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Back in the pokenewbie days...

shooting star

Leaving SPPF! G'bye!
Here you can post funny things you thought or made back when you were a newbie at pokemon.

I thought that unown would learn some cool moves at lv.100, i thought that if different pokemon learns the same move, they will do iot at the same level.

I cant remember more now, but maybe i will do later.
 

tehbesto

iPodelicious
I was only a newb during RBY... I put Thunder/Thunderbolt, Hydro Pump/Surf, and Fire Blast/Flamethrower together on a moveset. Now I don't do that anymore. :D

When GSC came around I thought Celebi was a ghost type at first. I also thought that catching Unown in exact alphabetical order would unlock something.
 
in R/B/Y i used a masterball on a pikachu because i thought it was good and legendary since Ash had it lol
 

Polursine

Leave my posts alone
I remember hearing that Charizard evolved into Charcoal at Level 100.

I DO remember I used to think Electric dealt not damage to Rock-type Pokemon, not Ground.
 

~Ero Oyagi~

Well-Known Member
I thought that if you beat the E4 20 times without saving you'd get Mew. But I proved myself wrong... after a pointless amount of battling.
 

Praxiteles

Friendly POKéMON.
Heh, I once taught the HM Cut to my Mudkip back when I first had Ruby. I kept wondering why it didn't do OHKOs like all my other moves...

And there was a time when I Fainted Groudon in utter frustration and then saved. I was thinking that Groudon's position would just change and I'd have another shot at it. I did get Kyogre after that, but I had to start the game over to get access to all the legendaries :p.
 

ziakra

So Zetta Slow!
my first version:Gold...I didn't know what to do at the start when the professor asks: who are you...so I write "trainer"..hehe...and when they asked what's your rivals name I write "?????" since I really don't know who's he...hehehe...when they asked what's your pokemon's nickname I always wrote pkmn so all of my pokemon's name are the same...hehehe
...the funniest part...I went at the top of the tower where Ho-oh was and I fought it/her/him...then when it's HP was very low and I didn't quickly thought that I could catch, I ran and it/she/he flew away...then I SAVED the game!!...hehehe...
...I used my masterball on a misdreavous...hehehe
...I never knew that you could go over the water by using surf...when I need to go to an island I was searching the towns/cities for a boat/ship then I found out that there was an HM surf...it took me a week to find that out...hehehe
...when it was my first time to use fly I thought that I was going to fly over the cities then I found out that it just like a teleport...hehe
my second version:Blue...my firends told me that there was a mewthree...so I hunted it for 4 days...after some months I realized that it wasn't real...hehehe
 
my first version:Gold...I didn't know what to do at the start when the professor asks: who are you...so I write "trainer"..hehe...and when they asked what's your rivals name I write "?????" since I really don't know who's he...hehehe...when they asked what's your pokemon's nickname I always wrote pkmn so all of my pokemon's name are the same...hehehe
...the funniest part...I went at the top of the tower where Ho-oh was and I fought it/her/him...then when it's HP was very low and I didn't quickly thought that I could catch, I ran and it/she/he flew away...then I SAVED the game!!...hehehe...
...I used my masterball on a misdreavous...hehehe
...I never knew that you could go over the water by using surf...when I need to go to an island I was searching the towns/cities for a boat/ship then I found out that there was an HM surf...it took me a week to find that out...hehehe
...when it was my first time to use fly I thought that I was going to fly over the cities then I found out that it just like a teleport...hehe
my second version:Blue...my firends told me that there was a mewthree...so I hunted it for 4 days...after some months I realized that it wasn't real...hehehe

lmao XD i beleved Mewthree too
 

dr00

jenni is 14 :(
I was only a newb during RBY... I put Thunder/Thunderbolt, Hydro Pump/Surf, and Fire Blast/Flamethrower together on a moveset. Now I don't do that anymore. :D

i did the same thing. on my blastoise no less lol.


and if i caught a pokemon, i'd rename it for the final evolution so it wasn't in all caps.
for instance, if i caught MAGIKARP, i changed it to Gyarados so when he evolved it wouldn't be ALL CAPS.
i remember my friend going "how the hell do you have a fearow already?"
haha
but now i just don't care... i can't even be bothered to nickname ones i plan to use in my party
 

shooting star

Leaving SPPF! G'bye!
Polursine said:
I DO remember I used to think Electric dealt not damage to Rock-type Pokemon, not Ground.
That would be logical.
tehbesto said:
I also thought that catching Unown in exact alphabetical order would unlock something.
Me too! :)
 

AJ Flibble

Emohawk
I believed that Magikarp would learn something good at L100. Luckily I never tested this.

I also believed that Seismic Toss and Metronome were amazing moves.
 

Rheine

Stabby McStabface
Before i know this forum, i think Rock is immune to Electric, quite a pain...
 

Omega Pirate

shove it up ya bum!
Before seeing the first movie I had only seen pictures of Mew and Mewtwo, and was under the impression Mew that evolved into Mewtwo. The same thing happened when I saw pictures of Pokemon Heroes, and thought Latias evolved into Latios >_>

And before playing R/B/Y I had a poster of all 150 Pokemon, and thought that every Pokemon evolved, I used to sit there and point to which Pokemon evolved into what (also didn't realise they were in a particular order). I can't remember most of them, but I do remember thinking Mr. Mime evolved into Jynx, and Jynx into Electabuzz.
 

shooting star

Leaving SPPF! G'bye!
I also thought that an evolution line could be any number of pokemon. I made an evo AND a pre-evo of muk, and i made a baby form of bulbasaur.

I also thought pikachu was #001
 
i had a charizard with fire blast, flamethrower, fire spin and ember
xD

same principles with my other pokemon too :eek:

I also belived that Marill (who I thought was called Pikablu) was in the game after you spoke to bill 100 times
 
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Vycksta

Well-Known Member
My Pikachu on Yellow had the moveset Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thundershock and Thunder Wave. Plus my very first Sneasel on Silver had Faint Attack and Blizzard.

:B
 
Crappy movesets.I also thought I couldn't talk to Nurse Joy because of the counter between you.

And I named me and my rival A h and Gary because of the Anime, but that wasn't too bad.

She loves to kill and she kills for love...

Sorry, got a song stuck in my head.
 

Nashua

shoosh.
I had a Pikachu with Flash, Thunderbolt, Thundershock, and Thunder Wave.

I thought that if you talked to the girl on the roof of the Celdaon Department Store, you would get Flareth.
 
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