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Some unpopular Pokémon that should've been a minor or no focus at all in the Sun & Moon anime?

MiloticTwins

Well-Known Member
Hey, what's happening, guys? If you have thought of some unpopular Pokémon that should've been a minor or no focus in the anime at all, please let me know, and good luck. ;)
 

RedJirachi

Veteran member
I'm of the opposite opinion. The anime gives the opportunity to make unpopular Pokemon popular with their portrayal
 

Apslup

Feelin' Fine.
Heatmor
 

BTS_fan

Immortal Queen
Turtonator is literally the most unappealing Gen 7 mon, so I can't comprehend why Kiawe got stuck with it over so many cooler Fire types.
 

mehmeh1

Not thinking twice!

Ignition

We are so back Zygardebros
Turtonator is literally the most unappealing Gen 7 mon, so I can't comprehend why Kiawe got stuck with it over so many cooler Fire types.
I think that honor goes to Bruxish

There’s only 9 Alolan Fire Types and:
-The Litten line is the most popular overall so there was no way Ash was going to miss out on that
-Salandit/Salazzle don’t really fit Kiawe and are better as antagonistic Pokèmon
-Blacephalon is a Legendary

Which leaves Oricorio, Turtonator, and Alolan Marowak. Oricorio would’ve fit but its entire gimmick is changing form so maybe they decided against it for that? And he’d need at least 2 Pokèmon
 

blizzardblaze

Comp. Battler Who loves The Anime
Oricorio could also fit how in the games his marowak dance?
 

Zoruagible

Lover of underrated characters
Durant
Volcarona
Ursaring
Beartic
Spiritomb (It was never seen again after that whole "Oh, it's evil mwahahahaha!" episode in Sinnoh :/ )
Deino line
Pangoro
Phantump
Jangmo-o and it's evolution
Sandslash, both Alola and standard
Gigalith
Seismitoad
Espurr/Meowstic (They really missed their chance at making Espurr a gag Pokemon. He could pop out on his own and just creepily stare at characters)
Manaphy, still say she deserves an episode. Hopefully she gets one when we get DP remakes.

And honorable mention to Turtonator and Mareanie. And Torracat The most underused cast Pokemon since Palpitoad
 

BTS_fan

Immortal Queen
Mareanie does deserve more attention that's not focused on it cuddling James's head. I wish Mimikyu wasn't such a screen hog.
 

Leonhart

Imagineer
blizzardblaze said:
Oricorio could also fit how in the games his marowak dance?

While I think Odoridori could've suited Kaki's team just fine, I'm relieved that he got a Garagara instead since it's such an underrated species that I felt needed the screen-time more.
 

Zoruagible

Lover of underrated characters
Seismitoad

And honorable mention to Turtonator and Mareanie. And Torracat The most underused cast Pokemon since Palpitoad

lol
I think it'll be nice if Guzma owns a Galvantula as well, since Unova Pokemon have gotten some love recently. And the species didn't get to do anything, it's a lot more interesting than the Ariados he could potentially have too. Poison's a bit overdone as a bad guy type
 

DatsRight

Well-Known Member
lol
I think it'll be nice if Guzma owns a Galvantula as well, since Unova Pokemon have gotten some love recently. And the species didn't get to do anything, it's a lot more interesting than the Ariados he could potentially have too. Poison's a bit overdone as a bad guy type

Galvantula should be saved for if Misty reappears. :p

Not many I can think of, though SM did kinda put me off the Bounsweet line. Barely put anything to it besides being another 'invincible abusive girl' gag we see in tons of other anime. Otherwise this series has actually been more liable to make me LIKE some Pokemon I wouldn't be that interested in before, like Turtonator or the Grubbin line.
 

DatsRight

Well-Known Member
Mareanie does deserve more attention that's not focused on it cuddling James's head. I wish Mimikyu wasn't such a screen hog.

The problem is that Team Rocket have only made so many appearances in SM, and lack the same variation in interactions they often have. Previous eras had loads of enemy mines and alternative agendas like contests to use their Pokemon in diverse ways, while SM doesn't do as much of that (still better than BW however, where the Pokemon barely got ANY character time at all). Also pre-Ultra Legends didn't actually have James battle a lot for some reason, it was always Meowth (likely because it was easier to buy the non-battling twerps thrashing Meowth early on over Mareanie who had previously outdone Ash and could use Darkium Z) with Mimikyu for all the Pikachu face offs.

It's strange you'd think stuff like Knock Off would be ideal for TR thefts.
 
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Leonhart

Imagineer
Zoruagible said:
lolI think it'll be nice if Guzma owns a Galvantula as well, since Unova Pokemon have gotten some love recently. And the species didn't get to do anything, it's a lot more interesting than the Ariados he could potentially have too. Poison's a bit overdone as a bad guy type

One of my favorite things about Guzma is the fact that he's a Bug Pokemon specialist, which is refreshing since Bug-types are generally portrayed as weak or uninteresting in the anime, so Guzma has a chance of fixing that misconception.
 
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