User:Nickvang

I created this (unfinished) table for an article about Type Origin I want to be on Bulbapedia. I need to put it somewhere else I think, but I guess it'll be fine here for now:

Type Origin

Type	Beings	Action	Element	Environment
Fighting	x	Fighting	Aura/Martial Arts	x
Flying	Birds	Flying	Air/Wind/Sound*	Sky
Dark	x	Cheating/Stealing	Evil (Dark)/Disaster/Negativity	x
Electric	Bioelectrogenetic Animals	Shocking/Charging/Draining Electricity	Electric(ity)/Energy/Static Electricity/Light**	x
Steel	Robots/Knights and Other Armored Warriors	Hardening	Metal/Steel	Industry/Artificial Environments
Rock	Living or Resurrected Fossils	Polishing/Sculpting	Stone/Rock	x
Ground	x	Digging	Earth/Sand/Ground/Land/Mud/Bones/Soil	(Under)Ground/Land
Ice	Polar Animals	Freezing	Ice/Cold	Polar Regions/Frozen Landscapes
Psychic	Aliens	Mind Reading/Future Seeing/Mind controlling	ESP(er) (Psychic)/Mind/Spirit/Time/Genetics/Emotions	Space
Fire	x	Burning/Heating/Fire Spitting	Fire (Flames)/Magma/Heat	Volcanos
Water	Fishes and Other Aquatic Animals	Swimming	Water/Rain	(Under)Water/Sea/Ocean/Rivers
Grass	Plants and Mushrooms	Photosynthesizing/Growing	Vegetation/Grass/Wood	Woods/Forests
Dragon	Dragons	Dominating	Power/Might	x
Ghost	Ghosts	Passing Through Objects/Scaring	Death	Graveyards
Normal	Pets	Moving	Physics/Sound*/Light**/Love***/Matter/Default/Normal(ity)/Speed	Towns
Fairy	Fairies/Magical Beings/Elves/Angels/Cute Beings	x	Life/Love***	x
Bug	Insects, Arachnids and Gastropods/Bugs	Leeching	x	x
Poison	Living Waste	Poisoning/Stinking/Rotting	Acid/Poisons	x

• *Sound seems to switch between Normal and Flying.
• **Light seems to switch between Normal and Electric.
• ***Love could become part of Fairy in Generation VI.

• A Pokémon’s type is decided by:
• What for kind of being the Pokémon is (based on).
• What for kind of action the Pokémon (is able to) perform(s).
• What for kind of element the Pokémon (partially) consists of, possesses, represents or contains.
• What for kind of environment the Pokémon lives in, is commonly found in, protects, represents or rules over.

• Sometimes a Pokémon would get more than three types, considering the above list; in that case the two most important features of a Pokémon are taken into consideration. (Charizard; Beedrill) Exceptions are when the balance or expansion of the type combination chart is more in favor. (Stunfisk)

• Sometimes a Pokémon that could easily get two types, considering the above list, only gets the most important or most relevant one. (Glalie; Cofagrigus; Voltorb; Pikachu; Marill; Growlithe) A Pokémon may still obtain the second type upon Mega Evolution. (Ampharos)

• Sometimes a dual-type Pokémon is partially Normal-type because the powers of the other type are (design-wise) focused onto one spot of its body. (Pyroar has its Fire focused in its manes; Sawsbuck has its Grass focused in its wooden horns.)