PKMN of the Week: Cubchoo

Cubchoo is an ursine Pokémon with a light blue head and neck. It has a slightly pointed head, with large round ears, shiny, dark, oval-shaped eyes, and a darker-blue muzzle. Cubchoo has a shiny dark nose, from which a considerable amount of light blue nasal mucus, the source of its attacks, droops. The lower part of its body is white, with rounded forepaws, digit-less feet with black paw-pads, and a small round tail.

A Cubchoo's nose is constantly running. It inhales the mucus and uses it in its attacks. If it is in bad health, the mucus becomes watery, which powers down its Ice-type techniques.

SOURCE: BULBAPEDIA

PKMN of the Week: Trubbish

Trubbish resemble a full, green garbage bag, knotted on top. They have oval-shaped eyes and a toothy mouth, and arms that look like trash spilling out of small tears in the bag with pink and blue colored objects protruding out of them. Their feet are green and stubby.

Trubbish emit burp-like gases which, when inhaled, will render the victim bedridden for a week.

This Pokémon was created when a garbage dump accidentally had a chemical change of some sort.

Fun Facts

• Trubbish, along with its evolution Garbodor, are the only pure Poison-type Pokémon in Generation V.
• Trubbish is one of two Pokémon that learns both Stockpile and Swallow, but not Spit Up. The other is Munchlax.
  • Conversely, it is one of three Pokémon that learn Stockpile, but only either one of Swallow or Spit Up, not both. The other two are the aforementioned Munchlax and Qwilfish.

PKMN of the Week: Oshawott

Oshawott can fight skillfully by detaching the scalchop on its belly. The scalchop can be used for a variety of different things, such as a acting like a sword, shield, and boomerang.

If Oshawott is attacked, it will fight back using its scalchop without any hesitation. When eating, Oshawott uses its forepaws to move food to its mouth. (rather than going down on all fours to eat it).

Facts:

• Oshawott is the only Water-type starter Pokémon to be based on a mammal.
• Oshawott is the only Water-type starter Pokémon to not have an "i" in its name.
• Oshawott is the only starter Pokémon whose name begins with a vowel, discounting Eevee.

PKMN of the Week: Snivy

Hope everyone got a copy of Black/White over the weekend!

Snivy #495

It absorbs energy in the sunlight to grow more powerful, which also sharpens its movements and agility. It is a smart Pokémon with a cool demeanor. It usually basks in the sun and undergoes photosynthesis with its tail, which droops when it loses energy. Mostly they live in tall grass in forests, or in trees.

Facts:

 • Shortly after its release, much like many other Generation V Pokémon newly introduced, Snivy received the fan-made moniker, "Smugleaf". This name was picked up on and published in an article on video gaming-focused blog Kotaku and later in an issue of Official Nintendo Magazine Australia and New Zealand, as well as its United Kingdom counterpart.

• Despite what its Pokédex entry for Black says, it cannot have the ability Chlorophyll.

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PKMN of the Week: Huntail

Huntail normally attacks with its powerful jaws. Huntail has a strong and sturdy spine which helps it to survive the high levels of water pressure of the depth of the sea where it lives. It also has powerful eyesight.

Like most fully evolved Pokémon, Huntail can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Huntail are violent by nature. They use the lure on their tail to attract smaller fish, then attack with their long teeth and swallow the prey whole.

Fact:

• Huntail's tail resembles Gorebyss, Clamperl's other evolved form, the same way that Gorebyss's tail resembles Huntail.

Source: BULBAPEDIA

PKMN of the Week: Plusle and Minun

You saw it coming, didn't you? Due to our new shirts, we are going to talk about the PKMN who inspired those two shirts. By the way, if you pre-order, you get a FREE gift with it!

Plusle is a cheerful and supportive Pokémon, always encouraging comrades in battle by using the spark pouches in its cheeks. It is very compassionate towards its friends, and is known to cry upon witnessing a friend lose a battle. They are commonly referred to as cheerleaders for these actions. A Plusle may climb telephone poles to absorb electricity.

Minun creates electrical pom-poms and sparks to cheer on its partners. Minun's stats are geared towards defense whereas Plusle's stats are sweeper-oriented. Minun's movepool is nearly identical to Plusle, except that Minun learns Charm and Trump Card and lacks Last Resort.

Apparently, simultaneous exposure to electricity from a Plusle and Minun will promote circulation and boost vitality.

Fun Facts:

• Minun shares the same species name with its partner Plusle. They are both known as Cheering Pokémon.
• Minun/Plusle is considered by many fans to be a novelty Pokémon due to its general weakness unless paired in battle with Pokémon with it's partner. It appears mainly to showcase the double battle system introduced in its generation.
• Plusle and Minun have the same base stat total and the same base stats, Although they are located in different stats.

SOURCE: BULBAPEDIA

PKMN of the Week: Shinx

It is based on a lion cub or kitten. Its fur is mostly blue, yet there is a Pichu-like arrangement of black fur under its neck, and black fur under its torso. It has a long black tail with a gold four-pointed star on the end. Its forelegs each have a gold ring around them; these are electricity glands, similar to Pikachu's cheeks. It has large, oval ears with gold, star-like "fleur de lis" symbols on them. It has gold-pupiled eyes, and a pink-red nose. It has tufts of hair which will eventually grow into a mane; these can be seen on top and on the rear sides of its head. Whenever its mouth is shown open, small fangs can be seen developing.

Fun Facts:

• Shinx's English name was originally thought to be "Spinx" because of a low quality photo with its name on it.
• Shinx is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 263.

Source: BULBAPEDIA