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The Pokémon anime is one of the most prominent canons, which often can differ to the Pokémon games. While the games tend to dictate the venues and main events that occur within the anime, and tend to correspond on basic information, there are many noticeable differences or contradictions that can be seen between the two medias. The most notable differences consist of:

• Not all differently colored Pokémon are their official Template:Shiny2 colors, though Pokémon with the official shiny colors do appear.
• Eggs have a differing appearance depending on the Pokémon species that is inside of the egg. This is debatable, however, due to the appearance of differently colored eggs in the Generation II instruction manuals. An example of this would most notably be Togepi's egg that features blue and red triangles, mimicking Togepi's physical appearance.
• Pokémon Trainers are not forced to wait for the other Pokémon to make a move to call out one for their Pokémon to use.
• Pokémon Leagues feature a tournament, rather than a straight five battles, to become Champion.
• In the anime, there can be more than the 8 usual gyms in each region.
• Multiples of each legendary Pokémon has been sighted, whereas in the games there is usually one per game. Also due to this it is obvious that in the anime legendary pokémon have the ability to breed, where in the games they cannot.
• Starter Pokémon are able to be caught in the wild in the anime, whereas in the games, players can only receive one from the regional professor.
• In anime double battles, moves can be combined together, to make a totally new move.
• In the games, the main player is known to be the 'silent' type. However in the anime, there is no main character that does not speak regularly.
• In the anime, characters are known to change their clothes when being in water or during Pokémon Contests. However, when a player dives or enters a contest in the games, the player is still wearing their normal outfit. This was changed in Generation IV, as the main player changes into a more formal outfit for a Pokémon Contest.
• In the anime, both Pokémon Contests and Pokémon Super Contests have an appeal round, where contestants show off a combination of moves, while in the games, there isn't. The second round is different as well: contestants battle each other in the anime while in the games, contestants show off only one move to the judge and is able to affect the other contestants' Pokémon (Hoenn Contest only).
• In the anime, moves that normally would not miss (i.e., Swift or Quick Attack) will miss from time to time.
• Using HMs are shown as attacks in the anime, yet they are not used as tools for certain situations like in the games.
• TMs do not seem to exist; instead TM-exclusive moves must be taught to the Pokémon over a period of time.
• Locations are not the same between the anime and the game. A prime example would be the Battle Frontier; also multiple cities are added to regions to carry out plots in the anime.

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