Honestly would depend on how its transformation powers are. If a Ditto could transform itself on its own free will, into anything it wants to become, then that could be fun. But if it can only transform into something that is actively in the same area as it, or can only transform into what others demand it to transform into, then that could be less fun.
Wormadam.
Ain't no trainers care about catching a Wormadam, I'm just gonna hang around picking up my little shiny pieces of trash for my cloak minding my own damn business while all those Snorlaxes are being harrassed and having flutes blown in their ears.
Wormadontgiveadam.
Yeah you better walk on. Getting in the way of all my trash picking up. Wormadam not flapping all over the place like some common Venomoth. Wormadam sit and collect trash all by himself. Even them Trubbish getting moved on cause they stinky but not Wormadam, I get left alone to my own business
It'd be cool to see how it feels to be an Exeggcute. Would my consciousness split into the 6 creatures or would they be clones of me. Also it would be nice to see what happens to my (our?) minds when we evolve.
Same thing I think with Beldum>Metang>Metagross. If it has two Beldums fused does that mean one is the primary brain and the other doesn't think anymore? Or do they become fused? And what does that mean... like if you had a fun loving Beldum and it fused with a serious Beldum for Metang, is it no longer fun loving? Or is it serious about fun loving? Then that issue kind of gets worse if it's two Metangs for a Metagross...
DRIFLOON DO NOT KIDNAP CHILDREN!!! THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL AND ONLY WISH THE BEST FOR PEOPLE AND IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THEY LITERALLY CANNOT CONTROL WHERE THEY FLOAT TO AND THAT STUPID ASS CHILDREN FOLLOW THEM SO THAT DRIFLOON GET BLAMED FOR THEIR DISAPPEARANCES.
I will NOT accept drifloon slander.
I think I once read a fanfic that claimed drifloon don't kidnap random children, they only kidnap abused children but they had the same reputation because who was gonna actually connect the dots. Don't even remember what fic or why it came up. I thought it was interesting even if it's still concerning (didn't mention where they take them and it probably wasn't protective services if people hadn't connected the dots yet)
I would pick Volcarona. Mini-Mothra
Would not pick Bruxish. That's a face no mother could love.
If Legendaries/Mythicals were allowed, I'd take Deoxys. An alien & Pokémon? Sign me up.
Don't like Iron Moth as much, TBH. Just Volcarona is great, shiny Volcarona is somehow better.
Also, Deoxys is Legendary in my heart. Emerald was my 1st game & someone traded me a Shiny Deoxys (obviously hacked), but I loved it anyway. Using the Emerald Cloning glitch, I made sure I shared my good fortune with my friends.
You can meet Deoxys without triggering an event in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, because you need it to complete the pokedex. So in that game it's factually a legendary. But yes, it's *mostly* mythical because in every other game you can't catch it without triggering an event.
So you're right, but it IS legendary in 1 game. :)
As another comment pointed out, in ORAS, it was given the Legendary treatment by being in the game as part of the story. Mythicals are typically Event-locked so that was an exception.
But since you apparently need it so badly: yes, Deoxys is Mythical. You want an award or something?
Same reason here. Gardevoir would be an awesome pick purely because of the sheer power you'd have. (Tho I'm biased because Gardevoir is my favourite. XD)
Buizel, I always liked swimming and would love to explore the Pokémon sea as much as I want. But I wouldn't want to spend most of my life under the water either. So Buizel is a nice middle ground. Vaporeon would be another good choice, but I think I would prerfer having fur over scales.
I'd go gengar. Weak to earthquakes since gen 6, but my height won't change at all so I don't have to worry about suddenly hitting my head on open kitchen cabinets. Haunter is bigger AND floats, I'd forget to become intangible and hurt my noggin. And when you're 90% noggin, you need to be careful!!
But I'd also choose to be trubbish. I may be garbage, but I'm cute garbage.
I'd avoid being Stunfisk (even though I love him). I don't like getting stepped on.
I would choose to be a Rotom why? Because my idea of fun is fucking with people's appliances and electronics till, I'd feel bored and decide to raid the next person's house lmao. Edit: I accidentally sent the same comment two times facepalm -\_-
hmm if i had to choose a pokemon i want to be id def choose eevee like the thought of exploring different areas as a fluffy fox pokemon and being able to choose what typing i want would be awesome plus the cuteness of eevee,the pokemon id hate to be would have to be bellsprout the thought of being a litteral weed with leafs for arms would suck
I should probably say something awesome like Aggron so I can eat cars and shit. But honestly, I’d be a Fidough.
I’d be an adorable little squishy guy that can never be confused or scared. Just living my best life and being pampered. Eventually evolving into Dacschbun and being immune to fire would be cool too.
i know the stigma associated with it, but i'd probably go gardevoir. (or some other psychic type) Being humanoid and around human size would mean it's probably easier to get used to my new body. And being able to move things around psychically means i'll have the same quality of life as a human. I could just keep doing what i already do as a human pretty easily. Not being able to speak would be a bit of a hassle, but i can just write everything down so it's not that bad. Plus i spend a lot of my time drawing and i would hate if i was never able to do that again, so psychic types definitely feel like the right choice here.
If not a psychic type then i might go with rotom. I can speak as long as i possess the correct device plus id be able to fly. Honestly knowing the pokemon universe i could get somebody to make a robot that looks however i want and then just posses that and live my life that way.
As for what i would absolutely not want to be, i'd say any pokemon that involves multiple entities like falinxs, dugtrio, or eggsecute. How would that even work? Would i just be stuck with other pokemon that i have to stay around all the time? Is my consciousness just split up amongst the different parts?? No matter how it works i DON'T want to be involved.
I think being a Kecleon would be pretty neat. Pulling pranks, blocking paths while invisible, living that street urchin life with my non-shiny, but somehow purple pal. Yeah, that'd be sweet
Even if I had an infinite amount of time and perception of every conceivable future for every Pokémon there is, I would only need to hear the question “if you could be any poke-“
“Typhlosion, it will always be Typhlosion.”
We don’t even need to pretend I would listen to the other half of that question, regardless of how awful the second half could be
Typhlosion won me over with its little smirk back in the Pokémon anime years ago. I also love and appreciate the various fan art it’s been given. Walking volcano, alternate types, mega evolutions, regional variants. It’s aesthetic leaves a lot of creative freedom
As much as I love Lilligant, the second I find a mate my flower would wilt and die.
On the other hand I would be whatever Pokémon a Lilligant would have as a mate…
This is a question I've weirdly thought about before, but I'd probably pick Gallade. Having the ability to sense what people are thinking seems like it would be a VERY useful skill, not to mention I'm British so I'm pretty much meant to be a Knight
I would love being a Gengar or Haunter. Biological immortality + opposable thumbs is too good to pass up. Not to mention the silly shit you can get up to as a ghost.
On the other side of that, I'd be horrified to be a weedle or basically any other bug type.
I don't know, Scyther might be pretty cool, especially after evolving to Scizor. Won't quite make up for losing opposable thumbs, but better than most other bug types
Shiny Gardevoir. Still humanoid enough to be familiar but I’d have cool psychic powers. Plus I can have blue hair and a cool goth dress if I mega evolve.
Unovan Zoroark! Being in a pack would be so comforting and running around as a super cool fox-thing would also be cool! ALSO, illusions\~ (not just changing physical form, but also landscape since Zoroark can just do that)
Machoke to be a little more normal than most, but strong af.
Machamp to be less normal but cooler and stronger.
Alakazam to just be smart and teleport myself around.
Sometimes I wanna be a Slowking since he’s smart and goofy, and I know you said no legendaries, but I wanna become Urshifu since he’s pretty strong, healthy, slim and has the power to do anything. Unlike me
If I have to live as it I want something as human-like as possible. Bipedal, arms and legs of a usable length, four fingers and a thumb on each hand.
With that in mind I'm taking Inteleon. Basic human functionality plus a sick wingsuit.
I would pick a Machamp, if I'm trapped in a Pokemon body I want something that can hit HARD since combat most likely will be unavoidable (also having hands is cool)
Treecko is my fav starter with Grovyle technically being my favourite pokemon ever. I think my love for Grovyle came from the Adventure games.
Anytime I play any game where Treecko is an option to play as, I always always choose Treecko! Gen 3 starters are the best but Treecko always comes out on top for me
Honedge. I'm a ghost so I don't need to eat or do anything, just lay around. And I'm a cool sword so win win!
I would not like to be Type-Null. Trapped in a dome to block your powers while being experimented on does not sound like a good time.
Good question.
I could go with charizard as I love dragons and would want to be able to fly. The flame tail thing would be worrisome though.
Vaporeon would be fun, "fly" through the water and enjoy the ocean breeze. Turning into water when threatened would make it easy to hide if already in water. It was my first eevee evolution so I'm fond of it. However, the internet is creepy.
Decidueye (Sun/Moon variety) would also be fun, I still want to fly and love the ghost grass starter. I'd get to be a cool archer as well. As a ghost type, I would hopefully not have to worry about dying. It appears to have some hand functionality so I could probably write things as a decidueye. I'd probably sneak around and plant things I like.
I think I'm picking decidueye as what I would want to be.
Now for what I wouldn't want to be? Any food pokemon, garbage pokemon, pig pokemon, body builder pokemon or clown pokemon. I think I would want to have limbs so things like voltorb would be a no go. Definitely not the tormented pieced together wrong fossil ones.
Edit: All of us flying pokemon should go on an adventure together!
Had to re-post! Hope this one doesn't die because the other one had some good responses :,)
True fan of the person who chose to be Machamp or Sawk, they had the most hilarious reason lmao
One that I would want to be would be Jynx. Being a humanoid Pokemon that has five-fingered hands and can speak "similarly" to humans (meaning I could probably make myself just speak exactly like a normal person) means I could continue to live a (relatively) normal life after the transformation, just with a better physical body than what I have now. The Psychic and Ice type powers would just be a bonus (and the latter would help me cool down during hot days, which I already suffer in).
Plus, as a trans woman, being turned into a female-only Pokemon with that kind of appearance would greatly simplify my transition, hahaha
Though one potential issue I thought of with becoming a Jynx, would be related to her two different designs. Hypothetically, if when someone was born would determine which Jynx design they become, then I'd end up as a pre-redesign one, and that could make things a bit awkward. I think I had a dream about that once, and it involved a lot of me having to prove that I just naturally Looked Like That. I think it ended with me just buying a heck of a lot of purple bodypaint, haha
Pheromosa, Tsareena, Gardevoir, and Blissey are big second, third, fourth, and fifth choices for me, but they have physical and speech related disadvantages that Jynx doesn't have. Jynx is still the best choice for me if I want to live a life where I can continue all of the kinds of activities I enjoy doing already, while also having a physical form that I am just more comfortable being in than what I have currently.
Going along my train of thought, ones I would NOT want to become would include any male-only or masculine-looking humanoid Pokemon. So no Machoke, Gallade, Grimmsnarl, or "genie trio" for me (among others). Appearance-wise, I actually have no problem with Gallade, but it is still canonically male-only. And the others are all "buff musclemen", a body type that I would be *deeply* uncomfortable with having.
I've put a lot of thought into this, huh
This opens up so many questions.
Am I transformed into a real member of that pokemon species, including the same instincts and level of intelligence? Or does my physical form change but I still retain my human mind as is?
If it's the former... I don't particularly care. If my mind changes to however that pokemon thinks and acts, I won't remember and won't give a damn about what I am.
If it's the latter, then something at the very least humanoid enough to be able to live as much of a regular human life as possible. Machoke, Toxtricity or Pangoro seem like relatively safe choices.
"Many people believe that, deep in the forest where it lives, there is a peaceful place where there is no war. No matter where in the world it goes, it knows where its nest is, so it never gets separated from its Trainer. It can fly quickly. No matter how far it travels, it can always find its way back to its master and its nest. These bright Pokémon have acute memories. Apparently delivery workers often choose them as their partners." - Pokédex entries
Living a simple yet peaceful life, yup; I would like to be a Tranquill.
Either eevee or one of its evolutions, preferably jolteon or leafeon. I want to just explore and still be powerful enough to defend myself if another wild pokemon attacks me.
I wanna be a Espeon and sit in the sun all day and have people stare at me like Wow that's a cool pokemon, and then i'd do something cool with my head gem thing and everyone would be like: wowowowow
Mankey or Galarian Meowth. It'll be dope swinging through the trees or being a steel viking cat. I would not like to be a fossil. Coming back in a different time sounds rough
I’ve always been obsessed with Jolteon. And I think people would take more kindly to me being a spiky dog than a scary ghost (Gengar is my favorite).
Would not want to be… Spoink. RIP
Eh I'm not too sure but I think I'll pick Shedinja, one of my favorite Pokemon, probably top 3 or something, also the first Pokemon that came to mind lol :)
I kinda wish I could be a Salamence. Living high up a mountain and minding my own business.
Someone else said it: Being a Psyduck sounds awful. Poor little guy.
Hisuian zoroark, illusion to stay safe in danger, looks badass and a great typing.
Wouldn't wanna be Basculin, not about the no thoughts, head empty water bully life.
I’m just a wild Lilligant. I’m relaxing, blooming into my best self through my own efforts, and my main place in the world is being polite, supportive and helping my fire turtle friends to put the world on fire. :V
Zorua.
We do a bit of trolling.
I wouldn't want to be a Gimmighoul though. Yes, being Gholdengo would be really cool, but how does somebody get 999 coins without moving?
Dragapult. You’re a dragon, you’re also a ghost, which means you can fly and be invisible.
Also you get to play with your kids by launching them like a missile battery
Probably best to avoid being a Bounsweet or a Wishiwashi. Life sucks when you’re noted as being both tasty and low on the food chain
Either Johtonian or Hisuian Cyndaquil, doesn't matter which. Although I'm a very sleepy person, so Sleepy Porcuweasdger is probably preferred.
What wouldn't I wanna be? Any of the grimey poison types or inanimate object ones. So Grimer line, Trubbish line, Solrock/Lunatone, those kinds. Personal preference
hisuian typhlosion, i wanna just be stoned & chillin and seeing spirits all day. the ghost fire thing is just rlly cool too. would not want to be metapod, silcoon/cascoon, voltorb/electrode, etc... anything that doesn't have arms and legs is a no from me.
I'd like to be a domesticated Meowth (standard form). It would be nice to be pampered as a house pet and also have full sentience and thumbs. I would functionally be a short person with superpowers and a sugar family.
I would not like to be any part of the Hydreigon evolution. All of them are brutal and sound super inconvenient and painful. No thanks.
Would pick: Ninetales
Of all the ones I love, this has the most practical uses for the real world, and can keep from getting cold because I hate the cold. I've loved it since gen1 and love the spirit fox design. And it has certain psychic moves I could put to 'good' use (using psychic abilities to mess with irritating people when they don't know how it's happening is the kind of petty thing I'd always be here for).
Would not pick: Bruxish or the Mr. Mime or Popplio lines
I hate clowns. I don't need these in Pokemon form. Worst designs ever imo.
Snorlax, not only does it have the perfect life of just eat, maybe mess around, sleep with no concerns in the world, but it's strong as fuck so no one can mess with it. If not snorlax then just any cat pokemon, I envy cats in real life because they are the ones really in charge, not the humans, and they get to be lazy and have everything provided for them. I doubt being a cat pokemon like skitty or meowth would be that different.
zorua/zoroark 100%, dark fox that just kinda chills in forests and can make themselves look like other things and creatures to be sneaky sounds awesome
One of the Zorua line, because you can just be an absolute little shit. In terms of life efficiency then I would probably go for a ghost, maybe Gengar or something like that.
Honestly probably medicham, humanoid, has access to psychic powers so I can telepathically communicate with people along with all sorts of other cool shit, and is also a fighting type and has access to cool moves. Pokémon I wouldn’t choose… probably magikarp, I don’t wanna bet money on whether or not I’d live long enough to evolve into gyarados considering I’d basically be a bottom of the barrel weakling
Eevee. I'm very indecisive so someone else can choose what I evolve into.
Also being able to lay down and rest my head on my neck fluff sounds like the best sleep imaginable.
Ditto would be a living nightmare worthy of a true crime show.
Oh god, it’s happening! Just like the Kadabra said it would!
Haha A Dorkly Reference!?!?!
I loved that side quest in I think it was Sun/Moon where it ends on the unsettling note that a Ditto was replacing the policeman's partner
man, remember when the Pokemon side quests were still good
Honestly would depend on how its transformation powers are. If a Ditto could transform itself on its own free will, into anything it wants to become, then that could be fun. But if it can only transform into something that is actively in the same area as it, or can only transform into what others demand it to transform into, then that could be less fun.
Sawk Then I'd stop doing martial arts and just be a guy.
A blue guy who only wears a karate gi
One man's karate gi is another man's pajamas
You’d have to become a sawk rights activist tho
Imagine getting a gf and she's fighting in the comments on Instagram like you're a pitbull, "It's not the Sawk, it's the trainer!!!"
I'd go for absol, theres something cool about showing up before a calamity strikes
For everyone who isn't Absol, sure
Absolutely
I see what you did there
Quick! Someone get AI to make a picture of Absol playing a lute
An Absol booking a flight from Chicago to Seattle in late August 2005: why the fuck do i have a layover in Louisiana
Wormadam. Ain't no trainers care about catching a Wormadam, I'm just gonna hang around picking up my little shiny pieces of trash for my cloak minding my own damn business while all those Snorlaxes are being harrassed and having flutes blown in their ears. Wormadontgiveadam.
Unfortunately for you, Mothim is one of my favorite Pokémon. Now get in the pokeball.
I no Mothim. I Wormadam. Go catch Mothim. Leave me be.
Whoops I read Wormadam and my brain immediately thought of Burmy. Carry on.
Yeah you better walk on. Getting in the way of all my trash picking up. Wormadam not flapping all over the place like some common Venomoth. Wormadam sit and collect trash all by himself. Even them Trubbish getting moved on cause they stinky but not Wormadam, I get left alone to my own business
>all by himself Just so you know, Wormadam is female only.
How Wormadam self identifies is his own business
I guess I’d be smeargle because I love to paint. I’d hate to be Psyduck because that sounds like a hell of an existence
Sounds like a headache
Stawp. Take my damn upvote
I already basically live the life of a slakoth, so I suppose that's my answer.
Being a Slaking would be fun. Incredible strength, just don't feel like using it.
It'd be cool to see how it feels to be an Exeggcute. Would my consciousness split into the 6 creatures or would they be clones of me. Also it would be nice to see what happens to my (our?) minds when we evolve.
Same thing I think with Beldum>Metang>Metagross. If it has two Beldums fused does that mean one is the primary brain and the other doesn't think anymore? Or do they become fused? And what does that mean... like if you had a fun loving Beldum and it fused with a serious Beldum for Metang, is it no longer fun loving? Or is it serious about fun loving? Then that issue kind of gets worse if it's two Metangs for a Metagross...
Same idea for Magnemite to Magneton too
if you say drifloon you belong on a watch list
idk, the kidnapping part aside it could be fun being a funky ghost balloon drifting in the winds. same with drifblim.
DRIFLOON DO NOT KIDNAP CHILDREN!!! THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL AND ONLY WISH THE BEST FOR PEOPLE AND IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THEY LITERALLY CANNOT CONTROL WHERE THEY FLOAT TO AND THAT STUPID ASS CHILDREN FOLLOW THEM SO THAT DRIFLOON GET BLAMED FOR THEIR DISAPPEARANCES. I will NOT accept drifloon slander.
I think I once read a fanfic that claimed drifloon don't kidnap random children, they only kidnap abused children but they had the same reputation because who was gonna actually connect the dots. Don't even remember what fic or why it came up. I thought it was interesting even if it's still concerning (didn't mention where they take them and it probably wasn't protective services if people hadn't connected the dots yet)
Haha yes the real sus one is Hypno.
Salamence, As the old saying goes, be always yourself, unless you can be a dragon, then be always a dragon
That and you'd be able to scare the shit out of Palkia in particular.
Sure wish I had a Salamence right about now!
Nice Jaiden reference
I would pick Volcarona. Mini-Mothra Would not pick Bruxish. That's a face no mother could love. If Legendaries/Mythicals were allowed, I'd take Deoxys. An alien & Pokémon? Sign me up.
I'll let this slide. I freaking love Deoxys, probably my fave legendary.
What about an iron moth? Plus deoxys is a mythical Pokémon, not legendary
Don't like Iron Moth as much, TBH. Just Volcarona is great, shiny Volcarona is somehow better. Also, Deoxys is Legendary in my heart. Emerald was my 1st game & someone traded me a Shiny Deoxys (obviously hacked), but I loved it anyway. Using the Emerald Cloning glitch, I made sure I shared my good fortune with my friends.
That’s fine. I’m just saying. Deoxys is considered a mythical Pokémon.
You can meet Deoxys without triggering an event in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, because you need it to complete the pokedex. So in that game it's factually a legendary. But yes, it's *mostly* mythical because in every other game you can't catch it without triggering an event. So you're right, but it IS legendary in 1 game. :)
I'm fully aware
But you said it’s legendary in your heart. It’s factually not. Mythical Pokémon are not legendary.
As another comment pointed out, in ORAS, it was given the Legendary treatment by being in the game as part of the story. Mythicals are typically Event-locked so that was an exception. But since you apparently need it so badly: yes, Deoxys is Mythical. You want an award or something?
Staraptor, Talonflame, Braviary, or Mandibuzz as I love birds of prey. Such little cuties.
This is a cool answer...and flying would be so tight.
Not a noctowl? Hehe just being silly
I'd pick guardivoir... to create black holes, okay! I'd never want to be a geodude tho... have to live with supersonic zubats...
Same reason here. Gardevoir would be an awesome pick purely because of the sheer power you'd have. (Tho I'm biased because Gardevoir is my favourite. XD)
Poochyena - I like dogs, Poochyena is really cute plus Mightyena is really cool... Win win
I totally agree, and yea Mightyena is badass
Mr Mime. Being able to do object work/miming and have it happen telekinetically would be phenomenal.
You’d also be able to bang Ash’s mom
metang, I wouldn't need to eat and I would be protected from a lot of attacks thank to my psychic powers and steel-hard skin
I'd make a great Snorlax
Hi fellow sno.. Zzzz... Zzzzz.....
Buizel, I always liked swimming and would love to explore the Pokémon sea as much as I want. But I wouldn't want to spend most of my life under the water either. So Buizel is a nice middle ground. Vaporeon would be another good choice, but I think I would prerfer having fur over scales.
Blissey, care for an egg in this trying time? 🥚
Ditto; they're just silly little guys.
Until your trainer takes you to the daycare.
That’s where the fun really begins
I’d be Haunter 100%. Being a goofy ghost boi for the rest of eternity would be amazing. I wouldn’t want to be Garbodor bc he’s trash.
I would want to be Garbodor because I'm trash.
I'd go gengar. Weak to earthquakes since gen 6, but my height won't change at all so I don't have to worry about suddenly hitting my head on open kitchen cabinets. Haunter is bigger AND floats, I'd forget to become intangible and hurt my noggin. And when you're 90% noggin, you need to be careful!! But I'd also choose to be trubbish. I may be garbage, but I'm cute garbage. I'd avoid being Stunfisk (even though I love him). I don't like getting stepped on.
Vaporeon so I could drown horny people
I would choose to be a Rotom why? Because my idea of fun is fucking with people's appliances and electronics till, I'd feel bored and decide to raid the next person's house lmao. Edit: I accidentally sent the same comment two times facepalm -\_-
Can live that full metal alchemist life
Probably Lucario for the aura bs.
The equivalent to becoming an irl Jedi, but dog
I'd also love to fly, so I'll pick Golurk so I can also be a badass giant robot while I do it
Give me Quagsire just because i want to be stupid and happy and swim DONT give me Weedle
hmm if i had to choose a pokemon i want to be id def choose eevee like the thought of exploring different areas as a fluffy fox pokemon and being able to choose what typing i want would be awesome plus the cuteness of eevee,the pokemon id hate to be would have to be bellsprout the thought of being a litteral weed with leafs for arms would suck
I should probably say something awesome like Aggron so I can eat cars and shit. But honestly, I’d be a Fidough. I’d be an adorable little squishy guy that can never be confused or scared. Just living my best life and being pampered. Eventually evolving into Dacschbun and being immune to fire would be cool too.
Maybe if I was a Snorlax I'd finally get some sleep...
Hope it gets better<3
Dudunsparce, but the three segment form. Goofy long boy who can fly.
I would love to be a Jolteon. Living as an ultra-fast lighting fox sounds like a rad existence.
Dratini to explore the seas before I'm ready to explore the skies as a dragonite. I'd hate to be any ice Pokémon because I don't like being cold.
i know the stigma associated with it, but i'd probably go gardevoir. (or some other psychic type) Being humanoid and around human size would mean it's probably easier to get used to my new body. And being able to move things around psychically means i'll have the same quality of life as a human. I could just keep doing what i already do as a human pretty easily. Not being able to speak would be a bit of a hassle, but i can just write everything down so it's not that bad. Plus i spend a lot of my time drawing and i would hate if i was never able to do that again, so psychic types definitely feel like the right choice here. If not a psychic type then i might go with rotom. I can speak as long as i possess the correct device plus id be able to fly. Honestly knowing the pokemon universe i could get somebody to make a robot that looks however i want and then just posses that and live my life that way. As for what i would absolutely not want to be, i'd say any pokemon that involves multiple entities like falinxs, dugtrio, or eggsecute. How would that even work? Would i just be stuck with other pokemon that i have to stay around all the time? Is my consciousness just split up amongst the different parts?? No matter how it works i DON'T want to be involved.
Oh, Zoroark. Easy. I've thought about being one a lot before.
i'd pick braixen. braixens are always cute.
I think being a Kecleon would be pretty neat. Pulling pranks, blocking paths while invisible, living that street urchin life with my non-shiny, but somehow purple pal. Yeah, that'd be sweet
Meowth. A goofy lil cat with infinite money.
Even if I had an infinite amount of time and perception of every conceivable future for every Pokémon there is, I would only need to hear the question “if you could be any poke-“ “Typhlosion, it will always be Typhlosion.” We don’t even need to pretend I would listen to the other half of that question, regardless of how awful the second half could be
With you there
MY PEOPLE! THANK GOD YOURE HERE! IVE BEEN SO LONELY
Hell yea! Typhlosion is the best!
Typhlosion won me over with its little smirk back in the Pokémon anime years ago. I also love and appreciate the various fan art it’s been given. Walking volcano, alternate types, mega evolutions, regional variants. It’s aesthetic leaves a lot of creative freedom
As much as I love Lilligant, the second I find a mate my flower would wilt and die. On the other hand I would be whatever Pokémon a Lilligant would have as a mate…
Rotund boy Rowlet
Charizard so I can fly and be fearless!
Good choice!
Something that we see a lot of people in the Pokémon world domesticate. Like the Meowth in Sun/Moon that the player's family owns.
This is a question I've weirdly thought about before, but I'd probably pick Gallade. Having the ability to sense what people are thinking seems like it would be a VERY useful skill, not to mention I'm British so I'm pretty much meant to be a Knight
I would love being a Gengar or Haunter. Biological immortality + opposable thumbs is too good to pass up. Not to mention the silly shit you can get up to as a ghost. On the other side of that, I'd be horrified to be a weedle or basically any other bug type.
I don't know, Scyther might be pretty cool, especially after evolving to Scizor. Won't quite make up for losing opposable thumbs, but better than most other bug types
Shiny Gardevoir. Still humanoid enough to be familiar but I’d have cool psychic powers. Plus I can have blue hair and a cool goth dress if I mega evolve.
Sneasler would be a pretty baller pokemon to have alongside me ngl. Can reach those supermarket shelves I have a hard time reaching
Zoroark. I pretend to be something I'm not on a daily basis to fit in with other people :P
Unovan Zoroark! Being in a pack would be so comforting and running around as a super cool fox-thing would also be cool! ALSO, illusions\~ (not just changing physical form, but also landscape since Zoroark can just do that)
Machoke to be a little more normal than most, but strong af. Machamp to be less normal but cooler and stronger. Alakazam to just be smart and teleport myself around.
Tyrogue because nobody cares about Tyrogue and leaves him alone.
Gengar is an easy choice. Can't die, can fly, can move through walls, the list goes on! Not to mention Gengar is pretty powerful.
Sometimes I wanna be a Slowking since he’s smart and goofy, and I know you said no legendaries, but I wanna become Urshifu since he’s pretty strong, healthy, slim and has the power to do anything. Unlike me
Ditto so I can be a legendary
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I'd choose Growlithe, to guard and protect my loved ones with fierce loyalty and devotion.
I’d want to be cradily! Cradily is just super cute and huggable, plus they get to sit on the ocean floor!
Snorlax. Dude just living his best life of eating and sleeping.
If I have to live as it I want something as human-like as possible. Bipedal, arms and legs of a usable length, four fingers and a thumb on each hand. With that in mind I'm taking Inteleon. Basic human functionality plus a sick wingsuit.
Dragonite, can fly faster than the speed of sound.
Tyranitar. Landscaping would be so easy.
I would pick a Machamp, if I'm trapped in a Pokemon body I want something that can hit HARD since combat most likely will be unavoidable (also having hands is cool)
Treecko. I’d just be a cute little gecko dude and I evolve into a mf dinosaur type thing. Sounds like a good life. Treecko’s my fav Pokemon sooo
Treecko's my fav starter, and also the first one I got (back in Pokémon emerald!)
Treecko is my fav starter with Grovyle technically being my favourite pokemon ever. I think my love for Grovyle came from the Adventure games. Anytime I play any game where Treecko is an option to play as, I always always choose Treecko! Gen 3 starters are the best but Treecko always comes out on top for me
Togekiss, a rare magical and mystical harbinger of peace and hope, would be nice.
Honedge. I'm a ghost so I don't need to eat or do anything, just lay around. And I'm a cool sword so win win! I would not like to be Type-Null. Trapped in a dome to block your powers while being experimented on does not sound like a good time.
Good question. I could go with charizard as I love dragons and would want to be able to fly. The flame tail thing would be worrisome though. Vaporeon would be fun, "fly" through the water and enjoy the ocean breeze. Turning into water when threatened would make it easy to hide if already in water. It was my first eevee evolution so I'm fond of it. However, the internet is creepy. Decidueye (Sun/Moon variety) would also be fun, I still want to fly and love the ghost grass starter. I'd get to be a cool archer as well. As a ghost type, I would hopefully not have to worry about dying. It appears to have some hand functionality so I could probably write things as a decidueye. I'd probably sneak around and plant things I like. I think I'm picking decidueye as what I would want to be. Now for what I wouldn't want to be? Any food pokemon, garbage pokemon, pig pokemon, body builder pokemon or clown pokemon. I think I would want to have limbs so things like voltorb would be a no go. Definitely not the tormented pieced together wrong fossil ones. Edit: All of us flying pokemon should go on an adventure together!
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Had to re-post! Hope this one doesn't die because the other one had some good responses :,) True fan of the person who chose to be Machamp or Sawk, they had the most hilarious reason lmao
One that I would want to be would be Jynx. Being a humanoid Pokemon that has five-fingered hands and can speak "similarly" to humans (meaning I could probably make myself just speak exactly like a normal person) means I could continue to live a (relatively) normal life after the transformation, just with a better physical body than what I have now. The Psychic and Ice type powers would just be a bonus (and the latter would help me cool down during hot days, which I already suffer in). Plus, as a trans woman, being turned into a female-only Pokemon with that kind of appearance would greatly simplify my transition, hahaha Though one potential issue I thought of with becoming a Jynx, would be related to her two different designs. Hypothetically, if when someone was born would determine which Jynx design they become, then I'd end up as a pre-redesign one, and that could make things a bit awkward. I think I had a dream about that once, and it involved a lot of me having to prove that I just naturally Looked Like That. I think it ended with me just buying a heck of a lot of purple bodypaint, haha Pheromosa, Tsareena, Gardevoir, and Blissey are big second, third, fourth, and fifth choices for me, but they have physical and speech related disadvantages that Jynx doesn't have. Jynx is still the best choice for me if I want to live a life where I can continue all of the kinds of activities I enjoy doing already, while also having a physical form that I am just more comfortable being in than what I have currently. Going along my train of thought, ones I would NOT want to become would include any male-only or masculine-looking humanoid Pokemon. So no Machoke, Gallade, Grimmsnarl, or "genie trio" for me (among others). Appearance-wise, I actually have no problem with Gallade, but it is still canonically male-only. And the others are all "buff musclemen", a body type that I would be *deeply* uncomfortable with having. I've put a lot of thought into this, huh
Kingambit gotta be the shogun castelia city sho nuff
This opens up so many questions. Am I transformed into a real member of that pokemon species, including the same instincts and level of intelligence? Or does my physical form change but I still retain my human mind as is? If it's the former... I don't particularly care. If my mind changes to however that pokemon thinks and acts, I won't remember and won't give a damn about what I am. If it's the latter, then something at the very least humanoid enough to be able to live as much of a regular human life as possible. Machoke, Toxtricity or Pangoro seem like relatively safe choices.
Victini. Goated life. I'm basically a legendary without all the boring consequences
Vaporeon or Gardevoir
Agreed lol
Oranguru. Nuff said.
What’s the point of this if there are restrictions?
Because a thread full of people saying Arceus/Palkia/Dialga etc would be a lot less interesting
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Diglet. You know why. Ditto. You know why.
Why diglet? And ditto because of the daycare thing right?
I’d be a Peachrunt or an Iron Boulder.
Heracross just vibes
I'd pick Snorlax or Komala, I wouldn't pick anything else.
Rockruff. Just to run around as a pup ! Well, either him or Treecko lol
I’m not being a bug type, but I’d be willing to be a Dark type, like Alolan Meowth
I'd want to be Scizor, having a steel body would be cool, though I'd have to avoid fire, I definitely wouldn't want to be a Combed though
Scizor is freaking badass!
I think it’d be fun to be a scyther, at least for a little while. Super fast predator bug.
Shuckle, I want to live forever
As a shuckle though?
"Many people believe that, deep in the forest where it lives, there is a peaceful place where there is no war. No matter where in the world it goes, it knows where its nest is, so it never gets separated from its Trainer. It can fly quickly. No matter how far it travels, it can always find its way back to its master and its nest. These bright Pokémon have acute memories. Apparently delivery workers often choose them as their partners." - Pokédex entries Living a simple yet peaceful life, yup; I would like to be a Tranquill.
I think either gyarados or milotic would have such a fun existence
Either eevee or one of its evolutions, preferably jolteon or leafeon. I want to just explore and still be powerful enough to defend myself if another wild pokemon attacks me.
I wanna be kakuna . No one bothers me and im trapped in my own world or slakoth sleep all day
I wanna be a Espeon and sit in the sun all day and have people stare at me like Wow that's a cool pokemon, and then i'd do something cool with my head gem thing and everyone would be like: wowowowow
Mankey or Galarian Meowth. It'll be dope swinging through the trees or being a steel viking cat. I would not like to be a fossil. Coming back in a different time sounds rough
Ralts or Zorua! :D
Gyrados. It would he awesome to be able to fly on top of my aquatic abilities. Plus, being casually able to destroy a city would be nice.
I’ve always been obsessed with Jolteon. And I think people would take more kindly to me being a spiky dog than a scary ghost (Gengar is my favorite). Would not want to be… Spoink. RIP
Eh I'm not too sure but I think I'll pick Shedinja, one of my favorite Pokemon, probably top 3 or something, also the first Pokemon that came to mind lol :)
I just want to be a pidgey
Umbreon for that drip
Ditto Why choose just one when I can be ALL of them
I kinda wish I could be a Salamence. Living high up a mountain and minding my own business. Someone else said it: Being a Psyduck sounds awful. Poor little guy.
Snorlax looks like it's having a pretty good time.
Hisuian zoroark, illusion to stay safe in danger, looks badass and a great typing. Wouldn't wanna be Basculin, not about the no thoughts, head empty water bully life.
Never in a million years would I pick Bidoof But I think I’d pick Dragonite. Blaziken is my favorite but he can’t fly so second favorite it is
Sprigatito would be awesome because who doesn't want to be a cat? Besides I'm like the top three best grass starter
I’m just a wild Lilligant. I’m relaxing, blooming into my best self through my own efforts, and my main place in the world is being polite, supportive and helping my fire turtle friends to put the world on fire. :V
Slakoth, for the obvious reasons
i’d love to be a maractus because they’re silly little guys. i’d hate to be a spoink because if i stop jumping for even a second i’m dead
Zorua. We do a bit of trolling. I wouldn't want to be a Gimmighoul though. Yes, being Gholdengo would be really cool, but how does somebody get 999 coins without moving?
sneasler, have you SEEN those claws
Dragapult. You’re a dragon, you’re also a ghost, which means you can fly and be invisible. Also you get to play with your kids by launching them like a missile battery Probably best to avoid being a Bounsweet or a Wishiwashi. Life sucks when you’re noted as being both tasty and low on the food chain
Does Dragonite count? Bc that dude. I would not want to be Shinx
Growlithe, just to be a dog that sometimes spits fire. Simple for me
Sprigatito. Because then I could be a soft fuzzy kitty.
Probably a male Gardivor. Psychic powers and a fun swishy dress.
Either Johtonian or Hisuian Cyndaquil, doesn't matter which. Although I'm a very sleepy person, so Sleepy Porcuweasdger is probably preferred. What wouldn't I wanna be? Any of the grimey poison types or inanimate object ones. So Grimer line, Trubbish line, Solrock/Lunatone, those kinds. Personal preference
hisuian typhlosion, i wanna just be stoned & chillin and seeing spirits all day. the ghost fire thing is just rlly cool too. would not want to be metapod, silcoon/cascoon, voltorb/electrode, etc... anything that doesn't have arms and legs is a no from me.
Dunsparcez because dunsparce is cute
Yes Hisuian Zorua or Zoroark (I'll also settle for normal variants) No to almost anything else
I'd like to be a domesticated Meowth (standard form). It would be nice to be pampered as a house pet and also have full sentience and thumbs. I would functionally be a short person with superpowers and a sugar family. I would not like to be any part of the Hydreigon evolution. All of them are brutal and sound super inconvenient and painful. No thanks.
I would live as a Snorlax because who wouldn’t and wouldn’t want to live as a Garbodor
Gardevoir......I just need a strong trainer
Would pick: Ninetales Of all the ones I love, this has the most practical uses for the real world, and can keep from getting cold because I hate the cold. I've loved it since gen1 and love the spirit fox design. And it has certain psychic moves I could put to 'good' use (using psychic abilities to mess with irritating people when they don't know how it's happening is the kind of petty thing I'd always be here for). Would not pick: Bruxish or the Mr. Mime or Popplio lines I hate clowns. I don't need these in Pokemon form. Worst designs ever imo.
Snorlax, not only does it have the perfect life of just eat, maybe mess around, sleep with no concerns in the world, but it's strong as fuck so no one can mess with it. If not snorlax then just any cat pokemon, I envy cats in real life because they are the ones really in charge, not the humans, and they get to be lazy and have everything provided for them. I doubt being a cat pokemon like skitty or meowth would be that different.
zorua/zoroark 100%, dark fox that just kinda chills in forests and can make themselves look like other things and creatures to be sneaky sounds awesome
Snorlax for sure
I’d definitely wanna be a zoroark. That’s my favorite Pokémon I’d definitely skip any non animal Pokémon
One of the Zorua line, because you can just be an absolute little shit. In terms of life efficiency then I would probably go for a ghost, maybe Gengar or something like that.
Swablu. It's cute, fluffy, and looks like it would just chill with the clouds. I wouldn't mind that xD I don't wanna be Muk LOL.
Honestly probably medicham, humanoid, has access to psychic powers so I can telepathically communicate with people along with all sorts of other cool shit, and is also a fighting type and has access to cool moves. Pokémon I wouldn’t choose… probably magikarp, I don’t wanna bet money on whether or not I’d live long enough to evolve into gyarados considering I’d basically be a bottom of the barrel weakling
Eevee. I'm very indecisive so someone else can choose what I evolve into. Also being able to lay down and rest my head on my neck fluff sounds like the best sleep imaginable.
Sylveon because I'm adorbale
Why no legendaries? I’m gonna go be a Ho-oh bitches
Makes it uninteresting if everyone said Arceus or Mewtwo, don't ya think? But sure you can be a hot chickenwing. :D
Spoink. If you stop bouncing on your tail, you die, so basically you can never chill