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How Pikachu Came to Have Red Cheeks and Other Short Stories

Happypants3

Well-Known Member
For starters, 5 people were hit by ideas simultaneously. XDD

I guess this could be considered spam, so I'll attempt to 'redeem' it... TO TEH STORY LIST! *Looks to near-bottom post* Oh dear... Seeing how this project's gonna die, we need people to finish their 5-month-overdue stories! WORK, EVERYBODY!*Brick'd*

... On a side note, that first page needs updating like the Toledo. o_o

The strange relationship between Clefairy and Jigglypuff (mrhiyuck) -- Shucko

Why Spindas Are Always Dizzy (Elhariyama) -- Smile Guy

Why Digletts and Dugtrios Hide Underground (Inner Flame) -- Burninator

Why Larvitar Eat Rocks (Yoshinichi) -- katiekitten

Where Masquerain's Wings Come From (Lil Brother) -- Happypants3

Why Seviper and Zangoose Always Fight (elekible addict) -- elekible addict

How Pokémon Came to Evolve (AKA "How Elemental Stones Came to Be" and "How Eevee Came to Evolve in Different Ways") (JB239874 and Skeith) -- Skeith

How Regice, Registeel and Regirock Have Seven Eyes (soul of legonds) -- Imperial_Furret [*When it's time to go to bed, and it's running down your leg...*]

Why the Beldum family floats (Yoshinichi) -- Yoshinichi

How Shuppet came to be Possessed (mrhiyuck) -- Happypants3

How Immobile Pokemon Are Able to Use Tackle (litestars) -- Titan500

Why Gyrados Never Closes It's Mouth (Hanako Tabris) -- TNTK_2
 
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TNTK_2

Member
i could do the gyrados story and as for the name of houndoom how about

Why Houndoom's Flames Cause Immortal pain
 

mrhiyuck

curious
^ They do? Where is that from?

I'd really like this thread to stay alive, has anyone finished a story?
 

atomicRAV

Well-Known Member
Oh come on, You know what, seeming that everyone is so busy, im gonna post my story. Sorry for my perceived arrogance, but im getting agitated. I finished the story since christmas waiting for burninator. I aint mad at him, knowing how busy he probably is, but unless some one objects, im posting it very soon.
 

AerialAce!

Inconceivable!
I am under the impression that Smile Guy's lack of posts as of late is a sign that he wishes this thread to finally die. Though I don't want people to be upset (any more than they are now anyway) that their stories don't show up. I'm going to contact Smile Guy, then I will either:

A. Let him finish off the project, then publish the FINAL printable version as a parting gift.

OR

B. Take over the project until a few more stories make it up here, then put up the final printable.

OR

C. He actually wants it to keep going, but couldn't keep up with it. You can never tell for sure.

I'm sorry for the delays. Again. Life sucks here lately. I'll try and finish my latest batch of revisions tonight.

EDIT: Two new stories are up, bringing the total in the printable version to 24. Three more coming soon.
http://burninator.thescintillant.com/
 
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EEEH! NOT TEH THREAD DEATH!!!1111!!!

I will finish the Regi story before this thread dies.

Period.

ENTER OVERWORK MODE.

EDIT1: I just saw part of your banner, Burninator, and you'll love the plot, and hopefully the writing, too.

EDIT2: I've finished the Rough Draft for the Regi story. I'll review it, then send it to Burninator.
 
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Sammi

Banned
I have a suggestion... And this is to save the thread too... How Tropius got its bananas growing on its neck. xDDD
 

AerialAce!

Inconceivable!
Smile Guy refuses to respond to my PM, so I guess what we'll do is this:

ANYONE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A STORY IS FREE TO FINISH IT, OR POST SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO DO SO. DO NOT CLAIM ANY NEW STORIES.

Once we finish up all stories that are currently out, we can close the project. I will edit or remove this post if Smile Guy comes back.

BTW, last time the thread neared death, he gave me permission to update in his place, but by doing this I aim to keep the thread under his control. It was, after all, his idea.
 
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octoboy

I Crush Everything
ooh, I have questions!

Why doesn't numel have feelings?

Why does lotad have a dish?

Why do zangoose and seviper detest each other?


I have written a story about venonat and want to know how it can be posted in this thread.
 

atomicRAV

Well-Known Member
Why Wobbuffet Came To Have Eyes On Their Tails

Now, I really dont care about protocol. Heres my story. IF you dont like respond, but do know that I havent read the thing since 2006.

WHY WOBBUFFET CAME TO HAVE EYES ON THEIR TAILS


Hello citizens. Welcome to my domain. Enter a mysterious enigma that is my mind. I am an old and wizened man. I have seen incomprehensible things, things that a human is never worthy to see. I am near the end of my life, but I will divulge one of the most mysterious things about an endearing pokemon - wobbuffet. For many a century, the secrets of wobbuffets across the world were held by a mysterious organization; so mysterious very little conclusive proof of this group even exists. I am a member, and seeing as how wobbuffets across the world have been much maligned, criticized and even taunted as being a useless pokemon, I will reveal perhaps one of their biggest secrets: why their tails have eyes…

In a far, distant land, there lived a multitude of wobbuffet. These strange, balloon shaped pokemon were always looked upon as being genetic deformities. They never seemed to do anything but salute, and they had a strange unearthly calm about them. Even in such dangerous situations as fighting a Tauros or battling a Beedrill, they never seemed hurried; they never seemed worried. Yet, behind this calm demeanor lay a mysterious enigma, forever trapped within the confines of their un-envious minds. For this reason alone, they were treated as outcasts, shunned from society. Society was cruel to the unknown, and as previously said, these pokemon were more mysterious than circles in crop fields or the recently discovered pokerus.

Wobbuffet always seemed to cherish their tails. The tails themselves were not elegant in design; they were no more beautiful than the prettiest feebas, and if that is not telling you something, then I have no other way to put it. The tail was bland, only one shade of blue. It seemed as though the tail had no purpose…it couldn’t even move! Yet wobbuffet seemed overly protective of it…

Since wobbuffet were outcasts from society, they formed a fairly large community deep within the forest of what is now Papua New Guinea. The wobbuffet tribe, as they preffered to call themselves, were a religious group, always deep in prayer to their GRAND LEADER Wubbotef. In wobbufet legend, it was stated that GRAND LEADER Wobbotef was beautifully elegant: his eyes were a as large as lemons, he was slightly taller than the average wobbuffet, he even saluted with his left hand instead of his right! But there was one more striking characteristic of this amazing pokemon that further distinguished him from his mortal namesakes: this pokemon was pink instead of blue and his tail had two circles! Now, upon further research, this pokemon would be classified as “shiny”. It was once reported that his aesthetic features once made a Milotic of tremendous beauty be attracted to him! Whether this is true or not is not confirmed, but it clearly shows his attractiveness towards the opposite sex, for you see, other than with other wobbuffet, it was clear that this species of pokemon were completely inept at love! But now that is out of the way, this wobbufet was different not only because of his physical beauty, but his more aggressive mindset. If he was living now, he would have been compared to Barry Bonds in terms of aggressiveness, except without the steroids. This pokemon can be described as aggressive because as you all know, wobbuffet never attack first, but this one was ready to take the lead, set the tempo if you may. He was respected by all, until one day he went out to fight a houndour, wobbuffet’s eternal enemy, and was never seen again. Some say he departed to the after world, while some say he was still among them, but whatever the case, he was honoured as the GRAND LEADER.

Now, you are probably curious as to what about the story of the tail, do not fear, I just needed to introduce the GRAND LEADER to you. You probably overheard me mentioning about the two circles on Wobbutef’s tail and how wobbuffets across the world being overly protective about their tails, I shall now reveal the secret: these tail were super sensitive to everything, almost like a sixth sense. I am sure you probably expected something more dramatic than that, but you shall see the importance of those few words. As for the circles on Wobbutef’s tail, they seemed to be there only for show, an aesthetic addition to an amazing architect. It did serve a purpose though, it hid something of such magnitude that the GRAND LEADER didn’t want such a potentially destructive secret to get out.

Anyways, I shall explain everything soon enough, let us return to our balloon shaped pokemon haven. Like I have said, the wobbuffet were extremely religious. They held sermons that stirred the soul, so good were the sermons that Jesse Jackson would have been brought to tears. Many a time were wobbuffets escorted out of these religious processions because their small, dot like eyes could not handle the overflow of emotions. Now you may wonder, how can a pokemon that can only say its name give glorified religious preachings? Simply because they talked about one thing over and over again. What was it you may ask? They were given religious prayers to their “almighty” tails! Every day these sermons would be held, and everyday the subject was their amazing tails. They also “dissed” those who thought their tails bland or boring. They also praised the GRAND LEADER’s achievements (although many times they were seriously exaggerated). A requirement of all wobbuffets was to bow before a huge statue, shaped like a tail. Now the tail itself was unusual, for it had the same two circles like the GRAND LEADER’s one. Every one wondered what it could be. Also, this tale was a much darker color, nearly brown. Also noted was that everytime there was an offering, a strange shadow-like disc would come from these mysterious circles, and take away the offering, seemingly into nothingness. No one questioned the almighty rock, for it was supposed that questioning it would bring a massive group of houndours upon its society, and these pokemon would reach an end like that of their GRAND LEADER (supposedly).

One day, one young wobbuffet ventured out into the forest and stumbled upon a lake. This lake was as clean as it was majestic, one could almost see the bottom! Literally it enchanted those who watched it and many were spellbound at this watery “diamond”. This wobbuffet had taken a great risk, for it was known among the community that wobbuffet were hated, and the young were especially at risk for attacks from “flyers” like Fearow. But as this wobbuffet admired its so called “beauty” in the mirror, he noticed something he never noticed before; in the mirror like water he saw his tail in all its majesty, but with another added feature he thought only existed with the GRAND LEADER: he had two circles on his tail also! Amazingly, he ran back as fast as he could, thinking he was a reincarnation of the GRAND LEADER! He told everybody about it, but they wanted proof of this. At first, he was treated with scorn, but when he showed them proof, he was treated as a hero! But lo and behold, it was noted that all the other wobbuffets had the same “circles” on their tails. Thus, like a hot potato, or a football player not in form, he was dropped while the other wobbuffets were celebrating their new found “immortality” (remember, they thought that only the GRAND LEADER had tail circles and he was considered immortal). Now you may wonder, why were the wobbuffets not able to realize this before, but remember, their heads could not turn, so they had a 180 degree blind spot behind them.


Unbeknownst to them, the GRAND LEADER was hiding in the tail monument all along, and the shadow like move described earlier is actually a destiny bond attack. The wobbuffet did not know this because their attacks at that time were limited to counter, mirror coat and encore. The GRAND LEADER was angered at the new discovery, for he thought he was the only one with tail circles.

“Damn, I never thought that those lesser mortals would have the brains to look into the water. I though I gave birth to idiots, not alakazams!”

Little did this supposedly great GRAND LEADER know, his “lesser” mortals, as he so blatantly put it, were listening intently to his rampage about them. But before they could lauch a collective “counter” towards this monument that concealed the LEADER they had worshipped for nearly 100 years, the GRAND LEADER made one final statement : “ I hope that they don’t find the incense by the lake…that incense makes me feel so lax…I just love putting it on my teffubbow!” Now for those of you not skilled in WOBU language, teffubbow is the wobbuffet term for tail. Now that they knew the GRAND LEADER’S secret, they launched one collective counter, and it completely demolished the evil GRAND LEADER and this wondrous engineering achievement (even though the GRAND LEADER didn’t build the monument, many believed he had, further adding thruth to my statement that the GRAND LEADER’S achievements were exaggerated).

The wobbuffet raced like they never had before to get to this incense- some touching speeds of half a mile per hour! As they raced, they discovered a magnificent field of incense. It was more than enough to keep the entire wobbuffet race happy for many centuries! The brave wobbuffets went first, and placed pieces of this precious incense on their normally over-secured tales. As soon as some placed it on their tails, some described a feeling of euphoria. It is stated that the unearthly feeling was never experienced before for this normally calm species. This feeling was described as “celestial” and “heavenly”. The wobbuffet danced like they never danced before. The calm demeanor was replaced by one of festival-like happiness. Even the normally somber elders were rejuvenated like they were in their prime. You can compare this feeling to se… wait, seeing as there are many children in the audience, I will not state any more, its just something that grown ups do. The festivities continued into the night, and there were even games played between them, such as who could mirror wall the longest. The euphoric feeling weared away in the morning, and it was observed that on their tails, the previously mysterious circles blinked and turned into two eyes! Oh, I forgot to say this, but these circles were very small, and coupled with the wobbuffets bad eye sight and religious laws that prevented them from watching each others tails (it was something like porn), they never noticed these circles,( the GRAND LEADER made this law) but now that the GRAND LEADER was in the after life, they no longer followed his rules and were free to watch, so the lake became an obsolete mirror and if one wanted to know the state of their tail, they would just simply have to ask another.

Also, the eyes seemed linked to the wobbuffets emotion, so when they felt angry, the tail’s eyes also showed anger. Now the eyes were not there just for show, they added an extra pair of working eyes to the wobbuffet so that they could see behind them and get rid of that humongous blind spot. Also, these pair of eyes allowed them to use the mirror coat and counter techniques behind them, so they were protected from all angles. Another discovery was that the tail turned black, and this was because the cells became agitated when exposed to the incense and thus turned black or dark red because of the activity. This also made them super sensitive, and the eyes also could not handle ultra violet rays too well, so they needed to be kept in the shadows. They also gained access to the destiny bond technique, and it was observed that a new breed of wobbuffet, Wynaut, could be obtained by two wobbuffets mating with one holding a piece of the incense.

In the end, the wobbuffet continued to worship their tails, now more than ever, and the sermons became more heartfelt because the tail eyes could now cry. They decided to name the incense lax, ironic because in their euphoric state these pokemon were anything but lax (just forget what that idiot GRAND LEADER said, the incense didn’t make you lax).

Alas boys and girls, my story has come to a anti climactic end. It has no morals to offer you, except perhaps don’t believe all your so called heroes are good people, they are just as bad as terrorists sometimes. But I want you to grasp this in your tiny hands, do not hate a person because they are different, hate them because they sued you for one million dollars. I must depart now, but take this fable seriously…
 
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octoboy

I Crush Everything
I've sent in my story and am wondering when it will be posted.
Just wanted to know.
 

octoboy

I Crush Everything
I liked the fact that they all have references to other stories. That's a pretty cool feature.
 
Atomic, you are undoubtly better than me.

Which sucks.

I'm going to actually check over my Regi story. :eek:
 

octoboy

I Crush Everything
New question: Why doesn't togepi hatch fully?
 

Happypants3

Well-Known Member
Read post 348.

(For those of you that came too late, I'm considering gaining permission to restart the thread's concept. After all, I've got loads of free time. ^^")

I liked your story, RAV, though it is choppy and plot-holed in places. The best part was that they had eyes on their tails the whole time! X3 Grammar-wise, consider seperating some of those longer paragraphs; one of the best tips I learnt was that a paragraph's best at around 3 - 4 lines.

I should probably quickly review the other ones...
Furret's story nailed a fable-teller's style perfectly! That's something I'm working on with my current story. X3 The ending was a bit short IMO.
The dialogue in Mrhiyuck's story was really great... Hard to explain, but it was. ^^; The Char-naming didn't bug me much; sure, I went "... Charvice?" when I saw it, but that was all.
I did have to read Chaotic's story twice to get the events, but I did like the description; I could really imagine Rayquaza speaking to his 'audience.' ^w^ Also, some spelling slash grammatical errors.

I told you I suck at reviewing. X_x
 

atomicRAV

Well-Known Member
Come now, im only posting in hope they dont close this idea. Someone please pull off a lazarus to revive this thread. Where is smile guy? Look, someone please. I would try but right now im trying to back up my files. Let me post the eulogy of this thread.

A good evening to the congregation that has gathered to mourn the death of this thread. It started off as a good idea by smile guy. People were happily contributing to this thread because they needed something to express thier creative ability. Yes, while it started like a great thing, it slowly went into a slump of gradual but terminal decline. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of a few, the creator went MIA and Burninator tried his best. But it appears as though, like most good intentions, it was fruitless. And now, with the impending and inevitable death of this thread, the writers who have contributed hope that it will one day be revived. But perhaps not all of the writers, because they seem to have abandoned this ship. Well, that can be expected because we were but loyal crewmen. We stayed till the end, but our once devoted captain abandoned all protocol and left the ship with the last lifeboat long before us. We now swim in shark infested water, completely hopeless. Although we now we are going to be rescued by the moderators when they close this thread, it still provides us with no closure about what this thread could have been. Stickied? Probably. Immortality on the Serebii server? Likely. Instead, we are left with unfulfilled potential and much more what ifs? Now as we lay to rest this thread, we hope and pray that a revival is on our captain Smile Guys cards, for it is a shameful waste of a great and magnificent idea.
 

Namikaze

The One and Only
This was a great thread. if only i joined sppf last year i could have contributed. but come on. we dont need the thread starter to keep this thread alive? i kno its probably pointless saying this cause the thread is long dead but still, i have to give my remoarse.

But thank you all the writers who brought a smile to my face. and every other contributor. you guys were awesome. heres hoping that someone will post an extra story or something.

heres hoping this thread will continue to be read.
 
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kingferret53

A duel well fought..
lol, I read the first few pages...don't quite know how I stumbled across this. A lot of it reminds me of hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Love it all.
 
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