Stupid things that you thought/did with pokemon as a kid

[TheExploud29]

I traded my LV 100 Girantina for a LV 51 Garchomp in Platinum because I couldn't find a Gabite

I also never knew the pc existed young me was dumb

I also believed that if I left my DS on all night with mystery gift on I would eventually get an event. I thought I would be smart and have it charge so it wouldn't go dead but all I got was the words no gift found burnt into my screen when I checked it the next day

 

[Pyukumuku]

In Diamond I used my master ball on the eastern shellos cuz I thought it was shiny.
In conjuncture with that, I thought releasing pokemon gave you their pokeball back.
I grew up playing FR/LG, so when I played Red I thought the game was glitched cuz I couldn't go to the Sevii islands, so I sold it to a friend for 5$
I didn't even pay attention to stats, I thought they were just for flavour, so I used pokemon like Dragonite and Charizard as special attackers and I actually tried a Sneazel as a Tank because I thought ghost was strong against dark and it took little damage from Gaspar (.E.I. betrayal in a trade),

 

[Omegagoldfish]

When I first started playing, I thought HP was the only stat. I also had no clue about status moves.

 

[Nerdy McNerdface]

Placing my finger over the DS charger hole and feeling very determined whenever I tried to catch something in the hope that my emotions would make it work.

I was dumb.

 

[octoboy]

One misconception I had earlier on was that mud slap (and other moves with "mud" in them) was part water type. I remember seeing it being super effective on a fire type and figuring it was because mud had water in it, so mud slap must be a water/ground move. I was genuinely surprised the first time I saw earthquake cause super-effective damage on a fire type.

I guess it would take the games a while before they implemented dual-typed moves.

 

[JohnnyBlaze]

I had heard when I was younger that an adamant natured Pokémon was good (which is true) but I didn't understand nature's at all so EVERY Pokémon I had HAD to be adamant (like Latios and Alakazam, etc.)

 

[satopi]

When I was very young, I kept calling some real life animals Pokémon names.
For example: Caterpillar = Caterpie, mouse: "That looks like Ratata!", pony: Ponyta

Also, I thought mating Ditto with another Pokémon (I think it was supposed to be a Legendary like Mew) would produce Mewtwo. Or was it another Ditto? I also thought that I was actually talking to Pikachu even without the Pika Mic when I was playing Hey You Pikachu! It was because of the immense bond we shared.

 

[Ereshkigal]

I thought I only needed to use one Pokemon for fighting. This was back in Generation 1. I started with a Bulbasaur.

Surprisingly, this actually worked.

 

[satopi]

I thought I only needed to use one Pokemon for fighting. This was back in Generation 1. I started with a Bulbasaur.

Surprisingly, this actually worked.

I still have the nagging feeling that it's required to catch the regional bird/beginner Pokémon.

 

[Zold]

- I thought if I kept randomly walking through grass I'd surely encounter Mew one day
- Did the same for Celebi in Ilex Forest
- Tried the Truck a thousand times
- Went to the space center every day hoping the rocket would launch
- I would challenge literally everyone I saw to battle, boys, girls, adults and just anyone. It's kinda cool but gosh, my sister hated me at times when her friends were over...
- I convinced myself I saw a Ho-Oh IRL. (yes I really believed this untill I was like 14)
- Sometimes I'd sneak downstairs at night to see if the TV would secretly air a new or secret episode in the night (no idea why I thought they would, but I did)

Then of course, some of the usual stuff like giving HM's or bad moves, but hey that's just a learning process.

 

[Ereshkigal]

I still have the nagging feeling that it's required to catch the regional bird/beginner Pokémon.

I still capture them too. Just too often they prove useful. And for its day, Pidgeot was just powerful.

 

[Earth Wolf-Howl]

I thought I only needed to use one Pokemon for fighting. This was back in Generation 1. I started with a Bulbasaur.

Surprisingly, this actually worked.

Me, too, actually. I only used my starter up until Generation 5 came out, when I decided that I wanted to create a proper team.

Not for me. I only really started to have an okay time against the Elite 4 when I created full teams.

 

[mystic9899]

i remember using my master ball on a bronzong in mt. coronet because i thought it was rare lmao. my cousin facepalmed so hard when i told him what i did.

 

[queenalexis]

once a pokemon is dead, it dead forever

 

[Superteletubbies64]

Oh when I started playing I was a complete n00b. There were two stupid mistakes I made and held onto them all the way to the Elite Four.

First of all, I thought status moves sucked and always replaced them with offensive moves.

Secondly, I didn't know type coverage was a thing so I just had three moves of the same type as the Pokemon and one Normal-type move on them or something. Like a Samurott with Surf, Waterfall, Hydro Cannon and False Swipe. And I also managed to raise that to lv 100.

 

[MechanisticMoth]

I thought that the EV boosting vitamins (Protein, Calcium, etc.) would make my stats go up by 10 since I didn't know what EVs were. I was always confused as to why this didn't happen and just put it in good faith with the game that something would change.

 

[RileyXY1]

Not something that I thought was a kid, but something I thought that was stupid in general. Since I couldn't tell the Team Skull themes apart, I thought that Plumeria and Guzma had the same battle theme as the grunts. I didn't find out that Plumeria and Guzma had their own themes into I listened to the music on YouTube.

 

[lemoncatpower]

I remember playing Red trying to beat the league 20times in a row without turning off the game to try and "unlock" the "car" instead of the bike. Obviously I failed, not sure when I learned it wasn't actually a thing, but I know I just gave up before knowing.

Mashing buttons for captures, but I still do it. It feels so empty if I'm not smashing my DS while the pokemon is being captured. I almost feel like if I press A repeatedly is the same as me keeping my hand on the pokeball so it doesn't burst open lol. Stupid, I know.

I always thought Togepi was the first stage of Aerodactyl, I was surprised when Togepi evolved into Togetic and not Aerodactyl in my gold... although I loved togetic endlessly back then.

I used to capture pokemon and have them represent members of my family and whoever I was crushing on (this was around when ruby and spphire came out and five members of my family and my crush makes six). That was fun and it's something I still do to this day but not nearly as often or strictly.

Back when I was about 6ish I used to play with pokemon toys with this old friend (can't remember his name even lol) but basically his mom used to babysit my sister and I. Everyday I used to steal one of his pokemon toys until he noticed a bunch missing and I had to apologize and give them all back. Well they thought so, because I kept a few and still have them... God I was a bad kid. You can trust me now to play with your pokemon toys and not steal them though, I have morals now

My best friend and I, growing up, used to always get the different versions. In the beginning with silver and gold I used to INSIST that he had to catch ALL the opposite pokemon of mine and we would battle. He always seemed to be into the idea, but I feel bad now remembering making him use a certain pokemon. He was younger than me and as you can see from my above statement, I wasn't the best kid. When I say opposite pokemon I mean like I'd catch Nidoran boy and he'd get the girl and so on. Also I remember not saying this, but I used to get annoyed if he used pokemon that I thought were too cool for him too. Trust me that I am not like this anymore and I have learned from that.

I also specifically remember always thinking fire was super effective against poison. ALWAYS thought Charizard was the perfect counter to Nidoqueen and Nidoking... If whoever I was battling on pokemon stadium chose first, I'd always choose Charizard to counter their nidos, if chosen.

 

[AmethystLeslie]

Back in my noob days (as in, age of 17 and starting out with Pokemon X), I once believed that Scyther was introduced in Gen 2, and Scizor in Gen 4.

I also was stupid enough to believe a rumor that giving tips to people in XY gave me an increased chance of finding shinies. Maybe that wasn't too wrong, since I found a lot a shinies for a non-hunter in 3 years.

My first pokemon, Delphox, at some points learned Cut and Blast Burn. When taking it online, I would also slap a Power Herb in the belief that it removed the recharging turn of Blast Burn. Guess that would've been cool if it actually worked like that.

 

[BC_Guy]

- When I first played Ruby as a kid, I killed Groudon and saved without knowing that you couldn't recatch legendaries.
- I used to think Absol, Rotom, Volcarona were legendaries.
- I believed in the Mossdeep space station rumor where you could eventually board a rocket, go to space, and catch Deoxys.
- I thought if you spotted Mirage Island, you could obtain a Jirachi egg.
- I thought Kingdra and Skarmory were Gen III Pokemon.
- In FireRed I thought you could catch the other two legendary beasts by solving a puzzle in the Tanoby Ruins.
- When news of Gen IV was first coming out, I believed a rumor in school that you would be able to join Team Rocket and steal Pokemon for money.
- Pressing A when a Pokeball shakes would increase the catch rate (I have a habit of doing this even today).
- Recently, I was unaware that Minior has different colors (thought it was only pink). When I got a green Minior through wonder trade, I thought it was a shiny.