If you'll direct your attention to my sig, you'll see that I possess a very large amount of shinies. Quite a few of them have some stories behind them, too.
I was in Fiery Path, in Ruby Version, looking for Grimer. I was strapped for cash (ingame), and I thought I'd catch some Grimer and take the nuggets. Not one Grimer appeared. Disappointed, I went to leave the path, forgetting that my Swampert knew Dig at the time. Lucky mistake. One step away from the exit, I find myself in battle with a shiny Machop!
I was in the Great Marsh. I had paid $500, gotten the shard of the day from that guy, and was determined to capture me my money's worth. I had bagged a few Tangela and a Yanma or two. A couple of Exeggcute had really depleted my Safari Ball stock (before fleeing >_>), and I was down to ten. Then it appeared. A Tropius. A shiny Tropius! I started to panic. The Great Marsh was notorious for fleeing shinies, and Tropius wasn't exactly that easy to capture in the first place. I didn't use bait, I'd seen it fail too many times. I didn't use mud, because I've seen it backfire even more times. And I didn't run, because I wasn't stupid enough to let a shiny get away without a fight. First Safari Ball I threw, shook three times, Tropius broke out... and stayed! THe second one went exactly the same way. The third one didn't even shake! Yet, Tropius remained before me. So I threw another Safari Ball. It wiggled once... Twice.... Three times.....! CLICK! My eyes were squeezed shut, they popped open as soon as the ball clicked, confirming the capture. Now THAT was what I call my money's worth.
And then there are my non-shinies. I have many, many level 100 EV trained Pokemon (including most of my shinies, actually!), and many of them have their own accomplishments.
Scyther took out Hall Matron Argenta's Dusknoir with no trouble at all.
Weezing took on and beat two of Castle Valet Darach's Pokemon with little trouble.
Electabuzz got my Battle Hall streak over 100, single-handedly. This included 2HKOing Argenta's Noctowl with THundebolt.
Tyranitar had the pleasure of sweeping my cousin's entire team.
And then there's my pride and joy: Wynaut. Born in Slateport City, Wynaut's been all over. From Hoenn to Kanto, back to Hoenn, to Orre (for Mt. Battle), back to Hoenn, to Sinnoh. He has 59 ribbons, and held an everstone since he was born until he was level 100, so no Exp. Share or cheats played any part in his reaching level 100. He's beaten all contests in all regions, has a portrait up in Lilycove's art museum, been part of a winning team in Orre's Mt. Battle, and got me into the Ribbon Syndicate. Next stop, the Pokethlon!
