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Over the course of the Pokémon series, a number of creatures with traits of Pokémon have appeared. Their status as Pokémon is often disputed.
List of disputed Pokémon
In the games
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Egg and Chick
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In Pokémon Red and Green there is unused text for extra badges, "Egg" and "Chick", "Bronze" "Silver" and "Gold", and what appears to be the names of unused Trainer classes. These strings are defined in the ROM directly after floor names, which follow on from item names, meaning that the unused text can be forced as glitch items. The text remains untranslated in the localised Red and Blue, and Egg and Chick are kept with the names "たまご" and "ひよこ" respectively. This results in illegible text in the English versions, because the character table for the localised Generation I games is incompatible with Red and Green. It is unknown what "Egg" and "Chick" would have referred to, or whether the concept was a precursor to Pokémon Eggs. The text matches early Capsule Monsters artwork in which an unknown creature can be seen fleeing from an egg. The concept may also be reminiscent of the Fresh egg and Chick items in EarthBound, in which the player would keep the Egg until it hatched into a Chick, and then raise the Chicken and eventually sell it. EarthBound was a game that Ape Inc. developed; the company that eventually became Creatures, Inc.
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Debut
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Pokémon Red and Green beta
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Substitute Doll
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While the Substitute doll originally looked similar to Rhydon, the design evolved over time to a more neutral design. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, its trophy description points out that, while it looks and gets attacked like a Pokémon, it is not actually one. The doll has gone on to receive several pieces of merchandise, including its own plush doll and clothes.
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Debut
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Pokémon Red and Green Versions
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Shellder's gastropod evolutions
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- Main article: Shellder (Pokémon)
- Main article: Slowbro (Pokémon)
- Main article: Slowking (Pokémon)
In the anime, Shellder is required to evolve Slowpoke into Slowbro or Slowking. Shellder clamps onto a Slowpoke's tail to evolve into Slowbro, or onto its head while wearing the King's Rock to evolve into a Slowking. Even though Shellder changes form drastically when it bonds with Slowpoke to evolve, it is not considered an evolution in and of itself.
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Debut
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Pokémon Red and Green Versions
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Baby Kangaskhan
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- Main article: Kangaskhan (Pokémon)
Kangaskhan carries around a little blue baby Kangaskhan in their pouch. The baby Kangaskhan lacks the ridges and patches on its mother's body, and its small fangs are not visible outside of its mouth. Even with the advent of breeding and baby Pokémon, the baby Kangaskhan has yet to be made into a separate Pokémon, and as a result, all Kangaskhan are born with a baby already in its pouch. As part of Kangaskhan's Mega Evolution, however, the baby is capable of fighting alongside its mother.
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Debut
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Pokémon Red and Green Versions
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Unnamed dead Pokémon
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- Main article: Vullaby (Pokémon)
- Main article: Mandibuzz (Pokémon)
According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, the bones that Vullaby and Mandibuzz wear are those of other Pokémon. However, it is not stated which Pokémon they are from, and as the skeletal systems for the majority of Pokémon have yet to be revealed, it is unknown if they are meant to be the bones of a specific Pokémon. However, the skull that Vullaby wears as a diaper is similar to a human skull, which may indicate that the bones are from a Pokémon in the Human-Like Egg Group.
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Debut
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Pokémon Black and White Versions
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Original Reshiram/Zekrom
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- Main article: Reshiram (Pokémon)
- Main article: Zekrom (Pokémon)
- Main article: Kyurem (Pokémon)
- Main article: Tao trio
The origins of Zekrom and Reshiram are told in legends, as they were once a single powerful Dragon Pokémon used by twin heroes in order to create the Unova region. But the brothers each sought something different in life—truth for the older brother and ideals for the younger—and they began to argue, then fight, over whose side was right. The single dragon, in response, split into two Pokémon: Reshiram, who sided with the older twin, and Zekrom, who sided with the younger twin. According to Ghetsis in Black 2 and White 2, Kyurem is what is left of the original dragon Pokémon.
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Debut
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Pokémon Black and White Versions
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Original Genesect
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- Main article: Genesect (Pokémon)
While Genesect is a cyborg Pokémon, it did not previously take this form. The modern Genesect was revived by Team Plasma from a fossil of this Pokémon, and modified into its present appearance. According to Genesect's Pokédex entries, it existed over 300 million years ago, and was feared as a powerful hunter. Due to its lack of Team Plasma alterations, it is unlikely that it would have been part Steel-type, nor would it have access to Techno Blast or similar moves.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened and its manga adaptation, fossilized parts of the original Genesect's body are seen. These fossils bear a great similarity to the bodily structure of the modern Genesect. However, these fossils have not yet been seen anywhere outside of the anime.
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Debut
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Pokémon Black and White Versions
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Unnamed TCG creature
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A silhouette possibly of a Pokémon was discovered while rummaging through coding of the recently launched Trading Card Game Online. This silhouette was discovered in the navigation bar on the game's tutorial page, combined with images of the Unova starter Pokémon. No additional information on the silhouette was contained in the source code of the tutorial's Flash file. According to Serena Robar, a community manager for The Pokémon Company International, it is not a new Pokémon, but is actually just a placeholder image that wasn't removed after the code was decompiled.
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Debut
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Online
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{{TrainerPoké
|nick=Unnamed Fox-like Creature
|type1=unknown
|img=
|epnum=Pokémon X and Y
|epname=Pokémon X and Y
|desc=In the Kalos's Pokèmon League there are some statues. One of the resemble a fox-like creature similar to Eevee in some ways. It is speculated that it can be 10% form Zygarde, but his identity is still undeterminated.
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Unnamed Hooded Figure
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In front of the fox-like creature statue in Kalo's league there is a statue of what it seems to be a hooded creature similar to a monk. It has some resemblances with Decidueye.
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Debut
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Pokémon X and Y
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Diantha's unknown Pokèmon
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In Diantha's hall there is another statue that resembles a Pokèmon-like creature still unknown that doesn't seems to have connection with any existing Pokèmon.
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Debut
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Pokémon X and Y
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In the anime
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Unnamed bear
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The only known information about this creature is from its brief appearance in The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis. It seems to be a bear with decorative markings covering its body. Since markings like this are also present on the other Pokémopolis Pokémon featured in the episode like Gengar and Alakazam, it is unlikely to have been a normal feature.
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Debut
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The Puzzle of Pokémopolis
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Unnamed arachnid
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This creature made its sole appearance in The Superhero Secret. It seems to be a giant yellow spider, with four red compound eyes, two antennae on its head, and a mouth with four large fangs. Its thorax has eight long, brown legs. Its abdomen is much larger relative to the rest of it body, with two thin, black stripes. Its cry is a screech, not unlike Victreebel's. The nature of its appearance (in a Gligarman movie) would appear to indicate it may be a fictional monster or Pokémon, and whether it is supposed to be portrayed by a real Pokémon, a mecha, or simply special effects is unclear, though its movements and cry give it an extremely organic appearance. Due to its rather early appearance in the Johto series of the anime, it is unlikely to have been intended to be in the games, and can be considered to be an anime-exclusive creature.
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Debut
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The Superhero Secret
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Legendary water Pokémon
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In a sequence where the main characters see their dreams for the future, Misty sees herself chasing an unknown "legendary water Pokémon". The only part of the Pokémon the viewer sees is a giant fin similar to that of the then-unreleased Mega Gyarados.
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Debut
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Enlighten Up!
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Unidentified Unown
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- Main article: Unown (Pokémon)
Unreleased Unown seen on Professor Oak's computer. Due to the introduction of two additional Unown forms in Generation III, some fans have speculated that these may have been very early prototypes for new forms of Unown. Some of the Unown resemble various Greek and Cyrillic letters, namely Я, Ω, Σ, б, Д, ω, Π, and σ.
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Debut
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Spell of the Unown: Entei
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Unknown cat creature
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In Pokémon Origins, An unknown cat-like creature with draconic wings appears briefly in Brock's Gym during the first episode.
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Debut
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File 1: Red
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In the manga
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Unknown whale
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An unidentified baleen whale Pokémon seen in the aquarium in the Cerulean Gym. It has three sets of flippers, coincidentally making it appear very similar to the much-later introduced Wailord.
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Debut
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Play Misty For Me
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Marin
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Marin (Japanese: マリン Marin) is a Pokémon appearing in the Magical Pokémon Journey manga. It appears only on the title page of The Best Gift Ever. According to commentary by Yumi Tsukirino, Marin was designed by a fan in a "draw Pikachu's friend" contest in Japan.
In the magazine version, in which the cover page is presented in color, Marin's body is shown to be entirely blue.
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Debut
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The Best Gift Ever
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Other
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MechaMew2
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- Main article: MechaMew2
MechaMew2 is a Robotic Pokémon seen only in Pokémon Live!. It is considered by its creator Giovanni to be the most powerful Pokémon in existence. Giovanni promised Trainers the very rare Diamond Badge to anyone who could defeat it. MechaMew2 is based on Mewtwo, another Pokémon whose creation was ordered by Giovanni. It destroys itself at the end of the show after learning an attack of love, caring, and friendship.
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Debut
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Pokémon Live!
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