Chikorita is a small, pale green Pokémon with a darker necklace of buds. It has a large head in proportion to the rest of its body with large eyes. It has four short legs with a single nailed toe on each and a small tail. Its most distinguishing feature is the large leaf on the top of its head.
Chikorita appears identical to how it does in the final version of the game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Chikorita
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Chikorita
Trivia
Chikorita, like other early-game Pokémon in the demo of Pokémon Gold and Silver, is missing evolution data for its first evolution, likely to prevent Spaceworld attendees from seeing certain unrevealed evolved forms.
Origin
Chikorita has similarities to sauropods. Its shape and appearance also alludes to that of a pear, or a Belgian endive, a type of chicory.
Name origin
Chikorita is a combination of chicory (a flowering plant) and ita (the feminine form of the Spanish suffix for something small or young).
Bayleef appears radically different in the demo than in the final game. Rather than appearing as an intermediate stage between Chikorita and Meganium as its final design did, Bayleef barely resembles its evolutionary relatives. It resembles a green blooming flower, with a head in the middle. The head has three stamens sprouting from the top of its head, with anthers at their tips. There are two nubs on the sides of its head that resembled small stubby arms. Below its face is a marking which resembled an eye. The petals of the flower-like body are pointed upwards, and each petal has three spots on it. The stem of the flower is small in comparison to the petals.
Meganium is a pale green, sauropod-like Pokémon. It has two stamen-like protrusions sprouting from the top of its head, each tipped with its own anther. Large dark flower petals with a light central pattern and pale edges encircle its neck. It has four feet, each of which have three toes, and it has a medium-length reptilian tail.
Meganium appears identical to how it does in the final version of the game.
Honōguma is an orange Pokémon that resembles a bear cub. It has a short and slightly chubby body, with a dark tail that resembles a flame. The back of its circular ears have long black hair that looks like fire. On its belly is a black marking resembling a stylized flame.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Honōguma
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Honōguma
Trivia
Honōguma, like other early-game Pokémon in the demo of Pokémon Gold and Silver, is missing evolution data for its first evolution, likely to prevent Spaceworld attendees from seeing certain unrevealed evolved forms.
Origin
Honōguma is based on a bear cub.
Name origin
Honōguma is a combination of 炎 honō (flame) and 熊 kuma (bear).
Dainabea is a large cream or light orange Pokémon that resembles a bear. Its body is covered in a thick mane, and it has long black hair on the backs of its ears. A jagged black stripe wraps around each of its legs. It has a flame marking on its forehead.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Kurusu is a white or pale blue Pokémon that resembles a plesiosaur. It has a chubby body with a short neck, four flippers and a reptilian tail. Its head features a broad snout with two tiny horns, and it has a blue belly and chest.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kurusu
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Kurusu
Trivia
Kurusu, like other early-game Pokémon in the demo of Pokémon Gold and Silver, is missing evolution data for its first evolution, likely to prevent Spaceworld attendees from seeing certain unrevealed evolved forms.
Akua is a blue Pokémon that resembles a plesiosaur. It has a pale snout and underside, with a short neck, four flippers and a reptilian tail. A single horn protrudes from its forehead, and a faceted jewel adorns the top of its neck, just beneath its jaw.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Akueria is a blue Pokémon that resembles a plesiosaur. It has a long neck, four flippers, and a pale nose and belly. The tip of its long reptilian tail ends in a flat white paddle. Protruding from its head are three horns, one on either side and a small one on its forehead. Around the base of its neck are several thick spikes with a large round jewel nestled between them on its front side.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Hoothoot is a round, owl-like bird with two stubby wings and a short straight black tail. It has large round eyes with beady pupils. Its feathers are mostly brown with a beige underbelly. Hoothoot has a large black, mask-like crest, which encircles both eyes and covers the face. The crest features two protrusions at the top resembling the hands of a clock and three dots beneath the eyes. It has two horizontal, zigzagging lines on the lower part of its back. Hoothoot has a small, hooked beak and two feet with five clawed digits.
Hoothoot appears similar to how it does in the final version of the game, but with a straight black tail, dots beneath its eyes and a zigzagging pattern on its back.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hoothoot
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Hoothoot
Trivia
Hoothoot is only Flying-type in the demo, rather than Normal/Flying, as it is in the final game.
Hoothoot, like other early-game Pokémon in the demo of Pokémon Gold and Silver, is missing evolution data for its first evolution, likely to prevent Spaceworld attendees from seeing certain unrevealed evolved forms.
Origin
Hoothoot seems to be based on a combination of an owl—more specifically the Eagle Owl—and a clock, as its crest's prongs are shaped like the hands of a clock; in addition, it has the ability to keep track of time.
Name origin
Hoothoot is derived from hoot, an onomatopoeia for the sound an owl makes. It may also be a combination of hoot and cuckoo, as in a Cuckoo clock, referring to Hoothoot's keen ability to keep track of time.
Hoho is derived from hoo, another onomatopoeia for the sound an owl makes.
Noctowl is a brown bird-like Pokémon with a round body and a white or cream underside. It has long brown wings and no discernible neck. Its crest features two slim white feathered 'horns' that reach out over both of its eyes from its small beak, and a large black banded marking extends from behind each eye to wrap around the back of its head. Like its pre-evolution, Hoothoot, it stands on only one foot, which has three clawed digits.
Mareep is a sheep-like Pokémon with fluffy pink wool covering its entire body, as well as a curly tuft of wool on top of its head. Its head and feet are a dark color, and it has pink eyes. Its conical ears and tail have a striped pattern and it has a pink sphere at the end of its tail.
Mareep appears identical to how it does in the final version of the game, but with a pink coloration instead of yellow.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mareep
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Mareep
Trivia
Origin
Mareep appears to be based on a sheep. It is likely that its electric aspect comes from how wool builds up static charges. It, and its evolutions, may also have been based on the title of the science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Name origin
Mareep may be a combination of Mary (from the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb") and sheep. Mareep is also an anagram of ampere, a unit of electric current.
Pachimē may be based on パチパチ pachipachi an onomatopoeia for crackling or blinking and メー mē an onomatopoeia for the sound a sheep makes.
Flaaffy is a pink, bipedal, sheep-like Pokémon. It has thick, conical ears with black stripes on the sides of its head and small eyes. Wool covers its head and upper body. It has stubby arms and one nail on each foot. Flaaffy's long tail has black stripes and is tipped with a pink orb.
Flaaffy appears identical to how it does in the final version of the game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Flaaffy
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Flaaffy
Trivia
Origin
Flaaffy appears to be based on a sheep with patchy wool. It is likely that its electric aspect comes from how wool builds up static charges. Its evolutionary family may also have been based on the title of the science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Name origin
Flaaffy may be a combination of fluffy and baa (the sound sheep make). Aa may also be a reference to an AA battery, given Flaaffy's Electric type.
Mokoko may derive from 羊毛 yōmō (wool) and a corruption of もこもこ mokomoko (fluffy).
Ampharos is a yellow, bipedal Pokémon. It has conical ears with black stripes and an orb on its forehead. Its long neck has several black rings around it. Its stubby arms resemble flippers and each foot has a single white nail. It has a long, black-striped tail with an orb at the tip.
Ampharos appears similar to how it does in the final version of the game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ampharos
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Ampharos
Trivia
Ampharos has an even earlier sprite which can be seen on the official website and the Pokemon Official Fan Book. The latter features speculation that the name "Denryu" could mean that it was a Dragon-type Pokemon.
Origin
Ampharos resembles a sheared sheep that its evolution line leads up to as they lose wool with each evolution. It also shares traits with a lighthouse, such as its height, stripes and the beacon on the top; the two also share a name. It, as well as its pre-evolutions, may have been based on the title of the science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Name origin
Ampharos is a combination of ampere or amp (a measure of electrical current) and pharos (Greek for lighthouse). The name may also incorporate amph- (Greek for both or on both sides) in reference to the two orbs on its head and tail. Its body shares a similar shape to an amphora, as well as a similar name.
Denryu can be taken to mean 電流 denryū (electric current) or 電竜 den ryū (electric dragon), and it may incorporate 電球 denkyū (light bulb), referring to its tail.
Mikon is a small orange fox-like Pokémon. On top of its head is a flame-like tuft of white fur with red or orange tips. Its long fluffy tail has a fire-like coloration and ends in a curl, with two smaller curls branching off of either side.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mikon
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Mikon
Trivia
Mikon's Water-type is likely to have been an error, as it learns Fire-type moves and evolves into a Fire-type Pokémon.
Origin
Mikon is based on a fox, particularly the kitsune of Japanese legend, which have many tails and can breathe fire.
Name origin
Mikon may be a combination of 三 mi (three) and 恨 kon (grudge, from the curse that Ninetales, its final evolution, may cast on its foes), kon kon (the sound foxes make), コンロ konro (gas stove), or ko, an alternate reading of 狐 kitsune (fox).
Monja is a small Pokémon with a round black body and two feet. It has a single eye peeking out from under short green vine-like hair. Five of its vines are curled, with two curls on either side of its body and one more in the back.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Monja
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Monja
Trivia
Origin
Like Tangela, Monja may be based on Medusa, a gorgon of Greek mythology, who had a head of snakes. It may also be based on a Green Man, a motif that is represented as a face surrounded by leaves and vines.
Name origin
Monja may be based on もじゃもじゃ mojamoja (shaggy or unkempt). It may also include monster. It is a diminutive of Monjara.
