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A fake Pokémon is any non-official Pokémon. There are several ways in which one can be created and enter mainstream knowledge.

Assumptions of real Pokémon

Sometimes before the release of a new generation of Pokémon games, a silhouette of a new Pokémon will be released in Pokémon Wonderland, with the picture shown the following month. In that timeframe, sometimes fans will guess what the Pokémon will look like and draw up their assumptions. Others interpret these assumptions as the actual Pokémon.

In other instances, a false name or evolution of a Pokémon may be invented by a fan before any official release. Other fans, again, interpret these assumptions as fact.

Some assumed Pokémon include:

• Pikablu, the assumed name of Marill
• Assumed evolutions of types like Steel, Poison, and Ghost for Eevee
• Mewthree, the assumed successor of Mewtwo
• Nidogod, the assumed evolution of Nidoking
• Nidogodess, the assumed evolution of Nidoqueen
• Enpandought, the assumed evolution of Teddiursa with a Template:Evosto

Previously false assumptions

Sometimes fake Pokémon, though based on false assumptions at the time, coincidentally have real Pokémon appear in their place.

• Several versions of an assumed Template:Type2 evolution for Eevee → Leafeon
• Several versions of an assumed Template:Type2 evolution for Eevee → Glaceon
• Porygon3, the assumed evolution of Porygon2 → Porygon-Z
• Shibosai, the assumed evolution of Rhydon → Rhyperior
• Magster, the assumed evolution of Magmar → Magmortar

April Fools Pokémon

Often for April Fools pranks, Pokémon websites will create fake Pokémon and attempt to pass them off as recently revealed new Pokémon. These often include some of the commonly assumed fake Pokémon.

Some April Fools Pokémon include:

• Korechu, supposedly created for a DS version of Hey You, Pikachu!

Other prank Pokémon

A fake sprite for the Sky Forme.

With the leak of Shaymin's Sky Forme in name, but without images to back the claim up, PurpleKecleon, a well-known Pokémon artist, created a fake version of this alternate form.

Needless to say, many in the fandom jumped to conclusions about its veracity, as the trademark on the terms "Land Forme" and "Sky Forme" had already been verified, while there was heavy evidence that Shaymin would be getting an alternate form. Thus, it became easily the most well-timed prank in the Pokémon fandom.

PurpleKecleon, however, announced the next day in her DeviantArt journal that she had created the fake Sky Forme Shaymin. The real one was leaked some time later due to artwork on drink cups from Pokémon Festa.

Fanmade Pokémon

It is not unusual for fans to create their own fake Pokémon for pure amusement, often creating new elemental types and moves as well. These are usually openly displayed, usually on fanart websites or in hack games, and known about as being fake, though sometimes one may be assumed to be a real Pokémon by another fan, depending upon the skill of the artist and the gullibility of the fan.

In the anime

In The Ghost of Maiden's Peak, a Gastly, who had the ability to create illusions that were solid enough to attack people, created a crossbreed of a Blastoise and a Venusaur, calling it a "Venustoise". This is currently the only time a "fake" Pokémon has appeared in the anime.

See also

• Mewthree
• PokéGods

External links

Several fansites have arose with a focus on fan-made Pokémon.

• Mew's Hangout
• The Pokémon Factory
• Pokesprite

Sites with list of fake Pokémon:

• Serebii
• Pokémon Millennium

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