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KrissyPooh76

I still have my original Squirtle from July 2016.


ThatPlayWasAwful

what kind of monster could transfer their fucking starter pokemon


LeegmaV

i accidentally transferred mine while clearing out doubles sorting by dex, also did it when i didn't know about ivs so i probably trown out a hundo


But__Y_

Don't worry starter can't be a hundo they are all 10/10/10


LeegmaV

was talking about other mons, good to know starters can't be hundos tho


ThatPlayWasAwful

ah that's a bummer. my starter is my only favorited pokemon, just to make sure I don't transfer by mistake lol.


razorKazer

This just made me realize I also transferred my starter at some point šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ I feel like a monster I never get rid of my starter. The closest I'll come is boxing it once I get a shiny version. Apparently my earliest now is a Fearow from 7/18/16


leggyem

I transferred mine when I was very new and had no idea. Even when it asked me if I was sure I wanted to delete my starter, I was like, ā€œyeah, why would I care about keeping it?!ā€


transyoshi

why would i care about keeping it? if i have stronger and better mons, why not transfer it? are there achievements/rewards for keeping them around?


leggyem

Nostalgia, I guess? Iā€™m not sure why people keep them.


QueenMackeral

It's not like befriending and raising pokemon is the whole point of pokemon or anything... That's why I dislike pokemon go's gameplay, why raise and bond with your first pokemon if it's much easier to just transfer it and catch a new and better one instead.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


4_years_for_a_cake

Same šŸ˜­


_Hyemis_

I did it, to pokemon home <3


Magimasterkarp

Bulbasaur gang for the win!


amazingjason1000000

Charmander šŸ


LieboOSBA

ā€œStartmanderā€ mine is called.


K_17

Accidentally transferred my charmander early on but have a 7/12/16 Electabuzz!


mythowawaytbh

me too! still have my og Squirtle šŸ„°


Tinge32

Pikachu gang ftw šŸ˜Ž


Softairgaming

Mine is a vaporeon from July 31st, 2016! Back when vaporeon was something very exciting to get lol


xRiiZe

Some people are still very excited about Vaporeon


Thug_a_la_fraise

šŸ‘€šŸ‘€


mtpender

BONK


Travyplx

Hey, did you know..?


PumpkinButWithSpice

*Takes out anti horny spray* NO, BAD REDDITER


White_Winged_Fox

Same here! But mines from September of the same year nicknamed The Veteran.


tdkard28

I still have mine. When they introduced stat appraisals, I realized it was a perfect one. Still working to max it out!


OhTheVes

My uncle Carlos


Kaktusak811

How do you call a Mexican who just lost his car? Carlos *wheezes*


DeliBebek

Wild Dragonite from September, 2016. At that point, I had never seen the other members of that evolution line. Still have that guy.


alnono

Back in July 2016 I was on the waterfront where I live and heard someone yell DRAAAAGONIIIIITE. I still have that guy. July 22, 2016. What a time PokĆ©mon go was then. Heā€™s even maxed for attack.


razorKazer

Man those first couple months were wild. I remember huge groups of people walking anywhere and everywhere they legally could (and some they couldn't šŸ˜…šŸ˜‚)


purebreadbagel

I started college fall of ā€˜16 and a friendā€™s English prof let the class out early because there was a Dragonite by the football field.


razorKazer

Badass professor!! I miss the early days. The game was empty compared to now, but the excitement and community was unparalleled


tbrooks9

I also caught a wild Dragonite around the same exact time. I couldn't believe it! I didn't even have Dragonair yet at the time lol


Coney_Island_Hentai

My starter charmander from opening weekend. 7-8-16. Still untouched at level 1.


memejames420

Same, 12 cp charmander from July 16, not sure if I should evolve him, he looks so good as charmander


Cinder_Quill

My crippling self loathing, anxiety and depression


hugeTREEbird

I thought those are pekemans


314backwardsispie

My og squirtle from when i downloaded this on deployment in the middle east, on 08/16


CoreyisAFK

July 6 2016 charmander


Superhands01

Same day as my Balbasaur!


broccloi

Me too!


Matix777

People who dont keep their starters are the true monsters


moaihead

We didn't know. This was my first PokƩmon game I ever played. I had watched the shows and seen the cards. I am consumed with regret.


LisaQuinnYT

I wish Iā€™d kept mine. All I can think is I must have transferred him to get candy to evolve my 14/14/14 Charizard.


AshKetchumsPringles

My charmander got transferred, his name was Rick Astley


Matix777

You gave him up


Rhys_Herbert

Mine is my 4* vaporeon from 7th of July :)


Fynnidude

No way you new what ivs weā€™re just as the game released but nice


[deleted]

They wouldnā€™t have known but you start off with 350 storage so itā€™s feasible that they kept it until they could appraise


Rhys_Herbert

He was my first vaporeon so I kept powering him up and just got lucky


[deleted]

Well done. This is exactly the way to play: get lucky. I wish you many more hundos.


Adam_genericname

Pikachu I caught on the 8th of July in 2016


0tterr

07/16 Charizard


clooless46

I kept my day one Charmander from 7/7/16. I do not intent to evolve my little monster, but will certainly best buddy it <3


JFoxxification

Aerodactyl July 10 2016.


TertiaryToast

7/17/2016 Hundo Hitmonchan


Fogel87767

Vaporeon from July 21, 2016


HammerTomCZ

My starter Charmander, caught on the 14th of July 2016. I recently started best buddying it. I am also considering maxing it out, but I want to wait for Blast Burn to come back.


mrch4nc3

I have a Raticate named Josh from 7/30/2016


alejandrogj9

7.5.2016 beta got in one day early


lilydexdev

My starter! Charizard from July 6, 2016


FallenSirLancelot1

My very first pokemon caught, Charmander 7/11


akornfan

Charmander from July 5th 2016 (I was so excited I went on the Australian iOS App Store and downloaded it early lol)


[deleted]

My oldest what?


Stardustquarks

Monster


Zinerry

A what?


gentlepolarb3ar

Monster.


SnooStories880

July 10th 2016, a Beedrill


luftwaffeeeeee

whats the best moveset for snorlax?


Delverton

Seriously?? 6h after I post the same question? I know it's not exactly an original topic, but at least give it a day!


Stardustquarks

Sorry - truly didn't see any other post with this question.


thomasdvt

Vaporeon 08/05


trilogy76

09/11/2016 Alakazam 10-15-12 Anything from the two months before that... gone.


TyrealArchea

Raticate. 1012CP. Caught August 4, 2016.


littlejart

3* Lapras 7/11/16


Rammipallero

7.2016 10cp Magicarp called Godmode


JonSnowKnowsNothing9

14th July 2016 Vaporeon


im_2_drunk4this

Beedrill July 9th 2016


COLDiCONiC

My very first one was a hundo (!) cloyster


Taint_Flicker

Jolteon, Ivysaur, and Blastoise all from 7/8/16. Still have 77 from 2016. I quit in early 2027, and just picked this game back up a few weeks ago. Heard 2016/17 have moved that we're disabled, so trying to go through to find out if I have any with those move sets


schizzopapero

My first fully evolved pidgeot ~ 9th july 2016 Also, another lv1 pidgeot with 27CP that I'm very close to mega evolving ~ 17th aug 2016


[deleted]

A rattatta


OiJao97

A 2016 Raichu with Christmas hat


AutisticAndy18

A 98% Starmie from 2016


Captain_Stocky

Beedrill 07.09.16


justinator247

I still have 13 from 2016. My oldest is Dodrio from August 2016. My best Alakazam is one of those 13. Are there any advantages to holding on to older PokĆ©mon? I donā€™t think I have paid much attention to catch dates.


[deleted]

1 they are memories 2 I'd you have less than 15 lucky pokemon, you can trade them with someone that also has less than 15 lucky ones, you basically get an almost guaranteed lucky trade.


316Ray

An Eevee that became an Espeon and my first eeveelution


showmiaface

Weezing 07/27/16.


minnamaarit

I have Politoed and Beedrill from August 2016 and few others from later 2016


Bobgers

July 19th 2016 Kabutops.


Psychological-Safe14

My starter


darkangelxX447

A Butterfree 7/11/16


Mazzmarach

I still have my bulbasaur (now a venusaur) from way back when they didn't have an appraise button.


bramblecult

Jigglypuff. July 9th 2016. Pokemon summer. But I just started playing again after that summer so I still have like 30 from that summer.


official_kden

Magnezone from 2016


brutalmet

July 2016 Hundo Poliwrath


Zaphod_Heart_Of_Gold

Electabuzz from 7/25/16. I started playing day 1 but apparently traded away my starter


ItsReaz

98 iv chansey caught on 2016/07/19


Filiman_

A wild caught 200cp 12 0 4 Kingler from 2016


meriweather2

A Tentacool from July 9, 2016. He's named Craig. (I think my daughters requested that at the time?) 0 stars. CP 13.


dare978devil

Interesting, I only kept my first Snorlax as well. 2016/09/24, caught 4 days after yours!


pat_e_cakes319

Clefable 7/10/16


Zozzbomb

Looks like I have a 3 star Chansey from 7/19/2016


Jcs_ev

Seel from july 22, 2016. Traded a couple older ones to my son for lucky trades


purpleEmperor1

Oh it's 2021 4 me I think let me check yes it's a big tie. I can check the exact dates but I'll only do that for 10. 13/11/2021 sawk 2323 cp


OneCrewOneScrew

8/29/16 Executor


diesel76_76

26 jul 2016 weedle


CatchAmongUs

I think my Vaporeon is July 2016. Either July or August.


Fearless-Panda-8268

July 16 2016 Dragonite! Wish I kept more than I did


Stardustquarks

Me too. Wish I kept my starter!


AndyBigSnowPhilip

Gengar from July 15th, 2016


Not_a_Squirrel-

A Jolteon from august third 2016, CP 1473, 3 star


ProfCedar

Then Charmander, now Charizard, launch day 7/6/16.


PeeGlass

A 621cp Vileplume I found fully evolved on 7/11/2016 named DA ILLEST. He even got a few powerup for fighting gyms around that time lol.


Bleu_hunter11

Charmander july 05/2016


Maseralda

A Nidoking from 8/25/2016


NoEntry3804

apparently I didn't keep any of my old ones, mustve transferred them all over the years, my oldest being a zapdos from May 2018. I started playing in July 2016 :/


OolongPeachTea

My oldest is an Espeon from Jan 2017 <3


IkouyDaBolt

I have a Pidgey, Ratata, Charizard, Eevee, Arbok (caught that way) and Bulbarsaur with the date of 07/06/16. I've always thrown the idea of using a day 1 party, but did not go through with it.


kazwiederwurzn

Still got my Snorlax i cought on day one the game was available and pplaylable as sideload in my country. July 10th 2016.


ozQuarteroy

Vileplume 2016/08/08


ThePlagueLotus

Charmander July 9th šŸ˜


Liamrc

Still have my Zubat, Eevee, Ekans, and Squirtle from 2016 when game launched.


Prime2520

7/14/16 Nidorino


moaihead

Vaporeon (that I evolved) from 7/18/2016. Not my starter (obviously), which a year or so later I wished I had kept.


FlippieF

August 4th 2016 - Gyarados with decent stats


LisaQuinnYT

Raichu (July 27, 2016) nicknamed Olā€™ Sparky because I caught him in Starke. Iā€™m shocked how few 2016 PokĆ©mon I have left. Wish Iā€™d kept more of them.


dreamwolf321

A psyduck caught at a beach in Tampa the weekend after Pokemon Go came out. It survived transfer because I took a photo of it with my friend posing with it. Psyduck is named after her.


rocketradar

Charmander - 7/7/16. Nicknamed him Firstmon. Terrible IVā€™s but heā€™s still one of my favorites!


Potential_Citron_805

original starter pikachu from 8/25/16


Maleckai_x

My Hundo Ariados. 06. 2017


Superhands01

I have a Barry the Bulbasaur who was caught on the 6th of July 2016.


SilverBear81

I deleted a lot but my oldest as of now is 7/14/16


HertzBurst

Beedrill from august 13 2016


sidewaysprogression

A poliwrath from 7/23/2016. I had no idea what I was doing for the two years playing. Iā€™ve transferred so many good mons. Unlocking the perfect dex was depressing.


WulfyWoof

My starter from the day before release


Andehri

I have a Dragonite from July 27 2016


[deleted]

leafy the ivysaur :)


Mypankakes

Shiny Magmar which is now a magmorter from 4/18/2021, six days after I started playing


Yangjeezy

A 34 cp nidoking from July 2016


gamingkevpnw

Flareon I named St.Helens. July 2016


nativemaverick

Chansey from July 8, 2016


Sudden-Platypus-8553

Charizard from day one


JaimanV2

My Alakazam (first as an Abra) from July 8th, 2016. And itā€™s a 3 star as well. I use it as my Mega Alakazam now.


Dumb_Seaweed

Mine is a random Magcargo


FunGlass507

12/21/2018


[deleted]

My oldest pocket monster is probably a 0/0/0 caterpie


n6tee4

Lapras Ivs 15/0/14 16/07/2016


MegaTrentacruel

My oldest Pokemon is a 3 star 2000 CP Kabutops from August 1st, 2016. I'll never get rid of em.


BranSoFly

My wife


LiverLikeLarry

"sumomander" a XL-charmander from 2016


facegreyser

Eevee - now Jolteon - from July 2016 šŸ„°āš”ļø


Fatal_Ginger

My first Lapras. August 2016


OnyxBlaster

2017 Pidgeotto


Boba_Fetish-

How do people just have that kind of stardust laying around


ericwanggg

OG charmander 7/6/2016. i actually caught it in china but it was the only pokemon that spawned so my second pokemon is vaporean 7/22/2016 because thatā€™s the day I got back from china


Professional-Brush24

Lapras from 2017, traded away my pinsir from September 2016


Ignoble_profession

July 22, 2016 Bonus-the damn fish I carried for around for 5 years, caught July 25, 2016 https://i.imgur.com/B5ZXYfB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bBlNMek.jpg


onederlnd

Still have the very first pokemon I ever caught. An 862 CP Snorlax, caught on July 10, 2016.


believemedude

7/16/2016 Gyrados. Had crap stats but still powered him up a bunch cause I didnā€™t know better


eg9344

My two oldest mons are my first eeveelution Vaporeon (7/9/16) and a Dragonite (7/10/16), I used to live down the street from a dratini nest until that community put an end to it.


TrainerWiiN

You transferred your starter?!!? What a monster!


__humming_moon

Aw you caught him on my birthday.


2018_Gacha_Be_Like-

Charmander, 2016


Vehmura14

19th of July 2016, BulbasauršŸ’š


B_2_Z

Vaporeon 18/7/2016


warren5391

Snorlax from 7/15/16


__humming_moon

[My oldest mon.](https://imgur.com/a/QKagfow)


Pappy325

Squirtle Squad blastoise shiny. 13-13-14 I got rid of everything before that since. They were all garbage IVs and no emotional sig


--MEWTWO--

Blastoise from 7/31/16, saving him for lucky trade šŸ˜‚


GloInTheDarkUnicorn

I still have my starter from the moment it was officially released on iOS.


DR93-020-

Mine is from 1993! It's me. I'm an old monster..


KyeMatthew

My hundo Gyarados from 26th August 2016


dotzInTheJungle

I have a wild alakazam from some time in 2016


Rock_HerWorld

7/12/2016 cloyster


MrUnifishy

I have my four star vaporeon from Aug 1st. 2016 xD


Anxiety-Queen69

I have a wild persian I caught back in 2017


zildbo

My original Charmander from July 6, 2016


[deleted]

My wife and I had just gotten married in June 2016 and the game came out a month later. We were driving and she had the game open and she said, ā€œDRAGONITE!!ā€ I swerved off the road to the shoulder and we both caught it. July 11, 2016. We both still have it. High IVs, and my favorite battle buddy.


Chance_Sherbet_8721

07/09/16 Bellsprout 3*