Legendaries: One or many?

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

This is a thread made to speculate over if specific Legendary Pokemon are just one or if there are multiple ones. I'm very curious about this concept and if there is proof over any of them, please tell me.

Alright.
Articuno/Moltres/Zapdos- Multiple for each. the sky if a huge area and it is definately possible.
Mewtwo- Manmade right? Only one
Mew-The missing-link Pokemon? Yea I'd say one.
Raikou/Suicune/Entei- I think only one of each. It wouldn't seem logical for there to be more so.
Lugia-I believe there are a few. After all, if the Pokemon world is anything like the human world, there could be many in the depths of the undiscovered ocean.
Ho-Oh- Similar to Lugia. Single digit amount but more than one.
Celebi- All across time, in many forests, I believe there are quite a few.
Regi's- Many of each, guard special areas.
Lati@s- Many. Emerald description will back it up "They make a small herd of only several members. They rarely make contact with people or other POKéMON. They disappear if they sense enemies."
Kyogre/Groudon- I believe there was once many but there are near one remaining for both.
Rayquaza-One. It will basically live forever unless forceably killed so why would it need to reproduce?
Jirachi- From space, certainly there are more out there.
Deoxys- A lot. In space. Probably herds of them ever that make cities similar to humans.

I think that's all....ok so feel free to leave your own theories and beliefs of the subject now.

 

[Captain Murkrow]

mew did not create the world, there were once many. all pokemon, including the legendaries evolved from it.

there is technically one celebi for each nanosecond of time since it can timetravel.

there are only one of each regi. they were made by humans 10,000 years ago, but the regis enslaved them. then the humans attacked with a pokemon+human army and sealed them in 3 chambers.

deoxys is a space germ. it splits. so it breeds. it originated from an alien germ, nothing intelligent, but was hit with a laser. the radiation made it super intelligent but it still retains the ability to split breed and warp it's form like a germ.

only one jirachi. he is a legendary CUTE (aw...) little genie also known as the wishing star of seven nights. the little critter is asleep for 1000 years at a time (making him more rare, but a heck of a lot easier to catch).

 

[ZTcrazy]

I don't agree with the Regi theory. Brandon has one, and then it magically appears in the 8th movie? I'm not so sure. I prefer ◘Ins0mnIac◘'s theory.

 

[Freakshow]

There maybe only one Lucario, but I'm pretty sure there's more than one Manaphies.

Also, Kyogre and Groudon is definitely one only. Having more than one of each may unstablize the Earth and Rayquaza definitely not gonna be happy going to each place stopping Groudons and Kyogres

 

[Moonlight.]

Hmm...

Birds - definately more than one. There are shadow versions in Orre and the normal trio in Kanto.
Dogs/Cats/Beasts - Maybe the same, but it wouldn't quite go with the legend. It could be either.
Regis - likely the same, just to go along.
Mew - since it was the "original pokemon" or whatever, I'd say it's unique. Or, if you go by what Thedarkcipher said, I guess there could have been many...
Mewtwo - cloned from Mewtwo. I'm pretty sure they only made one successful clone.
Ho-oh - one in Orre, one in Johto.
Lugia - see birds.
Celebi - see birds.
Kyogre/Groundon/Rayquaza - probably Hoenn exclusive. One of each.
Lati@s - same.
Deoxys - not sure.
Jirachi - not sure.

Well, that's what I think...I'm usually wrong anyway ^_^'.

 

[The_Mighty_Medicham]

There are definitely a few Lugia, since there was the mom and the baby in the one episode. There are many Celebi, since they exist in each time, as seen in PokeMon 4Ever. And there are a few Lati@s because at the end of PokeMon Heroes, you see two Latios and one Latias flying to Alta Mare or whatever it was called. For the others, I'm not sure.

 

[OtterPops]

◘Ins0mnIac◘, I agree with all of what you said except about Ho-Oh. In the anime and the games, Ho-Oh is said to appear only when there is trouble or something with the three dogs or a towers of Ecruteak. However, I am probably wrong on this so lets just say I agree with everything you said.

-;179;

 

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

◘Ins0mnIac◘, I agree with all of what you said except about Ho-Oh. In the anime and the games, Ho-Oh is said to appear only when there is trouble or something with the three dogs or a towers of Ecruteak. However, I am probably wrong on this so lets just say I agree with everything you said.

-;179;

Well, Absol is also supposed to appear when there is trouble but there are multiple Absol in the Pokemon world.

I'm glad you agree with me on everything else lol.

 

[intergalactic platypus]

I don't like the idea of multiple legendaries. I think it ruins the special feel of them a bit

 

[Savage X]

There is 2 Latios. Pokemon Heros..

 

[Athrozeous]

There are only one of each regi. they were made by humans 10,000 years ago, but the regis enslaved them. then the humans attacked with a pokemon+human army and sealed them in 3 chambers.

I actually agree with this theory since in the game you actually have to do stuff so you can "liberate" them from there chambers, besides in the pokedex description it states that both Registeel and regirock were sealed by people thousands of years ago, so im guessing that the same for regice, a/w having multiple of one legendary takes the "legendary enigma aura" [lol] from it.

 

[Sk@rmory288]

I don't like the idea of multiple legendaries. I think it ruins the special feel of them a bit

I agree completly with you. Then again, I can't really ignore the posts already made that make sense. Perhaps there are more Legendary birds and Lugia out there.

I believe that there are only one Mewtwo, Mew, Ho-Oh, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, kyogre, Rayquaza, and Groudon out there. Im not exactly sure about Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys though.

 

[weeman342]

I believe with insomniacs theory with all of them

 

[The Missing Number]

Well, there are definately more than one
Celebi
Lugia and
the LAti@s.
I read the movie things, and there is nothing against these theorys.

 

[jellsprout]

Yippee, another thread about multiple/single legendaries.

Birds: Multiple. Three of them live in Kanto, three of are owned by Brendan in Emerald, three of them were made into Shadow Pokémon in Orre. There are at least three trios of them, but since they appeared in 4 of the 5 RPG regions, there must be lots of them.
Mewtwo: One. This one isn't really a legendary. It was man-made in the last few years, so it can't possibly be a legendary. And since it was man-made, Mewtwo's one-of-a-kind.
Mew: Multiple. Mew was captured in New Guina, South America. So there probably is a whole colony of them there. And at the same time, there is another one in World Edge Island. And someone in Stadium used a Mew.
Beasts: Multiple. There were one of them in Kanto, at the same time another trio was in the basement of the Burnt Tower, another trio of them were Shadows in Orre, and another trio of them are used by some Frontier Brains and five years later they were used in Mr. Battle in Orre.
Lugia: Multiple. One lived in Navel Island, one lived in Whirl Islands and one was captured in Orre.
Ho-oh: Multiple. One lived in Navel Island, one lived on the Tin Tower and one protected Orre.
Celebi: Multiple. One Celebi protects Ilex Forest, while another Celebi protects Agate Forest and another Celebi is used in Mt. Battle.
Golems: Multiple. One trio is sealed away in the sealed chambers, one trio is used by Brendan and one trio is used in Mt. Battle.
Lati@s: Multiple. One of them lives in either Hoenn or Southern Island and they were also used in Mt. Battle.
Groudon/Kyogre/Rayquaza: Multiple. They were sealed in Hoenn, while they were also known and used in Orre.
Jirachi: Can be both. This one was only used in Orre or obtainable through events, so it isn't clear if there are multiple Jirachi or not.
Deoxys: Can also be both. Deoxys was a space virus that mutated because of a laser beam. It could be that only one Deoxys was formed because of that, but it is also likely that multiple were formed.

 

[LuciRuki]

So if there is more than one, why are they called legendaries?

 

[jellsprout]

So if there is more than one, why are they called legendaries?

Because they appear in legends. Legendary=/=one-of-a-kind.

 

[Charizard]

Because they appear in legends. Legendary=/=one-of-a-kind.

true. Arcanine is also legendary but we can see many many of them.

I believe mew is one of a kind. my theory, mew is the origin of all pokemon and thus it is one. we don't know the fact that the mew from the 8th movie was different from the first movie. i think they are same. another theory is when team rocket tried to clone mew they couldn't clone it. mewtwo is almost different from mew. it's shape, it's sound, it's size and many more. maybe mew is one and can't be cloned and that way it can't be 2 mew the origin of all pokemon. there is no 2 captians in one ship.

 

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

I believe mew is one of a kind. my theory, mew is the origin of all pokemon and thus it is one. we don't know the fact that the mew from the 8th movie was different from the first movie. i think they are same. another theory is when team rocket tried to clone mew they couldn't clone it. mewtwo is almost different from mew. it's shape, it's sound, it's size and many more. maybe mew is one and can't be cloned and that way it can't be 2 mew the origin of all pokemon. there is no 2 captians in one ship.

I agree with you on this one. Otherwise, Jellsprout, you did a good job.

 

[Freakshow]

Yippee, another thread about multiple/single legendaries.


Groudon/Kyogre/Rayquaza: Multiple. They were sealed in Hoenn, while they were also known and used in Orre.
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Hmm..I kinda don't agree with this. They are sealed in Hoenn, but also, (how can I explain this), Orre isn't "connected" to Hoenn. The game built the legends to be used by trainers to make this a challenge, and I'm fairly sure G/K/R is one only. I mean, if they are the controllers of land and sea (and air), I don't think more than one is a reasonable number for them. That's just my thought, though.
Deoxys is definitely more than one. The Deoxys movie says it (actually, shows it)
Mew, being the creator of pokemons (am not daring to say world), may be one only. It may be found in South America, but what is the possiblity that Mew might be travelling around the world?