386.

Currently, two species from the fourth generation have been officially revealed to the public, {{p|Munchlax}} and {{p|Lucario}} (Japanese name).

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It might also be useful to disambiguate this in the [[Pokémon]] article, talking about how the term "Pokémon" might refer to Pokémon species (Charmander is a Fire-type Pokémon), individual Pokémon (Pokémon which receive 4 Attack EVs have their Attack stat increase by 1), or the franchise (Pokémon was first conceptualized by Satoshi Tajiri).

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== Pokémon anime characters articles standarization ==
We've got two styles for articles in [[:Category:Anime characters (Pokémon)]] to refer back to the main article of the Pokémon in general. One's found on [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Meowth (Team Rocket)]], and [[Jigglypuff (anime)]], where it has on the top an "Unnamedpokemon" template pointing the main Pokémon's article to people right off the bat. The other's on pages like [[Brock's Bonsly]], [[Ash's Butterfree]], and [[Mewtwo (anime)]], where it mentions the main Pokémon's article down at the bottom in the "Related articles" section.

They both have their advantages - I mean, the first one makes it very easy for someone to find the article on the Pokémon's species since it's right there at the top rather than way down at the bottom, while on the other hand the second is better adapted to Pokémon which have evolved, as on the article for Ash's Butterfree.

It's bothering me that both styles exist - can we standardize them? Which style is better? Should we make alternate Unnamedpokemon templates for Pokémon with multiple stages, and switch all the Pokémon anime characters articles to it? Or should we ditch the Unnamedpokemon template completely, and change all the articles which use it to having the "Related articles" reference? Or should we go for some third style that trumps the other two completely?

Personally, I'm more in favor of the Unnamedpokemon template - it looks better to me, and the only problem with it could be fixed pretty easily, I think. --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 22:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

The style used in Unnamedpokemon is more suitable when a user may have arrived at that article by mistake (via redirect, for example, or by lack of a disambiguation page). Such a thing should be present, for example, on [[Battle Frontier]] and not [[Battle Frontier (song)]]. But that doesn't seem likely here, not since we abandoned the idea of redirecting [[Pikachu]] to [[Ash's Pikachu]]. The related articles style seems better. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 02:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:Ah, all right, then. ^^o --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 05:12, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

== British vs. American spelling? ==

I don't know where to ask this, so I'll just ask it here.
Which English spelling does Bulbapedia prefer? I have found some pages that use British spelling (ex: colour, defence), while others use American spelling (ex: color, defense). I'm American, so I'm more accustomed to the the latter.
Does it matter at all, or should they just be left as is? -[[User:Ringtails|Ringtails]] 04:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:I'd say leave the British/American spelling as-is, as in, don't edit an article just to change the spelling to the other one. Remember, though, both are correct, so we should have a redirect from [[Alternate colour]] if we don't already... --'''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 04:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:Standardise article titles on American spelling, and have consistency within an article. As he says though, don't edit an article just to change the spelling from one to another. (It can lead to revert wars.) - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 07:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
::In the cases where something is spelt the same in American and British versions (which I think is all cases where something is written down) then we should use that spelling. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] [[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|T]]-[[Special:Contributions/Fabu-Vinny|C]]-[[User:Fabu-Vinny/Sandbox|S]] 18:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Last time I checked the games and the anime are translated in the United States. So I personally think American English should be used. True that most English-speaking countries use British English officially (I know that not all countries besides US do that) but most English-language countries use the American translation of the anime, and as far as I know, the games are officially translated in the United States. Correct me if I'm wrong, but since [[Pokémon Center]] isn't very often referred to as [[Pokémon centre]] I have a feeling most English-speaking countries use the American translations. I also think so because the games/anime use feet/miles. [[User:TheBlazikenMaster|TheBlazikenMaster]] 13:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
::::If you're talking about the colour of a Zigzagoon for example I don't think it really matters where the game is made. [[User:GlinnMgraw|Glinn]] [[User_talk:GlinnMgraw|Mgraw]] 14:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::Do you guys in the rest of the world have the American English versions of the game? I'd imagine it to be completely ridiculous to go through the entire game script changing every appearance of "color" to "colour" and stuff... Is it Special Defence over there? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 16:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::Agreed it is ridiculous, which is also why I think the American spelling is used when released elsewhere. As far as I know it's officially translated into English in the United States. [[User:TheBlazikenMaster|TheBlazikenMaster]] 18:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Correct, we do use American spelling. Not that there are all that many words that you can see the difference. [[User:GlinnMgraw|Glinn]] [[User_talk:GlinnMgraw|Mgraw]] 02:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::::{{a|Color Change}}, {{a|Color Change|Colour Change}}. id think Defense/Defence would be the biggest. -- '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|MAG]][[User:MAGNEDETH#Interesting Stuff|NE]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|DETH]]''' 02:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

This is quite a problem, I've noticed - I've had to created redirects for articles like [[Flavour]]. [[User:Ztobor|Ztobor]] 03:44, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

== Pokedex style ==

Was goin through pokedex info and revising today when I realized, The European version probably differs from the American version. Not only that, but the Height, Weight and Species information have had some inconsistencies with the game I am going by. (Pokemon Pearl, Us Version). Who's to say which is the correct version? I suggest two pokedex catagories, US and UK. What is your view on this? --[[User:Dekubobo|Dekubobo]] 14:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
:I don't understand. Why would there be a difference? And D/P won't be released in Europe for another two months so how can it affect things now?
:On a more helpful note, I am planning to get a European copy so I'll be able to help compare the versions at the time. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] [[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|T]]-[[Special:Contributions/Fabu-Vinny|C]]-[[User:Fabu-Vinny/Sandbox|S]] 18:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
::Believe me, we've missed a lot when it comes to updating each Pokémon's page-- and with 493, who wouldn't? I still find Pokémon with their Sinnoh Dex number listed as "?", so I'd not doubt that some of the DP dex entries are translated from the Japanese versions, and the same for the species.
::I don't see why, either, there'd be a difference in the dex entries between Europe and the US, unless it's the German translation or something. The UK version, I'm betting, will be exactly the same as the US version, though maybe instead it'll use meters and kilograms instead of feet/inches and pounds. Don't see much else to change, though... Not with any reason, at least. English is English. --'''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 19:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

== Gyms and Badges ==
I just wondered how we should go about these, once and for all:
* [[Gym]] or gym? Pokémon Gym or Pokémon gym? (consider Official Pokémon League-sanctioned Gym)
* [[Badge]] or badge? Gym Badge or Gym badge? Boulderbadge, Boulder Badge or Boulder badge? It seems to vary by generation, but it's strange to see Boulderbadge and then Coal Badge on the same page.

Badges are technically items (see Escape Rope) but what about individually? --[[User:Greengiant|Greengiant]] 18:46, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
:Well, in RBYGSCRSEFRLG, they were typed as BOULDERBADGE, CASCADEBADGE, and so on. After all, you know how previously we had the move {{m|AncientPower}} as Ancientpower, because it was written in all caps so we didn't know the intended spelling... I'd say we oughta go with what DP says, including the instruction book.

:And it says... unless it's a specific badge, it's not capitalized. There are eight Pokémon League Badges: the Coal Badge, the Forest Badge, and so on. If you have a badge it proves you've defeated a Gym Leader. Pokémon Gym seems to be a different case. It's Leader or Gym Leader, Gym or Pokémon Gym.

:We might have to wait for a GS remake to be for sure about the old badges taking on the same style as the Sinnoh ones... but eh, it's a wiki, everything can be undone if that's the case. I'd personally say keep the separate, both capitalized rule for badge names, and do them ALL that way, since it's not only consistent, but very likely that that's what was meant originally.

:So. Recap: Gym over gym, Pokémon Gym over Pokémon gym, badge over Badge, unless it's a specific badge like the Boulder Badge, Zephyr Badge, Stone Badge, or Coal Badge, or named as an official Pokémon League Badge. That's my take on things, at least, I say it all depends if Pie and Argy agree, they're the Style Editors. '''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 20:13, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
::Also: to add something, [http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Emerald/Update%209/roxxanne84um.png this proves] that the badges are at the very least named as XXXXX Badge in Hoenn. '''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 01:17, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

== New Move Template ==
[[User:Royalshow ten]] posted a [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Pound_%28move%29&oldid=173693#By_leveling_up new template for showing moves] at the [[Pound (move)|Pound]] article, as well as other move articles. Though they were reverted by a moderator, I personally think that these tables look better and are easier to navigate than the current large boxes that are there. Thoughts? [[User:Morgan695|Morgan695]] 05:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

==Color==
I could never figure out how the colors come out. like '''acd''' or '''FFFFFF'''. How do we know what the color is?[[User:Pokemaniac102|'''Poke''']][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|'''maniac''']][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|'''102''']] 22:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

:The number is divided into three groups of two digits: the first represents red, the second green, the third blue. It functions on the principle of [[wikipedia:additive color|additive color]]. Furthermore, the numbers are in [[wikipedia:hexadecimal|hexadecimal]]; the maximum value of each of the three primary colours, FF, equals to 255 in decimal (our number system).

:Three digits is shorthand when the digits repeat themselves: if you have #FFCC99, you can write #FC9 instead. [[User:Laogeodritt|Laogeodritt]] 23:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

::Well, I know you can find color-codes on Wikipedia pages like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown Brown] [[User:Theryguy512|MERRY]] [[User talk:Theryguy512|CHRISTMAS]] 23:14, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Or you could just nab a color on Photoshop or some program that lets you see the color hex code, and copy it down. :p [[User:Tina|Tina]] [[Special:Contributions/Tina|δ]][[User talk:Tina|♫]] 23:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
::::OR YOU COULD GUESS. '''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|{{tt|Optimatum♏|Optimus35}}]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]Hi''' 10:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== Parenthesis mis-match ==

Since the page seems to be protected, I'd like to note a parenthesis mis-match in section '''Article titles''', second paragraph.

:''In cases where only a first name ([[Bill]]) exists, or where a character is known by a title, such as [[Professor Oak]]) more than their proper name, those should be used as the sole title of the page.''

should be

:''In cases where only a first name ([[Bill]]) exists, or where a character is known by a title (such as [[Professor Oak]]) more than their proper name, those should be used as the sole title of the page.''

'''[[User:Laogeodritt|Laogeodritt]]''' <nowiki>[ </nowiki>Talk [[User Talk:Laogeodritt|BP]] [[a:User Talk:Laogeodritt|ARC]] [[wp:User talk:Laogeodritt|WP]] | [[Special:Contributions/Laogeodritt|Contribs]]<nowiki> ]</nowiki> 23:19, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

:It's already been fixed [[User:Theryguy512|MERRY]] [[User talk:Theryguy512|CHRISTMAS]] 23:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:...right before you said that. :p [[User:Tina|Tina]] [[Special:Contributions/Tina|δ]][[User talk:Tina|♫]] 23:34, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
::Not exactly. check the Recent Changes page. this topic came first chronologically.[[User:Pokemaniac102|'''Poke''']][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|'''maniac''']][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|'''102''']] 23:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:::No, no, I was talking about Theryguy. He said it was fixed, however he said that right after it was. :p Even though the ''topic'' came first, it was corrected. :p [[User:Tina|Tina]] [[Special:Contributions/Tina|δ]][[User talk:Tina|♫]] 00:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

::::Well, I told TTEchidna on AIM and then said it was fixed. Why does it matter? [[User:Theryguy512|MERRY]] [[User talk:Theryguy512|CHRISTMAS]] 00:41, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
:*shrugs* Whatever. :p [[User:Tina|Tina]] [[Special:Contributions/Tina|δ]][[User talk:Tina|♫]] 00:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
== [[Ash's Gligar]] ==
Can someone please add Ash's Gligar to the list? We also need Paul's Gliscor to be added......--'''[[User:Theryguy512|Theryguy]][[User talk:Theryguy512|5]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|1]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|2]]''' 21:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
:Done. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]][[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 05:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

== Voice actors? ==

Okay, this is getting insane. Yes, I know Pokémon's been translated and dubbed into nearly every world language... but we can't just keep adding the people who voice Ash in every single dub. That's making an entire paragraph to itself! From his page as it stands:

"His Japanese voice actress is 松本梨香 Rica Matsumoto, his English voice actresses are Veronica Taylor (4Kids Entertainment dub) and Sarah Natochenny (Pokémon USA/TAJ Productions dub), his Brazilian voice actor is Fábio Lucindo, his Italian voice actor is Davide Garbolino, and his Spanish voice actors are Adolfo Moreno (Spain) and Gabriel Ramos (Latin America). In the first dub of The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon he was voiced by Jamie Peacock."

Honestly? I think a reduction to just English and Japanese would be fine. It's great that we have the vocal talents of so many individuals in so many languages, but really, seriously, do we need to list them ''all''? We have the [[list of voice actors]], we could even link to that! Perhaps even expand the list to include other not-so-minor characters like Elite Four members and Gym Leaders. But on a character's page, spending an entire paragraph listing off every VA they've ever had in every language is just insane.

...speaking of which, the list of VAs needs to be reorganized. I say put those who voice in EP languages first, since they're far more likely to a: have an article over on ''their'' wiki so we don't have to just make a stub here, and b: I believe people would be more interested in seeing who does so in the languages of the wikis we affiliate with. The biggest problem I see is that it's huge table × huge table.

Anyway. THOUGHTS?! '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]][[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 18:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:Well we only have the huge voice paragraphs on major characters, such as Brock, Misty, Ash, Dawn, Gary, etc. Like look at (random pick) [[Egan]] for example. He has one sentence:

''His English voice actress is Amy Birnbaum and his Japanese voice actress is 柳沢三千代 Michiyo Yanagisawa.''

Many minor characters have only one sentence, the big pharagraphs are only for the main characters. I think we can live with them. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|Theryguy]][[User talk:Theryguy512|5]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|1]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|2]]''' 19:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:Well, still, it confuses the hell out of me when I have to go through three sentences to find who voiced character X in English because people don't wanna delete one "and" and write another, so they just put the VAs in between the English and Japanese ones. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]][[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 20:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
::Hmm...well that's tru. I guess you're right. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|Theryguy]][[User talk:Theryguy512|5]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|1]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|2]]''' 21:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

:::I agree that we only need Japanese and English voice actors on the character's pages. Heck, some characters we don't even have the English VA, yet we have the Brazilian/Portuguese voice actors. Maybe to compensate, we could have a list of voice actors in other languages page (actually, we kind of [[List of voice actors|already do]]). --[[User:PAK Man|PAK Man]] [[User talk:PAK Man|Talk]] 23:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Exactly. We just need to fix it up because the charting's not too good... '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]][[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 23:16, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

== Arbok and Weezing... ==

Okay, we know that Wobby and Chimecho/Mime Jr. appear in every episode, but I remember the days in which Ekans/Arbok and Koffing/Weezing were the TR mascot Pokémon. Sure, they didn't pop out of their Balls, but at least one of them was used in literally every battle until somewhere around mid-Johto... Though if they get "mascot Pokémon" status, so should Piplup. What's everyone think? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]Fire echy''' 03:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:Piplup has arguably been used as a mascot in general lately, to be sure. It and the other Sinnoh starters.--[[User:Urutapu|Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？]] ([[User talk:Urutapu|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Urutapu|contribs]]) 04:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
::Obviously. But it's out of the ball nearly all the time, too... '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]Fire echy''' 07:11, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

== APER ==

And by that I mean the anime Pokémon evolution rule. It says "DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE EPISODE AIRS". Well, I believe that this only applies to Pokémon, strictly for the season articles. Events from future episodes should still be listed, doesn't everyone think so? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:46, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

: As long as the events are confirmed and not excessively spoiler-laden, why not? - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 00:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
::And Pokémon ownership is not mentioned, of course. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

== British and Australian English ==

I think British and Australian englidh titles should at least redirect to their American names. eg: [[Alternate Colouration]] redirects to [[Alternate Coloration]] I am Australian, and the way it currently is, i type in [[Alternate Colouration]] ad get nothing. Edit: Okay, that's been fixed now, but i think it should still be mentioned. ([[User:GT4GTR|GT4GTR]] 00:37, 17 June 2008 (UTC))

== Brock's Happiny ==

[[Brock's Happiny]] isn't in the list... can someone add her to the list? [[User:Ej92|Ej92]] 03:21, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

What list--[[User:Kuki|Kuki]][[User talk:Kuki|Talk]] 03:22, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

== HM moves ==

I think it should be in the manual that HM takes an "a" not an "an".
"A HM move"
"An HM move"
Does the latter not sound ridiculous?
Bulbapedia is littered with that the incorrect use.[[User:Kanjo|Kanjo]] 14:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

:Yeah, but it's not just in "HM." I'm a personal stickler for grammar, so I always seek stuff like that out and fix it, and it would be great for you to do the same. --[[User:Politoed666|ニョロトノ]][[User talk:Politoed666|''666'']] 14:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
::A HM? No one pronounces it "aych emm"? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:28, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
:::That depends on whether one likes to pronounce as it would be written as "HM" or "Hidden Machine". I'd say that it should be "an HM"; if the article says "Hidden Machine", then use the "a" article. UltimateSephiroth ([[User:UltimateSephiroth|user]] · [[User talk:UltimateSephiroth|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/UltimateSephiroth|contrib]]) 16:24, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

== Snow way out problem ==

Could someone please remove the exclamation point on Snow way out because with it the link isnt working. --[[User:Hey1031|Hey1031]] 16:39, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, I fixed the problem, but the exclamation point shouldn't be removed from the title, since it ''is'' part of the title. I moved the page accordingly. ''[[User:Moldy orange|'''Moldy''']][[User talk:Moldy orange|'''Orange''']]'' 16:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

== Dawn's Piplup ==

As much as I hate to say it, I think Piplup should now be always on the top of list. Considering I saw it's name in the credits of [[Message of the Wind]], along with the list of human main characters, Pikachu, and Meowth, in the recent episodes. What do you guys think? [[User:Ej92|Ej92]] 13:15, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
:It got its own ending. Editorial board, your say in this? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 06:11, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
::At this point, as long as the series is considering it to be a main character, I'd say put it at the top. --[[User:PAK Man|PAK Man]] [[User talk:PAK Man|Talk]] 14:09, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

== Form vs Forme ==

Speaking of which, why are we using the latter version? Shouldn't we be using that which is more grammatically correct? I have no idea where "forme" came from, did someone mistranslate an official source and everyone latched on to that afterwards? [[User:Frugali|Frugali]] 06:29, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

No, "Forme" is the official name for that, for example, Deoxys' forms in Pokémon.com Dex are written as "Normal Forme", "Speed Forme", "Defense Forme", "Attack Forme". I think they will use this for Shaymin and Giratina too --[[User:Nick.|Nick.]] 06:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

:"Forme" is completely wrong. Someone misinterpreted a Japanese source as being an official spelling. Anything spelling it as "forme" is wrong. This whole "forme" bull**** will simply blow over with no damage done. The new form of Giratina will be known as the "Origin Form" in America, and by then this whole "forme" argument will have been long since forgotten. --[[User:Shiningpikablu252|Shiningpikablu252]] 15:14, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

At least for Deoxys is official... --[[User:Nick.|Nick.]] 04:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

== I oppose ==

Lists of Pokémon in other articles: "Unless there is a specific reason to order them otherwise, lists of Pokémon should be sorted according to their National Dex number."

I oppose that. No wait, I '''strongly''' oppose that. You wanna know why? Well, say you disconnect {{p|Rhydon}} and {{p|Rhyperior}} from being next to each other. If you do that, people who don't know much about Pokémon may not know that Rhydon and Rhyperior are related. We don't want that, do we? --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 01:09, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:It's not gonna change. It's in National Dex order everywhere! Changing it would be the stupidest thing I have ever seen in my life, besides your antics. [[User:Porygon-Z|'''Por''']][[User:Porygon-Z/Trade|'''ygo''']][[User_talk:Porygon-Z|'''n-Z''']] 01:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::You think I'm stupid?! I never said anything to you! What the HELL?! --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 01:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:::I said that what you do is stupid. I didn't say you were stupid. [[User:Porygon-Z|'''Por''']][[User:Porygon-Z/Trade|'''ygo''']][[User_talk:Porygon-Z|'''n-Z''']] 01:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::::How exactly are my actions stupid? I've added information about the {{game|Platinum}} [[move tutor]]s, and you think my edits are stupid? --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 01:24, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::::Why no response?! --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 01:39, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::Possibly because people live in different time zones, and he probably already went to bed. And, why should the one good thing you do justify all the bad things you do? ''[[User:Moldy orange|'''Moldy''']][[User talk:Moldy orange|'''Orange''']]'' 01:45, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::::::When have I done any bad things? --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 01:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::::hmm... a quick look at my talk page, and other admins' talk pages, as well as various places on the archives shows what the bad things you have done: there are too many to list here, if you want to know them, look in the places specified. ''[[User:Moldy orange|'''Moldy''']][[User talk:Moldy orange|'''Orange''']]'' 01:56, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

This is getting irrelevant to the purpose of this discussion. Let's get back to the purpose, okay? --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 01:58, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:Many lists allow for a specific reason. Abilities give that specific reason. What else do you wanna list by evofamily? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 02:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::Because by not putting Rhydon and Rhyperior next to each other, it might make some people unaware of the fact that they're related. --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 20:29, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Who cares if someone doesn't think that they're related? If they really want to know, they can click on the link and go find out themselves--[[User:RexRacer|'''RexRacer''']] [[User talk:RexRacer|'''''-talk''''']] 20:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::::Bulbapedia should be as descriptive as possible. Therefore, we don't wanna get people confused and have to make them look at a different page to rid the confusion. --[[user:Baby G|Baby G]] ([[user talk:Baby G|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Baby_G|see my edits]]) 20:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::Sorting by ndex number is an easily-followed standard. Sorting by evolution family makes sense, yes, but there's no real "official" way to do it. I'd suspect it'd just cause confusion. --[[User:Martonimos|((Marton]] [[User talk:Martonimos|imos))]] 23:15, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
::::::Actually, evofamily standard would just put the new evos/prevos by the first member of their family introduced, like in the [[list of Pokémon by evolution family]] I spent forever putting together way back when... '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 06:12, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

== Anime Pokémon links ==

Why should we link to redirects with anime Pokémon links? For example, if we wanted to talk about [[Ash's Grotle]] when it was a {{p|Turtwig}}, why should we link to [[Ash's Turtwig]] instead of Ash's Grotle? We could always do it like this:

<code><nowiki>[[Ash's Grotle|Turtwig]]</nowiki></code>

Or like this:

<code><nowiki>[[Ash's Grotle|Ash's Turtwig]]</nowiki></code>

See? We can say "Ash's Turtwig" and avoid a redirect link. So, why should we link to redirects with anime Pokémon? [[user:chocolate|Cho]][[user talk:chocolate|col]][[special:contributions/chocolate|ate]] 16:09, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

:Bump. UltimateSephiroth ([[User:UltimateSephiroth|user]] · [[User talk:UltimateSephiroth|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/UltimateSephiroth|contrib]]) 21:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
::Because when you hover over it then it displays what it becomes. Someone who only watched the end of Johto doesn't want to be looking through the article on EP265 and see Ash's Donphan in the tooltip. Plus, it's a pain to do and just adds more bytes to the page which can be solved with a redirect. If you guys would understand: REDIRECTS AREN'T EVIL in most instances, especially one created by a link template. Is Ash ever going to catch another Charmander? Signs point to no. We may rethink it if Tauros ever evolves, but I put the chance of that happening at about 1%. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:25, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
:::Thanks for clarifying this, though I think you got the image that both of us were against the current way it is done :P '''UltimateSephiroth''' ([[User:UltimateSephiroth|about me]] · [[User talk:UltimateSephiroth|chat]] · [[Special:Contributions/UltimateSephiroth|edits]]) 00:48, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

== -moz-border-radius ==

Should we add this to the part about tables, as it is now part of the standards?--'''[[User:Prmatt11|''Mew'']] [[User talk:Prmatt11|a.k.a.]] [[Special:Contributions/Prmatt11|Prmatt11]]''' at 18:19, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
:Hah, even though the entire manual is outdated and being remade. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 19:05, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

:(edit conflict) I think for general tables, we don't need to make a note; the rounded corners are mainly a standard in templates, which aren't created often enough to really need a style guide. We still use the normal table style for simple tables in articles, like on [[Nature]]. --[[user:Jioruji_Derako| '''J'''ïörüjï '''Ð'''ērākō.'''>''']][[user talk:Jioruji Derako|''.cнаt'''''^''']] 19:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

::I use Safari and I think that we should also add "-webkit-border-radius" as it is not biased against any other browser besides Firefox. [[User:Pandamonia|Pan]]·[[User:Pandamonia|da]]·[[User:Pandamonia|mo]]·[[User_talk:Pandamonia|ni]]·[[Special:Contributions/Pandamonia|a]] 00:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Bringing up Pandamonia's comment, [http://www.css3.info/preview/rounded-border/ this page should help] in finding borders.--'''[[User:Immewnity|''Mew'']] [[User talk:Immewnity|a.k.a.]] [[Special:Contributions/Immewnity|Immewnity]]''' was here at 00:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

== Upgrade ahoy ==

Yeah we're finally getting around to breaking this iceberg up so the users can pick and choose which parts to read without being confronted by a wall of text. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 04:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

== Pokémon redirects ==

Should Pokémon redirects (like [[Remoraid]]) be changed to have TCG groups on them as have the redirect pages like [[Eevee]]? It would help when searching for a specific Pokémon's card. --[[Gallade|'''エ''']][[User:Galladeon|'''ルレ''']][[User talk:Galladeon|'''イ''''''ド''']] 05:15, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

== Redirect ==

Does it matter if there is a redirect on the Manual of Style? It has a link to Bulbapedia Shortlinks, which redirects to Bulbapedia:List of link templates. --[[User:GreenGyarados|♫Green]][[Gyarados (Pokémon)|♫ギャラドス♫]][[User Talk:GreenGyarados|Talk♫]] 15:32, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

==Dawn's Piplup==

Piplup needs to be removed from Dawn's section and put into the top section like Pikachu, Togepi, Mime Jr., etc are. --[[User:HoennMaster|Hoenn]][[User talk:HoennMaster|Master]] 22:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

== Updated Party! ==

Hey admins, I think Ash's Gible, Monferno, Infernape, Grotle and Torterra should be added in the ''Ash's Pokémon'' just like others. Thank you. --♫♪[[User:Adyniz|'''Ady''']][[User talk:Adyniz|'''Niz''']]♪♫ 18:09, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

== Interlanguage Links ==

What is missing here is a section on interlanguage links. Is there any preferred order? Like, for example, alphabetically ordered by the language prefixes (de, es, fr, ja, pl, pt)?--[[User:Afrael|Afrael]] [[User talk:Afrael|talk]] 12:09, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
:Yes, alphabetical order is what happens. If they aren't in that order, Bulbabot ends up fixing them. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 13:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

==Poké'''g'''ear==
In the section [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style#Nouns, capitalization, and specific terminology]], it tells users to use Poké'''G'''ear as the capitalization, when the correct form is Poké'''g'''ear. [[PokéNav]] could be used instead for a camelcase example. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 07:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
:Done, thanks. —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 11:20, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

== Quick question ==

When quoting a line from the games, should I copy it letter for letter or should I reformat it to meet the style standards? Example: "Hey! You have POKéMON! Come on! Let's battle'em!" Should I remove the all-caps on "POKéMON"? This would, of course, apply to almost every proper noun quoted in the early RPGs ("TEAM ROCKET", "FISSURE", "CASCADEBADGE"). And should I render the last words as "battle'em" or "battle 'em" (with the space) or "battle'em [sic]"? Thanks for the help. --[[User:MaskedFalcon|MaskedFalcon]] 14:38, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

:If it's a direct quote from the games, you should quote it exactly, regardless of grammar issues. --[[user:Jioruji_Derako| '''J'''ïörüjï '''Ð'''ērākō.'''>''']][[user talk:Jioruji Derako|''.cнаt'''''^''']] 16:44, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
::Capitals however we just spell them like every other proper noun; the item template's description is a good example... they're direct quotes from the games but Gen I-III have the ALLCAPS written like a regular proper noun. ▫▪''[[User:Tina|Ťïňắ]]'' [[User talk:Tina|♫]][[Special:Contributions/Tina|♥]] 17:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

So it's "Hey! You have Pokémon! Come on! Let's battle'em!" I actually would prefer rendering the early-gen quotes exactly, all-caps and all, but I'll defer to y'all's judgment. The guidelines for quoting the games should probably be put in the Manual, also. --[[User:MaskedFalcon|MaskedFalcon]] 16:16, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

== update? ==

the pokemon list needs to be updated from the most recent japanese episode right?

it only goes up to before gliscor was release ([[User:Ataro|Ataro]] 22:55, 25 June 2010 (UTC))
:There are plenty of other parts in the MoS that need to be updated. We'll work on it. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 23:17, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

== IMP0RTANT ERR0R!!11!!!1!! ==

In Formatting preferences section, Routes' linking haven't been updated. If you don't update it, n00bs link routes wrong!--[[User:Dennou Zenshi|でんのう]] ☢ [[User talk:Dennou Zenshi|'''Z'''えんし]] 15:45, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
:{{DL|Bulbapedia:Manual of style|Nouns, capitalization, and specific terminology}} also links to Routes using the old way. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 08:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
::Nate got the first one earlier, I just did the second one. <sc>[[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]]</sc> [[User talk:Werdnae|(talk)]] 09:04, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

== updates to episode article section? ==

I believe the MoS needs to be updated to the BW series? Even though the English names have not been released, I'm sure it will be useful to have them here then translate them later? (if im not wrong its Ash-Misty-May-Dawn-'''Iris'''-Brock-Tracey-'''Dent'''-Jessie-James?) ---> '''[[User:AquaDragon|{{color|6890F0|Aqua}}]][[User_talk:AquaDragon|{{color|7038F8|Dragon}}]]''' 09:08, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
:Although this should have been done a long time ago, done. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Piplup ==

DP may be over, but Piplup has not yet been moved from Dawn's Pokémon to "Always on Top". --[[User:HoennMaster|Hoenn]][[User talk:HoennMaster|Master]] 22:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
:Although this should have been done a long time ago, done. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Update ==

The anime Pokémon list needs to be updated. I propose the order go: Ash-Misty-May-Dawn-Iris-Brock-Tracey-Cilan-Jessie-James. Ash's Monferno, Grotle, Torterra, Infernape, Gible, Quilava, Pidove, Oshawott, Tepig, Snivy, Scraggy (Zuruggu for one more week), and Sewaddle, Dawn's Togekiss and Quilava, Iris's Axew and Excadrill, Brock's Chansey, Cilan's Pansage and Dwebble (Ishizumai), and Jessie's Woobat need to be added. Trip's Pokémon should probably also be added.--[[User:Trebligoniqua|Trebligoniqua]] 05:42, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
:Updated. It seems that this list hadn't been updated for a very long time. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Contractions ==

May I suggest that use of contractions be avoided in articles (outside of quotes, of course)? They are very casual-sounding, and very non-encyclopaedic.--[[User:Trebligoniqua|Trebligoniqua]] 05:52, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
:I think that that might be a good idea. I personally prefer not having contractions and in most cases would advise against them in articles, I don't think we should make it a policy or anything. A mention in here may be a good idea. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Scientific names ==

This has bothered me for quite sometime now. Knowing that anyone who took biology classes would know that scientific names should be '''''italicized''''' (or at least written differently from the other text). These names usually appear in the name origin section, and not a lot of people would seem to bother to italicize them. May I suggest a rule for this. I mean, we do have rules on romanizations, so why not this? --'''神智の[[User:神奇超龍|超龍]]「'''[[User talk:神奇超龍|對話]]'''」''' 14:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== A couple of things... ==

# Trip's Pokémon use their Japanese names and are causing redirects
# There's some random <math></math> coding below the bulleted lists and it looks '''way''' out of place. Anyone?
[[User:Takharii|'''たか''']][[User talk:Takharii|'''はり''']][[Special:Contributions/Takharii|'''い''']] 09:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
:Ooh, one more thing I didn't notice before: The images still use the <nowiki>[[Image: extension instead of [[File:</nowiki> [[User:Takharii|'''たか''']][[User talk:Takharii|'''はり''']][[Special:Contributions/Takharii|'''い''']] 10:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

== Paul's Starly ==

Paul has captured tree Starly in dp002 i think. He released al tree of them.--[[User:Nazirbashir|Nazirbashir]] 06:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

== [[Iris's Emolga]] ==

Should update this into the manual of style? :--[[User:SuperAipom7|SuperAipom7]] ''([[User talk:SuperAipom7|Questions?]])'' 13:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
:Looks like it's done already. :--[[User:SuperAipom7|SuperAipom7]] ''([[User talk:SuperAipom7|Questions?]])'' 01:06, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

== Evolutionary Stages ==

Why exactly are the TCG terms frowned upon (e.g. basic Pokémon, 1st stage Pokémon etc.)? They seem less cumbersome than the (fan-made) terms 1st evolution, 2nd evolution etc. The article states that the problem was that Pikachu would be a basic Pokémon by TCG standards and yet has already evolved once...and what? I always took "Basic" to mean an unevolved Pokémon, ''excluding'' evolutions from the baby stage. I mean, I'm not a proper TCG fan but that seems to be the relationship between Basic & Baby Pokémon. I just think it would be better to use actual canon terminology for stages of evolution.[[User:Green Zubat|Green Zubat]] 18:36, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

== Updates ==

Can someone remove the link to Paul's Drapion? Drapion no longer has its own page so that link isn't needed. Also, Vanillite, Timburr, and Gurdurr need to be added to Trip's section. Thanks. --[[User:HoennMaster|Hoenn]][[User talk:HoennMaster|Master]] 15:40, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

== Iris's Axew ==

Can someone put her Axew on the article and link it to it's page. [[User:Truthseeker4449|Truthseeker4449]] 21:54, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
:It's actually already there, under "Always on top". --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 11:46, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

== Meowth example of naming conventions ==

I noticed the line in the Naming Conventions section "Therefore, the article [[Meowth]] will not redirect to [[Meowth (Pokémon)]]", which is rather odd since that's exactly what it does. Just wanted to point out the contradiction. [[User:Shashakiro|Shashakiro]] 16:15, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
:That's because that's the way it used to be, but we decided that was rather unnecessary, so now the disambiguations are located at [[Meowth (disambiguation)]] etc. We just forgot to update this page, although now it has. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 02:17, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

== Question about wikicode ==

I am not sure where I am supposed to put this, so I will ask it here. When I am typing on an article's talk page, how can I go to the next line? If I press Enter like every other text field, the cursor on the text box goes to the next line, but when I save the text it appears on the same line. How can this be fixed? [[User:Tk3141|Tk3141]] 03:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:Do you mean indenting? If so, you just put a colon (:) before your comment.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 03:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::No, I knew how to indent. What I meant is that when I press enter, the text box goes to the next line, but when I save the text, it doesn't go to the next line. [[User:Tk3141|Tk3141]] 13:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::: That's easy. All you have to do is to add <nowiki> </nowiki> or <nowiki>{{-}}</nowiki> after the text. This would break the line. [[User:Poke.geek|'''P''']][[User talk:Poke.geek|'''okége''']][[Special:Contributions/Poke.geek|'''ek''']] 13:18, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Alternately, leave a blank line between your paragraphs rather than just starting on a new line.

Like this. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 13:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Let me test that...

It seems to work. Thanks. [[User:Tk3141|Tk3141]] 00:42, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
==Japanese in tooltips==
I'm seeing a row of squares on any tooltip which is supposed to display Japanese text. It seems to be a problem affecting both Chrome and IE. It affects things like the [[:Template:Party|Party template]], as can be seen for example on [[White Treehollow]]'s boss trainers list. [[User:Digifiend|Digifiend]] ([[User talk:Digifiend|talk]]) 15:12, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
:Do you have the Japanese pack thingy installed? What system are you running? Version of IE? Version of Chrome? What about Japanese text not in tooltips? --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 15:15, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

==Talk Pages==

I'm still new to Bulbapedia. How do you indent your response on the talk pages when answering someone's question? [[User:Aggron989|Aggron989]] ([[User talk:Aggron989|talk]]) 23:38, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
:You indent by adding a colon : before the first word of your comment. The number of colons added should be one greater than the amount in the previous talk page section comment. [[User:G50|''ㄱ'']][[User talk:G50|''쉰'']] G50 23:44, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
::Thank you! I couldn't find it on the manual of style. [[User:Aggron989|Aggron989]] ([[User talk:Aggron989|talk]]) 00:45, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
:::It's listed on the [[Bulbapedia:Wikicode#Indents|Wikicode]] page under indents. [[User:G50|''ㄱ'']][[User talk:G50|''쉰'']] G50 00:51, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

== Minor Edits? ==

I'm new to editing pages, and I was wondering, what counts as a "minor edit" and what does that classification even affect? Because it seems all of my edits are quite minor (adding/deleting/formatting a sentence or two, fixing minor spelling/grammar mistakes, etc.) but I don't know where to draw the line as "minor". Thanks in advance. [[User:Whitsoxrule|Whitsoxrule]] ([[User talk:Whitsoxrule|talk]]) 06:23, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
:There is no strict definition; it is up to the user if they think it classifies as minor. Relinking, spelling and grammar fixes, and section reordering are generally considered minor, whereas if you restructure an an entire sentence or two it probably isn't. There is a grey area where it is perfectly acceptable to go either way. There is no punishment for incorrectly flagging edits as minor (although you might get a nudge if you rewrite an entire article and flag it as minor). --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 07:21, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
::Thanks. But what does the "minor edit" classification even affect? Does it get put on some list somewhere or what? [[User:Whitsoxrule|Whitsoxrule]] ([[User talk:Whitsoxrule|talk]]) 08:23, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
:::Really, not much. Some users prefer not to bother reading minor edits, and there is an option to hide all minor edits in the recent changes. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 09:13, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

== Plural Pokémon names ==

This says that the plural form of all Pokémon names are the same as their singular forms. However, in [[EP001]], [[Ash]] uses "Spearows" as the plural for "{{p|Spearow}}" when referring to the flock that is chasing both himself and [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]]. {{unsigned|Mangaman13}}
:That's called an error. [[User:Ataro|Ataro]] ([[User talk:Ataro|talk]]) 00:16, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

== Words with multiple spellings ==

Does Bulbapedia have any guidelines for words with multiple spellings that are equally correct, such as "canceled" and "cancelled"? [[User:Aggron989|''AGG'']][[User talk:Aggron989|''RON'']][[Special:Contributions/Aggron989|''989'']] 23:25, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
:Whichever is used in the Pokémon games should be used (US English is the default). In [http://iimarck.us/dumps/dred.txt R][http://iimarck.us/dumps/dblue.txt B][http://iimarck.us/dumps/dyellow.txt Y], [http://iimarck.us/dumps/dcrystal.txt C], [http://iimarck.us/dumps/druby.txt RS], [http://iimarck.us/dumps/dfirered.txt FRLG] and HGSS, "canceled" is used (other games not checked, but that much consistency indicates other games also likely do so). --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 04:03, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

== Oxford Comma ==

What's Bulbapedia's policy on the Oxford Comma? -- [[User:EnosShayrem|EnosShayrem]][[User_talk:EnosShayrem|talk]] 01:58, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
:Could have sworn this was already there (but it's not). Usage of the serial comma is generally preferred. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 08:48, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

== Plural ==

Because "persons" is the wrong plural, will anyone change the plural to "people"? --[[User:Cinday123|Cinday123]] ''([[User talk:Cinday123|Talk]])'' 04:14, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
:It is not necessarily wrong. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 07:49, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

::Oh, thank you for letting me know, I think "persons" might be right, not "people" so that's true. --[[User:Cinday123|Cinday123]] ''([[User talk:Cinday123|Talk]])'' 08:53, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

== Verb Tense ==

Should articles be written in the past or present verb tense? [[Delia Ketchum|This article]]'s plot summary switches between the two and it's not clear which one should be used. [[User:Aggron989|''AGG'']][[User talk:Aggron989|''RON'']][[Special:Contributions/Aggron989|''989'']] 19:06, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
:While I've seen it done both ways, articles should definitely not be switching between the two. I noticed that neither this or the [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style/Anime|Anime Manual of Style]] mentioned the preferred tense. I'll talk to {{u|Kenji-girl}} and the other Editorial Board members about getting this added. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 19:17, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

== ''x'' is a ''y''-type ==

In a {{m|Sandstorm}}'s {{DL|Weather|Gates to Infinity descriptions}}, it states "the {{color|{{blue color light}}|Sp. Def}} of {{tt|Rock types|note the lack of a hyphen}} goes up.". This would mean that things like "Charmander is a {{type|Fire}}" are incorrect, but things like "{{p|Charmander}} is a {{t|Fire|Fire type}}" '''are''' correct. In this case, "Fire type"/"Fire-type" is a noun anyway. You don't say adjectives after "is a(n)", you use nouns (e.g. "He is a runner" instead of "He is a running"). [[User:Pikachu Bros.|Pikachu Bros.]] ([[User talk:Pikachu Bros.|talk]]) 15:44, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
:You are almost entirely correct and in agreement with the "Nouns, capitalization, and specific terminology" section of the MoS. The only issue is that you said "Fire-type" is a noun, when it is not; it's exclusively an adjective, which is why "Charmander is Fire-type" is correct but "Charmander is a Fire-type" is incorrect. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 07:15, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

== Spelling/numerals for numbers ==

I more or less understand that this site is supposed to follow a "professional" style. However, I think judicious exceptions should be made for the fact that people ''do'' use Bulbapedia as a FAQ/walkthrough kind of resource. One of my pet peeves is the idea of "always" spelling out low numbers. IMO, numbers are often important pieces of information and deserve highlighting as numerals so they're easy for users to spot and focus on in the text.

In particular, I simply hate cases where [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Berry_fields&diff=2111240&oldid=2111236 a number can change] based on circumstances, and in one of those circumstances the number is low and "should" be spelled out while in the other it's higher and "can" be in numerals; doing it like that makes it more difficult than it needs to be to pick out the different cases (I know immediately where the higher number is, but have no idea where the lower one is - possibly even that there ''is'' a lower number).

Basically, my question is this: is the spelling out of low numbers (currently) a hard rule that should be followed on Bulbapedia, or is it flexible? And if it is (currently) a rule to follow, could the possibility of allowing exceptions be considered?

[[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 22:44, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
:It turns out Wikipedia advocates using a single style for "comparable" numbers, as seen in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Numbers Numbers section] of their Manual of Style (the third bullet point below "Notes and exceptions"). This is basically the special situation I described above. We could certainly do worse than to follow Wikipedia's example... [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 23:19, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
::If this question has caught staff attention, might someone be so kind as to at least say as much? I really want to know the answer to this question, and I hate [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Berry_fields&curid=185740&diff=2112758&oldid=2112750 when people can only say] we "usually" spell out small numbers. "Usually" does not strictly indicate a well-considered conclusion. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 03:29, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

I don't know what stylebooks Bulbapedia tends to go by, as it seems kind of based on admins' whimsy, but for what it's worth, the relevant passages from the AP Stylebook: "'''Numerals''' In general, spell out one through nine ... Use figures for 10 and above ... Times: Spell out numbers less than 10 standing alone and in modifiers: ''I'll be there in five minutes. ... An eight-hour day. The two-minute warning.''" APA [http://www.una.edu/writingcenter/docs/Writing-Resources/The%20Rules%20Regarding%20the%20Use%20Numerals%20in%20APA%20and%20MLA%20styles.pdf agrees with AP] that it should be one through nine spelled out, 10 and above in figures. MLA (same link as APA) agrees with you that parallel units should use parallel writing styles. I can't find a solid source on Chicago style, but Googling seems to suggest that it spells out everything from 99 and below, which is completely against Bulbapedia style (as virtually any pageview can make clear) so that's a moot point. Strunk and White don't seem to have a specific rule about it in ''The Elements of Style'', so that's another moot point. Those are all the major professional stylebooks I can think of. Just throwing all this information out there so the staff has more data with which to make an informed decision. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 06:17, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
:As for my view, there are some places where spelling out small numbers will look awkward. Examples include levels, quantities marked as "x#", route numbers, and card numbers. Also, I agree there has to be parallel writing styles; otherwise, a page may appear confusing as to what style is best. I'll see what the rest of the staff thinks. [[User:Berrenta|Berrenta]] ([[User talk:Berrenta|talk]]) 15:25, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
::I pretty much agree with the above as far as for a general rule of thumb, one through nine should be spelt out, ten and higher should use figures. However I'm also a bit flexible on this rule and wouldn't mind to see that number extended up to twenty, this is with stand alone numbers of course. When it comes to the nitty gritty though, WP:MOSNUM is a good stand in as a professional resource. This isn't to say as stated by Berrenta there are exceptions to the rule, we aren't going to go around changing Route 1 to Route One and we aren't going to change XY001 to XYOne. Some instances just have to work off a case by case basis, as far as the Berry Fields page, I agree the numbers should be in numeral form as we spell out 24, as in line with point three in WP:MOSNUM. --[[User:Spriteit|Spriteit]] ([[User talk:Spriteit|talk]]) 00:06, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

== Copyright? ==

Is it acceptable to add small tidbits of information to Bulbapedia that have been researched from another site but not copied word-for-word, as long as a citation is used? [[User:Aggron989|''AGG'']][[User talk:Aggron989|''RON'']][[Special:Contributions/Aggron989|''989'']] 20:16, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

== Are Quotes allowed? ==

I added a quote to the start of the [[Ashachu]] page. Is this alright? --[[User:CTBMC|CTBMC]] ([[User talk:CTBMC|talk]]) 20:25, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Ashachu

2015-01-31T20:19:03Z

CTBMC: /* Intro */

{{unknown name}}
'Why are you looking at me like I've got two heads or something?' - Ash
{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Electric|
ball=None|
pokemonname=Pikachu |
nickname=Ashachu|
jnickname=サトチュウ|
tmnickname=Satochu|
image=[[File:Ashachu.png|200px]] |
caption=Ashachu |
location=Not caught |
prevonum=025|
gender=Male|
epnum=EP241|
epname=Hocus Pokémon|
current=Returned to [[Ash Ketchum|human form]] |
java1=[[Rica Matsumoto]] |
enva1=[[Veronica Taylor]] |
}}
'''Ashachu''' (Japanese: '''サトチュウ''' ''Satochu'') is a [[fanon]] term used to describe [[Ash Ketchum]] as a {{p|Pikachu}}.

In the episode ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', Ash and friends encounter a witch named {{jo|Lily}} who claims to be able to make a spell that allows the user to think like a Pokémon. Ash, Brock, and Misty all try to help her complete the spell. At the end of the episode, the spell is put onto Ash. Instead of literally being able to read a Pokémon's mind (as predicted), the spell turned him into a Pikachu with Ash's hat and yellow spikes below the hat to reference Ash's hair, because of an accident on Lily's behalf. The spell was not permanent, and Brock notes that it did what Lily intended: Ash was thinking exactly like a Pikachu as he was in the mind of one.

While this is mainly used in relation to his transformation in ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', it is often brought up in hopes for future possibilities, as Ash changed back into his normal appearance at the beginning of [[EP242|the following episode]].

==Trivia==
* Ash was the first {{pkmn|Trainer}} in the {{pkmn|anime}} to be transformed into his Pokémon. Later, [[Baron Alberto]] would transform into a {{p|Lickilicky}} during the events of ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]''.

{{-}}
{{DoubleProjectTag|Anime|Fandom}}
[[Category:Fanon terminology]]

[[de:Satochu]]
[[it:Ashachu]]
[[ja:サトチュウ]]

Ashachu

2015-01-31T20:17:21Z

CTBMC: /* Intro */

{{unknown name}}
{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Electric|
ball=None|
pokemonname=Pikachu |
nickname=Ashachu|
jnickname=サトチュウ|
tmnickname=Satochu|
image=[[File:Ashachu.png|200px]] |
caption=Ashachu |
location=Not caught |
prevonum=025|
gender=Male|
epnum=EP241|
epname=Hocus Pokémon|
current=Returned to [[Ash Ketchum|human form]] |
java1=[[Rica Matsumoto]] |
enva1=[[Veronica Taylor]] |
}}
'''Ashachu''' (Japanese: '''サトチュウ''' ''Satochu'') is a [[fanon]] term used to describe [[Ash Ketchum]] as a {{p|Pikachu}}.

In the episode ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', Ash and friends encounter a witch named {{jo|Lily}} who claims to be able to make a spell that allows the user to think like a Pokémon. Ash, Brock, and Misty all try to help her complete the spell. At the end of the episode, the spell is put onto Ash. Instead of literally being able to read a Pokémon's mind (as predicted), the spell turned him into a Pikachu with Ash's hat and yellow spikes below the hat to reference Ash's hair, because of an accident on Lily's behalf. The spell was not permanent, and Brock notes that it did what Lily intended: Ash was thinking exactly like a Pikachu as he was in the mind of one.

While this is mainly used in relation to his transformation in ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', it is often brought up in hopes for future possibilities, as Ash changed back into his normal appearance at the beginning of [[EP242|the following episode]].

==Trivia==
* Ash was the first {{pkmn|Trainer}} in the {{pkmn|anime}} to be transformed into his Pokémon. Later, [[Baron Alberto]] would transform into a {{p|Lickilicky}} during the events of ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]''.

{{-}}
{{DoubleProjectTag|Anime|Fandom}}
[[Category:Fanon terminology]]

[[de:Satochu]]
[[it:Ashachu]]
[[ja:サトチュウ]]

Ashachu

2015-01-31T20:16:04Z

CTBMC: /* Intro */

{{unknown name}}
{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Electric|
ball=None|
pokemonname=Pikachu |
nickname=Ashachu|
jnickname=サトチュウ|
tmnickname=Satochu|
image=[[File:Ashachu.png|200px]] |
caption=Ashachu |
location=Not caught |
prevonum=025|
gender=Male|
epnum=EP241|
epname=Hocus Pokémon|
current=Returned to [[Ash Ketchum|human form]] |
java1=[[Rica Matsumoto]] |
enva1=[[Veronica Taylor]] |
}}
'''Ashachu''' (Japanese: '''サトチュウ''' ''Satochu'') is a [[fanon]] term used to describe [[Ash Ketchum]] as a {{p|Pikachu}}.

In the episode ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', Ash and friends encounter a witch named {{jo|Lily}} who claims to be able to make a spell that allows the user to think like a Pokémon. Ash, Brock, and Misty all try to help her complete the spell. At the end of the episode, the spell is put onto Ash. Instead of literally being able to read a Pokémon's mind (as predicted), the spell turned him into a Pikachu with Ash's hat and yellow spike below the hat to reference Ash's hair, because of an accident on Lily's behalf. The spell was not permanent, and Brock notes that it did what Lily intended: Ash was thinking exactly like a Pikachu as he was in the mind of one.

While this is mainly used in relation to his transformation in ''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]'', it is often brought up in hopes for future possibilities, as Ash changed back into his normal appearance at the beginning of [[EP242|the following episode]].

==Trivia==
* Ash was the first {{pkmn|Trainer}} in the {{pkmn|anime}} to be transformed into his Pokémon. Later, [[Baron Alberto]] would transform into a {{p|Lickilicky}} during the events of ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]''.

{{-}}
{{DoubleProjectTag|Anime|Fandom}}
[[Category:Fanon terminology]]

[[de:Satochu]]
[[it:Ashachu]]
[[ja:サトチュウ]]